Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 125: Can be admitted as a good citizen

Back at Lu Ping Garden, Qiao Lili gave the note to Cai Wei and Cai Qin, "Prepare the things for the Imperial Concubine and enter the palace tomorrow."

Then he said to Cai Ge, "See if there are any clothes suitable for the flower viewing banquet. If not, ask Nishang Pavilion to send two sets over. I will need them in three days."

Cai Ge said, "Nishang Pavilion was going to send you summer clothes a few days ago. Since you weren't here, let them send them tomorrow. Bring a few more sets for the banquet. The ones you didn't wear last year can't be worn this year. You've grown a lot this year."

Qiao Lili asked Nanny Sun: "Mammy, I'm already sixteen, can I still grow taller? I want to grow taller."

Nanny Sun smiled and said, "Why can't it grow? It can still grow a little at twenty-three, and it can still grow a little more at twenty-five." As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Lili and several maids burst into laughter. Nanny Sun was really good at coaxing people.

Qiao Lili suddenly saw some wedding cakes wrapped in red paper on the table. "Whose family has a wedding and sent these? Did they give any reward money?" She had dinner at the farm and didn't eat much because she didn't have a good appetite. Seeing the wedding cakes now, she felt a little hungry.

Caiqin brought a hot towel and wiped Qiao Lili's hands. Caiwei opened the paper package and a sweet smell mixed with the aroma of eggs came to her face. Qiao Lili immediately felt hungry. She picked up a piece and took a small bite. It was soft, sweet and melted in her mouth. The craftsmanship of making wedding cakes was quite good.

"Mrs. He, who sweeps the yard, married my daughter-in-law. She brought her here this morning. I gave her two taels of silver as a reward." Nanny Sun replied.

Qiao Lili knew who it was. Nanny He was extremely serious and responsible in her work. No wonder her grandmother chose her as her dowry in her previous life. Now she was in charge of the cleaning of the yard.

Nanny Sun didn't know how this silly Mrs. He caught the young lady's eye, but since she was a down-to-earth and hardworking person, she would be able to promote her.

"Let her in so I can ask her a few questions."

A little maid went out to pass on a message, and a moment later Mrs. He came in, her face beaming with rosy light, looking like someone in high spirits as if she were celebrating a good event.

Qiao Lili asked her, "I heard your son got married? Where does he work? Where is his wife from?"

Mother He said with a smile: "My son follows Steward Zhong to manage the farm affairs. He married a daughter of a farm family. They don't mind my slave status and are willing to follow me. What else can I say?"

"She's a good girl and she made great wedding cakes. If you make them again in the future, please send me some. I like them." Qiao Lili had eaten half of a wedding cake.

"Well, it's her blessing to be liked by the young lady." The smile on Mrs. He's face deepened.

"Pick kudzu, look at the ornaments, and pick out a pair of solid silver bracelets and silver hairpins with festive patterns." Qiao Lili took a sip of tea and said, "Tell her to live a good life, and when she gives birth to a child, let the child be registered as her own."

When Mrs. He heard this, she knelt down and said, "Miss, this is against the rules. Our family has given birth to children for two generations, and the child will belong to the Duke Ding's Mansion."

"It's okay, just listen to me." Qiao Lili finished eating a piece of wedding cake.

"Thank you for your grace, young lady." Mrs. He kowtowed three times to Qiao Lili. At this time, Cai Ge also brought the silver bracelet and silver hairpin. Mrs. He thanked her again and again and said that she would wait until the young lady was free and then she would bring her wife to kowtow.

Everyone in the room thought Qiao Lili would refuse because she didn't like to get involved in these things, but Qiao Lili said, "Okay, bring her here for me to see. I want to see when she can give you a grandson."

Nanny Sun secretly took note and decided to pay more attention to this Mrs. He.

"Miss, would you still watch this?" Cai Ge's eyes were full of stars.

"Does it count as knowing how to show it to Madam He?"

All the maids in the room were amused by her again, and everyone felt that the young lady was particularly happy today.

Yes, I am particularly happy. Seeing that the people who suffered for me in the previous life are living well, and seeing that the beating I received in the previous life has fallen on the people who beat me, how can I not be happy?

*

She is happy, and someone is unhappy.

Yu Jingyan was counting on his fingers in Shijia Village. It had been a few days and Xiaobai still hadn't flown back.

There was no other way, so he took out the letter from his chest and read it again and again. Nine pieces of looms, nine poems were all written, and they were written very well. After reading it, he still cursed in his heart: "You little heartless boy, have you forgotten Brother Jing after returning to the capital?"

Qiao Lili initially wanted to meet Concubine Yun before writing back to him, but Concubine Yun was not there. She had planned to write the letter tonight, but she would be able to meet the Concubine tomorrow, so she decided to wait until she met her before writing. If she had the chance to talk to the Emperor, she would write down the results of the conversation.

Yu Jingyan lay down but couldn't fall asleep. He thought about the day when he turned his head and saw little A-li. His heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat.

He simply didn't want to sleep, but got up and worked to get everything arranged as soon as possible. Then he would go back to the capital to marry his little A-Li.

He still needs to improve the drawings of the two sinus gates, as the newly measured data are somewhat different from the drawings he drew before.

After several experiments with the stone adhesive that Xiao Ali mentioned, it worked but was not as strong as Xiao Ali said. There must be something wrong with the ratio. He will design a few more sets of data and experiment one by one tomorrow.

The busyness came to an end when the golden rooster crowed at dawn and the east turned bright.

*

Qiao Lili slept very well that night. After waking up, she had breakfast and prepared to go to the palace.

Qiao Lili checked the gifts for the imperial concubine to see if there were any omissions. She gave her a kang table, a screen, a small table, a fan, a book about the ancient city of Dunhua, and a bunch of hairpins for her to keep as gifts. Then there were some dried fish and scallops. There were only two of the strange-shaped fruits left. The others were almost rotten, so she asked the maids to share them. Some tasted good, and some tasted horrible.

The remaining two fruits are also quite scary, with skins that are similar to snake skin. I'll take them to Aunt Yun to show her how to play with them.

Thinking that he would have to meet the emperor again, he took a few brushes, a pan flute, and some books on policy essays, geography, and folk customs written by students from Haidong Academy.

Look at the gifts for Brother Ajing's mother and the gifts for his father. One is a huge pile of large items, while the other is wrapped in a bundle and is deflated, small and few.

There is no way. Only the spring breeze can turn into rain. How can a father like you who can only write a few words when his son is young be on the same level as a mother who pulls nine carts of good things?

After everything was packed up and she ordered a car to be prepared, she brought Caiqi and Caixing to Zhenxiayuan.

As soon as she entered the room, the old lady of the Duke's wife, who was sitting and drinking tea, saw that her granddaughter was wearing a lake blue brocade skirt, a sky blue shantung gauze outer cover, dark blue wave-pattern embroidered shoes, and a cloisonné filigree hairpin and hairpin on her head, which complemented the sapphire earrings on her cheeks.

Half of her hair was combed into two flat buns, and the other half hung to her waist. When she walked, her clothes and long hair fluttered in the wind, making her look very elegant and lively.

"Hello, grandma." Qiao Lili bowed and saluted.

"Get up. You look really beautiful today. My baby Lili is pretty. She looks good in anything." The old Duke's wife held her granddaughter's hand and looked at her carefully. The child looked more and more like her mother. Her facial features were even more delicate than her mother's. When her mother got married, many young girls in the capital cried their pillows wet.

It is said that the noble ladies in the capital have a hard life. One Concubine Yun is not enough, and now there comes the wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke of Dingguo. Compared with these two people, they all seem like rotten vegetable leaves.

However, after a while, they were relieved. Concubine Yun never attended any kind of banquets, and not many people had seen her true face. Her peerless beauty only existed in legends.

The wife of the Crown Prince of Duke Dingguo's Mansion did not attend the party either. She would visit alone if there was something going on. It was said that it was because she brought Bai Rushue, who was not Marquis Bai's wife at the time, to the banquet. Bai Rushue and Marquis Bai had a scandal, and from then on, she politely declined any invitations sent to her.

Because these two people are not easily seen, and there will be no situation of being crushed by them at the banquet, the banquet gathering of the ladies continued. Without comparison, there will be no harm. Without these two people to compare with, we are all gentle, beautiful, dignified and elegant, so we can do what we should do before.