As for what that woman was like with Shi Fang, Yao Niang didn't know. She was just that kind of person, and it was the same in her previous life. She was always on guard against others. She looked somewhat similar to Yu, but her personality was completely different.
Just like my mother, even if she doesn't like someone, she will still be warm and affectionate, and no one can see it. She is smooth and tolerant. But she attaches great importance to people's self-esteem. She will never force herself to be intimate with someone she doesn't like. She believes that it is better to die than to be unhappy.
Therefore, she and Luo Jingrou could continue to be hypocritical, but she didn't want to do that. She felt disgusted to sit with someone she didn't like.
Because of this, in her previous life, she cultivated her two sons. When she was a daughter of an official family and worked as a wet nurse for others, she never asked her natal family for help. She even never asked the emperor for anything, because asking others for help meant bowing her head. It is better to ask yourself than to ask others for help. She cultivated her sons to become martial arts champions and skilled in handling affairs, so that she could gain the emperor's trust, but it was not entirely because they were brothers.
After making grasshoppers for Hao, the two returned to the east room and had a simple lunch. Seeing that Hao was sleepy, Yao Niang said to his wet nurse, "Let Hao sleep here with me, so that he won't be exposed to the wind when he goes out. I'll lie on the couch."
Although Yao Niang is young, she is a very opinionated person and the servants dare not ignore her. Jinghao's wet nurse knows that she is the apple of the mistress's eye and dare not say anything.
When it came to taking care of the child, Yao Niang didn't even really trust these wet nurses.
Because she herself had been a wet nurse, you know that servants only thought about how to have a leisurely life and get money, and they would do things to please their masters. But when the masters were not around, it was a different story.
She lay on the couch and soon fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up, even the wet nurse was dozing off. Yao Niang came out in her slippers, and Yinrong said, "Fifth Miss, I heard that the bride's escort is coming. Do you want to go to the main room?"
"Well, now's a good time to go over there. Please use sawdust water to comb my hair to make it smoother." Yao Niang said with a smile.
Yinrong smiled and nodded.
After everything was tidied up, Yao Niang specifically instructed Bai Zhi: "You stay here to look after the Third Young Master and tell his wet nurse that there are so many people here now, don't let him go out."
Baizhi is steady and generous, and can be trusted with things. She and Baiying were both sold from outside, and the one they rely on is Yao Niang, so they listen to Yao Niang more than others.
Bai Zhi nodded when she heard this: "Don't worry, young lady. If the Third Young Master Zi comes over later, I will personally watch over him."
But when it comes to Ganquanju, there are many sisters from the bride's family and Luo Shilan's favorite girl in the bride's room, and they are all going to take out rolling pins to beat the groom.
In such situations in the previous life, Luo Jingrou would usually be especially nice to her, so she was very grateful to Luo Jingrou and felt that she was nice to her even more. Now it seems that in such situations, they are just children, and the older girls will not care about you even if they talk to you.
Therefore, she just came in and sat, watching Shi Yu talking to others. Yao Niang just drank her tea and did not disturb them.
At this moment, Luo Jingrou came over and said, "Why did Fifth Sister come just now? Come on, I'll take you there to ask for another red envelope. Just now, Sixth Sister got a big one, why didn't she tell you?"
A normal person would definitely think that Shiyu was not being kind, but Yao Niang knew that the person who should be held responsible for this kind of thing should be the host, the person who arranged it, not Shiyu. Even if Shiyu didn't tell her, that was fine, and she didn't necessarily have to tell Shiyu everything.
Therefore, Luo Jingrou had ulterior motives and took every opportunity to instigate.
Seeing Luo Jingrou leading her over, Jiang Ying, Luo Shilan's cousin who was in charge of the red envelopes, said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you just now. Wait, I'll get one for you now."
"Thank you, cousin Jiang, and also thanks to my third sister for reminding me." Yao Niang said with a smile.
After receiving the red envelope, Shi Yu heard outside that the groom had already arrived at the Luo family. He hurried over to find Yao Niang and said, "Fifth sister, look, our eldest brother-in-law is coming."
"Yeah, that's right. Let's just go up and have a few moves." Yao Niang felt very fresh. In her previous life, she was confused and had always been following Luo Jingrou. Now she could act alone and also felt the joy of participating in many things.
Luo Jingrou stood there in a reserved manner. She expected that today's best men must also be princes of noble families. Today, she and Luo Shizhen were both following the elders. She naturally felt that Yu was not capable enough. Luo Shizhen was born out of wedlock, and her second aunt had never been a eloquent person. But she was the original wife's legitimate daughter, and her mother was the daughter of a marquis.
But others were only nice to her for her father's sake. It would have been great if her stepmother had promoted her vigorously and made a name for herself, but her stepmother was clearly just evading responsibility and being perfunctory. It seemed that everything was in accordance with etiquette, but in fact, she was not willing to fight for herself at all.
After all, she is not Yu's biological daughter, and Yu will not be sincere for her.
Just like this fool Yao Niang, who sleeps at home on a very social day. She is really a hopeless person.
Shi Yu whispered to Yao Niang: "Sister Jiang and several of our elder sisters are vying to stand in the front. Let's not compete with them. They all try to curry favor with the elder sister."
No wonder Shi Yu walked steadily in her previous life. She was indeed very attentive to her future. For example, now, this is the world of the older sisters. The one standing in the first row will be the first to see the groom's best men rushing in.
It is no wonder that girls care about their marriages. Men can achieve great success in the imperial examinations, military examinations, and even in officialdom. If a girl marries the wrong man, her life will be ruined. Therefore, Yao Niang can understand this, but now she is still focusing on saving her brother's life and changing the current situation.
What's more, the difference between her and them is that she has her own mother to take care of her. As long as she can protect her younger brother and her mother's position in the family is stable, her marriage will definitely not be bad.
While he was thinking, the groom had already entered the inner courtyard with music and drums. The young ladies all held rolling pins, thinking about how to hit the groom in a good-looking posture, and some were thinking about how to actually hit the groom.
The groom was the second son of Prince Fenyang, and was named Duke of Cheng. The people following him were also of great importance. Gao Dengfeng said, "Everyone, if the ladies here are not lenient, you have to block them for me. Please."
"Don't worry, we won't feel bad if we beat you up."
"Don't worry, we are grown men, so we can't handle a few young ladies."
Everyone laughed, and the groom also smiled.
As soon as the door was opened, the young ladies wearing perfume and powder rushed out with rolling pins in their hands. Yao Niang also went in the back hand in hand with Shi Yu to fish in troubled waters. However, Yao Niang thought she was the newest one, after all, she was young and could not compare with the older sisters.
Unexpectedly, she, who had been playing tightrope jumping and eagle catching chicken for a long time, could run the fastest and easily beat up several people, so that the princes and sons of the royal family who were thought to be no problem just now actually ran away in fear.
Two of them even whispered, "I can't believe this little girl is so fast. Now I know what it means to be as quiet as a virgin and as fast as a rabbit. The little girl who looked so cute and sweet just now, tsk tsk, hit me with a stick, it really hurts me."
Yao Niang, who accidentally heard the conversation between the two, couldn't help but bite her lip and smile.