Xia Wen went to entertain Juren Liu in front, and Zhao Changqing accompanied Mrs. Xia to meet Yang Yufu.

Yang Yufu first presented a gift list, and her words were very in line with her own temperament. She was very gentle and not delicate, showing a kind of peace and generosity, which was different from ordinary ladies in small families. "I heard that the customs and food in the imperial capital were very different from our Sichuan. I thought, so I prepared some local things from my hometown, which were not expensive. My aunt, cousin's wife, and sister tasted it, and only took it back to my hometown."

Mrs. Xia laughed, "I'm interested. I'm here this time, are you going to prepare for the Spring Examination?"

Yang Yufu said, "Yes. My husband missed his current subjects and wanted to come to the imperial capital to study earlier so that he could prepare for his next subjects. The student had already issued a seal letter to enter the Imperial College. We thought that we would rent a small house near the Imperial College to facilitate our studies. However, my husband and I have never been to the Imperial College. We were not familiar with the place, so we came to defect to my aunt and uncle with shame." As he said, Yang Yufu had a slight sense of humility. I thought that there were not many such things as relying on relatives, let alone the Xia family was in great trouble because of her.

Mrs. Xia said politely, "This is a heretic. Just keep it in check, it's not an outsider." If you keep your heart in mind, Mrs. Xia will definitely be more than these two and a half words.

Yang Yufu said in a gentle voice, "My aunt is natural and convenient here, but I think it's closer to the Imperial College and it's also convenient for my husband to study. I'm not familiar with things like renting houses in the imperial capital, so I have to ask my aunt to give us some advice."

Mrs. Xia smiled at Zhao Changqing and said, "It's simple. Tell your cousin's wife. Our house is also found by your cousin's wife. The location is good and the house is affordable."

Zhao Changqing then continued, "Don't worry, cousin, I'll call Pingshun over later. He is the manager of the family. He is familiar with everything inside and outside the imperial capital. He also knows a few of the money in the business. What kind of house do you want to find? Just tell him and let him do it for you."

Yang Yufu hurriedly said, "Please trouble my cousin's wife."

Afterwards, Yang Yufu proposed to pay tribute to Mrs. Xia. Mrs. Xia asked, "Mrs. Xia said she was sick, but Yang Yufu was tactful and didn't say anything else."

Old Mrs. Xia had long been tired of the Yang family and said to Aunt Xia, "The Yang family was the one who was doing this before. Your sister-in-law is ungrateful and even took her family to marry her. She would be happy to destroy the family sooner or later."

Aunt Xia laughed, "My mother also calmed down. After all, she is the niece of my sister-in-law. That girl Fu likes to come to our house since she was a child. My sister-in-law treats her and is almost the same as her daughter. After all, she has the previous relationship, and my brother is back now, and our family is better. My sister-in-law married Brother Wen to such a rich wife. I probably forgot about the previous incident." After hearing this, I really don't know whether to persuade others or to give in.

Sure enough, Old Mrs. Xia snorted coldly, and the result of the angrier was that she asked Zhao Changqing to speak.

Now Mrs. Xia is really polite. When Zhao Changqing comes, she will give her a big gold bracelet first. Looking at Zhao Changqing's expression as if he is heart-wrenching, Zhao Changqing is so cold that he is thinking to himself, is this old lady doing something wrong with her behind her back? Old Mrs. Xia smiled and tried to be kind and kind, but she has been tricky for most of her life. It is a bit unnatural if she can't be kind. However, it is enough to express kindness. Old Mrs. Xia said, "Our grandparents and grandchildren have never been good at talking. Alas, this is all fate."

Old Mrs. Xia sighed pretendingly, even the luck was pulled out and messing with people. Zhao Changqing held back and didn't laugh out loud. She had guessed why Mrs. Xia was looking for her.

Mrs. Xia said that she gave Zhao Changqing the gold bracelet and said, "This was passed down to me by Brother Wen'er's grandmother. Today, I will pass it to you. Don't look older, this is a solid gold bracelet. Nowadays, people pay attention to the style. Those kinds of tricks are good-looking and not honest. They don't have the value of this when they get to the pawnshop. They were originally a pair. That year, your father-in-law came to the imperial capital to take the imperial examination and took it as a Jinshi, and I used it to be a pawnshop and exchanged it for a hundred taels of silver to pay him. Later, he didn't take the exam again, not because he didn't have that talent, but because he was afraid of spending all his family. He worked as a coach in the county school, and his family business gradually flourished. Brother Wen was more clever than his father. That child would recite the book once and be kind to others. Alas, he was too kind, and this wouldn't work."

"You have been married into our family for a short time, and I don't know what's going on with our family." Old Mrs. Xia sighed in a rhyme, "Brother Wen can study, and he won the scholar on the 16th. Oh my God, it alarmed the whole county at that time. The county magistrate praised Brother Wen for being good at learning and will have a great future. Brother Wen was the age to be a scholar, and he was a good temper and talented..." Anyway, Old Mrs. Xia was in his heart, Xia Wen had no shortcomings all over her body. Zhao Changqing was familiar with this tone of selling melons, and Mrs. Ling Er often praised him so much.

Mei Lingteng. Of course, Old Mrs. Xia also had some unsatisfactory points. She took Zhao Changqing's hand and stroked the gold bracelet she personally wore on Zhao Changqing's wrist and said, "How many people told me to kiss Brother Wen at the beginning, I said, Brother Wen is still young, and in addition, he has good talent and has studied hard for a few years. If he can take another step forward in fame, he might have a better marriage. Brother Wen is my grandson, and I dare say that I took out this from my heart. Oh, but Brother Wen'er's mother, and he decided to make the Yang girl without saying a word."

Old Mrs. Xia sighed, "I will make the decision on my son's marriage. Of course, the grandson's parents are the decision on my grandson's marriage. I am a grandmother, and I am the duty to enjoy a few days of happiness with my eyes closed. I am not willing to take care of other things." Hearing this, Zhao Changqing laughed in his heart and layed the steps for Old Mrs. Xia, "Where can it be? As the saying goes, if there is an old family, it is like a treasure. It takes the old lady to give us more advice."

Old Mrs. Xia thought to herself, "Who doesn't love money? Zhao is so rich, giving her a gold bracelet. Look at her face, it's different immediately, and she's very listening to what she says. Old Mrs. Xia gave Zhao Changqing a gold bracelet today. She really has something to say to Zhao Changqing. It's rare that Zhao Changqing is tactful and recognizes people after receiving gold. Old Mrs. Xia sighed, "You are more clever than when I was younger, and I don't have much to give you any advice. It's just that I feel so depressed. No one is talking, it's really uncomfortable." Old Mrs. Xia sighed and continued, "Just say that this Yang family girl is the daughter of Brother Wen'er's aunt's family. She has always come to our house since she was a child, and I am her granddaughter. The Yang family is also a family who studies. Mr. Yang is an old scholar and has not won many years. Hi, I don't pick a family either. As long as my daughter is good, it's done."

"I also know Brother Wen'er's mother's heart. Her two aunts are kissing her niece as a daughter-in-law. In the future, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are intimate. Who doesn't have any thoughts about this person? I understand." Old Mrs. Xia still understood, but Zhao Changqing also knew that when the old lady Xia wanted to marry her niece to Xia Wen, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fought and lost 10% to Mrs. Xia, so Xia Wen decided on Miss Yang. Later, the marriage changed, and naturally became the handle of Mrs. Xia in her hand, and she would come out to talk about it from time to time. Now the same is true. Old Mrs. Xia said, "Miss Yang, I can see that I can pass it right first. Who knows that I know people but not my heart, and that a disaster has come from heaven."

"I don't know why Miss Yang took a fancy to the Prince of Shu. We can't afford to offend the prince of Shu, and we dare not provoke him. I just hate you that you didn't see Mrs. Yang at that time. He was so happy that he came to our house to quit the bride!" Mrs. Xia was still very annoyed and spat on the ground, "Hmph! Such a family wants me to say that it's better to quit the bride! Otherwise, when it's a kiss, I'd still see how much loss it will be! If I had known that his family was so unbearable, even if I had fought my life, I wouldn't have called Brother Wen to decide!"

"Although the family was angry, fortunately, the marriage was retired, and Brother Wen was talented and learned good character. Our family was not the poor family. There was no worry about the children not finding a wife." Old Mrs. Xia said, "For no reason, Brother Wen went to prison, and the family became a headless fly. Brother Wen asked everywhere, spending money to ask others to seek relationships, and ruining the family business for a long time. Fortunately, God blessed them, father and son survived the disaster, and later blessings asked Brother Wen to marry me such a granddaughter-in-law who was knowledgeable and polite in the border town."

Zhao Changqing married into the Xia family for three years. When he heard Old Lady Xia praise her for the first time, he smiled and said, "The old lady has been too rewarded."

"Not a reward, I'm just a heart-wrenching truth." Old Mrs. Xia said seriously, "How good you are. You are from a martial arts family. I heard that the in-laws have been promoted to the fifth-rank Qianjia. The in-laws are also Jinshi at a young age, and they are very ambitious. Not to mention you, they are not picky in appearance and temper, and are not those who dislike the poor and love the rich and admire wealth. At that time, we were in the border town, and our family was in trouble. What do you want? It's just a person Tuwen Geer. Later, he followed Wen Geer thousands of miles back to our Qingcheng County. Sister Lian couldn't stand you and you didn't care about her. Wen Geer was taking the Juren exam, and you accompanied him to Chengdu Prefecture. Wen Geer exam, you accompanied him to the imperial capital. If you didn't serve and take care of him by your side, he wouldn't have earned fame and fortune so quickly."

"The old saying goes well. If you have a good wife in your family, you won't suffer any disaster. This is the reason." Old Mrs. Xia was serious and looked kind. The words she said were extremely vicious. She not only praised Zhao Changqing and mocked Mrs. Xia.

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I heard from my wife that I have calculated to go to the Immortal Palace. Our family has had some obstacles in those two years. Now we have changed our luck and everything has been going well. Don't worry, the old lady."

"Don't worry?" Old Mrs. Xia raised her two few eight-character eyebrows, revealing a little bit of strength, and said, "I can't worry even if I die! The person named Yang is here again, right? I want to come to pay my respects to me, but I feel disgusted at it!"

"I was driven out of Shu Palace and cried and said, "At the time she was thinking about Brother Wen, and Prince Shu got angry and was punished." Old Mrs. Xia sneered, "I don't believe this! She wanted to recite Brother Wen and could follow the Shu Palace! She wanted to recite Brother Wen, and she should have hit her head to death and never go to the Shu Palace! If she was indeed a chaste, she would not have today! She has today, she has become a bitch, and she came to our house to set up a archway, which would not work!"

Old Mrs. Xia was really angry. If she were in the Xia family, she would have someone to chase Yang Yufu out. However, now she lives in Zhao Changqing's house and she is not easy to interfere. Moreover, this is a good opportunity to win over Zhao Changqing, so she doesn't believe that any woman would like a former fiancée who had been married to her husband to live in her house.

No matter how generous a person is, he will not feel happy.

At first, she had little relationship with Zhao Changqing. Old Mrs. Xia thought she had the responsibility to have no children for three years when Zhao Changqing came in, and she had the final say in this family. Unexpectedly, the reason for having no children for three years was not Zhao Changqing. After a few days of silence, Old Mrs. Xia had to change her strategy, from a tough and iron fist to a gentle style.

Zhao Changqing said in a gentle voice, "I heard from cousin Yang that his cousin is going to study in the Imperial College. They plan to rent a small house near the Imperial College."

"Then ask them to rent it!" asked Old Mrs. Xia, "Do you like her to live in our house?"

Zhao Changqing only smiled and said, "I know you have a tender face and the Yang family is a relative of your mother-in-law. It's hard for you to say the word "no."

"Don't get me wrong with old lady, my wife has no intention of staying hard."

"She understands it." Old Mrs. Xia thought that the Yang family was not angry with her daughter-in-law, and she hated her son for greed for her dowry. She suffered such a disaster because she did not marry the right person. But now that her grandson has married a wife, she can't do anything about this unlucky wife.

When Zhao Changqing left, Aunt Xia came out from the inside and said, "Mother is so willing to do it. She gave all the treasures in the box to her grandson's wife."

Old Mrs. Xia said, "I know that I'll be jealous of others all day long. When will I make others jealous of you, you won't have to jealous of others anymore."

"I just say this, can I really be jealous of a gold bracelet?" Besides, it was not the treasure that my mother had in the box. Miss Xia smiled, "I'm afraid that my mother would use the wrong heart and express the wrong love in vain. They are the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the mother-in-law, where is the same layer between them?"

Old Mrs. Xia sneered, "If you kiss, you will not kiss. There are no women in this world who are not jealous. Even if you kiss, Zhao will not like Yang. This thing is a habit of being scheming. Don't even look at her silently. Now she doesn't even say the word "no". She hasn't caught the opportunity to say "no". When she catches her, it will look good."

Aunt Xia flattered her mother, "Mom, you can still beat it now."

Old Mrs. Xia was a little low with Zhao Changqing for half a day, and she felt a little angry. Before the fire was released, Aunt Xia came to provoke her while the stove was hot. Old Mrs. Xia was fat and water didn't flow into the outside world. The anger in her stomach was irritated on Aunt Xia. She heard Old Mrs. Xia say, "I can't calculate, but I just think that you lost so much after you took her so much and gained a memory."

Aunt Xia's face choked her mother and said for a while, "What's the matter between this? Mom, why are you talking about this?"

Old Mrs. Xia sneered, "It's not too late when it's too late? I said that it's okay to ask Sister Lian to go to her cousin's wife to behave, why is it so difficult? She's trying to make a fucking shit on her own and wants others to accommodate you. I told you, there's no way!"

Aunt Xia said, "Children need shame, I'll just talk about her tomorrow."

Old Mrs. Xia said, "Yes, children need shame, this old man is shameless."

Aunt Xia choked to death again, but fortunately this was her own mother. Aunt Xia poured a cup of warm tea for me, half complaining, "Mom, what's wrong with you?" She spoke sarcastically.

Old Mrs. Xia took the tea and drank most of the cup, waved her hand, "It's okay, go, don't guard me anymore, you're upset."

At this point, Aunt Xia realized that, Oh, I was in a bad mood.

Zhao Changqing's mood was not as bad as Old Mrs. Xia thought. When Zhao Changqing returned to her yard, Xia Wen had already come back and laughed, "What are grandma asking you for? If you don't come back, I'll go find you."

Zhao Changqing sat beside her husband and smiled, "The old man is fine, he just wants to find someone to talk. You can guess it if I don't say it, so please advise your wife more."

Xia Wen knew that it was exactly what he guessed, "Has the old lady talked about the Yang family again?"

"The cousin of the Yang family has not lived for a long time. I'm afraid that I have never been to the imperial capital. Only our family members will just stay for a few days." Zhao Changqing said, "The wife is a concubine. Can she still drive her out? The old lady is angry for the master. Thinking of the hardships that the master suffered at the beginning, she felt unhappy and asked me to go over and talk to me."

Xia Wen sighed, "It's not that the old lady is angry." If Song Jia hadn't been with her all the way to the northwest, the Xia family might not have been able to reach the border town at all. The hardships and difficulties were all things that Xia Wen had personally experienced and could not forget.

Zhao Changqing laughed, "If you don't say often, it's hard to make a clean official do things." Things between relatives are the most difficult to tell, and there is no reason in the world to explain. Just like Mrs. Ling, the Zhao family was so annoyed that she came out of the temple and came to the door with shame. Ling could not beat her out. Friends broke off their friendship, and they could just cut off their robe. If they put them on their relatives, they would be useless to cut anything.

Zhao Changqing asked, "How is Liu Juren?"

Xia Wendao, "You can see how you are a person for a while, it looks quite realistic now."

Zhao Changqing didn't say much, but Xia Wen himself had already told the manager to find a house for the Liu family as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be awkward for the family. Don't think that Mrs. Xia was the most contradictory one. For Yang Yufu's visit, if others don't talk much, it would be generous and unwilling to worry about it. Even if Mrs. Xia talks so much, it is reasonable. Only Mrs. Xia is not pleasing to you inside and outside.

In the Xia family, Yang Yufu is also a tactful person. She just stays in Guixiang Courtyard on weekdays, unless she goes out to see the house with Juren Liu, she will never show up again. The Xia family is very attentive in helping find a house. In just ten days, she found a Kexin house. There are small courtyards and ten rooms, with some simple furniture inside, with a rent of three taels and two cents a month.

The couple found a suitable house and moved in. Before leaving, Yang Yufu gave two pairs of shoes, one pair to Mrs. Xia and the other pair to Zhao Changqing. Mrs. Xia looked at the fine stitches on the shoes and the vivid bats embroidered on the upper, and didn't know what it felt like.

In contrast, Zhao Changqing's reaction was much simpler. Zhao Changqing could tell at a glance that this Miss Yang must be a very good at female celebrities.

When Hong'er saw Zhao Changqing carefully looking at the shoes made by Miss Yang, she couldn't help but say, "Grandma, I'd better put away these shoes. We have shoes, so we don't wear the ones she made." Hong'er was a little maid picked up from the Zhao family's village. When she just followed Zhao Changqing, she was only in her teens and became a big girl in a blink of an eye. She looked pretty and very clever. Now Yongfu is in charge of the affairs of the inner house at home, and most of these things around Zhao Changqing are Hong'er cooking. Unlike Yongfu's calmness and taciturnity, Hong'er is a talkative person.

Zhao Changqing laughed, "Put it away." She didn't plan to wear it either.

Hong'er wrapped her shoes and put them under the box, "I always feel that cousin is not very authentic."

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Where do you come from?"

"You are so thick-faced, you can't help but be careful." Hong'er reminded Zhao Changqing.

Zhao Changqing said, "I've left, and there won't be too many interactions in the future."

Hong'er said seriously, "Grandma, you have achieved success in your heart and mind, and you have also lost your heart and mind. I also know that this cousin has been to join you when you encounter difficulties, but think about it, this imperial capital is not so easy to gain a foothold. The Liu family is not a rich family. If you have difficulties today, you can come to your door with shamelessness. No matter how difficult it is tomorrow, you will naturally be able to come with shamelessness. If you have this skin, you will not feel thicker after a few times. You think there will be no too much contact, and it is hard to say in the future."

"Anyway, you must be careful." Hong'er prepared a cup of peach juice from the blue and white porcelain jar, for fear that Zhao Changqing would suffer. Zhao Changqing took a sip and it was cool. It was just enough to relieve the heat when facing the hot weather. Hong'er smiled, "It's not time to use ice, so I asked someone to put it in the well and borrow the coolness in the well."

Zhao Changqing asked, "Did you buy ice?"

Hong'er smiled, "Pingshun has already decided. Our house has an ice kiln. We have to buy ice from outside this summer. I heard from Pingshun that we will save some ice by ourselves during the twelfth lunar month, so we don't have to buy it from outside next year, and we can save a lot of money."

Zhao Changqing asked, "Are there any interesting things in recent days?" Hong'er was originally from the border town. She liked heterodiction, went out to deliver things, and accompanied Zhao Changqing out. She had always been a false alarmist, and liked to inquire about others, and she was more informed than Zhao Changqing. Whenever she heard anything new and interesting, Hong'er would say that she knew about Zhao Changqing and relieved Zhao Changqing's boredom.

Hong'er smiled, "There is something amazing in the imperial capital now, not new, but the wealthy families in the imperial capital are paying attention."

"What's the matter? Just tell me, and I'll sell the lawsuit." Zhao Changqing smiled and called the little maid Banxia, ​​"I'll pour you a cup of peach juice for Sister Hong'er, so I'll make my throat more exciting."

Hong'er hurriedly thanked the reward and said, "Last time Uncle Abai got engaged, I heard from the palace that the Empress in the Palace wanted to find a few companions of the right age for His Highness to read for His Highness."

"This is not uncommon, I have heard of it."

Hong'er sent Banxia down and said, "Grandma doesn't know that there are two princesses in the palace who are just a good age. One is the ninth princess born to the Empress. The ninth princess and His Highness the Prince are twins. They were born on the Shangyuan Festival by chance. It is said that the queen's fortune is also the Shangyuan Festival. The mother and child are born on the same day. How rare is this. When the Empress gave birth to the crown prince and the princess, His Majesty was very happy. It is a pity for the whole world. You can imagine how favored the Ninth Princess is."

Zhao Changqing asked, "Where is that ten princess?"

"The biological mother of the Tenth Princess is Empress De Concubine, but she has passed away." Hong'er lowered her voice, "Empress De Concubine is the half-sister of the Empress. It is said that she was born in a beautiful country and is a peerless beauty. Empress De Concubine entered the palace earlier than the Empress. The eighth prince in the palace was also born by Empress De Concubine. I heard that Empress De Concubine died of dysfunction when she gave birth to the Tenth Princess. After Empress De Concubine De, there were many gossips saying that Empress De's death was related to the Empress?"

Zhao Changqing rebuked lightly, "This is nonsense. Although I have never seen the queen, how far a person can see is related to what she will do. Why do you think the inner house is easy to be in chaos? That is because the woman in the inner house cannot see outside and will be in this place for the rest of her life. It would be strange if the queen is not like this." From the academy run by the Queen, Zhao Changqing felt that Queen Song was at least an open-minded person. Concubine De could give birth to a son and a daughter and give birth to a beautiful country. She must be a favorite concubine, but no matter how much she favored her, did the Emperor not help her favored concubine? In the end, the Ming Dynasty married Empress Song.

Zhao Changqing asked, "Will the Empress De die before, or should the Prince stand in front?"

Hong'er said, "The Concubine De died first. Later, Your Majesty was sick for a while. When Your Majesty recovered from the dragon body, the Crown Prince was appointed."

Zhao Changqing said, "That's it. This cannot be done by the Empress." With Empress Song's wisdom, she could not do such stupid things.

Hong'er smiled, "I'm listening to the rumors outsiders. When they say it, I believe it all."

Zhao Changqing laughed, "I used to be like this, and I believe whatever people say. It can be seen that there is a master who has the same servant."

Hong'er smiled, "Where is anyone who says this? Big grandma, you have a good heart, so everyone can feel sorry for you."

Zhao Changqing asked, "Then is the palace for the Ninth Princess and the Tenth Princess to choose a companion to read?"
To be continued...