In the main hall of Duke Li's Mansion, the atmosphere inside was quite tense. Shangguan Duwei's wife, Mrs. Liu, was sitting at the bottom. Although her expression was respectful, she looked determined to win.
Even the well-informed Mother Lu couldn't help but be shocked. Could this Shangguan family have taken the wrong medicine?
He actually wanted the Crown Prince’s wife to adopt Shangguan Xuesheng as her adopted daughter!
He even said it was my uncle’s intention! If my uncle really had this intention, he would have to report it to the Duke and the Crown Prince first. How could he be so hasty!
But if it wasn't my uncle's intention, this Liu family would go to Duke Li's mansion and use his uncle's name to deceive his wife. This is too outrageous!
Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Shangguan, concealed her arrogance and patiently and carefully said to Mrs. Wang:
"Mrs. Crown Prince, please think twice. Manager Liu of the Third Prince's Mansion has said that doing this is very important to His Highness the Third Prince, to Duke Li's Palace, and to the Li Family Army. This is also a favor to Duke Li's Palace, even if you don't agree with it. My daughter is an adopted daughter, and there are many wives in the capital who are willing to accept my daughter as their adopted daughter. After all, my daughter will marry the third prince in the future! The third prince’s mother-concubine was the most favored empress in the harem back then!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang narrowed her eyes, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and sneered: "Mrs. Shangguan, you are so shameless, marrying the three princes one by one! Has the Holy Father issued an imperial edict? You keep saying that you involve the third prince, and you are not afraid of being accused. You are trying to befriend a prince and pretend to be a relative of the emperor? Mr. Liu? You are just a eunuch, but you still want to be a slave and bully your master? I will put it here today. Ji Kui is my uncle, and you have to address me as Mrs. Sister-in-law in the palace. Not to mention him, even if the Duke and the Crown Prince come, I won’t want to!”
Mrs. Shangguan was a little angry: "Mr. Liu is indeed right. Mrs. Shizi is really a short-sighted, narrow-minded, and careless wife of the family! She is really jealous that the third prince values my daughter! His Highness the third prince does not like your eldest lady! This But there is nothing we can do about it! My son has saved the third prince’s life, so the third prince sincerely asks to marry my Shangguan family’s daughter!”
"Bang!" Mrs. Wang slapped her hand heavily on the table, her face full of anger: "Madam Shangguan, do you have to pledge yourself to save your life? My father-in-law and prince have also been on the battlefield for decades, and they have not saved anyone personally. There are thousands of thousands. In this case, doesn’t our Liguo Government have to hold happy events every day and welcome new people every day? Oh, by the way, my uncle, General Ji, also saved your family, General Shangguan! Otherwise, you can kill you Let’s send our daughter to our Duke’s mansion to be a concubine!”
Such mocking and contemptuous words made Mrs. Liu happy instead of angry. She remembered that last night, the concubine Shangguan Xuebi lay at her feet and begged her to help her marry Li Mi, the eldest son of Duke Li, as a concubine. things.
Shangguan Xuebi cried and begged: "Mother, my sister is a noble person, and there may be a day in the future when my mother will honor the world. Xuebi comes from a humble background, and does not dare to think too much. She just wants to be a cow and a horse for her mother and sister all her life, and do her best! If my daughter marries a small family in the future and becomes the legitimate wife, it will only bring disgrace to her sister. But if my daughter enters a high family and becomes a concubine, if she is lucky enough to be straightened up or the son she gives birth to becomes the legitimate son, my children and I will be I will loyally support my sister and fight for my sister’s future and status, even to the death!"
Mrs. Liu put away her arrogance, put on a smile and said, "If Madam doesn't dislike it, of course we are willing!"
Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Liu with a half-smile but not a smile: "My son has not yet been engaged, so he cannot take a concubine first. It is for the prince!"
Mrs. Liu's smile froze on her face, but after a moment, she felt relieved again. She was just a concubine, and it was her blessing to be the concubine of the prince.
In this way, he is the in-law of Duke Li, and the third prince can take a high look at him!
Unexpectedly, next, Mrs. Wang said calmly: "Even if I want to be a concubine for my eldest son, I want a legitimate daughter, not a concubine!"
Mrs. Liu was completely confused!
Mrs. Liu left angrily. Mrs. Wang looked at her slightly stout back and sneered while holding a tea cup.
Aunt Lu frowned and said, "Madam, where is the Third Prince——?"
A trace of fierceness appeared on Wang's face, and then she said calmly: "Mommy, there is no need to worry. I thought that although Shangguan General and his wife were vulgar, their daughter might have the appearance of heaven and earth. The third prince admired her at a young age, and it was not known whether he fell in love at first sight. . But now it seems that it is entirely the Shangguan family’s own sentiment and wishful thinking, so we don’t need to worry about it.”
Aunt Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Wang was not a good person, her hands were not so clean, and her methods were quite ruthless, she was doing it to deal with two maids who wanted to climb into bed, and to win over the prince.
But this time, for the so-called "great cause" of the Concubine Xian, Grandma Lu was really worried.
Aunt Lu said worriedly: "How do you explain to the Concubine Xian?"
Mrs. Wang slowly put down the tea cup and sighed: "Chengfang will get into trouble when she encounters the Thirteenth Prince. I think Chengfang is smart enough to know that there is a fraud involved. She must have been under the control of her subordinates. She has been deceived by others, and she has never seen the daughter of the Shangguan family, so it is understandable that Cheng Fang is so worried. I will explain to her that she has no reason to taint the palace of Duke Li for such a vulgar person. "
Aunt Lu smiled and said, "Madam, you are really perceptive. The virtuous concubine will definitely be grateful to Madam."
Mrs. Wang said calmly: "It's not easy for Cheng Fang in the palace. If I don't help her, who will help her? Ji Min's parents make things difficult for us, so I will make things difficult for Ji Kui and his wife. You will be in the first grade of junior high school, and I will be in the fifteenth grade. No wonder I am!”
At the door of the main hall, a person dressed as a maid heard this and left quietly.
Liu was angrily looking for her daughter all the way, and all she could think about was Wang's words: "If the third prince wants to gain the support of Duke Li's Palace, if he doesn't marry my daughter, he must at least marry a girl from a relative of our Duke's Palace. That’s why I accept my adopted daughter, and I also have to accept our uncle’s niece, Miss Ji, as my adopted daughter. When the time comes, we will get married, and the third prince will definitely be more willing to do so than you, a person who can’t even be beaten!”
While walking, Mrs. Liu met Shangguan Xuesheng and Shangguan Xuebi who were out for a walk.
It turned out that Ji Jun's chanting made Shangguan Xuesheng very angry, so Li Fanling quickly smoothed things over and accompanied the sisters out to "watch the snow and appreciate the plum blossoms".
After walking for a while, Li Fanling was called away, so the Shangguan sisters wandered around the garden by themselves.
When Mrs. Liu saw the two of them, she immediately asked, "Do you know the elder of the Ji family? Where is he?"
When Shangguan Xuesheng heard about Ji Jun, he said angrily: "Mother, why are you mentioning her? I don't want to mention her!"
Shangguan Xuebi looked at Mrs. Liu timidly, then lowered her head while hesitating to speak.
When Mrs. Liu saw this, she knew something was going on. Her triangular eyes stood up and she shouted at Shangguan Xuebi: "What's going on? Tell me!"
Shangguan Xuebi then recounted what happened in the flower hall just now, with emphasis of course. The main point was how the Ji sisters, especially Ji Jun, did not take Shangguan Xuesheng seriously. How to slander the Shangguan family. How to laugh at Shangguan's daughter for not knowing what she can do, and so on.
Mrs. Liu touched Shangguan Xuesheng's forehead with her hand and said bitterly: "You are really disappointing, what's the use of being angry here! They are going to take the third prince away! Why didn't you go up and scratch her and beat her! You are the one I beat her to death at that time. You have a third prince and a father and mother, so what are you afraid of! At most, it was a mistake! For a merchant girl, even a small amount of money to compensate her is such a huge honor!"
Shangguan Xuesheng became frightened when he heard this: "Mother, what should we do? Why is that little girl so arrogant? It turns out that she is a shameless person. It turns out that she has hooked up with the third prince! No wonder, the Lord of Qili County She and County Master Yangxu both helped her, but not me! Originally, I was the sister-in-law of the County Masters!"
Shangguan Xuebi looked at the indignant expressions of the Liu family and her daughter, and stabbed her at the right time. She said to Liu with some worry: "Mother, that Ji family girl is really pretty and very charming. The third prince can't control it." It's possible to live there. It's no wonder that the third prince, whose mother has always taught my sister to be polite and prudent. However, my sister was overtaken by a merchant girl, and my daughter is really not worthy of her sister."
Ms. Liu thanked Shangguan Xuebi and thought to herself, you still have the nerve to call me charming, but don't you see what kind of virtue you have, and how coquettish you have learned from your aunt!
Ms. Liu's long face was terrifyingly gloomy. She said in a low voice, "Take me to find that person named Ji!"
If she dares to steal her uncle from her daughter, she must be taught a lesson!
Let her come in standing upright today and go out lying down!
