At the end of April, the birds are chirping, the doves are chirping, and the bees and butterflies are fragrant. It is a good time for all things.

In Daohua Village, as soon as the work in the shop was finished, Zhou Jingwan couldn't wait to come over and take her out for an outing to enjoy the scenery.

Two little girls, one liked to be alone in nature, and the other was impatient to socialize, so when they went out, they didn’t call anyone, and they played outside happily all day before returning home.

"You still know you're coming back?"

Daohua returned home on the tail of the setting sun. As soon as she entered the main courtyard, Mrs. Li glared at her daughter angrily: "Don't even look at the time. Next time you go out and come back so late, I won't let you go out."

Daohua immediately begged for mercy: "Mom, my daughter had so much fun today that she didn't notice the time for a while, so she came back late. I'll definitely pay attention next time."

Mrs. Li saw her daughter's rosy cheeks and bright eyes, and thought of how busy she had been in the past two months, so she didn't say anything more.

"Hey, the Dragon Boat Festival is still a few days away, why do you start giving gifts now?"

Seeing the gift box on the table, Daohua stepped forward and flipped through it: "Mom, who gave it to me? It feels quite valuable."

Mrs. Li's expression was a little dull: "Zhu Jiaoyu from Linyi County was transferred to Xingzhou due to connections. The things were sent by his family."

Hearing this, Daohua's expression immediately dimmed, and the gift box she originally held in her hand was put back.

Mrs. Li glanced at her daughter and knew that this girl was still remembering the incident when Zhu Jiaoyu's daughter was slapped by the master: "Mrs. Zhu may bring Miss Zhu to the door in the next two days, and then you will have to

See you."

Daohua was not interested at all: "I won't use it. Isn't Miss Zhu having fun with Yishuang and the others? Just let them meet."

Mrs. Li glared at Daohua: "What nonsense are you talking about? You are the daughter of the Yan family. How can you let your younger sister do the work for you when you are the eldest daughter of the Yan family?"

"Mom knows that you don't like the Zhu family, and neither does mom. However, even if Zhu Jiaoyu is going to work under your father in the future, we still have to get along in terms of face."

Seeing her daughter pouting high and looking unhappy, Mrs. Li was a little amused: "I didn't let you get close to her, just meet her. It's just right. You have such an angry temper, so you can use them to practice."

Practice."

Mrs. Li stood up, walked to Daohua, and touched her head: "When you get married in the future, you will definitely meet more and more people. It is impossible for you to like all of them. You will always like these people."

Can’t we see none of them?”

Hearing Mrs. Li mention the matter of getting married again, Daohua was a little irritated and immediately said: "Mom, why don't you let me see you?"

Mrs. Li smiled: "Just don't lose your etiquette."

She doesn't have any good impressions of the Zhu family, so naturally she won't have any requirements for her daughter.

The day after giving the gift, Mrs. Zhu brought Zhu Xiuyun to Yan Mansion.

Different from the time in Linyi County, this time when Mrs. Zhu entered the door of Yan Mansion, she was no longer as aloof as before, and there was a hint of restraint between her brows.

Who would have thought that Mr. Yan, the seventh-rank county magistrate, would jump three levels without saying a word and be promoted to the fifth-rank Xingzhou magistrate.

She can look down on the wife of the Qipin County Magistrate who was born as a merchant, but she cannot be disrespectful to Mrs. Zhizhou.

As the governor of a state, with jurisdiction over several counties, the Yan family is no longer the poor family she could look down upon.

Especially the news she heard about the Yan family in the past year.

The eldest, third and fourth sons of the Yan family are currently studying at Wangyue Academy and often come and go with the young prince.

Young prince, he is a member of the royal family, what an honor it is.

The master said that Mr. Yan is an upright official and has strong ability to do things. If it were not suppressed by someone from above, he would have been promoted long ago. Now that he has this kind of relationship with the young prince, it will be a matter of time for him to continue to rise.

The Yan family is getting more and more prosperous, but the Zhu family is gradually declining.

This time, in order to be transferred to Xingzhou, the master took care of everything. He just thought that Mr. Yan and he had many years of friendship, so he could give him a proper hand.

Thinking that the master had repeatedly asked her to befriend Mrs. Li last night, Mrs. Zhu felt a little unsure. After all, when she was in Linyi County, her attitude towards Mrs. Li was not really good.

Mrs. Zhu looked at her daughter, who also had her head lowered, and sighed again.

This step of making friends with Mrs. Lin was a mistake after all. No matter how favored a concubine is, it is just a concubine after all, and the only one who goes out to socialize is the wife of the house.

Linyi County is small and there are not many wealthy families, so the rules and etiquette are not that strict. But in this Xingzhou city, if she has another concubine, I am afraid that all the wives will stay away from her.

If the main wife makes good concubines, her status will be reduced!

Under the leadership of the maid, Mrs. Zhu walked towards the main courtyard with her daughter full of thoughts.

Zhu Xiuyun was very well-behaved along the way, but at this moment, she was also a little worried.

After all, she was the culprit who caused Miss Yan to be severely slapped by Mr. Yan.

Main courtyard.

Ping Xiao smiled and welcomed Mrs. Zhu and her daughter into the living room: "Mrs. Zhu, I'm really sorry. Our wife is temporarily busy, so please wait here for a moment."

The smile on Mrs. Zhu's face froze, and then she smiled and said: "It's just that we came at an unlucky time. Let your wife do her work first. I'll be fine, so it doesn't matter if you wait."

Pingxiao smiled and went down. As soon as he went out, he was pulled aside by Pingtong.

Pingtong glared at Pingxiao: "Didn't I find a better reason? Although Madam wanted to show her off, she didn't want to go too far."

Ping Xiao glanced at her mouth and said: "As for Mrs. Zhu's previous attitude towards our wife, it's good if I can smile at her and find reasons. I'm too lazy to waste my brain."

Pingtong was speechless, but she did not refute.

When she was in Linyi County, Mrs. Zhu looked down on wives with merchant backgrounds. Seeing that Aunt Lin had a scholar father and a scholar brother, and she was favored by the master, she would talk to Aunt Lin every time she visited, so she took care of her as the head of the household.

Madam is still there, which is really annoying.

Ping Xiao sneered: "When Miss Zhu was injured in our house, the master gave the eldest daughter a scratch on her ear. How many times did Madam cry for this?"

"Later, Mrs. Zhu and Aunt Lin also participated in the issue of Master Qin's stay."

"Mrs. Zhu prides herself on being from a scholarly family, but nothing she does is in line with the rules. If I were my wife, I would never meet such a person."

Ping Xiao wanted to complain a few words, but when he saw someone suddenly coming into the yard, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Oh, Aunt Lin, why did you come here? You can let us wait."

Seeing how enthusiastic the maid next to Madam was, Mrs. Lin felt a little puzzled, but she didn't show it on her face and said with a smile: "Because of the sudden shouting, it took me some time to change clothes. Is there anything wrong with Madam?"

Ping Xiao glanced at the living room and said with a smile: "Good thing, you, a friend has arrived, aren't you here to meet the guests?"

Aunt Lin was stunned.

Friends? What kind of friends can she have? And she is a concubine, so the lady would be so kind to let her come out to meet guests?

Yan Yishuang, who was called together, asked: "Who is it?"

Ping Xiao smiled: "Third girl, she is your good sister, the girl from the Zhu family. She and Mrs. Zhu are here. Madam doesn't want you to have a good time, so she specially asked you to come here to meet her?"

Seeing that Aunt Lin and her daughter were a little dazed, Ping Xiao urged: "Aunt Lin and the third girl, come with me quickly. We don't want to keep the guests waiting for a long time."

In the living room, Mrs. Zhu’s mother-goddess, who was left hanging here, didn’t look very good.

At this moment, I heard a sound coming from the yard. I thought it was Mrs. Li who was coming, so I immediately stood up to greet her.

However, when she saw Aunt Lin and her daughter walking in, Mrs. Zhu could hardly stop smiling.
Chapter completed!