After Yang Qiqi changed his clothes, he soon followed the wife of the Yuguo Mansion into the palace and went to the Duanyang banquet in the palace.

It was not the first time that Yang Qiqi had attended the palace banquet, but he still followed Yang Yuyan and Yang Qinghuan in a regular manner.

Murong Zhao and Murong Xi did not recover because of the injuries on their faces, so they both found excuses to excuse themselves.

Fortunately, the Duanyang Festival is not a festival that has to be a family reunion, but just a lively one. Yang Qiqi had just returned to the Yang family, and was specially called by the Queen Mother to speak, which was especially eye-catching in this banquet.

Zhuo Ying was very enthusiastic to help Yang Qiqi introduce the daughters of the noble family, and they just said a few polite words to each other.

Participating in this banquet was boring, Yang Qiqi remembered in her heart that Mrs. Li planned to confiscate her private property into the public school, so when talking to the daughter next to her, it was inevitable that she would only say two perfunctory sentences, which was obviously extraordinarily absent-minded.

After talking for a while, she found an excuse to leave the temple and go to the back garden to cool off.

Caiping almost followed Yang Qiqi on this day, and when she saw her yawning tiredly, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Girl, after the festival, does the Queen Mother really open a girls' school?" ”

Yang Qiqi shook his head, saying that he couldn't say clearly. She was bored and moved the veil around her waist, and replied guessingly: "Look at the queen mother's eager appearance, nine times out of ten." ”

Caiping said: "It's a good thing to open a girl's school, but do you really want to be a female gentleman?" Not to mention whether you can convince the public, just with Princess An, you can't get by. ”

Yang Qiqi was also a little worried.

In Dayan, the ladies of the noble family have social circles with each other. Especially the family of the girl who is not married, attaches the most importance to the communication in the boudoir. This kind of exchange is very conducive to showing the smart and virtuous side of the daughters, and it is very beneficial to the reputation of the girl. The communication between the nobles of each family can also be seen as a secret alliance between families.

She is new to the city, and she needs to break into the circle between nobles and ladies. The Queen Mother opened a women's school, and the girl who can go to school is from a hairpin family that is one of the best in Dayan. There are many benefits to making friends with them.

However, being a classmate and being a teacher are two different things.

Yang Qiqi felt that either the Queen Mother was joking with her, or testing her. Most of the daughters of various families were raised in their hands, who would want to be overwhelmed by her, a person who appeared out of thin air?

Yang Qiqi wanted to quietly punish the Li family behind his back, and it would be great if he could overturn the case for the Wen family. Who would have thought that the Queen Mother seemed to have to pull her out to be in the spotlight and admired by all the people?

Thinking of this, Yang Qiqi couldn't help but sigh.

"The banquets in the palace are occasionally a little boring."

Yang Qiqi heard the familiar Wen Tun voice, and he didn't feel a little guilty in his heart. Turning his head, sure enough, it was Murong Shi who spoke.

She hurriedly got up and saluted Murong Shi and said, "Your Highness the Seventh is well." ”

Murong Shi smiled warmly, strode up to Yang Qiqi, his voice was clear and soft, "Didn't we say okay, you don't have to be so polite to me." In private, just like your third cousin, it's good to call me cousin. ”

Yang Qiqi smiled noncommittally and said nothing.

Murong Shi said: "I heard the thirteenth brother say, you are very good at raising flowers?" ”

Yang Qiqi not only raised his eyebrows, but his round eyes blinked, as if he was saying "How do you know".

Murong Shi said with a smile: "He asked me to find some very cherished famous products, saying that he smashed your flowers and wanted to compensate you." I thought, since I want to pay you a loss, I might as well ask you what you like first. ”

"It's not limited to anything, I'm just raising and playing." Yang Qiqi always felt that behind Murong Shi's gentle smile, there was some indescribable utilitarianism, and she looked really awkward.

Murong Shi didn't feel that Yang Qiqi didn't want to continue, and continued to say with great interest: "No wonder the last time I went to my house to enjoy the flowers, the seventh cousin was a little absent-minded, because I didn't look at those peonies. There are still a lot of treasures in my house, if the seventh cousin knows this well, she can't hide it! ”

Yang Qiqi smiled in response, and said, "I'm just a little bit of it, so don't laugh with me." ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a delicate female voice at the end of the verandah: "What is my cousin talking to the seventh sister?" ”

Yang Qiqi turned his head to look over, it was Yang Yuyan. Yang Qiqi's heart was relieved, and for the first time, he felt that Yang Yuyan was not so hateful.

Murong Shi frowned inscruably, and said with a frank and generous smile in an instant: "The thirteenth brother smashed all the flowers of the seventh cousin, and was about to find some famous flowers to compensate her." But I don't know what to choose, so ask me to ask. ”

This is talking nonsense with his eyes open, just now he also used Murong Xi as a raft to send his favors. turned his head and pushed it back to Murong Xi's head. Yang Qiqi couldn't help but feel that with such a shrewd person as Queen Gu, how could she raise such a stupid son as Murong Xi, who always poured out her heart and lungs for Murong Shi?

She didn't have the heart to entangle with these two sinister couples, so she just said that she was a little cold, went back to put on some clothes, and got up to leave.

Yang Yuyan talked to Murong Shi for a while before returning to the main hall of the palace banquet.

Yang Qiqi was afraid that he would suddenly meet someone again, so he simply stayed by Yang Qinghuan's side all night and gossiped with her.

When I returned to Yang's house in the evening, as soon as I entered the door of Shuying Building, Zhu Yi greeted her and reported back to her: "Girl, the gift list sent by the prince, the third highness, the seventh highness, the ninth highness and other families today has been directly given to Li Kangping's family in the palace, and the slaves and maids are only divided into some gifts sent by ordinary relatives and officials. ”

Yang Qiqi knew that the private property of the girls of the Yang family was managed by the elders, and when they were about to get married, they would return it to their own hands one after another.

But there are exceptions to this rule.

For example, the uncle and aunt of the big house went early, and the fifth girl, Yang Qinghuan, was brought up by the lord of Pingyang since she was a child. When she was twelve years old, she took over the private property left by the big house by herself, and began to learn from the Lord of Pingyang to take care of the housekeeping of her own yard. After a few years of training like this, when he marries the Nine Emperor Princes' mansion, he will be very handy in handling the affairs of the mansion.

As for Yang Yuyan, the daughter of the second room, she is Mrs. Li's biological daughter, although she is taken care of by Mrs. Li on the surface, but in fact, since Yang Yuyan was thirteen years old, she has privately followed Mrs. Li to learn housekeeping, and she will also quietly use and manage her own private property.

Yang Yuru, the daughter of the third room, is also the same as Yang Qinghuan and Yang Yuyan.

The dominance of private property almost symbolizes their status in the Yuguo Mansion.

With private property, there is no restriction on the communication between rewarding subordinates and honoring ladies and relatives on weekdays. You don't have to go through the complicated process of going up and down in the public and middle schools, you can operate privately and accumulate more private property. Money is a thing, naturally, the more the merrier.

Yang Qiqi didn't have anything in his previous life, and he was managed by Mrs. Li, so he didn't have much loss when he went in and out of the public school.

But now, these valuable private properties can be kept as favors and given away, and second, they can cover up the inexplicable huge income she received from Rouge and other shops.

Thinking of this, Yang Qiqi made up his mind that he must take his private property back from Mrs. Li's hands and put it at her disposal.

"Zhuyi, you go to the public middle school to ask for a gift list for today, and then take the file together. If Li Kangping's family asks, you will say that I just want to take a look at the etiquette of each family, and I have some numbers in my heart. It is not rude to walk backwards. Yang Qiqi commanded without thinking.

Zhu Yi left in response, and came back after a while, she only held an account book in her hand, lowered her eyebrows and whispered: "Girl, Li Kangping's family said that the gift list is in Madame's house." She also said that in the future, when the girl comes and goes from house to house, the etiquette will be prepared by the public school, so you don't have to worry about it. The slave maid had to say, you have to personally select the return gift for the two girls of the Zhuo family, and she gave the file to the slave maid. ”

Yang Qiqi nodded and said with a smile: "That's it!" In the future, when walking in the Yuguo Mansion, you should have more eyes and eyes, and your head should turn faster. She said, took out the gift list that the thirteenth prince gave her in advance, and got up.

After touching a cup of tea, Yang Qiqi was finished.

Caiping and Zhuyi saw her raise their heads, and hurriedly asked, "Girl, do you remember this file?" ”

Yang Qiqi snorted and said, "That's not right. There is a pair of mutton fat white jade bibs carved with treasure flowers, a set of white jade bottles with dragon spit beads, twelve makeup satin python satins, eighteen Arhat golden elephants, and a pair of mutton fat jade net bottles. ”

Zhu Yi couldn't help but say: "It's so bad?" ”

Yang Qiqi smiled and said: "There are a lot of things sent by His Highness the Thirteenth, and these are not recorded, and I can't see anything." ”

Caiping looked a little disdainful, and said: "Mrs. Li is really shallow-eyed, she is now in front of the entire Yuguo Mansion's home, once such a thing spreads, what will others think of the Yuguo Mansion?" I'm afraid that her housekeeper's position will not be guaranteed. ”

Yang Qiqi's eyes lit up, and he immediately answered with high interest, "What my aunt said is really right, everyone covers this kind of thing, and Mrs. Li is naturally happy." But once the slightest rumor is revealed, she doesn't want to be a good family again. ”

Zhu thought that the two had a tacit understanding like this, and they were confused, "Then how do you get out of the wind?" If it was passed out after the slave maid took the account book, would Mrs. Li think that it was the girl who passed the matter out? ”

What Zhu Yi said is very reasonable, Li Junping is a cautious and shrewd person, and it is inevitable that he will be suspicious.

Yang Qiqi pondered and said slowly: "If you want to make trouble about this, you have to come in front of her." Not only should we not be able to get involved in it, but we must act as if nothing had happened. ”

Zhu Yi was dumbfounded and said, "Huh? In this way, it is too difficult. ”

Yang Qiqi smiled, "Let's let Mrs. be proud for a while, if we are too proud, our opportunity will come." After that, she asked Zhuyi to still return the account book to Li Kangping's family.

Li Kangping's family said that they would give Yang Qiqi a gift list later, but there was no trace.

Two or three days later, Yang Qiqi sent someone to Zhuo's Mansion to send a return gift, and the matter was over.

Mrs. Li only thought that Yang Qiqi was subservient, but she didn't know that Yang Qiqi had been waiting for an opportunity to get back her private property and make her pay the price.