Chapter 8
The two carriages in front are one that is extremely gorgeous, one that is magnificent, and the other that is low-key but luxurious.
The three carriages were parked in three directions of the square and surrounded her.
Lu Zhaoyi was shocked. What kind of situation is this?
I saw that the carriage on the far left, the coachman got off the carriage, placed the equipment he had stepped on at the front of the car, and respectfully saluted Lu Zhaoyi.
"Seventh Lady, the youngest one is from Sikong's mansion. I was ordered by my wife to invite you to come to the mansion for a lecture."
Lu Zhaoyi was stunned and looked at the other two sides, which was the same.
The coachman in the center claimed to be sent by the wife of General Wei’s Mansion; and on the far right was indeed sent by the Censor Qiu Mansion and Mrs. Zhao.
She knew that these three families were not invited by the wives of each family, but because of this name, the power behind these three families actually represents the power.
Sikong Wu Chongyin had long surrendered to King Han and belonged to King Han; General Xia Yuanji of the Guard represented the royal family; and Qiu Quzi, the last censor, represented the gentry forces.
At this moment, they borrowed the name of their wife to invite her, either because of Lu Zhaoyi's identity at this time to avoid suspicion, or to cover up their eyes and ears. In the final analysis, they should ask her for something.
Thinking about the reason, Lu Zhaoyi changed her mind. If she thought about it in her heart, she would not want to see any of these three families at this moment.
However, there are often not so many things in this world that are based on your heart. Since they have come to find themselves, it is impossible for them to hide again.
So she took a step towards the carriage on the left.
When the other two coachmen watched her walk over, they also showed a hint of surprise and confusion in their eyes.
Until, she stood in front of the coachman, blessed her body and opened her red lips lightly, "Please tell Mrs. Zhu that Qi Niang is rude today, and she will go to Sikong's house to visit another day, so please forgive me."
The coachman smiled slightly and nodded respectfully, "Okay, the younger one will go back and tell his wife, and the younger one will leave."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and picked up the foot equipment, put it back into the cart, and then raised the cart and left.
Now, the other two coachmen suddenly became ecstatic and stood up one after another, signaling her to get on the carriage.
After Lu Zhaoyi's hesitation for a moment, the coachman of Qiu's mansion burst into laughter and said quickly: "Seventh Lady, you can get on both carriages. We both go to the same place. And, not far away, we will arrive in just a while."
Seeing that he was so eager, Lu Zhaoyi thought about it and finally stepped onto the carriage closest to her, General Wei’s mansion.
Soon after, the horse's hooves vibrated, and two carriages ran one after another on Tongtu Street.
Through the curtain, Lu Zhaoyi, who was sitting in the carriage, found something wrong. Neither the Qiu Mansion nor the Wei Mansion were heading in this direction.
And before she could react, she saw the carriage parked in front of the Taiwei Mansion in less than half a moment.
Taiwei's Mansion?
Is this his game?
Moreover, the fifth Langya and Qiu Quzi are both former rivals, so how can they get together?
She said, it was so crazy.
Not long after, the coachman signaled her to get off the carriage. As soon as she walked down, she saw a woman walking out of the gate of the Taiwei Mansion.
Lu Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows and looked at the woman, elegant and luxurious, wearing a dark brocade dress, covering up the shortcomings of her rough and yellow skin, setting off a hint of beauty.
This woman is obviously a powerful character. Lu Zhaoyi's heart is slightly volatile. She should be the type of strong woman who is extremely capable and can control the situation.
She didn't know her, but she could still tell from her face that this woman was the wife of the fifth Langya, Mrs. Yin.
Now that the person has arrived, she has been blessed with the opportunity. "Mrs. Yin came out to greet him, and I am really sorry. I think it has been more than a year since Yedu came to Luojing and I have not had time to visit Mrs. Yin. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yin came to invite Qi Niang."
Her tone was calm, neither humble nor arrogant, and her face was a slight sense of alienation, which made people feel that it was not the first time she had seen this person
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Mrs. Yin just walked down the steps in front of the gate and was stunned, then smiled, "My wife has heard of the rumors about the Seventh Lady. Today, she saw that it is true. No wonder my family lost to you. "
"Hey hey, don't stand at the door and be polite. I haven't seen a girl from the Lu family for a long time..."
Lu Zhaoyi was very familiar with this voice. Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a woman in her thirties ran out of the mansion. She was agile and had obviously been a martial arts practitioner. She had a good figure and looked like she had given birth to three children from her appearance.
This person is Mrs. Zhao from the Qiu family.
Lu Zhaoyi looked at her, then looked at Mrs. Yin again, thinking to herself, they shouldn't be that familiar, right?
However, Mrs. Yin and Mrs. Zhao are both extremely intelligent and extremely powerful women. If they are simply talking about IQ, they may be slightly better.
As for Mrs. Zhao, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood, Lu Zhaoyi gave a comment in her heart and stopped thinking about it.
"Oh, sister Lu, today, Mrs. Yin has also invited General Wei, General Wei, Mrs. Bi, Mrs. Right... Oh, and Princess Liang, who have sent someone to invite him, and I will be here later... Hahaha."
"The Second Princess is here too?" Lu Zhaoyi was a little surprised, and she also discovered that the people mentioned by Mrs. Zhao were all the wives of the royal family, which made him suspicious.
Mrs. Yin's eyes were sharp-eyed, and she noticed the change in her face, so she also said, "Today, in addition to the royal family, we also invited the wives of other wives from other families and the unmarried young ladies of various families. Last Mid-Autumn Festival, you were in Huainan and you didn't participate, so you can't miss this year."
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Zhao agreed, ran to Mrs. Yin warmly, took Lu Zhaoyi's hand, and rubbed it from time to time, with joy in her eyes.
However, Mrs. Yin was not outdone. She was a little reserved just now, so she immediately changed and stepped forward to hold her other hand.
As a result, the two ladies held Lu Zhaoyi's hand tightly, one left and one right, and clamped it in the middle, as if they were afraid of being stolen.
Lu Zhaoyi twitched slightly. No matter how these two ladies looked like the spoiled behavior of their little daughter.
"No, there are five days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival. What is the situation? I have to come today?"
"Stop worrying, stop worrying." Mrs. Yin responded.
While entering the mansion, Mrs. Zhao lowered her head and sneered in a low voice, "Just just now, I'm going to return by the person sent by Mrs. Hu. We thought we must have not received you. Just her expression is so ridiculous. I can laugh at her for a whole year..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Yin's face touched slightly and she spoke softly, "How can you say that to Mrs. Zhu? After all, it's Mrs. Sikong..."
But then, she changed her subject, "A joke for a whole year, haha, how enough is this, at least a few more years."
After saying that, the two of them immediately laughed.
Lu Zhaoyi had no choice but to see the ridicule of the two, and she really didn't know what to think, so she had to let them lead them into the mansion...z.br
Along the way, the three of them chatted and laughed, which was quite intimate.
With the words of the two ladies, we can roughly guess the cause of the whole incident and why the female family in the capital gathered in the Taiwei Mansion.
This tradition was found in Luojing, the former dynasty. Women from aristocratic families gathered together before the Mid-Autumn Festival to make coarse cakes and make osmanthus wine, which also adds fun to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The venue for this party was designated to go to the same house every year according to the customs that were previously held in the previous dynasty, and then to other houses the next year.
Last year, when Lu Zhaoyi led his men to secretly attack and wipe out the Dongning Army going south, the female family members in the capital gathered at Sikong's Mansion.
According to Mrs. Zhao, she suffered some grievances in Sikong Mansion last year, but this year she wanted to regain some face.
Just two hours ago, in the inner house of the Taiwei Mansion, Mrs. Zhao rose up to talk about Lu Zhaoyi's deeds, and said that she and she were good sisters.
But Mrs. Zhu questioned and bet on this.
The two of them sent servants to pick them up at the same time. If anyone could get to the street first
Lu Zhaoyi, no one is allowed to cheat or regret.
In this way, we naturally have to compete, and the result of the bet is that Mrs. Zhao won and Mrs. Zhu lost.
As for Mrs. Qin from General Wei’s Mansion, she just joined in the fun and made up the numbers.
After hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi couldn't help but tug the corners of her mouth, and she was really... speechless.
But there is nothing to do about this. After all, her identity at this time is indeed different from the past. Now in Luojing City, from aristocratic families to ordinary people, who is not always concerned about her marriage with the emperor?
Along the way, they bypassed the front yard main hall, passed a long yard corridor, and entered the inner house.
Before entering the inner house, the figure of the fifth Langya seemed to be seen at the end of the corridor.
"Madam Yin..."
After passing the inner courtyard, Lu Zhaoyi turned around and asked, "Fifth, I am still hiding in the mansion and refuse to go to court to discuss politics?"
"Cough!" Mrs. Yin glanced at her lips, "He, I'm stubborn, don't pay attention to him... You also know that Dayuan Chao is not bad at him, and he promises him the position of right prime minister, and he doesn't want to do it, and he doesn't know what he wants all day long..."
But Lu Zhaoyi never let this go, so she turned to Mrs. Zhao, "If I read it correctly, it should be Qiu Zhongcheng, and he didn't attend court today?"
Mrs. Zhao smiled and responded, "He has been dismissed by His Majesty and is also unemployed at home!"
Qiu Quzi was dismissed?
She has never heard of it!
"When did it happen?"
"Just after the sunset yesterday, I heard Yuan Zuoxiang talk about it. He seemed to have introduced some new policy a few days ago and was impeached. His Majesty simply asked him to go home to rest, which was also considered to be a way to avoid the limelight!" Mrs. Zhao's words were extremely relaxed and she did not take this matter to heart at all.
As they saw, they saw a group of female relatives working in the courtyard chatting, but Lu Zhaoyi was not thinking about it.
At this time, they also arrived at the main courtyard of the Taiwei Inner Courtyard. The closer they got, they could smell a fragrant fragrance of osmanthus, and this fragrance seemed to be made by the women.
Mrs. Yin saw that Lu Zhaoyi was absent-minded at this time, and gently patted her back and said with his ears: "Don't think so much about the front yard. When it's your turn to talk about it, I will naturally let you go. But... you can help Mrs. Zhao breathe first." After saying that, he pointed to a direction not far away.
In that direction, Lu Zhaoyi looked over and felt a stern, and that should be Mrs. Zhu.
I saw a table with finely carved golden nanmu on the steps of the courtyard, which was a top-notch. On the left side of the main seat, a woman wearing a long red phoenix-patterned skirt and a woman's bun was sitting upright. Although she was only in her twenties, she had bright eyes and dignified faces, and she could tell that she was extraordinary when she looked.
The main seat is sitting on the side with a woman in purple palace outfit, about the same age as Mrs. Yin and looks over thirties, but her outfit is more in her aesthetics in Jiangzuo. That should be Mrs. Chen, the right prime minister Du Yan.
Lu Zhaoyi sighed in her heart. In a flash, Mrs. Yin suddenly put down Lu Zhaoyi's hand, walked straight up the steps, and sat in the chair between Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Chen, cleared her throat, and shouted to the female members in the yard: "Please look, the little lady of the Lu family is here."
After saying that, the female family put down their work, raised their heads, and looked at the place where Lu Zhaoyi was.
Chapter completed!