I steamed buns for the general

Chapter 59

On the [-]th day, Zhijin dressed up and waited in the flower hall in the front yard.Xie Yuanzhou sat in the main seat, looking at this bastard with cold eyes, he looked too much like Qiao's.Xie Yuanzhou took a few displeased glances and turned his head away. He waited for Aunt Zhao's mother and daughter to come over and the family had breakfast before heading to the British government.

When we arrived at Dangyang Road, where the British government was located, there were already a lot of people, and one street seemed to be full of carriages from noble families in the capital.The carriage in which the female relatives drove directly to the side door, while Xie Yuanzhou took Xie Zhisong and Xie Zhihang to the front door.

The carriage that Zhijin and Xie Zhimian were riding in stopped not far from the side door. There was already a woman waiting here. When she saw the two girls coming, she greeted them with a smile, "It must be Miss Xie's family, please come inside."

On the other side of Dangyang Road, the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion was opened. His eldest son Yan Ruyu helped Princess Yu to come out from the back door, and happened to see Zhijin and his party entering the gate.Yan Ruyu's footsteps paused slightly, her expression gloomy.

Princess Yu saw it in her eyes, and thinking about King Yu's attitude, she couldn't help sighing and patted Yan Ruyu's hand comfortingly.

Entered the side door, got on the soft sedan chair, and walked up and down for a cup of tea before stopping.Then the handsome girl came up to meet them and led the two into the flower hall.

Before entering, I heard the sound of laughter and playfulness inside.The eldest girl Qiaocui opened the curtain and let the two of them in, "Young lady is late, many people have already arrived, you two should go and say hello to Mrs. Tai first."

"Thank you." Zhijin nodded slightly.On days like this, the mother-in-law usually brings her children to the banquet, but Xie Yuanzhou has always claimed that Mrs. Qiao should not go out because she is sick in bed, and people of Aunt Zhao's status are not allowed to go out, so today only the eldest sister, Zhijin, brought her to the banquet. Xie Zhimian came to the banquet.

"Hey, these are the two girls from the Xie family. They are so handsome. Come here and let the old lady see." The wife of the British government is today's birthday star, and she is dressed in everything. Although she looks plain, everything is exquisite.

Zhijin and Xie Zhimian bowed and stood in front of Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai took the two hands and praised them, and then took two emerald green bracelets from the little girl and put them on, "Miss Wei Son, come over and take the two younger sisters to play in the side hall."

"Oh." Fu Wei agreed, stepped forward to hold Zhijin's hand and said with a smile, "You two sisters follow me."

Zhijin and Zhimian saluted with Mrs. Tai and followed Fu Wei. Sun, the second wife of the British government, said with a smile, "Grandmother, I heard that the eldest daughter of the Xie family was a nun before."

Mrs. Tai believed in Buddhism the most on weekdays, but she frowned when she heard the words, "Why did such a good-looking child become a nun?"

Mrs. Sun covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled. Everyone in the flower hall fell silent. After hearing the news, Mrs. Sun looked around in satisfaction, and said, "I heard that this young lady was stolen by gangsters when she was just born. Let’s go, I just returned to the capital the year before last and recognized Xie’s family. Moreover, this girl was engaged to General Qin before, but she suddenly divorced last year, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

The Sun family and Aunt Zhao are distant cousins, and they benefited from Aunt Zhao in private, thus tarnishing Zhijin's reputation.Moreover, she knew that Mrs. Tai was holding a birthday banquet today to show off her daughter-in-law. The most important thing for aristocratic families is reputation, and a girl who has retired from marriage, no matter how good she looks, is not liked by others.

"We adults can't take care of the children's affairs." Jiang Shi naturally came to such an occasion today, and he was not happy to hear Sun Shi's words.

Sun said with a smile: "Yes, there are so many noble girls in the capital flocking to people like General Qin, and this Xie family doesn't know what to do, so they took the initiative to withdraw their marriage..."

Jiang shi smiled, and said lightly: "I don't want to guess what exactly is on your mind. It's always about other people's family affairs. I don't want to talk too much." It means that you meddle too much in these other people's family affairs.

Mrs. Sun was a little embarrassed, and said awkwardly: "That's natural, I heard that the eldest girl of the Xie family asked for it on her own initiative." Any girl would take the initiative to talk about divorce, unless it is someone who has no shame.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun's words came out, Mrs. Tai's face sank, she turned her head and said to the British princess: "Forget this, let's look at the others."

Sitting there motionless, Jiang shi was thinking about the way he saw Zhijin just now.I haven't seen him in a year, he has grown quite a bit, and his face has also grown. As soon as Pu came in and saw her, she could see the excitement hidden in Zhijin's eyes. Such a good boy was called so unbearable by these ignorant women .

Sun rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "However, the second young lady of their family, Xie Zhimian, is good. She has good manners, and her appearance is outstanding." After she finished speaking, the Duchess of England's face was displeased, "My son is the eldest son, How can you marry a concubine?"

Sun pursed her lips, "Although she is a concubine, she was raised as a concubine, which is much better than some so-called concubine daughters." She is the second wife of the British government. She was also born as a concubine, so naturally she couldn't hear Mrs. Guo's wife say that concubine is not good.

"Okay." Mrs. Tai was a little displeased. She didn't like concubine sons and concubine daughters at first, but now Mrs. Sun recommended a concubine daughter. Her grandson is the eldest son of the Duke's mansion, and he will inherit the mansion of the Duke of Guo in the future. Wife It must be everyone who is a good lady, and the concubine's daughter will do it, "Let's do this in advance, you can only see the concubine's daughter, and don't bring things like concubine daughters in front of you."

When the old lady spoke, Mrs. Sun quickly shut up, never daring to mention Xie Zhimian again.He even regretted why he agreed to Aunt Zhao's request and spoke for Xie Zhimian in front of the old lady.

Over there, Zhijin and Xie Zhimian followed Fu Wei to the side hall, and saw some girls chatting and laughing in twos and threes inside, and seeing someone approaching, they couldn't help but look at the two who were following Fu Wei.

Fu Yun, the eldest girl of the British government, stood up with a smile: "What a beautiful girl, sister Wei, tell me where is this little fairy girl from?"

Most of the crowd covered their mouths and laughed. A group of little girls were mostly fourteen or five years old, and the youngest were in their teens. When they saw the pair of sisters coming over, they all looked over curiously.

Fu Wei smiled slightly, took Zhijin's hand and introduced: "This is the eldest girl of Mr. Xie's family, Xie Zhijin. The next one is the second girl Xie Zhimian. Their father is now the left servant of the household department."

The gathering of ladies and gentlemen also depends on the status of the family.Some people from small families show envy to them, and some people like the Korean government look down on their small family spirit.

Li Xiuyao, the eldest daughter of the South Korean government, snorted coldly with disdain: "Could it be the one who just retired a few days ago? I heard that she used to be a nun?" She didn't look at the two of them, but turned to Fu Yun and said, "Your mansion Don't you value your reputation when you invite guests?" His tone was rather blaming, as if sitting in the same room with Zhijin humiliated her.

Fu Yun froze, this Li Xiuyao is really hateful, everyone has already been invited, and she insisted on not getting off the stage, although she thought so in her heart, she didn't show it on her face, and said with a dignified smile: "If you don't care about your reputation, why did you invite my sister?" Yes? Grandma heard that my sister is dignified, so Xiu Wai Huizhong specially asked me to invite her, you really hurt my sister's heart by saying that."

Hearing this, Li Xiuyao was overjoyed. She is 17 years old this year. In the past two years, she has seen many princes from aristocratic families and has not made any plans for marriage. Last month, she happened to meet a prince from England who accompanied his wife to offer incense at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Let her fall in love at first sight.Of the girls who came to the banquet today, none of them were dressed up in gorgeous clothes, lest they would not catch the eyes of Mrs. Tai.Everyone knows that Fu Pin, the eldest son of the British government, is the most filial to his grandmother, and he will largely accept Mrs. Tai's opinions.

Just now she recognized the sisters from the Xie family, but she was also shocked by the good looks of the two sisters, especially that Xie Zhijin, whose appearance and demeanor were of the highest grade. It's just that girl who has no heart and is willing to bring these two flowers to reflect her colorlessness.

But Fu Yun's words made her feel a little bit regretful, what she should show today is magnanimous and dignified, not small-minded.She was a little annoyed, and looked at Fu Yun apologetically, "It's my sister who said something wrong, I hope my sister doesn't mind."

The other girls tightened their breaths and looked at this side, which made Li Xiuyao very uncomfortable. After she said this, Fu Yun would definitely not pester her, right?
But at this time, Xie Zhijin, who should have covered her face and cried and left when Li Xiuyao said her words, smiled, looked at Li Xiuyao and said, "Sister Li's apology should be said to me, right? Sister Li is a lady from everyone, from a famous family Wang Nu, although the daughter of a lowly official like me is beyond my reach, but today we are both guests of the British Duke, and my sister insulted me, how can I apologize to the host, and the person who is really hurt is placed on the table. What about the other side?"

The corner of Fu Yun's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but look at her more.This girl is interesting.She just wanted to speak to ease the atmosphere, but she saw Li Xiuyao stood up, pointing at Xie Zhijin domineeringly: "What are you? I am the eldest daughter of the Korean government, and you are just the daughter of a second-rank official. , and was divorced, what face do you have to accuse me here?"

These words were harsh and hurtful, Fu Yun and Fu Wei both frowned, this Li Xiuyao was arrogant in the South Korean government, and she didn't restrain herself at all when she was a guest outside, the two looked at each other and saw disapproval in each other's eyes, On the other hand, Fu Wei thought that after the banquet, she would tell her mother about it. The elder brother's wife would definitely not be able to choose such a family.

And Xie Zhimian looked at Xie Zhijin resentfully, blaming her for making these ladies unhappy.She wanted to see her joke today, but why didn't anyone pay attention to her, and even scolded Xie's family?

Fu Yun just wanted to dissuade her, but she saw Xie Zhijin bowed profusely, with tears in her eyes, and said in a low voice, "It's my sister who made a mistake. Don't be angry, sister Li. The daughter of a petty official like me shouldn't contradict the eldest daughter of a Korean princess."

Many of the girls present were daughters of court officials, and some of them were not even up to the second rank. Hearing Xie Zhijin's aggrieved apology, she suddenly couldn't stand it anymore.The Korean government is indeed well-known in the capital, and the Korean government also holds some real power in its hands, but they, the daughters of officials, should be allowed to be bullied?

Xie Zhijin used to be a nun, but it was not her wish that she was stolen and sent up the mountain since she was a child, and it was not her wish that she was divorced by her father.

For a while, these little girls all sympathized with Zhijin, secretly pointing fingers at Li Xiuyao.Li Xiuyao was quite proud to see that Zhijin had admitted her mistake, but these girls who had been chatting with her just now began to point her out, how did this make her suffer, she immediately covered her mouth with a handkerchief and started crying.

The wives outside had already heard the movement, and sent a girl to inquire. After learning what happened, the British lady and the Korean lady came in a hurry.

Seeing the solemn atmosphere, the British princess said to Fu Wei: "Sister Wei, take the Xie family sisters to go around the garden, so as not to get bored."

(End of this chapter)