Wu Baozhang was so anxious and angry that he almost suffocated.
With just a few words from Zhou Shaojin, it became wrong for her to cry!
She had managed to recover somewhat from the decline caused by Pan Qing, but it was ruined again by Zhou Shaojin.
With a girl like this who is so strong-willed, who would dare to marry her
She thought quickly, held her forehead, and decided to just faint, her body going limp.
First cry, then make a fuss, then hang yourself.
Although Pan Zhi had no concubines, he had many adulterous debts.
Pan Qing, who had been paying attention to Wu Baozhang, immediately understood Wu Baozhang's intention.
If it wasn't Jiang who was standing next to Wu Baozhang, she might have turned a blind eye and let Wu Baozhang get away with it. But the person standing next to Wu Baozhang was her own aunt. If Wu Baozhang fainted at this time, wouldn't others think that his aunt was bullying Wu Baozhang by taking advantage of her strength
Pan Qing quickly walked to Wu Baozhang's side. Before Wu Baozhang could get weak, she held his arm and winked at Jiang. She called out to Jiang's personal maid "Guo'er" and said, "Go get a basin of water for Miss Wu. Didn't you see that Miss Wu's rouge has been smudged by her tears?"
Jiang was also born into a family of officials. She had seven or eight half-siblings. She had seen many such scenes since she was a child, but she had never seen them again after she married into the Cheng family.
Seeing Pan Qing looking at her, she was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and immediately half-embraced and half-supported Wu Baozhang.
Pan Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
She doesn't have the strength to stand up to Wu Baozhang!
Wu Baozhang was at his wit's end, he could neither go up nor down. His breath got stuck in his chest, his eyes rolled back, and he was about to pass out.
Jiang snorted in her heart and pinched Wu Baozhang's palm hard, forcibly squeezing out the anger from Wu Baozhang.
Even if Wu Baozhang wanted to faint now, he couldn't.
She couldn't help but look at the woman who had just advised her with tears in her eyes.
The woman hesitated for a moment and was about to step forward, but the second wife's old lady, Mrs. Tang, said with a smile in the hall: "Hey, what's going on? Why are you standing here instead of sitting down?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.
Then I saw Mrs. Hong, the eldest wife of the Yi family, walking in with a smile, supporting her mother-in-law, Old Mrs. Tang.
The ladies in the hall came forward one after another to greet Old Mrs. Tang.
Old Madam Tang nodded one by one and said to Jiang, "My niece, why are you here instead of helping me entertain guests in the living room?" She then asked curiously, "Miss Wu, girl Pan, and second girl Zhou, what are you three doing?"
Pan Qing didn't say anything.
Jiang is here, so it is not her turn to speak.
Zhou Shaojin didn't say anything either.
She has never been one to like to be in the spotlight, and the more she talks, the more mistakes she makes, so it's better to wait and see how the situation develops.
Only Wu Baozhang's face turned pale and blue.
If no one had tipped me off, how could Mrs. Tang, with her status and position, have recognized me at first sight
Why did Old Mrs. Tang, who was supposed to entertain the guests in the open hall, come with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hong
Since you know what happened here, instead of blaming Zhou Shaojin for causing trouble, or blaming Pan Qing for offending the guests, you pretend to know nothing. Isn't it just to give Zhou Shaojin and Pan Qing a chance to explain
Pan Qing and Zhou Shaojin both remained silent. Aren’t they just relying on their elders to help them
Who is she trying to fool by pretending to be so righteous
Wu Baozhang was ridiculed again and again by Zhou Shaojin and Pan Qing. Old Madam Tang's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. She flew into a rage and jumped up to argue with Zhou Shaojin and Pan Qing. But when she saw her half-sister Wu Baohua behind Old Madam Tang, she immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
In order to allow Wu Baohua to show up in front of the ladies in Jinling City, Wu Baohua always served her stepmother in such occasions. It was impossible for her to appear here for no reason.
It seems that not only Mrs. Tang, but also stepmother knows what happened here.
The stepmother is good at acting. She will definitely not say anything in front of the Cheng family, but who knows what trouble she might cause when she returns home.
She can't lose her temper.
Losing your temper won't solve anything.
She made a mistake in this matter!
She shouldn't take this lightly.
I didn't expect that Zhou Shaojin, who looked gentle and harmless, was so difficult to deal with. Even if I compensated her, it wouldn't stop me. He insisted on making her calm down.
Wu Baozhang calmed down and immediately came up with an idea.
Her eyes turned red, and she stepped forward and grabbed Old Lady Tang's sleeve, saying, "It's all my fault. I misunderstood the Second Miss Zhou and said something I shouldn't have said. You came at the right time, but you have to help me ask for mercy. Please don't be angry with me anymore..."
In this case, Zhou Shaojin wouldn't have to argue with her, right
Old Mrs. Tang was very angry.
He glanced lightly at Nanny Tang, who was close to him.
Originally, she had given instructions before she came here that whenever she asked about the grievances between the three girls, Nanny Tang would come forward and whisper to her, and then she could use the excuse that "the girls are ignorant" to quickly resolve the matter. Now, the eldest daughter of the Wu family had taken the lead...
The second girl of the Zhou family was the same. She had been raised by Guan, the fourth wife, for several years, who was such a smart person, but she had not learned anything from her. When she heard what the eldest daughter of the Wu family said, she did not take the initiative to step forward and apologize, but stood there stupidly, like a piece of wood.
Old Madam Tang complained in her heart, laughed a few times, and said, "Second daughter of the Zhou family, since Miss Wu said it was a misunderstanding, do you think you should..."
If I don't take this opportunity to teach Wu Baozhang a lesson, I'm afraid she will treat me as a weakling again in the future.
Zhou Shaojin's mind was racing, but a look of confusion appeared on his face. He called out "Mr. Tang Laoan" but his eyes were looking at Pan Qing.
No one in the hall noticed what happened between Zhou Shaojin and Wu Baozhang before. They only saw Zhou Shaojin and Wu Baozhang confront Pan Qing. Pan Qing scolded Wu Baozhang. After that, although Zhou Shaojin treated Wu Baozhang rudely, Wu Baozhang cried regardless of the occasion. As a relative of the Cheng family, she was young and couldn't help but ridicule Wu Baozhang. On the contrary, Wu Baozhang, who came to confront Pan Qing, finally pushed the matter onto Zhou Shaojin. No wonder Zhou Shaojin was rude to her.
In addition, Zhou Shaojin's brows were gentle and tender, so some people were not happy with Wu Baozhang and whispered, "Miss Wu, this is obviously a matter between you and Miss Pan, why did you drag the second daughter of the Zhou family into it? I think you might as well just say what you want to say, instead of dragging others into it. You are a lady from a wealthy family, why are you so unreliable in your words and deeds?"
Where did this person come from
Wu Baozhang was so angry that he was shaking all over.
She didn't know that this man was a relative of Shen Qingyun, the co-magistrate of Jinling, and that Shen Qingyun and her father, Magistrate Wu, had some conflicts.
Old Mrs. Tang didn't know this person either.
She glanced at Pan Qing in a very subtle way, and felt that the third room was full of troublemakers, and no one was decent and peaceful. Even if they got married, they still couldn't change their bad habits. She felt like she had swallowed a fly, and felt very uncomfortable. She didn't even look at Zhou Shaojin, and smiled, "So it was Qing who caused the trouble! How could you let the second girl of the Zhou family help you block it! Why don't you apologize to Miss Wu?"
Jiang's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she was about to stop Pan Qing, but Pan Qing took a few steps forward and bowed to the eldest daughter of the Wu family, then stood aside with pursed lips, as if to say, "I'm not wrong, but because the elders have already spoken, I have to apologize to you."
Wu Baozhang's face changed slightly, and he felt like he had done something wrong again!
They are all a group of foxes.
Old Lady Tang cursed in her heart, but said, "Okay, okay, the girls quarreled today and it will be fine tomorrow. We, as elders, will not interfere, so as not to make things worse." Then she instructed Hong, "You entertain the guests here. You must greet the guests well and let everyone eat and drink well." Then she pulled Jiang, "You should help me to accompany the guests in the open hall. Let the girls talk about their own affairs." She also said to the women in the hall, "Please forgive me if I didn't greet them well enough!"
"No, no!" Everyone greeted Old Mrs. Tang with a smile.
Mrs. Guan's personal maid seemed to have come out from somewhere.
She smiled and said to Zhou Shaojin, "Second Miss, Old An is looking for you everywhere, please follow me."
Zhou Shaojin was just about to get away, so he smiled and went to the open hall before Jiang and Old Lady Tang.
Pan Qingze was then taken away by Jiang.
Only Wu Baozhang was there. Wu Baohua just looked at her quietly until she showed some embarrassment and slowly walked over. Then Wu Baohua said softly, "Mother said that she was worried that father and brother would be left unattended after drinking, so she asked sister to go back and ask the maids to make some sobering soup."
This means you are sending yourself back home!
Wu Baozhang felt like he had a broken gallbladder in his mouth.
She looked at the open hall and felt as if there was a huge chasm in front of her.
Is this the difference between a child with a mother and a child without a mother
She couldn't even lose her temper when her sister spoke to her like that!
Wu Baozhang nodded slowly.
She didn't want to go back to the great room.
What were they doing in the open hall? To see how Zhou Shaojin and Pan Qing's families took care of them
Wu Baozhang, "accompanied" by Wu Baohua, left the hall and left the Cheng family.
Over in the open hall, Old Lady Guan acted as if nothing had happened and said to Zhou Shaojin, "After dinner, there will be fireworks later. It's dark and smoky, so it's easiest to cause trouble. You sisters are not allowed to go anywhere. Just stay with me." Then she asked a housekeeper from the second room to push Zhou Shaojin to Zhou Chujin's table.
Zhou Shaojin didn't want to pay any attention to Wu Baozhang and Pan Qing at all.
She smiled and said "yes", then obediently followed the mother in charge.
Madam Guo called Zhou Shaojin to a halt and said to the housekeeper, "Open another table! It's better to have more seats than to have several young ladies squeezed together."
The mother in charge went to arrange the table with a polite smile.
Mrs. Guan thanked Mrs. Guo.
Madam Guo sighed and said, "I didn't think it through. I hope you don't blame me."
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The weather is getting colder here. I wonder how the weather is over there, sisters
Keep warm...
※(To be continued)