Most of them snorted, but a few of them found out that the lady addressed Jiang Pengji as "Lord."
Realizing this, their eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.
Those who were qualified to address Jiang Pengji as "Lord" were naturally her subjects. Women like them could only address her as "Lanting Duchess."
What was the background of this woman?
Han Yu's wife was even more certain of her guess. Although she was freaking out, she still put on a decent smile and stepped forward to greet them.
"I didn't expect Count Lü to be here too. It's my fault for neglecting our distinguished guest."
Han Yu's wife had sent invitations to all the other ladies. It was not that she wanted them to come, but she was being considerate.
Whether they were willing to attend the tea party or not was completely different from whether they had received the invitation.
It was good if they came, but it was fine if they didn't. She had sent the invitation anyway.
The lady said frankly, "My wife is not my lord's subject, and this is not an official occasion. My wife can just address me as' Xi 'niang.'"
As soon as she said this, the faces of the ladies were like a color palette that had been overturned.
Not many people knew the name Lü Xi 'niang outside of the casualty camp.
The ladies wanted to build a circle of friends, so they would naturally investigate the basic information of the other ladies.
They all knew that Dian Yan's wife used to be a female battalion commander, but she became a military doctor because of her injury.
Even if they didn't think that women could do anything great in the army, many of their husbands were not as powerful as Lü Xi 'niang.
If they criticized Lü Xi 'niang, Lü Xi' niang and her husband Dian Yan would make things difficult for their husbands.
Thinking of this, their faces became even worse.
Their status in the family was precarious, and they were under great family pressure. That was why they liked to find like-minded people at the tea party to vent their stress. If their husbands knew that they had offended someone and caused a disaster, they would probably use this as an excuse to divorce.
Han Yu's wife was right to complain. These ladies were not of high birth, which meant that their maternal families were not powerful enough.
If they were really divorced by their rich husbands, their maternal families would not be able to support them.
Everyone was worried, but Lü Xi 'niang didn't feel anything.
Or rather, she didn't care about the schemes of the ladies in the inner house.
She was one of the first batch of female soldiers in the female battalion. When she entered the battalion, she was less than fifteen years old.
The female soldiers of the same batch had been sold by their families, but she had signed up for the camp on her own. It was nothing more than to escape the beatings of her vicious stepmother.
Her stepmother did not like her and had long wanted to sell her to an old widower in the mountains in exchange for a betrothal gift so that her son could find a wife.
Desperate, Lv Xi 'niang took advantage of the night to escape and accidentally ran into the women's camp.
In a battle, her right leg was unfortunately disabled, and she had to retire from the women's battalion.
Her father, stepmother, and younger brother had been implicated by the Red Lotus Group in their early years and had starved to death in a world of ice and snow. She was all alone.
Lv Xi 'niang had nowhere to go after her retirement, so she gritted her teeth and transferred to the casualty camp to become an apprentice military doctor. She was a virgin, but she had to deal with the wounds and bodies of different wounded people all day long. At first, it was very embarrassing. Then, out of habit, she felt that no matter how beautiful her body was, it was still like a skinned suckling pig.
From a military medical apprentice to a military doctor with exquisite skills in trauma treatment, her position in the military did not retreat but instead advanced. In the end, Yang Si was the matchmaker for her and she married Dian Yan.
Dian Yan was a rough but adorable man. She liked him very much.
Even if he was the darkest and roughest suckling pig, she would not despise him.
Lv Xi 'niang attended the tea party purely because her work in the casualty camp had come to an end and she had two days off.
She was idle and happened to see the invitation handed over by the gatekeeper. So, she came over to see what a noble lady's tea party looked like.
Sitting in the corner and silently eating melons, she was disappointed to find that these noble ladies were no different from the village women she had seen before.
Even if they were dressed beautifully, to put it bluntly, they were still a group of women who were worried about losing their husbands' hearts with age.
Losing one's husband was like the collapse of heaven and earth. Happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy were all tied to one person.
In addition —
She did not know that there were so many people who spoiled their concubines and neglected their wives.
They could share hardships but not happiness. Once they became rich, they abandoned their wives and children. Could such a man really be impartial when he entered the officialdom?
One should know that the legitimate wife and legitimate children represented the orthodoxy. If they did not even follow the orthodoxy of their own family, what else could they be expected to follow?
This was also one of the reasons why Lv Xi 'niang was angry.
If this kind of practice was not properly rectified, it would become the norm in the future and spread from the top to the bottom. What if the common people followed suit?
Now that the lord was a woman, these people committed crimes against the wind and abandoned their wives. Were they not afraid of being despised by the lord?
Their character was not good, and their brains were stupid.
Lv Xi 'niang found an excuse to leave midway.
When she left, she was generous and did not hide the disability of her right foot, but no one dared to laugh at her.
Dian Yan returned home very late. As soon as he came back, he found his wife frowning and thought that she had been wronged.
After a detailed inquiry, he found out the whole story.
"These people are firecrackers and deliberately want to die without a complete corpse, right?"
Apart from a few who already had concubines when they went to the lord, which important official brazenly took a concubine?
Even Qiguan Rang and the others had not done it. How dare they do it?
Before the world was settled, they spoiled their concubines and neglected their wives. When the world was settled, would they want to take their concubines as wives?
Lv Xi 'niang said, "This kind of evil practice must not be encouraged. In the long run, I'm afraid it will affect official business. "
Although for many noblewomen, concubines were only the wife's mobile BYT to reduce the pressure of childbirth and to serve their husbands, for the BYT to become the master and for the husband to take his concubine as his wife, this kind of behavior was against the norm. At the same time, it would also mess up the atmosphere and cause a bad influence on society.
Women always liked to resent the fish that was stolen, not the cat that stole the fish.
If this matter was put in front of the lord, the cat that stole the fish would probably have a layer of skin peeled off alive.
Dian Yan said, "I'll look for Military Advisor Yang to discuss and let him write a memorial on my behalf."
The two families did not live far from each other, so it was easy to visit.
But —
There was a movement in the bedroom that made people blush. Listening carefully, it seemed to be the breathing of a man and a woman intertwining.
Hearing the housekeeper's report from outside, the movement gradually subsided, followed by a rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other.
"Why is Dian Yan, that stupid person, here at this time?"
Yang Si lowered his voice, full of annoyance.
A slightly hoarse female voice came from the bed. The woman said, "Maybe it's business."
She yawned, got up, picked up the scattered clothes on the side of the bed and put them on.
"Go to sleep, I'll come back after I'm done."
"No, I still have things to do in the military camp tomorrow."
It was still a cold voice, but with a hint of hoarseness, which was especially irritating to listen to.
Yang Si said angrily, "If that stupid Dian Yan doesn't give me an explanation, I'll definitely go to his house and make a scene."
Bad people should be struck by lightning when they do something good!
He met an unusual woman. Although the two of them were very harmonious in bed, she refused to agree to marry him.
He wanted to take advantage of the good atmosphere to coax her into agreeing to the marriage, but he did not expect Dian Yan to jump out and ruin his plans.
After Jiang Nongqin heard this, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and her eyes softened.
"I'm leaving."
She did not look back.
Yang Si was speechless.
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