After entering the second gate, Ji Xiaolian originally wanted to go back to Qianhuatang to see Mrs. Ji immediately, but when she turned her face to see Ji Xiaotang, she immediately suffered from gains and losses. What she wanted to say to Mrs. Ji couldn't let Ji Xiaotang hear it. However, if he didn't bring Ji Xiaotang with him, Ji Xiaotang would definitely go to see Mrs. Ji.

She was not present, if Ji Xiaotang said something to her in front of Mrs. Ji, what was waiting for her would be another shameless game. And what's even more hateful is that she does have a handle in Ji Xiaotang's hands.

That's how it can be good.

The expression on Ji Xiaolian's face was a little distorted.

"Xiaotang, where are you going to go back?" Ji Xiaolian didn't know how to decide, so she planned to ask Ji Xiaotang first.

"It's all up to the big sister." Ji Xiaotang was unexpectedly easy to speak.

"Oh......" Ji Xiaolian hesitated for a moment, and finally made up her mind, "Then let's go to the old lady first and talk back, so that the old lady can rest assured." ”

Mixing up Mrs. Ji's pass is the most important thing at the moment.

Ji Xiaolian sent someone to inform Mrs. Ji on the one hand, and went to Xuanhua Hall with Ji Xiaotang on the other hand.

"The old lady is still worried that I won't be able to take care of you and make you suffer. After a while, the old lady knew that you had voted for the princess's fate, and you had such a face in front of the princess, and you were rewarded, so I don't know how happy I should be. I was able to deal with the old lady too. …… Xiaotang is proud, even if I have no credit, I have hard work. Ji Xiaolian reminded Ji Xiaotang that she took Ji Xiaotang to see Changning, and hinted that she wanted Ji Xiaotang to say in front of Mrs. Ji that she took care of her.

Ji Xiaolian was so cheeky, Ji Xiaotang listened with a smile. Noncommittal.

When she walked to the door of Xuanhua Hall, Ji Xiaolian had already convinced herself that Ji Xiaotang had good luck today. It's all her credit.

Knowing that Ji Xiaotang was back, Old Lady Ji, Second Mrs. Ji and Ji Xiaoyun were already waiting in the upper room of Xuanhua Hall, and Gu Xue'er was also sitting on the side.

Seeing Mrs. Ji, without waiting for Ji Xiaotang to say anything, Ji Xiaolian had already taken the lead and told her about the tea party, deliberately exaggerating how she was worried about Ji Xiaotang. How to take care of Ji Xiaotang.

If you don't know the truth, when you hear Ji Xiaolian's words, you will think that Princess Changning is looking at Ji Xiaolian's face. will treat Ji Xiaotang like this.

Mrs. Ji wanted to interrupt Ji Xiaolian's words, but when she saw Ji Xiaotang smiling, she temporarily dismissed her mind until she heard Ji Xiaolian finish speaking. Old Mrs. Ji and Second Mrs. Ji didn't say anything. The eyes of the two turned to Ji Xiaotang at the same time.

Obviously, it is only accurate for Ji Xiaotang to say it.

"Thanks to the introduction of the big sister, it went very well today." Ji Xiaotang only said simply.

Ji Xiaolian's heart was put back in her stomach, but her heart became sour again.

At this time, Mrs. Ji arrived.

Ji Xiaotang took out Princess Changning's reward and showed it to everyone.

Changning's routine reward is just enough, and the jade bracelet is enough to show that at this tea party, Ji Xiaotang really won Changning's favor.

Mrs. Ji nodded and said yes.

"The princess personally sent someone to call, and Xiaolian was there to take care of her, where could there be anything wrong. The old lady and the second lady were too worried. Mrs. Ji also said with a smile. But he was shocked in his heart, but he asked Ji Xiaolian if he was not good at the moment.

Ji Xiaotang wanted to leave the things at Mrs. Ji's place. Let Mrs. Ji dispose of it.

"The princess gave it to you, you can take it back and keep it for yourself." Mrs. Ji said with a smile.

After everyone said it, Mrs. Ji took Ji Xiaolian away.

"What the hell, Xiaotang, you take your time." Mrs. Ji only left her confidants, so she asked Ji Xiaotang.

……

Akanedo

After entering the upper room, the smile on Ji Xiaolian's face could no longer be maintained, and she sat down beside Mrs. Ji in a dejected manner. Today can be said to be all things going wrong for her.

"What's going on?" Mrs. Ji sent the little girl out, leaving only her henchmen, and asked Ji Xiaolian when she was busy.

"Xiaotang is too scheming, too lucky!" Only then did Ji Xiaolian tell Mrs. Ji the truth about the tea party. In Xuanhuatang, she only said how Ji Xiaotang got face, and did not say a word about how she was reprimanded by Changning. When she came to Mrs. Ji, she also told the matter.

If there is no comparison, there is no difference. Compared with the two, Ji Xiaolian became more and more congested and depressed.

"It's our recklessness." Mrs. Ji listened, bowed her head and was silent for a long time before speaking. If they knew what the Ji family had experienced in Qingyuan, they would never have thought of letting Ji Xiaotang go to see Changning.

Now most people in Beijing already know that Princess Changning's preferred candidate for the concubine is Xiao Weiwu Hou Qi Younian. Qi Younian was in Ren'an and relieved the siege of Qingyuan.

was careless, and it failed to suppress Ji Xiaotang, but instead set up a ladder for Ji Xiaotang.

Not only was Ji Xiaolian unhappy, but Mrs. Ji also felt blocked in her heart.

"Changning has such a temperament, she now sees Xiaotang as very good, all because of Xiao Weiwuhou. After a long time, I don't know what will happen. Ji Xiaolian's tone was full of sourness.

Mrs. Ji didn't answer, what Ji Xiaolian said was good, but Ji Xiaotang himself was a variable.

If you are another person from Qingyuan, even if you have the same experience, you may not be able to get such a favor from Changning.

"Xiaolian, Xiaotang is younger than you, your father is the eldest son, and your grandfather is the elder of the court, no matter what, she will never compare to you." Mrs. Ji persuaded Ji Xiaolian.

This was what her aunt taught her when she was a child. If the other party is too strong to suppress it, then you can't continue to provoke, but you should change your strategy and try your best to solicit it. In this way, we can always be invincible.

is also a girl from the Ji family, no matter how good Ji Xiaotang is, in terms of family background, Ji Xiaolian still has the advantage. There is no doubt about that. Because Ji Xiaotang's maternal ancestor is Yang Ge Lao.

"They still have a lot to rely on us, and if they handle it well, she will be your help in the future." Mrs. Ji further persuaded Ji Xiaolian.

"I don't want any help from her!" Ji Xiaolian is obviously not as good as Mrs. Ji Da to teach.

Mrs. Ji was not reluctant at the moment, thinking that Ji Xiaolian was vigorous. I can't turn the corner in my heart at the moment.

Ji Xiaolian's brows became more and more wrinkled, except for Ji Xiaotang, there were other people and things that made her feel bad.

"Yang Pianpian is still the same. She deliberately talked to Xiaotang, but ignored me! Deliberately embarrass me! Ji Xiaolian complained to Mrs. Ji, as if Yang Pianpian had never happened to her from the siege.

The contradiction between Yang Pianpian and Ji Xiaolian has been going on for a long time, and Mrs. Ji knows it, but she is helpless.

"Her temperament, with her mother, has been picked up since she was a child. Don't go to your heart. She won't be able to please anything in the future. Right now...... It's good that you don't have the same acquaintance with her. Mrs. Ji coaxed Ji Xiaolian.

Ji Xiaolian was unconvinced: "She just looks down on ......, I am the same as her!" ”

Mrs. Ji's face flashed with a hint of imperceptible gloom.

Ji Xiaolian finished saying this. I also realized that it was touching Mrs. Ji's sore spot.

"Mother, I'm not ......, I'm ......" Ji Xiaolian saw that Mrs. Ji didn't speak, and looked at Mrs. Ji's eyes carefully. One side of the period Ai Aidi explained.

"Silly boy. How can my mother blame you for this, you don't need to explain. Mrs. Ji waved her hand, but the smile on her face was a little dry.

Ji Xiaolian secretly glanced at Mrs. Ji's face again, and only relieved her mind after a while.

The topic of Yang Pianpian should not be mentioned again, but there is still a lot to say about Ji Xiaotang.

“…… It doesn't look like he has never been to Beijing and grew up in the countryside since he was a child. Ji Xiaolian expressed her doubts. She was born in the capital and was the mayor of the capital, and she regarded other places outside the capital as the countryside, and she never took the foreign officials of the seven grades in her eyes. So. In her opinion, the people of the Qingyuan Ji family are far inferior to their countrymen.

"It's impossible for an old lady. Second Wife...... Although she is stronger than the old lady, she is a military attache in her family, and she was a bandit in the previous two generations, and it will not be her. …… In the past two days, I have been watching ...... carefully, and the grandmother who served Xiaotang is not ordinary. Mrs. Ji said.

Regarding Mama Cheng's origin, Mrs. Ji has not yet found out.

The subordinate from Qingyuan had a very tight mouth.

"The old lady categorically has no such housekeeping means, and she does not look like the second wife, unless I look away. It's said that Xiaotang is a housekeeper, but she is still young, which makes me hard to believe. ”

Mrs. Ji said this, but looking at Ji Xiaotang's words and deeds in the past few days, she really believed most of it in her heart.

If there is a powerful grandmother to teach and guide, Ji Xiaotang's current performance would be better explained.

"No matter how powerful the invited grandmother is, can it be like this? Unless it's a nurturing grandmother in the palace. ”

Ji Xiaolian just said this, but she gave Mrs. Ji a wake-up call. No matter how powerful the upbringing mother is, because of her own experience, she will not be familiar with the etiquette in the palace, unless she comes out of the palace.

"Is it really the grandma who went out of the palace? Unexpectedly, the second room has such foresight and means. "If I hadn't had the foresight, I wouldn't have thought of inviting such a grandmother. has the foresight but no means, and categorically cannot invite such a grandmother into the house.

It's a mansion like theirs, which has always been in Beijing, and there is no such grandmother at home. Not to mention their Xinhua Hall, even in the old mansion of Yang Ge, there is no worship in the palace.

"If that's the case, then we have to re-evaluate these people in Qingyuan...... "Mrs. Ji treats others with herself, and immediately suspects that Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji have great ambitions.

If her suspicions are good, then there can only be one between Xiaolian and Xiaotang.

……

came back from the tea party in Deyue Building, but in two days, Ji Xiaotang received several posts one after another, namely Yang Pianpian from the Pavilion Old Mansion, Zheng Zi from the Ministry of Household Books, and Wu Jiayan from the Ministry of Works, all of whom invited Ji Xiaotang to come over.

Ji Xiaotang discussed with Mrs. Ji and Mama Cheng, and they all went to the appointment.

There was no news from Princess Changning, and it was said that she was taken by the Empress Dowager Han to do something in the palace.

Ji Xiaotang doesn't care, she has more things to pay more attention to.

Qin Zhen finally found time and sent someone to inform Second Master Ji, asking Second Master Ji to go to Jing'an Palace's Mansion tomorrow to discuss things.

"It should be the beginning of the matter." Second Master Ji said happily.

"Daddy's official position should be fine, but there is still Huai Jin's ......" Ji Xiaotang's brows frowned slightly.

Just yesterday, Ji Xiaoyun found her and said a lot to her in private. Ji Xiaoyun remembers Xie Huaijin very much, and she hopes to have the opportunity to meet Xie Huaijin.

"Seeing him safe and sound with my own eyes gives me peace of mind." This is Ji Xiaoyun's original words.

Ji Xiaoyun also told Ji Xiaotang that since she came to Beijing, she would have nightmares every night. The content of the nightmare is without exception, and Xie Huaijin has suffered misfortune.

"Daddy will go to see the prince tomorrow, can you take me...... And sister? Ji Xiaotang asked Second Master Ji.

With her, there shouldn't be any problem, but if you want to bring Ji Xiaoyun, she is worried that Second Master Ji will not agree.

"I was going to take you with me." Ji Er said. Master Ji San is not in front of him, and some things are not easy to reveal to Master Ji, Ji Xiaotang is his arm.

"Why is Xiaoyun going too?" Second Master Ji was a little surprised.

"Sister...... You want to meet Huai Jin with me. "Xie Huaijin was settled in the Jing'an Palace, this is the best opportunity.

"Oh......" Second Master Ji lowered his eyelids and groaned for a moment, then raised his eyes and asked Ji Xiaotang, "Xiaotang, what do you mean?" ”

This question made Ji Xiaotang a little embarrassed. She weighed it for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay." Second Master Ji agreed, and sighed secretly. When he went to see Mrs. Ji in the past two days, Mrs. Ji also mentioned to him that Ji Xiaoyun's mood was not very good, and she frowned deeply all day long, and her heart was heavy.

"Daddy, what's the news from Ayou?" Ji Xiaotang asked Second Master Ji again.

Although Second Master Ji has not yet held an official position, he has been walking outside for the past two days, and he can still get first-hand news from Master Ji, so Ji Xiaotang asked him.

"The war in Shuzhong is tight, and Ayou's army is still on the way. The imperial court has already issued two gold medals to urge. Second Master Ji told Ji Xiaotang.

"I see." This may be the reason why Qi Younian has not written back to her. "The pressure on Ayou to deal with is even greater."

The war in Shuzhong is like this, and Qi Younian must fight and win quickly inside and outside the court. This is contrary to Qi Younian's strategy, and it is quite unwise.

"Xiaotang, I've heard a lot of things in the past two days. We...... In fact, there is no need to worry about Ayou......" Ji Er said euphemistically, meaning something.

"Changning is not a good match." Ji Xiaotang said simply.

Second Master Ji sighed.

"Even so, there's nothing we can do." Master Ji Er is telling the truth.

Ji Xiaotang was noncommittal.

……

The next day, Ji Xiaotang took Ji Xiaoyun and followed the second master Ji to Jing'an Palace.

Jing'an Palace, located in the east of the city, was originally the residence of an iron hat prince in the Great Song Dynasty, and later although it experienced war, it was well preserved, and it has been repeatedly repaired and rebuilt.

Qin Zhen came of age and was named Prince Jing'an, and this mansion was given to him.

This palace is second only to the Jingsu Prince's Mansion, which is far away. (To be continued......)