The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Within two days, it was the day for the banquet at the Zhuang Mansion. On such a day, people from the Zheng Mansion would definitely go. Since people from the Zheng Mansion wanted to go, Xia Mianwan did not plan to take Yu Jie'er with her.

Yu Jie'er was afraid that Xia Mianwan would suffer a loss and insisted on going with her. In the end, she was persuaded unhappily after Pei Yanyue, Pei Yanqi, Pei Ling and Pei Xia's assurances.

When they were about to set off, Mrs. Pei was already waiting in the carriage.

Xia Mianwan looked at Mrs. Pei in surprise. She had not told Mrs. Pei about the banquet at the Zhuang Mansion.

Mrs. Pei kindly called Xia Mian to the carriage at night, "Mianwan, get up quickly."

Xia Mianwan was stunned for a moment, then was quickly helped into the carriage.

Mrs. Pei smiled and patted the back of Xia Mianwan's hand. She knew that Xia Mianwan did it for her own good, but the Zhuang Mansion had specially invited all the female members of the Pei Mansion. If she didn't go, others would think that the Pei Mansion was afraid.

"Mother, actually I can handle it." Xia Mianwan said.

"Mother knows, but my son is not a vegetarian, and neither am I. If someone is unkind and wants to bully my wife, I am naturally not afraid to lose my face. If the situation is really not right, I will just pretend to faint!" Mrs. Pei said with a smile.

Xia Mianwan laughed and then stopped rejecting Mrs. Pei's feelings.

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The Zhuang family originally had only a small house in the capital. This time, the emperor bestowed the house on the East Street of Wumen to the Zhuang family. In addition to Pei Yanxu, this is the second time that the emperor has bestowed a house on a minister. This supreme honor is not just talk.

The officials' wives in the capital are accustomed to flattering the powerful and bullying the weak, but seeing the favor bestowed upon the Zhuang family, they now put on a different attitude.

In the flower hall, as soon as Xia Mianwan and his group entered the door, they attracted everyone's attention.

Madam Zheng had already arrived. Among the circle of noble ladies in the capital, who didn't know about the affairs of the Zheng and Pei families? So, they kept watching her closely.

"Madam Pei, you are here." The Ninth Princess walked over with a smile.

The Pei family members bowed one by one, and Mrs. Pei said with a smile: "Congratulations, Princess Ninth."

The Ninth Princess smiled politely, "Today is the first time my daughter has hosted such a banquet, so I naturally have to help out. Madam Pei, I haven't seen you for a long time, why don't we move over and chat for a while?"

Madam Pei smiled and said, "Of course I really want to chat with the princess, but today is the first time the princess is hosting, so don't you need to help?"

The Ninth Princess obviously wanted to send Madam Pei away, and Madam Pei naturally didn't want to leave.

"It's okay. My daughter used to help me with all matters at home. I'm just here to help keep things under control. It's okay. Please, Madam Pei."

The Ninth Princess had already lifted Madam Pei up. Seeing this, Xia Mianwan nodded to indicate to Madam Pei that she was fine.

Mrs. Pei then said helplessly: "Okay."

After the Ninth Princess and Madam Pei left, Xia Mianwan took the girl from the Pei family and found a seat to sit down.

Princess Tong'an was chatting with Zhuang Sasa at this time. She glanced at Xia Mianwan and said with a smile, "Sister, look, she's here."

Zhuang Sasa had suffered many losses at the hands of Xia Mianwan, and was somewhat reluctant to confront her head-on. "I saw it, but... she's pretty powerful."

Zhuang Sasa has been in the circle of noble ladies in the capital for a long time, and she also knows how to retreat in order to advance and ask others to help her do things.

Princess Tongan raised her eyebrows and said disdainfully, "How powerful is he? No matter how powerful he is, can he be as powerful as me? Sister, don't worry, you suffered in the past because I didn't marry into the Zhuang family. Now that I have married into the Zhuang family, I will naturally not let you suffer. Moreover, with Xia Mianwan's background, if it were an ordinary person, she would not even be able to serve tea and water to us noble ladies."

Zhuang Sasa felt a little unhappy about these words. She was not a lady from a noble family, but her brother's wife's prominent family background was a support for her, so she suppressed her unhappiness.

Madam Zheng had just finished socializing with other ladies. When she saw Zhuang Sasa and Princess Tong'an standing together, she walked over with a smile and said, "Sasa, there are some old relatives from my mother's family over there. I'll take you to meet them."

Zhuang Sasa was about to agree, but was stopped by Princess Tongan, "Dear? Madam Zheng, my sister and I have something private to discuss."

Princess Tong'an finally begged the Ninth Princess to send Madam Pei away, just to save face for Zhuang Sasa. Zhuang Sasa and Zhuang Mingming had a good relationship since childhood. After Zhuang Mingming married her, he repeatedly told her that her sister was in a bad situation in the general's mansion, and Xia Mianwan made her sister lose face, so she asked her to take care of Zhuang Sasa.

Princess Tongan did not take a general's mansion seriously.

Princess Tongan did not take a young master's mansion seriously.

However, her mother was the Ninth Prince's Consort, her husband was favored by the Emperor, and she herself was a most famous noblewoman in the capital, as well as the Princess Tong'an, the most beloved by the Dowager Concubine.

With such a family background, Princess Tongan would not be afraid of even ten Pei families, let alone one.

It’s just that she and Zhuang Mingming have a good relationship, and Zhuang Mingming treats her well, so Princess Tongan is naturally willing to give face to Zhuang Sasa.

Moreover, Master Pei has a very good reputation in the hearts of these noble ladies. Originally, everyone was guessing who would be with Master Pei, but no one expected that Master Pei would end up marrying a woman like Xia Mianwan. How could this not make people angry!

This was a slap in the face of all the noble ladies in the capital.

Mrs. Zheng was somewhat displeased when she saw that Princess Tong'an refused to let go of Zhuang Sasa. Wasn't this an embarrassment to her?

After all, Zhuang Sasa had been with Madam Zheng for a long time. Seeing Madam Zheng's expression, she knew that her mother-in-law was unhappy. She rolled her eyes in her heart and said to Madam Zheng patiently, "Mother, Princess Tong'an is about to take me to say hello to Madam Pei."

Mrs. Zheng's eyes lit up when she heard this, and the slight displeasure that had just surged into her heart immediately dissipated, "Oh? What a coincidence, I'll go with you!"

Zhuang Sasa naturally knew that her mother-in-law also wanted to see the fun of the show, and glanced at Princess Tongan.

Princess Tong'an understood and said, "Then let's go together."

Pei Yanyue had already noticed Princess Tong'an and Zhuang Sasa. When she saw Madam Zheng also coming over, she knew that these three people were bound to cause trouble.

She grabbed Xia Mianwan's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't we go for a walk in the garden? Those three people must be causing trouble."

Hearing this, Xia Mianwan glanced at Princess Tong'an and instantly understood what Pei Yanyue meant. She smiled and patted Pei Yanyue's hand and said, "Ayue, there are some things that cannot be avoided. It doesn't matter. We should remain unchanged in the face of change."

Pei Yanqi listened to it and realized...it was true...where could one hide from such a thing just by hiding?