As Xie Mulin expected, Mrs. Zhou's attitude was quite kind and polite.

She was a round-faced woman in her forties, with curved eyebrows and slender eyes, fair skin, and always gave people the feeling of smiling kindly with bent eyes, and her voice was mellow and soft, and her words were gentle and elegant. She is not dressed gorgeously, she looks a little more solemn than her usual homely dress, like a neighbor's daily visit, without any shelf. Not only did she talk and laugh with Wen's family, but when she saw Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui, she also praised her without words, and praised her very well.

Knowing that Xie Mulin was not as gentle and obedient as he seemed on the surface, and that he was about to marry the only son of King Yan, she praised Xie Mulin for being "elegant and calm" and "extraordinary".

noticed that Xie Yinghui was just accompanying her sister, but in fact, she didn't like to deal with people very much, and she had a little bit of pride and unsociability brought by her background, and she praised it as "transcendent and unworldly".

Mrs. Zhou gave face like this, and what she said was good, not to mention the Wen family and Xie Mulin, who didn't pay much attention to it, even Xie Yinghui, who was originally hostile and wary of the Zhou family, was a little more sincere in her expression towards the guests.

Mrs. Zhou's sudden visit today is, of course, not just to say good things and praise the Xie sisters. She was ordered by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, to apologize for Mrs. Tuesday and Miss Thursday. But in order not to make the previous conflict between the two families seem too big, she deliberately downplayed the contradiction between the two sides in her words, and used the way of small talk, as if inadvertently interpreting the behavior of Mrs. Tuesday and Mrs. Thursday as self-assertion, which was actually resolutely opposed by Mrs. Zhou and the Zhou family's big house, but unfortunately they did not expect that the mother and daughter would secretly go to the tea party under the banner of visiting Mrs. Xu, and said that Mrs. Zhou was very angry after knowing the truth, and had grounded her mother and daughter. Now I have just punished Mrs. Tuesday for copying scriptures and praying for Mr. Zhou, so that the Thursday girl will move to her own yard to serve the sick in the future. The Thursday girl will not have much chance to run in front of outsiders to do rude things in the future.

It sounds quite reasonable, and it gives people the feeling that her eldest daughter-in-law can't suppress the ambitious and restless younger daughter-in-law underneath, and she doesn't dare to disturb her mother-in-law's tranquility from time to time, so she can only barely maintain the situation.

Wen Shi obviously showed a sympathetic look, where is there any resentment thoughts? She wants to hold a grudge, and she will only target Mrs. Tuesday. As for Mrs. Zhou, the virtuous and obedient daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, who has never been respected by her brother and daughter-in-law, what does it have to do with today's events?

Xie Mulin listened quietly on the side, and secretly exchanged a look with the eldest sister Xie Yinghui. They weren't as easy to fool as Wen. The two of them didn't know about Mrs. Zhou's good name, and today was the first time they saw Mrs. Zhou. But after coming to Peking for a month, their brothers and sisters were unable to formally meet Master Zhou's family, so it was inconvenient to go to socialize with other eunuchs first, which was what Wen said. Xie Pu did not raise any objections, which shows that this is an old rule that is recognized. The Zhou family is so domineering, if it is said that Mrs. Zhou, who is the eldest daughter-in-law, is an innocent white lotus, it is too unbelievable. The Wen family may be affected by rumors, and it may also be that Mrs. Zhou is very good at being a person in front of outsiders, but the Xie sisters do not have preconceived concepts, but they will not easily deliver trust.

For example, now, both Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui know very clearly that if it weren't for the fact that the marriage contract between the former and Xiao Rui had been decided, and it was recognized by the Yan Wang couple and could not be changed, and Mrs. Xu disregarded Xiao Rui's life experience, which made this secret public, and also exposed the real reason for her marriage with Mrs. Tuesday and Miss Thursday in front of everyone, obviously offended the Yan Wangfu, Mrs. Zhou might not have come to the door so actively to apologize and explain, and deliberately showed favor to the Xie family.

Political envoy Zhou Bu's physical condition is obviously not good, and he is just struggling to make a living. Once he died, everyone in the Zhou family had to keep filial piety. In the case of the Xu family's weak situation, Mrs. Xu's loss of power, and the Zhou family and their relatives annoyed Princess Yan and the future heir of King Yan, his family is already isolated and helpless. Xie Pu is obviously the next political envoy, with his management of the political envoy in Beiping over the years, coupled with the in-law relationship with the Yan Wangfu, it is impossible for the family of the political envoy of Zhou Bu to rely on his influence in the circle of political envoys and officials to continue to call for wind and rain in Beiping.

The second room of the Zhou family may count on the relationship between Mrs. Xu and marry the girl on Thursday into the Yanwang Mansion to seek power, but the Zhou family's eldest house has a son who has just been promoted and has the opportunity to take a serious career in the imperial examination after filial piety and revitalize the family. Mrs. Zhou couldn't take the same risk as a concubine, she would rather befriend the Xie family and fight for help for her son.

Mrs. Zhou treated the Wen family with unprecedented friendliness and cordiality, and also took the initiative to ask the two elders of the Xie family who had just arrived in Beiping City, and asked them if they were suitable for the winter in the north? He also sent the Xie family a good silver silk charcoal, saying that it was necessary for heating in winter. Of course, the Xie family also has it, but the high-quality silver silk charcoal is generally only available in the Yanwang Mansion and several of the most prominent families in the city, and others are all inferior. Xie Pu is still participating in politics at present, but I am afraid that he will not be able to reach that side, even if he can get good silver charcoal, the amount may not be enough.

This is true, although the Wen family now has a lot of high-grade silver silk charcoal in his hand, it is because Xie Pu got a batch from the director of the Yan Wangfu, and he did not get it by relying on his official position, so it is inconvenient to spread it to everyone. After a few polite words with Mrs. Zhou, Wen still accepted the silver silk charcoal, and gave her a return gift, which was brought by Xie Mulin from Huyin's hometown, and specially asked Old Man Du to prepare a honey refining paste recipe, which is used to moisten the throat and moisten dryness in autumn and winter, which is the best. Mrs. Zhou has a cough every autumn and winter, which is her famous old problem, and it should be a lot more comfortable to drink this honey paste mixed with water to moisten her throat.

Mrs. Zhou came here to show her goodwill, and it was best to let the Xie family owe the Zhou family a favor, and she didn't really come to deal with the Wen family. But Wen's warm return of courtesy, can she still refuse? I had to accept it happily.

At this time, the girl came to report that Mrs. Wan had arrived.

Xie Mulin looked at the chiming clock in the room and found that the time agreed between Mrs. Wan and Wen was about the same. Mrs. Wan is quite punctual.

Mrs. Zhou still had a smile on her face, but she didn't seem to plan to stay and chat with Mrs. Wan. She took the initiative to stand up, bid farewell to Wen, and invited Wen's to take a walk around the house in her spare time, the so-called distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, the two families live so close, they should come and go often.

Wen politely took her two daughters to send her out of the second door, and happened to be face to face with Mrs. Wan who entered the door.

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