Xie Xun took care of Feng Yu's affairs, briefly dressed up, put on a black robe, and went to look for Mrs. Hou. Mrs. Hou sent someone to look for her and asked him to go to the courtyard to find her after dinner.
When Xie Xun came, Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Mudan were also there. They were playing leaf cards with Mrs. Hou. Mrs. Mudan leaned against Mrs. Hou weakly and coquettishly and exhaled like orchids. Mrs. Hou smiled and pinched her face. The three of them laughed.
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Xie Xun, "..."
Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Mudan were both concubines of Zhenbei Hou. Zhenbei Hou did not have any concubines when they got married. After marrying Mrs. Hou, they were in harmony. Mrs. Hou was in danger when she gave birth to Xie Junhua, and the doctor judged that Mrs. Hou could not have any more children.
Mrs. Hou neatly took concubines for the Marquis of Zhenbei, and took a fancy to Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Mudan. Mrs. Lan gave birth to the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Xie Zhang, and Mrs. Mudan gave birth to the second son Xie Jue. Both children were named after Mrs. Hou since they were young.
Next. Scandals such as competition between wives and concubines in high-ranking families did not happen in Zhenbeihou. The wife and concubines of Zhenbeihou got along very well and were as close as sisters. When Xie Xun was a child, he once thought that Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Mudan were his mothers.
not his father's concubines. When he grew up, he firmly believed that Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Mudan were chosen as his father's concubines because his mother liked them.
"Zhixu is here, come and sit down quickly!" Mrs. Lan greeted him affectionately, "Help me teach them a lesson. My sister and Mudan cheated and bullied me together."
"You just asked me to come over and play cards?" Xie Xun sat next to Mrs. Lan and stretched out his head to take a look at her cards. "If mother and Aunt Mudan don't cheat, you will lose too. This card is not good."
Mrs. Lan cheated and flipped the cards, "If you don't want to play this round, try again."
"You really can't afford to lose." Mrs. Peony sat up straight, covered her mouth and said with a smile, "I know, the card game is fake, we found a good job for you."
"I don't believe it!" Xie Xun leaned back lazily on his chair, "What are you going through?"
Mrs. Hou had a cheerful personality and said with a smile, "The day after tomorrow, King Qi held a riding and shooting banquet. I asked for the post. You go and see if there is a girl you like."
"Look at the beauty, is it beautiful?" Mrs. Peony asked jokingly.
"Second brother hasn't gotten engaged yet, why is it my turn?" Xie Xun moved out.
"Your second brother's temperament means there's no hope for him." Mrs. Mudan was lively and cheerful, but she was quite helpless after giving birth to a dull son. "Only after you have made up your mind will we have the nerve to force him."
"I've thought about the reasons. If you don't get married, it's not appropriate for your brother to accompany you to be single." Mrs. Lan divided the cards and asked Xie Xun, "What kind of girl do you like?"
"I don't like girls!"
Mrs. Hou and the two ladies were silent for a moment. Mrs. Hou asked, "What kind of man do you like?"
"Mother!"
Mrs. Hou was very direct, "Are you going or not?"
"Go!" Xie Xun has been fearless since he was a child. He dared to slap the table and challenge the Marquis of Zhenbei, but he can't do anything about the three women in his family. The men of the Marquis of Zhenbei's family dote on their women.
"I think Lin Yunong is very good, and I also like Zhixu. She is good-looking, and she is a cousin. She knows everything about her, and we are even closer to her," Mrs. Lan said.
Mrs. Zhenbeihou dotes on Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Peony very much. She doesn't have any rules about concubines not going out to socialize. She takes them with her wherever she goes, even when she returns to her parents' home. They can also go out alone to socialize. They should be the only two in Kyoto who don't go out to socialize.
Concubines are discriminated against, mainly because no one dares to look down on them.
"No!" Mrs. Hou said, "You have a big temper and you won't get along with Zhixu."
"How is Princess Xuelan? She has a very good temper and personality." Mrs. Peony said, "I like her, she looks so well-behaved."
"This is so good." Mrs. Lan shook her hand, looked at her leaf cards, and played one, "Zhixu will definitely find her boring if he marries her."
"Lin Yuyan can do it too, and she's good-looking..."
"You should know that Xu Xian is not selective about food. Why does she have everything on your list?" Mrs. Lan scolded her.
Mrs. Mudan's eyes turned red, she hugged Mrs. Hou and complained, "Sister, she scolded me again."
When Mrs. Hou faced the delicate Mrs. Peony, it was difficult for her to calm down a bowl of water, "Lan'er, please speak nicely."
Mrs. Lan kicked Mrs. Peony hard under the table, and Mrs. Hou said, "Actually, I think there is a person who is quite suitable, but I don't think it is suitable."
"who?"
Xie Xun couldn't stand listening, "I'm still here. It's inappropriate for you to talk about others like this, so I'll leave first."
Mrs. Hou grabbed him and pushed him down on the chair, "The sister from Shu'er's family is very good. What's her name...?"
Xie Xun, "?"
Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Lan particularly liked Feng Shu and thought she was a role model for the eldest daughter-in-law of everyone. As long as Feng Shu was in Beijing, she would come to the Hou Mansion every now and then, and occasionally she would bring Feng Yu with her.
"Feng Yu?" Mrs. Lan was stunned. She checked her shoulders and then pressed down rudely, "That little one?"
Mrs. Peony propped her chin up, "Shu'er has not brought her to play with the Marquis in the past two years. At that time, she seemed very well-behaved, cute and smart. Why now I heard that she is stupid, broke off the engagement and made such a fuss, and her reputation is not very good."
"Tsk, how good is your reputation?" Mrs. Hou mocked Xie Xun and took Mrs. Lan's card.
Xie Xun pointed out Mrs. Lan's cards, "Play this one!"
"It's not appropriate. I don't know whether the rumors are true or not. I'll wait until Shu'er comes back and ask, even if it's false, why do I think that little one..." After Mrs. Lan played her cards, "Zhixu, have you seen Feng Yu?"
"I don't know you!" Xie Xun's face was expressionless.
Mrs. Hou said, "The main reason is that Yuxue is cute and I can raise her as my daughter."
"Mom, I'm marrying a wife, not because you want a daughter." Xie Xun finally understood the criteria for choosing a concubine for her father back then. It was indeed based on her own preferences.
"What I like, how can you hate it?" Mrs. Hou said, "Mother and son are connected, and their aesthetics are similar."
"That's a far cry." Xie Xun pointed out another card to Mrs. Lan. After Mrs. Lan played the card, Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Mudan realized that they had lost. Mrs. Lan was excited, "I won, I won, I finally won."
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Neither Mrs. Hou nor Mrs. Mudan believed that Mrs. Lan actually won. Xie Xun stood up and said, "I will go to the riding and shooting banquet the day after tomorrow. If nothing happens, I will leave first."
Xie Xun quickly slipped away without waiting for their reaction.
He heard their laughter again before leaving the yard, and Xie Xun's face softened a little. They were fighting bloody battles outside just to protect this laughter.
34 and 35 are in the wrong order. Dear friends, I'm sorry, there is a problem with the timing. You can sort it out again.