Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 359 Guest List
Mrs. Xu ordered the servants in the mansion to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

At the dinner, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu, You Yue'e and others all spoke highly of Ye Qiongdan.

Mr. Xu is very glad that he can accept Ye Qiongdan as his adoptive daughter. As Ye Qiongdan's value rises, he believes that after she makes friends with more aristocratic families in the future, he will surely have a prosperous official career and flourish in the court.

At that time, colleagues don't know how much they should envy him.

Mrs. Xu still complained that Ye Qiongdan didn't know the seriousness, and dared to go to the Zhou family compound to treat Mrs. Zhou's face, but after she retreated and brought back the large amount of consultation money Mrs. Zhou gave her, the previous unhappiness was long gone. It completely dissipated in her heart, and she even felt that her vision of seeing people was too inaccurate before. Ye Qiongdan has always been a calm temperament, so how could he do something that he was not sure about?
Since her hairline, she has made a lot of things, which one alone sounds thrilling?

Ye Qiongdan is an extraordinary woman, so naturally she cannot be judged by ordinary people's eyes.

For this adopted daughter, she became more and more satisfied with it.

As a result, the dinner took a lot longer, everyone was very excited and drank a little wine.

When Master Xu was happy, he said with emotion: "It's a pity that you are not a man. If you are a man, and my Xu family has been in martial arts for generations, you will surely be able to honor the lintel of my Xu family in the future and protect the people of the world from the wind." Rain, become a generation of warriors on the battlefield."

Speaking of this, Master Xu paused: "Maybe you are not just a generation of titans, but a generation of war gods. You are smart, brave, resolute and decisive, and you have the world in your heart. You have the style of a general."

"Okay, it's so hard to be a man, it's better to be a daughter," Mrs. Xu took Ye Qiongdan's hand and patted, "Don't listen to your father's nonsense, your father thinks I didn't give him a son to join the army. You two My younger brother can't bear the hardships of martial arts since he was a child, he only likes to study, these are all predestined things, what can we do, we can't force him to practice martial arts, can we?"

"Third brother will be very good to be an official in the court in the future." Ye Qiongdan nodded with a smile, "In the end, he will do things for the people of the world. It is the same from civil to military."

"But your father just can't figure it out," Mrs. Xu sighed, "He always thinks that the Xu family can practice martial arts for generations, but how can there be eternal things in this world? Some things still need to be figured out by himself."

Ye Qiongdan nodded in agreement.

After dinner, You Yue'e clamored to go to the warehouse to see the 10 taels of silver that had just entered the warehouse.

She had never seen so much cash in her life, and 10 taels of silver was simply an astronomical figure for her before.

After going to the warehouse to look at the silver, You Yue'e was amazed. The boxes of silver shone brightly under the dim light. She walked over with some mahogany boxes on her feet, and walked around. After that, she only felt as if she was in a dream.

After leaving the warehouse, she stood at the door of the warehouse for a long time, leaning on the pillars, and then she blinked and said, "I'm really not dreaming, is it? My eldest niece is so promising?"

Saying that, she felt a little pity again.

It's a pity that the couple in the third room passed away too early, and they didn't see their daughter, who is so promising now.

It would be great if my three daughters could have half of hers, but this kind of thing is just a matter of thinking. Individuals have their own opportunities and cannot be forced.

And Ye Qiongdan has always been very kind to the maids in the second room, and she would not treat them badly. With her help, they will definitely be able to find a few good families to marry.

At this time, in the Zhou family compound, Master Zhou accompanied Madam Zhou to her room for some supper, and then ordered his servants to prepare for a bath. It seemed that he was going to stay here tonight.

A faint smile appeared on Mrs. Zhou's face. She sat in front of the vanity mirror, looked at herself in the mirror, touched her smooth face, and asked Shuxiang who was helping her remove her bun: "Scholar, what do you think?" Is Mrs. Ben old?"

"Of course madam is not old. Madam is even more delicate than those [-]-year-old girls," Shu Xiang naturally picked up nice words. Besides, Madam Zhou was famous for her beauty back then, and she has been well-maintained these years. When he grows up, he still has the same elegance, "In the future, the master will naturally not go to the rooms of those concubines. How can those concubines have half the elegance of the wife?"

Mrs. Zhou nodded, and stretched out her hand to touch her smooth black hair: "Mrs. Ben's good days are coming."

Speaking of Master Zhou, in fact, he hasn't had sex with her for many years since she was disfigured.

It is impossible to say that she has no resentment in her heart, but what can she do?

This is the tragedy of women in this era.

Just pampering concubines and destroying wives?Master Zhou didn't dare, and those concubines absolutely didn't dare to stir up trouble.

Throughout the dynasties, there have been criminal laws on favoring concubines and destroying wives, and they are quite strict.

And the concubine is not of a good nationality, the concubine's contract of selling herself is pinched in the hands of the mistress, if the concubine dares to be disrespectful to the mistress, and the mistress wants to sell her, that is just a word things.

However, although the master dared not do the scandalous thing of doting on his concubine and destroying his wife, and those concubines were all at peace, she couldn't calm down in her heart.

Now, Master Zhou has finally changed his mind, how can this make her unhappy?
Tomorrow morning, she also wanted to be proud in front of those little hoofs, to vent the anger that had been suppressed in her heart for many years.

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door, and Steward Zhou's respectful voice came from outside the door: "The list of guests that Madam wants to invite has been prepared by this old servant, Madam, would you like to have a look at it now?"

"Show me the list." Mrs. Zhou nodded.

Housekeeper Zhou opened the door and walked in, saluted Mrs. Zhou, and then presented a copy respectfully.

Mrs. Zhou picked up the list and glanced at it, then frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Why did you invite Mrs. Huo?"

A look of panic flashed across Steward Zhou's face. If you want to say that among the aristocratic families in Guazhou, the Zhou family and the Huo family are on par in strength, it's just because the Zhou family has been rooted in Guazhou for a longer time, while the Huo family The family was a big family that migrated to Guazhou later, so everyone publicly said that the Zhou family was the number one family in Guazhou.Madame plans to hold a jade appreciation banquet the day after tomorrow, can Madam Huo be invited here?

If Mrs. Huo is not invited to come and appreciate the jade together, wouldn't this be slapping Mrs. Huo in the face?
How will the two continue to communicate normally in the future?
"Ma'am, I'm afraid it would be bad not to invite Mrs. Huo?" Steward Zhou asked cautiously.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Zhou raised her eyebrows, removed a hairpin from her head, and threw it into the dowry with a sneer. Madam really had enough of her. Now Madam's son is finally mature and sensible, and Madam's appearance has recovered, so why bother with him? He wants to look at Qinglongyu? Okay, let him beg Madam Ben! If Madam Ben is in a good mood, then of course you can forgive me!"

"This..." A look of hesitation flashed across Butler Zhou's eyebrows, "May I ask the master for instructions?"

"The Zhou family has Mrs. Ben as the presiding officer. Why do you need to trouble the master for this backyard matter? You go down, Mrs. Ben has her own discretion in this matter. He is just relying on giving birth to a good son. In fact, he may not be worthy of being with his wife, even if Mrs. Ben gave him an embarrassment today, relying on the inextricable relationship between the Zhou family and the Huo family, the friendship between the two families will not deteriorate," Mrs. Zhou said again Reaching out to remove a hairpin, "Besides, hasn't Mrs. Ben endured this kind of idleness for many years? So what if I let him suffer once? I can only say that there are some omissions in the list, do you understand?"

"Understood." Butler Zhou nodded.

Just as he was talking, Mr. Zhou, who had already finished his bath, came out from behind the screen, wearing a pajamas, and looked at Butler Zhou lightly, with a solemn look on his brows: "It's so late, why bother?" Madame?"

"It's something about a banquet, and this old slave is a little unsure," said Butler Zhou respectfully, "so I want to ask Madam to confirm the guest list."

"Do you still need to ask your wife about this kind of thing? You have been handling the banquet with your wife for decades, so you are already familiar with it?" Master Zhou frowned, and a look of impatience flashed in his eyes.

"I told the butler to remove Mrs. Huo from the list. Master, what do you think?" Mrs. Zhou smiled softly at her. Regarding the matter of the house, Mrs. Huo has always been running on me with words these years, and I don't know how much I have been wronged overtly and secretly."

Mr. Zhou thought of his useless son before, and sighed softly, thinking that it was not easy for his wife these years. After all, it is not the fault of his son who did not teach him well. Charming, he softened his heart.

"It's fine for Madam to decide these matters," Master Zhou said softly, "It's late at night, Madam should go to bed earlier."

Madam Zhou nodded.

In the morning of the next day, apart from the Huo family, the wives of various aristocratic families in Guazhou received invitation letters from Mrs. Zhou, and they were all beaming with joy.

After the servants of the Huo family inquired about the news, they immediately informed Mrs. Huo of the news. When Mrs. Huo heard this, she immediately became furious.

She ordered the maid to close the door, then broke a few vases at home, and said angrily: "She is really capable, how dare you shame me like this? I can't finish with her!"

"Ma'am, what should we do now?" the personal maid asked.

"What should I do? How do I know what to do?" Mrs. Huo sneered, "I just want him to fail this jade feast now, to see if he can afford to lose face!"

"What should I do?" The maid frowned, "The jade appreciation banquet is held at Zhou's house, and we are too far behind. It would be great if the Qinglongyu disappeared. In this way, Mrs. Zhou will definitely be reduced to the entire Guazhou. joke."

"The Green Dragon Jade is such a valuable thing. Madam Zhou must have hidden it well. How could it disappear?" Madam Huo pursed her lips, "Unless it was stolen!"

"Theft?"

"Yes, if the Qinglong Jade is stolen, Mrs. Zhou's jade appreciation banquet will definitely not be able to be held, and that dead girl Ye Qiongdan will definitely feel distressed and regret it! The last time my wife asked that dead girl to borrow the Qinglongyu, That is to think highly of her, but she dares to reject Mrs. Ben, it is simply ignorant!"

"The servant girl immediately arranged to arrange the installation at Zhou's house to steal the Qinglong jade, but..." the maid said hesitantly, "I'm afraid it will be very difficult to succeed in this matter. After all, the Zhou family is not a vegetarian. Not so slack."

"Then find an outsider to do this! Find the world's number one thief! Give him money and let him steal the Azure Dragon Jade!"

(End of this chapter)