"It's okay. This lady and I both like the same box of lip balm. Do you have any stock in your store?"
The wife of Marquis Xuanping is not the kind of person who would grab everything. She is rather approachable.
"Yes, I'll go to the warehouse to get the goods. Please wait a moment!"
The maid replied with a smile and then went to the warehouse to get the goods.
Jiang Sui still looked at her a little embarrassedly and smiled to ease the embarrassment. The same was true for Lady Xuanping Hou. She suddenly remembered what her son had told her a few days ago about meeting a woman who smiled very similar to her.
I'm afraid he is talking about the person in front of him.
"Madam, have you been to Baixi Garden a few days ago?" She asked out of curiosity.
Jiang Sui nodded and did not deny it.
The wife of Marquis Xuanping nodded thoughtfully, thinking that what Mo Yang said was indeed right.
Moreover, when she looked at the lady in front of her, for some reason, she felt a sense of familiarity, as if there was some kind of attraction, and she really wanted to get closer to her.
In fact, she did so.
"My lady, I will not hide the truth from you. I am the wife of the Marquis Xuanping, Jiang. Some time ago, I heard that you and my daughter Xueyun had an argument in Baixi Garden. My son came back and told me about it. I didn't expect to run into you here today."
When Jiang Sui heard this, her heart skipped a beat. She realized that the lady in front of her was actually the wife of Marquis Xuanping. It's true that this world is really small. She had offended someone's son and daughter some time ago, and now she met someone's mother.
No wonder she just asked me whether I had been to Baixiyuan some time ago. She didn’t deny it. It turned out that she was confirming it with me!
"Greetings, Madam Marquis!" Out of courtesy, she bowed first. After all, it is not right to hit someone who smiles at you.
Even if she wanted to speak up for her son and daughter, she couldn't be unreasonable.
Who would have thought that Jiang Shi did not intend to cause trouble for her, but looked at her embarrassedly and apologized proactively:
"I'm really sorry. It's my fault for not teaching my daughter well. She has become so arrogant and unreasonable. She has offended you. I will wait for her to apologize to you. As a token of my apology, this box of lip balm can be regarded as a gift from me to you. Please accept it."
She picked up the box of lip balm and put it into Jiang Sui's hand.
This was something Jiang Sui could not handle. She had thought that the ladies of such wealthy and powerful families would be as proud and arrogant as Cheng Xueyun. She did not expect that the wife of Marquis Xuanping was so easy to talk to and very humble, without any airs at all.
"No, ma'am, you are too polite. I don't take that matter to heart, so you don't have to be like this." She thought that she was not familiar with the other person, and even if it was because of Cheng Xueyun's matter, she didn't want to rashly accept the gift from the other person.
"My lady, I sincerely apologize to you on behalf of my daughter. Please accept this small gift."
The wife of Marquis Xuanping mainly tried to force it.
Probably because of Cheng Xueyun over the years, she has become accustomed to apologizing to others, so even when facing a commoner like Jiang Sui, she does not feel any psychological pressure at all.
Moreover, she just inexplicably wanted to be close to Jiang Sui. Just as Mo Yang said, both her appearance and age reminded her of her deceased daughter.
Since she insisted on forcing it, Jiang Sui had no choice but to accept it. Out of politeness, she invited the wife of Marquis Xuanping to have tea at the teahouse next door.
The wife of Marquis Xuanping is too low-key and modest. If she hadn’t revealed her identity herself, who would have thought that she was the wife of a marquis?
She envied Cheng Xueyun very much. She was really lucky. Although the Marquis's wife was not her biological daughter, she was like a biological daughter to her.
Despite her bad character and behavior, her adoptive mother was still willing to tolerate her, protect her, and even lowered herself to apologize to a commoner like herself.
Jiang Sui thought, it would be great if she was his mother.
Whenever she saw the Marquis's wife smiling at her, she always felt that there was a special force pulling her. She didn't hate the Marquis's wife. On the contrary, she wanted to be close to her.
The same went for Mrs. Hou. While getting along with Jiang Sui, she temporarily forgot about the unpleasantness and smiled more often.
The more she looked at her, the more she missed her unlucky daughter. If she were still alive, she would surely be as beautiful as Madam Jiang.
From the conversation with Jiang Sui, I learned that she was accompanying her husband to Kyoto to participate in the Spring Examination, which would be held in a few days.
Upon hearing this, Jiang could only wish her well and hope that her husband would pass the imperial examination.
As they were about to part, Mrs. Hou was still somewhat reluctant to leave. She and Jiang Sui had a very pleasant conversation and felt that they had met too late.
If Jiang Sui hadn't been married, she would have wanted to adopt her as her goddaughter.
When Jiang Sui returned to the courtyard, it was time for dinner. The kitchen had prepared exquisite meals. Xiao Hechuan, Qi Xiuyuan, and Lu Yao were waiting for her to come back for dinner.
Xiao Hechuan knew that she went out shopping, but he didn't expect that she was gone for so long.
It was only when she came back and confessed it herself that he knew that she had had such an experience with the Marquis's wife outside.
"Marquis Xuanping and his wife have always had a very good reputation in the Beijing circle. The couple never offend anyone easily, so they are respected wherever they go, especially Marquis Xuanping's wife. When Cheng Xueyun got into trouble outside, she would find a way to clean up the mess for her. Even if she had to lower her status, she would not care, as long as the other party did not make enemies with the Marquis' Mansion.
But forgive me for being frank, their indulgence will only make Cheng Xueyun more aggressive and worse. "
Xiao Hechuan also felt quite sympathetic towards the wife of Marquis Xuanping, for having to deal with such a good-for-nothing.
It was said that in her previous life, she was over 20 years old and had not yet married because of her trouble-making personality.
"Oh, right? Didn't I hear you say that the Xuanping Marquis's family found their biological daughter later? But you said that their original daughter died at birth, didn't she?"
Jiang Sui met the wife of Marquis Xuanping today, and after spending some time with her, he became interested in some of her affairs and wanted to know more about them.
Xiao Hechuan thought about it carefully. He didn't know the specific details. He only knew that they really found their biological daughter later and announced to the public that she was a legitimate daughter.
"In Kyoto, there is hardly a mansion without fighting in its backyard. Many backyards that appear peaceful on the surface actually have some conspiracy behind the scenes, some for the sake of winning favor, and some for the sake of their children's interests.
I don’t know much about the affairs of the Xuanping Marquis’ Mansion. I only know that they found their legitimate daughter through some accidental circumstances, and learned that their daughter did not die young, but was framed and forced to live among the people. It is said that she suffered a lot.”
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