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Chapter 42: Bringing a concubine to the banquet, who is he looking down on?

The couple discussed for a while and reached a consensus. Shen Ling went to find Old Madam Shen and asked her not to bother Gu Nianchu these days.

Old Madam Shen was very angry. Shen Ling coaxed her for a long time before she finally agreed not to cause trouble for Gu Nianchu. The most important point was that she couldn't afford to offend Gu Nianchu at all. Now she was just relying on the fact that she was Gu Nianchu's mother-in-law, and Gu Nianchu didn't dare to let others beat her openly.

Gu Nianchu lived a leisurely life. She received a letter from Zhou Yuchen, saying that Chang Huan had already settled down in the academy with his teacher, so she could rest assured.

The nobles in Kyoto began to hold various banquets.

Although the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion has been involved in many scandals recently, it is still a marquisate after all, and it still received some invitations.

Old Madam Shen wanted Gu Nianchu to know who had the final say in the Marquis' Mansion, so she did not bring Gu Nianchu to the banquet, but brought Xu Yan and Shen Jiao instead.

Chunlan came to report to Gu Nianchu, who said indifferently: "Let them go. They really think that the nobles in Kyoto City are as unrefined as their mansion."

At Minister Zhou’s residence, Mrs. Zhou was filled with anger.

"This is too much, this Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is really too much!"

The eldest daughter of the Zhou family calmed Madam Zhou down, "Mother, they are the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and they are the ones being laughed at by others. Please don't be angry."

Madam Zhou shook her head: "Qian'er, you don't understand. If our Zhou family really lets the Marquis' wife bring the concubine into the house today, we will become the laughing stock of Kyoto and will also be at odds with the General's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion."

Miss Zhou couldn't help but complain a few words, and then asked Mrs. Zhou what to do now.

Madam Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "We can't offend the General's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion just because of a poor family. Miss Xie from the Duke's Mansion is the future Crown Princess."

The mother and daughter discussed it for a while, and then Mrs. Zhou asked the nanny beside her to make the arrangements.

Old Madam Shen and her family were welcomed into the backyard. When arranging the seats, a maid placed Old Madam Shen and Shen Jiao in the main hall, but Xu Yan had no seat.

"Madam Xu, please follow me to the side room and take a seat."

A maid stretched out her hand to Xu Yan, and Xu Yan was stunned and looked up at Old Madam Shen and called out, "Mother!"

Old Madam Shen said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "This is my son's concubine in the Marquis' Mansion."

The Zhou family's servants are so tactless.

"Madam Hou, there is no such thing as a co-wife in our Great Zhou Dynasty. A co-wife is just a nice way of saying it. At best, she is a concubine. Do you want your concubine in the Hou Mansion to sit with us?"

The person who was speaking was the wife of Censor Zhang. Both Mrs. Zhang and Censor Liu were of upright character and would speak directly out if they did not like something.

The ladies around all covered their mouths and laughed.

"This Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is too unrefined. They brought their concubine to the banquet and wanted to sit with us. Who are they looking down on?"

Xu Yan's eyes were red, and she stammered, "Mother, Yan'er..."

She couldn't give in. If she gave in today, then there would be no place for her, Xu Yan, in the upper class society of Kyoto City in the future!
Madam Shen said in a deep voice: "Xu gave birth to the eldest son of my mansion."

"He is just a concubine's eldest son."

"No, he is not even the eldest son of a concubine, but the son of a concubine. Do you think it is such an honorable thing?"

Everyone laughed at Old Lady Shen and Xu Yan. Old Lady Shen was also angry at this time. She said to Madam Zhou, "Madam Zhou, is this the way you treat guests in the Shangshu Mansion?"

She also intended to ask Mrs. Zhou to give her an explanation.

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Madam Hou, I am so sorry. I really didn't expect that the one who came with you was not the Crown Prince's wife. I didn't prepare anything. Please forgive me. You see, nowadays, no one wants to sit at the same table with a concubine. So I asked Madam Xu to sit in the side room. I asked someone to set up a separate table for Madam Xu."

Mrs. Zhang applauded: "Mrs. Zhou is very thoughtful."

Madam Shen was so angry that she stood up and was about to leave: "Since the Shangshu Mansion does not welcome our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, goodbye."

We are all respectful people and generally would not say bad things to each other's faces. Today's incident was really an accident.

If it were any other time, with Mrs. Zhou's smooth-talking personality, she would definitely apologize to Old Madam Shen, humble herself and make Old Madam Shen happy.

But today, with so many people watching, it also represented their family's attitude. Madam Zhou stood up without hesitation to see the guests off: "Madam Hou, I'm so sorry. I will come to apologize another day."

He said he was apologizing, but everyone knew it was just a polite remark.

Old Madam Shen looked at the ladies around her and felt that they all had sarcastic smiles on their faces. She was so angry that she turned around and left without even waiting for Madam Zhou to see her off.

On the way back, Old Madam Shen couldn't help but curse.

Shen Jiao felt a little uncomfortable: "Mother, you are really stupid. You clearly knew that we were going to visit the Shangshu Mansion today, and the guests there were all wives of the principal wives. Why did you bring her with you?"

The disdain in Shen Jiao's eyes made Xu Yan very sad: "Jiao Jiao, it's all my fault. I made you and mother suffer."

Shen Jiao ignored Xu Yan and continued to complain to Madam Shen: "Mother, don't you think about it? Which wife of the main house would like her husband to take a concubine? Although she appears to be tolerant and generous on the surface, the shady tricks in the backyard are endless. And you still want to honor her and take her out."

Old Madam Shen was almost annoyed to death. She shouted at Shen Jiao: "Shut up! When is it your turn to lecture your mother?"

When Shen Jiao heard that her mother was angry, she didn't dare to say anything more. The atmosphere was very heavy.

When Gu Nianchu heard the news, a smile appeared on her face.

"Madame Tian, ​​please choose a gift and send it to the residence of Minister Zhou and the residence of Censor Zhang to thank the wife of the Minister and the wife of the Censor for speaking out for justice."

Gu Nianchu gave the order, and Nanny Tian responded with a smile: "Yes, Miss, I will go and choose right away."

When Old Madam Shen heard that Gu Nianchu had actually given an expensive gift to the family that had made things difficult for her, she was almost furious to death, but she didn't dare to cause trouble for Gu Nianchu and could only hold it in.

Gu Nianchu didn't know whether Xu Yan was angry or not.

This woman hid herself very well. She showed no emotion when she was happy or unhappy. She did not show any abnormal behavior when she returned to Lingyun Pavilion, and she did not even take her anger out on her servants.

"My lady, Aunt Xu is really patient. She has been managing the household well these days, as if she has never been humiliated by the Shangshu Madam and the Yushi Madam."

Aunt Tian chatted with Gu Nianchu, who nodded: "Well, I want to see how long she can hold on, let's wait and see."

She didn't care that she was looked down upon by the noble ladies of Kyoto, but she didn't know if she could remain calm when she saw her precious son being trampled into the mud.

(End of this chapter)