Concubine's plan

The two quickly arrived at the gate of Tian's family. Tian Qier's father, Tian Yuanchang, was a fourth-rank Hanlin in the capital. Other Hanlin officials were all junior officials of sixth- or seventh-rank. Tian Yuanchang was able to reach fourth rank in this department. The Book of Changes was very impressive. It’s easy. Even though he’s just a junior fourth-grade official, an official at the same level in the capital is half a level higher than an official working in other places. So many people will be thinking hard and want to be transferred back to the capital, but they have no way. That’s all.

Tian Yuanchang's ability to serve in the capital is all due to the strength of his family. Although the Tian family is not a clear family with officials for generations, with the help of the Li family, Tian Yuanchang has reached his current status. Even so, he is walking on thin ice in the capital. Yi It has made many people look at it with jealousy, and they might be tricked secretly at some point. Tian Yuanchang's family members are usually very tight-knit. This kind of song invites little sisters to play at home. Tian Qi'er is First time doing it.

The carriage stopped, and Xun Yingju and Li Yan got off the carriage together. Tian Qi'er was standing with a little girl about her age to greet the guests who came to the house. Seeing this, Xun Yingju felt funny and couldn't help but joke a few words

"It’s just the three of us who are here. Why did Miss Tian come to the door to greet us in person?"Xun Yingju smiled while holding the handkerchief cigarette holder, but her eyes drifted to the unknown little girl next to Tian Qi'er. The little girl looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. She was small in stature and wore a pearl hollow gold hairpin. The rose-red dress made her whole face look rosy, as if she was the host of the banquet today.

Before Tian Qi'er and Li Yan could speak, the little girl giggled, introduced herself, and said with a smile:"Hello, Sixth Sister, my name is Tian Shuang'er. Today my father asked me to accompany my sister to entertain several sisters."

"Oh, here comes the helpful girl."Xun Yingju said with a smile. Listening to the meaning of the little girl's words, it was not all smooth sailing in the Tian family's back house. It seemed that Tian Qier had suffered a lot in the hands of this sister.

Sure enough, before Tian Shuang'er could continue to speak, Tian Qier was busy. He took over the conversation and said:"This is my concubine. She is the fifth among my brothers and sisters. She rarely goes out to socialize and has never seen much of the world. My father heard that I was going to host both sisters and they were of high status, so he made arrangements to come over.."

Tian Qi'er's teeth hurt when she said this. She has a good relationship with Xun Yingju, Li Yan, Qin Shuyan, and Lin Yuqing. She invited them to her home as guests. Tian Shuang'er insisted on helping, and her aunt was there. Tian Yuanchang was a favored person in front of him. After several blows, Tian Yuanchang agreed.

This made Tian Qier not angry and wanted to kick this girl out of sight. Now in front of outsiders, she couldn't say much, so she could only He just said a few words in a weird way to make the other party feel uncomfortable.

After hearing what Tian Qi'er said, Tian Shuang'er looked aggrieved and said with a cry:"Why did my sister say that to my sister? I just thought about our family from now on." I have never held such a banquet before, so I thought I would come over to help my sister so that she would not be too tired, so I asked my father to come over and help."

"you……"Just as Tian Qi'er was about to retort loudly, saying that this was her friend and no one else had to worry about how to receive her, she was interrupted by Li Yan.

"Okay, okay, we are all sisters, and we should help each other. We are still standing at the gate. We can't wait for Shu Yan and Yu Qing to come, right?"Li Yan said with an angry look.

"My cousin was joking, let's go in quickly. My mother specially allocated a small courtyard for me to receive several sisters. Now that it's cold today, I specially prepared a hot pavilion where I can sit and eat with famous people. It's all very good.."Li Yan originally wanted to say a few more words, but glanced at the two of them. Knowing that family matters were not suitable to be discussed in front of outsiders, she put her aside and led the two of them to the yard.

Tian Shuang'er on the side curled her lips in disdain. , the purpose of her coming to help is naturally not to help Tian Qier take care of these things. On the contrary, it is to better Qin Shuyan. She has never slacked off in teaching. Whether she is a housekeeper or a socialite, she is a good hand. Moreover, the girls she associates with are all the daughters of a big family in the capital. If she can get along with those girls, she will not be able to do it. The marriage was settled.

Naturally, everyone did not know what Miss Tian Wu was thinking. In other words, even if they knew, they would not care. After all, a concubine is a concubine. The head mother of that big family would not ask for anything for her son. When a concubine becomes a mistress, her knowledge and ability cannot be compared with that of a legitimate daughter who has received a good education since she was a child.

Of course, Xun Yingju is an exception. Her soul is from another world. If she were the original owner, she would naturally There was no way to attract Lu Shaoyuan's attention, nor would she attract the attention of all the women to her as soon as she arrived in the capital. It's just that these teenage girls simply couldn't understand that what they wanted was just a good man. Her husband's family can pay for the rest of their lives.

Xun Yingju and Li Yan each had their own little thoughts in mind, and followed Tian Qier to the small courtyard she had prepared early in the morning. As soon as they stepped into the small courtyard, they felt There was a different atmosphere. Flowers of various colors were blooming in the courtyard, clustered together, and they looked very beautiful. But she always felt that there was a sense of twilight in these bright bouquets, which was not harmonious in the cold wind.

"It's such a cold day, but there are flowers?"Xun Yingju looked surprised. She originally thought that it would be very difficult to grow vegetables in the winter, but she didn't expect that the Tian family would have a greenhouse in winter? Naturally, big families also have greenhouses, but according to the current situation of the Tian family situation, it is difficult to do this

"Haha, you may have been deceived, why not take a closer look."Li Yan said with a smile. Tian Qi'er had no good way to prepare this. She once went to Chen's house to discuss the matter with her. Now seeing this scene, she naturally had some guesses in her heart.

Xun Yingju looked at Tian Qi'er and then She looked at Li Yan and found that both of them had strange looks on their faces. She knew that there was something strange about these flowers, so she walked to the flowers and looked carefully. At this look, she was shocked. These flowers turned out to be silk flowers. , there are hundreds of flowers in the entire yard, all tied up with silk hairpins. What’s even better is that you can’t tell if you don’t look carefully.

"I don’t know who can have such good craftsmanship and make silk flowers so lifelike."Xun Yingju really admires that craftsman. In later generations, there were also fabric flowers, but those flowers were simply incomparable to what we have now.