As soon as she stabbed the jade carving narcissus, Mrs. Cao Wu suddenly felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, and even Cao Luo couldn't sit still, and said in a low voice: "Mother, today I asked my grandmother for leave, and I only gave two hours, if I go back late, I'm afraid I will have to ...... the board."

Mrs. Cao Wu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my mother has forgotten it, the rules of the Hou Mansion are big, and it can't be too late." Sister, let's go back first. Don't worry, when the draft is over, I will definitely think about handing over the words in front of Mrs. Tai......" As he spoke, he stood up and walked out.

Cao wiped his tears and wanted to get up to send it, but Mrs. Cao Wu held it down, and she also felt that it was not good to look good when she went out like this, so she said, "Sister Yan will send your aunt for me." ”

Jiang Yanhua held her breath and sent people to the second gate, Mrs. Cao Wu and her daughter hurriedly got into the carriage, and when the car came out of the side door of Jiang's mansion, Mrs. Cao Wu sighed: "I really didn't expect that Taohua's girl to be so powerful!" ”

Cao Luo frowned and said, "What should I do now?" My sister-in-law didn't answer us at all. I see what my cousin means, and she already blames us. ”

Thinking of Jiang Yanhua's cold eyes, Mrs. Cao Wu couldn't help but pout: "Alas, that girl is better than her mother......" If Jiang Yanhua wasn't there today, the Cao family wouldn't be able to hear that she was perfunctory at all, maybe she would be able to take her words and come up with some money.

"What then?" Cao Luo's two thin eyebrows were tightly twisted, "Master Hou's birthday gift can't be missed, and it has to be no worse than the jade carving narcissus, otherwise they will have to laugh at me." ”

Mrs. Cao Wu was also helpless: "Mother knows." But my mother can't help it. Your father is now in the Shang Bao Division, but half of the money he earned will be used to honor the officials, otherwise he will not want to be promoted in the future. But the expenses in this capital are really large, if it weren't for the Hou Mansion to return our accommodation, I'm afraid - Luo'er, you also have to be considerate and considerate of your mother, in fact, this clothes, you don't need to make so many ......"

Cao Luo almost jumped up as if she had been pricked by a needle: "Mother, I still have a lot to do!" There are only four sets of clothes in one season, and Sister Hui has eight sets in one season, and Mrs. Hou still has a private subsidy! I'm just going to have a few outfits, and they're already laughing at me......"

Mrs. Cao Wu sighed: "That girl is the eldest daughter of Lord Hou, we can't compare." You spent three or five times more on your clothes and jewelry than when you were in your hometown, and the money your father earns now is really not enough. ”

Cao Luo pursed her lips unconvinced, twisted her head away, and said in a low voice: "Mother, you haven't made clothes and jewelry yourself......

"Mother, isn't this also to entertain those ladies and wives......" Mrs. Cao Wu found that it was an unsolvable cycle to say this, so she had to temporarily stop the attempt to save this expense, and instead worry about the birthday gift, "In fact, according to your father's grade, it is ...... to give one with someone."

"How's that going to work!" Cao Luo was anxious, "If it is according to my father's grade, can I enter the Hou Mansion?" It's not because we look at our own family. If Dad sends it according to other people's rules, then if Mrs. Hou follows the rules, how can I still stay in the Hou Mansion? ”

Mrs. Cao Wu has one head and two big. Cao Luo is naturally the best to stay in the Hou Mansion. She is fifteen years old, and she is about to find her relatives, because she has been following Cao Hui all day long, and she has to meet on some occasions, and someone has already quietly inquired about her. Although it hasn't been done yet, if it goes on like this, it will definitely be able to find a good family that Cao Wuye can't climb up to. With this, she was reluctant to leave the Hou Mansion. But to hold another unique birthday gift, Mrs. Cao Wu really can't think of a way.

When the mother and daughter were relatively worried, Jiang Yanhua had already returned to Cao's side with a cold face. Cao had just finished crying, and was asking Bai Guo to fetch water to wash his face, and when he saw his daughter with a calm face, he said, "What's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yanhua was angry, "Didn't my mother hear that my aunt didn't want to take us to the Jinghai Marquis Mansion at all!" ”

"Is there one?" Cao Shi was stunned, "Didn't your aunt say that this is about to be drafted, and Mrs. Tai can't be busy......"

Jiang Yanhua endured and endured, but in the end she couldn't hold back: "Mother, you didn't see it, when my aunt said this, was my cousin snickering?" My aunt is obviously fooling us and bullying us for not understanding this! ”

Cao hesitated. On one side is a sister-in-law, and on the other hand, she is a daughter-in-law, and she naturally leans towards her daughter: "This-how can this be......"

"Either my aunt is not like what she said at all, she has a face in the Hou Mansion, or Mrs. Tai is very talkative, and my cousin is afraid that we will go and will share her favor!"

"So what to do?" Cao Shi habitually panicked, "Your aunt refuses to take us to see us, then, isn't that the jade carved narcissus—" She was about to say the words that the jade carved narcissus had given away, but fortunately, thinking that the white fruit was still in the house, she swallowed it back.

"My aunt will only ask us for benefits, where will we be given any benefits!" Jiang Yanhua was so angry that her face turned red. When she saw the letter sent by Mrs. Cao Wu in Wuxi, she also thought that her uncle's family would finally be able to carry them, who knew that when she came to the capital, she knew that it was all fake!

Cao Shi looked at his daughter helplessly: "How is this a good ......?"

Jiang Yanhua forcibly suppressed his anger and thought for a while, and said categorically: "Uncle won't take us there, let's go by ourselves!" ”

"Going on your own?" Cao couldn't help but shrink back, "That's the Hou Mansion, how can we get in?" ”

"What are the Hou Mansion afraid of! Didn't my sister go to accompany the county lord? I have to say that the several rewards from the lord of Nanhua gave Jiang Yanhua quite confidence, "Besides, why can my uncle enter the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, isn't it because the old marquis is my grandfather's brother?" Mother, your surname is also Cao, and you are also the daughter of your grandfather, so you are also a relative of the Hou Mansion, why do we have to be led by someone to see it? ”

Cao felt that what his daughter said was very reasonable, and slowly gave birth to a little courage: "This, can this be done?" ”

Jiang Yanhua sneered: "Why can't it be? The niece of the family entered the capital and came to greet her aunt, isn't this the proper courtesy? We hand the post in, who can say what can't be done? ”

"That's fine, but what if Mrs. Tai doesn't see it? Besides, I've heard that it's very difficult to get through the doors of these people's houses, so maybe they send a post, and they don't go through the doors......"

This is indeed a problem. Jiang Yanhua bit her lip and thought for a moment, her eyes lit up: "Let's send the post in the name of the eldest uncle!" The eldest uncle has just been promoted, the eldest sister is still in the palace, and the Jiang family's post is handed over, and the door does not dare not send it in! ”

Cao turned his worries into joy: "Not bad." Then I'll go and ask your aunt for a post—"

"You can't ask your aunt!" Jiang Yanhua was made a little out of temper by her mother, "Let's enter the door, what is the eldest aunt like to us, don't you think?" The bracelets for my sister and me, one light and one heavy. Even the first face given by my second aunt is my worst. Mother, after all, I'm not my father's own child, in this family, no one takes our mother and daughter seriously, and it's not a shame to go to the eldest aunt. ”

The head sent by Jing's is indeed the second to Jiang Yanhua, although the amount is equal, but the sapphire particles inlaid on the head are small and few, and the same is true for a few pearls, and the largest one is only the size of a soybean.

In fact, this is really not that Jing's deliberately embarrassed Cao's mother and daughter, just because the news was too far apart, and when he was about to enter the capital, he knew that Jiang Xi had brought his stepdaughter back. Putting things together is naturally not as good as carefully prepared.

Jiang Yanhua is not for that injustice. After coming to the capital, she realized the reality more deeply than in Wuxi - no matter how much she changed her surname, she was not a Jiang family, and if she wanted to have a good future, she could only rely on herself!

"It's just a post, let's just write it ourselves. Quietly sent out, how would the eldest aunt know? Besides, we live here now, and it's not wrong to use the post of the eldest uncle. ”

Cao Shi looked at his daughter with his eyes open: "This, is this okay?" Why don't you talk to your daddy? ”

Jiang Yanhua hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I can't tell my father." In my opinion, my father may not want us to go to the Jinghai Hou Mansion. After all, the jade carving narcissus ......" She still had a word that she hadn't spoken, and Jiang Xi didn't seem to want her to have more contact with those nobles, such as the lord of Nanhua and the second son of Jiang.

I don't know where Jiang Ergongzi is now...... Jiang Yanhua had a vague thought in her mind, and she immediately pressed it down. The second son of Jiang is out of reach, but the Jinghai Marquis Mansion can be entered now.

Cao Shi hesitated, and then said, "Then, then do it?" When will the post be delivered? ”

Jiang Yanhua also hesitated at this time: "It is said that we should hand over the post when we arrive in the capital, so as not to be rude." But now the Hou Mansion may be really busy......"

The mother and daughter looked at each other with big eyes, and they were also worried.

Taohua sorted out the medical case in Baicaozhai for most of the day, and listened to Mint say that Mrs. Cao Wu had been gone for a long time, so she packed up her paper and pen and walked slowly to the east side of the courtyard.

"The slave maid heard Sister Bai Guo say that the fifth wife came this time, and I am afraid that she still wants to ask her for silver." Cao Shi didn't hear it in a daze, but Bai Guo had been serving her, and every time Mrs. Cao Wu came by her side, she had already seen through Mrs. Cao Wu's thoughts, and she figured out the key from just a birthday gift.

"Mrs. gave it?" There should be no silver money in Cao's hand, and the rest is nothing more than jewelry.

"Nope. Sister Bai Guo said that Mrs. shouldn't have heard what Mrs. Fifth meant. "Mint doesn't even want to shout anymore than his uncle's wife," Later, Mrs. Fifth picked on the girl's thorns, and Mrs. sent Sister Baiguo out without knowing what to say, and Mrs. Fifth seemed to be a little gray when she left. ”

Taohua sneered: "I see, it's probably my wife who stabbed the matter of the jade carving narcissus." ”

"Oh, yes! Sister Baiguo said that Mrs. Fifth asked where Qingguo was first, and then Mrs. broke her up. ”

"So that's it, no matter how thick-skinned she is, she can't open her mouth and ask her wife for money." Taohua sneered, "Let her go." It's always a relative, and it can't be broken. Mrs. Heng Zhi has nothing in her hand, and if she is willing to be a jewelry, she will pay for it - well, I think even if Mrs. is willing, Yan Hua will not be willing. ”

The master and servant were talking, when they saw the Jing family in front of them with Jiang Lianhua, and a group of maids came over with a hug, Taohua had to stop and said with a smile: "Second aunt, second sister." ”

"Sister Tao, this is just finishing copying the book for the old lady?" Jing came over affectionately and took Taohua's hand and touched her fingers, "Ouch, there are cocoons from writing, and I must have practiced calligraphy on weekdays, right?" ”

Taohua smiled: "When I was at home, I also copied books for my father, and I would be embarrassed to say that I practiced calligraphy......

Jing smiled: "This is also too modest. You, like your second sister, can't put it down when you pick up the pen. However, this girl's hands are not good like this, when there is nothing to do on weekdays, soak your hands with milk bubbles, and before going to bed, you will rub on the emollient cream, and then ask the maids to sew a cloth hand cage for you, and wrap your hands up at night to sleep. I've always asked the maid to give your second sister to do this, otherwise she would be practicing the piano and calligraphy and painting, and her hand would be ruined. ”

This is the common view of this era - a woman's hands should be carefully maintained, and "ten fingers should be as slender as spring onions", and if there are calluses, it will inevitably spoil the scenery. Jing's was also kind-hearted, and Taohua nodded with a smile: "Thank you Second Aunt for teaching me this method." It's just that she can't afford to wash her hands with milk at home.

Jing said with a smile: "You still have the grease at your second sister's place, and I will let someone send you a few bottles in a while." ”

"It's going to be a good thing for the second sister again." Taohua accepted with a smile, "Where did the second aunt go?" ”

"Alas, go to Cui's Mansion to visit Miss Cui."

"Is it the daughter of the prefect of Fuzhou?" Taohua suddenly remembered the two big boats on the top near the Jiujiangkou wharf, one of which was hung with a lantern with the word Cui, and I heard that it was the family of the Fuzhou prefect.

"Yes. Your second uncle is doing business in Fuzhou, and he is taking care of Governor Cui, this time Miss Cui came to the capital to get married, and your second sister and I will go to see if there is anything we can help. ”

"Oh, I heard that the eldest girl of the Cui family is going to marry the prince?"

"Yes, it's the Fourth Prince. Before the death of the first emperor, he personally set a family affair for the four princes. Originally, Qin Tian supervised the selection of a good day in April, but now it seems that it will be postponed. Jing was a talkative man, and while taking Taohua's hand and walking forward, he talked in a rambling manner.

"Why postpone?"

"Miss Cui rushed all the way to the capital, she was unaccustomed to the water and soil, her body was unwell, and she was recuperating. This is the prince's wedding, there are many etiquettes, and you can't stand it if you are not in good health. But it's good to postpone, although the four princes have reached adulthood, they have been in the northwest before, and when they return to the capital this time, they should first plan to be crowned the king. When you get married again, it will be more decent. ”

Taohua knew that this fourth prince was the son of the virtuous concubine who made Jiang Fanghui convicted. Because of the early death of his mother, the first emperor sent him to the maiden family of the Northwest Concubine to raise, claiming that he could not bear to see the son and remember the mother, but the discerning people can see that at that time, some people said that the son of the virtuous concubine was the highest and should be established as the prince.

"The fourth prince hasn't been back to the capital all these years?"

"Nope." When Jing said this, she suddenly felt that her daughter was pulling her sleeve, and she was slightly stunned before she remembered the relationship between the fourth prince and the second room of the Jiang family, and hurriedly coughed and said, "Everything is good here in the capital, but the weather is a little dry, and I feel uncomfortable in my throat when I go out, so I need to drink a few more cups of tea." ”

Taohua pushed the boat down the river and said: "Then the second aunt should go back and rest quickly." "It seems that the Jing family has had a very smooth life outside these years, and he has long forgotten that the Jiang family has been questioned about his crimes, so that he only now remembers that he should not mention the four princes at home.

After parting ways with Jing's family, Taohua slowly returned to his room, and Jiang Bohua immediately pounced: "Sister! ”

"Did Brother Bai study with his father today?" Taohua has to sort out the manuscript for Mrs. Jiang, and there is less time to take Jiang Bohua, and Jiang Xi has been taking him with him these days and teaching him to read.

Jiang Baihua pouted and didn't speak. Kikyo said with a smile on the side: "The old man is in a hurry, he teaches too fast, my brother can't remember so many ......" And Jiang Xijiao doesn't pay attention to fun, no wonder Jiang Bohua doesn't like to learn.

In this era, fathers teach children like this, so what's the fun? Jiang Xi did not "hug his grandson but not his son", he was already a very enlightened father. It's a pity that he is not the material to teach children, and there is no way to do it. Taohua smiled and scratched Jiang Bohua's little nose: "Daddy is too anxious, I want Brother Bai to learn to read and write quickly." Did Bai Ge'er cry nose? ”

Jiang Bohua has been raised by the Cao family since he was a child, although he has a good temper, but he does love the golden beans a little, at this time, when he heard Taohua say it, he was a little embarrassed, and twisted his body to drill into Taohua's arms. Taohua smiled and picked him up and put him on the bed, asked Kikyo to take the literacy card, and asked, "Do you remember what you learned today?" ”

Bai Ge'er pouted and pulled in the literacy card, and Kikyo came with a letter: "This was just sent in at the door." ”

"Lu Ying's letter?" Taohua hurriedly opened it, and after reading it, her brows furrowed, "Lu Ying has arrived in the capital, ask me to meet him." Mint, you go to the eldest aunt's place for me and say, I'm going out tomorrow, please arrange it at the door. ”

Mint was a little strange: "Who sent the letter, why didn't you call in?" ”

"The door says it's a little guy." A strange man from outside can't just enter the inner courtyard, "It's not Miss Lu's maid." ”

"The Lu family rented a yard in the capital, and Lu Ying came with one of her cousins, and the family was strict and didn't let them go out." Although the show girl to be selected does not know whether she can be selected, she has been temporarily assigned to the emperor's name in name and cannot go out at will.

said that he was going to inform Xiaoxiao's, but in fact, he was just talking to Xiaoxiao's big girl Hesu, who would arrange for the car to be prepared on the door, and report it to Xiaoxiao's together with the rest of the trivial matters.

Xiao Shi was leaning on the Luohan bed, watching Tuan Su pack up his things. A few days ago, she handed over a sign and wanted to enter the palace to see Jiang Meihua, but there was no movement, it seems that the palace is busy preparing for the draft, and she has no time to take care of Jiang Meihua's little Jieyu. Xiao Shi became more and more worried, but he had no choice but to ask Tuan Su to pack up some medicinal materials and bits and pieces of silver, and go to the palace gate to ask an acquaintance to bring them in.

The inner prison is a disabled person, and some people in high positions can still compete for the power of the inner palace, like these who only run errands inside and outside the palace gate, they only have the pursuit of property. Therefore, if there is nothing forbidden, they are willing to pass it on on their behalf, but they must give some benefits. After all, Jiang Meihua was pregnant with the dragon species, and now there is no obvious sign of falling out of favor, and the internal supervision will not be too hard. But even so, it would cost at least twenty taels of silver.

After Tuan Su packed up his baggage, he went to get the money box, opened the lock and looked at it, and picked out a silver ticket of twenty taels: "Mrs.-"

Xiao Shi took her hand and glanced into the box, there were only a few thin silver tickets left, the largest denomination was only one hundred taels, and some scattered silver and copper coins, it was really pitiful to look at. Since Jiang Meihua entered the palace, the family's money has not been filled. Because he married into the heavenly family, he saved a dowry, so at the beginning, Xiaoshi didn't feel anything, but felt that his daughter was wronged, and the silver brought in when he entered the palace alone was two thousand taels, and the jewelry was not counted, and the bits and pieces were sent in.

But this miscarriage, the good medicinal materials alone cost thousands of taels of silver, plus the ...... sent to Jiang Meihua to take care of the hospital and pharmacy Xiaoshi calculated, Jiang Meihua entered the palace, and a total of □□,000 taels of silver went in, which was enough to buy two decent dowries for Jiang Meihua! And it looks like the money hasn't been spent enough, and it looks like it's going to keep filling it in.

"In a few days, go and talk to the shop, and pay the money in the account five hundred taels first." Xiao Shi rubbed his eyebrows, "The old lady's birthday is in April, this can't be sloppy." After speaking, he sighed, "This has become Yin's food......

Tuan Su comforted her and said: "It's always because Niangniang was suddenly plotted that this expense happened, and when Niangniang is well, it will naturally be fine." The last time my wife entered the palace, didn't she look much better at her mother's complexion? The medicinal materials brought by the third master are all good, and the mother will definitely raise them. ”

Xiao Shi sighed. She is a low-grade wife, and she can't even bring a maid when she enters the palace, so whether she is a child or a group, she has not seen Jiang Meihua after a miscarriage. Although Jiang Meihua is not as pale as when she gave birth now, her body is always a little swollen. You must know that she was originally a graceful and slender figure, and it was probably in this way that she entered the emperor's eyes, and now that her figure is out of shape, how can she go to the emperor's favor again?

These words are not easy to say, Xiao Shi felt more and more anxious, and was about to ask Tuansu to pour a cup of cooler tea to press it, when he saw He Su come in and told Taohua that he was going out tomorrow, and suddenly frowned: "Peach girl goes out alone?" How can there be such a rule! "A girl who has not left the cabinet, how can she go out without her elders?

He Su said in a low voice: "I said that I was going to see a friend who was going to be drafted." Madam, the slave maid heard that the third girl was also used to going out when she was in Wuxi, and the third master didn't care, so don't worry about it. The slave maid said boldly, the third girl looks measured, you can let her go, and save a worry. When the second wife comes back, I'm afraid that you still have this troublesome thing. ”

Xiao Shi was said by her, and the strength that Fang had just mustered suddenly leaked, and said with a wry smile: "You are right. After a few months, they went back. You go to the door and tell the car to be prepared, I have the energy, I might as well think about Sister Mei'er's affairs - alas, if the old man can go to the Tai Hospital to dredge and dredge, and send a good doctor to recuperate and condition Sister Mei'er, it would be good......"