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  Chapter 929 925 [Lady Fei]

   Nanjing.

   Ling, who used to like to put on airs as a wife, is now a real wife.

   It's just that she is no longer called Mrs. Ling, but the famous "Old Mrs. Fei", a real first-class Mrs. Ling!

  The Datong New Dynasty did not have too complicated regulations on the dress of the married woman, only the color and pattern of the dress. But every time Mrs. Fei went out, she followed the etiquette of Yipin Imperial Order. Since the new dynasty did not have too detailed regulations, she would follow the style of the Ming dynasty.

  Let’s talk about the head crown first. The five Zhai birds on the front are all inlaid with pearls. Below the Zhai bird are two peonies made of pearls. On the top of the crown, there are two di birds made of gold, with pearls in their beaks. For the rest, there are patterns of emerald clouds and emerald leaves made of velvet, and pearls and silver ornaments on the forehead.

  Zhai Guan's mouth ring is slightly innovative, which is not quite the same as the Ming Dynasty. The emerald circle was changed to a red circle, and besides the eight golden treasure inn flowers, there were also three emerald green jadeite beads. This is because Mrs. Fei likes red, and the emperor "likes" emerald, so the emerald mouth turns red, and three more emerald beads are added.

  The clothes are of course beige and Zhaiwenxiapei, and the pendants in front of him are no longer matched with gold flowers, but all changed to emeralds and pearls.

  Graceful and luxurious!

  Ms. Fei is in her early fifties this year. Because of the good maintenance, she still looks charming.

  Being fully dressed under the service of the maid, Mrs. Fei stretched out her left hand, and immediately the maid helped her to stand up, all the way to the inner courtyard.

  The dignitaries like to raise orchids, but Mrs. Fei doesn't. The servants in her family are all hired with money, and they have changed from being stingy when they were young, and are generous to the male and female servants around them.

  If the servant's family is in trouble, she often donates money generously, which wins the sincere admiration of the servants in the house.

   "Go and call Master and Madam." Mrs. Fei ordered.

  Of course the master is Fei Chun, Fei Lin who died half a year ago is the old man.

Mrs.    is Fei Chun's wife.

  Fei Chun Ding You was at home at this time, and it was not convenient for him to travel, so he stayed in the study all day and learned to play Go to relieve his boredom.

  Bringing his wife to the inner courtyard, seeing his mother in formal attire, Fei Chun couldn't help but ask, "Where is mother going?"

Mrs. Fei said: "My eldest grandson was ill and asked the Bodhisattva to bless him. He has recovered in the past few days. Today, he went to Zhongshan Temple to fulfill his vow. You also went there and prayed to the Bodhisattva for you that day. The one in your room did not follow you. Say?"

   "I said it three days ago." Fei Chun's wife replied in a low voice. She was also dressed formally today.

  Fei Chun had no choice but to keep up.

  Old Madam Fei said again: "Just wearing a Taoist robe? How imprudent, quickly change into your casual clothes."

   Taoist robes belong to casual clothes, and casual clothes are the daily clothes of officials. You can tell at a glance that this person is an official.

  Fei Chun sighed, and obediently went back to his room to change into casual clothes.

  The carriage of the Fei family is quite simple, without gold or silver decorations, but the carriage is relatively large, and the horses are more handsome.

   There are not many entourages on the trip, and there are several men and women each. This is Fei Chun's strong request, otherwise Mrs. Fei will definitely hug her.

  Out of the gate, there is already a carriage waiting.

  Getting on the carriage, a woman, about forty years old, got down, bowed down and performed the Wanfu salute: "I pay my respects to A Niang."

   "Oh, my daughter has been waiting for a long time." Mrs. Fei has a pleasant face, much more affectionate than her attitude towards her own daughter-in-law.

   This woman is Xiao Qifeng's wife, Liu Shi. When she was in Luling County, she had already been neighbors with Fei Chun. At that time, Fei Chun's salary was not high, and he was not rewarded with mines and salt shops, so he lived a tight life. Mrs. Liu often came to visit, always bringing some small gifts, which made Mrs. Fei smile.

   After coming and going, Mrs. Liu became Mrs. Fei's goddaughter.

  If it weren't for the fear of messing up the seniority, the two families would have married long ago.

  Now that Fei Chun's second son has come of age, and Liu's cousin and niece are about to reach the age of Ji, the two parties have made a marriage contract, and they can get married next year.

  Compared to Mrs. Fei's nobility, Mrs. Liu is much more simple, just dressed like an ordinary lady.

  Mrs. Fei took Mrs. Liu's hand and asked, "Why don't you wear that gold pendant I gave you for your mother?"

   Mrs. Liu replied: "My husband is an upright official and doesn't like his family to show off."

  Xiao Qifeng's personality is that of an upright official. Last year his son bought a fine horse and rode it on the street. Xiao Qifeng rushed to hear the news and broke his son's leg in the street. This incident has already spread throughout Nanjing, and was even praised by the emperor.

  Old Madam Fei said with emotion: "It's not money from greed, how can you say so much? You are also a third-rank imperial order, so don't let yourself be dignified when you go out, and let other officials' ladies look down on you behind your back."

   Immediately, Mrs. Fei pulled Mrs. Liu into the car, but his son and daughter-in-law took another car instead.

The carriage moved forward for a while, and Mrs. Liu took out the jadeite bracelet from her bosom: "My husband has an old subordinate who was an official in the Pingnan Military and Civil Mansion. There is nothing in Burma, but jadeite is everywhere. Jadeite is very expensive in Nanjing. It was cheap in Myanmar, so my husband accepted it. My daughter knew that my mother liked it, so she asked a craftsman to polish a pair of bracelets."

   "Oh, this color is so pleasingly green," Mrs. Fei liked it more and more, she held Mrs. Liu's hand and said, "You don't have any decent jewelry, why don't you keep it for yourself?"

Liu said: "My daughter's mother died early, and she has always been abused by her stepmother. After meeting A Niang, it was like meeting her mother. A Niang loves me so much. She is not my mother, but better than my mother. My daughter has a good Things, of course you have to think about A Niang. A Niang don't want to refuse, please accept my daughter's filial piety."

Mrs. Fei was even more happy, and immediately put on the jade bracelet, took Liu's hand and said, "You are my own daughter, more loving than my ignorant daughter-in-law. If there is anything you need, please speak up as soon as possible." Tell Auntie, don't be afraid to trouble Auntie."

   "My daughter doesn't need anything, I just hope that my mother can live a long life." Liu said.

"I don't ask for a long life, I just want to live to be seventy years old," Mrs. Fei sighed all over her body. "My family didn't enjoy the blessings when he was young. My son managed to achieve something, but he died of a serious illness. , It’s really not a life of happiness.”

  Liu quickly said: "My condolences, Aunt, the days to come will be long."

  Mrs. Fei was in a low mood when she thought about her deceased husband. Mrs. Liu took a long time to coax her to be happy.

   Arriving at Dezhongshan Temple, Mrs. Liu helped Mrs. Fei out of the car, and Fei Chun and his wife became redundant attendants.

  But Mrs. Liu was very knowledgeable, and turned her head from time to time, joking with Fei Chun and his wife, for fear of neglecting the two righteous masters.

  Going to and from those faithful men and women, some people recognize them and greet them from time to time.

  Even if there are people who don't know each other, they all stop and bow their hands to pay tribute when they see Mrs. Fei's Yipin's imperial attire.

  With such a beautiful scenery, Mrs. Fei was in a happy mood. She likes to go out in formal clothes and to be respected by others. This feeling is as comfortable as drinking ice water in the dog days.

   "Hail, old lady!"

  But I saw a woman walking out of the hall with a maid, and immediately bowed to Mrs. Fei.

  Old Madam Fei nodded slightly: "Miss Wang is being polite."

  This woman is the wife of Wang Tiaoding, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. She is a second-rank imperial order, and she still has some weight in front of Mrs. Fei.

   After a few words of pleasantries, Mrs. Fei asked, "Is the lady of the Wang family here to pay homage to Buddha, or to visit Zhongshan Temple?"

  The wife of the Wang family replied: "The second child of my family will graduate from middle school next year, and he has to go to worship in Taoist temples and Buddhist temples. Please bless all gods and Buddhas."

"It should be, this kind of thing should pray to God and worship Buddha," Mrs. Fei said, "Although we can all pay for our children and grandchildren to go to college, can self-financed ones compare with public-financed ones? Public-financed college students are officials, just like the previous dynasty. He is a non-commissioned officer. A self-financed college student is an official, even if he has passed the general examination, he is also like a former court officer. My grandson is annoying. He didn't even get a high school diploma, so he has no way to go to college at his own expense. In a fit of rage, the old man simply sent him to the military academy. This **** didn’t even get his graduation certificate from the military academy, so he can only be sent to work as a clerk. By the way, how is your second child’s grades?”

  Wang's wife said: "Barely passable."

  Fei Chun couldn't help but said: "Mother, don't compare yourself. Although the second son of Wang Shangshu's family was eliminated in Huangcheng Middle School, he must be able to go to university at his own expense."

  Old Madam Fei was gloomy, and couldn't help scolding: "You two don't know how to teach your children to read, what are you fussing about all day long?"

   This sentence is actually complaining about Fei Chun's wife.

Fei Chun immediately helped his wife speak: "Mr. Xixi has also been invited, and several of them are well-known and knowledgeable. Every holiday, I give that **** a make-up lesson. Who can blame him if he can't learn it by himself? The boss is the one." It's useless, the second child is not much different, only the third child is still good at reading. From now on, when the third child makes up lessons, mother, please don't feel bad, let him play while he is reading."

   "Are you blaming me for doting on my grandson?" Mrs. Fei said angrily.

   "Don't dare." Fei Chun quickly lowered his head.

  The lady of the Wang family was a little embarrassed, she squeezed out a smile and said: "Old lady, Mrs. Fei Ge, Mrs. Fei, I still haven't worshiped at the Arhat Hall, so I won't bother you to pay respects to the Buddha. Farewell!"

   Mrs. Fei entered the hall to fulfill her vows, and by the way, she began to make another wish, asking the Buddha and Bodhisattva to bless her grandchildren to become wiser.

   After worshiping all the halls in the temple, Mrs. Fei finally returned home.

  As soon as I arrived at the gate, I saw a group of men in black surrounding me.

  Fei Chun was shocked and was already sweating. Then I thought, I'm not corrupt, I'm afraid of their shit!

The leading man in black stepped forward and cupped his hands towards Fei Chun: "I'm sorry to bother Mr. Fei Ge. We also bear the emperor's order. Please Mr. Fei Ge come with us. Also, Mrs. Fei and Mrs. Xiao have to Go sit down."

  Fei Chun became more and more puzzled: "My mother is going too?"

  The man in black said: "Xiao Qifeng's incident happened, and Master Fei San is also involved."

   "My third brother is in Shandong, what case can he have? He has nothing to do with Xiao Qifeng." Fei Chun looked confused.

  The man in black no longer explained, just said: "Everyone, please."

  No matter how angry Mrs. Fei was, she didn't dare to get angry when she met the man in black, and she followed along at a loss. As I walked, I couldn't help but ask, "What crime did my third son commit?"

   "You will know when you go to the National Security Council." The man in black said.

   At this moment, Xiao Qifeng's wife, Liu Shi, suddenly fainted after walking a few steps. Really dizzy, frightened fainted.

  (end of this chapter)