The day before the banquet, there were two sets of gold heads sent by the Wang family, and there were gold bracelets, gold collars, ring covers, etc., just because they were too hasty, these jewelry were not very exquisite, Shen Zhuo didn't look good, he asked the Wang family for the key to his mother's private treasury, the key has always been in Jiang Zhongming's hands, he has never left his body, I heard that Shen Zhuo wanted the key, so he asked the Wang family to give it to him.

It is said that it is a private library, in fact, it is an ear room behind the main courtyard, his mother Shen's maiden family is just an ordinary small official, when he got married, the things that accompanied the marriage were slightly richer than ordinary people's families, and other clothes and jewelry were also added later.

Shen Zhuo and Gu Sanniang walked into the ear room, she raised her eyes and looked, only to see more than a dozen cages stacked inside, all with locks on them, followed by Youwang's family and said: "In order to prevent moths, every once in a while, the master instructed us to take out our wife's clothes, shoes and socks to bask in the sun." ”

Gu Sanniang said in her heart, she heard Dongfang Jian say that her mother-in-law Shen died in vain, which is also one of the reasons why Shen Zhuo has a dislike for Jiang Zhongming, and now it seems that Jiang Zhongming attaches great importance to this mother-in-law, and is not like the unsympathetic person.

In addition to clothes and jewelry, there are also some books that Shen reads daily, Shen Zhuo opened the bookcase and looked at it a few times, turned his head and asked Youwang's family: "Where is the wife's jewelry?" ”

Youwang's family opened a cage and took out a few jewelry boxes from it, Gu Sanniang has also seen some of the world, she can see at a glance that the jewelry inside is very exquisite, just a set of pearl dotted emerald head flowers, after so many years, the color is still bright and bright, there is only one head, although the thing is good, the style is a little out of fashion.

Gu Sanniang is a woman's family, and she likes these good-looking jewelry, but these things are worth a lot of money at a glance, and they are her mother-in-law's favorite things before her death, so she was afraid of breaking them, so she said: "The head and face sent by Sister-in-law Youwang are already excellent, I just wear them to suit the occasion, you don't want to mess with your wife's things." ”

"It's just borrowing, my mother is not so stingy." Shen Zhuo chose a set of tourmaline jewelry, he said: "This set of four styles are all internally made, I have only seen my mother wear it a few times, just with your newly cut grass green Ruyi Luo skirt, which does not look old-fashioned, but also solemn." ”

Gu Sanniang looked at Shen Zhuo helplessly, he had already taken this set of jewelry, and the rest of the things were put back in place, and the husband and wife returned to the east courtyard hand in hand.

Within half a day, the Sun family came, and Gu Sanniang saw that her maid was holding a few boxes in her hands, so she said, "Why did you come here now?" ”

This time I went to the palace to enjoy the flowers, Sun was not invited, which was in line with her heart, the rules in the palace were strict, Sun was used to freedom, and she couldn't stand those constraints.

"I'm afraid that my sister-in-law doesn't have something to wear, so I will bring my beloved jewelry to you to see if there is anything you like, and when you enter the palace tomorrow, your sister-in-law must not be underestimated, especially that Concubine An." Sun said.

The Sun family has not been married into the Jiang family for a long time, but she has still heard of the matter of Concubine An and her eldest uncle Shen Clumsy, such a woman who does not abide by women's morals can really be said to be the first time she has seen it in her life, but she still has the face to summon Gu Sanniang, and she doesn't have to think about it to know that she is uneasy and kind.

Gu Sanniang pulled Sun to sit down, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I understand it all, but Youwang's sister-in-law has sent a few sets of noodles over, and Xianggong also took a set of jewelry from her mother-in-law's warehouse." ”

Saying that, she solemnly showed the jewelry box to Sun, who looked at the four kinds of tourmaline, and said in amazement: "This set of jewelry, even if you have money, it is difficult to buy, tomorrow you wear it to the banquet, it is not a loser." ”

Gu Sanniang laughed, she said: "You know, even if I am wearing a brocade and jade robe, I am still a little woman from the countryside, and those ladies will inevitably look up to me because I am dressed luxuriously, I just hope that I will not embarrass my father-in-law." ”

Sun said: "Don't be presumptuous, uncle respects you so much, you must see yourself as noble, and then just hold your head high and look like it, to see who dares to despise the grandmother of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Gu Sanniang was amused by Sun's words, to say that she was not flustered, it was all a lie, but her little bit of caution, she could tell anyone, but she couldn't tell Shen Zhuo, she didn't want Shen Zhuo to think that she was afraid of An's.

Sun and Gu Sanniang have similar temperaments, she hugged Gu Sanniang's arm, and said innocently: "I must have burned high incense in my last life, so that I can marry into the Jiang family, and my husband is considerate of me, you and your second sister-in-law are also easy to get along with, that is, there is a mother-in-law above, in fact, it is the same as nothing, you don't know, those high-ranking families like our family in Beijing, there are many private secrets inside, and there are many wives and concubines and children in the family. ”

Gu Sanniang smiled, she said: "You are still a daughter, and when you have children in two years, the troublesome days are still ahead." ”

"Bah, don't curse me." Sun Shi glared at Gu Sanniang, and then sighed, she said: "But what you said is not wrong, I went to see my mother-in-law two days ago, she happened to be awake, and asked me when I would add someone to my father-in-law." ”

Although Gu Sanniang has been in the mansion for many days, she has never seen the legendary Jiayuan County Lord, she asked curiously: "I don't know what kind of person the county lord is?" ”

Sun shook her head, and she said, "I don't know." ”

Gu Sanniang said: "Don't you often go to greet the county lord?" ”

Sun said: "When I went to visit my mother-in-law, she was in a coma nine times out of ten, and she didn't even say a few words, so how could I know her temperament. ”

After listening to Sun's words, Gu Sanniang became more and more suspicious in her heart, but she couldn't tell the reason for it for a while.

On the second day, Gu Sanniang got up early in the morning, and Caiyun combed her with a fashionable bun in Beijing, and matched it with that set of tourmaline jewelry, which caused Xiao Yezi to clap her hands and say, "Mother, you are really good-looking today." ”

Shen Zhuo also stood aside, he saw that Gu Sanniang was dressed, carefully looked at her face, then picked up the eyebrow pencil, gently traced her eyebrows a few times, and said, "This will look better." ”

Gu Sanniang blushed, but fortunately she couldn't see it when she rubbed her rouge.

The hour was not early, in order to avoid Princess Jichang waiting for a long time, Shen Zhuo personally sent Sanniang out, and when he walked to the second gate, Jiang Zhongming was wearing an official robe, as if he was going to go to the court, and when he saw the jewelry on Gu Sanniang's head, he couldn't help but look twice.

Gu Sanniang stepped aside sideways, ready to let Jiang Zhongming go first, but Jiang Zhongming stopped in front of her, he glanced at Shen Zhuo, as if he had something to say, but in the end he didn't speak, but took the little guy away.

At this time, there were two carriages parked in the courtyard outside, Gu Sanniang and Princess Jichang each took a car, and the maids and daughters took another carriage and horses behind, just waiting for Gu Sanniang and Princess Jichang to sit in the carriage, Shen Zhuo rode a horse to escort the two of them out of the house.

Just because Concubine An issued an edict, this time there are many ladies who are ordered to enter the palace to enjoy the flowers, because from time to time on the street can see the carriages and domestic servants of various mansions, a cursory glance, the Jiang Mansion has been low-key, only said that the carriage to the west gate, Shen Zhuo can no longer send each other, he hit the horse to Gu Sanniang's sedan chair, and said through the curtain: "You go, don't be afraid, I will wait for you to come back in the teahouse opposite." ”

Gu Sanniang opened the curtain, she looked at Shen Zhuo's face, and said, "You better go back, I will take care of each other with Princess Jichang." ”

The people who come and go here are those rich and noble families, and there must be many people who know Shen Zhuo, everyone knows that Concubine An in the palace was originally his wife, and now his former wife wants to see her, the current wife, she is afraid that others will laugh at Shen Zhuo in private.

Shen Zhuo smiled slightly, and he said: "Waiting everywhere, I can rest assured that I can be closer to you." ”

Gu Sanniang said angrily: "If you make others laugh at you and don't look like a gentleman, don't rely on me." ”

"Gentlemen are not grandpas, and they don't talk about these trivial things." He turned his head to look at the sky, and then gave an order to the servant who was driving the car, and the carriage slowly headed towards the west gate, Gu Sanniang looked at Shen Zhuo with both eyes, and only then did he lower the curtain until the carriage turned a corner and could not be seen.

The carriage entered the west gate, and the carriage prepared in the palace was already waiting aside, Gu Sanniang and Princess Jichang had just gotten off the car, only to see a slightly chubby grandmother step forward and salute, and said: "Princess Jichang is polite, and the old slave was ordered to escort the princess and her party into the palace." ”

After worshipping Princess Jichang, the grandmother said hello to Gu Sanniang, because Gu Sanniang is not a woman, she does not need to meet Gu Sanniang, the two sides exchanged a few words, Gu Sanniang and Princess Jichang took the same car, and their own little eunuch drove towards the inner palace.

Along the way, the carriage passed through the palace gates, thinking that she was about to see Concubine An, Gu Sanniang's heart fluctuated, carefully speaking, she should be grateful to Concubine An, otherwise how could she meet Shen Zhuo, but after all, this person was Shen Zhuo's wife, even if she had never seen her, the hostility in her heart seemed to be innate, and it could not be eliminated no matter what.

"Just relax, it's okay." Princess Jichang saw Gu Sanniang's sideburns with wetness, and said to her.

Gu Sanniang exhaled, she wiped the sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief, and just as she was about to speak, the carriage stopped.

"Here we are." Mama helped the two of them down, and there were several other carriages that stopped, all of them were the ladies of other families.

Princess Jichang's hometown is far away in Wusun Kingdom, she hardly makes friends with others on weekdays, and some of the wives of the Jiang faction see them, say hello to each other, and go to talk to people they are familiar with, as for those of the An faction, they don't know each other, but whether it is the Jiang faction or the An faction, when everyone talks and chats, their eyes will always glance at Gu Sanniang a few times.

It didn't take long for a few grandmothers to lead the ladies who arrived early to the imperial garden first, Concubine An had not yet arrived, no one talked to Gu Sanniang and them, and she and Princess Jichang did not rush to join in the fun, they found a clean place to sit down and rest, Princess Jichang looked at the ladies who gathered together in twos and threes, and said, "Do you believe it, they must be talking about you." ”

Gu Sanniang laughed at herself, she said: "A pheasant suddenly flew in the phoenix's nest, if I couldn't help but look strange." ”

Princess Jichang laughed, and she said, "You Han people have a saying that they stand out from the crowd, so you might as well treat them as chickens and yourself as cranes." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head and smiled, and didn't speak again.

At this moment, I saw a singing voice in the distance: "Concubine An has arrived!" ”