Taohua hurriedly got up and asked her: "How can the fourth sister make needlework for Bai Ge'er again, it's really hard." "The shoes sent back haven't been worn all yet, Jiang Xinghua sent small socks again, and now it's a belly pocket, to be honest, she is more attentive than her own sister, which makes Taohua a little uncomfortable - people always send you things, but you don't know how to reciprocate, which is sometimes a burden for two people who are not so close.

Jiang Xinghua pursed her lips and smiled: "It's nothing, the belly pocket is also easy to make." ”

She said it was simple, but Taohua took it and took a look, one of the two belly pockets was embroidered for more than a year, and the other was embroidered with two immortals, where is it simple. Taohua groaned for a moment and called Mint: "Take out the piece of Songjiang cloth in the box." ”

Songjiang cloth is very suitable for small clothes, and it is not eye-catching to Jiang Xinghua, and it is not a whole horse, and it does not seem deliberate to send it out. Jiang Xinghua excused herself a few words, but still asked Wisteria to take it, and asked: "I seem to have heard today that the third sister will enter the palace with her mother next month?" ”

Mint next to her immediately glanced at her, and said secretly in her heart, this belly pocket is here, dare to inquire about this? Do you want to go with Momoka? Her girl can't be the master of this, right?

Jiang Xinghua really wanted to inquire about this matter, but her purpose was not at all what Mint thought.

She remembered very well that in her previous life, Xiaoshi had brought all the Jiang family girls into the palace except for Jiang Yanhua. It happened that the Queen Mother was suffering from an eye disease, and the emperor went to Shouxian Palace every day to greet him, and he ran into ...... But this time, how did it become that only Taohua was brought into the palace? Could it be that she is living a new life, and these things are not completely certain? If so, doesn't she have to marry Liu Zhijing either?

Momoka smiled: "Yes." My grandfather thinks that I still know a little bit about medicine, so at least I should ask my eldest sister what the situation is, and when I come back, I can let my uncle and grandfather prescribe a prescription. ”

Jiang Xinghua didn't care about the reason why she entered the palace, and only said: "I heard that there are big rules in the palace, what clothes does the third sister plan to wear into the palace?" She still remembered that Taohua was wearing a light red poppy shirt embroidered on a white background, a moon-white eight-panel skirt underneath, and a hairpin inlaid with red coral beads on her head, standing under the weeping willows, like a budding flower......

"It's just home-style clothes." Taohua understated, "When the time comes, I'll take it to my aunt to see, as long as I don't commit a taboo." ”

Jiang Xinghua also smiled and changed the subject: "I heard that the second sister prepared a picture album for my grandfather's birthday this time. ”

This Taohua knows,It's a book of landscape paintings drawn in places that have been walked over the years.,Not to mention it's really good.,There's a text and picture next to the painting.,I've seen it as if I've gone through it.。 Mrs. Jiang has rarely left the capital in this life, so she must be interested in this album.

"What did the fourth sister prepare?"

Jiang Xinghua smiled embarrassedly: "I made a pair of shoes for my grandfather." ”

Taohua frowned slightly and didn't say anything more. Jiang Xinghua sat for a while, and then left. As soon as she left, Mint couldn't help but say, "Fourth girl, is this-do you want to enter the palace with the girl?" ”

"I don't see it." Momoka shook her head. Jiang Xinghua seems to have come to confirm this matter and send needles and threads.

Mint muttered, "But the fourth girl has also done too much needlework." It's not that the slave wants to be a villain, the four girls look at it, and they don't get very close to our brothers......"

This sentence reminded Taohua. No wonder she always felt that something was not quite right, Jiang Xinghua kept doing this and that for Jiang Bohua, but every time she came to her, she only smiled and praised Jiang Bohua when she saw her, and she never even hugged him, let alone play and read with him like Taohua. is Jiang Bohua, and he is not close to Jiang Xinghua.

"Perhaps, the fourth sister always thinks that I saved her, so she wants to repay her?" If Jiang Xinghua covets her anything, she has nothing to covet for her, for so long, except for a hairpin given when they first met, it was just a few feet of Songjiang cloth just now.

Mint hesitated, but still said: "But the slave maid thinks that if the fourth girl wants to thank the girl, she should make something for the girl." This is for our brother to do needlework...... The slave always felt that something was wrong...... "Although the master behind her back is not in accordance with the rules, she is Taohua's maid, so she naturally feels that there is something wrong with Taohua, and she has to tell Taohua."

"Last time, the slave maid remembered that the fourth girl said that there was no one to take care of her at home, and the girl asked her to do more needlework for the old lady, but the fourth girl listened to it. In addition to always running to the girl's side, he doesn't seem to be close to the old lady, if it is said to be a reciprocal kindness - the old lady gave the fourth girl a needle first, otherwise...... "Mint actually thinks that Jiang Xinghua can wake up, at least half of the credit of the old lady Jiang."

"I don't think it's right for you to say that. When my uncle and grandfather celebrated their birthday, they only gave one pair of shoes...... "Just for Jiang Bohua's side, two pairs of shoes were made."

"The slave maid felt that the fourth girl seemed to be only close to the girl in this house, but was it the same when the girl did not come?"

The master and servant looked at each other, both feeling a little strange. Taohua is the first time in ten years to the capital, and she will return to Wuxi in the future, if Jiang Xinghua snubbed the people in the Jiang family's room for her, what good will it be?

"Forget it, I don't want to do it." Taohua waved her hand, "If the fourth sister wants me to help, sooner or later, I will help if I can, and if I can't...... help" There is no way.

The area of the mansion of the Marquis of Jinghai cannot be compared with the Jiang family at all. The carriage of the Cao family did not stop until the second gate, where there was already a very well-dressed middle-aged woman with three bamboo sedan chairs to greet them.

Although this woman is dressed as a subordinate, she is wearing satin, and a heavy gold-plated Ruyi hairpin is inserted in the bun. The lady served in the lady's room, and for a moment she could not get out of her body, and ordered the slave maid to come to meet Mrs. Jiang and the two girls. ”

Seeing that this Song family had a dignified and generous attitude, as if he had more bearing than himself, he couldn't help but feel nervous again, and said with a smile: "How dare you work Mrs., please ask Madam to lead the way, let's go and ask Mrs. Tai to say goodbye." ”

As soon as Song waved his hand, three bamboo sedan chairs were carried over, and the six sturdy sedan chair girls invited three people to get on the sedan chair, and then entered the second gate along the bluestone slab road and went straight to the west.

When I walked a stick of incense, Taohua looked through the gap in the curtains, and there were pavilions and pavilions along the road, which were a little less exquisite than the southern gardens, but a little more atmospheric.

The sedan chair stopped in the Chunshou Hall where Mrs. Jinghai Hou lived, and as soon as you enter the yard, there are two huge Chun trees, the branches stretch, almost able to cover half of the yard, not to mention the hundreds of years old.

There is no design such as rockery and flowing water in the yard, but it is flat and open, and even the houses are tall and bright. On one side of the courtyard there are two large white porcelain urns, in which lotus flowers are planted, and although the flowers do not bloom at this time, the verdant leaves protrude from the water but are also quite charming. On the other side is a corridor covered with wisteria, under which are planted peonies more than half a person high, and there are already early blooming flowers, red and bright in the green leaves.

A persimmon tree was planted in front of the window of the house, and Momoka noticed that the corner of the wall was full of insect-repellent herbs, apparently specially cultivated. This Chun Shou Tang is neatly cleaned up, and the road is flat and wide, the steps are wide and short, and the inconvenience of the legs and feet of the elderly is taken care of everywhere, which can be seen with care. It seems that the reputation of Jinghaihou, a filial son, is really never adulterated.

There were two rows of eight maids standing outside the door of the main room, and when they saw Mama Song, some maids came forward to greet them with a smile: "Mrs. Jiang San is here, and Mrs. and Mrs. Tai are chattering." ”

Speaking here, there was already a maid over there who opened the curtain to report inside, and then a ten□□-year-old maid came out with a smile: "Mrs. Tai is waiting inside, Mrs. Jiang San and the two girls please come in." ”

Taohua glanced at the maid who came out of the house, the one she was wearing was different from the eight outside, and she dared to love these few people who were dressed so decently, and they were not qualified to serve in the house, and the one inside was the real personal girl. Sure enough, the Marquis of Jinghai Mansion is rich, and the rules are big and exquisite.

That's it, Hengzhu won't stay in the capital for long, and when he returns to Wuxi, he will have nothing to do with the Jinghai Hou Mansion. Taohua could only comfort herself like this, and made up her mind again that when Old Lady Jiang's birthday was over, she would return immediately--slowly, it seemed that she would go into the palace with Xiao's family next month to diagnose Jiang Meihua's pulse...... Then wait for the pulse to be diagnosed, and Mrs. Jiang will prescribe a prescription before leaving.

The place of Jinghai Hou Mansion is huge, and after Taohua finished thinking about it, the sedan chair stopped. This is the Chunshou Hall where Mrs. Jinghai Marquis lives,

To be honest, the clothes on the maid who came out were almost the same as those worn by the three of them, and the jewelry on her head was also very delicate. Although limited to lowly status, the jewelry was only silver-plated, but it looked bright and shiny, and it was obviously new. This style is bigger than the girls outside, no wonder the big girls in the house are called deputy misses, and no wonder the attackers in "Dream of Red Mansions" will say "I won't go out even if I die".

Taohua diverged her thoughts and followed the welcoming maid into the main room.

The room is large and the furnishings are not complicated, but everything is exquisite. The Luohan bed on the top is a serious rosewood, the armrest is carved with a delicate pattern of flowers, there is an old woman sitting on it, wearing a silk flower long jacket, the temples are slightly gray, wearing a delicate silver silk bun, the middle gold inlaid white jade Guanyin is distracted, the top is the golden peony inlaid with ruby to pick the heart, half crooked leaning on the pillow, seeing Taohua and his party come in, he smiled and said: "Which girl is this, born with water spirit?" ”

A middle-aged woman sitting on the chair next to her smiled when she heard this: "Mother doesn't know it, but Mrs. Fifth does." ”

Taohua raised her eyes and saw that the chair on the other side of Luohan's bed was not Mrs. Cao Wu! The girl standing next to her was Cao Luo, who was holding a cup of tea to be sent to Mrs. Jinghai Houtai. At this time, the mother and daughter were stunned, obviously not expecting that they would meet the Cao family here today.

Cao also didn't expect to run into his sister-in-law, and he was stunned for a while. Momoka caught a glimpse of a mocking smile on the face of the middle-aged woman who had just spoken, and she understood in her heart. This must be Mrs. Jinghaihou, this is the family taking turns to come to the door to fight the autumn breeze, which made Mrs. Jinghaihou impatient, and put the two groups of people together to watch the excitement.

Mrs. Cao Wu refused to bring the Cao family to the Jinghai Hou Mansion, although Taohua didn't inquire carefully, she could guess some. In fact, in her opinion, Cao Wu may have some true feelings for Cao's sister, but Mrs. Cao Wu may not be, otherwise she can't instigate her sister-in-law to steal the things that were originally matched in front of her. She patted her ass and left, and the Cao family still had to live in the Jiang family.

She can guess this kind of thing, and most shrewd people like Mrs. Jinghaihou can guess it, and now that the two families are coldly brought together, she just happens to see the joke.

To be honest, in addition to making Taohua feel very uncomfortable because she was also a joke, she really can't say that she has done too much to Mrs. Jinghaihou. After all, if she changed Taohua, she wouldn't like this kind of poor relative who was pasted up like a dog skin plaster.

But she is also the one who is being watched now...... Taohua lowered her eyes slightly, pulled Cao's behind her head, and said in a low voice: "Madam, salute Mrs. Tai first." ”

Cao Shi came back to his senses, and hurriedly went down to Mrs. Jinghai Hou, and in the panic, he forgot even the words he had prepared earlier, and only subconsciously followed Taohua's reminder just now: "Say hello to Mrs. Tai." ”

Taohua and Jiang Yanhua followed and bowed, and out of the corner of their eyes, they caught a glimpse of Mrs. Jinghaihou who seemed to be a little satisfied, and knew that they didn't want to have anything to do with them at all, but fortunately, the Cao family still knew each other and didn't call out the eldest aunt.

Mrs. Jinghai didn't notice these eyebrows at all, and only asked Mrs. Cao Wu: "Who is this?" Do you recognize the fifth daughter-in-law? ”

Mrs. Cao's face stiffened like a layer of paper shell, and it wasn't until Mrs. Tai turned her face to ask her that she reluctantly twitched her cheeks and squeezed out a smile: "This, this is Sister Luo's aunt, her husband's surname is Jiang's ......."

Mrs. Jinghaihou looked at her with a smile, but said to Mrs. Tai: "Mother, look at it, these two girls are really smart, I look at this little one and Sister Luo's eyebrows and eyes are four or five points similar." ”

Taohua's heart sank, Mrs. Tai had already beckoned the two of them over, looked left and right and said with a smile: "No, this is similar to Sister Luo." The one was more handsome, but it wasn't the same. Look at the Cao family again, "There is no similarity between this mother and son, I think I followed my father?" ”

Mrs. Jinghai Marquis has reached this age, and she has the power to say whatever she wants, not to mention that she is used to being praised by others, and she doesn't know how to think twice about speaking, so she said it casually.

Cao's face was already red, and Mrs. Cao Wu was also embarrassed, and she said dryly after a while: "Sister Tao - the ...... left by my brother-in-law's wife in front of her."

Mrs. Jinghai nodded and smiled: "I see." However, the two sisters and sons are not half similar, and they are born with their mother and not their father. ”

Mrs. Cao Wu was looked at by her, so she could only continue: "Sister Yan, it is the ...... of my former brother-in-law's family"

There are no regulations on widowhood in this dynasty, and it is rare to see such a thing as a chastity archway, and it is forbidden for widows to remarry. However, in the end, it is still affected by the legacy of the Song Dynasty, and there is still a little contempt for the women who dip again, especially the children who are brought over by the oil bottle, and they are all bullied among the friends.

After Jiang Yanhua followed Cao's family, Jiang Xi went to change her name, which sounded no different from Taohua, and the Jiang family had little communication in Wuxi, she had never experienced such a scene, and her face was suddenly redder than Cao's, and even her eyes were red.

Taohua glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, thinking that the mother and daughter should be taught a lesson, but also feeling a little pitiful - after all, she is a thirteen-year-old girl, not to mention what Mrs. Cao Wu is? Although Mrs. Jinghaihou looked at her, she could not say the last sentence, as long as she was vague. also got benefits from the Cao family, but he refused to maintain even a little at this time, and he still had the face to claim to be his aunt.

Mrs. Jinghaihou was still smiling: "So, don't you have the surname Jiang?" ”

"Naturally, the surname is Jiang." Taohua smiled slightly, and took the words, "Although my sister was brought here by my wife, she is a family when she enters a family, and she has already changed her surname to Jiang." ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou turned her gaze and looked at Taohua seriously. It has always been difficult for a stepmother to do, and it is even rarer for the daughter in front to speak for the stepmother.

Momoka smiled at her gaze. The Cao family is embarrassed here, and it is Jiang Xi's face that is hurt. As she said just now, since she has entered a family, there is no harmony on the inside, and there is a family on the outside. Just like Mrs. Jinghaihou, she can sneer at her relatives who fight the autumn wind behind closed doors at home, but don't you have to take care of it for the sake of fame when she is outside?

Mrs. Jinghaihou glanced at Taohua squarely, the corners of her mouth curved slightly, and she turned her head to Mrs. Tai and said, "A few days ago, Mrs. Jiang San sent the post over, and also sent a pair of four-fan table screens, and the weather will be hot in a few days, which is suitable for you." ”

said old children and old children, Mrs. Jinghai Hou has lived too smoothly in the second half of her life, and her temper is really a little closer to children, and she likes to receive gifts very much. Of course, there is no shortage of good things in the Jinghai Hou Mansion, she just likes to see the freshness of the gifts, and when she heard the words, she became interested: "And the table screen?" Pick it up and I'll take a look. ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou had already asked someone to turn the table screen out of the warehouse, and at this time, with a wave of her hand, a maid hugged the four table screens. This table screen is small, and the base is also light, and the maids are lined up with it, but it is not very difficult.

Mrs. Tai is old, she likes to see a bright color, the bottom of these four table screens are all silver, red and goose yellow and other colors, and all kinds of longevity characters are embroidered with black velvet thread, which is very flattering to look at. Mrs. Tai really liked it when she saw it: "This embroidery is good." ”

Cao Shi seized this opportunity, although his face was still spicy, he also endured it for the sake of his daughter: "This is embroidered by Yanhua girl, her needlework is mediocre, but it took some heart to collect these 100 longevity words, I just wish you a long life and good health." ”

Who doesn't want to live a long life, although Cao's words are a little clumsy, but Mrs. Tai is not a thoughtful person, she was also happy to hear this, and said: "This girl is not very old, and the needlework is so good, it's really good." You put this in my room and put it next to the orchid on the case. ”

The maid beside her saw that she was happy, so she laughed and said, "This thing would be more appropriate if it was put on display on your birthday." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded and smiled, "That's what you said." If you want to say that there are not many days left, otherwise you will put it on hold first, and then take it out and put it out when the day comes. She said about her birthday, and suddenly turned her head to Mrs. Cao Wu and said, "The jade carved narcissus you gave last year is also novel, and this screen is good, it's hard for your sister-in-law." ”

Mrs. Cao Wu was already sitting on pins and needles, but when she heard the words jade carving narcissus, as if she had been struck by lightning, she subconsciously turned her eyes to look at Taohua. Taohua was also startled by these four words, Huo Ran raised his head, and stared sharply at Mrs. Cao Wu.

Originally, she suspected that Mrs. Cao Wu had secretly changed the jade carving narcissus for gifts, but now it has been confirmed. In other words, Mrs. Cao Wu took her biological mother's dowry to curry favor with Mrs. Marquis of Jinghai, and now this jade carving already belongs to the Marquis of Jinghai's mansion.

Mrs. Cao's eyes touched Taohua, and she quickly turned away, and said with a forced smile: "There are no good things in the Hou Mansion, we are just a little poor, and Mrs. Tai does not dislike it, it is our blessing." She only felt that her side face was stared at by Taohua, as if two needles kept pricking lightly, and a very familiar flattery was actually stammered.

Cao Luo was young, and she didn't have a mother who could calm down, so she didn't dare to look at Taohua, and she couldn't help but secretly look at her face, one by one, and even the maids who were waiting next to her could see that something was wrong.

Cao's situation is not much better than that of Mrs. Cao's fifth. Although Taohua didn't look at her, she also felt as if there was a fire under her buttocks, and she couldn't sit steadily. Some of the words that I had thought about at home had been forgotten at this time, and I didn't know what to say.

Jinghai Marquis's wife, Meng Shi, sat firmly on the side, already taking in all the strange and embarrassing scenes in the room, and couldn't help but gently shake the fan thoughtfully. Before giving the Cao family a post, she had already sent someone to inquire, and naturally inquired about the Cao family.

And after the Cao family came to the capital, Mrs. Cao Wu never mentioned it in front of the Hou Mansion people, the Meng family is a shrewd person, and when she thinks about it, she knows the doorway inside, so she called the two groups of people over to meet today. But now it seems that there is something she doesn't know about it. Otherwise, this Jiang Taohua was still maintaining the faces of the Cao family and Jiang Yanhua just now, but the Cao family is like this now, something is wrong......

In this strange atmosphere, only Mrs. Tai was not aware at all, and was still talking happily. Mrs. Cao Wu was so flustered by Taohua that she stammered when she spoke, and she couldn't catch several words in time. Cao Luo is the same. Mrs. Tai only felt that their mother and daughter were very different from usual, and she was a little disappointed, so she turned to talk to the three of Cao.