freenovelworld Chapter 137: Green Tea at Lingnan Palace
Chapter 137: Green Tea at Lingnan Palace
The time soon came for Qing'er's Lingnan Palace's banquet.
Of course the whole Su family wanted to come and celebrate, so they took a boat to Panyu City with Xiao Yi.
As soon as they got out of bed, the steward of the palace came to greet them at the dock and arranged them into the house prepared by Qing'er. This was where Qing'er would live before moving into the Lingnan Palace.
Awen and Xu Wanying did not come to live together. As it was rare for them to go to Panyu City, Su Ma asked Awen to accompany Xu Wanying back to her parents' home to stay for a few days.
We will wait until the day of the palace banquet and then go to the Lingnan Palace together.
On the day of the opening banquet at the Lingnan Palace, almost all the prominent families in Panyu City came.
Every time she went to a banquet, Su Weixi was very scared. Why? Because her years of experience reading novels told her that there would always be strange people at banquets.
As expected, she really met a weirdo today.
Time goes back to fifteen minutes ago. Men and women sat at separate tables. Su's father, An'an and Awen went to the front yard, while Su Weixi and Su's mother were led into the flower hall by the maid.
Su Ma chatted with the ladies she met on Qiongzhou Island, and also got to know some ladies in Panyu City through the wife of Governor Xu and those ladies. Ningning followed Su Ma.
Xu Wanying met her good sister from Panyu City. Although many people had gradually distanced themselves from her because of the incident with the Pan family, they now began to approach her and make friends with her.
Xu Wanying married Awen. Awen did not hold a high official position, but he could not resist the Su family's gradual rise, so they all came to Xu Wanying to chat.
Originally, Xu Wanying wanted to take Su Weixi to meet some young ladies, but Su Weixi didn't like socializing, so she refused. She took Furong to secretly find a secluded corner, and then went to find Su Ma and sister-in-law when the banquet started.
The plan is good, but there are always people who want to cause trouble.
"Hey, move aside and give me this seat."
Su Weixi, who was eating the snacks in his pocket, looked up and saw a master and servant with arrogant eyes.
"Are you talking to you?"
"I'm talking about you. Hurry up and give your seat to my lady. Do you know who my lady is? Hurry up and give up your seat."
Before the lady in yellow clothes could continue to speak, her maid couldn't wait to use her power to suppress others. Furong was very angry when she heard someone dare to speak to her lady like this. Who is it? Her lady is the county lady. There is no unmarried woman in the whole Qiongzhou Island and Panyu City whose status is higher than her lady. So she wanted to refute, but when she received Su Weixi's eyes, she swallowed her original words that her lady was the county lady.
"Oh? Who is your young lady? I don't know her." Su Weixi asked casually.
"Hmph, my young lady is the daughter of the Tongpan family. If you are sensible, give up your position to my young lady." The maidservant stated her young lady's identity with great arrogance. Those who didn't know would have thought that her young lady was a princess.
"So what if she's the daughter of a Tongpan family? What rank is the daughter of a Tongpan family?"
"you."
The maid was so angry at Su Weixi's words that she didn't know how to answer for a moment. After all, it was her master who had an official position, and her young lady really didn't have any rank to speak of.
"Sister, my maid and I just wandered here unintentionally. Because I was not feeling well, my maid wanted to find a seat for me. She was just in a hurry and said something rude. I hope you can forgive me. I'm sure you will forgive me, right?"
The young lady of the Tongpan family saw that her maid was at a disadvantage, and it was not appropriate for her to use her father's official position to pressure others, so she spoke up to help out.
But these words made people feel uncomfortable. Furong was very angry, but she didn't dare to speak rashly without receiving any instructions from Su Weixi.
When Su Weixi heard what the young lady from the Tongpan family said, a sentence popped into his mind: What a strong flavor of green tea!
"So what if I don't forgive you? Why didn't you say anything when your maid was yelling just now?" If rolling eyes wasn't inappropriate, Su Weixi would have wanted to roll his eyes.
"You, who are you to dare to speak to my young lady like this."
When Furong was about to tell Su Weixi's identity, Aunt Zou came over. Su Ma specially brought Aunt Zou with her this time so that she could remind herself of some etiquette matters from time to time.
When she came over, she happened to hear what the maid said, so she deliberately called out Su Weixi's identity. She usually called her "Miss" at home.
"County Lady, the banquet is about to start. Madam asked me to come and look for you."
"County Princess?" The young lady and the maid of the Tongpan family were immediately shocked and repeated Su Weixi's identity.
Su Weixi didn't even look at them. She stood up and left with Nanny Zou and Furong.
The young lady of the Tongpan family, who was left there, felt as if her body was frozen. She wanted to go forward and grab Su Weixi to apologize, but she couldn't move.
County Princess, you were previously named the Princess of Anning because you offered the method of salt-drying. The news has spread throughout Qiongzhou Island and Panyu City, and everyone knows it.
The news that the daughter of Governor Xu married the adopted son of the Su family also made the Su family a hot topic in Panyu City.
"Miss, what should we do? The master and the mistress said that they would let you make friends with the county lady today, but we just..." The maid couldn't continue.
"Snapped."
The young lady of the Tongpan family slapped the maid beside her and said, "You are a fellow who is always causing trouble but not being able to do anything. No matter what method you use, you must ask for forgiveness from the county lady. Otherwise, you will suffer the consequences when you return."
After saying that, she walked towards the women's banquet, and the maid who stayed behind couldn't help but tremble. Outsiders didn't know, but she knew the methods her young lady and mistress used to punish people.
Su Weixi came to the banquet and sat next to her mother and sister-in-law. She greeted everyone at the table, and everyone was very polite.
Because the Prince of Lingnan was still young, there was no princess consort to take care of the backyard, and the Queen Mother was far away in the capital, but she sent an experienced nanny to help manage the backyard, mainly Qing'er's wet nurse.
Therefore, the atmosphere of the banquet on the women's side was relatively harmonious, and most of the socializing was done by the men trying to please the King of Lingnan in the front yard.
At the moment, Su Weixi just wanted to have dinner quickly and return to her home, but there was someone who didn't want her to have a good life.
I saw a lady walking towards them with the daughter and maid of the Tongpan family. She must be the Tongpan's wife.
"County Lady, my daughter's maid was disrespectful to you by the lake just now, and I, the housekeeper, kept silent. I have brought this maid to you, and you can do whatever you want with her."
After the magistrate's wife finished speaking, she winked at the maid behind her.
The maid immediately stepped forward and wanted to hug Su Weixi's legs and cry for mercy, but Furong stopped her calmly. The maid could only make the next best thing and knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "County Lady, I was wrong. I was blind and spoke rudely to you. Please be magnanimous and forgive me."
After such a commotion, the female family members all looked towards Su Weixi. Su's mother also looked at Su Weixi in confusion, not knowing what had happened.
Some people began to whisper, and some even saw that the maid had a broken forehead and couldn't help but say that Su Weixi was unkind.
Su Ma wanted to speak, but was stopped by Su Weixi, and she looked at Furong beside her.
Furong said, "Whose maid are you from? Why are you kowtowing to our county mistress right away? Why don't I remember our county mistress having seen you before?"
The maid didn't expect Su Weixi's personal maid to say this, and said anxiously: "Just now by the lake, my young lady was not feeling well, and I wanted you to let my young lady sit down, but you didn't want to. But at that time we didn't know your identity, and we were in a hurry, so I was disrespectful to you. Please spare me, my lady."
My goodness! When these words were spoken, many female relatives felt that Su Weixi was bullying others by relying on his status.
"Oh, it's you guys. Didn't I give you my seat at the back?"
"Daughter, what's going on?" Su Ma asked anxiously. She knew that her daughter was not the kind of person who would bully others by taking advantage of her power.
"Furong, tell everyone what happened just now and repeat every word the maid said."
After receiving Su Weixi's order, Furong repeated the situation word for word.
All the women present knew that it was the daughter of the Tongpan who had been bullying others by taking advantage of her power. Now that she knew that the other person was the county lord, she pushed the maid to take the blame and even tried to turn the tables and frame Su Weixi.
The wife of the Tongpan didn't expect Su Weixi to lay out the situation directly. Usually, everyone interacted with each other in a tactful way and gave each other face. She had never seen anyone so direct.
He quickly apologized to Su Weixi and Su Ma, and promised to educate his daughter well and deal with the maid when he returned home, then left in a hurry.
The banquet was coming to an end, and everyone left after watching the show.
However, the situation here was reported by the servants to the King of Lingnan in the front yard. After all, their master had instructed them to take good care of the Su family.
The King of Lingnan, who received the news in the front yard, directly told Huang Tongpan that in addition to being busy with official duties, he also had to take care of his family.
Huang Tongpan was completely confused. Only after he left the palace did he realize that his wife and daughter had gotten into trouble. He was so angry that he wanted to seek punishment from the family.
The Su family was unaware of what happened next, because at that moment they were having a family dinner with Qing'er and Xiao Yi at the Lingnan Palace.