White Fence Dream

Chapter 16 Gossip
When Xue Liu returned to Dongyang Hou Mansion, it was already time to turn on the lanterns, and the concubines and children of Mrs. Hou were surrounded by laughter.

Of course, the new young lady is not among them.

Seeing Xue Liu come in, everyone smiled and said, "Xue Liu is back." "Madam is just nagging you." Even the Ninth Lady came over and shook Xue Liu's hand: "What did Sister Xue Liu bring me?"

Xue Liu greeted everyone one by one with a smile, and then took a box from the little girl behind who was holding a bundle.

"Yes." She knelt down and handed the box to Jiu Niangzi.

Jiu Niangzi took it and opened it on the spot. It was a box of silk flowers. She didn't care whether the things were expensive or not, as long as she received them as gifts, she happily thanked them.

"It's not easy for you to go home. Why are you still thinking about her?" Mrs. Dongyang Hou said angrily.

Xue Liu smiled and said, "The Tenth Lady was worried about the Ninth Lady and asked me to bring her here."

The tenth lady of the Lu family and the ninth lady of the Dongyang Hou family are about the same age, but they are not playmates. When they first got married, they were both newborns. Later, because they refused to renew their relationship, the two families did not have much contact.

In the final analysis, it was just Xue Liu's intention. Mrs. Dongyang Hou smiled and thanked her without saying anything else. Xue Liu sat at her feet and said, "My mother made soybean paste. I brought it over to Madam to taste. I gave it to Mother Xu."

An aunt next to her smiled and said, "Xueliu, you go home and always carry things back. Be careful that I don't let you go back."

Xue Liu covered her mouth and smiled: "Aunt Yang, I gave all the flower paste you gave me last time to my mother. My mother asked me to get more from you."

Aunt Yang sighed and said to Mrs. Dongyang Hou: "Look, it's still facing mother."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou said with a smile: "If you don't care about your mother, who are you? I don't dare to be cold-hearted."

Aunt Yang nodded and said to Xue Liu: "Do you know how to please Madam? Ask for more of her things." After that, she waved her hand and whispered: "I know where Madam's good things are hidden, I will point them out to you. , you can just give me a little bit of the bargain."

Everyone in the room laughed, and Mrs. Dongyang Hou even laughed and spat, "You are still being petty with the girls at your age."

Another aunt asked from the side: "Is Ding'anbo Mansion okay?"

These words suddenly silenced the atmosphere in the room.

Zhou Jingyun suddenly returned with a wife, and Mrs. Dongyang Hou went to Ding'an Bo Mansion and was ignored. Everyone knew this.

This is an unpleasant topic.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou glanced at the concubine, "What?" Because of her youth and because the Marquis has been resting in her room these days, she can't wait to see her son's jokes?
"Alas." Xue Liu sighed heavily, "It's not good to live in Uncle Ding'an's house."

These words broke the stagnation and made the atmosphere even more stagnant.

The aunt who asked the question was a little afraid to answer. She also didn't expect that this maid who wanted to please the lady would dare to answer like this.

"What's wrong?" the childlike Ninth Lady asked curiously.

Xue Liu sighed again: "My uncle beat Mr. Wenjie so hard that the whip was broken. Madam Uncle and the old lady were both furious."

It was about someone else's son. Mrs. Dongyang Hou breathed a sigh of relief and asked in surprise: "What's going on? My uncle has always been good-tempered, why did he start a fight?"

This Young Master Wenjie is the youngest legitimate son of Ding'an Bo. He has always been favored in the palm of his hand, but he is willing to use the whip?
"I went to learn gambling from others." Xue Liu said.

Gambling money is nothing to the prince's family. Let's go all over the capital to see who doesn't want to play? Let alone gambling, there are even more despicable things, and no one takes them seriously.

Of course, except for her Jingyun, Mrs. Dongyang Hou thought to herself, with a bit of relief.

"You're young, just teach him well." She said, "There's no point in using the whip."

Doesn’t Ding Amber play it himself? How can you get so angry?

Xue Liu lowered her voice: "I just listened and said that I went to Shangguan Yue's gambling boat."

Shangguanyue.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou frowned slightly.

"Why are you getting mixed up with this kind of thing?" she said, "No wonder my uncle is angry."

The expressions of the concubines became a little strange, and the young gentlemen looked at me and winked at you.

The young Lady Ninth looked around, confused, and asked anxiously: "Who is Shangguan Yue? Shangguan, is he the consort's Shangguan?" After saying that, her eyes widened in envy, "That's not very powerful. People?"

Jiu Niangzi was young and hardly went out. She didn't know who this person was, but she knew that Princess Jinyu, whom the late emperor loved very much, married into the Shangguan family, and the Shangguan family became relatives of the emperor. During the late emperor's time, the Shangguan family could freely enter and leave the palace. The former emperor was gone, and this princess was the new emperor's biological sister. The new emperor had no other brothers and sisters, so he was extremely close to the princess, and the Shangguan family became even more powerful.

The Shangguan family is also very arrogant, and not everyone can make friends with them.

How many people want to socialize and play with people from the official family? How come Amber has to beat her son for this?

Ninth Lady didn’t quite understand what was going on.

"Nine Lady." Xue Liu whispered, "Then Shangguan Yue is from the Shangguan family, so it doesn't count." So is it true or not? Jiu Niangzi was even more puzzled.

"He is the concubine of Shangguan's consort." A young man said simply.

Ninth Lady seemed to understand: "Are you born to your aunt like us?"

These words made the bastards complain "What?", and the aunts were even more unwilling to listen. Aunt Yang squatted over and shook the ninth lady's arm: "It's different from us. Madam drank our tea, you guys You can also call me madam and mother."

How can you compare with those despicable outhouses!

Xue Liu also hurriedly explained again: "The prince-in-law let him in, but the princess didn't recognize him."

Therefore, if the surname is Shangguan, it will not be included in the family tree without the princess’ nod.

"He's not up to par. He doesn't study hard. He's proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution, and gambling. He even runs a gambling house..." another aunt said disdainfully.

Jiu Niangzi asked curiously: "What is the Hua Gambling House?"

A young man said: "It's a boat building. This boat is super big. It has three floors. The first floor is for banquets, the second floor is red-sleeved prostitutes, and the third floor is a casino. Every night, the lights are brightly lit, and the sound of singing and dancing continues all night long in the Jinshui River. …”

He was beaming as he spoke, his eyes full of yearning.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou slapped the table, interrupting his voice.

"You are very familiar with the Flower Gambling House." She said coldly, "Should I also ask the Marquis to prepare a whip?"

The young man suddenly turned pale and knelt down: "Mother, I was wrong." He quickly defended, "I have never been there, I just heard people say it."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou glanced at the other young masters, who knelt down and said, "Mother, we have never been there." "Mother, we will never go to that kind of place."

The atmosphere in the room became tense, and Ninth Lady did not dare to speak any more.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou nodded: "You have to remember that people in our family are not allowed to eat, drink, whore or gamble. If anyone dares to do anything that ruins the family tradition..." She glanced at everyone in the room with a faint smile on her lips, "You and you My aunt left Dongyang Hou Mansion together and became a person like Shangguan Yue."

In other words, they will be kicked out of the Dongyang Marquis Mansion and will no longer be recognized as being from the Dongyang Marquis Mansion.

At this time, the aunts also reprimanded their sons, and together they promised Mrs. Dongyang Hou that she would never do anything scandalous that would disgrace the family.

Aunt Yang even shed tears when she looked at Mrs. Dongyang Hou.

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Dongyang Hou said angrily, "You think I'm mean?"

Aunt Yang said: "I lament that Madam has a true motherly heart. If she is so cruel, pretending to be tolerant and indulging in concubine children, it will be useless." Blessing comes.”

The other aunts and gentlemen in the room hurriedly cried with emotion.

Only Ninth Lady moved her lips and wanted to say that after practicing for several lifetimes to be a concubine and a concubine, she always felt that this was a blessing...
Fortunately, her biological mother and aunt pinched her arm in advance to stop the child from talking nonsense.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou pouted at Aunt Yang: "How old are you? You are still like this in front of me."

Although he sighed, there was a smile in his eyes.

Aunt Yang said with a strong nasal voice: "No matter how old you are, you are still my wife."

Aunt Yang is the dowry girl brought by Mrs. Dongyang Hou.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou didn't say anything more. She smiled and took a sip of tea. She waved her hand with a bit of exhaustion: "It's getting late. You all should go back."

Everyone bowed in response and filed out, followed by Aunt Yang who personally made Mrs. Dongyang Hou's bed before going down.

Xue Liu was still standing indoors, following Aunt Yang as she left, and couldn't help but say, "Madam, it's great to have Aunt Yang by your side."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou can no longer remember whether she thought it was good or bad when she was young, but now that she is older, she feels it is good. It is better than those coquettish bitches who don't know their roots.

Seeing the envy and a bit of sadness in Xue Liu's eyes, she immediately understood why this girl was so emotional. If Mrs. Lu San was still around, Xue Liu would probably be Zhou Jingyun's aunt, but Mrs. Lu San passed away too suddenly. Although Lu San Before her death, the lady took Xue Liu's hand and said a word of trust, but Zhou Jingyun has been unwilling to accept any more people...
Now that the new lady has come in, her status as the former lady's maid is a bit awkward.

"Did you bring anything for her when you came from home?" Mrs. Dongyang Hou asked softly, raising her chin in the direction of the Prince's courtyard.

Xue Liu immediately understood who she was referring to.

"I brought it." She said with a smile, "Don't worry, madam, how could I be so rude."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou nodded: "I know you don't need to worry about me." Her eyebrows softened a little, "Go ahead." Then she paused, "Don't worry, I'm here with you."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou didn't explain clearly what she was worried about, but Xue Liu knew it in her heart. She was happy and excited. When the prince came back, even if the new lady refused to give her to him as his aunt, Mrs. Hou made the decision and no one could stop her.

"Yes, thank you madam." She said excitedly, bowed respectfully and left.

(End of this chapter)