There is Room For the Poor Daughter

The day after attending the Guo family banquet, Mrs. Li received an invitation from the Jiang family.

Daohua looked at the address on the invitation, and her brows jumped up.

The Guo mansion was located on the street in front of Xiao Yeyang's mansion, while the Jiang mansion was on the back street. The two families surrounded Xiao Yeyang one after the other.

Thinking of this, Daohua felt a little irritable.

Anyone who knows that their own people are being missed by others will probably feel uncomfortable.

With this thought, Daohua's heart trembled.

own people

It turned out that deep in her heart, Xiao Yeyang was already her own?

In a daze, Daohua forgot that she was in Mrs. Li's house at the moment, and threw the invitation card in her hand, unable to control her strength and threw it directly to the ground.

When Mrs. Li saw it, she frowned immediately: "What are you doing?"

Daohua recovered, and quickly got up to pick up the invitation and put it next to Mrs. Li: "Mother, my daughter just doesn't want to go to the Jiang family's banquet."

Mrs. Li didn't give Daohua a good face this time, and said with blame: "If you don't want to be in your heart, you shouldn't show it, so that people will know what you're thinking at a glance, wouldn't it mean that you will be pinched to death? of?"

Saying that, his face is straight.

"Since it's here today, my mother has something to tell you."

"In the past, you didn't like to attend banquets. Many times my mother let you go, but now that you are older, you can't let your temperament come."

"Every family can't avoid things like parties and banquets. In the future, when you get married and take charge of the central feeder, you will have more contacts. Don't underestimate the parties between women. This is to maintain relations with other families. It is also an important channel for inquiring about news from various governments.”

"We live in the house, and there are not many channels to know about the outside world. Many news are heard or inquired at the occasion of parties and banquets. Therefore, you must learn to walk smoothly in banquets of various occasions. ."

Daohua was silent, stirring the handkerchief in her hand, and said in a muffled voice, "Mother, my daughter knows."

Mrs. Li touched her daughter's head: "The arrival of the Jiang family and the Guo family is actually quite good in my mother's opinion. It's just that you can see how the ladies in the capital communicate and act."

With that said, he picked up the invitation from the Jiang family.

"The Jiang family held a banquet on April 25th, which is quite busy. It seems that the relationship between the Guo family and the Jiang family is more tense than our image."

Hearing this, Daohua was surprised: "Mother, how did you see this?"

Mrs. Li smiled: "Mrs. Guo's mother and daughter just arrived, and Mrs. Jiang's mother and daughter moved here. In this case, either the relationship between the two families is good, or the two families are competing. Through what happened at the banquet yesterday What do you think is the case?"

"Since it is a competition, it must not lose to the other party. One party has entertained all parties, and the other party will naturally not fall. The banquet time between the two parties is obviously meant to fight in the arena. Look, Jiang The family's banquet will definitely be more grand than the Guo family's, so as to overwhelm the Guo family's limelight."

Daohua shook her head in disapproval: "Life is yours, why should you show it to others?"

Mrs. Li chuckled and sighed: "You are still young, so many things are beyond your control, and some things must be fought."

"The Guo family and the Jiang family are both high-ranking dignitaries in the capital. The contest between Mrs. Guo and Mrs. Jiang is no longer their own business, but also concerns the two families behind them."

Daohua fell silent, and finally spit out two words: "I'm really tired."

Mrs. Li smiled and said: "Isn't it true, the daughter-in-law of a noble family is not so easy to be, and of course, not everyone can do it."

Hearing this, the silk handkerchief in Daohua's hand was stirred even more.

Indeed, as Mrs. Li said, the banquet of Jiang's family on April 25th was extraordinarily grand. Not only did they invite the most prestigious Double Happiness troupe in the province to sing, but the dishes on the banquet were also top-notch. Everyone was amazed at the strong financial resources of the Jiang family.

Apart from these, what surprised everyone the most was that Jia Ma, who was sent by the Queen Mother to take care of Xiao Yeyang, appeared at the banquet.

As soon as this nanny came, she attracted everyone's attention.

Daohua also looked at it carefully. This Mammy Jia looked in her forties, her hair was neatly combed, her dress was neat and folded without any wrinkles, and her behavior was neither humble nor arrogant.

The old man beside the Queen Mother, the lady present did not dare to treat her as a mediocre servant, even Mrs. Guo, who reluctantly came to the banquet, would have to give her a little face.

"I heard that the maids in the palace are very strict. The rules and etiquette of the princess and the princess are taught by them. If they do not conform to the rules, they will directly beat the board."

"So fierce?"

"Isn't it, the little prince is really miserable, and this time there are two more discipline mammas."

Mamma Jia didn't stay for a long time, chatting with Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Guo, and then said goodbye: "There are many places in the mansion of the little prince that are not in compliance with the rules, and Sister Zhen and I came to take care of the little prince as ordered by the empress dowager and the emperor. Lord, these things must be corrected one by one."

Madam Jiang smiled and accepted the words, sighed: "Who said no, Ye Yang is a child who lives alone and has no one to take care of his daily life. He really doesn't pay much attention to his life. Fortunately, now that Mammy is here, we can rest assured. already."

Mammy Jia said very modestly: "Old slave will try to do what the queen mother told me."

Madam Jiang asked again, "By the way, mama, has Ye Yang not come back yet?"

Mammy Jia shook her head: "We've been here for a long time, but I haven't seen the little prince during this time."

Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang suddenly looked at Mrs. Li and said with a smile, "I heard that Mrs.'s son and nephew have been following Ye Yang, I wonder if they have been home during this time?"

Seeing that everyone turned their attention to herself, Mrs. Li glanced at Mrs. Jiang and said with a smile, "I haven't come back for a few days, and I said that I went to the military camp with the little prince for training."

Mammy Jia, who was about to leave, suddenly interjected: "I heard that the little prince and the Yan family have been very close all these years?"

Listening to the inquiry full of inquiry and the scrutiny of Jia Ma's eyes, Mrs. Li frowned invisibly, but quickly smiled: "When my family's children were in Wangyue Academy, I'm a classmate with the little prince."

Seeing that Mrs. Li sent her away with a word, Mammy Jia was a little unhappy. After thinking about it, she said, "I don't know if the girl from the Yan family is here. Let the old servant see you too."

These low-level officials are the most proficient in research, and they can do such things as selling women for glory.

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Mrs. Li's face could hardly be maintained. This mother Jia first said that the little prince and their family were getting close, and now she named her girl to see their family. What does this mean?

Glancing at the obscure eyes of the lady present, Mrs. Li suppressed the anger in her heart, and just as she was about to say something, she saw her daughter stand up beside her.

"The eldest daughter of the prefect of Ningmen Mansion, has seen Jia Ma!"

Daohua took two steps forward, gave a decent and generous salute, and then raised a smile: "I don't know what Mammy Jia wants to see the little girl?"

Mammy Jia saw that Daohua was not at all stage frightened, and she was not afraid to look at her. There was no reverence between her brows. She had always claimed to be an old man in the Queen Mother's Palace, and she felt offended. Xi Lai, some unscrupulously looked at Dao Hua for a while, and gave a light evaluation: "It really is a good color."

In the palace, even the prince and princess could affectionately call her 'Mama Jia' when they saw her. The girl from the fourth-rank official family in front of her dared not to take her seriously. In this way, she had to teach her. How to be human.

As soon as Jia Ma's words came out, Mrs. Li's face sank directly.

No one would comment on a girl who hasn't left the cabinet as "good color", as if she was saying that her daughter would serve in Israel, this Jia mama is simply deceiving people too much.

Just when Mrs. Li wanted to stand up and argue, Daohua spoke up again: "I heard that all the mamas in the palace know the etiquette and the rules. Mammy Jia is really good."

Seeing Daohua, who had a slight smile on her face and returned to Mammy Jia, the ladies present could not help but widen their eyes.

Guo Xueming and Jiang Wanying also looked at Daohua with obvious surprise and surprise in their eyes.

This eldest girl from the Yan family has openly confronted the mammy in the Queen Mother's Palace, how courageous she is!

Daohua ignored everyone's reaction, and didn't even look at Mammy Jia who was shocked, but turned to look at Madam Jiang and Madam Guo with a smile.

"The little girl has never been to the capital, and I am puzzled by something, and I would like to ask the two ladies to explain it."

Madam Jiang frowned slightly and did not answer.

Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "What doubts are there? Come and listen, if I don't know, there is Mrs. Jiang." The enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention that the Yan family has helped the master, she is also willing to give Yan The big girl relieved.

Daohua said with a smile, "Are all the people in the capital so boastful? I heard that there are a lot of noble girls in the capital, and they all look extraordinary. Compared with them, I can't match them."

"Mother Jia just called me a 'good color', so are the noble girls in the capital even more 'good color'?"

Looking at Daohua's eyes full of curiosity, Mrs. Guo was at a loss for words. How could she answer this?

It is not a compliment to say that the girl has a good color in public, and it even carries a certain malice in it.

Madam Jiang and Jia Ma, who were next to them, were surprised and angry when they heard Dao Hua say this.

Mammy Jia was stunned for a while before she opened her mouth to deny: "When did the old slave say that the ladies of the capital are 'good colors'?" She was not arrogant enough to openly arrange the ladies of the capital.

Daohua looked at Mammy Jia without a smile: "Why, I misunderstood Mammy's meaning? But you even praised me, how could you be stingy about praising the noble girls in the capital? Forget about the rest. Those who can enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother, won't you give a few compliments?"

Mammy Jia looked at Daohua, who was not afraid to face her directly, unexpectedly and angrily. She was a member of the Queen Mother's Palace. Isn't she afraid of offending her?

She didn't speak, and Daohua did continue to speak: "Mother Jia, you have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and you may not know who my father is, so listen now."

"My father is the prefect of Ningmen Mansion personally appointed by the current sage. Maybe in your eyes, he is not as good as those high-ranking officials you usually see in the palace, but since he became an official, he has devoted himself to serving the emperor. , even if it is a fourth-rank official, it is a court-appointed official appointed by the emperor."

Saying that, he patted his chest.

"I am the eldest daughter of the prefect of Ningmen House. I saw Mammy Jia for the first time today. I don't know how I offended you. I want you to be so humiliated."

Listening to Daohua's straightforward questioning, Jia Ma immediately became dumbfounded.

In the capital, even if the girls were wronged, they would endure it silently. Even if they couldn’t swallow it, they would go back with euphemistic and vague words. How could there be someone like this eldest girl from the Yan family who would tear it apart in public. cheeky?

Openly humiliated the daughter of a court official, and there was nothing wrong with it before. If this matter broke out, even if she was a member of the Queen Mother's Palace, she would be punished.

Mammy Jia suddenly felt a little difficult to ride a tiger, and glanced at Madam Jiang.

Madam Jiang was also a little stunned. After receiving Mamma Jia's call for help, she was thinking about how to smooth things out. At this moment, a maid walked over quickly.

When Mrs. Jiang saw it, she immediately asked, trying to use this to divert the matter: "But what's the matter?"

The maid who came was newly bought by Mrs. Jiang after she moved to Ningmen Mansion. It was the first time she came to pass a message. Seeing Mrs. Jiang's question, she didn't think much about it, and immediately replied:

"Go back to Madam, Yan Zhifu brought the two sons of the Yan family to visit the master. When I was just passing through the garden, I heard something going on here. The master learned that someone had bumped into Miss Yan, and wanted to ask you to bring him over so that he could be with Yan. Let's ask what happened together."

Hearing the answer, Mrs. Jiang was stunned for a moment. Why are Master and Lord Yan here?

And where did this maid come from, she can't answer a word, should she be asked to send Mammy Jia to the front yard for questioning?

At this time, Mrs. Jiang noticed that the maid who answered the question was face-lifting, and she felt remorse in her heart.

I moved in in a hurry, and the manpower was not enough, so I bought a new maid, otherwise, such a mistake would never happen.

Compared with Madam Jiang's anger, Madam Guo immediately caught the point: "Master Yan, but Young Master Yan and Young Master Yan?"

The maid nodded: "It's the two young masters."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li and Daohua looked happy, while Mrs. Guo suddenly stood up and asked eagerly, "Young Master Yan is back, so is Ye Yang back?"

The maid looked dazed and shook her head: "This slave does not know."

Madam Jiang was already back to her senses, and she waved to the maid who replied, "Go down." Thinking of Ye Yang and the Yan family being good friends, she couldn't help but glance at Mammy Jia and gave her a calm look.

Momma Jia didn't want to stay here any longer when she heard Mrs. Guo say that Xiao Yeyang might come back. Seeing Mrs. Jiang's eyes, although she was very reluctant, the years of life in the palace made her feel very reluctant. After practicing the ability to bend and stretch, he immediately walked to Daohua and gave a blessing.

"It's the old slave who said the wrong thing, please don't blame Mrs. Yan."

Daohua looked at Mammy Jia, who was half-squatting, and stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Mammy, do you know what the sharpest weapon in this world is?"

Mammy Jia raised her head in surprise, with anger in her eyes, she had already apologized in public, and this eldest girl from the Yan family was still chasing her, so she didn't know what to do.

Daohua didn't care about her and continued: "It's a human mouth, when you open and close your mouth, I get the reputation of 'good color', and now you say something lightly, you're wrong, and you want to expose the matter , I can forgive you, but can you guarantee that others will not spread it?"