Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 57

Old Mrs. Shen was holding a bowl of white fungus porridge, and she glanced slightly at Mrs. Sun who was chatting and laughing with the people around her on the seat on the left.

"I saw that the black ink on Mrs. Sun's neck is very beautiful. It's rare in the capital. I guess it can't be bought in the moon?"

The question was cryptic, and Mrs. Shen's face was kind, and her tone was unclear, as if she was really asking the question.

Therefore, Sun Jinlan didn't care too much, proudly raised her chin to the people around her, smiled, and replied respectfully: "Old lady Shen has good eyesight, this Mo Cui is something you can't buy in the market, Mo Cui, the darker the better, especially the mirror surface like this one is black, but it is the best if the light transmits light and the green is uniform."

During the banquet, the women's smiles were gradually forced, and they held up their tea bowls and drank tea without talking to each other. It is estimated that only the Sun family was present to show off their wealth in front of the Hou's mansion.

Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said: "Since this Mo Cui is such an expensive item, it really suits you, Mrs. Sun."

Sun Jinlan was praised, and her smile was even brighter: "If Mrs. Shen is interested, I will order someone to send you a better one tomorrow."

The old lady Shen took the words lightly: "It's hard for Mrs. Sun to be enthusiastic. My wife, I am ashamed to bother you. Mrs. Sun just said that this ink green is not available in the market. I want to ask someone to buy this ink green. Me I just wonder how I can buy this Mo Cui, and I will give it to my two daughters-in-law when I return to Beijing."

The corners of Sun Jinlan's mouth froze. No one in the world knew that her daughter-in-law was the late Emperor's Princess Jiayi. She had seen even the most expensive things, so what was Mo Cui?
During the banquet, the women chuckled, all waiting for Sun Jinlan to fail to step down.

And Sun Jinlan also realized that she was too complacent, and smiled a little: "It turns out that Mrs. Shen is going to give it to her daughter-in-law, this Mo Cui..."

"Old lady Shen doesn't know something about this," said a woman with a ponytail on her arm, "Mrs. Sun's husband is a well-known wealthy businessman in our family. It is Mrs. Sun who wants the moon in the sky. Ah, her husband-in-law can also buy it for her, it's just a mere ink emerald chain, it's not uncommon for Mrs. Sun to wear ink emerald all over her body."

Sun Jinlan heard that Mrs. Xue was teasing her, she rolled her eyes secretly, and said, "Look at what Mrs. Xue said, those who don't know think this Mo Cui is the cabbage on the vegetable stall in front of your mansion. Can you just pick a bunch? This Mo Cui doesn’t say that he is guilty of Yue, and he can’t find a few pieces in the whole Zhao Kingdom.”

A new tea fruit was brought on the table, Mrs. Shen slowly twisted the beads around her hands, and scanned the ground with a little deep meaning.

Being ridiculed, Mrs. Xue's face immediately turned pale, and she said with a disdainful smile: "Yes, your family has a big business, and it's a rice shop and a mill, let alone picking Mo Cui, Mrs. Sun There is nothing to say about the eyes of the husband, but now he has picked the eldest son of the Wang family who was promoted in the family at the beginning of the year, alas, this is a crime, you can do whatever you want, no one is more blessed than you."

Today, most of the female family members hosted by Mrs. Shen are businessmen at home, and the monthly tax is high. The first unlucky thing is the merchants. Men who do business abroad have to think much more.

The pent-up resentment from the past can usually be hidden under a smiling face, but now it is in front of Mrs. Shen in the North Ninghou Mansion.As the saying goes, whichever way the wind blows, these women don't come to this banquet in vain today if they don't blow Sun Jinlan's broken foundation out to vent their anger.

Sun Jinlan's complexion changed drastically, and she glanced around the banquet, seeing all the tricks in the eyes of the women around her, and sneered in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face: "Ms. Not to mention the old lady Shen from Ningbei Hou's Mansion who is sitting first, even on weekdays, I will be the one to make the decision."

Old Mrs. Shen, who was ordered, ignored Sun Jinlan and picked up a bowl of tea without hearing anything.

At the same time, a woman in low-key plain clothes with a red flower pinned on her head said: "You can't make the decision, your brother can do it too. Speaking of which, your brother has no one by his side so far. Madam Sun has a good eye." , why don't you pick one for your big brother?"

Seeing the banquet turned into a vortex, Sun Jinlan was not calm anymore. She was afraid that the group of sharp-toothed women would say something that should not be said, so she said embarrassingly: "My elder brother has his own ideas, man, what's wrong with the court?" Sincerely, honest and upright official, caring for the common people, it doesn't matter whether you get married or not. Don't just talk about my family when there are so many sisters during the banquet. I just glanced at the second grandson of Mrs. Shen from afar. So handsome, I wonder if Second Brother Shen has a girl he likes in the capital?"

Old Mrs. Shen put down the tea bowl, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said leisurely: "My grandson hasn't got a marriage contract yet, and as for the girl I'm looking for, he doesn't have one either. It’s not as good as Mrs. Sun’s son-in-law. When it comes to the promotion of the Wang family and the glory of the family, Sun Zhizhou’s support is indispensable among them. I remember that the second son of Mrs. Wang’s family is about the same age as your girl, why didn’t Mrs. Sun make a match?"

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Xue did not forget to add a handful of firewood: "The eldest son of the Wang family has always had a hairpin tassel. This eldest son of the big house is indeed promising. Let alone Mrs. Shen, we are also puzzled. It's just that the second son of the big house of the Wang family is really good. That's good, but this eldest son wants to be promoted, and as the second son, he also has to go to Beijing with him, I think Mrs. Sun is reluctant to part with her daughter?"

Sun Jinlan's face was stiff, and she turned her head to take a deep look at the old lady Shen above her, seeing that she was looking at him leisurely, with an inexplicable coldness in her eyes, but a kind face on her face, Sun Jinlan felt a twinge in her heart. Jump, and replied with a blank head: "Yes, yes, Mrs. Xue said the same thing, I just don't want my girl to go to the capital."

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the banquet covered their mouths and laughed.

Sun Jinlan was stunned for a while, and then suddenly came to Xue to set a trap for herself.

The eldest son of the Wang family was promoted at the beginning of the year, and the second son of the Wang family was hired at the end of last year. If she admits that she is reluctant to let her daughter marry a more promising eldest son, it will show that she already knew that the eldest son of the Wang family will be promoted things.

"No, no, no," Sun Jinlan panicked, "I just fancy that the eldest son of the second householder of the Wang family is responsible for things, besides, Mrs. Shen didn't praise him before."

A woman in a brocade gown embroidered with violet satin said: "How can you say that, Mrs. Sun, the eldest son and the second son of the Wang family are born of the same mother. Although there is a big difference in age between the two, they were both raised together. Yes, from this to the other, is it possible that Mrs. Sun's words mean that the eldest house is not as good as the second house?"

"When did I feel that the first room is not as good as the second room! I don't mean that."

Sun Jinlan couldn't say enough about these women, she stared angrily, and turned her head to want Mrs. Shen to uphold justice, but she heard her look at Xue Shichao: "I just heard that Mrs. Sun's husband is also a rice shop and a mill. Isn't this a small shop? How can it pick off the moon from the sky with that ability?"

Xue said: "Oh, Mrs. Shen, you don't know something. The Lu family owns more than one or two rice mills. Their family has all the rice mills in their pockets. !"

Sun Jinlan's face turned blue from anger, and she pointed at Xue Shi with trembling fingers: "You, you... good... good." The last two words have been silenced with anger.

——Although the law of the current dynasty does not stipulate that merchants are not allowed to monopolize, looking at the cities of the current dynasty, if they can achieve monopoly, they will not end well.

(End of this chapter)