The rich and noble peasant daughter

Chapter 320 Save face, the one who calls the shots
Yun Xi is a person who protects her weaknesses, and Feng Dongxiang, the niece, has also entered the scope of her protection in the past few years.Because of Dongxiang's hardships, she was quite indifferent to the Feng family, but the Feng family only thought it was because of her noble status, and did not suspect anything else.

Seeing that she doesn't like her, Mrs. Feng simply came up with Zhuzhu's idea. She was very kind to Zhuzhu, and even let her daughter and two nieces play with Zhuzhu.

It's just that Zhuzhu has been extremely clever since she was a child, and she has always been sensitive to people's emotions, so she can tell whether the other party is sincere or fake. In this regard, her intuition is even more accurate than Yun Xi's. It's not because of her abilities.

Therefore, Feng Shi and the others did not get good things from her at all. This girl had a face sculpted in pink and jade, and she thought she was innocent, lively and cute after playing around with Feng Shi and the others.

At the end, he said to Yun Xi: "Mother, those people have good intentions, mother, don't be fooled."

Seeing the sadness on her little face, Yun Xi was immediately amused.

She pinched her daughter's cheek lightly and said, "Okay, don't play with them anymore, you haven't practiced the piano for two days."

Only then did Zhuzhu remember this, she took out her little guqin and began to play it.She has also learned Guqin for a while, and with her outstanding talent, she can play the guqin decently, and the sound is clearer and more pleasant.

After finishing playing Zhuzhu, he said proudly: "I play really well, I'm really good."

Yun Xi originally wanted to praise her, but when she saw her stinky appearance, all compliments disappeared.

Little Pudding also came over, still holding a piece of paper in his hand, walked up to Yun Xi with his short legs and hands behind his back, and said, "Mom, I can write my name now."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Yun Xi with sparkling eyes, "seeking praise" was written all over his eyes, but he still pretended to be reserved, not to mention how funny it was.

Yun Xi suppressed a smile and cooperated, "Little Pudding is really amazing!"

Little Pudding wrinkled his nose, and said seriously: "Mother, I'm not a child anymore, you have to call me Yunle by my name, you can't call me Little Pudding."

He is a little boy with three heads, but he protested his name with a serious face, and said that he is not a child anymore, the picture is not the usual sense of joy.

Yun Xi nodded, "Yeah, I see, I will definitely call you by your name in the future, Little Pudding."

Little Pudding started to nod when he heard the first half of the sentence, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he immediately flattened his mouth, showing an aggrieved expression.

Zhuzhu was still adding fuel to the fire, "But you are called Little Pudding."

Little Pudding said: "No, my name is Yun Le!"

"Hmph, I don't know Yun Le. I only know Little Pudding."

Seeing that the two children had a tendency to bicker, Yun Xi quickly changed the subject, "Little Pudding, show me the name you wrote?"

Aggrieved, Little Pudding took out a piece of paper with his name written on it: Yun Le.Because he is young and does not have the strength to hold a pen, and he is a beginner, he can only recognize the shape of this character, but it is impossible to make it more neat and beautiful.

Yun Xi immediately praised him in various languages, "Little Pudding is so well written!"

Maybe Zhuzhu started to use her way to make up for the fact that she had bullied her younger brother just now, praising him afterward.

Little Pudding was obviously very happy, but he still acted like it was nothing.

Looking at the son and daughter, Yun Xi felt that she could have an extra bowl for dinner.

Shuang Jiang came over at this moment and said, "Girl, Miss Feng Si is here."

Miss Feng Si is the daughter of the Feng family, Feng Donghua, because she is the fourth in the family, and Dongxiang is the second in the Feng family.

Yun Xi frowned slightly, she didn't know if she reminded her, Feng Donghua often came over to talk.Although most of Yun Xi blocked her on the grounds of practicing calligraphy, she received her two or three times out of ten.

"Let her in."

She calculated the time and estimated that they would arrive in the capital almost tomorrow.

Feng Donghua was quickly ushered in, holding a plate of dim sum in his hand, smiling like a flower, "This is the dim sum I made myself. I failed several times, but finally succeeded once. Although I feel a bit out of hand, I still I want to give my wife a taste."

Yun Xi had to admit that Feng Donghua's speaking skills had improved a lot, and what she said made people feel very unbearable to reject her kindness.

Feng Donghua put the plate on the table, Yun Xi looked at it, and could smell the faint aroma from her nose, it was osmanthus cake, and the cake was specially made to look like osmanthus, small and exquisite.She took one and put it in her mouth. It has the softness of glutinous rice and the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, and the sweetness is just right. Generally speaking, the taste is not bad.

Zhuzhu also ate a piece, and took another sip of tea.

Little Pudding didn't have much interest in this pastry, he was picky, and he only ate pastries made by the cook in the house, or made by Yun Xi.

Feng Donghua's eyes fell on Zhuzhu's little guqin, and he said, "Is the sound of the piano I heard just now played by Miss Zhuzhu? It's just right."

Zhu Zhu said: "It's just ordinary." Although she was so smug in front of Yun Xi, she was still very humble outside, and her upbringing was impeccable.As far as Yun Xi is concerned, as long as her daughter can live up to the general rules, she really doesn't want to restrict Zhuzhu's temperament too much.

Feng Donghua was overjoyed, "I also like to play the guqin. When will we play together?"

Yun Xi said indifferently: "Zhuzhu is still young and can't bear it, I just let her play a few times casually."

Zhuzhu also nodded, stretched out her little finger, and said, "Mother, my hand hurts from playing it, it's all red."

Her red hands were caused by pinching Little Pudding's face, and Yun Xi was very cooperative and said, "Since your hands hurt, let's rest."

Feng Donghua was not a fool either, he didn't know that he was not happy at all, so he couldn't help but feel aggrieved.She obeyed her mother's words, tried her best to put down her social status to please a little girl, and tried her best to flatter Mrs. Yun, even if it was an iron stone, she should be warmed up, but the other party's attitude was always lukewarm and alienated.

She reluctantly twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "I remember that my handkerchief hasn't been embroidered yet, so don't bother Madam."

Yun Xi nodded, then took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the little debris off her daughter's mouth.

Feng Donghua's eyes were slightly red, he turned around and retreated.

After several cold receptions, she couldn't help complaining to Feng Shi.

After all, Feng family loves her daughter dearly, and her own daughter is also loved by all kinds of pets. She was asked to please people all day long, and she, a mother, also loves her dearly, but she finally let go of her heart.

……

Finally arrived at Jinfeng Wharf on September 27.After landing, it will take about half a day to reach the capital.

The people in Yunfu had already received the news that they were coming back, and there were people waiting here every day.

When Yun Xi and the others disembarked from the official boat, Ayu immediately greeted them with a face of joy, "It's finally here."

Yun Xi shook her head and said, "Why did you come here in person?"

Ayu smiled and said: "Anyway, I'm idle at home, so I might as well come here and wait for you."

Behind her, the members of Wanshiwu and the guards of Yunfu swarmed over to move the things on the boat to the carriage.

Feng Shi was a little seasick because of the carriage ride for several days, thanked her with a pale face, and wanted to ask Yun Xi her address, and give her a gift after arriving in the capital.

While ordering the boxes containing gems and spices to be transported back first, Yun Xi said to Feng Shi: "No need, we can just lift our hands."

Yun Shen got off the boat and walked to Yun Xi's side. The days of running around did not diminish his own demeanor at all. When he stood there, he held the orchid and jade tree, which was pure and elegant, a natural luminous body.

The three sisters of the Feng family, who were also a little seasick, stayed where they were when they looked up and saw Yun Shen.

When Yun Shen was on the boat, he was basically in the study, and only occasionally came out to catch some wind.The scope of his activities happened to be quite far from the room where Feng's family lived, so these days, he really hadn't met them face to face.

Yun Xi said: "This Jinfeng Wharf looks a little busier than it was two years ago."

Yun Shen didn't like noise, and frowned slightly.

Ayu smiled and said: "Miss, I don't know. People from the Jinfeng Wharf salvaged a keel here yesterday. At that time, Mr. Zhang, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, came to send the keel back to the capital in person. Many people wanted to come here for a while." Dragon Qi, that's why it's so lively."

Yun Xi really didn't believe in the so-called keel, and shook her head, "Daoist Qingxu's lesson from the past is over there, but unfortunately there are always people who don't know how to behave."

Taoist Qingxu had already been convicted of deceiving the world and stealing his name before they left the capital.Before Yun Xi left Beijing, she had to re-review Shen Liuyi's case, and Taoist Qingxu was involved after that.There are also more and more witnesses appearing, telling the world that the reason why Daoist Qingxu was able to count without omissions is because of collusion with other people.

So Taoist Qingxu ended up decapitated within less than half a year in the capital, which can be regarded as a warning to everyone.

The concubine Li in the palace was even punished to copy scriptures for half a year and was banned for one year.Concubine Li took all the faults on herself, expressing that the fourth prince was completely unaware of these things, so in the end the fourth prince Chu Xi was not involved.

Although Yun Xi and Yun Shen were traveling outside, news from the capital was still sent to her from time to time.She is not in the capital, but she still knows everything well.

Many things happened in the past two years. For example, Yang Yeqing successfully gave birth to the second son, and once again consolidated her position, ranking third.Because Xiao Xie gave birth to a son a few months earlier than her, but before Xiao Xie gave birth to this son, because of too much tonic, it was a little difficult to deliver, and this second son was born with a crooked disease.

As for the fourth prince, Chu Xi, his backyard was even more lively.This is the master who loves fragrance and loves jade. As soon as the main concubine entered the door, she brought in two beautiful concubines, and even directly canonized her beloved concubine, Yuan Shi, as side concubine.After the side concubine gave birth to Chu Xi's eldest son, she even got into a ring with the princess.Not to be outdone, the princess gave birth to her second son, and the two fought evenly.

Yun Xi knew very well that this Yuan family was actually one of Chu Ling's secret guards.Even the person next to her pillow is someone else's nail, coupled with the weakness of character, Yun Xi feels that it is impossible for Chu Xi to compete with Chu Ling for the throne.

It's just that he was influenced by his mother and concubine, and he was also the one who loves his sons and daughters, so Chu Xi's momentum was far inferior to Chu Ling in the past two years, and he was overwhelmed by Chu Ling.If there were no accidents, the crown prince should fall on Chu Ling.

Yun Xi and Yun Shen also waited until the capital calmed down a lot before returning.Speaking of which, even Wen Ziran, Deng Changming, Pei Zhenghai and others have received so-called solicitation.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, Yun Xi quickly pulled it down, nodded at Feng Shi, Yun Xi held Zhu Zhu, Yun Shen hugged Little Pudding, and the family got into the carriage directly.

After their group left in a mighty way, Feng and the others came back to their senses.

Feng Donghua said in a low voice: "Is that Mrs. Yun's husband?" Unexpectedly, it was such an outstanding person, who was not like ordinary people, just like a man from heaven.Mrs. Yun is too lucky to have such a good husband.

She thought about it again, such a face does not know how many peach blossoms will be born, this Lord Yun must have many concubines around him.Mrs. Yun has an elegant and decent face, but she doesn't know how many tears she will shed behind her back.No more than her fiancé, her fiancé's family had no children in their thirties before taking concubines.

Feng Donghua could only comfort himself in this way, and then he calmed down.

Feng asked the steward to rent a few carriages while letting people look after the luggage.The group of them brought some luggage, so they had to rent at least ten cars.

After a while, the steward came over and said, "If you want to rent a carriage now, you can only rent a carriage of the best grade, and one will cost two taels of silver. If you are willing to wait half an hour for a carriage with the first grade, then you can pay one tael for one." two."

Feng Dongxiu clicked her tongue, "Why is it so expensive?" Her monthly silver was only one tael.

Feng Shi gritted her teeth and said: "Then we will rent two taels of silver. We will go to the Duke's Mansion later. If it is too shabby, won't it be looked down upon?" She is also Tongzhi's wife.

Feng took out the money and asked the steward to rent the carriage.

……

Yun Xi and Yun Shen returned to the Yun Mansion first, and she asked someone to put the things in the warehouse.This time she and Yun Shen went to many places, including several ports, such as Chaozhou, Mingzhou... and bought a lot of overseas things.

Especially things like jewelry and spices, Yunxi and the others can usually exchange a lot of them with a jar of tribute tea.Lai San originally sent a fleet of missions overseas, and after a year, the income reached 20 taels.

Yun Xi even got curry and coffee, which made her miss it very much.She has decided to open a few plots of land to grow these things after returning to the capital.

Not long after they came back, Yun Yao, Yu Rong and others rushed over after receiving the news.

In the past two years, except for the exchange of letters, they have never received any news from Yun Xi, so they especially miss her.Yun Xi smiled and talked with her relatives, and she did not forget to tell Feng Dongxiang about the Feng family's arrival in the capital.

Feng Dongxiang was stunned, a hint of sarcasm and disgust flashed in her eyes.She has no affection for the Feng family at all.At that time, they were bullied by the second house, and the Feng family never stood up to host the Labor Party for them. Instead, they hinted that the number of sacrificial land in the clan was too small, and there were no males in their house, so they might as well donate some of their property.

Yun Yao first complained about Feng Dongxiang's injustice, "They also have the face to come!"

Feng Dongxiang said: "Probably in their eyes, I'm still the orphan girl who was easy to bully in the past."

Yun Yao rolled her eyes and said, "In this case, we should treat them well!" Then he added the accent on the word "entertainment".

She turned her head to look at Feng Dongxiang, and said with satisfaction: "Your skin is really much fairer now, and it's also much tenderer." After finishing speaking, she pinched her hands directly.

In the past, because of her dark and rough skin, Feng Dongxiang looked more like a human being, and was easily lost in the crowd.After accepting Yun Xi's advice, she began to take care of herself.

Feng Dongxiang also has a feeling of returning to her hometown. It is human instinct to show off, not to mention that her life in Feng's family was really difficult before, so she wants to feel proud in front of those people.

Yun Xi stayed outside for a while, thinking she was dusty, so she also had a good wash.

She chose a draped skirt with a mixed skirt. The style of this skirt is quite complicated. When she walked, the ribbons fluttered with the wind, like swallows dancing lightly.Feng Dongxiang chose a phoenix tail skirt, and also put on a fashionable peach blossom makeup for herself, which looked luxurious but still girlish.Both Yunyao and Yurong chose the under skirt, but the style is different.Coupled with the difference in color and jewelry, the impression is different.Yunyao is more lively and Yurong is more gentle.As for Duo Duo, in terms of appearance, she is only under Yun Xi, and above the others, she directly wears a mid-color skirt, elegant and slender, like a beautiful flower shining in the water when she is quiet, and like a weak willow supporting the wind when she moves.

After everyone washed and dressed, Yun Xi was really hungry, so she asked the kitchen to serve a table of food first.

Yun Yao also asked, "Why haven't they arrived yet?"

Yun Xi said: "They have to rent a carriage first, and they have to queue up when entering the city, so naturally they are no faster than us." Especially those who enter Beijing from other places, if there is no special passage, they will have to wait at least half an hour .

Yun Yao thinks about it too.After the meal, the servants really reported that the Feng family had arrived.

Yun Xi raised her eyebrows, and smiled at Feng Dongxiang, "Go out and bring them in, they are elders after all."

Feng Dongxiang stood up, reapplied the makeup on her lips before walking away gracefully.

Yun Xi also asked people to remove the table and serve tea again.

……

When Feng Dongxiang came to the door, what Feng Dongxiang saw was Feng's seemingly benevolent face. She lowered her eyelids and suppressed her disgust.

"Eldest aunt." When she spoke, she was already as if nothing had happened.

When Feng Dongxiang first appeared, Feng Donghua and others really didn't recognize her. After all, Feng Dongxiang in their impression was still a dark-skinned little local girl.

After she opened her mouth, they were stunned. The delicate and luxurious woman in front of her was actually Feng Dongxiang?

"Are you Dongxiang?" Feng Dongxiu blurted out a questioning voice.

Feng Dongxiang pursed her lips and smiled, and said in a stately manner, "Your sister doesn't recognize me?"

Feng Dongxiu and Feng Donglan only thought that she was indescribably beautiful and elegant when she spoke and smiled.They have also seen this kind of elegance in that Mrs. Yun, but Mrs. Yun's appearance is alluring, no matter how elegant and beautiful, it is a distant object for them, so they will not have other emotions.

But Feng Dongxiang was different. This one grew up in the same clan as them, and was far inferior to them.Unexpectedly, there is a big change now, whether it is temperament, appearance or clothing, they all feel ashamed.

In order not to be looked down upon by the people in the Yunfu, they specially changed into the best clothes and jewelry... As a result, they were directly set off as little country girls in the countryside, and they felt very uncomfortable.

However, Feng Donglan's self-regulation ability is very good. After thinking about it, Feng Donghua, who has always thought highly of himself, might feel even more uncomfortable in his heart, and immediately felt a lot better.

She said affectionately: "Dongxiang has become so beautiful, I almost can't recognize her."

Feng Dongxiang just smiled lightly, "The water and soil in the capital just support people."

Feng Donghua could barely hold back his expression, the jealousy in his eyes almost turned into substance, and she was the one with the biggest psychological gap among the people present.

Feng's hands quickly pinched her daughter, and stared at her fiercely, with warning eyes.

Feng Donghua didn't explode on the spot, but his face was still not very good-looking.

Feng Dongxiang felt refreshed seeing her like this.

Feng asked with a loving face: "I don't know how the third aunt is doing? I remember that when the autumn comes, the third aunt always coughs, so I specially bought some pears. Then the third aunt can make some pear soup."

Feng Dongxiang smiled slightly, and said: "Grandma was not very well when she first came to Beijing. After my aunt knew about it, she asked her to eat two taels of bird's nest in the morning and evening, and hung it directly with rock sugar. This bird's nest is really a good thing for nourishing people. After taking it for two years, grandma is almost in good health. Today, I went to Ci’an Temple to offer incense with uncle and grandma of the Du family.”

Feng's can also afford to eat bird's nest, but only a few times a month, how can he eat it as a meal in the morning and evening like Feng Yun's.Besides, the bird's nest eaten by the Duke's Mansion must be much better than what she ate.

Looking at Feng Dongxiang's attire, and listening to her words, he knew that Yunfu treated their grandparents and grandchildren very well.

Although Feng's heart was a little displeased, she became more and more determined to reconcile the old relationship with Sanfang.

Feng Dongxiang sighed, "Auntie, you should have written to me earlier. Grandma doesn't know when you will come over, so you just left the house today."

Feng said: "We are not sure when it will arrive, so we didn't deliver the letter in time." It is not easy for them to deliver the letter on land.

Feng Dongxiang led them in.

Needless to say the grandeur of the Duke's Mansion, the magnificent verandah, the exquisite pavilions, the beautiful but not generous houses, each one makes them unable to see, and they don't know how to put their hands and feet.

Mrs. Feng is the wife of Tongzhi who just became a magistrate this year. Her husband was just a county magistrate before. After seeing the grandeur of the Duke's Mansion, she couldn't help but also tied her hands and feet.

She thought to herself: No wonder everyone wants to come to the capital, if you don't come to the capital, you really don't know that you were just a frog in a well in the past.

Feng could only talk to divert his mood, "I wonder if Mrs. Duke is at home? We should also visit her."

Feng Dongxiang said: "It's also the eldest aunt, you are lucky, the aunt just came back today."

While talking, they turned around the long and winding veranda, set foot on the white stone road, passed by the roses and the pool, and finally arrived at the main house.

When Yun Xi heard the sound of footsteps, she had already adjusted her sitting posture automatically, with an air of aloofness in her elegance.

She picked up the teacup, and the faint fragrance of tea filled the main room.

"Aunt, my eldest aunt and the others are here." Feng Dongxiang said.

Because they came to see the female relatives, Feng's son and nephew were all arranged in the guest room, and she, her daughter and niece followed Feng Dongxiang and the others.

The few of them first bent their knees, saluted, and raised their heads. When they saw Yun Xi above them, they just froze.

"Yun, Mrs. Yun." Feng Shi lost her usual calm and stammered.

The corner of Yun Xi's mouth curled up, "I didn't expect you to be relatives of this child Dongxiang."

Feng Shi originally thought that Yun Xi was at most a side branch of Yunfu, but she didn't expect that this would be the Duke's wife.In her impression, shouldn't the Duke's wife be all women over the age of 30?
It can only be said that Feng has been staying in her small place for a long time, and the news is not particularly well-informed, so he is really blind to the dignitaries in the capital.Her eyes fell on the other women in the room, each of them was good-looking, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and each was good at winning.She couldn't help but sighed in her heart. Originally, she had great confidence in her daughter, and felt that Donghua was no worse than people in the capital except for her lower status. Now it seems that she really took it for granted.

Yun Yao blinked her eyes with an innocent face, "Are you Dongxiang's relatives in Tongzhou? I see that Dongxiang has been here for several years, but she has never received an annual gift from her hometown. I thought her hometown was empty."

Yun Yao's words were considered a disgrace, and directly pierced Feng's face.Feng Shi originally prepared a basket of words, but Yun Yao suppressed them all.

Yun Xi said helplessly: "This is my sister Yunyao, she is spoiled by me, she is a little outspoken." She said this, but her voice was pampering.

Feng's face turned red with embarrassment when he heard the words "straight-hearted and quick-spoken". Doesn't this mean that what Yun Yao said is true, but a little more straightforward.She somewhat realized that this visit to the capital might not go as smoothly as she imagined.

She changed the subject and said, "We grew up with Dongxiang. We received the news this time and knew that she had a good marriage. We elders in my hometown are also very happy for her. I also specially brought her a gift box for her." make-up ceremony."

Yun Xi said: "You guys have intentions too."

Then let them sit down.

Yin Dan quickly served tea, and Yun Xi asked Feng Dongxiang about the dowry from time to time.

Feng Dongxiang said: "I have Mammy to help me, it has already been arranged."

Speaking of which, Yun Xi really hasn't seen anything she bought since she came back, but when she left the capital, she told Dongxiang that her furniture can be made directly from nanmu, yellow rosewood and mahogany in the warehouse. No need to buy wood yourself anymore.

Feng Dongxiang handed her the list, and Yun Xi looked at it.Except for the wood that Yun Xi gave, Feng Dongxiang never picked anything from the warehouse. They were basically what she saved over the years and Feng Yun's original dowry.It can also add up to 64 units.

Yun Xi said: "After all, it's a bit thin, you are still too careful, and you don't know how to choose what you like from the warehouse to add."

Feng Dongxiang was speechless for a while. She felt that the dowry was quite a lot. There were 1 taels at the bottom of the box, and the total value was 5 taels. She was already very satisfied.Before coming to the capital, even if she had grandma's wife, she didn't dare to expect a dowry of 5000 taels.She can guarantee that Feng Donghua's dowry is at most three to four thousand taels.

Yun Xi said: "I brought some jewelry back from outside. You can pick up two more boxes and add them later. There are some nice ivory inside. Well, I remember there is a red sandalwood painted glass Wupingfeng in the warehouse, a set of Hetian The white jade tea bowl and the golden jade coral bonsai will be sent to Dongxiang House later, and they will also be added as dowry."

Feng Dongxiang said: "The coral potted plant was a gift from Empress Defei, let's forget it."

Yun Xi smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't care about these things, just talk to her after I enter the palace."

Yun Yao was jealous and said, "My sister is biased! When I got married, I courted you that set of Hetian white jade teacups, but you didn't even give me them."

Yun Xi couldn't help laughing, "Forget it, go to the warehouse to get whatever you want. Just don't move everything away."

Yun Yao said with satisfaction: "I've been coveting the agate bergamot bonsai stone plum bonsai for a long time, and this time I can just move it home."

Yun Xi also asked Duo Duo and Yu Rong to choose the ones they like.

The few of them deliberately sang and sang like this, which can be regarded as raising Dongxiang's status.

Feng Dongxiang knew that this was the kindness of her aunt and the others, and deliberately said that she liked the Crane Tengyun Ganoderma lucidum flower candlestick. Yun Xi asked someone to take it out first, and everyone tasted it before sending it to Feng Dongxiang.

Listening to these flowers, Feng Donghua felt that these female voices had never been so ear-piercing. She couldn't help but said: "Madam is really generous, but don't you need to tell Duke Yun to send these things?"

Each of those things was something she could never have in her entire life, but Feng Dongxiang got them easily, but the other party still had such a careless and hateful attitude.Feng Donghua was so stimulated that he couldn't choose what to say.

Yun Xi glanced at her with a half-smile, "No need, because I am the one who makes the decision in the Yun Mansion."

There is confidence and a touch of power in the calm voice.

(End of this chapter)