The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

The young girl had only been brought here temporarily for a few days of training, and now that someone had thrown her tea, she was completely bewildered and didn't know what the rules were. She could only kneel on the ground, look up at the angry lady, and explain, "How could this tea be hot? This is fruit tea made in the kitchen, it's all lukewarm."

This explanation was like a thunderclap, and it gave everyone else present plenty of a laugh.

The lady was a little angry and raised her hand to hit him. "I'll teach you to talk back! I'll teach you to talk back! You little bitch, you dare to talk back! Whatever I say goes!"

The little girl closed her eyes and waited for the slap to fall, but the slap didn't fall for a long time. When she opened her eyes, she saw Xia Yu standing in front of her.

Xia Yu held the lady's hand with one hand, his face gloomy. "Madam, please have some self-respect. Every lady's tea is the same. The little maid just served fruit tea, which our lady personally researched."

"This fruit tea contains some really good stuff, and you've just wasted it like this. Is Madam dissatisfied with us, or is she trying to use this as an excuse to make trouble?"

Each lady had a cup of fruit tea on a small table in front of her. The others had already started drinking it, and some people particularly liked its sweet and sour taste.

"Oh, this tastes so good, and it's not hot at all, it's just a little bit warm."

The woman who hit Xia Yu's face changed color over and over, like a palette of colors. She pulled her hand away from Xia Yu's and forced an explanation, "It was because she didn't put the tea properly when she was putting it in the cup that I got angry."

"This is no excuse for Madam to hit someone. May I ask whose wife you are?"

Du Mingxian and the others were meeting these people for the first time and had no idea who was who. It was normal for Xia Yu to ask such a question, since she was the one who brought these ladies here.

But when she met the lady, the lady did not introduce herself, nor did she ask any questions.

Someone spoke up, "She's not a lady at all, she's a concubine, a favored concubine."

Xia Yu's expression changed. "Which family's?"

"The Liu family's."

The favored concubine was indignant when she heard others say this, and retorted directly, "Although I am a concubine, I am in charge of all the affairs in the household, so it is natural for me to host banquets."

Some people were very dissatisfied and muttered, "They don't know the difference between superiors and inferiors."

The concubine immediately became angry, "What...what are you saying?"

Just then, Du Mingxian arrived. Standing at the door, she looked at the mess inside with a blank expression, and simply asked softly, "What happened to Xia Yu?"

Xia Yu bowed first, then respectfully replied, "Madam, this is not Madam, but the favored concubine of Master Liu. Just now, when our servants served tea, she deliberately caused trouble and smashed the teacup on the maid's head."

Du Mingxian saw that the little maid kneeling on the ground was still bleeding from her forehead. "Xia Yu, take her away and treat her wounds first."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian walked to the main seat and sat down. All the ladies who had arrived stood up and bowed to Du Mingxian, regardless of their age.

"Please be seated, everyone. I am new to Ping County and do not know that the banquet times in Ping County are different from those in the capital. I got up early to prepare and have been sitting in this main hall for an hour and a half, but none of you ladies have arrived."

"Because I got up too early and felt a bit tired, I went to take a nap. I thought everyone was still missing, but I didn't expect that several people had already arrived. It was my fault."

Upon hearing this, the clever person immediately offered a gift, saying, "It's our fault for keeping you waiting, Madam."

The favored concubine did not bow, but was particularly unhappy. She immediately said, "I think waiting for us was just an excuse. They were just deliberately making us sit here for so long. That's what they really meant. They're looking down on us."

“Your own ideas are your own, don’t drag others into it. We don’t have such ideas,” some of the ladies explained.

Someone immediately responded, "Yes, we didn't have that idea."

Before the favored concubine could speak, Du Mingxian interrupted, "You're absolutely right. I do look down on people. You... a concubine, mixed in with a group of ladies, aren't you... a bit too presumptuous?"

"What are you saying? I am the lady of the house in the Liu family. Everyone here calls me 'Madam.' Since you've invited the Liu family's lady, what's wrong with me, the current housekeeper, coming?"

"Madam? Was there a betrothal gift? Was there a proper marriage ceremony with all the formalities? Or was she carried in through the back door in a sedan chair? A concubine is a concubine, and a madam is a madam. How can they be compared?"

Du Mingxian looked her up and down with utter disdain. "Look at me again. You say you're the madam, but that's because the Liu family's inner quarters are chaotic. Look at the other madams."

"Which one is like you? That's the difference between a wife and a concubine."

"You...you dare to humiliate me! I'll go back and tell the master to find your man properly." The concubine was spoiled rotten and refused to restrain herself in front of anyone.

Previously, the former county magistrate's wife also looked down on this woman, but she had many good things and was willing to give the county magistrate's wife good things, so the county magistrate's wife was happy to give her some face, but even so, she never associated with her in public.

In addition, since the former magistrate had been dead for some time and no new magistrate had come to Ping County, the concubine became increasingly arrogant, even forgetting that the woman in front of her was the wife of the newly appointed magistrate.

Du Mingxian laughed, "Alright, then go and have Master Liu go and demand an explanation from my master."

Just then, she saw Xia Yu walking this way. "Xia Yu, go and throw this favored concubine out. Remember to throw her out."

"It's ma'am."

The concubine was momentarily stunned. She had felt a little flustered when she heard Du Mingxian mention her master, and now she was even more unhappy to hear that she was going to be thrown out. "How dare you? How dare you throw me out? You...you wait."