And if Ji Cheng could hear Wang Siniang's words at this moment, he would probably applaud her, but in fact, it was very difficult to pretend to be Ji Cheng for a day.

There are many girls from the noble family today, I am afraid that there are twenty or thirty in total, Shen Qian worked hard and introduced all of them to Ji Cheng, so that Ji Cheng not only had to remember their faces and names in a very short period of time, but also had to figure out their origins.

In the circle of these girls, the most important thing is the status ranking, you can't make any mistakes, otherwise you will offend people, and the little girl will inevitably be a little narrow-minded, if you are wrong once, her impression of you will be greatly reduced.

So Ji Cheng has to figure out who these girls' fathers are, what titles and official positions they have, if their father's official positions are similar, they also have to know the identity of their mothers, which family they came from, and even their grandfathers and grandmothers. Not to mention the intricate kinship between them, is it cousin, cousin or in-law? Or is it the daughter of a protégé?

Ji Cheng felt that even if the ancient sages such as Yanzi and Zhuge Wuhou were reborn, I am afraid that they would not be able to write them all down in such a short period of time.

Therefore, Ji Cheng can only talk as little as possible, listen more and watch more, guess the other party's preferences from their words, and then insert a sentence at the appropriate time, which must be just to the point, and their discussions can neither blindly follow nor refute without permission, this grasp of proportion is very delicate.

These things are naturally not a problem for Shen Qian, after all, she has more than ten years of hard work to remember these intricate relationships and the various preferences of those people. But Ji Cheng has only been in Beijing for a month, and after a while, Ji Cheng only felt that his brain was dizzy, but nothing went wrong.

In Ji Cheng's eyes, I don't know who among these people may become her sister-in-law, sister-in-law or concubine in the future, she doesn't want to offend any of them, and she greets them in disguise, which really makes Wang Siniang say it right, and pretends to be very hard.

Shen Qian saw that Ji Cheng talked decently, and he could talk and laugh freely with people, so he simply stopped pulling Ji Cheng around, after all, some girls looked at Shen Qian's face and although they laughed and talked to Ji Cheng, they were actually not very willing to deal with her.

Ji Cheng didn't rush to curry favor, but instead fell into a lowly manner, which made people look down on him more and more.

But the girls who are above the top and look down on people are a minority after all, and most of them are very friendly to Ji Cheng, and some of them are particularly enthusiastic.

At this moment, the Qi girl in front of Ji Cheng was looking at her with a hot face, "The clothes on Miss Ji's body are snow fog, right?" ”

The fog is an extremely light and thin lelu, and the snow fog is the best of them, stacked layer by layer, as if the light clouds and mist surrounding the top of the mountain in the early morning, setting off people like the goddess of Wushan and wanting to go with the clouds.

Such a light snow fog, because the yarn is extremely fine, but the hair is eleven fine, it takes an ordinary woman a year to weave it, and it can't be broken in the middle, once it is broken, it is a defective product.

It's expensive.

But such things are not listed as tribute, and the people below are not fools. Snow fog because it is extremely difficult to become a horse, the fingers are a little rougher, it is easy to hook off, if it is listed as a tribute, then it must be paid tribute every year, but what if the finished product is not enough this year? That's the thing that goes head-off.

Therefore, the lower people did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to open up the joints and removed the snow fog from the list of tributes. Although its reputation is poor, its price is rising year after year.

Ji Cheng likes the snow mist very much, so it took a lot of effort to get this ice blue one on his body, which is as blue as the thin blue of white ice under the blue sky, and it is more and more like a light mist of the moon.

Ji Cheng nodded, she deliberately chose this dress. Marriage is a good marriage, she has shown her worth, just waiting for the other party to show it.

Ji Cheng thought very clearly, she didn't mind that her future in-laws valued the Ji family's money, this was her reliance, and she didn't even mind supporting the other party's family, as long as they could provide the corresponding exchange.

And this Qi Hua in front of her is a girl from Yunyang Bofu.

Speaking of this, Yunyang Bo is also the title of Taizu when he founded the country, and he has been knighted for five generations. In this generation, Yunyang Bo happens to be the fifth generation, and then he will be demoted. After Uncle Yunyang went, not only did their family lose a lot of Juelu, but even the façade of the mansion had to be changed, and they could no longer be called the uncle's mansion.

But at least Yun Yangbo's body is still quite tough now, but he doesn't have much ability, but he is relying on the shadow of his ancestors to make a living, and as for the mansion, he has long been unable to make ends meet.

The Ji family's pawnshop has received a lot of pawns from Yunyang Bofu, and they are all dead.

As for Qi Hua, she is older than Ji Cheng, but she has not said that she is married, she herself is beautiful and dignified, and there is nothing wrong with her, but it is a pity that the dowry is too small, and the Yunyang Bofu is declining day by day, so no one cares.

Nowadays, most of them have no real positions in the court, and they can become Lin Genyou in that entangled relationship between the old in-laws, and there are many daughters in the family who enter the palace, compared to the high-ranking officials in the court, they take the road of having people in the palace.

Therefore, if everyone marries the eldest son and the eldest grandson of the family, they strive to hire a woman with the same noble family background as a wife to help each other, and if they marry the second son, they must consider whether the dowry of the daughter-in-law after the separation can support the expenses of their son.

Among all these considerations, Qi Hua obviously does not meet any of them, so it is no wonder that as the daughter of the Bofu, she is not high or low, and she has not been able to say a good family business at the age of nearly sixteen.

"Only a good color like Miss Ji can stand up to this snow mist." Qi Hua praised, his face couldn't help but show envy, "It's just that today's Hundred Flowers Banquet, this snow fog is a little cleaner in the end." ”

To be honest, Qi Hua also had some bad feelings in her heart, she saw that Ji Cheng was just a merchant girl, but whether it was the jewelry on her head, or her clothes and dress, she was full of everyone's spirit, but it made her like a street vegetable seller.

"Miss Qi praised it falsely, my sister is as light as a chrysanthemum, and the bee butterfly chrysanthemum hairpin you wear is called a perfect complement." Ji Cheng flattered. The first time she saw Qi Hua, she already knew about this girl's temperament.

Because of the lack of confidence, she raised her chin more and more by two points, and the place where her eyes stayed the most was always the dress of the people around her, and it was needless to say that she was envious, but Qi Hua's self-esteem did not allow her to envy, so she always looked at people with a little critical eye.

Ji Cheng knew that a person like Qi Hua had fragile self-esteem, and he couldn't be angry at all, otherwise he would definitely hate you, so he picked up the only hairpin on Qi Hua's head and praised it.

Qi Hua really smiled, "This is the craftsmanship of Master Ling of Baiyan Pavilion, the most proud thing in his life is a set of twelve flower hairpins, and this one on my head is the chrysanthemum among them." ”

"No wonder, I said that the stamens of the chrysanthemum are so realistic, and the bee butterfly looks like the real thing from a distance, vivid, I just said that it is not ordinary, but I didn't expect it to be made by Master Ling himself." Ji Cheng answered.

For a while, Qi Hua had the feeling of introducing Ji Cheng as a confidant, "My sister's eyesight is really good." She felt that it was too comfortable to be with Ji Cheng, this person was not only comfortable to speak, but also had an attitude that made people feel like a spring breeze, and his status was lower than herself, but she was also related to the Shen Mansion, and there was really no one more suitable for being a good friend than Ji Cheng.

Once people get close, they talk a lot, and even words that are not humane to outsiders on weekdays, as long as they are properly guided, they will be said unconsciously.

Ji Cheng soon knew that Qi Hua also had an elder brother, who was eighteen years old this year and had not yet said goodbye, and now worked as a guard in the palace. Although she doesn't serve in front of the palace, according to Qi Hua, her brother can talk to Da Jue in the palace, which is actually enough.

Sometimes the words of the elder of the pavilion are not as effective as the words of the great eunuch of the inner palace.

Ji Cheng likes Qi Hua's cleverness, this girl asked her age, and knew that she hadn't said kiss yet, so she began to praise her brother hard, and didn't care about the carrot hanging in front of the donkey, Ji Cheng couldn't eat it, but Qi Hua had already hinted that Ji Cheng could start "planning".

As for how to plan? It's always right to start with Qi Hua, the future sister-in-law.

Ji Cheng only smiled faintly and rarely spoke.

Qi Hua also knew that Ji Cheng was a girl's family, after all, she was reserved and shy, and she didn't talk about her brother anymore, and asked instead: "Sister Cheng has been in Beijing for more than a month, and you can see how many cousins in the family?" ”

Ji Cheng nodded, except for Shen Zheng, the third prince in the barracks in the second room, she had seen all the other cousins.

Qi Hua didn't know what he thought, his cheeks were dizzy, and he said in a low voice: "The eldest and youngest grandmothers of the Shen family have been gone for a few years, why haven't you heard the movement of the eldest son remarrying?" ”

Ji Cheng didn't expect Qi Hua to be so big-hearted, with her understanding of the Huang family, Qi Hua estimated that she wouldn't be able to enter the eyes of the second lady at all, "I don't know either, but the eldest cousin always has to continue the strings, and someone in the room always needs to take care of it, and Brother Hong is young and needs to be taken care of by his mother-in-law." ”

Qi Hua used her brother to hang Ji Cheng, and Ji Cheng could naturally use Shen Yu to fool her.

Unexpectedly, Qi Hua said: "It's exactly this reason." The eldest prince wants to be too young in the future, and if he delays this time, the younger brother under him is afraid that it will not be good to cross him and say kiss first. During the peony banquet that day, I heard that Princess Ann and Princess Ann were not less anxious about this matter. ”

Ji Cheng didn't see that Princess An and Princess were in any hurry. The princess has a guard of honor when she travels, and it is not very convenient to walk around, so Princess Anhe rarely goes out of the Chime Garden except for entering the palace and incense.

There is a little girl who was specially bought from Jiangnan in the chime garden, singing and humming songs when she sees the sky, and Princess An and Princess don't know how leisurely.

"I don't know what kind of person Shen Er Gongzi is going to say in the future?" Qi Hua sighed.

Ji Cheng didn't know how to answer, she couldn't even become Shen Yu's continuation, let alone the only son of Princess Anhe.

But Ji Cheng looked at the light in Qi Hua's eyes when he talked about Shen Che, and actually understood a little, such a person was too handsome and handsome in appearance, and he could not become a demon obstacle in the hearts of many girls.

"I don't know what kind of person can hold the heart of a character like him." Qi Hua sighed again.

Ji Cheng hadn't bothered with such a heart, but she didn't want to talk to Qi Hua anymore, her eyes turned to Shen Qian in the flowers not far away, and at this time, Shen Qian and a few girls around her were also looking at her.

"Hey, it's really jealous, I'm afraid that the spirit of the world has reached your Shen family, not to mention your sisters, even your relatives have been born with a water spirit, so people can't accept it." Li Hui smiled and sighed, "If that person is standing at the water's edge, isn't he the living Luoshen?" When I read Cao Zijian's "Luo Shen Fu", I always felt that he described Luo Shen as too beautiful and ethereal, and I only know today that I am too shallow in my knowledge. ”

"That's my third aunt's niece's niece, Ah Cheng." Shen Qian heard Li Hui praise Ji Cheng, so he said with a smile.

Li Hui, the third lady of the Shen family, naturally knew about it, and replied, "Oh, I really didn't expect it." ”

Shen Qian smiled slightly, and immediately understood the meaning of Li Hui's words, her third aunt did not do well enough in some places, but she was not to blame, after all, it was a restriction of origin.

And this Ji Cheng said sorry to Qi Hua through Shen Qian's eyes, and walked over to Shen Qian.

Shen Qian first introduced Li Hui for Ji Cheng, and Ji Cheng knew that this girl who looked dignified and luxurious as if she was a noble person in the palace turned out to be a girl from the Jingwu Hou family, and her grandmother was the eldest princess Zhenping, the sister of the former emperor, and she could be regarded as the longest-lived old birthday star in the royal family.

After meeting each other, Shen Qian complained to Ji Cheng with a fan half-covering his face: "Why do you and Qi Hua have so much to say?" ”

Shen Qian's implication is that she also looks down on Qi Hua, but she doesn't like it much more tactfully than Wang Siniang, and the post is still to be given to Qi Hua, so there is a bit of a twist in the relationship between each other, but it is limited to that.

Ji Cheng can also see that the twenty or thirty girls here have their own good play, or three or three in twos, or four or five people in a bunch, not to mention that they are distinct, but in short, they are divided into groups.

Li Hui listened to it and persuaded her: "I'm afraid you don't know when you first come to the capital, but in the future, you should talk less about such a broken household." Otherwise, others will think that you are all in this together. Li Hui looked at Shen Qian's face and raised Ji Cheng loudly.

"Thank you, Sister Hui, for mentioning." Ji Cheng is as good as a stream, but his heart has sunk a lot. The hierarchy of the powerful family of Jingshi is too clear, which really makes Ji Cheng a little daunted.

In fact, this was not the case in the early decades, otherwise Ji Cheng's aunt would not have been able to marry into the Qi State Mansion.