The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Xia Mianwan would never bring Yu Jie'er to such a banquet for seeing each other. Chen Ge'er has started taking classes with the teacher these days. Yu Jie'er felt a little bored, so she told Xia Mianwan that she wanted to go to Sang Niangzi's place.

In order to train Yu Jie'er, Xia Mianwan gave Yu Jie'er a shop and let her work on her own.

These days, whenever Yu Jie has time, she studies business with Madam Sang.

Xia Mianwan has a lot of things to do, so usually she is sent to Madam Sang and left alone. Anyway, she has learned from Madam Yang for a long time before, so she has some etiquette and knowledge to show for it.

Today is the first time that Xia Mianwan and her sisters will appear at a banquet in the capital. Yu Jie'er is willing to go with Madam Sang, which also saves Xia Mianwan a lot of trouble.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Xia Mianwan asked someone to watch the three girls dress up.

Pei Yanqi and Pei Yanyue arrived at Shaoguangyuan early, but Qin Qinqing was late.

Qin Qinqing was dressed really gorgeously today, and it seemed that she had put on all the expensive jewelry. Xia Mianwan glanced at her without saying a word. If she wanted to embarrass herself, then she could do so. Anyway, she had only promised her mother-in-law to arrange the marriage of the two girls from the Pei family.

Qin Qinqing was originally worried that she would dress up so carefully that Xia Mianwan would feel that she overshadowed Pei Yanyue and Pei Yanqi, so she asked her to change. Unexpectedly, Xia Mianwan didn't say much, so Qin Qinqing happily followed Xia Mianwan into the carriage.

Pei Yanyue and Pei Yanqi had not appeared in such an occasion for a long time. Xia Mianwan was worried, so she asked the two of them to ride in the same carriage with her.

Seeing this, Qin Qinqing was afraid that Xia Mianwan had said something without telling her, so she also wanted to ride along.

Xia Mianwan had no objection. It was good for them to ride together, so as to avoid any jokes that she didn't know about, and then she would have to clean up her mess.

When they were almost at Qiu's house, Pei Yanyue and Pei Yanqi were obviously a little nervous, with their hands clenched tightly.

Xia Mianwan smiled slightly when she saw this, and gently took their hands and said, "Don't worry, with your brother here, no one else will dare to look down on you."

Pei Yanyue thought of the bad experience she had at the previous banquet and was still a little timid, but Pei Yanqi relaxed and said hello to Xia Mianwan with a smile.

Qin Qinqing had always looked down on these two cousins, thinking that they were not presentable. She despised them in her heart, but she did not show it on her face. She smiled and said, "Yes, cousin, don't be afraid. I will take care of everything."

Pei Yanqi and Pei Yanyue already knew, under Xia Mianwan's instruction, that Qin Qinqing had done what happened yesterday on purpose, so they felt a little awkward hearing Qin Qinqing say this.

"I have my sister-in-law to take care of me, so you don't have to worry, cousin." Pei Yanqi said unhappily.

Xia Mianwan would not care about such quarrels. It was normal for a little girl to quarrel. If she didn't argue at all, she would be bullied after she got married. After all, marrying a family was very complicated.

When the carriage arrived at the Qiu Mansion, Xia Mianwan and her sisters had just got off the carriage when a maid came forward to lead the way.

When they arrived at the main hall, many ladies were already standing together chatting. When they saw Xia Mianwan and the girl from the Pei family come in, they stopped talking and looked over.

Who says Pei family's young lady Xia Mianwan is now a famous figure in the capital? Who wouldn't want to see her in person?

Who wouldn't want to know why a divorced woman with two children could marry Lord Pei, the Prince's Junior Tutor who was married for the first time?

After all, before getting married, Lord Pei had been ranked first on the list of the most desired husbands in the capital for a long time.

The ladies of each family secretly looked at the Pei family, and some even whispered to each other.

Xia Mianwan walked forward calmly. Pei Yanqi was fine, but Pei Yanyue was a little nervous because of the gazes from the people around her. She almost stepped on Qin Qinqing's shoes without paying attention.

Qin Qinqing looked down upon Pei Yanyue's petty attitude. Of course, she was aware of the gazes of the people around her, but these gazes and attentions only made her more excited.

Xia Mianwan tilted her head slightly, stretched out her hand to hold Pei Yanyue, and said with a smile: "Ayue, don't panic, your sister-in-law is here."

Pei Yanyue noticed Xia Mianwan's gentle gaze and encouraging voice, gave Xia Mianwan a reassuring look, and then held her head high and chest out.

The two girls from the Pei family performed well.

Summer hibernation is very satisfying.

As for Qin Qinqing...she was quite imposing and performed well.

When everyone saw Xia Mianwan being so calm, all their contemptuous or curious looks disappeared for a moment.

After all, a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. There were also many families of sixth and seventh-rank officials present today. When they saw Xia Mianwan standing still, they all came forward to greet him.

"Hello, Madam Pei. My husband's surname is Qian."

"Hello, Madam Pei, I am from the Cui family."

There was an endless stream of people coming to say hello, and Xia Mianwan and the girl from the Pei family responded appropriately.

Madam Huang from the Imperial Censor's family said, "I thought Madam Pei would be a little nervous, but I didn't expect her to be so full of energy!"

"After all, she was once a general's wife!"

"Yes, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Is there anyone coming to the General's Mansion today?"

"Of course there are. Madam Zheng will bring Madam Zheng and the unmarried girls of the Zheng family."

"Hey, isn't that a good show?"

"Just wait and see. There will be something interesting to watch. My mother-in-law went to the Zheng family to chat with Madam Zheng before. Madam Zheng was full of hatred when she mentioned Madam Pei."

"Isn't this Madam Qiu having a grudge against Madam Pei? Otherwise, why would she send the post to Madam Pei and then to Madam Zheng?"

"I do not know!"

"But there's no way to avoid it. Madam Pei will always be around us. Her two daughters are old enough to get married."

"You have a point. Madam Pei looks quite noble."

"Of course she is. After all, she was once a general's wife."

"Look at how eager Madam Huang is to take advantage of us. She is really embarrassing us."

"That's right. A divorced woman still has the nerve to come out so openly. If it were me, I would be too embarrassed to come out. How could I be so embarrassed!"

"Yeah, what was her daughter thinking, to actually call such a person her sister-in-law? If it were me, I would be too ashamed to come out."

Naturally, the Pei family's girl also heard the gossip of others.

Pei Yanqi and Pei Yanyue were both very angry, but Qin Qinqing was quite satisfied. You see, she was a cousin's wife and it was a disgrace for her to come out. How could she be worthy of her cousin with such an identity? If she was her cousin's wife, this kind of thing would not have happened.

Xia Mianwan naturally knew that she would not fail to hear. Seeing that Pei Yanyue lowered her head again, she broke away and said to Pei Yanyue, "Sister, don't pay attention to what others say. People in this world are used to saying that grapes are sour. You are a girl from my Pei family and represent the face of our Pei family. It doesn't matter what others say. You just need to remember that your brother is the prince's tutor, the youngest prince's tutor in the Great Chen Kingdom. Hitting us is slapping the Pei family's face and your brother's face. I want to see how many blind people are talking nonsense. I don't know if they can handle things in the future..."