Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 35 Encounter
As soon as the two of them entered the bright room of Yutang Zhai, a palace lady in her twenties came over, with a bun on her hair, wearing a moon blue plain beaded jacket, and a navy blue pleated skirt. Moderate, it was Hanwei, the son of the family who entered the palace with Concubine Xian at the beginning. Now, she is also the chief palace lady in Yonghe Palace. When walking outside, everyone should respect her a little bit.

"Servant Hanwei has seen the old lady, ma'am." Hanwei immediately saluted with a smile when she saw Mrs. Tai and the others.

"It's all a family, why should Miss Hanwei be excused?" Mrs. Tai didn't wait for her to bow her knees, and immediately helped her up, her attitude was extremely gentle.Even though Hanwei is the son of Hou's family, she has already entered the palace, so she must not be underestimated.

Hanwei also stood up, holding Mrs. Tai's hand as she walked towards the Xinuang Pavilion inside, and said: "Your Majesty has been thinking about the old lady, so I specially asked the servants to come to welcome you!"

Su Wan walked behind the two in a low-key manner, without any sense of presence.

Su Wan understands that the servant's attitude mostly represents the master's attitude, and Hanwei only took a look at her when they first met, and then completely regarded her as an invisible person.She knew that Concubine Xian might not have a good impression of her.

After arriving at the Xici room, I saw a beautiful and dignified young woman sitting on a warm couch. She was wearing a red satin double-breasted shirt embroidered with flower and bird patterns, and a golden-rimmed azurite satin embroidered with golden dragons, pearls, and clouds. Yellow satin embroidered multicolored phoenix peony cloud flower round neck gown, and a scarlet satin multicolored pleated skirt embroidered with water patterns and mandarin ducks underneath. Concubine Xian.

At this time, two brocade mats were placed in front of the warm couch. It was not until Su Wan paid respects and worshiped with Mrs. Tai that the concubine Xian hurriedly ordered Hanwei to help Mrs. Tai up and gave her a seat with tea. Sitting obliquely, he abides by etiquette in every move and does not overstep.

Concubine Xian first talked to Mrs. Tai for a while, and asked about the situation in the Marquis's mansion, then she turned her eyes on Su Wan, and said with a smile: "This is the elder sister-in-law of my palace, right?" ? Speaking of which, this is the first time we have met!"

Su Wan quickly stood up, bent her knees and replied: "The concubine, Mrs. Su, has seen your empress before, so I can't call you my empress like that!"

Concubine Xian withdrew her gaze with a smile, took the teacup handed over by Hanwei, waved it casually, and then said slowly: "Since you are married to my eldest brother, you are naturally my sister-in-law. What's wrong with it? Or, you don't think of yourself as Mrs. Changwuhou at all?"

Su Wan suddenly raised her head to look at Concubine Xian, but she saw that although Concubine Xian was smiling, there was a trace of coldness in her eyes, Su Wan's heart tightened, she quickly lowered her head, and said: "Why did you say such a thing, concubine? Never thought of that."

"Nothing is the best." Concubine Xian looked away, took a sip of tea, handed the teacup to Hanwei, and continued: "You are not a young and ignorant child, you should know what it means for you to marry into the Hou's mansion Therefore, I hope that before you do anything in the future, you will think more about the reputation of the Hou Mansion, take into account the overall situation, be cautious in your words and deeds, and endure when you have to endure, and endure when you can't bear it. You Don't feel wronged, who told you to be Mrs. Changwuhou! You should be wronged a little."

Seeing that Su Wan respectfully listened to the training, the Concubine Xian was also very satisfied with her attitude, she smiled slightly and continued: "This time you took the initiative to Baoling County, which brought great benefits to the Hou Mansion and this Palace. Trouble, but, because you are the first offender, I will forgive you this time, if there is another time, let alone the Houfu will not forgive you, even this palace will not let it go." At the end, the tone changed It is extremely severe.

Although the concubine Xian's accusation was not too severe, it was the first time for her to reprimand someone in front of so many palace officials, and she also said it so bluntly, without mercy, even if it was perfunctory, Obviously, in her heart, she didn't take Su Wan, Mrs. Changwuhou, seriously.

This situation is a little serious.You know, even the emperor's concubine, no one can reprimand the wife of an important official at will, let alone Su Wan is her sister-in-law.

The concubine Xian's words were no longer disrespecting Su Wan, but directly stomping her face on the ground. In this way, she told everyone clearly that she did not recognize Su Wan's identity.

After the news got out, who would look down on Su Wan in the future?

Moreover, this is probably also a way for Concubine Xian to distance herself from Su Wan. The purpose is to show Her Highness the Eldest Princess, and she wants to tell the Eldest Princess that she and Su Wan are not on the same path.Even if Su Wan gets into trouble outside, don't implicate her.

Su Wan is not stupid, so how could she not know what the attitude of the concubine Xian represents?
She felt that she should be angry and ashamed, but she couldn't get angry, because she knew that even if she was angry, it was useless. Could she still slap her a few times like slapping the princess of Baoling County?Obviously impossible, unless she doesn't want to live anymore.Therefore, her mood was very calm, and even her expression was calm and indifferent, as if the person blamed by Concubine Xian was not her but someone else.

"Yes, the concubine has written it down." Su Wan heard herself say so.

This is not resignation, but patience for the time being. The current situation does not allow her to be willful.

Seeing Su Wan's calm appearance, Concubine Xian frowned unhappily, thinking that she was just perfunctory, but after thinking about it, she felt that she didn't have the guts. Taking it to heart, he waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, you can take care of yourself in the future. After you return from the palace, you will immediately go to the British government to apologize."

Su Wan lowered her head and did not speak, but her lips were slightly pursed. She will go to the British government, but it is not just an apology. There are some things that she should also clarify with the British government.

"I have something to say to Mrs. Changwuhou alone. Ruyi, take Mrs. Changwuhou to the imperial garden behind and come back in half an hour. Mrs. Changwuhou doesn't know much about palace etiquette. You Remind her in time not to offend the nobleman."

There was a bit of mockery in Concubine Xian's words, if it wasn't for proving her innocence to the Eldest Princess, she wouldn't have called Xiao Su into the palace and given her this decency.

"Yes, my servant obeys." A pretty-looking maidservant with a double-ringed bun responded respectfully, then walked up to Su Wan and said to her: "Madam, please come with this servant!"

Naturally, Su Wan would not disobey Concubine Xian's will, and after she respectfully resigned, she obediently followed Ruyi out of Yonghe Palace.

Rather than being annoying in front of Concubine Xian, it is better to stay away from her sight early, out of sight and out of mind.

Although Concubine Xian asked her to go to the Royal Garden, Su Wan didn't intend to go there.Because this imperial garden is the domain of concubines, the chances of meeting them are too high, and she can't afford to offend those people, so she might as well just find a place to hide, as long as it's time to leave the palace.

(End of this chapter)