Chapter 58: Attitudes of Families
"After the award is over, you will be punished, Sister Lan copied the family motto ten times, and Sister Yu copied the female virtue and female precept ten times." Su Xilan and Zhao Yu had not yet recovered from the surprise of receiving the reward when they heard the old lady's punishment, and the two of them changed color together, which was much better than they thought.
"Alright, let's all go down." The old lady waved her hand to let everyone go, Su Xizhu looked at the gem in her hand and smiled, sure enough, nothing is more important to grandmother than the face of the Hou Mansion.
"Master, this is the end of the matter? Don't you have to say a word to Master Hou? After all, when it comes to the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, the key is that there is a family of An Guifei behind? β
Mama Qi was a little uneasy, but the old lady smiled and waved her hand, "No, they won't do anything, after all, it's just a conflict between children, not to mention that in the end, Sister Zhu and the An family characterized things as a misunderstanding."
Besides, there is a queen family, An Guifei will definitely not embarrass us at this time, everyone will be this little child's bickering, after all, the saint is now in the prime of life, neither the queen nor An Guifei wants to be too high-profile and eye-catching, and it will not be good to be cheap when the time comes, don't forget, the three princes are also getting older, not to mention that there are two little princes who have just been born and their mother's family is also rich. β
As the old lady said, the queen and the concubine did not pursue this matter, after all, the Annan Hou Mansion is indeed not worth their trouble, although the Annan Hou Mansion and the Shu Guifei family are related, but the Nan'an Hou Mansion has no real power, so they don't care about them, but Su Xizhu has a name in the circle of nobles.
Of course, compared to her intelligence, everyone is more willing to pay attention to her round figure, after all, no noble girl thinks that her intelligence is worse than Su Xizhu, so she suppressed it invisibly, Su Xizhu is not too conspicuous because of this matter, which is a good thing.
The people involved today, there is nothing on the side of the Hou Mansion of Annan, but the atmosphere in the Hou Mansion of Zhenbei at this time is very unpleasant.
Bai Qianrong was very unhappy when An Qinghe complained about it today, who knew that when she went home, she thought that her father and mother would help her, but who knew that they actually criticized her again.
An Qianrong had never suffered such a big loss, and she became more and more disgusted with Su Xizhu and the others in her heart, but fortunately, she was explained by her mother in the end, but she decided to secretly make more stumbling blocks for Su Xizhu and them in the future.
"Sister Rong slept?" Bai Wenbo, the current Zhenbei Hou, looked at his wife Lu Shi and asked.
"Sleep, it's just a master, it's just the Marquis of Annan's mansion, we are already at odds with them, why don't we take this opportunity to save their face?" What the Lu family didn't say was that they had wronged their daughter.
The Lu family listened to An Qianrong's words, of course they didn't think there was anything wrong with their daughter, those things in the Hou Mansion of An Nan were originally true, but the Lu family also taught Bai Qianrong, after all, the reputation of the noble girl cannot be lost.
"If it's just the Hou Mansion of Annan, of course we are not afraid of the Hou Mansion in the north of our town, but since we and the An family have walked into some places, the emperor has a lot of complaints about us, although the Hou Mansion of Annan has no people in attendance, but because of this, it is not eye-catching, if someone takes advantage of the loophole, the Hou Mansion of Annan has nothing to lose, we are different."
Bai Wenbo also regretted that he shouldn't have stood in line too early, but the situation is stronger than people, so it can only be so, so now they can only keep a low profile.
Although the Lu family feels sorry for their daughter, in the end, the family is important, "You are persuading your daughter well, you must not be impulsive in the future, as for the girl of the Lu family, be estranged." β
"Well, it's all that girl's head, don't worry, our daughter." The Lu family nodded, but in his heart he was not only dissatisfied with the Hou Mansion of Annan, but also a little dissatisfied with the Lu family, the person who started the matter.
Lu Xueqiao, who was dissatisfied, rubbed her handkerchief with her hands at this time, looking at where her father lost his temper, and the tears in his eyes couldn't be swallowed.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow you will go and apologize to me to the Marquis of Annan." Lu Ping, the Qing of Guanglu Temple, looked at his wife and daughter-in-law's face full of reluctance, and became even more angry.
Lu Ping's background is very ordinary, his father is just a showman, he can rely on his own official worship Guanglu Siqing, although his position is not high, but he also has a certain amount of real talent, of course, this is also related to his path of Prime Minister An, but Lu Ping is definitely not a stupid person.
"Why, I was almost characterized by Su Xizhu's dead girl today as a person who loves to talk nonsense, why should I apologize to them?" Lu Xueqiao was very dissatisfied.
"Just because they are from the Marquis of Annan, they are the young ladies of the Marquis Mansion."
"The Hou Mansion on the south bank has long been defeated, and the current Hou Ye is just an idle post, where is the importance, if it is not for the prestige of the ancestors, where are they worthy of the Hou Mansion?"
Since Lu Xueqiao dared to gossip about Su Xizhu at the beginning, on the one hand, they were trying to please Bai Qianrong, but more importantly, she didn't take the Marquis of Annan Mansion in her eyes at all, Lu Xueqiao was very discerning and knew who she couldn't offend.
Lu Ping looked at his stubborn daughter, and then looked at his wife, who felt sorry for his daughter's disapproval of his opinion, and flicked his sleeves angrily, and gradually lost his patience, and his face became more and more condensed.
"If you don't apologize tomorrow, then Sister Qiao won't have to go to the school, learn to be a virtuous girl at home, the Lu family is not without a daughter of the right age."
Lu Ping's words made Lu Xueqiao's mother and daughter turn white, thinking about the cheap breeds in the backyard, and looking at Lu Ping's serious eyes, they didn't dare to refute, so they could only nod aggrievedly.
The next day, in addition to Su Xizhu sleeping well, Su Xilan and Zhao Yu both appeared with a pair of dark circles under their eyes, which were used to suppress a lot of fat powder, and the two came to the school with trepidation, and found that no one cared about them at all, as if yesterday's incident had not happened at all, and gradually lowered their hearts, even Bai Qianrong and Lu Xueqiao also regarded them as if they couldn't see them.
On the other side, the Zheng family came to the Hou Mansion of Annan with gifts, and the old lady smiled when she heard that the lady of the Qing family of Guanglu Temple had come to visit.
"Lu Ping can go from a civilian to a fourth-grade Guanglu Siqing, although he is good at franchise relations, but people are shrewd in the end, it's just that, eldest daughter-in-law, you go and see it."
"Yes, Mother, don't worry." Zhang, as Mrs. Hou, was still qualified, and she already understood the old lady's attitude, so she took Zhou and Jiang to meet Zheng in the welcome living room.
"I've seen my wife, and I'm really sorry to come to visit." Zheng is the daughter of a county magistrate, and she is also a lady of the official family, so she still has some background.
"There, Mrs. Lu deigned to come to our Hou Mansion, we are deeply honored." Zhou said angrily.
"Oh, the second lady is burying me, I came today to apologize for my unconscious daughter, she just likes your Miss Houfu, but she didn't pay attention to what she said, and caused a misunderstanding, but fortunately, she explained it clearly later.
It's just that the more my daughter thinks about it after returning home, the more uncomfortable it becomes, and her father also thinks that I still need to explain, otherwise it will not be good because of the misunderstanding that it will affect the friendship between the two governments. β
Zheng was threatened by Lu Ping yesterday, so even if she felt uncomfortable in her heart today, she still came with a smiling face, she was able to sit firmly in Mrs. Lu's position, and she didn't let those little goblins in the backyard turn the sky upside down.
"It's a misunderstanding, otherwise I thought that your Lu family had developed to the point where you didn't take the Hou Mansion seriously, but Mrs. Lu's daughter is a young lady after all, and she usually has to pay attention to her words, a misunderstanding is easy to explain, if this kind of misunderstanding always happens, it's not good."
Zhang looked very concerned about Zheng, although Zheng hated it in his heart, but he knew his purpose today, so he explained with a smile.
"Oh, thank you Mrs. Hou, our sister Qiao has always had a good reputation, but this time it's just a misunderstanding, and it will definitely not be in the future.
But I really envy you Annan Hou Mansion, especially the third lady, who is really smart and clever, even the eldest lady didn't have that eloquence back then. Look at me, what are you doing here, the young lady of the Hou Mansion is really a race. β
Zheng didn't hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart, and provoked a little, the third lady of the Hou Mansion was in the limelight this time, but don't forget, the Hou Mansion also has a fourth miss from Mrs. Hou.
Where could the Zhang family not hear Zheng's provocation, but she was unhappy that she compared Sister Zhu with her Sister Mei, so she didn't answer.
Jiang looked at Zheng and was a little dissatisfied, and when he saw that his sister-in-law didn't speak, the second sister-in-law looked like she was watching a good show, and sighed in her heart.
"Mrs. Lu praised, our Hou Mansion does pay great attention to the upbringing of children, but Mrs. Lu is not bad, I heard that Mrs. Lu is better than the concubines and daughters, and the degree is all fine, especially the eldest lady of the concubine, I heard that the talent is very amazing, and Mrs. Lu has a good upbringing."
The Jiang family has a lot of shops in his hands, and there are many sources for some things, the eldest daughter of the Qing family of Guanglu Temple, I heard that she and her aunt are very fond of Lord Lu, and often subsidize them privately, and the use is no worse than that of the concubine, the key is that the eldest daughter is not good-looking, if it is not a little older, I am afraid that it is Mrs. Lu's daughter who is one step closer to entering the Royal Academy.
Zheng smiled stiffly when he heard Jiang's words, "It should be, it's all my child." β
None of the Zhang family refuted, but their expressions were a little meaningful, and Zheng looked at them a little unable to sit still, anyway, the goal had been achieved, so they quickly left.
"Hmph, but a small Guanglu Siqing dares to offend the Hou Mansion." Zhou completely forgot that she actually wanted Su Xizhu and them to apologize yesterday, and Zhang and Jiang did not refute, but nodded with a smile.
Su Xizhu, who came to class for these things, didn't know that the first session in the morning was the female virtue and female ring, and everyone was not shocked to learn, after all, in this year, the female virtue and female ring are not reversed, and the noble ladies are embarrassed to go out.
However, the second etiquette class showed the difference, and there was nothing wrong with the etiquette of the top noblewomen headed by Princess Minglan, the perfect one was like holding a ruler and making every move, and the whole person looked dignified and noble.
Su Xizhu has also learned the faΓ§ade of etiquette very carefully, but the master watched Su Xizhu's movements for a long time, his brows furrowed slightly, and he felt a little indescribably weird.