The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 7

The one serving at the door of the wife's inner room was Cuiyu, who was an acquaintance, and did not take him because she was from the wife's courtyard, and greeted Qiao Jiuxiu politely.

Qiao Jiuxiu smiled at Cuiyu, in response to Cuiyu's politeness, and asked, "Madam is washing up?"

Cuiyu nodded, and said: "Miss Jiu came early, the wife is washing up, I wonder if Miss Jiu came to see the wife early, but something happened?" While talking, she glanced at the brightly blooming red branches in Qiao Jiuxiu's hand. plum.

"Well, yes." Qiao Jiuxiu smiled, looked at Cuiyu and said, "I saw these red plum blossoms blooming well on the road, so I thought of breaking some and sending them to my wife. I don't have a suitable plum vase. So I came to ask my mother, can I find two plum vases and plug them in first, and plug them in earlier, so that the red plums can last longer."

Hearing what Qiao Jiuxiu said, Cuiyu looked stunned, and said: "Miss Nine has a heart, so I'll go back to my wife." Saying that, she opened the curtain and entered the inner room.

"Ma'am, Miss Nine has brought some red plums. I want to ask my wife to agree to find two plum vases and put them in first. Do you think it's okay?" Cuiyu said to his wife who was resting in front of the dressing table with her eyes closed.

In fact, my wife heard it a long time ago. The two of them were talking at the door, and they didn't deliberately lower their voices. Naturally, everyone in the room could hear them clearly.

But the wife didn't speak immediately, but continued to sit in front of the dressing table with her eyes closed, as if she was an old god, not even the girl jade pendant that was specially made for the wife to dress up did not have the slightest intention to temporarily stop the corner comb in her hand.

My wife really hates Qiao Jiuxiu.The son of Liu Yiniang, a lowly maidservant who didn't understand the distinction between honor and inferiority, was born with the same beauty and beauty as Liu Yiniang.Although the wife didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that even though Qiao Jiuxiu was just a 13-year-old kid, she was much more beautiful than her biological daughter, Qiao Yuanxiu.How is this not annoying?
Qiao Yuanxiu was also a beautiful woman, and the whole Qiao family would not be so dedicated to an ordinary-looking woman, even if this person was a prostitute.If it wasn't for the family members of the Qiao Mansion who felt that Qiao Yuanxiu had a chance to win the eyes of the emperor and the Emperor's favor, Fuze Qiao Mansion would not have done their best to prepare for her.

Strange to say, Qiao Sihai, the head of the Qiao Mansion, was full of energy during the years when his wife gave birth to Qiao Yuanxiu. Except for the fourth young master, Qiao Shaolian, none of the other concubines survived, but quite a few concubines.

What's funny is that Mr. Qiao, Qiao Sihai, is a person who doesn't pay much attention to women. From the names of the daughters of the Qiao family, it can be seen how much Mr. Qiao doesn't care about his daughters.

Apart from his own career, Master Qiao's mind was mostly on the Eldest Young Master Qiao Shaoshang, and occasionally he would take care of the Fourth Young Master Qiao Shaolian.But the fourth young master, Qiao Shaolian, was a playboy since he was a child, and his whole body was muddy and stuck to the walls. Over time, he didn't bother to care about the fourth young master. And because of this, the fourth young master miraculously survived and became the only bastard in Qiao's mansion.

After Seventh Aunt gave birth to Qiao Shixiu, it was as if Master Qiao's energy was taken away, and no other aunt in the backyard was pregnant again.

Because Qiao Yuanxiu is the first daughter and Qiao Shixiu is the youngest daughter, Master Qiao can occasionally remember these two daughters.Besides, the other concubines have never been in Master Qiao's eyes at all. I'm afraid Master Qiao doesn't even know what his remaining daughters look like.

The wife has been suppressing Qiao Jiuxiu, probably because of her appearance.It was she who hid Qiao Jiuxiu so well that Master Qiao had no chance to take a closer look, otherwise it was still unknown whether the draft would fall on her daughter Yuanxiu.

If it wasn't for her son's future, she wouldn't have stayed in Qiao Jiuxiu till now, at least she couldn't let her keep her beautiful appearance like this.

But now Qiao Yuanxiu's quota has been reported to the Ministry of Rituals, and people have been sent to take care of everything that needs to be taken care of. Even the aunt, Mrs. Runan, has written a letter, so there is no need to worry that Qiao Jiuxiu will threaten her daughter's future.And for the sake of his son, it was time to win her over.

Thinking of this, the wife opened her eyes, the eyes flashed, and finally she returned to her previous appearance, and said to Cuiyu slowly: "It's hard for her to have a heart, let her come in."

"Yes." Cuiyu replied and backed away, but she was secretly surprised in her heart.She thought that this time the wife would be the same as before, and sent Miss Jiu to wait in the front hall, but this time she actually met her in the inner room.Fortunately, she has always abided by her duties, so she dutifully went to the inner room to report to his wife, otherwise, wouldn't it be trouble?Be careful when sailing for thousands of years, what your mother said is indeed true.

"Miss Nine, Madam let you in." Walking outside the door, Cuiyu used honorifics in her reply to Qiao Jiuxiu, and even took the initiative to help Qiao Jiuxiu open the curtain and held it up.

Qiao Jiuxiu smiled in her heart, she was afraid that the lady's attitude had changed, maybe it was because she needed to borrow her own hands to make clothes for the eldest lady.But whether it is or not, this is a good thing, but she can't take it lightly.Immediately said to Cuiyu: "I'm sorry." After speaking, he went into his wife's inner room.

"Jiuxiu pays respects to mother, mother is well."

"Well, Cuiyu said that you picked some red plums and brought them to me."

The wife's tone can be called good, which surprised Qiao Jiuxiu. Fortunately, the wife didn't treat her with a pleasant face immediately, otherwise she could only think of the words "ignoring courteousness, adultery or stealing". It is she who is courteous.

"Yes, mother." With that said, Qiao Jiuxiu passed the red plum in her hand forward.

The wife looked up, nodded, and said: "Well, it's really a good drive, you're the one who cares about it." As she spoke, she glanced at the girl Ruyi who was standing beside her.

As soon as he saw it, he bent down slightly, took out two pure white jade-bone plum vases from the cupboard in the side room, and said, "Madam, how about two plum vases."

The wife glanced at it, nodded in praise and said: "Red and white, complementing each other, this pure white jade bone vase and this red plum match very well."

"Then just these two." Ruyi said, filled the two plum bottles with water, put one on the window sill, and placed the other on the wife's dressing table.

After Ruyi put the plum vase away, Qiao Jiuxiu hurriedly took two steps and handed the red plum to Ruyi.

Ruyi took Hongmei and smiled at Qiao Jiuxiu, saying, "Thank you, Miss Jiu."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded: "It should."

After Ruyi put the red plum in place, the wife looked at it carefully, and then said: "It's really good, you can sit down."

The wife said this, as if she was satisfied with the red plums that Qiao Jiuxiu sent, but in fact, she had made up her mind before that she wanted to win over Qiao Jiuxiu.

Qiao Jiuxiu understood in her heart that Hongmei's wife's change of attitude must not be the reason. The wife knew everything about the concubine in the mansion, and she never liked her. Naturally, she would not change her mind so quickly because of such a trivial matter, so Qiao Jiuxiu did not relax in the slightest meaning.

However, Qiao Jiuxiu still put on a look of being flattered and grateful to Dade.After thanking his wife obediently, he sat down obliquely on a mahogany chair beside him.I didn't dare to fill up the seat, so I only sat halfway, with a timid and restrained look.

The wife was satisfied with Qiao Jiuxiu's reaction, and said: "I am your mother, you are here with me, you don't have to be restrained, just be casual."

"Yes, mother." Qiao Jiuxiu replied, but her body was still half-sitting sideways, but her face was deliberately relaxed, and her eyes were free to look at the furnishings in the wife's room.

As the head mistress of Qiao's residence, the wife's inner room really reveals luxury everywhere.The chair that Qiao Jiuxiu was sitting on, apart from the wood, was exquisitely carved, and it was really a masterpiece of a famous craftsman. Just such a chair can be worth the value of all the objects in Qiao Jiuxiu's room.

And if Qiao Jiuxiu is not mistaken, the wife's dressing box is the seven-treasure glazed box that she has seen in the book.Qiao Jiuxiu once heard from a servant in the mansion that his wife's natal family was a wealthy merchant in Taizhou, and Taizhou Linhai, presumably this seven-treasure colored glaze box was his wife's dowry.

And the one on the wife's dressing table is not an ordinary bronze mirror, but a plain silver mirror.Although this plain silver mirror is not as good as modern glass mirrors, its clarity greatly exceeds that of bronze mirrors.

The same is true for the pair of pure white jade bone plum vases that Ruyi just took out. Although they are not the top-grade suet white jade, the quality is still good. The most rare thing is that the pair of jade vases are carved from a single piece of jade. A whole piece of jade of this quality is really uncommon, and it must have been passed down from the neighboring country Daxia.

Daxia, Daliang’s neighboring country, is rich in jade, and the two countries have not friendly relations. Jade articles of this quality are usually not passed on to Daliang through formal channels, so the value of the jade bottle must be higher than its own value.

As if noticing Qiao Jiuxiu's gaze, the wife said, "The pair of plum vases were brought back by your brother Shaotang a few years ago from his study tour."

"It turned out that my brother brought it back."

Hearing what his wife said, Qiao Jiuxiu remembered that two years ago, his first brother Qiao Shaotang went out to study for half a year, and when he came back he brought gifts to everyone in the family, including Qiao Jiuxiu himself.

Of course not all gifts are as precious as the wife's pair of plum vases, but it is rare that the elder brother born by the concubine can remember the younger sisters born by the concubine.On this point, Qiao Shaotang is different from Master Qiao and his wife, including the young lady Qiao Yuanxiu.

It is said that Qiao Shaotang has gone out to study many times, and that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, so this insight is naturally different.He is very knowledgeable, humble in dealing with people and dealing with things, and has a dignified appearance, no wonder the little girls in the mansion are secretly moved when they mention him.

Qiao Jiuxiu was thinking about it, but heard his wife say from the side: "Come out with me." But the wife had already finished her makeup.

"Yes." Qiao Jiuxiu responded, and stood up from the chair quickly, and waited for his wife to pass him, then followed at a step away from his wife, and walked into the hall together.

(End of this chapter)