At this time, Jiao Niang raised her head and was facing Qing Huan, seeing that she was stunned, Jiao Niang asked with a smile: "Why are you staring at me like this?"

Qing Huan hesitated and said tentatively: "Speaking of which, I accompanied the girl a few times, and I also smelled the fragrance in the eldest lady's house, but I always felt a little familiar, as if I had smelled it somewhere." ”

Jiao Niang raised her eyebrows slightly, her face was light and light, and she asked rhetorically, "Really?" and lowered her head to continue the concoction, and did not speak again.

Qing Huan was suspicious, but he didn't dig deeper, he only felt that it was not simple.

Shui Xiang talked about the movements of the Ji family in the past few days, "I heard the little maid who served Ningxinyuan chewing the root of her tongue, saying that the eldest lady is very difficult to serve now, I don't know how many cups and plates I have dropped, and if I don't like it for a while, I will take down the maid and be angry, which makes the people in Ningxinyuan tremble." ”

Jiao Niang is just a little concubine in her eyes, and now she is on an equal footing with her daughter, how can she swallow this breath. In the past few days, facing Jiao Niang, it was also a cold face, and she was embarrassed several times, just like Jiao Niang went to ask for peace, she deliberately asked Jiao Niang to wait outside for half an hour and an hour, thinking about the law to grind her.

It's just that Jiao Niang acted cautiously and carefully, so that she couldn't find fault with it, and she was angry when she turned around.

Shui Xiang smiled a little gloatingly, and teased: "If you want me to say, it was our girl who was canonized as the concubine of King Rui and stabbed her heart." Looking at her face today, it is even worse than when we first came back, and I don't know how to have a headache behind this. ”

Jiao Niang immediately frowned at her and reminded: "I see that you seem to be a little impetuous recently, and you have always been steady and cautious. His eyes retracted, and his tone was light, "This is your advantage, don't lose it." ”

Shui Xiang knew that she was getting carried away for a while, and said with a smile: "Yes." ”

Seeing her like this, Jiao Niang couldn't bear to be harsh anymore, beckoned them to sit down beside her, holding one in one hand, "I will enter the Rui Wangfu in a few days, and I will definitely take you with me." What is the situation of the Narui Palace, it is still unknown, but I am afraid that it is not a place to stop. Since ancient times, there have been many battles in the harem, but why not the palace? You are the people around me, and your words and deeds represent me, so you must not make a mistake in your actions. ”

Qing Huan Shui Xiang nodded heavily, Qing Huan grabbed Jiao Niang's hand, and said solemnly: "Rest assured, Qing Huan will definitely restrain herself and will never affect the girl." ”

Shui Xiang also said: "Me too." ”

Jiao Niang smiled and touched the faces of the two, "In this way, I feel at ease." ”

As he was talking, it was rumored outside that the second aunt and the fourth girl came over together, and Jiao Niang hurriedly asked her to come in.

The second aunt gave a gift, which was a pair of exquisitely crafted hibiscus water mutton fat hostas, which was worth a few at a glance, and several people spoke again. The second aunt complimented Jiao Niang in every word, and simply praised her to the sky.

The second aunt came all the way, and it was not easy in the end.

When Aunt Jiao Niang was there, she helped Ji Shi to run a lot, but these were not options for her. She is Ji's slave, and she can be a serious aunt, and she is Ji's support.

She is not very outstanding, she is not very favored, and she has no son, and if she wants to gain a foothold in the house, she can only rely on the Ji family.

Who can understand her suffering, because of her maid background, the subordinates in the house respect her openly, but they don't know how to laugh and ridicule in private, and the respect on the bright side is only for the sake of Ji's face.

If she wants to survive, she can only firmly grasp the big tree of the Ji family and act according to her wishes. Besides, she has two daughters, and the Ji family is in charge of the marriage, so she can only rely on her more and listen to her in everything.

It's just that at this time, Jiao Niang became the side concubine of King Rui, and her value rose once, unlike in the past, she first exaggerated, and then explained her intentions.

It is nothing more than to let Jiao Niang not forget the two sisters, Rou Niang and Li Niang, how close the sisters will be in the future, and what will help each other. In the coming day, she will become the prince's concubine, know some noble ladies, and carry more sisters in front of them. She also said that she had no other thoughts in her life, but just hoped that her two daughters could marry a good husband in the future.

But no matter what she said, Jiao Niang was smiling and silent, drinking tea, and in the end she felt bored with what she said, so she asked to leave with something, leaving Rou Niang to accompany Jiao Niang to talk, and constantly glancing at Rou Niang before leaving.

Rou Niang drank tea slowly, her movements were elegant, although her appearance was not outstanding, but it made people feel beautiful for no reason, Rou Niang smiled softly and said, "Fifth sister don't care what my aunt said." ”

Jiao Niang said: "The second aunt is a heart that loves her daughter. ”

A sneer flashed across Rou Niang's cheeks, and a butterfly hairpin on her right sideburn shot out a thin line of light as she shook her head, "It's a pity that many times my aunt uses the wrong method." ”

Then the conversation changed, looked directly at Jiao Niang and said sincerely: "But I really hope you can live well." ”

After Jiao Niang was stunned, she knew in her heart.

Rou Niang put down the teacup and said calmly: "After a heart-to-heart conversation with my sister last time, I don't think I need to hide anything." You say that I am selfish or anything, who in this world is not selfish. ”

Her calmness makes Jiao Niang like it.

"We are sisters of the family, one is prosperous, one is lost, you and I are both concubines, now you fly on the branches and become a phoenix, and you are about to become the concubine of King Rui, you have such a good thing, I don't also follow the light. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, the concubines of our Yongchang Bofu are not inferior to their concubines. I am a blessing to you, and I will increase my value, as long as you can gain a foothold in the Ruiwang Mansion, then who can underestimate the concubines of our Yongchang Bo Mansion in the future?" Rou Niang said bluntly.

This is not wrong at all, since I knew that Yongchangbo's concubine was canonized as the concubine of King Rui, I don't know how many families have come to propose to Liniang Rouniang in the past few days.

Jiao Niang laughed: "The fourth sister is straightforward. ”

Rou Niang pursed her lips and smiled, as if laughing at herself, "It's strange to say, I've been pretending for so many years, but now I don't want to pretend in front of you." ”

As soon as he said that, the two laughed together.

In the evening, Su Qingyin came over again, and pulled Jiao Niang to put her heart into her heart, "A woman is different from being a girl, you can't be willful at will, and it's not an ordinary family there, you have to think twice before you act, be cautious in your words and deeds." You have a concubine above, I heard that it is not a master who is very easy to get along with, and when it passes, if she gives you grievances, you don't want to clash with her head-on, and bear with her. I know that I may have wronged you, but a momentary grievance is nothing, and when you give birth to a son and a half daughter for King Rui in the future, she will not dare to underestimate you again. Of course, if she does too much, we will not ignore it, and our Hua family is not easy to bully. ”

Jiao Niang's eyes turned slightly red, "Sister-in-law, I know, I will definitely endure it." ”

Since her aunt left, she is the only one who is most sincere to her in this family.

My sister-in-law said something again, before leaving, she gave Jiao Niang a stack of silver tickets, Jiao Niang didn't want it, Su Qingyin said, this is what Hua Junyi prepared for her, there are many servants in Rui Wangfu, and there are few to do, these silver are prepared, Jiao Niang accepted it.