The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Xia Mianwan walked through the corridor and was led to the main hall by a maid. The Zhuang family had invited the mistress of the most prominent family in the entire Yanzhou City to the banquet this time.

Every seat is reserved in advance.

The maid read the post and brought Xia Mianwan to the corner.

Xia Mianwan smiled but didn't say anything. Someone had already sat down next to Xia Mianwan, a lady dressed very luxuriously.

The lady was very puzzled to see Xia Mianwan being taken to such a remote seat despite being dressed like that.

Xia Mianwan smiled at the lady, and felt a little sorry for her in her heart.

Judging from what Zhuang did at the gate today, this lady's status might not be very high, and she might even be not presentable. Otherwise, why would Zhuang arrange her to sit in the same corner as her? Looking from the top, one could tell at a glance that this small table was far away from the others.

Xia Mianwan guessed in her heart that if it weren’t for her... this lady probably wouldn’t have been invited.

Xia Mianwan's thoughts turned over several times, but there was no emotion in his eyes.

Madam Yang came in at this time. Seeing that Xia Mianwan was so far away from her, she was not very happy. She walked to Xia Mianwan with a stern face and said, "Mianwan, this is too rude."

Xia Mianwan stroked the hair on his forehead and said, "I'm afraid the most rude one is not here yet."

Madam Yang was a little worried that Xia Mian would suffer a loss, but now if we talk about the rank, the Zheng family is indeed higher, and Madam Yang has no better way to protect them.

Seeing that Madam Yang was indeed a little worried, Xia Mianwan hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry, Sister Yang."

At this time, the lady sitting next to her came over to greet Madam Yang. Madam Yang accepted the greeting indifferently, but there was a hint of unhappiness on her face. She pulled Xia Mianwan and was about to leave.

"Sister Yang, what's wrong with you? Don't be busy." Xia Mianwan was caught off guard and was pulled a few steps away by Mrs. Yang.

"What a joke! This woman used to run the largest... brothel in Yanzhou. But Madam Sang is not a bad person. When Yanzhou City was captured, Madam Sang spent a lot of effort to save many sisters. There were also many children in the city who didn't have time to escape. Madam Sang had originally planned to run away, but later she saw that the children were really pitiful, so she took a few brave women to sell their bodies... in exchange for the safety of these children. But... not all of these children are good. Madam Sang brought people to save them, but they still humiliated Madam Sang and her sisters, saying that they were spineless and cowardly, and could only... use their bodies to seduce others." Madam Yang briefly told the story of Madam Sang.

Xia Mianwan was a little stunned, and then a hint of anger appeared in his eyes, "What a ruthless person! I think those kids are spineless."

"Be gentle, you really don't mind at all?" Mrs. Yang said in a low voice.

Xia Mianwan shook her head and said, "Mrs. Sang is a righteous person. Since there is no reward now and her kindness is taken for granted, then I will consider it as accumulating good karma for myself. Why would I mind? I will only admire her."

Madam Yang exclaimed in admiration: "Mian Wan is really you, no wonder even Su Zhi is full of praise for you. Although I know that Madam Sang is a righteous person, I still feel a little uncomfortable with her background. I am not as good as you, Mian Wan."

Xia Mianwan smiled at Madam Yang and said, "Sister Yang, please stop making fun of me. Go sit down."

Madam Yang nodded and left.

Madam Yang returned to her seat, and the noble lady came up to chat with her, "Madam Yang, who is that person? It seems that you two know each other very well."

The noble lady wore a lavender long gown with a gold-thread cross-collar and a set of coral, jadeite and ruby ​​headpieces, looking extremely elegant and luxurious.

"She's my sister." Madam Yang said calmly.

This noble lady is the prefect's second wife, Yan. The prefect is quite capable in handling official business, but his harem is a real mess.

Yan was mean and treated the children of the woman in front of him badly. The eldest son of the prefect wore ill-fitting clothes when he went to the academy. If the teacher of the academy had not told Chen Suzhi, who had pointed out a few words to the prefect, the children of the prefect would not have been able to wear even a piece of clothes that fit them.

Therefore, Madam Yang looked down upon Yan.

"Stepsister? I haven't heard you say that?"

Madam Yang glanced at Yan and was too lazy to pay any more attention to her. This kind of banquet was the most boring. If she had a choice, Madam Yang would not want to come here. It would be better to have fun with Yu Jie'er.

After all the seats were filled, Zhuang and Zheng Lingwan finally arrived.

Mrs. Zhuang was dressed so elegantly and gorgeously today that many ladies present were dazzled by the jewels on her head.

As expected, he is from the capital, and he has a profound background.

"My husband and I are new here. Please don't be polite and restrained. I just want to get to know you all." Zhuang said as she glanced in the direction where Xia Mianwan was sitting.

When the ladies saw the master of the house looking over there, they all looked over there.

Now that was a good thing. The first person the ladies saw was Madam Sang, and her faces all looked unhappy.

"Oh, isn't this Madam Sang? You are qualified to be at the table of the general's wife, and you bring a young lady with you. Wow, she is very pretty, but whose bed are you going to climb into?" The speaker was Jiang, the wife of the Tongpan.

Jiang's words were really unpleasant and could not be put on the table, because after the judge Wang Ren came to Yanzhou, he fell in love with Sang, the drunk brothel lady, because of a drinking party with his colleagues. Although Sang refused several times, Wang Ren still sent gifts to her many times, asking her to be his concubine.

Not only a concubine, but also a noble concubine.

How could Jiang not be so angry that he was going crazy?

Girls in brothels have always been a topic of conversation, but who would really take a girl from brothels as a concubine? Jiang Shi is not even qualified to be a mistress.

But Madam Sang was also a powerful person. She had fought against Jiang many times but had never lost. Instead, Jiang was somewhat wary of seeing her.

Madam Sang knew that she had implicated the woman next to her this time, so she smiled at Xia Mianwan apologetically.

Xia Mianwan didn't care at all. Wasn't this Zhuang a fool? She had just arrived in Yanzhou and she already knew about the conflict between the wife of the Tongpan and Sang Niangzi, and then used this to... humiliate her.

However, after the ladies waited for a long time, they only saw Xia Mianwan sitting there drinking happily with a comfortable look on his face, without even raising his eyes. The scene was a bit awkward.

At this time, Lady Sang stood up and bowed, saying, "Madam Wang, please be careful with your words. How can such vulgar words come out of your mouth?"

Jiang punched the cotton and refused to stop. "You dare to do it, but you are afraid of what people will say? Who is that person next to you? You are dressed like this, are you going to climb into the general's bed?"

Everyone: "..."

The scene became really awkward at this moment, and everyone looked at Zhuang.

Zhuang didn't expect Jiang to be so stupid. She was a little angry after being hit by the boomerang, but when she thought of the purpose of today, she had to swallow her anger.

Xia Mianwan chuckled at this time, looking past Jiang Shi and towards Zhuang Sasa with a half-smile, as if to say, are you sure... you want me to speak? I don't have anything nice to say...

It seemed as if Zhuang had read Xia Mianwan's meaning at this moment. She was thinking about how to start the conversation when Jiang spoke again.

"What are you laughing at? Did I say it for sure?"