Chapter 210: Powerless
The Qin family has long been accustomed to her husband's style, and she does not dare to object to other things, but as long as there are people or things that are close to the royal family, it can make the Qin family have an inexplicable sense of worship and blind obedience.
She not only has this kind of psychology for the concubines, princesses, princesses, and county lords, but also for the emperor, the prince, and the prince, what she is most worried about is that she has a bad relationship with the emperor's relatives and relatives, and what she is most afraid of is that her family will offend the nobles.
"What is the little thing related to the royal family, ...... peace" Before she finished speaking, she felt that someone was pulling her clothes, and she just wanted to get angry, and when she looked back, she saw that her youngest son was shaking her head at her, and then looked up at her husband's ugly face, Qin Shi Sheng held back his anger and sat back in his seat.
"My fame is earned back from the battlefield, and the juniors of the Xiao family are the same, if you have the ability, you can earn your own future, and if you don't have the ability, you can live honestly, and whoever does those crooked things will get out of the Xiao family." Old Marquis Xiao took his little granddaughter's hand and walked to his usual position and sat down, unwilling to look at his old wife more.
The Xiao family is now a Hou Mansion, it can be said that there is no shortage of status and identity, although it is not as good as the emperor's relatives, but it is much better than ordinary officials, why is the old wife still not satisfied, and wants to go to the next level!
The emperor can allow the Xiao family to rise to the current status is already the limit, will he make an exception to promote the Xiao family to the imperial family, the woman really has long hair and short knowledge, and she has no political acumen at all, she just wants to climb up desperately. Fortunately, the eldest daughter-in-law is in charge at home, if you listen to the old wife, the first one to suffer in the appearance of the little granddaughter will be the first, and it is strange not to be sent to marry with which palace!
"Old Marquis, old lady, King Jing's Mansion sent a girl with embroidered beads, saying that she was looking for our eldest lady." The mother-in-law outside the door came in to report.
"Check it out! How is this going to end! The Qin family was so anxious that they paced in the middle of the house, how could they gain a foothold in Kyoto after offending the Xiao family of King Jing's Mansion.
"The slave has seen the old marquis, the old lady; I've seen all the masters, ladies, and eldest ladies. "The embroidered beads do not have the frame of the big girl next to the master of the palace, and they speak respectfully and politely.
"The girl is ......," Qin asked tremblingly.
"Our county lord knows that his embroidery skills are not good, and he is not sure when the ten purses will be embroidered, so he will send some gadgets over to Miss Xiao to play with. The county lord said that when the eldest lady got tired of playing with these things, it was estimated that the purse would be almost embroidered. ”
Xiuzhu smiled and conveyed the meaning of the princess and the county lord, she was sincerely grateful to Xiao Yao, since the county lord and this young lady became friends, her personality was much more cheerful, the whole yard was no longer lifeless in the past, there was laughter every day, everyone felt that life was getting better and better, and the days were getting happier and happier.
"Aren't your county lords angry?" Qin Shi was puzzled, this was completely different from the result she expected, could it be that she had misjudged.
"Angry? Why be angry. Xiuzhu was asked in the clouds and was confused.
"The county lord is too polite, the purse matter is just a joke, please tell the county lord not to take it seriously, and don't mention this matter again." Tong Mingyu's words reached Qin's heart, and her expression softened.
Xiao Yao quietly patted her chest, is it finally going to rain and clear the sky?
"Ping'an, don't you also have a gift for the county lord?" The Qin family winked at his granddaughter, this was an opportunity to make up for his mistakes, and he must seize it.
"Gifts?" Xiao Yao was in a dilemma, if he answered that he had prepared a gift, it would obviously be a lie; If she said no, would my grandmother be angry with herself!
"Mother Yu, take the gift that the eldest lady gave to the county lord, and let the eldest lady personally send it to King Jing's mansion." The Qin clan commanded repeatedly, and Old Marquis Xiao took a deep breath, he didn't dare to open his mouth, for fear that his wife would not be able to come to the stage in front of outsiders.
"Okay, I'll go." Xiao Yao happily agreed, as for where to go? After all, it won't be King Jing's Mansion.
"My son hasn't had tea with King Jing for a few days, so let's go for a trip with Ping'an!" Xiao Jingyan stood up and shook his robe, giving his little niece a meaningful look.
"Go ahead! Go ahead! Explain it to the princess and the county lord. The Qin family didn't forget to tell the uncle and nephew when they walked out of the Ninghe Hall and went to the room.
"Xiao Ping'an, the fourth uncle can be regarded as saving you from danger! Are you considering reciprocating the favor? ”
"You said I could think about it, so wait a minute, I'll say a few words to Xiuzhu." Xiao Yao left Xiao Jingyan and got into the carriage with embroidered beads.
"Miss Xiao, I don't dare to bring your gift back." Xiuzhu looked at the box full of jewels in front of her and shook her hand repeatedly.
"If you help me bring these to the county lord, you will say that I asked her to keep them for me, and if I return them to my grandmother in their original form, she may faint in anger. I asked the county lord to keep these jewels for me, and if I made my grandmother angry and was kicked out of the house one day, I had to have money to live by, didn't I? ”
"Why is the old lady angry?"
"Isn't it because I dared to ask the lord for a bet? Ay! So, let's find a place where I borrowed pen and ink and wrote a letter to the county lord, and she will understand when she reads it. ”
"Okay, slave maid listen to Miss Xiao."
Xiao Yao didn't care about what her fourth uncle had in mind, she had to find a way to send away the embroidery beads now, and it was important for her to hand in the errand.
They went to the bookstore to buy pen and ink, borrowed tables and chairs, and Xiao Yao used a pen to roughly tell the beginning and end of the matter in the form of stick figures and comics. In the end, Xiao Yao painted a painting of a runaway girl walking out of Kyoto with a package on her back and a jewelry box, and wrote a limerick poem on the side: "Leaving home safely, the county lord is generous, and the gambling contract ruins the future, and the mood is bleak." Plus a sentence: "Ten purses are wrong for life!" ”
Xiao Yao and the others folded the letter paper and handed it to Xiuzhu when their handwriting was dry, and she told Xiuzhu that this letter must not be seen by others, and it must be handed over to the county lord by hand.
"Yes." Xiuzhu wants to say that the letter will definitely come to the county lord, and a few people see that it is not up to a maid who can have the final say. The things and letters that Miss Xiao sent to the palace were not appreciated by the four masters together, but outsiders didn't know.
Sending away the embroidery beads, Xiao Yao looked at the fourth uncle worried, she secretly thought that this problem might not be so easy to solve, otherwise, with the character of the fourth uncle, he would not have been so patient with him for so long. “
"The fourth uncle's thing is very easy to do, that is, your fourth aunt had a dream, in which a white-bearded old man told her that if she wants to have a healthy and good-looking child, she must find a good-looking child to watch every day, so ......"
"Do you want me to move to the county lord's mansion again?" Xiao Yao didn't understand why her fourth aunt couldn't raise a baby with peace of mind! God willing, let her give birth to a child who is better looking than herself, only then can she be liberated.
"Or do you have any other way?" Xiao Jingyan was impatient to accompany a pregnant woman every day, and he wanted to replace himself with his little niece.
"I have a way, and I can fulfill the wish of the fourth aunt today." I was bored and drew a self-portrait a few days ago, and I thought it was not bad, so I gave it to my fourth aunt.
In the following days, Xiao Yao waited with anticipation for the good news of the second brother's marriage, but she didn't expect to wait for the news that she was indeed going to Liu's house to attend the birthday banquet.
"People are going to hold a birthday banquet, so your second brother's affairs can only be in the back row." Tong Mingyu looked at her scorching daughter and explained with a smile.
"Doesn't the Liu family want double happiness to come?" The Liu family is not in a hurry, and the Xiao family is in a hurry! The second sister-in-law is so temperamental, don't be dug into the corner.
"Don't worry! There is a chance that this matter will be done, your father has already had tea with Lord Liu, and the Liu family invited all the female dependents of our family today, if they have no intention, they will not do this. ”
In ancient times, it was really funny, and if men discussed the family affairs of their children, they generally solved it by drinking tea and drinking. The women, on the other hand, exchanged information by attending banquets. Xiao Yao suddenly remembered that his father and second uncle were chased by Lord Yu all over Kyoto to invite him to tea, and he couldn't help laughing.
"What's wrong with you, kid?" Tong Mingyu poked her daughter's forehead, the child was fine outside, she looked a little ladylike, but as soon as she returned home, she completely changed, which made people cry and laugh.
"Do you remember when Yu Xianrong's father chased his father and second uncle all over Kyoto and invited the two of them to tea, his daughter was laughing, why do men think of drinking tea when they mention their children's family affairs! It feels so weird. Xiao Yao asked with a grin.
"Ugh! You know all day long that you are cranky, and your mother still thinks that Ruyi is far away, and you will be more peaceful! ”
"And the result!" Xiao Yao asked with a mischievous wink.
"There is no cure, nothing has changed."
The mother and daughter laughed for a while, and Xiao Yao asked about her sister's return date.
A Yuan family who lives hundreds of miles away from Kyoto has a big birthday, Yuan Yutong and Xiao Yuan accompanied General Yuan and his wife to celebrate each other's birthdays, how can they come back if they don't have enough fun with their mother and daughter's temperament!
"Come on, they'll be back before your grandfather's birthday." Fortunately, the old marquis of the Xiao family is open-minded and never restrains the juniors, otherwise Yuan Yutong should come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Prepare for the banquet, my mother will go back to Graceland first." After accompanying her daughter for a while, Tong Mingyu had to leave, there was still a big mess of things to be dealt with at home, and she had no capital to relax and be lazy.
"Dressed up? In case the daughter charms the Liu family and makes them agree to the family affair between the second brother and Miss Liu at the birthday banquet, is it a big achievement! Xiao Yao shouted when Tong Mingyu was about to go out.
The maids and mothers-in-law standing in the room and under the porch all laughed, and their own young lady was so cute that she even thought of such an idea.
"You ......" Tong Mingyu listened to her daughter joking in her ears, and looked at her crooked head and naughty appearance, feeling powerless, when will this child really become a lady!