The Marquis of Jinyang was ordered by his mother to find the prince head-on, and learned that the herbs of the red jade soup were obtained from the Taifu Zhang Yuanqing, so he went to Zhang's mansion again.

Zhang Yuanqing saw that the Marquis of Jinyang came to ask for medicinal herbs, and hurriedly ordered someone to give him some even, "Master Hou, forgive me, most of the Tuyi sent by my student have been given to my relatives." ”

"Thank you Mrs. Zhang for that." Marquis of Jinyang said with a smile: "It's only because my mother drank a bowl in the Queen Mother's palace yesterday and never forgot it when I got home, so I came to the door with a cheeky face." ”

Mrs. Zhang also smiled: "It's okay, if the old lady likes it, I'll send him more back." After a pause, he continued: "If only other families in Beijing also knew the benefits of this red jade soup. ”

Hearing this, the Marquis of Jin Yang immediately understood what he meant, and arched his hand: "Don't worry, Taifu, this matter is on Benhou." ”

After the Marquis of Jinyang returned from Zhangfu, within a few days, there were rumors of red jade soup in Beijing, which were very exaggerated, comparing the red jade soup to a panacea that could save people's lives. But only the sound of the red jade soup was heard, but no one saw the true face of the red jade soup except for the one who actually drank it.

After Jiang Yucheng, who was far away in Sui, received a letter from Beijing, he began to organize local merchants to buy a large number of herbs in red jade soup, and then a caravan was formed by the Suisui Chamber of Commerce to transport the herbs to the capital.

At this time, the capital is entering the hottest time of the year, and as soon as the red jade soup herbs enter the capital, they are snatched up in less than a day. Some of the ones that were not grabbed, and the second and third batches of herbs were only relieved after they entered Beijing. Whether it is the common people or the nobles, they all have some medicinal herbs at home.

There was a hurricane in the capital that "on a hot day, you must drink red jade soup". Slowly, this hurricane blew into the towns around the capital.

Due to the popularity of red jade soup in the capital, almost all the medicinal herbs in Suisui were bought out, and the merchants in Suisui made a lot of money, and the people also had money in their hands, and they were no longer as poor as before.

The merchants who tasted the sweetness raised funds to hold a banquet to thank Jiang Yucheng, and Jiang Yucheng was invited to go with his mother, wife and daughter.

At the banquet, the male and female dependents sat separately, Yan Niang and Jiang Mu were the highest status at the banquet, and they should sit at the top, and next to them sat the family members of Deng Xiancheng and Wu Zhushu.

When the wives of the merchants saw Yan Niang and Jiang's mother, you flattered me and flattered me for a while, praised Jiang Yucheng for being young and promising, and said that Yan Niang was blessed, and even compared Jiang's mother to the queen mother of heaven.

Yan Niang felt a little embarrassed and smiled silently, Mrs. Deng County Cheng leaned next to her and said: "Madam, you have to guard against that Jin Yu's family, she has many daughters, and she likes to give her daughter away as a concubine, and the first two magistrates have received gifts from her family." ”

Jin Yushi is the merchant's wife who compares Jiang's mother to the queen mother's mother, Yan Niang frowned, glanced at her without a trace, and saw that when she faced Jiang's mother, her face was full of flattery, and when facing other merchants' wives, she was mostly disdainful.

Yan Niang subconsciously disliked her. At this time, she pulled out a young girl dressed in flowers and branches from behind her, and said to Jiang's mother: "Old lady, my daughter admires such a good son as Master Jiang the most, as a mother, I really can't bear to worry about her sadness, today I implore the old lady to accept her, whether it is serving tea and water or serving on the bed, it is up to the old lady to decide." ”

When she said "serving on the bed", the girl blushed as if she was about to drip blood, and bowed her head shyly. The anger in Yan Niang's heart rose slowly, she put the chopsticks on the table with a "snap", and sneered: "Dare to ask Mrs. Jin Yu, is your daughter entering my Jiang Mansion as a slave or a concubine?" ”

Jin Yu's face stiffened, complaining that he was patronizing to please Jiang's mother, forgetting that Lord Jiang's wife was still sitting at the table. She sneered: "Whether it is a slave, a maid or a concubine, it is up to the old lady and the lady to arrange." ”

Yan Niang looked at her coldly and did not answer.

Mother Jiang glanced at the young girl, shook her head and said, "Mrs. Jin Yu, your daughter is not very good-looking, and she is not suitable to be a concubine." ”

Jin Yushi hurriedly defended, "Old lady, Qingqing is the most beautiful of my daughters. ”

Mother Jiang shook her head again, pointed to a little girl next to Jin Yuqingqing and said, "My Jiang family's male has never accepted concubines, if you are willing to give gifts, let her serve her." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the eyes of everyone present were focused on the little girl. I saw that she was wearing a very ordinary maid costume, and Mu Ran's face was mixed with panic at a loss.

"She... How could she go to Lord Jiang's mansion to serve? Jin Yu's anxious face was red, "She is a lowly hoof in a humble life, how can she..."

"That's enough." Yan Niang scolded loudly: "Didn't you say that it was all arranged by me and the old lady, I want this little maid to go back to the house with me today, if you don't want to, you shouldn't mention it in the first place." ”

Hearing this, Jin Yushi couldn't argue anymore, she replied in a panic: "Then listen to Madame, let her follow." ”

Yan Niang's face softened a little. She glanced around at the merchant wives present, "If you think that my Jiang family is short of people to serve, you can mention it directly to me, but don't even come to give it away without knowing whether to send slaves or concubines." ”

As soon as she said this, someone couldn't help but laugh, Jin Yushi and Jin Yuqingqing suddenly turned white, and they couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Being so stirred up by Jin Yu's family, Yan Niang suddenly felt that the wine and food at this banquet had become tasteless, and when the banquet was over, she and Jiang's mother took Manman to the door of the restaurant to meet Jiang Yucheng, and followed by the little maid beside Jin Yushi.

Jiang Yucheng asked a little puzzled: "Who is she?" ”

Jiang's mother said: "This is the maid given to our family by Mrs. Jin Yu." ”

Jiang Yucheng frowned, "Let her go back, our family will buy it if there is a shortage of people." ”

When the maid heard that she was going to go back, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jiang Yucheng and said, "I beg my lord to let the slave and maid stay, if the slave and maid go back, the wife will not be spared." ”

After a few knocks, her forehead was already red and swollen, Yan Niang was a little unbearable, and persuaded Jiang Yucheng to say: "Just let her stay, tomorrow I will ask someone to send the money to buy her to Mrs. Jin Yu." ”

Jiang Yucheng nodded and didn't say anything more.

After returning to the county office, Taozhi immediately greeted him, "Madam, you are back." Yan Niang asked: "Are Wen Yan and Wen Bo well-behaved today, have they both slept?" ”

Momozhi replied, "The two young masters are very well-behaved, and they are already asleep at this time." ”

Yan Niang smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Taozhi." ”

Hearing Yan Niang say this, Taozhi was flattered, "This is what slaves and maids should do." ”

Yan Niang pointed to the maid of Jin Yu's family and said, "This is kale, you take her to rest, and then tell her about the rules of our house." ”

Taozhi saw that she was followed by a little girl who was about twelve or thirteen years old and wore a double bun, she opened her mouth wide in surprise, and saw that Yan Niang was still waiting for her to reply, so she hurriedly responded.

Taozhi took Kale back to the house where she lived, and as soon as she entered the house, Taozhi couldn't wait to ask: "Miss Lanlan, why did you come back with my wife?" ”

Katale's eyes turned red, and she choked up: "Sister Taozhi, I..."

Momozhi's face became ugly, and she said angrily, "Did she bully you again?" ”

Kale shook her head vigorously, "No, no, I am willing to come back with my wife." Kale told Momozhi what happened at the banquet, and Momozhi said angrily: "It's really shameless, you dare to hit our adult's idea, but fortunately, Madame refused." ”

After speaking, she took Kale's hand and said, "You go with me to see Madame, you are not the slave maid of the Jin Yu family at all, let Madame make the decision for you." ”

Kale retracted her hand and said in fear: "Sister Taozhi, forget it, it's good to stay in the Jiang family, and there are still you here." ”

Momozhi glanced at her, a little hated for her not being angry.

"Even if you don't want to go back to Jin Yu's house, I have to report to Mrs., otherwise what if someone outside slanders the Lord and Mrs. and forces them to be slaves and maids?"

Kale felt that after staying in the Jiang family for two years, Taozhi was no longer the peasant girl who didn't know anything at the beginning. She nodded, "I listen to Sister Momoeda." ”

Taozhi pulled Kale to find Yan Niang, and happened to meet Jiang Yucheng who was returning to the house on the way, Jiang Yucheng saw Kale, and said a little uneasy: "Taozhi, what are you doing with this girl, don't hurry up and retreat." ”

Although Jiang Yucheng looked gentle and polite, Taozhi was very afraid of him, especially after being trained by him, he didn't care about reporting the identity of kale to Yan Niang, and under Jiang Yucheng's gaze, he hurriedly pulled her away.

Jiang Yucheng saw the two maids running away, shook his head, for the first time he felt that there were too few people in the house, and it seemed that it was time to add some people. People who think the same way as him are Yan Niang.

After her husband came back, she pulled him and said, "Husband, we still have to hire some more talents, today I went to a banquet with my mother, Wen Yan and Wen Bo can only be watched by Taozhi, and there is no one to serve around my mother, so I always feel that it is not the same." ”

"You're right, I've thought about that too." Jiang Yucheng groaned: "In addition to my mother, you and Manman also need to be served closely, and the two little ones are inseparable." In this way, tomorrow I will ask people to go to Ya Po, you and your mother will pick and choose, and buy a few reliable and faithful. ”

Yan Niang nodded, "Okay, I'll go tell my mother tomorrow." ”

After talking about buying people, Yan Niang was a little angry and mentioned what happened at the banquet, "That Mrs. Jin Yu was really excessive, she poured ecstasy soup on her mother in front of me, and wanted to send her daughter to our house as a concubine, but fortunately my mother didn't listen to her." ”

"Just the little maid you brought back?" Jiang Yucheng smiled, "That's too small, isn't it?" ”

Yan Niang said: "It's not her, I came back to serve that Jin Yu Qingqing, I was so angry that I deliberately asked for her maid." ”

After speaking, she said to her husband: "That Jin Yu Qingqing is very good-looking, but I know that when she coveted you, I thought she was extremely ugly." ”

"Okay, don't be angry, I promised you that you wouldn't take a concubine." He gently cupped her face and said solemnly: "What I Jiang Yucheng promised, no matter how difficult it is, I will do it." ”

Yan Niang naturally didn't suspect that he would coax herself, but when she heard his assurance again, she couldn't help but be happy and moved in her heart. Slowly approaching his chest, she sighed sincerely: "Maybe I did a lot of good things in my previous life, so I can marry you in this life, husband, thank you for being so kind to me." ”

Jiang Yucheng hugged her arm a little tighter, and said softly: "Fool, it should be me who thank you." ”

If it weren't for you, where would I have gotten rid of my reputation as a wife? If it weren't for you, how could my mother be so happy; If it weren't for you, how would I have three lovely children; If it weren't for you, how could I have such a happy home.