"I heard that the clothes in your store are good-looking. My eldest wife came over today to take a look."
The accompanying maids were talking. The eldest lady, Madam Xie, was over forty years old. She had a fair face and occasional white hair on her temples. She was sitting on a tea table drinking tea. Her gestures were calm and indifferent, her eyebrows were lowered and her eyes were lowered, like a Guanyin enshrined on the table. .
Yin Xiao couldn't help but look at her in trance. It wasn't until Qing Fei delivered the latest clothes that she came back to her senses.
"Ma'am, feel free to take your pick." Her voice trembled slightly, and the hand holding the cloth also trembled. "After reading this batch, I will present the next batch."
Xie Ruoying pursed her lips, with a distant and polite smile on her face: "Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."
Although he knew it was because of her upbringing and it was just a polite greeting, Yin Xiao couldn't help but feel sore eyes and could only lower his head and introduce the embroidery and texture of each piece of clothing to her one by one.
Jinxiu Pavilion was first famous for making children's clothes. Later, when its balance sheet became more abundant, it began to make clothes for adults. The materials are mainly comfortable. Xie Ruoying saw several sets of summer and autumn casual clothes in lotus color, autumn rose color, and crow green color, and then I picked a few sets with brighter colors and wrapped them together.
She tentatively asked if this dress was chosen for her daughter. Xie Ruoying sighed: "I have nothing on my knees and no blessing of children. I picked it for my husband's niece. She just came back from visiting relatives in Youzhou. This time, I also gave it to her when she came out." She bought some new clothes."
"..."
Wang Yuanjun is back.
Wasn't she imprisoned by Wei Cheng?
Judging from Xie Ruoying's appearance, the Wang family did not seem to know how Wang Yuanjun had been living in Youzhou in the past two years. It seemed that Wang Yuanjun was too ashamed to speak.
She accompanied Xie Ruoying to choose several sets of shawls and sachets to match her clothes.
The two of them talked a lot, one of them was melancholy, and the other, who had lost her daughter for many years, felt pity for Yin Xiao who was doing business alone in Chang'an. The two of them talked happily all afternoon. Xie Ruoying also asked her about her past marriage, and she blushed and became confused. After prevaricating, Xie Ruoying understood and didn't ask any more questions.
Mrs. Xie was very generous. In addition to paying for supplies, she also rewarded several ingots of gold before leaving. When she got in the car, she also invited Yin Xiao to go to Wang's house to talk to her to relieve her boredom.
Mrs. Xie was greeted and escorted by servants and horse boys when she came and went. She dressed and behaved in a calm and leisurely way that only comes from years of pampering. Her movements were dignified and dignified only by a high-class woman.
Yin Xiao has been in Chang'an for a long time. Perhaps he is timid about being close to his hometown. For such a long time, he has not dared to go even half a step closer to the Wang family's mansion.
Every time a chance encounter happened, he would take a detour. Now that he suddenly met his biological mother, even if she didn't know her identity, Yin Xiao could not help but be filled with emotions and watched the Wang family's carriage and horses leave in a daze.
Qing Fei sighed at the side: "Mrs. There are only two common rooms, not even a concubine."
Man'er tied up her hair in a bun, and while eating the candy given to her by the Wang family, she shook her head and flattered her: "Only such a wealthy and noble lady can have such a kind-hearted appearance. When she smiles, it's like painting The Goddess of Mercy."
Yin Xiao was silent and had a tasteless meal all night. In the evening, he and Man'er played kettle for a while. Unable to sleep at night, he got up and dug out the pearl shawl at the bottom of the box in the store. The whole shawl was made of pearls. It's done, with red agate hanging from the tassels on the lower head. It looks like jewels when worn on the body, making the face look radiant and radiant.
She put them all on by hand, stitch by stitch.
She packed up the pearl shawl and the selected pieces of fine dark floral yarn, and went to the Wang family in person the next day.
The Wang family has produced countless dignitaries over the past century, and it is also the leading noble family in the family. It is full of people, and in front of the grand gatehouse, there are more than a dozen luxurious carriages of various sizes parked. She was in a dilemma for a while. It seemed that the Wang family had guests. , I'm afraid it's not good for me to come here rashly.
Fortunately, the concierge knew etiquette. Although he looked her up and down coldly, he saw Qing Fei behind her holding large and small brocade boxes of gifts. The two of them were not dressed like poor people, so he helped her pass them around.
After a while, someone led them in and took them to a side hall to rest.
The servants served tea and she had just finished drinking one cup when Mrs.
"There are many guests in the front hall. Let's chat a few more words. Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Seeing that her face was sweating, he thought it was because of the heat, so he ordered his servants to bring more ice and put it into the cauldron.
Yin Xiao was embarrassed to ask her to do her business, so she stood up and said, "Originally, my little girl had nothing to do. She didn't know there was a guest in the house, so she rashly disturbed her."
"Recently, a batch of fine dark flower gauze has arrived. I thought it would be suitable for Madam to make some summer and autumn clothes. Also, this pearl shawl would complement Madam very well, so I thought of sending it to Madam."
Mrs. Xie looked at the gauze and pearl shawl carefully. When she saw the pearl shawl, her eyes lit up. She couldn't help but touch the tassels on the pearl shawl and praised: "What an exquisite shawl, you made it?"
She smiled sheepishly: "That's right, it's embarrassing."
"If your mother knew about such skillful hands, she would be delighted." Mrs. Xie praised.
She raised her hand to ask the maid to fetch the silver, but Yin Xiao quickly stopped her, saying that this was to honor the madam and that she could not bear the silver. Madam Xie did not insist, so she walked to her dowry, picked out an jade bracelet, and put it on her On the wrist.
"You are a smart kid with a clever mind and hands. You are also independent-minded and considerate. You are literate and well-read. I really like you."
"I have no children. If you have nothing to do, you can always come and talk to me. If you have any new gadgets, you can also bring me anything new and take care of your business."
Yin Xiao's eyes turned red and she smiled happily: "Madam, please don't think it's troublesome for me."
"How could it be? It's too late for me to like it." Mrs. Xie sighed, caressed her hand and sat down.
"What's bothering you, madam?"
Seeing that there seemed to be sadness between her brows, Yin Xiao asked boldly.
"Does Yin Xiao know Wei Cheng in Youzhou?"
Yin Xiao's hand holding the tea stiffened.
"heard about it."
"Speaking of them, they are still relatives, but when it comes to marriage relationships between clans, they are as intricate as a cobweb. Since Wei Cheng occupied the land of Hebei, he has slaughtered almost all the local aristocratic families one by one. He has definitely determined the Liu family and the rare family in Changshan. The Shangdang Chen family, the Tongtan Li family... hundreds of people were tied together and beheaded in front of the city gate."
The more she spoke, the more her heart grew colder. She clutched her chest, took a breath, and said slowly: "I heard that blood flowed out of the city gate, and it took three days and three nights to clean it up. It's pitiful that the century-old foundation of our ancestors was destroyed in one day."
"The guests who came today are all here to discuss this matter, which is really disturbing. Now that the local princes are in power, if Wei Chengzhen enters Chang'an, Chang'an will become a river of blood, and the aristocratic families will be in danger, so they all plan to go south to escape. War."
"Going south?"
She nodded and saw that her face was pale, knowing that she was frightened, so she comforted her: "You don't have to worry. It is said that Wei Cheng only targets aristocratic families wherever he goes, and does not embarrass the people and traders. Compared with me, you will Be safer.”
"This time we go south, one is to avoid the chaos, and the other is to unite the southern clans and the southern states' pastors to discuss countermeasures."
Mrs. Xie had been anxious and exhausted these days because of this moment, frowning and gritting her teeth and sighing.
"Wei Cheng himself was also from a clan, but for some unknown reason, he seemed to hate the clan very much. He killed all the way from Youzhou to Huaishui. The families were frightened when they heard about it. Some of them couldn't bear to surrender to him, and he killed them without mercy. It’s just… crazy.”
Yin Xiao's face remained calm, but huge waves had already been stirred up in his heart.
Is Wei Cheng crazy? He dared to openly oppose the aristocratic family. There were so many aristocratic families in the Dayin Dynasty that even Dong Yan could not escape from the clan.
How dare he?
How could he?
After going back to wash up at night, Yinxiao lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
The more I think about it, the creepier I feel.
The thoughts in Wei Cheng's mind could not be guessed with normal thinking. She thought about it for half a night and still couldn't figure out why he did this.
asshole!
What a madman!
Why would she bring her daughter with her if she was looking for death?
She originally wanted to pick up Peilin and get to know her mother, but in this situation, taking Peilin to get to know her mother, she was afraid that the child would be involved in the rebellious army's sword and become a dead soul.
But if Peilin is ignored, all major clans now regard Wei Cheng as a wolf, tiger, and leopard, and the Eager Alliance wants to get rid of him quickly. Peilin follows him, which is no different from stepping on a single-plank bridge.
She suddenly got up from the bed.
