Chapter 638

Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao looked at Zhifu Lin and Uncle Ning with a smile and said, "Don't you know later?"

After the two finished speaking, they led the children all the way into the Hongyun Building. Behind them, Zhifu Lin and Uncle Ning looked at each other, and asked angrily at the same time, "What do they mean? Do they know or don't know?"

Prefect Lin said with a dark face, "Let's go in, we'll find out later."

Today, the Hongyun Building was taken over by Duke Wu’s mansion. At this time, in the hall on the first floor, many people were talking together, three, one, five, and one party. They were basically guessing that Prince Wu Guogong invited them to dinner. intention.

Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao looked down and saw that besides the officials of Ningzhou Prefecture, people from the four major families also came, and it seemed that some merchants from Ningzhou Prefecture also came.

When these people saw Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao's family appearing, they all stopped talking. It was because Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao's family were too handsome.

Some of them came over to say hello to Xie Yunjin, and Lu Jiao led the four cubs towards the female guests.

On the female guest's side, Mrs. Lin, who used to be invincible in the past, was talking to several wives.

Although Lu Jiao didn't know these wives, she could guess that these wives were the wives of the four major families in Ningzhou Prefecture.

The four major families don't take their Xie family seriously, but they dare not take the Duke Wu's mansion seriously, so they came together today.

Just as Lu Jiao was thinking, an old lady who was talking to Mrs. Lin suddenly said, "This is Mrs. Xie Tongzhi?"

Lu Jiao raised her head and looked over. This woman was in her fifties, and she was a beauty when she was young, but at this moment, her brows and eyes were sharp and cold, and her eyes were full of hatred when she looked at Lu Jiao.

Lu Jiao raised her eyebrows slightly, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "This is?"

Mrs. Wang Tongpan gloated and said, "This is Mrs. Ning Bo."

As soon as Lu Jiao heard it, she understood that she was the mother of the eldest son of the Ning family who rushed to their house and smashed things. That's why she looked at her with such hatred.

Although Lu Jiao knew well that Madam Ning Bo hated her, she said neither humble nor overbearing: "Lu Jiao met Madam Ning Bo."

Mrs. Ningbo became even angrier when she saw her like this. A little Mrs. Tongzhi didn't even take their Ning family seriously. Not only did someone hurt her son, but she even asked their family for 20,000 Two silvers, damn it.

Mrs. Ning Bo said in disgust, "It's better to be a low-key person. The little sixth-rank Tongzhi is so arrogant and ignorant of the heights and depths. Sooner or later, he will suffer."

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Wang were happy after hearing what Mrs. Ning Bo said, with a faint smile on their faces.

But the two were smart enough not to speak.

After Mrs. Ning Bo finished speaking, before Lu Jiao could speak, a rich-looking old lady with kind eyes said, "Okay, okay, you don't feel too irritated to embarrass a junior at your age."

After this person finished speaking, Mrs. Ning Bo turned her head and looked at her unhappily, and said, "Old Mrs. Liu, is your second brother getting old and has some bad eyesight, so the child from such a family is actually a treasure."

As soon as Lu Jiao heard Mrs. Ning Bo's words, she knew that the one who helped her speak was Liu Hongsheng's elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu.

The Liu family is also one of the four major families in Ningzhou. There are many scholars under the Liu family. Among them, the second son of Mrs. Liu has become a Beijing official. The status of the prefecture is quite high.

Because of her son, Mrs. Liu's status has risen, and she is respected by many people in Ningzhou, that is, the Ning family. They think they have a Zhaoyi empress, so they dare to talk to Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu didn't take it too seriously, she still had a faint smile on her face: "Is my second brother's eyesight bad? It's not clear why the student under his name passed the Jinshi exam. He's a mature man."

After Madam Liu finished speaking, she beckoned Lu Jiao and Si Xiaozhi to go over, and then introduced the two old ladies beside them.

"This is the old lady of the Fang family, and this is the old lady of the Wen family."

The four major families in Ningzhou, the Fang family, the Liu family, the Wen family, and the Ning family.

A member of the second rank came out of the Fang family family, and he is currently serving as an official in the court.

Wen's family is a scholarly family, the deceased old master was once the emperor's teacher, many disciples in the family are officials in various places, and one of them is the Southern Province Salt Transport Envoy.

Therefore, the status of the Wen family is also quite high. As for the Ning family, which is the last of the four major families, it is just a family with no foundation. Will be ranked into the four major families.

While thinking, Lu Jiao politely greeted the old lady of the Fang family and the old lady of the Wen family.

"I've met Mrs. Fang, Mrs. Wen."

After Lu Jiao finished her salute, she said to her sons, "Son, let me greet the old ladies."

The four little ones immediately stepped forward to salute the old ladies respectfully.

In addition to learning the Four Books and Five Classics from their husband, the four little guys also learned etiquette from the old gentleman, so now their salutes are very standard. Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Fang heard that Mrs. Fang is getting old, and they like it when they see children. , not to mention such beautiful four little guys.

The three old ladies liked the four cubs when they saw them, and beckoned them to pass.

The four little ones turned to look at Lu Jiao, Lu Jiao nodded, and the four little ones walked over.

Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Wen grabbed the four little guys and enthusiastically asked them what they had learned under Mr. Liu's tutelage. Is Mr. Ping'an strict with them?

The four little guys answered the old lady's words neither humble nor overbearing, and gave a soft and cute smile from time to time.

The three old ladies were quickly overwhelmed by them, and pulled them to praise them repeatedly: "Good boys, all good boys, no wonder Hongsheng accepted them as disciples, they are really smart and smart, and they are still good-looking. That's good."

"Well, it's really good. Liu Laoer rarely misses the point. None of his disciples are talents. Even if they don't win Jinshi, they are talents."

"That's right. His eyesight has always been poisonous. This time he was able to take four of them at once, which shows that these four little guys are indeed outstanding. If I have the ability, I'm afraid I'll take them in as disciples too."

The three old ladies kept praising the four cubs.

Beside, Mrs. Ning Bo and Mrs. Zhifu were so angry that they were half dead, but there was nothing they could do.

Fang's family, Liu's family, and Wen's family are really well-established families, not their kind.

But Mrs. Ningbo just couldn't swallow this breath, and said in a strange way: "People who come from small families will go to the camp, but they're just putting on a cute show."

(end of this chapter)