Chapter 212, the mother-in-law is embarrassed

As soon as Ming Che sent away a guest who came to visit him, Yan'er reported that the old lady had sent someone to invite him, and couldn't help but sneer, maybe he asked him to discuss the marriage with the Pei family. This matter has been dragged down vaguely, and the last time he excused himself to wait for himself to come back to discuss it, but after he came back, he was entangled in all kinds of things and never mentioned it again, and they finally couldn't wait.

When he came to the Heju Hall, only the old lady and Ruigu were there, and the old lady asked him to sit with a smile, and Mingche still bowed respectfully before sitting.

Rui Gu didn't dare to be as snub as others, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, because she used to rely on the trust of the old lady, or it was simply the old lady's secret instigation, and secretly did a lot of things to suppress Aunt Mo, although Aunt Mo was docile and timid and never resisted, but the young Mingche saw it all in her eyes, so she accepted her salute unceremoniously, and then nodded lightly and motioned her to get up, not as humble and polite as others, but Rui Gu didn't dare to express any dissatisfaction, and now even the old lady wants to slap him, As an old minion, he can only be angry.

The old lady could only be silent in her eyes, it is normal for a slave to receive it on behalf of the master, and it is a big deal to appease her with more rewards.

Mingche silently drank tea silently, just waiting for the old lady to speak, the old lady knew that he had always been like this, and it was not good to explain his intention directly, so she sat for a while and finally spoke: "Che'er should reward Miss Zhou, you have also seen how much Shu'er has changed now, her body is getting better and better, not to mention, her temperament is getting better and better, this is all due to Miss Zhou." In the past, she didn't even come to me here, but now she can go wherever she wants in the whole house, and she is not afraid of life at all, and I can't help her, as long as Miss Zhou allows it, let it be up to her temperament, although the daughter's family should be chaste, but the daughter of Xie Men will marry a rich family in the future to control the inner courtyard, and it is not a good thing to be too timid and introverted, what do you say? ”

mentioned the change of his beloved daughter, Mingche finally had an irrepressible smile in his eyes, and saw that the old lady seemed to have the intention of mentioning marriage, and hurriedly said: "Mingche is busy with official business, and he has been away from home for a long time, not only can he not always honor his mother, but he also has to let his mother suffer to take care of Shu'er, although Miss Zhou has made great contributions, but it is also related to her mother's love for her. Fortunately, the mother's body and complexion look better than before, and the son is relieved! ”

The old lady was about to mention the family affairs of Jinshu and Zijun, but was blocked by clear words, as if she was suffocated in her chest and was very uncomfortable, but she could only use his words to say: "Although I am worried that you can't stay at home all the time when you travel far away, but since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can't have both, you are busy with state affairs, and it is also the glory of my Xie family, Shu'er is my own granddaughter, I should love her, poor motherless child, who in this house doesn't hurt her much, you can see the word thank you again!" ”

Ming Che remembered that when she was young, she had not yet given birth to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, although she suppressed her biological mother Aunt Mo everywhere, but she had a little sincere love for herself, her face softened, and she was about to say thank you, the old lady remembered the prince's attention to him and his importance to immortality, and hurriedly said: "I know that you have a deep love for your husband and wife, and I can't do it if you insist on renewing the string, but if you are not filial, you can't inherit the incense no matter how good Shu'er is, and I'm old, taking care of her is often a sense of inadequacy, you might as well take a serious concubine, and one is to continue the incense, Second, although there is no mother and no stepmother, it is not bad to have a caring mother to take care of Shu'er, and the mother does not dare to beat and scold her daughter at will, which is reassuring, what do you think? ”

Ming Che looked at her suspiciously, but he didn't know how to deal with it. The old lady is her own mother-in-law, and if she even refuses to accept a concubine in her kindness, it is indeed a little unreasonable. Only a few months after his wife's death, the old lady began to persuade him to continue, and he had looked for many ladies, but because he had been excused and couldn't forget his ex-wife's refusal, the life experience of a woman who could be a concubine would not be too bad, and this time which woman did she want to accept for herself?

The old lady pretended not to see his expression, and said with a smile: "If you want, there is a very good woman now, and it is better to be Shu'er's concubine, anyway, I like it very much, and Shu'er also likes it very much, I don't know what you think?" ”

Ming Che was stunned, could it be that she was talking about Zhou Changsheng? Didn't Aunt Tai say that Changsheng was unwilling to be a concubine? The old lady caught a bright color in his eyes very quickly, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she used the right mind for Zhou Changsheng, and Mingche really had an intention for her.

"You know this person, she is Miss Zhou, I think she is really good, although she is not a scholarly family, but she is also innocent, and she knows how to be well-read, the most important thing is that she and Shu'er are very close to each other, with her as a concubine, not only you, even I have to rest assured, I don't know what Che'er thinks? If you don't think she is from a low background, it is better to take advantage of this visit to do this, and you will be relieved in Jinyang! ”

Mingche somewhat understood that the old lady must have thought that Zhou Changsheng, like most women in the world, wanted to enter the rich and noble family, so she didn't consider her willingness at all, thinking that as long as the Xie family proposed, Zhou Changsheng would be flattered and agreed, maybe she thought that her usual kindness to Shu'er was for this purpose.

Ming Che concluded that Changsheng was not a duplicitous person, she really didn't want to be a concubine, but if the old lady couldn't understand her meaning and boldly proposed, she was afraid that she would not be able to stay in the Xie family anymore after refusing, if she left, she really couldn't rest assured of Shu'er, thinking of what Lu Nanniang and Bai Mei had done, Ming Che quickly made a decision, Zhou Changsheng had to stay by Shu'er's side.

He pretended to hesitate and said: "I didn't think about this, when she came to the general's mansion to apply, I saw that she spoke and acted very well, and the poems and essays were like fluent, so I hired her as a parenting aunt, but I never thought of accepting her as a concubine, at this moment my mother mentioned it, I was a little at a loss, but after thinking about it, it is true, I will not continue for the time being, if I really accept her as a concubine, not only can I serve my mother for me, but I will not leave Shu'er again, I don't have to worry about Miss Zhou missing her life for Shu'er, it is good for everyone." ”

The old lady was overjoyed and nodded again and again: "It's rare that you think about it thoroughly, that's the truth, how about you just do it in the past few days?" ”

Mingche shook his head: "This matter can't be done this time, mother probably forgot, I'm still waiting to discuss with you, seven days later is the Taimu Queen Memorial Day, the emperor and the crown prince Qin Wang Qi are extremely respectful to her, every year to go to the Houling to worship, this time to take a concubine, it is really not the time, if someone is disrespectful to me, although it is not a national funeral will not really ask for guilt, but it will definitely make the emperor have a bad impression of the Xie family." And there is the former residence of Queen Taimu in Wugong County, and the three princes will come to mourn their biological mothers, and we will be busy with the reception, so how can we talk about concubines? Let's wait and see! ”