In a joyful and peaceful atmosphere, the banquet ended.
The two ladies were always smiling and not angry at all. They were either chatting about family affairs or discussing important court affairs.
The two women never mentioned the ridiculous things Su Xian did in Youzhou.
It's like they don't know.
Su Xian became more and more puzzled.
For such a big event, almost everyone from the common people to the Queen is aware of it, and it is impossible for the two ladies not to know about it.
There is only one truth, they must be pretending!
"Madam, my husband was in Youzhou some time ago..." Su Xian thought about it again and again, and decided to mention it on his own initiative to test the two women's reactions.
As a result, the two women looked at each other secretly, as if they had rehearsed, and interrupted him with a smile:
"My husband is returning from Youzhou. It must have been a very hard journey. It's already getting late. I'll wait for you to take a bath, please."
"This star really wants to retire"
"Then...Okay." Su Xian followed suit. Since the two women didn't want him to take the initiative to mention it, let's see what they planned to do first.
The three of them left the flower hall and came to the bathroom not far away.
As expected, the two women personally waited on him to bathe. They were both husband and wife anyway. Although they blushed, they were not shy and ran away.
During this period, both women were very silent.
Su Xian was about to speak several times, but they kept chattering, making it impossible for Su Xian to say a complete sentence.
After taking a bath and changing clothes, Tang Shuwan took out a piece of silk cloth from somewhere, held it in her hand and said with a smile: "Husband, let's play a little game."
Has it started... Su Xian's heart moved and he said with a smile: "What kind of little game is this?"
"I first cover my husband's eyes with this silk cloth, and one person will change my clothes for him. My husband can guess who it is based on his feeling," Tang Shuwan said with a smile.
"good."
Su Xian nodded and blindfolded him to change his clothes. Interestingly, the idea of the two ladies was to dress him up as a clown, right?
After Tang Shuwan blindfolded him, she began to change clothes. After each piece of clothing was changed, Su Xian guessed the last one.
He was very familiar with both ladies. The scent of their bodies and the priorities of dressing movements were all criteria for his judgment, with an accuracy of 100%.
"My husband is so amazing. He guessed everything right." Liu Huixiang said with a smile.
"Can you take off the blindfold now?" Although he guessed that the two ladies might dress him up as a clown, Su Xian remained very calm.
"This is not a problem for my husband, so let's play another little game." Tang Shuwan said again.
"oh?"
"Don't rush to take off the silk cloth from your husband's head. Let me support you and go to any place. Finally, let me ask you to guess whether we are going to my room or Sister Liu's room."
"Oh well."
Su Xian looked a little helpless. It seemed that the two ladies were very angry. Not only did they dress him up as a clown, they also sent him to sleep in... the study?
But it doesn’t matter.
Su Xian felt a little apologetic in his heart. He went out to visit a brothel behind his back with his wives and made such a sensational news. It was right for the two ladies to be secretly angry.
Let them do whatever they want.
It'll be fine now that the anger in my heart is gone.
In this way, Su Xian, still blindfolded, was supported by the two ladies, one foot deep and one foot shallow, walking out of the bathroom, walking like a machine.
After walking for a while, Su Xian was already confused.
He couldn't tell the direction, let alone where he was.
Suddenly, the two ladies stopped.
Su Xian also stopped.
"Husband, we are here." Liu Huixiang on the right said with a smile.
"Husband, please take a guess. Is this my room or Sister Liu's yard? I'll tell you that I'm ugly first. If my husband guesses right, he will be rewarded. If he guesses wrong, he will be punished." Tang Shuwan is on the left. smiled.
"Okay." Su Xian nodded. After thinking for a moment, he twisted his head to the left and guessed at Tang Shuwan, "This should be Madam's room."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The two women laughed like silver bells and said at the same time: "You guessed wrong, your husband guessed wrong!"
"Is it wrong?" Su Xian was noncommittal.
"You will be punished if you guess wrong." Tang Shuwan reminded.
"Madam, please tell me how to punish me."
"It's simple. Husband stands here and counts fifty times silently. After fifty times, he takes off his blindfold. If anyone still appears in front of me, I will go to that person's room tonight." Tang Shuwan said with a smile.
"Okay then, my husband will start counting silently, one, two..."
Su Xian could feel that the surrounding area had become quiet, and there was no sound except his counting voice.
As he counted, he wondered in his heart, what on earth were the two ladies doing?
Finally, he counted to fifty, took off the silk cloth on his head, took off his blindfold, turned around and looked around, but there was no one there!
Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang are not here!
"Two little girls!" Su Xian complained secretly in his heart: "I went to whose room I saw anyone, but there was no one there. They just didn't want me to go to their room!"
"What a rip-off, you really sent me to sleep in the study room..."
Su Xian, who was looking around, was suddenly startled.
Because he found that this place was very strange, and it didn't look like a study. Then... Su Xian's expression changed slightly. If it wasn't a study, could it be... a woodshed?
"Dig! These two little girls are going too far. They dare to send their husbands to sleep in the woodshed." Su Xian's face turned pale for a while, but he soon calmed down.
No problem, let them calm down tonight.
Tomorrow, we must let the two of them taste his power!
At this time, a woman walked out of the small door on the side. Seeing Su Xian standing there stupidly, she jumped on the spot, waved her hand and shouted:
"Oh, Lord Marquis, why are you still standing here? It's getting late. Come into the bridal chamber quickly. The bride has been waiting all day!"
"What did you say? Enter the bridal chamber? Bride?"
Su Xian swallowed hard and was dumbfounded: "What kind of bridal chamber are you entering? What kind of wife are you new to?"
The woman approached quickly and saw Su Xian's astonished expression. She jumped up and down and danced and explained, "Is it possible that the Marquis doesn't know that today is the grand day for the Marquis to take Luo Xiu Niang as his concubine!"
"Taking a concubine? Luo Xiu Niang?!" Su Xian took a step back, his face full of surprise. When did he say that he wanted Luo Xiu Niang to be his concubine?
"Yes, isn't the Marquis wearing the groom's official clothes?"
Su Xian looked down and said, "I'll go."
The clothes he is wearing are really the formal attire of the groom.
He didn't notice it just now.
He understood everything in an instant, including the reactions of Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang, the "little game" they proposed just now, and the motives of the two women for acting like this.
"I see..." Su Xian smiled bitterly.
"Master Marquis, it's getting late. Go see the bride as soon as possible." The woman urged.
Su Xian hesitated for a long time, then finally nodded and ordered: "Lead the way."
"Eh!"
When we walked out of the courtyard, our eyes suddenly opened up. There were red lanterns hanging everywhere, and the word "happiness" was written in red on the lanterns and on the doors and windows.
Su Xian pushed the door open and saw at a glance that there was indeed a woman sitting on the embroidered bed, with a red hijab on her head, and her face could not be seen.
This wedding was a concubine ceremony, so it didn’t need to be too formal. The Hou Mansion didn’t even invite guests. Of course, the main reason was to hide it from Su Xian...
Su Xian was stunned at the door, then slowly walked over.
The bride heard the footsteps and clasped her hands tightly, highlighting her inner tension.
Su Xian used the weighing pole to lift the bride's hijab, and a delicate face was revealed. Luo Xiu Niang lowered her head shyly, but Su Xian could still see clearly.
If not Luo Xiu Niang, who is she?
The intersection with Luo Xiu Niang appeared before Su Xian's eyes——
That day, at Princess Lanling's Mansion, if Su Xian hadn't suddenly appeared, an embroidery genius like Luo Xiu Niang would have been reduced to a rough girl doing rough work.
Later, the two collaborated and created jade masks and other items together.
In Luo Xiuniang's life, Su Xian was her savior. Su Xian occupied most of her heart. She couldn't help but be happy to be Su Xian's woman.
To Su Xian, Luo Xiu Niang seemed insignificant, just a girl who was very talented in embroidery.
A long time ago, Princess Lanling wanted to give Luo Xiu Niang to him, but Su Xian didn't want it. He only regarded Luo Xiu Niang as a colleague and was afraid of delaying others.
Now...it's useless to say this.
At this point, if Su Xian loses his temper and doesn't want Luo Xiu Niang, according to the ancient concept, Luo Xiu Niang is afraid that she will seek death.
Furthermore, since this matter was arranged by Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang, it means that Luo Xiuniang has passed their test and married Luo Xiuniang, so she does not have to worry about the family being uneasy.
A night of spring supper.
Although Luo Xiu Niang welcomes her in every possible way, she is still a young flower, and she cannot stand the tyranny of Su Xian.
After she fell asleep from exhaustion, Su Xian sneaked into Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang's room...
The fun and joy in the boudoir cannot be fully described.
…
The next day.
Su Xian slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up.
Luo Xiu Niang is no longer here. It is said that she went to pay her respects to the two real ladies early in the morning.
After washing up and having breakfast, the family changed from a family of three to a family of four. Luo Xiu Niang was a concubine, so she was not qualified to sit and eat with them.
But as the mistress, Tang Shuwan was extra gracious and allowed Luo Xiu Niang to eat at the same table with them when there were no outsiders.
Luo Xiu Niang is naturally very grateful.
Su Xian didn't care much about these things, and he didn't interfere too much with Tang Shuwan's arrangements.
In ancient times, it was not just talk about the male leading the outside and the female leading the internal.
While eating, Su Xian secretly observed the expressions of the two ladies. They still did not have any complaints, complaints, accusations, or anger. It seemed that the two of them did not take the matter in Youzhou to heart.
Su Xian slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Only when the family is harmonious can everything prosper.
At this time, a maid entered the flower hall and bowed: "Princess Lanling's Mansion sent someone..."
"The princess must have something to do with me. Bring her in." Su Xianhun didn't care.
"yes."
After the maid bowed and retreated, Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang secretly exchanged glances. The two women fell silent at the same time and ate their breakfast in silence.
Soon, another maid came in and reported that the people sent by the princess had arrived.
Su Xian hurriedly invited him in.
Then, Su Xian was dumbfounded, and Luo Xiu Niang was also dumbfounded. Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang lowered their heads to eat and remained silent.
What did they see?
A large crowd of people crowded into the flower hall one by one. Looking carefully, they found that they were not the servants or maids from the princess's house, but... twenty women!
They were wearing heavy makeup, bright clothes, and some were holding pipa and other musical instruments. They looked like...women in a brothel!
"You are?"
Su Xian was stunned on the spot, the muscles at the corners of his mouth spasming uncontrollably.
Although he uttered a question, he was very clear in his heart that these twenty women were exactly the twenty courtesans he had groomed at Pinyu Pavilion in Youzhou!
How did they come to the divine capital?
And even ran to the Hou Mansion?
The romantic debt has come to your door, is this?
Su Xian was dumbfounded and turned to look at the two ladies, feeling a little guilty. Just now, he was sighing that "everything is going well with his family", but then he got into such a big trouble!
By the way, Princess Lanling, they were sent by Princess Lanling!
Su Xian grasped the crux of the problem, Lan Ling, Lan Ling, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, this time he was really tricked by Lan Ling.
Su Xian, who was feeling agitated in his heart, suddenly discovered that the expressions of the two ladies were very normal, with almost no change. He couldn't help but wonder that they shouldn't have this reaction.
"I am waiting to pay my respects to the captain and my wife." The twenty courtesans moved in unison, bowed and bowed in a neat manner. They were so delicate and frail that I felt pity for them.
"Who are you, and why are you here at the Marquis' Mansion?"
Su Xian had a headache and was preparing for a surprise.
It's not that he always gives up and doesn't want to be responsible, but it's not necessary.
First, how could he be intimate with these oirans in front of the two ladies?
Secondly, his visit to Pinyu Pavilion was originally a business matter, but the courtesans came to the Marquis Mansion. It can be said that they broke the rules first, and Su Xian cannot be blamed.
Faced with Su Xian's "ruthlessness", the courtesans suddenly felt aggrieved, but they did not dare to refute, so they had to stand there with their heads bowed silently.
Tang Shuwan suddenly said:
"Is it possible that my husband has forgotten that they are the twenty oirans from Pinyu Pavilion in Youzhou? My husband once composed poems for them and combed their hair for them. A good story spread throughout the world. Is it possible that my husband has forgotten all of them?"
Su Xian suddenly felt a headache. He couldn't figure out Tang Shuwan's thoughts for a while. He covered his head and said with a smile: "Yes...is it? Why can't I remember?"
"It's true. My husband was drunk that night, so it's understandable that he can't remember it." Liu Huixiang said.
After Su Xian carefully observed the expressions of the two ladies, he found that they were not joking. His heart moved, his face straightened, and he looked at the two ladies:
"They couldn't have been brought here by... the ladies, right?"
Tang Shuwan said calmly:
"My husband is the founding county prince of our Daliang Dynasty, a high-ranking Taiwei, and a highly respected official."
"After my husband visited Pinyu Pavilion and combed their hair, does he think they can still receive guests like ordinary courtesans?"
"No, from that night on, they are the husband's women and a part of the Hou family. Princess Lanling has already taken good care of them and transported them back to the divine capital."
"I am not that unreasonable person. People from the Marquis Mansion cannot be left out. Therefore, I went to the Princess Mansion this morning..."
After Su Xian heard this, he saw Tang Shuwan's face was calm. He finally glanced at the group of charming oirans, thought for a while, and said to Tang Shuwan:
"Madam is the mistress of the Hou Mansion, and she has the final say on these matters."
Tang Shuwan pursed her lips and smiled, turned to look at the group of oirans, her face was solemn, her eyes were slightly cold, and she began a long sermon.
From clothing to words and deeds, from rules to etiquette, she has set rules in all aspects, showing the style of the mistress of the Hou Mansion.
The oirans all lowered their heads, not daring to say a word, and finally replied at the same time: "I'll understand."
After setting the rules, Tang Shuwan began to give Tianzao again. The identity of the twenty courtesan was temporarily designated as Su Xian's concubine, and the daily supply was very generous.
If you perform well, you may be promoted to a concubine.
A concubine is another level higher than a concubine.
After Tang Shuwan finished speaking, a few ambitious courtesans secretly glanced at Su Xian. Seeing Su Xian's indifferent expression, they knew that Su Xian absolutely supported Tang Shuwan.
Now they gave up completely, not daring to disobey in the slightest, and thanked them in unison.
However, although they were strongly restrained by Tang Shuwan, they were very happy. Not only did they live in the Marquis Mansion, but they also gained status. If they gave birth to a son and a half daughters, their status would surely rise.
The future is promising!
If they stay in the brothel, their fate will be very tragic.
It can be said that they would rather be slaves and maids in the Hou Mansion than return to the brothel.
