Yangzonghai, Pingyang Street, the private residence of Dingwu Hou's wife Tao.

Because the New Year is approaching, Tao's body is a little unhappy these days, and after explaining everything in the house to Aunt Feng, he took the maid and wife who served by his side, and came to live in a private house on Pingyang Street.

This house was originally seen by Tao when he showed Jiang Zhiming the house he lived in after the wedding, but this house was much smaller than the house she was going to prepare for Jiang Zhiming after the wedding.

Although it is small, the scenery in the garden is pleasant, and the pavilions and pavilions are readily available. In addition, its previous generations of owners have been carefully repaired, if you raise some obedient maids and servants, it will be a courtyard that can be used for the elderly in the future.

In the hall of the main courtyard, Tao led the little maid to change the water and flowers for the flowers on the eight treasure shelves, and a few plum trees in the courtyard have been in full bloom and are inserted in the white porcelain flowers, which complement each other the most.

Tao took a pair of pruning shears and pruned unnecessary branches for the plum picked by the little maid, while Tao's henchmen changed the water for Hua Yao to his mother, and talked about a series of things that happened in the Hou Mansion.

"Madam, since that night, Hou Ye came to your room to persuade you not to go to Pengpu to see the prince, Hou Ye has never been to Aunt Feng's house, Aunt Feng has wanted to find a chance to see the master several times, and she has called the little maid around the master to send it away."

"What happened to the girls who were placed in the Hou Ye's study to serve the pen and ink? Can it be used?" After Tao inserted the pruned plum into the white porcelain flower goose, he instructed the little maid to put half a handful of white sugar in the flower goose.

In order to make this plum live for a few more days, putting some sugar in it provides it with a certain amount of nutrients.

Since Aunt Feng gained power in the Hou Mansion, Tao has placed some girls who serve pen and ink in Jiang Haiyang's study in three days, in order to share Aunt Feng's favor.

Aunt Feng is already half old, no matter how many means she has, no matter how strong her skills are, she can't firmly grasp Jiang Haiyang in the palm of her hand.

What's more, those maids are all young and beautiful, and anyone who sees them will not be able to hold it, let alone a man like Jiang Haiyang who is used to seeing the Feng family.

It didn't take long for three of those maids who were serving pen and ink to get Jiang Haiyang's favor. But no matter how many pets those maids are, they have no reputation, they are still one maid, and Feng can easily dispose of them, so Tao can only stuff people into Jiang Haiyang's study twice in three days.

"Mrs. just rest assured, the maids who went in a few days ago were all invited to teach Mama Xi to train them personally, and the rules are exactly the same. There is a maid who is still the daughter of Mrs. Li in the old lady's house, and Mrs. Li is a celebrity next to the old lady, and she is bound to protect the girl. ”

After saying goodbye to his mother, he glanced at the plum on the table and told the maid to cut a few plants.

After the white porcelain goblets were filled with plums, Tao instructed the maid to take off the celadon goblets on the eight-treasure shelf and put them in.

"How is Brother Zhiming? Punpu sent someone to deliver the news?" As he spoke, Tao handed the celadon goblet containing the plum to the maid, who put it back on the eight-treasure shelf.

A few days ago, Jiang Zhiming was seriously injured, and the Tao family was going to go down to take care of the land in person, but Jiang Haiyang handed over the marriage of Jiang Fusheng, the eldest son of the Jiang family, and Jiang Zhicheng, the second son of the Jiang family, to her, and asked her to carefully select a few girls from the family to come out, which delayed.

Because it concerns Jiang Zhiming, Tao's heart. Xiang didn't dare to deceive his mother, so he had to send the news from Peng Pu and return to Dow exactly that.

"Mrs., Pengpu handed over the news that Gongzi has been staying in the house since he recovered from his illness, and when the Puji temple meeting, Gongzi invited the girl of the Gu family to see the lanterns, but who knew that the two went to different places. Gongzi went to Puji Temple in the west of the city, and the Gu family girl went to Puji Temple in the east of the city. ”

"What's going on? But let people find out, is there anyone who is in the way?" As Tao spoke, all the interested maids in the house retreated, leaving only a few who were waiting in the room.

Xiang hesitated for a long time to her mother, and the person who handed over the news didn't tell her what happened afterwards, and she didn't know if it was a coincidence or someone was obstructing it?

After thinking for a while, he raised his eyes to look at Tao, and then said.

"Madam, the person who handed over the news didn't say whether it was a coincidence or someone was making a stumbling block, but according to the old slave's guess, it should be a coincidence. If someone is in the way, I am afraid that the son and the girl of the Gu family will already find out and order someone to go down to investigate. ”

Dow listened to her say that it was a coincidence, and then he was relieved. If this matter is a coincidence, it is fine, but if someone makes a ghost out of it and does not catch that person, I am afraid that if that person has the first time, there will be a second time.

When the time comes, I missed the marriage between Brother Zhiming and the girl of the Gu family, but I am afraid that Brother Zhiming will take this anger on himself again.

Suddenly, a maid hurriedly pushed open the door, her face was a little flustered, and she was a little trembling when she spoke.

"Madam, the second wife of the Pingning Hou Mansion is here, saying that she is here to visit you, and there is already a maid leading her to the front hall."

The little maid looked panicked, looked at her mother in her eyes, was very unhappy, and hurriedly reprimanded.

"It's just that the second wife of the Ping family is visiting, and it's not something big about it, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

The little maid listened to her mother's reprimand, and immediately trembled, and said in a loud voice: "Mom, the slave is not a girl who spreads the word, the slave and the maid are timid and can't stand the fright." ”

Looking at the little maid's frightened look, the anger in Xiang's mother's heart was suddenly hooked out, and when she was about to reprimand, she was interrupted by Tao.

"Mom, what are you doing with her? It's just a little girl, and it's not a big deal, let it be hers. ”

The little maid heard that Tao was speaking for her, so she settled down and said, "Slave and maid thank Mrs. for speaking for the slave maid, the slave and maid are new maids who have entered the mansion and do not understand the rules, so I beg my wife to punish her!" ”

Now that someone is visiting, she doesn't have to waste time for such a trivial matter.

Tao waved his hand at her little maid and said, "You didn't do anything wrong, I won't punish you, and you don't have to thank me." Now that the second wife of the Hei family is visiting, you can take me to the front hall to have a look! ”

The little maid didn't speak, nodded to Tao, and led Tao to the direction of the front hall, while Xiang's mother followed closely behind.

In the front hall, a young and dignified woman sat on a boxwood high chair, and looking at her appearance, she should be the second wife of the Pingning Marquis Mansion.

The second wife of the Ping family wore a snow-blue embroidered Hangzhou silk jacket with a water lotus, simply combed a round bun, wore a pair of silver-inlaid jasper double-life hairpins, and inserted a few jasper wishful hairpins with red gold and harmony in her hair, sat on the high chair with a smile, and there were two girls wearing green armor and double buns standing behind her.

Seeing Tao walk in, the second wife of the Ping family immediately got out of her chair, walked in front of Tao, and took her hand and walked to the main seat in the small hall.

"I haven't seen each other for many years, but my sister of the Tao family has plumped up a lot, where is it like us? The life of a miserable person always has to be thinner. ”

When the second wife of the Hei family held Tao's hand, the pair of jade bracelets she was wearing collided with the gold-inlaid jade bracelet on Tao's hand, making a crisp sound.

Dow sat down on the high chair, and also saw the jade bracelet in the hand of the second wife of the Ping family, which looked green, and was an old pit with a full head, and the value was more than hundreds of taels.

"Second Mrs. Hei, we haven't seen each other for many years. The last time I saw you, it was when your eldest husband was married, when I was sitting at the banquet, and I looked at you from afar. Dow said, with a smile that didn't come from the heart.

She and the second wife of the Pingning Hou Mansion, that is, the second wife of the Ping family, are not acquainted, but when they were girls, they met a few times and met a few times.

After becoming a wife, I met a few times at other banquets, talked a few times, and that's it.

However, as the saying goes, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, she is now coming to the door to bother, and she must have something to ask for.

And she didn't go to the Hou Mansion to look for herself, she came to her private house to find herself, isn't this something to ask for, what else can it be?

Sure enough, as Dow's own guess, the second wife of the Ping family did have something to ask for. "Sister Tao, I heard that your eldest brother and Erlang haven't married a wife yet, but has anyone decided?"

Tao was slightly stunned, could it be that she came here specifically to come to the matchmaker?