The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 79
On the second day, the wife invited all the daughters to the garden to enjoy the flowers. This is a routine event after the New Year. The wife will invite all the noble families in the city during the flower viewing meeting, and let these big families come. Look at my daughters, if there is one you like, then you can propose marriage after the meeting, and if you are satisfied with each other, you can be together.

Because of another reason, all concubine daughters had to attend. Qiao Shixiu was not of marriageable age, but she still joined in the fun and attended.Qiao Jiuxiu briefly told Qiao Yuanxiu what Qiaoyu said to him yesterday.Qiao Yuanxiu nodded slightly, "Qiaoyu is an old man in the mansion, but all her opinions are very reasonable, you will definitely not go wrong if you follow her advice."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, every word Qiaoyu said yesterday was good advice, she would naturally benefit a lot, but she felt that today's flower viewing conference seemed to be missing someone. "By the way, eldest sister, why didn't you see sixth sister today?"

Qiao Liuxiu always liked to attend such events, why was she absent this time?And didn't the wife say that everyone should participate?Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to join in the fun. God knows how much she doesn't like the atmosphere here. From the very beginning to now, those ladies have looked at her with special eyes, which made her feel very embarrassed.It feels like you're on pins and needles.

"She went to worship the gods. She had a very strange dream yesterday, which was related to the family house. She said that she dreamed that a locust tree fell down. She was afraid it was a bad omen, so she told her wife and went to the temple today to ask Ask." Qiao Yuanxiu frowned slightly, "I am also a little worried about this matter, but Jiumei, didn't you say that housewarming was a great event last time? How could there be mistakes?"

"Don't worry, elder sister, this is a good omen." Qiao Jiuxiu recalled that he had read Zhougong's dream interpretation a week ago. Although he said it was just a non-existent thing, it might make the elder sister feel at ease, so he said, "I have seen it before. A book says that if a locust tree falls in a dream, it means that it is a good omen to move and break ground in the near future.”

"Really?" Qiao Yuanxiu quickly changed his expression, and patted his chest slightly, "If that's true, then that's great. You don't even know how worried I was before, so I'll tell my wife right now Something happened."

"Eldest sister, don't be in such a hurry. Let's wait for the sixth sister to come back and tell the wife." Qiao Jiuxiu stopped Qiao Yuanxiu, thinking that when Qiao Liuxiu came back, she would tell the wife, so that if something goes wrong in the future, she can't blame herself.It's not that she is narrow-minded, but that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

"That's fine." Qiao Yuanxiu patted the back of Qiao Jiuxiu's hand lightly, "By the way, I heard that all the ladies who came today are officials' wives, and their sons are all very nice. For example, the woman in the water-red dress , is Cui Shangshu's wife, the second son of his family, but a good-looking talent, if the ninth sister likes it, let's talk to her and get to know her."

Qiao Jiuxiu gave Qiao Yuanxiu a sad look, why is she making fun of herself again?This kind of blind date-like atmosphere made people feel the most embarrassing. She blushed and could only lower her head, "Sister, don't be joking. Sister Jiu is still young, so why don't you understand?"

Qiao Yuanxiu shook her head and let out a laugh. She was just joking, but she didn't expect Qiao Jiuxiu to take it seriously.Her ninth sister is really interesting.

"Hey, that's Miss Nine of the Qiao family, who looks so beautiful?" A noble lady looked at Qiao Jiuxiu with a little emotion, but the wife sighed after looking at Qiao Jiuxiu. Capable, but since ancient times, there have been many troubles for women. She is only about 14 years old now, and she has already attracted competition from several princes. After she becomes a first-class beauty in the future, those who come to propose marriage should not break the threshold.Moreover, those who dare to come to the Qiao family to propose marriage are all dignitaries, and she can't afford to offend any of them.

It seems that it is necessary to find a time to marry Qiao Jiuxiu as early as possible.

Suddenly, the wife frowned slightly, the hairpin that Qiao Jiuxiu wore on her head today was so familiar, it seemed to be the one she prepared for Qiao Liuxiu last year, but why did she wear it on her head?

Knowing that Qiao Liuxiu and Qiao Jiuxiu have always been at odds, this hairpin should not have been given to her by Qiao Liuxiu.So how did she get it?

The wife frowned even more, and she lost all interest in admiring the flowers, and sent the guests away in a few strokes.Qiao Jiuxiu felt a little strange. In the past, the flower viewing festivals would last until the evening, and they would not end until the sun went down.But now they didn't even have dinner, so why did they just leave.

"Madam is probably not in the mood." Qiao Yuanxiu said with a sigh, Qiao Jiuxiu nodded slightly, but was thinking about what made his wife lose interest.But I saw that the eldest sister had been staring at the hairpin on her head, looking quite seriously.

"Elder sister, do you have any questions?" Qiao Jiuxiu was a little nervous when Qiao Yuanxiu looked at her, and took off the hairpin and held it in her hand. "This thing was given to me by Sixth Sister. She said it was used to resolve the grievances between us. What's wrong with this hairpin?"

Qiao Yuanxiu looked at Qiao Jiuxiu strangely, as if she didn't believe what she said at all, "Jiumei, did Liumei really say what you said just now? I watched Liumei grow up, and it really doesn't look like her. Temperament, and this hairpin is very important to her, even if she really wants to shake hands with you, she shouldn't give such a valuable thing."

"I don't know about that either. Maybe it looks very sincere." Qiao Jiuxiu also frowned slightly. She felt that this occasion was very important today, and most of her jewelry was mortgaged, so she could only use this hairpin Support the scene.Unexpectedly, it turned out to be self-defeating now, so he quickly took off the hairpin.

"Wait," Qiao Shanxiu on the side suddenly came over, "Hey, isn't this Liumei's hairpin? Why is it here with Jiumei? Sixth sister lost her hairpin a few days ago, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry. Said it was a gift from his wife, and she was reluctant to wear it all the time, but she lost it unexpectedly. But, how did he end up in Jiumei's hands?"

"No. Sixth Sister gave it to me." Qiao Jiuxiu hurriedly hid the hairpin behind her back, she didn't want more people to see it.If she had known that this hairpin would cause her troubles, she shouldn't have worn it on her head.

"Sixth Sister will give you her favorite hairpin?" Qiao Wuxiu also came over. She has always been straightforward, without thinking about it, "Don't be kidding, everyone in the house doesn't know Sixth Sister doesn't deal with you, how could she give you her favorite hairpin? Could it be that you stole Sixth Sister's hairpin?"

"I don't have it. She really gave it to me." Qiao Jiuxiu couldn't argue, and suddenly realized that this was probably a conspiracy by Qiao Liuxiu. She thought it was a bit strange that she gave her hairpin, and it turned out that it was to embarrass herself.She really took it lightly, this Qiao Liuxiu has always been a tiger, leopard and rich wolf, why did she suddenly relax at the beginning?
But in the end, she didn't either.If she hadn't taken out the hairpin and put it on her head, she wouldn't have caused today's troubles. "Don't worry, I can confront Sixth Sister face to face. She really gave me this hairpin."

"Why are you so lively?" Madam suddenly came over, seeing Madam approaching, everyone hurriedly saluted.Qiao Shanxiu explained the matter to his wife very obediently.He only said that the hairpin belonged to Miss Six, but somehow it ended up in Qiao Jiuxiu's hands.She felt strange and came to ask.Because the hairpin was sold to Qiao Liuxiu by his wife last year.At that time, she showed off for several days in a row, so the whole house knew that this hairpin belonged to her.

"Let me see." The wife stretched out her hand to signal Qiao Jiuxiu to hand over the hairpin. Qiao Jiuxiu had no choice but to hand over the hairpin and put it in the wife's hands.

"The workmanship is fine and the materials are special. It is indeed something I bought for Liu Yatou last year, but why did it get into Jiu Yatou's hands? You know Liumei is very precious about it, and she doesn't want to wear it." The wife also knew that Qiao Liuxiu was very fond of it. She was very aware of Qiao Liuxiu's mind about the hairpin, but there was no reason to give up anything she liked.

"Reporting to Madam, this is indeed Sixth Sister's property, but she has already given me the hairpin." Qiao Jiuxiu said hastily.But I feel that my explanation is too pale, and my wife probably won't believe it.Sure enough, the wife frowned. Although she didn't say it clearly, the suspicion in her eyes still couldn't be ignored.

"Liumei doesn't have any friendship with you. Why would she want to give you her most beloved hairpin?" Qiao Wuxiu interjected. I'm used to it, so I just raised my eyes and glanced at her, but I wasn't angry.Then he focused his gaze on Qiao Jiuxiu, as if he must give him an explanation.

Qiao Jiuxiu bit her lip, this matter is really simple, Qiao Liuxiu really wanted to give herself the hairpin that day to resolve the conflict between them.But no matter how she explained it, the wife just didn't believe it.

"Jiu girl, if you don't tell the truth, then you won't be responsible for this housewarming." The wife snorted coldly, "If my hands and feet are not clean, I dare not entrust you with such an important matter."

"I really don't." Qiao Jiuxiu couldn't argue, it would be great if Qiao Liuxiu was there, and he could confront her face to face, but now that Qiao Liuxiu is not here, even if she is reasonable, it becomes unreasonable. "How about we wait for Sixth Sister to come back?"

"So you didn't cry when you saw the coffin?" The wife slapped the table, "You don't have to wait for Liu Yatou to come back, you can go face the wall and think about your mistakes now, and you don't have to be responsible for the housewarming."

"But..." Qiao Jiuxiu wanted to explain, but the wife clearly didn't want to listen. She had no choice but to bite her lip and back down.

(End of this chapter)