Zhulan had a smile on her face, she knew this would be the scene. Jinzhou was not Lizhou City. Lizhou City was a border town and the power was not mixed there, so there wasn't so much intrigue.
Jinzhou City laughed. Any small official had a background, not to mention the Maritime Affairs Bureau and the Supervision Bureau which were already fighting each other. They were fighting with real anger. Lord Min and Lord Ran's wife were naturally not on good terms. When they were together, it was like a battlefield.
Zhulan calmly watched the ladies in the room split up in an instant, and cursed in her heart, Qi attacked Liu in front of her. To put it bluntly, she didn't respect her as her master at all. Zhulan looked up at the sky in silence. There was indeed no need to respect her, after all, Liu's sister was the mother of the third prince!
Liu fiddled with the teacup, "Qi Shuren should not speak carelessly. Oh, I almost forgot. Qi Shuren can never control her mouth. Half a year has passed. Has Miss Ran San found a suitable marriage?"
When Zhulan saw Qi looking at her, she had a bad feeling. Don't think that she didn't know about Miss Ran San's affairs because she had been here for a long time. In fact, Miss Ran San was a complete victim. When Liu and Qi were fighting, Qi was the first to plot against Liu's son, and Liu ruined Miss Ran San's marriage.
Zhulan thought, these two are dangerous people!
Qi wanted to strangle Liu to death. She just gave birth to a daughter, and her good marriage was ruined. Qi sneered, "Thank you for your concern. Sister Liu should care about Fourth Miss Min. I sincerely hope Fourth Miss Min will have a good marriage."
Zhulan felt a chill on her back when she heard this. These two people were sworn enemies. The marriage of women in ancient times was really pathetic. Even if she was a rich lady, it was either a marriage of arranged marriage or she would be targeted. It was very rare for her to get married safely or marry well.
Zhulan felt that she couldn't go on any longer, and didn't want to cause any trouble on her son's full moon day. She said to Mrs. Song beside her, "Bring the calligraphy given by the emperor. It's Changzhong's full moon day today, so it's a good time to hang it up."
Mrs. Song went out swiftly, her steps very brisk. She had been worried that her mistress could not control the situation, but now she was relieved.
The room was quiet, and Liu stopped talking back. She looked at Yang out of the corner of her eye. It was definitely not a coincidence. Why did Yang take it now, instead of earlier or later? Yang had not intended to take it out in the first place. She took it out only because she saw Yang and Qi fighting, and wanted to pressure them.
Qi glanced at him quietly but was not angry. Instead, she smiled happily.
Zhulan saw this and felt that good things didn't work but bad things did. She felt sick. Qi had taken a fancy to Changzhi. Qi was much more difficult to deal with than Liu, because her sister was the mother of the third prince!
Mother Song brought the framed calligraphy, and the full-moon banquet finally became quiet. At least the frowns stopped. She praised the emperor's calligraphy and then praised the child as well.
The child needed to sleep, and because there were too many people, the little guy frowned. After a while, Zhulan asked Liuya to take the child back.
Qi asked casually, "I heard that the fourth son of the Zhou family is not at home all year round and has been studying."
Zhu Lan thought, "I heard that you have investigated everything. This child is not good at general affairs. All he has in his mind is books. Now he is going to study with his master again."
Qi also knew that even if she suppressed the incident, she could not cover up the fact that her daughter had gotten into trouble. Qi was so angry that she thought over and over again and found that the Zhou family was the most suitable. "This child is pure-minded and sounds like a good child."
Zhu Lan thought, don't think she can't see that you are lying with your eyes open. When she was not able to make sense of the affairs just now, the corner of your mouth twitched. She did sympathize with Miss Ran San. If it was really strange, it was hard to say who to blame. Should I blame Liu? Lord Ran and Qi did a lot. In the final analysis, as long as Lord Ran got involved, no one in the Ran family could stay out of it.
Zhulan sighed, the same is true for the Zhou family. Now the children of the Zhou family enjoy the status and glory brought by Zhou Shuren, but it all comes at a price. Take Zhao's fright for example, and the name of the youngest son. The dangers behind it in the future will only increase, not decrease.
Fortunately, the banquet began and the conversation ended.
After seeing off the guests, Zhulan didn't feel very happy when she saw the gifts.
Zhou Shuren saw it all and asked, "Is there something wrong in your backyard?"
Zhu Lan shook her head. "You still don't trust me. I knew what to do and didn't make a scene."
After everyone left, she finally realized what was happening. Everyone said that Qi had a bad temper and was arrogant. Today, Qi had confronted Liu first, and she thought so too. But after everyone left and thinking about it carefully, Zhulan felt that she had been wrong. Qi was actually testing her. The best proof of this was that Qi became quiet later.
Zhou Shuren patted Zhulan on the shoulder and said, "Mrs. Zhou, your peaceful days are over."
The officials' families in Jinzhou all have backgrounds and complicated relationships, which sometimes give him a headache just looking at them.
Zhulan sighed. The peaceful days were over, so she didn't stop her daughter from staying. She didn't want Xuemei to get involved. "By the way, this is the prince's gift list. This is the gift list from the other four princes."
Zhou Shuren raised an eyebrow, "Fifth Prince?"
Zhulan pulled out the gift list, "Here, the gifts are not expensive, but they are very thoughtful. Our son is born in the year of the horse, and this is the twelve forms of the horse."
Zhou Shuren pointed at the gift list and said, "I can understand the Crown Prince and the others, but what does this unknown little prince mean?"
Zhou Shuren really had never paid attention to this prince, mainly because he felt that he had the same father and mother and was from the same country as the crown prince. Judging from the current situation, the crown prince had a great chance of ascending the throne, so it would be great to follow behind the crown prince!
Zhulan, "I can only say that you are worthy of being a prince."
They all have ambitions to ascend the throne.
Zhou Shuren was speechless. Not to mention the crown prince, just talk about the second, third, and fourth princes. None of them is easy to deal with. Who gave the fifth prince the confidence