Qiao Ling was left in the courtyard by Mrs. Ji for lunch, after lunch, Mrs. Ji went to take a lunch break, but she still didn't let her go, the maid brought pastries and snacks to her to eat, and Qiao Ling sat in the yard basking in the sun in a daze.

Not long after, Zhang's mother came to report that Ji Xun had returned to Lanxiang Pavilion after finishing his errands, and he would be back in a while.

The two maids immediately went in to help Mrs. Ji groom and dress up, and Qiao Ling returned to the house to sit, but it was Yelan who arrived first than Ji Xun.

Xu was afraid that people would see that her face was not good, Yelan painted heavy makeup, the fat powder barely covered her pale face, and the big red lip fat added charm and charm.

Because she was afraid of the cold, she wore a short azure jacket with a winter skirt of the same color underneath, and the clothes were very thick, covering her delicate curves, but she couldn't hide her red dust.

Lan Xi stayed outside the door and didn't follow Yelan in, this is the rule in this courtyard.

Mrs. Ji was still dressing up, only Mama Zhang was standing in the room, she did not hide her expression of disdain for Yelan, and said arrogantly: "Madame has just started her lunch break, so wait for the young lady first." ”

She knew that Yelan was not feeling well these days, so she only asked her to wait, but she didn't let her sit down.

Qiao Ling was worried that she wouldn't be able to hold on, and was just about to open her mouth to help Yelan speak, but Yelan herself opened her mouth first: "Mother Zhang, I am also the eldest young lady of the Ji family, and there are still outsiders today, so you just throw my face like this, and you are not afraid of being laughed at when you spread it?" ”

Yelan's tone was soft, but the words he said were quite hard, Zhang's mother's face changed, she was not frightened by Yelan, and snorted coldly: "In this family, Mrs. is respected, and the young lady is inferior, Mrs. This elder has not come yet, what does the young lady say when she sits down first?" ”

"Mother-in-law wants to teach me a lesson as a daughter-in-law, it is natural and righteous, and I will never return the favor, but you forget, in this family, I am the master, you are the servant, if you really want to talk about dignity and humility, what kind of thing dare you talk to me like this?"

Yelan said, her back straightened, and she looked at Mama Zhang with a fiery gaze.

Although she came from a humble background, she is also a corner that has been sought after by thousands of people, and she will not be less arrogant.

But that bit of arrogance was given to her by Ji Zheng, and she said two years ago that this was not what she wanted.

Zhang's mother said that she couldn't talk about Yelan, her face was gloomy and ugly, she glared at Yelan, and finally only scolded viciously: "It's just a chicken that can't lay eggs, I really think I'm a young lady!" ”

These words were vulgar and unpleasant, Qiao Ling frowned, Yelan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously held his lower abdomen.

It's not that she can't give birth, she just lost a child.

Qiao Ling couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward to support Yelan, thinking that she had just said that she was just an outsider, so she also opened her mouth detachedly: "The young lady has been unwell these days, since the young lady asked me to come to the house to help her recuperate, I think I also cherish her, and I can't see her being wronged." ”

Qiao Ling moved out of Ji Xun, and Zhang's mother really stopped talking.

No matter how much Mrs. Ji hates Yelan, Ji Xun wants to marry her, isn't she still carried into Ji's house by eight sedan chairs?

Qiao Ling helped Yelan to sit down, knowing that she didn't want to be too close to herself, she quickly withdrew her hand, and said to Lan Xi who was standing at the door: "Lan Xi, the young lady's hands are very cold, bring a stove and come in!" ”

"Take it, the slave has been holding it!"

Lan Xi came in excitedly with the stove, his eyes were a little red, thinking that Yelan just wanted to be strong and didn't want to hold the stove.

The body is your own, what's the point of being strong?

Qiao Ling sighed in his heart, took the stove and forced it into Yelan's hand: "I'm a doctor, it's better for the young lady to listen to me!" ”

As soon as Qiao Ling's words fell, Mrs. Ji was helped out by two maids.

Her posture is very high, obviously she is only a century-old family, but she can't wait to walk out of the style of the Lafayette in the palace.

"Madame!"

"Mother!"

Zhang's mother and Yelan both stood over and saluted in a proper manner, Qiao Ling slowed down, only blessed his body, and did not open his mouth to speak.

"Where's Xun'er?"

Mrs. Ji asked lazily, and Zhang's mother immediately replied, "The eldest young master will be back soon." ”

Mrs. Ji's nose overflowed with a 'um', the maid brought her the awakening tea, she took it elegantly, took a sip and put it down, pinched the silk handkerchief and carefully wiped the water stains on her lips, and then lifted her eyes to look at Yelan: "Do you know what I asked you to do today?" ”

"The daughter-in-law is stupid, please make it clear to the mother-in-law."

Yelan replied softly, with a completely different attitude from facing Zhang's mother just now.

Mrs. Ji has to be well-behaved, and Yelan will accompany her to act, low and small.

This scene fell in Qiao Ling's eyes, stabbing her all over her body, like watching a shadow puppet show, there were invisible threads around Yelan's body, entwined and bound, forcing her to laugh, but her soul was crying blood and wailing.

"How long have you been married into the Ji family?"

"Two years, three months, and twenty days."

Yelan replied accurately and neatly, as if she had been counting the days on her fingers since the day she married Ji Xun.

Mrs. Ji glanced at her and was silent, just kept twisting the Buddhist beads in her hand.

The silence in the room made Qiao Ling's chest feel stuffy, and Mrs. Ji's high-minded appearance made her uncontrollably want to grab Yelan and ask why.

Why did you betray your second brother in exchange for such a humble and depressing life?

Why do you give up everything so easily and go with someone else?

Xu is Qiao Lingtai didn't know how to pretend, and wrote everything in her heart on her face, Yelan bent down in front of Mrs. Ji and straightened her waist slightly, she looked at Mrs. Ji, and smiled with her eyebrows: "Mother, but I want to ask why I'm not pregnant yet?" ”

"If only you knew!"

Mrs. Ji snorted coldly, Yelan was not panicked, she raised her hand and hooked her ear hair, and all kinds of customs naturally emanated from her bones: "My mother also knows that I ran around with the opera troupe before, and I lost my body, I have been taking the fertility medicine you asked the doctor to prescribe to me three times a day, and you know how hard it is to drink, I also try hard to have a child, but God won't let me get my wish." ”

"Fertility medicine? What medicine? ”

Qiao Ling couldn't help but interject, most women have the problem of uterine cold, which will affect conception, and the fertility drugs prescribed by ordinary doctors also have the effect of warming the uterus and regulating menstruation, if Yelan has been drinking this medicine, how can her body be like this?

Hearing Qiao Ling's question, Mrs. Ji's face was unnatural for a moment, but she quickly covered it up, and she twisted her eyebrows to look at Ye Lan: "What do you mean?" Are you saying that God won't let the Ji family have an empress, or is it sarcastic that the medicine I prescribe to the doctor I found for you is not good? ”

Mrs. Ji's tone was angry, as if she had been poked in some sore spot, Yelan smiled even more happily, and her eyebrows and eyes completed the beautiful crescent: "My mother misunderstood, my daughter-in-law didn't mean this." ”

Mrs. Ji was obviously scolding her, but she seemed to have heard something funny, and her shoulders trembled with laughter.

Qiao Ling was so angry with her laughter that she faintly felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't grasp it for a while, and just as she was thinking, Ji Xun walked in from outside.

After entering the house, his steps slowed down, walked in front of Mrs. Ji, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down directly: "Mother, my son is back, is there anything wrong with letting me come back in such a hurry?" ”

He didn't make any mistakes, and knelt down directly as soon as he entered the door, as if he had long been accustomed to such a mother-son relationship.

Mrs. Ji reached out and touched his head, with a loving face: "It's nothing, my mother just thought, you have been married for two years, and you have no heirs, so I am a little anxious." ”

"My son is still young, what is my mother anxious about?"

Ji Xun's tone was flat, he didn't care very much about this matter, Mrs. Ji nodded, as if agreeing with his words, and lifted her eyes, but she looked at Qiao Ling coldly: "Niang Yuan is not in a hurry, but now that the wolf in the family is back, Niang is afraid that everything you have worked hard to do is to make wedding dresses for others." ”

The 'wolf' in Mrs. Ji's mouth clearly refers to Ji Zheng, she is afraid that Ji Zheng will compete with Ji Xun for family property when he comes back, so she wants Ji Xun to have a child as soon as possible, so that for the sake of Ji's family and grandchildren, Old Man Ji will be more partial to Ji Xun when he arrives.

But what she said was unreasonable, and Qiao Ling couldn't help but retort: "Mrs. Ji, what do you mean by making wedding dresses for others?" The Lanxiang Pavilion that the eldest young master is running now was originally my second brother's! ”

If you really want to pick it up, it is also Ji Xun's sideways step and snatching the fruits of Ji Zheng's hard work.

"Second brother?" Mrs. Ji squinted her eyes, very dissatisfied with this title: "Didn't Qiao Hansheng teach you not to recognize your brother outside casually?" ”

The title of second brother was forced by Ji Zheng to call Qiao Ling.

After so many years, Qiao Ling finally got used to it, and was suddenly pointed out by Mrs. Ji, and suddenly felt embarrassed.

She and Ji Zheng have no blood relationship, and the relationship between Qiao Hansheng and Ji Zheng is like fire and water, she really has no position to call Ji Zheng's second brother.

Qiao Ling's face was so embarrassed that his face was hot, he couldn't stand on his heels, and he didn't know what to do, when a sneer came from the door: "She can call me whatever she wants, old thing, can you handle it?" ”

Qiao Ling immediately turned her head and saw Ji Zheng walking towards her with a tall posture.

She was just isolated, now she has a backer, her eyes lit up, and the joy in her eyes couldn't be hidden, like a puppy that was thrown aside, and finally saw her master, and couldn't wait to shake her head and tail and pounce on him.

Just now in the Commander's Mansion, Ji Zheng didn't take a sip of wine, and when Qiao Ling looked at him like this, his throat was a little dry, and he wanted to press people into his arms and bully them fiercely.

But there are too many people in the way at this time, he is shameless, she still has to ask for it.

Approaching in three or two steps, Qiao Ling subconsciously grabbed the corner of Ji Zheng's clothes: "Second brother, you're back!" ”

Her voice was soft, and she couldn't hide the joy in her heart.

Ji Zheng endured it, but after all, he couldn't help but take the person into his arms: "Bullied? ”

He asked, his voice hoarse and sparkling, causing Yelan to look at him with a tilt of his head.

She has been singing for many years, and she has seen too many people watching the play, and she can know what he is thinking just by listening to the voice.

Ji Zheng noticed her gaze, but he didn't lift his eyes to look at her, completely treating her as an inconsequential person, even more ruthless than the last time she was in Lanxiang Pavilion.

Deserve!

Yelan scolded herself in her heart and withdrew her gaze.

Here, Mrs. Ji finally came back to her senses, the muscles on her face twitched and trembled with anger, and she pointed at Ji Zheng and asked angrily, "Rebel, what did you just call me?" ”