Chapter 441 – Wang Simu’s Shock

Little DouDing was kicked out of the hall by his aunt and had to play alone and lonely in the courtyard.

The aunt coughed and smiled at her nephew, “That, Ning Banquet ah, I remember that you made a few dishes in the kitchen last time, the style and taste are very unique, well, the aunt is thinking that people are Miss Wang is the first minister’s daughter, the mountain treasures are used to eating sea food, and once in a while, eat something different …… …”

“Oooooh, I’ll go to the kitchen and teach the cook.”

Xu Qi’an was looking forward to the good show later, and he would agree to whatever his aunt asked for now.

On the other hand, after Little Dou Ding was kicked out of the hall, he played alone in the courtyard for a few moments, feeling bored, he ran to his sister Xu Ling Yue’s room.

Seeing that it is autumn, Xu Lingyue is making autumn clothes for her beloved big brother, using the material of the brocade given by Emperor Yuan Jing at the time.

Xu Lingyue’s needlework was outstanding, and the robes she made were better looking and finer than those bought from outside stores.

Li Miaozhen brought the female ghost Su Su to help, of course, the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Sect does not know how to do women’s red, but when Su Su was still alive, she was a proper lady of the house.

The skills of zither, chess, calligraphy and painting, and needlework are all necessary.

Over the years, Li Miaochen’s clothes, and even the bibs, were all made by Su Su with the help of the female ghosts under her hand.

Xu Ling Yue glanced at her younger sister who had climbed onto the table to get the pastries for herself, and softly said as she embroidered the pattern:

“Suzume, would you like to have a sister-in-law?”

“Sister-in-law is something.” Xu Lingyin started eating again.

“Sister-in-law is Second Brother’s daughter-in-law who will be in charge of the family’s silver in the future.” Xu Ling Yue softly said.

Xu Suoyin let out an “oh”, not yet old enough to recognize the importance of economic power, but Su Su, on the contrary, sneered:

“Miss Ling Yue said this, with your second brother’s little salary, how can he support the expenses of the Xu family? Your mother buys expensive flowers and plants, often more than a dozen taels of silver, who earns the silver?”

Xu Lingyue pursed her lips and smiled lightly, “It’s the silver earned by big brother.”

There are three times that the Xu family has made a fortune, one is the time when the Spirit Dragon went crazy, Xu Qi’an saved Lin’an and Emperor Yuan Jing rewarded him with a fortune. The other time was the time when he was knighted, again with a large sum of silver and good land.

In her two fortunes, Xu Ling Yue put purchased a number of stores, selling face value, silks, groceries and so on. These stores were nominally taken care of by the aunt, but in reality, Xu Ling Yue was in control.

The third fortune, is the beginning of the year when the chicken essence workshop share of the silver, this is an unimaginably huge sum of money, directly let the Xu family has a gold mountain.

If it weren’t for the fact that there was simply too much silver, a frugal woman like Auntie wouldn’t be burning money to feed her flowers from time to time.

Of course, the Xu family’s apparent possessions did not include Xu Qi’an’s personal money hidden in the fragments of the earth book.

There was enough official silver, gold ingots, and treasures treasured by Lord Cao to pile up a small mountain of treasure.

Su Su “grunted” twice and said, “Therefore, even if you want to manage the silver of the mansion in the future, it will have to be Xu Ning Banquet’s daughter-in-law who will manage it.”

A sharp light flashed in Xu Ling Yue’s eyes as she smiled and said, “Then, Miss Susu thinks, of all the people you know, who is the most compatible with my big brother?”

Su Su skillfully avoided Xu Ling Yue’s death pursuit and muttered:

“This I do not know ah, your big brother is flirtatious and lustful, willing to spend eight thousand taels for the Church Department flower girl ransom ……….”

Those words poked Xu Ling Yue where it hurt.

Xu Ling Yue this girl, suspect Su Su and his big brother have adultery, intuition really sharp ah ………. Su Su is not bad, backhanded with eight thousand taels to stab Xu Ling Yue heart ………. The Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Sect sat on the side and leisurely ate cakes and watched the show.

许铃音在姐姐房间里吃了会儿糕点，大人说的话她听不懂，就觉得无聊，于是拿着裁布料的尺子跑出去了，在院子里挥舞尺子，嘿嘿厚厚，仿佛自己是仗剑江湖的女侠。

Playing all the way to the main entrance of the Xu Mansion, seeing that the previously forbidden center door was open, Xu Lingyin threw away her ruler and climbed up to the high threshold, spreading her arms wide and playing with her balance on it.

“Suzume-san, go back, go back, there’s a guest coming later.”

Old Zhang, the concierge, waved his hand.

Xu Suoyin stood on the threshold, trying to maintain her balance, and tilted her head to ask, “Is it my second brother’s daughter-in-law.”

“……..” The old concierge was speechless and waved his hand again.

With a tilt of her head, Xu Lingyin fell off the high threshold, slapped her butt cheeks, and ran away happily.

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On the other side, wheels clattered as Wang Simu’s luxurious carriage slowly docked at the entrance of the Xu Mansion.

The maid took out the stool from under the carriage and greeted Missy as she got off.

Wang Simu glanced at the gate of the Xu Mansion and nodded slightly, although it was far less than the Wang family’s imperial mansion, but to buy such a large mansion in this prosperous part of the inner city, the Xu family’s financial strength was still very rich.

Having been in charge of the royal family’s finances for many years, Wang Simu estimated that the mansion was worth at least seven thousand taels just by looking at it.

Old Zhang, the concierge, knew that his honored guest had arrived and rushed forward to greet him, guiding Wang Simu and his personal maid into the mansion.

Wang Simu took a deep breath, adjusted his mind and crossed the threshold ……….

Suddenly, Wang Simu stepped on something on the bottom of his foot and looked down to see that it was a ruler.

The ruler symbolizes the rules, the main mother of the Xu family threw the ruler at the door, obviously prepared for me, this is to make rules for me ……….. Wang Simu’s face changed slightly.

He said that this Xu family’s main mother was so overbearing in her temper that she was not easy to get along with.

When the maid saw her stop, she asked, “What’s wrong, miss?”

“Nothing,” Wang Simu spoke in a flat tone and said, “The ruler fell here, pick it up and send it back to the person.”

It may not necessarily be a knock, it may also be the Xu family’s main mother’s test for me, after all, my father is the chief minister, really married Erlang, it is considered to be a subordinate marriage. She is afraid that I am a domineering and bratty character, so she threw a ruler to test.

If I were really a bratty, unruly young woman, I’d be furious, but I’m obviously not that shallow ………

She had no intention of fighting with the Xu family’s main mother today, the so-called know your enemy and know yourself, she was here today to spy on information.

First, she had to feel out the tactics and temperament of the Xu family’s main mother before deciding how to get along in the future, and that main mother seemed to be testing the waters just as much as she thought she was.

I’m sure it’s a masterpiece.

Old Zhang guided his honored guest inside while asking his subordinates in the mansion to inform Miss Ling Yue.

As Wang Simu walked through the outer courtyard and entered the inner courtyard, he happened to see Xu Lingyue welcoming out with a smile.

Xu’s sister was wearing a long lotus root-colored dress, wearing a simple and plain bun, her melon face was clear and beautiful, and her features were extremely three-dimensional, yet they were permeated with a softness that made men feel sorry for her.

“Sister Wang Jia, after the last poetry meeting, I haven’t had the time to invite you to your residence. Today I finally got my wish.” Xu Lingyue’s smile was clear and sweet.

“Speaking of which, having caused my younger sister to fall into the water during the Poetry Festival, my sister has always been overjoyed in her heart.” Wang Simu’s smile was dignified and gentle.

The two women held each other’s hands, as if they were good sisters who loved each other and had deep feelings.

Entering the inner hall, Wang Simu finally met the legendary Xu family’s main mother, who sat smilingly at the main seat, looking at herself with kind brows.

She was so stunning, having a sharp melon face with exquisite and stunning features, at first glance, she didn’t even look like Xu Ling Yue’s mother beside her, but more like an elder sister.

Regarding the beauty of this Xu family’s main mother, Wang Simu was both surprised and unsurprised, because just by referring to Xu Lingyue by her side, and the adoring Erlang Xu, she could probably guess how magnificent this main mother was.

She was amazed at how well maintained the matriarch was, and how completely unrecognizable she was as a mother of three.

“Mrs. Hsu!”

Wang Simu Ying saluted.

“Ms. Wang don’t be polite, quickly have a seat.”

With a reserved smile on her face, the aunt gestured for Wang Simu to be seated.

Of course she couldn’t show too much enthusiasm, after all, this was a prospective daughter-in-law, so her own mother-in-law’s stance was still necessary.

After Wang Simu took her seat, she looked at her personal maid with a warm smile, “When I entered the mansion just now, I saw a ruler at the door, so I asked the maid to pick it up.”

After the maid put the ruler on the table.

The aunt froze, “Huh, Ling Yue, this is your ruler right, why did you throw it at the door.”

Xu Lingyue fixed her eyes on the ruler, it was really her own ruler, oops, said: “It is likely to be Suzume threw there, just now she took my ruler to play.”

What a powerful tactic, actually let me be speechless ………. Wang Simu forced a smile, she couldn’t say what a child wasn’t.

Then, Wang Simu asked his escorts to send up gifts, and because he was going to dine here, he brought some expensive pastries, and then some jewelry for his aunt and Ling Yue.

This jewelry is not just any jewelry, it is the work of the craftsmen in the Imperial City who specialize in creating jewelry for the concubines in the Harem.

Of course, Wang Simu would not deliberately point out the identity of the artisan, that would be too low-end and would only make her appear to be a superficial woman who loved to show off.

She only said that it was made by the craftsmen in the Imperial City, and what this meant was clear in the hearts of all the powerful ladies and women who had some insight.

“Miss Wang has a heart.”

My aunt was still quite happy to receive the jewelry.

When the first daughter of the Wang family saw this, she realized that her little trick was not enough to surprise this main mother.

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Outside the hall, Xu Lingyin found her big brother sitting on a bench in the corridor, listening to something with his side ear, and ran over to him with a fart, “Cauldron, what are you doing?”

“Big Brother is watching the theater ……. No, listening to the theater.” Xu Qi’an touched her head.

“I want to hear it too.” Xu Jingyin waved her arms.

Xu Qi’an picked his sister up and placed her on his lap.

Xu Lingyin also pretended to listen with her side ears.

The Wang family miss fighting strength is this? Well, after all, did not marry over, polite and subtle is understandable, but it is not too much peace and prosperity ……….

As far as I know Ms. Wang, she should be an extremely opinionated and strong person, and it is impossible for her not to test her aunt’s level ……….

Why hasn’t she made a move yet, I’m waiting for her to choke her aunt ………

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Inside the hall, Wang Simu was chatting with the Xu Family’s main mother, and Xu Lingyue without a break.

After a period of trial and error, Wang Simu was dismayed to find that this Xu family’s main mother was not as inscrutable as she had imagined.

Wang Simu herself was a small master of mansion fighting and had a keen sense of smell for her kind, but here in the Xu family’s main mother, she did not find any characteristics of her kind.

Her character is more straightforward, turning a blind eye to her own temptations, as if she doesn’t know how to fight at all. Moreover, it seems that because of her status as the head minister’s daughter, she is particularly polite to her, as if she is afraid of not being well received.

For example, when you talk about rouge, you immediately lose your elder stance and chatter like a little girl.

He even complained that he couldn’t read the books of the outside store too well and could only let Xu Ling Yue help manage it, revealing his own shortcomings.

No matter how you looked at it, she didn’t seem like the kind of woman who had high means.

Deep confusion arose in Wang Simu’s heart.

After that, the aunt offered to let Xu Lingyue take Wang Simu for a stroll around the mansion.

Because he couldn’t feel the depths of the Xu family’s main mother for the time being, Wang Simu also thought of going out to take a break, switching his mindset, and waiting for an opportunity to fight again.

The Xu Mansion was not as large as the Wang Mansion, but it was also a three-entry compound, with both the inner and outer courtyards equipped with gardens and small pools, plus the aunt was a lover of flowers.

The flower garden is planted with many valuable flowers and trees.

As the daughter of a top family, Wang Simu knew that only those with a truly solid family background would have the leisure and financial resources to cultivate precious flowers and plants.

And so the Xu family’s financial power was held in high regard for a few points.

In the courtyard, the little djinn was boxing, and Lina was sitting in a stone chair, nibbling on an elbow while instructing her apprentice.

“That’s house sister Suzaku.” Xu Lingyue introduced with a smile.

I only heard Er Lang mention it, but he seemed unwilling to introduce this child more ………. Wang Simu nodded slightly and said, “Sister Suzume practiced martial arts?”

“Yeah,” Xu Lingyue sighed:

“The only person in the family who is a scholar is second brother, but second brother has a heavy load of schooling and hasn’t had the time to teach her. Sending her to the academy, she was again bullied, and mother was helpless, so she simply let her practice martial arts.”

Miss Wang frowned, this is not good, women still need to read and understand. The more educated and sensible you are, the more likely you are to marry a good family in the future.

She thought for a moment and said, “If you don’t mind, I can help enlighten Suzume-chan.”

Xu Lingyue smiled sweetly, “Many thanks to Sister Simu.”

Wang Simu let out a light smile, if he could become Xu Lingyin’s enlightened teacher, he thought that he would be able to gain some respect from the Xu family and show off his talent.

Xu Lingyue added, “In this family, ah, Mother’s biggest headache is Suzaku, and there’s nothing she can do about her.”

Xu Suoyin is the weakness of the Xu family s main mother ……… Wang Simu quickly extracted the core elements.

However, the Xu family’s main mother didn’t seem to be as “scary” as she thought, and Wang Simu had a relaxed smile on her face.

At that moment, she heard Lina reprimand her apprentice, “You’re stupid, you can’t learn a few sets of punches, when will you be able to lift the stone table?”

Lifting a stone table? A child that young has to lift a stone table?

Then she saw Lina “pinch” the stone table with two fingers, easily and effortlessly.

“……….”

Wang Simu forced a smile, “That girl is ………”

“Oh, her name is Lina, a girl from the Southern Border Compass Clan. Temporarily living in the mansion, teaching Lingyin martial arts.” Xu Lingyue said.

“It’s a strict teacher with real skills.” Wang Simu said.

The two of them turned the corner of the porch and saw Xu Qi’an and Zhong Li sitting on the eaves of the house, basking in the sun and muttering.

Wang Simu’s heart moved, and he tried, “I heard that Xu Yinluo’s parents died early, in order to cultivate him to become a talent, Mrs. Xu must have racked her brain and taken great pains.”

“That’s true.”

Xu Ling Yue sighed softly and said, “When I was a child, father insisted on letting my elder brother practice martial arts, and my mother disagreed, wanting him to study like my second brother. For this reason, father and mother fought for many years.”

Awesome! Wang Simu marveled in his heart.

The entire Dafeng knew that Xu Ningyan was a scholar, even his father, Wang Zhenwen, had the feeling that “it would be good if this son was a scholar”.

But because the Xu family’s second uncle insisted on letting Xu Qi’an practice martial arts, an amazingly talented reading seed was wasted.

Unexpectedly, the Xu family’s main mother had discerned a pearl with her eyes many years ago.

Xu Lingyue continued, “When I was young, my elder brother and my mother did not get along well and argued from time to time, and in a fit of anger, I moved out of the mansion and lived in a small courtyard right next to it for five years. It wasn’t until they moved to the inner city that the family continued to live together.”

What?

Even Xu Qi’an couldn’t defeat the Xu family’s main mother?

Even that blocked in the noon gate angry scolding all the public officials, vegetable market mouth knife beheading the Duke of the country, untamed Xu Yinluo, were forced by the Xu family’s mother in chief to move out of the Xu House at a young age ……….

Wang Simu then realized that everything before was a disguise, the so-called frankness, the so-called not good at fighting, everything just now was the Xu family’s main mother intentionally displaying to herself.

Wang Simu’s breath hitched violently for a moment, and his face became more serious than ever before.

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PS: A little snooze for a moment, finally wrote it.