Chapter 303: Tu Ruchuan
This post was sent by Tu Ruchuan, the chief of the Wuyang Eldest Princess's Mansion, because he had an old relationship with Sheng Lanci, and Sheng Lanci's father and stepmother came to Chang'an and should have come to visit.
In fact, he had thought about it a long time ago, but there were many things in the princess's mansion some time ago, and he couldn't get out of it as a long history, so it dragged on until now.
"This Ruchuan almost became the son-in-law of my Sheng family before, but it's a pity that I have no way to teach my daughter, and I am not blessed to have such a kind half-son. Old lady Sheng looked at the payment of this post, and said with some melancholy, "I heard that when the He'er brothers and sisters came to Chang'an, they were taken care of by him, and they told many little-known important news. I wonder if his coming to see me tomorrow has anything to do with the matter of the crane?"
The old marquis Xu persuaded Xu Zijing and his wife, and when he saw that the old lady Sheng was sad, he asked Sheng Weiqiao how he passed when he entered the palace.
Sheng Weiqiao said truthfully: "The queen treats me as before, very maintained, and said that she will canonize me and the eighth sister as the county lord and Ying Jiang as the township lord in accordance with the original promise. ”
Everyone was a little incredulous when they heard this, and Nan Clan said suspiciously: "Qiao'er, I remember that you are actually not familiar with Queen Meng?"
"It's true that we don't see each other much. Sheng Weiqiao glanced left and right, and saw that it had already been cleared, so he groaned, and said what he had been hiding from Ningwei Hou's Mansion, "But before, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, we were invited to congratulate her on her birthday, and she was ...... at the banquet in the middle."
She spoke briefly and said apologetically, "Because this matter is related to the queen's name, the county lord of Jingshu asked us not to talk about it." So I haven't told Uncle Shi and Aunt Shi, and I still hope for Uncle and Aunt Haihan!"
"Aren't you dizzy?!" Hearing this, Xu Zijing and his wife didn't say anything, and Old Lady Sheng stomped his feet angrily, "Is it the lord of Jingshu County, or your uncle and aunt's mother?!, such a thing that outsiders know, why can't you tell Zijing and his wife?!"
"You can't blame Qiao'er and them, after all, they are only so big, and they must be frightened when they encounter such a thing. If Mrs. Sheng didn't have a seizure, Xu Zijing didn't say anything, the Nan family would definitely have to complain a few words about Sheng Weiqiao's appearance, but at this time, the old lady scolded her granddaughter first, and the Nan family wanted to help Sheng Weiqiao speak, and said comfortingly, "I remember that on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, I heard that Zheng Guogong's favorite concubine Jiaoyu on the tenth night of the first lunar month, and Miss Meng 15, the daughter she gave birth to Zheng Guogong, were both gone, and I didn't worry, so I ran to visit their brothers and sisters...... I guess I'm scared?"
Sheng Weiqiao nodded awkwardly.
At this time, it was the turn of the old marquis Xu to scold his son and daughter-in-law: "It's not all your goddaughters who have no way to raise such a dizzy boneless thing, after three generations of world friends, they actually listen to the wind and rain and rush out!
"Alas, Lao Xu, are you squeezing our ancestors and grandchildren?" Old Lady Sheng said busily, "Talk about things well, don't talk about those who don't have it...... Cai Kui is a year younger than Qiao Er! When Qiao Er is ignorant and confused, won't Cai Kui be allowed to reform herself? It's all in the past, and now our ancestors and grandchildren are also living in the Hou Mansion, what are you doing when you always turn over old accounts?"
Sheng Weiqiao coughed dryly and forcibly changed the topic back to business: "On the way back, I thought that although we helped the queen at that time, we didn't have any friendship with the queen after all." The queen is so good to us at this time, and she is under the pressure of Zheng Guogong to seal the county lord and township, and she promises to let me go to her if I have any trouble...... Later, the fifth miss of the Meng family, who is the concubine of Wu'an Hou, because of Gao Chengxuan's affairs, trespassed into Jingshao Palace, and wanted Queen Meng to hand me over to her to deal with, in order to protect me, Queen Meng personally chased and beat Miss Meng Wu, forcing Miss Meng Wu to escape from the palace, claiming to go to find the Queen Mother to complain......"
She carefully talked about her experience in Jingshao Palace, and muttered, "So I think, is the queen mother worried that after the Meng family exerts pressure on the Sheng family, her past experience will be exposed?"
It's no wonder she can't believe that Queen Meng is so good to the Sheng family out of pure gratitude and gratitude, after all, this incident is not simply that the Sheng family offended the Meng family, but because the Sheng family was involved in the battle between the Meng family and King Gaomi.
These two sides are a life-and-death situation, and it is impossible to coexist at all, what kind of means can't be used?
In this case, Empress Meng insisted on repaying Sheng Weiqiao's aunt and nephew's kindness, and it would go against the interests of the He clan? Not to mention whether the Meng clan would agree, Empress Meng, who was only sixteen years old and had nothing but the name of the queen, was herself a pawn of the Meng clan to seek wealth and wealth, where did she get the ability to suppress Zheng Guogong's opposition?
Do you rely on Empress Dowager Meng?
The Empress Dowager Meng can suppress the Meng family, the question is, the reason why the Empress Dowager Meng will try her best to make her favorite niece the queen is not the Meng family's wealth and evergreen?
So Sheng Wei Qiao thought about it, and felt that Queen Meng's move was out of gratitude, but it was more likely, but it was out of appeasement?
After all, it was not easy for the Meng family to get a successor to come out, in case of disrepute, the Meng family has no shortage of girls who continue to be queens, I am afraid that Emperor Xuanjing, who is obsessed with the Shu sisters, will be impatient to get married again!
"Qiao'er's words also make sense, but I'm afraid that Meng's intention is not just to make you silent on this matter. Nan listened, thought for a while, and raised an objection tactfully, "When this incident happened, you hadn't moved back to the Hou Mansion to live." At that time, everything should have been in charge of the crane, right......? Do you know about it?"
Seeing Sheng Weiqiao nodding silently, Nan smiled bitterly, "Then, will this be the case: Meng feels that He'er was the son of the Sheng family before, and in order not to offend the Meng family, he will definitely not talk nonsense, but now he has recovered his identity and become the son of King Gaomi!
Of course, this matter was personally experienced by Qiao'er, Ying Jiang and Jingshu County Lord, and He'er himself just listened to Qiao'er's retelling. ”
"So even if He'er turns around and informs King Gaomi of this, as long as Qiao Er and Ying Jiang firmly deny it, the Meng clan will have a reason to protect Empress Meng's reputation?"
"He'er, that kid shouldn't be so bad. "Old lady Sheng has never looked down on this kind of dirty methods, especially after his granddaughter Sheng Weirao and granddaughter Shen Jiuniang disappeared that year, they were very much discussed in the famous festival for a period of time, among which Sheng Weirao, who was recovered, is now subject to the experience of the past years, and can only get out of the cabinet by smashing the dowry, so he said, "But it's also a good thing that the Meng family thinks so, after all, in this way, they will not always worry about our Sheng family." ”
When Nan heard this, her lips moved, and she wanted to say something or didn't say anything: she didn't think that Sheng Sleeping Crane was a person who was bright and beautiful, this kid gave her the impression that she was cunning and good at acting, and people of her age felt a headache when she was slippery, not like an ordinary junior. Moreover, even if Sheng Sleeping Crane wants to be high-winded and bright, as the biological son of King Gaomi, once King Gaomi loses in this court fight, he will definitely not end well!
In this situation of both prosperity and loss, how difficult is it to remain noble?
Nan didn't think Sheng Sleeping Crane had such sentiments.
In fact, Sheng Weiqiao also thinks so, she knows better than Mrs. Sheng what the real person of Sheng Sleeping Crane is.
This person was born as a bandit, and he usually has no bottom line, so what can't he do?
However, the girl had a strong premonition, that is, Sheng Sleeping Crane would never use this method to calculate Meng's family.
Just because this move will affect her, as well as the Sheng family.
"That's all for this, since the queen said, let you take Rao'er into the palace next time to show her, and you agreed, then the next time you go to the Hajj, you sisters will go together. Old Lady Sheng settled down and continued, "After all, Rao'er...... It's always good that she has a title. As for receiving such benefits from the Meng family, what will happen in the future, let's take one step at a time!"
The old lady then talked about Tu Ruchuan's posting, "This kid ...... I haven't seen him in years, so I wonder how he's doing?"
Sheng Weiqiao didn't know much about Tu Ruchuan, after all, Tu Ruchuan was mainly received by Sheng Sleeping Crane before. is Tu Ruchuan himself, looking at Sheng Lanci's "son", he must also pay more attention than his daughter.
At this time, I can only choose what I know and give the old lady a rough explanation.
The old lady heard that Tu Ruchuan married his wife Jiang, but he was a person who looked virtuous and gentle, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "My Sheng family is very sorry for this child, and it is a matter of my heart that he can marry a virtuous woman again." ”
"It's all in the past, and other people's children don't care about it, otherwise how could they take care of He'er's brothers and sisters, let alone come to visit you......?" Ming'er asked the son-in-law to prepare some drinks, you have a few drinks with the child, and then you will reveal everything, and you will be your own nephew in the future. Isn't your Sheng family silver? Find an opportunity to send more good things to your nephew's family, which is a way to make up for it. ”
The next day, the Nan clan really prepared a drink for Tu Ruchuan's arrival, but this person came and went in a hurry like when he went to the Sheng Mansion to report the news, not to mention staying to accompany the old lady Sheng to drink a few cups to relieve the grievances, that is, he didn't even eat a few mouthfuls of tea, and after giving a big bow to the old lady Sheng, he didn't say a few words, and he left.
Because Mrs. Sheng was going to tell him about the things that the marriage between the two families failed to accomplish back then, he cleared the scene before he came, and even Mrs. Ming was not allowed to show up.
After seeing people leave at this time, Old Marquis Xu and the Nan family wanted to come over to inquire about the details, and they all asked: "Why did you leave after a while? Could it be that he still has a problem with the things of the past? This shouldn't be, if so, why did you take care of the children who took care of Lan Ci before, why did you come to see you today?"
Old lady Sheng's expression was complicated, and he said after a while: "That kid is very atmospheric, and he doesn't care about the past for a long time." The reason why he left in a hurry today was because he received a message from the eldest princess's mansion before going out, and there was an important matter that he needed to do immediately. ”
Old Marquis Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good." Anyway, it's not easy for us to come to Chang'an, so we didn't say that we would leave immediately. In a few days, when he is busy, it will not be too late for you two to meet again and talk again!"
"But though he didn't sit for long, he told me something important, and I had to call Jo'er over to discuss it. Old lady Sheng also thought so, and after bowing her head, she said, "Zijing daughter-in-law, bother you to send someone to sacrifice to the Red Pavilion to pass the word?"