Shuqing has been married twice, but Nangong Miao and Shuyao didn't talk to her much, and her mother and maids would always come over soon to "report something urgent", so she had to leave interestingly.

Lan Jin glared at the little maid: "What Shuqing girl?" It is the wife of the Guo family and Mrs. Guo. Let others hear it, and think that the people of our Yongping Marquis Mansion are so unruly that they don't even know how to call them. ”

The little maid whispered aggrievedly: "The slave maid knows that she is married, and she is still holding her stomach, but she calls herself Miss Shuqing, and the slave maid does not know her husband's surname. "Not long after this little maid entered the mansion, she didn't see Shuqing, and when she heard Shuqing only say that she was the master's sister, she thought she had lost her husband's family or something, so she didn't want to ask too much.

Shuqing and Lu later married Guo Jinnan, and I heard that she is now more than four months pregnant.

Nangong Miao patted Shu Yao's hand lightly: "You just go and sit with her, she came here with a big belly, probably for her father-in-law to go to Beijing to catch the exam."

Shu Yao said "um": "Sister-in-law, go get busy, I'll go see her." ”

When Shuqing saw Shu Yao in an apricot-colored dress, her mood was very complicated. Shu Yao is dressed plainly, and there is only a pearl hairpin on her bun, but the beads are smooth and snow-white, and at first glance it is the color of the best of the best, which more and more sets off Shu Yao's noble temperament, and now Shu Yao is a veritable noblewoman!

Shuqing felt bitterness in her heart, knowing that she was not welcomed, but for the sake of her future, she still had to come.

"Sister Yao'er," Shuqing stood up, "Tomorrow is my mother-in-law's birthday, and it just so happens that Xianggong has won the promotion and wants to go to Beijing to catch the exam, so I want to hold a family banquet." It's simple. I just invited my own family. You and your sister-in-law, and Wen'er should come too. ”

Shu Yao smiled faintly: "We are still in the filial piety period, it's not good to participate in the birthday banquet, didn't you only invite your own family?" We're even harder to bother! ”

"We ......" Shu Qing was about to speak and stopped, Shu Yao was always reminding her that their Yongping Marquis Mansion had nothing to do with her. Moreover, this was personally announced by Xia Linxuan, the Marquis of Yongping, before his death, and others could not comment on the three brothers and sisters of Shu Yao with this matter.

"Mrs. Guo sit down," Shu Yao sat down by herself. The smile on his face was polite and distant.

Shu Yao has always felt that Shuqing is also reborn, and she is no longer the Xia Shuqing in her previous life. Although Shuqing married Guo Jinnan according to the marriage contract, it is also very likely that it is difficult for her to find a better one because of the bad reputation of Xia Mansion and Xia Ruoyun's loss of power, but it still cannot be ruled out that Shuqing has already known that Guo Jinnan will be admitted to the Jinshi and will serve in the capital. The suburbs of Beijing are also the capital, isn't it? No matter how you say it, it is closer to the emperor, and it is easier to be promoted if you have some achievements.

There is also a possibility, that is, the Shuqing in front of him is also like a mother, and he is the soul who entered this body from another world, so his thinking and handling are different from the original Shuqing.

No wonder Shu Yao is so persistent in believing that Shu Qing is different. The main thing is that Shuqing of the two worlds shows too much difference. Shuqing in this life is more powerful than the one in the previous life, and it is also hypocritical. But I know how to converge, I also know how to buy people's hearts, and I also know a lot of different things, such as tangrams, three-dimensional embroidery, and stinky tofu.

It was also the appearance of stinky tofu that made Shu Yao more firm in his inference.

Shuqing married into the Guo family, Xia Linyu and Zhou's dowry did not give a penny of silver, but just asked Shuqing to take away half of her own private jewelry and savings as a dowry. Although they have always loved Shuqing, they can't stand that the house has been hollowed out, and there is still a Xia Shuyao who wants to get married.

If he could, Xia Linyu would like to let the Guo family prepare a dowry like Shuwan's husband's family and send it over, but unfortunately the Guo family is orphaned and widowed, and it is not rich, and Guo's mother seems to be very unhappy to maintain the marriage contract.

It was still Xia Ruoxue who quietly stuffed five hundred taels of silver tickets to Shuqing to press the bottom of the box, although Xia Ruoxue, who has always been shrewd in Zhilu Dao, was also betting on whether Guo Jinnan could be named on the gold list, Shuqing was still very grateful. After all, it's better to know how to use each other than to ask for it unilaterally, right? Once Guo Jinnan is in high school, will Xia Fu let her go?

Not long after Shuqing entered Guo's house, she knew that Guo's mother's marrying mother could also make tofu, so she immediately thought about it. Of course, she didn't think that her tofu could be compared to Michelle tofu, what she wanted to make was not ordinary tofu, but stinky tofu.

In the Qing Dynasty, where Shuqing was in his previous life, stinky tofu was a popular folk leisure snack, and was even given as a "tribute" by the imperial palace. Shuqing was disgusted with the smell at first, but after eating it once, she never forgot it, and at that time, her nurse's family also happened to make stinky tofu, so she often asked her family to send some to the university scholar's mansion for her to eat.

On a whim, I listened to the nurse explain in detail the relationship between stinky tofu and tofu, the origin and practice of stinky tofu.

The marrying mother can also do it, I listened to Shuqing make a rough idea, tried several times, and finally made the stinky tofu in the young grandmother's mouth that "smells bad and tastes good". As a result, the Guo family's "fragrant" stinky tofu soon became popular in Yulin County, and the Guo family's life was naturally rising.

Of course, Shuqing was very clever to spread the "story", saying that the stinky tofu was inadvertently figured out by Guo Jinnan, who likes to eat tofu, is thrifty and smart, which not only increases the "elegance" of stinky tofu, but also flatters her mother-in-law and father-in-law, and also blocks the greedy thoughts of the people of Xiafu. If the people of Xiafu know that the stinky tofu is from Shuqing, they won't be dead?

Even if the stinky tofu is made by Guo Jinnan now, Xia Linyu and Zhou have asked Shuqing to steal the secret recipe countless times. Shuqing's heart was cold, her parents never thought about how the Guo family would treat her after she "stole" the secret recipe of the "Guo family" to the Xia Mansion?

Shuqing, who was cold-hearted, was very glad that she didn't think of making stinky tofu before she got married, and she was also afraid that her mother-in-law would dislike her because the dowry was too small (the silver ticket given by Xia Ruoxue was not put on the surface), so she desperately thought of making money, so she suddenly thought of the stinky tofu.

Shuqing acted twice, making Xia Linyu and Zhou realize that she was "not favored in the Guo family, let alone trusted, and was almost suspended in order to find out the secret recipe of stinky tofu", so she reluctantly gave up, but from time to time she went to the Guo family's stinky tofu shop to eat for nothing, and she had to pack it away after eating.

The mother and son of the Guo family did not dislike Shuqing because of this, but loved her even more, and the recipe that Shuqing came up with made the Guo family's life improve rapidly. It also owes it to Guo Jinnan. Where to find such a daughter-in-law? What if you let the people of Xiafu take advantage of it? After all. The cost of stinky tofu is very low, isn't it? Even if the people of Xiafu eat for nothing every day, how much can they eat?

The people of Xia Mansion believed that the stinky tofu was "inadvertently" came up with by Guo Jinnan, but Shu Yao would not believe it. Guo Jinnan is a scholar, and he can't even figure out how tofu came from, and he can still make stinky tofu?

Shu Yao became more and more convinced that stinky tofu must be like those dim sum of my mother, a thing from another world, and Shuqing. It's most likely from another world.

Thinking of this, Shu Yao naturally became more and more wary of Shu Qing. First, because Shuqing's scheming is deeper than that Shuqing in his previous life, he has to guard against it; Second, I am afraid that there will be too many contacts, and Shuqing will see the clues and discover her abnormality. Ordinary people would never think that she was reborn, but people who are also reborn are easy to suspect this, and her own doubts and speculations about Shuqing are not examples?

Shu Yao's alienated attitude is something that Shu Qing has always known, but she still has a trace of luck and hope when she comes today. Guo Jinnan is the current Asian dollar in the state where his household registration is located, and the title of the gold list is very likely. In the future, maybe he will be able to become an official in the same dynasty as Shujie.

Although Shujie is a marquis (nominally still the prince, Shujie himself asked to wait until the three-year filial piety period was completed before officially becoming a knight). Moreover, he is both civil and military, and is highly valued by the emperor, so it is impossible for Guo Jinnan to cross him.

However, no matter which dynasty or generation, are there not all kinds of subtle connections between the court and between the court and the network of local officials? Isn't it easy to do things yourself?

Rookies need the "mentors", "seniors", and "fellow villagers" above, and those people also need the "juniors" and "shrimp soldiers and crab generals" below to do things for them. In his previous life, his grandfather had many protégés, whether in the court or in the locality, and many things did not require the presence of his grandfather and their university scholars.

So Shu Qing thought, Shu Yao and Shu Wen may not know what to do when they are young, but Shu Jie and Nangong Miao will definitely think of this, and she came over today just to think that Nangong Miao and Shu Yao's attitude towards her should improve. Unexpectedly, Nangong Miao didn't appear at all, and Shu Yao still had such a faint attitude.

Shuqing sighed secretly, after all, the three brothers and sisters of Shujie are nobles from the market, and they have no vision and strategy, and Nangong Miao, no matter how the daughter of the "richest man in Da Zhou" is, after all, she is just the daughter of a merchant, how can she understand the subtlety of being an official in the court?

But how could she hint and "teach" them? This kind of thing can't be said too bluntly.

"Ahem," Shuqing took a sip of tea to moisten her throat before she said sincerely: "Sister Yao'er, I can't hide it, I came here today to ask the third brother (according to the ranking of Xia Mansion, Shuyi is the eldest, Shuyao is the second, and Shujie is the third) and sister-in-law for help." Xianggong will go to Beijing in a few days to take the exam, and we have no other relatives in the capital, so we ...... Well...... Can Xianggong live in the Yongping Marquis Mansion? Xianggong is still very hopeful of passing the exam, and in the future, he can also help the third brother to get started, right? It's always better to be a subordinate who doesn't know the bottom line. ”

Shu Yao frowned: "Mrs. Guo, please don't call my eldest brother and sister-in-law the third brother and sister-in-law, isn't it rumored that the three of our brothers and sisters, as well as my sister-in-law, will be recognized as unfilial, and even dare to disobey my father's will?"

"......" Shuqing secretly clenched her fists in her sleeves, "Sister Yao'er, I, I'm just used to it, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask Lord Shizi and Mrs. Shizi for a favor." ”

Got used to it? Shu Yao sneered secretly, but she didn't dwell on it anymore, after all, she was just guarding against Shu Qing, and she didn't have any hatred for her personally, so she couldn't be too embarrassed. "Mrs. Guo, you don't know the way, my eldest brother and father-in-law are both stubborn and old-fashioned masters, and they don't know how to be flexible. The emperor doesn't like courtiers to form gangs, so they stick to this, and there are two brothers in the clan who are going to take the exam in Beijing this year, as well as a nephew and a distant cousin of my uncle. My eldest brother wanted to keep them in the house, but he was afraid of violating the emperor's taboo, so he simply vacated a courtyard in the suburbs and gave them temporary accommodation for preparation. If Guo Gongzi is willing, just join them, that yard is big, but it can still live. It's just that there is only one gatekeeper and three rough maids who cook and clean in the courtyard, and the rest of the waiting work can only be done by the little maids or scholars they bring with them. ”

Shuqing was stunned: "Oh, that...... Then it's not troublesome, Sister Yao'er, sister-in-law...... Is Mrs. Shiko here? I should have said hello to her. Shuqing still thinks that although Shu Yao is smart, she is too young to wake up at all, and Nangong Miao always needs to understand more about the world.

Before she came, she had heard that the two people in the clan lived in the suburbs of Beijing and did not live in the Hou Mansion, but how could Guo Jinnan be the same as them? Those few people barely passed the test. It was useless for Shujie to lift them up. And Guo Jinnan is the popular candidate for the gold list.

Now the Guo family is not as rich as the Yongping Marquis Mansion. But there are also a few hundred silver coming in every month, and it is not an inn that can't afford to live in a good house. In fact, last month, Guo's mother had asked a friend of the Guo family to rent a small courtyard for Guo Jinnan in the capital.

She wants Guo Jinnan to live in the Yongping Hou Mansion, on the one hand, she wants to take advantage of the momentum of the Yongping Hou Mansion, and on the other hand, she still wants to get closer to the three brothers and sisters of Tong Shujie, especially hoping to make Guo Jinnan and Shujie befriend.

Shujie was deeply loved by the emperor, and in addition to his Yongping Marquis Mansion, there were also Wenyuan Marquis Mansion and Weiyuan Marquis Mansion behind him. And the Nangong family, what a powerful network this is! Climbing on this relationship network, Guo Jinnan can't think of it without being brilliant. Of course, if Guo Jinnan himself has no talent and learning ability, she doesn't expect Shujie to help her and Guo Jinnan, but Guo Jinnan is also a very potential talent.

Although the Yongping Marquis Mansion broke off with Xia Fuen, she Xia Shuqing was already the wife of the Guo family after all. And he hasn't done anything evil to the three Shujie siblings before, right? Is it necessary to draw a clear line?

Mother Liu happened to step into the door and heard that Shuqing wanted to see Nangong Miao. Secretly sneered, and smiled at Shu Yao: "Girl, Madam said that she was going to visit Mrs. Xu in a while, and let you go to Fang Lanxuan to find her after talking to Mrs. Guo. ”

Lord Xu passed a very qualified concubine to the name of the deceased lady (Nian'er's mother), and Mrs. Xu brought her four-year-old grandson back to worship her ancestors and enter the family tree this time.

Shuqing heard Mother Liu's words, and hurriedly stood up: "Sister Yao'er, since you still have something to do, I will leave first, and come to greet Mrs. Shizi next time." ”

Shuqing is a delicate and clear person, the meaning of Mother Liu's words is so obvious, can she still not understand?

1. Nangong Miao knew that she was coming, but she clearly didn't want to see her;

Second, Nangong Miao is very busy at this time, and she bothered people when she went to say hello;

Third, their aunt and sister-in-law will go out to be guests in a while, and Shu Yao has no time to talk to her more.

What disappointed Shuqing even more was that maybe her idea didn't appeal to Shujie at all, because ...... Shu Qing from

It can be seen in Liu's mother's attitude.

If Shujie doesn't understand officialdom accidents, forget it, Mother Liu is a palace grandmother, Shuqing heard Xia Ruoxue say,

Mother Liu used to be the most powerful and trusted palace mother around the queen, she knows everything, how can a person like Mother Liu understand? There is only one possibility, that is, Mother Liu, they don't look down on Guo Jinnan......

Shuqing walked out of the Yongping Marquis Mansion in frustration, and the personal maids Ah Dai and Ah Mo carefully helped her into the carriage, and they didn't dare to speak.

Back at Guo's house, Guo's mother knew that her trip was not satisfactory when she saw Shuqing's expression, and comforted: "Forget it, the small courtyard where Nan'er lives in the capital has been rented, and I heard that it is comfortable and quiet, and it is not far from the place where the exam is taken." I asked your aunt to help buy two thoughtful and diligent mothers-in-law, and Alu (Guo Jinnan's little maid) to follow, so you don't have to worry about Nan'er's life in the capital.

As for the relationship with the Yongping Marquis Mansion, of course it is good to be able to climb, but it can't be forced, or rather, it can't be rushed, after all, some things are difficult to forgive. But you don't have to be entangled and sad, Niang Zhilu said that you are a good person, and those things have nothing to do with you, but as the three brothers and sisters of Yongping Hou Shiziye, it is inevitable that you will be angry with the people of your Xia Mansion, not to mention the Hou Ye's will? ”

Guo's mother herself is a beautiful lady from a scholarly family, married to a wife, and a noble scholarly family. She was very disgusted with Xia Fu's character, especially Xia Fu's treatment of the Shujie brothers and sisters after the death of Xia Linxuan and his wife. She and Guo Jinnan's mother and son are also orphans and widows, and they were also shamelessly treated by Guo Jinnan's uncle, she knows very well that her mother and son will not forgive those people.

Amer was a little angry: "Mrs. is now the Guo family, and I'm sorry for them. Besides, how can you say that they are all cousins and sisters in the same lineage, aren't they? The wife is already low and small, so why should they bother with it? Old lady, didn't you see Miss Shu Yao's cold and arrogant look. ”

"It's the Guo family, yes, but it's still a girl from Xia Mansion." After Guo's mother finished speaking, her eyes darkened, something flashed, this is also the knot in her heart, in the future, her son will become a leader, and her daughter-in-law's maiden reputation will really be a drag! If you don't get it right, it will also affect your grandchildren. However, Shuqing is really a good wife and daughter-in-law since she got married, and she is embarrassed to entangle Shuqing with this matter!

Alas, fortunately, Shuqing is also a smart person, and I hope she can realize this and try her best to make up for this weakness. When she becomes a mother, she will also think about her children.

Shuqing is such a sensitive person, she suddenly caught Guo's mother's tangled eyes, she naturally knew what Guo's mother was struggling with?

Speaking of which, it is also thanks to the kindness and integrity of the Guo family's mother and son, otherwise, with the reputation of Xia Mansion and the previous attitude of Xia Linyu and his wife towards them, she is very likely to be divorced.

But what could she do? Breaking off relations with Xia Fu? That reputation is even worse! People will only say one sentence: A ruthless and unintentional embryo must have its daughter if it has its parents. (To be continued......)

PS: Please, pink, it's all down to 18, tears, it's better to stay within 15, please dear! Although Yaoyao's recent update is not very powerful, it is not intentional, he is running outside every day, and he can only code words when he comes back, and he is sleepy and tired! Thank you XB1969 book friends for the pink ticket! Thank you to Nai Book Friend for 2 pink tickets! Thank you for the peace charm of light rain Sihan book friends! Thank you Miss Ford for the evaluation vote! Thank you!