After living in this other world for so long, five years, and suddenly discovering that there are other time travelers like myself in this world, how can you not be excited? Who wouldn't be excited?
Su Wan is particularly looking forward to tomorrow's meeting.
They have to watch the play at Prince Xiang's Mansion and leave after dinner. This is a rule, because most of the male guests have official business, and they have to go and do business, but the female family members have to wait until the process is completed.
But fortunately, Princess Jiacheng got along with her, so Su Wan's life was not boring.
While watching the play, Princess Xiang sat in the main seat, and her deputies on both sides were the princesses of the other two princes. Further down were the two wives of the Duke of Tang, the mother of the current queen, and the Duke of Jiang. , holding military power.
Among the aristocratic families, these two families are even more respectable than these royal palaces, but their status is lower than that of the royal family. Even the princess has to be a little polite when she sees them and does not dare to show off her face.
Nowadays, apart from those princes who have not yet been crowned kings, there are only three royal palaces in Kyoto, and some of them have gone to fiefdoms. Those who remain are those who supported the current emperor's enthronement at that time.
Therefore, in Kyoto, only power has the most say. Without power, no matter how prominent your life experience is, it is useless.
However, the two families are evenly matched in Kyoto and are always compared. The wives of the two families are always comparing themselves wherever they go.
Su Wan and Jiacheng sat in the back row, and Su's mother and Shen's mother were also sitting at the table next to them. They were all tables for two, with a small coffee table in the middle with melon and fruit snacks on it.
Su Wan did not participate in the tea party of these noble ladies in the morning, so he was not sure who was who. Jiacheng slowly introduced Su Wan after he sat down.
"The lady in crimson is Tang Guogong's wife, the current queen's sister-in-law, second-grade imperial concubine. This younger one is the second lady of Jiang Guogong's mansion."
I heard that it was Jiang Guogong's house. Su Wan knew that this was Jiang Yu's house. The second wife was mentioned less in the original article, so she didn't know much about Jiang Yu's house. She didn't know whether this person was a good person or a bad person. She only knew that he was a good person or a bad person. There is also a half-brother.
"Why the second lady?" Su Wan asked Jiacheng in a low voice.
Jiacheng also leaned against her head and whispered:
"Dong Jiang Guo once had a wife. It is said that she was a strange woman. Not to mention her beauty, she was also talented. Her sword dance was even famous in Kyoto. However, she was a commoner woman and her status was not worthy of Duke Jiang. She was also beautiful and unlucky. , went there early, and had always been disliked by Mrs. Jiang during her lifetime. This second lady was originally an official lady and was deeply loved by Mrs. Jiang. She asked Jiang Guogong to take her as a concubine, and later her mother's family She committed a crime and was exiled by her whole family, but she was spared because of the honor of the Duke's government.
After Mrs. Jiang passed away, the old lady always wanted her to be his equal wife. However, Duke Jiang Guo was famous for his affectionate affection in Kyoto. For so many years, there was only one second wife in the backyard. Moreover, it was rumored that the second wife was not wanted by Duke Jiang, but was taken. Forced to have no choice but to let the old lady roll around, Jiang Guogong was stunned and unwilling to let the second lady straighten her up.
However, although the second wife does not have the title of the main wife, she still has the final say in the backyard of Jiang Guogong's mansion. When she goes out, she will always be treated as the main wife. "
Su Wan didn't know much about these things, so he had to rely on inquiring to find out.
From what it sounds like, Duke Jiang Guo is pretty good. In this era, it's okay to only have one concubine and not give her a title for the sake of his deceased wife.
I just don’t know why the relationship with Jiang Yu and his son is so bad?
The second lady didn't know if she felt someone was talking about her, so she turned her head slightly and glanced behind her. Su Wan happened to see it. With this aura, those who didn't know it would have thought she was the wife of the wife.
Jiacheng was gossiping, so he looked away with a guilty conscience and touched his nose.
Su Wan was very calm. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have to live under the same roof in the future. It would be okay to find out in advance.
Gu Yue sat in the seat behind them, sitting with a familiar sister. She didn't know any upper-class ladies in this circle. The people she dealt with were the daughters of fourth- and fifth-grade Beijing officials.
Because, although she was the head of the county, her family was a businessman, a farmer, an industrialist, and a businessman. The businessman always came last. Every time Gu Yue attended any occasion, she wore gold and silver. They felt that she smelled like copper and were not willing to be with her. Play.
Anyway, all the unpopular people got together to play together. Not many noble girls were willing to deal with her.
When she saw Su Wan and Jiacheng in front of her talking and laughing and walking so close, she felt disdainful in her heart.
It wasn't because of the two brothers of the Su family that they were willing to take her to play, otherwise why would she?
Su Wan didn't pay attention to her, and followed Jiacheng to discuss the opera until the opera ended, and then they had to have dinner again.
But she felt that there was always a line of sight looking at her from behind, and she knew who it was without having to guess.
Jiacheng has already said that after Ruixue gives birth to kittens, he will give her a male and a female to make a pair.
During the meal, Su Wan prepared to sit at the same table with Mother Su and Mrs. Shen.
The second lady of Duke Jiang's Mansion was being supported by a maid as she passed by them and suddenly stopped and looked at Su Wan.
Su Wan looked at her openly. As the princess, he was much more noble than her concubine.
However, this second lady looked at her from head to toe with an incomprehensible look, and then slightly curled up the corner of her mouth, so faint that it was almost invisible and fleeting.
It was a look of contempt, as if he looked down on Su Wan.
Su Wan thought to herself, who are you to look at her like this? She won't show any timidity and won't panic at all when he looks at her.
Mother Su didn't know who this was. She was dressed so elegantly and dignified, and she looked like she had a high status. Her eyes and demeanor made her very uncomfortable.
Mrs. Shen saw that something was wrong, because he knew about Su Wan and Jiang Yu. She was about to speak out to ease the atmosphere, when the side wife spoke:
"Presumably this is Princess Xuan Le of the new nobleman Su Shilang's mansion, right?"
When Su Wan heard this, he smiled generously and unconsciously patted the dust on his sleeves.
"It is this princess, you should be the concubine of Duke Jiang's mansion, right?
I have just arrived in Kyoto not long ago, and the ladies and ladies in my circle haven’t recognized all of them yet, so I’m afraid I’ve recognized the wrong person. If I offend you, please bear with me!”
Su Wan didn't look at her and spoke, which was rude, but she was the one who looked at him first. She was a side chamber and didn't even deserve a royal title. It was just because there was no official wife in the Duke's palace. Now She is in charge, and here she is just pretending to be powerful. She is a second-grade princess, so why should she look at her face?
Moreover, she deliberately emphasized the side character, and her lazy tone instantly made the two ladies' angry nostrils widen. At first glance, it seemed that they were deliberately holding back, but in fact they were gritting their teeth.
It was only the first time that the two met in front of outsiders, but the smell of gunpowder was very strong.
