When Princess Zhao heard that Xiahou Mei dared to scold her, she immediately jumped up in anger, pointed at Xiahou Mei and cursed: "Okay! You vicious woman! You dare to curse me, I must tell your majesty the truth!"
Seeing that, they wanted to rush up and beat Xiahou Mei. Fang and Duguhao were shocked. The couple grabbed their mother and kept trying to persuade her.
Xia Houmei's breath that he had just swallowed rose again, and he responded: "Okay, your Prince Zhao's house is not a clan, and it is much easier to enter the palace than the rest of us. You might as well go now and tell what happened to you."
Exploiting my Ruolan’s dowry and forcing her to take concubines for her husband, and how Princess Changning imprisoned us and beat the Duke’s daughter, I reported them to Your Majesty word for word! If you don’t go, or you won’t go.
Dare to tell the truth. I even look down on you!"
"You! You! You..." Princess Zhao's face flushed with anger, and despite the obstruction of her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, she did not say anything for a long time.
Zhong Yuqing was already annoyed by Princess Zhao's moodiness and all this topsy-turvy rhetoric, and couldn't help but reply: "Princess Zhao has such free time, so she might as well think about it carefully and wait for us to submit a complaint to His Majesty.
How should I explain my plea after Princess Changning's confession!"
Princess Zhao was stunned. She was busy arguing with Xiahou Mei and her daughter about whether to let their third son divorce his wife or reconcile. She almost forgot that they had said that they would sue his daughter to His Majesty. Thinking of this, she turned around and looked
Looking at Dugu Tan, who had half of his face covered with plaster and had not recovered yet, the old mother's heart broke again. How could she be so unlucky?
She sat down on the guest chair next to her and cried out in tears: "Oh my God! I'm just celebrating my birthday, how could I end up like this? I really don't teach people how to live! I might as well do it."
Let me die!"
When Dugu Tan heard her mother wailing, she also cried helplessly. She was a princess from birth. She had close contact with the children of the late emperor since she was a child and was respected by everyone. Among the daughters of the same family in the Zhao Palace, she was the only one who was a legitimate daughter.
She was the only one who was loved by the late emperor and her parents the most. Others had always supported her, pampered her, and allowed her. Even after she got married, no one in her husband's family dared to say anything bad about her. Who would have thought that one day she would be in
Her mother-in-law didn't dare to protest when she was slapped in public. Now that even her mother, who had always indulged her, couldn't take care of herself, she was even more confused.
Duguhao, his wife, and Duguxian had no choice but to continue to comfort Princess Zhao and Dugutan at the same time. However, the more they comforted and persuaded, the harder Princess Zhao cried. The children had no choice but to look to King Zhao for help.
King Zhao had long wanted to rub oil on the soles of his feet, and now they were even bigger than the others. When he saw his children looking at him like this, he impatiently said to his wife and daughter: "Okay! Aren't you the fault of everything? Now
What's the use of crying all over the place? There's no point in making people laugh!"
When Princess Zhao saw that her husband didn't help her, she cried even louder. She felt that she was so unlucky that she married a careless husband, raised several useless children, and even married a daughter-in-law who didn't share her heart.
Seeing her being bullied like this and not helping.
Outside Ningshou Hall, Mr. Huang, who was returning home, stopped when he heard the crying, turned around and asked the mother-in-law beside him: "How many adults are you still drinking with the second young master at the moment?"
The woman replied: "The old slave personally sent someone to tell the second young master, asking him to stabilize those adults no matter what, and don't let the banquet end too early."
Mrs. Huang nodded and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Send someone to tell him again. No matter how serious the commotion is, even if it involves lives, just tell him not to come in. What happened today has nothing to do with us."
We just need to do our part in the relationship. As for those adults, we have established a good relationship. If you have anything to do with them in the future, you won’t be afraid that they won’t help. In addition, if you ask someone to send a message to my father, just tell me
The things I entrusted him with before can be handled."
The mother-in-law was stunned and hesitated: "Do you really want to do that?"
Huang nodded solemnly and said: "In the past, my husband always said that I was born as a merchant and had a low status. If I didn't attach myself to Prince Zhao's Palace, it would be difficult to find a good marriage for my three children in the future. But look at the Prince Zhao's Palace now.
, How can you show the magnanimity of the Prince's Palace? Today's events are watched by so many people, and everyone has a mouth. Who can stop it? It's true that our good reputation has been ruined by them! We can't get the glory of Prince Zhao's Palace.
But I don't want to bear this bad reputation with them. The money I have spent on them over the years can be regarded as a waste of my kindness. It is better for us to find an opportunity to share it, or to hire famous teachers with a lot of money to help my few
If you give lectures to your children or send them to Minglu Academy to study, are you still afraid that they will not become talented?"
The mother-in-law nodded repeatedly and said: "You should think long-term. The young gentlemen are lucky to have such a considerate mother like you. In fact, it's better to be separated, so as not to follow the example of this rich man. Our Huang family
, and you’re still counting on your few young masters to succeed and shine brightly!”
Mrs. Huang smiled helplessly and said: "This is not something I thought carefully about. It all depends on my father and mother who always give me advice. If they hadn't warned me early in the morning that the palace is as deep as the sea, they would also send me money and supplies every now and then.
In terms of face, I'm afraid my life is not as good as that of Mrs. Xu."
After hearing this, the mother-in-law couldn't help but sigh and murmured: "The Xu family's natal family is a marquis. Although they are not as rich as our Huang family, they still have a bit more face in the court than our family. In addition, their in-laws are the Xiahou family."
, she is also from a high family, Princess Zhao really hit a hard wall this time."
Huang agreed very much with this and said: "The old woman and Fang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been working together for so many years, forcing my sisters-in-law to complain, but they dare not speak out. Someone should have punished them long ago. Today's farce,
I have offended the Xu family, the Xiahou family, and the Zhong family all at once, which is their retribution. I really hope that these three families can be more ruthless and have the courage to kill them."
The mother-in-law said: "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on their movements for you. I will also take care of the outside in advance. As soon as the time is right, we will move out immediately."
Mrs. Huang glanced at her mother-in-law with a smile and said, "Nurse, thank you for your hard work."
Then the master and the servant turned around and walked out, continuing to entertain the guests arranged in the garden. But those guests had no intention of congratulating Princess Zhao on her birthday. They only wanted to know the development of the situation in Ningshou Hall. Even in Prince Zhao's Mansion
, but offending the Xiahou family, the Zhong family and the Xu family at the same time was an unprecedented event, and it was worthy of discussion among them for a while.
Mrs. Huang is quite a good person. No matter how the guests ask her about the situation in Ningshou Hall, she always smiles and says that she has been accompanying everyone outside and doesn’t know what is going on inside. She also asks everyone to give Prince Zhao’s Mansion a face and not stay outside.
Discuss and spread the word.
After hearing this, the guests not only felt that Huang was trying to protect the face of Prince Zhao's Palace, but also felt that it was not easy for her. They even asked her indirectly if she, like Xu, had received a dowry from Prince Zhao's Palace.
Mrs. Huang smiled and said nothing, and left on the pretext of entertaining other guests. Her wet nurse immediately went up to speak kindly to the master, and very earnestly begged those who inquired about the inside story not to embarrass her wife anymore, and deliberately said that they were
Being a merchant, he was not popular in Prince Zhao's palace. If he accidentally said something he shouldn't have said, he would have wasted his money and would have gained a reputation as talkative and unfilial.
When the guests heard this, they didn't understand anything, and the words that spread out became even more embarrassing. It was said that the reason why Princess Zhao married the daughter of a merchant family for her second son was all because she fell in love with the Huang family.
The money from my mother's family can be used to make up for the shortfall of their Prince Zhao's house.
At the corner of the corridor, Mrs. Huang looked at the normally bright officials and their family members, who were buzzing with discussions, and a smile couldn't help but bloom at the corner of her mouth.
In the Ningshou Hall, Princess Zhao's wails were loud and rhythmic, not at all like a sixty-year-old old lady, and her daughter Dugutan's cries continued one after another.
Fang's persuasion failed, so she also howled twice.
Xia Houyuan couldn't see Princess Zhao being so disrespectful to her elders, and her children and daughters-in-law below also followed the example. They rubbed their temples irritably, turned to the people around him and said, "That's it for today. Let's have a banquet at noon."
I won’t eat either. Uncle, please go back with your wife and two nieces first. My wife, eldest sister, I, and I will stay here to wait for Ruolan and her son to pack their luggage. I will feel relieved after seeing them leave safely." Then he looked at Xia Houshu again.
, warned, "You should also go back first and let Pei Lang prepare some medicine. If this face continues to swell, you will really be unable to see anyone."
Zhong Qingkui looked at Xia Houshu's face and said doubtfully: "Didn't my uncle just ask Prince Zhao to send someone to ask for a doctor? I guess it's almost there, so why not let the doctor diagnose and treat Cousin Shu first before going back."
Xia Houyuan looked at the niece of the Zhong family lovingly and said with a smile: "The doctors outside are not as skilled as the doctors at our house, so we should go home first."
Zhong Qingkui believed it to be true and nodded obediently.
Zhong Zan and Princess Gong also felt that there was no need to stay, so they planned to leave with their daughter. Zhong Qingkui, on the other hand, shouted that her mother had agreed for her to stay at the Duke of Yue's residence for a while, and insisted on leaving with Xia Houshu. Zhong Zan had no choice but to
I took Princess Gong and Zhong Lufu home first.
The several maids and ladies who served Xu Ruolan in her house were all brought from the Xu family when she got married. They had long been dissatisfied with the harsh treatment of Prince Zhao's house, but they did not dare to resist due to Xu Ruolan's control and had always swallowed their anger. Now I heard that the Xu family and Xiahou
People from all over the family supported them and even took them back to the Xu family. They were all so happy that they wanted to set off firecrackers at the entrance of Lihuayuan to celebrate.
With the motivation, the maid packed her luggage very quickly. It didn't take much effort to put away all the valuable things in Lihuayuan that could be carried, put them into big boxes, and then moved them back one box after another.
The Xu family's carriage. Xu Ruolan's two children and the wet nurse also followed.
As a result, this birthday banquet, which invited all the nobles of Nanjing City, ended with the Prince Zhao's palace having a falling out with the Xiahou family, the Xu family, and the Zhong family, and the Xu family wanted to divorce.
After everyone dispersed, Princess Zhao was no longer in the mood to celebrate her birthday. She then claimed to be ill and lay in bed for more than half a month. Dugu Tan was also forcibly sent back to her husband's house by King Zhao that night.
On the one hand, Mrs. Fang had to take care of her mother-in-law and deal with the affairs of Prince Zhao's palace. On the other hand, she also had to prepare gifts for those guests who had a close friendship and came to attend the birthday banquet and ended up breaking up unhappy. She was so busy that she couldn't touch the floor until the dead of night.
, she dragged her exhausted body back to her residence accompanied by her personal maid, only to find her husband Duguhao lying on the bed and fast asleep like a normal person. She finally broke down completely and began to doubt that she was so exhausted.
What is the point of wiping their butts so hard?
The more she thought about it, the angrier and aggrieved she became, feeling that she was so unworthy. Finally, she clenched her hands into fists and frantically punched her husband several times, scaring Duguhao so much that he woke up from his dream with a scream.
After he saw the person in front of him clearly, he cursed "shrew"!