Chapter 159: Meeting
Just when everyone in Fengyi Hall was amazed that Hang Yidong was dressed differently from before, the great eunuch beside the emperor came to Fengyi Palace.
I saw that the big eunuch shook off the dust, hunched his waist, and said respectfully to the queen mother sitting on the top: "I have seen the queen mother, Your Majesty has something to ask the miscellaneous family to come and explain." ”
The big eunuch is the closest person to the emperor, even if it is Empress Cao, she has to give him three points, and the queen directly waved her hand and let the big eunuch get up: "Grand Duke, please get up and speak." ”
The big eunuch stepped forward, walked to the queen's side, and whispered a few words to the queen, but Hang Yidong couldn't hear what they were saying.
After a short while, after the big eunuch finished speaking, he left, and bowed lightly to Hang Yidong before leaving.
After the eunuch left, Empress Cao hurriedly asked the palace people to show Hang Yidong a seat, and also let people serve good tea and pastries, looking at Hang Yidong's action of picking up the tea cup and sipping it lightly, Empress Cao thought in her heart, just now the emperor sent someone to tell her to take good care of Mrs. Xiao, but in fact, now, even if there is no emperor, Empress Cao will take great care of Hang Yidong, just because Hang Yidong invented the potato plant in the northwest, it is enough to be worthy of the respect of everyone in the world.
Not long after Hang Yidong sat down, he heard a little eunuch at the door of Fengyi Hall and say, "Queen Mother, the Prime Minister's wife and her daughter-in-law Chen Xu and the wife of the general of Dingguo have come to visit. ”
"Xuan."
Hang Yidong held the teacup for a moment, then put the teacup on the tray held by the palace maid and sat upright.
Empress Cao looked at Hang Yidong's appearance, it seems that the rumors in Beijing that the general of Dingguo and Hang Yidong's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not in agreement may be true, so if the two have a dispute later, who should she help? One is the wife of the general of Dingguo, who has made countless contributions, and the other is the wife of the upstart General Xiao, and the problem of food shortage has been solved, and the main problem is that they are still a family.
Empress Cao really had a headache, but thinking about the emperor's instructions just now, Empress Cao made up her mind that no matter what happened, she would try her best to protect Hang Yidong.
The wife of the general of Dingguo walked in front, and the wife of the prime minister took Xu Qingqing half a step behind and walked into the Fengyi Palace.
Several people saluted respectfully to Empress Cao and sat down under Empress Cao's greeting.
Xu Qingqing saw Hang Yidong, and winked mischievously at Hang Yidong when everyone was not paying attention, Hang Yidong found that Xu Qingqing, who was originally wearing a girl's bun, has now changed to a women's bun, has Qingqing married Chen Liu?
She just came back yesterday, and she thought that she had missed a lot of things that happened in the capital during her time in the northwest.
didn't catch up with Qingqing and Chen Liu's wedding, Hang Yidong still felt a little regretful, in the previous relationship, she still liked Xu Qingqing, a simple girl, very much, and then find a chance to make up a gift for her.
Thinking like this, Hang Yidong smiled at Xu Qingqing, and when Xu Qingqing saw it, he smiled brightly at Hang Yidong.
The prime minister's wife saw Xu Qingqing's smile and gently patted the back of Xu Qingqing's hand, and Xu Qingqing immediately put down her smile and pretended to be dignified.
Seeing the simple appearance of her daughter-in-law, the prime minister's wife sighed softly without a trace, although her daughter-in-law's personality is gentle and kind, but for a high-ranking official family like the Prime Minister's Mansion, this kind of temperament is a little unbearable.
The Xu family is not a big family, compared to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xu's father is just a five-grade petty official, the marriage contract of the two families started from the grandfather's generation, the elders of the two families are close friends who study together, and their wives are pregnant at the same time, so the two agreed that if they give birth to a boy and a girl and two children in the future, they will become husband and wife.
As a result, I didn't expect that the two of them actually gave birth to sons, there was no way but to become good brothers, the grandfather of the Chen family only had one son of Chen Xiang, and the grandfather of the Xu family gave birth to a daughter ten years later, but the age difference between the two families was too big, and it was impossible at all, so the marriage fell to the grandchildren.
When Chen Xiang arrived, the Chen family had completely changed from a peasant household to a famous family, but Xu's father was becoming more and more lonely, and he had only been a five-grade petty official for most of his life, in the eyes of the people, as long as he was an official, he was an official, and the five-grade official was not small, but, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the political center, the most important thing was to be a high-ranking official, and Xu's father was really not a five-grade petty official.
In fact, Chen Xiang doesn't have to admit this marriage at all, but Chen Xiang grew up with Xu's father since he was a child, and even now, when the gap between the two identities is huge, the relationship has not diminished at all, so there is no reason to refuse.
In fact, the prime minister's wife also asked Chen Liu's opinion, after all, this is a marriage contract handed down from the previous generation, and it is only a verbal agreement, if Chen Liu is unwilling, it is not impossible to refuse, but the prime minister's wife did not expect that her son, who has always been day in and day long, and does not care about anything, would be willing to accept this marriage contract.
Since her son has no opinion, she has no other ideas, but after Chen Liu and Xu Qingqing got married, she found out that Xu Qingqing's personality has some problems, the Xu family is simple, Xu's father only married his wife, and there are no other concubines, so Xu Qingqing was also raised a little simple and ignorant of the world.
Now she can still give her a little lightness, but what if one day she is gone? Chen Xiangfu must have a housewife who can take responsibility, not a child who has not yet grown up.
It seems that we still have to put these on the agenda quickly, and I hope Qingqing can grow well. Then the prime minister's wife glanced at Xu Qingqing and found that she was eating dim sum with her head down, looking childish, and the prime minister's wife sighed helplessly, just take your time.
As soon as the prime minister's wife turned her head, she met Hang Yidong's gaze, Hang Yidong nodded lightly at the prime minister's wife, who had a relationship with the prime minister's wife in her ready-to-wear shop before, and the prime minister's wife also glanced back with a smile.
The wife of the general of Dingguo saw the interaction between Hang Yidong and the prime minister's wife, and her heart was dissatisfied, obviously she was Hang Yidong's mother-in-law, she Hang Yidong was her daughter-in-law, and she didn't greet her, why did she communicate with the prime minister's wife who she didn't agree with?
Seeing the dissatisfied eyes of the Duchess of Dingguo towards Hang Yidong, Empress Cao's eyelids jumped, and she hurriedly said: "I heard that General Xiao Shen has made great achievements in this campaign against Beimu, Mrs. General, you really have a good son." ”
When the wife of the general of Dingguo heard the words of praising Xiao Hao, her brows, which were originally slightly twisted, instantly expanded, and asked which lady could not be happy when she heard the words praising her juniors: "Thank you for the praise of the queen's mother, Mao'er is still young, and he needs to follow his father to hone more, and it will be better in the future." Although the words sounded modest, they were full of pride in their son.
No one wanted to spoil the harmonious atmosphere at the moment, and everyone smiled facefully.
Since Hang Yidong followed Xiao Hao to the northwest, he will send a letter back to the capital every week, not only to Hang's father and Hang's mother, but also to the Dingguo General's Mansion, and will tell them about their recent situation, and will also attach the specialties of the northwest, which is not only a heart, but also to make them feel at ease.
In fact, not to mention anything else, just this weekly letter and different commemorative specialties, you can see Hang Yidong's intentions, even if she has always looked at Hang Yidong's unpleasant wife, seeing this, her heart is also very iron.
Thinking of this, the face of the wife of the general of Dingguo became much better-looking, and her gaze softened when she looked at Hang Yidong, of course, this does not mean that she accepted Hang Yidong, and let her, a woman from a wealthy family, accept a daughter-in-law from a peasant family, which is absolutely impossible!
Hang Yidong could feel that the mood of the wife of the general of Dingguo had become much better, and he also lowered his eyes and smiled.
In order to prevent any more twists and turns, Empress Cao said to Hang Yidong, who was at the head of the house: "I heard that Xiaohua Yiren and Mrs. Chen are friends, Xiaohua Yiren has been to the northwest for so long, there should be a lot to talk about, why don't Xiaohua take Mrs. Chen to the imperial garden together?" The flowers are blooming well. ”
Xu Qingqing didn't know what the queen thought, she just thought that Queen Cao really wanted her to get together with Hang Yidong, her face was very quiet, but her happy eyes had betrayed her.
Hang Yidong stood up and gently blessed Queen Cao: "Thank you Queen Mother, then I will take Qingqing to the Imperial Garden for a walk." Hang Yidong pulled Xu Qingqing up, and nodded slightly to the wife of the general of Dingguo and the wife of the prime minister before leaving.
Then, he took Xu Qingqing and left Fengyi Palace.
Hang Yidong took Xu Qingqing to the Imperial Garden, which is different from Hangfu, the Imperial Garden not only has green shoots, but also many flowers that have bloomed.
It's just that Hang Yidong and Xu Qingqing don't want to enjoy the flowers, the two are sitting in a stone pavilion near the lake in the imperial garden, Xu Qingqing feels that he has a lot to say to Hang Yidong.
Speaking of which, Xu Qingqing herself also thinks it is very wonderful, obviously she and Hang Yidong have not met a few times, but they are very dependent on Hang Yidong, maybe because of Hang Yidong's maturity beyond her age and the reason why she will take care of others unconsciously.
As soon as the two sat down, Xu Qingqing took Hang Yidong's hand and looked at her with coquettish eyes: "Sister Yidong, how was your time in the northwest?" I miss you. ”
Hang Yidong touched Xu Qingqing's little head dotingly, and comforted: "Don't worry, I'm fine, if I really encountered something, you might not be able to see me now, and on the contrary, I have met a lot of interesting people and things during my time in the northwest!" If I have the chance, I will tell you more about it."
"Good!" Xu Qingqing smiled sweetly at Hang Yidong.