Then there is no more

Bian Jingyu personally packed up a thank you gift, and took Jiaojiao to Wen's house.

This thank you gift is particular.The Wen family and the Bian family are quite far apart, if Bian Jingyu's gifts are not thoughtful, people will inevitably look down upon them, thinking that the Uncle Anping's mansion is really in decline, and they can't even show a decent gift of thanks.But if Bian Jingyu's gift is too elaborate, she will be suspected of clinging to the Wen family.Therefore, the thank you gifts prepared by Bian Jingyu are all cats can use, such as exquisitely shaped cat teasers, cat balls and so on.

The handle of the cat teaser is decorated with gemstones of various colors, which is novel and unique.

Compared with the Wen family, although Bian Jingyu has some talent and fame, she is still an inconspicuous little character.He felt somewhat uneasy.But he changed his mind, Jiaojiao was in Madam Wen's care, so he should come to thank her.Since he has no intention of clinging to the Wen family, he can act calmly.If Mrs. Wen really valued Jiaojiao, he only went to visit friends with Jiaojiao; if Wen's family behaved indifferently, they would not visit her again in the future.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wen was more amiable than Bian Jingyu imagined, and she actually met him in person.

Because Bian Jingyu handed over the greeting card, the concierge of Wen's family was instructed to let him in directly.Another well-dressed woman led him into the side hall of the inner courtyard.Bian Jingyu knew that the Wen family must have strict rules, so she didn't look sideways the whole time, her eyes only looked at the square inch of her feet, she looked like an introverted young man.Mrs. Wen was sitting in the side hall.Seeing Jiaojiao coming, the white cat in her arms jumped to the ground and circled around Bian Jingyu's feet.Bian Jingyu also put Jiaojiao on the ground.The two cats started to play, and the white cat licked Jiaojiao's ears very attentively.

Bian Jingyu saluted to Mrs. Wen, and Mrs. Wen ordered her servants to serve Bian Jingyu some refreshments.

Mrs. Wen is more than ten years older than Mrs. Lu, and Bian Jingyu is still an unmarried teenager. She is the elder, and Bian Jingyu is the junior. Naturally, there is no such thing as a male and female defense between the two of them.Mrs. Wen said with a smile: "So it's called Jiaojiao, it's a really good name."

Bian Jingyu smiled shyly.

After all, Bian Jingyu is very good at dealing with wives of this age because she is often close to her mother and grandmother.He was good-looking, with a gentle and bookish air about him, as long as he sat there quietly and obediently, he could easily be liked by the wives.

"... I don't know what's going on. Since last summer, my daughter's appetite has not been as good as before. I invited a herdsman to see her, but the herdsman couldn't say anything. Fortunately, I met Jiao a few days ago. Jiao, my niece has been running around with Jiaojiao, and her appetite has improved a lot." Mrs. Wen looked at Jiaojiao with loving eyes, which shows that she really likes Jiaojiao.The white cat she raises is called Nannan, and she really raises it as a daughter.

Bian Jingyu smiled and said, "Jiaojiao is really naughty."

The two exchanged the experience of raising cats, and Bian Jingyu solemnly thanked Mrs. Wen for taking care of Jiaojiao.Mrs. Wen said with a smile: "If you really want to thank me, why don't you let Jiaojiao stay with me today. My daughter didn't see it yesterday, and she was restless all day. Let them go around today. Don't worry, you will be here today." Here, no one can bully Jiaojiao. At night, I will ask the steward to send Jiaojiao back in person, what do you think?"

Bian Jingyu naturally agreed.He knew in his heart that Mrs. Wen's ability to entertain him in person was probably because she wanted to keep Jiaojiao, and it was all for Jiaojiao's sake.Therefore, Bian Jingyu didn't sit for a long time, and chatted with Mrs. Wen for a while, then got up and said goodbye very interestingly.

When Bian Jingyu returned home empty-handed, Uncle Anping and his eldest son Bian Jiayu were waiting for him in the study.Bian Jingyu narrated her experience in Wen's house in detail.Hearing that Mrs. Wen personally entertained Bian Jingyu, Uncle An Ping asked in surprise, "That little thing has such a big face?"

"Father, it's also because there is nothing in our house." Bian Jingyu said.

The Bian family is indeed a bit inconspicuous. Before the two brothers Bian Jiayu and Bian Jingyu have fully grown up, the Bian family will not attract attention.But precisely because the Bian family has fallen, Mrs. Wen can rest assured that she likes Jiaojiao.If Jiaojiao was not the cat of Bian's family, but the cat of a certain Shangshu's family, or the cat of a certain concubine's mother's family, Mrs. Wen would probably only sigh regretfully, but she would never see Jiaojiao again.

Because the Shangshu or the concubine's mother clan, they all have forces involved behind them.No matter how much Mrs. Wen likes cats, she must first consider her position as Wen's daughter-in-law and the mother of the princess.If there is a conflict of positions, even one's own biological child can be abandoned, let alone a cat?

The decline of the Bian family has its advantages.Just because the Bian's house is in decline, it is clean, which makes people feel at ease.

Uncle An Ping understood what Bian Jingyu meant, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.To put it bluntly, Mrs. Wen just thinks that the current Bian family can't do anything wrong or succeed, so she can indulge her liking for Jiaojiao.And she personally entertained Bian Jingyu today, probably because she was observing Bian Jingyu's character, seeing that Jiaojiao's master is not the kind of frivolous and presumptuous person, she will let Bian Jingyu often take Jiaojiao to Wen's house in the future walk around.

Mrs. Wen's liking for Jiaojiao will not be greater than her sense of responsibility to the family.

Bian Jingyu said: "Father, this is also our destiny."

For the Bian family, having some friendship with the Wen family was naturally something they wished for.Even though the Wen family is the mother's family of the Crown Princess, they are close to the Wen family, and it seems that they naturally belong to the Crown Prince's school.But that's not what it said.Respecting the prince is not called "seeking the merits of the dragon", because the prince means orthodoxy, and respecting the prince is actually respecting the emperor and the orthodoxy of the royal family.Respecting the emperor and emphasizing orthodoxy are the mainstream thoughts of scholars at this time.Under the circumstance that the crown prince has no faults, if he insists on getting close to other princes, that would be called seeking the merits of the dragon!

Doesn't the concubine in the palace depend on the queen to survive?Concubine Shun is uncle Anping's younger sister, and aunt of Bian Jiayu and Bian Jingyu.As long as you don't think that the queen is more important than the emperor, and you don't think that the prince is more important than the emperor, then it is not wrong to get close to the queen and prince.Emphasizing the law of prostitution is emphasizing the law of etiquette!

Of course, if the emperor is hostile to the prince, then the prince's boat will not be so easy to board.

However, the emperor clearly values ​​the prince very much now, as long as the prince does not die, his position will always be stable.Moreover, firstly, the Bian family did not have direct contact with the prince, and secondly, the Bian family was indeed too inconspicuous, so the benefits of making friends with the Wen family far outweighed the disadvantages of standing in line in the future.

It can be said that this time, Jiaojiao has become the most noble master among Uncle Anping by relying on her strength (beauty).

If the Wen family held a banquet, Uncle An Ping never received the invitation, but Jiaojiao turned out to be the guest of honor of the Wen family.

People are not as good as cats, people are not as good as cats!

An Pingbo decided to give Jiaojiao a monthly allowance, just like the allowance for his two daughters... No, it has to be the same as the allowance for his two sons.The son has to go out to socialize, so the monthly allowance is higher than that of the daughter.Jiaojiao is also a social person now... a cat!

"About the corn..." Uncle Anping asked.

Uncle Anping is not qualified to face the saint, but he can deliver posts to the emperor.Every year on the Longevity Day, Uncle Anping sends a message to congratulate the emperor on his longevity.But the emperor has a lot to do every day, and posts like this are generally not read.If Uncle Anping wanted to be seen by the emperor, he had to go all the way, so he couldn't hide the corn matter.How to quietly present the corn to the Holy One?Uncle An Ping originally planned to contact some of Shen Deyuan's former friends.However, now that the Bian family has come into contact with the Wen family because of Jiaojiao, An Pingbo seems to have seen a better way.

Bian Jingyu said with a smile: "It's not the time yet. Let's wait."

"Then when will it be!" An Pingbo asked again.

"The corn in the field hasn't fully grown yet. We only have a handful of corn seeds on hand, which is not enough. We have to wait until the corn grows." Bian Jingyu said calmly.He still didn't say a word, that is, we have to wait until the incident of Qiuwei's cheating becomes bigger.

After the Qiuwei fraud incident, the whole incident snowballed and got bigger and bigger. More and more officials have been involved, and even this year's Chunwei was delayed.And because this year happens to be the year of the Grand Competition, candidates from all over the country who want to participate in the Spring Festival have gathered in the capital.These candidates can be regarded as the most powerful group of scholars.Although there is a saying that scholars will fail to rebel in ten years, one must not underestimate the combat effectiveness of scholars.If the fraud is not handled well, I am afraid that the credibility of the entire imperial court will be greatly reduced among scholars.

Bian Jingyu returned to Taixue to hand in her homework during the study tour, and she could hear her classmates talking about it every day.

It is said that some candidates have already stepped forward to lead everyone to sit quietly at the gate of the palace.Candidates cannot be killed. Once killed, the emperor will never have any good comments in the history books.But this group of troublesome examinees did bring big troubles to the emperor. Most of them should be innocent, just wanting a fair imperial examination environment, but their leaders are probably not so innocent. It is likely that he wanted to use this opportunity to step on authority to make a name for himself.Since they have such thoughts, the emperor must be dissatisfied.

Bian Jiayu, who had been silent for a long time, looked at his father and then at his younger brother. He felt that the atmosphere in the study suddenly became a little dignified, so he deliberately joked: "When the corn is ripe, can we eat some by ourselves first? I see it is golden, it should taste very good."

They successfully planted a batch of corn last year, but in order to save the seeds, they didn't eat a single bite.

Uncle Anping glared at his eldest son and said, "What to eat! If you have left enough seeds, if there is any leftover, you must first offer it to your ancestors."

"That's right, that's right, we need to make offerings to our ancestors." Bian Jiayu suddenly realized.

Therefore, Bian Jingyu silently swallowed the words "Di Yi and I have already thought about [-] ways to eat corn, which can be boiled, roasted, ground into powder, etc."Fortunately, he spoke slowly, otherwise he would probably collapse his character again in front of his father and elder brother.