Bondage

On the day of the big banquet in Chengyang Houfu, Song Wantian got up to make up before dawn.

As the wife of Marquis of Chengyang, she not only has to welcome guests today, but also has to build a good relationship with the wives and wives of various families in Shangjing.Men fight outside and women have to deal with wives in the backyard. There are many things that are difficult to talk about, and things that cannot be brought to light depend on the skills of the wives.

Although Song Wan couldn't bear to do this for the Hou Mansion, he had to do it.

Green Bamboo and Vanilla helped her to tie her hair, and the other helped her put on makeup. It took nearly an hour to get everything done.

After getting dressed properly, Song Wan left the Lan Courtyard with the support of Heng Zhi.

Outside the Lan courtyard, Jiang Xingjian and Lin Jiayue were already waiting outside.

Song Wan saw that Lin Jiayue was wearing a long silk gauze dress with cherry-purple embroidered gold peony, and a palace sash with red flowers and red beads hanging from her waist.There is a flying fairy bun on the head, and a red treasure luan bird is inserted on the sideburns.

Even the white jade that presses the skirt is a top-notch item from the palace.

Song Wan glanced up and down from the red palace sash and Luan Niao, his eyes were indifferent.

I don't know if it's because Lin Jiayue doesn't know the rules, doesn't understand that these things are far beyond her concubine's status, or if she knows she's overstepping but insists on overpowering her.

Song Wan withdrew his gaze, pretending he didn't see it.After all, I was afraid that she would not be rampant enough today.

A few people went to the Fuhe Hall together to meet Mrs. Jiang, and the old lady would certainly attend today's banquet.

Everyone invited Ann, and after breakfast, Song Wan went to the Begonia Garden with the female relatives.

There are many rockery and strange rocks in the Begonia Garden, and there are all kinds of buildings, terraces and waterside pavilions.

There is an artificial lake in the garden, and there is a small island in the lake, and the people living on the island are the disciples of the Liyuan raised by the Hou Mansion.Aristocratic families have several commonly used opera troupes, such as the Hou Mansion and other people's houses that support their own opera troupes all the year round.

For today's big banquet, several big plays are indispensable.

Lin Jiayue reluctantly stood at the end, and followed everyone through the east and west inner courtyard walls. She thought she knew the Hou's Mansion well, but only now did she realize that the Hou's Mansion is far more luxurious than her. imagination.

Walking out of the closed wall, you can see the green willows hanging around outside, the trees on both sides are tall and short, and there are large white jade slabs under your feet. You can feel a cool breeze in it, which is very refreshing and comfortable in summer.She was surprised that she had never been here before, and she saw pavilions and pavilions in the distance, countless green pines and cypresses, which were many times larger than the backyard of the Hou Mansion.

After entering the Begonia Garden, there was a majestic theater building in the middle of the courtyard, and nearly a hundred actors in costumes lined up. When Fang saw Mrs. Jiang, they all saluted in unison.

"Get up, the old lady doesn't like this."

Mother Jiang's face was rosy and her eyes were full of smiles, and she asked the maids around her to bring red envelopes and reward them one by one: "The Hou's mansion hasn't held a big banquet for many years, so don't lose your place in the mansion today, if someone messes up, be careful! Turn back and whip you."

The class leader took the red envelope and said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, I won't let the performance go bad."

Jiang's mother covered her lips and smiled for a while, then turned to Song Wan and asked, "Wan'er, can the other matters be settled?"

Song Wan smiled and said: "Mother forgot, Wan'er is only responsible for the list and cuisines for the banquet, Aunt Lin is responsible for everything else."

"Aunt Lin is in charge?"

Mrs. Jiang's eyelids twitched when she heard this: "Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"It's such a trivial matter, why do you need to bother your old man? The daughter-in-law sees that Aunt Lin is quite talented, and it won't go wrong if she hosts a banquet for hundreds of people. Besides, there are Wan'er in the mansion and those women in charge are watching, so there will be no problem." questionable."

Mrs. Jiang's heart was suffocated, she looked at Song Wan and said, "Do you know what Aunt Lin has arranged?"

Song Wan lowered her head: "Aunt Lin reported it to my mother."

"That's why you don't know what she does?"

Seeing Mrs. Jiang's voice raised, Jiang's mother smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, although Aunt Lin is not from a family background, she still has the ability. Even if some minor details are not handled properly, Wan'er will help the family to get over it. Of these two children, one is calm and introverted, and handles things safely, and the other is bold, careful and thoughtful, and the combination of the two is the icing on the cake."

Song Wan was expressionless and didn't answer, Mrs. Jiang knew at a glance that it was not as simple as Jiang's mother said.

"Let Aunt Lin come here."

Lin Jiayue came over from behind the crowd, Shi Shiran, and saluted Mrs. Jiang with a smile. As soon as Mrs. Jiang saw her body, she immediately said angrily, "Who allowed you to dress like this? You don't know what is going on today? What occasion?"

"You are as shallow-sighted as you are to those worldly wives, can't you see your dirty thoughts?"

The old lady was furious, and all the female family members of the Hou Mansion lowered their heads and did not dare to speak out.

Only then did Jiang's mother see Lin Jiayue's outfit, she frowned and said, "Why are you wearing a red palace sash and luan bird walking? These are far from what you can use as a concubine, quickly change them."

Being scolded in public, Lin Jiayue was dissatisfied in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. She lowered her head and said, "These things are all given by Jiang Concubine."

Hearing that it was given by the empress, Jiang's mother stopped talking. Seeing that Mrs. Jiang still looked angry, she couldn't help persuading: "Since it was given by Man'er, let her wear it. It's too late to change it at this time."

"You are confused."

Mrs. Jiang stared at Mother Jiang, feeling very unhappy.

On such an occasion today, it was the first time that Jiang Xingjian and Song Wan had officially appeared in front of the public. The face of the Chengyang Hou Mansion is far from that of Jiang Yi and Song Wan.

What is the difference between publicly exalting a concubine's family and slapping Song Wan in the face on such occasions, and announcing to the entire Shangjing that the Chengyanghou Mansion and the Song Mansion broke apart?

Moreover, everyone in Shangjing knew that Song Wan married into the Hou's mansion holding the memorial tablet. She was a widow who had been widowed for six years.The girl from the Song family is a great benevolent, virtuous woman who goes to Beijing. Everyone knows everyone. Now that the Hou family is overturned, the first thing they do is to step on Song Wan's face in a hurry. How does this make the world think of the Hou family? What else is there to say?

Old Madam Jiang was so angry that she nearly fainted.

Song Wan rushed forward to help, but the old lady grabbed her arm tightly: "You know...why...why didn't you stop..."

There was a sharp pain in his arm, but Song Wan just lowered his head and didn't speak.

Seeing her like this, Madam Jiang had another headache.

She knew Song Wan, if she hadn't suffered some irreconcilable grievance, she would not be so willful and not take the future of the Hou Mansion at heart.It must have been during her illness, Jiang's mother did not know what she said or did.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang regretted for a while, regretting that she had let her son marry the daughter of a military general like Jiang's mother.

"Mom, are you okay? Send the government doctor to come..."

Mrs. Jiang held Mother Jiang tightly, and said intermittently: "Send Aunt Lin...back to Xiuyan Pavilion, today...don't let her come out...to meet people."

Jiang's mother heard the words and said hurriedly: "No, mother, today I want Aunt Lin to explain the rouge powder of Huanyanzhai to the family members of the house. Aunt Lin said that if it is done today, Huanyanzhai will be a hit, and I will not worry about it in the future." Salable."

Hearing that the banquet in the Hou's Mansion was arranged as a merchant who was full of money, even Song Wan's calm temperament raised his head in surprise.

All the female family members of the Hou Mansion frowned and remained silent.

Mrs. Jiang saw that Mother Jiang was so reticent, the whites of her eyes rolled up in anger, and she fainted.