Chapter 997 The Zhang family and the Wu family (two updates in one)

After Zhang Yue returned home.

Dozens of officials are waiting at the house.

Although the ceremony had already been held in the morning, there were still many officials asking for an audience.

In addition to confidants such as Cai Jing and Chen Mu, there are also in-laws such as Shen Kuo, Wu Anzhi, Wen Jifu, etc. As for the Seventeenth Mother, she is even more busy.

Women's politics are different from men's politics.

This is divided into circles. For example, Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Dowager Cao each have a group of noble ladies surrounding them.

In Dream of Red Mansions, a group of women surrounded the old lady Shi Taijun, and then these women separated into groups and waited for them to come out.

The status inside can help a little bit. Those with high status, no matter how bad they are, can provide emotional value like Grandma Liu. Of course, in the circle of ladies in Bianjing, it is impossible for people with status like Grandma Liu to appear.

But there are a lot of people out there who like it.

These people all pointed to Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Dowager Cao, whose husbands and descendants would benefit greatly if they gave a little charity.

However, Wang Anshi restricted the benefits of relatives of the clan, which annoyed the two of them.

The Seventeenth Mother herself has a rather noble temperament, and Zhang Yue is an official and a clean person. Apart from handing handkerchiefs to her own relatives, she can also refuse such social interactions to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to her husband.

However, Seventeenth Mother cannot avoid going to the circle of her aunt Li Taijun.

Wu Chong has now gone to Daming Mansion to take office.

But Li Taijun was old and liked the prosperity of Bianjing, so he refused to leave. Wu Chong came from the three ministers, governors, and prime ministers, and a group of noble ladies gathered around Li Taijun.

Empress Dowager Cao or Empress Dowager Gao's circle consisted of relatives of the emperor or descendants of military commanders, while Taijun Li's circle consisted of in-laws and ladies of scholar-bureaucrats.

When Zhang Yue was appointed as Deputy Privy Envoy, many women from general families wanted to marry Taijun Li and Seventeen Niangs, but when Zhang Yue was appointed as Xuanfu Envoy, there were fewer of them.

Now that Zhang Yue has been appointed as the Councilor for Political Affairs, it is so good that many ladies begged Li Taijun to meet the Seventeenth Mother.

Now Wu Chong is not in the capital, but the good son-in-law is appointed as the prime minister, and she has a bright face. When Li Taijun is old, he likes to be lively. When others are asking for him, he even likes to have the stars holding the moon, so he will have a winter banquet.

In the name of the seventeenth mother-in-law, she asked her to go to her house and meet her.

The Seventeenth Mother couldn't help but make this trip, but it was a good thing, except for Li Taijun, the other officials' wives were not as good as him.

As for Mrs. Wang Anshi, Mrs. Feng Jing, Mrs. Wang Gui, and Mrs. Yuan Jiang, they are all on an equal footing with Li Taijun. They also have their own circles of ladies on weekdays. Apart from visiting the palace to meet Empress Dowager Gao, Empress Dowager Cao will not come to join in this.

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So Shi Qi Niang didn't have much to worry about, she just thought it wouldn't be too much.

The Seventeenth Mother arrived at the Wu Mansion in a small sedan chair and went inside to meet Li Taijun.

However, the various colored lamps in the Wu Mansion were brightly lit, making the entire Wu Mansion as bright as day. The incense given by the emperor was burned in the courtyard as worthlessly as firewood. The rich aroma filled the courtyard everywhere as far as the eye could see.

Flower pots and flowers are placed to add color.

Seeing this scene, Seventeenth Mother couldn't help but know that although her mother liked luxury in the past, she was not like this.

When his father Wu Chong became prime minister, he never saw such a celebration in the Wu Mansion.

When the seventeenth mother arrived in the courtyard, the fifteenth mother was waiting for her.

The fifteenth mother smiled and said: "Sister, there is no need to rush out to meet people, let's wait, the noble one will come later!"

The Seventeenth Mother said: "How many people have my mother invited here? If it's for Zhang Lang, there is no need to do this."

The fifteenth mother smiled and said: "Since ancient times, we have always respected Luo Yi first and then others. This is all for outsiders to see. You have to spend any amount of money. Otherwise, people will say that the Zhang family has suddenly become rich, and the family will appear to have no confidence.

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The Seventeenth Mother couldn't help laughing when she heard this. After all these years, the circle of ladies in Bianjing still looked at Zhang Mansion like this.

The Seventeenth Mother said: "I never care about these things, and so does Zhang Lang. A poor family is good, and the prime minister should be a scholar. This is what Emperor Taizu said."

The fifteenth mother smiled and said: "Yes, those women are ignorant and do not have the vision to recognize the prime minister's son-in-law from thousands of poor students, so they have no choice but to use these words to tease us. Otherwise, how can you let them sleep at night?"

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The two sisters laughed in unison.

"I like to hear what my sister said. If that's the case, I'll let them say it for the rest of my life." Seventeenth Mother said with a smile, with the corner of her mouth raised.

What woman is not vain? Whenever she hears people talk about this, she can't help but feel happy in her heart.

The Seventeenth Mother is a woman who wants her husband to become a dragon wholeheartedly.

His husband may be hopeless, but he must not be without ambition. When Zhang Yue borrowed books from the Wu family library, his gentle and elegant demeanor, as well as his perseverance and dedication to study, left a deep impression on her.

Such men will be in trouble for a while, but when the opportunity comes in the future, a flying dragon will appear in the sky.

With this thought in mind, the banquet began.

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During the banquet, Li Taijun was undoubtedly still the star of the crowd. Li Taijun was born in the Longxi Li family of the Li Tang royal family. He had seen various scenes before and should not have been so public.

But as she got older, and she was also her husband and son-in-law, she became more and more interested in lively scenes. People are not immune to vulgarities, so Li Taijun invited the in-laws of the Wu family and the official wives who usually hang out with her to come and see Wu.

The family is rich today, so as not to have the regret of walking at night in brocade clothes.

The Seventeenth Mother was the last to arrive and took a quick look, and found that it was almost at its peak.

Some of them were not present. Naturally, there were some who were jealous of others' wealth, and there were also those whose family fortunes suddenly fell into decline or who later had a rift.

The Seventeenth Mother had bowed to everyone. She remembered that she was the junior, so when Li Taijun wanted her to sit beside him, he pushed her three times, but in the end she sat down respectfully.

After we were seated, the banquet began.

Everyone was coaxing and joking around with Taijun Li, and the Seventeenth Niang was also the target of the ladies. The Seventeenth Niang knew that she must not steal Taijun Li's limelight at this banquet, so she repeatedly gave in to her.

However, the ladies also rushed to make a promise to Qi Niang that they would bring their sons and nephews to visit on a certain date.

It was only until the banquet that Seventeenth Mother was really tired.

At this time, they started watching a show and eating wine. Seventeen Niang went to the back compartment and saw Yang sitting alone.

Yang is not only Zhang Yue's aunt, but also his second brother's aunt.

Yang was stunned when she saw the Seventeenth Mother, and then said: "It's the Seventeenth, no, now she is the husband's wife."

The two hadn't seen each other for some time, so Seventeenth Mother bowed and said, "My aunt is in good health lately."

Yang nodded and said, "It's okay. It's just that Brother Dun went to Huzhou and was very lonely."

When the Seventeenth Mother saw Mrs. Yang like this, she asked, "Is my aunt waiting for me here specifically?"

Yang nodded.

Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "It just so happens that I haven't talked to my aunt for a long time, so let's go into the room and talk."

The Seventeenth Mother Yang entered a wing of the Wu Mansion. There was originally a female envoy from the Wu Mansion serving in the wing, but when she saw that the Seventeenth Mother wanted to use the room, she agreed without saying a word and left the wing together.

Seventeen Niang's maid was guarding the door.

Seventeenth Mother said: "Auntie, there is no one around here. If you have any questions, just give me any instructions."

Yang said: "I don't dare to accept the order. My brother Dun was demoted to Huzhou before. It was a good idea, but unexpectedly the court suddenly transferred him to Jingnan to quell the rebellion. I don't know which Xianggong meant it. Please help me ask Xianggong Zhang."

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"Which Xianggong does it mean? You also know that Zhang Xianggong is now an official and participates in politics. I think it is not easy to come and disturb him on weekdays. When I see him, I don't know what to say, so you can ask him for me and say to invite him.

Just ask because of my superficiality."

Seventeen Niang knew a little about this, and Zhang Dun failed to join forces with Lu Huiqing. He was impeached by Deng Wan and demoted to the magistrate of Huzhou. As a result, within a few months, he was suddenly transferred to Jingnan to quell the rebellion.

Jingnan is a smog-stricken land, and the local wilderness has not obeyed the rule of the Song Dynasty for a long time.

When Yang heard this, he was very worried and thought that one of the ministers in the court wanted to kill Zhang Dun.

Seventeen Niang said: "Aunt, I'll just ask for you."

Yang said: "I wanted to give Brother Dun a good background, but I didn't expect so many things to happen in the end. It's because your Wu family had the foresight to choose today's husband from a poor family at that time."

After hearing this, the Seventeenth Mother smiled and said: "Auntie, don't talk about a poor family. Do you really have to have a bamboo door to a bamboo door or a wooden door to a wooden door to be a good match? Besides, it's not a bad match for a concubine to be from a poor family."

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The Seventeenth Mother went to the inner room and planned to go back to the house after meeting her two sisters-in-law.

When I met my sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu, Wu Anshi was by her side.

After Lu married into the Wu family, Wu Anshi settled down for a while and rarely went out to look for flowers and flowers. However, after Lu Jie's death, Wu Anshi's old style emerged and he continued to play tricks.

The Seventeenth Niang had a lot of objections to her brother since Fan's death. She objected to the second sister-in-law Wang's taking good care of her. Although Wang was always disliked by Li Taijun, the Seventeenth Niang made Wang feel the warmth in the Wu family.

Yi. Wang also helped to ease the relationship between Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi a lot.

Wu Anshi was speechless when she saw her sister like this, but who could ask her to ask for help from her brother-in-law.

I also appreciated Zhang Yue and Wu Anshi from the beginning, but later became dissatisfied.

In fact, Wu Anshi didn't look down on Zhang Yue at first. She even felt that she didn't have any family background and didn't mind Zhang Yue marrying her sister. It was really because of her brother-in-law's talent in cherishing Zhang Yue.

But there is another reason. Wu Anshi believes that Zhang Yue comes from a poor family and has no parents in the family, so he can be treated as a half-term son-in-law from now on.
To be continued...