Family Has a Concubine

Qiuju sent the two of them to the Chuihua Gate, then turned and left.

Zhang Manman glared at Ye Licai, but ignored Ye Licai, and got into the car by himself.

Ye Licai clenched her fists tightly, very resentful, because she was the one who encouraged Ye Tangcai to give the Baifu talisman.

Zhang Manman feels very guilty towards Ye Tangcai because of Zhang Boyuan's elopement, and has been thinking about how to compensate Ye Tangcai.

Ye Licai hated it very much, and it happened that Zhang Manman got the Baifu talisman. She knew Ye Tangcai's character very well, and she would definitely not accept the Baifu Talisman. Ye Licai urged Zhang Manman to give it to Ye Tangcai, and if Ye Tangcai didn't want it, it would be a waste of Zhang Manman's heart.

On her grandmother's birthday last time, Ye Tangcai said that things are impermanent about Zhang Manman's choice of concubine. Pick.

Moreover, she brought Zhang Manman to give the talisman, and she was able to show off in front of Ye Tangcai, which really killed two birds with one stone.

I don't think Ye Tangcai did refuse, but she gave such a reason that made Zhang Manman afraid, it seemed that Ye Licai had done something terribly wrong.

"Grandma, get in the car!" Liu'er looked at Ye Licai timidly.

"Yeah." Ye Licai bit her lip, then supported Liu'er's hand and boarded the car.

The carriage drove out of the corner gate of Ding Guobo's mansion, and when it returned to Zhang's house, it was already dark.

There was a servant girl waiting at the Chuihua Gate for a long time. When she saw the carriage coming in, she hurried over: "Miss Si, you are back... Hey, it turns out that the eldest grandma and Miss Si are going out together. Madam is going to serve dinner."

Zhang Manman got out of the car and nodded: "Okay, let's go there."

The Zhang family has a rule that the whole family eats dinner together in the Meng family's house.

Zhang's family is weak, and Zhang Zan was born in a poor family. Although he married two concubines after high school, they have nothing to do. In Zhang Hong's generation, Zhang Hong had three or four concubines, but Meng had to give birth to a son, and all his aunts gave birth to daughters.

Zhang Manman's three concubine sisters are all married, so there are fewer people in the family.

Zhang Zan misses the warm scene of the whole family sitting around eating together when he was young and poor. Although he is now in a high position and lives in a big house, he still asks his family to eat dinner together.

Zhang Manman and Ye Licai walked into the room, only to see Zhang Zan, Zhang Hong, Meng Shi and Zhang Boyuan were all there, sitting in the room drinking tea.

"Miss, you are back." Zhang Boyuan smiled when he saw Ye Licai, and walked over to support her.

Ye Licai became more and more delicate, and walked in slowly with her waist supported.

Seeing that Ye Licai became hypocritical again, Meng's face turned dark. Since Miao's birthday banquet came back, she looked down on Ye Licai even more.

That Mrs. Sun used Ye Licai to show off to their Zhang family all day long. His behavior of not being on the stage, like a nouveau riche, was simply embarrassing and embarrassing.

And Ye Licai's younger brother Ye Rong... When Zhang Boyuan was engaged to Ye Tangcai before, the Meng family had picked on Ye Yun's playboy, unexpectedly this Ye Rong was even more funny!

Although he is a concubine, he is still a prince of the noble family, and he doesn't know where he learned the habit of dragging two buckets of snot! At the Miao family's birthday banquet last time, Meng family saw Ye Rong pick his nose and eat it! I shudder just thinking about it.

It's really a bunch of low-level workers who can't get on the table.

Seeing Ye Licai's pretentious appearance again, Meng Shi felt like throwing up the last night's meal, but for the sake of her daughter's marriage, she turned a blind eye.

"Manman, why did you come back with your sister-in-law? Did you go out together? Where have you been?" Meng stepped forward with a smile.

Zhang Manman's face was dark, and she only said "hmm": "Go for a stroll."

"Your sister-in-law's body is delicate, and she is easily exhausted in hot weather." Zhang Boyuan's tone contained love for Ye Licai and reproach for Zhang Manman.

Zhang Manman was angry, and gave Zhang Boyuan a cold look.

But Zhang Manman's maid, Xiaozhen, was not able to bear it, and said angrily: "My lord, what you said is wrong, it is obviously the eldest grandma who dragged the girl out."

Hearing this, Meng's face darkened. Just now, his son blamed his daughter for such a trivial matter, but Ye Licai didn't even give an explanation.

Xiaozhen said again: "Grandma took the girl to find Grandma Chu."

When Meng heard that Ye Licai was pulling Zhang Manman to find Ye Tangcai, her face turned blue with anger. This time, it goes without saying that he ran to other people to get a sense of superiority. Her eyes were cold, but she kept silent, let's calm down!

No, Xiaozhen said again: "Miss has always been close to Grandma Chu because of..." She glanced at Zhang Boyuan and Ye Licai, "Because of your son's marriage, Miss has been very guilty of Grandma Chu and wants to make up for it. , Didn’t the Empress give a hundred blessings to the girl yesterday? Grandma just said..."

"You—" Ye Licai shouted to stop Xiaozhen.

But Xiaozhen was not afraid of her, and continued: "The eldest grandma said, give this to Grandma Chu. In the end, Grandma Chu didn't want it, and said that the girl is going to be a noble person. This is the girl's blessing, how can she give it away. Baifu That's why the talisman was not delivered."

Hearing these words, Meng Shi, Zhang Zan and Zhang Hong all trembled and broke into a cold sweat from fright.

"What?" Meng Shi finally couldn't bear it anymore, and sneered. She glanced sharply at Ye Licai: "What is your intention? You actually encouraged Manman to send out the Baifu talisman?"

"Mother..." Ye Licai was about to die of grievances. Although she suggested it, it was Zhang Manman herself who decided to send it away!

"Mother, what are you doing?" Zhang Boyuan immediately protected Ye Licai.

"Zhang Boyuan, you—" Seeing that Zhang Boyuan only defended Ye Licai, Meng's heart hurts, "That's Manman's blessing! The blessing is gone, what if..."

"Enough!" Zhang Zan, the old man above, said lightly.

Meng Shi and Zhang Boyuan trembled, and all voices stopped abruptly.

Zhang Zan was holding the rolled up book, his sharp eyes fell on Ye Licai, and then on Zhang Manman: "Although it is hard to believe the gods and ghosts, since it was given by the empress, it is a wish for Manman." Manman is reckless in this matter, but fortunately, Mistress Chu knows the general situation."

"Grandfather, I, I know I was wrong." Zhang Manman lowered her eyes, feeling very ashamed.

Ye Licai bit her lip hard, with tears of grievance in her eyes. The old man's last sentence - Grandma Chu knew the general situation, and stabbed her hard.

"Meng Shi, let's set the meal." The old man swept over with sharp eyes.

Meng Shi took a deep breath and suppressed his emotions. Everything is going well at home, and my daughter's wedding will be completed in a few days, bear it!

Mrs. Meng hurriedly called the maid, and stood on the table to set the meal.

After everyone finished eating hastily, Zhang Manman turned around and left. Ye Licai didn't want to stay any longer, so she said she was full of stomach and left with Liu'er's hand. Zhang Boyuan also wanted to follow Ye Licai away, but Mrs. Meng held him back.

After Ye Li picked out the yard, Meng Shi glared at Zhang Boyuan fiercely: "Look at your stupid daughter-in-law... Take care of it, don't really ruin Manman's marriage!"

"Mother, are you too unreasonable to make trouble? What did Limei do? She just had good intentions, and she just suggested that it was my sister who was going to give it away. Why don't you scold my sister instead of scolding Limei?"

"Did I say not to scold her? I'll scold her now!" Meng sneered, "As for kindness? Don't think I don't know what she's thinking!" She just wanted to show off in front of Ye Tangcai.

Zhang Boyuan choked, and said, "I'm going back." Then he turned and left.

Seeing his back, Meng Shi was so angry that her heart ached.

Zhang Zan, who was at the top, turned his eyes slightly: "Stop arguing a little! Manman's marriage should be settled before July, and it's only a few days away."

Zhang Manman's marriage is the top priority in the family, and it was Zhang Zan who managed it with great difficulty.

The position of the crown prince is as stable as Mount Tai. In the future, when he becomes a great treasure, Zhang Manman will be the title of imperial concubine. In the future, if he has a male and a half female, their Zhang family will be the ancestral family of the prince or princess. Not to mention the distance, the ancestral home of the prince or princess is quite glorious.

Meng Shi and Zhang Hong agreed, and Zhang Zan stood up after drinking the cup of tea in his hand, turned and left.

...

Ye Licai returned to her small courtyard with Zhang Boyuan, guessing that Zhang Boyuan would be back soon, so she began to cry.

When Zhang Boyuan walked into the room, seeing her wiping her tears, he frowned, a little distressed, but he was a little tired of seeing too many tears.

He walked over and sat beside her: "Sister Li, don't cry. You really shouldn't start with this. After all, it's something given by the empress, how can you give it away."

"I... I just mentioned one thing. Then she said that this Baifu talisman can be used to write other people's names. What did the empress and niece who was rewarded with her ask the empress if she could write other people's names? Say it's okay. Why can't it be changed now?" Ye Licai sobbed, "Didn't she always miss Ye Tangcai... Let me just mention it, her wish has been fulfilled."

Zhang Boyuan couldn't blame her anymore, so he said: "Okay, let's wipe away the tears. There are two months to go, so I'll read a book first."

"Hey, Bo Yuan..." Zhang Boyuan had already left before he finished speaking.

Ye Licai bit her lip, but the more she thought about it, the more wronged she became.

Thinking of Zhang Zan's praise of Ye Tangcai's general understanding, is this slapping her in the face? Her heart felt sore like an ant biting.

"Grandma, you can eat some cherries." At this moment, a maid came over with a crystal fruit plate with bright red cherries on it.

Ye Licai took a bite and said, "This is delicious, where did it come from?"

The servant girl smiled and said, "Grandma, this is from your natal family. It is said that it came from the harvest of Baihe Village. The Jing'an Hou Mansion has several large baskets, so I sent a large basket to Grandma."

Ye Licai heard that it was sent by Ye Hewen, "There is a big basket? Why don't you send it to grandpa and mother?"

The maid said with a smile: "I have already informed my wife. My wife said that it was sent by my grandmother's family, so I will send it to my grandmother's house. If my grandmother wants to share it, she will share it."

Ye Licai thought for a while, and then asked, "When was it delivered?"

"Grandma, you delivered it as soon as you left the house in the morning," said the servant girl.

Ye Licai thought about it, she stayed in Dingguobo Mansion for almost an hour, but the Jing'an Marquis Mansion did not send the cherries to Dingguobo Mansion, obviously, her grandfather only gave her cherries, not Ye Tang Pick.

Thinking of this, Ye Licai became happy again: "Split one basket out, put another basket, and put it in a ventilated place to dry. Liu'er."

"Grandma." Liu'er walked over.

"Early tomorrow morning, you send that basket of cherries to Big Sister. Bring a pen, and I'll write back a letter to my grandfather, saying it's delicious."

"Yes." Liu'er smiled and walked away. Obviously both of them are married-out daughters, but they only send her grandma, not Ye Tangcai. See how many grandmas are loved by her natal family.

Early the next morning, Liu'er went to Jing'an Hou Mansion to deliver the letter.

Ye Hewen received a letter from Ye Licai, praising the deliciousness of the cherries, and his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Thinking that Zhang Manman is about to marry into the prince's mansion, and I can post it, I don't know how happy I am. It's still useful for the second girl!

After Liu'er delivered the letter to Jing'anhou's mansion, she took a small carriage to Ding Guobo's mansion in the north of the city.

Ye Tangcai was reading a script on the couch when Qiuju came to report: "Girl, Liu'er is here."

Ye Tangcai frowned and put down the book.

"Third Grandma Chu." Liu'er had already walked in, and put down the cherry: "This is a gift from my eldest grandma to Third Grandma."

"Well, thank you very much." Ye Tangcai replied lightly without even raising her head.

Liu Er choked.

"How? Is there anything else?" Ye Tangcai raised her head.

Liu'er's whole body is not well. Shouldn't Third Grandma Chu praise her for sending something, and then ask where such a good peach cherry came from? This way she can talk about it!

"The cherries were sent by the Jing'an Hou Mansion. Why, the third grandma didn't receive it?" Liu'er said.

Ye Tangcai squinted her eyes, and then hehehe said, "Don't you know that I didn't receive it? If so, why are you so eager to send this basket?"

Liu'er was stunned, so she talked nonsense and went back: "My grandma said... she wanted to trade it with the third grandma. Who would have thought that the third grandma didn't have it here, ha ha ha."

It's obviously here to show off that my master is more loved by her mother's family, why is it not as cool as I imagined?

"Are you okay? Our third grandma still has something to do, so I won't stay." Qiuju said coldly.

"Then I'm leaving." Liu'er turned and went out of the house, and said as she walked, "Oh, what should I do if I can't finish eating so many cherries at home? It's ready to pickle into candy."

Looking at Liu'er's figure disappearing at the gate of the courtyard, Qiu Ju was very lucky: "Everyone is married, can't they live in peace? They came all the way to be a demon! What's the matter!"

Ye Tangcai, who was buried in the book, snorted and laughed, "The grasshopper after autumn, let's just watch her dance for a few more days!"

Qiu Ju was startled, thinking that Ye Tangcai was just comforting herself, so she didn't say anything more.

...

However, after Zhang Manman returned to the room that night, he wrote his name and birth date on the Baifu talisman. Early the next morning, the nurse next to the queen came to collect the Baifu talisman.

Zhang Manman smiled and gave her the Baidie wearing brocade purse containing the Baifu talisman.

The nanny took the purse, turned it over, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhang, this purse is really beautiful, did you make it yourself?"

Zhang Manman blushed slightly, nodded and said, "Nurse's joke is indeed for fun."

"Miss Zhang, don't be modest, this embroidery skill is much better than Miss Bao and Miss Wu."

Zhang Manman's eyes flashed with joy, thinking that Nanny was just praising her embroidery skills. In the past, she and two other candidates embroidered for the empress in the palace. The empress looked at her embroidery, but did not praise anyone.

Now this purse was praised by people around the queen, Zhang Manman couldn't tell how happy she was.

"The bottom material is also festive, red. Miss Bao and Miss Wu's purses are also used to hold the Momofuku charms, but one is blue and the other is pink, which is not as good as red." The mother laughed. "The servant girl should go."

After speaking, the nanny turned and left.

But Zhang Manman was immersed in the words of the nanny and couldn't recover. A purse for the Baifu amulet? Wait, among the three candidates, isn't she the only one who received the Empress's reward? Why are there two other people?

Thinking about it, Zhang Manman went to Meng's room.

Mrs. Meng was calculating this month's internal accounts, and when she saw her, she raised her head: "You are here? It's just a matter of time, and I will also help Wei Niang with the calculations. Although you will be a side concubine in the future...but maybe there will be a time to give in the palm of your hand."

Zhang Manman covered her small face and smiled, and sat beside her: "Mother, just now, Nanny Shi took away the Baifu charms, but she said...she also took away the Baifu charms of Miss Wu and Miss Bao." .”

Meng Shi was startled, and raised her head: "What's the matter? Among the three candidates, isn't it only given to you?"

Among the three candidates, the Queen's attitude has always been very clear. If there is any reward, Zhang Manman's will always be better than the other two. From that attitude, the empress had already taken a fancy to Zhang Manman.

The few Baifu talismans now are the same as the previous practice. Zhang Manman has them, but the other two don't. But now...

"I also thought the same way. At the time of the reward, the empress also said that this talisman was scarce, and she only gave it to me...but Shi Momo...why do they have it too?"

"Maybe it's just an extra." Meng Shi comforted her, "It's just a blessing charm, so don't worry about it."

"Yes." Zhang Manman answered absent-mindedly.

"Come on, settle the score for me!" Meng Shi smiled.

Zhang Manman had no choice but to sit down, and the mother and daughter calculated the ledger together.

At first Meng didn't think there was anything wrong with the Baifu talisman, but while counting the accounts, she thought about it, and the more she thought about it, the bigger the knot in her heart became. She looked at the sky, and it was time for the old man to go home.

After finishing the rough calculation, Zhang Manman said with a smile: "I'll go to the warehouse to order some things at home, and you can do other things here."

"Okay." Zhang Manman lowered her head.

Mrs. Meng left the house and went straight to Zhang Zan's outer study.

Sure enough, Zhang Zan went down to court, and before he changed into his third-rank official robe, he saw Mrs. Meng walk in.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Zan raised his head nonchalantly.

"Old Master, the Empress took away the Baifu Talisman today." After saying that, she said what happened just now, "I always have a knot in my heart."

Zhang Zan's sharp eyes narrowed slightly: "This doesn't explain anything, maybe it's too much! But...you should be careful when sailing for ten thousand years. You go to the palace tomorrow to find out what the empress is talking about."

"But... if we do this, will it look too petty?" Meng was very worried.

Zhang Zan pondered for a while before saying, "You can go!"

Meng Shi had no choice but to agree, and then withdrew. The old man has always thought carefully, if he lets go, then he can go.