The second lady's eyes flashed when she saw the thing in He Linwan's hand, but soon she smiled in surprise: "Niangniang still remembers?"

He Ajiao looked at the second lady in shock: "Second sister-in-law, do you have an old relationship with Concubine Xian? Why have you never heard of it?"

He Linwan looked at everyone's expressions, and even the old lady was stunned.

The second lady took the box in He Linwan's hand, and said to everyone with a smile: "My mother's family is in Quanzhou, and Niangniang's mother's family is also in Quanzhou. I thought that Niangniang had forgotten about her childhood, so she never mentioned this relationship in front of you. ”

He Ajiao exclaimed: "Speaking of which, Concubine Xian Niangniang is really a person who misses the old love." Did the mother give the second sister-in-law an east pearl?"

He Linwan said with a smile: "I heard that it was selected from the tribute that Niangniang personally came in from the south. ”

He Ajiao stepped forward and urged: "Second sister-in-law, open it up and let us have a look." ”

He Ajiao recently wanted to buy a few good beads for her daughter, and when she heard that it was a good Dongzhu, she wanted to see it, so that she could buy it for her daughter in this condition in the future.

The second lady hesitated, He Ajiao had already stepped forward to take the second lady's box, and then turned around and sat down next to the old lady.

Everyone's attention was on He Ajiao and the box in her hand, but He Linwan's attention was on the second lady, so she could see the anxiety in the eyes of the second lady at this moment.

I don't want He Ajiao to open the box for a long time: "Huh, why can't you open it?"

Yu glanced at He Linwan gloatingly: "It can't be that Ah Wan is naughty and broke the box on the way? You're so daring!"

He Linwan chuckled and said, "Fourth aunt, the rewards in the palace can't be moved, I reminded you just now, but your memory is really good." ”

The second lady's face relaxed, she took the box back from He Ajiao's hand, and tried it but couldn't open it: "I think it's stuck by something, it's really not good, I'll find pliers to dismantle the box when I go back in a while." ”

He Ajiao wanted to say something, but the second lady smiled and said to her: "It's not easy for you to see the beads, I'll let someone send them to you after you take them out, you can see them for as long as you want, can I still show them to you?" It's just that there are many people here." I'm afraid that if I take it hard, I will accidentally hurt the beads inside. It's a disappointment to the mother's heart. ”

He Ajiao thought that this second sister-in-law had never been a stingy person, so she could only do it first.

Seeing that everyone's excitement had passed, Wei once again proposed to the old lady that he was going to Shandong.

The old lady didn't bother to raise her eyelids: "Didn't you say that you should stay at home? ”

He Linwan smiled and said, "Old lady, my mother wants to stay at home and serve your old man's family. However, the queen mother ordered my mother to go to Shandong with the court's reward procession. ”

The old lady looked up at He Linwan: "The will of the queen's mother?"

"Except for my mother. And some of the ladies will go with them. Presumably, His Majesty and Niangniang sympathized with the generals who made military exploits this time and could not return to Beijing due to injury. So they specially ordered their wives to go to Shandong. ”

The old lady frowned. Stop talking.

Yu muttered, "Where is there such a coincidence?"

The second lady said: "Mother, since it is the will of the mother, let the third daughter-in-law go." lest others say that our He family is unkind. ”

After all, if this is the last side, it is really unreasonable to prevent the husband and wife from reuniting. Wei is neither the eldest daughter-in-law nor the eldest granddaughter-in-law, even if he wants to live with He Guanglie all the time, it is justified.

He Ajiao thought that her daughter should marry in the capital in the future, and she would have to rely on the care of these sisters-in-law, nephews and daughters-in-law of her mother's family in the future, so she also sold favors and persuaded her: "Mother, Qiu Xiang is just a girl who has a room, where is there a lady who takes care of her best? Not to mention that the second sister-in-law, the third sister-in-law, and several nephews and daughters-in-law are all serving in front of you, and you are not bad for the fourth daughter-in-law to be filial." ”

The old lady waved her hand unhappily: "Okay, okay, let you go! The queen has spoken, I can still sing against the mother! In the end, you will be disgusted and not talked, and you will be scolded for being unkind." ”

Everyone immediately stepped forward to comfort the old lady.

After returning from Furong Temple, Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately instructed Mama Li to pack her things.

"Follow the convoy of the imperial court, don't bring too many things. Bring all the medicinal materials rewarded by the palace this time, don't bring too many clothes for Ah Wan and Xiaohuzi, they are still growing. In addition, except for some used utensils, everything else is left in the house, and what is missing will be purchased in Shandong......"

"Madam, are all the maids and ladies in the yard going with you this time?"

Ping'er stayed in the house to watch the yard, and brought the cuckoo thrush and a few of their big girls. The people who served Ah Wan and Xiaohuzi brought them, and ......"

Wei was discussing with Mama Li when Du Juan came in to report that Aunt Ying had asked to see her.

Wei patted his head and looked at He Linwan: "I forgot that there is still Aunt Ying......"

He Linwan thought for a while: "Presumably, Aunt Ying came here for this matter, so let my mother ask her what she means." ”

Aunt Ying soon entered the house, and she really came for this matter.

Without waiting for Wei to ask her what she meant, Aunt Ying said, "I heard that Mrs. and Ah Wan are going to Shandong, if you don't bother, please bring me with you." ”

Wei said: "If Mr. is willing to go, we naturally can't ask for it." But don't hide it from Mr., my husband is only a four-grade military attaché, and his residence in Shandong is only a small courtyard with two entrances, and Dengzhou is not as prosperous as the capital, I don't know if Mr. will get used to it. ”

Aunt Ying smiled: "Mrs. said that I was joking, I went through ups and downs when I was young, and even lived in a ruined temple outside the city, no matter how hard it is there, there is a place to shelter." Besides, my wife also knows that I am not a pleasure-seeker, as long as there is a place where I can study in peace, I can be satisfied. ”

Wei thought that Aunt Ying was indeed not a person who was greedy for pleasure, and her daily life was even extremely simple.

The last time Du Juan helped the dumb girl clean their house, and when she came back, she secretly told Ping'er that Mr. Ying's things were pitiful, and every object was used and she was reluctant to throw it away, and that Aunt Ying's clothes were decent when she went out, and the soft shoes she wore were patched when she was in the house.

The next day, Aunt Ying came to Xie Wei's and specially explained that she still had the materials that Wei had given her before, and she was just used to wearing old clothes in the house.

In fact, think about it, Aunt Ying's flattery is given a lot by Mrs. Enbo, and in the West Courtyard, the Wei family will also give Aunt Ying a monthly example every month according to her share in the house, and Aunt Ying is actually not without silver. Because of this, Wei's respect for Aunt Ying has become more and more respectful.

In the end, Wei agreed to go to Shandong with Aunt Ying, but He Linwan did not stop him.

He Linwan has been getting along well with Aunt Ying for a while, and the most important thing is that He Linwan can see that Wei and Aunt Ying can talk very well. This time she went to Shandong, He Linwan hoped that if Wei encountered something inconvenient to tell her daughter, she would not hold back in her heart and have no one to sue.

Mrs. Cheng Enbo didn't say anything, but just asked Mama Wang to send some antidote pills and antidote prescriptions that she had collected everywhere these days to Wei's, so that she could take them to Shandong to see if they could be used when she saw them?

Two days later, the second lady asked Wei to go to Mingshan Hall, and when she came back, Wei called He Linwan over.

"The second lady just said that this time your second uncle will send us to Shandong. ”

He Linwan thought for a while: "Didn't you say that the fourth uncle went with us before?"

In addition to the Wei family and a pair of children, the He family also wanted to send an adult man to Shandong, considering that if something really happened, there would also be a man from the He family who could call the shots. However, the candidate considered by the He family before was He Guanglie's brother-in-law He Guanghui.

Wei said: "You also know your fourth aunt, I heard that there was a disturbance in Siqin Yuan yesterday because of this matter. Originally, I was grateful that the second aunt specially asked the second uncle to come back and run for us, but when I thought of the incident of the virtuous concubine, I always felt a little unsure. ”

He Guangzong, the second grandfather of the He family, is the only son of the second lady and is currently the general judge of Hejian Mansion.

He Linwan groaned: "I remember that the term of office of the second uncle seems to be coming soon?"

Wei said: "Yes, I heard the second aunt mention it last time. Your second uncle was originally going to come back to report on his work this time, but he happened to have an accident with your father, so the second lady asked him to send us to Yilie Shandong first, and the yamen said hello first. ”

Compared to Wei's worries, He Linwan could think about it, if she couldn't get in the way of them, she actually didn't bother to care about the affairs of the second lady. If they are really implicated, they can only be covered by soldiers.

On the second day, the old lady also said that she would let He Guangzong go to Shandong, and the candidate was decided.

The days passed quickly, and the day before they were about to leave the capital, someone came to the palace, asked them how many people and carriages there were, and explained a few words, telling them that they were leaving the city from the south gate on the second day.

In the past few days, Wei has asked people to pack up their things and just wait to leave Beijing.

As soon as the people in the palace left, the porter came to report that the two sons of the Yuan family, Miss Yuan and Miss Zhao, had arrived.

The relationship between the He family and the Yuan family is not bad, and the old lady of the Yuan family still has to give the face, so I heard that they came to see He Linwan off, and they didn't embarrass them, so they asked He Mian to take them to the West Courtyard.

As soon as Yuan gradually saw He Linwan, he couldn't help but say: "Tsk, I didn't expect that among the few of us, it was you who went out first!"

As soon as these words came out, He Jing also looked at He Linwan with envy.

He Jing also asked the elders to follow him to Shandong, but no one in the mansion agreed.

Yuan Xiang quietly glanced at Yuan Yan, and Yuan gradually remembered that this time He Lin went to Shandong because his father was seriously injured, which was not something to envy, and couldn't help but touch his nose.

(To be continued.) )