The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

The prince said, you missed the key plot, so I won't show you this chapter! Go and fix it~

"Five girl, you can come early today. It's cold outside, come in!"

Chu Jinyao didn't get started directly. She learned the appearance she secretly saw, and gave Qiu Yefu a dress before she straightened up and said, "Sister Qiuye. Is mother in there?"

Chu Jinyao is a young lady after all, even if Qiu Ye is the maid beside Changxing Hou's wife Zhao, there is really no need to be so polite. Nodding to say hello is actually enough.

But Chu Jinyao didn't know, even she knew, didn't know how to nod, and how to say hello. These things that are as natural to Miss Houzhai as breathing and drinking water are too difficult for Chu Jinyao.

In fact, Chu Jinyao should be the fourth girl, the second daughter of Mrs. Zhao in the Changxing Hou Mansion. But her fate was a bit bumpy. When she was born, she caught up with the Tatar side. The Zhao family gave birth to a daughter outside, and unexpectedly took her daughter by mistake, took another girl back to the house, named Chu Jinmiao. Chu Jinyao was just found back a few days ago, and Chu Jinmiao spent thirteen years in the Hou Mansion, and had a deep relationship with his mother and servant-wife. His grandmother, Mrs. Chu, was not willing to let her granddaughter who had been in pain for 13 years go back. Just call the shots and let both girls stay. Chu Jinmiao continued to be the fourth girl, and Chu Jinyao lined up behind Chu Jinmiao and became the fifth girl.

Chu Jinyao grew up in a peasant family, and she didn't understand these Houmen etiquettes. She was afraid of others' jokes, so she secretly observed how others salute and spoke, and then figured out how to learn it by herself. As a result, she made many mistakes without knowing it, and she would like to send her greetings today.

Qiuye received Chu Jinyao's gift, and returned a gift, and hurriedly welcomed Chu Jinyao. As soon as the heavy sable curtains were put down, the temperature in the main hall was better after the cold wind was blocked, and the air-conditioning was no longer infused. Qiuye exhaled and said, "The wind is really big today. If the curtains are left open for a long time, it won't matter to us. If it's frozen, Madam will break."

Unexpectedly, Chu Jinyao quickly said: "I didn't mean it, I didn't expect it..."

"Five girls don't have to say that. You are the master, it's a big mistake, and the servants and maids are not doing well." After saying that, Qiu Ye scowled and stared at the person behind Chu Jinyao. "You two A little hoof, the fifth girl just came back, did you just come back? No matter how negligent you are, take care of your skin!"

The cloves and camellia behind Chu Jinyao hurriedly confessed their mistakes. Qiuye cursed a few more words before he eased his face and said, "Okay, if you make a mistake, you can correct it. You should pay attention next time when you are a errand!"

This time, Chu Jinyao also heard that her own behavior was inappropriate, and Qiu Ye couldn't talk about her, so she scolded the maid who followed her to please her.

Chu Jinyao felt sorry for her, and was hurting others for no reason. If she did a better job, how could she let others be scolded for her?

In fact, when Chu Jinyao thought so, she was still held back by her original family. In the big family of Houmen, the young ladies who have not left the pavilion are all golden branches and jade leaves. If you make a mistake, it will be a great punishment to ban your feet and copy the female ring. When, don’t you remind me as a slave? What's more, Dingxiang and Camellia were not wronged at all. Chu Jinyao had just been found back. She didn't know how to salute and say hello. Didn't the slaves like Dingxiang understand? As long as you remind one or two before going out, it won't happen like this. However, Clove is a boring gourd, unable to type a word with a pole, and Camellia's eyes wandering around, it is a heartbeat at first sight, let alone think about it for the master.

Qiuye sighed in her heart, but there was only so much she could do. Beating one or two across the floor, it was already seen that she was also sold from the peasant's house to the Hou Mansion. Jin Yao felt pity. No matter how much, Qiuye won't do it.

In high-ranking families, this is the reality and love.

Mother Zhang came out of the Xici room and was very unhappy: "Who opened the curtain just now, the lady just got up, and she still has sweat on her body. If the lady catches a cold, who will take care of it?"

Qiu Ye immediately bowed her head to plead guilty. Chu Jinyao was frightened, and said quickly: "If you don't care about Qiuye, I opened it when I came in."

Grandma Zhang has never seen Miss Jin rushing to confess her mistakes. Usually, a girl does not let people around her confess her guilt, or she has done something wrong, and she will not admit it herself. When she looks away, she will come forward. The most sinful, let alone the situation where Chu Jinyao was at fault. Let Chu Jinyao say this, it's really hard for Mother Zhang to have an episode. Even if she is the wife's dowry maid, she is also a slave. How can you say that the master is not?

Mother Zhang had to change her face immediately, and squeezed out a smile and said: "It turns out that the fifth girl is here. The fifth girl has asked her to come very early. Madam is doing her makeup inside, so come in."

Chu Jinyao thanked Mother Zhang, and walked towards the Xici room lightly.

Mother Zhang turned sideways to let Chu Jinyao go first, and then she followed. She looked at Chu Jinyao's back, as well as deliberately relaxed movements, and her heart was very complicated.

Chu Jinyao is a serious daughter, the proud daughter of heaven who crawled out of Madam Zhao's belly, why should he be so polite and careful? If you change to the fourth lady who grew up in front of your wife, she must have started talking and laughing as soon as she walked in. After that, she will run into the second room all the way, and fall into the wife's arms, no matter whether the wife is dressing up or not.绾发. But when she was replaced by Chu Jinyao, the wife's real daughter, Chu Jinyao, she was so cautious.

Grandma Zhang sighed. Who could have imagined that this kind of thing that I dared not write in the drama actually happened in the first-class gentry and prominent family in Taiyuan Mansion—Changxinghou Mansion.

In the late autumn of the nineteenth year of Jianxing, which was around October last year, the wife of Changxing Hou’s wife Zhao’s courtyard was drunk, and she began to talk big words with the servant woman in the other courtyard. She brags about herself. She is senior and knows many things about the wife, even the fourth girl is not the wife's biological child. She also knows.

When the servants heard this, they knew that the woman was bragging, who was the fourth girl, and that was the second youngest, the youngest child, who was born by the wife, and it hurts on the palm of her hand on weekdays. How could it not be her own? If it's a weekday, if the lady blows it, the people next to it should be happy, and the incident will be over. However, it happened that Lord Hou's long follower passed by that day and heard this sentence.

After Chang Sui went back, he immediately reported to Chang Xing Hou. Chang Xing Hou became annoyed. It was a serious crime to arrange the master at will. Then listen to what these women are planning? Changxinghou immediately asked the servants to bring these servants in the backyard, and he personally asked the guilt. The woman was frightened all of a sudden, she knelt on the ground and told Changxinghou what she knew.

Chang Xinghou originally didn't believe it, but he hesitated when the wife said that he had a nose and eyes. In the end, he sent his own people to investigate the matter in order to never end the trouble, so as to restore his daughter's innocence. As a result, it was found out after such an investigation. The fourth girl, the most favored daughter of the Hou Mansion, may not really be his daughter.

When Mrs. Hou's Zhao was pregnant, it was when the Tatars were offending the side, the iron hoof went south, and was approaching the capital. There was almost an accident in Beizhili, and Shanxi was even more devastated. Tatar was looted and looted in many places, and Taiyuan Mansion was no exception. Changxing Hou Mansion is a well-known wealthy family in Taiyuan Mansion, and it is naturally the target of these barbarians. At that time, Changxing Hou was leading his troops and could not take care of his family for a while, so the ladies and ladies of the Hou Mansion could only flee south in panic. Fortunately, Changxing Hou led his troops to regain Taiyuan soon, and the scattered family members were also taken back one after another. However, Mrs. Hou, Zhao's pregnant woman, was frightened and couldn't hold on to giving birth on the way to the south.

Everything was kept simple on the way to escape, and my life could not be saved, not to mention the production equipment. The Zhao family can only take people to stay with the villagers, and use a few gold jewelry as compensation, which can be regarded as difficult to give birth to the child.

At that time, the farmer had just given birth to a child, and because of this, they had to stay at home and did not flee south with the villagers. After Zhao gave birth safely, he asked the peasant woman to feed her milk for several days before leaving with the dowry. In a few days, the soldiers who came to pick Zhao's home will come.

After Zhao escaped and returned to the Hou Mansion, he became more and more spoiled for this daughter who had lived and died with him, even the eldest girl. The Zhao family had one male and two females. According to their age, they were the oldest girl, the second young master and the fourth girl. When fleeing, the eldest girl was taken by the old lady. After the Zhao family separated from others, only the grandmother Zhang and the youngest daughter were beside them. After returning to the mansion, the four girls were named Miao, and were loved by grandchildren from the family.

Changxing Hou also cherished this daughter who was born outside and suffered from displacement. However, all signs now tell him that Chu Jinmiao may not be his daughter. His real daughter was secretly replaced by the farmer in the year of the war!

After Changxing Hou found out the news, he was furious, and he didn't even think about it for years. In the anger of Changxing Hou, he sent someone to rigorously interrogate the mother-in-law who had leaked that day. Later, the mother-in-law confessed that she was drinking with his wife's dowry grandmother Zhang's in her early years. Mother Zhang also had suspicions back then, but this kind of thing is hard to say, she has been deeply buried in her heart, and later revealed to this woman when she was drunk, and many years later, she was heard by Changxing Hou by mistake. .

Changxing Hou thought quietly for several days, and did not alarm the Zhao family, nor his mother, Mrs. Chu, but secretly sent people to find the midwife of the year. After the midwife left, Chang Xinghou sat in the house for a long time, and finally made up his mind to find his own flesh and blood back.

His blood can't be messy, even if it's just a daughter.

Changxing Hou casually scorned an excuse and left the house just after the new year. At that time, the Zhao clan was still complaining about him. What did you want to go out in the first month of the new year? Changxing Hou ignored him, and went all the way south, and found Chu Jinyao in a small village on the southwest side of the mountain.

At that time, Chu Jinyao was also called Su Yao.

Su Yao got up early that day and went outside to collect firewood at home as usual. When she came back with the firewood basket, she seemed to look back and saw a man standing not far away, majestic and extravagant, silently Staring at her.

"This uncle, who are you looking for?"

Hou Changxing didn't speak, he stared at him for a long time, and sighed to the sky.

The little girl in front of me was thirteen years old. Because she was doing farm work all year round, she was taller than the girl in the Changxinghou Mansion, but she was thinner and her skin was darkened. Her face is thin and she looks unhealthy, but her eyes are surprisingly beautiful. They make people think that she shouldn’t appear in this kind of village, but should grow up on a beauty of the country, raised in a deep palace. Beloved by thousands and served by hundreds of people.

There can be no mistake, the girl's eyes and nose are almost exactly the same as his sister Chu Zhu. On the contrary, the four girls, Chu Jinmiao, the longer these years, the more indifferent, unlike him at all.

Changxinghou approached slowly and asked, "What is your name?"

Su Yao thought it was strange, but she answered with a sweet smile: "My name is Su Yao. You are not here, right? Are you lost?"

Changxing Hou did not answer Su Yao's question, but asked: "Yao? This is not like a name that people in the village can come up with."

"Because my mother said that a Taoist priest gave me a piece of jade when I was born, and he named me Yao, so our family called it that way."

Changxing Hou looked at Su Yao’s jade. It was a piece of jade that was clean and clear with red flakes floating in it. The texture was very valuable, and the red flocks inside were also very delicate, just like the moment when blood dripped into the clear water. White jade imprisoned. Changxing Hou suddenly thought of rumors similar to confession of blood.

Su Yao, or the year Chu Jinyao was born, a Taoist priest came from Taiyuan Mansion. It is said that he was a treasure, and he brought a piece of precious jade that could bring back the dead, and he came to the world to find his master. Changxing Hou didn't believe in such rumors, but he thought that his child was about to be born, no matter male or female, hemorrhage is always rare, so he wanted to find a good jade for his child, so as to make a life-saving jade lock for the child. He found it in front of the Taoist priest himself. The Taoist priest looked at it, but said, "Yu has a relationship with your daughter, but he can't give it to you."

After Changxing Hou listened, he sneered and walked away. He is Lord Hou, and it is extremely decent to condescend to find a Taoist priest, but this Taoist priest does not know how to promote him and is full of nonsense. What does it mean that Yu has a relationship with his daughter, but can't give him this father? Let’s not say whether Zhao is pregnant with a daughter. If the Taoist priest doesn’t give it to him, how can he get it into his daughter’s hands? It's not that I want to take the opportunity to raise the price.

After that, Tatar offended the side and Changxing Hou led his troops to resist the enemy, and soon put the matter behind.

Thirteen years later, Changxing Hou stood in front of Chu Jinyao and remembered this past event again.

"This uncle, it's time to come back!" Chu Jinyao said with a smile, "You follow this road all the way north and you will be able to leave the village. I have to go back to chop wood and boil water, so I can't send you out. Otherwise. When my mother gets up, she will scold me again."

Changxing Hou frowned: "You little girl, you want to chop wood and boil water?"

Don't talk about girls in the Hou Mansion, even the maids who serve the girls will not do these rough jobs. His daughters, eldest and fourth daughters, have had a nanny, two first-class maids, and four second-class maids who have served close by since they were born. There are also many attendants sent by the elders. It can be said that they can't be separated for a moment. people. The fourth girl, Chu Jinmiao, was pierced with a needle when she was a female student, and everyone would be tossed about her. She was also applying medicine and asking the doctor. But Chu Jinyao had to get up early in such a cold winter, collect firewood on the road, chop wood, boil water, and clean the yard after returning. Chu Jinyao is his biological daughter! Changxing Hou knows what life the eldest girl and the fourth girl are living. Because of this, it is very uncomfortable to hear Chu Jinyao say this. What’s even more annoying is that this farmer deliberately exchanged daughters during production to let them do that. Chu Jinmiao, the daughter of a peasant woman, entered the Hou Mansion to enjoy the glory and wealth, but the real daughter of the Hou Clan was raised in their home without a good environment, and they even had to be instructed to work!

Changxinghou was furious, and at this time he had already made up his mind to take the little girl in front of him back to the house, keep her name, and call it Jin Yao from the generation of the girl in the clan. As for the surname Su, leave it to the farmers and their own daughters.

Chu Jinyao didn't know what Chang Xinghou was thinking at this time. She was still answering Chang Xinghou's question seriously: "Yes, my sister is married, and there is only one girl in the family, so naturally I should do all the housework. Ah, I Mother is up, I have to go back..."

"No need to go back." Chang Xinghou said, "Your surname is not Su. Come with me."

What happened after that was very vague to Chu Jinyao. Su's father, who had always been yelling and scolding at home, shrank aside and did not dare to speak. When Su's father came to scold Chu Jinyao, Su's mother cried with a sharp throat. Screaming, his younger brother Su Sheng also seemed to have become a quail. After hearing the news, the eldest sister Su Hui who rushed home suddenly fell silent and looked at Chu Jinyao quietly.

Chu Jinyao was frightened by that look, and then she was taken away involuntarily. She sat on the gorgeous carriage that she had only seen in her life, and leaned out crying to see her home. None of the parents who had lived together for 13 years came out to send her off, but the eldest sister ran all the way crying, and forced her a cloth bag from the window of the car.

Inside the cloth bag are two clean cotton jacket skirts, which are rare decent clothes at home. Chu Jinyao knew that if her sister gave these to her, she would definitely be scolded by Su's mother and Su when she went back. If Su's father is anxious, it is not impossible to do it. As for the sister's husband, what he wants to say.

Chu Jinyao cried hard, and her eyes were red when she got out of the car.

The carriage stopped on a flat ground, and Chu Jinyao looked up and saw the majestic Changxing Hou Mansion.

Only then did the Zhao know that Changxing Hou was going to do what he did when he left the house.

Chu Jinyao lowered her head and stood in front of the Zhao family, yearning and shy. For a while, she didn't even know how to let go of her hands and feet.

However, her real mother swept her up and down several times and waved her hand in disgust: "Take her out. The smell of soil is really choking."

Chu Jinyao was suddenly embarrassed. The villagers didn't have the conditions, and coupled with the rush, she did not take a good bath. After Chu Jinyao was ready to freshen up, changed into clean clothes, went to see her biological mother happily, but heard outside the smoke-covered partition: "Madam, you don’t seem to like... Yao Miss."

"What kind of lady is she. Come out out of thin air, how do I know who she is? Hou Ye is true too, listening to the wind is rain, I don't know what cat or dog I brought back, maybe someone deliberately set up a trick to deceive him."

"Madam..." Mother Zhang sighed. Mother Zhang knew how things happened back then, and when she saw Chu Jinyao, she felt that this was probably it. But she was a clear sight to an outsider, but the Zhao family had actually treated Chu Jinmiao as a girl for thirteen years, and now a daughter suddenly appeared. For a while, no one could accept it.

"Send her, I don't want to see her. I won't have a daughter like her. Miao'er, go call Miao'er!"

Chu Jinyao was already bursting into tears, she bit her lip, not letting herself speak, and left quietly.

After returning to the house, Chu Jinyao threw herself on the bedding and cried. The jade pendant that was brought from small to large fell out, and the red flocculent inside disappeared slightly invisibly.

"Elders, I always like to be well-behaved and diligent. What's more, when dealing with men, showing weakness, and pretending to be a naive and innocent temperament. It is enough to have an aunt to help me plan, this is the position of companion. "I must get my hands." The third girl said, "Reading to the county host’s companion is a trivial matter. When it comes to the palace, it’s most important to get along with the son. Then I will work harder and put some effort on the son. Uncertain, I will spend the second half of my life in the palace."

The third girl smiled as she thought about it. She was very confident in her way of winning over men. She dared to say that as long as she can go to the palace smoothly, she will be able to have a good impression of her afterwards, and then stay in the palace and be able to live in the world. The concubine is the best, even if you can't be a concubine, the concubine is better than ordinary people. Zhao hates her auntie so much, and her marriage falls into Zhao's hands. What can she do? She might as well fight for it herself.

The maid said: "What the girl said. The girl is so smart, she will be able to get her wish in the future."

"Of course." The third girl was complacent. In the back house, as long as the man is right, it is equivalent to getting everything. What if the old lady in the house doesn't like it? Mrs. Chu still doesn't really like her aunt's style of smoky and flattering, but who makes Changxinghou like it? The aunt is not yet graceful and decent living in the back house, except for the name of a lady in the house, everything else is not bad. It is such a powerful person as Mrs. Chu, when he was young, he was very angry with the concubine's house. The living environment of the three girls taught her practically that it is better to try hard to cling to a stronger man than sticking to the name of the main room and concubine room. After the big deal, he will win over the man and compete with the main room for favor. The three girls are very confident in their methods of fighting for favor.

The maid asked: "Girl, do we still use the palm lamp to read tonight?"

"Who is impatient to see which." The third girl was disgusted. "It is enough to put a lamp in the Toji room, spread the book, and put on the illusion that I am reading. By the way, remember tomorrow, if you want to reveal it to your father inadvertently, I read the book until very late again."

"Yes."

In the house with three bedrooms and six girls, the maid came in to add water to the six girls.

"Girl, it's so late, are you still watching?"

"I want to choose a partner to read, and always behave in a diligent manner." Six girls put down the pen. She had just written a page of large characters, and her wrist was a little lacking. She felt that it was almost done, so she said, "I'll be here for today. I'm tired, so take a break."

"The girl is running out of hands?" The maid hurried over and knelt on the ground to rub her wrists for the sixth girl. The maid said: "Girl, you are too diligent, but after all, your body is important. You can rest for a while when you are tired. You won't be late tomorrow."

"Yeah." Six girls replied in a low voice, she leaned back a little sleepily, put her hands in the hands of the maid, and let the maid come to massage. Six girls closed her eyes, thinking about today's things in her mind.

Today they joined forces to plot Chu Jinyao, and Chu Jinyao's subsequent counterattack surprised her.

The sixth girl is the only prostitute in the third room. The third master was born to Aunt Yang. The old man loved Aunt Yang especially when he was alive, and even the third master was also valued. When the three rooms were the most beautiful, the cost of food and clothing was better than that of the aunt. The eldest son is good, even Mrs. Chu has to avoid the three-room edge. It's a pity that the old man died, and it was Dafang who inherited the majesty. Old Lady Chu turned over immediately, and then began to suppress Aunt Yang and Sanfang.

At that time, Lord Hou loved the third master very much, and even had the idea of ​​passing the position of the Hou to the third room. However, the aunt is still alive, and there are two elder brothers on it. Mrs. Chu's family is not a vegetarian. Under the pressure of etiquette, relying on the strength of the old man alone, it is really impossible to compete with the entire patriarchal society. In the end, the Hou position was left to the eldest son Chu Jing, and Mrs. Chu finally came and looked forward to the opportunity to turn over for ten years.

As soon as Mrs. Chu took power, she immediately sold Aunt Yang, and in front of everyone, she berated Sanfang for having no rules, and the cost of food and clothing exceeded the etiquette. Sanfang made a big mess, and since then, food, clothing, shelter and transportation have plummeted. It turns out that the gold and silver savings that the old man has given him can't be kept.

Until now, Sanfang had to be a man with his tail sandwiched between them. The third master and the third wife did not even dare to fart in front of their aunt. The family knows that the old lady doesn't like three bedrooms, and the subordinates in the house are very snobbery. Many people see that they are not taken seriously, and they dare to deduct the cost of the three bedrooms. The old lady always had no room for sand in her eyes, but she closed one eye to this matter and completely acquiesced.

Six girls unknowingly put on a sarcastic smile, saying that Mrs. Chu has no blood relationship with their three rooms, how can you count on Mrs. Chu's kindness? After all, people are selfish and hypocritical.

Sanfang is walking on thin ice outside, but inside is harmonious, as if external pressure is increasingly bringing them together. The third master and the third wife are in harmony, with one son and one daughter. The third master has only a few common rooms and no concubine rooms. Compared with the complicated backyard of Changxinghou, the second master and the third master are much better.

The sixth girl is the only daughter of the third master and the third wife, twelve years old this year. Six girls closed their eyes, thinking slowly, now Changxinghou is in good health, and he also has a concubine under his name. Unless all the males in Dafang and Erfang die overnight, there will be no chance for Sanfang to turn over. The mother counted on the imperial examination high school for the fifth youngest son, and it soared into the sky. However, Young Master Five is only eleven now, even if he can get into high school, it will be many years later.