readytorunbook Chapter 395: All grass and trees are soldiers
Chapter 395: All grass and trees are soldiers
Qiao Zhenzhen said, "She's just a concubine. It's no big deal. Let's just take care of our own family and not worry about others."
It's not scary that Lin promotes people in such a high-profile manner.
I'm afraid she'll do something naughty quietly.
Xia Xiang nodded.
But she still couldn't sit still, so she stood up and said, "Then I'll go down and tell them to be alert during this period and not make any mistakes."
Xia Xiang used to be a bit rash and careless in her dealings, but after following Qiao Zhenzhen for a long time, especially after entering the Han family, she gradually matured.
Now he is considered Qiao Zhenzhen's right-hand man, which makes people less worried.
After all, it's not good to put all the burdens on a kitten.
One day later, Qiao Zhenzhen met the concubine named Lu on her way to pay her respects to Mrs. Lin.
Qiao Zhenzhen now pays her respects to Mrs. Lin once every seven days.
After all, she is a daughter-in-law. Although the old lady told her not to worry about Lin, she can't really ignore it. What if one day the emperor and the empress hear about it, and the empress has a son, she will naturally have the mentality of a mother-in-law.
Even if he doesn't say it on the surface, he's probably going to have some opinions about her in his heart.
But she usually didn't go to pay her respects early, but only at 9:00 p.m.
It is not uncommon to meet someone while walking in a garden.
Aunt Lu, dressed in a dignified purple dress, met her head-on.
"Greetings to the princess, may the princess be well."
Aunt Lu performed a standard blessing ceremony with a very humble attitude.
She lowered her head, making it impossible to see her appearance.
Qiao Zhenzhen glanced at the maid following behind her. She was someone close to Lin.
Her name seems to be Xu Xiang.
She herself was alone.
Qiao Zhenzhen: "Who is this?"
Xu Xiang knelt and replied, "My Lady, this is the eldest lady's distinguished guest, Madam Lu from the Marquis of Pingchang."
The attitude was very respectful.
Xu Xiang was a first-class maidservant beside Lin, and she had a lot of respect when walking around in the Duke's Mansion.
He is usually quite arrogant when dealing with people.
But she was very afraid of the Crown Prince's wife.
The servants under them see the situation more clearly than their masters.
Lin dared to provoke her, but she, a maid, didn't dare to do that.
This guy is a ruthless person.
Qiao Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows slightly.
Mrs. Lu——
It seems that although Aunt Lu is a concubine, she has a certain status in the Marquis's Mansion.
You can't just call someone "Madam" casually.
Qiao Zhenzhen nodded: "Mrs. Lu."
There is no grudge between them, so Qiao Zhenzhen would not step on anyone just by opening her mouth.
Aunt Lu slowly raised her head and met her eyes.
To be fair, Aunt Lu is not beautiful, she is just average looking.
At least she is much inferior to the favored concubine Lan in the first house of their Duke's Mansion.
Aunt Lu's appearance is not the stereotypical image of a concubine with a pointed head, seductive and weak features.
If you said she was the legal wife of some wealthy family, no one would doubt her. Apart from her slightly pointed chin, which made her look less blessed, she looked pretty overall.
Aunt Lu had a smile on her face, a smile that was neither flattering nor false.
Qiao Zhenzhen began to understand why she was able to get both the Marquis and his wife to her side in the Pingchang Marquis' Mansion.
Because her smile looks so sincere.
Very friendly.
This is a great skill.
Aunt Lan is the exact opposite of her.
She is exactly the stereotypical concubine from a wealthy family.
She is delicate and charming, gentle and weak, like a dodder, relying on men to live.
Even if she didn't have a son, Aunt Lan would still be a thorn in Lin's side, not to mention that she had both a son and a daughter.
If it weren't for the Duke, I'm afraid Lin wouldn't be able to let her live to see tomorrow's sunrise.
Qiao Zhenzhen always smiles at everyone she meets. She is not a psychopath. She doesn't look down on others just because she is from the Pingchang Marquis Mansion and is a guest of the Lin family.
She smiled and said, "Mother seems to be in a bad mood recently, but because I am the younger generation, some things are difficult to say. Now that I see that Madam Lu can make her happy, I am very relieved."
Aunt Lu smiled and said, "The eldest lady and I hit it off right away. The princess is really polite."
Qiao Zhenzhen asked, "Where is Madam Lu going?"
Xu Xiang replied, "Originally, the eldest lady had arranged to go shopping with Madam Lu today, but Madam Lu had an urgent matter at home, so the eldest lady asked the maid to take Madam Lu out."
Qiao Zhenzhen: "I see. That's really unfortunate."
Aunt Lu: "I will come to pay my respects to the princess another day."
"Madam, you are too polite. You are my mother's guest. I don't deserve it."
The two exchanged pleasantries.
"Since Madam Lu has an urgent matter at home, I won't keep you any longer."
"Farewell, Princess."
Aunt Lu and Xu Xiang stepped aside and bowed again.
Very polite.
Qiao Zhenzhen nodded again and walked towards Anyuan.
At this moment, a pink silk handkerchief embroidered with peonies fell out from her sleeve.
No one noticed who was following her.
When Aunt Lu saw this, she stepped forward, picked up the handkerchief, and quickly caught up with Qiao Zhenzhen.
"Princess, your handkerchief fell off."
Xia Xiang seemed stunned and quickly took the handkerchief.
Qiao Zhenzhen was surprised, but soon smiled: "Thank you, Mrs. Lu."
"You are too polite, my lady."
Aunt Lu lowered her head slightly, her attitude showing just the right amount of humility and respect.
The two separated again.
After a long while, Aunt Lu looked up and glanced at the backs of Qiao Zhenzhen and the others.
Xia Xiang had been with Qiao Zhenzhen for a long time, and she began to understand her thoughts.
He whispered in her ear, "Are you testing this Concubine Lu?"
Qiao Zhenzhen just smiled and didn't say much.
Aunt Lu looks very kind and harmless.
I heard that she is a devout Buddhist and goes to Guanghua Temple several times a month.
This habit has lasted for more than ten years.
It's not a recent thing.
So her meeting with Lin was indeed a coincidence.
It looks flawless.
But Qiao Zhenzhen always had doubts in her heart.
So I had an idea and wanted to test this person.
There is a lot to be said about the handkerchief dropped by a woman.
But when Aunt Lu picked it up, she just returned it to her calmly.
It was not hidden away.
Did she really think too much?
Qiao Zhenzhen smiled helplessly.
These days, I feel like I'm on edge.
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During this month, everyone in the Duke's Mansion was very busy.
Just to prepare for Han Jun and Lin Wan'er's wedding.
Generally, wedding preparations, starting with the three books and six ceremonies, take several years.
Because the incident happened suddenly, they made temporary arrangements. It looked lively from the outside, but compared with the standard of the Duke's Mansion's wedding reception, it was not very good, and even looked very simple in Cao's eyes.
Everything has to be ready within a month.
Time is too tight.
Even Lin Wan'er's wedding dress was bought ready-made at Xiuyifang.
It is completely incomparable to the wedding of the eldest wife. The wedding dresses of the bride and groom took more than ten embroiderers half a year to sew.
Not to mention the time to prepare the dowry and betrothal gifts.
Cao was very unwilling. Was the second wife going to be suppressed by the first wife for the rest of her life?
But there is no way, the situation is stronger than people.
It's his son's fault for not being able to control the fat in his lower body.
Look at Zheng Ge'er, he got married when he was in his twenties.
Before getting married, he didn't even have a maid to warm his bed.
At home and outside, many women are showing their affection to him openly or secretly.
It never made him think about it.