Madam Hou

Chapter 48

If you have money or not, marry a daughter-in-law to celebrate the new year.

As the new year approaches, there are two happy events in the capital, one is the marriage of the eldest son of General Su, and the other is the marriage of the daughter of the Fuyang Hou family.Su Yu, the eldest son of General Su, married the granddaughter of the eldest son of the Ying family, a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River.Su's eldest son had better luck. He happily married Meijiao Niang and entered the bridal chamber smoothly.

But another Fuyang Hou family who married a daughter did not have such good luck. The eldest daughter of Fuyang Hou married the eldest son of the second house of Kang Guogong.Although the newly-wed mother may not be very happy, she obediently put on her bridal makeup, put on a new wedding dress, and sat on the bed waiting for the groom to welcome the bride.But in the end, the bridegroom didn’t come, but the servants brought the bad news from the young master of the Jiang family: the groom escaped on the way to welcome the bride and eloped with a prostitute, but was chased and beaten to death by the prostitute’s old friend .In fact, anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that it was obvious that someone had performed the Immortal Dance and asked the young master of the Jiang family to dance directly, with the aim of targeting the queen's natal Kang Guogong's mansion.This unlucky child didn't know whether to say that he died unjustly.

It is said that when the young servant of the Jiang family heard the bad news about the uncle of the Jiang family, Mrs. Jiang fainted to death when she heard it. Started to scold the little whore who seduced his son, and the old friend of the murderous prostitute, finished scolding the prostitute and her old friend, and began to scold her new daughter-in-law who was about to enter the door but failed to enter the successful door, scolded her Ke killed her son.

After Madam Fuyang Hou heard it, although she didn't pass out like the second wife of the Jiang family, she was almost there. After being pinched and woke up, even her intestines regretted it. She drank some ecstasy soup back then. That's why she rejected the marriage of the Marquis of Yongning and chose such a short-lived ghost, which made her daughter gain a reputation as a Kefu at a young age.

When Mrs. Lin Hou, who attended the wedding of Fuyang Hou's family, heard this, she couldn't help but gloat. She managed to hold back her laughter, and with a sad expression, said to Mrs. Fuyang Hou Sentence: "Sister, my condolences will change!" When I got into the carriage home, I laughed all the way back, even the depressed mood of being angered by the prospective daughter-in-law recently eased a lot.

Of course, there are other people's expressions, that is, sympathy, gloating, or not afraid of the height of the stage when watching a theater.

Among these people, the one who behaved strangely was the newlywed, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Fuyang, Liu Juan.Ever since she heard the bad news, her expression hasn't changed at all, as if it had nothing to do with her.After letting the maid beside her go down, she took off her wedding dress and changed into her usual clothes.The servant girl thought she was too stimulated, afraid that she would not think about it for a while, and when she went out, she would take away all the sharp objects in the house that might threaten the skin, so she didn't dare to go far. Standing outside the door, when they heard a small sound, they hurriedly slammed into the door and went in.

The young master of Kang Guogong’s mansion was killed. This Kang Guogong’s mansion should have been the victim, but this Young Master Jiang’s death was really disgraceful. My old friend was killed, what a weird person can do it.If it can be found out that this is a frame-up, you can gain some sympathy points, but the prostitute killed him because he had no doubts about his love and love with Young Master Jiang, and they wanted to die together, and finally crashed to death in the cell.The old friend of the prostitute was bitten to death again. This was an emotional dispute, and each person instigated and framed him. In the end, he said that he and the prostitute would die together. The knife then wiped the neck.

This young master of the Jiang family actually provided a negative teaching material for people in the capital to teach the young master not to visit brothels.It is said that in the past few decades since this incident came out, the rich family has always said a word when educating young masters: "You can't go to the brothel Chu House, or you will end up like the young master of the Jiang family."

Because of this, Duke Kang's mansion once again became the laughing stock of the capital.Mrs. Jiang Er was still making noises, first she wanted to avenge her son, and after the death of the prostitute and her old friend, she made a fuss about asking the young lady of Fuyang Hou's family to observe festivals for her son.As a result, Kang Guogong directly imprisoned him in the family temple in the name of disobedience to his elders.Because of this incident, even the queen pleaded guilty to the emperor, saying that as the mother of the country, she didn't even restrain and educate her natal family well, and she couldn't be the heroine of the world. Pushed it to Concubine Shu, and then locked herself in Fengyi Palace, "reflecting" day and night.

All of a sudden, the years of rivalry between Duke Kang's Mansion and Duke Ning's Mansion seemed to end with the defeat of Duke Kang's Mansion. Even the Queen took the initiative to show weakness and wanted to hand over the real power of the harem to Concubine Shu.

It seems that the Ningguo Duke's family dominates the outer court, and the inner palace seems to be dominated by Concubine Shu who gave birth to the eldest prince, especially after hearing that the emperor has recently fallen in love with a little maid who came out of Concubine Shu's palace. The degree of favored by her husband faintly overshadowed the limelight of the most favored empress, Concubine Chen.

From the outside to the inside, some ministers who had originally maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards the Kang Guogong Mansion and the Ning Guo Gong Mansion are now faintly turning to the Ning Guo Mansion.Kang Guogong's mansion seems to have reached the lowest period.

The four years of Jinghui ended with these things, and the new year of Jinghui's five years was ushered in.

Due to the unlucky events in the Marquis of Fuyang, Mrs. Linhou has not been in a better mood recently, and she has become much more pleasant to Yin Niang. During the New Year's gift, she added two more gold beads to her purse.

The God of Wealth is welcomed on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and from the second to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, they visit relatives' homes. Although there are not many relatives in the Yongning Hou Mansion, there are also many people who need to travel. Mrs. Lin Hou is also busy all the way until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. It was not until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year that I was a little more free.

Lin Fengqi has a wide range of friends and has many friends to socialize with, so I'm afraid he won't be able to relax so quickly.And because Yinniang didn't have any relatives or friends to move around, she also felt bored in Yongninghou Mansion, so she told Mrs. Linhou, she packed up her things from the second day of the Lunar New Year, brought blue and white vines back to Yangjiaoer Hutong, and said now Haven't come back yet.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Mrs. Lin Hou found some free time and sat under the window, drinking tea and admiring the snow while opening the window.At this time, a servant girl came to report: "Mrs. Fuyang Hou has posted a post to ask to see my wife."

Mrs. Lin Hou was also a little surprised why Mrs. Fuyang Hou came to the door. Since Mrs. Fuyang Hou refused the marriage of the Yongning Hou Mansion, the handkerchiefs they had handed over when they were young were basically broken. Except for necessary banquets, the two families basically would not come to the door.Mrs. Lin Hou was curious about Fuyang Hou's intention, so she accepted the post and said to the girl beside her, "Please come in."

When Madam Hou of Fuyang entered the flower hall in Tangrong Courtyard, Madam Lin Hou was sitting on a yellow pear wood Kang couch at the top of the flower hall. Gaiwan saw her come in with a calm expression.

Madam Hou of Fuyang stood outside the door for a while, but soon stepped in again.She didn't want to come to Mrs. Lin Hou, but for the sake of her daughter, she had no choice but to go in.

After Fuyang Hou came in, he showed a friendly smile and said in a flattering voice: "Yuyu, I haven't been to your house for a long time!"

Yuyu is Mrs. Linhou's boudoir name. When the two of them got along well before, Mrs. Fuyanghou also directly called Mrs. Linhou that way.Mrs. Lin Hou said calmly: "My temple is small, I'm afraid it won't be able to accommodate your big Buddha, Madam."

Mrs. Fuyang Hou was a little uncomfortable, but she still tried her best to show her intimacy, and said: "Look at what you said, I haven't been here for a long time, but I have a relationship with you." Then she looked around and asked Mrs. Lin Hou: " Where is that child Feng Qi, why isn't he here?"

Mrs. Lin Hou hummed in her heart, you know the reason why you are born, and what to pretend.Mrs. Lin Hou took a sip of tea, and then replied casually: "He went to meet friends and didn't come back so early."

"Speaking of which, you are still blessed to have such a promising son. Unlike the enemy I gave birth to, now I am so worried."

"Madam's day is sad, Miss Liu is the most obedient and gentle, and I will be able to find a good husband's family in the future." 'Zai' came out of her mouth, biting a little hard on purpose.

Madam Hou of Fuyang said a little unnaturally: "What's the use of being good-natured? It's just that luck has not arrived. I got married once, and my reputation is not good. It's also me who is a mother who is sorry for her. Originally, she didn't want to marry. , but we were forced to almost get into the bridal sedan chair. Now I am thinking, if I can make up for her and a good family wants her, I am willing to give half of the property of the Hou Mansion as her dowry."

What's so great about half of the family property of the Fuyang Hou Mansion, compared to silver, except for the Tian family, who can compare to her mother's Fushan Hou Mansion.Madam Lin Hou said disdainfully: "Madam is indeed a loving mother."

Mrs. Fuyang Hou said awkwardly: "Isn't it said that children are debts?" This embarrassment only lasted for a while, and soon, the topic of Mrs. Fuyang Hou turned to Lin Fengqi: "...Speaking of which, Feng Qi is so A promising child, if he is not a son-in-law, he is not allowed to participate in politics, or he is worthy of being married to a princess. Now he is married to the second young lady of the Chen family, but this child Feng Qi is somewhat wronged. Although the Chen family has a daughter who is a favorite concubine It would be better if she gave birth to a prince and let the empress take care of her as it was said before, but now Concubine Chen only gave birth to a princess, and she will not be able to have another in the future. The Chen family can't give Feng Qi much help in his official career. Feng Qi continued to marry Ms. Chen Er as his wife, but he felt a little wronged. Yuyu, as a sister, I would like to tell you, don't think that my sister's words are not good. It's worth it, as Feng Qi's official wife's status, you have to make another plan."

(End of this chapter)