Return of the Swallow

Gong You's wife, Jiang, is in her early forties. She is a tall, plump, and charming middle-aged woman. However, although her charm is still there, Jiang's age is much older than Gong You's.

Gong You has no children, only three daughters. The eldest daughter and the second daughter have both left the court. Jiang lived with Gong You's youngest daughter, Gong Miao, in Houya, and the mother and daughter took care of Mrs. Gong together.

Pang Xiao and Gong You discussed what to do next in the class room.

Qin Yining took Bingtang and Jiyun and followed Jiang into the Houya.

"It's really hard for the princess to travel and travel. Later, I will order someone to prepare hot water for the princess to wash, so it will be easier."

Qin Yining shook his head with a smile and said: "Mrs. Gong, please don't be polite. Now is the time of disaster. The earth dragon turning over will definitely make the water in the well muddy. You should keep the water you can sit down and eat. As for bathing and washing, there is no rush." .”

Jiang was quite surprised when he heard this.

She has never seen a girl as delicate and beautiful as Qin Yining in her life. She originally thought that because of her beauty, she must be arrogant before she came out of the palace. Now that she is a princess, her arrogance will be doubled, and she must be more difficult to serve. Who knows that she is actually Wrong judgment.

Qin Yining added: "I heard that the old lady is also in the back office, and I asked her to introduce her to me. I want to go and say hello to the old lady."

Jiang became even more surprised when she heard this, "The princess has a distinguished status, so we should be the ones here to pay her respects."

"What did you say, madam? I am young and a junior, so I naturally have to greet my elders. Do I need the elders to greet me? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to me? Besides, Mr. Gong sticks to the old capital. Both the prince and I admire him very much. , the old lady is indispensable for being able to teach Lord Gong such a loyal and virtuous minister. In both public and private matters, I should be the one to pay my respects to the old lady."

Jiang was impressed and moved at the same time.

She was originally worried that the master who would be difficult to serve turned out to be such a transparent person. This was a real surprise to her.

"Since the princess said so, it would be unfair if I tried to stop her."

"That's right. The prince and I will have to quarrel for a while in the future. If Mrs. Gong is always so polite, then we won't be comfortable living there. The prince and Mr. Gong fight side by side. They are both colleagues and friends. The two of them are We are so close, so naturally we shouldn’t be separated.”

"That's what the princess said."

Jiang smiled and said: "My little girl Miao'er is accompanying her grandmother at the moment.

If the princess doesn't dislike it, will she go with me? "

"Mrs. I'm here."

Jiang took Qin Yining around a corner and walked towards the main room in the back courtyard.

As he walked, he introduced: "This is it. On weekdays, I live with you in the wing room, and my mother-in-law lives in the main room. My mother-in-law comes from a farming family. She is very reasonable and treats me like her own daughter. , I failed to live up to expectations and only gave birth to three daughters for you. My mother-in-law did not force you to take concubines because she wanted grandchildren. After giving birth when I was young, I gained weight and became very ugly. My mother was afraid that you would look down on me. I sent two skinny horses, but the adults changed hands and sold them, saying that the family was too poor to support the extra people."

Speaking of this, Ms. Jiang suddenly came to her senses. Although she was chatting about family matters to be close to him, she didn't know if Prince Zhongshun had a concubine. If Prince Zhongshun has a bunch of wives, but she shows off in front of the princess how loyal her husband is and how good her husband's family is, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the princess?

Jiang secretly hated herself for speaking too bluntly. This problem of speaking carelessly has not changed after so many years.

Unexpectedly, Qin Yining smiled and said at this time: "Sure enough, birds of a feather flock together, so it's no wonder that the prince and Mr. Gong are in love. My mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law also treat me as their own daughter. The prince is even more so-\u003e\u003e

I don't want to touch the flowers at all, but my mother-in-law is very powerful. If the prince really does that, maybe my mother-in-law can beat him. "

"Seriously? Where is such a powerful old man?"

"yes."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Jiang felt a lot more relieved, and felt better about Pang Xiao and Qin Yining, because Jiang felt that people who could be filial to the elderly would not be too bad in character. Although Prince Zhongshun has a vicious reputation, how can we believe all the rumors outside?

When the two of them reached the stairs, Jiang took Qin Yining into the house and said, "Mother, Princess Zhongshun is here."

Qin Yining followed closely behind, looking at the old tables, chairs and simple furnishings in the room, and became more aware of Gong You's integrity.

On the couch next to the window in the house, an old woman in her seventies with gray hair was putting on her shoes. A little girl who looked about ten years old was helping the old lady put on her shoes.

Mrs. Gong's hair was simply tied into a braid with a silver comb, and she wore a sky-blue fine cotton dress. Her dress was quite simple, even worse than that of some respectable servants from wealthy families in the capital.

But she had a loving smile on her thin face. One look at her made people think that this old lady must be a kind-hearted old man.

Qin Yining didn't wait for the old man to salute, but he saluted first: "I have met Mrs. Gong."

"Ouch, get up, get up. How can this happen? How can I afford the gift of a princess?"

"Old Madam, you are too polite. You are an elder, and as a junior bothering an elder, I should salute you."

"Please get up quickly, my third daughter-in-law, please help her up."

"Hey!" Mrs. Jiang took Qin Yining's arm to help her stand up. Then she helped her mother-in-law sit down and said with a smile, "Mom, the princess is not that kind of person, so you can rest assured."

Mrs. Gong looked at Qin Yining with a smile, and secretly praised the pretty girl in her heart. But then she thought again, how could she become a princess if she wasn't pretty?

Because Qin Yining's age happened to be the age of Mrs. Gong's granddaughter, Qin Yining was courteous and did not put on airs, and she was patient with the old man and knew how to make the old man feel at ease, so after chatting for a while, Mrs. Gong said to her Qin Yining became particularly close.

Mrs. Gong introduced the girl next to her to Qin Yining: "This is my little granddaughter Miao'er."

Gong Miao was very thin, her eyes were timid when looking at people, and she was a little afraid of strangers, but she still gave her a curious and friendly smile, and saluted as "Princess."

Qin Yining put a mutton-fat jade bracelet on Gong Miao's wrist, "It's not a good thing, Miao'er can play with it."

During this period of time when I was living in the government office, I rarely disturbed the host's family, and I gave Gong Miao a meeting gift as a gift.

Mrs. Gong and Mrs. Jiang both declined repeatedly, but in the end, with Qin Yining's kind words and comfort, they were still so kind that it was hard to refuse.

"princess."

At this time, Ji Yun's voice came from outside the door.

Qin Yining smiled and said, "What's the matter?"

"The prince invites the princess to come to the front to talk."

"I know." Qin Yining stood up and said goodbye, "I'm going to go first. I'll come back when I'm free."

Mrs. Gong and Mrs. Jiang now looked at Qin Yining even more with admiration, because such a serious prince could allow women to participate. So either they doted on her too much, or she had special talents and could be used by the prince.