Chapter Twenty-Four: A Thousand Miles Away

While Su Yunjiao was telling Yun Rou Yunyou about the Marquis of Wenchang's Mansion and preparing for their return to Beijing, thousands of miles away in the capital, there were also people talking about their return to Beijing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Rongchun Hall, located in the central axis of the Wenchang Marquis Mansion, is the main house of the Wenchang Marquis Mansion, in the past was the old marquis and the old lady lived, after the old marquis died, the old lady lived here alone for three years, before moving to the Shousong Hall behind the Rongchun Hall. After the old lady moved to Shousong Hall, Rongchun Hall ushered in its new owner, that is, Su Jinbai, who inherited the title of Marquis of Wenchang, and his wife Wang.

On this day, the Wang family, who had just finished serving the decoction to the old lady, had just entered the door with his front foot, and heard a rumor from the maid that Mother Du was here by the side of the fifth lady.

She was well informed, and the lady had just returned, and before she could sit down for a cup of tea, she had sent someone. The maid who spoke was named Wenjun, and she was very dissatisfied with her words.

Wang didn't speak when he heard this, but only sat on the arhat couch on the five-sided screen of the painted ink landscape on the hall, and Wen Ji, who was accompanying him, immediately understood it, and picked up the white porcelain pot of the official kiln on the plum blossom table on the couch to a cup of tea in the small lid cup of the cyan official kiln that day, and served it to Wang.

Wang took it, first closed her eyes and sniffed, this cup of Tieguanyin she was used to drinking overflowed with the high and long fragrance of tea, and then slowly tasted it slowly, so that the mellow and refreshing, thick but not astringent taste swirled on the tip of the tongue. Until the cup of tea was finished, Wang Shifang opened his eyes and stared at Wen Jun with a smile in his eyes: "Look, didn't I sit down and drink tea?"

It is undeniable that Wang is a beauty, even though she is nearly forty years old, she is still a beauty, and some people will even think that she is more beautiful at this time than she was twenty years ago. Some women in the world are like this, the older they get, the more things they experience, and the more moving they become.

The daughters-in-law of the Marquis of Wenchang are all good-looking, and the most beautiful of them are Wang and Gu, which are different from Gu's heroic and bright to slightly aggressive beauty, Wang's beauty is soft and does not hurt, especially her eyes that always contain endless soft light. But anyone who has gazed at these eyes will sigh from the bottom of their hearts, and they really live up to the name of Qiushui. The eyes are like autumn water, soft as autumn water.

At this moment, Wen Jun, who was staring at by these eyes, all his dissatisfaction just now was turned into this boundless autumn water, and he couldn't help but call helplessly: "Madam!"

Wang put down the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, your mind has calmed down, go and call Mother Du in, don't let her wait for a long time." ”

"Yes. Wen Jun answered, and went out to call Du's mother, who was waiting under the porch, in.

"Wanblessed, please say hello to the eldest lady. Mother Du relied on the support of the fifth lady, and she was very arrogant on weekdays, but she didn't dare to be rude in front of the Wang family just by borrowing her ten guts. For some reason, she just thought that Wang was an extremely difficult person to mess with, even if she seemed gentle and harmless.

"Go, move a stool for Du's mother. Wang smiled and instructed Wen Ji.

Wen Ji moved a stool, put it in front of Du's mother, and stretched out with a smile to help her sit down: "Mother Du, sit down and talk." ”

"How dare you bother the girl!" Du's mother said busily, waving her hand again and again, and sat down by herself. Seeing this, Wen Ji smiled, said no more, and returned to her place to stand.

Du's mother didn't dare to relax, so she only sat on half of the stool carefully, and as soon as she sat down, she heard Wang ask: "Why did the fifth brother and sister order Du's mother to come?"

Mother Du replied: "Our wife sent me to consult Mrs. for the sake of the fourth master's family's return home. ”

"Oh, isn't this already a matter of decision?"

Mother Du was embarrassed: "It must have been decided, but our wife has just taken care of the Hou Mansion, and there are many things that dare not be decided without permission, and the return of the fourth master to the house is a big deal, and many of these matters, my wife still wants to discuss with the eldest lady." ”

Wen Jun on the side listened, and was dissatisfied in his heart, why do you want to discuss it? It is clear that he knows that the fourth master is special in the old lady's heart, and he is afraid that he will dislike the old lady if he doesn't do it well, so he wants to drag his own wife into the water.

"As it should be. Wang nodded, "If the fifth brother and sister have anything to discuss with me, just say it." ”

"Indeed, there is something I want to tell you, the eldest lady. ”

Wang smiled: "Mother Du, just say it!"

Mother Du replied: "The fourth master has not returned to Beijing for many years, in order not to be alienated from the Hou Mansion, Mrs. feels that she should send someone to pick it up." ”

"Exactly. ”

"It's just that my wife doesn't know who to send, and if she sends a steward casually, it may be self-defeating. Du's mother said, "My wife thought that it would be most appropriate for the nephews of the fourth master to pick him up." Originally, the sixth young master was the most suitable candidate, but unfortunately, he went to the north a few days ago, and he didn't know when he would be able to return, so my wife was worried about this matter, so he ordered me to ask the eldest lady for her idea. ”

Wang said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, just let Mu'er go, and the identity is the most suitable." ”

Mother Du didn't expect the Wang family to make such a decision, she originally thought that the eldest lady would say to let the second young master go, her wife originally had this idea, but she had always been at odds with the second lady, and it was difficult to speak, so she would send her to ask the eldest lady to help talk about the item, and she didn't want the eldest lady to say that she wanted the eldest young master to go.

Seeing that Du's mother didn't speak, Wang smiled and said: "You just go back to the fifth brother and sister, tell her not to worry about anything else, although Mu'er is now older and has her own ideas, he doesn't dare not listen to me as a mother, I let him go, he still dares to complain." Is there anything else that the five siblings have to do? ”

Listening to Wang's questioning, Du's mother hurriedly said, "Let's leave this matter for the time being." ”

"In that case, then I won't keep you any longer, presumably the fifth brother and sister are still waiting. Wang smiled, and said to Wen Ji: "Go and bring some peaches from the Prime Minister's Mansion to Mother Du, let her bring them to the five brothers and sisters to taste, and send Mother Du by the way." ”

Now that the matter has been settled, Mother Du has no reason to stay, stands up, salutes the eldest lady, and prepares to leave.

Wen Ji took a basket of peaches, stepped forward with a smile, and said, "I'll send it to Mother Du." ”

"No, no. Mother Du shook her head again and again, but Wen Ji just couldn't see it, took Mother Du's hand, and walked out.

Wang sat on the arhat bed and watched them leave with a smile.

As soon as Wen Ji and Mother Du went out, Wen Jun couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Looking at Mother Du's performance, the fifth lady seems to want the second young master to go, and wants to find the lady to help talk to the second lady, why does the lady want the eldest young master to go?"

Wang asked rhetorically, "Why can't Mu'er go?"

"Doesn't the eldest young master still have to prepare for the spring festival?"

Wang said with a smile: "Chunqiu, that's the year after tomorrow, do you want me to keep Mu'er at home every day to study? "My father told her that Mu'er's article is not bad, but the content is empty, the rhetoric is gorgeous but the reading is boring, this is because he has too little experience, if you want to improve, you have to let him go out and see more.

"As soon as he finished the exam, he mentioned to me and Hou Ye that he wanted to travel to Jiangnan, but I didn't respond at that time, and this time it was just an opportunity. ”

"Then," Wen Jun asked again, "what about the old lady?"

"Old lady, she won't blame me for these face-saving things. ”

"But even though the old lady doesn't say anything on her face, she is inevitably unhappy in her heart, and I am afraid that the old lady will secretly make things difficult for the lady. Wen Jun said worriedly.

Wang said with a smile: "No matter how unhappy the old lady is, she can only vent on some trivial matters, can I still cope with it? Besides, if the old lady is too difficult, won't the old lady suffer in the end?"

The old lady found all kinds of reasons to embarrass the Gu family, and the Gu family accepted it without resistance on the surface, but the streets and alleys of the capital actually spread the ballad of 'unruly mother-in-law and virtuous daughter-in-law' for almost three months, and later the old lady exempted the Gu family from all the invitations, and when she went out, she praised the Gu family as a good daughter-in-law. Although her Wang family's position in the temple is not as good as the Gu family, it is not something that the old lady can bully.

"What's more, Mu'er can still get closer to Sanfang on this trip, such a good thing, even if he refuses, I will force him to go. Wang said again.

"Why?" Wen Jun was puzzled.

Wang looked at her and smiled, reminding, "You forgot, the seventh niece is also in Shanzhou." Last time I went back to Wu Ansheng's house to give a gift, I vaguely revealed to me that the fourth brother and sister took good care of the seventh niece, and the seventh niece liked the fourth brother and sister, the fourth niece and the eighth niece very much, and they didn't come back noisy. According to the style of the third room, they naturally look down on what the seven nieces like, and they don't care about what the seven nieces don't like. ”

Sifang's return to Beijing this time was originally planned by Sanfang for the sake of the seven nieces, and being polite to Sifang is to give Sanfang face.

"Mu'er went to Lanzhou this time, not only increased her knowledge, but also made friends with four rooms and three rooms, killing three birds with one stone, why not. Wang said with a smile, the fifth room of the Su family she values the most is the third room, the third brother Jane is in the emperor's heart, he has no plans for the Hou Mansion, and there is no conflict of interest for the big house, so the closer the relationship, the better.

Moreover, it doesn't matter who she fights with, she just doesn't want to fight with the Gu family, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is the Gu family's biggest reliance, but there is not only one Zhenbei Hou Mansion behind the Gu family.

Wen Jun asked: "Since there are so many benefits to the trip to Lanzhou, Madame is not afraid that the second lady will feel uncomfortable when she finds out." ”

"Every man wants something different. Wang shook his head and said, what she wants is the stability of the Hou Mansion and the relative harmony between the rooms, and the second brother and sister are now only bent on asking Brother Wei to get a good ranking in the autumn of next year, "The second brother and sister and the fifth brother and sister have been doing things in the house recently, and the contradiction is not small, and the fifth brother and sister will not easily mention this matter in front of her, otherwise the fifth brother and sister will never come to ask us." Even if the second sibling found out, it didn't matter to her, and she might thank me for not going to talk to her. ”

Wen Jun heard this and asked, "Madame attaches so much importance to the relationship with the third room, why is it not important to the second lady?"

"It's not that it's not important, it's not as important as her son. "Moreover, for the second siblings, there is no difference between pleasing her and pleasing the Gu family, both can achieve their goals, so why bother to seek the near and far.