Chapter 032 Gaining Momentum

In the blink of an eye, it was the twentieth day of the first month.

The smell of the year has quietly faded, leaving no trace.

Ling Qingyun also recovered, and the whole person became lively, her cheeks were ruddy and fair, and her spirit was refreshed. She and her aunt's cousin Zhao Zhen are very close to each other, and the two meet to play, often not touching the house.

Zhao Zhen is the only daughter of Ji Wangfu, who is deeply favored by her father, and has a bold personality, but is not arrogant. She is excellent in needlework, dabbled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has superb equestrian skills, and can also play polo.

Ling Qingyun liked her very much.

Jing was busy.

First of all, she had to be busy repaying Ling Qingyun's wishes; She also asked Ling Qingcheng to go to the Shi family next door to thank Shi Ting. Ling Qingyun was well ill, and Jing felt that Shi Ting's blessing charm had played a big role.

Originally, he planned to give Shi Ting a consultation fee, but Shi Ting insisted on refusing. Jing sent a lot of things to Shi Ting, and thanks to him, Shi Ting accepted it.

Then, Jing's had to be busy with her sister-in-law's exit from the cabinet.

Ling Qingyun's third aunt, who is one year younger than Ling Qingyun's eldest brother, has not married yet, and came out of the cabinet on the eighth day of March this year.

In the end, when Princess Ji first arrived in the capital, the Jing family helped her prepare a lot of things, and she was also too busy to stay at home.

"That Jing family, always run to King Ji's Mansion." The second aunt and the old lady muttered behind their backs, "What's the benefit?" King Ji is poor and destitute, and I don't know how much advantage he wants to take advantage of us when he comes back this time. ”

The second aunt was afraid that the Jing family would take the family's money and stick to the Ji Wangfu behind her back.

Although King Ji is a prince, he is not the son of an official family, but an uncle. There are many down-and-out princes, and there is no worse than King Ji.

"She loves to manifest!" The old lady snorted coldly, "In a few days, I will look at the ledger and see what she has lost!" ”

Sure enough, she asked Jing to show her the account book.

Jing's has always been upright in his accounts, and he is attentive, but he is afraid that his mother-in-law and concubine will pick on him. Jing's heart has always been on guard against these people in the family.

Therefore, the account book she took out, not to mention the old lady, is the account room for decades, and she can't make a mistake.

The old lady looked at it, but found nothing, and was very interested.

That day, it happened that the second, third and third aunts were all in front of the old lady, and Ling Qingyun also followed her mother to ask for peace.

After the old lady finished flipping through the account book, Jing said to them with a smile: "A few days ago, many people in Beijing went to visit Princess Ji, but she has not been available. She's been more idle lately, when will we go to King Ji's Mansion to visit? ”

After King Ji's mansion returned to Beijing, except for Ling Qingyun's mother and daughter, the other female dependents of the Ling family had not officially come to the door.

It's not good.

Those well-informed ladies in the capital all went to King Ji's Mansion. Of course, there are only a few well-informed and sleek and sophisticated wives, and most of them are still waiting.

The door of King Ji's mansion is full of birds, and it is not lively, so the Jing family hopes that the people of the Ling family can go to warm up the scene.

As soon as Jing's said this, the second aunt immediately said: "I've been busy lately, Wu Niang has to learn to do needlework, she is very stupid, I have to teach her personally." ”

The second aunt's daughter, Ling Qingyu, is ten years old this year, ranking fifth, and her family calls her Wu Niang.

The third aunt also said: "Sister-in-law, I also have some needlework" She is about to leave the cabinet, and it is not good to go out casually.

Only the third aunt said: "I'm idle." When will my sister-in-law visit, send someone to tell me. ”

The old lady said lightly: "You can greet me, I am very tired." ”

She said that she was tired, and everyone had to get up and say goodbye.

Coming out of her grandmother, Ling Qingyun smiled and said to her mother, "Mother, our family is very proud." ”

Jing smiled, stretched out his hand and lightly touched her forehead: "Don't mess with the elders." ”

That being said, she laughed herself.

The next day, she took Ling Qingyun's brothers and sisters, and the two daughters of the third aunt and the third aunt, to visit King Ji's mansion.

The second aunt and the old lady naturally laughed at the third aunt behind their backs, thinking that she was sticking to Jing's like this, just wanting to touch Jing's light.

But the Jing family is shrewd, where can they get benefits from her?

The third aunt's hard work must be in vain.

When they went to visit Princess Ji, their efforts were in vain, and they couldn't get anything in the end.

During this period, the second aunt who married into the Cheng family also returned to her parents' home many times. Last time, because of Mrs. Cheng's illness, the second aunt and her daughters held a grudge against Ling Qingyun and Jing.

Therefore, knowing that Ling Qingyun was sick, the second aunt didn't bother to visit her parents' house. When Jing heard about it, he was accustomed to their attitude, and he was not angry, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

"If you go back to Beijing, you will go back to Beijing." The second aunt and the second aunt talked about Princess Ji, and the second aunt's attitude was even colder, "I haven't seen her for more than ten years, how old has she become?" How many side concubines did the prince of their family accept? ”

The second aunt doesn't even like the eldest aunt, and she can't get used to her since she was a girl.

Then, the eldest aunt married King Ji as a side concubine, although it was the fate of the second grade, and the status was higher than that of ordinary noble ladies, but she was said to be a concubine by the second aunt.

Later, the eldest aunt was corrected, and the second aunt also said behind her back that she was a step-room, and she was not comparable to the main room, and she was inferior.

But Princess Ji is a fate.

Now, the second aunt can't look forward to the eldest aunt's old appearance, and the group of concubines of her husband, so that the eldest aunt has no status in the family.

"It's a little older," the second aunt saw Princess Ji. Princess Ji looks white and young because of her excellent appearance and pampering, except for a little lines at the corners of her eyes, she can't look old.

At least she looks younger than the second aunt and the second aunt.

The second aunt is reluctant to admit this, but it is not easy to talk in vain.

"I don't know about their mansions, I haven't been to King Ji's mansion." The second aunt didn't know how many side concubines King Ji had, so she said with a smile.

Their sisters-in-law laughed.

It seems that they did not go to King Ji's Mansion, which is a very honorable thing. Stepping into the Ji Wangfu is the price dropped.

It's a bit of a no-brainer, but they're happy.

If they refused to visit Princess Ji, they would naturally sue their respective husbands.

The second uncle doesn't set foot in the court and doesn't know these things. He was unsociable, and he would not criticize his wife for being good at dancing with long sleeves, so he passed with a voice.

And the second aunt, Cheng Xuan, is a Beijing official from the fifth grade, and she needs to go to court. When King Ji returned to Beijing, the magnates in Beijing had not paid attention to it, so Cheng Xuan didn't care, and coaxed his wife with a smile: "If you don't like to go, don't go." ”

As a result, within two days, Cheng Xuan met King Ji in the early court.

The official family does not call King Ji, but only the "Four Kings." ”

King Ji is the fourth among his brothers.

The title of "Four Kings" surprised the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. This is different from the blandness of calling King Ji, and it is also different from the intimacy of calling Uncle Wang.

The Four Kings are very respectful and very formal titles.

The four kings are raising King Ji and affirming King Ji's status.

There are so many uncles and brothers in the official family, and he has never called anyone like that.

"From now on, the four kings will be appointed as the Yin of Tianfu Mansion, and the princes will assist them wholeheartedly." The official said again.

Ying Tianfu's Fu Yin is one of the more important Beijing officials.

The mansion of the capital, the entire capital is under the control of King Ji, which shows the trust of the official family in him. Moreover, he asked the courtiers to assist the four kings, and it seems that he was not the feudal palace Yin, but the crown prince.

This shows that King Ji has recovered, and the officials want to reuse him, and he is about to tilt his power into the government and the opposition.

King Ji returned to Beijing for almost a month and was left out in the cold.

After this morning, the threshold of his house was almost broken.

There are too many people who see the wind and rudder.

After a few more days, the ladies in the capital rushed to visit Princess Ji, and Princess Ji was also so busy with them that she was dizzy, and simply said that she was sick and did not see the guests.

The second aunt hurriedly returned to the Jin State Mansion and discussed with the old lady and the second aunt what to do.

The second aunt had already heard about it.

They regret not falling.

I knew that there was still this kind of creation in Ji Wangfu, so I should have gone to visit before. Going to the meeting before was a gift in the snow, and now going again is the icing on the cake.

There is no shortage of icing on the cake, but it is not the turn of the second aunt and the second aunt.

"Go to the Jing clan and let her take us there." The second aunt gave the second aunt an idea, "She is a sister-in-law, and she naturally asks her to take a head when she visits." ”

They decided to put the blame on Jing.

"Okay." The second aunt agreed.

When it came to Jing's family, the second aunt was also angry, and said: "No wonder Jing's family ran so diligently to King Ji's mansion, it turned out that she had known about it for a long time, but she deliberately hid it from us."

The good people are Jing's, and we do the bad things. A concubine, she is so ruthless, she is like a femme fatale. ”

They felt that Jing was not kind.

She had forgotten that the Jing clan had invited them to King Ji's mansion, and now she was only concerned about shirking her responsibility.

When the two of them arrived at the pavilion garden, they euphemistically said what they meant.

"I haven't been free these days, the three girls are about to leave the cabinet, a lot of things." Jing smiled, "Brother and sister and second aunt and grandmother go by yourself, do you know the way to King Ji's Mansion?" ”

Then, Jing didn't wait for them to say anything, and laughed and teased the second aunt and grandmother, "These days, it's common for the second aunt and grandmother to come back to the door, but they don't come to me very often, I thought I offended my aunt and grandmother." ”

The second aunt and grandmother were embarrassed for a while, and secretly scolded Jing's meanness in her heart.

"You are the sister-in-law, you should take the lead with us, how dare we come to the door without permission?" The second aunt ignored Jing's ridicule of the second aunt and grandmother, and said what she meant.

"What dare you dare?" Jing smiled, "My aunt and grandmother, how can there be so many rules? Besides, I asked you last time, and you yourself said you weren't available. ”

Jing didn't give an inch.

Jing has a gentle personality, but he is never weak. How to handle it, she will handle it, and she will be unemotional.

The second aunt and the second aunt and grandmother touched each other and left in anger.

The arrogance of these women in the family, the old lady, is really arrogant. No matter whether Princess Ji is powerful or not, she just doesn't stutter.

But the second aunt and the second aunt are different, they are used to stepping on the highs and lows. Now that King Ji is so favored, they must visit.

In this regard, they are not as good as old ladies.

The two of them went to invite the third aunt and the third aunt again. The third aunt herself had no opinions, and actually agreed to follow them; The third aunt shirked on the grounds that she was not very comfortable.

The third aunt felt that when they went to King Ji's Mansion, they would probably have to eat behind closed doors.

As a result, as expected, Princess Ji said that she was uncomfortable and did not see them.

"It's really snobbish, petty, and doesn't recognize people when it's powerful." The second aunt was embarrassed and annoyed, and scolded angrily, "I don't want my mother's family, no matter how much I am favored, I am limited, and I don't know anything!" ”

The second aunt and grandmother agreed.

The third aunt was only embarrassed.

They slipped home, and Jing immediately heard about it, and shook his head helplessly and smiled.

She also told Ling Qingyun to listen.

Ling Qingyun laughed and said, "The eldest aunt has a temper, not as gentle as you. It's strange to see them when they do it so obviously. ”

Ling Qingyun felt that her eldest aunt was very good like this, and she was very relieved.

If it was her mother, she was afraid that she would not be able to come to the stage after considering the second aunt, and she would be wronged to see them. Therefore, her mother was indeed more sleek and more likable.

"Why bother, it's no good." Jing smiled, "However, the last time your aunt came back, the old lady didn't give her a good face, and she was not happy." She is the concubine of King Ji, and she is a dignified and orderly, and the old lady acts like that, and the princess is angry. ”

Therefore, this time the old and new hatred have been added together.

Princess Ji has not liked her stepmother since she was a child, where will she give her stepmother's daughter-in-law and daughter a good face?

Even if she has to take care of her mother's family, she is also taking care of the long house, the widows and children left behind by her brother, not the stepmother.

Princess Ji has clear grievances.

Not only this time, but a few times in the future, the second aunt came to the door licking her face again, but Princess Ji was still missing.

In these farces, the first month of the year is over and February is ushered in.

In February, the capital is still as cold as winter.

On the first day of February, there was a heavy snowfall.

Anqua came to the door again.

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