Chapter 186: The Duchess of the Kingdom reveals her true face
Xu Zhongluo's face was embarrassed, and he waved his hand again and again, but the people on the left and right stared at him. He now regretted his troubles a little. He has a background, but the big head has not yet arrived, and now he is isolated, and he does not dare to tell his origin to his face, otherwise if he spoils the good things of others, there will be endless troubles.
"Brother Zhongluo can be said to be the head of the three families, why do you talk about the British government and give us a question and don't know?" Zuo Dongxu, as a witness, saw that the evidence appeared.
"This one I ...... I really don't know, that's ...... How can I know about the British government. ”
"Brother Zhongluo was sent by the British government to make eyeliner, right?" asked coldly.
"This ...... It is true that they were entrusted by the British government to visit them, but they did not know their purpose. ”
Xu Zhongluo said the truth, he really didn't know what the British government meant, and he didn't dare to ask. But when he searched for the Commonwealth of England, he found some traces of what seemed to be a kind of hostility, which also infected him, and was exposed in his words just now.
"The British government sent you as an eyeliner will not tell you the reason, who have you coaxed?" and chased after him.
He had a hope in his heart that he might be able to find out the reason why he was hunted down from the British government, and thus uncover the mystery of his origins.
It's a pity that he thought too much, and good luck didn't come to him, Xu Zhongluo really didn't know, and even if he knew, I'm afraid he wouldn't tell it completely.
Everyone pressed to ask, and when they saw that he was at a loss of words, they understood and stopped asking.
"Brother Xu Ming, why do you care so much about the intentions of the British Mansion?"
Xu Zhongluo was forced to choke enough, where could he hang on his face, and when everyone stopped, he came to the momentum and began to fight back.
"To tell you the truth, the British government has already sent someone to meet me, and Brother Zhongluo is one step later than others. I thought, if you can reveal a little bit of the content, you won't make this trip in vain. "Besides, this backhand almost hit the opponent's life.
"This ...... Brother really doesn't know. Xu Zhongluo was immediately flustered, he didn't expect that the people from the British government had already discovered Xu Ming first, in that case, even if Xu Ming was the first to find out, he would not be the first to find out, and the bounty would not be related to him.
Damn, why is it so difficult to make some money? I worked tirelessly, probing around, and then felt that Xu Ming should be missing, so I focused on Xu Ming, and specially drilled Zuo Dongxu's door to get here, I thought I could do it, but I didn't want it to fall short.
He is just the last of the British government to beat the eight poles and the sixteen poles to catch the side, but because of this relationship, he also entered the Nanjing Guozijian, and this time he volunteered to lead this mission, I wanted to show it well, but I didn't expect it to be empty.
In the awkward place, I suddenly heard the sound of people not far away, everyone looked out, and those relatives came out one after another, as if they were going to hold some kind of important ceremony.
A kid ran in and reported: "Young masters, the lady of the British Mansion has arrived, and the prefect invites everyone to go out to greet you." ”
Xu Zhongluo, who had just wilted, immediately looked at him proudly as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and took the lead in walking out with a red face.
"The villain has a will. A man looked at his back and said angrily.
"I looked away, I thought he was a genius in Jinling, but I didn't want to be a person who clings to the powerful and makes a living. Zuo Dongxu smiled bitterly.
"Don't say that, it's all inevitable, didn't I also get into the Marquis's Palace?" and patted him on the shoulder and smiled.
"You're different, we all know that it's actually the Marquis's Mansion who rushed to beg you, otherwise we wouldn't have done our best to protect you. I'm just afraid that guy won't be good for you, and if that's the case, I'll be dead. Zuo Dongxu said worriedly.
"You can rest assured, don't say that he may not want to be bad for me, even if he wants to be bad for me, he may not be able to do it. ”
"Brother Xu, you can't really be that, right?" Zuo Dongxu suddenly asked in his ear.
"It's not. ”
Besides, he answered without hesitation, strictly speaking, he really wasn't him, and besides, he was him. This complex relationship is incomprehensible to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Besides, he was only secretly shocked, and he was silent on the surface.
Everyone went to the gate and waited together, the men were led by the prefect of Fengyang, and the inner family was led by the marquise.
After a while, the gate opened, and a column of sedan chairs was carried into the gate, and first eight maids dressed in gray squirrel satin robes came down, some holding the stove in their hands, and some holding the incense burner in their hands, and the incense burner still had a curling fragrance emanating from it.
Then two maids, also dressed in squirrel satin robes, helped a plump and sturdy lady down, followed by a handsome servant.
Then there were more than a dozen family members in tight-fitting costumes, all of them like thugs, and when they saw a group of relatives here, they all bowed their heads and didn't dare to look at each other.
"Rui Ying, it's too difficult for you to invite, so we waited for a day. The Marquise stepped forward and complained.
"Xinlan, you are impatient, I think I waited for three days and three nights outside Tianmu Mountain for you, and the wild wolves didn't scare me away. The plump lady laughed.
"Well, you've been using this to shut my mouth for the rest of your life, can you put it another way?" said the Marquis.
"Okay. But whoever makes my sister angry, you tell me, my sister is angry with you. ”
Everyone looked at each other, and in a conversation just now, the two sides called each other by their names, which is enough to show that the British Duchess and the Marquise have a great relationship. Only the prefect of Fengyang knows where these two people have a close relationship, and the two of them were best friends before they got married.
However, a woman's life is like this, the so-called marrying a chicken with a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog, because the relationship between the Guogong Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion is very delicate, and there will be occasional-for-tat. The relationship between the two ladies has become delicate because of this.
"No one in this Fengyang Mansion realm dares to make me angry. If anyone dares, it must be you. Okay, let's stop hanging around here, let's all freeze. The Marquise said coldly.
The prefect of Fengyang stepped forward at this time and bowed down to greet him: "The lower official bowed to Wenqing to meet the Duchess of the Kingdom." ”
"It's Xiao Xiang, why do you look like this, I think you were high-spirited when you chased me, but now that you are a member of the four ranks, you are cringe. The Duchess looked at the Fengyang prefect with a smile and smiled like a cat and mouse.
"That's ...... The lower officials did not do anything when they were young, they didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and they just acted recklessly for a while, so I asked Mrs. for forgiveness. The prefect of Fengyang immediately blushed, and he never imagined that this Duchess of the Kingdom, who was not jealous of meat and vegetables, would actually pull out the events of the year in public.
"You mean you chased me wrongly, and I don't deserve to be chased?"
"No, Xia Guan has no such intention. Although it was cold, the Fengyang prefect still broke out in a cold sweat.
The wives and concubines of the Fengyang prefect saw that the lord was embarrassed, although they were angry in their hearts, but they didn't dare to make a sound, since the lord couldn't afford to provoke them, they didn't dare to make trouble, they were not marquises, and they all lowered their heads.
Everyone looked at each other again, snickering in their hearts, they didn't expect that the prefect would have such an affair back then, and even the British princess dared to chase after him. But after thinking about it, this British duchess was not a national duchess when she was in the boudoir, maybe she was just an ordinary rich woman.
"Rui Ying, you still mention these Chen sesame seeds and rotten grains, when people chased you, it was a touching world, you broke the contract and broke your oath and married into the Guogong Mansion. The Marquise said impatiently.
"Yes, I know in my heart that I mentioned this today to tell Xiao Xiang that he chased me back then, which shows that he has vision, and it is his blessing that he didn't catch me. ”
Everyone didn't understand how to interpret this Duchess of the country, thinking that she was going to ridicule the prefect again.
"If you have anything to say, say it quickly, be sharp. The Marquise urged.
"Xinlan, how many years have you been married, and your impatience hasn't changed at all. The Duchess said with a smile.
"It's a lot, if you were grinding like this back then, I would have thrown you outside. The Marquise did not mince words.
Everyone was puzzled by the quarrel between the two ladies, why was the Duchess always a head shorter? Although the Duke and the Marquis were not subordinate, the Duke of Guo still held the Marquis on the head. Guogong, that can only be awarded for the founding merits, and no matter how great the merit of the generals of later generations is, it is only a marquis, which may be related to the marquise's father, who is currently in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in Beijing.
The maids of the Guogong Mansion bowed their heads and snickered and muttered in private, obviously the two ladies had been bickering not once or twice, a day or two, they were not surprised. I really can't imagine how these two became best friends back then.
"I just want to tell Xiao Xiang that I didn't marry him back then, but I also fulfilled him. ”
Then she sighed and said, "The fortune teller said that I, a Kefu, have to overcome three." So I have been widowed for many years, and I still don't dare to get married. ”
Many people have the feeling of spraying rice, and the wife of the Guogong Mansion has the possibility of remarrying, and the court will not agree.
Feudal society advocated that women should follow their husbands when they were there, and follow their sons when their husbands died. That being said, in fact, there are still a lot of remarriages, because women have no independent economic status, and they cannot maintain their lives without remarriage, which makes widowhood a patent for the wealthy.
In fact, it is almost impossible for the Duke, Marquis, and Countess to remarry after the death of their husbands, because they have received royal seals, have a registered name, and the court etiquette clearly prohibits them from remarrying others. They are supported by the royal family for life, and it is conceivable that they have been restrained.
However, the life of this Duchess is poisonous enough, and she has to kill her three husbands to be fine, and I don't know why she didn't find a fortune teller to calculate when the Duchess Mansion married her.
"Xiao Xiang, which one is your wife, don't hide it, please come out and see it. Duchess said with a big grin.
The prefect's wife hurriedly stepped forward and curtled her knees and said, "The wife Cao Guiqin has seen the Duchess of the Kingdom. ”
The Duchess looked at her a few times and said with a smile: "The word "wife" is mentioned, who can't mix up a piece of paper in these years." However, Xiao Xiang has good eyesight and married a rich and prosperous wife. ”
When the prefect's wife heard this, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood, what the Duchess said was too vicious.