Jiang Baohe said dissatisfied,

"Could it be that I did something wrong?"

"Only I asked my mother to say goodbye, why did you punish me? Could it be that I am different from others and unconventional? But if others don't do a good job, should I follow suit? I'm not convinced. ”

Mama Du put down the teacup, and although her tone was calm and unwavering, it made people unconsciously frightened.

"Fourth Miss is not convinced?"

"Then I'll reason with Miss Four."

"Do you think you're doing the right thing and others are wrong?"

Jiang Baohe raised his chin and said,

"That's natural, I've asked for peace on both sides, is there something wrong with it?"

Mama Du stood up and walked steadily towards Jiang Baohe,

"Do you understand the principle that the venerable comes first, and the inferior comes last?"

Jiang Baohe was unconvinced,

"Why don't I understand?"

Mama Du nodded and said,

"Okay."

"But why did the fourth lady understand this truth, but she went to greet the eldest lady first, and then came to greet the old lady?"

Jiang Baohe was stunned, and several other people also pondered for a while.

After pondering it, it is a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe.

I'm glad I didn't do it too much.

According to the respect of the eldest and youngest, it is natural that the old lady is respected, and the eldest lady is humble, and there is no reason to say hello to the eldest lady first and then to the old lady.

It turned out that Mama Du just asked if she had asked the eldest lady to come over, it was a trap.

This question is completely unsharp, and it makes people think that it is an ordinary question, but they didn't expect that it was actually a hidden mystery, and with such a question and answer, it made clear whether the four people knew the difference between the elder and the young.

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy.

Jiang Ruofu figured out the joints, but he was calm and unwavering, and he was not very surprised.

Jiang Baohe didn't expect that he would be punished for this.

I didn't know how to react for a while.

What Mama Du said was something she hadn't considered at all.

At first, she thought that she was piercing her eyes, and her grandmother wanted them to be sisters of the same mind, so she wanted to punish her who was different from others.

Unexpectedly, Mama Du made a mistake based on the difference between respect and inferiority.

Jiang Baohe was anxious,

How can she refute this?

Mama Du sat down and said,

"Nian Zai girl is a first-time offender, so I won't talk about it this time. But—"

Jiang Baohe interrupted dissatisfiedly,

"Mama must also know that among so many sisters, I am the only one who lives with my aunt like other sisters, I live with my mother, so naturally the first thing I see every day is my mother-in-law, is it possible that I can still see my mother and don't say hello to my mother? I am not satisfied with this punishment. ”

Mama Du's tone was calm, without the slightest hint of anger,

"Fourth Miss, according to your intentions, but the eldest lady is unreasonable, and wants to overstep your humility and let you greet her first?"

Jiang Baohe hurriedly retorted,

"That's not what I meant."

Mama Du's fan handle knocked on her hand,

"No, that means the eldest lady is very reasonable, but the fourth lady made an unintentional mistake for a while, right?"

Jiang Baohe was speechless.

She shouldn't, the fault will come down to the Zhu family.

She should, it's her fault.

Either way, there is something wrong.

Mama Du walked in front of the four of them, her tone was not hurried,

"If you do something wrong now, here with me, you can still talk to me about reasons and make excuses, but if one day, the Queen Mother is standing in front of you, and you ask why you go to ask the Queen Mother first, instead of asking her first, do you also argue with the Queen Mother like this? said that you disobeyed the Queen Mother, did the Queen Mother misjudge? ”

Hearing this, everyone's hearts couldn't help but shake violently.

Although I knew that this was just a hypothesis and didn't happen, I couldn't help but feel a little jealous and afraid.

If it is in front of the Queen Mother, who dares to sophistry like this, regardless of life or death?

Even if the Queen Mother said why she went to ask the emperor first and didn't greet her, who would dare to refute it?

Jiang Baohe couldn't help but be a little nervous.

Dowager... Dowager...

If it is in front of the Queen Mother......

Jiang Baohe's complexion changed,

No! None of this has happened yet!

can't be taken away by Mama Du.

Jiang Baohe anxiously retorted,

"What hasn't happened, what's the point of Mama's assumptions to bluff people like this?"

Mama Du's expression was cold, and her eyes were secretive.

"In front of the Queen Mother, there are far more people who have died because of these trivial things than you think. Hasn't it happened, Miss Four wants to listen to it? ”

Everyone couldn't help but stand up straight and bow their heads.

For Mama Du's consistent speaking style, this is already extremely important.

Mama Du sat back in her place,

"Since the fourth lady is unrepentant, then I can't blame me."

Mama Du glanced at the dulcimer,

"Go ahead."

The dulcimer was holding the bamboo board of the thug, and Jiang Baohe subconsciously hid his hand behind him.

The dulcimer was not as kind as before, but directly pulled out Jiang Baohe's hand and slammed it down.

Jiang Baohe screamed, covering his hands to hide.

Mama Du held the teacup and turned her head to look,

"Fourth Miss, if you hide again, you will have to double it."

Jiang Baohe's nose was sour, and the tears in his eyes were rolling.

Reluctantly stretched out his hand, and the dulcimer hit four more boards, although it was still harsh, but it was far less painful than the board just now.

Jiang Mo clenched her teeth, watching Jiang Baohe being beaten on the board, and couldn't help but twitch herself.

Jiang Lanqian gloated, but suppressed her eyes, making her look worried.

And Jiang Ruofu was always as calm as a pool of stagnant water, and his dark eyes looked at the situation in front of him without any fluctuations. It makes it difficult to understand her emotions.

After the five boards were played, Mama Du didn't care about Jiang Baohe, she put down the teacup and said slowly,

"Girls, remember."

"In ordinary people's homes, it is indeed not a big deal to ask for peace first, but in the Gaomen Mansion, it is by no means a trivial matter, and if it falls in the eyes of those who have a heart, there is a mistake to follow."

"The higher you stand, the more your every move will be amplified by people with intentions, but if there is a little mistake, it will be made a big fuss by people with intentions, once the building collapses, there is no way to save it, even if you go to a high position, you will lose all of a sudden."

"Only by trembling, being cautious every day, and being cautious, can the world have it."

Mama Du looked at Jiang Baohe,

"The current thing can be said to be an unintentional mistake, but it can also be said to be disrespectful, disrespectful, and clandestine, and even to raise the charge to your relatives, and no matter how big the crime rises, it can stand."

"Because you have exposed your mistakes, there is no way to argue with them."

Mama Du walked in front of Jiang Baohe,

"Fourth Miss, do you have anything else to say?"

Jiang Baohe gritted his teeth, tears rolled in his eyes, and he could barely hold it on his face.

She choked in a low voice,

"Nope."

Mama Du nodded and said,

"That's all for today, let's all go back."

"Fourth Miss stays."

The other three retreated, and Jiang Baohe felt aggrieved and helpless, but he could only stay, holding on to prevent his emotions from exploding.

Mama Du said lightly,

"Has Fourth Miss read the Golden History?"

Jiang Baohe bit his lower lip and lowered his head,

"Nope."

Mama Du said calmly,

"The fourth young lady remembers one sentence, the wisdom of people is mostly lost in flamboyance."

"As for what it means, Fourth Miss will think about it."

"Fourth Miss is also tired today, please go back first."

Jiang Baohe reluctantly saluted Mama Du, turned around angrily and left, almost not breaking his sleeve.

Jiang Ruofu waited for Jiang Baohe to come out, and saw Jiang Baohe walking away, and Mama Du went out of the house.

She stepped forward and stopped Mama Du,

"Mama."

Mama Du said,

"Miss Seven, is there anything you want to ask?"

Jiang Ruofu just asked Xiaoyu to give a box to the dulcimer, and said,

"Before, Mama gave me hibiscus cake, this is a return gift to Mama, talk about your heart, and please don't dislike Mama."

Jiang Ruofu bowed slightly to Mama Du, handed over the things to Mama Du, and left, without saying more.

Yangqin looked at the box and said,

"This box is too simple, it's almost the same as storing sundries, how can Miss Seven use it to give it away?"

Mama Du looked at Jiang Ruofu's back and thought thoughtfully.

Mama Du returned to her yard,

"Open that box."

Yangqin opened the box and frowned,

"It's pastries."

"This pastry is also rudimentary."

Mama Du picked up the teacup,

"And you taste it?"

The dulcimer twisted a piece, but before it entered the mouth, it could smell the fragrance of the moon flower, clear and gentle, flowing like a clear spring, sweet and refreshing.

The dulcimer took a bite, but exclaimed,

"This pastry tastes really good."

"I really didn't expect it to be so simple and ugly, but it was so delicious."

Mama Du picked up a piece and tasted it, closed her eyes, and could feel the aroma coming and going between her noses and filling her mouth.

Mama Du couldn't hold back and smiled.

truly

Very well done.

Miss Seven, it's really hidden.

The pastry is well done, and the mind is even more dexterous.

Mama Du said,

"Do you know why I sent unsavory pastries to the ladies in the first place?"

The dulcimer shook his head.

Mama Du shook her fan and chuckled,

"Gifts ushered in, what is sent is favor, what is expressed, is the relationship between each person and each person, there are gifts to show respect for people, there are gifts to insult people."

"My pastry is unpalatable, but it's not like anything else."

Mama Du put down the pastry in her hand.

The dulcimer is puzzled,

"What's the difference?"

Mama Du smiled,

"My hibiscus cake is made with fish scales and wheat bran, and you can see the ingredients if you look closely. But anyone who cares about this gift will know what I mean. My unpalatable was not unintentional, but intentional. ”

"If a person deliberately gives a bad gift, this is not a gift, this is an insult."

"It's a pity that only one of the four young ladies knows how to read words and emotions and can see what I mean."

The dulcimer was surprised,

"Mama means ......"

Mama Du said slowly,

"I just meant to give them bad pastries."

"That's the first exam question I gave them."

The dulcimer said in amazement,

"It turns out that Mama is testing them."

Mama Du sighed,

"It's a pity that only one person can read the true meaning of this pastry."

Yangqin Road,

"Isn't that the only one who has solved the puzzle you gave?"

Mama Du nodded and said thoughtfully,

"It seems that I really underestimated Miss Seven."

Mama Du raised her eyes,

"She not only read the human situation contained in my gift, but also discerned the real meaning of my gift."

Yangqin was curious, waiting for Mama Du to say the following,

"What does that mean?"

Mama Du's eyes flickered,

"I deliberately made the box extravagant, and the pastry was lifelike. But the filling inside is pickled. ”

The dulcimer boldly guessed,

"Jin Yu is ruined outside?"

Mama Du nodded.

Yangqin exclaimed,

"That's what Mama means?"

The dulcimer twisted the pastry sent by Jiang Ruofu,

"What is the mystery of Miss Seven's pastry? Why does Mama say that only she can detect what you mean? ”

Mama Du's eyes were half-open, and she turned the Buddha beads in her hand,

"What I mean by this is that the gold and the jade are ruined on the outside. It is ironic that these ladies are glamorous on the outside, but they are actually unbearable, but this is indeed a very serious insult. ”

"And she replied to me, defeated, Jin Yu, not only did she be generous, but she could also calmly defend herself, she understood what I meant, didn't she?"

The dulcimer's eyes were fixed on the box of pastries.

Mama Du picked up the round fan and fanned it gently,

"The pastries were delivered in rough boxes, and the appearance was deliberately crude, but the taste was outstanding."

"It's not a ruin, what is in it?"

The dulcimer exclaimed,

"Miss Seven is really exquisite."

Mama Du's eyes became deeper and deeper, staring at the pastry

"Compared to her sisters, it's even more so."

"Think about it, if someone gives you such an insulting gift in ordinary interpersonal interactions, you have to eat it all without saying a word, or return a valuable gift, don't you think it's strange?"

Yangqin smiled,

"Thinking about it this way, Miss Fourth and Miss Second are indeed a little funny."

Mama Du smiled,

"Only Miss Seven got it right."

Even though the pastry was insulting, she understood the meaning, but she generously and decently replied with a courtesy to argue for herself.

"The pastries she sent were just like herself, ruined on the outside, golden and jade, although the appearance was simple, silent and eye-catching, but there was a mystery inside, wisdom but not revealed, she also used a pastry to compare herself, refuted my insults, and did not take the opportunity to be sarcastic, back and forth insults."

"If today, she is doing this as a lady of everyone, the wife of a high family, until the princess, the crown princess, the queen, and the queen mother, this behavior is not humble or arrogant, and it is a sign of tolerance and generosity, no matter what her identity is, it is really impeccable."

Mama Du smiled

"It was a bit of a surprise to me."

"What's more, a gift can express much more than one meaning."

The dulcimer pondered,

"What else does it mean?"

Mama Du nodded,

"Moonlight."

The dulcimer was puzzled.

Mama Du raised her head, and an accident slipped through her cloudy and heavy eyes,

"Her sisters have proper names, and there are flowers in their names, but she is the only one, but she is Jofher."

"The name Ruofu, you can say that it is unfathomable in the city, but when it is placed on a concubine, it seems like an insult."

When Mama Du first got the portraits of several young ladies, she also paid attention to Jiang Ruofu's name.

Several young ladies are the names of flowers, but she is the only one, and her name is Ruofu.

The word seemed to mock her for not deserving of her own name.

Jonfer, very cheap.

She has been in the court for a long time, what has she not seen?

Miss Seven's biological mother was from a low background, and it is normal for Miss Seven to not be able to correct her name.

I'm afraid that even if there was one, I wouldn't be able to keep the name.

When she gave the hibiscus cake, she painted the names of everyone on the box, but Miss Seven was nameless, and the gift to Miss Seven was not drawn.

But the pastries that Miss Seven gave her this time answered her doubts.

She also has a proper name.

Moonlight.

I have to say that Miss Seven's gift is really smart.

Kill two birds with one stone, but not deliberately.

Yangqin asked,

"How did Mama come up with the idea of taking the young ladies like this?"

Mama Du's eyes rarely fluctuated a little,

"It's not something I've created originally, it's because someone has actually received it."

"The eldest princess of Yuehua received such a gift when she first married into the Chen Palace."

"It was Princess Yuehua's mother-in-law, that is, Princess Xianchen."

Yangqin didn't know that there were so many past events involved, and after listening to Mama Du say the reason, I couldn't help but be curious.

Mama Du's tone was not hurried or slow,

"At that time, as soon as Princess Yuehua entered the mansion, she set rules for the mansion and changed the government system, in fact, at that time, Chen Wangfu was relatively gentle and relaxed, and as soon as Princess Yuehua's rules came out, the mansion was full of complaints."

"Although Princess Xianchen didn't show it on her face, she gave her this gift in private, intending to remind her that the rules are rigid, and she looks glamorous on the outside, but in fact she is useless, and the gold and jade are ruined on the outside."

"Originally, the rules in the palace were very cumbersome, and they were overwhelming, but when they arrived outside the palace, Princess Yuehua brought these red tape to her husband's house, and wantonly changed the rules of her husband's family, which was actually very excessive and inappropriate."

Speaking of Yuehua, Mama Du's eyes softened rarely, but there were a few tears, and the memories swirled in her mind.

At that time, Princess Yuehua took the gift box and cried into the palace to find the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother reprimanded her for being ignorant. Princess Yuehua only thought that her mother-in-law was sarcastically insulting her, but in the eyes of the Queen Mother, Princess Chen's gift also had a different meaning. ”

Yangqin Road,

"What does that mean?"

Mama Du said,

"If Princess Chen really wants to insult Princess Yuehua, why bother so much, if she is dissatisfied, in fact, she can directly send a message to Princess Yuehua in the mansion."

"But she didn't."