Xu Xuan ran over early the next morning.
Yu Tang was helping Pei Yan who was about to go out to get dressed, he couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and asked the little maid who came to report: "Did Mrs. Yin say something important?"
The little maid shook her head and said, "Mrs. Yin didn't say anything."
Yu Tang asked the little maid to lead Xu Xuan to sit in the flower hall first, and continued to help Pei Yan organize her clothes.
Pei Yan snorted unabashedly, and said, "I'll come back early this afternoon, and I'll accompany you to the streets to have a look."
There is a dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival in the capital, and he is going to accompany Yu Tang to watch the dragon boat race. Today, he will go to Zhang's mansion to say hello in advance, and he will not go to say hello to Mr. Zhang on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Yu Tang wanted to laugh when she thought of Pei Yan complaining that she had learned badly from Xu Xuan last night, but considering Pei Yan's bottom line, she had no choice but to hold back and said with a smile on her face: "I know! prepared."
Pei Yan nodded in satisfaction, but when she met Xu Xuan when she went out, she still brushed past Xu Xuan with a cold face.
Xu Xuan looked at Pei Yan's back, then at Yu Tang, and said, "What's wrong with him? Did you quarrel?" Before she finished speaking, she denied it again, "No, you should No quarrel. Pei Xiaguang, if he quarreled with you, he would be furious, he doesn't look angry, he doesn't look like he doesn't want to see me. Why did I provoke him?" Then, she began to ask Yu Tang complained about Pei Yan, "It's not that I'm talking about your Pei Xiaguang, his temper is really stinky. It means that you have a good temper and can live with him. According to me, if he continues to behave like this, you might as well leave him alone Leave it in the capital..."
Yu Tang laughed straight, and personally took the loquat washed by the little maid and handed it over, saying, "Try it, it was just delivered from Fujian a few days ago."
The golden loquat whetted Xu Xuan's appetite, so she didn't pursue Pei Yan's cold face anymore.
Yu Tang asked her: "You came here so early, is there something wrong?"
Xu Xuan quickly swallowed the loquat in her mouth, and said, "It's really something."
Yu Tang listened attentively.
Xu Xuan said: "I asked Yin Mingyuan for you last night. It is said that the eldest son of the Qin family is good in appearance, character, and talent. If he is married, he is a very good candidate. But I am afraid that there will be mistakes, so I will ask Yin Mingyuan to inquire carefully. , I also found my natal fourth sister-in-law, she likes to visit, she can definitely find out about the Qin family's affairs."
This helped the Pei family a lot.
Yu Tang was very grateful, and decided to wait for the news from Xu Xuan to be more certain, and then invite the second wife to come and have a good talk with Xu Xuan.
The topic of the two of them unknowingly shifted to Fei Zhiwen.
Xu Xuan told Yu Tang: "Mrs. Fei will arrive in the capital in the next two days, and it's probably related to Fei Zhiwen's marriage. Whether or not your family wants to marry the Qin family has to be decided."
For people like them, sometimes the marriage is not determined by the good children, mainly depends on the political stance of the parents.
Yu Tang smiled and said, "Then wait until the marriage between Fei and Qin is settled."
Xu Xuan was very interested in talking, and told Yu Tang a lot of anecdotes about the capital, and even invited two families to watch the dragon boat race together.
Yu Tang looked at her big belly, hesitantly said: "Can you do this?"
"Oh, let's talk about it when the time comes." Xu Xuan waved her hand disapprovingly, "I will leave this kind of matter to Yin Mingyuan."
Speaking of which, Yin Mingyuan's temperament is indeed very gentle.
In the afternoon, Pei Yan came back early. Xu Xuan got up early to go home after hearing the sound.
Yu Tang felt a little sorry for Xu Xuan, and asked someone to take a big basket of cherries for Xu Xuan to take back to eat.
Xu Xuan didn't want it, and said: "I can't eat it even if I take it home. If you really want to help me, let me store this cherry with you. Every time I come, you ask the little maid to wash a plate."
Yu Tang saw that what she said was very affectionate, so he had no choice but to agree.
But Pei Yan said coldly beside him: "Isn't there still Yin Mingyuan? If he can't even make you want to eat a few cherries, what a good husband he is." Then he ordered the servant, "Help Mrs. Yin move to the car! He added, "Don't worry, you can eat as many cherries as you want when you come to our house, I guarantee you won't be able to stop talking."
That's what I said.
Xu Xuan was unhappy on the spot, and said: "Are you saying that our family can do without you? You are just relying on our A Tang's good temper."
Pei Yan's eyes were icy cold.
Xu Xuan raised her head and sneered, "I don't want to embarrass Ah Tang."
The implication is that you dare to be so willful because you didn't take Yu Tang seriously.
Pei Yan turned blue with anger.
Xu Xuan squeezed Yu Tang's hand quietly, apologized in a low voice, and said, "I really can't stand him like this, so I have to ask you to come out and coax him." Then she ran away in a hurry.
Yu Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and comforted Pei Yan: "She also has good intentions, just treat her like a child."
Pei Yan said: "If she is a child, can she gossip in front of you every day?"
Yu Tang smiled and said, "Didn't you say that you can't slap a slap? I also like to hear her say these things!"
Pei Yan was furious.
Yu Tang had no choice but to continue coaxing him: "Didn't you say that you accompanied me to the street? If we continue to talk like this at home, the shop will probably be closed."
The shops in the capital closed their stalls earlier than theirs in Lin'an. Usually in the evening, the doors are closed one after another, but most of the shops in Lin'an are open until the time to light up the lights.
Yu Tang talked about this with Pei Yan in the carriage.
Pei Yan said: "It's because of the climate. It's cold in the north, especially at night. After everyone returns to the house, who will go out for a stroll?"
His temper came and went quickly.
The two were chatting and laughing. Apart from recognizing the face of the century-old brand, they also bought a lot of food and small ornaments that had nothing to do with the Dragon Boat Festival.
Qing Yuan smiled and helped Yu Tang pack his things, and Gu Xi came over.
Yu Tang was a little surprised.
Although she lived in Pei's residence, Yu Tang didn't like to contact her very much, so they didn't see each other too much to save her day and night.
Yu Tang invited Gu Xi in.
Gu Xi's eyes turned around on the small messy objects on the table, and then she smiled and sat on the grand teacher's chair next to her, and talked about the reason for her visit this time: "... my aunt asked me to ask what's wrong with you When the time comes, she can order the kitchen to pay attention to the food."
Is this going to be Yu Tang as the guest
Yu Tang thought Patriarch Yang invited the second wife.
Yu Tang simply told Gu Xi of his decision: "Something happened here temporarily, I'm afraid I can't go to Yang's house as a guest. Since you're here, why don't you send me a letter to Yang's house."
After she finished speaking, she smiled apologetically.
In fact, I was thinking in my heart, since you like looking for things with poles, then do something for you and do it well.
Gu Xi was very surprised. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Is it because Mrs. Fei is coming to the capital?"
Yu Tang couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
I didn't expect Gu Xi's news to be so well-informed.
Gu Xi could see clearly, but regarded Yu Tang's raised eyebrows as surprise, so she didn't hide her complacency at all, pretending to be indifferent and said: "I heard it from the third young lady of the Li family. She is about my age, and her mother's ancestral home Tonglu. It’s from the same town as the husband’s family of our second young lady.”
The second miss of the Pei family, married in Tonglu.
Gu Xi likes to make friends with the head mothers of these rich and powerful families just like in her previous life.
She also pretended to be smart and said: "Are you planning to visit Fei's house? Will Second Aunt come? Do I want to get ready too?"
"Our family hasn't received an invitation from the Fei family yet." Yu Tang said, "It's not that we pushed the Yang family's table to go to the Fei family, but something else."
Is there anything more important than Mrs. Fei's coming to the capital during this time
The so-called didn't get the invitation, it's just that he didn't consider whether to take her there, right
Thinking about it this way, there are advantages and disadvantages for her to alienate Yu Tang.
But should she still be allowed to curry favor with Yu Tang
Gu Xi felt that she had seen through this matter, so she responded with a smile, and Yu Tang said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "If the Yang family insists, what should I say? I can't say that our family will go there when the time comes. Say hello to Mrs. Fei?"
Yu Tang felt that Gu Xi had made a mistake in her previous life again and forced her to make a fool of herself.
She suddenly felt dissatisfied, thinking that in her previous life, because of her status as a widow and sister-in-law, it was difficult to refute. Now that I am your aunt, what else do you have to do
"Then it's up to you to decide." Yu Tang smiled calmly, "If you think this excuse is appropriate, then use this excuse!"
When I saw it, it was me, the mistress, who was embarrassed, or you, the nephew and daughter-in-law who acted on behalf of the Pei family.
Gu Xi immediately reacted.
If she said that, others would not say that the Pei family was snobbish, but would only say that she was incapable of doing things or even speaking.
Gu Xi was a little frustrated, but when she looked up, she saw Yu Tang smiling slightly at her.
Did she do it on purpose
Gu Xi's first thought was to stand up and scold Yu Tang, but those scolding words rolled on the tip of her tongue, and she swallowed them again.
After all, Yu Tang is her elder, even if she wins the fight, others will criticize her, and when Yu Tang makes things difficult for her, they will feel that she is disrespectful.
This is her natural disadvantage in her relationship with Yu Tang, a gap that she cannot get rid of.
Gu Xi cursed inwardly. When she saw everyone in the Yang family, she had no choice but to swallow her anger and make excuses for Yu Tang's decision, checking for omissions and making up for the gaps: "It's not that I don't want to visit the Yang family, it's because something suddenly delayed me and I can't come."
Pei Tong's grandmother, Mrs. Yang, was so angry that her forehead was throbbing with veins, she asked Gu Xi with a sneer, "You are Ah Tong's daughter-in-law, tell me the truth, is she really doing something or is she playing tricks on our Yang family?"
Invite the two wives of the Pei family to come over as guests, especially Pei Xuan is now the servant of the household department, in charge of Yanyin's seal, I don't know how many people want to get in touch with this relationship, the Yang family will naturally not miss this opportunity, In addition to his own relatives, he also invited some mistresses from the officials and eunuchs whom he had a good relationship with. Yu Tang would not come if he could not come. It is easy to say what to do with the prepared banquet, but how will the mistresses who are in charge of the family explain
Isn't this rubbing the Yang family's face under their feet
This Yu family is too much!
Mrs. Yang slapped the coffee table heavily with her hand, and shot Gu Xi with her gaze like an arrow: "You child is also, adults' business, what do you get involved in it? You are too ignorant!"