imperial concubine

Chapter 95 Family Dinner
In the mighty Marquis Mansion, in the backyard full of flowers, a group of servants are arranging the dishes. Today, the second lady is hosting a banquet for the eldest lady, and the second lady and the third lady are accompanying her. If there is any mistake, I will definitely be severely punished.

Not long after, Su Wan walked in slowly through the arch of the garden. After seeing the layout in the garden, she nodded with satisfaction.Then he turned his head and asked Zhuru who was behind him, "Have the three ladies been notified?"

About what happened yesterday, Su Wan knew that it must be the eldest lady who informed her. Although she deliberately left the loophole to the eldest lady, even so, she still wanted to humiliate the eldest lady, so that the eldest lady could know how powerful she was.

As soon as Su Wan sat down, the second wife, Yuan Shi, and the third wife, Jiang Shi, came together. Seeing Su Wan greeted with a smile, "Wan'er came so early. But are you worried that these servants are not careful?"

The second wife, Yuan Shi, is in a very good mood recently. Although Su Qing was suspended by Su Huaiyuan, Su Lin was not mentioned again. The two are now evenly matched. Seeing the future, Yuan Shi is naturally happy.

Inviting the two aunts to the table, Su Wan said with a smile: "I'm afraid that these servants may be negligent, so come and see them early. After all, today I invited this mighty woman from the Marquis Marquis's mansion who now holds great power. "

The accent in the words fell on the three words "now and now", even the straightforward Ru Yuan could understand the meaning of Su Wan's words, now that he has the power in his hands, what will happen in the future?

The three laughed tacitly.Now the plan made by the three of them is going smoothly. Although Su Qing is not qualified to discuss matters now, as long as the three of them work together in the future, why can't they earn him a qualification to come back?
At this moment, the eldest lady came slowly with her maid, and said with a smile as she walked towards this side: "Thank you, my two brothers and sisters have been waiting for a long time, and there are some things in the house that can't get away, so we can only come later for a while. Brothers and sisters don’t blame me.”

The eldest lady will naturally not be entangled in trivial matters.In the past few years, the big and small things in the mansion have been taken care of by the eldest lady, and she has already been proficient in handling them.Coming late at this time, I just wanted to give Su Wan and the others a warning.

Recently, there will always be people among these three in the mansion looking for their own affairs intentionally or unintentionally. If it weren't for Su Qing's disqualification from discussing affairs in the study, these three people would have left in the mansion now.

Especially Su Wan, looking at Su Wan who was sitting on the main seat with a smile, a trace of doubt flashed in Da Furen's heart.I told Qi Ruobing about Su Wan's tryst with Fang Yuanli yesterday, how could Su Wan still laugh today?

Thinking in her heart, the eldest lady walked to the table, Su Wan stood up and said with a smile: "Wan'er has seen mother." She was speaking, but her figure did not move a bit.

Seeing such a situation, the eldest lady frowned.I am the most honorable person among the four people present, and I hold the power of the Marquis Mansion, so I should sit on the most honorable seat in terms of emotion and reason.

At this time, the third wife Jiang said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is late, it should be punished with alcohol." Then he dragged the eldest lady to the second seat with the guests.

In a daze, the eldest lady actually sat on the second seat, and then Su Wan and Yuan Shi exchanged a look, and the two also sat down.In this way, Su Wan took the main seat.

After sitting down, the lady just realized that Su Wan actually took the main seat!It's just that everyone has already sat down now, not to mention that Su Wan is the host today, and it's justified for her to be the host.

However, in the eyes of the eldest lady, this is a blow to her. She smiled and raised her glass and said, "Your brother and sister are right. Today Wan'er is the host, I shouldn't have come so late. After all, the current Wan'er was the first name chosen by the princess at the Nobile Banquet!"

There was a touch of sarcasm in the words, it seemed that Su Wan and the three of them came together to demonstrate against themselves today.If he just turned around and left, wouldn't it appear that he was afraid of them!So the eldest lady sat down and spoke.

Su Wan nodded with a smile, and reached out to pick up the wine glass on the table and said, "Mother is absurd. But it's a good point. At the Nobile Banquet, although Miss Yuan's things were ingenious, after all, it was Wan'er who excelled." , that’s why I narrowly won the first place.”

What the eldest lady said was ironic, so Su Wan naturally couldn't fail to hear it.It's just that she pretended not to hear it, and used her strength to turn Da Furen's ironic words into sincere words of praise.

The Yuan family on the side also nodded and said: "Sister-in-law is very right. If I have a girl as smart as Wan'er, I will be as proud as my sister-in-law. After all, not everyone can get the golden hairpin."

After finishing speaking, Yuanshi slightly raised his eyebrows at the eldest lady, and his tone was extremely conceivable.After the eldest lady heard this, she smiled awkwardly, she knew that everyone Yuan's mouth mentioned was her own daughter Su Yue.

Before Su Wan, Da Furen took Su Yue with her every time she participated in the Nobile Banquet. There were two times in total. The first time Da Furen brought Su Yue was an eye-opener. Thinking of being defeated by others, and losing in a mess.

And the person who defeated Su Yue and got the gold hairpin back then is now the third concubine.Last year, when the eldest lady heard that the candidate for the golden hairpin had been selected as the concubine by the third prince, her guts were turning green with regret.

Even after such a long time, when this matter was brought up again, Da Furen's face still changed color.After a while, he said: "That's true. After all, not everyone is born with a life of wealth and glory."

Hearing Da Furen's words, Yuan's face immediately changed color.If what happened to Su Yue back then was a scar on Da Furen's heart, then Su Qing was a knife in Yuan's heart.

Su Yue could not get the golden hairpin, although it hurts but it is not unbearable, but Su Qing can not inherit the marquis, every time he thinks about this, Yuan's heart will feel like a knife stabbed into his heart, unbearable, the pain penetrates to the marrow.

Although the banquet had just started, the smell of gunpowder smoke was already extremely strong.Hearing Da Furen alluding to his son, Yuan Shi wanted to stand up directly and have a good argument with Da Furen.After all, she also has some capital now.

But Su Wan, who was sitting on the side, pressed her clothes lightly, signaling her not to move.Yuan fell silent.
Su Wan said indifferently: "That's natural. However, fate is born by nature and fate is determined by oneself. If a person has bad luck, what's the use of having a good life? Just smile."

The implication of the lady's words is that Su Lin was born to be the young master of the Hou family, and this point cannot be changed forever by Su Qing.And the Yuan family also knew that the eldest lady was telling the truth, that's why she was so angry.

However, Su Wan wiped out all the advantages of the eldest lady with just one sentence.No matter how good the birth is, if you can't grasp it properly, in the end, you will still be making wedding clothes for others?
Hearing Su Wan's words, the eldest lady was speechless.Now, just because Su Lin said one wrong sentence, he might ruin his bright future in the future. As Su Wan said, it is better to be lucky than to be born well.

Seeing that the eldest lady stopped talking, Su Wan knew that she had already won the first round.So he smiled and said to the Jiang family and the Yuan family: "It's rare to get together today, so why talk about these things? Come, let's have a drink together."

Speaking of which, Su Wan picked up the cup and touched Jiang's Yuanshi, and then touched the Da Furen.Seeing the lady's forced smile, Su Wan felt very happy. When you told Qi Ruobing yesterday, you should have thought of today!

After drinking for a while, Su Wan pretended to be concerned and asked the eldest lady, "Mother, what kind of matter has delayed you for so long just now? Could it be that there is something difficult and difficult to do? If there is, just tell me , Wan'er should do her best for her mother."

Of course, Su Wan knew that what the lady said just now was an excuse, but Su Wan's words at this time not only had the effect of satirizing the lady, but also, if the lady really agreed, wouldn't she be able to intervene in the affairs of the mansion from now on?

Hearing Su Wan's words, Jiang Shi also reacted instantly, and said with a smile: "Wan'er is right, sister-in-law must not carry any difficulties alone, it's not worth it if you break your body. We can help Sister-in-law is doing something."

Since the Da Furen took charge of the Hou Mansion, she has grasped the power very tightly, and never had the slightest chance.Now that I finally have the opportunity, how can I not grasp it well?

Yuan didn't know why the two suddenly became so enthusiastic, but she knew to follow Su Wan.So Yuan Shi also smiled and said: "Exactly. Sister-in-law, don't be polite, just say hello if you have something to do."

Seeing the enthusiasm of the three of them, the eldest lady naturally knew that they would not really want to help her.If you really let go of a little bit of power to them, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to take it back in the future.

Thinking of this, the eldest lady smiled and said to the three of them: "It's okay. It's just some trivial matters for next month's birthday, and it's not worth the labor for the three of you to personally supervise."

Next month is the eldest lady's birthday, Su Huaiyuan granted permission to do it extravagantly this year, after all the eldest lady has contributed a lot to the Hou Mansion over the years, so Su Huaiyuan naturally wanted to reward the eldest lady appropriately.

Hearing Da Furen's words, Su Wan knew that Da Furen would have a birthday next month!This news was kept secret enough, if I hadn't invited her today, I'm afraid I wouldn't tell myself until the preparations were complete!
Su Wan glanced at the second and third wives, and saw that they both looked puzzled, and only then did she know that the eldest lady was secretly handling these things, without revealing any information at all!

After a while, Su Wan pretended to blame the lady and said, "Mother is real. Don't tell me about such important events in advance, so that Wan'er can prepare a birthday gift for her mother in advance."

After being stunned for a moment, Jiang and Yuan also came to their senses, and said with a smile: "Exactly, my sister-in-law didn't tell me earlier. If my sister-in-law hadn't leaked her word today, I'm afraid I'd be the last to know about it!"

He didn't dare to tell the three of himself about this matter, he must be afraid that the three of himself would make trouble.It's just that Su Wan's words were too sharp just now, and the eldest lady accidentally told the truth, which made the three of them know about it.

Seeing that she had slipped her mouth, the eldest lady smiled and said: "It's just a birthday banquet, and it's not worth mobilizing people, so I didn't inform you of the trivial matters ahead. I thought I'd tell you when I was ready. It's impossible to think about it." , but he slipped his tongue."

Everyone naturally knew that what Da Furen said was a lie, but they didn't expose it, they just smiled and blamed Da Furen for not hiding it from themselves.He also said that if there is anything else, just let us know, and everyone will do their best to help.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.Everyone was also a little drunk, Su Wan looked at the eldest lady, and suddenly asked: "Mother, I haven't seen Su Lin come back in the past few days, I don't know what he is busy with in Taichang Temple?"

(End of this chapter)