Li Niang tilted her head and looked at the second aunt suspiciously. The second aunt rubbed her temples and thought: "Qiao Niang is fifteen years old after the New Year, and when it was time to find her mother-in-law's house, the old lady brought her here, and I thought maybe it was to find a good family for her." ”

"So what?" Li Niang disagreed.

The second aunt glanced at her, "What's the matter, you didn't see the intimacy between Qiao Niang and Jiao Niang, this is the old lady who wants to find a way for Qiao Niang through Jiao Niang." Liniang gave her a look of "what about Jiao Niang", and the second aunt saw that this daughter was helpless when she saw that her daughter was not in the oil and salt, so she had to talk about it in detail.

"Don't forget, Jiao Niang is not the same as before, she is no longer a little concubine in the Earl's Palace, she is a quasi-side concubine, who will she contact in the future, Qiao Niang is good friends with her, is there little benefit? But whenever you take her to a banquet of a duke's family, or talk in front of a nobleman, do you still need to worry about Qiao Niang's family affairs? Look at you, the person who should be stammering is not stammering, the person who should not be stammering is blind, I said before that you are not good to be mixed with Wan Niang, but you just don't listen, and follow her like a dog. ”

Li Niang stomped her feet, "Did you say that about your daughter?"

"I'm not worth it for you, over the years, our mother and daughter have been obedient to the eldest lady's mother and daughter, what is the end of the matter?" The second aunt shook her head, she picked up the tea bowl on the table, the thin white porcelain tea bowl reflected the yellow and clear tea, a few curly green leaves floated on the water, gently flicked with the tea lid, and sank to the bottom of the bowl.

The second aunt blew and took a sip, "The eldest lady's illness, I don't think it's a good thing, several doctors and doctors have come to diagnose and treat it, but it's not good, and it's getting more and more serious, I went to ask for peace yesterday, it really scared me, the blue and black layer under the eye circles, and the face is sallow and ugly, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it won't last long." ”

Li Niang slowly moved back to the kang, half of her buttocks on the edge of the kang, she listened to the words of the second aunt, her face slowly showed joy, "If the eldest lady is really useless, it will not be a good thing for the aunt?

"You think simply, how many concubines in this world can be corrected? Besides, what kind of background am I, can the old lady agree? I'm afraid that when the eldest lady leaves, your father will marry you back with a stepmother. Liniang is simple-minded and whimsical in everything, and the second aunt specially beat the side drum for her and scared her: "As soon as your stepmother enters the door, she must be thinking about giving birth to a son for your father, how can you still have the heart to take care of your family affairs, my aunt has no right to care, and then you will wait to really ask a beggar to come back and be a son-in-law." ”

Li Niang was really frightened, and swallowed her saliva, "Won't it?"

The second aunt took the tea and drank it, looking at her with her eyes, "Why not, if you don't come to the old lady now, go to Jiao Niang to ask for a good job, sell a good one, and let the old lady call the shots to find your relatives, maybe it will come true." ”

"But I ......" asked her to stammer Jiao Niang, she felt uncomfortable.

The second aunt lowered her face, which can be described as bitter, "My son, we can't count on the eldest lady's side, but the living can't be suffocated by urine, we have to find a way out." If you want me to say, Jiao Niang is more than ten times better than Wan Niang, you are close to her, it is not better than being called by Wan Niang. That Wan Niang, I have long looked down on her, bullying this all day long, beating that, treating the maid as inappropriate, you are her sister, how does she treat you, and what is the difference between her maid?"

said that he hated even more in his heart, "If you want me to say, what she is doing now is all retribution." ”

She is also from a maid, so every time she sees Wanniang beating a maid, she feels uncomfortable, but what qualifications does she have to say anything.

Just like her identity, she can only obey Ji's orders. When she was young, she was also a childhood sweetheart, but because Ji couldn't give birth to a son, she forced her to serve her uncle.

Even if the uncle didn't wronged her and gave her a name, in Ji's eyes, she has always been her slave, and even the daughter she gave birth to has to be Ji's daughter's slave.

Although Li Niang's heart was moved, she still hesitated. The second aunt seemed to be slightly tired, leaning on the cushion, closing her eyes and recuperating, the room was quiet, occasionally there was a charcoal fire with a "crackling" sound, not long after, the sound of clothes rubbing was getting farther and farther, the door was opened, the wind poured in, the second aunt did not open her eyes, just said to the door: "You think it out yourself, anyway, I have no ability." ”

After a while, Xu's mother walked next to her, and she opened her eyes when she heard the voice.

Mother Xu said, "Can the girl figure it out?"

The second aunt's voice sighed, "If she wasn't stupid, she would know what to do." "Cheer up, sit up," and in a moment I sent the box of jewelry on my dressing table to my wife, saying that I had a little heart to make her a dowry. ”

After a pause, he said, "Forget it, I'll send it myself myself." ”

......

Seeing that the day of leaving the pavilion was approaching, the water fragrance and Qinghuan were still dotting, and there was nothing to do, so Jiao Niang began to adjust the incense.

In Licheng, Jiao Niang accidentally saw an ancient book of incense making in Qiao Niang, and was very interested, Qiao Niang didn't like to read these, and when she saw that she liked it, she gave it to her.

There are many lost incense recipes recorded in the book, and Jiao Niang made several kinds of them, which are indeed different from the current spices.

Shui Xiang watched her make incense, and talked casually, "I slept late last night, woke up early in the morning, and had a very headache, I was thinking of taking some medicine, but I followed the girl to the eldest lady's to ask for a trip, and my head didn't hurt." I don't know what kind of incense was lit in the eldest lady's room, it smelled so good, I felt refreshed as soon as I entered, and my headache was immediately reduced by half. ”

Today, Hua Meiniang was here, and the Ji family let them in.

And in front of Hua Meiniang, she warned Jiao Niang, asking her to remember that her sisters are her own sisters, and she must not be separated from her sisters because of the competition for favor; Hua Meiniang is her sister-in-law, and she must respect her at any time, and discuss with her about anything.

Jiao Niang didn't raise her eyes, concentrating on perfume, perfume is a craft work, complex and cumbersome, and the things needed must be accurate. ”

Qing Huan couldn't help but look at her, remembering that two days ago, the eldest lady went to the old lady to ask for peace, and when she passed by her, she smelled the fragrance on her body, she felt familiar, but she didn't remember it at the time, and now that she thinks about it, it is not the same smell as the box of incense that the girl asked her to send to the second aunt.

Thinking about what the girl said that day that made her confused, she vaguely understood the girl's intentions in her heart, the girl wanted to send the incense to the eldest lady through the hand of the second aunt, but why was this?