Yu Tang understands the high and the low, but it doesn't mean that she wants to have close contact with such a family, not to mention that Pei Yan and Jiang Hua have conflicts in the first place, and it is enough for the two families to take care of themselves.
Therefore, when Yu Tang went to Jiang's house for a wedding, he was indifferent.
Gu Xi, on the other hand, followed Pei Tong to visit the Yang family and Pei You's friends during his lifetime. She couldn't help feeling a little moved, thinking that she would not offend the Pei family and be able to stand on her own. It's a pity that she told her brother this tactfully Gu Chang said it, but Gu Chang scolded her and warned her: "Don't move around during this time. I'm going to the Imperial Academy soon, and the head of the Imperial Academy is Pei Xuan's. Teacher, now we cannot do without the protection of the Pei family."
Gu Xi was very depressed, and felt that Pei Tong was not self-motivated, why did her brother seem to be a different person after marrying his sister-in-law.
She didn't know that Gu Chang was ostracized by many people because of Sun Gao's incident. If he wanted to save his reputation, he could only rely on the trick of seeing people's hearts for a long time. he. He and the Yin family are already natural allies. The Yin family will help him in the matter of establishing a name and establishing virtue, but the premise of helping him is that he can stand on his own, and his performance during his tenure in the Imperial Academy is extremely important.
Why should he let the Pei family's relationship go unused, while he struggled silently there
Gu Chang had no choice but to tell Gu Xi repeatedly.
Gu Xi felt that she might not be able to help her brother.
The last time Pei Xuan came back and had dinner with Pei Yan's family, he didn't call them over.
But my brother has great hopes for the Pei family, so she can't pour cold water on her.
Gu Xi answered a few words absent-mindedly, never giving up the idea of self-reliance.
She also paid special attention to the Jiang family's wedding banquet this time—Jiang Hua is the elder of the pavilion, and he has such a powerful mentor as Zhang Ying. When he marries a wife, all the people who come and go with him are officials of the fourth rank or above, and most of the female relatives have imperial orders. The madam, it can be regarded as the highest-level banquet she can touch, and she must seize the opportunity to show her face in front of these wives and wives no matter what. But she knew the rules of the big family better, so she sent someone early to find out what kind of clothes and jewelry Yu Tang, the second wife, and the fifth lady were going to wear when they went out.
Yu Tang chose the moon-white Shu embroidered gown according to what Pei Yan said, and wore pearl heads, but those pearl heads were as big as pigeon eggs, and as small as lotus seed rice. Can't help saying: "Third Aunt dressed like this, I'm afraid she will overwhelm everyone else."
What you want to be a housewife is not to be gorgeous, but to be stable.
Gu Xi couldn't think about these words.
Yu Tang glanced at her with a smile.
Today she is wearing a goose-yellow hang silk net face gown and a lapis lazuli head mask. Not only does she look quiet and elegant, it is especially suitable for the slightly warm weather in the early summer of the capital, which is very outstanding.
Gu Xi also knew that she was well-dressed and could stand up to pickiness. Seeing Yu Tang smiling at her, she smiled back at Yu Tang.
Yu Tang didn't care, and urged Qing Yuan beside him: "Go and see why the second wife hasn't come yet?"
Qing Yuan went away at the sound, but before he walked out of the hall, he saw the second wife wearing a royal blue aquarium eight-treasure pattern Hangzhou silk gown, a gold inlaid jade headband, and a green embroidered bee-butterfly dancing gown. At the same time, the Fifth Miss wearing yellow stone jewelry appeared in front of the two of them one after the other.
"Oh!" Seeing Yu Tang, Miss Wu trotted over, took her hand and looked at her jewelry, "This pearl is so big! It's so beautiful!"
The second wife was quite calm, walked over unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "Your third aunt is Dongzhu, which is bigger than Nanzhu. I also have a pair at my place. If you like it, let the people in Yinlou Give you the right jewelry to wear."
Yu Tang is wearing Dielianhua's distraction today, with a dove egg-sized Dongzhu in the middle, which is a new jewelry that Pei Yan gave her not long ago.
Hearing what the second wife said, she didn't take it too seriously, and said with a smile: "I still have two useless ones, if you like, you can go back and get them from me."
Miss Wu looked at Yu Tang's head flowers, no more, no less, just five Dongzhu the size of pigeon eggs. She thought that since she was young, it would be enough to plant three flowers in this way, so she said: "Third Aunt just give me one, and I will plant three bead flowers like Third Aunt."
Yu Tang Yanran said, "I'll introduce the jewelry maker to you as well."
Fifth Miss even claimed yes.
Gu Xi bit her lip beside her.
She suddenly discovered that she did not make a mistake today, but she dressed herself up like Miss Fifth, an insignificant junior in a big family, not a housewife who can be the master of the house.
Then going to the Jiang family's wedding banquet, will it still leave a deep impression on people
She should have worn the ruby headgear her sister-in-law Yin gave her.
Gu Xi was hesitant to change clothes, a servant came in and asked if they were ready, Pei Yan and the others were already ready to go out.
Yu Tang agreed repeatedly, but Gu Xi had no chance to go back on his word, so he and Yu Tang got into the sedan chair prepared for the female relatives, went out directly, and went to Jiang's house with Pei Yan and others.
The Jiang family's wedding banquet was particularly lively, with more people than when marrying the eldest daughter-in-law.
The Jiang family also had intentions in doing so.
When marrying the eldest daughter-in-law, because the eldest daughter-in-law’s family gave a huge dowry, part of it was also specified to support Jiang’s eldest son’s education, that is to say, Jiang’s eldest son has the right to control, which is equivalent to The Wu family sent part of the money to the Jiang family.
Some things are seen through but not revealed.
Jiang Hua kept a low profile when his eldest son got married.
The reason why the youngest son was so noisy about his marriage was not that he particularly liked the youngest son or that he was particularly satisfied with the marriage of the youngest son, but because he wanted to join the cabinet and wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with some officials who were not usually easy to get along with.
Jiang's daughter-in-law Wu also knew about it, but she was still a little out of balance.
The youngest is lucky too, right
She held back her breath and helped her brother-in-law prepare for the wedding. Unexpectedly, at this time, her family brought her beautiful younger sister over for a wedding banquet, and said to her in private: "You should also help your younger sister. If she If you can marry in the capital, you also have someone to help you."
But if it is so easy for a wealthy family to marry in, why should their family accompany so much dowry.
This made her extremely curious about Pei Yan's wife.
It's a pity that Pei Yan's status and status are there. His wife seems to be quite introverted. The few times she went out to socialize, she was a family friend related to the Li and Zhang families. Because of this, she specially told her close maid: "If the third wife of the Pei family Come here, remember to call me."
She really wanted to know what was so extraordinary about this Yu family that he could beat her sister and marry into Pei's family.
Miss Wu came this time with the intention of finding a better in-law's family. When she learned that people from the Pei family would also come, the first thing she thought of was Gu Xi.
Gu Xi's speech is quite nice. Since she came to the capital, should she visit Gu Xi
This time, it was Gu Xi who made people stare at her.
So when the female relatives of the Pei family arrived, they first attracted the young mistress of the Jiang family, and then Miss Wu.
Yu Tang also paid a lot of attention to the eldest and youngest mistress of the Jiang family.
As soon as the two met, Yu Tang thought he saw Wei Ziyao Huang, and Grandma Jiang thought she saw a magnolia flower.
Wei Ziyao and Huang Mei are rich and noble, and magnolia flowers are beautiful and crystal clear.
One thought, no wonder this Wu family was able to marry into the Jiang family, and the other thought, no wonder this Yu family was able to fall into Pei Yan's eyes.
For a while, the two of you looked at me and I looked at yours. They were calm and greeted each other politely. The young mistress of the Jiang family personally led them to sit with the other headed mothers.
Miss Wu, on the other hand, took a chance to send Gu Xi a letter, and the two met in Miss Wu's guest room.
"How are you doing recently?" Ms. Wu took Gu Xi's hand, a little embarrassed but with the intention of making friends, "I guess I will stay in the capital. How about you? After the competition with you, or Return to Lin'an with the elders in the family after a while?"
Gu Xi thought that Miss Wu's so-called "staying in the capital" should be to marry in the capital, and with the vision and ambition of the Wu family, she would definitely not marry her to an ordinary family, and she also meant to make friends, so she said with a smile: "Then Congratulations. As for whether I can stay in the capital, it is hard to say for a while. It would be great if I can catch up with your wedding."
Miss Wu blushed, and changed the subject to ask what happened after Gu Xi left the cabinet.
Husband and wife are also bullied if they don't get along with their neighbors.
The same principle can be applied to making friends.
Of course, Gu Xi said everything in a positive way.
Miss Wu's words gradually transferred to Yu Tang: "I didn't expect her mother to be quite low-key, and she gave so much as a dowry. It's the first one in Lin'an City."
Gu Xi didn't really want to say this, and said calmly: "She is an only child, she is different from us."
Ms. Wu remembered something her family said, and said: "Then do you know that their family's business is going to be in the capital, and it is said that the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce will guarantee her natal brother, and their family will be selected for next year's custom It’s a collection box for the Wanshou Festival, and it’s quite a big deal.”
"There is such a thing!" Gu Xi couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
Miss Wu said: "It is said that neither the Peng family nor the Tao family came out to say anything this time. You also know that Fujian and Guangdong lacquerware are quite famous. In the past, the Peng family and the Tao family would recommend one or two. I didn't make a sound this time, it must be because of your Pei family's face. Their family is going to be prosperous!"
Her last sentence was a bit sour.
Gu Xi didn't speak, but her heart felt uncomfortable like swallowing a fly. She endured and endured, so she didn't say anything to slander Yu Tang, but when she and Miss Wu walked out of Miss Wu's residence arm in arm, they met Yin Shi, who was looking for her, couldn't bear it anymore. When Miss Wu was being dragged by her family to greet other people, she and Yin Shi complained about Yu Tang.
Yin's expression moved slightly when he heard this, noncommittal.
Gu Xi was angry, and pushed her sister-in-law who was a few years younger than herself, and said, "Say, she is not afraid that the Pei family will look down on her!"