Chapter 72: Preparing for Punishment
The second old lady turned around and glared at the third old lady, thinking it was her chewing tongue.
The old lady glanced lightly and said, "You don't have to look at her. It's not what she said, it's when I heard the people talking when I entered the city gate."
The second old lady withdrew her gaze and snorted coldly, "It's just a few things. Which man doesn't put a few in the room before getting married, but our family won't do it?" Hua Junzhi is her treasure and cannot tolerate others' remarks. She immediately put her face on the old lady, got up and left, "I'm full, so I won't be with you."
Wu and Qian Niang were not good at staying, so they put down the bowls and chopsticks and gave gifts to each other and said.
The old lady was slanted coldly and without leaving any words, she pulled the third old lady to sit beside her, raised her chopsticks and said, "Come on, let's eat."
Manniang received the permission of Princess Xiang and asked her to stay at her parents' home for three days. The night before she returned, the old lady called her to her room, exchanged greetings for a while, and then told her about the purpose of the girl bringing this time.
Manniang hesitated that whoever is a woman would like to send other women to her husband, and her relationship with Ying Suiliang has just improved recently.
The old lady was not here for this period. Some time ago, Ying Suiliang had an epidemic from some time ago, which was extremely contagious. When his concubines who were stuck with him every day saw that he was sick, they hid far away, and she was the only one who served him. In order to take care of him, Manniang stayed asleep all night, waiting by his side day and night, and fainted due to the hard work he had been exhausted over the past few days.
As the saying goes, true love is revealed in times of adversity. When Ying Suiliang wakes up, he is very moved. He may have experienced a life and death. He is not as reckless as before, and he is no longer willing to do things, and he no longer goes out to have fun. He is much better to Manniang than before, and gradually alienates his concubines. He spends most of his time in her room in the middle of January.
"Are you afraid that she will enter the mansion to take your favor?" Seeing that Man Niang didn't say anything, the old lady and her warmth quickly fell down and asked with a cold face.
Manniang has been under the old lady for many years. When she knew her temperament, she would turn her back if she had an unpleasant word. She smiled and said to her, "No, if the sister of the girl could come to the house to accompany me, I wouldn't be happy." After a pause, she said, "But will this be aggrieved by the sister of Jiao Niang? She is such a promising person, and it would be a waste of her for the unpromising person in my family."
The old lady disagreed, "If there is any destruction or not, she is a concubine. In the past, when the legitimate daughter of the family got married, she would accompany several concubines as mothers. As her identity, it was a great blessing for her to marry the prince."
Manniang hesitated, "But-"
The old lady frowned and said, "Don't be a bad thing, this matter is decided like this. I will invite Princess Xiang to come next month. Then I will talk to her, so you can also recommend it to the prince. If he likes it, he will remember your love."
Manniang squirmed with her lips, the old lady stood up and waved her to go back to rest, Manniang sighed silently and left sadly.
When he received a letter in the morning, he learned that Jiao Niang was with him, so Cheng packed a house for her. Unexpectedly, Qiao Niang saw Jiao Niang and the two of them seemed to be together and insisted on living together. Cheng could not persuade her, so he had to agree and repeatedly reminded her to take good care of Jiao Niang.
Jiao Niang brought only Shui Xiang and Qinghuan this time. Cheng was afraid that there was not enough staff, so he sent two capable daughters-in-laws from her, all of whom looked kind-faced, one called Shan Er's wife and the other Xu Da's wife.
Jiao Niang knew that they were a little decent in front of Cheng and were not stingy in rewards. As soon as they met, they gave each of them a big purse. When they saw Jiao Niang being generous, they were not the difficult master to serve, so they served Jiao Niang with all their heart.
Qiao Niang couldn't live a free time. She used to be the only girl at home, and no one was with her to accompany her. Now she has a girl, so now she has found a companion for her. Moreover, with a girl, even if she is naughty, Cheng would not say much about her. Jiao Niang said that she treated her as a shield.
Every time he said this, Qiao Niang would hold Jiao Niang with a smile and act coquettish and behave like a good woman. Her good sister called her and asked Jiao Niang to do nothing to her.
However, Jiao Niang also gained knowledge with her. For the first time, she knew where the old lady said the gentle place was. That day, Qiao Niang asked her to change into men's clothes without saying anything, took her out of the corner gate, and ran there directly.
Emperor Cheng of Han once called Zhao Hede's arms a gentle place, as the name suggests, a hotbed for men. This name is exactly what it means. A woman's gentle place is a happy place for men to enjoy.
When the girl arrived at the door, she shouted that she was deceived and turned around and was about to leave. Qiao Niang used brute force to pull in. The mother of Wen Rou Township saw that she was handsome and found three or five girls to accompany her.
On this side, the girl dodged like a cat and a mouse, and was taken advantage of by someone. On the other side, the girl hugged someone's waist and drank happily. Seeing her girl embarrassed, she laughed.
But she didn't laugh for long. When she came out, she happened to meet Hua Junze, who was patrolling the streets, and grabbed the two of them and went home.
There was inevitably a mixed reprimand for men and women, and then he was punished to kneel in front of his ancestors to reflect on his face.
"Jiao Niang, I knew you were the best for me." At night, Jiao Niang came secretly, holding the steamed buns and chicken legs she had hidden during supper.
Qiao Niang bit the chicken legs in big mouthfuls, and a layer of oil was shining on the chicken legs, smearing her face, "I'm so hungry. I've eaten several apples on the altar, but I just don't have enough. Hehe, the chicken legs are still delicious, burp--"
"Eat slowly, don't choke." The girl poured a glass of water and patted her back gently.
Qiao Niang burped loudly, "It's okay, choking to death is better than starving to death, at least she is still a full devil." After gnawing the last bit of flesh on her bones, she looked at Jiao Niang with a gaze, "Is there any?"
The girl was helpless when she took out a chicken leg wrapped in kraft paper from her sleeve, "I originally wanted to take it out to eat when you are hungry."
Qiao Niang's eyes bubbling, she snatched it over and swallowed it whole, "I'm very hungry now, and I won't think about it after eating it together." She smiled at Jiao Niang while eating, smiling silly, "Jiao Niang, you are so kind to me, I'll take you to a better place next time."
"You still want to take me out?" Jiao Niang was scared. It was a blessing that she didn't have to kneel down in the ancestral hall this time.
"Of course, you can't give up the fun of life because of resistance. There are many fun places in Licheng. You have finally come back and I always have to play with you."
Chapter completed!