Mrs. Li glanced at Mrs. Zhang and said coldly: "This is not true, there are also concubines who are gentle and lovely, and there are also those who have ill intentions. In other words, there are housewives who are charitable and mean. ”

After speaking, Mrs. Li picked up the tea and took a sip gently.

Mrs. Zhang's face had turned pale at this time, she stared at Mrs. Li with her eyes open, and Mrs. Li ignored it completely, drank tea, and talked to Mrs. Lu with a smile about the new things in the capital.

Yingchun only felt that the atmosphere suddenly became subtle, Yingchun didn't understand the reason, and it was inconvenient to speak.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Mrs. Lu immediately smiled and said, "You can go to the back garden with me to enjoy the flowers, my thousand chrysanthemums are in full bloom." ”

Mrs. Zhang didn't wait for anyone, and walked far away from her seat to the front. Mrs. Lu smiled helplessly at Yingchun and a few people, and led a few towards the back garden. Mrs. Zhang walked in front, Mrs. Lu pulled Mrs. Yan in the middle, and Yingchun and Mrs. Li walked in the back.

Mrs. Li saw that the people in front of her had gone a little far, and whispered to Yingchun: "Mrs. Sun probably doesn't know, Mrs. Yan is a concubine, Mrs. Yan is actually the sister of Mrs. Yan Guoshan's previous son, Mrs. Yan's health has been bad, her parents don't know what to covet Yan Guoshan, and they married their concubine to Yan's mansion, saying that it is to take care of their daughter-in-law, in fact, I think they want to let Yan Guoshan straighten up the concubine and become the housewife in case one day Mrs. Yan really has an accident." ”

Mrs. Li said, and couldn't help sighing: "Yan Guoshan originally didn't like the current Mrs. Yan, but the face of the deceased wife still has to take care of one or two, and Mrs. Yan gave birth to Yan Guoshan's eldest son when she was a concubine, so Mrs. Yan became a house-filler." Mrs. Yan was also afraid of Yan Guoshan more because of this, and the concubines in the family never took Mrs. Yan in their eyes. It is also because of this that Mrs. Yan feels that she is half a head shorter than us. And today, Mrs. Zhang slapped people in the face. What kind of concubine is not good, that is not good, how can Mrs. Yan look good on her face? ”

Yingchun finally knew why Mrs. Yan was uncomfortable, and why Mrs. Li said such things just now, and why Yan Guoshan didn't give Mrs. Yan any face, and dared to beat Mrs. Yan in public. It turned out that Mrs. Yan still had the humility of a concubine in her bones.

Yingchun couldn't help but think, why didn't his two aunts have the humility of Mrs. Yan? All of them are more like Madame than her.

Yingchun admires Mrs. Li very much, knows the details, and can say a word for Mrs. Yan, which is also Mrs. Li's righteousness. Yingchun couldn't help but take Mrs. Li's hand: "You have a straightforward personality." ”

Mrs. Li smiled and looked at the winding path: "I really don't dare to compliment Mrs. Zhang's style, Mrs. Yan has a soft personality, how can she talk like this without taking into account the feelings of others." Mrs. Sun, in fact, I am also a concubine, I understand the difficulties of concubines, and I have also tasted the cold eyes of everyone. I think you get the idea, too. However, now that everything has passed, Bai Yi has never looked down on me because I am a concubine, I feel that I am fine now, and everything is much better than I imagined. ”

Yingchun couldn't help but stop and look at Mrs. Li, who smiled without a trace of inferiority, but clenched Yingchun's hand. Yingchun also clenched Mrs. Li's hand, and the two didn't say anything more, but they understood the other party's state of mind at the moment.

Mrs. Li looked at the flowers and plants in Mrs. Lu's courtyard, turned her head to Yingchun and said, "The last time I saw you there were very few flowers and plants in your house, I have a few orchids there, I'll have someone send them to you another day." ”

Yingchun hurriedly thanked her, and Mrs. Li smiled and took Yingchun's hand and walked towards Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu kept a few ladies to eat, and during the banquet, Mrs. Zhang kept a clear height out of the mud and not stained, and Mrs. Lu gave in every way, and Mrs. Zhang only hummed arrogantly. Except for Mrs. Lu, who greeted Mrs. Zhang for the host, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Yan did not say a word to Mrs. Zhang.

After eating, everyone dispersed, and Yingchun returned to Sun's mansion in a carriage.

Sun Shaozu knew that Yingchun was invited by Mrs. Lu and went to the Lu Mansion. Sun Shaozu is just thinking about welcoming the Spring Festival and not losing his manners, and he is a little disdainful of this kind of entertainment between ladies. Although Yingchun is far away from her husband and children, as long as she doesn't leave the wife of any friend, he will burn high incense.

When he went down to the yamen the next day, he saw two people who had been born carrying boxes from the car. Sun Shaozu asked and found out that it was Mrs. Li who sent someone to send two flowers to Yingchun.

Sun Shaozu didn't expect Yingchun to have a very good relationship with his friend's wife, and there were still people who would give Yingchun things. Jia Yingchun, a woman who is not in the ordinary flow and does not know how to count etiquette, is there still someone who will send her something? Sun Shaozu went to the Spring Festival room with curiosity. Yingchun took the girl around at this time, and was not in the room. Sun Shaozu looked at the little girl Xiaocui with two orchids, and with a casual glance, he was stunned.

Sun Shaozu never thought that Mrs. Li would attach so much importance to Yingchun, such a generous gift, but he was afraid that Yingchun would not be so good and return the thank you gifts. Sun Shaozu frowned slightly, looked at Zi Orchid blankly for a while, and then left.

When Yingchun returned to the room, Sun Shaozu had already left. Xiaocui told Yingchun that Mrs. Li had sent two orchids, which were very beautiful. Yingchun looked over, only to see two orchids with half-drooping leaves and red buds, which were very delicate. Yingchun also liked it, and at this time Xiaocui replied: "Madam, the master also came just now." ”

"He's coming?" Yingchun is a little strange, what does he come to do without a festival: "What is he doing here?" ”

Xiao Cui thought for a while and said, "The master didn't say what to do, just looked at the two orchids, and then frowned and left." ”

Didn't say anything, just to see the orchids, and still frown when you left? This can't help but make Yingchun feel a little strange. Could it be that there is something wrong with the two orchids? Yingchun thought about it, called the embroidered orange, and asked the embroidered orange to find the gardener in the garden.

The gardener came to see the spring after a short time and gave a salute. Yingchun asked him to look at these two orchids, the gardener took a look at it first, and then stepped forward to look left and right, and looked at it carefully for a long time before bowing down and replying: "Madam, this orchid is called Wanhemei, although it is called Mei, it is a kind of orchid, produced in Jiangsu, there are few now, and the people who have this flower in Kyoto may be even rarer." ”

So precious. Yingchun also sat up straight: "Then how many taels of silver is the price of this Wan and Mei?" ”

The gardener smiled: "I'm afraid the price is hard to say, I'm afraid that there is no place to buy it if I have money." People who own such flowers will not sell them easily. Madam, the value of these two Wanhe plums is actually enough to buy a somewhat decent house. ”