Finally Daji went to buy some vegetables and meat and came back, and the cook made a sumptuous dinner.

Magistrate Tang smiled when he saw that his wife didn't mention it. After dinner, he and Mr. Zhuang went to the study to talk, leaving Mrs. Tang to stay in the yard to play with Man Bao and the others.

Man Bao felt a little strange because Magistrate Tang had not said anything serious since he came here. So when Mrs. Tang stayed in the yard to play with them, she couldn't help but ask, "Madam, you and Magistrate Tang

Why does Ling have time to see us today?"

Mrs. Tang glanced at her and said: "Manbao, I just saw a particularly 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, "Madam must have seen it wrong. Those orchids that have been kept in the pot are no better than those that are kept in the garden."

"But I just like Huanglan."

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

"I'll give 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, and after a while she smiled and said, "Okay, it seems like this potted flower has nothing to do with me."

She paused and then looked at Man Bao and said, "Aren't you aware that the steward of the palace who you said was related to your first pot of white peonies was beaten twenty times yesterday and sent to the village to work?"

It’s time to work.”

Man Bao was surprised, then smiled and said, "Really? That's such an unfortunate coincidence."

Mrs. Tang stretched out her hand and tapped her forehead and said: "You are really courageous, and you are also very angry. People say that you can endure the anger for a while and calm down, but you have caused a big stir and brought so many people down."

They were all involved."

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

Mrs. Tang: "...who told you these words?"

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

Not only was she not afraid, she simply looked down upon her. At that time, Ying Wenhai was taken away by the Tang County magistrate, and while the Ying family was moving around, Mrs. Tang hid directly in the Taoist temple.

Because Ji Shitang was among them, Man Bao often heard these things in the drug store, and wasn't she always looked for by the Ying family?

She had heard that Princess Yizhou went to a Taoist temple on purpose, but Mrs. Tang was stunned and closed the door. Of course, her excuse was that she was in retreat.

But Manbao felt that for a sixth-grade county magistrate's wife to dare not show up even when a super-grade princess came to visit her was a slight on that princess.

In the past, Manbao didn't care about these things, so she didn't think much about them, but once she started to pay attention, these things were not difficult for her. She just looked at them as characters in the book and thought about the meaning of their words and deeds.

That’s it.

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

She doesn't really like Princess Yizhou, but she doesn't show it so obviously, right?

Mrs. Tang was in a daze until she got on the carriage.

Magistrate Tang kept looking sideways at her. Seeing that she was ignoring him, he coughed lightly and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to settle a score with her? I haven't seen you settle a score with her either."

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

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

"I realized just now that she is also very good at reading," Mrs. Tang adjusted her sleeves and said, "I saw the manuscript and the notes in the book on her desk today. I remember what she was doing at home two years ago.

Correspondence, mother said that Xiao Liu has just read "Spring and Autumn" and the family plans to send him to study in the Imperial College this year."

Naturally, the children of the Wang family did not need to take an exam to enter the Imperial Academy, but could enter directly through Enyin.

Mrs. Tang said: "Xiao Liu is sixteen this year. Although he is not above or below at home, he is still quite powerful when taken outside. Zhou Man is just twelve this year, right?"

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

"That's different. Not to mention that Bai Shan is one year older than her, let alone that he is studying at a government school, and she is also learning medical skills." For Mrs. Tang, studying medicine is not worthy of her fear or respect, because

In her opinion, the doctor is just a craftsman. It is different if he is good at reading.

The Wang family comes from a family of farming and reading. She knows very well how important reading is and how difficult it is to read well.

The Man Bao she saw today was completely different from the Man Bao she knew before.

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

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

Magistrate Tang smiled and withdrew his gaze. Before leaving the small courtyard, he quietly went to Bai Shan to warn him: "You'd better stay away from the Yizhou Palace and don't do anything too dangerous when you are young.

"

Mrs. Tang obviously didn't regard Man Bao as someone who could stand on the same level as her at first, but after going to the study room, she silently placed Man Bao as someone on the same level to communicate with.

But others did not change as much as Mrs. Tang. Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Wei could be considered as vested interests. Mr. Huang was in a high position and had great authority. Mrs. Huang did not really care about offending Princess Yizhou, but actually 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 Mr. Wei, "What happened to Ting'er's classmate who took such a pot of white peonies?"

You sold it to the Princess of Yizhou, but then took out so many pots. You didn't see that as soon as the silk satin was pulled off, the Princess's complexion turned bad."

Mr. Wei frowned slightly and asked, "How much did the princess spend on that pot of white peonies?"

Mrs. Wei paused and then said: "As soon as she entered the door, the princess said that she had got a rare pure color peony, but she did not specify how much she bought it for."

Mr. Wei said: "You'd better find out more about it before talking. There are so many ladies present, and the princess won't be able to remember you."

"But," Mrs. Wei said tangledly: "Yesterday, when we were appreciating flowers, the flowers that Mrs. Huang and I brought out were the most beautiful. On the contrary, many people had white peonies. I was afraid that the princess would not remember anyone, so she just remembered them.

Got me."

Mr. Wei:......

Mrs. Wei did not have the confidence of Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Tang, and Mr. Wei was not the same as Mr. Huang or Tang County Magistrate. He had to get up from the bed and ask about the flower appreciation carefully.

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

Mrs. Wei quickly said: "You also feel 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 why is it such a coincidence that most of them are sold?
Chapter completed!