Seeing the red faces of Yu's mother and daughter, Jiao Niang snickered in her heart, and feigned anger: "Qinghuan, you are too talkative, you go to the kitchen to see why the dim sum I asked them to make is not ready." Then he said to Yu: "Qinghuan's temperament is straightforward, don't meet her aunt with a maid." ”

Qin Shu felt that she didn't have the face to stay here, and dragged Yu Shi to leave, "Mother, let's go, do you see it? People don't want to help us, so they use a little girl to scold us here." ”

But it didn't work out, how could Yu be willing, seeing that Jiao Niang didn't want to take care of it, she could only use the trick of crying.

"What can we do, your uncle has no chance, so we can only think of your niece to help us. I don't want to be cheeky enough to ask you for this and that, but poor, what can I do. Thinking that if you marry well, we can also borrow light, and when the days are better, don't say a few dowries, even dozens of dowries. ”

Talking and crying intermittently, Jiao Niang quietly watched her perform.

"Your uncle's useless thing, he can't wipe his face, he pushes me back and forth, you think I'm willing to come, which of the little girls in your courtyard has given me a good face? What do I want, I can't eat well when I marry your Qin family, I can't wear good clothes, I used to have an aunt and grandmother, and she knew our difficulties and treated us as relatives, but now my aunt and grandmother are gone, and the cousin sparrow has become a phoenix, which eye can still see us in my eyes......"

After sobbing for a long time, Jiao Niang was unmoved, and continued to drink tea, until her crying gradually stopped, Fang said, "Is my aunt going to sit here and cry all night?"

Yu Shi looked up at her, there was no trace of tears on her plain face, typical dry thunder and no rain.

Jiao Niang put down the teacup, Qiushuang brought hot water to wash her hands, the reflection of the figure in the gold and copper basin, Jiao Niang opened a few petals, soaked her hands, and said slowly: "You just cry all night, I can't answer you." Don't say that I can't talk to King Rui, even if I can say it, I won't say this. What my aunt asks for is related to the employment of people in the imperial court, the ancestors of the Great Qin, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, this sentence also restricts the female dependents of various royal families, does my aunt want me to risk the disapproval of the world? Forgive Jiao Niang for being selfish, I am not great enough to sacrifice myself for your family. ”

Yu Shi was still unconvinced, and muttered: "Nepotism in officialdom is not impossible. ”

Jiao Niang heard it at the tip of her ear, and said in a deep voice: "King Rui is just right, I'm afraid I'll disappoint my aunt." "Jiao Niang was tired on the day of the eldest princess of Chuyang, and at this time, I listened to her grinding and grinding for more than half an hour, and her back was sore, and now she didn't care about any situation, so she drove people away, "It's getting dark, it's hard to walk in the snow, my aunt should go back while it's not dark, I'm also tired." ”

Yu's mother and daughter were bored with themselves, they came for nothing, shook their faces and left, and muttered before going out, but they didn't dare to say anything out loud, and now they can't afford to mess with them.

As soon as they left, Jiao Niang fell to sleep, and it was superfluous to worry about these people.

On the third day of the winter month, the old lady came back, she didn't plan to toss again this year, but as soon as she heard that Jiao Niang was named the side concubine of King Rui, she was happy for several days, and immediately changed her mind.

Brother An also followed, not only him, but also Qiao Niang.

I had already received the letter a few days ago, and the earth dragon of Ballantine's hall had been burning for several days, and as soon as I entered, the heat rushed towards the façade.

A group of people hugged the old lady to the inner kang to warm up, and Jiao Niang and Qiao Niang were talking outside.

"The letter didn't say that you were going to come along, you little girl, and you made a surprise. ”

Qiao Niang he, with a pretty smile, her eyes crooked like a crescent moon, "My father didn't let me come, he was afraid that I would get into trouble everywhere, or my grandmother spoke, and he didn't dare to disobey." But before leaving, I listened to him all night's nagging. ”

Jiao Niang lit her head, "With your temperament, the second uncle's worries are not superfluous at all." Holding her hand, "I'm glad you're here, though." ”

Qiao Niang said with a smile: "The old lady said that the little family raised in Licheng took me to the capital to see the world." ”

Jiao Niang's eyes flashed, and she guessed in her heart, I am afraid that the old lady is more than this plan. The hairpin on Qiao Niang's head was a little loose, and she shook her head and spoke, seeing that it was about to fall off, Jiao Niang's eyes were quick, she straightened her, and then teased her: "Then stay longer, it's best to find a husband here." ”

Qiao Niang wiped her pink cheeks and snorted, "Okay, you, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you are becoming more and more good at making fun of people." Saying that, she came to tickle Jiao Niang again, Jiao Niang begged for mercy, and she didn't give up until the mother who came with her heard the movement, came to take a look, watched them make a mess, and quickly coughed a warning, and then stopped.

She pointed at Jiao Niang and whispered a threat: "There will be no one when I turn back." ”

The old lady here also heard the laughter of the two of them, and asked them to go to the kang in the inner room, Qiao Niang neatly dressed, and Jiao Niang gathered her hair, and went in obediently and skillfully.

"This is your third sister Liniang, that is your fourth sister Rou Niang, this is your cousin Yi, and next to him is your cousin,,"

The old lady pulled Qiao Niang to recognize people, Qiao Niang was cute and cute, close to the view, everyone loved her, and pulled her to ask long and short questions, just like when Jiao Niang went to Licheng.

Here Jiao Niang hugged Brother An in her arms, laughing and laughing, Brother An was just stuffed into the quilt by the old lady to warm up, as soon as he saw Jiao Niang come in, he lifted the quilt and ran over to hug Jiao Niang, affectionately not letting go.

The old lady saw him jumping and jumping, pointed at him and smiled: "Look at him happy, on the way back, he talked endlessly, how he missed his sister, and how he worried about his father, and even a few little maids were told all the way." ”

Brother An was so ashamed that he hid behind Jiao Niang, his two little arms were like hanging around Jiao Niang's neck, tightly wrapped, Jiao Niang dragged him to him, compared his hands and measured, and said, "Brother An has grown taller." ”

He also deliberately stood on tiptoe and said in a milky voice: "I've grown a lot taller, and I'll be able to catch up with my sister next year." ”

Jiao Niang smiled and pinched his fleshy face, turned her face to thank the old lady, "Grandmother must have taken a lot of effort to raise Brother An so well, Jiao Niang doesn't know how to thank Grandmother." ”

The old lady hated her, "What are you talking about, Brother An is also my grandson, besides, with him by my side, my life is not boring." ”

She smiled kindly, took Jiao Niang's hand and sat beside her, and said likely: "There are two concubines of King Rui in our house, this is a great joy, it is rare that King Rui does not care about his concubines." Turning his head to look at Hua Jintang, "You have to handle it well." ”

"I'm preparing, everything will not be worse than Mei Niang, and my mother is at ease. Hua Jintang wore an ochre-colored robe with a swastika pattern and sat at the bottom.