Chapter 38: The Rules of the Mansion

Hometown timidity!

Yanggu County is only seventy or eighty miles away from Zhu Guiye shop at the entrance of Lijia Road, and rested for one night on the way, almost in the evening of the next day, Ximenqing and his party passed Jingyanggang, and saw a corner of the yellow city in front of them.

This time out is not as good as the previous two times, before and after only three or four days, seeing that he will be able to get home soon, Ximenqing who is riding on the horse is frequently distracted, if it is not for the docile temperament of the horse under the crotch, and it is an old horse who knows the way, change a slightly short-tempered horse, I am afraid that he will be turned upside down long ago.

It seems that every time I go out, there will always be one or two more when I come back. Jiangning Mansion went on a trip and brought back the divine doctor An Daoquan, not to mention him. The last time I went to Chaijiazhuang, I brought back a pair of twin sisters, but I didn't really eat them, but I just added two personal maids to the second mother in the family. But this time, what I brought back was really a genuine concubine, I really don't know what Wu Yueniang and Pan Jinlian in the family will think.

This Cheng Suqing is the daughter of the prefect's family, and when it comes to the family, it is from the scholar family. Since the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, the Son of Heaven has ruled the world with scholars and doctors, which is not a casual talk. Among the previous dynasties, only the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty adhered to the teachings of Taizu and did not kill a scholar, which shows the high social status of scholars.

Ximen's family is just a businessman, although Ximenqing is quite able to operate, and the family eats and rings the bell, which is much more luxurious than the ordinary scholar's family, but after all, it is not a first-class family. thinks that in "Water Margin", Dong Ping is already a metropolitan eunuch, and he can be regarded as a middle-level military attaché, and he is handsome, and his conditions are good. But Na Cheng Wanli still disliked his status as a martial artist, and rejected his proposal several times.

Compared with Dong Ping, in terms of social status, Ximen Qingzi is far inferior, not to mention accepting the young lady of the prefect's family as a concubine, even if it is a wife of three media and six marriages, in the eyes of others, it is a big climb.

This can be regarded as a mistake, making Cheng Suqing, the official eunuch lady, the third lady of Ximen Mansion. If the previous days were still harmonious with wives and concubines, but now this Sanniang is far better than the two in the family in terms of scheming and knowledge, and I really don't know what will happen to the family in the future.

After all, today's Ximenqing has crossed over from the next generation, although he also longed for a happy life with a group of wives and concubines, but when he really faced it, he couldn't help but feel weak, and he didn't know how to balance the relationship between the three wives and concubines, not to mention that there were also maids like Pang Chunmei who were involved in it, and now he only felt a mess.

In the backyard, Wu Yueniang, who is naturally the main wife, has the most advantage in terms of status, and Pan is the first to be recommended in terms of beauty, but when it comes to scheming, I am afraid that the first two patters will not be able to catch up with Cheng Suqing. The three have their own advantages, and if you really want to get up, I'm afraid that the biggest headache is him, the official caught in the middle.

There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat is naturally straight to the bridge.

Anyway, I can't avoid it, I think he Ximenqing can be regarded as the name of Yanggu Yiba, walking on the road, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, don't retreat, if you really can't even put the three women in your own family, how can you be embarrassed to go out and mix!

When the group was about to arrive at the front of the mansion, Ximen Qing secretly encouraged himself, suppressed the anxiety, puffed up his chest on the horse, and posed like a master.

Before entering the city, Shi Qian had already taken a step back to report the news, as the male owner of Ximen Mansion, if he returned to the house after going far away, the family members in the mansion had to wait in front of the door according to the rules.

Speaking of which, the rules of Ximen Mansion are naturally set by him, the male host, but the pomp and circumstance in front of such people is what a big family pays the most attention to, if Ximen Mansion is a maverick, it will inevitably make people laugh behind their backs. He, a young man, doesn't care about other people's discussions, but his wife and concubines in the family will inevitably be truthful, and the charge of being careless and frivolous will fall on the head of the eldest woman Wu Yueniang.

In front of the mansion, Wu Yueniang and Pan Jinlian stood under the eaves, surrounded by a group of maids, one of whom was quite eye-catching, and as for the street, there were more than a dozen stewards and servants in the front yard. The civilians who passed through this side of the street, seeing such a battle in Ximen Mansion, knew that the young man had returned, and they all took a detour, even if they really wanted to come this way, they also slipped through the opposite wall and hurried, not daring to delay for half a minute.

Finally, Ximen Qing and his entourage rode to the front of the mansion, followed by a carriage, in which were naturally Cheng Suqing's master and servant, and Wu Yueniang had received a letter from Shi Qian before, so she knew that this pair of masters and servants, but she thought that her own officials had caused trouble outside/came back with debts, but she never thought that there would be such twists and turns and sinister.

"Welcome back to the house!"

The people of Ximen Mansion led by Wu Yueniang saluted Ximen Qing who dismounted, and that posture was more majestic than the CEOs of large enterprises in later generations, but it made Ximen Qing feel a little proud in his heart.

No matter what else the life of this great official, just the taste of this person made Ximenqing from later generations feel very comfortable, and the original worry disappeared without a trace.

How can I say that I am also the head of the family, and it is normal to accept a few concubines, but now the backyard of one wife and two concubines is nothing compared to the heads of other large families in Yanggu County. A few days ago, I heard Wu Yueniang mention one of her cousins, who is fifty years old this year, and even took a sixteen-year-old concubine, it is said that this is already the seventh lady in the family.

This is an era of advocating more children and more blessings, and the infant mortality rate is high, so all large families with conditions do not have more wives and concubines, which can be regarded as a wide range of crops and small harvests, and the number of babies to make up for the low adult rate of infants. Even ordinary rich families, for the sake of the continuation of their heirs, also promote the practice of taking concubines.

"Hard work lady at home!"

Ximenqing walked up the steps, greeted with a smile, and then showed a smile to Pan Shi on the side, not only taking care of his wife's face, but also not showing too much favoritism.

"Official, the third sister has just arrived, and she is still a little shy when she thinks about it, so the slave family and the second sister will go to greet you."

Originally, according to the rules, Cheng Suqing was just a concubine, and she should take the initiative to get out of the car to meet the housewife when she entered the mansion for the first time. This is not the usual etiquette of waiting for the waist of the hand, but really kneeling on the ground to show the dignity and humility between wives and concubines.

That is, Wu Yueniang has a peaceful personality, if she is an ordinary housewife, she will have offended the backyard hostess this time.

"No, it's quite tortuous, I'll tell you in the evening, and let someone drive the car to the corner gate of the backyard, and tell someone to go there to meet it."

There were many people in front of the mansion, and Ximenqing didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he had already ordered, and Cheng Suqing's master and servant didn't get out of the car.