Duan Tianya will take a break in Yangzhou and return to the capital in January.

In the second half of the year, he had to prepare congratulatory gifts for the royal family and officials of all grades in Beijing, such as begging, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year, and the upcoming celebrations and gatherings.

Most of the year is out of business, and almost mid-year is a different kind of busyness.

The first half of the year is the money operation of Duan Fu, and the second half of the year is when Duan Tianya really gains power.

The eldest lady took the second aunt Tian and the third aunt Fang into Yangzhou in a carriage.

The eldest lady is comfortable, her eldest son Duan Yuan is responsible for the silk village in Kyushu everywhere, into the first is in the capital of the family dominant, occupy the limelight, the second son Duan Hong was favored by the Prime Minister Wen, after the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, he will marry the daughter of Prime Minister Wen, although the prospective daughter-in-law is just a concubine, but the concubine of Prime Minister Wen is worthy of his own son-in-law.

Attaching Prime Minister Wen under one person, the days of Duan Mansion will become more and more noble.

Duan Tianya's carriage was very stable, he lifted the curtain, only to see the Yangzhou Duanfu mansion along the way with lush trees, lush flowers and plants, jagged pavilions, pavilions and terraces, at this time in early summer, birdsong is endless.

Through the condensation of the Duan Mansion Mansion, you can get a glimpse of the wealth and wealth of the Duan family.

In May, the most prosperous bloom in the south of the Yangtze River is the camellia tree by tree.

Duan Tianya saw the camellia, remembered that when he saw Shen Suixin that year, she was wearing an embroidered camellia brocade robe, like a blooming camellia in winter, and the two fell in love at first sight in the rare heavy snow in Yangzhou. Every year on this night, the lanterns are shining, and the moon is full. ”

Duan Tianya closed his eyes.

In front of the first gate, the carriage finally stopped. Duan Lan helped Duan Tianya get out of the carriage, and then saw the eldest lady being helped down by his sister Duan Xiao.

The well-dressed Duan Lan looks like a national beauty, but Duan Xiao is like a white peony flower, standing beside the eldest lady.

Duan Lan is the eldest daughter of Duan Mansion and has always been regarded as the pearl of her parents, but these days, her mother suddenly picked up a concubine from Yangzhou for some reason and raised her carefully, and the concubine Duan Xiao actually showed intelligence and wisdom that did not match her identity and age, which was very endearing.

almost overshadowed Duan Lan's limelight, and this time he was also among the entourage.

Obviously, he went out from this Yangzhou Duan Mansion, but this time he came back like a guest.

His own mother died not long ago, and he was able to come back to Yangzhou so happily!

Duan Lan was very dissatisfied with the concubine that his mother suddenly loved, but he was still full of smiles, walked steadily to the eldest lady, and supported her other arm.

The daughters-in-law of each room came down one after another from the carriage behind, and rushed to serve their in-laws before their husbands.

I saw a little woman standing under the camellia tree, almost everyone was inexplicably attracted to her, she was accompanied by a middle-aged slave maid, a face was white and crystalline, and a pair of eyes looked at herself, but it was like a deep well.

The eldest lady looked at the face that condensed all the advantages of Duan Tianya and the Shen family, she stood under the flourishing camellia tree, her appearance was so beautiful and beautiful, although her face still revealed a little childishness, but at a glance, she was about to grow into the next enchantress that would bring disaster to the country and the people.

The smile of the eldest lady froze on her face.

Duan Ling'er......

Isn't it disfigured?!

The eldest lady instantly changed her face and changed color, and looked at Xiao Su suddenly, if it weren't for Xiao Su's letter saying that Duan Ling'er was disfigured, how could she easily let go of such a good seedling who had been cultivated into a seductive lust and tempered into a murderous knife!

Looking at Duan Xiao beside him again, his posture was indeed a little worse than Duan Ling'er, and his words to serve people were not as good as the face over there.

Duan Xiao called sweetly: "Mother."

The eldest lady calmed down in her heart and patted Duan Xiao's hand.

Duan Xiao's temperament is really pleasing, his soft and lovely eyes are so good that he speaks well for no reason, and he is even more obedient to himself.

This girl is not worth spending some money on training.

The eldest lady narrowed her eyes.

However, if the good-looking Duan Ling'er can be raised by herself, she will definitely be able to give it to the royal family as a bargaining chip in the future, and the wealth of the Duan Mansion will be guaranteed again.

In this way, their own daughters can choose a favorite man among the nobles of the high family, and they do not have to sacrifice completely for the family.

Yes, no matter how beautiful and incoherent the girls of Duan Mansion are, they are just stepping stones for her three daughters to ascend to the sky step by step.

The more beautiful and outstanding the concubines, the better, so that it is more convenient to sell them one by one for the sake of profit, paving the way for their daughters.

The eldest lady glanced at Duan Ling'er and looked away, already having a calculation in her heart.

The rest of the people were stunned for a second and asked each other, "Who is that little woman?" ”

Duan Tianya naturally also saw the figure under the camellia tree, and frowned slightly.

"Father!" Duan Ling'er raised her face, the sunlight sprinkled fine golden on her eyelashes, and a shallow pear vortex appeared on her snow-white cheeks, walking towards Duan Tianya.

This kind "father" called Duan Tianya's face sank: "It's Xiao Jiu...... Xiao Jiu hasn't seen him for a year, and he has grown a lot taller. ”

"My father remembered wrong. Father and Xiao Jiu have not seen each other for two years. Duan Ling'er was politely blessed, looking at his father with a pair of bright eyes, this man who held the wealth of the world but easily left his own two biological children behind, the woman who had sworn an alliance with him.

"The father hasn't seen his daughter since he visited him in May last year." Duan Ling'er said kindly.

Duan Tianya's heart moved, remembering that it was indeed in May of the previous year, Xiao Su cried to the eldest lady, Shen was very restless, and even with a pair of children, he was indescribable, and under the advice of the eldest lady, he let the three people in the ninth room be confined to the back house for a month and could not move around casually.

I haven't seen her for two years, and this daughter's appearance has begun to look amazing.

The eldest lady gently supported Duan Tianya's arm, and Duan Tianya reacted: "You, your mother and brother should greet you in front of the main hall at the same time, why are you standing here alone?" ”

Duan Ling'er said respectfully: "My daughter didn't have a deep impression of her father when she was young, but in recent years, as she gets older, she misses her father more and more. When his father returned today, Xiao Jiu couldn't hide his excitement, and ran out first. Xiao Jiu made gifts with his own hands to congratulate the prosperity of Duanfu and the glory of his father. ”

An Niang immediately took the two sachets, Duan Ling'er took them, and personally presented them to Duan Tianya and the eldest lady.

Duan Tianya didn't care about any of his children's embroidery, he just thought that a girl missed her father, so he came to see him, and was about to perfunctory order this unfamiliar daughter to go back to the inner mansion, when he suddenly saw something.

As soon as Duan Ling'er raised her hand, Duan Tianya's eyes stared directly at her exposed wrist, and the blue jade fish-shaped bracelet was conspicuously reflected in his eyes.

In the sunlight, the dark cyan and white are entangled, and the blood on the spine of the fish is even more clear.

The eldest lady's face became very kind, she pursed her lips and took the sachet: "Xiao Jiu understands the kindness of his parents, it is really rare." Shen's upbringing is good. ”

Duan Ling'er looked at the adoptive mother who she thought was close in her previous life, and she had already seen through the heart of the eldest lady.

Duan Ling'er handed over her net worth and life to others in her previous life, and was used as a sharp knife in the palm of her hand by the eldest lady, indulging in that inauthentic family affection, in this life, she will never let her fate, marriage, and feelings be played with by others.

With a smile, he returned lightly: "Thank you, mother." ”

The eldest lady was stunned, and the concubines couldn't wait to pretend to be very kind when they saw that they were all respectful, but this Ling'er was cold and looked very uneducated.

If she returns to the capital, if she is not an easy brainwasher, not only will she be useless, but she may also have trouble in the future.

Duan Xiao glanced at the sachet and said softly: "Although the formation is rough, it is not as good as any master of our silk village, but it is obviously made by the ninth sister." ”

Duan Ling'er was stunned in her heart, in her previous life, her sister, who was half an hour younger than herself, got along well with herself, and later went to Liang State, Duan Xiao married a local wealthy family in Yangzhou, and the two had nothing to do with each other.

Why did he feel faintly hostile to himself at this time......

The eldest girl, Duan Lan, had already laughed out loud in her heart, and the concubines teased and fought with each other, which also saved her and her sister-in-law from doing anything.

Duan Lan glared at Duan Ling'er, listening to Duan Xiao's meaning, Duan Ling'er's identity was not even comparable to his own ordinary embroiderer, such an obvious ridicule, this cheap girl still dared to stand here, and she was so cheeky, it was really shameless.

Duan Tianya's face softened obviously: "Xiao Jiu, where did you get this jade bracelet?" ”

Duan Tianya acted cautiously, he has been in business for many years, smart and safe, he has dealt with the royal family since he was a child, and he knows that the Duan family is in business, and his identity is looked down upon.

But he has the ruthlessness, to become a person closely related to the imperial power, he holds wealth in his hands, considers the situation in the court, spreads his own business shops in Kyushu, gallops for many years, needless to say bitter, needless to say, sweet, what he holds, is the skill of a merchant - vision.

What is particular is the superstition of businessmen - auspiciousness.

Purchase and shipment must have a vision, and buyers and sellers must find an auspicious one; Where to open the façade must have a vision, the opening time must have an auspicious time, the employment of people to have a vision, and the time of the moon should also be auspicious.

And the blue jade fish-shaped bracelet in front of him is a token of love given by the prince of the Warring States Shuanglian to the princess of the neighboring country, and later the prince of Shuanglian hangs the people and conquers the world, becoming the overlord of one party.

Carved clumsy blue jade fish-shaped bracelets that glow with a deep sheen in the sun.

"A gift from a friend."

Duan Lan sneered: "What friend gave you such a broken bracelet, you can really handle it!" As far as I can see, it's just an old thing for a few taels of silver. ”

The glint in Duan Tianya's eyes flashed, obviously interested, he looked at his unfamiliar daughter, and asked, "What do you think is the value of this?" ”

Duan Ling'er said clearly: "Friends want to be there, and the value is unparalleled." ”

Duan Tianya nodded, it seems that Duan Ling'er doesn't know the goods, so he just got it by chance.

But I only heard Duan Ling'er say: "The interpretation of the green jade fish-shaped bracelet is Xia Xian (respecting the courtesy and virtuous people), the way of heaven (the law of nature, referring to the mandate of heaven), humanity (referring to the good or bad of personnel), all victories do not fight (meaning to achieve complete victory without fighting), soldiers without planing (the whole army is facing the enemy without being damaged), the first time I saw it that day, its quaint appearance, the fine lines of the years and the rare jade material, exactly the same as the daughter thought, if the daughter did not guess wrong, it should be a token of the son of Shuanglian. ”

Duan Tianya touched Duan Ling'er's head with appreciation: "Yes, Shuanglian Gongzi has captured the world and handed down these few sentences of the art of war, which is opposite to the appearance of the green jade fish-shaped bracelet. It's amazing that you were so young that you could recognize the real thing by the description in the book and the jade appreciation! ”

Everyone was stunned, hearing this, this broken bracelet is still a good thing?

Duan Lan was dissatisfied: "Father, how can Xiao Jiu be worthy of such valuable jewelry? ”

Duan Tianya took Duan Ling'er's hand and walked forward together, and said in a deep voice: "For businessmen, as long as they get it by their own ability, they can naturally afford it. As for how this thing came from and where it came from, as long as it does not violate the criminal law, it has nothing to do with others. ”

Duan Ling'er lowered her head, looking embarrassed by her father's sudden praise, but in fact, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Duan Xiao glanced at Duan Ling'er deeply, turned his face sideways and said in the ear of the eldest lady, "Mother, we should go in." ”

The eldest lady woke up like a dream, nodded, and said to Duan Tianya: "Master, let's go into the main hall to talk." ”