The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Chapter 43

The prince said, you missed the key plot. I won't show you this chapter! Hurry to mend it ~ Qin Yi took a step to the side and hooked his hand to signal Chu Jinyao to approach. Chu Jinyao hesitated: "this..." Qin Yi is now a young man. Men and women don't give and receive. How can she get so close to him?

Seeing that Chu Jinyao didn't move, Qin Yi directly stretched out his hand and pulled her over: "hurry up, I can't leave the jade pendant for too long. I can't practice without teaching."

Chu Jinyao's wrist was held. She only had time to see each other's slender fingers. Qin Yi is still in a state of spirit and his fingers are still translucent, but even so, it doesn't prevent him from completely encircling Chu Jinyao's wrist with one hand and pulling her whole person with a little force.

Chu Jin felt inexplicably that it was a pair of martial arts hands. If you don't practice martial arts, your fingers won't be so long and powerful.

How many years has Qin Yi been practicing? He is so powerful in both literature and martial arts. Chu Jinyao was thinking in a trance that her forehead was suddenly bounced. Although it was not painful, it was enough to wake her up.

"What are you doing?" Chu Jinyao covered her forehead and looked up at Qin Yi unhappily.

Qin Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, it's reasonable for you to be distracted? Hold your pen well and write in the way I said."

Chu Jinyao is still very interested in learning. If she doesn't, she will be caught by Chu Jinmiao. She immediately withdrew her mind and listened carefully to Qin Yi. Qin Yi stood beside Chu Jinyao and taught her how to move her pen and how to make a transition. Chu Jinyao didn't do well in some places. Qin Yi was impatient and directly reached out to hold her pen to help her correct. He is on Chu Jinyao's left hand. Every time he wants to hold a pen, he can only stretch his arm behind Chu Jinyao and hold her to correct. Chu Jinyao was very uncomfortable. She told herself in her heart that Qin Yi was a monster and had no sense of great defense between men and women in the world. Don't worry about it with him. This repeated many times, Chu Jinyao was also slowly used to it. She held hands by Qin Yi, pushed slowly on the paper, and wrote more and more smoothly.

Chu Jinyao used to write very little. She was very afraid of pen and ink, but now Qin Yi took it with her. She started it quickly. Later, when Qin Yi let go, she could write a few words in a decent way. Chu Jinyao was very happy. She turned back happily and said, "look, I can write by myself!"

Chu Jinyao turned back in a hurry and forgot that Qin Yi was standing behind her. They were very close. When she looked back like this, she almost hit Qin Yi's chin.

Qin Yi had to stand very close when he wanted to bypass Chu Jinyao and hold his pen. He was taller than Chu Jinyao, so he had to support the table with one hand and put the other hand around Chu Jinyao, with the feeling that she was familiar with writing. Now Chu Jinyao suddenly turned back and nearly ran into him. Chu Jinyao looked back and found Qin Yi's face close at hand. He was stunned on the spot. Qin Yi reacted very quickly. He immediately raised his chin back, then lowered his eyes and glanced at Chu Jinyao: "what are you doing?"

Chu Jinyao was very embarrassed. This was the first time she was so close to a man. At this moment, she clearly realized that Qin Yi was a man and she could no longer get along with him as before. Chu Jinyao was about to speak to ease the atmosphere, but he found that Qin Yi's chin was much thinner. His face was so transparent that it almost melted into the air. There was a light and fragile beauty, which made his facial features more exquisite.

However, Chu Jinyao had no intention to appreciate Qin Yi's outstanding appearance. She said anxiously, "what's the matter with you? Is it uncomfortable?"

Qin Yi himself looked disapproval: "nothing. It's been too long since he left the jade pendant. The spirit can't support him. Just go back and raise him."

What is raising? Can you make fun of the soul? Chu Jinyao was really angry: "since you can't come out for too long, go back quickly! It's also my fault. I just focused on practicing calligraphy and didn't pay attention to you."

"I'm fine," Qin Yi said, adding, "don't think about it. It has nothing to do with you."

"Well, I know. Go back quickly!"

Qin Yi has been a restless person since childhood. He hates bondage most. Now he is confined to the jade pendant. It's an unspeakable boredom. Qin Yi didn't want to go back at all if he could get out of that restricted place. But Chu Jinyao was so anxious that she was crying. Qin Yi had no choice but to return to the jade pendant reluctantly.

At the jade pendant, the weak soul felt much better immediately. Qin Yi sighed softly and immediately comforted Chu Jinyao: "I'm fine. Don't cry."

Is that okay? Chu Jinyao is really about to be cried by Qin Yi. Why doesn't this man take his body seriously at all? She was bored for a while. She didn't know who she was angry with. Finally, she said, "don't do this next time."

"Well, good," Qin Yi replied without much distraction. He yawned lazily and said, "it's time for you to practice calligraphy. This is water grinding Kung Fu. You can't be lazy."

"I understand." Chu Jinyao sat at his desk, picked up his pen and said while dipping in ink, "I'm practicing calligraphy here. If you're sleepy, take a break first. I'll accompany you."

Qin Yi chuckled: "I'm not a child. I can't use people to accompany me." although he said so, the loss of the spirit is too great today. He only supported it for a while, but he couldn't survive and fell asleep.

Chu Jinyao looks at Qin Yi and is more careful. In the study, you can only hear the rustle of the tip of a pen.

As the night grew deeper and deeper, the little servant girls lit lanterns one by one on the corridor, and the lights were also lit in all courtyards of Changxing Marquis house. At this time, few people in the house have moved around. Regardless of what they say and do in the daytime, those who can sit under the same lamp are the real close people.

Chu Jinmiao covered the lampshade on the candlestick and asked, "isn't father coming today?"

Mammy Zhang said, "it's all this point. I'm afraid the marquis will stay in that hospital tonight."

Chu Jinmiao is a girl and shouldn't ask about her father and aunt, but Chu Jinmiao has been close to Zhao since she was a child. Zhao has been wronged by her aunt and loves to talk to Chu Jinmiao. Over time, the people in Zhao's house get used to it.

The Marquis of Changxing had one wife and three concubines. Although Zhao's main room was in a stable position, it was only a matter of face. Among them, Aunt Huang was really favored.

Like tonight, Changxing Hou stayed in Aunt Huang's yard again.

When Zhao entered the door, she was the eldest daughter-in-law and Mrs. Hou. I don't know how many people stared at her stomach. Zhao's entry was almost a year before she became pregnant. However, despite many expectations, Zhao didn't kill a man in one fell swoop, but gave birth to a big girl. Although the old lady of Chu was slightly disappointed, she still gave Zhao dignity. As soon as she was born, she took the big girl away and brought her up strictly according to the style of her eldest granddaughter. Although it is emotionally unfair to the mother that the child was taken away at birth, it is extremely dignified and shows the status of the mother and child to leave it in the noble family and raise the granddaughter by the elders themselves. After the big girl was taken away, Zhao's Mao tried to regenerate, but he was not pregnant for a long time. Instead, he was the son of Mr. Yan in the second room and became the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Changxing. Zhao was under great pressure and had to stop taking medicine for several aunts.

When Zhao was pregnant with a big girl, she couldn't serve Changxing Hou. Concubinage was inevitable. Old lady Chu sent a servant girl Furong to serve Zhao, but who doesn't know what the real purpose is. Zhao didn't like her mother-in-law to interfere in her room. She kept pressing and didn't open her face to Furong. When old lady Chu knew, she didn't say anything. A few days later, the Changxing Marquis house was socializing outside. When she came back, she brought a woman, surnamed Huang, who was filial to the Changxing marquis by Taiyuan officials. It is said that she was the woman brought by Yangzhou. She was specially taught to honor the masters in the officialdom.

As soon as Huang got started, she showed her strong pet fighting skills. Zhao was not serious and thought that Changxing Hou was tired of it. However, seeing that Huang's strength was getting stronger and stronger, Zhao was gradually uneasy. She had to hurry to open her face to hibiscus and let Hibiscus divide Aunt Huang's pet. After Zhao gave birth to the big girl, she was not pregnant for a long time. She couldn't stand the pressure of her mother-in-law's family and reluctantly stopped taking medicine for Huang and Furong.

In the gaomen courtyard, aunts are half slaves. As long as the main wife doesn't nod, they have to drink avoid son soup after they go to bed. They can't let the blood of the concubines disturb the family's dignity and inferiority. The eldest son and daughter can only come from the belly of their own wife.

As soon as Zhao stopped taking medicine for his aunts, it means that a common eldest son may appear in her name, which is not a decent thing for Mrs. zhengtou. Zhao was under a lot of pressure and was easy to give birth to a second young master. However, before long, Aunt Huang and Furong were pregnant one after another and gave birth to a common son. Huang's family was favored. Now she stopped avoiding the son soup. After giving birth to the third young master, she slowed down, and gave birth to the third girl Chu Jinchan every other year.

Huang Shi gave birth to a son and a daughter, and his status in the back house suddenly rose a lot, and his arrogance became more and more arrogant. After Zhao gave birth to his second daughter, there was no movement. Except for the first and fifteenth days of the first day of the lunar new year, the Marquis of Changxing seldom came to the main house for overnight. Even if he stayed, he just sat down and talked. Zhao couldn't have her own blood. Mammy Zhang gave Zhao some advice and opened her face to marry the servant girl bailing. As long as bailing can keep the Marquis of Changxing, it can also be regarded as staying in Zhao's house.

Zhao reluctantly asked people to hang their faces for the dowry girl bailing and officially became his aunt. However, bailing is not Huang's opponent at all. It took several years for her to give birth to twins, seven young masters and eight girls. She is only six years old now.

Aunt Huang is really a dominant family in the back house, and Furong is the old lady of Chu after all. Even for the sake of face, Changxing Hou is not too cold. In a word, the coldest thing is Zhao.

Chu Jinmiao grew up close to Zhao and knew everything about his mother's room. When she heard that Changxing Hou had gone to Aunt Huang again, she was so angry that she put the tea lamp heavily on the table: "why can't my father always tell the weight? Who is Huang, and where is it worth his dignity?"

A girl who hasn't come out of the cabinet can't say such things as aunt. It's too salty. But there were no outsiders here. Mammy Zhang and others also turned a blind eye and let go.

Zhao Shi said, "who says not? Huang Shi is used to putting on airs and looking at her waist and legs. She can't sit properly and looks like a fox. But men just eat this set." the more Zhao Shi thought, the more angry he became, he couldn't help scolding: "they are all cheap bones."

Zhao's words were inappropriate, but mammy Zhang and Chu Jinmiao were silent and didn't know how to persuade Zhao. After a while, Chu Jinmiao comforted Zhao: "Mom, don't be angry with them, that is, if they are favored again, they can go over you? No matter how confused his father is, he won't allow him to kill his wife."

Mammy Zhang also said, "yes, madam, the love of men in the back house is temporary, and children are the real dependence. You still have two young masters!" mammy Zhang wanted to say that you have the eldest young master, the eldest girl and the fifth girl, but she thought Chu Jinmiao was still there, so it was hard to mention Chu Jinyao, so she omitted the girls together.

Mammy Zhang changed her mouth temporarily. Zhao didn't hear it, but Chu Jinmiao heard it. Chu Jin had a strange look and looked at mammy Zhang coldly.

Since Chu Jinyao got lost outside rongning hall that day, the old lady knew that the second-class servant girls around Chu Jinyao were young girls who had just entered the house. The old lady was very dissatisfied with Zhao's treatment. The second-class servant girls were still like this. It can be imagined how much Zhao was not interested in the people around Chu Jinyao. But the more I reminded Zhao to pay attention to Chu Jinyao, the more he felt that Chu Jinmiao was pitiful. Everyone is afraid that Chu Jinyao will be wronged. Is Chu Jinmiao left alone? Instead, Zhao cherished Chu Jinmiao more and more.

Mammy Zhang is an outsider. She can see it clearly. She also feels that Zhao is simply confused. Chu Jinmiao is in the final analysis the daughter of a farmer, and her parents can say that she is sinister. In order to be prosperous and rich, she even changed Hou men's blood. In the past 13 years, she has treated them badly. The Duke of Changxing and the old lady of Chu didn't clean up the Su family. They were already looking at Chu Jinmiao's face. Mammy Zhang saw it clearly, but Zhao's people were in the Bureau and had so many years of kinship. She couldn't give up Chu Jinmiao and wouldn't let Chu Jinmiao be wronged.

Mammy Zhang sighed to herself. If Zhao went on like this, sooner or later her relatives would be centrifugal. Didn't she see that the big girls were all facing the five girls? If Zhao did so, the big girls would be cold hearted. But mammy Zhang couldn't remind Zhao that although she was Zhao's milk Mammy and raised Zhao's milk since childhood, she didn't dare to compare with Chu Jinmiao. If mammy Zhang implicitly mentioned Zhao, Zhao would tell Chu Jinmiao in a twinkling of an eye. At that time, Mammy Zhang could not afford to go. These four girls are a great role.

Chu Jinmiao heard that mammy Zhang had temporarily changed her mouth. She sneered in her heart, but smiled genially on her face and said, "Mammy, can you go to the small kitchen and help me make a golden crisp fruit? I suddenly want to eat your dessert."

After hearing this, Mammy Zhang was stunned on her face and hurried to see Zhao. Zhao smiled and said, "if miao'er wants to eat, you can do it. It doesn't take much effort anyway."

Mother Zhang sighed in her heart. Zhao still couldn't carry it clearly! Chu Jinmiao pushed her away and couldn't tell what she wanted to say, but Zhao responded. Mother Zhang was angry and hated iron and steel.

How old are you? Why don't you even have this ability to distinguish?

After mother Zhang left, Chu Jinmiao hooked her mouth, then sat down in front of Zhao and said, "Mom, I'm not your own daughter, but I've occupied the name of the first lady and let Chu Jinyao wander outside for 13 years. Do you hate me very much?"

"No!" Zhao was startled. "How did you think of saying such words?"

Chu Jinmiao lowered her eyes and wanted to cry: "I also want to be filial to my mother, but others say that I occupy the magpie's nest, covet glory, and hurt the real daughter to suffer outside. It's all my bad, mother. My daughter can't be filial to you in this life. In a few days, you will send me back to the countryside. When I have a good baby in the afterlife, I will be filial to you in good faith, so as not to be scolded by others pointing at my spine."

Zhao did not expect to hear such words. She was stunned and then became angry: "who told you this?"

Chu Jinmiao wiped his tears and didn't speak. The more Zhao looked, the more he felt angry: "is it the servant? The old lady's man? Or Chu Jinyao?"

When it came to Chu Jinyao, Chu Jinmiao shouted, "no, no, don't ask."

"That's unreasonable!" Zhao angrily patted the table. "I thought she was a good one. She didn't make any moths these days. Unexpectedly, she dared to say that about you secretly! Miao'er, don't worry. My mother will seek justice for you. Only when my mother is here, you can be a lady of the Marquis house safely. Don't worry about these things."

"Niang." Chu Jinmiao went to pull Zhao's sleeve, "grandma said specially to make you pay more attention to Chu Jinyao. If you scold Chu Jinyao for me and spread it to grandma's ears, she will be dissatisfied with you again."

Zhao said what she had just said with anger. When Chu Jinmiao reminded her, she thought that there was an old lady. Her mother-in-law was serious and strong. Zhao always took care of her mother-in-law. If the old lady Chu intervened, she really couldn't deal with Chu Jinyao at will. Zhao was angry and hated, and unknowingly transferred her anger to Chu Jinyao. She said gnashing her teeth : "I need someone else to speak when I deal with my daughter?"

"That's what I said, but who let Chu Jinyao be protected by the old lady? Even the eldest sister speaks to her everywhere. Our mother is weak. How can we compare with the red man in front of the old lady?"

"So she's so precious that no one can control her?"

Chu Jinmiao said: "Mom, don't be angry. People think of all the ways. She is protected by the old lady. Although you can't take care of her, it's still feasible to find some nurturing mothers for her. She didn't receive any education. She was used to being poor before. She suddenly came to rich and noble countryside. If she didn't discipline well, she would be blindfolded by money and lose her temper. Therefore, you have to find a mother to take care of her everywhere She, although she will certainly complain about you, you are doing it for her good! Even grandma can understand. "

"Discipline mammy?" Zhao frowned and repeated in disbelief.

"That's right. You can give her a more strict mother to guide her to manage money and people, and supervise her rules at ordinary times. That's really good for her! If she indulges her because she can't bear it, she will give her whatever she wants, and sooner or later she will spoil her temperament. If a person is rotten from the root, it's useless to spend more effort in the future."

Zhao nodded: "you're right. She's my daughter after all. I can't watch her all the time. It's better to send someone to discipline her for me. Although she will certainly complain about me, as long as I know in my heart that it's for her good, I won't ask for these false names." Zhao said, looking at Chu Jinmiao with satisfaction: "It's very kind of you to think of her like this. After all, she grew up in a poor family, and her heart is not bright enough. Seeing so much money suddenly, she will inevitably be blindfolded and secretly exclude you. Don't worry about her."

"I understand." Chu Jinmiao chuckled.

It was late and Chu Jinmiao had to go back to the cross hospital to have a rest. When she went out, she happened to meet mother Zhao coming back with a plate of crispy fruit. Seeing Chu Jinmiao, mother Zhao stopped: "four girls, are you leaving now? The fruit has just been fried. Do you want any more?"

"I suddenly don't want to eat. Mammy can handle it by herself." Chu Jinmiao put her hand in her sleeve and said lightly.

It was Chu Jinmiao who said she wanted to eat crispy fruit at night and asked mammy Zhang to fry it herself. When it was ready, she said she didn't want to eat it.

Mother Zhang didn't speak. She stood aside with a plate of fruit and sent Chu Jinmiao out. Mother Zhang lowered her head. At the moment when she felt that she was wrong, Chu Jinmiao looked up and glanced at her very quickly and lightly. Although that eye was light and fleeting, it was like a dark needle soaked in ice water, which hurt human flesh.

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In Aunt Huang's yard, three girls are pestling in front of Changxing hou to complain.

"Father, I know I'm stupid. Mammy teaches things. The four girls can learn them once. I can only think about it by myself when I come back. I have to practice until I turn the lamp every day. Father, do you think I can't help being so stupid?"

"How could it be." Changxing Hou often came to Aunt Huang's yard, and even the three girls often saw him. He met many times, and Changxing hou would inevitably have more pity on the common woman. When Changxing Hou saw his daughter drooping and dejected, he felt even more pity in his heart. He couldn't help lowering his voice and said: "If a clumsy bird flies first, diligence can make up for itself. You are willing to work hard by yourself, which is far better than your sisters. If you persist in this way, a little makes a lot, and there will always be a return."

"Really?" the three girls showed a surprise smile. She immediately frowned and bit her lips in distress. "The four sisters can understand it once in class. They don't need tutoring after they come back, and I always see the lamp every day, so I can be equal to them. Doesn't my father really blame me for being stupid?"

Aunt Huang listened and added in good time: "it's not just lights. Every time I go to see three girls, it's almost dark. She's still practicing her own words and rules in the house."

"Still learning when it's dark?" Changxing Hou was surprised. The girls of the Chu family are pampered. The elders are very strict with the young master's homework, but they are very relaxed under the girl's name. They are very diligent to continue reading their homework after school. Changxing Hou dared not think about it when he practiced alone until it was dark. After his surprise, Changxing Hou was satisfied with the three girls: "Yes, you are so diligent that you will succeed in the future."

Seeing the appreciation in Changxing Hou's eyes, the three girls were very happy. She let her face show a happy and shy smile. It seemed that she was overjoyed but slightly embarrassed after being appreciated by her father. She knew that Changxing Hou liked this shy, frank and naive look best. The three girls said: "It's good if my father doesn't dislike me. Even if I can't choose a companion, it's worth getting the reward from my father."

Changxing Hou also said with a smile, "your grandmother will see that you are so diligent. To choose a companion for the county Lord, intelligence is the second, and diligence is the most important. The county Lord is smart enough, but she is just impatient to study. It's also a good thing if you have such a diligent person around."

After hearing this, the three girls and Aunt Huang looked at each other and saw joy from each other's eyes. Changxing Hou, does this belong to the three girls?

The three girls took eight girls who were only six years old into the room to pick patterns. Aunt Huang and aunt Fu also went to help their girls make stitches. Soon, only Chu Jinmiao was left with Zhao.

Chu Jinmiao leaned on Zhao and said, "Mom, why should we prepare so much when my aunt comes back this time? I haven't seen this before."

Zhao smiled but said nothing: "you just need to listen to Wei Niang's words. Dress up this time and embroider your clothes well, remember?"

Chu Jinmiao snorted softly and said, "I also want to dress up well, but they won't embroider you well if they don't reward those servants with money."

"What a big deal. I still have some gold thread left here. You don't have to save it. Is the head face enough? I was sent a set of ruby head faces a few days ago. If you don't have enough, take it first."

"Thank you, mother!" Chu Jinmiao answered immediately, "mother is the best for me!"

Zhao looked at Chu Jinmiao with indulgence. She didn't know what she thought, and sighed again: "You are also a poor woman. Who else can I count on if I don't subsidize you? Although your father doesn't say it, he is very biased towards that. Your eldest sister has your grandmother's subsidy, and the old lady's private house is uncertain! The three girls also have Huang's help. In a word, you are alone."

"I don't have a mother!" Chu Jinmiao hugged Zhao's arm. Although she was laughing on her face, she clicked in her heart. She was used to the life of four top-notch girls everywhere. She shouldn't be compared by her sisters! Chu Jinmiao's mind was active. What was the purpose of her aunt's return to her mother's house this time?

Zhao's whole mind subsidizes Chu Jinmiao. Not to mention Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinxian, even the second young master Chu Chengye can't compare.

Zhao spoiled his second daughter for a reason, even surpassing his eldest daughter and eldest son.

The second young master is the only legitimate son of the Zhao family. He is the eldest son of the eldest son of Da Fang, but he is the second in the family. When the Zhao family started, the first child gave birth to Chu Jinxian. Chu Jinxian was carried away by the old lady as soon as she was born. The Zhao family didn't give birth to a son and tried hard to conceive again. However, it hasn't been quiet for two years. On the contrary, the daughter-in-law of the second room gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Changxing marquis. Zhao's pressure was huge, so he had to give birth to him Aunt Tongfang stopped taking medicine. Soon after, she finally gave birth to her second child, Chu Chengye, the second young master.

But before Zhao could breathe a sigh of relief, the other two aunts also gave birth to two concubines. Because Zhao was too worried when she was pregnant, the second young master was not very strong and his bones were very weak. Zhao was Mrs. Hou, and there was no eldest grandson left. It was easy to give birth to a son whose bones were not good, but the other two concubines were stronger than one.