God-given peasant wife's good fortune

Chapter 542 Mrs. Zhuang’s Birthday Banquet (3)

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The nanny saw that her master was in a good mood, so she couldn't help asking: "Madam, do you want to invite Madam Marshal to come in and talk?"

Mrs. Zhuang waved her hand: "Let's have a look again."

She has a good impression of Mrs. Su, and also likes her temperament, but at present, she has no heart to get along with her.

"mother--"

Mrs. Zhuang was talking to the nanny when Mrs. Zhuang's eldest daughter-in-law Xiao Wu came in with a smile on her face holding a wooden Guanyin statue.

Seeing the wood-carved Guanyin in Xiao Wu's hand, Mrs. Zhuang's eyes flashed a light, and she stretched out her hand full of joy to take the agarwood wood-carved Guanyin in Xiao Wu's hand.

This wood-carved Guanyin is only half a meter high. As soon as Madam Zhuang received the statue of Guanyin, she knew it was carved from solid wood. Agarwood is rare, but what surprised Madam Zhuang was the exquisite and rare carving skills of this statue of Guanyin.

Seeing her mother-in-law's expression of both surprise and joy, Mrs. Wu couldn't help laughing, "Mother, when I saw this statue of Guanyin when I was checking the gift list just now, I guessed that you would like it, so I put this statue of Guanyin first." Sent it to you."

Xiao Wu is the niece of Mrs. Zhuang's natal family. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been close. Xiao Wu is also very filial to Mrs. Zhuang. Naturally, she knows what her mother-in-law likes?
"Who gave this Guanyin statue?" Mrs. Zhuang asked while studying the rare carving skills of the Guanyin statue.

"It was sent by the Duke Huguo's Mansion." Xiao Wu said with a smile, "I heard that the Empress Dowager has rewarded a lot of things to the Duke Huguo's Mansion these days. Maybe this wooden Guanyin statue was rewarded by the Taihuang."

The queen mother is also dedicated to Buddha, so it is not unusual to have this rare Guanyin statue on hand.

Mrs. Zhuang couldn't bear to leave the Guanyin statue for a moment. When she heard that it was a gift from the Duke Huguo, her eyes flashed with surprise, and then she shook her head: "It should not be the gift from the Queen Mother."

Both she and the queen mother are devout people, if they really have such a good thing on hand, they will not give it away casually, on the one hand they will worry that the other party will spoil this good thing, on the other hand they are reluctant.

Another point is that Mrs. Zhuang saw that this agarwood statue of Avalokitesvara was newly carved as if it had never been incensed. Therefore, Mrs. Zhuang guessed that this agarwood statue should belong to the Yao family or Su Kefang. People found it.

"What a caring person." Mrs. Zhuang sighed softly.

Mrs. Xiao Wu didn't know what her mother-in-law was talking about with her nanny just now, so she noticed something strange about her mother-in-law, but the nanny next to Mrs. Zhuang could hear the faint disappointment in her master's tone.

"Return a heavy gift to the Duke Protector's Mansion." Mrs. Zhuang said in a calm tone.

I thought Su Shi was different from other people, but he turned out to be a very scheming one.

It is well known that she eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name. It must have taken a lot of thought for Su to find this wooden Guanyin statue, and the gift is worthy of her thoughtfulness.

No more than that, though.

Mammy knew what was going on in her master's mind, and she didn't expect that the Marshal's wife would act neither humble nor overbearing in front of her master, but secretly she tried her best to please her master.

At this time, Su Kefang didn't know that the wooden Guanyin statue he added to the gift out of respect because of her mother-in-law's words "Mrs.

Su Kefang pursed his lips and said to An Shi in front of him: "Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Guo, but my second uncle's marriage is not up to me."

It turned out that An Shi wanted to conspire with Xiang Chenxiang, and Su Kefang didn't want to have too deep contact with An Shi before he was sure about An Shi's intentions.

An's husband, Ji Tai, is the direct elder brother of the current queen, Ji. A queen from the Ji family can be regarded as "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven". This An's nostrils are turned upside down on the outside, and he is so warm to Su Kefang today. Even Mrs. Zhai felt it was strange to conspire against Xiang Chenxiang.

"Marshal's wife really likes to joke," An covered her mouth and smiled: "The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and Marshal's wife is now the head of the Duke Huguo's mansion. How can such a thing not be the master?"

If it were someone else, when they heard Su Kefang's words, they would definitely say it with interest, but An's is not an ordinary person, and it's fine if others don't flatter her. How can anyone refute her?So being rejected by Su Kefang, I was very unhappy.

Su Kefang didn't expect An Shi to be so persistent, and his brows were barely noticeable.

Mrs. Zhai was worried that Su Kefang would conflict with Mrs. An, so before Su Kefang could speak, he smiled and said to Mrs. An: "My uncle and madam don't know, but Mrs. Marshal is filial. As the head of the family, Mrs. Xiang will still be asked about all the big and small things in the mansion, let alone the important matter of Young Master Xiang's marriage?"

Mrs. An glanced at Mrs. Zhai, and said with a half-smile, "Mrs. Wei knows about the Duke Protector's Mansion very well."

Mrs. Zhai pretended not to hear the sarcasm in An's tone, and said with a smile: "When General Xiang Liang was alive, his kindness to my master was as great as a mountain. Now that General Xiang Liang is not here, it is also true that my master and I pay more attention to the Duke's Mansion. Within reason."

An Shi originally intended to laugh at Wei Peng's former guard status, but Zhai Shi not only did not feel ashamed of it, but his words were full of reverence for the old general Xiang Liang, which made An's face sink slightly.

"Fang'er, your aunt seems to be looking for you, let's go and have a look." Zhai said to Su Kefang with a smile after speaking.

Xiang Bingyu is a widow, and she rarely speaks on such occasions, but she also saw An's malicious intentions at this time.

"Madam Guo, let's go there first." Su Kefang curled his lips towards An's, and Zhai and Xiang Bingyu walked towards Guan.

As the protagonist of the banquet, Mrs. Zhuang couldn't leave for too long. She came out after resting in the room for a while, but she didn't look at Su Kefang again after she came out.

But Su Kefang kept his mother-in-law's teachings in mind and kept a low profile, so he didn't care about Mrs. Zhuang's attitude. Anyway, they don't need to cling to the Taifu's mansion to live.

During the meal, Mrs. An accompanied Mrs. Zhuang, and the other wives sat according to their ranks.

After the meal, Su Kefang and Xiang Bingyu made excuses and left first, while Zhai Shi and Guan Shi stayed behind.

After returning home, Su Kefang saw the pair of Yu Ruyi in the return gift, smiled lightly, and didn't care, but called Lin Zhaohong over.

"Sister-in-law, no one is embarrassing you in Taifu's mansion today, right?" Lin Zhaohong asked while drinking tea.

"Fortunately," Su Kefang pursed his lips, and said, "Uncle Guo actually said today that she would help my second uncle's matchmaker. My mother-in-law said that the Xiang family and the Ji family have never had any intersection. My mother-in-law and I are worried. An's purpose is not simple, you can help me check."

(End of this chapter)