As a result, Qiu Yulan waited left and right, and waited for almost an hour and didn't see the Huang family come out!

Looking at the sky, this will be a bad time for the river cliff frost, and she can't help but feel half cold: "Yes, the eighth room is a concubine, how could Mrs. Tao mention that the Huang family should not take the hot potato?" This will Huang go in to ask for advice, maybe she will only carefully mention the way of housekeeping, not only not to offend He, but also to make Huang grateful! ”

So she has to pick up Chu Chunxiao!

Qiu Yulan returned to his yard listlessly, and when he entered the courtyard, he saw Jiang Yashuang, who had changed into a light green suit, strolling in the courtyard with his sleeves in his hands, Nian Xue and Dabai chasing the corners of his robe and playing - Qiu Yulan remembered that his robe was newly made, and it was the second time he wore it today, but the corners of his clothes had been scratched in several places by the claws of the lion cat.

But he wasn't annoyed, and looked down at them with a smile.

"Go see the fourteenth sister-in-law?" Seeing that his wife was back, Jiang Yashuang stood still, Nian Xue and Da Bai immediately rushed forward, each grabbed a corner of the robe and tried to climb up, but of course the result was that the light and soft robe was hooked out of a lot of silk.

"You're too used to them, and your good clothes are caught and worn out." Qiu Yulan stepped forward and drove the two lion cats away, before saying, "When I came back from watching the fourteenth sister-in-law, I went to my grandmother's place." ”

As he spoke, he walked inside, "Grandmother has given me an errand, and I have to go out." ”

"Huh? Where to? Shall I go with you? Jiang Yashuang followed, pulled out the hand in her sleeve, and quickly thrust something into her sideburns.

Qiu Yulan felt it and reached out to touch it: "What is it?" ”

"Sure enough, it's still lining your skin!" Jiang Yashuang said a little smugly, "I have something to go to the fourth aunt this afternoon to report, and it just so happens that Si Bao is offering a newly made hairpin ring, I thought to myself, since I bumped into it, how can I leave empty-handed?" pestered the fourth aunt to ask me to pick one first. ”

At this time, Qiu Yulan had already pulled it off and looked at it, it was a ruby hairpin, the thumb-sized ruby was transparent and bright, and it was refreshing to see. The whole hairpin is exquisitely made and luxurious - after all, it is presented to the queen.

She also felt very satisfied, handed it to Jiang Yashuang and asked him to reinsert it for herself, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid this hairpin is not the best in Si Bao's batch of submissions to the fourth aunt, and it's about the same, right?" You actually cut off your beard like this, that is, the fourth aunt loves you. ”

"Fourth aunt loves me, but I love you!" Jiang Yashuang stretched out her finger and gently scratched her cheek and smiled, "How do you want to repay me?" ”

Qiu Yulan pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm going to go to the annex of the Qiyang County Mansion to pick up Duanrou and come over to have dinner with my grandmother...... Just reward you for not having to work hard to accompany me on this trip! "Although the county lord of Duanrou is a serious sect daughter, she is the niece of the young husband and wife in terms of seniority, and she is not as good as the county lord of Qiu Lulan in terms of grade. If it weren't for the fact that Old Madam Tao and Queen Jiang wanted to coax this county lord to marry Xiao Su, they would have to be extra polite at this moment, but in fact, they didn't need to be picked up by someone from Qiu Yulan's generation in person.

Not to mention that Jiang Yashuang went with Qiu Yulan - Qiu Yulan went alone, because although the generations are different, it seems that the years are like, and it can be said that the new daughter-in-law is going to walk around with her relatives more; The two of them were going to pick up the county lord of Duanrou together, and the princess of Qiyang County would definitely be startled, and immediately guessed that there was something important to use them, otherwise why be so courteous?

So Jiang Yashuang was also surprised when she heard this, and asked, "Duanrou?" Grandmother wants her to come over for dinner, and it is enough to send a mother to say it, why do you want to go in person? ”

"Naturally, I want to use her." The two of them will be in the inner room, Qiu Lulan took the dress she wore when she went out, walked behind the screen to change, and talked to Jiang Yashuang through the screen, "Grandmother and Fourth Aunt intend to let her marry Xiao Su - to be honest, if it weren't for Grandmother Fang Cai getting angry, I really wouldn't want to go this way!" ”

In front of her husband, she told the truth, "The county lord of Duanrou is the only child of the Qiyang Palace, it is said that the prince of Qiyang County and the princess of the county have not been in good health for the past two years, thanks to her serving alone-two days ago, I went to live in the palace, Yongfu pestered me to cook for her, Duanrou was also there, and chased me for several steps afterwards, asked me for cooking skills, and wanted to go back to honor her parents." You said that she was going to marry Xiao Su, and she would not have to run away from her husband's family in the future? Even if you are in Beijing, this heart is really incomplete...... Where can the two families live well in this way? It's so pitiful! ”

Jiang Yashuang also frowned when she heard this: "This family business is really inappropriate...... But what's the inside story? ”

"Grandmother and Fourth Aunt are very afraid that Yongfu wants to descend Xiao Su!" Qiu Yulan lowered his head and tied his clothes and said lightly.

Jiang Yashuang was silent for a moment, and only after a while did she ask, "How sure are you?" ”

"You don't know how much your grandmother and fourth aunt hurt Yongfu, where do you dare to say it thoroughly? In that case, if Yongfu admits it, how will this time be completed? If Yongfu insists, things will be even more tricky! Qiu Yulan straightened her skirt, walked out of the screen, went to the front of the dressing table to check whether her appearance needed to be repaired, and snorted softly, "Listening to Grandmother's tone, this matter is not completely groundless—by the way, because Yongfu has been playing with Bicheng relatively close recently, the fourth aunt plans to let her go down to Bicheng...... Do you know this? ”

Jiang Yashuang didn't answer immediately, but walked around the room before stopping: "Yongfu is still a little naïve now, even if she has more dealings with Xiao Su and Bicheng, it is because there are only two foreign men she has more contact with...... And Xiao Su is not in good health, so he naturally needs her care more than Bicheng. doesn't necessarily really like Xiao Su...... After all, strictly speaking, Xiao Su is her teacher! ”

Qiu Yulan took a grate and stroked his sideburns in front of the bronze mirror, smiled and didn't say anything, but what he thought in his heart was: "There are not too many wrong royal marriages, do you still care about a calligraphy teacher?" ”

"This can't be done for a while, you should go and pick up Duanrou as your grandmother told you first." Jiang Yashuang thought for a while and said, "I'll go and talk to my grandmother and fourth aunt tomorrow." ”

He also sighed, "The third sister has been bitter enough over the years!" ”

Only then did Qiu Yulan breathe a sigh of relief, and wondered: "Nineteen's position in front of Mrs. Tao and the queen is extraordinary, and even Princess Yongfu trusts him very much, if he goes to say it, maybe things will turn around!" ”

Because of Jiang Yashuang's promise, Qiu Yulan felt that this trip was not so painful.

However, not suffering does not mean that it is smooth - after arriving at the summer annex of the Qiyang County Palace, she knew that Chu Chunxiao was not there.

"Dare to ask the third sister, where will Duanrou be?" Qiu Yulan was actually very happy that she couldn't pick up anyone this time, but considering that she had to give Mrs. Tao her life back to her, she had to inquire with the princess of Qiyang County who came out to receive her.

The princess of the county, Jiang Qizhen, didn't know what to do, and was very apologetic: "Empress Dowager Ye has not been good in the past two days, Chunxiao went to the palace to serve the sick, I'm afraid I won't come back in these two days." ”

Although this Empress Dowager Ye is the empress of the first emperor and the mother of the present emperor, because she was suppressed too hard by the Empress Dowager Gu, her sense of existence is really weak - even if Qiu Yulan was still in her Ganli Palace back then, she has not thought of her in the past two years.

At this moment, I was a little surprised when I heard this: "Did Empress Dowager Ye also come to escape the summer?" ”

"Every year, the summer queen will bring Empress Dowager Ye." Jiang Qizhen knew that she had not been through the door for a long time, and she still didn't know about many things that the Jiang family knew, so she explained, "Although it is said that Empress Dowager Ye is quiet, the summer in the imperial city is too hot and not very suitable for human habitation. ”

When she said the last sentence, her tone was a little strange, and Qiu Yulan said clearly: "I see...... I have never met this Queen Mother, and I also said that the Queen Mother Ye has been living in seclusion in the Ganli Palace. ”

Obviously, Empress Dowager Ye has been able to live until now, in addition to her own means, Empress Jiang's maintenance is also a one.

In order to prevent the Empress Dowager Gu from killing her while she was in the summer, Empress Jiang naturally brought her with her when she went to Dizi Mountain - although this Empress Dowager has no biological children, she is the aunt and aunt of the abolished prince of the previous dynasty, and she is Chu Chunxiao's great-grandmother in terms of blood, and she is also the nominal great-grandmother, and now that she is not in good health, Chu Chunxiao, the only living and normal descendant, naturally has to take care of her.

And this old man is sick, if he doesn't lie down for a few days and recuperate for a few days, where can it be considered all good?

"It seems that this Duanrou county lord is also blessed with a great life!" Qiu Yulan thought that Empress Dowager Ye was really sick, so she naturally wouldn't say anything urging to Jiang Qizhen, but praised Chu Chunxiao's filial piety, and told Jiang Qizhen to put Empress Dowager Ye's phoenix health and well-being first, as for saying that Old Madam Tao missed Chu Chunxiao...... It's all your own family, nothing serious, don't see outside!

said goodbye like this, returned to the Jiang family's courtyard, and rushed to the back hall to tell Mrs. Tao about the picky and selective of this trip, Mrs. Tao frowned, her expression changed, and she said lightly after a while: "I know, since this is the case, you go back first!" ”

"Yes!" Qiu Yulan retired happily.

Then when she saw someone halfway through, she couldn't continue to be happy - Jiang Yadan didn't have this kind of awareness, and took the initiative to greet her very enthusiastically: "Nineteen brothers and sisters, are you going back?" It just so happens that now your eighth sister-in-law is sick, and there is no one in charge of my room, so a subordinate sent two baskets of lychees, which were just transported from the south. ”

Qiu Yulan was full of resentment against him because of Xiao Tao's sake, but he wouldn't give him a good face because of a basket of lychees, but just as he was about to sneer a few words, Jiang Yadan said to himself: "Oh, I almost forgot the ninth sister and the eighteenth sister - forget it, anyway, I don't like to eat lychees very much, you still take a basket and share it with the sixteenth brother and sixteenth brother and sister, and leave a basket for the ninth sister and the eighteenth sister to share!" ”

“…… What about the others? Qiu Yulan was also shocked when he heard his division, and blurted out a question.

Let's not say that you don't like to eat, the concubines and concubines in your room, just talk about the Qin Guogong and Mrs. Tao above, the uncle in the middle, and the brother and sister-in-law of the same generation...... Nothing?

If you quietly steal your mouth, forget it, you openly call me to get it, don't you think about what the other people in the room think after hearing it?

Jiang Yadan really didn't care, and waved his hand: "They want to eat it themselves!" ”

"......" The autumn wind saw him go away, returned to his yard, and told Jiang Yashuang about the matter, "Although it is said that two baskets of lychees are not enough to divide up and down, you should also say it quietly, right?" Starling shouted at me in the corridor at the throat of the myrand, I'm afraid everyone will know about it! ”

Jiang Yashuang was calm when she heard this: "It's okay, starling has always been like this...... But it's just the two of us, and we don't have much to do with this thing. You told the people who went to get it to leave our share to the nephews and nieces, and the rest was divided according to what the starling said. ”

Seeing Qiu Yulan's speechless face, he coughed dryly and explained, "What is there since I was a starling, that is, when I think of the brothers and sisters in our room, he never cares about other people......"

"Don't the elders ask?" Qiu Yulan also realized when he asked this: As for Jiang Ba, a loser who causes trouble all the time, it is estimated that if he doesn't make trouble for the family, the elders will be very grateful, who still has the leisure to worry about him for some food?

But it's not just that: "Before, the starling gave his grandfather a basket of autumn pears, and then my grandfather gave eight thousand taels of silver; gave the eldest brother a basket of cherries, and the eldest brother also gave three thousand taels of silver...... After that, the elders said that he had something delicious and fun, and he used it for himself, so don't take it up to honor him! ”

…… A basket of autumn pears worth 8,000 taels of silver, and a basket of cherries worth 3,000 taels of silver!

Even the accountkeeper and the water and gold can't hold such a bamboo pole from time to time! It's no wonder that the elders of the Jiang family don't dare to accept the filial piety of this master! Maybe they heard about the lychee distribution today, and they were glad they escaped it!

Qiu Yulan didn't know what to say to this eldest uncle: "What about the nephews and nieces?" Why didn't he keep some of it? ”

This guy won't be so scummy as to give his son and daughter fruit to eat, and earn their monthly money, right?