"Mrs. Huangfu, please slow down!" Butler Liu and a few servants were taking care of her, for fear that she would not be able to serve the distinguished guest.
Huangfu nodded with satisfaction, straightened his back more and more, raised his head, stretched out his hand, let his wife support him, slowly got off the carriage, and walked in with his head held high.
"Hey, madam, you haven't paid me yet?" the driver suddenly shouted.
Butler Liu was stunned and looked at Huangfu Xin in confusion.
Huangfu's face suddenly turned red, and he scolded the mother-in-law who was waiting on him in a low voice, "You didn't give me the money? Didn't I ask you to give it earlier? You..."
The woman huddled up after being scolded and said in a low voice: "Madam didn't give the old slave any money, what can the old slave do with me?"
Only then did Huangfu Xin remember that she had forgotten to pay her mother-in-law for the bus. She immediately put a straight face on her face, took out her purse, took out some broken silver, threw it into her mother-in-law's hand, and waved her hand impatiently to let her
Go and get rid of it quickly.
Butler Liu looked at it and felt that something was wrong at this moment. He couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "Madam, are you really Mrs. Huangfu?"
Huangfu was feeling embarrassed, and now he glared and said, "I'm not Mrs. Huangfu, who is?"
Butler Liu scratched his head and heard that Mrs. Huangfu was from Chu Han. It was also possible that the place was poor and she had never seen the world. Anyway, please come in first.
While Huangfu was waiting outside the door, Mrs. Liu Guogong and other ladies arrived at the second door. When they saw Butler Liu coming in with an old woman wearing a tacky pink dress, everyone was indifferent.
There was a look of surprise.
That day at the Zhongqiu Palace Banquet, although a few people didn't have time to come forward and talk to Mrs. Huangfu, everyone vaguely remembered Mrs. Huangfu's elegant demeanor. Now this woman, let alone her appearance, didn't even dress well.
One-tenth of that old lady's!
"Hey, Mrs. Liu, where is Mrs. Huangfu?" A lady asked loudly and deliberately.
Mrs. Liu didn't see anyone, so she quickly stepped forward and asked Butler Liu, "Didn't you say that Mrs. Huangfu has arrived? Where is the person?"
Butler Liu was stunned and quickly pointed at Huangfu Xin and said, "Old madam, isn't this it?"
Mrs. Liu was stunned and turned to look at Huangfu Xin. She felt vaguely familiar, but she really couldn't remember where she had seen it before.
"Are you..." Mrs. Liu asked quickly.
"I am Mrs. Huangfu, the god-aunt of the current queen!" Huangfuxin quickly introduced himself.
"I am the Queen's god-aunt, and this is my Yao'er!" Suddenly, a scene from the palace banquet flashed through Mrs. Liu's mind. On that day, there was indeed someone who claimed to be the Queen's god-aunt.
She took her son and introduced her to people everywhere, but when everyone inquired later, they found out that the person was just the daughter of Huangfu's family. The queen only recognized Mrs. Huangfu as her godmother, but she did not recognize any goddaughter. In addition,
At that time, the woman had a petty attitude and could not get any publicity, so everyone just responded to her, laughing and passing by, without any interaction.
"It turns out..." Mrs. Liu was stunned and looked at Huangfu speechless.
Huangfu saw that Mrs. Liu seemed to have thought about it, so he pretended to smile deeply and said: "Mrs. Liu is so polite, she brought so many ladies and ladies to greet me!"
At this moment, someone was muttering something in a low voice. Soon, the faces of the ladies showed disdain, and one of them even raised his handkerchief and smiled lowly, "I'm just saying, by all means,
How could Mr. Liu Guogong be able to invite Mrs. Huangfu with his current status? It turns out it was Mrs. Huangfu who was invited!"
Just as Mrs. Liu was about to explain, another lady asked: "May I ask, Mrs. Huangfu, which noble family her husband's family belongs to? Why haven't you heard about it?"
"Oh, what a noble man! I heard that he married Chu Han, a lame man from a small mountain village, right?" Someone else laughed.
"It turns out that I'm marrying Bai Ding. That's really brave. You want us ladies with status and status to come to greet her. It's really..."
"Look at the clothes she's wearing. I wonder if she borrowed them from that maid. She's an old woman. Are you ashamed to wear such a pink color?"
…
The ladies were all chattering away, commenting on Huangfu Xin's clothes while making jokes and taunts, with every word being hateful and harsh.
Huangfu's face flushed red, and he looked at these noble ladies in bewilderment. He changed from his previous lively and cheerful demeanor and said nothing.
Mrs. Liu really couldn't stand it any longer, and she looked back coldly and asked: "Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Liang, you were the ones who were willing to follow me out to greet the old lady, but I didn't force you! You begged me to introduce Mr. Huangfu to you at the beginning.
people!"
Mrs. Liang, who was the first to draw her veil and speak out, snorted coldly and said: "Mrs. Liu also knows that we are here to see Mrs. Huangfu, not to participate in your shabby flower viewing party.
, Now that you have hired Mrs. Huangfu on leave, why can’t we say anything?”
"That's right, today I made an appointment with the wife of the Minister of Household Affairs to watch a show. If I hadn't heard that Mrs. Huangfu would come to your place, do you still think we would come? Do you think this Duke Liu's Mansion is still the same glory and glory as it was back then!"
Mrs. Zhang didn't show mercy at all and said directly.
Mrs. Liu blushed and ordered Butler Liu: "Butler, see the guests off!"
Butler Liu was stunned for a moment, but before he could step forward, those led by Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Zhang all snorted coldly: "Just leave, who cares about staying here?"
Just as everyone was about to leave, they heard a young man coming to report: "Old Madam, Madam Huangfu is here!"
Butler Liu was stunned and asked: "Why is there another old Mrs. Huangfu?"
Just as he was talking, he saw an old lady standing outside the gate at some point. Her upper body was wearing a haze-colored ruffled trousers with gold embroidery and Yunxia Zhai pattern, and three inches of lotus-colored embroidered embroidered braided flowers were exposed below.
Wearing an underskirt, a string of jade beads hangs around the neck. Although the dress is not luxurious, it has the style of an ordinary person. Next to her is a dark-skinned woman in her thirties, wearing a dark golden hibiscus pattern.
She is wearing a full-sleeve gown and a moon-white embroidered blue floral horse-faced skirt. The material is made of tapestry. She wears a jasper gilt anemone hairpin on her head, and a pair of mutton-fat white jade bracelets around her neck.
The lady who has that bracelet has seen it before. The Queen Empress, who was still the Crown Prince’s concubine, gave birth to the second prince. This item was among the gifts given by the Supreme Emperor. Later, Chu Yiqing took the position of Queen and attended several public events.
I have also worn it, and it is a set with the white jade pendant. It is difficult not to impress people, but now the bracelet is in the woman's hand...
Mrs. Liu recognized Mrs. Huangfu at a glance and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Old Madam, Mrs. Zhao, you are here. I have been waiting for a long time!"
Mrs. Huangfu said with a smile: "I kept Mrs. Liu Guogong waiting for a long time, and some things were delayed!"
"No, no, I'm impatient!" Mrs. Liu said, turned around, and without even looking at Mrs. Liang and others who were about to leave, she talked to Mrs. Huangfu and walked inside.
"Xin'er, let's go!" Mrs. Huangfu stood outside for a moment. She could clearly see what was happening inside, so she stepped forward and pulled Huangfu Xin's sleeve.
Huangfu narrowed his eyes and lowered his eyebrows, and obediently followed Mrs. Huangfu into the second door.
Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Zhang looked at each other, but they did not expect that Mrs. Liu Guogong really invited Mrs. Huangfu. The one who came with her should be the Queen's god-sister, Mrs. Zhao. I heard that the Queen was very fond of this Mrs. Zhao.
Because of her closeness, she has now given all the royal white jade bracelets to Mrs. Zhao...
"What are you still doing? Let's go quickly!" Mrs. Liang said angrily. Today, she really stole the chicken but lost the rice. She failed to please but also offended someone!
Mrs. Zhang also sighed and had to follow her out of the gate of Liu Mansion.
"No!" Housekeeper Liu saw Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Zhang walking out the door dejectedly, and shouted loudly as if to relieve his anger.
The ladies were sitting in the pavilion in the back garden of Liu Mansion.
Mrs. Liu looked at Huangfu who kept his face down and said with embarrassment: "I'm really sorry just now. Someone in my house made a mistake and mistakenly identified Mrs. Huangfu and Mrs. Huangfu. It's really..."
Seeing that Huangfu Xin didn't speak during the whole journey, Mrs. Huangfu couldn't help but feel a little worried. If this happened in the past, according to Huangfu Xin's temper, she should have made a big fuss with those people. Being so quiet might not be a good sign!
However, seeing that Mrs. Liu was so sorry, she said: "It's not my fault, Madam, everyone in this world is like this, stepping on the low and favoring the high. It's a good idea to let my sister-in-law know about it today!"
Mrs. Liu felt even more guilty.
When Huangfu came out of Liu Guogong's mansion, he still kept his eyes lowered and his eyebrows lowered, and he didn't say a word.
After leaving the house, Mrs. Huangfu deliberately let Jin Yu sit in a carriage by herself, and she pulled Huangfu Xin into another carriage.
"Xin'er, you..." Mrs. Huangfu sighed, "Are you okay?"
Huangfu Xin then raised his head, his eyes red.
Mrs. Huangfu held her hand, "I know you feel aggrieved. Your best years were wasted on the barren lands of Chu Han. Wu Laowu is not the man you want, but Xin'er,
Now that you are almost fifty, and you have reached the age where you know your destiny, I really don’t know, what are you still fussing over?"
"Sister-in-law, I just want to live the life I deserve. Like those noble ladies, I enjoy flowers and gossip every day. Sister-in-law, I should have lived that kind of life. They...why do they look down on me?
?I was also born in the Xungui family. If it hadn't been for what happened back then, I would have married into a wealthy family, just like them. Why do they look down on me so much?" Huangfu Xin lay on Mrs. Huangfu's lap and cried.
stand up.
"If you want others to think highly of you, you have to think highly of yourself. If you despise your own identity, how can others think highly of you? Look at your clothes, the color, even gold and jade are too tender to wear. You are almost five years old.
You're ten, don't you look like a clown if you have to wear such a tender color? Also, this person, the more you try to flatter others, the more others will look down on you. We have no place to ask them, so you go one by one.
Why are you fawning? Can't we just live our peaceful life?" Mrs. Huangfu said earnestly.
Huangfu Xin looked at his clothes and whispered: "If I had the money from my sister-in-law, I wouldn't wear these clothes..."
"It's not a matter of money or lack of money. Think about it. Back then, Yiqing was a woman wearing a hairpin skirt and a woman with a child. It was much worse than you, but Yiqing had a temperament from head to toe that no one could underestimate!
If you look at your clothes again, you will know that you haven't given up yet, and you still feel young! Xin'er, I won't talk about you anymore. You should also reflect on what happened today. You should go back and think about it carefully!"
Mrs. Huangfu sighed again, "You want to turn yourself into a clown. It doesn't matter if you are embarrassed, but Yao'er is still young. Do you also want Yao'er to be looked down upon by others?"
Huangfu bit his lip hard.
Back at Huangfu Mansion, Mrs. Huangfu asked someone to take Huangfu Xin back to the house.
Jin Yu worriedly watched Huangfu Xin ride away in the carriage, and couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Mom, my aunt is a little strange today. She didn't say a word in Liu Guogong's mansion!"
"Did you see it too? I'm afraid I really hurt her this time!" Mrs. Huangfu sighed, "It doesn't matter if it's like this or letting her wake up as soon as possible. Tell me how good Chu Han's life is. Don't worry.
She doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, but she has to come to the capital and be looked down upon by people! Those noble ladies are the most powerful, how can they be so easy to get along with?" Mrs. Huangfu sighed, "I hope this time,
Your aunt can wake up!"
Jin Yu also nodded.
Two days later, Huangfu Xin came to say goodbye.
After hearing what Aunt Ju said, Mrs. Huangfu quickly took Jinyu to the front hall, and even Pan'er followed.
Huangfu Xin carried a big baggage on his back, wore a simple commoner hairdress and light makeup, and was followed by Wu Yao.
"Xin'er, what are you..." Mrs. Huangfu took a look and quickly stepped forward to ask.
"Sister-in-law, I've been thinking a lot these days. Many things are in the past and can never be brought back again! The Duke Liu's Mansion back then was looked down upon by others, let alone this little-known Huangfu Mansion like mine.
Miss! Sister-in-law, I figured it out. Today I will take Yao'er back to Chuhan and live my life in a down-to-earth manner. I have been to this capital and I have woken up from my dream!" Huangfu Xin raised his face.
Lai smiled lightly, and his face regained the calmness that could be seen in Chu Han in those years.
Mrs. Huangfu nodded: "It's great that you can figure it out!"
Pan'er also smiled and said: "Grandma, I know that grandma will definitely figure it out! In fact, I feel that our Shangjia Village is the pastoral place. It is very noisy here and can't compare to our Shangjia Village!"
Huangfu stepped forward, touched Pan'er's head and said with a smile: "Yeah, sorry, I'm almost fifty, and now I understand that even a child like you, Pan'er, is not as good as me, and those past years have really been in vain.
Got it!"
Jin Yu also said: "Sister-in-law, you have the best idea. Wu Laowu and Aunt Wu are still waiting for you two in Chu Han!"
Huangfu Xin shook his head slowly, "If they can still accept me when I go back this time, that's it. If not, I will live alone with Wu Yao. I will study in the academy and never leave! These days,
I also often think of those peaceful days when I was teaching in the academy. The academy cannot survive without me. I miss the children too!"
Mrs. Huangfu nodded with satisfaction, "I am really relieved that you can say this. Don't worry, Wu Laowu, although he is younger than you, is now married and has children, but he is much more mature."
Now, if you know how to take responsibility, he will definitely accept you again after you go back!"
Huangfu nodded.
"Since you have decided to go back, there is no rush at this moment. I will ask Xiaomai to find a time to take you back so that you will not be unsafe on the road!" Mrs. Huangfu said again.
Huangfu thought for a while and nodded.
After Huangfuxin left, Mrs. Huangfu first asked Zhao Xiaomai to go back to Chuhan to check out Wu Laowu and the Yang family. To be honest, she was really afraid that Huangfuxin would go back and the Wu family would not accept her.
!Now that Huangfu's heart has finally settled down, she can't let Wu Laowu and Yang irritate Huangfu's heart anymore.
Mrs. Huangfu has not been idle these days, and Chu Yiqing is also very busy in the palace. The reason is that the Supreme Emperor insists on giving A Bao a crown princess, and has already started to make preparations for the clan mansion. Everyone in the court heard that the crown prince wants to choose a concubine.
, all took action and reported all the legitimate daughters of the appropriate age in their respective families.
But not long after, news came out that the emperor opposed the selection of a concubine for the prince. Those court officials who took action did not know what to do at this moment. For a while, people's hearts were a little unstable.
At this moment, Li Huang had just returned from Li Li's palace, his face full of exhaustion.
Chu Yiqing was feeding Rou Fu egg yolks. When he saw the tiredness on Li Huang's face, he knew that it was about Abao's selection of a concubine. He immediately handed the small spoon to Ying Qian and stepped forward and asked: "Are you with me again?"
Did the Emperor have a dispute?"
Li Huang frowned, "He asked the clan government to draw up a list with the names of more than a dozen ministers and noble daughters. He insisted that I choose one to be A Bao's concubine! Now A Bao is still young.
, it is simply inappropriate to establish a concubine so early!"
If such a young child only indulges in female sex, he will not only waste his life, but also delay the country and the country!