Chapter 53: Painting the Boat
Although the eldest lady's face turned pale, she quickly accepted the reality, and she immediately calmed down and analyzed the cause of the incident.
"How did she do it?" The eldest lady said with a cold look in her eyes, "I do have all the signs of pregnancy, why is this happening?" ”
"The crux of the matter now is that after this incident, the people in the house will only think that the mother is fake pregnant, and they will use this to frame Jiang Xiaoyu, which is very unfavorable to the mother, and the attitude of the father and grandmother is really elusive, they will definitely be disappointed, I don't know if they will be angry with the mother because of this incident!"
The eldest lady took a deep breath and said coldly: "Their attitude really makes me feel cold, I have paid so much for the Jiang Mansion, and their mother and son still treat me as an outsider, not as important as the interests they need, nor as important as the heirs they want!" ”
"Mother, what are we going to do next?" Jiang Yiran asked.
"I originally planned to ease up with Jiang Xiaoyu, but the matter between us and the Qin family last time made our relationship have no room for relaxation, and I blame me for being tempted by the fourth aunt's proposal at that time, so I decided to do it in the Qin family. Now that water and fire are incompatible, there is naturally no need to please her anymore, the most important thing we need to do now is to do nothing, since she wants to deal with us, she will inevitably find our mistakes, but she is protected by the old man and the old lady, we have no way to start, we will only do more mistakes! The eldest lady squinted her eyes and analyzed.
"Are we going to be in such a passive situation?" Jiang Yiran bit her lip and said, "In the Jiang family, with her current qualifications, she can indeed be domineering, and we really can't deal with her, but is it just that?" As my mother said, the grievances are deep, even if we are willing to reconcile, she may not be willing, and after becoming the princess in the future, we are afraid that it will be even more difficult to have a peaceful life! ”
"The enemy of the enemy is our friend, since there is no longer a power to subdue her in the Jiang family, we will look for allies outside!" The eldest lady thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid Princess Xiuwen is very happy to see her unlucky!" ”
Inside the Taoyao Courtyard.
The third aunt sat very uneasily, but Jiang Xiaoyu, who left her behind, was holding her head with one hand and closing her eyes at the moment, and did not speak.
She glanced at the sky outside and asked anxiously, "It's not too early, isn't the eldest lady resting?" ”
"Do you know why I watched the soup you gave me to the eldest lady mixed with those things? People are smart, and they must be smart in the right place, I asked myself if there is no place to be sorry for the third aunt, but the third aunt wanted to frame me, so that I couldn't figure it out! Besides, I can understand your desire to protect Haoran, but I can't accept what you do, I have already told you earlier that I will protect Haoran, and the matter of the eldest lady has its own providence, it seems that you don't believe my words, and you don't take what I say to heart! ”
The third aunt originally wanted to argue a few words, but looking at Jiang Xiaoyu's determined and cold eyes, the words she had already said several times in her heart couldn't be said anyway, she swallowed her saliva, bit her lip and got up and knelt down in front of her: "It's me who did wrong, I should believe the eldest lady, did the eldest lady already know that the eldest lady was not pregnant?" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu didn't answer her words, but smiled faintly: "I used to really want to treat the third aunt as my ally in the Jiang Mansion, but the third aunt seems to only use me as a scapegoat, maybe you are also thinking about it, even if I carry this black cauldron, with my current marriage contract with the Chu Wangfu, my father and grandmother will not treat me well, but the relationship with the eldest lady is the same thing, and the greater the contradiction between us, the better it will be for you!" ”
The third aunt lowered her head and bit her lip without speaking.
"I'm not a magnanimous person who repays grievances with virtue, although this time the matter is for the sake of Haoran's face, I don't plan to pursue it, but I'm afraid I can't be honest with the third aunt, and in the future, I'll step into the third aunt of Taoyao Courtyard less!" Jiang Xiaoyu yawned, "The things that the third aunt wants to understand are who is your enemy and who is your friend, and in the future, you should do less of this kind of thing that hurts others and is not beneficial to yourself!" It's not early, the third aunt hurry up, please go back and rest! ”
Speaking, Jiang Xiaoyu didn't pay attention to the other party anymore and went straight back to his bedroom.
Yan Yan's anger had not subsided, and she said a little unwillingly: "The third aunt is really not a good thing, is the young lady really just like that?" ”
"What if you can't forget it? Even if I hand her over, it won't do me any good! Jiang Xiaoyu said lightly, "Let her go, after this lesson, I think she should know what to do in the future!" ”
After dawn, she was going to go to the appointment of the county lord of Qiwen, Jiang Xiaoyu hurried to squint for a while, but Yan Yan, who had always been dutiful to dress her up, pulled her up from the bed and pushed her to the dresser to sit down.
Jiang Xiaoyu dozed off and tossed by Yan Yan, and only barely woke up after being helped into the carriage, then he checked his outfit, wearing a light green long dress, the makeup was simple but exquisite, although it was not as good as the national color and fragrance, but after covering the dull complexion, there were also two rudiments of a beautiful little beauty.
"You finally didn't scare me!" Jiang Xiaoyu put down the mirror and said.
Yan Yan said happily: "I've been with Miss for so long, and I always know Miss's preferences, but does Miss feel that she has become beautiful?" It seems to be taller, and the facial features have grown a little? ”
"I don't feel anything myself!" Jiang Xiaoyu shrugged his shoulders, turned his head and asked Yueyue, who was feasting, "Have I become pretty?" ”
Yueyue looked at Jiang Xiaoyu seriously, and then nodded seriously.
Yan Yanxi said: "Miss Zi should believe it now, right?" Yueyue never lies! ”
Jiang Xiaoyu was in a good mood when she was coaxed by the two little girls, she was just an eighteen-year-old woman, who didn't have a little vanity!
The carriage soon came to the river, and there was a painting boat parked on the bank, which was several times larger than usual, and it was a behemoth on the river. It is said that when she was sixteen years old, Zhao Qian, the king of Jin, gave her a birthday gift, and it took several years to build.
And this painting boat also stopped by the river, and it was often cleaned and tidied up, and it became a place where the lord of Qiwen often feasted.
As soon as the three of them got out of the carriage, a servant led them to the painting boat. Whether it is in the cabin or in the corridor, there have been many daughters, and it is groups of three or five who are talking privately.
Unlike the last time when everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion turned a blind eye to Jiang Xiaoyu, this time as soon as she appeared, several people came to talk to her, of course, there were many people who chose to watch from afar. Jiang Xiaoyu responded politely with a slight smile, while keeping today's guests in mind, generally speaking, they were still the people he saw in the Lin Mansion last time.
"Sister Jiang!"
A soft voice came, Jiang Xiaoyu raised his eyes and only saw the two of them walking over, and it was Lin Ruoruo who called people.
She stepped forward a few steps faster, held Jiang Xiaoyu's hand and asked, "Is Sister Jiang's body better?" ”
"It's all right!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Thank you Ruoruo sister for your concern!" ”
"Since the last time we met in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ruoruo has not been relieved of Miss Jiang's body, and we told her that she didn't believe it, so we had to see it with our own eyes, and now she can finally rest assured!" Lord Qiwen smiled faintly, "Because of her health, she stays in the mansion all the year round, and she doesn't know many people, and there are not many people who ask her to fall in love!" ”
Ruoruo smiled briskly, took Jiang Xiaoyu's hand and trotted upstairs, and said as she ran: "I took Sister Jiang to see something good, I was just watching, I heard that you were here, so I came down!" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu trotted all the way with Lin Ruoruo, and soon arrived at the corridor on the second floor, where no other people set foot, quite quiet, Lin Ruoruo stood on the edge of the corridor, pointed to a smaller but gorgeous painting boat not far ahead, and whispered in Jiang Xiaoyu's ear: "On that boat, there are a lot of girls dancing, and they are all dressed so strangely!" ”
Although there was some distance away, he could still hear the sound of the boat on the opposite side, Jiang Xiaoyu also looked over, and saw that he could vaguely see a group of scantily clad women dancing, surrounded by a group of men watching with great interest, it turned out to be a flower boat!
Jiang Xiaoyu glanced at Lin Ruoruo with a smile, this girl is too well protected, she doesn't know the dirt and sinister of the outside world, but she has reached the age where she is curious about the outside world and has some yearning for the affairs of men and women.
"That's a flower boat, and the dancing girl on it is a dancing girl, which is specially for men, so there's nothing to see!" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "Let's go down!" ”
"We have dancing girls at home, but they never dress like that! Do they have to dance for someone else? Lin Ruoruo tilted her head and said, "Look, why are those men's expressions so intoxicated?" I wouldn't be happy to be looked at like this! ”
"Not everyone has a choice!" Jiang Xiaoyu sighed, "Falling into the dust, in order to live, there are many last resorts!" ”
"What are you doing with her?" Lord Qiwen didn't know when she came up, she glanced at the other side, frowned and pulled Lin Ruoruo away, "What are you doing with those things?" Beware of staining your eyes, I wouldn't have brought you out if I had known! ”
Jiang Xiaoyu knew that he had no qualifications to speak, so he could only smile bitterly at Lin Ruoruo and shrug his shoulders helplessly. She turned her head, the smile on her face had disappeared, and she glanced at the flower boat again, it should be the most famous Linghua on the Huai River, the boss behind Linghua is mysterious, it is said that the guests who can go to Linghua are either rich or expensive, I don't know who is on it today?