==Chapter 49==

At this time, Persian dogs are still relatively rare in Chang'an, and they are rarely available even in some wealthy families.

You must know that this kind of Persian dog belongs to the tribute of Fanbang, especially this pure coat color, which is also extremely rare in the tribute, and where can ordinary people see it. So when they saw the cute little rain, all the girls were curious.

"Is this a puppy?" One can't help but ask.

"It's not like a normal puppy."

Naturally, it is different, many dogs in Daqi are large dog breeds, and there are also small dogs, but there is no such snow-white and fluffy, very cute looking puppy.

Girls have always had no resistance to this kind of small animal, and a little white rabbit can make girls rare, let alone this rare puppy.

A knowledgeable girl said enviously: "This is a Persian dog, but a tribute, this pure white coat color, even in the tribute, is very rare." My father is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, I listened to him, this kind of Persian dog has only been offered to two in recent years, this is probably one of them. ”

This group of girls is either rich or expensive, and tribute is not a rare thing for them, but the best and even treasures in the tribute are very few people can get or see them.

When everyone heard what the girl said, they immediately dismissed the plan to go home and let their parents get one to raise, such a rare thing is probably only available to a person with a noble status like Meng Changxi.

Meng Changxi picked up Xiaoyu and said with a smile: "This was given to me by the prince's brother." ”

Upon hearing this, everyone was even more envious.

I couldn't help but have the girl with the stars in her eyes and said, "It's so cute, can you touch it for me?" ”

"yes, it's so cute."

"Look at its tongue, it's still pink."

"I want to touch it too."

It could be seen that Meng Changxi was also an approachable person, and when he heard this, he stretched his arm forward, exposing Xiaoyudi's entire body.

All the girls surrounded them, sighing, and touching carefully, with sweet smiles on their faces, which showed that the light rain was really cute.

The Xiao family and the Meng family have always been at odds, of course, this is private, one is the family of the Empress Yuan, and the other is the family of the current queen. It stands to reason that the dead are definitely not as valuable as the living, but the key is that Emperor Chengyuan is a person who misses the old love, and he is an infatuated person, so from the outsider's point of view, the Meng family and the Xiao family are no different, they are both descendants, and the Xiao family is a famous family handed down from the previous dynasty, and it seems that the prestige is much higher than that of the Meng family. But in the eyes of many discerning people, they know that in the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan, the status of the Xiao family is not as good as that of the Meng family, which can be seen from the actions of these years.

To exaggerate, wherever the Meng family went, most of the Xiao family retreated. Of course, it's not that the Xiao family is afraid of the Meng family, but that they always feel that they are dwarfs, and there are political enemies of the Xiao family, and there are many who always ridicule the Xiao family about this matter. Therefore, in order not to have unnecessary entanglements, the Xiao family rarely intersects with the Meng family, and when they meet outside, most of them nod their heads, and occasionally meet female relatives in diplomacy, and most of them do not interact with each other.

The behavior of the elders also has some influence on the juniors, Xiao Sanniang and others are older than Jiuniang and others, and they have been walking with their parents since they were children, and they also understand these truths.

Xiao Sanniang is just that, she has always been sensible and polite, even if Meng Changxi came, she was suspected of stealing the limelight from her own house, but in the end, she had to have the demeanor of the host, she just smiled and said nothing. But Xiao Liuniang can't do it, if you talk about the most hated person in the world, Xiao Jiuniang ranks first, then Meng Changxi is second. Of course, her dislike for Meng Changxi is mixed with jealousy, redness and so on, in short, it makes her disgusted, but she knows that she can't afford to provoke Meng Changxi, and she can only swallow her anger on weekdays.

At this time, seeing Meng Changxi and letting everyone surround her, she was out of the limelight, her eyes rolled and she moved her gaze to Xiao Jiuniang who was standing aside.

"Shangguan Xiaomeng, is this dog as rare as you say? Why don't I think, are you lying to everyone? Xiao Liuniang said.

Shangguan Xiaomeng was the girl who claimed that her father was the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and she also gathered around Meng Changxi and discussed with everyone how cute the puppy was.

At this time, when she heard that someone named her name, she was stunned for a moment, and she came to her senses, and her little face turned red, "I'm not lying, my father is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and he is responsible for foreign envoys, the gifts of the Siyi monarchs, the collection of tributes, and the return of gifts, all the tributes are to pass through the Honglu Temple, and I also listened to what my father said a few years ago, and I can use it to lie to you!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at Xiao Liuniang, even Meng Changxi.

Although Meng Changxi still had a soft smile on her face, there was a hint of displeasure between her eyebrows.

This Xiao Liuniang questioned what Shangguan Xiaomeng said, which was questioning the preciousness of Xiaoyudi. The little raindrop was given to her by the prince's brother, and the things that the prince's brother gave her have always been rare, and Meng Changxi also knew that this kind of Persian dog was extremely rare, especially this kind of fur color was extremely pure. She didn't question the preciousness of Xiaoyudi because of Xiao Liuniang's words, she only felt that Xiao Liuniang was provoking her.

Everyone felt that Xiao Liuniang was provoking Meng Changxi, so everyone looked at Xiao Liuniang with the eyes of a fool. Of course, there are also people who look at Xiao Liuniang with the eyes of watching a play, and that person is Cui Shi Niang.

Xiao Sanniang was originally standing aside with several girls of the same age, all of them were sixteen or seventeen years old, older than others, although they were also ready to move in their hearts, they also knew what it meant to be reserved.

Seeing that Xiao Liuniang was stupid at this time, she hurriedly took a few steps forward and pulled Xiao Liuniang, and said to Meng Changxi: "Don't be surprised by Xi Niangzi, my sixth sister has always been a straightforward person, and she doesn't mean anything else." Liuniang, still don't apologize to Xi Niangzi. ”

Xiao Liuniang showed a stubborn look, and waved Xiao Sanniang's hand to hold her: "I wasn't wrong, she said that dog was so rare, but didn't the ninth sister also raise one?!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes focused on Xiao Jiuniang, who had been standing aside and did not speak.

Jiuniang felt bad since Xiao Liuniang spoke. Sure enough, this Xiao Liuniang didn't forget to pit herself, Xiao Jiuniang would not think that Xiao Liuniang was a leak for a while, don't look at Xiao Liuniang has always been willful and domineering, but in the family, how can there be any innocent people. If there is, most of them are also pretended.

Before Jiuniang could speak, some girls on the side said: "Xiao Liuniang, even if you are jealous of Changxi, you can't put gold on your face like this!" ”

"That's it."

"Shangguan Xiaomeng didn't tell a lie, I also heard the elders in the family talk about this kind of Persian dog. This Persian dog was paid tribute from far away, and this pure coat color is extremely rare, even in Fanbang, it is rare. ”

"It's said that this is the best of the tributes, and you still think that the mud-legged people raised those little earth dogs, and everyone can get one."

Compared with Meng Changxi and Xiao Liuniang, there is no need to think that everyone is naturally holding Meng Changxi, so they are extremely ruthless when they speak.

Xiao Liuniang looked angry and annoyed, and looked at Xiao Jiuniang, "Ninth sister, come on, do you have a Persian dog that is exactly the same as this one and has no stray hair?" ”

Therefore, Xiao Liuniang is digging a pit for Xiao Jiuniang, if Xiao Jiuniang says no, Xiao Liuniang will be embarrassed, and it will also cause shame to all the little ladies of the Xiao family present. Today is the birthday of the Duchess of Anguo, this is the territory of the Xiao family, everyone loses such a big face together, or in front of the Meng family, needless to say, Xiao Jiuniang will definitely be punished.

If Xiao Jiuniang said yes, then she would definitely offend Meng Changxi, because Xiao Liuniang's provocative attitude was too obvious before, and if Jiuniang really took out a puppy that was exactly the same as Xiaoyudi, then all the words that everyone admired Meng Changxi before would not be admired, but slapped Meng Changxi in the face again and again.

Meng Changxi lost face, how could she not hold a grudge against Xiao Jiuniang? In the future, Xiao Jiuniang will have to walk around the circle of noble girls, and offending Meng Changxi is equivalent to offending many noble girls around her. With the Meng family's mountain behind, the difficulties that Jiuniang will encounter in the future can be imagined.

Now it's a multiple-choice question, everyone loses face together, and afterwards they are blamed by their elders. In response to Xiao Liuniang's words, Meng Changxi fell into disgrace, and it would be difficult to move an inch when she went out in the future.

Xiao Jiuniang is no stranger to Meng Changxi, and it can even be said that she remembers it vividly, because in her previous life, she offended Meng Changxi for unknown reasons, so that she caused many disasters.

At that time, Jiuniang was different from now, although she had the identity of the daughter of the Xiao family, it was better to have nothing, the county lord of Chaoxia and Xiao Liuniang and others never hesitated to promote her, so that Xiao Jiuniang's bad reputation was outside. Therefore, although Jiu Niang can enter and exit the circle of noble women, she is incompatible with everyone, no one wants to associate with her, and she has always faced a very strong gaze of ridicule or contempt.

And Meng Changxi, who is high above and surrounded by everyone in and out, is an extremely distant existence for her, unattainable. At the beginning, she faced all kinds of wits and difficulties, and Jiu Niang only thought that it was the Chaoxia County Lord or Xiao Liuniang and others who secretly did it, and she always thought so.

It wasn't until one time later that she found out that not only these people, but also Meng Changxi, who had never had anything to do with her, had also instructed others to embarrass her. At that time, Jiuniang didn't understand, she didn't understand why the high-ranking Meng Changxi would come to make things difficult for her. In fact, she didn't understand it later, because the two people were people in two circles and two worlds, and she had no opportunity or qualification to question Meng Changxi.

After going around for two lifetimes, the situation is so the same, the difference is only Xiao Jiuniang in the previous life, and she doesn't know how she offended Meng Changxi. In fact, in Jiuniang's mind, she was really a little wronged, and these wrongs in her previous life became clear because of what happened at this time, Xiao Jiuniang smiled.

Since I always want to 'offend' you, then implement it, so that you don't feel wronged again in the future.

In the face of Xiao Liuniang's forced words, Jiuniang nodded reluctantly, making everyone look as if Xiao Liuniang forced this half-sister to say something against her will. As for why this is so, it must be so that Xiao Liuniang can get off the stage.

Everyone looked at Xiao Liuniang and Xiao Jiuniang's eyes, and they suddenly became ashamed.

Zheng Qiyu glanced at Xiao Liuniang and said, "If I just need to say it, I will also make up how many there are in my family, Xiao Liuniang, you don't need to let your sister echo your lies, find yourself under the stairs, and take the dog out to compare." ”

"Do I need someone to help me find myself under the stairs? Ninth sister, take your dog out and show them. ”

Jiu Niang had no choice but to find a servant girl and whispered a few words to her.

The servant girl hurried away, the atmosphere was a little frozen for a while, and everyone's eyes were shocked, could it be that this Xiao Jiuniang really has a rare Persian dog? But she is immoral and incompetent, why could she have the best of this kind of tribute?

The reason why Meng Changxi can have it is because people have their backs to the Meng family and have a cousin of the prince, what is this Xiao Jiuniang? A daughter of the Xiao family, don't look at sitting with everyone, if she doesn't have the identity of the county lord, I'm afraid she will be one level lower than everyone out of thin air. Didn't you see Xiao Banniang's cautious gesture of adding tea and pouring water for everyone? That's where this kind of fake concubine should be.

They are all from everyone's background, so they all know some of the unspoken rules in each other's families. The daughters of this family are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, but it's not that you put a piece of gold on your face, that's it.

Seeing that the atmosphere was awkward, Xiao Sanniang had to stand up again to do peace, and beckoned everyone to come into the pavilion to sit, so as not to tan the skin that had been raised with great difficulty.

Nowadays, white is beautiful, and naturally no one has trouble with their appearance, and they are all in the pavilion.

After entering the pavilion, although everyone sat down and asked the maid to change the tea, no one put their minds here, and they all waited for Xiao Jiuniang to take out a precious Persian dog like Meng Changxi to come out.

Meng Changxi sat next to Zheng Qiyu, with a light smile on her face, but she seemed to caress the long hair of Xiaoyudi thoughtfully.

Not long after, a servant girl came from outside, but it was Lianfang.

When everyone saw that only the maid came, not the dog, they all looked at Jiuniang with a sneer. As everyone knows, it's not that there are no dogs, but this time Jiuniang and the others didn't bring a personal maid by their side, and Jiuniang just sent a strange maid to Cuiyun Pavilion. Lianzhi has always been a thoughtful person, so he was naturally afraid that there was something mysterious in the secret, so he sent Lianfang over to inquire about it.

"What, what about your dogs?" Zheng Qiyu sneered.

In normal times, she would naturally not speak like this, but today she was asked to come and see, but the Xiao family was too much and repeatedly provoked them.

"Ninth sister, where's your dog?" Xiao Liuniang asked with an impatient look, but Jiuniang did not ignore the malice in her eyes.

"The maidservant girl has passed on the wrong word, Jiu Niang has already ordered, and she will be there later."

"Hmph, then let's wait!"

Everyone only thinks that Xiao Jiuniang is reluctant, it is estimated that it is full of big words, and now they are thinking of what way to make up for the leaks.

These girls have even already planned, even if there is something that the elders ask everyone to pass over, they must wait for this Xiao Jiuniang to bring the dog over, and they will never let her hide it. Because of Xiao Liuniang's provocative words, not only provoked Meng Changxi, but also hurt the face of those who praised Meng Changxi.

Everyone will be disgusted with this kind of behavior, it can only be said that Xiao Liuniang's behavior is too much, which has aroused public anger.

There was a girl who was familiar with Xiao Sanniang, and she glanced at Xiao Sanniang with a little worry, Xiao Sanniang sighed helplessly and rubbed her eyebrows.

In fact, Xiao Jiuniang has a Persian dog, and the Xiao family knows everything, and some people even know that it was given by the King of Chu. It's just that there are very few people who know this, after all, the incident happened in Lanling, and since Jiuniang returned to Chang'an, she has never brought Xiaojiu'er to people, so many people have never seen it.

Xiao Sanniang didn't doubt that Jiuniang wouldn't be able to hold a Persian dog, she was worried that Xiao Jiuniang wouldn't be able to hold a Persian dog that was purer than Xiaoyu's coat, because what Xiao Liuniang said just now was extremely provocative, not only similar to this one, but also without a trace of miscellaneous hair.

In fact, this sentence is the root of the stabbing of everyone, Persian dogs are rare but not nothing, if these girls present really want to, with the power of the family to spend a lot of money and energy, they can also get one. But like the one held in Meng Changxi's arms, it is extremely rare, because it is snow-white, except for a handful of black hairs like a small peach heart on the top of its head, there is not a trace of variegated hair.

So this dog also looks at the appearance, if this handful of miscellaneous hair grows in other places, it is naturally a failure, but it is precisely on the top of the head, it looks like it adds a little cuteness and naughty to the little rain, but it is a few points lower than the snow-white without a trace of miscellaneous hair, you must know that it is like the fur that everyone wears in winter, and the solid color is the best, and the variegated color is inferior.

This principle is the same, and Xiao Liuniang's provocative words are precisely to step on Meng Changxi's little rain and raise Jiuniang's dog. Although there is not a word that says that this little rain is not as good as the little wine, the voice is all saying so.

It was this remark that poked into Meng Changxi's heart, she thought that she had always been high, how could she be inferior to Xiao Jiuniang. Everything in the hands of the prince's brother is the best, how can it be inferior to this Xiao Jiuniang. Maybe there is indeed a puppy in this world with pure fur and no trace of stray hair, but it will never be owned by her Xiao Jiuniang!

As time passed, Xiao Sanniang became more and more anxious.

This time is in her own house, she is the eldest among the sisters, and she has caused this kind of contradiction, and she is also at fault. But Xiao Liuniang has never listened to people, and is willful, and in the face of this five-room sister, Xiao Sanniang has a headache many times.

If there is a decision in this matter immediately, it is okay, it should be cut through the mess quickly, what should be done, it should be embarrassed, and it should be reparated. But something went wrong in the middle, and there has been no follow-up. This made her more and more anxious, and she couldn't help but guess the various situations that she couldn't get off the stage, which also made her face more and more ugly.

Including Xiao Siniang and Xiao Wuniang, this is also the case, the so-called blunt knife cutting meat is the most painful, which is probably the same as this reason.

The ugly faces of the sisters further confirmed everyone's conjectures, and some even said that they should never ask the elders to be rescuers, they would not leave if they didn't see the dog.

These words made Xiao Sanniang very angry, and she simply didn't remedy her thoughts, so she should do what she wanted.

Only Xiao Qiniang and a few people who have been in Lanling have a strange face, but they have not been noticed, and at this time, they are sitting in the corner, and no one notices them.

At this moment, several dog barks came from outside the pavilion.

When Xiaoyudian heard these dog barks, she suddenly sat up, and seemed to be a little unable to stay on Meng Changxi's knees, and wanted to jump down.

Everyone's eyes looked out, and they saw a red and white shadow rushing towards this place at a very fast speed, and almost in the blink of an eye, the shadow jumped into the pavilion.

When it arrived at the pavilion, it paused, but only for a moment, and then recognized Jiu Niang in the crowd and ran towards her.

Xiao Jiu'er has been detained in Cuiyun Pavilion for many days, and has not come out to spread joy, and at this time he was carried out by the lotus branch, and he was honest at first, but when he got to the back, he ran up to chase the lotus branch. Fortunately, it also knew that this place was unfamiliar and could not run around, and the lotus branch had always been attached to it.

When it came to this place, it smelled the smell of Jiu Niang, and it was excited, and ran all the way to the pavilion with the smell. didn't even care about the smell of the same kind, just went to Jiuniang's skirt to be coquettish.

Today's little wine is dressed up very beautifully, a few maids of lotus branches have always been rare little wine, and they have never been diligent in feeding, bathing and taking care of their hair on weekdays, and several maids are not very old, and they also have childlike innocence, and they like to make some small clothes and gowns for Xiao Jiuer in their spare time, and even hair accessories have been done.

Jiu Niang looked funny in the day, so they let them do it.

Today, Xiao Jiu'er wore a big red gown, short to the waist, and a big bow was sewn on the back, which was lined with white hair to make it even more cute. And that's not all, a small handful of white hair was tied up on the top of the head, and a small butterfly was tied to it, which was so cute that you didn't want it.

It sighed, spit out its little pink tongue, and wagged its tail vigorously at Jiu Niang. Seeing that Jiu Niang didn't talk to herself, she jumped to the other party's knee and coquettishly put Jiu Niang's hand on her head.

For the naughty little wine, Jiuniang has always been helpless, so she can only stroke the hair on the top of her head to appease the excited it.

After being appeased twice, Xiao Jiu'er calmed down, and then noticed that there seemed to be a similar kind on the side. It turned its head and tilted its head to look at the other, as if wondering how there was a puppy that looked about its own.

From the moment everyone saw Xiao Jiu'er's appearance clearly, the entire pavilion fell silent.

Everyone has long eyes, and it is natural to see that this dog is not only more beautiful than Xiaoyudi, but also many times more than that. Of course, this qiē perception has to be attributed to Xiao Jiu'er's novel shape, which everyone has never seen, and the lotus branches have always looked good and dressed up, and it is also conceivable that people are blind.

The girls fell silent, and for a moment they didn't know what it was like in their hearts. Naturally, they couldn't admit defeat, and the words they had just ridiculed Xiao Jiuniang and the others were now slapped in their faces.

Suddenly, a sharp dog bark pierced everyone's ears, but it was a small raindrop barking for some reason.

Xiao Jiu'er was looking at the same kind, and was so frightened by this terrible voice that she immediately drilled into Jiu Niang's arms, but she was very curious, and slightly tilted her little head to look at each other.

Seeing Xiaoyudian honestly crawling in Meng Changxi's arms, Meng Changxi's face was a little stunned, and she comforted it and asked it anxiously what was wrong. But how can the dog speak, and the dog can't make an expression, others only think that the dog suddenly has a nervousness, only Jiuniang, who raised Xiao Jiu'er from childhood to adulthood, put her eyes on the jade hand that caresses Xiaoyudian's body.

That hand is Meng Changxi's.

Jiu Niang knows too well the meaning expressed in the dog's bark, when they want to be coquettish, there are whining, ah-whining, there are similar humming sounds, there are also various sounds that express joy and happiness, and of course, there are also sad and worried sounds, but Jiu Niang has only heard it once. That time she occasionally felt a cold wind, and lay on the couch extremely uncomfortable, and Xiao Jiu'er called out on the couch with that extremely worried and sad whimper, and licked her gently, as if trying to comfort her.

But the dog barking just now was a painful sound, as if it had suffered something.

Meng Changxi soothed the light rain for a while before looking up at Jiuniang with a smile.

"What's your dog's name? It's so beautiful. ”

There was no barrier in the smile, as if he was not the center of the dispute, and it seemed that everything that happened just now disappeared with this greeting.

This behavior did not make people feel anything abnormal, after all, it was Xiao Liuniang who provoked her, but it was not her Meng Changxi who was aggressive from beginning to end.

This time, the two owners who also own this kind of dog sat together and talked about each other's dogs with laughter, and even praised each other, which was in line with the upbringing of the Meng family and the demeanor of everyone's ladies.

Jiuniang tacitly showed a kind smile, "It's called Jiujiu, it's a little naughty." ”

The girls who were just aggressive were a little embarrassed when they saw this picture at this time. In the end, everyone's upbringing is not bad, in order not to let themselves fall behind, get a reputation of domineering, or find a step for themselves, several girls came forward to apologize to Jiuniang, and by the way, Xiao Jiuer praised it greatly.

Jiuniang didn't make a reluctant gesture, she didn't seem to think so, and turned the page gently. Seeing this, the other girls also rushed forward to do so, and everyone seemed to regain harmony all of a sudden.

As if there was no previous contradiction, a group of people gathered around Jiuniang and Meng Changxi, and the topics they talked about were all related to Xiaoyudi and Xiaojiuer. Even the little gown on Xiao Jiu'er's body was taken off, which made people study it, which was very lively.

Xiao Liuniang didn't get the effect she expected, and she was so angry that she had a toothache, but she had to pretend to laugh in order not to let people see it.

"Jiu Niang, where did you get this dog from when it's so rare? If I could, I would like my dad to get one for me. ”

This girl was originally dispelled because of the rarity and rarity of wanting to get a pure white Persian dog back to raise, but when she saw the obedient and well-behaved little rain, and the naughty and cute little wine, she was really itchy and couldn't help but ask.

"yes, I really want a puppy as cute as Liquor, I'm almost stunned." A young girl said, holding her face.

"Wine is ......" Jiu Niang is thinking about how to explain and make everyone believe in the origin of Xiao Jiu'er.

At this time, a voice sounded on the side, "Ninth sister, this dog was given by His Royal Highness the King of Chu." ”

The person who spoke was Xiao Qiniang, her eyebrows were light, and her tone was very light, but she fell on a heavy stone in the hearts of some people. For a while, many admiring eyes were on Jiu Niang.

"It turned out to be a gift from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Jiuniang, are you very familiar with His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"

"Huh-isn't that His Royal Highness the King of Chu? There are also two highnesses, King Cheng and King Zhao. A crisp voice rang out.

At the sound of the voice, everyone looked over and saw that the pavilion was facing a path. The grass and trees on both sides of the path are luxuriant, and there are rockeries, flower beds to do embellishment, at this time slowly from the corner to walk a few people, all of them are jade crown costumes look good, the instrument is Xuanang, at a glance is the dragon among the people, it is the king of Cheng, the king of Zhao and the king of Chu.

Meng Changxi, who was a little stunned, put on a sweet smile again, stood up and gave Zheng Qiyu a little rain.

"Brother Chu Wang is finally here, I thought he would be delayed for a long time." As he spoke, he walked out of the pavilion with his skirt fluttering.

While walking, she seemed to glance at Jiu Niang, but unfortunately Jiu Niang didn't notice this qiē.