Chapter 897 Mrs. Tang's awkwardness
County Magistrate Yang seemed to be secretly sizing her up twice. Qiao Xuan noticed it but didn't react.
This was a stranger to her.
Men and women sat separately, and behind a screen, Magistrate Qiao greeted Magistrate Yang, while Madam Qiao led Qiao Xuan and others to greet Madam Tang.
After the meal started, Mrs. Qiao was all smiles and treated her warmly and politely. Mrs. Tang returned the favor and avoided Qiao Xuan's gaze intentionally. Occasionally, when her eyes met Qiao Xuan's, she looked away awkwardly.
Madam Qiao suddenly sighed softly, glanced at Qiao Xuan, and smiled to Madam Tang, "Our master will be transferred back to Beijing in a few months. After that, it will be difficult for our family and Madam Tang's family to meet again. That's why our master thought that he must entertain Madam Tang and Lord Yang before returning to Beijing. After all, our two families almost became relatives."
"In the final analysis, it is our daughter Xuan who is unlucky! She is not worthy of a promising young talent like Lord Yang, and she is not lucky enough to have a virtuous and open-minded mother-in-law like Madam Tang!"
When Mrs. Tang heard Mrs. Qiao mention this matter openly, she felt calmer and relieved. She smiled faintly and said, "This matter has passed. Mrs. Qiao does not need to mention it again."
Mrs. Qiao smiled and agreed, "Yes, that's right. We shouldn't mention it again! It was such an unexpected event. Mrs. Tang can understand. My master and I are relieved."
"Even if our two families cannot become relatives, at least we have become acquainted. Maybe in the future when Lord Yang is promoted to an official in Beijing, our two families can have even closer relations!"
In the officialdom, one more friend means one more way out. No one would easily offend a colleague unless it is absolutely necessary. Mrs. Tang naturally understood this truth. Taking advantage of this conversation, she soon began to talk and laugh with Mrs. Qiao, and they felt a mutual respect for each other.
Mrs. Tang had looked down on Qiao Xuan, her future daughter-in-law, ever since her son passed the imperial examination. But her son was so successful that he won the second place in the imperial examination the following year and was sent to serve as an official in a remote area.
This is already a promising future, which is very rare.
Because he is still very young.
If it weren't for this damned engagement, perhaps her son would have been noticed by a noble lady in the capital after winning the second place in the imperial examination, and would have become the son-in-law of a powerful family, and would have been employed in the capital and become a higher official.
Although it is remarkable that he has become the head of a county at his age, wouldn’t it be better if he had a better and bigger future?
You know, her son is the runner-up in the imperial examination, and he is young and handsome!
Later, Mrs. Qiao wrote to say that Qiao Xuan was in trouble and the two families cancelled the engagement. Mrs. Tang was so happy! When she learned that Qiao Xuan had to marry because her innocence was ruined by having physical contact with a poor country scholar, Mrs. Tang felt a secret pleasure of revenge.
She felt that it was Qiao Xuan who ruined her son's future, so of course she was happy that she was in trouble.
She originally thought that Qiao Xuan would live a miserable life, but she never expected that when she came to be a guest at the invitation of Mrs. Qiao, she would see Qiao Xuan so glamorous, beautiful and graceful.
And her husband, a poor scholar, actually got the top place in the provincial examination!
I will go to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination soon.
This is really——
When Mrs. Tang first met her, she naturally felt complicated and awkward.
What Mrs. Tang had completely forgotten was that she was already a widow when her son and Qiao Xuan got engaged.
(End of this chapter)
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