Zhang Yanling knew that he would not be able to sleep now, and he was afraid that something would happen later. After scolding Huayi, Xu Wanyi would not give up so easily. So he simply washed his face, tidied up, and sat in the west courtyard room to drink tea.
Sure enough, not long after, Tao'er, who was standing at the door staring at the entrance of the courtyard, ran in in a hurry and shouted: "The princess and the others are here."
Xing'er and Tao'er were also a little panicked. Although what she said just now was harsh enough, after all, Xu Wanyi is the mistress. How could she not be afraid of slaves like herself?
Axiu stood up hurriedly and went out to greet her. Zhang Yanling waved her hand and said, "You are not allowed to go out."
Axiu said angrily: "Ms. sir!"
Zhang Yanling frowned and said, "I mean no if I say no."
Axiu had no choice but to stand there and look at the door.
Amidst the sound of footsteps, Xu Wanyi came to the door with four maids. Xu Wanyi changed out of her wedding robe and wore a plain dress and a white shawl. Her hair was high and her figure was taller than when she was wearing the wedding robe.
She looked more and more beautiful. But her face was gloomy, her brows were furrowed, and she had an obvious and palpable anger on her body.
"Axiu has met the princess." Axiu Lianju saluted.
"Don't dare. How dare you accept your courtesy from Mrs. Axiu? Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me? What are you doing in such a poetic and picturesque way while the music and chess music are playing? Why don't you quickly salute Mrs. Axiu? I have the support of the Marquis.
, how can you be offended?" Xu Wanyi said with a sneer.
Shi Qinghuayi and others said in unison: "I have met Mrs. Axiu."
Axiu was at a loss and waved her hands repeatedly. How could she not know that this was Xu Wanyi's deliberate sarcasm.
Zhang Yanling sat on the chair and said coldly: "What is the princess doing here? Isn't it enough to humiliate Axiu in the hall? Are you still unwilling to give up?"
Xu Wanyi snorted coldly, walked in with her head held high, and sat on the chair next to Zhang Yanling. Axiu hurriedly ordered: "Putao'er, hurry up and make tea for the princess."
Putao'er agreed and hurriedly went to pour tea. Xu Wanyi said loudly: "You all stand down, we have nothing to do with you here."
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Xu Wanyi said angrily: "What? What can we do without dignity?"
Zhang Yanling frowned and waved his hands and said: "Everyone, go down."
A group of people bowed and left one after another. Only Zhang Yanling and Xu Wanyi were left in the room, and it suddenly became quiet. The spring sun shone in from the long window, and the light and shadow fell on the ground of the main room. The shadows of the flowers swayed, and the window lattice was uneven. Outside the house
A few birds chirped from the treetops, making the air in the room even more awkward and quiet.
Xu Wanyi also stared at Zhang Yanling without saying a word. Zhang Yanling drank tea one mouthful at a time without even looking at Xu Wanyi.
"Is this what you mean by keeping a promise? Letting a concubine be rude to me?" Xu Wanyi said coldly.
Zhang Yanling said coldly: "You brought it on yourself. Don't treat others as fools. If you don't respect others, don't expect others to respect you. Axiu is indeed of low origin, but she is my woman. If you humiliate her, you humiliate me."
Xu Wanyi sneered and nodded: "Your woman is very good. You are only worthy of marrying such a woman."
"That's my business, you don't need to worry about it. Our contract is very clear. Who I like is my business and has nothing to do with you. I have given you enough face in the hall today. In front of all the servants, I
I already tolerate you very much." Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
Xu Wanyi smiled and said, "Then I want to thank you."
"That's no need to thank you. I just want us to be in peace with each other, and I don't want my family to be in trouble." Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
Xu Wanyi was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay. I don't want to cause any trouble. I just asked Huayi to come to invite you. There is indeed something to discuss."
Seeing that her tone had slowed down, Zhang Yanling would not be reluctant to give up. She said in a deep voice: "Whatever it is, just say it."
Xu Wanyi took out a piece of red paper from his sleeve, with a lot of words written on it, handed it to Zhang Yanling and said: "This is the gift list for the homecoming ceremony. I drafted a new one. You order someone to buy it. I will get it back tomorrow.
The door is closed, and arrangements must be made."
Zhang Yanling said in surprise: "Haven't the door-returning gifts already been arranged? Why do we still need to arrange them?"
Xu Wanyi said: "I'm not satisfied with that gift list, so I need to buy it again."
Zhang Yanling took the gift list from Xu Wanyi's hand. The hairpins on it were neatly written in small regular script, and the handwriting was elegant and dignified. However, the content of the gift list made Zhang Yanling frown.
"Qiu Lu Bai Bai Tan? Is this a joke?" Zhang Yanling said solemnly.
"My dad only drinks Qiulu Bai. He doesn't like to drink other wines. The Dukang wine you prepared is drunk by the servants in my family. My dad doesn't drink it." Xu Wanyi said lightly.
Zhang Yanling held back her anger and said: "Then there's no need to have so many of these, right? Where can I buy so many in one go?"
Xu Wanyi said: "My parents have raised me for eighteen years, so I need eighteen jars of wine. As long as I have money, I can buy not only eighteen jars, but also one hundred and eighty jars."
Zhang Yanling laughed and said: "Why has this tea been changed? Isn't the new West Lake Longjing tea good? Why has it been changed to Lushan Yunwu?"
Xu Wanyi sneered and said: "West Lake Longjing tea is naturally good, but it doesn't matter what time it is. The new Longjing tea at this time is already Minghou tea, which is already inferior tea."
Zhang Yanling couldn't hold it back for a moment and asked: "Excuse me, what is Minghou Tea?"
Xu Wanyi glanced at Zhang Yanling and said calmly: "Before Qingming is Mingqian tea, and after Qingming is Minghou tea. Mingqian tea is the first new bud, but Minghou tea is tea that has already been picked. My father doesn't drink it.
Inferior tea. Spring is late in the deep mountains, and Lushan Yunwu Tea has just been mined in April, so it is top-notch tea. Do you understand?"
Zhang Yanling sneered and said nothing, regretting that she showed timidity by asking this question. Xu Wanyi must be laughing at her ignorance again.
He looked at the list below and said that the brown sugar should be Lingnan rose brown sugar, the pastries should be from Suzhou Fengheyuan, the dried fruits should be from Liuweiju, and the various gift lists listed were all the top gifts, pastries, tea, wine, and candies, and sneered.
With a sound he threw the gift list on the table.
"If there is no objection, just order people to buy according to this gift list. Come back tomorrow, don't delay things." Xu Wanyi said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yanling shook his head and said: "There are still a few things missing."
Xu Wanyi said: "What is missing?"
Zhang Yanling said: "Princess, please tell me, can the horses pulling the carriage use horses with sweat and blood from the Western Regions? How about we send someone to lay out a red carpet for you along the way, and invite a group of literati and musicians from the capital to accompany you?"
Xu Wanyi raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Yanling and said angrily: "What do you mean by this?"
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "What do you mean? You really have many tricks. The gifts I prepared for homecoming were all high-quality gifts. They were prepared according to the requirements, but you came to make a new one. Your father and brother like to drink Qiulubai, so I will
Do you want to buy Qiulubai? Your father and brother like to drink good tea, so I will buy good tea? Then if your family wants the stars in the sky, do I have to go to the sky to pick them? How ridiculous."