Chapter 128: Balance (3)
Xinyue gave Feng'er a look, and Feng'er immediately went to settle the bill.
After Mama Wang stood up, she bent down to help Xinyue, Xinyue smiled, and said to Ji Feiyu, "Boss Ji, we have finished eating, you eat slowly." β
Saying that, Xinyue leaned over and was about to leave, Ji Feiyu quickly stood up, his expression was very calm, frowning, lowering his head, but no longer saying a word.
Xinyue glanced at Mama Wang, but Mama Wang still insisted, pulled Xinyue outside, and walked to the door, Feng'er was using a clean cotton cloth to fill the hemp cake that the proprietress had just baked, and then Xinyue walked to Feng'er's side and whispered a few words to Feng'er.
Back in the car, before the crescent moon's buttocks touched the mat, Mama Wang immediately said, "Girl, behave in an orderly manner, be cautious, you have done too much today, how can you eat at the same table with a businessman?" β
After Xinyue sat down, she glanced at Mama Wang lightly, "Then I can eat at the same table with General Jiang, King Jin, and even the Prince of Liang?" β
"The slave is to make you aware of who you are, and to cherish your reputation and status." When Mama Wang heard Xinyue say this, she also remembered that in the past few months of Xinyue, there have been many behaviors like today, and it seems that it is also her own mistake, and she did not persuade in time.
"I'm a second-married daughter, what other good reputation do I have" Xinyue gave up a little angrily, and turned her face away to ignore Mama Wang.
"Girl, you don't have to give up on yourself, even if you are the daughter of a second marriage, what if you are not hired by the Jiang family as a wife again? It's all because of you..."
"Girl, this is a thank you gift from Master Ji." Before she could get into the carriage, she said to the crescent moon in the carriage, and as she spoke, she lifted the curtain of the carriage, revealing a delicate box in her hand.
"What is this?" Xinyue deliberately diverted the topic, not wanting to listen to Mama Wang's preaching.
"Boss Ji said that he just came back from Suzhou, and brought some new patterns and handkerchiefs over there, and the girl's handkerchief was the most unique and fresh one he saw, and he originally wanted to give it to the girl, but since he met it today, he naturally gave it to the girl." With that, she handed the box to Crescent Moon.
Xinyue looked carefully at the box the size of a veil, and thought to herself what an extraordinary veil it must be, and it must be very exquisite in such a fine box. Crescent Moon looked at it for a while, but couldn't find the key to opening it.
Obviously, Hao'er was also stumped outside just now, and Ji Feiyu must have taught her, so Hao'er stretched out a finger and pressed it on the side, not much bigger than a grain of rice, like the decoration of a golden bean, I saw that the golden bean was pressed into it by her, and the lid of this box with only one knuckle thickness popped out.
Mama Wang stopped preaching, and poked her head out with some curiosity.
When Xinyue looked at it, she said, "This is too luxurious, tell Boss Ji that I can't accept it." β
As soon as I heard the name, I knew that it was the same cloth as the surface of jade, which was made by grinding jade into foam, mixed with fish glue, and made into jade thread thinner than hair, and woven into cloth with silk. Because the jade thread is tougher than silk, it needs excellent silk to be able to weave with it, and Baijin is afraid to make a horse, but this small party is also worth more than such a piece of gold. What's even more rare is that the patterns on it are not embroidered, but dyed the silk first, and it is done in one go. The crescent moon looked carefully, this is a broken silver pattern, it is an excellent and beautiful pattern, and the edge is crocheted with gold thread, so that the handkerchief is a little heavy in the hand. Xinyue sighed, "I'm afraid it's the queen's mother, and I can't use such a luxurious thing." β
"Since it has been given to the girl, this is the girl's, and the girl also invited me to have breakfast, although I am a businessman, I still come out of the ninth stream, but I still understand that the courtesy is still exchanged and others respect me a foot, and I will return the simple truth of a zhang." After Ji Feiyu finished speaking, Xinyue glanced at Mama Wang, and the last sentence was to say that she could hear it with Mama Wang.
"The servant who was originally a little girl was disrespectful to the son, and asked the son not to be surprised."
"Your grandmother is naturally good for you, in the next, it is true, the status is low, you are not worthy of befriending the girl, and the girl who will harm you, your reputation is ruined. Perhaps, even if he changes his identity, he is still the most..."
"Childe, our girl is leaving, you know what is going on. Since you have repaid our girl's favor, then we don't owe each other. Please also childe, in the future..."
"Mama, what are you doing here?" Xinyue grabbed Mama Wang, and Mama Wang glanced at Xinyue and shook off her hand.
Xinyue opened the car window and looked at Ji Feiyu, who was a little lonely, standing there and about to leave, Xinyue smiled, Ji Feiyu also saw Xinyue, nodded, and said that he understood what Xinyue meant.
The coachman stepped forward, the carriage began to move, and Xinyue glanced at Mama Wang, frowned, and said, "Mama, why are you becoming more and more stubborn?" Did you enter the palace this time, what did the Queen Mother say to you? β
Mama Wang looked at the face like the crescent jade, and on her forehead, it was still very obvious when she looked closely, like a flawed scar on the beautiful jade, and nodded, "The Queen Mother said something, but the slave felt that what the Queen Mother said was very right." The slave maid also feels that the girl, you marry into the Jiang family, which is already your best destination, and the slave maid can't let other things ruin this beautiful thing. β
"Mama, do you really think it's a good thing for me to marry into the Jiang family?" Xinyue let out a sigh of relief, the Queen Mother really deserves to be the queen mother's woman, this convincing kung fu is first-class, although Mama Wang is also strict with herself, she will never force Xinyue to do things she doesn't like. And as long as Xinyue is determined to do something, she will support it to the end, but this time the Jiang family's matter, Mama Wang insisted very much.
Xinyue naturally won't have a hard time with Mama Wang, this is not a stab in the hearts of people who care about her, so Xinyue changed her speech and asked lightly, "Mama thinks I can remarry the Jiang family, is it that we have climbed high?" β
"The old slave naturally doesn't mean this, whoever marries the girl and you is a good thing that the ancestral tomb is smoking, the old slave just hopes that the girl will live up to your noble bloodline. Those who think that you are not self-sufficient, and actually reconcile with Yu Xiaowangye, I am afraid that they have forgotten your identity. β
"Who am I? Both parents are dead, my brother doesn't care, and I'm almost like an orphan? Looking at it this way, I am more compatible with Boss Ji just now. Mama, the marriage of a big family, there is what you think, it is so simple. The door is right, and the portal is equivalent, which means mutual benefit. My parents have passed away, and even the prince and his wife who have been sheltering me are no longer there. My brother has also been imprisoned, and in the end of His Majesty's dynasty, I am afraid that he will not be reused. The Jiang family, because it is the mother of the Queen Mother, for the sake of the Queen Mother's face, and because of Mrs. Zhuang's appreciation for me, she is willing to accept me. In the future, I really married Jiang Yang, and when I couldn't get by on the field outside, do you think they still have the same pleasant face as they are now? Let us go over today, yes, as a member of the Jiang family, to help in the past. But if I am an unmarried daughter, such a thing of showing my face, let alone them, even the Queen Mother will not be willing. Also, Chen is beating me, haven't you seen it yet? "Xinyue has not thought about marrying Jiang Yang, but it is only a moment of thinking, marrying Jiang Yang, the Jiang family, a family that is not inferior to King Yu, has a wife who is married for the second time, and will definitely be criticized by many sides, in Your Majesty's dynasty, maybe no one has said anything in front of you, then in case Your Majesty is the Queen Mother. What will happen when these people who support the crescent moon are gone?
"Since I came out of the Yu Palace, I haven't thought about marrying Gaomen again. Otherwise, I was just poked in the back, and I was quickly poked to death. If I go to socialize, I will inevitably be compared, compared with Princess Yu, if I have a child, anything unpleasant will come over. If I have to get married, then I might as well marry a businessman, a drama, an identity, and a status? Is there a mountain in this world that will never fall? King Yu told me that my existence is the life talisman of King Yu's mansion, but they have no me, no, they continue to stand between heaven and earth. Mama, I can't say these words to the Queen Mother, because she is a dying person, and all I can do is to meet her desires and wishes. By the time she closed her eyes, my errand was over. Saying that, Xinyue was a little sad in her heart, she has never liked to complain, but she can't live as she wants, so why be a man?
Mama Wang was silent, she could see the indignation in Xinyue's heart, and she was also surprised by Xinyue's accessibility opinion, "The Queen Mother is right, you, you are too premature, some people haven't figured out things for thirty or twenty years, as if you have experienced them all once." But, girl, you see, even if they are as noble as the Queen Mother and the Queen, their lives are full of devastation and unbearable. But that's how every woman comes. Even if you have the ambition of a man, you can't get out of the shackles of the four heavens on women. β
Xinyue shook her head, "I don't want to be the queen mother, be the queen." I just want to be myself. I just want to live my life according to my own joys and sorrows. Since no one is walking, then I will be the first person to walk this way. β
"Then the slave and maid will accompany the girl." Feng'er said, grabbing Crescent Moon's arm.
Mama Wang glared at the blind Feng'er, but she did not refute Xinyue again, but reached out and touched her jade-like cheeks, then picked up the handkerchief held by Xinyue and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Mama, this is a priceless good thing, just use it like this" Feng'er was a little distressed, but Xinyue burst into tears and smiled, only to hear Mama Wang say, "No matter how good this object is, it can be used for use, and it can't be used, so why do you make it?" β
Xinyue smiled and nodded, "Yes, the handkerchief is made and used, but this handkerchief, even if it is priceless, is not as good as a cotton handkerchief to absorb water, and this jade thread is stiff, and my face hurts." β
Feng'er looked at Xinyue's eyes, and sure enough, she was shaved red by this handkerchief, "It seems that expensive ones are not necessarily good." β
"Yes, flashy, futile effort, this veil is really useless, put it away." As she spoke, Xinyue handed the box with the handkerchief to Feng'er, who took it and put it away in her baggage.
Mama Wang stretched out her hand and grabbed Xinyue's hand, she was old, her blood was weak, and her hand was a little cold, Xinyue held it with her backhand, warming her hands, "Mama, I will live a good life." β
"The old slave never doubted this." Mama Wang smiled, acquiescing to Xinyue's idea, Xinyue was very happy, and her smile deepened a lot.
As he spoke, the Jiang family had already arrived.
Xinyue gasped and glanced at Mama Wang, Mama Wang had a little sarcasm in her eyes, and whispered to Xinyue, "They still dare to beat you, girl, look at the old slave." β
"Yes, with Mama here, I will be at ease." Crescent Moon nodded, and stooped out of the carriage through the curtain that was being opened.
The mansion of the Hou Jiang family in Qamdo is divided into three parts, the last time Xinyue came, she could see clearly, the main house lived in the old marquis Jiang, Mrs. Zhuang and his wife, on the left is Jiang Zan and Chen, and the residence of their children, and on the right is Jiang Yang's courtyard.
Each of the three courtyards has its own door, so if you usually visit separately, you can enter directly from the separate door without disturbing the other two. Now the carriage of the new moon has stopped at the door of Jiang Yang's right mansion.
Now Jiang Yang is about to be made a marquis, after the marquis, there will be a new residence, and it will not be too far from the Qamdo Houfu, Xinyue looked around, and at a glance, he saw the mansion with two stone lions in front of the door on the left.
Xinyue frowned, this is the original Xiao Guifei's mother's house, and now she has been confiscating the mansion, it has been vacant for so many years, and it is so close to the right mansion of the Jiang family, thinking about it, it is to reward Jiang Yang.
It's just that in Xinyue's dream, the first thing Rong Ying did after ascending the throne was to overturn the case for his uncle and restore his uncle's official status, why don't he have any memory, the Hou Mansion of the Xiao family has moved elsewhere, what about Jiang Yang, who originally lived in this mansion?
Crescent Moon frowned, but heard someone call her, "Crescent, you're here." β
"Let me ask you, can Your Majesty say that you want to reward you with the Hou Mansion there?" As soon as Xinyue fixed his eyes and saw Jiang Yang, he immediately walked up, Jiang Yang was startled, but he was also a calm person, and thought for a while and said, "I asked Your Majesty not to give me another Hou Mansion, just give me the land outside this right mansion, and I will build another Hou Mansion connected to the Qamdo Hou Mansion from this vacant land." β
"What about this?" Xinyue pointed to the Xiao Family's Marquis Mansion in front of her with some taboo.
Jiang Yang's eyes were deep, and he said for a moment, "This mansion, I'm afraid there will be people soon." I'd better not bother with this, it's not good if I move out or if they move somewhere else, so I might as well not leave it alone. β
"yes, that's right." Crescent nodded.
"And I don't think you'll like to live in a place that has been built and where someone else has already lived."
"What?" Jiang Yang spoke very quietly, and Xinyue was also distracted, so he didn't hear what Jiang Yang said.
Jiang Yang shook his head, "It's nothing, come, come in." β
Seeing Jiang Yang stretch out his hand, Xinyue looked up at the small but extremely majestic door, and smiled, "Okay." β
This is the first time Xinyue has come to Jiang Yang's courtyard, Jiang Yang saw that Xinyue was a little unfamiliar, so he walked slower, and explained to her, "This is the main house, I don't usually live here, this house has been there since I was born, it is cold in winter and hot in summer, there is no benefit." Behind the main house, on the left is my yard, next to Jiang Feng's yard, our father and son live on one side, on the right is the yard where my two concubines are located, and there are also a few free yards over there, I will arrange you in one of the courtyards, I will take you over to see. β
Xinyue nodded, she has been in contact with Jiang Yang, but it was too late and he still had two concubines, seeing that Xinyue was a little thoughtful, Jiang Yang said, "You don't have to worry too much, they are all very good people." β
Crescent Moon frowned, she wasn't thinking about getting along with them.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yang saw that Xinyue was distracted, and his steps slowed down.
Crescent Moon shook her head, "No, let's go." After settling down, I have to go to see Mrs. Chen. β
"Mrs. Chen? You mean sister-in-law? Jiang Yang sensed the alienation in Crescent Moon's words.
"Yes" Xinyue cheered up and looked at Jiang Yang with a smile, Jiang Yang always felt that Xinyue was different, but he really couldn't notice it.
After passing through a corridor, Xinyue passed through two courtyards with open doors, and there were people living in the courtyard, thinking that it was the courtyard where his two concubines were located, and then walked forty or fifty meters inside, and a wall appeared on his own, and when he looked closely, he knew that this had reached the deepest part of this mansion, and around this wall, a courtyard that was not big or small jumped in front of him.
The red and emerald door, the copper nails on it, have also been replaced with two door rings on the left and one on the right, the pattern of the door ringing is actually the appearance of a lion who is a little naΓ―ve, and the new moon reached out and touched the copper ring held in the lion's mouth, "This door is so chic?" β
"This is also from the time of the gift of this house. My lady... Liyun also inquired, saying that this is the original owner's house, the daughter's yard, because the little daughter was scared and cried when she saw the lion on the door, so she found a craftsman to specially pour such a door, you see" Saying that, Jiang Yang stretched out his hand and pressed the lion's eyes, and he could actually move as if he was alive.
It was also the first time that Crescent Moon saw such a door, and she couldn't help but smile, "This is really funny." β
"yes, Liyun has always said before, if... I'm sorry, you must be tired all the way, come, come in. Jiang Yang was a little distracted when he talked about his deceased wife Liyun, and when he reacted, he also felt that he had said too much.
Then he pushed the courtyard gate and led the crescent moon in, "You live in this courtyard first, there is a door from the back of this courtyard, and there is a corridor behind the door, which can be directly connected to the other two courtyards, and people will come..."
As soon as Jiang Yang's words fell, two maids with their heads hanging down walked out of the courtyard.
"These two maids are old men in my house, where do you want to go, let them lead the way, and if you have any instructions, just let them do it."
"General Jiang, what is your urgent matter?" Seeing that he was talking faster, Xinyue thought that there was some agreement.
"There are still some official affairs in the outer house, but it is not important, I will take you in first?"
"It's enough to have these two girls here, the general has something to do, let's go and get busy first. Once I had settled down, I went to see Mrs. Chen, and then I began to listen to her. β
"That's the case..."Jiang Yang felt that he was there, and the new moon might not be comfortable, so he was ready to leave, "You two, take care of the new moon county lord, if the new moon county lord is a little uncomfortable, I can't spare you." β
"Yes" The two responded, and Jiang Yang also said goodbye to Xinyue and walked out of the courtyard.
There is a small garden in the courtyard, and the house where you live, in the middle of the garden, is a two-storey, boxy attic, which does not look big, but there are two large rooms, a study, a hall, a living room, etc., which can be described as a small sparrow with all five organs.
The two maids stood up and said to the new moon, "Slave and maid Xue'er, Chun'er will meet the county lord of Xinyue, and invite the county lord, Mama and a few girls to follow the slave and maid." β
The leader was Xue'er, who took the somewhat heavy burden from Mama Wang's hand, straddled her body, very eagerly, and Mama Wang did not refuse, after all, she was under someone else's roof and had to bow her head.
"County Lord, the general has arranged, please live in the big room upstairs, and invite this grandmother to live in the small room downstairs. There are three rooms in the outer room, which are for a few girls, and there is a small kitchen in the room, because I don't know if you will come by yourself, or invite the cook in the house, so the general has prepared them. β
"Let's come to live for three or five days, or don't make other arrangements, just follow the house to eat, and leave a few maids in the small kitchen, let them give me a hot medicine and boil hot water."
"Yes" Cher asked one by one, and then wrote them down one by one, very cleverly.
The crescent moon stepped on the red lacquered wood stairs to the second floor, the doors and windows on the second floor were closed, but they did not look dull at all, and if they looked closely, it turned out that several small windows on the roof were open, and these small windows were opened very exquisitely, one would not leak air, and the other could also be illuminated, which was very useful.
Push open the door of the big room, the bed and other things should be there, the dresser, the couch, and the round table are lined up, and Chun'er pushes open the door behind the bed, "County Lord, this is the bathhouse"
After some introduction, Xinyue smiled, she came here to help stay here, it was simply a place to live in advance to familiarize herself with in the future, even Feng'er and Fei'er were a little dizzy when they heard it, so Xinyue smiled and interrupted the two of them, "Let's talk about it first, our master and servant are going to see Mrs. Chen, Feng'er, you follow me to the front yard, Mama Wang, you take a few other people to settle down first." β
"Yes" Several people listened to the arrangement of the new moon and began to do their own things.
Xinyue walked to Xue'er with Feng'er, "Please also ask Miss Xue'er to lead the way for us." β
"Yes, the county lord please" said, Xinyue led Xinyue, and according to the route Jiang Yang said, went to the main courtyard on the side, and went to ask Mrs. Zhuang and the Chen family to say goodbye.
As soon as she got out of the small door, Xinyue felt that on the other side of the corridor, it seemed that someone was looking at her, and when she turned around, there was nothing, and for a while she thought she was dazzled, but Feng'er said, "Girl, you don't feel that someone is looking at us." β
"It wasn't my delusion, it was right behind, but as soon as I turned around, the person disappeared." So the crescent moon looked back again, but there was still no one to be seen.
"Back to the county lord, the slave maid saw it clearly just now, it was the general's concubine Luo."