Qian Niang's face was blue and white for a while, but she was powerless to refute, biting her lip, tears were about to fall.

The second old lady's face was not good-looking, and the corners of her mouth were hooked, "Sister-in-law, your granddaughter is really sharp-toothed." ”

Seeing this, Cheng Shi hurriedly came out to play a round, "Our Hua family, which one is not Jinxinxiukou, I haven't seen Qian Niang for many days, more and more Peugeot, I heard that now Qian Niang can write with both hands?"

Qian Niang's face was slightly gloomy, with a faint look of pride, and she said a faint "um", even if it was an answer.

"It's still the third brother and sister who can educate people, unlike my Qiaoniang, who only cares about playing all day long. Wait one day, I will let her go to your house and let her study hard with Qianniang. ”

Qiao Niang stomped her feet and shouted, "Mother." "She's not happy to go to Nanfu, and she's not very good now, do you want to be as pretentious as Qianniang.

The third lady interjected coldly, "Then Qianniang, you have to teach Qiao Niang well, and if you learn well, you can ask your second aunt for a pair of bracelets to wear." ”

Cheng's smile stiffened, and Qiao Niang said: "If I want to learn, I don't have to go so far to Nanfu to learn, there are five cousins now." ”

The third lady's voice was shrill and thin, "I'll just say, how can the second sister-in-law be willing to give away such a valuable jade bracelet, it turns out that she invited a good gentleman to be at home." Tilting his head and squinting at Qian Niang, yin and yang weird, "Qian Niang, this is yours, why don't you usually teach your cousin well, otherwise that bracelet will be yours." ”

In the past, Wu asked Cheng for the bracelet several times, but every time Cheng pretended not to understand, and then it was troublesome, so he put it away and didn't wear it.

Jiao Niang took a look at the three ladies, among the people in several rooms, Shunanfu was the richest, and he could be called the richest man in Licheng, and one-third of the business in the city was from their family. Unexpectedly, focusing only on a pair of bracelets, it was really a bit funny.

Cheng was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he explained: "The third brother and sister laughed, what do you please, sir, I saw that Jiao Niang liked it, so I gave a gift as a gift." ”

"The second brother and sister are generous, our family Qianniang has called your second aunt for more than ten years, and I haven't seen you give her such a good thing, after all, she is from the capital, not as small as us. ”

Cheng was dumbfounded by her, and Murong raised her beautiful eyebrows, "Yo, why does the third sister-in-law's words sound a bit arrogant, although you are a countryman, but you marry a chicken with a chicken, and now you are half a city person, why do you always say that you are from a small place." The third brother has a lot of money, and he can't hold your waist?"

The third lady blushed and glanced at her, Murong didn't care, only smiled and said: "By the way, did the third sister-in-law give any meeting gifts to the fifth niece and the little nephew, it must be extremely valuable, otherwise how can you be worthy of the name of the richest lady?"

The third lady didn't prepare anything at all, so she had to say, "I went out in a hurry today, and I'll have someone send it one day." ”

Don't look at Nanfu as rich, but the third lady is a miser, very stingy, I don't know when this "day" will be.

I thought that this was perfunctory, but Hua Junbo glanced at the top of her head, "This golden step on the third aunt's head is very good." ”

Murong Shi pursed his lips and smiled, and glanced at Cheng Shi, who was also stealing fun, the third lady was sullen, and casually pulled down the step and shook it, and asked the maid to take it and hand it to Jiao Niang.

Jiao Niang didn't dare to take it for a long time, it was like forcing others, and the old lady said: "Take it, this is your third aunt's intention." Jiao Niang caught it and leaned over to thank her.

She smacked her tongue secretly, it seems that the days of Licheng cannot be peaceful.

The old lady and the three of them were talking, from the capital to Licheng, and they couldn't avoid the things in the back house of the mansion, Qiao Niang saw that Jiao Niang was boring, and quietly pulled her to the flower pavilion outside.

"Don't be like Qianniang, she is like that, she thinks she is superior, she usually doesn't even pay attention to our sisters and brothers, thinking that she can really enter the palace as a mother, I see how she cries when she comes back from being defeated. ”

Qiao Niang liked it when she saw Jiao Niang, since her sister got married, she was the only one in the family, and there was no one to talk to, and now Jiao Niang is here, but she can be regarded as a playmate.

The two were shoulder to shoulder, intimate.

"She's going to enter the palace?" asked Jiao Niang, her eyes widened and she was surprised.

"Yes, I've been planning for these three aunts for several years, just for this autumn's draft. Otherwise, she can cultivate Qian Niang so hard?"

Daqin has a three-year draft, and all official women who are over fifteen years old and unmarried must participate in the election, but generally some people who don't want their daughters to be selected can cross out their names as long as they give a little benefit to the election officials during the primary election.

This year, Jiao Niang is also going to run for election, but she is not in a hurry, her father will not let her enter the palace.

"But even if you enter the palace, you may not be favored, and even if you are favored, how long can you be favored? Now in the palace, the queen, Yi Guifei, Xianfei, Liu Zhaoyi, and the warbler Yanyan who is full of palaces, which one is easy to deal with. A mistake will even take a life, and it will also affect the family. "Jiao Niang has a feeling, not to mention the palace, it is the small Ruiwang Mansion, in order to compete for favor, it is also exhausted.

Qiao Niang didn't think about it so much, she looked at Jiao Niang in surprise, her eyes lit up, "These words should really be listened to by the third aunt, but she doesn't understand the truth you understand." ”

"Is Cousin Akane willing too?"

"Why doesn't she want to?" Qiao Niang looked around and whispered: "Let me tell you, where is her high spirit, ordinary men can't enter her eyes at all, she thinks that her talent and appearance are rare in the world, the queen and Yi Guifei are already old, and when she enters the palace, she will definitely be favored with her talent and appearance." ”

Qiao Niang continued: "Fifth cousin, you may not know, our family, except for the four rooms that have withered, our big room and the third room are all official palaces, and although the second room is rich, it is only a businessman in the end. Shinong businessman, businessman has the lowest status, and Qianniang was able to run for election this time because the third uncle took money and hung up a fictitious position as a foreigner. The second old lady has been pressed by our old lady all her life, and it is not because of this. Moreover, your cousin married to King Rui's Mansion, and my eldest sister married the prince of Xiangyang, which made the old lady even more embarrassed. ”

Jiao Niang knew in her heart, "So the second room wants to come up with a lady to fight for a breath?"

Qiao Niang nodded, "But Qianniang is too confident, not to mention how many beauties there are in this world, even you and she can't compare." "You didn't pay attention to how jealous she was when she saw you." On weekdays, she always feels that her appearance is the best in the Hua family, but today with you, she is compared to her. ”

It turned out that the hostility towards her was because of this, did you think that she also went to the draft like her and stole her limelight?

Jiao Niang shook her head helplessly.