Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Ever since she discovered that there was no unity within the General's Mansion and that there were even serious problems, Jiang Xinxin always asked Mother Chen about what was happening outside. This time or twice, she could think that her child had gotten over that stress and became more lively, but after so many times, of course Mother Chen had to ask for the reason.

Jiang Xinxin thought about it and answered honestly, "I just think that the two girls in the mansion are too noisy. Besides, everyone in the capital keeps the sisters' disagreements secret. They pretend to be affectionate sisters, but the two girls in our family have quarreled many times outside. Who in the capital doesn't know that the eldest girl in the mansion is beautiful, smart, kind and dignified, while the second girl is cruel and narrow-minded?"

If even a little kid like Jiang Xinxin can understand it, how could Mother Chen, a wise adult, not understand it?

Although she was the confidant of the late lady and was in charge of her dowry, and was ostensibly a senior manager of the general's mansion, she actually had no say in the affairs of the second lady, Ye Xiwu. She could only meet the young lady in front of the Grand Princess when reporting the income every year.

After all, the internal affairs of the General's Mansion are still in the hands of the old lady, the Grand Princess. Even if she wants to start with the eldest girl Ye Bingshang, she can't go against the Grand Princess's wishes.

To be honest, people outside and even in the inner chambers of the general's mansion were saying that the second young lady, Ye Xiwu, had instigated the eldest princess to mistreat the eldest young lady, Ye Bingshang. In fact, only the older generations with sharp eyes and wisdom knew that the eldest young lady, Ye Bingshang, had never lost her share of allowance. Otherwise, how could she have had the chance to spread her reputation for being smart and studious?

Mother Chen told Jiang Xinxin not to worry about the disputes in the inner house and just help the second girl Ye Xiwu manage the late lady's dowry. So from that day on, Jiang Xinxin got the opportunity to go out with Mother Chen to inspect the property.

Jiang Xinxin can go out, but Jiang Xianxian doesn't have this opportunity, so she is naturally jealous, but she really can't get any good in front of Chen's mother, so she can only be jealous and say a few sour words behind her back, but she can't do anything else.

It's not like she hasn't caused trouble for Jiang Xinxin since she entered the General's Mansion. But since Jiang Xinxin has already left the two extremely biased old people of the Jiang family, there's no need to give face to Jiang Xianxian. So Jiang Xianxian really has no way to deal with her. On the contrary, if she wants to live a better life, she needs to pull the banner of Mother Chen behind her.

Once Jiang Xianxian quieted down, other people with other ideas could only watch Jiang Xinxin get closer to the position of Chen Mama's chief steward.

Time flies by in the busy days. Jiang Xinxin is already sixteen years old. Jiang Xianxian, who is nearly two years older than her, found an opportunity to hook up with Ye Lingyu, the eldest son of the general's mansion, after being forgotten by the Grand Princess. Now she has been promoted from a concubine to a concubine, and her life is really rich and luxurious.

The Jiang family also got the advantage of the eldest son, and their lives in the village became much better. As for Jiang Xinxin, she had long been forgotten by her biased grandparents.

On this day, the emperor was celebrating his birthday in the palace. Everyone in the general's mansion was preparing to go to the palace to celebrate his birthday. Jiang Xinxin, who had taken over most of the affairs from Mother Chen, was going to prepare the clothes for the second girl, Ye Xiwu, to go to the palace.

Over the years, Ye Xiwu has gone from being unable to bear to see Ye Bingshang doing better than her to being unable to bear to see any man or woman being better than her. The only exception is the Sixth Prince, who is born into the palace. He has a higher status and better looks and temperament than her. She can only admire him wholeheartedly and wishes to present everything she has to His Highness Camellia, begging him to look at her more.

However, Princess Camellia was only in love with her half-sister Ye Bingshang, whom she hated to the core. So a few days ago, she found an excuse to push Ye Bingshang directly into the frozen pond, causing Ye Bingshang to be bedridden for almost two months.

However, Ye Bingshang was also a person who was willing to take risks. In order not to miss the opportunity to go to the palace to celebrate her birthday, she actually used tiger and wolf medicine to stimulate the vitality in her body, which made her body temporarily better.

Jiang Xinxin's skin was still not fair enough and even had a yellowish tint, but Ye Xiwu felt that although she didn't like to talk, she didn't have any prejudice or fear towards her, and was willing to listen to her opinions in daily life.

For example, at this moment, Ye Xiwu looked at her charming and bright self in the mirror and couldn't help asking Jiang Xinxin for her opinion: "Xiao Jiang, you think my dress embroidered with peony flowers will definitely be better than Ye Bingshang's, right?"

Ye Xiwu has a bright and elegant appearance, which suits her well-dressed style of bright red, purple, gold and jade. However, Ye Bingshang's appearance and temperament are both pure and delicate, which suits her well-dressed style of plain and light.

Jiang Xinxin took a step back and took a look, shaking her head. "This embroidered peony is too lively. We can't skip over the ladies and princesses in the palace on the birthday of the emperor. This light yellow dress with red plum blossoms embroidered on it is the most suitable for you."

"I'm giving you a bright red shawl embroidered with yellow crabapple branches, and pairing it with your gold and ruby ​​filigree headpiece. I'm afraid even the ladies and princesses in the palace won't be able to hold you back."

Ye Xiwu was so delighted by what Jiang Xinxin said that she immediately told the maids to dress up according to what she said. As she put on layer upon layer of clothes, Ye Xiwu felt more and more that Jiang Xinxin's opinions were always right.

Jiang Xinxin personally combed Ye Xiwu's hair. Ye Xiwu had a lot of hair, and her hair was a bit cold and hard just like her personality, but it was more convenient to comb her hair into a higher bun.

As she did this, Jiang Xinxin explained to Ye Xiwu, "Your hair is thick and smooth, so it's best suited for a higher bun. In the past, you were so focused on competing with the eldest lady that you forgot that the eldest lady herself is a beautiful girl from a small family, and she can't compare to you at all."

"You see, this single spiral bun is plain, but once you put on the headgear, you will know how beautiful it is."

Jiang Xinxin opened Ye Xiwu's dressing box and took out a seven-tailed peacock hairpin suitable for front-facing hairpins. From the front, this hairpin looked like a peacock spreading its tail feathers. In fact, each tail feather inlaid with rubies could tremble left and right with the owner's movements. The pink tourmaline and ruby ​​beads in the peacock's mouth just hung the ruby ​​at the end of the tail just above the center of the eyebrows.

Jiang Xinxin then selected two pairs of auspicious cloud-shaped hairpins also inlaid with rubies for Ye Xiwu to wear. Seeing this, Ye Xiwu was very satisfied and hurriedly urged Jiang Xinxin to continue.

Jiang Xinxin took a step back and looked around, then selected two pairs of red plum tassels with long gemstone beads and pinned them on a spot behind Ye Xiwu's ears, so that when the tassels hung down, they would just hang from behind the ears to the chest and shoulders, allowing Ye Xiwu to move more without worrying about the tassels getting tangled.

As for what to use behind her head, Ye Xiwu simply picked out the largest and most gorgeous pearl tassel to hold it back. Even though Jiang Xinxin felt that it didn't quite match, she didn't object, but just picked out a few small hairpins from the box to fix the hair to match it.

When Jiang Xinxin put a ruby ​​plum blossom hairpin on Ye Xiwu, Ye Xiwu wanted to go out to the palace to attend the birthday banquet immediately after seeing it, so that everyone in the palace and outside the capital could see that she, Ye Xiwu, was not comparable to someone like Ye Bingshang.