The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Since Qi Desheng sent five or six mahogany boxes to Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinyao's life could no longer be calm.

Everyone wants to know what is in the box. Qi Desheng had already packed two boxes of silk and satin for Chu Jinyao that day, so why did he send it again?

Chu Jinyao didn't know about these problems. She watched the young man carry the mahogany box from Rongning Hall to Chaoyun Courtyard without opening it. She was directly carried into the warehouse and locked in front of everyone. She suddenly got so many things, it was enough to make people jealous. Before her yard was cleaned up, Chu Jinyao didn't dare to open the boxes in front of these people. Chu Jinyao had an intuition inexplicably, the contents of the mahogany box were not of the same grade as the one that Qi shopkeeper gave her.

Because Chu Jinyao lives by herself, the place is quite spacious. She lives in five main rooms by herself. The east and west wing rooms are not needed, so she cleans up the east wing, and uses it for hospitality and sewing, while the west wing is used as a warehouse. . The mother, the maid and the others, all lived in the south room where they were down. A mother and six maids, and Chu Jinyao counted, eight people live in a small courtyard. Originally the West Wing was very empty, but now there are a lot of mahogany boxes, and it gets crowded.

After Chu Jinyao was dressed and dressed today, she sat in the Western Chamber to do needlework. The other maids were all around her, either helping her or joking. Grandma Sun came in from outside, met Chu Jinyao, smiled and said, "Girl, you can get up early today."

In fact, Chu Jinyao always starts from this point. Chu Jinyao was too lazy to talk, but wanted to see what the woman was going to say. Sure enough, Grandma Sun paused for a while, and said, "Girl, today is a sunny day. It is rare to see such good weather in spring. The wind is most comfortable at the end of April, or we will move things outside and dry them. Take it out to prevent the backlog from getting wet for a long time."

When the maids heard it, they all raised their heads to look at the sun outside the window. Ding Xiang said: "The sun is good today, and it's time to dry the bedding. I often dry the bedding and the girl is comfortable to sleep."

Chu Jinyao said in his heart that Grandma Sun didn't just want to dry the bedding. She simply put down the needle and thread, and said: "This horse-faced skirt is almost sewn, only the skirt is left. Bellflower, you can lock the edges, my eyes are a little tired, and I don't bother to move."

Platycodon quickly responded and took the sewing basket from Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao sat up straight and looked at Grandma Sun: "My mother is right. While it's still early in the day, clean and remove these pieces from the house to dry them. By the way, the books in my study can't be left. , You put the book carefully under the eaves, and find one or two people to read and flip the book. The book can be delicate, if it is scratched or wet, it will not work."

The maids responded in unison, and the grandmother sun rubbed her hands and said, "Girl, do you need to bring out the boxes of fabric in the warehouse?"

Chu Jinyao smiled, and his eyes fluttered across Grandma Sun's body. Obviously Chu Jinyao didn't show a look too fierce, but this look was like Wanjun, and Madam Sun was shrunk inexplicably.

Someone finally mentioned this issue. Although several girls and girls didn't say anything, they all waited for Chu Jinyao to express their opinions. As soon as Chu Jinyao came back, people were locked up. Until now, no one knew what was in it, and even Chu Jinyao didn't know it. However, the more Chu Jinyao was like this, the more curious others were. These boxes are heavy when they look at them, and the wood used for the boxes is worth a lot of money. What on earth is there in them that can make Chu Jinyao so vigilant and not show it to outsiders?

Chu Jinyao knew that she would live in a deep and high house from now on, and it was impossible for her to hide her private house secretly like the original farmer. In the future, most of her affairs have to go through the hands of the maid-in-law, and the wealth dowry is hardly an exception. Therefore, she is bound to cultivate a group of loyal and reliable people.

It is urgent to renovate Chaoyun Courtyard. In the past, she didn't have anything important, and there were people from the Zhao family and Chu Jinmiao in the yard. But now, it obviously doesn't work. If she still wants to have a good night's sleep, she must send these alienated people far away.

Chu Jinyao stood up and said: "There are just such places in the yard. I think there is not much space left after removing the bedding and books. You can't finish drying things in a day. You can move the books first. , After I come back, if there is space left, then make plans."

Chu Jinyao pushed the matter over again, and Grandma Sun was a little unwilling, but she was helpless. After hearing what Chu Jinyao said, she asked curiously: "Girl, where are you going?"

"I'm going to sit with my grandmother." Chu Jinyao said, "Although my grandmother asked us to go to see you on the fifteenth day of the new year to save us from running back and forth every day, we can't really be so tired as juniors."

Grandma Sun said with great care, you used to ask for peace on the fifteenth day of the new year... But Chu Jinyao now knows how to house in the house. This kind of grand-sounding avenue is put on the table. It’s true. No one can say anything.

Chu Jinyao vaguely felt a few days ago that the elders in the family treated her somewhat differently. Last time Changxing Hou asked her if she was short of people, and said that Mrs. Chu would arrange for her to sit in Rongning Hall more. Changxinghou didn't care about the back house, he didn't say these things for no reason.

She needs to confirm it.

Chu Jinyao arrived at Rongning Hall and was seen by the servants of Rongning Hall before he even entered the door. A maid wearing a lake green silk greeted her with a smile, and said: "The fifth girl came early. This kind of filial piety really makes people press posts."

Chu Jinyao just smiled and replied, "How dare you be a sister? Is grandmother in it?"

"Naturally there." The maid took Chu Jinyao across the screen wall and walked from the chaoshou corridor to the west. As soon as she entered the hospital, she pulled a little maid over and said: "The fifth girl is here, why are you still playing around here in a daze? Why don't you go in and report!"

The little maid in the double-up bun listened and hurried in to report. The maid turned her face and said, "These little girls are always so confused, they can't compare to the old people who are used to them. Don't blame the five girls."

Chu Jinyao kept smiling at all of this. How could she be treated like this when she came to Rongning Hall in the past? The maid in front of Mrs. Chu is more precious than the young lady. The wife of the family house, who dares to instruct them to do things? Now this maid is so diligent to Chu Jinyao. If there is no one behind this, Chu Jinyao would not believe it.

After Chu Jinyao entered the house, he was led westward. The first entry is a row of bogu racks with incense burners, agates, corals, etc., behind the bogu racks, a layer of blue gauze cupboard is carefully pasted with gauze, and the two sides are hung with many beautiful embroidery, and the tassels are layered on top of each other. It's spring day, and Bishacui has changed to goose yellow light shark yarn. After a few months, in early summer and June, all these yarns will be torn off and replaced with refreshing and breathable smoked yarn. Smoked yarn is very valuable in the market, and a piece of yarn is still very light when it is lifted, like smoke, plus its slightly blue color, so it is named Smoked yarn. Because this kind of yarn is light and breathable, many wealthy people like to use this kind of fabric for small clothes, so it won’t get sweaty in summer. But in Changxing Hou Mansion, a lot of money is used to paste windows and closets for the old lady, just to make the old ancestors feel better in the summer.

This is the treatment of the old lady in the Changxing Hou Mansion. She will not use anything a second time. The yarn on the windows has to be changed once a season, not to mention the beautiful embroidery and bed curtains hanging in the house. Chu Jinyao walked through the goose-yellow dressing closet and saw Mrs. Chu wearing a jacquard dark gold breasted coat with a darker crimson than armor, and wearing a dark blue large horse-faced skirt underneath, leaning on the Luohan bed. A few maids were kneeling on their feet, carefully beating the old lady's legs.

When the maids saw Chu Jinyao, they all got up and saluted Chu Jinyao. The maid who was beating the old lady's leg also got up, and Chu Jinyao stopped quickly: "Sister doesn't need to, hold on to grandmother first, and I might as well."

Old Madam Chu looked at all this with cold eyes. After Chu Jinyao said Wanfu, she said lightly: "Sit down first. Why are you here today?"

Chu Jinyao knew exactly what she was coming for today. She should actually act like a baby and squeeze to the old lady's side, but she really couldn't do such a thing. She only stood on the ground for a while, and immediately a clever maid brought a round stool for Chu Jinyao. After Chu Jinyao thanked him, Xu Xu sat on the stool. Chu Jinyao sighed in her heart. Sure enough, it's no wonder that wives like Zhao and Yan didn't dare to shame the maidservants next to the old lady. Look at these maids, all of them have become mature.

She sighed quietly, and the guesswork in her heart became more and more invented. Chu Jinyao didn’t go in circles at all, and directly said to Mrs. Chu: “Grandma, the shopkeeper Qi sent me a few mahogany boxes two days ago. It was too late to bring them back that day, so I didn’t open them. The sun is good today. The grandmother said that it’s suitable for drying things. If there is fabric in the box, you should also take it out and dry it. Grandma, I am young and don’t understand this, so I would like to ask you how to make silk and silk fabrics. Reason?"

The preface of this remark does not follow the postscript. It was said that the grandmother Sun let the clothes dry, and then she asked about taking care of the fabrics. What's more, what does it mean that it was too late when I moved back? The old lady watched the shopkeeper Qi and Chu Jinyao leave. When they left, the sun was in the middle. Could this make the sky too late?

Mrs. Chu understood what Chu Jinyao meant, and she felt satisfied, so she looked at Chu Jinyao as a brainy person, and she bluffed and proclaimed when she didn't get any good things. The high gate compound cultivates young ladies, the most taboo is to have shallow eyelids, but Chu Jinyao's ability to wait for so many days is beyond the expectation of the old lady. After all, suddenly being given so many things, even experienced adults couldn't help but want to open it. But Chu Jinyao, a little girl who is still a poor parent, could hold back. This character alone is better than many people, not to mention the young ladies of the Chu family, I am afraid that the daughters-in-law of Zhao and Yan are not as good.

Old Madam Chu thought about it, and her evaluation of Chu Jinyao was even higher. It is a good thing to have patience and not to be fascinated by money, so that it can withstand higher and greater wealth in the future. The old lady said: "You are still young, and it is not unusual for many things to be uncontrollable. There is always the first time in everything, so you can feel free to try it."

Chu Jinyao lowered her head and said, "The child is young, and I am afraid that I can't control my own measures. If my grandmother teaches me, then I can rest assured."

"If you want me to say, just go and try it yourself." Mrs. Chu smiled, and finally said, "Since you are always scared, then I don't want to force you. In this way, I still have a wife here. There is still a way for people to treat things. If you don't know what to do, take her back first and let her take a look for you temporarily."

After hearing these words, Chu Jinyao finally gave birth to an idea that the dust had settled down. She didn't dare to offend others on her own. If these reprimands came from the mother who was next to Mrs. Chu, then everything would be justified. Moreover, with Mrs. Chu's people watching, even if someone else hit her on her property, she would weigh her before she did it.

Naturally, by doing this, her wealth and wealth will be completely exposed to Mrs. Chu's eyes. Chu Jinyao didn't think there was anything. Instead of being besieged by everyone, it was better to expose it to the family leader from the beginning. Since Mrs. Chu would let her leave with her things, she would not do it in the future, and she was embarrassed to regret it. Taking a step back, it is that Mrs. Chu really got the money, and with Chu Jinyao's current self-protection methods, there was no way to stop it. That being the case, why bother to offend Mrs. Chu?

What's more, Chu Jinyao is now sure that Mrs. Chu wants her. Perhaps it is not a request, but a picture.

In the eyes of Mrs. Chu, Chu Jinyao must have more important value than those boxes of heavy possessions.

Chu Jinyao was docile on the surface, but she turned a few turns in her heart. She was a woman who could neither kill the enemy nor be named on the gold list. Mrs. Chu suddenly cultivated her carefully, so why? Chu Jinyao almost guessed it. I'm afraid that Mrs. Chu intends to borrow her to marry her, do you want to be a noble family member?

It turned out to be uneasy when he didn't know the time, but now that he had a bottom in his heart, Chu Jinyao suddenly calmed down. If it was a plan in this area, then Chu Jinyao would have nothing to worry about. Although the Chu family used their daughters to cling to wealth, but when people went to higher places, the daughter who was married had nothing to complain about. Mrs. Chu wants to use Chu Jinyao's height to climb, and Chu Jinyao also intends to use the strength of the old lady to cultivate power. They are now in a mutually beneficial relationship. The only question now is, where does Mrs. Chu plan to put her? If it is stuffed to fill the house for the old man in the seventies and eighties, then it will be pulled down, and Chu Jinyao will have to make a fuss at the end of his life.

Mrs. Chu watched Chu Jinyao's expression change from suspicious, to sudden, to calm and calm. Mrs. Chu is very satisfied. This is the talent that is worthy of the family's efforts to cultivate. It will be of great help to herself, to the family, and to the future husband's family. Only such a person is the best way for aristocrats to marry and make two surnames.

If not, where is marriage, this is enmity.

Mrs. Chu was able to talk about this with Chu Jinyao today, just because she wanted to ask her thoroughly. Chu Jinyao asked, "Grandma, I am very grateful that you have bothered to arrange for the mother. It's just that Jinyao is stupid and afraid that he won't be able to repay her grandmother in the future."

Mrs. Chu heard Chu Jinyao's temptation, and Chu Jinyao, the party concerned, also had to know more or less what she and Changxinghou were going to do. Therefore, Mrs. Chu did not cover up, but directly said: "Since ancient times, the elders have been pitiful. We elders are satisfied when seeing you have a good life. How can we remember your return? Look at your aunt, although everyone She said that she married into the palace and lived a decent life, but the rules of the palace are so big that they can’t even go back to her natal family. I’m just this one daughter. I don’t want her to be rich, but I just ask her to be safe and smooth. But fortunately, in the next few days, the palace will choose a few girls to live in. You can accompany your aunt more and take a look at her for me. This is already the greatest filial piety."

Chu Jinyao was obviously very surprised when he heard this. What did Mrs. Chu mean, and she actually liked her going to the palace as a companion? Changxinghou said that last time, did it mean the same thing? Chu Jinyao was really unexpected this time. She had no intention of dripping the muddy water of the palace, but she didn't expect that in the eyes of the elders, she had completely different plans. Chu Jinyao is not stupid. He doesn't mention the fact that he doesn't want to go to the palace. Instead, he tentatively says: "The companionship is the princess's oversight. I'm afraid I won't be able to talk and let my grandmother down.

"How come." The old lady laughed and said purposefully, "You are the prostitute of our Changxing Hou Mansion, and all the talents can be justified. It is too late for the princess to treat you as a daughter. How could you object?"

Chu Jinyao became more stunned after hearing this. She was stunned, almost unable to close her mouth. "Grandma, what do you mean..."

Old Mrs. Chu did not answer, but suddenly said something that was wrong with his head: "The last time the son came to our house, he was really handsome and energetic. Such a good son is really intriguing."

Mrs. Chu's goal turned out to be the elder son? Chu Jinyao's action was real, and she couldn't keep her mouth close. She originally thought that Mrs. Chu and Hou Changxing wanted to marry Chu Zhu a cousin, but she didn't expect that they would have caught sight of the heir of the family's palace, the eldest son Lin Xiyuan.

Oops, Chu Jinyao almost couldn't stand it anymore: "Grandma, you may overestimate me. I..."

Mrs. Chu stretched out her hand to stop Chu Jinyao's words: "These words have been said very early, you don't have to worry about these now, first take care of your own affairs."

No, Chu Jinyao is really miserable. Mrs. Chu and Hou Chang Xing actually planned to let Chu Jinyao be his concubine, they really value her! Chu Jinyao felt bitter when she thought of the unbearable first meeting with Lin Xiyuan, but she opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to explain it to Mrs. Chu.

Could it be that she sneaked over the wall and was caught by someone else?

Chu Jinyao held back for a long time and couldn't say anything. In the end, she bowed her head and said: "Okay, thank grandmother. But the granddaughter is dull, lest she disappoint her."

Chu Jinyao felt that she had already put her words here, and that she would not be able to succeed in the future, and Mrs. Chu could not blame her.

But how could Mrs. Chu think about this? Seeing Chu Jinyao's eagerness to talk, she thought Chu Jinyao had some hidden feelings. Now that she heard these words, Mrs. Chu breathed a sigh of relief. She only felt that this was the little girl's reservedness and Qiao. This Only deliberately shirk. Mrs. Chu was relieved, she was already thinking about the future of the concubine, and she said: "It's good if you understand. I will let the palace mammy come to see you, if there is anything you can't do, you can ask the palace. Mother, it’s not a problem for her to point you..."

The old lady was talking, and Chu Jinyao was thinking about it. Chu Jinyao is also an ordinary woman, who can marry the princely son of the palace, the future king of Huailing County, would that woman be unwilling? Not to mention that this elder son is also outstanding in appearance and temperament. In front of the family and the wealthy, the love between the two is a plume of smoke. In fact, it is nothing except to confuse the little girl.

Chu Jinyao slowly recalled the voice of this elder son. He seemed to be very tall, with a smile on his face. What exactly does he look like? Chu Jinyao tried hard to think about it again. He seemed to have very white skin, long neck, shining eyes, and the tails of his eyes flew slightly, and the heroic spirit was arrogant...No, this is not the son of the world, this is Qi Ze.

Chu Jinyao's heart sank suddenly. She went home for three months, and the family realized her value and wanted to cultivate her and make her a concubine in the future. No matter how you look at it, this is a very good thing, and it can even be said to have hit a big luck event.

But Chu Jinyao was suddenly inexplicably sad, Qi Ze was gone, and she finally wanted to marry.

Old Madam Chu spoke for a long time, and suddenly saw Chu Jinyao lower her head, not talking, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Although Mrs. Chu felt strange in her heart, she only felt that the little girl had a thin face, and she was embarrassed to listen to this. Mrs. Chu stopped the topic and no longer hinted in detail. Instead, she said: "Okay, I'll just say so much. You can take someone home with you. In the future, take care of the people around you. These people should follow You have been for a long time."

The last sentence can be said to have a long meaning, Chu Jinyao understands it, Mrs. Chu is saying that these people will follow her to marry into the Huailing Palace in the future. In other words, no matter how much you toss, the old lady acquiesced.

Chu Jinyao received such an incredible promise, but she was not happy in her heart. She respectfully saluted the old lady, and then took a group of people back to the yard respectfully and respectfully, looking nothing strange.

However, when she walked in the neat and silent courtyard of the Changxing Hou Mansion, the palm of her hand couldn't help poking toward her heart. There was her jade pendant hanging there. This jade pendant accompany her through the hardships of the Su family, and also accompany her through the difficult time when she returned home.

Chu Jinyao couldn't help but imagine, like before, swaying everyone back, and quietly talking to Qin Yi: "Qize, I am going to marry. My grandmother deliberately asked me to marry the elder son of the Huailing Prince's family and the elder brother of the county lord. Ruo. If it really becomes, my mother-in-law will be the most respected and noblest princess in the realm of Taiyuan. There is such a princess mother-in-law, as well as a maid-in-law of the county magistrate whose name is particularly arrogant. The so-called high marriage can really live. Is it alright?"

But she couldn't say a word of these words, she was followed by the palace mother, which was a shield and a shackle. The palace maid would prevent everyone from neglecting Chu Jinyao, but at the same time, this was also the eyeliner of the old lady's place beside Chu Jinyao. By now, she is no longer the weed that no one cared about when she first came home.

Chu Jinyao, who was inexplicably promoted from a wild grass to a beautiful flower, was not happy. How much she looked forward to this day before, but when it really came, she envied those who were accompanied by Qin Yi in the past, although it was difficult but not Carefree days.

"Five girl, what's the matter with you?" Seeing Chu Jinyao stop inexplicably, the palace mother looked far away and didn't know what she was thinking. The palace mother was very strange, so she had to remind Chu Jinyao in a low voice.

Chu Jinyao recovered, put down the jade pendant, and said, "I'm fine. Let's continue walking."

She said silently from the bottom of her heart, Qi Ze, if you leave, I want to marry. The fate between us turned out to be only here.

I wish you a great time. And I, probably some of them have grind.