History of Empress Dowager Development

Chapter 178

After washing up briefly the next morning, Lin Lang followed Xu Lang to the room.The new daughter-in-law will naturally have to meet the elders of the family on the first day of her marriage. The Meishou hall is full of gatherings now, Mrs. Xu is sitting at the head, and the eldest wife Chu Hanyi and the third wives Yao Shi and Lin Lang are sitting on one side. On the other side are the second master Xu Fengliang and the second wife Dou, the second wife's daughter-in-law Shen and the elder sister Xu Huan.

Except for Xu Sheng who went out to play early in the morning, the masters in the capital of Xu's mansion were all gathered.

Xu Lang walked in with Lin Lang, and a little maid laid out the futon, and the couple kowtowed to Mrs. Xu, and it was time to serve tea.Lin Lang may not have any close friends with everyone present, but he has seen them all, so he took the tea tray and served tea to Mrs. Xu first.

Mrs. Xu and Lin Lang's grandmother are cousins. They are from similar backgrounds, so they love to compare each other since they were young. Competitive, but still more dignified than Yibi's status at home.

Mrs. He has had a lot of miscellaneous things happen since the matter of He Jinyu. Because of the pressure of Mrs. He, she dare not do things willfully. This year she lived in seclusion in Qingyuantang, although the same delicious food is good. Drinking offerings, after all, lost the prestige of being the head of the house.

Mrs. Xu is different here, the old Duke passed away early, Xu Fengxian inherited the position of Duke, because he could not always be filial in front of the old man, he treated the old lady very respectfully.Although the Xu family is also headed by the eldest wife, Chu Hanyi, the old lady's status is still very high. Although there are occasional troubles, but there is no husband to suppress her, and the son dare not take care of her, so she is quite proud .

This time when Lin Lang got married, Mrs. He showed her face and left, but Mrs. Xu was surrounded by a group of acquainted ladies and heard a lot of compliments.

But after all, the sisterhood is still there, Mrs. He's status in the family has been lowered, and Mrs. Xu is secretly proud, but she also feels that the sisters have suffered, and the daughters-in-law and granddaughters of the He family are not filial.Now that Lin Lang married in, Mrs. Xu would naturally have to beat her a little bit, so when Lin Lang held up the tea tray respectfully, Mrs. Xu didn't pick it up right away, but turned her head to talk to the second lady.

Lin Lang felt a little embarrassed, so she took a sneak peek at Xu Lang, and was quite surprised to see him.

Seeing that the old lady wanted to show her off, Xu Lang immediately took the tea tray and held it for himself, and said respectfully: "Please serve tea, old lady."

Mrs. Xu's eyes can pay attention to this.Linlang's dowry was all over the long street yesterday, and Qin's dowry was very rich, and this marriage was bestowed by the emperor himself. The old lady was afraid that her granddaughter-in-law would be arrogant, and she was thinking about establishing her prestige. How did she expect Xu Lang to come here?Immediately, his complexion became a little ugly, and he said with a half-smile: "Isn't the bride offering tea?"

Xu Lang didn't change his face, he opened his eyes and said nonsense, "It's all my grandson's recklessness, I accidentally hurt Lin Lang's arm yesterday, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold it for too long, and she will be rude in front of you, so I will carry it for her , Tea is of course still respected by her."

Of course no one can verify this, but Xu Lang's gesture of protecting his wife is obvious.Mrs. Xu laughed dryly, took a sip from the teacup, and taught Yinfeng beside her to fetch a small mother-of-pearl box, took out one of the gold-encrusted jade dragonfly hairpins and put it on Lin Lang's head, saying: "Marry in My Xu family's door is my Xu family's daughter-in-law, and many rules should be learned."

Mrs. Xu slowly sipped her tea, intending to say a few more words, but Lin Lang said obediently: "Thank you for your teaching, I will remember." Before the old lady could speak again, Xu Lang pulled her up, Went to Chu Hanyi.

Lin Lang was secretly surprised.She doesn't know much about Xu's family, and usually has a lot of contact with Xu Lang's brothers and sisters, and she doesn't have much contact with this old lady except for the New Year's Day and the meeting at the banquet. The old lady seems to be quite grudge?
Looking at Mrs. Xu again, when she was about to speak, her grandson and daughter-in-law had already left, she was not even annoyed, she just glanced at Xu Lang, and sat still with a calm expression.

Because Xu Fengxian was in Mobei, one of his parents-in-law was missing, so Lin Lang could only offer tea to Chu Hanyi alone.

After all, this mother-in-law was born in Jiangmen and had been on the battlefield. In addition, Xu Lang insisted on asking for Linlang at the time, so she didn't mean to embarrass Linlang. Said: "This is something that was rewarded by the Empress Dowager earlier. Ming Zhi liked this when he was a child." As if to explain it, he said: "You are younger than Xiang'er, and it is time for you to be innocent. Take your time to learn the rules. , If you don’t understand, just come to me.”

Lin Lang naturally agreed, and then served tea to the uncle and aunt of the second room.These two are really good-looking, the nephew and daughter-in-law are getting started, this time they just changed their mouths to pretend to be familiar, and gave something without saying much.

Then there was Linlang's sister-in-law Hu Shi.Hu's father was originally a general of Zhenxi, but later died for the country. After the emperor took pity on her as a loyal minister, he decided to marry her to Xu Shuo.However, Hu was weak since she was a child, and her father's death in battle made her even more sad, and her body has always been weak and weak.

Lin Lang called "Sister-in-law", and Hu also called "Sister-in-law" softly.When they arrived at Shen's place, Xu Sheng was a month younger than Xu Lang. Although Shen started the business earlier and was older than Lin Lang, he still had to call Lin Lang "sister-in-law". After the ceremony, the two returned to their seats.

Xu Lang and Linlang's seats were just below Chu Hanyi, Yao's and Hu's, and Xu Xiang was next to Linlang.She was obviously very happy today, she squeezed her eyes, and whispered jokingly: "Second sister-in-law?" Lin Lang pursed her lips and smiled, and pinched her waist when no one saw her.

When she came to the Xu family before, she was always a guest, and because she was young, she was very free, so naturally she never paid attention to the internal affairs of the Xu family.Now that she is someone else's daughter-in-law, her status is different. Lin Lang secretly looked at everyone while sitting there. Mrs. Xu's gaze was most likely directed at the second master Xu Fengliang, and she even brought the second wife with her. Speaking warmly.

Chu Hanyi was as stable as a mountain, and when he occasionally said something jokingly, the second wife would agree with him.The third wife is from a concubine, and the Yao family doesn't talk too much, but after all, her husband's military achievements and official position are placed there, and she got the imperial order relying on her husband, which is much more prestigious than the second wife.But after all, the old lady is in charge in the mansion, she dotes on the second child, Yao naturally dared not make a mistake, so she sat there with a smile all the time, listening to their chat quietly.

(End of this chapter)