Chapter 71 Meeting on a narrow road

On the second day, the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion prepared a banquet early, and several ladies who were familiar with Liu arrived as scheduled. Liu’s mother’s family was weak, and she was only a concubine back then. She was promoted to the position of wife because her wife died and gave birth to a son. Therefore, the ladies of status in the capital were unwilling to associate with her.

So she invited these ladies, who were all young sisters from small families back then, and had no contact with them in these years. The visitors were embarrassed, but they were unhappy in their hearts.

Now seeing the grandeur of the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion, she felt even more sad. Her son had committed a crime, so why was he showing off?

Mrs. Liu was relying on these old sisters to build momentum for her today, so she seemed particularly enthusiastic: "I've said for a long time that I would invite you to come and have a seat. Unfortunately, although I have a husband, I'm not even as good as a widow. I've been both a father and a mother these years, and I'm so busy that I don't have any time at all. It's rare for you to come, so I prepared some small things for the girls at home to play with."

When they heard that there were things to take, the old ladies were really happy, and followed Mrs. Liu to choose some jewelry, and then they prepared to take their seats.

Suddenly, the servant outside reported: "Old Madam Tang and Madam Qi from the Grand Tutor's Mansion have arrived."

Although she came for Zhao Wanyue, Liu had to pretend in front of these old sisters: "You sit here for a while, I'll come after picking up the Grand Tutor's Madam."

The group of old ladies were filled with emotion: "When she was a girl, she was not as good as us. Who knew that she would get an advantage by becoming someone's concubine? It's really the same person with different destinies."

"Who says it's not? Choosing a husband is a technical job. Since Old Madam Tang can come in person, it seems that his family's affairs are not big. It can be a good marriage to marry his granddaughter."

The one who spoke had no suitable children or grandchildren at home. On the way here, these families who were similar in age to Su Lingxi all looked down on the daughter of a traitor. She just said this to see if they would be tempted.

Sure enough, after this was said, the old ladies were silent, all thinking about how to brag about their grandsons. The instigator was unwilling to play with the blue and white porcelain on the table, let them fight for it, such a good thing is not his turn, you can't think of quiet.

Then, the servant reported: "Old Madam Pei and Young Madam Pei from the Prime Minister's Mansion have arrived!"

"How come even Old Madam Pei is here?" Everyone sighed, except for the palace banquet, these two have never appeared at the same banquet at the same time.

It can be seen how much they value the Zhenguogong Mansion. They all said that the Zhenguogong Mansion was going to be ruined, but looking at the current situation, it is obviously going to be in its heyday.

The old ladies invited by Liu felt more and more that it was a great thing to marry into the Zhenguogong Mansion.

There were many more carriages at the street corner outside the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion. They were all the women from the families of Su Changhe's classmates. After

the child went out for a while, her eye disease was cured for no reason. She said that she had taken the magical pills unique to the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion

and insisted on going to the house to express her gratitude. However, they all felt that they could not go to the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion due to its current situation. However, the children at home refused to give in, so they waited and watched outside the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion.

Seeing that the wife of the Grand Tutor and the wife of the Prime Minister had gone, they had no reason to hesitate and went one by one.

"The wife of the Minister of Revenue is here!"

"The wife of the Minister of Rites is here!"

"The wife of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat is here!"

The servant at the door was shouting so hard that his throat was about to smoke. What day was it today? Why were there so many people?

Zhao Wanyue didn't want to make such a big fuss. After all, there was no evidence to expose Liu's true face, and she didn't want to make it too embarrassing.

But Madam Qi sent someone to deliver a letter and insisted on coming to thank her. She couldn't fail to show respect.

Changhe said that the female relatives of his classmates were coming, but who knew it would be such a big scene. Even Prime Minister Pei's wife and daughter-in-law came, and there were many noble ladies. How annoying was Changhe.

After inviting Madam Tang and Madam Qi in, Zhao Wanyue went out to meet Madam Pei. She made up her mind not to talk back or fight back, and let Madam Pei vent her anger.

Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Pei saw her, she was extremely enthusiastic. She took her hand and said, "Madam Zhao, you are really good at educating children. You have raised Changhe to be loyal and generous. Ling'er, you can learn from Mrs. Zhao later how to educate children."

Mrs. Pei smiled sincerely, "Mother, I know. Please teach me."

Zhao Wanyue's smile froze on her face. Mrs. Pei's words sounded like sarcasm. Thinking about how

Changhe, his family, beat Mrs. Pei's grandson so badly that he couldn't go to school a few days ago, Mrs. Pei didn't do it directly, because she was well-educated.

She was careful and said humbly: "Mrs. Pei, you are joking. My son is misbehaving because I failed to discipline him. I will definitely punish him." Mrs.

Pei smiled kindly: "Ling'er, look at Mrs. Zhao, how humble she is. You should learn from her."

Zhao Wanyue was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Mrs. Pei was not annoyed at all. She took over the conversation and said: "I came here in a hurry today. I prepared a small gift. The gift is small but the sentiment is great. Please don't dislike it, Mrs. Zhao."

Zhao Wanyue was completely confused. He came to find trouble and brought a gift. Could this gift be a thug?

Fortunately, Mrs. Pei did not let Zhao Wanyue feel uneasy for long, and sent someone to bring the gift in.

Priceless pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, a complete set of pure gold head ornaments, head ornaments inlaid with various gemstones, jade bracelets, expensive silks and satins, thousand-year-old ginseng, Tianshan snow lotus and other expensive medicinal materials.

Just looking at them makes people dazzled. The gifts are comparable to those given by Old Madam Tang and the others. Whatever is expensive is given.

Zhao Wanyue was completely confused. Old Man Tang was grateful for their life-saving grace, so she could understand that he gave such a generous gift.

What is Old Madam Pei doing?

She said in panic: "Madam Pei, you are really embarrassing me. I am unworthy of such a generous gift!"

"You have raised a good son. You deserve these things. Let the two children have more time to play with them in the future."

Zhao Wanyue was confused when Su Changhe came. She didn't expect Pei Yuan to be so supportive that he called his grandmother and mother.

Su Changhe was not shy at all despite his young age. He saluted Madam Pei and Madam Pei generously, asked his mother to greet them and took a seat, and went to meet his classmates.

Yes, Pei Yuan and the others also came. Zhao Wanyue quickly asked people to set up a few tables in the outer courtyard and let Su Changhe greet them.

Zhao Wanyue instructed: "If you want to buy anything, just make the decision yourself. There is only one thing: you are still young and cannot drink alcohol."

After that, she personally led Madam Pei and the others into the inner courtyard. It seemed that Madam Pei was not here to cause trouble. What exactly did Changhe do?

Madam Tang was chatting with Mrs. Liu, but when she saw Madam Pei, her face froze, as if she was meeting someone on a strange road.