Chapter 609

In the banquet hall, besides the magistrate's wife, there were also many officials' wives. These people were dumbfounded when they saw Lu Jiao. Just a moment ago, they were still talking about this Tongzhi's wife, saying that this lady was afraid It's hard to be elegant, but looking at them now, people directly make them look like country women.

Mrs. Tong San was the first to speak with a smile: "Is this Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie Tongzhi's wife? She looks really good-looking."

As soon as Mrs. Tong judge said, Mrs. Zhifu woke up and said, "Yes, Mrs. Xie is really good-looking. I can't bear to take my eyes away after seeing it."

Although the magistrate's wife and the tongjuan's wife praised her, they really enjoyed it in their hearts.

This woman's life is also very good. She married a young and promising official like Xie Tongzhi and gave birth to quadruplets. The status is considered stable, and they heard that Xie Tongzhi didn't even have a concubine around her.

But I'm afraid it won't stop in the future. Xie Tongzhi will be an official, and there will be more people around him.

If there are too many women around a man, the love will be divided, so no matter how young and beautiful this woman is, her future life will be miserable.

The magistrate's wife and Tong San's wife laughed when they thought of this.

Lu Jiao politely bowed to the prefect's wife: "I have met the prefect's wife."

Mrs. Lin quickly stretched out her hand to pull her up, looked at her lovingly and said, "Get up quickly, seeing you like this, I can't bear to let you suffer a little bit, sit down quickly."

Lu Jiao took advantage of the situation and sat beside her. Xie Yunjin was a co-prefect, an official of the magistrate, her status was only second to the magistrate, and no one else needed her to salute at all.

Mrs. Lin's eyes darkened slightly when she saw Lu Jiao's actions. From Lu Jiao's actions, she could tell that although this Mrs. Tongzhi was young, she might not be someone easy to bully.

While thinking about it, she introduced the people on the field to Lu Jiao: "These are the wives of the government officials, and this is Wang Tongpan's wife."

Lu Jiao took a look and saw that it was the woman who spoke earlier, she immediately smiled and called out: "Mrs. Wang."

Tong San and Tong Zhi are both sixth-rank officials, deputy officials of the magistrate.

Seeing that she didn't even get up, Mrs. Wang felt very displeased. Even though her master and Tong Zhi are officials of the same rank, does this woman know the rules? , okay?

Although Mrs. Wang was unhappy, she didn't show it on her face, and her smile became more and more gentle: "Mrs. Xie just arrived in Ningzhou Mansion, if you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me, I am the best person to talk , if you don’t believe me, ask them.”

After she finished speaking, she pointed to the woman beside her with a smile on her face.

These women all agreed: "Yes, Sister Wang is the most helpful person. If Madam Tongzhi needs help, you can ask her for help."

"Yes, we always ask Sister Wang for help. Madam Tongzhi is definitely looking for her."

"Well, Mrs. Tongzhi will gradually understand."

Lu Jiao looked at these people calmly, and saw that these people were very united and they rejected her, but she didn't care about getting into their circle, wouldn't it be nice to be alone? Don't get involved in other people's circles.

Lu Jiao smiled and thanked Mrs. Wang who was opposite her while thinking: "Then I will thank Mrs. Wang here first."

Lu Jiao looked very polite, but she didn't call Mrs. Tongpan, Sister Wang, as others called her. This made Mrs. Wang see that she had no intention of uniting with them.

All the officials in the Ningzhou Mansion are working in groups, and now a fellow magistrate suddenly came, and the prefect Lin meant to draw them into their group, so that they can act better, otherwise it would be inappropriate to do something in the future If it is a matter, it will be caught by others, and another one, it will easily cause trouble for them.

Therefore, the main purpose of hosting today's banquet is to test the attitude of Xie Yunjin and his wife, and to win them over and bring them into their group, so that in the future, everyone will be consistent and it will be convenient to act.

But Mrs. Wang tried it out and found that Lu Jiao didn't accept their tricks at all, which made her very annoyed. She held back the annoyance in her heart and said with a smile, "Madam Tongzhi, you're welcome."

Mrs. Lin took a deep look at Lu Jiao, and introduced others to her: "This is the wife of Guan Tui, Mrs. Kong, and this is Mrs. Gu, the wife of Gu Jingren..."

The officials of the Ningzhou government are very clearly classified, unlike the county government of Qinghe County, where there are only a few officials in total, and each person is in charge of several things, but there are more officials in the Ningzhou government, and the classification is particularly clear, but all officials are The subordinate officials belonging to the magistrate share various affairs for the magistrate.

Mrs. Lin introduced everyone in the banquet hall. Lu Jiao also got to know the wives of the officials under the Ningzhou government. She greeted everyone with a smile. They were all smiles that were neither humble nor overbearing. Her attitude displeased Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Wang, but made the wives of the small officials below feel at ease.

Mrs. Tongzhi has a higher status than them, but their attitude towards them is extraordinarily polite, not at all like Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Wang, who usually don't think highly of them.

After Madam Lin introduced everyone to Lu Jiao, she said a few more words and announced the opening of the banquet.

"Let's go over to eat and chat while eating."

A group of people turned to the banquet hall to have dinner. At the banquet, there was someone performing their talents.

Lu Jiao took a few glances, and found that the performer did not look like an entertainer raised by the mansion, but looked like a young lady.

But she didn't say much, she just ate silently to appreciate her talents, and occasionally praised her.

Mrs. Lin smiled and said to her: "These girls are all young ladies from various houses. Since Mrs. Tong Zhi came to eat, I asked them to come and perform for you."

Lu Jiao raised her eyebrows and looked at Mrs. Lin who was on the side. Did the prefect think so highly of her? Or what purpose does she have.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Mrs. Lin beckoned to the girls who had performed talents before.

"Come here and say hello to Madam Tongzhi."

All the young ladies came over and saluted Lu Jiao one after another, "I have seen Madam Tongzhi."

Lu Jiao looked at them with a smile. The girls were all good-looking, handsome, and graceful in their gestures. They were well-bred.

It's just that Mrs. Lin may have ulterior motives in doing this.

Lu Jiao's eyes darkened, she just pretended not to know, and praised the women with a smile: "They all look pretty good, they look good, and they're talented, it really makes people like it."

As soon as Lu Jiao said, Mrs. Lin interjected: "Since I like it, I'll take two of them back to chat with you."

As soon as Mrs. Lin said something, Lu Jiao understood her purpose of letting a few women come out to perform.

This is to send a woman into their house.

Are these people too boring and like to stuff women into other people's homes?

(end of this chapter)