Manmei nodded simply, "I understand, are you going to the Wu family's Buddhist hall?"
Jiang Shang nodded, "She was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall by Mrs. Wu. She just lost her child. She is in very poor health. I'm afraid she won't survive. I just received the post. The Wu family is preparing a banquet for guests tomorrow. I will bring
You go together, you are a female and can go in and out of the backyard."
"Will you take Chu Yue'er with you? She is a cousin after all." Manmiao knew that Jiang Shang would not want Chu Yue'er to go. With her personality, she would do bad things if she went there, so she asked deliberately.
Jiang Shang shook his head decisively, "She must not be allowed to do this. Her temper will make things worse."
Manmei thought that he would say that. When he actually said that, she felt very relieved and warned, "Then you have to find someone to keep an eye on her that day. You know that your cousin is not an ordinary person."
If you mean something, let Jiang Shang understand that it is absolutely impossible for Manmiao and Chu Yuer'er to coexist peacefully. If you want Manmiao to help Chu Xiner, you must let Chu Yuer understand Jiang Shang's attitude, otherwise Chu Yuer will
Yue'er will definitely continue to cause trouble because she is not convinced.
Sighing, "Don't worry, I will explain this to her clearly. If she persists in her persistence, I will send her back to Jiangzuo."
With this guarantee, Manmei nodded with satisfaction. She knew that if Chu Xiner was bullied like this at home, Mrs. Wu would definitely not let her contact the Jiang family if she had any means, and Chu Xiner would not listen.
Despite Chu Yue'er's slander against him, he would not be rejected if he came into contact with Chu Xiner.
"What is your purpose? You have to give me a bottom line first, otherwise it will be difficult for me to do it." Manmiao asked.
Jiang Shang was stunned for a moment and then asked, "My purpose?"
Manmei rolled her eyes, "What do you plan to do to your cousin? If you just want me to comfort her, I'll just say a few words, but I can't guarantee the effect. After all, I am an outsider in this matter. Or do you plan to take her with you?
Go back to the Jiang family? You have to tell me the bottom line, at least what it should be, otherwise how will I do it?"
Jiang Shang said nothing and fell into deep thought. He subconsciously started to play with the fan in his hand, opening and closing the fan. This was Jiang Shang's little action of thinking about things. Manmei had noticed it a long time ago and knew that he
Now I was thinking about how to deal with this matter, so I didn't rush him, I picked up the tea and took a few sips.
I thought Jiang Shang was quite funny. I didn't even think about how far I wanted to save people, so I asked for help. If I just wanted to comfort people with a few words, Manmei would go directly to the Buddhist temple and say a few words without any pain.
Use it?
According to her idea, she must take her back to the Jiang family. Even if she is raised by the Jiang family for the rest of her life, it is not a big deal. Anyway, sending her here as a concubine is just a show of forming an alliance. The Wu family treats Chu Xin like this.
Come on, the attitude towards the Jiang family is obvious. If Chu Xiner is left in the Wu family, she will definitely be waiting for death. If she can’t be killed this time, once the Jiang family leaves, it’s up to the Wu family to deal with her in whatever way they want.
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But she also knew that she couldn't apply her modern thinking to the ancient people's thinking. In ancient times, it was difficult for women who were divorced to go home to marry. Generally, they could only marry middle-aged and elderly widowers and other ordinary women who were unwilling to marry.
Not to mention the concubine who has been divorced and returned home. She has no hope of remarrying and becoming a wife in this life. If she lives at home, her servants will drown her.
After thinking for a long time, Jiang Shang closed his fan with a snap, looked at Man Miao and said, "When you go to the Wu family this time, you probably won't be able to say anything to Xin'er. Let's check on her first. I'll go check on the Wu family."
Let’s talk about this matter again.”
Man Miao thought about it. As Jiang Shang's daughter-in-law, she went to the Wu family's banquet. Mrs. Wu would only allow her to have a detailed talk with Chu Xiner. It was enough to let her take a look at Chu Xiner's life and death.
It's the limit.
"Then let's see what happens tomorrow." Manmei didn't have a better idea.
An idea flashed in his head, and he looked at Jiang Shang, "Aren't you very good at Qinggong? You can go secretly."
Jiang Shang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "The Wu family is also a martial arts family. It can be done once or twice to sneak in without being discovered. If you do it too many times, if you are discovered by someone, it will be hard to say anything."
Considering that he is the legitimate son of the Jiang family, if he is discovered to have secretly met with the concubine of the Wu family, it will be a serious matter, and the entire Jiang family may be disgraced.
It seems like this is a bad idea.
In the evening, Manmei deliberately avoided Chu Yuer'er. She ate in the house. She didn't know what Jiang Shang told Chu Yuer'er, and she didn't see her leaving her house. She was probably really captured.
Watch her very hard, otherwise with her temperament, how could she not pester Jiang Shang?
On the next day, when she had an appointment with the Wu family for a banquet, Manmei dressed up deliberately. Her clothes and jewelry were of high quality, showing that she was not an ordinary person, so that the Wu family did not dare to look down upon her.
On the way to Wu's house, I found that all my acquaintances were here. Qin Qifeng, Deng Yanbin, and Shan Boyuan seemed to have appeared. She hid in the carriage and did not show up. She only found out when she heard Jiang Shang Yuhan greeting people.
Several groups of people gathered together. The Wu family had already heard about their arrival and stood at the door to greet them. Manmei had no choice but to get off the car at the door. Jiang Shang reached out to help her get out of the car. She opened the curtain and saw Shan Boyuan also
When I got off the car, I wore a light yellow robe with wide sleeves and a jade crown. Except for my pale face, I still looked very handsome and dignified.
The one who caught the most attention was Jiang Shang, who was elegant and handsome. He was going to a banquet today. He was wearing a formal suit and looked like a super idol star in the TV series. Even the maids brought by the dignitaries had bright eyes and pretended to be displeased.
He kept looking at Jiang Shang with a concerned look.
Shan Boyuan smiled at Graceful, looked her up and down, with approval in his eyes, nodded and said, "Today's dress is good."
Manmei didn't want to hide it from him, she smiled generously and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
The others were all old acquaintances who met frequently, and Manmei greeted them all. She smiled kindly and exchanged greetings with Deng Yanbin. Deng Yanbin didn't show anything on his face, but there was surprise in his eyes.
She followed Jiang Shang into the Wu family. The maids of the Wu family took her into the inner courtyard of the women. She brought several maids with her, all from the Jiang family. Just in case, both of them were skilled in martial arts.
That kind of.
The old lady and the young lady of the Wu family looked like very dignified people. I heard that they were aunt-nephew, which was called a close relationship in ancient times. With an aunt as mother-in-law, she would naturally be able to take charge of the overall situation at home and have the final say.
Manmiao paid close attention and found that Xiao Wu and Liu were very capable. She commanded the maids and managed things in an orderly manner. Even if Manmiao did it herself, she would not be any better. Moreover, she did not have many relationships with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It was obvious that Mrs. Wu and Liu were very capable.
Like her, she did not ask Mr. Wu Liu's opinion on many things and handled them herself.
When she was in Washington before, it was impossible for Manmei to enjoy this kind of treatment. Although Mrs. Hua did everything in the mansion for her, basically all the old people she needed were from the old lady, and there were people who would go and do everything with her.
The old lady reported that even if she spent an extra tael of silver to buy something for herself in the morning, before noon arrived, the old lady would get the news and come to beat her in the afternoon.
When she left Washington, all she took with her were her dowry. Nothing in Washington belonged to her. Even the commonly used headdress and clothes were only dared to wear them after the old lady reminded her.
Gracefully stood in the distance, looking at Xiao Wu and Liu who were so busy that their feet never touched the ground, and sighed once again: A woman's happiness can only be expressed through comparison.
Thinking that when she left Washington with the divorce letter, Mrs. Hua only ordered the steward to bring her the card box in the mansion, leaving no words for herself, let alone giving her a ride.
, or say a few words of farewell.
The girls and stewards in Washington stood aside and watched them take away the dowry boxes. Yanliu quietly told her that the boxes had been confiscated. In order to leave Washington as soon as possible, she didn't care about this matter at all.
, I was even willing to keep all the dowry. Now thinking about it, I feel as sick as eating a fly.
No matter what, Su Youwei worked hard for Washington for three years in Washington. Long-term workers also had holidays during the Chinese New Year. She had to serve her parents-in-law 365 days a year.
During her parents' time, she had to greet her in the morning and serve her parents-in-law's breakfast before hurried out. After lunch at her parents' house, she rushed to Washington DC so that she could continue greeting her and serve her before dinner.
If Mrs. Hua was willing to treat her like this in Washington, she wouldn't be so decisive when she left Washington, right?
After entering the courtyard, she noticed that the environment here was somewhat different from what she had imagined before.
When I was in the State of Li, probably because it was the capital city, all kinds of rules were very strict. There were almost no opportunities for male guests and female relatives to meet. Even if they were a family, when they arrived at the gate, the male guests would get off first, and the female relatives’ carriage would have to go from another place.
If you enter through the side door, there will be no chance for male guests to see the female family members, and of course they will not be able to meet them in the mansion. The inner courtyard and the outer courtyard are clearly separated.
And here is a small intersection area between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, where male guests can meet their female relatives.
I remembered that when I was in Jiangzuo, the Jiang family courtyard was also designed in this way. There was always a place set aside for the female family members and male guests to meet and talk.
Probably because the country was founded by force, each family had its own private soldiers, and various gangs were formed to provide cover, to make money, or to do things that were not convenient for the wealthy families to do.
Since there are many gangs, martial arts is naturally prevalent in many things.
In the State of Li, ordinary people were not allowed to walk with swords, and they had always adhered to the principle of using force to break the ban. In the State of Yue, all kinds of people were walking openly on the streets with all kinds of weapons, and no one would look at them.
Manmiao saw the Jiang family's maid wink at her, and looked outside to see Jiang Shang standing in a garden waiting for her. She looked around, but she didn't find Yu Han. She didn't know where she had gone.
A note to readers:
Every time I see this box when updating, I feel like I should say something, but besides thanking myself, I still don’t know what to say o(n_n)o
