She gently put down the teacup, and Zhao's mother advised her a few more words, telling her not to confront the eldest lady head-on. It is good to please the old lady, but the eldest lady is the legitimate mother after all, and the relationship with her should not be ripped off.

Chu Xinyu knew that Zhao's mother cared about her, so she patiently listened to her and occasionally responded to her. She didn't let her retreat until she finished saying everything she should say.

When Zhao's mother left, Zi Ling and Zhu Bo took out the string of beads and flowers for Chu Xinyu to check.

This is a birthday gift for Princess Zhaoyang tomorrow. Chu Xinyu dared not be careless. After carefully checking, there was no problem, he completed the last step by himself.

Zi Ling's craftsmanship is very good, especially the leaves and petals, which look very beautiful. After her modification and flower arrangement skills, Zhu Bo liked it so much, his eyes were shining, "The girl is so smart. Princess Zhaoyang will definitely like such a gift."

Chu Xinyu nodded and smiled. Phalaenopsis is a rare species in the Xu Dynasty. Even the imperial nobles may not have seen it. Its flowers are graceful and in shape are like butterflies flying. Princess Zhaoyang, who loves flowers, will definitely like it.

She ordered Zi Ling to carefully put the bonsai bead flowers into the box, then sat alone in front of the dressing table, took out the bronze mirror and prepared to comb her hair.

Lan Yi walked over and said, "Girl, I discovered this thing when I was sorting out the bag. I remember that the girl had also woven one before, but this one was older." As she said that, a five-color long-lived strand of a small fish was lying on her palm.

Chu Xinyu glanced at it and thought it looked familiar, so he reached out and took it over and looked carefully. It was made of five-color silk threads made of yellow, green, white, red and black. The color was a little dim, but the silk thread was well protected.

"I'm sure it's in the bag?" Chu Xinyu looked at Lan Yi and asked, his voice slightly excited.

Zhu Bo felt it was strange, so he went up to take a look.

Hey, isn’t this the long-lived strand that the girl woven during the Dragon Boat Festival last year? No, this one is not bright enough and a little faded, but the knitting technique of the little fish pendant looks the same as the girl woven.

Lan Yi nodded and said, "I cleaned up the bag when I was in the temple. I knew there was no such thing inside, but later the bag was always held by Danqing..."

She suddenly remembered that when she was going down the mountain by carriage, there were several times when the bag fell to the floor of the carriage, and then said, "Can this long-lived thread fall on the floor of the Beiping Hou and accidentally bring it into the bag when Danqing picked up the bag?"

No need to guess, this long-lived thread must be from Lin Chenyao, the Marquis of Beiping.

Chu Xinyu didn't say anything, staring at the long life thread in his hand in a daze, and his expression seemed to be trapped in some kind of memory and meditation.

Lan Yi and Zhu Bo looked at each other, but did not dare to disturb each other.

Until Danqing walked in from outside, Zhubo saw her look in a hurry, as if she had something to tell the girl, so she walked out. Seeing Chunmei looking here, she walked over and sent her to do something else.

Inside the house, Danqing said, "Girl, I found out that the old lady asked the eldest lady to ask the eldest lady to go to Anshantang, but I don't know what happened inside. The eldest lady looked very bad when she came out. Later, Aunt Wang was also called to Anshantang."

Chu Xinyu had long expected this result. Old Mrs. Ruochu knew that she had almost ruined her reputation by Yuan's design but was indifferent. She was really disappointed with this grandmother.

But I don’t know how she dealt with Yuan. Yuan has been in charge of the Marquis’ Mansion for many years, and she has almost settled people inside and out. It is impossible to defeat her in one go.

But she was not in a hurry. Today's battle was not planned. If Chu Jiaqi had not brought the maid to provoke the invitation, how could she have obtained an opportunity to establish her authority?

Chu Xinyu tapped the table with a delicate jade finger, but sneered in her heart. These people are really good. Isn’t it great to stay peacefully in her yard? Why do you want to provoke her? In the future world, she has never encountered any tangible things, and she has long been trained to become a wall of iron.

It would be fine if they didn't provoke her, but if they provoke her, they would definitely give her back ten times!

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Danqing said frightenedly: "Girl, will the old lady scold her if she asks her to go?"

I don’t know whether I will scold Chu Xinyu, but the punishment of Old Lady Chu to Yuan quickly spread.

Old Mrs. Chu called Yuan, and no one knew what she said in it, but she asked her to copy the Buddhist scriptures three hundred times. She was not allowed to step out of the room until she finished copying them. The housekeeper's right was temporarily handed over to the second room manager.

The second wife He was originally in Jinxiufang and Garden of Guanhou’s Mansion, but now she wants to take over the housekeeper’s lord. She really has no time to take care of so many things, let alone manage it temporarily. After Yuan finished copying the Buddhist scriptures three hundred times, she would have to return them. She really didn’t want to take them over.

But the third wife Hong family is different. Everyone is the wife of the Chu family. Why are the big and second wife in the mansion have real power, but the third wife has no errands?

He was getting close to Hong, and how could Hong not know what he was thinking? Although she didn't want to take over the housekeeper, she was happy to do it if she had the opportunity to slam the Yuan family's aura.

Therefore, on the grounds that she had no time to clone her, she handed over the kitchen to the three-bedroom manager. It would take two months to wait until Yuan finished copying the Buddhist scriptures.

Besides, she could see that the fifth girl was very different from before, especially today's performance, which was obviously aimed at Yuan and Aunt Wang. Although she didn't know why she did this, she had a premonition that today's affairs were just the beginning.

Since the fifth girl wants to deal with Yuan, so what if she helps her with her own group? As for whether it will happen, it depends entirely on her future luck.

I don’t know how happy I was when my husband came back in the evening, and she happily shared with him that although his husband is an official position of eighth rank, the value is his sincerity to him.

When he was young, he had a maid with her dowry because of a mistake. He felt ashamed of her and never asked her to serve her again. Even if her mother-in-law arranged someone for him, he refused. So in front of him, she never complained about him for nothing, and was not as good as his two brothers.

Because she knew very well that her husband was not an official at all. He was only addicted to calligraphy, painting and poetry writing, but he had no representative work that could be taken out. He could not even support his meager salary, so how could he take care of the expenses of the three bedrooms? Although each of the three bedrooms had monthly fees, the expenses were still not proportional to the entry. If the shops and farms in her dowry were not profitable, she would probably not even be able to earn the dowry of her daughter.

She shoulders the entire three rooms alone, and the pressure can be imagined. Now that she is in charge of the big kitchen, she can finally get some money and give her daughter more dowry.

Chu Hong took off his coat and hugged his wife in his arms and said, "Since you take it, you must do it well, and don't be greedy for these things. Let others seize the handle. Although you don't give you luxurious life and power for your husband, you swear when you marry you and will be your warm support."

He made his wife wronged in the mansion and felt guilty about her. Fortunately, she was not the kind of nagging and vain woman. Even if she had that kind of little thought now, it was understandable. She blamed herself for not being able to make her live a more decent life.

"I don't ask you for wealth and honor, I just hope you can support my decision." Hong's eyes were gloomy. No one would think about wealth and honor, but she had no choice. Her husband chose her own choice, and she would marry her if she didn't want it. Even though she knew that he had no ability, she could not ask for wealth and honor, she could only ask for his heart.

Chu Hong was very happy that his wife was so reasonable and reminded her: "My sister-in-law must be unwilling to give up the power of the family. She has been in charge of the big kitchen for many years. Most of the people inside are her confidants. They will definitely cause trouble during your jurisdiction. Be careful yourself. If you really can't take care of it, let the second sister-in-law take care of it."

Chu Hong actually disagrees with his wife taking care of the big kitchen, but he knows that if she is not allowed to hit the south wall, she will always remember that if something really happens, as her husband, she will take advantage of her.

Hong nodded.

Chu Hong remembered something at this time and asked, "I heard you just said that my sister-in-law was refuted to take over the family power this time because the fifth girl said something in front of her mother?"

Hong replied truthfully: "I don't know if this is the case. Although the fifth girl didn't directly accuse her sister-in-law of teaching her daughter, she implicitly mocked her for being a little bitched when she left, and taught her own children to know the etiquette, but the stepdaughter and the concubine daughter were wrongly taught. Who knew that it took me a meal to come back and my mother called her to Anshan Hall. No one knew what happened in the middle, but it was probably only my grandmother and sister-in-law knew."

After hearing this, Chu Hong pondered for a moment: "Maybe the fifth girl did something behind her back, and she was so worried that her sister-in-law was worried, but when did the fifth girl learn so smart?"

Since Chu Xinyu came back, he had not seen these five nieces yet. Every time he went to his mother's place to pay his respects, he never encountered them. In addition, he was going to attend a painting fair in the capital city recently and was busy sorting out works in the painting gallery. He rarely returned home. He hoped that he could become famous in the painting fair, so his wife would not have to work so hard.

Thinking of Chu Xinyu's counterattack that was calm and calm in the face of today's scene, Yuan was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Hong smiled and said, "She has indeed changed a lot. Her temperament is completely different from before. She speaks clearly and is very skillful. She was led by her nose without realizing it, and she also knows how to care about people. She gave Xiao Yi a bottle of flawless cream. After Xiao Yi put it on, she said a lot that healed, and the wound was no longer itchy."

If Chu Xinyu had said Xiangcheng's insulting words at the beginning, it might not have been effective today. She first aroused Chu Jiaqi's anger with words, let her expose her vicious side, let everyone see her various ugly things, and then deliberately kept it a secret, attracted the attention of the old lady, and then gave Chu Jiaqi a painful blow.

At the end of the day, he secretly sued Yuan and led the flames to her. Because of the comparison, the old lady didn't want to admit it, and she had to admit it. The difference in character between Chu Jiaqi and Chu Jiating and his sister.

In fact, some people noticed these things a long time ago, but no one dared to expose them in public at that time like Wu Yatou.

Perhaps it was because of Chu Xinyu's words that the old lady finally realized that she was no longer favoring one or the other. Perhaps as her husband said, it was the fifth girl who did something behind her back that made the old lady change her mind.

No matter what, for the sake of giving Xiaoyi ointment, I should stand on the same front as her.

Although she has no ability, she has a very accurate vision of people. Just as she wanted to have a good relationship with her second wife, her second uncle is much better than her uncle. Moreover, He is a person with a clear relationship and a straightforward work. Even if she is separated in the future, she will not take care of herself and forget others.

Chu Hong nodded and said, "It's so great! If the former sister-in-law knew about it, she would be relieved."

"No." When Hong married into the Marquis' Mansion, Mei was very kind to her. At that time, Mei's hand was not as powerful as Yuan's hand. When she was pregnant with Chu Xinyu, she also distributed the power of the family to the second and third house managers to take care of her baby. If it weren't for the disappearance of her second nephew, she would not have had fetal anger and almost died of blood during childbirth.

Mei is a very good person. God has taken her and her son's lives and should be kind to her daughter whom she gave birth to for the sake of her life. Therefore, it was only after two years that Chu Xinyu was sent away from the Marquis' Mansion that she would become stronger.

Thinking of this, he said again: "The family banquet will be in a few days, and you will be able to see her at that time."

"If you pick up Zhipeng back that day, he must have wanted to see his fifth sister."

Hong nodded and agreed, "Of course I want it."

Zhipeng is their only legitimate son. He loves to study at a young age and is very smart. Hong wants him to take the imperial examination like his eldest nephew, so he entrusted his relationship with He and asked him to worship Mr. Zhang Chaoyang.

Zhang's family was innocent, Zhang Chaoyang was outstanding in his life, and was also the master of Zhan Shi Yang Lang of Zhan Shi's Mansion, so many people became disciples, but in the end he only accepted three disciples, one of them was Chu Zhipeng.

However, Chu Zhipeng has liked to stick to Chu Xinyu since childhood. No matter how fierce her face looked, he didn't care at all. When he saw her, he was like a bee and a flower, chasing her happily behind her, and shouting from the front and back.

Now that the fifth sister he was worried about came back, he must be very happy.

The two of them had a conversation again, and Hong served Chu Hong to clean himself, a beautiful room with infinite warmth.

On the side of Xiaozhuyuan, Chu Xinyu knew that Yuan's family's power had been refuted, and she felt relieved. Although it was only temporary, there were some things that would be difficult to come back once she let go.

As long as it is not Yuan's family, no one who is the housekeeper is concerned about her. If the third wife wants this power, she doesn't mind helping her, but the premise is that she will ask for the things that Yuan takes from Chu Xinyu one by one.

She knew that Yuan would definitely not be willing to hand over the housekeeper's power and would definitely do some actions on it, but it doesn't matter. As long as she dares to do it, she will have a way to find out.

But there is no hurry to do this. What she needs to focus on is the Hundred Flowers Banquet. This is an extremely important banquet for her and there is no way to make any mistakes.

Perhaps because there were so many things happening during the day, they pressed on her heart one by one, making her toss and turn at night.

Outside the window, the silver moon hangs in the sky, and the frogs croaking by the lake are one after another, adding a bit of liveliness to this quiet night, making it even more difficult for her to sleep.

I reached under the pillow and took out a long life thread, held it in my hand and looked around. Distant memories appeared in my mind.

"I heard that the five life threads tied to your wrist can avoid disasters and ensure safety and health. This is woven by me myself, and I took them to the temple to open a glory. There is only one in the entire Xu Dynasty. You are not allowed to lose it. And you are not allowed to let other girls tie the life thread for you in the future, otherwise I will ignore you if I know."

A little girl with pink and jade was standing in front of the young boy. She tied a five-wire life thread to his white jade-like wrist and said in a soft and glutinous voice.

I heard that it was woven by her and she used it to open it up just to keep him safe. The young man's beautiful face was filled with emotion. He promised: "No, I will only accept gifts from my sister in the future."

As he said, he raised his wrist to his eyes and looked at it. A wisp of fragrance came to his nose and asked hurriedly, "Why does it still have fragrance?"

Seeing that he was not unhappy, the little girl smiled and said with a smile: "This silk thread is made according to the method taught by my mother. It not only makes the silk thread wear-resistant and beautiful, but also the fragrance will not dissipate for a long time. It can also refresh the mind and refresh the mind. There are many benefits."

"I don't know what you gave me such a good thing. I have given you back. This jade pendant was worn since I was a child. I will give it to you now and you can keep your safety." As he said that, he stuffed a jade pendant into her hand.

The little girl looked at her with a jade pendant, which carved the pattern of auspicious beast on it. Then she smiled and asked him seriously: "Is this the case of exchanging love tokens?"

Hearing this, the young man's face was covered with a shy blush when he was frightened. He immediately reached out to grab the jade pendant. The little girl quickly flashed by, put the jade pendant into her arms, and then smiled "legend". Her smile was as beautiful as the pear blossoms blooming in spring, beautiful and charming!

When Chu Xinyu recalled that scene, her heart was sore and awkward. It turned out that he had been wearing it by his side. He had not forgotten himself, but she was no longer the sister in his memory...

A teardrop flowed out of the corners of her eyes. She took a deep breath, stretched her hands away, then turned her sideways, looked out of the bed, and through the thin curtain, she suddenly saw a faint figure standing in front of the bed. She was shocked and bounced from the bed.

"who?"

"It's me." A low and magnetic male voice sounded.

This sound shocked Chu Xinyu. She looked down casually and saw the light vertical striped pajamas, but it was empty inside. Although she was slender, she had no place where she should have grown. She didn't dare to go out in this way.

"Are you okay?"

In fact, she asked knowingly that when she touched the girl's boudoir in the middle of the night, there must be something very important that he ignored ethics. She knew what he was looking for her, and she held Long Life in her hand tightly.

Lin Chenyao said directly: "Did you see a colorful long-lived strand on the carriage?"
To be continued...