Chapter 91: Wei Chi
In the blink of an eye, a few spring rains woke up the willow branches, and Tiandu City showed a vibrant scene everywhere. The prince Xie Zhong accompanied the Tan family and the Xu family, took Xie Ying, Brother Lang and Brother Yue to send Xie Ying home, and attended Xie Yun's wedding.
As soon as Xie Ying left, Xie Fang's life became boring, and there were few masters in the house, in addition to the training of the two strict nurturing grandmothers in the morning, he had to deal with the piano master, embroidery master, calligraphy and painting master in the afternoon, and went to Songhe Garden in the evening to learn to make tea and practice playing chess with Mother Gong beside the old lady.
Therefore, every day when she returns to Graceland, she will complain loudly, and sometimes if she is reprimanded by her upbringing grandmother, she will take people out of anger, so that as long as Xie Fang has a yin face, the girls dare not move forward. Wisteria is a big girl, there is no reason to hide, even if you are cautious, there are times when you are reprimanded. But Wisteria didn't care anymore, Xie Fang's ones were all children playing with their tempers, how could she have a problem with a junior high school student.
It didn't take long for news to come from the Huai'en Houfu that Xie Xuan's family affairs had been settled, Xie Changfeng actually found a good family for the most inconspicuous granddaughter of the Huai'en Houfu, who was the youngest grandson of Liu Qing, a scholar in the current cabinet, although he was the youngest son of the concubine, but he was extremely motivated.
Xie Xuan was also very shocked when she heard the news, she had been worried since Xie Ping said that to her before she got married last year. Because from the Gu family to Mrs. Shizi to her own mother-in-law, she has never revealed her intention to see other people's houses for her, although some big families will also take her to the gatherings of the New Year, but no one looks at her more, just a courtesy greeting.
Since the Xie family married Xie Rong, Xie Fang's marriage was decided, and Xie Ping still married to the palace after making such a fuss. Coupled with Xie Fen who came from afar, Xie Ying has already been found. Xie Xuan's heart goes up and down every day, so when her biological mother, Aunt Lu, trotted all the way to tell her the good news, Xie Xuan didn't come back for a long time.
"I also asked your uncle to spend money to inquire, his character is first-class and good, although his father is a concubine, but he is a concubine, and he is motivated. It's just that I've heard that he's not very tall, and he's a little dark, but what are you afraid of? Your father is a talent, but ......," Aunt Lu said while wiping her tears,
"Our fourth lady is blessed, I **** accompanied the second wife carefully, never dared to mention a word, thinking that she forgot about you, poor to see, actually sent such a great kindness. At the end of last year, she told me how her cousin was doing, but I was so scared that I didn't sleep well for three days, what kind of thing her cousin is, I don't know where in the capital, if you really marry into ......"
Xie Xuan was not interested in what Aunt Lu said, her mind was full of what Xie Ping said to her before she got married, "I believe that the fourth sister will marry a happy husband next year" She really did what she said. Xie Xuan believes that she can find such a wishful marriage and has nothing to do with her mother-in-law, it must be Xie Ping's strength from it.
Since Xie Ping married into the Rui Wangfu last year, she has never seen Xie Ping again. Three days after getting married, he wanted to go back to his parents' house, but he was told that King Rui had an old illness and Xie Ping was inconvenient to come back. Later, after a month, according to the custom of Daxia, he wanted to go back to his parents' house to live in the opposite month, but he received the news that Xie Ping was infected with wind and cold and could not come back.
Later, it was rumored that Xie Ping did not even adhere to the palace banquet in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and I heard that there was an unpleasant encounter with the princess at the queen mother's thousand gold banquet, which made King Rui very faceless, and then she was never allowed to go out, etc., in short, it conveyed a message that Xie Ping had a bad life in King Rui's mansion.
Xie Xuan sat in the carriage with Xie Fang at this time and went to attend the birthday of the old lady who was waiting for him. Although it was a family affair that had been decided, Xie Xuan didn't know the bottom of his heart if he didn't exchange Geng posts for a day, so he sat in the carriage, thinking that yesterday Gu told him that Mrs. Liu would also bring his granddaughter to the birthday banquet, and he was afraid that his expression would not be good and cause the boredom of her husband's family and feel uneasy.
Xie Fang has nothing to say to Xie Xuan on weekdays, and for this cousin, Xie Fang has to think hard to remember her name. Therefore, although the two people sat in the carriage at the same time, there was no communication. Xie Fang was bored fiddling with the handkerchief in her hand, which was embroidered with a red plum, which was her result after a few months of hard work, and Mrs. Lin must let her go out with her own handkerchief.
Mrs. Lin's health has been poor since the New Year, especially her eyes are getting more and more blurry, and ordinary people's banquets can't be postponed. Today's stable waiting for the old lady's birthday, one is because the Tan family and the Xu family are not in Beijing. The second is that Mrs. Settling Hou and Mrs. Lin can be described as handkerchiefs, and they are one of the few old ladies who are still alive at their age. Third, the old lady is going to see the youngest daughter of An Dinghou, 14-year-old Wei Yan this year, for Xie Yingxiang.
Anding Hou is the most inconspicuous of the several waiting masters in Beijing, and it has also been passed down from generation to generation by relying on the grace of the ancestors, but one generation is not as good as the next. So far, Wei Xiang will only be able to keep this signboard. Andinghou only had a son and two daughters, neither of whom was born by Mrs. Andinghou, and Andinghou was very difficult to have children, and he had been married to his wife for six years, and his wife had nothing to do, so he had to carry two aunts, until he was twenty-six years old, and he had the eldest son. Two years later, the aunt gave birth to another daughter, and she has not been seen since. The old lady couldn't, so she had to carry three more aunts for her son, but only one added a daughter to Andinghou the following year, namely Wei Yan, and there has been no movement since then.
The only son is not in good health, and he keeps taking medicine every day. I married my mother's niece last winter, and now I haven't heard good news for half a year, which is undoubtedly another heavy blow to the stable Houfu, which is already not favored and the family is becoming more and more depressed.
Here I also want to mention the eldest daughter of An Dinghou, named Wei Chi, but she is a woman with a man's personality. I heard that when I was young, I helped my mother-in-law preside over the feed, and she was a very prestigious lady in the house. Because of the stability of Hou, he only had these three sons, and his wife could not have children, so Mrs. Hou kept these three under her own name.
Wei Chi is sixteen years old this year, and he had already made a marriage. But after following my uncle to Jiangnan in the winter of last year, he suddenly disappeared, and the outside world didn't know what happened, but since then, no one has come to the door to propose marriage for Wei Chi.
Wisteria helped Xie Fang get off the horse, looked up at the second gate of the Anding Waiting Mansion, and accompanied Xie Fang to many Jingli families in the New Year after being promoted to the first rank, and Wisteria had to admit that this Anding Houfu was really the most simple.
Coming out to greet the Lin family and the Gu family was Mrs. Hou of the Stable Waiting Mansion, a thin and scary woman, Wisteria felt that her head full of beaded flowers could tear off those few poor strands of hair at any time, and at first glance, it was that she had been in poor health for many years, no wonder she couldn't give birth to a child, Wisteria thought to herself very inauthentically.
Mrs. Hou was followed by two young girls, the older one was bright and beautiful, with a sweet smile, and came over to hold Xie Fang and Xie Xuan very enthusiastically, the younger ones were not as beautiful as the older ones, but they were also clean and delicate, pursed their lips and smiled and saluted the old lady, and went to the old lady of Fulin. Because Liu's mother had already told her about the situation of the Waiting House when she came, Wisteria immediately took a seat for the two sisters.
"Oh, I've always wanted to ask Sister Wei, what is Jiangnan like? It is said in the book that the smoke and rain in Jiangnan are the most beautiful," Xie Fang took Wei Chi's hand as soon as he sat down and said.
"My uncle and I were just going to my third cousin's wedding, and we didn't have time to see more. Besides, when I went there, it was a rainy winter. Wei Chi said with a smile while arranging a place for Xie Fang and Xie Xuan.
There were already a few young ladies in Jingli, and Xie Fang saw Ru Niang who was sitting there waving at her, so she no longer asked Wei Chi but ran to Ru Niang. Jiao Niang got married last fall, and Ru Niang also set a family and will marry next year, so she was also detained at home by Tan's second sister-in-law early, and the last time the two met was when they followed Tan back to their parents' house for New Year's greetings.
After Xie Xuan sat down, she saw Xu Xiu sitting at the woman's table, so she stood up again and walked over to salute Xu Xiu dignifiedly, and said hello to her cousin. Xu Xiu was optimistic about Mrs. Pingxihou and wanted to renew Yue Zhen's strings, but he Yuezhen just didn't nod, and Mrs. Pingxihou was so angry that she even took several pills, and she couldn't care about the marriage of the third son anymore. Although Mrs. Pingxi Hou revealed this meaning at the beginning, the Xu family was also willing, but there was no sound in the later period, and Xu Xiu's age was not too young, so she set a family for her daughter, and now she has given birth to her eldest son, and the husband and wife are harmonious.
After the nobles from each province came one after another, they were divided into ladies and ladies and arranged in different open halls. Wisteria stayed behind Xie Fang and listened to the young ladies chatting. A little girl with a round face grabbed Wei Yan's hand and said, "I heard that your sister had an accident when she went south last year, but my third cousin helped, what happened?" ”
At first, Wisteria didn't pay much attention, but Xie Fang stretched out his head to listen as soon as he heard someone mention Jiangnan, and didn't forget to interject, "Third Brother Yue?" When did he go to Jiangnan, I said why didn't I see him come to my grandmother for the New Year this year. This sentence alone succeeded in making Wisteria's ears prick up. (To be continued.) )