Madam Han was startled at first, but then she became angry.
Jiang Pengji's metaphor undoubtedly touched Madam Han's sensitive nerve. Her graceful demeanor became a little awkward.
Was it an obvious insult to her by using Huang Song and his wife as an analogy?
"As the lord, how can you criticize the petty affairs of the officials like a gossipy woman?"
So what if she kept in touch with her maiden family?
She never had any intention of being a disloyal official. Instead, it was the lord who was narrow-minded.
Madam Han couldn't tell what she was feeling at the moment. She was just embarrassed that Jiang Pengji, as an outsider, had intervened in her and Han Yu's affairs. She felt like she was being monitored and her freedom was being restricted. She was so angry that she didn't suppress her voice. Her "Lord Lanting" was heard by all the ladies. The ladies who heard the commotion were dumbfounded. They stared at Jiang Pengji and Madam Han in a daze. Their gazes kept shifting.
They didn't hear what Jiang Pengji said to Madam Han, but they heard what Madam Han said to Jiang Pengji!
Although it was rare for a lord to intervene in the affairs of the officials, it was not unheard of. For example, Huang Song used to like to send beautiful women to his officials.
However, Jiang Pengji was a female lord, and most of the officials were men. Once she intervened, it would be awkward and ambiguous.
Even if the relationship was innocent, people who liked to gossip could still imagine countless love and hate relationships.
An unmarried lord and a married official …
Tsk tsk, gossip, cliché, and explosive. Isn't it more attractive than a novel?
Madam Han regretted her words as soon as she finished speaking. She immediately bowed and apologized with a pale face, trying to salvage the situation.
"I have spoken inappropriately just now. Please forgive me, Lord Lanting."
Following Madam Han's action, the other ladies in the tea party all turned pale. They bowed and apologized.
Madam Dou also recognized Lord Lanting as the rude woman who kept eating melon seeds. She was so scared that her face turned pale. She tried her best to lower her head. She was sweating profusely and secretly prayed that Jiang Pengji would forgive her. She didn't have the mood to think about gossip.
Jiang Pengji frowned. She was about to speak when she saw the live-streaming room exploding.
Winnie's Green Hat: "Host, don't talk nonsense. Based on my years of experience watching palace dramas, if you don't handle it well, there might be a scandal." You have to distance yourself from Han Yu as soon as possible. Otherwise, if those gossipy women go home and make up stories for the whole night, the news might spread tomorrow that 'Master Lanting was infatuated with Han Wenbin and mocked Madam Han at the tea party'!
[Tire Abatement Brigade Leader]: "Wenbin Beauty's wife. She looks like a dignified and beautiful lady. She looks good and has a good temperament." But … she didn't seem to be as likable as she had expected … Maybe it was because the way she looked at others was annoying.
Jiang Pengji casually glanced at the bullet screen and moved her gaze away naturally.
She said to Madam Han, "What you said makes sense. This is a family matter between you and Wenbin, outsiders have no right to interfere. But don't forget, Wen Bin is also a subject that I rely on. If he is distracted by family matters and is unable to serve me wholeheartedly and work for the welfare of the people, it is not only his fault, but also Madam's fault for not managing the family properly. As the saying goes, when a husband and wife are united, they can cut through gold. If Wen Bin is fortunate enough to have Madam Han's full support, he will have nothing to worry about, and that will be his fortune. Madam Han, do you think I am right? "
Jiang Pengji separated herself from everyone in a few words. When the madams heard that, they mistakenly thought that Jiang Pengji was there to be a peacemaker.
"Master Lanting's words are certainly not wrong."
Madam Han laughed awkwardly. She looked a bit reluctant.
Jiang Pengji asked her and the other madams to stand up and left after a while.
She was there just to eat melons and slack off. Now everyone knew that she had slipped away for work.
Jiang Pengji's presence there was like a class teacher watching over the students' evening self-study. Everyone was silent. It was so quiet that the sound of a needle dropping on the ground could be heard. As soon as she left, the originally quiet tea party exploded with a bang, and people started chattering non-stop.
The madams looked at Madam Han with complicated expressions.
The fact that Master Lanting personally came to mediate the family affairs of his subjects showed that the relationship between Han Yu and his wife was on the verge of breaking down.
However, Madam Han was the host of the tea party. Out of etiquette, they couldn't speak freely.
They couldn't talk about this topic because they had other topics to talk about.
"Was that really Master Lanting? What a beautiful girl. I heard that she is still unmarried. It's true. "
Jiang Pengji's hairstyle had always been that of an unmarried girl. At most, she looked more mature than a young girl.
A madam in her early forties said with certainty, "Of course it's true. She is still young. She is a proper virgin."
Everyone exclaimed, but after a while, they were puzzled.
Before they saw the real Jiang Pengji, they all wondered if she was so ugly that no man wanted her and she was still unmarried at this age. Now that they saw the real Jiang Pengji in person, her appearance and temperament were extraordinary. Not to mention men, even ordinary women would fall in love with her.
Why was she still single with such a good appearance?
Jiang Pengji expected that she would become the topic of discussion among the madams, but she didn't expect that it would become the fuse of Han Yu and his wife's quarrel. As the tea party ended, the madams went home. The news of Jiang Pengji's sudden appearance at the tea party also spread.
Han Yu hurried back home after a long journey. When he heard the news, he immediately went home.
Madam Han was sitting in the main hall. The outline of her profile was flickering in the dim candlelight. The crackling of the candlelight could be heard from time to time.
She said sarcastically when she saw Han Yu come back.
"Langjun hasn't come back for six days. I accidentally offended Master Lanting today, so you came back in a hurry …"
Han Yu stopped halfway through the door when he heard this. His nervousness turned into suffocation in his chest.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you beating around the bush?"
His lord and Han Yu only had a simple relationship. Madam Han had insulted both of them by speculating about the relationship between a man and a woman.
A gentleman would die for his bosom friend. His lord was that bosom friend. Han Yu certainly wouldn't allow such malicious slander.
"Han Wenbin, are you here to denounce me?"
Madam Han was furious. Although she was rude in the daytime, it wasn't enough for Han Yu to come back and scold her.
"You're being unreasonable!" Han Yu said. "When did you have the intention to punish me?"
He finally came back from outside. He couldn't even go home. Did he deserve to spend the night in a guesthouse?
"Not denounce me? Am I being unreasonable? " Madam Han said, "I would like to ask. My husband and Master Lanting are bosom friends. Did you sleep together and have a close relationship? If not, why did she embarrass me in public and interfere in my family affairs? She has her eyes on the world. She is the backbone of the people. I am just a woman in the inner house, but I know what it means to avoid arousing suspicion! "
Han Yu was enraged when he heard that.
Madam Han calmed down and stroked her cheek with her hand.
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