The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 39
Now that Qiao Jiuxiu has made up her mind, she simply stays in the house for the next few days, not leaving the door, not going through the second door, even if Ye Duanyi came to play with her, she was politely rejected by Jinxiu.Now she feels more and more that it was a mistake for her to use the victory bag to satisfy General Ye. Although she won the general's favor, she pushed herself to the forefront. I also have some criticisms.If I knew it earlier, I should go with the flow, and I wouldn't have the troubles I have now.

"Miss," Jinxiu entered the room and cleaned up the charcoal fire in the room. Whenever the young lady was thinking about something, she would not care about the surrounding situation. The charcoal fire had already been extinguished, but the young lady didn't notice it, nor did she. Know if it's freezing.Qiao Jiuxiu raised her head and saw that Jinxiu was troubled and seemed to have something on her mind, so she asked.

Jinxiu hesitated for a while before she opened her mouth to say, "But I heard some things that I didn't have." Her tone was very dissatisfied, "Miss's victory bag that day made General Ye very fond of it, and it also earned enough face for the Qiao family. , but the ladies in the house are quite critical of this."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, just fiddled with the blue-and-white gold-wire kiln-fired ceramic cup on the table, with a flat expression, neither flattered nor shocked. "Really? What did they say."

Seeing that Qiao Jiuxiu was still so indifferent, Jinxiu felt even more furious in her heart. The words of the young ladies were very unpleasant, and even an outsider would think it was too much. How could Miss Nine be as indifferent as she is now?

"Miss Six's words are the worst among them. Miss Six said that you clearly know General Ye's favorite dishes, but instead of sharing them with your sisters, you want to take the opportunity to climb the high branches of the Ye family and pretend to be the young mistress of the Ye family. Five Miss and Miss Seven also meant the same thing in their words, but not as straightforward as Miss Six. As for Miss Six, she said that you don't think about your usual good, you only want to be in the limelight by yourself, and let them all lose face."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded very calmly, these words fit their personalities very well.Qiao Liuxiu relied on his wife's favor and was always defiant, so she said whatever she had.Qiao Wuxiu and Qiao Qixiu were also outspoken, but due to their identities, they were still polite to her in words.Qiao Shanxiu is the best at being a human being, and her tone reveals regret, but the words are full of condemnation, saying that she has not taken into account the sisterhood.

"Miss, why aren't you angry?" Knowing that Qiao Jiuxiu has always been submissive, Jinxiu felt uncomfortable thinking about it. Just now she wanted to argue with them, but Miss Six pushed her back with a single word and was even detained. Half a month's monthly money.

"Jinxiu, what am I angry about?" Qiao Jiuxiu chuckled, and took out the embroidery bag that she had embroidered a few days ago. Now that she has free time, she just thinks about it and sees if there is anything that needs to be improved and redecorated.If you want your wife to be satisfied with you temporarily, you can only work hard on the embroidery bag.

Jinxiu felt a little dissatisfied, and wanted to go outside to get some air, but saw Lu'er trotting over, out of breath, "It's not good, my wife is here."

Both Jinxiu and Qiao Jiuxiu were startled, this small courtyard is very remote, not to mention the wife, even the maids around the wife rarely come here.This time my wife came here in person, there should be something big.But she has kept her own law and order in the past few days, so she probably didn't get it right.Thinking like this, she didn't dare to take it lightly, so she quickly asked Jinxiu to change her clothes, so that she couldn't be too rude when meeting her wife.

But after a while, the wife arrived at Qiao Jiuxiu's small courtyard, did not stop for a moment in the main hall, but went directly into the back room, saw the burning charcoal fire in the back room and the embroidered bags on the table, the expression on her face also changed. I don't know whether to be happy or unhappy, "Hey, have all Jiu Yatou's embroidery bags been embroidered? It's really fast. If I counted correctly, there should be fifty."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, but felt a little uneasy.Sure enough, the wife continued to say, "I remember that the workmanship of this embroidery bag is very complicated. Even if two embroiderers who are skilled in embroidery work day and night, it will take a month. I didn't expect Jiu Yatou to spend less than 20 days It’s just embroidered, it’s really ingenious.”

Although it was a compliment, Qiao Jiuxiu already heard something was wrong.The wife has clearly seen Duanyi and knows that it is impossible for her to complete the task in such a short time.But she rolled her eyes and replied very respectfully, "Returning to Madam, because I felt that there were too many embroidery bags and I was afraid that I would not be able to embroider them, so I asked Jinxiu to help me. She cut the pattern for me, and then I embroidered and sewed it together." After the division of labor is clear, the natural efficiency will increase.”

Qiao Jiuxiu watched his wife's face while talking, to see if his words were a little abrupt.But he absolutely did not dare to confess Ye Duanyi.If my wife found out that Ye Duanyi helped embroider bags, she would definitely be furious. She never liked having too much contact with Ye Duanyi.

"Really?" The wife smiled slightly while picking up the embroidery bag to watch, "This clear division of labor can indeed improve efficiency, but why does Jiu Yatou use two completely different stitches?"

Qiao Jiuxiu was startled, it was the winter season, but she broke out in a cold sweat.How could she have forgotten that?Although she and Ye Duanyi are equal in embroidery work, laymen can't tell the difference.But everyone's embroidery method will be a little different, and the treatment of corner crimping will also be different. I heard that my wife used to be very good at female celebrities. Did you actually see Duanyi?

"Jiu girl is silent, maybe she is thinking of some reason to deceive me." The wife suddenly changed her face and asked very seriously.Qiao Jiuxiu knelt on the ground in panic, knowing that she might not be able to hide this matter, "Reporting to Madam, because there are too many embroidery bags, I asked Ms. Ye to help me make a few for her. I just want to be able to finish the embroidery as scheduled." The package was done, but I didn't expect it to be a disaster."

"Really?" The wife chuckled, "Jiuyatou still knows that she has caused trouble. Then tell me what is wrong with you." The wife found a place to sit down and did not let Qiao Jiuxiu get up, obviously still angry .If someone hadn't come to tell her today, she wouldn't have known that the nine girls were so restless.

"Daughter shouldn't ask Ms. Ye to help her, she's being abrupt." Qiao Jiuxiu bit her lip, observing his wife's expression while talking.The wife snorted coldly, "If it's just a small mistake, would I come here in person?"

Qiao Jiuxiu's heart sank, she knew that the wife must have made sufficient preparations when she came here, otherwise she wouldn't have made a special trip to visit her, and then she would have spotted the embroiderer of the bag at a glance.When Ye Duanyi wanted to help at the time, she felt that it was inappropriate, but she just thought that since it was a gift for her mother-in-law, it was naturally impossible for one person to get two copies at the same time, so naturally she couldn't see the difference in stitches and embroidery.

"Let me tell you, what are you doing wrong?" The wife suddenly got up, "First, this is your business. It is wrong for you to ask Miss Ye to help. Not to mention Miss Ye How about his embroidery skills? How can a lady from a famous family give her embroidery to others? If General Ye finds out, our entire Qiao family will probably be scolded."

"Secondly, you did this to please Ye Duanyi. You thought that when she married into Qiao's house, you would be able to climb high. But let me tell you, as long as I stay in Qiao's house for a day, there will be no She can decide the affairs of the master. Even if she really becomes the mistress of the Qiao family in the future, it will be many years later, and it is difficult to say what happened in it. "

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded again and again, not daring to look at his wife, he didn't handle the matter of embroidering bags well, and in addition, he had been a bit aggressive and avoiding danger recently, which made his wife hate him, that's why he was suddenly attacked today.

"Thirdly, don't think that you can marry into the Ye family just because you are close to Ms. Ye." My wife felt even more uncomfortable when she remembered that Ye Duanyi specially introduced her second brother to Qiao Jiuxiu that day, " I am the only one who has the final say on your marriage, marry whoever I want you to marry, don't even think about marrying someone who won't let you marry."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded submissively, no matter what the wife said, she didn't reply.The wife saw that she was almost there, so she got up and left. Before she left, she didn't ask Qiao Jiuxiu to get up, but asked her to return the embroidery bag Ye Duanyi embroidered, and then make up the rest.

After his wife left, Qiao Jiuxiu slumped on the ground.She has never had the idea of ​​fighting for favor and climbing high branches. Every step she takes is just to survive, to survive without being bullied.Her requirements are already so low, but why is this journey so difficult?

Seeing his wife leave, Jinxiu hurried over and helped Qiao Jiuxiu onto the bed to sit down.Qiao Jiuxiu looked at Jinxiu blankly, as if she hadn't recovered yet.

"Miss, madam is gone, there is nothing else to do." Jinxiu looked at Qiao Jiuxiu worriedly, Qiao Jiuxiu nodded slowly, and then she came back to her senses, calling Jinxiu to return Ye Duanyixiu's embroidery bag back .She knew that his wife wore eyeliner in the mansion, so it was better to return the embroidered bag, but Ye Duanyi inevitably had to think too much, and she couldn't say that it was his wife who asked her to return it.If you say that, I'm afraid it will be another scolding.

Jinxiu nodded, walked out with her purse, but walked back after taking two steps, "Miss, could it be that Madam has figured out what happened. But this matter is very secretive, and only a few people know about it."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, the wife came prepared, so someone must have informed her.She had already killed chickens and monkeys last time, so the people in her family probably didn't have the guts for the time being.However, the eldest sister also knew about Ye Duanyi's coming. She had no contact with the maids around her, and she didn't know whether they were reliable or not.

(End of this chapter)