Chapter 356 Making things difficult
The carriage moved forward slowly, and after about an incense stick's time they arrived at Guangyou Temple.

This temple is the most popular one in the capital. Today happens to be the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. Although the family arrived early, the temple was already full of pilgrims.

The female members of the family went to the Bodhisattva Hall to burn incense first, while Lu Ji waited outside the hall. After burning incense, the second wife suggested going to the backyard to find the legendary master to interpret the divination.

The master's name is Zhuiyun.

Led by the young monk, the group came to the backyard in a winding way. The young monk who was guarding outside Master Zhuiyun's palace came over and said, "Master is reading the fortunes of the donors inside. Please wait for a moment."

The second lady agreed, and several female relatives sat down on the bench under the corridor, chatting quietly while waiting.

After a while, a young monk came with a few female relatives.

As luck would have it, the people who came were the Wang family.

The eldest grandmother of the Wang family, Jiang, Wang Fengyi, and Jiang’s cousin from her natal family, Jiang Fu.

Before they came closer, they recognized the people in the corridor from afar. Jiang hesitated, stopped, turned around and whispered to Wang Fengyi. The few of them stood there, whispering for a long time.

The people here also recognized the Wang family. The Duke's wife's face immediately darkened. The Second Madam followed suit and murmured, "What a petty person."

Li Lanchun echoed the Second Madam and said, "Let's just pretend we didn't see anything. I want to see if they will turn their heads away when they see our family members."

Seeing that the Second Madam and Li Lanchun were both indignant, the Duke's wife was silent for a long while, then turned to look at Qin Xiaoning and said, "A Ning, what do you think?"

Qin Xiaoning was slightly stunned by the question, but she quickly reacted and whispered to the Duke's wife, "My daughter-in-law thinks that we don't need to bother with the Wang family over these trivial matters. After all, we still have the relationship with the Madam. It would be too embarrassing and disgraceful."

The Duke's wife nodded slightly when she heard this. Although she didn't say anything, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Seeing the Wang family standing there, hesitating whether to go forward or backward, the Duke's wife said to Li Lanchun, "Chun'er, go over and say hello."

Li Lanchun was not very happy at first, but in this situation, there were only two younger generations, she and Qin Xiaoning. Qin Xiaoning had just had a feud with Wang Fengyi, so it would be more appropriate for her to go.

Li Lanchun turned around and walked towards the Wang family. Before she even got close, she started to greet them with a smile: "Aren't you my cousin's wife and sister? You've come to burn incense as well. Oh, what a coincidence. Come over here. We got here first and have taken up a spot."

Seeing the Lu family coming over to say hello, Jiang felt a little uncomfortable.

"What a coincidence, what a coincidence." She agreed awkwardly with a half smile.

Li Lanchun didn't come too close, and called out from a distance, "Would you like to sit over there, cousin?"

Jiang didn't respond immediately, but turned to look at Wang Fengyi.

Wang Fengyi smiled and said to Li Lanchun, "Since my cousin has invited us, we should respectfully obey your order." Seeing the Wang family members coming here with Li Lanchun, the Duke's wife looked normal, but the Second Lady had a look of disdain on her face. She lowered her voice and muttered to the Duke's wife until the Duke's wife gave her a warning look. Then the Second Lady shut up in disappointment.

The Wang family came forward. Jiang first glanced at Qin Xiaoning, then bowed to the Duke's wife and the Second Madam and said, "Greetings, my two cousins."

The Second Madam smiled coldly, while the Duke's wife remained calm and asked, "Are you here to see Master Zhuiyun as well?"

Jiang said, "I also heard that Master Zhuiyun is the best at reading fortunes, so I brought Fengyi and Fuer here to join in the fun."

Without waiting for the Duke's wife to reply, the Second Lady said with a half smile, "Did Miss Feng get such a good marriage? She is going to be the Crown Princess. I heard that Miss Fu from the Jiang family was promised to the Guangping Marquis's Mansion. Haha, it is also a very good marriage. The two girls married their ideal husbands. Why do they need to ask a master to read the fortune? I, a woman in a deep house, can see that these two are destined to be rich and noble."

The Second Madam's words sounded nice, but how could the Wang family's sisters-in-law not hear the sand mixed in them?

Perhaps Wang Fengyi had learned her lesson from the loss she suffered in the palace last time, so she just smiled and said nothing when she heard this. However, Jiang Fu beside her became indignant.

As soon as the Second Madam finished speaking, Jiang Fu replied with a fake smile, "Second Aunt, your appearance is quite good. Not to mention that Fengyi and I have found good husbands, even if we stay at our parents' home for the rest of our lives, we are destined to be rich and noble, right? After all, girls from a rich family like ours are all born with a rich and noble fate."

She said these words in a veiled manner, and from time to time she glanced at Qin Xiaoning standing beside her out of the corner of her eye.

This was a subtle criticism of the fact that Qin Xiaoning came from a humble background and her status was not as good as those of the noble ladies.

The women from wealthy families are all shrewd people, so everyone naturally understood the meaning of Jiang Fu's words.

Li Lanchun said quickly, "What Jiang's cousin said is not bad, but the family background, in my opinion, is not the most important thing. Throughout history, there are many people who were born into a prominent family but had poor morals and thus fell into the quagmire."

Upon hearing this, the Second Madam immediately agreed, "That's right. So, as a person, you still have to behave properly in order to achieve long-term success."

Jiang Fu heard that the two were secretly mocking Wang Fengyi. She poked them quietly with her hands under her wide sleeves. Seeing that Wang Fengyi still refused to talk back, Jiang Fu smiled coldly at Qin Xiaoning and said, "My second aunt and cousin's wife mentioned women's virtues just now, which reminded me of my second cousin's wife."

She looked at Qin Xiaoning, took two steps closer, then stared at her belly and pretended to be concerned, "I see that my second cousin's belly is at least four months old. You've only been married for a few days, and your belly is really worried."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Shi on the side could not help but laugh with her handkerchief covering her face, and Wang Fengyi also smiled.

The Second Madam and Li Lanchun's faces immediately turned ugly, but the Duke's wife still looked normal, as if she was in a trance.

As soon as Jiang Fu said this, the eyes of all the women present were focused on Qin Xiaoning.

The Wang family was gloating, Jiang Fu's face was full of provocation, and the Lu family was worried.

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Qin Xiaoning smiled faintly. She opened her red lips and replied to Jiang Fu: "Cousin Jiang, are you jealous of my pregnancy?"