Now that it's March, the weather is naturally getting warmer, the car circumference of all kinds of cars on the street has changed from cotton to clipped, and the shouting mules pulling the carts are a little more energetic than the laziness in winter. Still, only a medium-sized family can afford such a car, after all, the annual cost of changing the car, feeding the mule, repairing the car, maintaining the car, etc., is by no means a small number.

After Su Yi arrived in the capital, she had to go to the provincial capitals in the outer city, so the Su family had to raise such a mule cart. And since half a month before the exam, the Su family has begun to close their doors to thank customers, and a few people have even lowered their voices when they walk, let alone talking, and even Su Wan'er, the younger sister, has been able to see her brother a few times.

Now that Su Yi has entered the Tribute Courtyard, Su Wan'er didn't want to listen to those mean words in front of her grandmother Chen, so she simply focused on doing needlework in the back room. That morning, she put down the bandage in her hand, rubbed her eyes and sat up straight, and the little girl Shuang'er ran in with a smoke.

"Miss, I heard that on that day, the queen's thousand autumn festival, the civil and military officials of the ladies went to the palace to congratulate, and the queen later summoned the two young ladies of the Yangning Marquis Mansion and the young ladies of the other two Marquis Mansions, and rewarded them with a lot of things! Only now the Dongchang Marquis Mansion is said to be unsuccessful, and I don't know if the three of them can be princesses. ”

Princess!

Su Wan'er was stunned, and almost pricked her hand with the embroidery needle inserted on the side, and then prevaricated as if nothing happened: "This is all about those adults, what do you care about this!" ”

"What do you care about these things, I heard Mrs. Liu say there, this time it is ironclad to choose concubines for the three princes!" Seeing Su Wan'er raise her head suddenly, Shuang'er hurriedly added fuel and vinegar and said, "There are several poor officials living on this street, and the families can't afford to hire a few servants, so Mrs. Liu will become familiar in a few days." She said that in fact, the selection of concubines was originally not limited to the family, from the official eunuchs to the common people, as long as the girl with an innocent net worth may be selected. I heard that it is the virtuous concubine Niangniang in the palace now, who used to be called Hanako, but now she is not a high-ranking virtuous concubine Niangniang......"

"Alright, stop talking!" Su Wan'er finally took a deep breath, stopped the gushing frost in one gulp, and ordered in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense anymore, if your grandmother hears it, it's another punishment!" ”

She was teaching the girl a lesson with her budding thoughts, when a heavy cough came from outside. She hurriedly pulled Shuang'er to her side, and asked loudly, "But Mother Wu?" ”

"The old lady asked the young lady to dress up well, and the Yangning Hou Mansion sent two mothers over." The mother outside the door didn't seem to have any intention of coming in at all, but just said in a loud voice, "Those two mothers were ordered to greet our eldest young master, and brought some things to the old lady, and said that the old lady of the Hou Mansion misses the young lady a lot, and wants to take the young lady to the Hou Mansion to live ......"

Su Wan'er suddenly showed great joy when she heard this, and hurriedly agreed. When Wu's mother walked away, Shuang'er slipped into the drawer under the bed frame and groped for a while, then took out a small box from it, and said happily: "Miss, I'm going to the Hou Mansion again, I have to dress up well." Even if, as our old lady said, all big families look at the dowry, but the old lady clearly likes Miss very much, if she really marries into the Hou Mansion, Miss flatters well, how can she have a hard time in the future? ”

Although Shuang'er's words were vulgar, even if Su Wan'er was beaten hard by the Chen family last time, why didn't she think so in her heart? At this time, thinking that Mrs. Zhu of Yangning Hou specially ordered someone to pick her up and go to the Hou Mansion to live, she felt more and more that her guess was correct, so she stared at the box with jewelry hidden for a while, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Don't use these, just clean up lightly." You should give it to your mother to keep it, lest you find it when you come back. ”

When her own lady said this, although Shuang'er was stunned, she still nodded heavily. After tidying up for Su Wan'er, Shuang'er put the box back in its original place and accompanied Su Wan'er out. When the two of them came back half an hour later, the originally slightly uneasy expressions on their faces were swept away, and they were all ecstatic that could not be hidden.

Shuang'er couldn't wait to untie the burden in her hand, picked up a set of dresses and looked at it carefully for a while, and then shouted: "Miss, it is worthy of the Hou Mansion, the clothes prepared are so luxurious, you see that the piping of the sleeves is made of gold and silver thread, and this material, I have seen the same in the Deji Silk Village in Shida Hutong, it has to be twenty taels of silver at one end, it is not as beautiful and colorful as this pattern, and the embroidery of this skirt, ordinary embroiderers can't do it at all!" ”

Even if Shuang'er doesn't say it, Su Wan'er's eyes don't dare, she can naturally see how valuable this set is, not to mention that there are a few pieces of jewelry sent at the same time, all of which are novel and chic, either emeralds or inlaid treasures, which are much more valuable than the old jewelry left by her mother. Under Shuang'er's service, she changed her body with joy, and immediately ordered to send the previous box out, and put some things that she had to carry with her this time, and only when everything was ready to stop, she took Shuang'er out again.

The moment she walked out of the gate and bent down to get into the carriage, she looked back again, and saw Chen standing in the middle of the courtyard on crutches without smiling and looking at her, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath. Thinking that my grandmother would definitely spread the news that she was picked up by the Yangning Marquis Mansion to help the eldest brother gain some momentum, but she wanted more than just a name!

I only hope that the eldest brother will be able to win the gold list in the palace examination, and by that time, she will have a Jinshi brother, whether it is marriage or something else, it will naturally be much easier than now!

Yangning Hou Mansion Splendid Pavilion.

Since early in the morning, girls of all sizes have been busy cleaning up. Although this courtyard is still as remote as before, the status of the owner is different, and the subordinates have also experienced the taste of being stammered. In the past, I heard that the splendid pavilion was serving, and all the capable people in the family were drilling camps to change errands, and those who were not able to do it except for long sighs were taking the opportunity to be lazy, but who could have known that in 20 years in Hedong and 20 years in Hexi, the third lady who was helpless in the long house would suddenly become the most favored in front of the old lady.

"Do you know that last night, the old lady called our young lady over and rewarded her with a lot of things."

"What's this, the queen mother has given things, let alone the old lady? Although we don't know what it is, but what is still bad in the palace? A few days ago, the old lady said to the third lady that our splendid pavilion house is too old, and we should repair it after February, and we should move the young lady to live in the Tatexiang Courtyard together. ”

"Our young lady is good and has a good temper, those who were blind and looked down on people in the past are now too late to regret it! Don't say anything else, the sisters above support us to run errands and do things, and they are all kinder than one another, and from time to time there are some good things to share up, where are there only big ones like Ziningju and Cuiliuju that eat bones, and the small ones can't even drink the soup? It's that Sister Yun'er has a bigger temper, but it's better than beating people with big ears and shavers over there! ”

"Isn't it? If it weren't for this reason, the old lady would have sent someone to take Miss Su Jiabiao over today, and she wouldn't have put someone in our lady's place with confidence, isn't it because Miss has always been generous-hearted and will never treat that Miss Cousin badly? ”

At this moment, the two little girls who were sweeping in the yard were working and talking to each other. Speaking of the rise, both of them couldn't help but fantasize about the good days of making up for the second-class and third-class shortages in the future, and they were suddenly slapped twice in the back, and when they turned their heads and saw that it was Yun'er, the two hurriedly stood up straight, lowered their hands and called out to their sister.

"Don't just know how to knock your teeth all day long and flash your tongue!"

glared at the two of them viciously, and Yun'er walked quickly towards the main house. Entering the bright room of the main hall, she saw that there was no one else except Rui Xue wiping the table, so she went straight into the Dongnuan Pavilion, and sure enough, she saw Chen Lan reading a book at the desk, and hurriedly stepped forward, and only bowed when she arrived at the circle of chairs.

"Miss, the news you asked me to inquire about has finally come out. said that before the fifth lady came back, the third master quarreled with Aunt Luo. According to the magpie, the third master said that it was the second concubine of the Jin Dynasty, so he sent the fifth lady over, but Aunt Luo refused at first, and then made trouble twice, and the third master lived in the yamen. Since then, the fifth lady has been confined as soon as she came back and rarely goes out of the house. ”

And so it was! It turned out that the Zhu family was most afraid of one of the three rooms, so it was connected to the Jin Palace! If you look at it this way, the matter of the Jin Wangfu before is definitely not Chen Ying's handiwork. ruined the reputation of King Jin, even if Chen Xi really became the second concubine, what good would it be?

Thinking that after learning about the incident in the Jin Wangfu yesterday, the old lady first changed her color, and then ordered someone to pick up Su Wan'er to live at home, Chen Lan had a faint guess in his heart - even if the Zhu family really likes Su Wan'er, when Chen Ying has made it clear that the marriage of the two sons has been decided, she can't be reluctant. In this case, the Zhu family hit Su Wan'er with another purpose, otherwise he would not have told her like that.

"Lan'er, when the time comes, you may wish to live with her, you might as well chat about some whispers in the boudoir, those good materials such as tribute satin, Shu brocade and Hangzhou silk from the weaving bureau, as well as the jewelry from the royal superintendent, you might as well put them in front of her."

Although Su Wan'er is not likable, if she blindly helps the old lady calculate others, is this considered a tiger? After thinking about it, Chen Lan finally made up his mind. She will naturally remind and remind her secretly, but if Su Wan'er is willing, it will be a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer, which is not something she can control. However, when the Jin Wangfu encountered such a thing, the old lady would never think that sending a woman would solve the problem, right?

Thinking about it, Chen Lan suddenly stood up, took down a wooden box on the bookshelf, opened the lid and took out the brocade bag inside. Rubbing the exquisite falling flowers and flowing water brocade, she gently pressed it on her chest, where the jade tiger given by the queen was hanging. She was thinking about it, when suddenly there was a whirring voice behind her.

"By the way, Miss, according to the magpie, what the Queen gave to Miss Fifth before was the pair of skein gold bracelets and a few gold and silver bills, nothing special. A few of them were still talking behind their backs, thinking that they could get a few good things from the royal prison. ”

Hearing this, Chen Lan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. In this way, it is possible that only one more jade tiger is himself?