096 Gentleman's revenge
The Marquis of Wuding was a native of Shaanxi, and during the Zhou Dynasty, he served as the commander of the pro-army in Beijing. Because he successfully rebelled against the pro-army commander, and made great contributions when he captured the capital, and was a fellow villager with Chen Yuantai, he was awarded the title of marquis.
The Anguo Mansion belonged to the northwest faction in the court, and did not have much friendship with the former courtiers like the Marquis of Wuding. But Deng Wenjiao is over 18 years old, and she doesn't care about marriage anymore, not only is she getting older, but there are fewer and fewer young talents to choose from. That's why she followed her mother to the Marquis of Wuding Mansion for a banquet, and by the way, she brought Yuan Rong, who was very irritable because Mrs. Yuan couldn't go out.
On this day, Peng Kang's mother, Mrs. Huichang Boshizi, also came to the banquet, not only to be able to make friends with an upstart like Wudinghou, but also to give her son a look at her daughter-in-law by the way.
Since Du Mingxin was given marriage to Chen Xi, Peng Kang has closed the door, saying that he is studying seriously and preparing for the exam. But the others are getting thinner and thinner, and there is no smile on their faces.
Mrs. Peng knew that she had done something wrong and hurt her son's heart, but who could compete with the royal family for her daughter-in-law? She only hopes to find another beautiful lady with outstanding virtue, so that she can settle her son's heart.
The eldest wife of the Du family heard that Mrs. Peng was going to the wedding banquet, and begged her again and again before she stuffed Du Mingzhu over.
Deng Wenjiao didn't recognize Du Mingzhu, and when she heard Yuan Rong bite her ear, she realized that the person in front of her was Du Mingxin's cousin, and her eyes became sharp.
Du Mingzhu knew that she would never be able to provoke the eldest lady of Anguo Mansion, so she had to restrain her temper, laugh when she should laugh, and be silent when she should be silent, but she never left Mrs. Peng's side.
Deng Wenjiao tossed Du Mingzhu for a while, feeling that she was very boring, so she took Yuan Rong to secretly run to the outer courtyard to see the excitement.
At this time, the bride had been sent into the cave room, and the Marquis of Wuding came out to toast everywhere. Deng Wenjiao saw Chen Ting talking around the crowd by mistake, so she wanted to show off her face in front of Yuan Rong.
She called a little girl over and ordered: "Go and tell King Ning, just say that the eldest lady of the Anguo Mansion and the second lady of the Wei Guogong Mansion are here, and invite him to come and talk." ”
Yuan Rong was entangled: "He's a man...... It's not good for us to talk to him in private, right...... Besides, Prince Ning is already married, how old are the children...... "The implication is that if you want to call someone who is not married, you have to call someone who is not married!"
"You know what!" Deng Wenjiao pouted and said, "Among the guests who came today, King Ning's identity is the most noble. If we don't play with him, are we going to find some four or five kinds of things, and thousands of households can't succeed? ”
Yuan Rong didn't dare to refute her, so she had to nod and admit: "You still think it makes sense." ”
"That's nature!" Deng Wenjiao pointed ahead proudly and smiled, "Look, I made people scream, didn't King Ning come over?" ”
Chen Ting followed the little maid to the two of them, and smiled at Deng Wenjiao: "Why don't you follow your mother to eat in it, what are you doing here?" Watch out for some drunken recklessness who has come out and rammed you. ”
"What kind of wine are you drinking today?" Deng Wenjiao said with a smile, "What kind of honey wine and fruit wine are on the women's banquet in the inner courtyard, and it doesn't taste strong at all!" ”
"Let's drink Fenjiu!" Chen Ting said with a smile, "There is also the imperial wine rewarded in the palace, and there are two jars of pear blossom white that Wuding Hou has treasured for many years on my table, do you want to try it?" ”
"Good! All right! Deng Wenjiao clapped her hands and smiled, "Sure enough, it would be much more interesting to call King Ning over." ”
Chen Ting ordered someone to bring a jar of pear blossoms, but he didn't want to drink with these two little girls. He didn't have to come to today's wedding banquet in person. However, Chen Xi's beautiful expedition deeply stimulated him, and made him know that wealth and grace are like flowing water, and taking root in the army is the long-term solution. Therefore, he deigned to come to the Marquis of Wuding Mansion today and had a good time drinking with a group of old and rough people from the army. How could such a great opportunity be wasted on two little girls?
"Go and drink in the back garden, for I have some old things here that I haven't had time to speak. When I'm done here, I'll look for you. ”
"Then come early, and we'll be waiting for you in the garden." Deng Wenjiao smiled and asked the maid to hug the wine jar, and went to the back garden of the Marquis of Wuding Mansion with Yuan Rong.
I don't know what happened in between. It's just that after a long time, Mrs. Deng went to find her daughter. Looking around, in the northeast corner of the back garden of the Hou Mansion, in a room where the gardener put tools, he found two young ladies who were drunk and unconscious, and the second son of the Hou Mansion of Wuding was still asleep at the door of the house.
Mrs. Deng was angry and anxious, and she didn't dare to make a noise, so she quietly called her mother-in-law to carry the two out, and kicked the second son hard before going out.
When Mrs. Wudinghou saw her son being beaten, she was also reluctant. Your girl behaves inappropriately, how can she go to someone else's house to get drunk and become so virtuous? But the other party is the queen's mother's family, and she didn't dare to do anything, but she just confessed and made amends, and swore that today's matter would not leak out of half a point, and Mrs. Deng left hatefully.
However, within two days, the streets and alleys of the capital talked about this interesting incident in the boudoir, and taught the two ladies what it means to "have no impermeable walls in the world".
Although the second son didn't remember seeing Deng and Yuan after waking up, it didn't prevent Wudinghou and his wife from wanting to admit this "sin" in a daze. They kidnapped their son and went to the Anguo Mansion to apologize, but they were turned away.
There was also chaos in the Anguo Mansion, and the two maids who followed Deng Wenjiao were almost killed, but they still couldn't tell what happened that day. All they remember was that the two girls had gone to the back garden to drink, but before they had finished drinking two cups, they passed out and woke up to find themselves sleeping in a bamboo grove in the garden of the Hou Mansion. As for why the girl was drunk and unconscious, how she got to that remote hut, and what the second son of Wuding Hou did to the girl, they didn't know anything.
Deng Wenjiao herself only remembered that she drank two glasses of wine, and then she seemed to see the maids faint, and then she didn't know anything.
The Anguo Mansion wanted to check, but it didn't dare to check. Now they are doing nothing, and gossip is still spreading in the capital. If you want to check it, the movement is a little bigger, and I don't know what the gossip will become.
Chen Ting felt fortunate that Deng Wenjiao had been like a plague god in recent times, sick and troublesome, and there was no harm in staying away from her. After the incident, he went to the Anguo Mansion once to explain the previous situation. An Guogong saw that what he said was the same as what Deng Wenjiao said, and for the sake of him being the prince, he was not embarrassed. But in the end, this matter has become an unsolved case.
Du Mingxin was surprised when he heard such rumors at home. She suddenly remembered that when she came back from the palace, Chen Xi told her that she wanted to stop Deng Wenjiao from marrying a good man, could it be that this was Chen Xi's handiwork?
Chen Xi, who was about to arrive outside Jinling City on the boat, sneezed inexplicably.