After sending Jiang Yang away, Xinyue sat on the couch and read, there was a burst of laughter outside the window, listen carefully, it must be a few little maids joking, Xinyue didn't feel noisy, but let them play, looked up, and saw that the plum blossoms that hadn't withered much last night were all drooping at this time, and some of them were still petal crumbs, and they also fell on the table.

Xinyue felt something when she saw it, thinking that it was useless to force her to stay, so she turned her head and put her eyes on the book under her hand.

"Girl, Miss Yao'er sent someone to send a Boxing Lily." Feng'er came in from the outside, holding a light blue box in both hands.

When Xinyue heard this, she was very happy and asked, "Is she back?" ”

"Yes, I just returned today, and the gift was sent to you." As she spoke, she placed the gift box in her hand in front of Xinyue.

"What's going on?" Seeing that this thing was not light, Xinyue put it on the table at hand, and made a bang.

"The girl will know if you look at it, Miss Yao also sent a message, saying that she has gone to see Miss Shan tomorrow, and she will come to see you." As she spoke, she opened the box.

Xinyue smiled and looked at the inkstone made of Huzhou stone in the box, she just said that the inkstone made of Huzhou stone must be durable and exquisite, and it was difficult for her to bring such a heavy thing all the way back.

"The person who delivered the things hasn't left yet, has he?" Xinyue saw the gift and wanted someone to bring a message to Yao'er.

Feng'er nodded, "Miss Yao'er has brought a lot of gifts, and the person who delivered the things is waiting outside." ”

"Tell those people that I am going to see Shan'er too, so let's meet Shan'er." With that, Xinyue asked Feng'er to put the gift away.

"Yes," she put away the gift, turned around and went out to speak.

It was night, Xinyue was sitting on the couch sideways, and was working with Fei'er Fei'er, counting the skins sent by Jiang Yang's order, and the person who came to send them only said that Mrs. Zhuang heard that Jiang Yang was going to give her own skins, and she also prepared some of them, so piled up in front of Xinyue's eyes, which made her a little at a loss, and after looking at it for a while, she said to Fei'er, "This is too much." ”

Feng'er smiled and said, "There are tiger skins here that can only be obtained by the imperial gift, and General Jiang is afraid that he will not send all the gifts rewarded by His Majesty this year." ”

"But this tiger skin is so complete, it is just right to use it as a cloak. Wearing such a cloak, even Zhai Zhou of Liang State would not be cold. "Zhaizhou is the coldest place in Liang Country that Fei'er knows.

Seeing the tiger skin that could only be unfolded by the combined efforts of Feng'er and Fei'er, Xinyue lowered her hand and sighed, "I have made a cloak out of tiger skin there, and this bird of prey should be the best to walk through the mountains and wilderness." ”

"Then put the slave away?" As he spoke, he wanted to put it away.

Xinyue shook her head, "Since it was sent by Old Madam Zhuang, then make a cloak and give it to Marquis Jiang." Fei'er, just take that black satin with a beast pattern. ”

"Yes," she said, and she walked to the side of the storeroom and took out the materials that Crescent Moon wanted.

"When the girl set this material, she also said that she would make a long gown for the prince, and she put it away for more than a year." With that, Fei'er and Feng'er unfolded the fabric together.

Xinyue looked at the faint pattern on it and nodded, "Too many things have happened in the past year or so, isn't this fabric also something I brought from Jinling to the Eastern Capital, and brought it back." Take it and let Mama Wang cut it, she has a sense of proportion under her hands. ”

Fei'er went to Mama Wang's house, and Feng'er asked Xinyue, "Girl, Ji Gongzi didn't come to pick up the two children." ”

At this time, Xinyue remembered that today was the day when she made an appointment with Ji Feiyu to pick up Zhang Ang and Miao'er, she didn't feel anything, she only said, "I'm afraid that something is delayed, by the way, I ordered, have you done the matter of making them a few more clothes?" ”

"It's been done a long time ago." Seeing such a trivial matter as Xinyue, Feng'er couldn't help but laugh, "Girl, anyway, it's someone else's attendant, why are you so attentive?" ”

"Hey, I just feel pathetic. Let's make these two sheepskins for their brothers and sisters. Crescent Moon pointed to the two gray sheepskins on them

"Yes," Feng'er put away.

After choosing the skin to be dressed, the crescent moon saw that the fur had not diminished at all, and it was still piled up like a hill, so she asked someone to carry it out and put it in the storeroom.

Who knew that the little guy who was carrying things was unsteady in his hands, and two black fox skins fell from the box, and these two black fox skins were stacked together, spread out, and were almost stepped on by the little guy.

The crescent moon bent down to pick it up from the ground and rubbed it in her hand, only to feel that the fur not only looked oily, but also soft and warm to the touch, and if it was made into a warm shoulder of the robe, it would be very warm.

Thinking about it, Fei'er stretched out her hand, "This is the little maid pulled it down just now, and the slave put it down." ”

Crescent Moon shook her head, "I'm going to make an outer robe, just stay." ”

"Yes, what fabric does the girl need?" Fei'er waited for the crescent moon to command.

"I'll pick it myself." With that, the crescent moon god mysteriously went to the storeroom.

Seeing the slightly excited footsteps of the new moon, Feng'er asked Fei'er, "Girl, what's the matter?" ”

"The girl said that she would make a robe out of black fox skin, and she went to the warehouse to choose the fabric." Fei'er said truthfully.

As soon as the words fell, Xinyue came out of the warehouse with a black and red fabric, "There are a lot of things to do, I'm afraid it will take a few days." ”

"Is this fabric also sent to Mama Wang to be cut?" Fei'er saw the new moon and saw the black grosgrain spread on the table, but saw that the new moon herself took the stone powder and was drawing, and the new moon didn't raise her head, shook her head and said, "No need." ”

On the second day, Xinyue sat in the carriage and closed her eyes, today is already the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, and the New Year will be celebrated in four days, she only started making clothes last night, even if she stayed up in the middle of the night, she should not be able to do it before the festival, but according to her temperament, I am afraid that she will not give up at the last moment.

"Girl, have a cup of tea." With that, Fei'er brought Xinyue a cup of tea.

Xinyue yawned, drank tea and was a little more energetic, "I really don't have the talent to make clothes, I sewed the placket for a long time, but it was all wrong, and I have to dismantle it again when I go back, it's a pity." ”

Feng'er looked at the new moon with some distress, "Last night, the candle was too dark, and the slaves and maids were dazzled." ”

"Fortunately, there will be nothing to do from tomorrow, and I am afraid that I will be able to get out in two days." Xinyue glanced at her somewhat red and swollen fingers, which were still wrapped in gauze, which was Rong Ying's handwriting.

"Girl, who are you going to give it to in such a hurry? It looks like it's a man's robe. Fei'er asked curiously.

"In another twenty days, Hou Ye will be released, and it must be given to Hou Ye." Feng'er said before the new moon spoke.

Crescent Moon didn't answer, handed the cup in her hand to Fei'er, and yawned again, "Call me when it's time." ”

Soon after entering the city, I arrived at the Yanwen Mansion, and the new moon got off the side door and had already handed over the post, so the grandmother of the inner mansion was waiting for the new moon at the door.

Xinyue was a little tired and was about to walk inside, but she heard a flattering voice behind her, "Sister-in-law..."

Xinyue turned around, it was Yao'er who was getting out of the car, and it was his husband Cao Jie who reached out to help Yao'er.

As soon as the words fell, Kong Mao walked out of the door in a hurry, he should have just gotten the news, Cao Jie would also come over today, so he would come in such a panic.

Yao'er took three steps and made two steps, walked in front of Xinyue, and hugged Xinyue in her arms, "Sister-in-law, Yao'er misses you to death." ”

Xinyue smiled and said in a low voice, "They are all going to be mothers, and they are not in shape yet." ”

When Yao'er heard this, she smiled sweetly and shyly, and then glanced at Cao Jie, who was saluting Kong Mao, and also said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, don't make fun of me." ”

"I'm making fun of you there, let's go, Shan'er will be waiting for us." Saying that, Xinyue took Yao'er's hand, and before she could move, Cao Jie stopped and saluted Xinyue, "Xu Hounu." ”

Xinyue caught the bitterness in Yao'er's eyes, and although she was unhappy in her heart, because she didn't know what it was, she could only suppress it temporarily, and said with a slight bow, "Lord Cao is polite, I'll take Yao'er in to find Shan'er." ”

"Come in, Shan'er has been saying you are coming since she got up." Saying that, Kong Mao asked the proper mother-in-law to guide the two of them.

Xinyue and Yao'er entered the mansion, and when they saw that there was no one else on their side, they resumed the normal state of intimacy between the two, Xinyue reached out and gently touched Yao'er's belly, "Let me see, see." ”

Yao'er was shy and didn't know where to hide, so she simply hugged Xinyue's waist, made her two handfuls, and hid far away, "Sister-in-law, you just said that I am not in shape, I have just been pregnant, so there is nothing to see there." ”

"I'm looking at whether you eat fat during the New Year, what do you think." Crescent Moon teased her, but still couldn't put it down and held her hand.

"Sister-in-law, Yao'er, you're here." Shan'er also moved, and was already standing at the door waiting at this time.

Seeing her like this, Xinyue took a few quick steps, "Why are you standing outside?" Come on in. ”

"Yes, sister, you are unwell after giving birth, but you can't catch the cold." As she spoke, Yao'er also followed.

Shan'er also laughed when she saw Yao'er, "If you want to say that you are delicate, who can compare to you now." ”

"Sister-in-law, sister, she makes fun of me" said, Yao'er slapped Shan'er falsely.

Crescent Moon smiled, "Let's go, let's all go in." ”

"Let's go," she said, and Shan'er led the way for the two of them, and went to the hall together.

After sitting down and serving tea, Yao'er couldn't wait to say, "Hurry up and bring my little nephew up, I want to see it." ”

"Back to the girl, the little master just drank milk and fell asleep, and it will take a stick of incense to wake up, so I bother you to wait." Shan'er's dowry, Mama Zhang, replied.

"It's all so unfortunate." As she spoke, Yao'er handed the box that had been taken out of her sleeve to Shan'er, "This is the meeting gift I prepared, since I haven't met yet, I'll give it to you, the mother." ”

As he spoke, he handed the box in his hand to Shan'er, and when Shan'er opened it, it was a beautiful gold and jade collar.

"No excuses, this is my heart as an aunt." Yao'er knew Shan'er's mind before she even spoke.

"Then thank you very much" There were not so many polite words between the sisters, Shan'er carefully looked at her sister who hadn't seen her for more than half a year, and asked, "You just got pregnant, why is your face haggard?" ”

After hearing this, Xinyue frowned, because she had never had a child, she also saw that Yao'er's face was a little haggard, but she only thought that she was due to the hard work of pregnancy.

"Maybe it's a long journey." Yao'er touched her face a little unnaturally, and then said with a smile.

"I was about to say you, how did you have a body, and you came to Beijing from Huzhou for the New Year, you haven't been here for three months, you have to be careful." Shan'er continued.

"She, she's careless, she's on the way here, and she's going to Xizhou, so she was mentioned by Mama Li next to her, and invited Langzhong, otherwise she might not know it by now" Xinyue received Yao'er's letter in advance, and only then did she know the details.

"What did Lang Zhong say? Is the child okay? Shan'er asked carefully.

Yao'er looked at her sister and sister-in-law sitting beside her, and remembered her grievances, so she couldn't help pouting for a while, lowered her head and nodded, "The doctor said, it's okay." ”

"Why are you still so depressed? What's going on? From the moment I came in, I saw a sad look in your eyebrows and eyes, and if you have something to say, you can say it. Shan'er was also angry with her.

Xinyue stretched out her hand to comfort Shan'er, and then said to Yao'er, "Yao'er, can't you say anything to the two of us?" ”

"No, no," said Yao'er, and she cried.

After seeing the new moon, she was also angry, when she was at home, Yao'er had such a sad face, "Mama Li, you come." ”

Mama Li was standing behind Yao'er, but she was suddenly called by Xinyue, and immediately knelt in front of Xinyue, "It's the old slave's fault that he failed to take care of the girl." ”

"I don't want to listen to this kind of face-saving talk, you say, what's wrong with Yao'er? In Cao's house... Where was Cao Jie wronged? "Yao'er's husband's family is in Beijing, and Yao'er followed Cao Jie to serve in Huzhou, and it must be Cao Jie who makes her sad.

"I don't know the husband... The girl didn't receive the news, and when the uncle entered Beijing, he still brought a girl. ”

"How can this be true?" Before Xinyue could react, it was Shan'er who dropped the cup first.

Crescent lives outside the city, and the news is still a little delayed" And then what? ”

"That girl is the daughter of Lord Liu, the governor of Huzhou, if I left Beijing, my sister-in-law asked me to be careful, it is the same."

"She has no name or no points, so she can follow you into Beijing?" Xinyue frowned, in the dream, Cao Jie had a very good relationship with this Miss Liu, although Cao Jie's mother Li didn't like her, and felt that she had a low status and was not worthy of her son, but later saw that her son was indeed in love with her, so she slowly accepted it, and now it really appeared.

"Miss Liu's mother is from Jinling, and her grandmother misses them very much, but Miss Liu's mother can't leave, so she has to ask us to bring her back, so she can be regarded as famous." Yao'er explained with tears in her eyes.

Shan'er listened, patted the table and said, "I know her maternal grandfather's house, isn't it the broken door of Fu'anbo's family?" ”

"Fu Anbo?" Crescent Moon had never heard of the title.

"The prince is a man, but he is the third in the earl's palace, or the first generation of the uncle, because he is the first emperor's scholar, in the first emperor's dynasty, he was also important, and later because of his support for His Majesty's merit, he was named an earl, his grandfather looked down on him the most, and his family was not allowed to interact with him, I also married to the Yanwen Mansion after I heard of it, this family is an opportunistic villain." After Shan'er finished speaking indignantly, she found that there was no cup left at hand to drop.

Hearing Shan'er say this, Yao'er felt even more humiliated and cried, "Along the way, she didn't care about the rules and decency at all, and had out-of-character contact with Jie Lang again and again, Jie Lang only said that I was suspicious, I was not suspicious, but I had eyes." Once Jielang took advantage of my sleep and went out to see the small, that Miss Liu, I saw, Jielang only said that he was out to breathe, just met Miss Liu, but that Miss Liu was full of tears, as if she had been greatly wronged, only said that she talked a lot with Jielang for a while, and felt that she, she was a woman who had not been out of the cabinet, and a foreign man, what was there to talk about, and talked to tears on her face. ”

Xinyue took the handkerchief and wiped the tears from Yao'er's face, "Don't cry, it's not good for the child." ”

"That Miss Liu, when my uncle was here, Chu Chu was moving, tears were in her eyes, but in private, she spoke to our girl, it was very polite, so angry that our girl was dizzy and had abdominal pain, and the slave persuaded her to invite Langzhong, only to find out that our girl was pregnant with a child, and the girl had been hiding for the sake of the child, and she entered Beijing yesterday, and the scourge could not follow anymore, so it would be better." As soon as Mama Li said, she was so angry that the new moon was also dark in front of her, "This... Is this Miss Liu so stylish? ”

Shan'er listened, her temper was too much to bear, and she broke the cup in Crescent's hand again.

Seeing the attitude of the two people, Yao'er couldn't help but throw herself into Xinyue's arms, "Sister-in-law, as soon as you and your sister hear it, you know that I am the one who has been wronged, but my husband Jie Lang actually said that I am cranky, jealous and unwilling to tolerate others, I, sister-in-law, you know me best, I am not such a person." ”

Xinyue let out a sigh of relief, touched Yao'er's hair, and saw that she was really wronged, frowning and scolding, "This Cao Jie is actually blind." ”

Shan'er was so angry that she said to the people around her, "Go, call me that cheap hoof, she sees that you are a stupid girl, but you can bully you, I have to let her know how difficult it is to provoke our Yuwang Mansion." ”

"Sister, don't make a mess." Saying that, Yao'er grabbed Shan'er, and Shan'er hurt her, so she softened her attitude and sat in her position.

"Although Shan'er is a little impulsive, she is right, that is, you must not be bullied by people, behind you is the Yuwang Mansion. Your grandfather has just won the battle. You can't be bullied like that. Go, take Shan'er's post, and invite Miss Liu to come for tea. Saying that, Xinyue looked at Shan'er, Shan'er nodded, but Yao'er stopped, "Sister-in-law, I don't want to, I don't want to be tossed with such a self-willed and lowly person." Don't call her here, it's just to make people feel that we are cowardly. As she spoke, Yao'er shook her head a little painfully.

Xinyue felt panicked in her heart, putting aside her personal grievances with the Yuwang Mansion, Yu Wang was still in the middle of the year, still carrying a gun to fight, and overcoming the menacing Liang State, but because of His Majesty's suspicions, he had to pretend to be sick and show weakness in order not to be targeted again, Xinyue suddenly remembered that King Yu scolded His Majesty that day, "It's just the son of a dancing girl, and he can't get on the stage." ”

Xinyue still felt that she could vent the emotions in her heart, but after thinking about it carefully, the dancing girl was also her grandmother, and for a while, she was a little confused and looked at Yao'er blankly.

Yao'er saw that Xinyue lost her mind, and called Xinyue twice, and Xinyue came back to her senses, "Is that it?" ”

"Naturally, she can't just forget it, doesn't she love vanity and want to cling to Cao Jie? She can't be a wife anyway, so when you give birth to a child and your position is stable, you will sell her immediately. ”

"What you say is so unreasonable, although she is a concubine, she also has an identity, and her father is an adult with an official position, how can she sell it? Who dares to take it? Xinyue felt that Shan'er was impulsive when she said this.

"Sister-in-law, don't think that every concubine is as tricky as the Xiao family, why can't you sell it? The concubine is the slave of the wife. After Shan'er finished speaking, she suddenly felt that she was speechless, and when she looked at the new moon, she saw that her face had changed.

Yao'er was also so frightened that she forgot to cry, looked at Xinyue's face, and when she saw her like this, she hurriedly threw herself into Xinyue's arms, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry." ”

Xinyue felt that she was being thorned in her heart, but she knew that Shan'er was unintentional, so she endured it three times and said, "Moreover, that Miss Liu is not Cao Jie's concubine now, and it is easier to deal with it than to become a concubine who has become a serious concubine, there is really no need to tear her in, maybe it will be self-defeating." ”

"Sister-in-law, I was unintentional." Shan'er also knew that she had said the wrong thing, Xinyue raised her eyes and glanced at her lightly, and said, "Some time ago, I lived in my eldest brother for some days, and I also had some contact with my sister-in-law Cao, and I can understand your heart for me." However, it's not that we don't have blood, so we can calculate at will, and the relationship of insults, the three of us grew up together. Even if I'm not your sister-in-law, I'm your cousin, Shan'er, so you don't have to say that. I just didn't hear it this time, I know that you are worried about Yao'er, and you have no intention, but if there is a next time, then we will be nothing. After saying that, Xinyue looked at Shan'er fixedly for a while.

After hearing this, Shan'er stood up and bowed to Crescent, "I see." ”

"That's right." Crescent nodded.

Shan'er and Yao'er looked at the new moon, because she was really similar to their mother just now, talking, moving, and leaving a shock in their hearts.

Xinyue put her thoughts on Yao'er's matter again, and after a moment, she said to the two, "Shall we..."

The two leaned over and listened to Xinyue say her plan, "Since this Miss Liu is very good at pretending to be pitiful, then let's let her pretend to be enough." ”

"How?" Yao'er asked

"In this capital, there are dignitaries and dignitaries who have not married wives, and there are not a few who are more valuable than Cao Jie's status, no matter how bad they are, there is also His Royal Highness the King of Jin." Crescent said with a smile.

"King Jin?" Shan'er was a little puzzled, "What does this have to do with him?" ”

Xinyue smiled, "Naturally it has nothing to do with him, I'm just making an analogy." This Miss Liu is not at a good age, and she is not married, so the three of us should do something good and tell her a good family. In this way, she should not have much time to shake around Cao Jie. ”

"She treated Yao'er so much, she was so angry that she had abdominal pain, and it almost affected the child in her belly, and we told her that she was a good family? Wouldn't that be too cheap for her? ”