Chapter 130: Distinguished Guest
"The courtiers have seen Princess Jing." Qin pulled his clothes, brushed his hair, and crampedly greeted Yin Qianhua.
"Mrs. Xiao doesn't have to see outside, if it is from the Yuan family, I have to call you an aunt." Seeing that the Qin family was a little uneasy, Yin Qianhua comforted her with a smile.
"How can you talk about relatives with the princess!" Qin Shi waved his hand in fright.
"Don't be polite to me, speaking of which, we owe you and the old general, this time my lord's affairs have to trouble the old general to travel long distances and lend a hand, it's really a shame!"
"You are serious, this is the duty of the courtiers, where do we dare to take credit!" Tong Mingyu saw that her mother-in-law was like a frightened deer, so she had to open her mouth to take Princess Jing's words.
"I brought some blood swallows and ejiao, and asked people to use them for Mrs. Xiao on weekdays, if there is anything in the house that we can help with, you can just open your mouth, don't see outside."
"The courtiers thank the princess for her concern and care for the Xiao family." Tong Mingyu stood up and saluted, the princess can come, it is to give the Xiao family face, as for asking Jing Wangfu for help, although Tong Mingyu does not dare to say that he will never ask for the palace, even if he asks for it, it can only be an inconsequential matter, it is related to the court, and it is about politics, which cannot be mentioned.
Seeing that the polite words were almost over, Yin Qianhua asked about Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan.
"The courtiers will send someone to find the two of them, these two children have been clamoring for the courtyard where they live to be transformed into the garden of your palace since they were guests of the princess!" Li Jiaoying laughs every time she thinks of the delicate Xiao Yuan.
"That child looks honest, and her temperament is really different from Ping'an."
"The daughter of a courtier is sometimes very naughty, which makes people have a headache." Tong Mingyu shook his head and chuckled.
Although the Qin family no longer spoke, she didn't like her daughter-in-law to talk about her granddaughter in such a tone, and she should praise her children more, if she could leave a good impression on the princess, as long as the princess said a word, would she still be worried that she would not be able to marry into the noble family and the Houmen family? As for the royal mansion, the Qin clan had never had the luxury of expecting it.
"Me! I like her naughty appearance, fresh and smart, my daughter is a quiet character, she can't get along with ordinary people, only peace and wishfulness, every time she mentions the two sisters, she is full of smiles. ”
"Being able to win the favor of the county lord is the creation of these two children." Tong Mingyu didn't mention that if her daughter and niece were closer to the county lord, if the princess and the county lord were interested, people would naturally mention it, if people were just polite, there was no need to sell their own children, but it would make people look down on their own girls.
"If the county lord is willing to associate with them, let them go to the palace more often, and it is a blessing for the two children to be able to accompany the county lord." The Qin clan responded with a solemn voice, the opportunity is rare and must not be missed.
Tong Mingyu lowered her eyes, her hands were clenched tightly in her sleeves, if the other party was not her mother-in-law, she might have already hit back, why should her spoiled daughter be sent to someone else's house to be low.
The county lord is noble, but his daughter is not a wild girl with no identity, and it is right to be respectful to the county lord, who let the identity of the family be there! But if you want her daughter to welcome and flatter others, Tong Mingyu will not agree to anything.
"Ping An and Ruyi are both excellent children, as long as they don't dislike my daughter's perverse temperament and are not good at talking, I wish they could go to the palace every day to play! No, I heard that I was coming to see you, Ruonan deliberately chose some small gifts for me to bring to the two sisters, and I saw that it was quite novel, so I didn't refuse. Yin Qianhua motioned for Qiu Ying to bring a box, and when she opened it, there were some small ornaments, small jade ornaments, and brightly colored beads and gemstones...... It's full.
"It's too precious." Tong Mingyu quickly refused after reacting from the stunned.
"Yes! Yes! These gifts are too expensive. "While talking about the Qin family, I thought what should I give back to the county lord! It seems that you have to open your own private treasury, and how can the return gift exceed the value of the gift sent by the palace. She gave Yu Ma a look, and Yu Ma immediately comprehended and went to prepare.
In fact, some of Yin Qianhua's gifts to the Xiao family sisters were naturally selected from Yun Yichen's box, and some of them were added by her, Yun Ruonan added some jade carvings and beads, and the three of them didn't expect to fill a full box when they put it together.
"There's a guest at home, is it the princess's aunt? Is my cousin here? Before anyone could enter the door, Xiao Yuan had already asked a lot of questions.
"You ask like this, let Xiying answer which one is better!" Xiao Yao glanced at Xiying sympathetically, it is not easy to be a maid, if the master is normal, it is fine, but when he encounters Ruyi, he always talks non-stop, which makes people unable to resist.
"Aunt Princess, you're here." Xiao Yuan trotted all the way to Yin Qianhua.
"I've seen the princess." Xiao Yao respectfully saluted Yin Qianhua.
"You two have no conscience, if your aunt doesn't come, won't you go to the palace?" Yin Qianhua glanced at the two of them with disgust, not to mention, I haven't seen them for many days, I really miss them.
"Don't call me princess after peace, call me aunt like Ruyi, if I hear you call me princess again, then I will be angry."
"How can this be!" Tong Mingyu stood up against it, Ruyi and the princess are relatives, and it is natural to call her aunt, but peace is different, only General Xiao and the prince are somewhat related between the Xiao family and the princess and the palace, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the rest of the people have nothing to do with it.
"Then I will call you the princess when there are outsiders, and I will call you aunt when there are only you and me?" With you and me, at least there must be a maid, so my aunt should leave it to Ruyi to call.
"You girl, whatever you call." When Yin Qianhua heard her husband talk about the Xiao family, she kept saying that they did not tend to be inflammatory, and they did not form gangs. Yin Qianhua didn't expect that their family was not only like adults, but even children had a clear position, even if someone took the initiative to give her a chance, she could still be unmoved, what a different family!
"Here is a gift from Ruonan to you, see if you like it or not." Yin Qianhua beckoned the two of them to look at the box on the table.
"Wow! Beads, my sister must look good when she uses it to string a curtain. ”
"Are these beads glazed?" Xiao Yao picked up a bead and looked at the light coming in from the outside, it was clear and transparent, could it be that the level of glass manufacturing in this era was already so high?
"Those that are not very transparent are colored glass, and the other ones are water jade." Yin Qianhua explained.
"It's so pretty, it must be nice to string them together to make a bracelet." Xiao Yao thought beautifully.
"You can really waste things, how can such precious glass and water jade be easily used if they are given by the county lord! When you are older, it will be more suitable to use jewelry. "In the eyes of the Qin family, everything from the royal family and the royal palace is a treasure, and it should never be used at will, it is all capital worthy of showing off to outsiders.
As for it? Didn't the princess send these things for herself and her sister to play with and enjoy! You can only see it, you can't use it, you don't want it, you don't want it. Xiao Yao put the beads back and sat down next to Tong Mingyu obediently.
Yin Qianhua sat for another half an hour, and then ordered someone to go back to find her son to pick her up.
"Sister, what do we give to the county lord's cousin as a gift in return!" Xiao Yuan rubbed to Xiao Yao's side, and the sisters bit their ears together and whispered.
"I've got people to prepare, you don't have to worry." The more the palace, the more exquisite the place is, so it is not appropriate to send the county lord to eat, last time I once wore a new skirt from someone else, and today I will return a good one to the county lord, that is the style designed by Xiao Yao himself, embroidered pandas in various postures, some eat bamboo, some climb ladders, some somersault... Embroidered around the skirt.
Xiao Yuan has coveted this skirt for a long time, and she can't resist some cute little animals at all, Xiao Yao has asked the sewing room to help her make a new one.
"Princess Qiyu, the prince has arrived."
"Let's go out and meet the son." Qin Shi hurriedly got up, straightened his clothes and was about to go out.
"He's a child, where to greet him." Yin Qianhua's biggest feeling when she came to the Xiao family was that the Qin family was too restrained, and she had an inexplicable admiration for the royal family, lest there be something inconsiderate, she was a little scared all morning, it seemed that there was nothing wrong, and it was better for the Xiao family to come less.
If the Qin family knew that Princess Jing would have such thoughts because of her behavior, she would definitely regret it, she was so eager to get closer to King Jing's mansion, it was not her intention to be self-defeating.
"Aunt Princess, this is a gift from my sister to the county lord." Outside the gate, Xiao Yuan was holding a new skirt in both hands, and as for the ones that the Qin family ordered people to prepare, Yin Qianhua didn't confiscate them at all.
"Peace!"
"My sister twisted her foot when she just went out, so she can't come to see off the princess and aunt." Xiao Yuan told Yin Qianhua what her sister taught.
"It doesn't matter." Yin Qianhua's footsteps paused, Ping An is not a frizzy character, why did he twist his foot!
Yun Yichen glanced at the gate of Xiao's house, could it be that the little girl was still angry with herself, but she had already given a gift, what else did she want!
The girl is really troublesome, and Yun Yichen has a headache for the first time.
"It's okay, just rub it in a while." Tong Mingyu said easily, although he was very worried in his heart, he couldn't show it on his face.
Back at the palace, Yin Qianhua gave Xiao Yao's gift to her daughter, and Yun Ruonan immediately changed it.
"Ping'an, this little girl is really smart, and she does everything decently."
"Beautiful." Yun Ruonan stroked the panda at the corner of her skirt repeatedly, and she couldn't put it down, what the mother concubine said was not wrong at all, Miss Xiao was smart.
"Ping An and Ruyi like the beads you gave very much, and Ping An also said that they want to be strung into a bracelet!" Yin Qianhua said casually while admiring her daughter's new outfit.
It turned out that she liked brightly colored beads, and Yun Yichen silently wrote this down.