Chapter 199: The Shen Family (1)
The Shen family is finally here!
Gu Wanning and Mrs. Tai glanced at each other, and they both saw the coldness in each other's eyes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
With the power of the Beihou Mansion, it naturally doesn't take much effort to deal with a Shen family.
The old lady Shen has long since died of old age, but the two uncles of the Shen family are both in office, and they are both lacking in oil and water.
Uncle Shen's full name is Shen Yao, and he serves in the Caoyun Division. Shen's second uncle's full name is Shen Wu, and he is the grain delivery officer who is responsible for escorting grain and grass to the border.
A month ago, Shen's eldest uncle and second uncle were both accused of corruption and dereliction of duty, dismissed from their official positions, and escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department to await review and disposal.
For the Shen family, this matter is like a bolt from the blue!
Old lady Shen was shocked to hear the bad news and fainted at that time. Old Madam Shen also fell ill.
The two sons are still imprisoned in prison, even if they have no future, they must be rescued first.
Old lady Shen and old lady Shen summed up a little, converted all the gold and silver that could be brought at home into silver tickets and took them with her, and came to the Dingbei Hou Mansion for help.
As early as a few days ago, the secret guard of the Dingbei Hou Mansion spread the news of Old Lady Shen entering Beijing to the capital.
Old lady Shen Old lady Shen is old and frail, although she is anxious, the speed of the boat and carriage is not as fast as that of a person in the prime of life. It was also a few days later than Gu Wanning expected.
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Strange, why did the second sister's maternal grandfather and grandmother suddenly come to the capital from Xijing?
There was no wind at all before.
Gu Guanhua was secretly strange in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face: "Second sister, let's go out with you to greet you!"
Gu Wanning's reaction was unusually indifferent: "I don't have to bother you. I went to welcome my grandparents in. Then he turned his head and instructed Linglong: "You go to Rongde Hall to send a message to your mother, just say that your grandparents came from Xijing on purpose, and I will lead them to visit your mother in Rongde Hall." ”
Linglong answered, and immediately went to Rongde Hall to deliver a message.
Mrs. Tai said lightly: "Zi Yan, let someone come and dress me up." ”
Gu Wanning frowned and said in a low voice, "Grandmother, your body has just improved, and you haven't recovered yet. Dr. Xu also said that let you calm down and recuperate, and you should not be too excited. Don't get up! My grandfather and grandmother are there to greet me. ”
"If my grandmother thinks that it is rude for me to come forward as a junior, just let the eldest aunt and the third aunt come forward. ”
Mrs. Tai insisted very much: "My in-laws and my wife have come to the capital thousands of miles away, how can I avoid it." ”
These days, whenever I think of the Shen family, Mrs. Tai feels like a fish in her throat.
Thinking of the Shen family who concealed the truth and forced the Shen family to marry into the Gu family, Mrs. Tai was even more depressed in her heart.
Now, Old Lady Shen and Old Lady Shen have come to the Gu family together, and Mrs. Shen naturally wants to see each other, and she can only stop with this evil breath in her heart.
Gu Wanning saw that Mrs. Tai was so stubborn, and sighed a little helplessly: "That's it, it's all up to grandmother." However, my grandmother also promised me that I must be calm and not easily angered. ”
Mrs. Tai was half-joking, half-joking, half-joking: "You girl, you dare to restrain your grandmother." ”
"If my grandmother doesn't promise me, I won't let her get up. Gu Wanning raised his eyebrows slightly, and his tone naturally revealed majesty.
Mrs. Tai smiled dumbly: "Okay, well, I'll listen to you." ”
Gu Guanning gave up at this time, and said to Gu Guanhua and the others: "Eldest sister, I'll go to meet my grandparents, you guys go back first!"
Gu Guanning made it clear that he didn't want everyone to go to see Old Lady Shen together, and everyone was also very interested, so they got up and went back to the courtyard.
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After leaving Zhenghe Hall, Wu Lianxiang leaned into Gu Guanhua's ear and asked in a low voice, "It's really strange, how could Old Lady Shen and Old Lady Shen suddenly come to the capital? Moreover, Cousin Guanning's reaction was also very strange. I don't see the slightest bit of joy, and I refuse to let us go to meet each other, I really don't know what the reason is. ”
Gu Guanhua was also full of doubts, but she refused to accept Wu Lianxiang's words, and said lightly: "This is a matter of the second room, and we really shouldn't ask." ”
Wu Lianxiang touched a soft nail and smiled a little stiffly: "What you said is that she doesn't want us to know, so we won't talk much." ”
In his tone, there was a faint meaning of flattering Gu Guanhua.
Gu Guanhua smiled and stopped speaking.
Wu Lianxiang's careful thoughts, Gu Guanhua knew it, but he never said it.
Wu Lianxiang has lived in the Gu family for several years and has been trying her best to please the Wu family. is nothing more than wanting to marry Gu Jinxing and be the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Gu family.
In the past, the Wu family revealed this meaning in front of Wu Lianxiang. However, since two months ago, Wu's attitude has quietly changed. even hinted at Wu Lianxiang a few times and asked her to move back to Wu's house.
Wu Lianxiang vaguely guessed what was going on. I was worried in my heart, and I reined in the bitterness of the past a lot, and I was much more enthusiastic about Gu Guanhua.
Gu Guanhua is gentle and generous by nature, and he doesn't like Wu Lianxiang's cousin, but he also has a lot of concessions.
However, she knew very well in her heart that Wu Lianxiang's extravagant hopes were destined to fail.
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Gu Wanning led the maid to the outside of Zhenghe Hall.
In the distance, I saw a group of people coming.
The leader is the concierge steward of the Dingbei Hou Mansion. Behind the steward were a couple over half a hundred years old.
Although the man's skin is loose and the corners of his eyes are wrinkled, he is still tall and handsome, and he can see that he must have been a beautiful man when he was young. At this time, there was already a lot of gray hair on his head, and he looked haggard and old.
The woman looked a little older than the man, with silver strands in her hair, and wrinkles on her forehead and eyes. Because of the initial recovery from a serious illness, he worked hard all the way, and his eyebrows were full of tiredness. When walking, the gait is slightly staggering.
This couple is none other than Mrs. Shen.
Gu Wanning looked at the two of them from afar, with coldness in his eyes.
In her previous life, she and the Shen family almost never intersected.
After knowing the secrets of the Shen family and Shen Qian, she turned against the Shen family, married the grandson, and became the princess. The two uncles of the Shen family used her banner behind their backs, and each of them found a better official position and gained a lot of benefits.
After the palace change, the grandson died, and she led her son to escape from the capital. Later, some military generals led troops to defect, and some civilian officials secretly supported their mother and son.
The Shen family, who is her foreign family, has been silent. After King Qi ascended the throne, he even took the initiative to write to King Qi to pursue their mother and son back to Beijing.
King Qi obviously didn't bother to deal with the Shen family, so the Shen family was not implicated by her.
A few years later, she entered Cining Palace and became the youngest empress dowager of Great Qin.
The Shen family brazenly entered the palace to climb relatives, and she unceremoniously kicked them all out. Later, she secretly disposed of Shen and Gu Jinyan. The Shen family knew that the cause of death of Shen's mother and son was different, but none of them dared to speak up.