When Daiyu heard them talking, she estimated that this time it might really be just a guest at the door, and nothing else. Relieved, he pointed to the osmanthus tree in the distance to grind Jia Min, "Mother, I want to see the osmanthus." ”

"Go ahead, bring agarwood and apricot fruit." Jia Min was also very happy when she saw her daughter smiling. There is no hurry to see each other, you have to slowly take your daughter into this circle, let people know that there is a girl in the Lin family who is just the right age, so that she will receive the invitation, and she will be interspersed with intentional or unintentional occasions, so that she can appear calm and not deliberate.

Daiyu cheered, the hundred-year-old laurel tree, at this time, had just been decorated with yellow, and before it bloomed, it had already smelled the wisps of sweet fragrance with the wind.

"The Wen family's house is more than 100 years old, and I heard that this laurel tree was planted by the first generation of the head of the family at that time." Xingguo was the first time to Wen Jia, and the news of her was one step faster than others.

"It's spectacular, their osmanthus sugar osmanthus cake, I'm afraid I can't eat it all." Daiyu was just joking, but unexpectedly, she was intercepted again.

"How can you just think about eating such an elegant thing?" A young lady wearing a goose-yellow shirt with a golden flower-sprinkled skirt and an old and heavy golden osmanthus crown on her head that Jia Min sneered at turned out from behind the tree.

Daiyu chuckled, "My sister is an elegant person, not like me." "It's just a kind word, they are all guests at other people's houses.

"Also, we are not an identity in the first place." The lady wearing the osmanthus gold crown glanced at Daiyu's dress, which was light and light, and the hairpin on her head was big, but it was not solid, and she was swollen and fat. The Wen family is like this, and the people who come and go must be inseparable.

Daiyu has frowned, this person is so rude to speak, his eyebrows are raised, Xingguo has already reported the name of the person, Xia Jingui, the only daughter of the imperial merchant Xia family.

It turned out to be her.

Daiyu's eyebrows moved, and she said: "It's really not an identity, there is a difference between officials and businessmen, and Miss Xia is still very self-aware." However, you don't have to be presumptuous, the Wen family is benevolent, and they must not show you a face. ”

After speaking, I was still interested in seeing what osmanthus was, so I took agarwood and apricot fruit and left.

"You ......" Xia Jingui was very angry, but the maid who followed saved trouble and hurriedly stopped the young lady.

"Don't worry, first inquire whose family it is, Miss wants to scold people, and she has to scold to the sore spot."

Xia Jingui nodded slowly, most of the officials who were willing to deal with the imperial merchants were short of money. But where does she know, she only knows that people don't eat as well as her, dress worse than her, and are often flattered. The little awe I had earlier had already smoothed out, and I felt like I was superior.

Speaking of which, Xia Jingui can't climb the real social circle of the Lin family, and it is really a coincidence that he returned to the Wen family.

"Hurry up and inquire, I want to see if their family hasn't taken our family's offerings." Xia Jingui was angry, the family's business was big, and there was a lot of money thrown out, so she didn't believe that the family had not taken the Xia family's silver. Maybe the jewelry on his head was made of the Xia family's silver.

The maid went to inquire about people, and she followed Daiyu back to the flower banquet hall, and when she looked again, it turned out to be the guest of the third grandmother of the Wen family. Xia Jingui smiled contemptuously, the money of these three masters who ran for officials was all from the Xia family, and those who came and went with their family must not be a big family.

She sat over and heard that the hairpin on the head of the third young grandmother of the Wen family was special, not like the craftsmanship here.

Jia Min said unexpectedly: "It's Jiangnan's craftsman, and their skills are indeed different." ”

"I think it's those craftsmen who think about the law to save gold for others, make a thin circle, say a word of dexterity, how much they have replaced, they will really get by." Xia Jingui interjected, and even sat down.

Grandma Wen San has always disliked this eldest lady of the Xia family, she has always been arrogant and rude, and she has always taken herself very seriously, and others are grass mustard in her eyes. But she is a married woman, and she doesn't have to get along with her on weekdays, but she just arranges it when she treats her, so she puts up with it.

But now laughing at the guests she invited in public is no longer rude to describe, it is simply making enemies for their Xia family. It's okay to make enemies for the Xia family, but don't pull the Wen family up.

Grandma Wen San's face sank, and Daiyu had already spoken in front of her, "It's not, where can it be compared to the Xia family of the emperor, this is resistant, and if you can resist, you are afraid that you will melt the treasury and put it on your head to swagger." Jiangnan Dingji's craftsmanship is also the right solution to save gold for others, and they are as thin as cicada wings when they enter the palace, I am afraid that they will save a lot of silver for the emperor. ”

The craftsmanship of Ding Kee is known as one or two gold and one or two work, which means that the process cost is almost the same as the material cost of jewelry. It is not a rich family, and it is not necessarily willing to invest this kind of investment, and the local tyrants are generally more willing to save the process fee and press it on their heads to show their wealth.

Xia Jingui's face turned red, and as soon as the maid inquired about the news, she saw that the young lady had offended someone by going in, and she really couldn't pull it. I jumped to the side in a hurry, but I didn't dare to say anything.

Jia Min gently slapped her daughter's shoulder, and said angrily: "I said again, the royal family is also something you can arrange, be careful that your eldest sister knows, and order the grandmother in the palace to teach you the rules." ”

Grandma Wen San breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at Xia Jingui with a smile, "I heard that the Rongguo Mansion is repairing the garden to welcome the car, is it true?" ”

"Alas, I just said that my daughter would arrange it, and now I added you. In the affairs of the palace, just obey the orders and do it. Jia Min also smiled, inadvertently revealing a gold-inlaid multi-treasure bracelet, which is the most sought-after category of jewelry made by Ding Ji this year.

Ordinary bracelets are all cast whole, and the top is inlaid with gems or carved flowers, and the left and right cannot escape this meaning. But the bracelets are made of hair-thin gold threads twisted together to form the shape of a living animal, and then set with colored gemstones for eyes or stamens, and so on.

I heard that the craft is extremely difficult, and the nobles with a lower rank in the palace can't be divided, and they haven't arrived, but this lady has one in her hand.

The lotus flowers and leaves are tightly intertwined, and the stamens are polished smooth and brilliant gemstones. In terms of this bracelet, no matter how expensive Xia Jingui is, he can't afford it, but this bracelet represents identity, not something that can be bought with money.

Xia Jingui was speechless, Jia Min brushed down her sleeves, she has always been a low-key and restrained person, which Lin Ruhai appreciates. So, she kept it up well. But she doesn't mind letting people see it occasionally, being low-key doesn't mean I'm inferior to you, and restraint doesn't mean having to put on a smiling face when being treated rudely.

A foreigner with a foreign surname, no matter how good Jia Min's temper is, he will not tolerate her.

"Miss Xia, is our seventh lady greeting you?" Grandma Wen San kindly reminded this stupid child, hurry up, don't leave an eyesore.

"Yes, I made an appointment with Miss Seven." Xia Jingui rarely restrained her arrogance, stood up, and went to find the seventh lady who relieved her.

"I said Sister Xia, what are you going to provoke them, they are the wife and eldest daughter of Lord Lin of the household department, this Mrs. Lin was born in Rongguo Mansion, and she is the daughter of the old lady of Rongguo Mansion, that is, there is just a virtuous concubine in their family, and she is the niece of Mrs. Lin's in-laws."

A series of names made Xia Jingui breathtaking, Lord Hubu Lin, Rongguo Mansion, and Concubine Xiande, each of them was a circle that Xia Jingui would never be able to squeeze into.

"I was careless." Xia Jingui drooped his head, which surprised Miss Seven, when did Xia Jingui take too soft. But when you think about it, you can understand that there are no people in this world who are really unconvinced, but they haven't met it. At this time, I encountered a hard angle, so I naturally obeyed.

Xia Jingui felt uncomfortable, left the field early, and when he went home, he broke the dishes and bowls, and he was not at peace. When she encounters this kind of incomparable person, she can only be angry with herself.

Jia Min and Daiyu didn't take this episode to heart, and followed Jia Min to start a lively road to go out and sit as guests.

Only to the palace to officially decree, on the fifteenth day of the first month, Concubine Xu Xiande went home to save her relatives. The whole Jinling was in an uproar, such grace is really rare.

The Rongguo Mansion is naturally full of lights, and even the maid and the maid have planted new clothes, and the Ningguo Mansion is honorable. The four kings and eight princes, and the remaining ten families, each with heavy gifts, were also delivered. For a while, the flowers were brocade, the fire was boiling, and the hot stove of the Rongguo Mansion was burned more vigorously.

At this time, Jia Min was faint and tried not to post it. Mrs. Wang was in the limelight, and then there was Aunt Xue, who was by Mrs. Wang's side at this time, enjoying all the flattery, and her face lit up by three points.

Jiafu sent someone to post that Concubine Xiande went home to save her relatives, wanted to see her sisters and brothers, and asked Jia Min's family to come over.

Jia Min refused at that time, saying that it was a short time for Niangniang to go home, and seeing that her sisters were too late, Daiyu didn't have to move forward. But Jia Fu replied, saying that it was Daiyu's sister who sent a message from her mother, and Jia Min could only hold her stomach and agree.

Lin Ruhai definitely won't go, he doesn't need to rely on a harem concubine to make friends, but he can't attribute himself to the identity of a relative, it's too late to hide. Lin Jingyu stayed in Guozijian for good reasons and focused on his studies.

In the end, Jia Min could only take her daughter back, and she still complained about Mrs. Wang in her heart, and she had to come because of her daughter's identity, and her liver hurt.

Holding his daughter in one hand, he explained, "Be cautious in front of your mother, don't talk if no one asks you to speak." ”

"My daughter knows." Daiyu went to find out that not only did she have a sister with a foreign surname, but Shi Xiangyun, who had not gone out for a long time, also came.

The festival between her and Shi Xiangyun can't be mentioned, but she knows it in her heart. Shi Xiangyun couldn't go out for a long time, and he was locked up at home to do needlework, which was given by the Bailin family. She hated the mother and daughter deeply, and on the surface, she was lenient and didn't care about her, and she also gained a good name. Turn around and make a ghost, leaving her defenseless.