"Old lady, I'm sorry." Mrs. Zhou led the female members of the Bai family to the table. Mrs. Zhou was full of apologies for the fact that the Bai family's children were bullied in their own yard.
"Madam, there is no need to blame yourself. Mr. Guo has also learned a lesson." Mrs. Zhen said for her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "Our Zhou family will definitely give Erlang justice in this matter."
Mrs. Zhou saw little Fuyuan sitting next to Mrs. Zhen, looking very well-behaved, and asked with concern: "Was Little Yuanbao frightened just now?"
Xiao Fuyuan shook his head and said: "It's okay."
Mrs. Zhou hesitated to speak and couldn't help but tell the Bai family that Guo Xian mentioned that the Shen family wanted to hire Xiao Fuyuan.
She also learned from Hong Dan’s mouth the hidden part of the pavilion dispute about Xiao Fuyuan.
Xiao Fuyuan opened her innocent eyes, as if she didn't understand, which made Mrs. Zhou even more affectionate.
"Auntie, what Guo Xian said is very unpleasant. He said that his sister..." Feng Zhiheng couldn't say anything, so he said instead, "My sister is so young, she must not get married to the Shen family."
"I know." Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but stretched out her head and touched Xiao Fuyuan's double-snail bun, and said to the Bai family with a kind face, "This will definitely not happen, neither my sister-in-law nor our Zhou family will Just sit back and watch. Then the current Mrs. Ru of the Shen family is here too, so leave this matter to me."
Since Mrs. Zhou said this, the Bai family had nothing to worry about, so they nodded and thanked her.
Mrs. Zhou accompanied her for a while and then stood up to greet the guests.
"A Heng, come with me." Mrs. Zhou thought for a moment and called Feng Zhiheng over. Feng Zhiheng followed his aunt reluctantly.
"Were you not scared just now?"
The sun was shining brightly outside, and after standing there for a long time, Xiao Fuyuan's little face turned red from the sun. Zhen gave Xiao Fuyuan some fire-removing tea on the table.
"Mom, I'm fine." Xiao Fuyuan took a sip of water and shook his head like a rattle.
"That guy not only bullied Erlang, but also scolded my sister-in-law. If I had known, I would have spit on his face." Xie Chuntao looked at his sister-in-law and said distressedly.
"If he hadn't been in Zhoujiayuan's house, I would have chopped him up with a butcher knife," Tian Maimiao said.
"Our sister-in-law will be fine for sure. Whoever goes against her will be in trouble." Eugene Gui said with a stern look on his face, "Then the prefect and his family will not die well."
Old Mrs. Bai gave Yu Jingui a sideways look, and Yu Jingui was so frightened that she kept silent. She temporarily forgot that she was not allowed to mention the unexplainable miraculous phenomena on her sister-in-law outside.
"A Zhen is so powerful. He killed the prefect in just a few words and avenged his sister-in-law." Yu Jingui changed the topic and mentioned A Zhen.
She really didn't expect A Zhen's words to be so effective. Her family, Sanlang, was learning cooking from Liu Yishou. When she got back, she would tell San Lang and hug A Zhen's thigh tightly.
"It seems that A Zhen has selfish motives when you say this. A Zhen is not avenging your sister-in-law, but the magistrate is in his position and does not seek his own government." Madam Zhen said gently, "Don't let your words be heard by anyone who cares. There will be a storm."
"Mom, I get it, I won't say anything anymore." Eugene Gui was now completely respectful to Mrs. Zhen.
"Why is A Zhen here?" Xie Chuntao asked.
People present knew that only Zhen and Xiao Fuyuan were granted marriage by the Queen Mother, A Zhen and Feng Zhiheng.
"Everyone in the world knows Zhou Daru. It is normal for A Zhen to come to congratulate Mrs. Zhou on her birthday." Mrs. Bai said.
That's true!
As they were talking here, a group of maids and women holding food boxes filed in.
It's time to serve.
The dishes are very rich, and plates are laid out on the table like flowing water.
Except for Zhen, everyone else was the first to attend the banquet of a wealthy family. Xie Chuntao and Eugene Gui were so nervous that they didn't know how to hold chopsticks. Even Mrs. Bai showed her nervousness.
"Old lady, madam, I'm here to serve you." Liuhua appeared in the banquet again. She smiled and asked the little girls to bring water and mung bean powder, and helped old lady Bai and others wash their hands.
Liuhua personally washed Xiao Fuyuan's hands.
"Sister Liuhua, thank you. You are a good person, and good people are rewarded." Xiao Fuyuan said seriously.
Liuhua was so happy that Xiao Fuyuan actually said auspicious words to her.
"I'm late."
Mrs. Zhou, the protagonist of the birthday party, appeared at the banquet on the support of a maid.
Everyone stood up one after another.
Mrs. Zhou exchanged pleasantries with this wife and that wife, then she excused herself and came to the Bai family's banquet behind the screen.
"...I know everything about today. Sister, I'm really sorry..." Mrs. Zhou said while holding Mrs. Bai's hand.
The female members of the Bai family stood up one after another.
"Old Madam, this matter has passed." Old Madam Bai said. She felt that Mrs. Zhou and Mr. Zhou had already apologized repeatedly for today's incident. If she accepted Mrs. Zhou's apology, it would seem that the Bai family was too arrogant.
"...I have learned from the Zhou family today...I will definitely give your Erlang an explanation." Old Mrs. Zhou said very sincerely, and then added, "I originally wanted to come over earlier to have a drink with you, but things got entangled, and until Just come now."
The Bai family knew very well that a person of Mrs. Zhou's status would inevitably receive congratulations from various wives and children in the family on her birthday. Plus A Zhen suddenly came to congratulate her on her birthday, so naturally she couldn't get away from it.
"Xiao Yuanbao, come here, come to grandma." Mrs. Zhou smiled at Xiao Fuyuan.
Little Fuyuan stood up from Mrs. Zhen's side, came to Mrs. Zhou's side, and said in a sweet voice: "I wish the old birthday star a prosperous sun and moon, and a long and prosperous spring."
Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "Little Yuanbao's auspicious words are the most touching to me."
As he spoke, he held Xiao Fuyuan in his arms and personally served her food.
…
Zhou Family, Songhe Hall.
Zhou Xin, the world-famous scholar of Zhou Dynasty, was sitting upright.
A Zhen sat opposite, and Feng Zhiheng sat on one side of A Zhen.
Mr. Zhou, on the other hand, stood beside his father.
"...I was fortunate enough to be taught by you when I was four years old, and I will never forget it." A Zhen said to Zhou Xin.
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Zhou Xin twirled his beard and his voice was as calm as water, "His Highness said what was in his heart?"
"Yes, although I haven't reached the crown yet, I believe that my engagement with Miss Feng was a mistake, and it was my grandmother who insisted on having her own way." A Zhen said.
"Huh, I don't like you either. Grandpa, you can see it. He doesn't want to, and neither do I. If we get married in the future... I can't be a widow..."
Zhou Xin: "..."
A Zhen looked blaming.
Mr. Zhou shouted angrily: "Ah Heng, be careful, who taught you these nonsense?"
The Zhou family's father and son's brows were twitching. How old is A Heng? Do you know what Xinyue and being a widow are?
Feng Zhiheng was so frightened that she shut up. She learned these words from Xiao Fuyuan's second sister-in-law Eugene Gui in Shenshu Village.
She didn't know what it meant to be a widow. She only knew that Xiao Fuyuan's second brother and sister-in-law didn't have a harmonious relationship. Especially the second brother of the Bai family didn't even want to look at his wife, which made Eugene Gui complain about being a widow.
She felt that A Zhen would treat her like that in the future.
She doesn't want it.
In her heart, she envied Xiao Fuyuan's elder brother and sister-in-law, who were a loving couple. She saw with her own eyes that Bai Dazhuang was afraid that Xie Chuntao would be tired and pinched Xie Chuntao's shoulders, while Xie Chuntao took off Bai Dazhuang's shoes and wiped his feet.
After a long while, Zhou Xin said: "Zhou knows His Highness's thoughts. This matter allows Zhou to think about it."
(End of chapter)
