A lazy bum transmigrates and marries a eunuch – it's awesome!

Chapter 109 Birthday Banquet

It was still early, having just finished dinner, so Xiao Yuan wasn't in a hurry. He took advantage of his wife while chatting casually.

However, the topics they discussed were rather bizarre. Xiao Yuan didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually asked his wife for her opinion on some of the more troublesome issues related to the Imperial Prison.

And you know what? These things are actually quite relevant to his profession; Supervisor Xiao really did ask the right person.

Jiang Xinyu was, after all, a professionally trained scholar. Even though there weren't many instruments in ancient times, she had memorized ancient wisdom classics like "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" and "Records of Exonerating Wrongful Convicts," so she spoke fluently and knowledgeably about them.

Supervisor Xiao regretted bringing up the topic.

He didn't really want to know the characteristics of corpses that were raped and then murdered or murdered and then raped; he preferred to study the bodies of living people.

For example, what was the wife like when she was first aroused, and what was she like when she was completely conquered by him?

Jiang Xinyu was never a person with a strong will, and the two of them ended up talking about sex again.

The night was filled with passionate lovemaking, but the spring night was too short. The next day, the eunuch's wife was too lazy to get up until noon.

Fortunately, Xiao Yuan didn't cause any more trouble that night, and Jiang Xinyu actually made it to the birthday banquet at the Marquis of Chengyi's residence.

It wasn't Madam Chengyi's birthday celebration, and the Earl knew that his second son-in-law's family had encountered some troubles, so he hadn't planned a big birthday banquet.

But the lady said that Chief Supervisor Xiao and his wife would be attending the birthday banquet, and Earl Chengyi also wanted to show off his family's connection with the Eastern Depot, so he sent out more invitations. The day was quite lively with many guests.

Jiang Xinyu still brought Qiyue and Xiaodie with her when she went out. Coachmen and guards couldn't enter the inner courtyard, so it was better to bring two capable helpers.

As expected, her status had risen with the tide. Last time she came, she was an unknown nobody, but now, as soon as she got off the carriage, Madam Qin was already waiting at the door.

He immediately tried to hold her hand affectionately, calling her "niece" so warmly that anyone who didn't know better would think he was her aunt.

Jiang Xinyu had little interest in the banquet; she wouldn't have bothered coming if it weren't for the fact that Xiao Yuan was coming to arrest someone.

But when she saw Liu Shi and Jiang Wanqiu in the crowd with unpleasant expressions and a miserable look, she became interested. She casually replied to Qin Shi with a few perfunctory words and walked straight towards her good aunt and half-sister.

When Qin saw that she was talking to the Jiang family, she didn't want to be too obsequious. It was a time when there were many guests, so she decided to wait until after dinner to talk in detail.

When Liu saw this jinx approaching, she involuntarily trembled, fearing that she might cause a scene in this setting and disregard her reputation.

That brat is married, but her Wanqiu is still unmarried.

For young women of marriageable age, every wedding banquet and birthday celebration is a stage for them to showcase themselves, and they never know when they might be chosen by a wealthy lady.

Given their status, they didn't have many opportunities to attend high-end banquets, so she specially prepared luxurious clothes for Wanqiu, not wanting this little bitch to ruin them.

This lady is getting more and more out of line. She doesn't even care about bringing a eunuch's wife to a perfectly good birthday banquet.

Jiang Xinyu seemed oblivious to the awkwardness in Liu's smile, and she held the mother and daughter's arms on either side of her, acting very affectionately, making outsiders think they had a very good relationship.

Jiang Wanqiu forced a smile, her skin crawling with goosebumps, and offered a nonsensical, perfunctory reply. Little did anyone know how much she wanted to scream and curse.

Jiang Xinyu laughed even more heartily. Who says that if you have a bad relationship, you have to yell and curse at each other? Sometimes, it's more effective to annoy the other person.

Ever since Jiang Xinyu drove her away last time, Liu Shi has clearly realized the difference in status between herself and Jiang Xinyu. Before her daughter finds a powerful backer, she really wants to stay away from this jinx.

But now there's no escaping it.

In order to give Jiang Wanqiu a chance to escape, she had no choice but to sacrifice herself to hold Jiang Xinyu back.

The reason is readily available: Jiang Xinyu is already married and shouldn't be hanging out with young girls; she'd have more to talk about with married women.

Jiang Xinyu chuckled. "Then it shouldn't be my aunt accompanying me. Are you trying to drag me into the group of concubines?"

Oh dear, I'm so sorry.

"Your aunt wants to find someone to keep you company, but unfortunately my husband hasn't taken a concubine."

The ladies watching the commotion were on good terms with Madam Liu. In the past, they would have already spoken up for Madam Liu and rebuked this impolite girl.

But now that Miss Jiang has become the wife of the Grand Eunuch, they don't want to bring trouble to their husband's family or their own, so they all avoid Liu's gaze and dare not step forward.

Liu grabbed Jiang Xinyu only to help her daughter escape. Seeing that Jiang Wanqiu had already left, she didn't persist and casually found a chair to sit down, acting like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves.

She knew she couldn't gain the upper hand through words and didn't want to get upset.

Just bear with it, bear with it until her son becomes a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) and she is promoted to the rank of official wife, bear with it until her daughter marries into a prestigious family and tramples this little slut underfoot.

Who told her to be blind and naive and not realize that this stupid girl had been pretending to be stupid all along? Now that the other party is in power, she can only temporarily avoid the limelight.

Since the banquet hasn't started yet, the ladies are too lazy to sit idly in the flower hall. Instead, a number of people are gathered in twos and threes on the veranda, and gradually some people come over to greet Jiang Xinyu.

Xiao Yuan's status as a eunuch was despised, but his power was very attractive.

For those minor officials of the fifth or sixth rank, Governor Xiao was someone whose word could decide their life or death. Those ladies who had finally met Governor Xiao's wife all planned to come over and try to establish a relationship with him.

Jiang Xinyu thought she would encounter someone who would provoke her in this kind of situation and then be slapped in the face, but she was wrong.

As expected, novels are not to be trusted.

This is understandable, as the ladies who frequent the circles in Beijing all know their own stories.

Even if their husbands were on the Left Prime Minister's side, they were unwilling to offend Jiang Xinyu and leave themselves a way out.

While officials' wives may seem prestigious and enjoy the honors, they also bear risks.

If the master remains well, it doesn't matter. But once he is dismissed from his post and his property is confiscated, knowing the wife of the head of the Eastern Depot is more useful than knowing the princess.

The local official is more powerful than the distant one; the agents of the Eastern Depot wouldn't give anyone face, but they wouldn't make things difficult for their own mistress, the wife of the head eunuch.

Even if they can't befriend them, it's better not to offend them, otherwise they could suffer the consequences if someone says something to them.

This idea is actually quite bizarre; no one would have thought of it ten or twenty years ago.

But these are turbulent times!

As the emperor grew older, he became increasingly power-hungry and incompetent, while his princes fought amongst themselves like roosters, constantly plotting against and scheming against each other.

Today's honored guest may be tomorrow's prisoner; no one dares to say that their master's official position is a prison sentence for eternity.

Unfortunately, only the wives of officials understood this principle.

The young ladies from various families were spoiled by their families at the age of ten, and they were all ignorant of the hardships of life, completely unaware of the undercurrents in the capital.

In the garden, Jiang Wanqiu was sitting by a small stone table, comforting her girlfriends with a mournful and aggrieved expression.

It doesn't matter that she was bullied; she felt much better after talking to her friends.

Her elder sister, now married to a powerful official, is even more arrogant and domineering than before, and she doesn't want her sisters to suffer the same humiliation as her.

Zhao Zhenzhen, who had always gotten along well with Jiang Wanqiu, also came this time, adding fuel to the fire by recounting how shameless her former sister-in-law was.

She also described how the old eunuch was a vicious and ruthless man, and how Jiang Xinyu bullied her family and extorted money from them, relying on her power and influence.

Fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls are at the age when their teenage angst is rampant.

Moreover, these people are Jiang Wanqiu and Zhao Zhenzhen's close friends, and they used to tease Jiang Xinyu with them quite a bit.

If you're used to hitting, you want to retaliate; if you're used to cursing, you want to open your

When the person who has been bullied by a group of people for a long time suddenly turns the tables, even adults know to avoid their sharp edge and fear retaliation, but young people, driven by passion, don't think that far ahead.

In the eyes of these young girls, Jiang Xinyu had previously bullied Wanqiu and the others by taking advantage of her status as the legitimate daughter, and they had all stood up for justice.

They're only relying on the power of an old eunuch; do you think they'd be afraid of her?