Jian Chunyin knew that her sister had received another post and was happy for her that she could still act like a good sister in front of others. When she returned to the room, her face immediately dropped.
What kind of bad luck did Chunxi have? Why did Princess Wei have to treat her differently?
What made her particularly annoyed was that besides Chunxi winning the favor of the princess, she and her brother kept running into obstacles in front of Su Tianbao.
It can be said that Su Tianbao has a completely ignorant mind. She went to the Imperial Academy several times in the name of bringing food to her brother, but in the end, Su Tianbao still didn't see her at all.
Two days ago, she deliberately pretended to be looking for her brother and asked him, but he actually asked her who she was.
At that time, Jian Chunyin was so angry that she could hardly maintain her image. She was such a gentle and elegant beauty who appeared in front of him so many times, but he couldn't remember her?
But the more she ran into trouble with Su Tianbao, the more she aroused Jian Chunyin's desire to win. She was determined to make Su Tianbao devoted to her, and she had to do it.
Her maid said anxiously: "Miss, are you just going to watch the second young lady continue to win the favor of the princess?"
When that time comes, I'm afraid the wind in the house will change. Then how can she get anything good as the maid next to the eldest lady?
Jian Chunxi bit her lower lip, "What can I do? You also know the character of the princess. She is willful and cunning. If she disagrees with her, she will make people unable to step down."
If she dared to ignore Chunxi's invitation, she would be thrown out before she even entered the princess's palace, and she would become a laughing stock in the capital. It's not like Su Yueling has done this before.
.Jian Chunxi even suspected that the reason Su Yueling liked the second sister more was because they were both equally unruly.
She took a deep breath and said, "Don't say such things. Chunxi is also a member of Jian's family. If she can fly on the branches, it will be a happy event for our house."
The maid said: "You regard the second young lady as a relative, but she has never regarded you as a sister. Otherwise, she would have taken the initiative to speak good words for you in front of the princess. If that day comes, I'm afraid there will be no place for us in the mansion."
Jian Chunxi naturally felt the same way, but she would not admit it in front of the maid.
She lowered her eyes and said, "If you say these things again, don't blame me for getting angry. Now let me go and pay my respects to my grandmother."
It is also time to tactfully remind my grandmother about the increasingly difficult things going on in my grandfather's family, so that she can make an early decision on the marriage between Chunxi and her cousin.
Jian Chunxi felt that the reason Princess Wei favored her second sister must be because of Su Tianbao. If the second sister's marriage was settled, I'm afraid the princess would not invite her to visit her again in the future.
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Su Yueling looked at the box spread out on the table. There were many shining diamonds inside. The largest one, she estimated, was one hundred carats. It could be said to be very rare.
Su Yueling once owned a 100-carat emerald diamond, which her uncle spent hundreds of millions of yuan to auction and gave to her. In addition to white diamonds, she even saw red diamonds and blue diamonds. But these two diamonds were relatively small.
, but this is normal. The formation of colored diamonds in nature is inherently more difficult.
Overall, she is quite satisfied with these diamonds.
She looked up at Jian Chunxi's uncle Yang Qiao, "I'm very satisfied with these diamonds. I want them all. Please give me a price."
Yang Qiao said: "I only used six pieces of silk and two boxes of tea to buy these. I really don't have the shame to collect money from the princess."
Their silks and teas from Daxia are still very popular, especially what he exchanges for are tribute satins and fine teas, so foreign businessmen are naturally very willing.
Su Yueling quite liked diamonds, so she said: "If you can still buy diamonds next time, remember to send them to me. As long as the quality is not bad, I can accept them."
If the other party doesn't accept money, then she can just give Jian Chunxi a gift later. Giving more good gifts can also make Jian Chunxi's life at home easier. Although Jian Chunxi is not a person who will suffer losses, she can't stand those who plot against her.
He is her elder.
Speaking of which, the Yang family is mainly engaged in the timber business. Su Yueling's Princess Mansion is being built, and a lot of wood and stone will inevitably be used in the process. Originally, she did not need to pay for the construction of the Princess Mansion, and it was built by the imperial court.
. But Su Yueling was picky in this regard. She felt that she did not like the style of the princess mansion built by the imperial court, and the materials were not the best, which did not suit her needs. So she planned to make a design with Yuan Suijun and let her servants buy it.
Raw materials. With her desire to pursue the best in everything, the budget would naturally far exceed the normal allocation of the princess palace. She simply took the court's budget and paid for the overspending herself.
She had heard about the Yang family's wood. The quality was indeed good, especially the high-end wood, which was the leader in the industry. In addition, the Yang family also maintained a group of carpenters with excellent skills.
Thinking of this... Su Yueling asked Yang Qiao, "My princess mansion is under construction and needs a lot of good wood and skilled carpenters. Are you, the Yang family, interested in doing this business?"
For Yang Qiao, this was no different than losing a pie in the world. He originally thought that sending these gems would create a good relationship with Princess Wei, but he did not expect such an unexpected surprise.
He quickly said: "This is my honor. Thank you princess for giving me this opportunity."
This is also thanks to Chunxi thinking about him, otherwise such a good thing would never happen.
Su Yueling was too lazy to take care of the business, so she asked Wu Shu to talk to Yang Qiao. As for her, she chatted with Jian Chunxi. Jian Chunxi traveled to many places and met many strange people. So she talked to Su Yueling.
He describes all the strange things he has encountered over the years.
Su Yueling listened with great interest, and the conversation continued in the evening.
Su Yueling simply left the two of them to eat.
Of course, the portion she ate was cooked by Yuan Suijun himself, while the portion Yang Qiao and Jian Chunxi ate was produced by Yuchu.
During this process, Jian Chunxi inevitably ate at the same table with Tianbao again. What surprised Su Yueling was that this time Jian Chunxi no longer only had vegetarian dishes like the first time, but instead followed her own wishes, including braised pork and chestnut chicken.
, smoked goose... Show off all kinds of meat and vegetables, and I also ate four large bowls of rice and two bowls of soup in one go.
This appetite is bigger than Tianbao. With such a Chibo in front, Su Yueling took in a few more mouthfuls of food than usual.
What she didn't know was that Jian Chunxi just broke the pot.
During this period, she often went to Su Tianbao to establish her presence, but Su Tianbao's attitude toward her was only slightly better than that of strangers.
Jian Chunxi knew that the other party was serious about her, and the final blow was what happened the day before yesterday.
She went out to pick out the jewelry she liked. On the way, she happened to see someone bullying her blind grandfather. Jian Chunxi couldn't stand it and said something to him. The man saw that she was young and frail, and wanted to take advantage of her verbally. Jian Chunxi naturally couldn't bear it.
, and immediately scolded the man bloody.
While she was scolding her heartily, she turned around and saw Su Tianbao staring at her in shock with his mouth open.
Jian Chunxi was so cold-hearted at that time. She was like a shrew at that time. It was even less likely that a scholar like Song Tianbao would like her. She didn't want to give up, so she had to give up. Since she had given up, it was naturally unnecessary.
No more pretense.
After finishing the meal, she said to Su Yueling: "This braised pork is so well cooked, fat but not greasy, and melts in your mouth. It's the best I've ever tasted."
Now that rock sugar is available, braised braised pork will indeed taste better if rock sugar is used.
After dinner, Su Yueling sent someone to send Jian Chunxi back to Jian's house. Because of the diamond, she gave more rewards this time. Not only did she have satin, tea and spices, but she also gave her two boxes of silk flowers and a pair of ruby peonies.
Bu Yao can be said to be more generous than last time.
After Jian Chunxi left, Su Tianbao did not go back to the study immediately to study as before. Instead, he sat in the room, hesitant to speak.
Su Yueling said: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't be coy."
"I'll count to three. If you don't say anything, I'm going to kick them out."
Su Tianbao was a little anxious, and then he said: "Sister, is Miss Jian married?"