Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 501 The scapegoat

Zheng Bojiang sat in the high seat in the middle, which was the position where the hostess should sit. It was also the position where she was often invited to every banquet held by the Cui family, and even by many people who wanted to curry favor with the Cui family, and finally had to sit "reluctantly".

Every time she sat in this position, she would feel a surge of joy and pride from the inside out. This was the most decent symbol of her life.

But today, for the first and only time, she felt this position was a bit burning.

She suddenly remembered that a wild dog had once run into the Cui family from somewhere. It was hungry and stole some food and was discovered. Those things were not valuable at all. The master of the Cui family ate them, the servants ate them, and the rest was poured into the bucket. It was so unrecognizable that it made people feel disgusted when they saw it.

The dog was born thin and tried to eat the food in the bucket very carefully. Finally, the bucket turned over and it was discovered.

The dog must have been scared when it was surrounded by Cui's servants and stared at by so many pairs of eyes, right?

It seems to have died in the end?

Was he beaten to death?

Zheng Bojiang's eyes were a little dry, and she shook her head, wondering why Cui Shuhua mentioned the dog just now. She remembered such an insignificant thing at this moment.

She gathered her scattered gaze, trying to focus it back on herself, making herself appear as smart and capable as ever. Then she said, "Jiulang, today is the Cui family's flower banquet, and all those attending are our distinguished guests. How can you barge into a place where the women are gathered, and then ask your guard to bring them in? Are you trying to make people accuse our Cui family of being unruly?"

Cui Bianxu was serving tea to Jiang Shangxian, feeling a bit impatient. He was getting married in a few days, and the first wife's behavior of stirring up trouble before his wedding was extremely annoying. "From now on, no matter what flower parties or banquets your first wife holds, no one from my second wife will participate."

Zheng Bojiang sneered secretly, but his face showed a bit of daze: "Not participating? That unmarried young lady from the second house... Jiulang, don't be willful. They are your biological sisters. You can't just ignore their lives."

Whose daughter-in-law's marriage can be arranged by staying in one's own room without seeing anyone? Even if the five surnames marry each other, as a concubine's daughter, she must be seen by others.

Zhao Yue snorted coldly, "Why, your first wife can hold a flower banquet, but my second wife can't? Yi'er is at least a legitimate Dali Temple official!"

I feel so proud! I really feel so proud!

She didn't believe that any of these people would dare not come to her banquet. Whose family didn't have an official in the court? Whose official position was higher than her son's?

Even though the eldest wife has the support of Cui, the second wife's son is better than the eldest wife's!

You are all smart people. After today, when you go home and close the door, won’t you have a good talk with your husband at home?

Who knows how long Cui Wei's fragile body can hold out? If Cui Wei can't hold out, no one in the current generation of the eldest house will be qualified to be the future head of the family!

Although she didn't like the concubines of the second house, she didn't make things difficult for them. She had never really made things difficult for those charming concubines!

Zhao Yue's mind was working very quickly at this moment, and she easily figured out the matter clearly.

But these words were like spring thunder to the ears of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the first wife. Even those who were watching the fun had the same idea at the same time - could it be that the first and second wives of the Cui family were going to split up?

Since ancient times, the parents have not separated their families, even the rural families are like this, let alone a clan like theirs.

Splitting up the family will dilute the family property and power, and those who are split out are often unsuccessful and have to rely on the main branch to survive. If possible, the clan will rarely split up, and even if they do, they will only give away useless side branches.

It's similar to pruning useless leaves and twigs off a big tree.

However, the direct descendant of the Cui family is currently serving as an official in the court, and the only one with a high official position is Cui Yi from the second branch. If this branch is separated, the direct descendant of the Cui family will be in trouble.

A neutral person said, "Although Haitang Garden belongs to the Cui family, it is only populated by women. It is indeed inappropriate for Jiulang to intrude like this."

This is the old lady of the Deng family in Qingzhou. She was very good friends with the old lady Cui who passed away some time ago. Although her hair is gray, she is in good spirits. She likes to go out and play and cannot stay still.

She then changed the subject and continued, "Since it involves Miss Jiang, it's understandable. With us old guys here, it's not considered a taboo. However, today's incident was indeed something that Xianniang hadn't planned for, so Jiulang is understandably angry..."

This is fair. No matter what twists and turns there are, as long as Jiang Shangxian didn't take the initiative to provoke trouble, it's all Wang Xianzi's fault.

If Jiang Shangxian took the initiative to provoke trouble, and things had come to this point, it would still be Wang Xianzi's fault.

Even if we take a step back, why invite people who are good at causing trouble to the party?

Since you have invited someone, you must have the ability to deal with this person.

To Zheng Bojiang, the second wife's official position was secondary. The first wife still needed the second wife, so it was naturally impossible for the relationship to become so strained. If Jiang Shangxian's faults could be pinned down, then it was fine.

In the current confrontation between the two daughters-in-law, it is obvious that Wang Xianzi lost, so this premise no longer exists.

Zheng Bojiang was torn between thoughts and feelings, with countless ideas popping up and then being rejected. Finally, she made a decision and looked at Wang Xianzi coldly: "Xianniang, as the eldest sister-in-law, you have caused such a mess today that my Cui family has lost face..."

Facing Wang Xianzi's incredulous look, she paused, breathing a little faster: "Considering that you have been running the household chores for many years, even if you have no credit, you have worked hard, so please apologize to your ninth brother and sister-in-law..."

Wang Xianzi could no longer hear the rest of the words, nor did she want to hear them. She understood that she had been thrown out to take the blame, and she had to take the blame.

After all, she had fought her way out of Wang's backyard. Although she was almost fainting, she still held on, letting the sweat in her hair flow down her cheeks and into her neck, all soaking into her chest-length skirt.

She opened and closed her mouth, not even knowing what she was saying: "Yes, grandma, don't worry, your daughter-in-law, your daughter-in-law will apologize to your ninth brother's wife right away."

Jiang Shangxian lowered his eyes, feeling inexplicably choked up.

She didn't know what kind of dirty entanglement there was between the two branches of the Cui family, but she could see that Wang Xianniang had no choice, whether it was making things difficult for her or being thrown out to take the blame.

She raised her eyes and looked at the women in the room, and suddenly an old saying that had been said so many times flashed through her mind: Why should women make things difficult for other women?

"Nian Nu." Although Zhao Yue didn't understand the lawsuit, Wang Xianniang looked really pitiful, like a fish about to drown on the shore.