Stepmother's Adoption Letter

Chapter 148: Meeting Guests (2)
The two talked for a while, and Yuan Lu let Qing Jiang go.She has been busy this afternoon and evening with meeting guests tomorrow, because it is the first time she has no experience, and she has to go through every detail under her hands, from what tea to serve to what flowers to put, and she has to study it one by one at night. I found Mother Lu and told her about the relationship between these wives' families.

There are a total of five wives who will come tomorrow, in addition to Wang's wife of General Zhen Guo, Gao Tian's wife of the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, Mrs. Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, Mrs. Zuodu Yushi, and Zheng's wife of the Duke of Qi's mansion.

The assistant minister is the third rank, and the censor of Zuoqian capital is the fourth rank.General Zhen Guo is a title, and the treatment is equivalent to that of the second rank to the second rank. Although the wife of the son, Mrs. Zheng, although she is not considered the wife of everyone, her family Qi Guogong is the number one hero in the founding of the dynasty.Wherever she went, no one would dare to underestimate her.

Among the five people, the ones Yuan Lu didn't know at all were Mrs. Zuo Shilang and Mrs. Yushi of the Ministry of Punishment.

Mama Shi said: "The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment and the Zuoqian Capital Censor are old friends of the Duke of the State. The Duke of the State is in charge of the affairs of the Governor's mansion. The three of them have dealt with each other a lot. I don't know if you still remember the time when you just recovered from a serious illness. Son, these two ladies also sent invitations a few times to come to the residence, but at that time you said that the residence was busy, so you pushed them away."

Yuan Lu didn't expect Madam Shi to know these things, so Madam Shi explained, "Before coming here, the princess and concubine specially inquired about some things for the old slave to memorize carefully, so that Madam Shi can use them someday."

"Madam Lao is worried." Yuan Lu sighed softly. After all, it was her own family, and they always cared about each other in their hearts.

In the afternoon of the next day, the ladies who had posted greeting cards arrived as scheduled.Although the status of several wives is about the same, their seniority is not the same.For example, Mrs. Takata, the right servant of the Ministry of War, is only a little younger than the old lady, but because her husband's grade is not much higher, he cannot be supported by several officials' wives.

Because of this, although he knew that he had invited several other wives, he was not very happy, thinking that if he had known that he was with these young wives, he might as well just let his daughter-in-law come.But she also didn't think that it would be very difficult for her to be invited in like this given her current relationship with Duke Cheng's mansion.

Yuan Lu was appointed by Yipin, and there was no need to wait for guests at the door, so she sent Qing Jiang to welcome everyone at the door. Five wives arrived one after another, and were taken all the way to the flower hall by the maid.

Yuan Lu had someone prepare hot tea, and she sat in the flower hall and waited.

The two wives who arrived first came together, both of them were about 25 or [-] years old, and they looked quite familiar.Yuan Lu guessed that these two people should be Mrs. Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment and Mrs. Zuoqiandu Yushi.It's just that it's impossible to guess which of these two people belonged to.

Fortunately, the two ladies did not make things difficult on purpose, and one of them, who was wearing alizarin blue clothes, said to Yuan Lu, "My lord, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, and this person next to me is Mrs. Yushi Yushi, the capital of Zuoqin. Speaking of which, we The husbands of the three are old friends for many years."

Yuan Lu asked the maid to serve tea, and smiled at the two of them: "I have been bedridden for many years, and my eyesight is so dull that I can't recognize the two elder sisters. I made you laugh, and here I use tea instead of wine to make amends."

The two wives exchanged glances, which meant that they thought they would be sent back when they came to visit a few times. This man from Chengguo's mansion who has not seen each other all year round must be cold-tempered and difficult to get along with. Very gentle.

(End of this chapter)