Chapter 1001: Become famous in one battle
Everyone smiled and said yes, changing the subject. Mrs. Lin ordered the maid to bring more tea and snacks, and after serving the guests, she hurried back to the kitchen to check on the dishes.
Mrs. Qin, who was about to leave in anger, had already been pulled back to sit by the crowd.
Madam Han still looked a little uncomfortable and wanted to leave. If she left with an excuse, most people would just say a few words to keep her, and would never try to keep her like they did to Madam Qin.
But this was the first time that Mrs. Han was invited by the wife of her husband's colleague to be her guest. How could she bear to leave? After struggling for a while, she glared at Qiao Xuan fiercely and sat down again.
Even Mrs. Zhou felt very uncomfortable and deeply annoyed, and secretly vowed never to interfere in other people's affairs again.
Qiao Xuan became famous in one battle, and Madam Qin still thought her nose was not a nose and her eyes were not eyes, but it was actually better than before. Finally, there were two ladies who were polite and joked with her.
Qiao Xuan also treated her politely.
Originally, many people were eager to try and make fun of Qiao Xuan, at least if the news got out they could gain some favor from the Tian family. But after this round, they all gave up the idea for the time being.
If other people are embarrassed, that’s their own fault. No one wants to be embarrassed themselves!
Three women make a drama, and when more than a dozen women get together, you can imagine how lively the chattering will be.
Although each of their husbands held a low official rank, with Mrs. Qin's husband being only a fifth-rank official, they knew a lot about all kinds of gossip about the wealthy and powerful families in the capital, as well as the royal and aristocratic families, and they were delighted to talk about them.
They talked about the disputes between wives and concubines in the backyard, and which young master had a mistress and quarreled with his wife, they talked about clothes, jewelry, rouge and powder, and various hobbies such as flowers, birds, fish and insects, as well as which store had affordable products, which snacks were the best and not expensive, which department store was the most picky, and so on.
Qiao Xuan had never known this, but she listened with great interest.
Suddenly someone said, "Speaking of flower appreciation, I heard something a few days ago. I heard that the peony that the Empress Dowager loved most in the palace suddenly withered, and the Emperor was furious. He punished several eunuchs who were in charge of the imperial garden, and also issued an order that if the peony died, all the people who took care of the imperial garden would be buried with it. Now the atmosphere in the palace is tense, and no one dares to breathe, for fear of accidentally angering the emperor!"
Royal gossip has always been the most attractive, and this statement immediately attracted everyone's attention. Even Mrs. Qin was listening.
“Is this true or false?”
"Is there anything else?"
"Of course it's true. My cousin has a good relationship with the Seventh Young Mistress of the Third House of Prince Jian's Mansion. She said it, so it can't be wrong!"
"Maybe it's true. I've also heard that the Empress Dowager loved peonies when she was alive. Her favorite bunch was planted by the Emperor himself, symbolizing their mother-son relationship. The Empress Dowager had been taking care of it herself when she was alive. Now that the Empress Dowager is gone, the Emperor often goes to visit the bunch of peonies to miss her. If the bunch of peonies really withered, the Emperor would definitely be angry."
Everyone sighed and groaned.
"Those gardeners in the Imperial Garden are so useless. They can't even take care of a single flower!"
"That's right!"
"If we really can't save him, then the palace will be——"
"Oh, stop talking about this!"
“Yes, yes, yes.”
So the gossips soon turned to which concubine was favored in the palace and whether she would be included in the beauty pageant next year.
(End of this chapter)
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