Shu Yao played with the two exquisite red posts in her hand, with a light smile of unknown meaning on the corner of her mouth.

Mother Liu was making sheepskin boots for Shu Yao, holding the needle and gently sliding it between her hair a few times, and smiled disdainfully: "It's just a concubine, I can afford to look down on myself too much." Don't say that you haven't entered the door yet, but you have entered the door, whether you want to show up at the birthday banquet of a sister-in-law depends on whether you are happy or not. ”

Mother Liu can be so confident, mainly because no one in the capital does not know the difference between the concubines of Prince Lu Daoyong's mansion. If you change the palace, it is not necessarily, most of the big families in the capital still attach importance to façade kung fu, otherwise the imperial historian will be troublesome enough. There are indeed not many people like Jin Xida's father, Mrs. Jin, who blatantly spoils his concubines and wives, and spoils his concubines, but he prefers concubines and concubines (especially concubines, which are not easy to cause criticism), and there will definitely be no shortage of people who buckle hats and wear small shoes for their sons-in-law.

Shu Yao actually doesn't have any special rejection and contempt for concubines, her father Xia Linxuan is also concubines, if it is really more serious, Prince Yong is also concubines.

If Concubine Zhao really treated Qi Haoning as if she were her own and took care of her as it was rumored in the early years, Shu Yao didn't mind going to Qi Yuexin's birthday banquet and befriending them, how could she say that they were all in the same vein as Prince Yong? can also be regarded as Qi Haoning's siblings. She and Shuwen sisters and brothers are not from the same mother, but the eldest brother's love and care for them is definitely not something that ordinary brothers-in-law can do.

However, Concubine Zhao dared to buy a murderer to attack Qi Haoning, so why should Qi Haoning and herself be good to her and her children and give them face?

What Shu Yao hates the most is this kind of ignorance that uses young children. Trick trust. Take advantage of it. and he who fools men in the palm of his hand.

"Prepare a medium-to-high birthday gift and send it to someone one day in advance," Shu Yao handed the post to Lan Jin, "Just say that I have made an appointment with the county lord of Yue and the fourth princess a long time ago, and I will enter the palace that day." ”

Lan Jin hurriedly took the post and responded: "Girl, what about that." "The Anguo Mansion and that Lord Yan are not good things either. Lan Jin was angry when she thought that on the second day of the marriage, the girl and Ning Shizi entered the palace to thank her, and the county lord of Nayan actually blocked Ning Shizi at the door. What does this mean? It's also everyone's show!

Shu Yao smiled: "The invitation of Lord Yan is always going to go, and it will be regarded as a relative in the future." Although, Shu Yao intuitively felt that Sima Yan's banquet this time was "ill-intentioned".

The face of the prospective second princess still has to be given. If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, it is to look at the "Buddha face" of the Queen Mother Lafayette, and Shu Yao doesn't want to have a bad relationship with Lord Yan on the face. Having said that, there was no conflict between them, except that Lord Yan liked Qi Haoning. However, now that Qi Haoning has made a marriage to him, Lord Yan will soon enter the Second Prince's Mansion (wedding in May).

Mother Liu listened from the sidelines. The corners of her mouth curled up in satisfaction, and her sister handled it well. See all kinds of relationships clearly and thoroughly.

Shu Yao didn't bother much, and dealt with the matter of these two posts in three clicks and two clicks, and then what to do. Now that my sister-in-law is pregnant, she has a lot of things, on the one hand, she has taken over some affairs, and began to listen to the steward's report every day and give instructions; On the other hand, I am also excited to prepare clothes for my little nephew or little niece who will be coming in a few months.

Even Shuwen was busy arranging all kinds of playthings that attracted little babies, and even said unashamedly that if he was a little nephew, he would definitely be closest to his little uncle in the future, because the eldest brother was too busy, and he would take his nephew to play and teach his nephew to practice calligraphy and martial arts.

Shujie didn't argue with him, but just said with a smile: "You have to remember your own words, don't be lazy when the time comes, you don't have to be teased by your little nephew." ”

Shuwen slapped his chest with a pop, and when he thought of having a little baby with pink makeup and jade following him and calling him "Second Uncle" in the future, he was proud. I didn't expect that there were really two ghost elves with their little tails sticking to him all day long, when they were naughty and mischievous, they couldn't hide and hide, scolded and reluctant, and couldn't wait to open their mouths to cry with them. Hehe, that's all for later.

What's funny is that Shu Yao, the person who received the post, was so relaxed and calm, but the two people who sent the post were very entangled.

Because of Sima Yan's family affairs, the Anguo Mansion has been busy recently, and the Duchess of Anguo and Mrs. Shizi personally arranged Sima Yan's dowry and various preparations for the wedding.

An Guogong and his wife really love Sima Yan, and since Sima Yan was eleven or twelve years old, they began to collect good wood for making furniture, and a water of high-grade pear blossom wood. The silver was all paid by An Guogong and his wife themselves as a dowry for their niece and nephew in their big house.

Sima Yan's mother and sister-in-law themselves have a rich dowry (Sima Yan's sister-in-law's maiden family is very smart, and she didn't want to return her daughter's dowry back then, they decided that the emperor would not treat the orphan daughter and widow in the second room of Sima's family badly, and did not want to break off the relationship with the Anguo Mansion).

The property of the second room, An Guogong, has never been moved, and it has been assigned to Sima Yan's name.

There are so many years of rewards given to Sima Yan by the emperor and the queen mother, and a pen cannot be underestimated.

So, Sima Yan's dowry will be amazing. Except for Nangong Miao, the eldest daughter of the richest man in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is estimated that Sima Yan will be the most prominent bride in these years.

The preparations for the big wedding and the various matters of the New Year, several wives in charge of the Anguo Mansion are really not idle, even Sima Yan is busy with the wife of the prince, as the quasi-second princess, being the director of the house is an indispensable course, and Mother Hua has always taught her this.

And after the marriage, the Duchess of An Guo asked Mrs. Shizi to take Sima Yan to take charge of the middle feed. Sima Yan has no conflicts and burdens for the prince and Mrs. Shizi, only help, and Mrs. Shizi also tried her best to teach her all the tricks of her unique skills without concealment.

Sima Yan is smart and strong, and within a few days, Mrs. Shizi was full of praise, saying that Sima Yan made her a lot easier. It just so happened that Sima Yan helped her take care of the house, and she freed up her energy to go to Zhang Luo Sima Yan's marriage.

Today, Sima Yan sent all the posts of the plum blossom banquet to people, and sat on the couch in a daze.

After a while, Sima Yan asked faintly, "Mom." Did you say Xia Shuyao would come? ”

Mother Hua sighed secretly. smiled: "Naturally, it will." Sister, don't think about it anymore. You and Miss Xia will also be serious relatives in the future, and it is harmless to make friends, but bad friends will cause a lot of disadvantages. Sister, Miss Xia doesn't have any conflict with you, you ...... before She didn't know it either. The past is gone, sister, look away. Your future life will not be worse than hers. If you deliberately don't get along with her, even the Queen Mother will ......"

Sima Yan smiled (but it was more like a bitter smile under the careful taste), took Hua's mother's hand and said: "I know that my mother treats me sincerely, and everything she says is for my consideration, and my mother in this world is also the closest and most trusted person in the world." Mom, don't worry, I still have this kind of bearing and consideration, otherwise wouldn't it insult my identity and my mother's years of teaching? ”

In Sima Yan's heart, no matter how beautiful Shu Yao is on the surface now, she still can't be compared with her in her roots, a "fake noblegirl" who debuted halfway. At best, it is only rich on the face, and it will never be able to integrate into the real noble circle. Listen to the gossip of those noble ladies. It seems that many people are waiting for the opportunity to uncover the "noble" skin of the quasi-princess of Prince Yong's mansion and reveal the true appearance of the market.

Sima Yan secretly sneered, she would not clash head-on with Xia Shuyao, nor would she go along with others to "peel the skin", and even, she would express her kindness in a timely manner to help Xia Shuyao play a round to deal with embarrassing scenes.

With so many people gearing up, and so many people waiting to be her thugs, she was naturally the most graceful and benevolent of the princesses, and it was enough to give the radical and jealous women some opportunities at the right time.

Sima Yan suppressed the desire in her heart to see Shu Yao make a fool of herself again and again, took a sip of tea elegantly, and told herself: Don't worry, walk slowly and see.

She wants to make Qi Haoning, who has eyes and doesn't know gold and jade, regret that his intestines are blue, let him realize what he has lost, and what kind of "treasure" he has chosen!

In case of...... She and Qi Haoning may still have a chance. She is the lord of Yanjun who is born a noble girl, and at any time, she will find a way out for herself. Because she is a noble girl, from birth to death, she will be a noble girl who cannot be despised for the rest of her life, and the people around her, no matter who they are, can only be her help, not her hindrance. If you are smart enough, she will help him, and if you are not smart enough, you must listen to her, otherwise......

People's eyes are the most difficult to hide their thoughts, so people with weak hearts will always lower their eyes or turn their eyes away for the first time.

Sima Yan's face was calm at this time, but her constantly changing eyes betrayed her. Mother Hua sighed secretly,

Her girl is a smart one, but it's a pity that she is too sharp in the matter of Miss Xia.

It's also very strange, the girl and the summer girl seem to be natural rivals. The girl didn't like it when she saw Miss Xia for the first time, Miss Xia first snatched the girl's eight-treasure jade Ruyi hairpin, shared the love of the Queen Mother, and got the closeness of the fourth princess and the lord of Yan...... Until the last day, even Ning Shizi, who the girl cared about the most, snatched it away.

Alas, it's no wonder that the girl can't get over the hurdle in her heart.

Mother Hua's eyes fell on the red invitation on the high table next to Sima Yan, which was the birthday banquet post of Qi Yuexin, the eldest daughter of Prince Yong's mansion.

Under normal circumstances, concubines are not willing to make friends with Beppu concubines, just like the main wife basically will not associate with the person who is a concubine, unless the status of the other party's family or mansion is higher than her own.

Like Qi Yuexin, because of the special status of Prince Yong's Mansion, no matter how unwilling the person who received the post, he would also sit down on the face of Prince Yong's Mansion. However, in the past few years, because of the rumors that Qi Haoning and Concubine Zhao's mother and son are actually very estranged, those with stronger family backgrounds, especially those concubines in the imperial relatives' mansions, don't even give this face.

Although the Anguo Mansion cannot be compared with Prince Yong's Mansion, Sima Yan is the county lord of the emperor's own title, and her status is higher than Qi Yuexin's, so she didn't go before. The first is to take care of the princess of Prince Yong's mansion, the princess Yue, and the second is that the queen mother does not like Concubine Zhao, and basically ignores the Qi Yuexin sisters and brothers.

A while ago, because she wanted to find out Qi Haoning's situation and traces in the palace, and because of Ma Ling'er's connection, Sima Yan and Qi Yuexin got closer.

In fact, it can't be said to be close, Sima Yan really doesn't like Qi Yuexin, who has no self-knowledge and pretends to be smart, she just wants to use Qi Yuexin so she behaves a little friendlier, so she was immediately glued by Qi Yuexin, Ma Ling'er also said that Qi Yuexin really admires and envies her talent and noble bearing.

Mother Hua frowned: "Sister, an embarrassing role like Qi Yuexin." Just don't do evil. There's no need to get closer. Just send someone a gift. ”

Sima Yan shook her head: "No, I also sent her a post about the plum blossom banquet." Mom, don't worry, others will only see that Mrs. Yu is close to her, and I am just giving Mrs. Yu face. ”

Qi Yuexin's temperament is the best to use, she doesn't have to rush to get rid of this slimy brainless fool now, that is the pioneer of "peeling". Besides, Qi Yuexin, the eldest daughter of Prince Yong's mansion, is not a concubine in an ordinary mansion after all, so she is a little closer. It's not beneficial, but it's not too embarrassing.

Moreover, it was Mrs. Yu Ma Ling'er who approached Qi Yuexin, she just got close to Ma Ling'er and greeted Ma Ling'er's friends by the way. After all, Ma Ling'er is the cousin of the second prince, and she is also a serious relative of the quasi-second princess.

Mother Hua thought about it, Sima Yan's words also made sense, but she still couldn't understand why Ma Ling'er suddenly approached Qi Yuexin? Could it be that the Ma family wants to use Qi Yuexin to deal with Prince Yong's Mansion? So the purpose of the Ma family? ……

Mother Hua didn't dare to think about it, it didn't matter if she was fighting for storage. I hope that the second prince and the Ma family will not do big rebellious things. In any case, she would have kept an eye on the girl. At the critical moment, it is better to leave the husband's house than to die with him. With the favor of the Queen Mother, it is easy to say anything, not to mention that this family affair can be said to have been imposed on the girl by the Queen Mother. As long as the girl doesn't go astray, the Queen Mother will definitely not give up the girl, and she will only love the girl more in the future, and add some guilt.

Mother Hua suddenly thought of a question: "Sister, do you say that Miss Xia will go to Qi Yuexin's birthday banquet?" ”

"I think so," Sima Yan frowned slightly.

Xia Shuyao has just married Ning Shizi, how can she set up a score and set up a shelf? She would also be worried about making Prince Yong and Ning Shizi unhappy, right? After all, they can't get close to Concubine Zhao and Qi Yuexin, but Xia Shuyao, a daughter-in-law who hasn't entered the door, looks down on the eldest daughter of the palace, isn't it also a slap in the face?

What's more, Ning Shizi's relationship with Concubine Zhao's mother and son is speculated by outsiders. In the early years, Sima Yan had seen and heard many times in Cining Palace that Ning Shizi was very protective of Concubine Zhao and a pair of younger brothers and sisters. Although he hasn't been seen taking Qi Yuexin's sister and brother into the palace again in the past few years, it may be because he has been in the south for a long time, isn't it? And Qi Yueling doesn't like Qi Yuexin very much, Ning Shizi probably doesn't want to be sandwiched between the two younger sisters, so he doesn't take Qi Yuexin's sister and brother into the palace.

As the quasi-princess of Prince Yong's mansion, Xia Shuyao's safest way is to go to the birthday banquet, it doesn't matter if she is close or not (Xia Shuyao has a close relationship with the lord of Yue, she should have some scruples and be alienated from Qi Yuexin), but it is always not wrong to show up.

However, I don't know why, Sima Yan suddenly felt bottomless in her heart, she would not forget the time when she was choked by Shu Yao in the Zhongguo Mansion, and she didn't know how to respond.

The fake noble girl from the market didn't seem to follow her train of thought, their thinking was different after all, and Sima Yan suddenly had a feeling of "can't touch that person's mind".

Sima Yan didn't dare to be sure, but Qi Yuexin was very sure.

At this time, in Prince Yong's mansion, the mother and daughter were discussing how to use Shu Yao's bluff on the day of the tenth birthday banquet, so that the guests thought that Qi Haoning attached great importance to Qi Yuexin's sister.

In February of the following year, Qi Yuexin and Ruan Wenxin's family affairs were ready to be decided, and Ruan Wenxin's wife Zheng was found to have written a "moral" private letter to a senior brother in the old days, and the senior brother also came forward to prove that it was indeed written by Zheng to him, but he thought that "a friend's wife should not be bullied" and did not accept it.

In order to stay with his daughter, Zheng has confessed his guilt in public, invited himself as a concubine, and copied scriptures for self-examination.

Qi Yuexin looked at Concubine Zhao with admiration: "Mother, you are still the most powerful." "Now that the Zheng family has invited himself as a concubine, Ruan Wenxin looks at his daughter and the late teacher, and the matter of leaving the Zheng family who does not abide by women's morals has spread, who doesn't say that Ruan Wenxin misses the old and is grateful, and values love and righteousness?

Next, it is time to stage another touching story of the eldest lady of Prince Yong's Mansion hearing about this, thanking Ruan Wenxin's character and talent, and stooping down to marry.

Concubine Zhao glanced at Qi Yuexin fondly: "Mother concubine is just you and Xiang'er, can you do your best?" Now your father and Qi Haoning may not return to Beijing for a few years, if we want to make you more lively when you get married, we can only use Xia Shuyao to make a fuss. ”

Thinking of Qi Haoning's rampant scene when he was leaving, Concubine Zhao felt a fishy sweetness in her throat, she now hoped that Qi Haoning would die in Yuecheng, under the knife of the Water Dragon King, and never return to Beijing.

Although Prince Yong may have distrusted her for a long time because of the suicide note, as long as Qi Haoning is dead, she still has a chance to operate.

Concubine Zhao clenched her fists, but unfortunately she didn't have much private property, so she couldn't take it all and invite another killer, right?

Qi Yuexin saw that Concubine Zhao's face suddenly changed, and she was a little scared: "Mother, don't think about that matter anymore, the second brother is just angry for a while, it won't be anything, after all, he was brought up by you." Mother, you write two letters and apologize to your father and second brother respectively, don't you say that a man can just coax him? ”

Concubine Zhao sighed secretly, but there were some things she still couldn't tell Qi Yuexin.

"Okay Xin'er, the mother will take care of those things, you are ready to perform at the birthday banquet, and then, well, after the marriage, it's time to prepare the embroidered wedding dress."

"Mother-" Qi Yuexin blushed shyly, "Don't worry, Mother, Xin'er is still sure enough to deal with a girl in the market." Lady Yu and Lord Yan will come to my birthday banquet, and they will help me. (To be continued......)

PS: There should be a change in the evening, but it will definitely be late, so let's come back tomorrow morning.