The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

After parting in Beidi, Mrs. Zheng hadn't seen Xia Mianwan for a long time. The Xia Mianwan who was talking and laughing in front of her now seemed different from the Xia Mianwan who was on the road of exile and in the village in Beidi.

After the banquet started, Mrs. Qiu drank the first glass of wine with Princess Yi'an, and the second glass was in honor of Xia Mianwan.

"Mrs. Pei, this is your first time here, so please don't be polite." Mrs. Qiu smiled brightly and generously.

What a beauty!

"Thank you, Mrs. Qiu, for your hospitality." Xia Mianwan took a sip from the wine cup.

Madam Zheng was very surprised. Even if Pei Yanxu was more favored, there was no need for Madam Qiu to give so much face to a new bride of the Pei family.

"Mrs. Zheng, I don't know what you are daydreaming about. Come and have a drink with us." said Mrs. Gao next to her.

The Gao family is a family of military officers. Mrs. Gao often followed General Gao on military campaigns, so she has a very generous personality.

Mrs. Zheng was not used to Mrs. Gao's carefree attitude, so she forced a smile and said, "I didn't see anything."

Madam Gao asked curiously, "Why are you looking across the street? Oh, are you looking at the new daughter-in-law of the Pei family? Don't tell me, I really admire Madam Pei. She said she doesn't care about the family and she really doesn't care about the family. Now even the daughters of the family get married and someone takes care of them. It's really enviable."

The wife of General Gao's adjutant who was standing nearby heard this and hurriedly pulled Mrs. Gao.

Mrs. Gao still asked in confusion: "Why are you pulling me?"

Mrs. Zheng was really unhappy now. "It's just a pair of worn-out shoes. It's hard for the Pei family to treat them as treasures."

Mrs. Gao was also a little unhappy now: "Sister-in-law, why are you scolding me!"

Xia Mianwan heard what Mrs. Zheng said, and her expression didn't change at all. However, her silence didn't mean that those who lacked virtue and just wanted to have fun wouldn't say anything either.

"Mrs. Zheng, who do you say is a slut?" a female voice sounded in the hall.

Mrs. Zheng snorted coldly and didn't respond.

Princess Yi'an felt it was not appropriate to deny her face because the words were spoken by her elder sister, so she just pretended not to hear it.

Mrs. Qiu didn't say anything because Princess Yi'an was the most powerful person in the room. If the princess didn't say anything, what else could she say?

Then the scene became quiet for a while.

Xia Mianwan pretended not to hear, but someone nearby who was watching the fun started to talk, "Who else is there to blame? Isn't Madam Pei the only divorced woman in this place? I just don't know... should the son of the Zheng family call General Zheng dad or Master Pei dad..."

The whole place was in uproar.

Even Mrs. Gao knew that she had caused trouble and did not dare to speak for a moment.

Xia Mianwan looked coldly at the lady who was watching the fun and not minding the trouble, "Oh...it turns out to be Madam Wang. I wonder if there is any follow-up to the adultery incident in your house?"

This really caused a huge uproar, and the whole hall was in an uproar.

"Cheating? Someone in the Wang family cheated?"

"Who is cheating on whom?"

"You can even do something like cheating on someone else, and you still have the nerve to laugh at others..."

The sound of discussion gradually spread, and Mrs. Wang's face turned green with anger. She pointed at Xia Mianwan and called him "you" for a long time.

Xia Mianwan smiled and said, "What do you mean by me? Madam Wang, are you asking me how I know about your master and your eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Du, having an affair?"

Xia Mianwan's words caused quite a stir.

"Oh my god, the one who stole my ass is actually Lord Wang?"

"Lord Wang usually looks so upright, but it turns out he's actually cheating on his wife?"

"Mrs. Wang is so miserable..."

"Isn't this what you deserve? Your own husband is cheating on you, but you don't bother to care about him, yet you have the nerve to meddle in other people's affairs."

"It's better not to come out and meet people like this. Isn't this harming them?"

Madam Wang was so angry that she fell backwards. "Madam Pei, please stop talking nonsense!"

Xia Mianwan nodded seriously, "That's right, I was just talking nonsense, don't believe it!"

Everyone: "..."

Isn't it shameless to sleep late in the summer?

However, people in the world like to believe in some nonsense. The more Xia Mianwan told them not to believe it, the more the ladies present believed it.

Mrs. Wang was so angry when she saw Xia Mianwan's shameless words that she said, "You slander my master like this, I will take you to file a complaint with the emperor!"

Xia Mianwan looked at Madam Wang with a half-smile and said, "Oh... Madam Wang, are you sure? If you really want to go, then let's go."

Mrs. Wang endured it again and again, and finally she swallowed her anger. After all, her master really was having an affair, and she didn't dare to file a complaint with the emperor.

When Xia Mianwan saw that Mrs. Wang was silent, she stood up and confessed her crime to Princess Yi'an.

"Princess, I was rude for making a joke."

Princess Yi'an was quite surprised by Xia Mianwan's personality. When Xia Mianwan was the wife of a major general, Madam Zheng only said that Xia Mianwan was timid and submissive, but she didn't know that she had such an interesting personality.

"No, it's quite interesting. If there is anything else, remember to tell me." Princess Yi'an said with a smile.

Xia Mianwan nodded seriously and said, "Well, if there are brothers quarreling in the future, or if a poor scholar relies on his original wife to support him and becomes the top scholar, but then he turns around and abandons his original wife, kills her family and marries... a young lady from an official family, I will definitely tell you about it."

Two of the ladies present were slightly shocked when they heard this.

Shut up now and stop talking nonsense like whether Xia Mianwan and Pei Yanxu are a good match.

Princess Yi'an was slightly stunned. She thought that Xia Mianwan just found out about Mrs. Wang's gossip by accident, but she never thought that Xia Mianwan even knew the secrets of the Minister of Justice. She was not simple.

"Okay." Princess Yi'an said, and then looked at Madam Qiu.

When Mrs. Qiu saw Princess Yi'an's signal, she came out to smooth things over, and soon the banquet became lively again.

"Cousin, you are so powerful, who would dare to marry us in the future?" Qin Qinqing said with some resentment.

"What are you afraid of? Those gossipers would never marry into our family. Even if they wanted to, we wouldn't agree. But...you can do as you please. If you feel embarrassed, you can sit at the next table."

Qin Qinqing was stunned by what Xia Mianwan said and had to eat obediently.

At this time, the young lady from Mrs. Wang's family, who had just been cheated on, came over and said, "Ms. Qin, I'm the second young lady of the Wang family. The weather is nice today, why don't we go out and stroll around the garden?"

Qin Qinqing stood up suddenly, "Cousin, I'm going out for a walk."

Xia Mianwan looked at Qin Qinqing with a half-smile, "Do you want to go shopping with Miss Wang?"

Qin Qinqing didn't want to stay with Xia Mianwan anymore. It would be better to go out with Miss Wang, which would show that she and Xia Mianwan were not the same kind of people. So Qin Qinqing stood up impatiently.

Xia Mianwan was annoyed with Qin Qinqing. She was willing to fall into the trap even if it was obvious that there was a trap. However, she couldn't let anything happen to her at the dinner today.

"Ruzhu, you follow me."

"Yes, young madam." Ruzhu replied.