"If she doesn't come, she won't come. What's there to be angry about?"
Xia Jing didn't care about this at all. They were not mother and daughter, so there was no need to force herself to compromise with someone she didn't like just to show off to outsiders.
The two people who disliked each other pretended to be attentive to each other and greeted each other with smiles. Thinking about it, she felt tired. She might as well drink tea quietly. There happened to be a well water on the road, which made drinking water a lot more convenient.
"Come to say hello to you. This is the respect that the princess should have for you as a child. She is so disrespectful to her elders. Princess, you should talk to the prince." Hongmei wanted to ask the princess to teach her, but she thought that the princess was just a stepmother.
Then he changed his words.
After all, the stepmother is in trouble!
After Xia Jing heard what she said, she just laughed it off. No matter what she was thinking, there was no need to break it up and tell it to the maid.
Ignore the bumps of the carriage, just drink tea and look at the scenery outside the carriage window. Life is much more pleasant than the end of the world!
After a while, Xia Jing seemed to remember something, and turned back to Hongmei and said: "We have been meeting up with the prince's team for a few days. When we stop to rest later, don't forget to go find Zeng Yan and ask him about my concubine's life.
'How are those private properties and private treasury handled?"
Hearing this, the two maids suddenly remembered that they had forgotten to collect the princess's private property.
Compared with the princess's private property, the princess's education problems are insignificant.
Hongmei lowered her head and agreed, "Yes, when we get to the resting place, I will go find the housekeeper."
"Well, I believe you know better than me, the master, what my concubine's property is. I will leave this matter to you."
After that, Xia Jing looked out the window again, "The closer we get to Runan, the flatter the terrain becomes. Have you been to Runan?"
The two maids shook their heads. They were sold when they were children and traveled to many places, but they had never been to Runan.
Because the terrain is flat, the endless queue of people looks quite impressive.
Many refugees on the roadside stayed away when they saw such a large procession.
I opened the curtains expecting to see the scenery, but I didn't expect that there were more and more refugees on the roadside, many of them in groups, and some groups even had ox carts.
A cow was walking and peeing regardless of its image. The dry weather caused the smell of urine to drift into the carriage with the wind, making Li Chengxian cover her nose and cursed:
"You are all dead! Can't you smell such a strong stench? Hurry up and lower the car curtain!"
The maid didn't dare to refute, and quickly lowered the car curtain, but the peculiar smell in the car would not dissipate for a while. Combined with the original incense in the car, the smell was simply amazing!
After not holding on for a while, the sound of vomiting came from inside the carriage.
"Stop, the county chief transfers!"
The team that was originally moving along the road was temporarily disrupted by her, and the team following her could only stop.
Hearing the noise behind her, Mrs. Xiao, the Marquis of Changping, who was lying down with her eyes closed to relax, opened her eyes.
"Madam, are you awake?" The maid came forward and helped her sit up.
Mrs. Changpinghou leaned on the couch and looked out the window, "What's going on outside?"
As soon as the commotion outside began, a maid went out to learn about the situation. When she asked, the maid who stood on the carriage shaft and learned about the situation opened the curtain and came in.
"Reporting back to Madam, it was Madam Prince's carriage that stopped, saying that she wanted to change to another carriage. As soon as her carriage stopped, the convoy behind it also stopped accordingly. Everyone was caught off guard for a moment, so the team was a bit chaotic.
."
After hearing this, Mrs. Changping Hou sneered: "I have never seen such a pretentious woman. Go and tell her that I have an invitation!"
Since there's nothing wrong with giving her a carriage by herself, let's just ride in the same carriage with her.
The maid responded and exited the carriage.
Li Chengxian, who was about to occupy the carriage of his daughter-in-law at the back, heard Mrs. Hou's invitation, and her bossy momentum suddenly stopped.
She turned to look at the maid who had come to deliver the message, and asked in disbelief: "What did you say? Why did Madam invite me over?"
"I don't know what the specific matter is." The maid lowered her head and stared at her toes.
The eldest son's family, who were preparing to vacate the carriage, breathed a sigh of relief. They were all used to their own carriages, and they would definitely be uncomfortable if they suddenly changed to another carriage.
Even if the grandmother calls the mother, only the grandmother can suppress the mother in the entire Hou family.
Li Chengxian straightened her skirt, held up the hair ornament on her head, and waited for a while before walking towards Madam Hou's carriage in front of her.
"Mother."
"Well, sit down."
In the eyes of Mrs. Changping Hou, her son is the best, even if he is married to a princess, she feels that her son has been wronged by marrying the princess of Prince Qian's palace.
Looking at the princess in front of me, she is unruly, willful, and domineering. It has been twenty years since she married into the prince's mansion. Her temper has not changed at all, and the smallest thing will make everyone aware of it.
Li Chengxian lowered his head and did not notice the look of disgust in Mrs. Changpinghou's eyes.
Mrs. Changpinghou knocked on the wall of the carriage, and soon the carriage started to move.
She looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window and asked calmly: "Tell me, what was going on just now?"
Li Chengxian smiled coquettishly, "Mother, I'm not making trouble, it's just..."
Madam Changpinghou didn't want to hear her quibbles, so she interrupted before she could finish her words, "You're not making a fuss? Just because your carriage stopped, which caused the entire convoy behind to stop, you haven't made a fuss yet? Are you going to make a fuss?
Is it considered a riot if it makes people fall off their feet?"
She was extremely dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law of a high family. Unfortunately, she only had a son and married a daughter-in-law with a higher status than her.
If she hadn't been suppressing him with filial piety all these years, he might have demolished the Marquis Mansion long ago, and she wouldn't be able to live a good life as a mother-in-law.
Looking at the other person sitting there with his head lowered and as honest as a quail, I cursed in my heart: "You are a coward who bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong!"
"Ahem!"
When Li Chengxian heard the cough, she reacted quickly. She stood up slightly, poured a glass of warm water and handed it to Mrs. Changping Hou. "Mother, your throat feels uncomfortable. Please drink some tea to moisten it."
Mrs. Changping Hou glanced at her, hummed in an incomprehensible manner, took the tea cup and took a sip.
She returned the teacup to her and then said, "I heard that you didn't go to pay your respects to your mother-in-law from yesterday to today?"
Li Chengxian put the tea cup on the coffee table and said calmly: "Well, it was too late last night so I didn't bother her. Today I was busy arranging some trivial matters for departure, so I delayed it. When I got to the place to rest in the evening, my daughter-in-law
Go and say hello to your mother and concubine."
Mrs. Changping Hou's tone slowed down, "Children only distinguish likes and dislikes, adults only look at the pros and cons. When Xia married into the palace, you were already married. I know that although you have the title of mother and daughter, there are not many mothers and daughters.
mutual affection.
But after all, she is your elder. The team is close to each other, just the distance between the front and back, but you don’t go to greet her. How will outsiders arrange you if they find out? Outsiders will only think that Mrs. Changping Hou Shizi has a small belly and chicken intestines, which is not enough.
atmosphere."
The most important thing is that the Marquis has always wanted to maintain a good relationship with Prince Qian's Palace.
If Li Chengxian disrespected the Xia family, what would King Qian think? Would he think that she was instigated by the elders of the Hou family and dared to blatantly despise Princess Qian?