The flower hall held a banquet, male and female guests, with the help of Wu's birthday celebration, a booze, the female dependents rarely went out, but they seized the opportunity to compete with each other, show off their wealth, compare wear, compare figure, and compare appearance.

Shen Wanzhu and Shen Wanyu have been waiting for a long time, and their grand debut is enough to amaze half of the ladies in the capital, but I didn't expect that a little prefect's concubine is more beautiful than everyone in the capital, and her behavior is not inferior at all, and her appearance is even more than the limelight of several famous boudoir daughters in the capital.

I couldn't help but feel jealous of the female dependents, and I also wanted to deliberately make things difficult, so I chanted poems on the table, but Shen Wanzhen said that she didn't understand, those two were really out of the limelight, and their names spread out, and the people were jealous and disdainful.

The ladies have their own circles of ladies, and the Wu family met Mrs. Chen, who was a close friend of the year, and had not seen each other for more than ten years, and was chatting hotly.

Wu called Mrs. Chen's boudoir, "Minzhi, I heard that you and the palace are moving around diligently...... ”

This Mrs. Chen was married to a royal relative, and she is the emperor's foreign family, although she is a concubine, she can also be regarded as a royal family.

The Wu family naturally got close to him, befriended the powerful in the capital, and sought a good future for her husband.

Wanzhen looked at the two concubines coldly, and thought to herself, the concubine relied on a little bit of posture, it was difficult to become a climate, and her fate was not in the hands of her mother, no matter how she could not escape the palm of her mother's hand, now in the capital, the Wu family has the support of her mother's family, even if her father, for the sake of his career, he will not be stupid enough to have a stiff relationship with the Wu family.

The birthday banquet ended in the performance of a large group of ladies and ladies who were full of food and had nothing to do.

Sending off the outsiders, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Mrs. Zhan stayed for a while before leaving, after all, she was from her own family.

The two mothers-in-law in front of them carried lanterns, and Wu walked back with Su Lan's support.

"It's cold, and it's late autumn for a while." Wu drank a few glasses of wine, his head was a little dizzy, and when the cold wind blew, he was much sober.

"The capital is colder than at home, and there are still flowers blooming at home." Accompany the old Qian mother-in-law to say.

"I heard that the eldest sister meant that she was interested in the third girl."

Mrs. Qian also came with her when she was young, and she was a servant of the Wu family, and she knew a lot about the Wu Mansion, so she said: "The second young master of Bofu has no daughter-in-law now, and he wants to remarry a house, and he is interested in our three girls." ”

Wu snorted coldly: "Cheaper her." ”

Mrs. Qian knew that Mrs. Lu Dao was sick, such as Changyi Bofu really had that heart, Mrs. was not good at saving the face of the eldest aunt's wife, and was saying that the marriage with the Bofu was considered high, and this family matter could not be begged, but seeing that the wife was tired of a few concubines, it was not easy to say anything.

After a while, Wu said: "If you marry in the past, you may not have a good life, I know the character of the child in Shaoting, I will screw it when I am young, and if I recognize it, I can't pull it back, and the eldest sister will beat him for this matter, and the more he beats, the harder his mouth is." ”

"It is difficult to change the temperament of people, and it is not necessary to say as the old saying goes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change."

As the two spoke, they arrived at the small cross-courtyard, so they didn't say anything.

Just after the birthday, two official media came to the Wu Mansion, and Mrs. Zhan and her sister-in-law had already passed the words, and they sent someone to propose their relatives and go through the motions.

The most unpleasant thing is Mrs. Jiang, the three girls missed.

As soon as the two matchmakers left, the news spread, Qiao Shan ran back from the upper room, and happily reported the great joy of the master, "The master is really edified, he can marry into the Bofu, and he is still a wife, and it is difficult to find this family affair with a lantern." ”

Wanzhen smiled indifferently, Wu Yulian had already gossiped about the Zhan Mansion, the second son of Zhan was famous for spoiling his concubine and killing his wife in the capital, and the famous lady in the capital was willing to marry him, so he had to go to other provinces to find it, and the low family was at the mercy of Mrs. Zhan.

At this moment, the two official media went out of Wu's mansion, and before they stopped, they rushed to Bofu to ask for credit.

It happened that Uncle Changyi didn't go out, so he was a little uneasy, and asked his wife: "Is the third girl of the Shen family really as good as you say?" ”

"Naturally, the concubine looks steady and polite, and her temperament is good, at her age, can't she tell people."

"Just good sex, can you subdue the second child? With the stubborn temper of the second child, he can't even control me, the father. ”

"Master, who said that let her subdue this rebel, there is still a hook, the second child is a dead eye, that heart can say that it will rest, as long as it doesn't make trouble, it will be safe and stable, after a few years, as soon as his freshness passes, his heart will fade, and he will come back to live a good life with his daughter-in-law, don't we also have peace of mind?" Mrs. Zhan fanned her husband and said what she was thinking.

Wu House

Mrs. Wu sat around with Mrs. Jiang, the Wu family, and Mrs. General Xue to discuss the matter.

Mrs. Wu said: "I heard that your eldest sister means that the sooner the happy event is done, the better, did my uncle agree to the letter?" ”

"Promised." The Wu family had already sent someone to carry the letter to the family. It was only seven or eight days on the way, and I waited for Mr. Shen's letter, Mr. Shen was quite satisfied with this family matter, and the letter also praised Mrs. for doing a good job, and the marriage of the fourth girl and the fifth girl was best found in this way, not too low, and said that Mrs. should be in charge of everything.

Wu watched it twice repeatedly, and had an idea, the marriage of the two concubines let her handle it single-handedly, right in the middle, Gao Pan, Wu sneered, just born with an aunt, and wanted to be a serious master, Shen Wanzhen She is not very willing to do this family matter, but the flesh and blood family affection, don't offend your sister too much, maybe the old man's official position will be helped by her brother-in-law.

Wu's ready-made reason, there are many inconveniences in guest housing, and everything in marriage is simple, anyway, Bofu doesn't care about these.

Her dowry seems decent, but it is actually not worth much.

The Wu family hindered Mrs. Zhan's face, so she had to put down her words first, and told Bofu about the difficulties, Mrs. Zhan now wants her daughter-in-law to marry into the door, calm down the opinions of some people in the court on Zhan Mansion, and save some reputation, as for the dowry or not, it is not bad for that little money.

said some sympathetic words, "My sister's family is outside, and I don't have much silver with me, so I can mean it, and if I am close to him, I will be free of clichés." ”

After everything was placed, Wu looked for Shen Wanzhen and pointed it out to her one by one, Wanzhen saw that the room was full, and when she looked closely, there was nothing real, and she didn't say anything.

Wu grabbed her hand again and instructed earnestly: "When you arrive at Bofu, honor your in-laws, respect your husband, and be harmonious, and it will not be in vain for your aunt to give birth to you, I have fucked my heart all these years." ”

Wanzhen's heart is cold, and she still has to pretend to be grateful on the surface, "The mother is in charge of her daughter, the mother raises her daughter, the daughter has nothing to repay, and she will not forget her mother's great kindness in this life." ”

High-sounding, easy to say. Deceptive stuff.

This marriage Shen Wanzhen also felt that it was not too bad, she disturbed her mother's calculations, and did not make Wu Jinglan's concubine, how could her mother make her feel better, Zuo is still the life of a concubine, and the stepwife is also a wife, even if the husband and wife are not harmonious, the second young lady of the Bofu has a noble position, and no one dares to do anything to her.

In a blink of an eye, the wedding date has arrived, early in the morning, Wanzhen's room was crowded with people, her adoptive mother put on makeup for her, and Wu Yulian accompanied her, "My sister is about to get married, and it will be difficult to see my sister." ”

Wanzhen was a little moved, the brothers and sisters of the Shen family were indifferent, like strangers, I heard that she was married to the uncle, Shen Wanzhu and Shen Wanyu had no intention of wishing her well except for jealousy.

Shen Wanzhen held her hand and said, "My sister will go to play in the future, my sister has delicious and fun things for my sister to keep." ”

"Hurry up, the hour is almost up, and the sedan chair is about to arrive." Shouting outside the door.

There was still half an hour before the auspicious time, but the Zhan Mansion was in a hurry, and Mrs. Zhan was so anxious that she couldn't sit or stand, and asked her eldest son, "Where did your second brother go?" Why haven't you come back, have you looked for Zhuangzi in the countryside? ”

"I found it, the woman was also there, and I asked the next person that the second master had been there, and I don't know when she left."

Mrs. Zhan slapped the table, shook the teacup, splashed water, and said angrily: "You took someone to tie up that fox for me, sell it in the kiln, and let the wind out." ”

Zhan Dagongzi saw that his mother was really anxious, so he didn't dare to disobey, so he took someone to set up a car and went straight to the village in the countryside.

Here Mrs. Zhan was so anxious that she said to her eldest daughter-in-law Zhao: "The auspicious time is coming, how can I explain this to the Shen family, if this is rumored, the Zhan family will become a big joke, and this evil obstacle is going to destroy my Zhan family." ”

Zhao said: "It's better to tell the Shen family first, and postpone the worship for an hour." ”

Mrs. Zhan was helpless, "The matter has come to this point, there is no other way, send someone to the Wu Mansion to inform you." ”

As soon as the order went down, the hall shouted one after another: "The second son is back." ”

Mrs. Zhan looked towards the door, and the second son Zhan Shaoting hurriedly walked into the door, his face was pale, and he couldn't be polite, and said, "Why did my mother ask my eldest brother to sell her, this matter has nothing to do with her, it is that my son does not want to marry a girl from the Shen family." ”

'Snap' gave a resounding slap and slapped Zhan Shaoting in the face, "Evil barrier, who are you talking to, I have changed my mind now, I will not sell her, let this fox spirit disappear forever, if you are willing to go with her, even if I raise you for nothing." ”

Zhan Shaoting was stupid for a while, he had never seen his mother so angry, Mrs. Zhao Shaoting saw that the mother and son were deadlocked, and she was busy playing the round, and explained: "Second brother, hurry up and accompany your mother, marry the girl of the Shen family back, and her mother will be angry, so she will naturally let her go." ”

Zhan Shaoting knew that his mother was not talking about playing, worried about his beloved, so he took a breath, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Okay, I'll marry her." ”

When Mrs. Zhao Shao saw that when the little uncle said this, her fist was clenched, and her bones turned white, thinking that he must have accumulated a lot of resentment in his heart, and said in her heart: It seems that it is a bad fate again.

Mrs. Zhan glared at her son fiercely, didn't care about saying anything else, and hurriedly called someone: "Quickly go and change the son's clothes and go to the Wu Mansion." ”