Chapter 68: Wang Chan
To say that Shen Rong, the aunt and grandmother, is no worse than the old lady, it should be said that she is better, but her children and grandchildren are thin and only have a son and a daughter.
When she married into the Wang family, Lord Wang was in the officialdom as if he was in the sky, from Tongzhi to Shangzhou Assassin History, that was the most proud years of Lord Wang.
Although he was demoted, his son-in-law Wang Yuan was a good man, more than comparable to Shen Ping, and now he is a scholar of Kuizhangge University in Beijing.
If you want to say that the two sisters are most similar, they still killed their husbands early.
Shen Rong and Shen Lan got out of the carriage one after another, and several third-class mothers-in-law and second-class maids from the outer courtyard came up.
The pattern of the palace and the Shen mansion is very different, it is an elegant south, small bridge and flowing water, and a rockery that is chaotic in the eyes.
Danzhu instructed the mothers-in-law as he walked and asked them to clean Cuiluoxuan.
After the weeping flower gate, and walked through a few arch bridges, under the bridge is a shallow flowing water, accompanied by the sound of flowing water, they arrived at the crape myrtle garden.
"Danzhu, you're back!" Danniang stepped forward excitedly, and when she saw that Old Madam Shen was also there, she couldn't help but show a smile: "Old Madam Shen, Old Madam has just woken up, she must be happy to know that you are here." ”
The old lady walked abruptly, her body stiffened, stopped a step, and entered the house in one step.
Shen Rong and Shen Lan followed.
When I stepped into the house, it was as if it was night, and the whole room was dim and dark, with only two lights lit.
In the open hall, a vague black shadow sat in it, Shen Rong was startled, and heard a low voice echoing in the open hall: "Aunt is here." ”
Shen Rong fixed his eyes and took a closer look, only to recognize that this was a man, and secretly said, this person should be Wang Yuan.
"Mother, mother, aunt is here, aunt is here!" Wang Chan knelt under the bed, heard the movement outside, joy and excitement coexisted, turned around and looked pitifully at the old lady who was going to stand in the middle, her voice seemed to be torn apart: "Aunt! ”
Shen Rong was shocked when he heard this.
I saw the old lady staggering a few steps, tightly taking Sister Chan into her arms, looking at the bed, the thin old lady Wang, no blood at all, only skin and bones were left all over her body, and her eyes were red.
"Sister......" Mrs. Wang's voice was hoarse and weak, and she staggered and stretched out her right hand.
"How did it become... This is what it looks like. The old lady held her upper right and burst into tears: "Sister is late." ”
Old Madam Wang coughed lightly and smiled, looked at her silly girl sadly, and then said, "That... Is it Heisei's child? ”
The old lady nodded and beckoned Shen Lan and Shen Rong over: "This is your aunt and grandmother, call someone quickly." ”
"Auntie, Grandmother." Both of them said.
Wang Chan couldn't help but glance at the two of them more, and then heard Mrs. Wang say, "Chan'er, you take them out for a walk, I want to talk to your aunt." ”
At this time, Shen Rong and Shen Lan were taken out by Wang Chan.
Wang Yuan, who was waiting outside, shook his head helplessly when he saw his sister's careful clues Shen Rong and Shen Lan.
"You look like your cousin." Wang Chan squatted down, her eyes red and swollen, looking at the two of them, muttering in a low voice, as if talking to herself.
Wang Chan is three years younger than Zhao, and she is well maintained, she looks like a woman in her early twenties, and her charming eyes are very aura.
"Aunt Chan's words are wrong, others say that my sister and I are more like mothers." Shen Rong's eyes fluttered darkly, half-tilted her face, and said innocently.
The expression on Wang Chan's face suddenly stiffened, and she looked at Shen Rong in astonishment, this girl, who was obviously more like Shen Pingcheng, actually said that she was like a mother.
She stood up awkwardly and gently stroked the hair on Shen Rong's forehead: "In that case, let me see your mother next time, otherwise I won't believe it, it's obviously carved out of the same mold as my cousin." ”
Wang Chan doesn't care about this, she knows that her mother will help her last handful, and it is also her last fight, she must enter the Shen Mansion!
The maid and the maid were gone, and in the room, only the old lady Wang and the old lady were left.
The old lady looked out of the window, and saw that the windows were covered with a dark veil from the outside, and frowned: "No wonder this room is dim, I went to send someone to take the veil." ”
"Don't toss, I let them hang up, eldest sister, I'm old, I'm scared when I see the sun, cough cough cough." Old Madam Wang wanted to get up, but she coughed lightly.
The old lady hurriedly handed her a pillow behind her and helped her to lean on carefully.
"Eldest sister, since I was a child, I haven't asked you for a thing, Sister Chan, she ...... This child is obsessed, I can't persuade her, I just beg you, help her, you also recognized her as a daughter-in-law at the beginning, and left her by your side, I... I'm relieved ......"
"Good, good!" The old lady gently held her palm, which was only skin and bone, and her shriveled lips trembled uncontrollably.
promised Mrs. Wang, and let a few people who stayed in the open hall into the inner room.
Without saying a few words, Mrs. Wang coughed heavily, her chest rose and fell, and her body seemed to be pulled up and dropped heavily, like a puppet with a broken thread, and there was no sound.
"Mother! Mother! Wang Chan stood empty, collapsed in disbelief in front of the couch, just now her mother was still talking to her, just now her mother was laughing at her, this life is lost to Shen Pingcheng, saying that let her rest assured, she will marry to Shen Mansion, her red and swollen eyes can no longer shed tears.
She let the old man worry about her all her life, and before she died, she was afraid that she would not be able to get married, so she sought a way out for her.
She gritted her teeth, looked at the old lady Wang lying peacefully on the bed, and secretly swore in her heart that she must marry Shen Pingcheng!
The old lady's eyes were dark, and her mind fell backwards in a dizzy manner, but Mama Gui was still sharp-eyed, and immediately helped up: "Old lady! ”
"Auntie rushed overnight, she must not have rested, Danzhu, you take your aunt down to rest first." Wang Yuan immediately showed the demeanor of the eldest son at this time, and although he was sad in his heart, he still commanded in an orderly manner.
His wife, along with several other daughters-in-law in the house, girls, and little brothers, all knelt in the house, burying their heads and crying.
All of a sudden, the palace changed into plain clothes, hung up white lanterns, and pasted two "lai" words on the big round pillars outside the palace.
And Shen Rong and Shen Lan were slightly embarrassed in such an environment.
They have no affection for the Wang family, they say they are relatives, but they are like strangers.
Even, for Shen Rong, he is still an enemy.
But they had to kneel on the ground and weep with them.
Set up a mourning hall and put a coffin, and this toss will come to night.
"Sister Lan, Sister Rong, I was too negligent, I forgot about you, go back and rest, you don't need to guard here." Wang Chan hugged the two of them, cried for a few hours, her voice was already hoarse, and she said softly: "Danniang, send the two young ladies to Cuiluoxuan." ”
Entering Cuiluoxuan, Shen Lan sighed softly, thinking of what she had experienced in a day today, she couldn't help but feel sad.
She said, "Ah Rong, what do you say people are doing in this life? After all, I can't escape a dead word, alas. ”
Seeing that Shen Rong was sitting on the side and didn't react, she walked over, "Ah Rong! ”
Shen Rong came back to her senses in a trance, how did she stop it, and how did she stop it.
She looked at Shen Lan, who was puzzled, and suddenly realized that what she was carrying was too heavy, too heavy.
She didn't even know how far she could go.
And she, can't fall!
"Sister, I just want to kiss my mother." She lowered her eyes.
"We came with our grandmother, and the Shen Mansion will talk to my mother, and we will go back soon." She gently stroked Shen Rong's shoulder, thinking about it, her younger sister had never left her mother's side, and it was inevitable that she would feel uncomfortable when she suddenly walked so far.
Mrs. Wang's mourning hall stopped for nine days, and foreign guests came one after another to pay their respects.
The little maid personally gave Shen Lan again, and Shen Rong sent mourning clothes.
In the past nine days, Wang Chan would come to see the two of them every day, asking them what they lacked, what they lacked, whether they ate well or not, and knew whether they knew cold and hot.
The more Wang Chan came over, the more Shen Rong was tired of her, and he didn't know if the letter had been sent to White Horse City.
Her strength alone is weak, and she can only use her strength.
Shen Pingshi served in Jianghang, and when he heard that the old lady had arrived in Jianghang, he also hurriedly went to the palace to worship and meet the old lady.
and took them to his other courtyard in Jianghang.
He said angrily: "Mother, you are really bold enough, now this wait, the mountain bandits are rampant, you dare to come here without even bringing your attendants, it's okay to lose, otherwise what can you do with us!" It just so happens that the second brother is also here, you wait a few more days and go back with the second brother, I am so relieved. ”
The old lady suddenly refreshed: "The second child is here?" ”
"Something happened here, so the prefect borrowed some soldiers from the second brother." Shen Pingshi explained simply, and smiled between his eyebrows: "This must be Sister Rong." ”
Shen Pingshi is often away and can't go back to Jiangbei a few times a year, so he hasn't seen Shen Rong.
Shen Rong bowed slightly, but coincidentally, Shen Pingcheng was also in Jianghang, and when he went back with them, wouldn't he have fulfilled Wang Chan's wish again.
But Shen Rong also wanted to see what kind of thoughts her father had about Wang Chan.
Is it a mother's fate? Or is it half-pushed?
Is he still the father in her heart who loves his wife and children.
*****
The white lanterns under the corridor swayed gently in the wind, and the Wang family had already buried the coffin of Mrs. Wang, and buried it in the ancestral tomb of the Wang family in the suburbs, in the same cave with the old man.
Wang Yuan talked about Wang Chan's own sister, he thought about it again and again, and called Wang Chan to the study: "Sister, have you thought clearly?" Do you really want to follow your aunt to Jiangbei? ”
"Brother? Could it be that you want to stop me? Wang Chan's eyes widened, and her face was even paler in plain white clothes.
"Heh, even my mother can't stop you, how can I." Wang Yuan chuckled lightly and got up: "It's just my sister, in Beijing, I have met a lot of high-ranking officials, Lord Sun in Beijing has just gone, you married in the past, although it is a continuation of the string, but it is also a serious lady of the main house, sister, compared to you being a concubine in the Shen Mansion, it is better to go to Beijing with me, you have to think about it carefully." ”R1152