The news of Mrs. Zhou's death was of course very sudden to the outside world. But since the death of the Zhou family, their status in Beiping City has been much worse than before. Now that Mrs. Zhou is gone, the impact on the public is not great. In addition to the relatives and friends who came to mourn and offer incense, the busyness in front of the courtyard was less than half of that of Mr. Zhou's new funeral.

The banquet hosted by the governor's wife also began the next day as usual.

The governor's rank itself was above that of Boss Zhou's life, and the two sides had no friendship, so the governor's wife was not at all as restrained as the officials of the political envoy and the yamen. In order not to be unlucky, she didn't go to Zhou's house immediately to mourn, but waited until her banquet was over.

The Zhou family is not qualified to complain about this at all.

However, considering that her official residence was relatively close to the Qin family's house, the governor's wife did not choose another venue to hold the banquet, but directly set up a banquet in her back garden. However, due to the limited area of the back garden of the governor's residence, it could not feast as many guests as the Yanwang Mansion, and the number of people who went to the banquet was much less.

Wen only brought Xie Yinghui to attend, and the other daughters stayed at home. Xie Mulin didn't want to always go out to blow the cold wind and eat some semi-cold food on a cold day; Xie Yingrong wanted to go out, but was vetoed by his mother-in-law from the beginning; Xie Yingfen is indispensable, but her biological mother, Aunt Wanqin, has recently been infected with a little cold, which makes her worried, so she didn't follow it. So, Xie Yinghui, who was very afraid of the cold, had to go out with the Wen family.

She didn't actually want to go, but she thought that she had already married Huang Yan and would get married next year. The Huang family is thin, and the future mother-in-law Zhen is a widow with a soft temperament, so she can't be expected to go out to socialize, so Xie Yinghui can only go by herself. While she is not married yet, she can follow Wen's side, first get acquainted with the female dependents in the officialdom of Beiping, and in the future, she will be alone and will not be in a hurry. This is her responsibility, and she cannot escape it. For the sake of the future, I can only bite the bullet now.

Xie Yinghui is a frequent guest at the banquets of wealthy families, this kind of thing is not difficult for her, but in the past, she was mixed in the ladies of the royal family, but now she has changed to deal with the wives and daughters of civil and military officials. Try the water a little and you'll get used to it in no time. The Wen family has always cared for her very much, and her father Xie Pu's official position is also deterrent enough, and no one who has no eyes will make her angry. Therefore, Xie Yinghui was like a fish in water at the banquet, and she could also have a few words with the guest of honor, Mrs. Yuan.

Today, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Yuan family only came to Mrs. Yuan, and she complained to the wife of the governor of the master's house, saying that her mother-in-law was old, not well, and had committed an old illness, so she had to stay at home to recuperate. The governor's wife was already prepared in her heart, knowing that half of the old lady Yuan might not attend her banquet, and she didn't care too much, so she just blindly entertained Mrs. Yuan.

The southern opera troupe invited by the governor's wife is also very good at real kung fu. Although they sang the familiar "Mother-in-law's Tattoo", no matter whether they sang, read, did, or played, they were two points better than the Northern Opera they watched in Yanwang's Mansion that day. Mrs. Yuan already likes Southern Opera, and after watching this wonderful performance, she was even more happy. She also knew that the governor's wife had specially prepared a program for herself, and she understood the other party's affection.

Mrs. Yuan was very happy at the banquet, but the big girl she brought was led to the small banquet prepared for the decent maids and servants of each family below, and she was in a bad mood.

There were four large tables in this room, all of which were powerful big girls and housekeepers in front of the wives, ladies, and young ladies. Some people know each other well, eat happily during the feast, and will talk to each other, talk about trivial things at home, or exchange some gossip. There are people who are sitting not far from the girl of the Yuan family, and they talked about the rumors that the old lady of the Zhou family was vomited blood and died by her unfilial daughter-in-law, which mentioned that Mrs. Xu came to the door and absurdly asked the daughter of the Zhou family to help her seduce General Yuan Xiao in order to seize the military power of the Yan Palace......

Mrs. Xu's son-in-law's wife and several aunts are also guests of the governor's wife today. Their henchmen and big girls are also sitting in this room at this time. Even if they didn't notice the gossip at the banquet, someone would have led them to "eavesdrop".

Although Wen said something first, Senator Liu's wife echoed and instructed the wives of the officials of the political envoy department and the yamen not to leak the news again, and a person like Mrs. Wan, who was bent on making trouble, would also privately find someone who was willing to help her help help her achieve her goal.

So, when the banquet at the governor's wife was over, Mrs. Yuan had already heard the rumor that Mrs. Xu was calculating her own treasure, and Mrs. Xu's in-laws and their concubines stepped into the carriage home with a black face and a bad mood. It is conceivable that Mrs. Xu's daughter will not have a good time at her husband's house tonight.

Mrs. Wan's private hands and feet, Wen was faintly aware of it. But Mrs. Yuan didn't ask her anything, and no one mentioned the dispute between Mrs. Xu and the Zhou family in front of her, what could she do? I had to pretend I didn't know.

However, the day after the banquet of the governor's house, the governor's wife and Mrs. Yuan appeared in the Zhou family mourning hall one after another to mourn Mrs. Zhou. It is said that both of them behaved normally, did not have any quarrels with the Zhou family, and were courteous and thoughtful, the latter also put on a very generous piece of gold, and even comforted Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wednesday who sent them out for a long time, and they were generous and gentle elders. The Zhou family felt more and more embarrassed, and other people in the know were amazed by the generosity of the Yuan family.

Only Mrs. Wan, who heard the news, scolded secretly at home: "Another person who loves to pretend!" If you pretend to be virtuous and generous in front of your own men, and you can tolerate the appearance of a concubine, that's it, anyway, everyone does this. But she is an old widow who has been dead for an unknown number of years, and her son has won the world's first-class marriage, what are she pretending to do? Could it be that with more virtuous names, the court can still promote her fate! ”

Mrs. Wan was so angry that she didn't rejoice until she heard that Mrs. Xu's daughter had eaten her mother-in-law's head, and the next day she cried and went back to her parents' house to complain that her mother had gone.

Mrs. Wan also went to Wen's front to chew her tongue. Wen persuaded her not to worry too much about these little things, and she was angry with herself. But Mrs. Wan didn't listen, she has always been such a character, she has suffered other people's losses, and she has to retaliate no matter what, otherwise she can't swallow this breath, and she won't be able to live with peace of mind!

Wen had no choice but to let her go, and when he sent the people away, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Xie Mulin smiled and lifted the curtain into the house, and poured a cup of tea for his mother: "Mother has worked hard, drink tea to moisten your throat." ”

Wen drank most of the bowl of tea in one go, and sighed: "Wanqin's family has such a temper, no wonder it is not well received in the Pingchang Hou Mansion." Although I know her very well, sometimes I really don't like her behavior. ”

"She's going to be angry on her own, what do you care about her? She chews her tongue, you just listen to the gossip and gossip, there is no need to take it to heart. Xie Mulin took out a small notebook from his sleeve, "I changed the storytelling book I compiled for the female ancestors, mother, how about you take a look?" ”