After listening to the conversation, Xia Tian retreated with Ningxiang.
After they walked a little further, Ningxiang asked in confusion, "Madam, why didn't you show up and catch them red-handed?"
Just now, the two girls were discussing her family's prince and talking about her wife's infertility. She was really angry.
If the lady hadn't been there, she would definitely have gone out to see whose girl was so bold as to discuss becoming a man's concubine in someone else's house.
"They just talk behind my back and don't put it into action. What should I say if I go out?" Xia Tian shrugged helplessly. "It's all because your son is too outstanding!"
"Madam, aren't you angry when they discuss the prince like that?" Ningxiang asked with some confusion.
The two girls just now were not only talking about it, they were also thinking about becoming concubines for her prince!
"What's there to be angry about? There are so many people who want to be your prince's concubine. If I were angry about all of them, I would have died of anger a long time ago."
Shen Nian is excellent, and it is inevitable that she can attract the girl's attention. Only when this matter comes to her can she discuss the matter.
It was just something said behind her back, she couldn't take it seriously.
Xiatian was no longer in the mood to continue walking, so he took Ningxiang to his aunt's yard.
Her aunt was still busy outside, so she rested for a while in the side hall.
Although she didn't feel anything during the pregnancy, it wasn't three months yet, so she didn't dare to be careless and would rest more whenever she could.
She didn't come out of her aunt's yard until the meal was almost served.
I didn't expect to run into Yang Yiyi after just a few steps. What a narrow road for enemies to cross!
"Cousin-in-law!" Yang Yiyi saw Xia Tian calling her cousin-in-law and didn't say anything else.
Looking at her, her face was still a little pale. Although she had applied rouge to cover it up, it was obvious that she lacked energy and spirit.
"Cousin!" Xia Tian simply greeted her and wanted to leave.
Anyway, she and Yang Yiyi didn't have much to talk about, so it was already very nice that they could just say hello when they met.
"Cousin, I'm sorry!" Yang Yiyi suddenly said when she walked up to her, "And thank you!"
After saying this, he left in a hurry without waiting for a response.
Rou'er followed beside her and had to jog to keep up.
Xia Tian was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at Yang Yiyi's back as she hurried away, thinking deeply.
Did he figure it out? Did he no longer dwell on Chen Nian?
It's not too late if you can really figure it out. Otherwise, it's really heartbreaking to see a little girl looking so haggard.
I feel that my mood has been fluctuating since I got pregnant in the summer, and my heart seems to have become softer. I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing?
Xia Tian shook his head and called Ning Xiang, "Let's go."
The two of them walked towards the banquet hall in silence.
Because there were so many people coming, and many families brought their families, the Cui family also separated the seats for men and women.
When Xia Tian found his seat and sat down, before he even looked around, he heard someone's surprised voice, "Mrs. Shen? You're here too?"
Xia Tian looked up and saw that it was Madam Bai.
"Mrs. Bai is here too." Xia Tian greeted with a smile.
The Cui family probably divided up the seats today. Madam Bai was not at their table, so she came over to say hello and left.
Xia Tian had just sat down when someone else came over to greet him, “Mrs. Shen, I guessed you were here.”
The person who came was none other than Madam Cao. "I just saw Lord Shen over there, so I guessed you must be here too."
"Mrs. Cao also came with Lord Cao?" Xia Tian greeted with a smile, "Come, sit down and talk."
Madam Cao sat down next to Xia Tian and said, "Well, I came here with my master. We just arrived too."
Madam Cao looked at her and said, "The Cui family is a famous and prestigious family in Linzhou. I guess half of the important people in Sangluo City are here today."
Xia Tian knew what Madam Cao was thinking, which was about what the relationship between Shen Nian and the Cui family was.
Did the Cui family invite him simply because he was the Linzhou governor? Or was there some other reason?
Xia Tian smiled and said without hiding anything, "The Cui family is my husband's maternal grandfather's family."
"Really?" Madam Cao was surprised. "Are you saying that Mr. Cui is Mr. Shen's grandfather?"
Mrs. Cao's mouth was half open and she didn't close it for a long time!
Xia Tian nodded!
Mrs. Cao really didn't expect that Lord Shen was actually the grandson of the Cui family.
Because the Cui family is in Linzhou and the Wu'an Marquis Mansion is in the capital, it seems that they have no intersection at all.
She thought that she received the invitation from the Cui family because Shen Nian was the governor.
I didn’t expect that they were relatives!
And the Cui family is actually Mr. Shen’s uncle’s family.
Mrs. Cao was stunned for a long time, and finally came to her senses. She couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"
Xia Tian did not give any other explanation. Anyway, this relationship could not be concealed, and Shen Nian did not deliberately conceal this relationship.
After Madam Cao, we saw Madam Wang and Madam Li.
However, after saying hello, they left.
Because Xia Tian sat in the relatives' seat, their seats were not together.
Before the banquet began, Xia Tian deliberately looked for the two girls who were hiding in the pavilion and talking. Unfortunately, there were many young ladies from various families who came today, and she couldn't tell which two of them were thinking about her Lord Shen at that time.
After the banquet was over, Mrs. Bai came to say goodbye to her, and she asked around. Although she still didn't know who the two girls were, she knew which family the merchant lady was from.
Speaking of this merchant, the Guo family is one of the largest families in Sangluo City.
The girl whose father wanted to marry the old man as a concubine was the eldest daughter of the Guo family.
It sounds like there is no way a legitimate daughter would marry an old man as a concubine.
But this girl has a miserable life. She lost her biological mother when she was young, and her stepmother is sweet on the outside but kind on the inside. She grew up under all kinds of hardships. Now she is about to come of age, and her father is going to marry her to an old man in his forties as a concubine.
It was not easy for Miss Guo to grow up, so she wanted to leave the suffocating home as soon as possible. However, her father made her a concubine of a man in his forties for the sake of his own business.
I was feeling unhappy today, so I complained to her good sister.
Unexpectedly, I also met the handsome governor.
This governor is not only young and good-looking, but also because he is chaste and has only one wife so far, which is why she admires him a little.
When the two were talking, they didn't expect that Xia Tian would hear them.
At the end of the banquet, I glanced at Xia Tian from afar.
Xia Tian didn't know that while she was asking about others, others were also observing her.
The party was over, and Chen Nian and Xia Tian didn't stay any longer, so they said goodbye and left.
"Brother Shen, do you know the Sangluo Chengguo family?"
Xia Tian wanted to ask, she wanted to know who the forty-year-old man that Miss Guo was going to marry was.
That old man could only be an official, otherwise the Guo family, such a big merchant family, would not marry their legitimate daughter to him as a concubine!
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