When Zhang Linghui saw Aunt Zhang like this, her mind buzzed.
Madam Zhang still had her eyes open. She looked at Aunt Zhang in panic and asked her urgently, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Mrs. Xu Er saw that the situation was not right and shouted, "What's going on? Tell me straight away!
“The Crown Prince’s wife, the Second Madam…” The flesh on Aunt Zhang’s face trembled, and her face looked almost like a corpse pulled out of a pile of dead bodies. She trembled and said, “My cousin, my cousin…”
Zhang Jingchan?!
When Mrs. Zhang heard that it was about her granddaughter, she cursed tremblingly: "You idiot, what happened to your cousin? Tell me now!"
At this moment, the curtain was lifted with a snap, and Grandma Zhang San rushed in like a gust of wind, knelt down in front of Madam Zhang, and cried out in breath: "Mother, you have to make a decision for Achan! Achan... "
Mrs. Zhang was shocked by her daughter-in-law's behavior and subconsciously looked at her daughter.
Zhang Linghui was so shocked that she calmed down. She ignored the dizziness and asked calmly, "Sister-in-law, what happened to Ah Chan? Where did you go just now? Something happened to me. Mom is here, why didn't I see you?"
Grandma Zhang San paused, then sobbed again: "I was just about to ask you, Auntie, how did you arrange the guests? Something just happened, everyone wanted to leave, the girls all came back, but my Ah Chan was missing. I thought something had happened, so I went to look for her in a hurry, but who knew, who knew... Auntie, why did you arrange the male guests in the backyard?"
... ..Male guest!
Mrs. Xu's expression suddenly changed.
Mrs. Zhang no longer cared about her daughter. She exclaimed, widened her eyes and questioned her daughter-in-law: "What do you mean? What male guest?!"
"His Royal Highness Prince Zhuang is also in the backyard..." Grandma Zhang San covered her face with her hands and cried: "Achan drank some fruit wine before and went to Tingyunxuan to rest..."
Mrs. Xu was stunned.
Zhang Linghui looked pale.
Only Madam Zhang uttered an "ah" and asked in a subtle manner, "So what?"
Mrs. Xu sneered. This time, she really didn't want to give these people any face. She shook her head and said with a smile: "What else? I really want to congratulate my wife. It's really easy to do this the first time, the second time... I hope my wife will give birth to more daughters in the future, otherwise, how can we maintain the glory of this family?"
After she said that, she looked at them with disgust, walked out the door and went to the front to find the second master.
Mrs. Zhang was so shocked by Mrs. Xu's words that she almost rolled her eyes. She pointed at Mrs. Xu's back and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Grandma Zhang San also lowered her head and shrank her body uneasily, but still looked at Zhang Linghui with tears in her eyes: "Linghui! You can't just ignore this matter! Ah Chan is your niece. If this gets out, the reputation of our Zhang family will be ruined!"
The Zhang family’s reputation
It would be fine if we didn't mention these things. When Zhang Linghui mentioned them, she was so angry that she asked angrily, "Does the Zhang family still have a good reputation? A reputation for selling daughters!"
King Zhuang wanted Su Yao, but now the candidate has become Zhang Jingchan!
Let's not talk about how Prince Zhuang would explain it, just look at Madam Qin and Princess Zhuang. I'm afraid they would want to eat her alive!
And the reputation is even more ridiculous.
The incident caused by Xiao Cui was already unbearable enough, and now the incident with Zhang Jingchan happened, and it happened on the same day.
What would others say about her
Others would say that if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked too, and that all the daughters of the Zhang family are such corrupt people. Others would also say that since she got married, the Chengguo Mansion has become a place for pimping!
How will she live in the future
Looking at Second Mrs. Xu’s attitude just now, it is not difficult to imagine the attitudes of the other members of the Xu family.
I’m afraid that she won’t even have a place to stand in the Xu family in the future.
Zhang Linghui fainted again from anger.
The Xu family was in chaos again. After hearing about this, the second master Xu was completely stunned. The cousin of the Duke's Mansion was now having an unclear relationship with His Royal Highness Prince Zhuang.
"The Zhang family is too unrefined!" The upright Second Master Xu complained after a long while: "What will happen to the reputation of the Duke's Mansion in the future?"
Madam Xu II disagreed: "Reputation? What kind of reputation is that? What kind of people came to such a big spring banquet? Her little scandals in the past have long been dug up. Even if there was no incident with Miss Zhang, the reputation of the Duke's Mansion would be ruined."
She was in a state of great headache, and pulled Master Xu Er to stop him from continuing to take care of the mess here: "What does this have to do with us? We have already divided the family a long time ago, so let's just do what needs to be done. We don't need to work so hard, and then even our girl will be implicated!"
Mrs. Xu Er comes from a prominent family. She has been with Master Xu Er for so many years and has always been virtuous and without fault.
She was like this, so naturally she demanded the same of her children. Now that something like this had happened in the eldest branch of the Xu family, it was really unbearable for her, and she could no longer live in harmony with Zhang Linghui.
Master Xu was a little hesitant: "Although my nephew's wife did go too far, we are all family after all. Isn't it said that even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected? Besides..."
Mrs. Xu's face suddenly turned stern. "My eldest brother inherited the title, but you were promoted to an official position. Since you are taking the path of a civil official, do you not want to have a good reputation? Today's incident, at the very least, is a sign of bad personal ethics and bad conduct. At the worst, people will say that the Xu family is a treacherous official with ulterior motives! Do you want to get involved?"
Master Xu Er was trembling all over at what his wife said. His wife was the daughter of a wealthy family, and her family came from a scholarly family. She had always been very insightful. Now that Mrs. Xu Er said this, he didn't dare to continue to force his way in. He could only cough and sigh, then took Mrs. Xu Er back home.
As soon as the second wife of the Xu family withdrew, the situation that had been stabilized with great difficulty became chaotic again. Aunt Zhang looked at the piles of old women and wives outside with fear and trepidation, and felt a pain in her head.
In the room, Grandma Zhang San was still thinking about crying, making a fuss, and then hanging herself. On the one hand, she was saying that she was going to die, but on the other hand, she was reluctant to do so. She kept crying and sobbing: "My poor daughter! She was well-educated, gentle and sensible. She was usually the most filial in the family. She was always thinking about her aunt's kindness. But now, my daughter's life is ruined!"
It really makes a pure lotus like Zhang Linghui want to vomit. She doesn't understand how Grandma Zhang San can go against her conscience and start talking nonsense like this.
Fortunately, Grandma Zhang San didn’t cry for too long, because news came from outside that Prince Zhuang had passed away.