Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Bracelet
The news that the Wang family was holding a banquet to invite the big families and celebrities of the Qi family somehow spread all over the streets and alleys.
At first, the first reaction of the people in Qidu was: Wang family, which Wang family?
Soon, people learned that it was the deceased Wang Situ's mansion.
Wang Situ not only returned to the West early, but the eldest son Wang Xiaokang, who was sent to the military camp for training at a young age, is also a short-lived ghost, is there still a male in the Wang family?
Yes, there is also a second son of Wang who is known as "the first beautiful man in Qidu".
After all, the second prince of Wang, who lost his father and brother one after another, and who had no backer and umbrella, was very low-key, and he had long since faded out of the field of vision of the people of Qidu.
But because of the banquet of the Wang family, the second son of Wang once again became the focus of people's discussions.
I heard that they have already married, and they are married to the pearl of the palm of Lord Sikong Shen Xianliang.
This made people who were originally not interested in the Wang family's invitation hesitate.
I heard that the first invitation of the Wang family was sent to the palace of Dr. Qing, and Mrs. Xu had already agreed to go to the banquet.
This made people suddenly think of the fact that the Wang family and the Xu family seem to be still related to each other, and the eldest lady of the Wang family is Mrs. Xu's niece.
Mrs. Xu agreed to go to the banquet, and the Shen family also gave a reply, and Mrs. Shen would take several young ladies of the Shen family to the banquet, with the good examples of the Xu family and the Shen family in front, and the replies of the official ladies of the Qidu family were sent to the Wang family.
Jinxin said excitedly to Li Yueshu: "Fourth Miss, you see, so many young ladies from the family are coming to the banquet, it's great." β
It's really great, their Wang family is finally coming out.
As long as this banquet is held well and pleases her aunt, she will have a backer.
If she can rely on the power of Dr. Qing to find a future for her brother-in-law, Shen Changping will not be so important in Wang Xiaojian's mind, right?
Thinking of this, Li Yueshu put aside the matter of why Xia Liyun didn't die and why she came back, and only thought about how to organize the banquet. The expenses for organizing the banquet, Li knew that she was short of money, so she gave a lot of money, and she knew that Li was letting her be extravagant.
Mrs. Wang asked Li Yueshu to go to the house.
Li Yueshu didn't want to go, and said that the matter of holding a banquet was complicated, and the grandmother who came to talk to Mrs. Wang said that Mrs. Wang came to invite the eldest young lady for the banquet.
Li Yueshu had no choice but to take Jinxin to the house.
In the courtyard of the house, Wang Xiaojian, Shen Changping and Xia Liyun are all there.
When Li Yueshu looked past Xia Liyun's face, she was inevitably a little weak-hearted, but Xia Liyun looked at her without showing the slightest hatred, that expression was simple and harmless, which made Li Yueshu wonder if what happened to Jin Meilou? Could it be that Weng Ce lied to her, Weng Ce didn't succeed, and Xia Liyun was not ruined by the benefactors of Jin Meilou?
When Li Yueshu came, Mrs. Wang asked her about the preparations for the banquet, and Li Yueshu said with a smile: "It's easy to do things with money, and my aunt has given me enough budget, which is enough for me to hold a banquet that will attract the attention of everyone." β
Mrs. Wang said: "Yueshu, this banquet is not your business alone, it is a grand event of the entire Wang family, don't forget that the invitation is in the name of the Wang family, for the sake of comprehensiveness, let your two younger siblings also give you a hand, there are many people, there are many people, there are many hearts, there will be no mistakes." β
Li Yueshu was stunned, and felt like she was being robbed while the fire was being held.
"Mother, my younger brother and sister are still young, besides, she just got married......" Li Yueshu protested, and Mrs. Wang interrupted her, "That's why you want to take her more, you have been managing the Wang family's inner house for so long and experienced, unlike your younger brother and sister who is a young lady, she doesn't know anything, you take her, she slowly learns to take the housekeeper, and when she manages her own small family in the future, she will not panic, and she can ...... in an orderly manner."
Mrs. Wang smiled kindly, spoke softly, and looked like a bodhisattva with her eyes down.
Li Yueshu had already scolded her a hundred times in her heart, hypocritical, insidious, who didn't know her thoughts, she just wanted to boil frogs in warm water to let Shen Changping slowly replace her position in the Wang family.
But even if Li Yueshu knew Mrs. Wang's scheming, on the surface, Mrs. Wang's words were beautiful and satisfying, she couldn't refuse.
"Mother is too elevated to her daughter-in-law, our Changping younger siblings are smart, how can I teach them? If I get an axe in front of my brother and sister, I'm afraid that Master Shen and Mrs. Shen will laughβ"
"Sister-in-law, isn't she unwilling to teach me?" Shen Changping smiled and pulled Li Yueshu's hand, and said sweetly, "I'm not smart, but I must be the most diligent, as long as my sister-in-law is willing to take me and teach me more, I will definitely study hard and ask my sister-in-law for advice." Liyun will too, right, cousin? β
Shen Changping turned his head to look at Xia Liyun.
Xia Liyun glanced at Wang Xiaojian, and Wang Xiaojian said at this time: "Please also ask your sister-in-law to bring Changping and Liyun, and follow your sister-in-law to learn how to hold a banquet, and then learn how to run the house with your sister-in-law in the future, so that you can be my good help." Over the years, thanks to my sister-in-law's care, now I also marry a wife and take a concubine, and my wife and concubine still hope that my sister-in-law can continue to take care of me. β
Wang Xiaojian's words made Li Yueshu feel uncomfortable, but she could only suffer a dumb loss, she sneered and said: "Uncle is serious, they are all concubines, who takes care of whom, just help each other." β
Shen Changping immediately said happily: "Yes, yes, yes, help each other, then Changping will accompany his sister-in-law to sum up the banquet and see what tasks are to be assigned to Changping, and my sister-in-law will tell me." β
Everyone withdrew from the courtyard together, Shen Changping took Li Yueshu's hand and walked in front of him affectionately, and Xia Liyun specially fell behind.
When Wang Xiaojian came out, she immediately smiled softly and said, "Xianggong, I didn't make trouble for Xianggong, right?" For the sake of justice, I put up with it......"
Chu Chu looked pitiful and wanted to cry.
Wang Xiaojian's heart softened, and said: "I see it all in my eyes, Liyun, you have been wronged, now this banquet is a major event in the family, and after the banquet, I will seek justice for you." β
Xia Liyun immediately shook her head: "Family and everything is prosperous, Xianggong, don't worry about my affairs, it's all over, if the young lady doesn't look for my trouble in the future, Liyun is willing to suffer this loss, after all, they are all Xianggong's women......"
Before Xia Liyun finished speaking, Wang Xiaojian put his index finger on her lips and "shhh
The wall has ears, although no one in the Wang family knows the relationship between him and Li Yueshu, but there are some things that cannot be put on the table, it is a shady deed, and it can only be understood but not spoken.
"Okay, I understand your intentions, you go and learn from her, although you are a concubine, but you are my good concubine, you must know that if you work hard to seize the opportunity, there will inevitably be other opportunities in the future."
Are the other opportunities Wang Xiaojian said to be corrected?
Xia Liyun was naturally not excited, nor did she think about this, she saluted Wang Xiaojian Shi Ran and went to chase Li Yueshu and Shen Changping.
Looking at Xia Liyun's back, and then looking at the backs of Shen Changping and Li Yueshu in the distance, Wang Xiaojian was inexplicably satisfied, the three flower-like women were all his women, and they were inexplicably melancholy, the relationship between uncle and sister-in-law was always embarrassing, and Shen Changping would be good if he had Xia Liyun's temperament.
Wang Xiaojian was originally a shrewd person, he couldn't see that Shen Changping's temperament was not as docile and easy to handle as Xia Liyun, and Xia Liyun was happy with him, but Shen Changping didn't.
Let's not talk about the escape from the marriage, he doesn't care about her chastity. is damaged, she actually rejected him thousands of miles away with a high profile, saying that fourteen years old is still young, and she will wait until she grows up in the round house.
There are many people who have become mothers at the age of fourteen, and there are also many people who are younger than fourteen years old who are wives and mothers.
It's nothing more than an excuse.
Wang Xiaojian was still indignant when he thought of this, but in order to get benefits from the Shen family, he could only endure it.
In Wang Xiaojian's grievances, the three women and their maids and daughters-in-law all walked away.
The Wang family's garden is not ordinarily big, this is the family business earned by his father when he was alive, if his father is still there, why is the Wang family declining, why should he bother to hold a small space, for fear that he will not be able to hold his thighs firmly?
As depressed as Wang Xiaojian is Li Yueshu.
Li Yueshu is a capable person, with the decline of the Wang family over the years, where is there such a big banquet that she needs to organize, she feels that her talent is finally at the time to show her talents, but she has to carry two oil bottles.
At this moment, Shen Changping, one of the oil bottles, actually took her hand, held the jade bracelet in her hand and looked at it, and said with a coveted face: "Sister-in-law, this jade bracelet has four colors, without any flaws, exquisite and clear, this is a valuable concubine bracelet, right?" β
"My brother and sister are knowledgeable, and this is a gift from my aunt in the past."
Li Yueshu saw Shen Changping holding her hand and looking at the jade bracelet, and scolded in her heart: You can't ask me for it, right?
As soon as he thought like this, Shen Changping said: "I like this jade bracelet so much, can my sister-in-law give it to me?" β
Li Yueshu suppressed the disgust and consternation in her heart, showed a smiling face, with the demeanor of the eldest sister-in-law, and said kindly: "Brother and sister are laughing, brother and sister are the pearl of Lord Sikong's palm, what treasure has not been seen, how can it be rare for me to have this bracelet?" Although it was given to me by my aunt, it was not very valuable. β
"So, my sister-in-law gave it to me, what is there to be reluctant to?" Shen Changping looked at Li Yueshu with a smile.
Since it's not a valuable thing, it's reluctant to give it away, so it's stingy.
Li Yueshu said that she was depressed, she said: "I can give my younger sister any other thing that my younger sister likes me, but this jade bracelet is not good, after all, I have worn it with me for many years, and I have long recognized the breath of my master, even if I give it to my younger siblings, it will not play a role in protecting my younger siblings." β
Dai Yu usually has a saying of protection.
Shen Changping didn't think so, she had unceremoniously took off the jade bracelet from Li Yueshu's hand, put it in the sun, and said: "It's like a person marrying a man, if he is widowed or something, can't he be with another man?" β
Li Yueshu's eyes flashed, and her heart felt like she had been punched hard by Shen Changping.
And Shen Changping had naturally put the jade bracelet on her wrist, she stretched out her wrist to Li Yueshu and shook it, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, let's bet on whether this jade bracelet only recognizes you as the owner, okay?" β
Not far away, Xia Liyun stood and looked at the scene strangely: Why did Shen Changping snatch Li Yueshu's bracelet?