Duchess Jingguo had three sons and five daughters, three of whom were personally selected by her for marriage, and all of them were well married. Especially the eldest daughter, who married Xia Wan, the eldest son of Xia Bing, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, everyone felt that the eldest lady of the Jingguo Mansion was too aggrieved, but with Xia Wan in the eighth year of Chengping, he became a member of the Criminal Department in the eleventh year of Chengping...... After being promoted to governor of Zhejiang last year, no one thought so anymore, but praised Duchess Jingguo for her insight and finding a good son-in-law. This is also an important reason why the Duchess of Jingguo is so tough in the Jingguo Mansion.

When Dou Zhao and Song Mo arrived at the Jingguo Mansion, the Jingguo Mansion was already a city. In addition to those Kyoto nobles who have dealings with the Jingguo Mansion, the in-laws of the Jingguo Mansion also came to pay homage to the Duchess of Jingguo, and the five aunts of the Jingguo Mansion gave valuable birthday gifts.

Song Mo whispered to Dou Zhao: "If you have anything, let the maid call me, no matter how bad it is, tell the third wife." ”

"I know." Dou Zhao looked at the radiant Song Mo and said softly, "Don't drink so much wine." ”

"Hmm!" Song Mo bowed his head and gently squeezed her hand, and then he went forward and hugged the old lady Lu who was sitting in the carriage in front of him.

The eldest princess of Ningde also got out of the carriage afterwards.

Old Madam Lu took Dou Zhao's hand and smiled at Song Mo: "You just have to entertain you, I will look at your daughter-in-law, and there will be no hair missing from her." ”

Everyone chuckled.

Song Mo was not ashamed, and thanked Mrs. Lu frankly.

Old Madam Lu smiled, turned her head and spoke to the eldest princess of Ningde: "This kid is this very flattering. ”

Princess Ningde pursed her lips and smiled.

Song Mo, Lu Qin and the others resigned, Mrs. Lu and the other women went to the main hall in the east, and Dou Zhao followed Mrs. Lu and the other women into the second gate.

Mrs. Zhang San was surrounded by a group of maids and mothers-in-law and hurriedly greeted her: "Princess, maternal uncle and grandmother ......"

She bowed her knees to everyone in groups, and everyone talked and laughed and went to the flower hall.

Duchess Jingguo was talking to Mrs. Changxinghou. Seeing Mrs. Lu and Princess Ningde coming in, she was quite surprised, and got up to greet her with a smile on her face, and said, "I didn't expect the two ladies to come over, the Jingguo Mansion is really full of splendor!" ”

Mrs. Lu and the eldest princess of Ningde are a generation higher than the Duchess of Jingguo, so they can not come, but because their granddaughter married into the Jingguo Mansion, they raised and promoted the Duchess of Jingguo and gave their granddaughter a long face.

Old Madam Lu smiled: "Didn't you want to come to your house for a meal?" ”

"Please invite you who can't be invited." Gongfu Jingguo smiled, "As long as you don't dislike the lack of alcohol." ”

Everyone greeted each other, greeted each other, and sat down in the flower hall.

Duchess Jingguo talked to Dou Zhao: "It's the first time that Mrs. Shizi has come to our mansion as a guest, so it's not good to tell me something." Only the tube instructs your cousin. ”

Mrs. Zhang San and Song Mo are cousins.

Dou Zhao smiled and should be.

Duchess Jingguo introduced the female dependents present to her: "This is my eldest girl, and now I am following my aunt in Jiangnan's office, this time I have a birthday, and she specially rushed back from Jiangnan...... This is my second girl, her mother-in-law is the daughter of the Yixing Ji family, and she is also in-law with your family......"

Dou Zhao smiled and saluted one by one.

In her previous life, she often dealt with the Jingguo Mansion. They are very familiar with their relatives.

Several aunts and grandmothers in Jingguo Mansion hurriedly got up to return the salute.

The flower hall was lively.

The maid came in and said, "The wife of the prince of Yan'an Houfu has arrived." ”

Duchess Jingguo said "Please" repeatedly.

Mrs. Wang Shao came in with Mrs. Boshizi of Dongping.

Everyone has to pay a salute.

Then Mrs. Guangenbo came with her daughter-in-law, and then Mrs. Xuanninghou came......

These people Dou Zhao all know, but they know a little difference, especially the wife of Guo Qinghai, Marquis of Xuanning. Not only are they friends with her, but the two also do business together and become in-laws of their children, and at this time. Mrs. Guo just nodded and smiled at her, and they couldn't be like in the previous life. In order to support his family, he came up.

Dou Zhao couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Mrs. Dong Pingbo came with her two daughters.

Dou Zhao's eyes couldn't help but widen.

Mrs. Dongpingbo's weak flower-like posture and idle flower-like appearance make people feel a little pity when they look at it.

Although her twin daughters are still young, they are as beautiful as pearls.

Dou Zhao's heart was a little sullen.

She hurriedly took out a few tea leaves and put them in her mouth before she felt better.

The number of guests gradually increased, the flower hall was full of laughter, the young and old women sat together and talked, and the young ladies were in a different faction.

Because Dou Zhao appeared in the noble circle in Kyoto for the first time, Princess Ningde personally took her to recognize people.

are all acquaintances of the previous life, Dou Zhao and the people are effortless to socialize, and the polite greetings are all on point, which is impressive.

Old Madam Lu and Eldest Princess Ningde couldn't help but nod secretly.

Mrs. Zhang, who was entertaining guests in the flower hall, looked at her eyes and smiled; "Why didn't you see Mrs. Jining Hou? I remember giving her an invitation as well. ”

Because Wei Tingzhen is the wife of the prince, the birthday banquet of the princess of Jingguo, it stands to reason that she should help Zhang Luo. Because Duchess Jingguo didn't like her eldest son, she didn't like her eldest daughter-in-law, so she handed over a stall in the kitchen to Wei Tingzhen, and instead asked her second daughter-in-law and third daughter-in-law to help her entertain guests in the flower hall.

Hearing the second daughter-in-law say this, Duchess Jingguo couldn't help frowning.

Mrs. Zhang's third wife was much more clever than Mrs. Zhang's, and she hurriedly smiled: "It's still early to leave the table, I'm afraid there is something to delay." As he spoke, he glanced at the mother-in-law beside him.

The mother-in-law understood and went to the accounting room next to the kitchen.

Wei Tingzhen is inspecting the longevity peach at the birthday banquet.

The mother-in-law hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Madam, the third lady asked me to say hello to you, the auspicious time is coming soon, I'm afraid I can't wait for Mrs. Jining Hou." ”

Because it is not a whole birthday, the Jingguo Mansion only invited relatives who did not come out of the three clothes and some nobles who often come and go, the birthday banquet is only held for one day, and in the morning to set the auspicious time for the birthday, the relatives of the Zhang family will kowtow to the Duchess of Jingguo according to the eldest and youngest, and guests like Dou Zhao who are not direct relatives will be invited to sit at the banquet and wait until the birthday is finished there. This side will be opened. It would be rude to come back after a meal.

Wei Tingzhen was furious in her heart.

Dou Ming was like this, he was simply slapping her in the face, and he didn't take her to heart.

She scolded Dou Ming in her heart.

But in front of Mrs. Zhang's mother-in-law, she didn't dare to show a trace of discoloration, but said with a smile: "The Marquis of Jining Mansion is a little far away from here, most of it is delayed on the road, so I will send someone to take a look." "Then stuff the most red envelope to her, Dao." Thank you to the third lady on my behalf. ”

The mother-in-law left happily, but Wei Tingzhen was so angry that she was in pain.

Fortunately, the people who sent out quickly heard back: "Jining Hou and his wife have arrived at the door." ”

Now there are many people, so let's wait for this matter to pass!

Wei Tingzhen nodded, went to the stove room and tasted a few dishes that would be sent to the birthday banquet at the meeting.

Wei Tingyu and Dou Ming, who got off the carriage in front of the Jingguo Mansion, did not look very good.

Wei Tingyu said to Dou Ming, "You wait to meet my sister and help my sister entertain guests." share some worries for my sister", and moved to the flower hall in the front yard,

Dou Ming looked at Wei Tingyu's background and sneered a few times, and then he was supported by the maid and followed the Zhang family's housekeeper mother into the weeping flower door.

The flower hall is full of jewels and laughter.

She met with the Duchess of Jingguo.

Duchess Jingguo hurriedly asked her: "Hurry up!" Get up! ”

Dou Ming stood up with a smile, but saw Dou Zhao sitting on the brocade next to Duchess Jingguo.

How did she get here?

Dou Ming was stunned.

Dou Zhao had already smiled and nodded at her.

Dou Ming's eyes sank.

Duchess Jingguo beckoned towards Dou Zhao. said to Dou Ming: "Look, who is by my side?" ”

The young ladies were okay and had a good time together, but the woman sitting next to Duchess Jingguo looked at them with wide eyes.

Dou Zhao couldn't help but sigh. said hello to Dou Ming lightly.

Dou Ming is not stupid, although a handkerchief is about to be kneaded into pickles by her, she still softly shouts "sister" pragmatically.

Someone looked at Dou Zhao and then at Dou Ming. said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the two young ladies of the Dou family are really well married, and the eldest daughter is a British prince." The second daughter became the lady of the Houfu of Jinningxia again, one door and two wives, which is much more difficult than the three jinshi of that family. ”

Everyone laughed.

Someone said: "It's rare that the fourth lady of the Dou family is married, and her mother's family also adds makeup to her." ”

Dou Ming was stunned.

Add makeup?

Add makeup to Dou Zhao?

How did she not know?

A trace of dazedness flashed in Dou Ming's eyes, and when he looked at Dou Zhao, he saw Dou Zhao sitting there smiling, half joking, half serious: "It's just that my father loves his daughter and is married as a daughter-in-law, and he wants my husband's family to look down on me." ”

That's the confession!

The crowd was in an uproar.

When Dou Zhao got married, the silver ticket was still fresh in many people's memory.

The eldest princess of Ningde smiled and said, "Just listen to it, don't talk nonsense!" I thought that the silver ticket with a denomination of ten taels would make people red-eyed and reckless, if I knew how much property Shou Gu had under her name, I would not have to provoke those robbers who didn't want to die! ”

Everyone gossiped and said that they were not the kind of people who liked to gossip, but they all rushed to inquire about Dou Zhao.

"Mrs. Dou, will Lord Dou still give you a silver ticket this time?"

"Mrs. Dou, this is the first time we have heard about the Dou family's addition to your box. Could it be that Ling Zun is afraid of being remembered by thieves like last time, so you are silent? ”

"Why don't you write it on the dowry list when you get married, and add a box?"

"There must be a lot of Dorsey, I'm afraid that the thieves will find out."

For a while, everyone was very interested in this topic.

Someone joked to Dou Ming: "There is still a muffled person sitting here who makes a fortune!" ”

"yes, yes!" Someone agreed, "How much makeup did Mrs. Jining Hou get?" ”

Dou Ming's hands trembled, and it took a while to suppress the resentment in his chest, and said with a smile: "Father loves my sister the most, my sister has it, I may not have it, don't bother me, go ask my sister." ”

But when I was thinking about the silver ticket.

Wei Tingzhen asked her to go back to ask her father for it, but she didn't have such a thick skin, but she didn't know in her heart, so she went back and asked people to inquire, and then she realized that the silver ticket was prepared for herself...... She was so angry that she didn't eat for a few days and didn't dare Wei Tingyu to say it, for fear that Wei Tingyu would regret marrying her after hearing it.

Unexpectedly, there were more excessive things waiting for her.

's father even added makeup to Dou Zhao in private.

If someone hadn't said it today, would her father be ready to hide it from her for the rest of her life?

A layer of cold water filled Dou Ming's heart, and she shivered from the cold.

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Sisters and brothers, let's put a draft first and everyone will look at it.

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