On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 270 Marriage 1
In the General's Mansion, Mrs. Li had the habit of taking a nap in the afternoon.

After waking up, I also used to lie on the couch for a while to relax.

She just opened her eyes today and heard the maid's voice outside the screen: "Madam, Mother Zhou is back."

Mrs. Li hummed: "Let her come in and serve me."

When Zhou's mother came in, she saw that Madam was already sitting at the dressing table, with four maids surrounding her to dress her up, so that she could not get involved.

It happened that a maid brought ginseng tea in. Mother Zhou immediately took it, held it in front of Mrs. Li, and whispered in a low voice: "Madam, the old slave is back."

Then he said in a voice with a bit of surprise: "It's a coincidence that we met our young master in Yongxing. Now the young master will go to Jin'an Prince's Mansion to return to his life and ask the old slave to come back and tell you, so as not to worry you."

Mrs. Li, who had a serious face at first, immediately smiled after hearing this: "Is this child going to Yongxing?"

"Young Master is filial and capable, so he must be put in a good position by the prince. It's hard work for our Young Master to run around everywhere!"

What Zhou's mother said really touched Mrs. Li's heart. She laughed and scolded: "You are the only one who knows so much. Did you bring her back?"

"Yes, thanks to Madam, everything goes well." When Zhou's mother said this, she added: "I have something to do and I want to go back to Madam privately."

Mrs. Li responded, and the maids all bowed and left.

Only then did Zhou’s mother step forward and talk about the second young master’s affairs and the Xiao family’s help for the second young master. She didn’t know much, and she didn’t dare to add to it. After all, when the second young master came back, the lady would know as soon as she asked.

Mrs. Li's eyebrows stood up: "Bah, the Wang family is so shameless, they also want to rely on my son."

What follows is a series of belittlings that reduce people to dust.

Of course, Zhou’s mother kept echoing, and when Mrs. Li was happy with the scolding, she continued to briefly talk about Xiao Xiao: “The Xiao family, it’s Aunt Xiao, Miss Xiao Erlang, and Xiao Erlang who are accompanying Xiao Xiao. The third girl is here."

"The Xiao family lives in a house with two entrances. It was given to me by Miss Xiao's husband's family..."

She found this out from Mrs. Wu on the way.

I'm afraid that when my wife asks about the Xiao family, I won't know anything about it.

As for whether Wu and herself were telling the truth, she didn't care. Anyway, it would be nice if she could stand up to her masters.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li snorted coldly: "The girls of the Xiao family are all lucky, and each one they find is better than the last."

"Girls nowadays are so shameless. They even lose their shame in order to gain wealth."

Zhou’s mother understood that Madam was angry with the Xiao family because of Miss Wang’s incident, so of course she could not speak for Xiao Xiao.

After Mrs. Li said a lot of disgusting things, she asked again: "Were the Xiao family very happy to hear your intention to come? Didn't they give you some benefits?"

When Zhou's mother heard this, she felt extremely aggrieved: "Madam, this old slave is even more unjust than Dou E."

"The Xiao family is extremely greedy for money. Not to mention giving the old slave a penny, how about the silver hairpin that the old slave brought?"

Of course she didn't dare to show off after returning home. She immediately put away all the gold jewelry and only wore a silver hairpin.

Don't let the madam think that she is going out for a long time: "The Xiao family wants to eat and drink well on the way, but they also ask the old slave to pay for it. The madam only has more than ten taels of silver left."

I just regret that the food at Zuixianlou is too expensive.

Mrs. Li smiled inexplicably.

Even if she didn't say a good word about the Xiao family, she also believed that the Xiao family didn't do her any favors.

In fact, Mrs. Li wanted to find a family like the Xiao family for Li Ji, but when she thought that Xiao Xiao and her son had also interacted, she felt very unhappy, and she was a little reluctant to let Xiao Xiao come in.

But people were here, and of course she wanted to see them.

She said calmly: "Arrange people in Narcissus Pavilion first."

Others would think that Mrs. Li likes flowers, and the courtyards in the mansion are all named after flowers.

But people like Zhou's mother and others who are close to her came here with the wife as a dowry, but they know their wife's thoughts. Aunt Mo lives in Osmanthus Garden, Aunt Zhu lives in Furong Pavilion, and Aunt Yang lives in Epiphyllum Garden. It is all because of these flowers that they only bloom but do not bear fruit.

This is purely the wish of my wife.

But I didn't expect that Madam would be so disgusted with Miss Xiao, whom she had never met before.

Mrs. Li wanted to show off her family members and make them anxious and restless.

When the Xiao family came to Shuixian Pavilion, they asked their mother-in-law and maid to prepare hot water and charcoal basins for bathing.

Then there are snacks and fruits, which are really no surprise.

Mrs. Li was very angry after hearing this: "Have they considered the General's Mansion as their own home before they even entered the door?"

"It's so shameless and greedy."

Then he asked: "Who asked for it?"

The maid next to her whispered: "It's mainly Mrs. Xiao Er who asked for it."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li sighed and said, "Take the person to the living room."

Everyone is here, and we have to meet each other sooner or later.

She wanted to make some small talk, give him some money, and then send him back.

Otherwise, after staying for a long time, the husband knew that the person who had saved his son came and asked to meet him.

If he really saw people from the Xiao family, he would definitely think that he deliberately wanted to embarrass Li Ji and brought them to the general's mansion.

When she met the Xiao family, she saw that they were all dressed up (they had made new clothes years ago), and they were also polite in greeting each other.

If you didn't know what kind of people they were, would you really think they were the family members of a wealthy family?

After Mrs. Li exchanged greetings with them for a few words, she said politely: "I also heard that Li Ji was injured earlier. Thanks to you for helping to ask for a doctor and prepare medicine. I kept it in my mind after knowing it, and I thought I would take advantage of it." See you during the New Year.”

Then he motioned to Mother Zhou next to him with his eyes.

Mother Zhou quietly exited and led four maids in carrying trays.

On the first tray, there were twenty ingots and five taels of silver.

On the second tray, there is a set of plum blossom jewelry inlaid with silver and jade.

On the third tray, there were jewelry made of pearls.

On the fourth tray, there is rouge and gouache.

Xiao Xiao secretly thought: The general's wife is quite frugal. Looking at the many bells and whistles, in fact, the total does not exceed five hundred taels of silver.

But it can't be said that the gift she gave was inappropriate.

The jewelry is made of silver with some jade, and the pearls are not big, but they are very suitable for a little girl to wear.

She stopped talking and glanced at Wu.

She had discussed it with Wu before, in case the general's wife wanted to go back on her word, let her make a request to the general's wife.

After all, with the Sheng family here, the marriage between the Xiao family and the General's Mansion must not go wrong.

Mrs. Wu smiled and said: "Thank you madam, it was my niece who saved your eldest son earlier. This man and woman are not close to each other. The eldest son has also agreed to marry my little niece. When will we get engaged?"

Before coming to the General's Mansion, she really didn't expect that the General's Mansion was so rich and wealthy, with maids and women everywhere.

But she didn't have much fear. After all, she had met the county magistrate's wife several times and thought she had seen the world.