Red makeup against the world

Chapter 505
From the bottom, a few maidservants came out and answered separately.

"The old slave is sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard into a pile, ready to take them out and pour them out."

"Mother He told the maidservant to go to the front yard to have a look, the Duke of the country can go back to the mansion."

"Madam is going to rest, Chunshan asked the old slave to fetch hot water."

"The servant girl is cleaning the veranda."

"..."

After several people finished answering one by one, Mrs. Lu sharply swept at the maid who answered "Wipe the veranda", and asked, "What veranda are you wiping at night?"

When she asked her, the servant girl panicked and knelt down with a "plop", begging for mercy repeatedly.

Mrs. Lu didn't even look at her, and said in a deep voice: "You all perform your own duties, and it's possible that you didn't realize it. This lazy and slippery person will be slapped twenty times, and he will be fined to work in the laundry department."

After disposing of the servants in the courtyard, Mrs. Lu turned back to the house.First went to see Mrs. Chen, seeing that she was still in a deep sleep and had no intention of waking up, so she motioned for Mother He, Chun Shan, and three other first-class maidservants who were serving Mrs. Chen to come outside.

Just now, she dealt with the servants vigorously and resolutely, and the scale was in place, which made Mama He look at her with a little more awe.

She sat down slowly, looked at the few people and said, "You are all the ones who take care of your mother, I don't want to embarrass you, but you just watched your mother get dizzy, and you should be punished!"

"Please punish the young lady."

Mrs. Lu said slowly: "Mother He, why have you been so careless in serving your mother for so many years? You will be fined for three months. You guys will be fined for one month. It is best to serve your mother with decoction and medicine, and the rest will be done in person after your mother recovers. punish you."

After dealing with all this, Lu pressed his forehead and returned to his Zhengchun Courtyard.

Looking at the sky outside the window, she had a terrible headache.Although we have dealt with it now, the farce in Duke Zhong's mansion is bound to become the latest topic in Beijing.

Even though she was extremely reluctant, Duke Zhong's mansion spent the whole night opening the door to invite the imperial physician, there was a lot of noise, how could it be possible to hide it.

This future daughter-in-law has just won the Queen Mother's favor, and Chen fell ill. What do people think?
If possible, she really didn't want to face such a situation.Forget it, she closed her eyes, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge.

……

The morning drum was sounded in the palace, and the doors of the square were opened wide. Today is the day for all officials to go to court early.

Mrs. Zhuang sent Duke An out and was dressing up. Banmei went in and knelt down to report what happened in Duke Zhong's mansion last night.

Mrs. Zhuang put down the butterfly hairpin in her hand, and laughed in surprise: "Sick?"

Banmei nodded yes.

"That's amazing." Mrs. Zhuang said with a smile.

This Chen family doesn't know what to say about her.Falling ill at this time, doesn't it just make it clear that Xu Wan is really favored by the Queen Mother?Coupled with her reputation for being harsh on concubines, she probably has everything to say now.

She also can't think about it, which cat doesn't steal, what's the point of a man taking a concubine?
In this capital, not to mention the high-ranking and powerful people, even the poor scholar will take a concubine to try it out once they are elected.Look at that Duke Ping, Yingying Yanyan in the yard, is Mrs. Ping Guo not alive?
Mr. Zhongguo took such a concubine, and the Chen family made a fuss, and the back house was restless.

After thinking for a while, she ordered: "You go to Xu's house to report that Mrs. Zhong Guogong was ill last night, let Zhen'er prepare. At Sishi, I will send a carriage to pick her up, and I will take her to visit her future mother-in-law."

Now that Xu Wanzhen is engaged to Wu Zhengxiang, Mrs. Zhong Guogong is her future mother-in-law.When the mother-in-law is ill, the daughter-in-law should visit her. This is etiquette.

Xu Wanzhen's elders were supposed to take her to visit the doctor, but her mother had passed away, Mrs. Xu was old, and her seniority was a generation higher than Chen's.It seemed very inappropriate for her to take Xu Wanzhen there, there was absolutely no reason for the woman's elders to rush to see a doctor.

Therefore, Mrs. Zhuang is on the same level as the Chen family, and as Xu Wanzhen's adoptive mother, it is only natural for her to take on this matter.

As for what Chen Shi thinks, whether she is willing to see Xu Wanzhen, that's up to her.As long as it's on your side, it's fine if you don't lose courtesy.

……

In Pingguo's mansion, the sons and daughters invited Ann to go out.

Zeng looked at Mama Wang who was hesitating to speak, and asked, "What do you want to say? You are hesitating."

Mama Wang saluted and said with a smile: "It's not hard to say, Miss Cai and the young masters are all here just now, so it's inconvenient for the old servant to say."

While brushing Mrs. Zeng's hair, she said: "It's gossip from Duke Zhong's mansion, Madam just listen to it. Yesterday the Empress Dowager alone announced Xu Wanzhen, Madam Zhuang's adoptive daughter, to enter the palace. Clearly fond of it. Guess what happens next, madam?"

Mrs. Zeng looked at it in the mirror, picked up a silk-wrapped emerald gold step shaker in the dowry box, gestured at the side of her hair, and said with a smile: "She is a merchant's daughter, so what if she is liked by the Queen Mother, it will hinder her." Whose eyes?"

Mama Wang took the step shaker in her hand, inserted it firmly into the bun, and said: "It's not that it's obstructing people's eyes, it's hindering the eyes of her future mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhong Guogong. Last night, Mrs. Chen fell ill. It fell down, I heard it was a toss all night."

Mrs. Zeng was startled, but immediately understood, and said with a smile: "What's the matter! She hates this bastard, but she can't be so high-spirited that she can't even tolerate a merchant woman."

"Who said no!"

Mrs. Zeng thought for a while: "Speaking of which, the Xu family and the Tu family are blood relatives. Last time I was a guest in Mrs. Zhuang's other courtyard, she asked Xu Wanzhen about Manzhen, and she said a lot of good things. It seems that Manzhen I have a good relationship with her, and you can help me pay attention to her affairs in the future."

Mama Wang agreed.

……

The capital city is neither big nor small.

This incident quickly spread among the rich and powerful circles, and became a topic of conversation among people after dinner.

Some watched Chen's jokes, some felt pity for Xu Wanzhen to get along with such an evil mother-in-law in the future, some were jealous that Xu Wanzhen won the favor of Empress Dowager Xiao, and so on.But unfortunately, there is no
In Wu Shangshu's mansion, Wu Chenghe walked into the door with a gloomy face, took off the jade crown on his head, and threw it on the couch by the window.

Wu Jiao was immersed in her needlework, she looked up at him in surprise, and asked, "What's the matter? Why are you back at this hour?"

"What's the matter?" Wu Chenghe snorted coldly, picked up the tea on the table and poured it, and immediately sprayed it out, knocking the teacup to the ground, and with a "bang", it fell into several pieces on the ground.

"On a hot day, you put such a pot of boiling tea here, do you want to scald me to death?" Wu Chenghe asked.

Wu Jiao was full of grievances. The tea she made Hongying brewed just now was intended to be cooled before drinking. Who knew he would come back at this time?He didn't let him drink it himself.

She is a girl who grew up with Chen holding her heart in her arms. When has she ever been wronged like this.

Immediately, he threw away the sewing basket and stood up abruptly: "My surname Wu, what did you say when you came to ask for marriage, have you forgotten it?"

(End of this chapter)