Chapter 215 Mid-first month

Before dawn the next day, Eleven Niang got up, ate two meat buns with Xu Lingyi, and began to dress accordingly.

Just after getting dressed, Bin Ju came over with Xu Sijie, three aunts, Tao's mother and others in her arms to wish them New Year greetings.

Xu Sijie's eyes had not yet opened, and he was leaning sleepily on Bin Ju's shoulder.

Eleven Niang smiled and rubbed his black hair, took out a purse with silver locks to reward them, and took Xu Sijie and followed Xu Lingyi to the dowager's house.

Mrs. Tai had already gotten up and was asking Mama Du to bring some fruit and snacks: she would not be able to return until the beginning of the afternoon at the earliest. I remember that one year it was even delayed until the end of the day.

This is also the reason why Eleven Niang and Xu Lingyi dare not have porridge for breakfast.

Who knows what will happen then? Can I still go to the toilet on the way?

Eleven Niang nodded with a smile and asked Xu Sijie to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Du, and then went over to help Mrs. Du pack the box.

The third master and the third wife arrived, followed by Xu Siqin, Xu Siyu and Xu Sijian.

When Xu Sijian entered the door, he asked: Where is Brother Chen? Has he not gotten up yet?

It is said that they played until the beginning of Chou yesterday.

I woke up early. Brother Chen suddenly appeared at the door. I didn't sleep in.

He glared at Xu Sijian unconvincingly, and then ran to the Madam to wish her a happy new year.

The lady smiled and touched his head.

He turned around and ran to Xu Sijie: You paid New Year's greetings to your grandmother without showing any intention of telling her what to do.

Binju said hurriedly: Goodbye, goodbye. As soon as he came, he paid New Year's greetings to the wife.

He nodded with satisfaction.

It made Mrs. Tai burst into laughter.

The third master and the third wife also laughed, and brought the three brothers Xu Siqin forward to pay New Year's greetings to the wife. The fifth master came supporting the fifth wife.

Everyone greeted each other very affectionately.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Du left Mother Du at home and took her son and daughter-in-law to the palace.

The group parted in front of the Meridian Gate. Xu Lingyi took Xu Lingning and Xu Lingkuan to Fengxian Palace to meet the emperor, while the Tai Madam took the eleventh wife, the third wife and the fifth wife to Kunning Palace to meet the queen.

A drapery has been set up outside the palace gate. The inner wife is in the northwest, the princess is in the southeast, and the outer wife is in the southwest.

Entering the curtain, Eleven Niang saw many familiar faces.

Mrs. Lin Da Nai, the wife of Hou Lin of Weibei, Mrs. Zhongqin Bogan, Mrs. Hou Tang of Zhongshan, Mrs. Cheng Guogong, Mrs. Qiao, and Lin Da Nai's sister-in-law were all there, but they did not see Mrs. Huang, the Marquis of Yongchang, and Mrs. Huang San's grandmother.

They are all acquaintances.

The madam and her daughter-in-law came forward to salute.

There was a burst of noisy laughter at the door.

Everyone couldn't help but look sideways.

Then he saw seven or eight married women walking in surrounded by the two sisters-in-law of Jianning Hou Shouchangbo.

Some people came forward to say hello, some stood there smiling and nodding, and some turned their heads to talk to the people around them, pretending to turn a blind eye.

As for Mrs. Jianninghou and Mrs. Changshoubo, they were all smiling and greeted those who came forward enthusiastically. They nodded and greeted those who smiled. The scene was very lively.

Eleven Niang heard someone snort behind her and whispered: This is in Kunning Palace. There are no rules.

She hesitated to look back and see who had said this, but she saw Mrs. Jianninghou walking over with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Tai. She greeted Mrs. Tai from a distance. She saw her last time at the funeral ceremony of the fifth prince. Are you in good health?

The fifth prince's untimely death was not only sad for the royal family, but also sad for the Xu family. In addition, there were some private rumors about the fifth prince's untimely death. Everyone listened to Mrs. Jianning Hou's words and looked at them with curiosity or anger.

With an expression on her face, either frowning or laughing with schadenfreude, she looked towards the lady.

The Madam, who was being watched by everyone, looked calm, and did not move her eyes or eyebrows: Although I am old, fortunately my teeth are still good and my appetite is not reduced. Thank you Madam Jianning Hou for your concern. Although Lian Po is old, he can still take care of her.

The smell of soldiers.

Everyone in the curtain heard what Mrs. Tai had said about hiding a needle in her brocade, and couldn't help but hold their breath and stare at the two of them.

Mrs. Marquis Jianning was secretly upset.

I remember that when the emperor was just a prince, the Xu family behaved like obedient children in front of the Queen Mother. Now that their daughter has become the queen, they have turned against each other. She refused the Yang family's kindness over and over again, and even instigated people from the Wen family.

They are competing with the Yang family for the porcelain business of government affairs. If they don't show some strength this time, I'm afraid they will become even more arrogant in the future. How can the Yang family survive?

Thinking of this, she snorted coldly in her heart and said with a half-smile: Mrs. Tai is so lucky to have a filial son and a virtuous wife, and a family full of descendants. Naturally, she eats well and sleeps well. Then she glanced at Eleven Niang, that's right.

, I heard that you recently had a grandson, but why didn’t you bring him into the palace to show the Queen? After all, Mrs. Yongpinghou taught him, so I guess his etiquette and style are different from ordinary ones.

The Marquis of Yongping, Xu Lingyi, raised a son outside, and he took his son home when he was three years old. This is a big news in Yanjing City in recent days, from dignitaries to traffickers and footmen, who always ask each other if they know anything when they meet. Who knows?

, who doesn’t know

But it's so direct, it's so rare in situations like this

There were not many people in the tent who could conceal their surprise. Some looked at the Madam, some looked at the Eleventh Mother, and quite a few looked at the Third Madam and the Fifth Madam.

For a moment, you could hear a needle drop in the curtain.

Ever since the news about the child spread, Eleven Niang had been mentally prepared for such a big gossip. Anyone who met her would probably talk about it. She was also mentally prepared. She decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, in the words of the Madam.

Deal with everyone. But I didn’t expect that someone would say it in such a tone on such an occasion.

It seems that my preparations are not enough.

She suppressed her smile and looked at Madam Jianninghou with a solemn expression.

Regarding this kind of blatant and malicious attack, Eleven Niang felt that she could not be polite, let alone shrink and tolerate it, and had to retort with great strength. Otherwise, this kind of person would only act more arrogantly. She might even think that you are afraid of her, so she said

Say something even worse.

However, as a daughter-in-law, I cannot go beyond the concubine to refute in the presence of the concubine, otherwise it will be disrespectful to me.

She couldn't help but look towards Mrs. Tai.

The third lady standing behind Eleven Niang looked a little embarrassed.

It was all good things done by Sifang, but now everyone is embarrassed along with them.

She looked towards the fifth lady.

I saw the fifth lady frowning.

This Mrs. Jianninghou, don’t blame others for looking down upon her.

Does she know what she is talking about?

As the saying goes, hitting someone is not a slap in the face. By doing this, she was not only slapping the Xu family in the face, but also slapping the empress in the face. You must know that the Yang family is the empress dowager's maternal family, and the Xu family is the empress's maternal family.

The Queen Mother and the Emperor are not biological mother and son. Such tit-for-tat confrontation in public, what do these married women think?

I'm afraid that in less than half a day, rumors will spread throughout Yanjing that the Queen Mother and the Empress are at odds.

She also looked towards the Madam.

I saw Mrs. Tai raised her eyebrows and smiled: Mrs. Jianninghou was really right. Then she smiled and took Eleven Niang's hand. I am not a praiseworthy daughter-in-law. Although she is young, she is polite in advance and retreat, and behaves in a measured manner. Children

If I leave it to her, I can rest assured a hundred times or a thousand times.

Since he did not deny what Mrs. Jianninghou said, he did not refute Mrs. Jianninghou's words and aggravate the situation.

All the ladies present smiled slightly when they heard this. Only Mrs. Jianning's face turned gloomy. She was about to say something, but the lady suddenly turned around and attracted everyone's attention.

I saw her smiling and asking Mrs. Tang who was standing next to her: Hey, why don't you see your fourth wife? She is a lark, and I don't know how nice she is when she talks. I often tell my daughters-in-law that they must follow Tang.

The fourth wife of the family is learning how to speak, which is a metaphor for Mrs. Jianninghou’s inability to speak, and also brings the topic to the family’s shortcomings.

Mrs. Tang looked hesitant.

She doesn't want to offend the Xu family, but the Yang family is her in-laws, so she can't turn her elbows away.

Mrs. Shouchanghou, who had been paying attention here, saw that her sister-in-law was at a disadvantage, and came over with an unkind expression.

The atmosphere in the curtain became stagnant.

The fifth lady looked around and immediately stepped forward to help the wife's arm: You asked us to learn from the fourth wife of the Tang family, you asked us to learn from the big breasts of the Lin family, and you asked us to learn from the third grandma of the Huang family, who are we learning from?

Learn from it, you have to give us an accurate message. Her words were coquettish, like a spoiled child, which immediately diluted the tense atmosphere in the curtain.

Everyone laughed.

Mrs. Gan is the wife's in-law. On this occasion, she naturally wanted to help the Xu family. She changed her usual low-key and restrained attitude and immediately joked with the fifth wife with a smile: Your mother-in-law asked you to follow the example of the fourth wife of the Tang family.

Talk; learn to be a housekeeper from the big breasts of the Lin family; learn to make your mother-in-law happy from the third grandma of the Huang family

Suddenly someone said: Who is arranging my wife behind my back?

Everyone followed the sound and saw Mrs. Huang San's grandmother helping her mother-in-law, Mrs. Huang, the Marquis of Yongchang, walk in.

Who told you to be late? Mrs. Gan deliberately messed around with Mrs. Yongchang Hou, so that she could leave Mrs. Shouchang Bo who came over aside. If you don't arrange it for your wife, who will do it?

Although Mrs. Huang, the Marquis of Yongchang, was not present just now, seeing the women of the Xu family and the women of the Yang family standing face to face, one could guess a few things.
To be continued...