Xiao Dan was also quick-witted. She replied:
"Sanlang, look at this maid's attire. She is the legitimate daughter of the second wife of the Duke of Lingguo."
Xu Zaijing saw clearly that the little boy was playing the game of tossing pots with Gu Tingye with a jade lock, but was beaten badly. The jade lock was already a trophy in front of Gu Tingye.
The Duke of Ling's Mansion in my memory did not appear in the TV series, but it was mentioned in the original novel:
Both Sheng Hong and Sheng Wei had studied in the private school of this Duke's Mansion.
However, there were many bad things happening in this private school, so they left early.
Moreover, none of the Duke Ling's families have any future.
There is even a shameful thing where a father-in-law wants a maid to be by his daughter-in-law's side.
Many families in Beijing have heard a lot about this.
This makes the princes of the state look like this. Except for those who want to climb up the social ladder,
No decent family would marry into their family.
Soon a middle-aged lady with a fierce look came out.
Xiao Dan whispered beside Xu Zaijing, "This is Lady Gu from the Duke Ling's first wife's house. That young master is also from the first wife's house."
After Xiao Dan finished her introduction, the middle-aged lady had already arrived in front of the stall where the children were playing the game of throwing pots.
She looked at Gu Tingye and said in a low voice, "As expected, you are from a merchant family, and you know how to cheat and deceive. Return the jade lock that you cheated my family with! Otherwise, I will have you beaten."
Gu Tingye's face flushed red, and he stared at the middle-aged lady like a calf and shouted
"I won this playing pot tossing, no cheating!"
"You are lying. You are so good at playing touhu, and you still want to gamble with me. You are lying to me!" shouted the little boy next to the lady.
"Admit defeat!" Gu Tingye shouted.
"Damn it, you cheated." The little boy shouted, looking at the children who lost things.
Some of the children who lost saw that they had adults to support them and stood over to the Duke of Ling's Mansion to help shout. There were also some who admitted defeat and spoke fair words, but after all, Gu Tingye was too ruthless and won too much.
Therefore, there were very few people who supported him, only a few young men from British dukedoms who were older than him.
In an instant, Gu Tingye went from being a winner to being blamed.
The children who participated in the game surrounded Gu Tingye and started making a lot of noise. Some wanted to get their things back, while others clamored for Gu Tingye to play another game.
Gu Tingye was a man who could not stand being bullied. In addition, in the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, Marquis Gu really trained his second son, who was as healthy as a calf.
This makes Gu Tingye stronger than those children from noble families who do not practice martial arts.
Just a few pushes made the kids take a few steps back, but because of the overwhelming numbers, he was soon surrounded.
Someone was already crying out in pain, and I didn't know who was being beaten.
There was a commotion for a while, and the maids saw this and went to report to their mistress.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the lady of the Duke Ling's Mansion glanced at the spoils behind Gu Tingye, then pushed her own boy.
The boy was also smart. He walked around the crowd and began to collect his sister's jade locket on his crawl, and also took a few valuable pendants.
At this time, the ladies from various families who were at the banquet came over to see their children.
Just now it was Gu Tingye who was killing everyone in the game of throwing pots, but now he has become a little liar who used things to defraud them in the eyes of those children.
This uproar caused the children of the civil servants in the pavilion next to them to laugh and murmur, and many sarcastic remarks were heard.
Xu Zaijing watched the whole process from the side. When Gu Tingye was surrounded, he was about to move, but was held down by a hand.
Bai's voice came:
"Good boy."
Princess Pingning also came to the yard with the help of a female official.
The Duchess of England, who was in the crowd, looked at her son and shouted, "How disgraceful! Why don't you pull them apart?"
As they spoke, the maids and servants started to take action, and soon the children were separated.
Although Gu Tingye's hair was messy and his face was bruised, he did not look like he had given up. He was breathing heavily like a calf.
Several children had bleeding noses and red eyes. I don’t know who beat them.
Bai had no face in front of everyone because several of the people here were wives of dukes and had imperial decrees.
As a lady from a merchant family, she really had no right to speak and could only pull Gu Tingye into her arms.
Asked softly, "Ye'er, does it hurt?"
Gu Tingye looked stubborn and didn't say anything, but tears and snot flowed out, but he didn't cry out loud.
"They are unreasonable. They clearly lost to me!"
Gu Tingye cried.
The wife of the Duke of Yingguo did not treat Bai with a good look, but she also looked at the wife of the Duke of Lingguo with an unfriendly look.
Everyone asked the maids and servants in the yard and found out what had happened.
Some were scolding their own children for not following the rules, while others were discussing the origins of the Yin-Yang Bai family.
The guy from the Duke of Ling who caused this incident hid in the crowd and happened to be in front of Xu Zaijing. He pretended to be nothing and looked at the people in the middle of the crowd, with several precious jade locks in his hands behind his back.
Xu Zaijing looked at Sun behind him and saw that his mother was looking at Bai in the field with concern.
At this time, the eldest lady of the Kang family, Mrs. Wang, was talking to a noble lady beside her:
"If you're so young and playing such a big game, I don't think you'll be a good person when you grow up."
With just one sentence, he killed a group of people, and the Duke of Ling rolled his eyes.
The other nobles were also embarrassed, but they did not dare to offend Madam Wang's father, who had died of illness in office and was a great civil official who was worthy of being enshrined in the Taimiao.
The scene suddenly became awkwardly quiet.
Xu Zaijing seized the opportunity and kicked the child of Duke Ling in front of him on the butt.
The little brat couldn't stop walking, staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground. The injury was not serious, but he cried in pain.
The valuables in his hands were scattered, and he didn't have the time to pick them up.
"Oh, wow~~~~"
"Isn't this my brother's jade pendant? How come it is in this boy's hands?" Mrs. Wang from the Kang family screamed in a shrill voice.
Suddenly, Lady Gu, the Duke of Lingguo, turned red and white. She glanced at the girl from the second room, then at the child crying on the ground, and slapped the girl from the second room on the shoulder.
"Your brother is crying, and you don't even bother to help him."
Seeing this scene, Gu Tingye in Bai's arms burst into laughter.
Sun looked back at her son and covered her mouth with a handkerchief to prevent her smile from being too obvious.
At this time, Princess Pingning came over, squatted slightly and bowed, saying:
"I'm sorry for not caring enough. Please move on. Today we're having a performance called 'Wealth and Eternal Spring,' performed by the famous Qingchun Troupe of Southern Opera in Beijing."
Princess Pingning gave everyone a way out, and naturally everyone stopped worrying and started talking and laughing, as if what had just happened had never happened.
When most of the people had left and gone to the courtyard to listen to the opera, Princess Pingning glanced at the female official beside her.
Wait until the guests leave.
The female official had already ordered the maids in her house to take the female servant on duty in the yard out today. It was unknown whether she would be beaten with a stick or sold directly.
Soon the southern opera troupe began to sing.
At the time of Shen, the guests of the Duke of Qi's Mansion began to leave.
The weather was cold, so Princess Pingning couldn't stand at the door, so her sister-in-law took her place to see the guests off.
During this gathering, the ladies and their wives exchanged a lot of gossip about the capital while feasting and listening to music.
For example, which marquis's mansion has a concubine again, which legitimate son is not making progress, and which daughter is uneducated.
Which concubine in the palace is favored, which concubine in the palace has a bad family background,
There are many stories like which lady of a duke's family is going to give birth to a child, etc.
No one knows whether they have become gossip among others.
In the Xu family's carriage, Sun looked at the exquisite wooden box in Xiaozhu's hand. Inside was a small golden horse given by Princess Pingning.
A little golden horse made of gold.
Sun looked at her son and said to herself, "Jing'er, the gifts these ladies gave you are much more valuable than what we gave away."
Xu Zaijing glanced at his mother and laughed.
That’s right, the jade weapons and jade four treasures of the study given by Bai, and the gold and jade longevity bracelet she took off; the jade locket given by Princess Pingning, and this little golden horse.
Some time ago, Mrs. Wu gave Sun a gold necklace, also saying it was for Xu Zaijing.