Chapter 887

Before the Hongmen banquet, Chongzhou was still calm.

If you are more sensitive, you will find that this is just the calm before the storm.

Ladies of all families are busy with their own affairs. Some do housework and serve their parents-in-law. Some educate their children and beat concubines. Some grow flowers and grass and enjoy antiques. The seemingly calm backyard is actually surging, and everyone plans for their own interests.

Banquets are an important channel for the gentry class to communicate with each other, and they hardly stop for a day.

Today's family will hold an elegant collection, tomorrow's family will hold a poetry meeting, and then send an invitation to others the next day. Let's enjoy the flowers and the moon together.

The men went out to be guests, and the women in the back house were unwilling to show weakness. They often went out to dinner.

The moonlight in the sky was so cool, the shadows of people on the ground were looking forward, the clothes were fragrant, and the laughter was heard at the banquet.

Although Chongzhou gentry are criticized as upstarts by the outside world, they also have decades or even hundreds of years of heritage, far richer than ordinary people. Now the weather is cold, but the courtyard where the banquet is held is warm and does not feel the slightest chill.

Several ladies with good relations joked with each other, focusing on their husbands, their concubines, their mother-in-law and father-in-law, their sons and daughters, their legitimate sons and daughters, and the gossip of various families and governments. Most of them are nonsense from their parents. What nutrition is boring, but when you get together in a Tucao, the boring topic will make complaints about it. As they spoke, they mentioned Liuzhou Mu Liu she, who was in her prime of life, and the topic went further and further.

Liu she was in her prime of life. She had only one legitimate daughter and one concubine under her knee. Later, his steproom separated from him for a long time.

Since Liu she came to Chongzhou, many people tried to plug people in Liu she's backyard and blow the pillow wind.

However, he is a slippery man. No matter how others express or hint, he always has a way to keep the women sent by the people out of the door.

The man said Liu she was hypocritical, but the ladies of Chongzhou respected him very much.

Which ancient woman didn't want her husband to love only herself and a woman in the backyard?

At least before Gu min's death, there was only such a person in liushe's backyard.

Just such a feeling is enough for them to envy, envy and hate.

When it comes to this, the lady of Chongzhou is very jealous of the dead Mrs. Gu min, saying that she died young, and finally she has to hypocritically sigh that she is young and short of life. Having said that, a good man like Liu she naturally has to complain about his own playful man.

Whether concubines or expensive concubines, they entered the door one by one.

It's disgusting that the wife in the main room should be generous and commensurate with those flirtatious, cheap and sisters.

"It's said that the legitimate daughter of Liuzhou Shepherd is coming. Today's banquet in the state capital is for that girl."

I don't know which lady said it, but the reaction of the other ladies was very flat, and someone even hissed secretly.

"It's just a little girl's film. Where is it worth all the men to take it seriously?"

In the view of many ladies, Jiang Pengji's arrival time and Liu she's invitation to the family leaders just happened to hit the time.

After all, I'm just a woman. No matter how capable I am, I have to marry and have children. I'll stay in the backyard all my life and do housework for men.

It's amazing that Liu she's daughter can become maruzhou mu.

They don't think Jiang Pengji can go further, or even think she's a little stupid.

It's good to be a carefree noble woman of the literati. Just like Xu Gong of the former dynasty, she is a strong woman. Finally? She may not be able to compete with men, but also wasted the most important years in a woman's life.

As for the rumor that Liu she wanted to retreat behind the scenes and give power to Liu Xi, it was nonsense.

"Such unrealistic news makes people laugh."

"That's what I'm talking about -- how capable can a boudoir woman be?"

"It's said that the young lady Liu is now eighteen years old. She hasn't been engaged yet. Isn't it an old girl to delay for another two years?"

"Liuzhou Shepherd is very interested in his daughter-in-law, so he should help her keep an eye on her. However, a woman who is fooling around all day... I heard that she often hangs out with those vulgar people... Which family dares to have such a daughter-in-law? Even if Liuzhou shepherd can be kind to her, his father-in-law can't meddle in his son-in-law's house at will. In my opinion, that Liu girl ... tut! "

This topic is very new to them. They speak vigorously for a time, and unconsciously the topic is biased.

A young lady said, "is it possible that Liuzhou Mu's banquet... Is for the marriage of this legitimate daughter?"

Liu she's influence is in Chongzhou and Hujun. For the sake of her legitimate daughter, she will choose her son-in-law within her sphere of influence.

Such a guess, many people feel quite reasonable.

If a reasonable person listened to their conversation, he might laugh off his big teeth.

If the patriarchal women of the "gentry" in Chongzhou are like this, it is estimated that they will not be passed on for several generations.

Chongzhou is close to northern Xinjiang, and the border war between the two countries is continuous.

Because of environmental factors, the forces here change rapidly. The so-called taxi forces are upstarts and lack of details.

Take some of the ladies present for example. They are from a butcher's family. They don't know a few big characters, so their knowledge is naturally shallow.

Of course, in addition to lack of knowledge, the more important reason is that they don't care about external things.

If you have time to care about those things, you might as well ponder Rouge gouache, pearl hairpin jewelry and silk.

The ladies were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere of the party was hot.

It was at this time that two servant girls in rich clothes rushed in.

Their appearance made people look sideways and seem to ask with their eyes - which family is this, so ignorant of etiquette?

A lady recognized her personal servant girl, and her face was instantly elongated.

She presided over the banquet today and did a good job. Unexpectedly, something went wrong with her servant girl.

Before she yelled, the two servant girls told her a dark news.

"Madam, no, the master has gone!"

The lady tightened her heart and shouted, "take them down and palm their mouths. The master can make fun of you two little hooves?"

The old servant girl said, "it's true, madam. There are many soldiers outside. They also sent back the master's body."

what!

The news was like a heavy hammer, which made her eyes dark, and her body that had just stood up almost collapsed to the ground.

When they heard the news, they lost their playful mind, prepared to see the situation, and then found a chance to leave.

However, they never thought that the same bad news was waiting for them.

The originally bustling backyard was suddenly deserted.

There was a series of cries in the lobby. The lady lifted the white cloth and saw that the man lying was her dead husband!