She suddenly came back to her senses, ignored the strange feeling in her heart, and thought that she had indeed eaten a lot just now, and then nodded and stopped.
Seeing that Wu Zechen had dropped his chopsticks, Xia Luotong breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought that he was finally relieved. He silently endured the discomfort in his stomach and waited quietly for the painful feeling to fade away.
Seeing that the banquet was almost eaten and the guests had dropped their chopsticks, Xia Zhihe announced that the banquet was over and moved to the garden next door to rest and chat.
Although it has not yet snowed in the capital in November, it is already time to use charcoal pots. However, the sun is just right at noon, which dispels the coldness and is very suitable for playing in the garden, so all the guests naturally Without any objection, they all entered the garden of Xia Mansion.
At this time, the male and female guests finally separated. The men were toasting in the courtyard, talking about poetry or government affairs, while most of the female relatives entered the waterside pavilion on the other side of the garden, facing a green lake and surrounded by flowers. , the view is just right.
However, just as the female family members walked into the waterside pavilion, chatting and looking at the surrounding scenery, Xia Luotong couldn't help but smile, and the secret passage was finally getting to the point.
Just now, she was still thinking about when Mrs. Li would take action, but now she saw the layout of the water pavilion and knew that this was it.
The waterside pavilion was originally designed to be transparent on all sides without doors or windows, but now it is covered with transparent and visible gauze curtains. Even the entrance is hung with curtains, which are usually closed except whenever someone comes in or out. Only then will it be set off.
There is nothing special about this kind of arrangement. In order to prevent mosquitoes in summer, or to prevent wind in autumn and winter, many people will hang up such gauze curtains. However, it is winter when there are no mosquitoes and the sun is not windy. On days like this, this gauze curtain seems to have an ulterior motive...
Looking past the several incense burners around the main seat, Xia Luotong's eyes flashed with an imperceptible understanding.
"...Everyone please feel free..." As soon as she entered the waterside pavilion, Mrs. Li called all the ladies to take their seats. When she was about to turn around and arrange seats for the daughter of her first wife who was an eyesore, she saw a slender and graceful figure just in time. past her.
She quickly turned around and saw that the despicable bastard had already sat in the chief seat, which was originally her seat!
Mrs. Li was caught off guard by Xia Luotong's move. She never expected that Xia Luotong, who looked timid when she got married, would not only completely change her appearance today, but would even dare to step on her so blatantly. On the head? !
Suddenly, a surge of anger rushed into her heart, but at this time there were many ladies and ladies present, all their eyes were on her, waiting to see her reaction, Mrs. Li had to force herself to calm down, and smiled with a smile on her face. He said without a smile: "I'm sorry for making everyone laugh. Our eldest aunt was raised in another courtyard since she was a child and doesn't know much about etiquette..."
As soon as these words came out, the meaning of mocking Xia Luotong's lack of education was obvious. Who in the waterside pavilion couldn't hear it?
At the moment, there were different expressions, some were watching the excitement, some had nothing to do with themselves, and some ladies and ladies who were in the same camp as the Xia family looked at Xia Luotong with ridicule and contempt, and among them, even worse He spoke out to help Mr. Li.
"If you don't know etiquette, you have to teach it well. Otherwise, you will lose face if you get married. Mrs. Xia, you are too kind. If you put it in my house, I won't even let a girl with such etiquette be allowed in." If she goes out, won't she be a disgrace to her family?" One of the round-faced ladies immediately supported her, with an unmistakable look of disdain and disgust on her face.
When Mrs. Li heard this, she felt a little happy in her heart. Fortunately, she had vented her anger with a few good ladies beforehand, otherwise there would have been some unruly ladies who would have laughed at her.
However, her good mood had just risen when Xia Luotong's next words almost made her unable to maintain the dignity on her face.
"Hey, there are always some people who care less than they care about. I don't know what kind of education it is to go to other people's homes and point fingers at other people's children. It seems that this is the most uncultured behavior, right?" Xia Luotong glanced at it coldly. Looking at the round-faced lady, she didn't give her any chance to speak, and continued, "However, no one really taught me. After all, my aunt left as soon as I was born, and my mother didn't take me with her. How do you know these twists and turns?"
Xia Luotong's straightforward and merciless words made the round-faced lady blush on the spot, but she couldn't refute it. After all, this place was indeed the Xia Mansion, and Xia Luotong would still be married even if she got married. She was a daughter of the Xia family. She was a guest in someone else's house as an outsider, and she even started to educate other people's girls. This was indeed... unreasonable.
Originally, they just wanted to help a bunch of Lis, but who would have thought that the Xia family daughter would act so unconventionally, speaking so directly that it could be said that she was disrespectful to others, and in the eyes of everyone, she was both vulgar and arrogant!
But compared to the round-faced lady, Mrs. Li was probably the most angry. Didn't the second half of Xia Luotong's sentence just call her jealous? He also forcibly mentioned her step-sister's identity!
You must know that what she is most taboo about is this level of identity! If not, how could she have put so much effort into taking care of the Sun family back then? How could he try his best to hide the existence of the daughter of his original wife?
If it weren't for this unexpected marriage, she didn't want her daughter to become the victim, and the entire Xia family and her legitimate son would be implicated, how could she be willing to expose this matter and admit that Xia Luotong was The identity of the eldest daughter from the original wife? He even tried his best to encourage his father to facilitate this matter, and replaced Xia Zhilu with Xia Luotong to marry into Prince An's Mansion!
But when Xia Luotong mentioned her stepmother's identity, she felt as if her face had been stepped on the ground and twisted. Many people must be watching her joke!
Mrs. Li's expression dropped uncontrollably. Seeing this, another lady on the side quickly stepped forward to help fight back, and then brought the topic back: "As a daughter, you will be a guest after you get married! Go back to your parents' home to visit your relatives, You just took the top position without saying a word, is this your etiquette?"
"That's right! You behave like this and have the nerve to talk about etiquette. What a joke!"
A lady on the side spoke in support, and immediately several more ladies spoke up one after another. Although most of the ladies and ladies still maintained the mentality of watching the excitement and did not speak, the posture of the large number of people had already strengthened their support. , as if Xia Luotong had done something heinous and wrong, and many ladies jointly denounced it.
At this time, in the waterside pavilion, there were people watching the excitement, people full of contempt, and some even making bad remarks. Surrounded by such an atmosphere, Xia Luotong's face showed no fear at all, and he still looked so relaxed. Naturally, he even looked at the angry expressions of all the ladies with interest, almost picking up melon seeds to eat.
