Chapter 71 A Woman's Confidence (2nd Update)
Who is Du Tianxiang?
It was a doctor who specialized in treating the emperor, and to put it bluntly, it was the emperor's personal doctor. In the whole world, there are few people who can work Du Tianxiang to check the pulse.
Even if it is the middle palace, you have to politely say "Imperial Doctor Du", and then respectfully invite people in, and you have to tip enough.
An emperor's imperial physician personally came to the door to consult, and if he changed others, he could not be offered like an ancestor. This Jiang Xinshan actually put on a score, and insisted that Du Tianxiang wait in the hall for a few minutes, only to be late, and only gave twenty taels of silver as the consultation fee, only to bite the root of Du Tianxiang's teeth angrily.
Out of the gate of Zhengfu, he casually threw twenty taels of silver to Bai Shao, Bai Zhi, and got into the carriage without looking back.
The two Bai Peony and Bai Zhi followed such a master, and they had already developed the ability to have a poisonous tongue. Although he was holding the silver in his hand, he was not idle, thinking about the food of those hungry people in Yiyuan, he couldn't help fanning the yin fire behind his back, and Du Tianxiang became more and more angry.
If someone else had changed, Du Tianxiang would have waited for a few minutes, and he would not have been so angry with the consultation fee of twenty taels of silver.
I think that Jiang Xinyao was lying in bed for half a year, and he didn't have a tael of silver for the consultation fee, and it was not a hot day to go to Tingfeng Xuan twice a day. For the culprit who caused Xiao Han and Xin Yao to die for nine lives, Du Tianxiang must have a good face, that is, his brain was caught by the door.
Xiao Han hugged the smiling woman, squinted his eyes quietly, and led the words elsewhere.
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Today, the main gate of Jiang's Mansion is wide open, the lights are colorful, and the traffic at the entrance of the mansion is busy, which is very lively.
The couple got out of the car, and a sharp-eyed little guy greeted them. Xiao Han lowered his head and whispered a few words in Xin Yao's ear, and then went to the outer courtyard. Xin Yao took the light flocculent, and Wutong followed the mother-in-law to the inner courtyard.
The scenery of Jiangfu in summer is quite good, although the small bridge flows water, the pavilions and pavilions are still the same. I don't know why I look at it today with a bit of a rich and elegant taste. Even the light flocculent behind him, the Wutong Metropolitan Mansion seemed to have changed.
Xin Yao looked around and knew that her mother had put a lot of thought into it. The three of them entered the main hall along the verandah, which was covered with a scarlet cashmere felt carpet with the pattern of "auspicious fortune and longevity". The house was already full of warblers, warblers, and swallows. The beads are green, and the ladies are holding fans.
Xin Yao saw at a glance that her mother in the crowd was dressed in red and was entertaining the guests with her aunt. The old lady sat upright and talked to the three old women at the bottom, Xin Yao's sharp eyes recognized at a glance that the three were the three younger daughters-in-law of the old lady.
When Wu saw his sister-in-law coming, he was the first to greet him: "The fourth sister is here." ”
Xin Yao saluted the Wu family and said with a smile: "Wait for me to kowtow to the old lady, and then talk to my sister-in-law!" ”
Wu smiled gently, took Xin Yao's hand, and walked up to the old lady.
The old lady today wears a stone blue embroidered gold floral pattern trimmed light blue small flower cardigan. The red gold sprinkled satin pine color polka dot pattern horse skirt looks graceful and luxurious.
The sharp-eyed maid handed over the kneeling mat.
Xin Yao stepped forward, kowtowed three times to the old lady seriously, and said crisply: "Granddaughter Xin Yao wishes the old lady happiness like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan." ”
Let's talk about it. The light floc behind him carefully handed over a 20-centimeter-high sprinkling Guanyin jade statue held in his hand to Mama Qian. Jade Guanyin was tied with red silk, and others couldn't tell the difference, and Mama Qian hugged her closely, only feeling warm and amiable.
The old lady smiled amiably, and hurriedly helped Xin Yao up, and said, "Fourth aunt, can you go forward?" ”
Xin Yao showed a coquettish smile at the right time, and said softly: "I have gone forward." ”
The old lady smiled and said, "Come and see your three aunts and grandmothers."
Jiang Xinyao saluted the three old ladies of the Zhou Mansion one by one. Take a closer look at the big room Cai's, the second room Lu's, and the third room Lin's. sighed in his heart, the Zhou Mansion is really not what it used to be, but it is only half a year, not to mention that the clothes and jewelry are much worse than the old lady. Even the momentum is no longer as aggressive as it used to be.
Thinking that when Xin Yao saw Cai's for the first time, her face was fair, her spirit was bright, and a pair of slender hands stretched out white and tender. The dignified lady of the Hou Mansion hugged her before and after. Pampered, so not majestic. Looking at it now, the hand holding the tea cup is still white and tender, but it is haggard and old, looking the same age as the old lady.
Hey, a woman's confidence is really closely related to a man's identity, status, and silver.
While Xin Yao looked at the three uncles and grandmothers, the Cai family, the Lu family, and the Lin family naturally looked at her. The three of them had smiles on their faces, you and I praised them one by one.
Fortunately, although Xin Yao attended with makeup today, she still looked plain compared to the heavy gold and jade of others, and only the pair of Zhengyang Green Laokeng glass jade bracelets on her hand made the eyes of the three concubines who were used to seeing good things shine.
Xin Yao retreated in time with a calm demeanor, and when she saw a group of people around her mother, she found an inconspicuous corner and sat and drank tea.
As soon as she sat down, she saw her eldest sister Jiang Xinqiong and sister-in-law Shen Ying, who had not seen her for a long time, looking at her with a smile. Where can Xin Yao still sit still, she hurriedly got up and walked over, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and talked affectionately in one place.
When Xin Yao got married, Shen Ying was pregnant and couldn't afford to travel a long distance, so she only asked the eldest lady to bring heavy congratulatory gifts. The eldest sister Xin Qiong went to the south with the doctor, her heels were not yet steady, and the courtesy had not yet arrived, and after careful calculation, Xin Yao and the two of them had not seen each other for more than two years.
Shen Ying looked at Xin Yao's complexion and couldn't help but sigh: "When I heard that the fourth sister fell into a mountain stream and was bedridden for half a year, it frightened my sister-in-law, but now it seems that it is a blessing in disguise. ”
Jiang Xinqiong also quipped: "It is said that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River support people, but now it seems that the water and soil of Xiao Mansion are more supportive!" ”
Jiang Xinyao tilted her head and said with a sneer: "Sister-in-law and eldest sister bullied me, I'll find my eldest brother and brother-in-law to reason!" With that, he stretched out his little fist in protest.
Suddenly, the three sisters-in-law laughed.
Xin Yao saw that Shen Ying's body was slightly blessed, and her face was ruddy, and she must have lived a happy life. In mid-May, a son was just born, and because the little one was born in the evening, he was named Jiang Ruoxi. Before this, Aunt Mingcui also gave birth to a daughter, named Jiang Ruolian, and the difference between the two little guys was only more than 20 days.
On the other hand, the eldest sister is happy, although her appearance has not changed much, she is still gorgeous, but there is a faint melancholy on her face, even when she is smiling, it is clearly visible.
Xin Yao was secretly frightened, the eldest brother-in-law was sent to Renzhi County, Taicang County, a wealthy place, and the eldest sister took office with two children, neither in-laws to serve, nor concubines to deal with, the two of them lived behind closed doors, it stands to reason that it should be smooth sailing, but there is a melancholy.
Jiang Xinyao smiled quietly and asked, "Did the eldest brother-in-law go to Beijing this time?" ”
Jiang Xinqiong's face smiled slightly when she heard this, and she hurriedly smiled: "Where is he free?" There are a lot of things in the yamen, this one from the south to the north, and it will take more than a month to go back and forth. ”
Xin Yao smiled: "The two children, the eldest sister always brought it, right?" ”
Jiang Xinqiong's two children are six years old and named Feng Ting, and the youngest son is four years old and named Feng Kuan.
Xinyue smiled: "You can't leave me for a moment, where can you not take it?" This will be playing with Brother Chen, Brother Hao, and Sister Lan in the garden. ”
Shen Ying glanced at her eldest sister-in-law, raised her chin, and sneered: "Fourth sister, our own family's affairs, there is time to say when we look back, you go over there and take a look." ”
The two sisters turned their heads one by one, and saw two girls in Chinese clothes, one red and one green, talking around the old lady with a smile on their faces, and their eyes were quite flattering, and the old lady was coaxed to hug one of the girls in red and screamed in her heart.
Xin Yao felt that these two people were a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where they had met, so she had to ask in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, which young lady are these two?" ”
Shen looked at Jiang Xinqiong with a smile and said nothing, and the latter had to chuckle and say, "Sister, the one in red is called Zhou Xiaoli, and she is the youngest granddaughter of the second uncle's grandmother's family. The one in green is called Zhou Xiaoqing, the eldest granddaughter of the third uncle's grandmother's family, the two are the same age, they just turned fifteen last month, and they have not yet decided to marry. ”
Jiang Xinyao suddenly realized, it turned out that these two were the girls of the Zhou family, no wonder they were familiar, they had met once when they were in the Hou Mansion of Annan, but there were too many girls in the Zhou family at that time, and they were all dressed up similarly, so they couldn't tell who was who.
Shen Ying sneered and said: "The fourth sister is just afraid that she doesn't know, these two have lived in our house for two days, and they are closer to the old lady's granddaughter than the old lady's own granddaughter." ”
Jiang Xinyao let out a soft "oh", and immediately understood why the eldest sister-in-law, who had always been well-behaved, actually said such sour words.
She smiled and said: "Good girl's family, why do you have to live in Jiang's Mansion, a few gentlemen in the mansion have to avoid suspicion in the morning and dusk, it's always inconvenient." ”
When Shen Ying heard this, as if he had found a soulmate, he said softly: "That's not the case." The fourth sister, not the sister-in-law's heart, the Zhou family's current situation has to be guarded against! ”
Jiang Xinqiong patted Shen Ying's hand, and the hand holding the fan gently touched the old lady's end, and said, "Sister-in-law, be cautious!" ”
Shen Ying hurriedly covered up: "What my sister said is that I overstepped it!" ”
While he was talking, a group of richly dressed female guests came in, Shen Ying raised her eyes and saw someone coming, and immediately greeted the two sisters-in-law with a smile on her face, and greeted them. (http://.)。
Xinqiong took the opportunity to whisper in Xin Yao's ear: "Fourth sister, sister-in-law's words are kind, and the third brother will end up in two months, so I can't be distracted." ”
Xin Yaojiao smiled: "If it's just Brother Chen, my sister-in-law wouldn't be so resentful." ”
Xin Qiong stretched out her slender jade finger, put it on the door of Xin Yao's head, and said angrily: "Monkey spirit, I can't hide anything from you." You sit down, the ladies of the Feng Mansion should also arrive, and I will welcome you. ”
Xin Yao took Xinyue's hand and said, "Sister, go quickly, our sisters have a chance to speak!" ”
Xinyue gently stroked Xinyao's hair bun and sighed: "It's a pity that the second brother-in-law is recuperating in the village, and the second sister can't leave. I haven't seen Joy in six or seven years. ”
After saying that, Jiang Xinqiong shook her head and walked out of the house.
Jiang Xinyao's face was beaten, 3l4 (..)
( Miss Jiang Si )