Chapter 852 Equality

In the end, Daji went to buy some vegetables and meat, and the cook made a sumptuous dinner.

Seeing that Madam Tang didn't mention it, Magistrate Tang smiled, and went to talk with Mr. Zhuang in the study after dinner, and asked Madam Tang to stay in the yard to play with Man Bao and the others.

Man Bao felt a little strange, because Magistrate Tang hadn't said a single serious thing since he came here. So when Mrs. Tang stayed in the yard to play with them, she couldn't help asking, "Madam, why are you and Magistrate Tang free to visit us today?"

Mrs. Tang glanced at her and said, "Man Bao, I just saw a very beautiful pot of yellow orchid in the study, it looks even better than the pot of maosu I bought."

Man Bao coughed lightly and said, "Ma'am must have read it wrong. The pot of orchids that have been kept in the pot are no better than those in the garden."

"But I like Huang Lan."

Man Bao was disappointed and said: "It's a pity that I only have one pot, and I have already given it to my husband. If you really want it, you have to wait another two years. When the time comes, I will divide the plants and give you a pot."

"I'll offer you two hundred taels, will you sell it?"

Man Bao is not short of money now, so money is just a number to her, she shook her head firmly.

Mrs. Tang looked at her, smiled after a while and said, "All right, it seems that I have no destiny with this potted flower."

She paused, looked at Man Bao, and said, "I'm afraid you don't know, the steward of the palace that you said was related to your first pot of white peonies, was beaten 20 times yesterday, and sent to work in the village." work."

Man Bao was slightly surprised, then smiled and said, "Really, that's really unfortunate."

Mrs. Tang reached out and tapped her forehead and said: "You are really courageous and temperamental. People say that you can endure a moment of calmness, but you are making waves and turning so many people into trouble." It's all involved."

Man Bao was a little puzzled, tilted his head and said: "But Mrs. Tang, I think you all look down on her in private, and I thought you wouldn't mind."

Mrs. Tang: "...Who told you these things?"

"You guys," Man Bao said, "When Ji Hao fell off his horse last year, I didn't think you were afraid of Princess Yizhou."

Not only was she not afraid, but she simply looked down upon Ying Wenhai. At that time, Ying Wenhai was taken away by Tang county magistrate, Ying's family was moving up and down, and Mrs. Tang directly hid in the Taoist temple.

Because Ji Shitang was in it, Man Bao heard these things a lot in the pharmacy, and wasn't she always being sought by Ying's family?

But she heard that Princess Yizhou went to a Taoist temple on purpose, but Mrs. Tang didn't see her behind closed doors. Of course, her excuse was that she was in retreat.

But Man Bao felt that if a wife of a sixth-rank county magistrate dared to miss the Chaopin princess when she came to her door, she would be contemptuous of that princess.

In the past, Man Bao didn't care about these things, so she didn't think about them too much, but once she noticed, these things were not difficult for her. She just looked at them as characters in a book and thought about the meaning of their words and deeds That is.

Mrs. Tang looked at Man Bao and was speechless for a while.

She doesn't like Princess Yizhou very much, but she doesn't make it so obvious, does she?

Madam Tang was in a daze until she got into the carriage.

Magistrate Tang kept looking sideways at her, and seeing that she was ignoring him, he coughed lightly and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to settle accounts with her, and I didn't see you seek accounts with her."

Mrs. Tang glanced at him and said, "I always thought she was just a little girl who learned some medical skills."

Magistrate Tang raised his eyebrows and asked, "What about now?"

"It's only now that I know that she is also very good at reading." Mrs. Tang straightened her sleeves and said, "I saw the writing and the notes in the book on her desk today. Correspondence, mother said, Xiao Liu has just read "Spring and Autumn", and the family plans to send him to the Imperial College this year to study."

Naturally, the children of the Wang family don't need to take an exam when they enter the Imperial College, but enter directly with kindness.

Mrs. Tang said: "Xiao Liu is sixteen this year. Although he is not high or low at home, he is quite good when he gets outside. Zhou Man is just twelve this year, right?"

Magistrate Tang laughed and said, "Bai Shan is slightly better at reading than her."

"That's different. Don't say that Bai Shan is one year older than her, and that he is studying in a government school, and she is also studying medicine." For Mrs. Tang, studying medicine is not worthy of her fear or respect, because To her, the doctor is just a craftsman. Reading well is different.

The Wang family is a farming and studying family. She knows how important reading is and how difficult it is to read a good book.

But the Man Bao she saw today was totally different from the Man Bao she knew before.

Magistrate Tang: "So you won't settle accounts with her?"

Madam Tang waved her hand and said indifferently: "Forget it, forget it, it's not a big deal."

County Magistrate Tang smiled, looked away, and before leaving the small courtyard, he quietly approached Bai Shan and warned: "You'd better stay away from Yizhou Palace, and don't do dangerous things when you are young. "

Mrs. Tang obviously didn't see Man Bao as someone who could stand on the same level as her at first, but when she went to the study, she silently put Man Bao on the same level as someone to communicate with.

But other people did not change from Mrs. Tang. Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Wei could be regarded as vested interests. Mrs. Huang has a high position and authority. Mrs. Huang didn't care much about offending Princess Yizhou, but watched a good show.

Mrs. Wei was different, she was in a bad mood, but she didn't dare to tell her mother-in-law, so she could only secretly complain to Master Wei, "What's the matter with Ting'er's classmate, put such a pot of white peony It was sold to the princess of Yizhou, but so many pots were sold out, you didn’t see that when the silk was torn off, the princess’s face turned bad.”

Master Wei frowned slightly, and asked, "How much did the princess pay for that pot of white peonies?"

Mrs. Wei paused and said: "As soon as I entered the door, the princess said that she got a pot of pure-color peony, which is rare for a thousand dollars, but she didn't say how much she paid for it."

Mr. Wei said: "You should find out more about it before you talk about it. There are so many wives present, the princess can't remember you."

"But," Mrs. Wei struggled, "Yesterday, Mrs. Huang and I brought out the most beautiful flowers for viewing flowers. On the contrary, many people have the white peony. me."

Master Wei: ...

Mrs. Wei did not have the confidence of Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Tang, and Mr. Wei was not Mr. Huang or the county magistrate Tang. He had to get up from the bed and carefully asked about the flower viewing.

The more he listened, the more Mr. Wei felt something was wrong.

Mrs. Wei hurriedly said: "You also feel that something is wrong, don't you? This pot of white peonies is rare. Where did Ting'er's classmate take out twenty-one pots at once? And how come it's such a coincidence that most of them are sold. If you give it to us, the family will sell two pots, and the one for the princess is the only one?"

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