Chapter 435 Disdain
The Zhuo family held a large banquet this time. There were more than a hundred women alone, and there was no room for them in the flower hall. So a temporary stage was set up in the open space at the entrance of the flower hall, and tables, chairs, snacks, and tea fruits were placed.
In addition to opera singers, she also invited storytellers.
When Mrs. Xu arrived, a storyteller was being told on the stage. There was a table in front of the storyteller, with a ruler and a paper fan placed on it. He was spitting and talking about the Chu family's father and son's defeat of the Tatars. Zi, forced the Tatars to bow their heads and had to make friends with Da Sheng.
Under the stage, a group of gorgeously dressed ladies and girls were sitting around, all staring at the storyteller with excitement.
When the storyteller comes to the exciting part, the storyteller slams the table with his ruler, and the lively girls below will shout "ok".
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely lively.
Before Chu Xuanyu returned to Beijing, the storyteller made up this joke and publicized it in major teahouses, inns, and restaurants.
Now, with Zhuo's special touch, this paragraph is a bit more insightful than the other jokes outside, and the group of female relatives listening to it are all excited.
Xia Zihan was sitting at the front with the Zhuo family, accompanied by the second princess, Mrs. Chu, Princess Xin, and several distinguished Lao An people.
Mrs. Zhuo was chatting with a group of people. Xia Zihan was a junior and rarely talked, so he waited on them without interrupting. If the tea in front of him was cold, he would order the maid to refill it. To see who had taken more snacks in front of him, I knew I liked the fruit, so I asked the maid to put more of it.
He took good care of a group of noble ladies and Lao An, and was praised by everyone.
Mrs. Zhuo's eyes narrowed in joy, and her face showed off her pride, as if she didn't know what it meant to be low-key.
Mrs. Chu said politely, "I think all of your girls are pretty good. They are all good."
When Mrs. Xu and Xia Zihan came to say hello to Mr. Zhuo, what they saw was a scene of a noble lady with high status praising Xia Zihan.
Xu's heart was filled with emotions. She was thinking, if she had treated Xia Zihan as her own daughter when she first came to the capital, would she have such a noble daughter, and would she, as a mother, also grow up along with her?
But now, there is probably no one in Beijing who doesn't know that she has plotted against Xia Zihan.
The mother-daughter bond between them was also taken into account.
Xu felt bitter in her heart.
Xia Ziying, on the other hand, was filled with jealousy, and her jealous heart was twisted into braids. If there were not so many outsiders present, she would go crazy and pounce on Xia Zihan and snatch everything from her.
Why, she is obviously better than Xia Zihan in everything, but why is it Xia Zihan who is surrounded by others and the one who is praised instead of her?
They are both daughters of the Xia family, their father's legitimate daughters, and they all have the same background. But why can Xia Zihan get everything he wants, while she, even if she wants one of the things that Xia Zihan has? Thousands of difficulties.
Why?
Is it just because their maternal families are different?
"Ying'er, what are you still doing? Why don't you salute the ladies quickly?"
After Mrs. Xu saluted, she saw that Xia Ziying was stunned and didn't move, so she raised her head and saw that Xia Ziying was staring at Xia Zihan, her eyes fixed on her. , smiled apologetically at the people present, "This child is probably the first to see her second sister dressed up so beautifully, and she was stunned."
I just got over this embarrassment in a hurry.
But everyone present was smart, and there was no one who didn't understand. This was her prevarication.
Xia Ziying finally came back to her senses.
Her face turned pale, and she hurriedly saluted and said hello to everyone, while her hatred for Xia Zihan increased in her heart. Humph, if she hadn't been there, she wouldn't have hated her so much that she ignored everything around her and almost embarrassed herself in front of so many noble ladies.
This time, Mrs. Xu learned her lesson and pulled Xia Ziying away after asking her questions, so as not to embarrass herself again.
Xia Ziying didn't want to leave. She wanted to stay with Zhuo and please her. Maybe Zhuo would have a good impression of her after seeing her being obedient.
When she makes Chu Jingqi fall in love with her again, maybe Zhuo will not object to her marriage to Chu Jingqi in the future?
Xia Ziying was calculating in her mind, and her eyes eagerly shot towards Zhuo.
Mrs. Zhuo pretended not to notice and kept talking to the second princess, Mrs. Chu and Princess Xin.
Xia Ziying looked disappointed.
Mrs. Xu pulled her away and whispered, "Ying'er, that's not the place you should be. Let's go find your aunt. She knows a lot of people. If we stay with her, we'll know a lot of people." Some ladies.”
"Second sister can stay here, why can't I?" Xia Ziying retorted unconvinced.
Mother and daughter spoke so quietly that no one could hear them except the maids around them.
Xu glanced at her helplessly and said, "She is the princess personally granted by the emperor, and her status is the same as Princess Qinghui. Can you compare with her?"
"Does Mom dislike me?" Xia Ziying looked at Mrs. Xu with disappointment again, "Does Mom regret treating my second sister the way she did before? Has she started to hate me?"
Seeing that Xia Ziying's eyes were red and she seemed ready to cry at any time, Mrs. Xu felt heartbroken and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? No matter how noble her status is, it didn't come from my belly. Although your status is not as good as hers, But you came out of my belly.”
"If I wasn't born in your belly, wouldn't you like me?"
Why is this kid so stubborn at this time?
Mrs. Xu glared at Xia Ziying angrily and wanted to scold her, but there were people everywhere and she couldn't hold back what she said.
"No ifs, you just came out of my belly. I was born in ten months of pregnancy." Mrs. Xu became impatient and continued to chat with Xia Ziying. She stretched her neck and looked around for Mrs. Liu.
Basically, she was not familiar with the people here. Even if she had seen them, she didn't recognize them. She couldn't even talk to her. The way they looked at her was like seeing maggots in a stinky ditch. That look, Stop her.
The only person who could make her speak was Mrs. Liu.
Xia Ziying suddenly shook off her hand and ran away in anger.
Xu wanted to chase her, but in the public view, if she ran away, she would definitely attract attention.
She thought for a while and then ordered the maid to chase her, "Remember the road, don't let the girl get lost, and bring her back when she is fine."
Then with another urging, the maid ran to chase Xia Ziying.
Xia Ziying's every move fell into Xia Zihan's eyes. Seeing her running away, Xia Zihan winked at Chu and Sicao.
The two maids, Chu Xing and Si Cao, chased after Xia Ziying quietly without any expression on their faces.
(End of chapter)