Chapter 305: Another Idea
The child cried, and the nurse was afraid that Mrs. Dong would hear and punish her, so she smiled and said some auspicious words and took the child back, and Mrs. Meng went to see Mrs. Dong.
Mrs. Dong had just given birth, and her body was still very weak, but she was very happy to see Mrs. Meng, and her sister shouted very affectionately.
Mrs. Meng's heart softened even more, thinking that her sister might not have done it on purpose, maybe she was too anxious some time ago, after all, Master Dong was also an official in the court, and his official position was higher than that of Meng, and there would be mutual help in the future.
Mrs. Dong gave birth for the first time, although there were a bunch of mothers-in-law and nurses, but these people inevitably had some scruples and did not dare to say it, Mrs. Meng gave birth to three children, and she had a lot of experience, and some small taboos that were difficult for outsiders to talk about were carefully told to her sister, and Mrs. Dong was even more grateful, and she took notes on everything her sister said.
The sisters chatted as they did before they left the cabinet, chatting and chatting, and the topic gradually deviated a little, only to hear Mrs. Dong change the topic and ask, "Sister, Yan'er is almost fifteen this year, right?" I remember that next month will be her confinement, and I am worried that I will not have time to participate in the ceremony, but now I should be out of confinement and can participate in her ceremony."
Talking about her daughter, Mrs. Meng subconsciously became vigilant, looking at Mrs. Dong's happy face, she still endured the letting of her sister as a sister, but her tone was lighter, and she only said: "It's just a courtesy, and I don't plan to do a big deal, after all, her father's current official position...... A lot of people don't know whether to invite or not, and it's a question of whether or not to invite someone to come, so just invite a few elders to celebrate a little."
"How's that going to work? It's also a happy event, and it just so happens that everyone can see that the geese are so good." Mrs. Dong sighed, "Does my sister still remember my courtesy?" Ask a woman like a country woman to comb her hair and put a cheap hairpin...... Many of the sisters were secretly laughing at me, and I was so angry that I cried for three days and three nights afterwards."
"It's all gone. Sister, don't think about the past anymore." Mrs. Meng also remembered the past, and when her sister was wronged, she complained to her, and the sisters comforted each other. I feel more pity for my sister.
"At that time, I swore that I must live better than the sisters of the Quan family who invited the noble lady to hairpin." Mrs. Dong clenched her fists and showed a stubborn expression. The expression is like a girl in the boudoir.
Mrs. Meng sighed again and persuaded: "Sister, you are now a mother, your sister-in-law has done a good job, there is no mother-in-law to make things difficult, and the only stepdaughter is also married. The days are bitter and then sweet."
"That's what my sister said." Mrs. Dong nodded, "So marrying someone is the second reincarnation, you have to pick it carefully, I don't know if my sister has any thoughts about Yan'er's relatives?"
Mrs. Meng's brows furrowed, and she looked at Mrs. Dong's eyes with suspicion, "Why did my sister suddenly ask this?" Could it be that there is a good candidate for my sister?"
"Sister said that it was funny, my lord and I just returned to the city and had a body, and I almost didn't even go out of the door, where can anyone choose" Mrs. Dong smiled embarrassedly.
Mrs. Meng put her mind at ease, as long as she didn't want to be a matchmaker for Yan'er, otherwise she would immediately pull out her legs and leave. And all the candidates proposed by Mrs. Dong were immediately included in the refusal to come to the household, thinking that she was really a soldier.
At this time, Mrs. Dong said again: "But sister, I heard that the Li family in Dengzhou intends to ask for a sister Yan."
"How does my sister know?" Madame Monte's suspicions rose again. Looking up and down at Mrs. Dong.
Mrs. Dong said with a smile: "Don't hide it from my sister, although I don't go out, I still have a few friends, and I have also seen the son of the Li family...... When our master first came back, he saw Li Gongzi at the banquet outside, and he felt good at the moment, and after careful inspection, he was more satisfied, and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law, but unfortunately people didn't look down on his baby daughter. Therefore, I know that Li Gongzi's character and talent are all excellent."
"It's a pity that the Li family is a scholar. The rules are big, and our family is the home of military generals. If the door is not right, no matter how good Li Gongzi is, he is not a good match." For the first time, Madame Monte felt that it was only right to refuse this family business.
Mrs. Dong probably mentioned it casually, but seeing that Mrs. Meng didn't seem to want to mention it, she diverted the topic and said: "The daughter's family affairs are more troublesome, and the son's marriage to the daughter-in-law is simpler......"
"Sister, that kid in your family has just been born, and he thinks of marrying a daughter-in-law, don't let people hear the joke, don't mention it." Mrs. Meng laughed and teased her sister, but her heart moved, why didn't she think of it, she had an idea in her heart, and suddenly she couldn't sit still in the Dong family, and under the pretext that there was something at home, she took her leave.
Back in the house, Mrs. Meng thought more and more about the thoughts in her heart, the more excited she became, and ordered someone to celebrate Mrs. Quan's fourth, so she gave an order, Mrs. Quan's fourth wife understood, and naturally took the order to go, these days, she relied on Dingwangfu to make a lot of fat powder money by doing small business, and her status in the family became more and more transcendent, not to mention her father-in-law and mother-in-law, no one in the clan such as the third old lady of Quan dared to be embarrassed anymore, but where the Meng family had any instructions, she would naturally go all out, not to mention that this was what she was good at.
Wenjun Palace
Duan's sister-in-law, Xie Shi, quietly came to see Duan.
Xie Yugui's younger brother Xie Yugui was dismissed for the river corruption case after Xie fell ill, and complained a lot about the Duan family, but the daughter who married out still has to rely on her husband's family after all, not to mention that her younger brother is now only dismissed from his post and imprisoned, and has not been convicted, although according to the current situation, his reputation cannot be saved, but others can be big or small, and other children in the clan will have to rely on the Duan family to take care of her in the future, she doesn't dare to make trouble, she still has to cheer up after showing her grievances after being sick, and move around cheekily.
However, the Xie family thought that she was working hard for the Duan family, but her eldest sister-in-law, the princess of Wenjun Wang, the princess Duan, obviously didn't think so, for the Duan family. [,! I only think that the fact that the Xie family has such a fact is too embarrassing, and the Xie family should think about it behind closed doors at home, and wait for the rumors to pass, instead of coming out on the cusp of this storm to be embarrassed, especially not at the door of the Wenjun Palace, this should let the younger sister-in-law Guan know that as long as she casually mentions the matter of the Duan family in front of everyone, she can be embarrassed.
Duan's is not a person who is good at hiding her feelings, especially when she is dissatisfied with her brother and daughter-in-law, she is even more undisguised, and she said directly when she met: "I said sister-in-law, don't come out to blow the wind if you are not feeling well, if there is something to let the maid pass on, why come over in person."
Xie was from a low background, and he had always taken care of the eldest sister's face, but there was no trace of anger on his face, and he only said with a worried face: "I'm worried about my sister, but now this matter is very important, I have to come in person."
Duan looked at the solemn look on Xie's face, and his heart was furious: "What's wrong?"
Xie Shi looked at Quan's mother silently, obviously a little taboo.
Duan instructed Quan's mother, "Go down."
After Quan's mother went down, Xie Shi said, "I don't know if my sister knows about the Li family in Dengzhou?"
Dengzhou Li family is the Li Yushi Li Zhengdao who impeached Xie Yugui in the court, the Duan family didn't take him to heart before, but after the last incident, he had to pay attention, and learned about the Li family in detail, for fear that this Li Yushi would still not be relenting, and when he saw the Xie family mention the Li family, he said: "I know, what's wrong?"
Xie said mysteriously: "I received news that the Li family in Dengzhou proposed to the Meng family, which is the Meng family, the maiden home of Princess Ding, and asked to marry Princess Ding's sister."
"There's such a thing." Duan's some disdainful, and a little disdainful, what scholarly family style is just a clinging to the powerful, as the Mengshi married into the Dingwang Mansion and gradually mastered the middle feed in the house, and the palace was calm and rumored that the Dingwang was still very satisfied with this wife, there were many villains who had a crooked idea to tie up the Meng family, and last time there was an aunt in the mother's family who asked her if she knew the Meng family sisters, which meant that she wanted to marry the Meng family.
Xie Shi saw that Duan's brain had obviously not turned around, and he was a little anxious, this sister-in-law usually looked smart, why was she so unenlightened at the critical moment, so she didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "Sister, this Li Yushi is the one who provoked the impeachment of my younger brother, I heard our master say, if it wasn't for the prince Ding in the court last time, I am afraid that this Li Yushi will ...... Now on the cusp of this storm, the Li family asks to marry the daughter of the Meng family, the Li family is a scholarly family, the Meng family is a military general, and the door is not the right one, what is it for, isn't it obvious?"
As soon as he said this, Duan was shocked, but he said, "So what? The prince is still a brother with the prince Ding, even if the Li family marries the Meng family, what can it do? It's as close as a brother."
Xie really wanted to knock on this sister-in-law's head and see what was inside, the Duan family used to be noble, but since the old lady Duan passed away, the family was separated again, and because of the early death of his father, the title was inherited by the second uncle, because this title was very unpleasant with the clan, only to maintain this face, and now they are just ordinary eunuchs, how can the sister-in-law, the noble lady, still have so much?
The title of lord is hereditary, everyone's interests are related, unless there is a real grudge, otherwise you can't get the benefit of pulling down the other party, all the things are more united, but the official eunuch is different, the official position is certain, and the other party may be able to go up to the top, so the official must be kind to others, the sister-in-law is like this everywhere and is the enemy of others, and it is not a big deal to look down on this and look down on that with herself, and the prince of Wenjun can't run away without making a big mistake, but it is very dangerous for the Duan family, A trip at a critical moment can make you unable to eat and walk around.
I heard that my sister-in-law offended Princess Ding these days, but fortunately there was no revenge. (To be continued)
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