After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1130 Gossip
Thinking about the social troubles she might face after marriage, Haitang couldn't help but feel depressed.

Otherwise... the Jin family should try to reduce their in-laws as much as possible in the future. The Jin family should still be close to the Zhou family, Wu family and Kang Wangfu, who are real relatives and good friends, but it is better to have as little contact with other princes and princesses as possible, since they are neither familiar nor close, and their personalities are not compatible. Although Queen Mother Xu is keen on pulling her "nephew" into royal activities, Jin Jiashu can't refuse every time, but apart from the banquets and gatherings in the palace, the Jin family can still decide who to invite to the banquet, right?

Jin Jiashu was determined to take the imperial examination route, become a pure scholar, and take Tao Ge Lao as his role model in life. Since Tao Ge Lao did not like to get entangled with the royal relatives and regarded himself as a pure minister, Jin Jiashu should also follow his predecessor. In the future, even if he was summoned to the palace by Empress Dowager Xu and the new emperor from time to time to attend palace banquets, and maintained contacts with royal relatives such as the Kang Palace, the Zhou family, and the Wu family, he could still make his social circle more inclined towards scholars and interact more with scholars, so that when he gained fame and became an official in the court in the future, people would still think of him as a lucky relative, rather than a Jinshi who took the imperial examination.

Haitang secretly made up her mind and would advise Jin Jiashu after the marriage. As long as Jin Jiashu avoided those unfamiliar royal family members, she, as his wife, would not have to worry about how to socialize with those so-called nobles. As for the women of ordinary civil officials and scholars, she was confident that she could handle it.

The carriage traveled for more than half an hour before returning to the Hai family. At this time, it was already late. The Hai family members said a few words in the front yard and then dispersed.

Grandfather Hai Xiya was thinking about his adopted son Hai Changan and his family, who were not invited today and had to stay at home, so he went to the west wing to visit them. Hai Jiao followed him. Haitang and her sister-in-law Zhuang Minyi took their grandmother Ma back to the upper room of the main courtyard and ordered the maids to bring a towel and a basin to help Ma wash up.

After Ma changed into her casual clothes, her granddaughter took off the hairpins on her head. She relaxed a lot and was in the mood to gossip. "Those princesses and the eldest princesses are so arrogant and look down on us. When we, the humble people, went to pay our respects, they didn't even glance at us, as if they didn't see us. What are they so proud of? They didn't act like this when they were trying to please the wife of Marquis Cheng'en and Mrs. Zhou Si. The wife of Marquis Cheng'en treated us politely, and Mrs. Zhou Si even called us aunt. Why do they look down on us? If you have the ability, stop trying to curry favor with others!"

Zhuang Minyi presented a towel soaked in warm water. Hearing this, she remembered what her aunt had said in the carriage just now, and said, "I think the princesses and the eldest princesses are worried that the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion has the Empress Dowager behind it, and Madam Zhou Si has Miss Xuejun behind it, so they speak and act more respectfully. Our family does not have the support of the nobles behind it, so the nobles naturally do not take us seriously."

Ma sneered, "Except for Prince Kang, there are few people in the royal family who can stand up straight. If you want to be humble and curry favor with the palace, you should lower your airs. We are not nobody without a background. We have royal relatives behind us! Do you really think we are a poor family? They can't even pretend. Who can they fool with this?! I think the wife of Marquis Cheng'en and Mrs. Zhou Si are as clear as a mirror. They are just pretending to be nice to them. Who will really recognize them as good people, make friends with them sincerely, and speak well of them in front of the Queen Mother in the palace?!"

Zhuang Minyi glanced at Haitang and said, "I was sitting with Miss Xuejun and Miss Wu today. I heard that I was also looked down upon by the noble ladies."

Ma quickly turned to look at her granddaughter: "But is it true? Did they bully you?"

Haitang smiled and said, "Who is the granddaughter? Those noble ladies were busy trying to please Zhou Xuejun and Wu Qiong, the two future noble ladies, so how could they have the time to pay attention to us idlers? They were just a little cold. In fact, we have no intention of making friends with the noble ladies, but we are all sitting together, and it is a wedding banquet in the Bo's Mansion. In front of Wu Qiong, the host, we can't neglect other guests and make the atmosphere cold. So we can only socialize politely and pretend to be lively and festive. Now that the wedding banquet is over, who will have the time to talk to those noble ladies next time? Just treat them as strangers."

Ma's expression softened, "That's fine. As long as you can save face and preserve the Wu family's dignity, it doesn't matter what others think. Right now, you are still the granddaughter of a fifth-rank official, and those people in the prince's and princess's palaces dare to look down on you. When you marry Xiao Jin and become the nephew-in-law of the Queen Mother in the future, if they still dare to look down on you, you can report their bad deeds to the Queen Mother! I don't believe it. They all want to curry favor with the Grand Empress Dowager and the new emperor's queen. Can they really ignore the Queen Mother?!"

Haitang smiled as she helped her grandmother put the hairpins and rings she had used today back into the jewelry box and put them in order. She said, "Even if those noble ladies really thought so, they wouldn't dare to do anything wrong in front of her. No matter how ordinary the Queen Mother's family background is, she is the biological mother of the new emperor. If they neglect her, wouldn't they also neglect the current emperor? Since those princes' and princesses' palaces want to curry favor with the nobles, they will naturally not make such a low-level mistake."

"That may not be the case. There are always smart fools in the world." Ma sneered, "Today I saw someone treat Zhou Yijun's new wife politely, but turned around and gave Miss Wenjun a cold look. The two sisters-in-law are so good, but outsiders want to divide them into different levels. I don't know what stupidity she has done. Could it be that she thinks that Zhou Yijun's new wife is a little more noble because she is the daughter of a cabinet minister, and Miss Wenjun's grandfather, the Duke of Zhenguo, is already seriously ill, and she married an ordinary general, so outsiders don't have to respect her? Later, Zhou Yijun's wife complained to her parents-in-law and husband, and Miss Xuejun also knew about it. The whole family must hate that person, so how could they remember her kindness?!" Zhou Wenjun is very favored in her natal family! Zhou Xuejun will never forgive anyone who dares to look down on her elder sister!

Zhuang Minyi was dumbfounded: "Who is so rude?!" The wedding banquet of the Wu family in Cheng'enbo Mansion today was prepared by the Zhou family. Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Yijun's wife Tao helped to greet the guests. They can be said to be the host family. Who comes to the host family for a banquet and has to give a face to the host family? How can they come to congratulate? They are clearly here to make enemies, right? ! Even if the royal family is snobbish, they can't be so confused, right? Just because Zhou Yijun's wife is the granddaughter of the old man, and Zhou Wenjun's grandfather is seriously ill? But the Zhou family is still there!

Ma pouted and said, "Whose family could such a fool belong to? Of course it's the Zhang family! The third young lady of the Zhang family, relying on the fact that her sister-in-law is a princess and she is the daughter of a cabinet minister, and she is also on good terms with the princess of the royal palace, dares to look down on others. But the princess doesn't seem to be close to her, and her father has long been out of the cabinet, and the princess of the royal palace is busy currying favor with others, what is there for her to be proud of? I think Miss Wenjun is holding back her anger for the sake of the bride. If it were any other day, I'm afraid she would have sprayed back!"

Although the Third Young Lady of the Zhang Family was arrogant and rude, and was very hateful, Ma still laughed at it: "Have you seen the faces of the Zhang family today? In the past, they looked down on the Wu family and regarded them as a poor family. They were only willing to marry their daughters from side branches to them. When they invited them to a banquet, they had to put on an appearance of condescending status, as if they were the most distinguished guests at the banquet. But today, so many distinguished guests from the prince's palace and the princess's palace came, and all the officials in the court also sent gifts. With such a grand ceremony, I am afraid that when their daughter gets married, they will not be able to catch up even if they flatter her. How ugly their family members look..."

Haitang and Zhuang Minyi looked at each other and smiled.