Chapter 436 Relief
Xiao Nan also recognized the lady who spoke, she was Zongzheng Shaoqing's wife, and because of her husband, she was granted the title of Lord of Wupin County.

His mother was the head of Anning County who was granted by the first emperor, but she has passed away long ago. Her husband's family is the clan of the Li family, but the relationship with the saint is far away, so they can only be regarded as clan relatives.Fortunately, he has a relatively close relationship with Zong Zhengqing, and he can be regarded as a relatively powerful family in the clan.

According to Xiao Nan's knowledge, Lord Li County is a swindler. On the one hand, she is proud of her father's descended family, the Chen family. The ancestors of those people used to be the grassroots she despised, and they tried their best to please the families of powerful officials.

This is a bit wrong, according to Mr. Li's temperament, she should curry favor with Cui Wei, why would she want to mock her in public?
Xiao Nan guessed secretly, pricked up his ears and waited to hear Mr. Li's 'joke'.

Just at this time, a little maid said, "Princess Ping'an is here!"

Everyone's attention was diverted in an instant, and they followed the prestige one after another, with excitement hidden in their eyes—this was Princess Ping'an's first appearance after being injured.

Just in time!

Although she was an uninvited guest, Cui Wei still secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She is not an idiot, so she can naturally hear the malice in Li Xianjun's words. It just so happens that she doesn't know how to deal with it, and a new gossip has arrived.

Cui Wei hurriedly got up, went up to meet her with a smile, and enthusiastically said to Ping An: "The second mother is here, sit down!"

She looked calm, as if she didn't see Ping An's weird hairstyle.

Why is it weird? At that time, women seldom had bangs when combing their hair. Most of them combed their hair back to reveal a smooth forehead, which was convenient for showing their modern makeup such as "yellow forehead" and "flower tinsel".

Ping An doesn't want to be an exception, and she doesn't want to paint her forehead yellow on a hot day (there are full forehead and half forehead, but no matter what kind is painted on the forehead with yellow paint), but she also wants to cover the scars on her forehead , so her hair-combing maid came up with a way to pick out a strand of long hair from Ping An's forehead, wrap it obliquely around her forehead and put it behind her ears, and then merged with the long hair on the back of her head and combed it obliquely. Falling into a bun.

In fact, this bun itself is very good, with a somewhat graceful and soft feeling, but it doesn't match Ping An's face shape.Although Ping An's figure is very graceful, but her face shape is a bit rough, a bit boxy, maybe it's better to wear a high bun with her face shape, but wearing this improved version of the falling horse bun is a bit...

Uh, how should I put it, it's as awkward as an androgynous handsome girl wearing a super sexy tube top evening dress.

However, although the people present were thinking this way, no one dared to reveal it. They just wanted to watch the show, but they didn't want to roll up their sleeves and appear on stage as a cameo.

Ping An said hello to Cui Wei, and glanced at the people present, as if he was observing the reactions of the people, and also seemed to be looking for someone.

Finally, Ping An walked straight towards Xiao Nan.

Seeing this, everyone exchanged glances with each other, and they saw their excited expressions in each other's eyes: good show is coming!
Under everyone's gaze, Xiao Nan got up slowly, and said with a smile, "Ping An, are you here too?"

Ping An took a steady look at Xiao Nan, and saw that she was wearing a moon-white monofilament narrow-sleeved blouse, a five-color skirt with valerian flowers, and a long blue skirt hanging from her armpits. The whole set of clothes was emerald green Mainly, the clips are light-colored hollows such as moon white and yellow-green, with bright yellow and moon white sandwiched between deep and light greens, which look extraordinarily fresh and pleasant to wear.

Ping An is very knowledgeable, knowing that although the floral skirt on Xiao Nan's body is not supplemented with gold thread, it looks ordinary, but it is actually a treasure that can only be found in the palace. In terms of value, it is definitely not inferior to the single silk blue cage skirt on her.

Damn it, he was almost outmatched by her.

The more Ping An looked, the more angry she became. Her anger reached its apex when she saw Xiao Nan's smooth forehead. Leaving a 'mark' on the face as tender as fat.

Xiao Nan felt the anger emanating from Ping'an's body, she took the initiative to grab Ping'an's hand, straightened her tightly clenched fist, and said calmly, "Come on, sit with us."

Chai Jiuniang, who was sitting on the mat beside her, also hurriedly agreed, "Yes, yes, hehe, please don't just stand there, please take a seat. There are no outsiders on the left and right, so you don't need to be polite."

Ping An took a deep breath, and finally suppressed the roiling anger in her chest. She swept her eyes, looked at everyone in this small circle, and thought to herself: They are really not outsiders, everyone is Xiao Nan "Hupenggouyou".

Cui Wei saw it, but couldn't help but get a headache. She wasn't at the polo field that day, but afterwards, the servants told her the whole story in detail, and she also knew about the conflict between Xiao Nan and Ping An.Therefore, she did not ask for peace at this banquet, in order to avoid conflicts between the two.

If she allowed Ping An to sit in Xiao Nan's circle right now, it wouldn't be long before the two of them would start fighting.

After thinking about it, Cui Wei leaned over and said with a smile: "Miss Li is right, we are not outsiders, so why not just sit together, it will be more convenient to talk like this."

As she spoke, Cui Wei winked at the maid beside her.

The maid understood, and hurriedly called a few servants to move Cui Wei's seat over.

When everyone heard the words, they all stood up according to the master's wishes, and let the servants move their mats nearby.

As for Xiao Nan's side, they also cooperated, standing up and giving up their seats.

After some busy work, the small circle turned into a big oval, and all the guests sat around, Cui Wei knelt on the chairman.

I don't know if it was deliberate, but when they sat down again, they deliberately separated Xiao Nan and Ping An, one sat on Cui Wei's right side, the other sat on the left side, and there was a ten-foot-wide open space between them.

More than a dozen noble ladies sat on their knees or cross-legged, seemingly casually, but the atmosphere of chatting just now was swept away. After they sat down, no one spoke first, and there was a moment of silence on the scene.

Cui Wei is the master. Seeing this situation, she hurriedly turned her head and ordered the maid to serve fruit refreshments.

Originally, Cui Wei didn't think about holding a banquet in the yard. She placed banquets in the yard for the convenience of everyone chatting and resting.

But now, the situation changed suddenly, and all the guests were sitting together, so she had no choice but to make some changes. Before the official banquet, let's have a pre-dinner chat or something.

The maids led away, and after a short while, several maids dressed in blue maidservants shuttled between the banquets with small food tables.

After a while, a food table was placed in front of each lady, and three or four plates of fruit and a cup of tea soup were placed on the table.

Xiao Nan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said in his heart: Don't say it, it really feels like a tea party in the wild.

Sitting across from Xiao Nan in Ping An, seeing Xiao Nan's leisurely look, and still thinking about whispering a few words to the people around him, the anger that had just been suppressed rolled up again.

However, after the injury, her temperament changed drastically, and she was far more patient than before.Trying to calm down, Ping An suddenly laughed and said, "By the way, when I came in just now, I heard someone want to tell a joke? What joke? Come on, let's have fun together."

Everyone was startled, and subconsciously cast their gazes at Mr. Li who was sitting in the corner.

Suddenly becoming the focus, Li Xianjun was stunned for a moment, and then excited, she straightened her body and nodded: "Just now everyone praised the princess for her good management, and she managed the huge polo field very safely, and I suddenly remembered a joke..."

Ha, the opportunity has come. Princess Ping'an and Princess Xiangcheng are at odds, and Princess Shu is the sister-in-law of Princess Xiangcheng. If she uses Princess Shu to satirize the entire Cui family, then Princess Ping'an will be happy.

Polo field... A gloomy look flashed in Ping An's eyes. She looked at Mr. Li and nodded encouragingly: "Okay, Mr. Li, please tell me."

Everyone has no objection, they just looked at Cui Wei with some sympathy.

Cui Wei's expression did not change, only her hands on her knees were tightly clenched - she knew that her hot business had aroused the jealousy of many people, so she thought of inviting the ladies to have a drink and make friends with each other. But she never expected that Mr. Li County would be so shameless.

County Lord Li coughed lightly, and began to speak formally: "It is said that in the previous court, there was a governor in a certain place who bought a servant girl through a tooth shop. The servant girl was well-behaved and capable, and the governor liked it very much, so he left her to serve in the main hall.

It so happened that a cloth merchant came to sell brocade and silk that day, and the governor ordered him to come into the main hall to answer the questions. During this time, the governor not only chose the cloth himself, but also negotiated with the cloth dealer on the price.The servant girl suddenly fainted and fell to the ground. She seemed to be seriously ill. The governor feared that the servant girl would be ill, so he returned her to the tooth shop.

The dentist who handled it was puzzled, and asked the maid why she was pretending to be sick.

But the servant girl replied, "although a bitch once shot a maidservant for a servant, he will die if he dies. Is it possible for An Neng to sell silk and silk teeth?". "

After Li Xianjun finished speaking, he paused deliberately, wanting to hear everyone's reaction.

To her disappointment, no one laughed at the scene.

With his lips pursed, Mr. Li pretended to sigh with emotion: "It's ridiculous that the governor, who surrendered his status to bargain with a merchant, missed such a capable maidservant, what a pity!"

"Hehe, it's really funny!"

Ping An looked up and saw Xiao Nan's face sinking like water, he was in a good mood, clapped his hands and laughed.

Cui Wei, who was sitting on the main seat, was even more embarrassed. Didn't she just come here because she didn't understand the ancient customs and couldn't hear the sarcasm in Li Xianjun's words.

This slut woman is clearly laughing at the fact that she takes the honor of a concubine but is a businessman herself. To put it bluntly, a noble lady looks down on her, even a lowly servant can despise her.

But, what made Cui Wei vomit blood even more was that she couldn't find a reason to refute after thinking about it.

Because it was a fact that people in the world looked down on merchants at that time, it was also a fact that she ran a polo field and issued betting tickets, and it was a fact that she negotiated with various merchants in order to save costs and 'invent' bidding...Now she is ridiculed in public, how can she refute it? !

Just when Cui Wei blushed in embarrassment and was about to find a hole in the ground to get in, Xiao Nan spoke.

She sneered and said: "Mr. Li's joke is indeed ridiculous, but I think the most ridiculous thing is not the governor, but the servant!"

PS: The story in this article is adapted from "Liu's Maid" in "Taiping Guangji".Thank you for your rewards from Shangdao Wuxue and Sui Hanxin, thank you book friends 100711231514447, zzg0017, and Ruoyu Confidante's little pink, thank you for your subscription, thank you!
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