Chapter 10 Stand Out(1/2)
After entering the second door, Ji Xiaolian originally wanted to go back to Qianhua Hall to see Mrs. Ji immediately, but when she turned to see Ji Xiaotang, she immediately became worried about gains and losses. "≤, what she wanted to say to Mrs. Ji, could not let Ji Xiaotang hear it. However, without taking Ji Xiaotang with her, Ji Xiaotang would definitely go to see Mrs. Ji.
If Ji Xiaotang said something to her in front of Old Lady Ji, what was waiting for her was shameless. What was even more hateful is that she did have a handle in Ji Xiaotang's hands.
What should I do?
Ji Xiaolian's expression on her face was a little distorted.
"Xiaotang, where are you going to go?" Ji Xiaolian didn't know how to decide, so she planned to ask Ji Xiaotang first.
"Everyone listened to my elder sister." Ji Xiaotang was surprised to speak.
"Oh..." Ji Xiaolian hesitated for a moment and finally made up her mind, "Then let's go to the old lady to reply first to make the old lady feel at ease."
The most important thing at the moment is to get through Mrs. Ji's level.
While Ji Xiaolian beat someone to inform Mrs. Ji, she came to Xuanhua Hall with Ji Xiaotang.
"The old lady is still worried that I will not take good care of you and will make you suffer. After a while, the old lady knew that you had committed to the princess' fate, and was so handsome in front of the princess, and she received rewards. I don't know how happy I should be. I can also work with the old lady... Xiaotang is proud. Even if I have no credit, I will still work hard." Ji Xiaolian reminded Ji Xiaotang that it was she who took Ji Xiaotang to see Changning, and hinted that Ji Xiaotang told him in front of the old lady that she took care of her.
Ji Xiaolian was so shameless, Ji Xiaotang listened with a smile, not commenting.
When he walked to the door of Xuanhua Hall, Ji Xiaolian had already convinced herself that Ji Xiaotang's good luck today was all her contribution.
Knowing that Ji Xiaotang was back, Old Lady Ji, Second Lady Ji and Ji Xiaoyun were already waiting in the Xuanhua Hall room, and Gu Xueer was also sitting there.
When she met Mrs. Ji, before Ji Xiaotang could say anything, Ji Xiaolian was already ahead. She told the story of the tea party and deliberately exaggerated how she was worried about Ji Xiaotang and how to take care of Ji Xiaotang.
If you don’t know the truth, when you hear Ji Xiaolian’s words, you will think that Princess Changning treats Ji Xiaotang like this because she looks at Ji Xiaolian’s face.
Old Mrs. Ji wanted to interrupt Ji Xiaolian, but when she saw Ji Xiaotang smiling, she temporarily gave up until she heard Ji Xiaolian finish speaking. Old Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji Er said nothing, and their eyes turned to Ji Xiaotang at the same time.
Obviously, what Ji Xiaotang said must be correct.
"Thanks to the recommendation of my elder sister, today went very smoothly." Ji Xiaotang said simply.
Ji Xiaolian's heart was then put back into her stomach, but her heart became sore again.
Just at this time, Mrs. Ji arrived.
Ji Xiaotang took out Princess Changning's reward for everyone to show.⊥,
Changning’s routine reward is nothing more than that. The jade bracelet is enough to show that Ji Xiaotang really gained Changning’s favor during this tea party.
Old Mrs. Ji nodded and said yes.
"The princess beat someone in person and Xiaolian is taking care of her. What's wrong with her? The old lady and the second lady are too worried." Mrs. Ji also said with a smile, but she was shocked and confused. But she asked Ji Xiaolian if she was not at the moment.
Ji Xiaotang wanted to leave the things at Old Lady Ji's place and let Old Lady Ji deal with them.
"What the princess gave you, take it back and keep it for yourself." Old Mrs. Ji smiled.
After everyone said this, Mrs. Ji took Ji Xiaolian away.
"What exactly, Xiaotang, tell me slowly." Mrs. Ji Er left her confidant and then asked Ji Xiaotang.
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Qianhuatang
After entering the room, Ji Xiaolian could no longer hold on to the smile on her face and sat dejectedly beside Mrs. Ji. Today, everything was wrong with her.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Ji beat the little girl out, leaving only her confidant. She hurriedly asked Ji Xiaolian.
"Xiaotang is too scheming and very lucky!" Ji Xiaolian then told Mrs. Ji one by one about the truth about the tea party. In Xuanhua Hall, she only talked about how Ji Xiaotang was so handsome. She did not mention any words about how she was scolded by Changning. When she arrived at Mrs. Ji, she also told her about this.
If there is no comparison, there is no difference. Compared with the two, Ji Xiaolian is more disheartened and depressed.
"We were reckless." Mrs. Ji heard this and lowered her head and silent for a while before saying. If they knew what the Ji family had experienced in Qingyuan, they would never have thought of a way to let Ji Xiaotang meet Changning.
Now most people in the capital already know that the candidate for Princess Changning's son-in-law was Qi Younian, the young man in the powerhouse. Qi Younian was in Ren'an and escaped the siege of Qingyuan.
He accidentally suppressed Ji Xiaotang, but instead built a ladder for Ji Xiaotang.
Not only was Ji Xiaolian unhappy, but Mrs. Ji also felt upset.
"She sees Xiaotang as good as Changning's temperament now, because she is all because of Xiaowei Hou. After a long time, she still doesn't know what will happen." Ji Xiaolian's tone and expression were filled with sourness.
Mrs. Ji did not respond. Although Ji Xiaolian said it was true, Ji Xiaotang herself was a variable.
If it were another person from Qingyuan, even if he had the same experience, he might not have been able to gain such favor from Changning.
"Xiaolian, Xiaotang is younger than you, your father is the eldest son, and your grandfather is the old master of the dynasty. No matter what, she will never compare to you. ¢£,” Mrs. Ji persuaded Ji Xiaolian.
This was what her aunt taught her when she was a child. If the other party is too strong and cannot be suppressed, then you cannot continue to provoke it. Instead, you should change your strategy and try your best to attract it. Only in this way can you get along with others and always be invincible.
Both of them are girls from the Ji family, no matter how outstanding Ji Xiaotang is, Ji Xiaolian is still the only one in terms of family background. This is beyond doubt because Ji Xiaotang's grandfather is Yang Ge Lao.
"They still rely on us. If they handle it well, she will be your help in the future." Mrs. Ji further advised Ji Xiaolian.
"I don't want any help from her!" Ji Xiaolian was obviously not as easy to teach as Mrs. Ji.
Mrs. Ji didn't force her at the moment, thinking that Ji Xiaolian was full of energy and could not make any mistakes in her heart at the moment.
Ji Xiaolian's brows became more and more frowning. Apart from Ji Xiaotang, there were other people and things that made her feel bad.
"Yang Pianpian is still the same. She talked to Xiaotang specifically, but just ignored me! She deliberately embarrassed me!" Ji Xiaolian complained to Mrs. Ji, as if Yang Pianpian had never had any trouble in helping her.
The conflict between Yang Pianpian and Ji Xiaolian has been around for a long time. Mrs. Ji knew it, but she had no choice but to do anything about it.
"Her temperament has followed her mother and has been urged since childhood. Don't take it to heart, she can't ask for anything in the future. Now... well, don't just have the same knowledge as her." Mrs. Ji coaxed Ji Xiaolian.
Ji Xiaolian was dissatisfied: "She just looked down on her...I am a legitimate child like her!"
A trace of imperceptible darkness flashed across Mrs. Ji's face.
After Ji Xiaolian finished speaking this, she also realized that she had touched Mrs. Ji's pain point.
"Mom, I'm not..., I..." Ji Xiaolian saw that Mrs. Ji didn't say anything, and looked at the eldest lady's eyes carefully. While explaining it every time.
"Silly child, how could I blame you for this? You don't need to explain." Mrs. Ji waved her hand, but the smile on her face was a little dry.
Ji Xiaolian secretly glanced at Mrs. Ji's face again, and after a while, she felt relieved.
Yang Pianpian’s topic should not be mentioned again, but there is still a lot to say about Ji Xiaotang.
"...It doesn't seem like she has never entered Beijing and grew up in the countryside since she was a child." Ji Xiaolian expressed her doubts. She was born in the capital, and regarded other places outside the capital as the countryside, and never took the seventh-rank foreign official seriously. Therefore, in her opinion, the people of the Ji family in Qingyuan were far inferior to their countrymen.
"It is impossible for an old lady. The second wife... although she is a better-born family than the old lady, she is a military officer and a bandit in the previous two generations. She would not be her... I watched carefully these two days... The nanny who served Xiaotang is extraordinary." Mrs. Ji said.
Mrs. Ji has not yet found out about the origin of Madam Cheng.
The servant from Qingyuan had a very tight mouth.
"The old lady definitely does not have such a housekeeper's method, and she doesn't look like a second wife unless I take a look. But she is Xiaotang. But she is still young, which makes me hard to believe."
Mrs. Ji said this, but after seeing Ji Xiaotang's words and actions over the past few days, I really believed it.
It would be better if a great nanny taught and guided him. Ji Xiaotang's performance nowadays was explained.
"No matter how powerful the nanny invited is, can this be done? Unless it is the nanny who is in the palace."
Ji Xiaolian just said this, but she reminded Mrs. Ji. No matter how powerful the nanny is, because of her limited experience, she will not be familiar with the etiquette in the palace unless she comes out of the palace.
"Are you really a nanny who went out of the palace? I didn't expect that the second room would have such foresight and means." If I had not had foresight, I would not have thought of asking such a nanny. If I had foresight but had no means, I would never have been able to invite such a nanny into the mansion.
Even their mansions have been in the capital, and they have never invited such nanny at home. Not to mention their Xinhua Hall, even in the Yangge Lao Mansion, there are no nanny worshipers from the palace.
"If this is true, then we have to re-evaluate the people like Qingyuan..." Mrs. Ji used her own judgment and immediately suspected that Mr. Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er had great ambitions.
If she doubted it well, then there would be only one between Xiaolian and Xiaotang.
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After returning from the tea party at Deyuelou, Ji Xiaotang received several posts in just two days, namely Yang Pianpian from the Pavilion House, Zheng Zi from the Minister of Revenue, and Wu Jiayan from the Minister of Works, all of whom invited Ji Xiaotang to pass through the palace.
Ji Xiaotang, Mrs. Ji and Madam Cheng discussed and went to the appointment.
There was no news about Princess Changning. It was said that she was taken by Queen Mother Han to do something in the palace.
Ji Xiaotang didn't care either, she had something to pay more attention to.
Qin Zhen finally found his free time and beat someone to inform Mr. Ji Er, asking Mr. Ji Er to go to the Jing'an Mansion tomorrow to discuss the matter.
"It should be that things are obvious." Master Ji Er said happily.
"Dad's official position should be fine, but there is Huai Jin..." Ji Xiaotang frowned slightly.
Just yesterday, Ji Xiaoyun found her and said a lot to her in private. Ji Xiaoyun was very concerned about Xie Huaijin, and she hoped to have the opportunity to meet Xie Huaijin.
"I can only feel at ease when I see him well with my own eyes." This is Ji Xiaoyun's original words.
Ji Xiaoyun also told Ji Xiaotang that since she came to Beijing, she has had nightmares every night. Without exception, the content of the nightmares was all about Xie Huaijin's misfortune.
"Dad will see the prince tomorrow. Can you take me... and sister with me?" Ji Xiaotang asked Master Ji Er.
It should be no problem to bring her with her, but she was worried that Master Ji Er would not agree.
"I'm planning to take you with me." Master Ji Er said. Master Ji San was not in front of me, and some things were not easy to tell Master Ji that Ji Xiaotang was his arm.
"Why are Xiaoyun going too?" Master Ji Er was a little surprised.
"Sister... I want to meet Huaijin with me." Xie Huaijin was settled in the Jing'an Palace, and this was the best opportunity.
"Oh..." Master Ji Er lowered his eyelids and pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and asked Ji Xiaotang, "Xiaotang, what do you mean?"
To be continued...