The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Since ancient times, all emperors have been fortunate, the most ruthless emperor.

"I am the fifth girl in the house. What about you, who are you?"

"Girl Fifth?" The young son frowned and said, "I have seen Cousin Fifth, you are not... hey, that's right."

At this time Chu Jinyao had already heard it out: "Are you the son of aunt's family?"

Lin Xining also remembered. The grandmother mentioned in the letter that the uncle's family had held the wrong daughter and just found a fifth girl. It seems that this is the one in front of you.

Lin Xining knew that there was a joke, and stooped to give Chu Jinyao: "The fifth cousin is sorry, I was abrupt just now."

Chu Jinyao avoided slightly, and then replied with his hands: "Cousin doesn't have to be like this."

When the misunderstanding was resolved, Lin Xining felt a little sad. He saw a strange woman walking around here, still acting sneaky, so he asked. I knew it was my cousin who wouldn't be so loud anymore. The girls are weaker than the other, and his voice is louder. What can I do if I frighten these pampers? Lin Xining wanted to compensate, so she asked: "Why is the fifth cousin here?"

Chu Jinyao was a little embarrassed: "I'm lost."

Lin Xining suddenly, yes, the fifth cousin just came back and doesn't know the road in this area. Lin Xining said: "Most of these are vacant yards, which are really hard to identify. My cousin will come with me."

"Thank cousin." Chu Jinyao was very grateful, and quickly followed Lin Xining and walked out.

With Lin Xining leading the way, Rongning Hall arrived soon. Chu Jinyao repeatedly thanked him: "Thank you cousin, otherwise I don't know when I will go around..."

Qin Yi snorted coldly in his heart. It was obvious that he brought Chu Jinyao out. This kid was only taking the last part of the way. Moreover, even if the Lin family didn't show up, Chu Jinyao wouldn't be around for long.

Of course, Chu Jinyao would not know these words.

Lin Xining smiled and personally opened the curtain for Chu Jinyao: "Cousin, you are welcome. It's cold outside, come in."

"Where can I." Lin Xining is a guest. How can she let Lin Xining draw the curtain for her, Chu Jinyao said, "Cousin, go in first."

The maid wanted to take it, Lin Xining shook her head and said, "The cousin is a girl, and she has a weak foundation. You go first."

Chu Jinyao was treated so cherished for the first time, and she went into the house flattered. Later, Lin Xining followed and accompanied Chu Jinyao in.

The old lady, Chu Zhu and others all sat in the Xici room and talked. Hearing the sound of opening the door, the old lady said, "This is Brother Ning."

After Chu Jinyao entered the house, he dared not look up, and immediately asked for peace: "Jinyao is late, please forgive me from grandmother and aunt."

Zhao frowned: "Why are you here now?"

The other girls were there, but Chu Jinyao was not there, Chu Zhu asked about it just now. The Zhao family was embarrassed, but now that he saw Chu Jinyao, he was really out of anger.

Chu Jinyao maintained a begging posture, bowed her head and said nothing. Or Lin Xining took the initiative to say: "I don’t blame my cousin. There are a lot of yards in the east of Rongning Hall. I have been lost there many times before. My cousin just came back and it is inevitable. I just met the fifth cousin, so I took The fifth cousin is here."

When Lin Xining said so, the Zhao family naturally didn't say much. Lin Xining is the only son of sister-in-law, or the son of the prefectural palace. How dare she say anything about others.

When Mrs. Chu heard this, her brows frowned, "Who is following the fifth girl?"

After hearing the rose, he bit his scalp and took a step forward: "It's a slave."

Madam Gu leaned down and said something to Mrs. Chu, Mrs. Chu's expression became worse and worse: "You are a second-class maid, you don't even know the way?"

Madam Gu reminded in a low voice: "Old ancestors, our mansion was short of manpower a year ago, and she called people to enter the mansion and bought a batch of maids, and she was here."

A new girl who didn't even know her way, turned out to be the second-class girl next to her. Madam Chu's majestic and indifferent eyes swept towards the Zhao clan, and the Zhao clan hurriedly lowered his head, revealing a gesture of admitting his mistake. In the presence of Chu Zhu and so many juniors, Mrs. Chu saved face to the Zhao family. She didn't say much, she just glanced at her and took her gaze away. Yan Shi stood beside him and smiled secretly.

Zhao, a person, said she was stupid, she could suppress the aunts and subordinates in the backyard, said she was smart, and she always did some ridiculous things.

The eldest girl is the eldest daughter, raised in front of the old lady since she was a child, how decent she is, but she is not close to the eldest girl. Parents always favor young children. Yan also has children and daughters. It is understandable that Zhao always loves the four girls. But now that I have said, the four girls are not her own, and she still tried to plan for others. Isn't this stupid?

Yan smiled enough in his heart, and then he converged on schadenfreude, and smiled to Chu Zhu: "Aunt Aunt is so lucky. Brother Ning is good-looking, filial, and compassionate to younger brothers and sisters. You will have a lot of blessings in the future."

After hearing this, Chu Zhu smiled slightly. She turned her eyes to Chu Jinyao, looked around without her expression, and then asked, "This is the first time I have seen the Five Girls. You just said, what is your name?"

Chu Jinyao said cautiously: "Aunt Hui, my name is Chu Jinyao."

"Yao..." Chu Zhu's eyes changed, and she turned to look at Mrs. Chu. "Why don't the fifth girls follow Xian'er's generation?"

The girls of the Chu family named them “women” from the characters of brocade, which means taking flowers and clusters of brocades, which means the virtue of a woman. But Chu Jinyao's name "Yao" is the same generation as Chu Zhu.

Upon reminding Chuzhu, the old lady Chu discovered that Chu Jinyao’s name had hit Chu Zhu’s seniority. She paused and said, “This child is also rough and hasn’t had a good life in the past thirteen years. She has this Yao character. , It was given by a Taoist priest at birth." The implication is, don't care about this with a junior.

After all, Chu Zhu is married, and it is difficult to intervene in the affairs of her niece, let alone, Mrs. Chu said so. Chu Zhu said: "I remember when I came back before, the four girls were always the most active. Where about the four girls?"

"Auntie, I am here." Chu Jinmiao stood up and saluted Chu Zhu.

Chu Zhu pulled Chu Jinmiao over and said with a smile: "You stand with the fifth girl, and I will take a good look at you."

Chu Jinmiao’s smile froze. Since Chu Jinyao came, her identity has become more and more awkward. Things that she thought should have become more subtle now, and there are many people in the big house. Chu Jinmiao It is inevitable to hear some gossip. Now Chu Zhu still asks her to stand in the same place as Chu Jinyao...

Chu Jinyao doesn't matter, she has long been accustomed to being seen. And Chu Jinmiao almost moved to Chu Jinyao's direction, and when he was two steps away, Chu Jinmiao refused to go any further.

There is a saying that you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparing goods. Because Chu Jinmiao is the daughter of a farmer, she has always been somewhat inferior to the serious Miss Chu family. Now standing next to Chu Jinyao, the gap becomes more obvious. Chu Jinyao is a head taller than her. Although slightly darker, her facial features are crushing. Chu Jinmiao's only advantage is that she is thinner than Chu Jinyao, but she is thinner than Chu Jinyao, but she is not as comfortable as Chu Jinyao's natural figure.

Qin Yi, who was waiting quietly to watch the show, felt too embarrassed.

Obviously the other ladies also felt that they did not continue this topic tacitly. Chu Zhu didn't expect that she would do something bad with kindness, so she summoned Chu Jinmiao over and quietly patted her hand.

Chu Zhu thought with regret, Chu Jinmiao was slimmer than Chu Jinyao and had better temperament. At first glance, he was a child raised by a wealthy family, with a thin, bookish air. The only shortcoming is that... Chu Jinyao is so much more beautiful than Chu Jinmiao, that is, Chu Zhu is privately inclined to Chu Jinmiao, and she can't say that Chu Jinyao is not good.

Chu Zhu originally wanted Chu Jinmiao and Chu Jinyao to stand together and let everyone take a look. Although Chu Jinmiao still stayed in the Hou Mansion, her biological parents did something like that. It is inevitable that some people in the Hou Mansion would look down upon her with shallow eyelids. Chu Zhu did this to remind everyone to show them something. She was called Miss Qianjin, and the extravagance that Hou Men raised was not comparable to that of a village girl who came out inexplicably.

As a result, he was embarrassed instead.

Although Chu Jinyao is the real Chu family girl, to the Zhao family, the old lady of Chu, and Chu Zhu, Chu Jinmiao was the one who grew up watching her, and it really hurts to love her over the years. Chu Jinyao suddenly appeared and said that they had hurt the wrong person before. Chu Jinyao is the real daughter and Chu Jinmiao is fake. Who can accept it? When Chu Zhu received the letter, she was inexplicable.

Chu Jinyao is the real stranger to her. Chu Zhu originally thought that Chu Jinyao must be vulgar and greedy when she grew up in a peasant family. Once the sparrow turns into a phoenix, she will show greed, selfishness, and love for money. How can she compare to Chu Jin's knowledge and wisdom?

Even after seeing Chu Jinyao himself, Chu Zhu didn't see the scene that Chu Zhu had originally expected, but Chu Zhu still felt that raising a poor person must be a poor person from the root. It can't be seen now, and it must be revealed in the future. Chu Zhu thought with some regret, if Chu Jinyao's face had grown on Chu Jinmiao, it would be perfect.

Old Madam Chu looked at this sullenly, and when Chu Zhu stopped, she said, "It's getting late, let's set the meal."

With Mrs. Chu here, there is no need to shy away from the rule that men and women differ in their seats at the age of seven. Lin Xining and the young masters and girls of the Chu family accompany the old lady to dinner. The old lady naturally sat in the middle position. Chu Zhu led Lin Xining to sit on the right hand of the old lady, Chu Jinxian sat on the left hand of the old lady, and the daughters-in-law of Zhao and Yan wanted to stand and serve the mother-in-law.

The seats on both sides of Mrs. Chu have always been the most favored people. The preference of the old lady is the direction of the wind, and this kind of people are also very popular in the house. Now Chu Zhu and Lin Xining are on one side, and Chu Jinxian on the other. Chu Jinyao can understand. As for herself... she was at another table.

There are eight people in a table, and several young masters are there. How can the old lady with the heaviest weight be her turn...

Halfway through the meal, the old lady said to Zhao and others: "You guys have also been standing for a day, sit down and rest."

Zhao's and others gave in once before putting down their chopsticks. Immediately, the maid-in-law moved in a stool and waited on the three ladies to sit in.

After dinner, Chu Jinyao went back to her yard and secretly said to Qin Yi: "In such a solemn scene today, we juniors can sit and eat, but mothers and others have to stand and set the rules and stand for half a meal. Just like that, many people say that grandmothers are sympathetic to their daughters-in-law. It is obvious that they are all pampers before marrying. Why should this be the case after marrying?"

"This is etiquette, nothing can be done." Qin Yi sighed and said, "Taiyuan is better. Beijing has strict rules. When you meet an old-fashioned mother-in-law, if you talk to you about everything, then it's called consultation."

Qin Yi is the prince. Although he spends most of his time in the court, he has also heard about these things. The bride's life is not easy, and he feels worried for her when he thinks that Chu Jinyao will have to do the same in the future.

She can easily trust other people's minds with such a tendon. What should I do when she really meets a mean mother-in-law? He wanted to mention that Chu Jinyao should pay attention to her husband's family when he decides to marry in the future, but he feels that he is a foreigner and will leave sooner or later, but the other party is her husband's family. Maybe he will be caught by Chu Jinyao after he says it. Complain.

He still shouldn't mix things up.

Chu Jinyao thought that she would serve her mother-in-law in this way in the future, and she felt that her life was dull. She was depressed for a long time. Qin Yi saw that Chu Jinyao was too wilted, so she took the initiative to speak and divert her attention: "I think you secretly took a few glances at Lin Xining today, are you..."

"No!" Chu Jinyao blushed and said in embarrassment, "What are you doing, what are you doing in a good way?"

In fact, Qin Yi was right. It is rare for women in the house to see men from outside, while Lin Xining was just the right age and looks good, and he was still the son of the prefectural palace. On the entire table, there were always girls sneaking at him. It was the first time that Chu Jinyao saw a noble man of the same age. He was a gentle and considerate young man who was in the wind. He felt good in his heart and took a few glances, which was normal.

Qin Yi snorted softly and said, "You still slander me. I can understand those palaces since I was ten years old...what the women are thinking, your careful thoughts are not enough for them."

"I said I didn't!"

"If you don't have that, what are you yelling at me?"

"You're so annoying." Chu Jinyao took off Yu Pei in a rage and put it on the small table outside the canopy bed, and put down the curtain with a bang, "I'm going to sleep, don't bother me."

After a while, Qin Yi said leisurely: "They are right, women are really unreasonable."

Kikyo felt that this woman was very rude, but when he heard that it was sent by the Zhao family, Kikyo was surprised and had to squat down and salute: "I just neglected my mother. Please don't blame me."

The woman snorted arrogantly and was about to scold Kikyo when she saw Chu Jinyao wave his hand and said to Kikyo: "I have said you many times and made you temper your temper, but you never listen. Fortunately, ma'am. Madam was sent by the wife, she is big-spirited, and won't care about you. See if you dare to dare next time?"

Kikyo squatted down quickly, and said, "The slave dare not, please forgive me."

"Okay, put the things in the study first. This is the homework assigned by the two maternal grandmothers of the palace. If there is anything wrong, I can only ask you."

Kikyo lowered his head and ran in. The mother-in-law called twice, but did not call Kikyo. Seeing that Chu Jinyao was willing to take care of the maid, her heart was already very uncomfortable. The mother-in-law thought, the fourth girl and the wife were right. There were no rules in the fifth girl's yard. Since the wife sent her to point her to the fifth girl, she must rectify the atmosphere of the fifth girl.

Chu Jinyao's waist and legs were very sore. Even so, she forced her smile, walked two steps closer, and asked, "How do you call the mother?"

The woman stood up and said arrogantly: "The old slave is surnamed Sun."

"Grandma grandma is good." Chu Jinyao smiled and said, "Since it was sent by her mother, it is an elder, so I can't neglect it. Dingxiang, clean up a clean room, and take her grandma to rest."

Ding Xiang took the order. Before taking a few steps, she heard the grandmother Sun say: "Fifth girl, the wife sent me to rectify the rules for you. To tell the truth, you may not like to listen to your yard. The rules here are too loose, and there is nothing more orderly than the Four Girls. Girl, you are still young, and you don’t know how sinister people are. You look glamorous in the back home, but there are a lot of things hidden behind the scenes, especially those slippery. Slaves and maids love to collude to deceive their masters. For example, a girl’s money jewelry. Girl, you have a lot of things every day, and you can’t remember which jewelry is in the box. Take your jewelry and sell it. So my wife sent me over. The first important thing is to let me help you learn as a housekeeper, so as not to be humiliated by the slaves below."

Chu Jinyao secretly got angry, and this woman literally pushed her nose on her face. Chu Jinyao originally wanted to put on a high hat for her, and then offered it from afar, and it would be nice not to hinder her, but now it seems that this woman's hands are very long.

Sure enough, the grandmother grandma paused and said, "Girl, where is the key to your clothes and jewelry? You are young. I am afraid that you will be deceived by the slaves below. Let the old slaves take care of them."

"You don't need to work your mother." Chu Jinyao said with a cold face, "I am in charge of these things. This is what I have been used to at home, and I will not be deceived by others. Since the mother is sent by my mother. , It should be supported by my good students. How can you worry about this? Isn't this my unfilial piety."

Chu Jinyao has already moved out of filial piety, but as the saying goes, it is unreasonable for a scholar to meet soldiers. This woman has a very thick face. No matter what Chu Jinyao said, she just insisted: "Madam sent me to take care of the five girls. Eyes, clothes and jewellery naturally require the old slave to worry about. If the girl refuses, the old slave will have to go to his wife to reason."

It was extremely rampant, Chu Jinyao sullen, and said, "Then you go. Dingxiang, get ready to write, I want to review my homework."

Chu Jinyao said, and walked to the main house without looking back. Grandma Sun was a little stunned. She obviously didn't expect Chu Jinyao to dare to be so tyrannical. The girl in the inner house was not soft and soft, acting in a roundabout way. How could Chu Jinyao dare to just let it go?

Grandma Sun yelled: "I'm from Madam, Madam said..."

Chu Jinyao calmly said: "Ding Xiang, the message goes on, I am going to read, no one is allowed to speak loudly. If it disturbs me and delays me and the grandmother of the palace in learning the rules, then I have to go to my grandmother and let grandmother come. Be fair."

Although Chu Jinyao said this to Dingxiang, the direction in the words was very clear. Mother Sun was dumb, Chu Jinyao turned her head and glanced at the people coldly, then opened the curtain and went in.

When he got indoors, Kikyo Masaki was in the study, and he dared not go out. She also heard the movement outside, and now seeing Chu Jinyao again, she felt very admired: "Girl..."

Chu Jinyao felt terribly upset, and she said to Kikyo: "She is still yelling at her outside, so please bear with me first, stay in Xici for a while, wait until she gets tired of yelling, then go out."

Kikyo responded crisply: "Yes."

The study soon calmed down again. The maids all knew Chu Jinyao's habits. It was customary not to keep anyone in the study. After waiting for no one, Chu Jinyao sighed long.

Qin Yi sighed and laughed: "What's the matter, didn't you just be very prestigious? What did you sigh for?"

"I didn't have such a violent temper." Chu Jinyao said, "It is said that those who are close to Zhu are red and black are black. Sure enough, look at what you have taken me into!"

If someone dared to talk to Qin Yi like this, Qin Yi would have let people clean up. But now he listened to Chu Jinyao's words, but he couldn't help himself with a smile: "You can be reasonable, but don't rely on me for everything."

Chu Jinyao couldn't hold his face, and smiled lightly. She laughed for a while, and her tone changed into sorrow again: "It's easy to ask God to give it away. How can I send this big Buddha out!"

Qin Yi didn't speak, he came out of Jade Peili, sat down at the table leisurely, and flipped through the book casually. Chu Jinyao pretended to be pitiful, but found that Qin Yi couldn’t put it on, so she hurried around to the other side of the table, sat opposite Qin Yi, with her arm lying on the table, carefully poking Qin Yi’s arm: "Qize, why? Do it?"

Qin Yi raised his head and smiled at Chu Jinyao: "I don't know, think about it yourself."