Chapter Forty-Eight: Pushing the Boat with the Current
Hold your grandson next year?
The corners of Wei Qingqing's mouth twitched, looking at the Duchess of the Kingdom who looked at her with a serious face, but her eyes were obviously smiling, and said with difficulty: "Madam, the courtiers are still young, and Second Master Rong agrees......"
"His words don't count." The Duchess looked at Wei Qingqing's tangled face, and knew that her son was not wrong, not all women in this world are climbing dragons and phoenixes, and this Wei Qingqing, she likes it even more, beautiful like a painting, and her temperament is soft and hard, and the Guogong Mansion will be handed over to her in the future......
The Duchess of Guo thought deeply, and beckoned to the grandmother beside her, who immediately presented a jade bracelet to Wei Qingqing.
Wei Qingqing glanced at the bracelet, and it was actually engraved with a phoenix pattern, which was a gift from the emperor.
"It was rewarded by the Queen Mother when Mrs. married into the Guogong Mansion, and now Mrs. wants to give it to you." Mama explained knowingly.
"This thing is too valuable......
Wei Qingqing wanted to refuse, she didn't want to marry into the Guogong Mansion so early and be tied hand and foot, but the Duchess looked at her deeply, and her tone was stained with a little bitter and suppressed sadness: "Miss Wei, you should be considered to have fulfilled Che'er's father's last wish." ”
Wei Qingqing was stunned, the last wish, could it be that Grandpa Guo is about to die? Speaking of which, this grandfather is more idle than Rong Che, spending nine months of the year outside, and it is unknown what kind of disease he really catches.
Wei Qingqing looked at the grandmother who lowered her eyebrows and kept her eyes silent, and the duchess who wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and her heart was soft: "The courtiers are worried that they are too young. I'm afraid it's not easy to conceive a child. ”
"It's okay, as long as you are willing to marry earlier, Grandpa Guo can ...... if he wants to" Speaking of this, Duchess Guo's tone was already a little choked, and Mama also took the opportunity to put the phoenix-patterned jade bracelet on Wei Qingqing's hand, then turned around and helped Duchess Guo up, and comforted: "You haven't rested for a few days, so let's go back early." Since Miss Wei kindly agreed, let's go back and agree on a date as soon as possible. ”
"Yes, too."
Duchess Guo sighed lightly and patted Wei Qingqing's hand with satisfaction. Just left.
Wei Qingqing sent them out all the way, and after a long time, they suddenly came over, there have been rumors of discord between Grandpa Guo and Duchess for many years, how could Duchess Guo be so sad in front of outsiders because Grandpa Guo will not live long? She was clearly deliberately trying to trick herself.
Thinking of the appearance of the Duchess of the military general, who had just wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, Wei Qingqing really couldn't cry or laugh, and it seemed that she still had to be soft-hearted.
"Miss, let's go back." Lan Zhi Road.
"Hmm." Wei Qingqing raised his hand and looked at the phoenix jade bracelet, under the sun, the bracelet was more transparent, Wei Qingqing couldn't help but think of the blood jade that Rong Che gave him, now it's okay, the heirlooms of the Guogong Mansion are all in his hands.
Wei Qingqing glanced at the corner of the yellow clothes that could not be hidden behind the big tree not far away, took off the bracelet and instructed Lan Zhi: "Take it and keep it." ”
"Yes."
Lan Zhi followed Wei Qingqing's gaze and responded, but she didn't notice that Wei Qingqing's gaze at her was a little more solemn.
Lan Zhi, who seems to be cowardly and harmless, is extremely sensitive and intelligent, how can such a girl ring be as her father said. Is it the poor man who was sold out of the crime of the master's house?
And at this time, the Duchess also sighed long: "I didn't expect that I would have to deceive a little girl when I was so old." ”
"Mother has worked hard." Rong Che obediently brought the tea.
"Hmph." Duchess snorted coldly at him, but looking at this twenty-seven or eighteen young son who was still alone, she felt distressed: "I have seen this Miss Wei, it is a good one, and it is not her fault that she was robbed in the first place." But Che'er, you have to understand, she has a bad reputation, and now she is married to the Guogong Mansion, not to mention the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in this mansion, even those people with bad intentions outside the mansion will not make her feel better. ”
"My son understands." In the past, he didn't bother to care about how people inside and outside the house did anything in his house, but Qingqing, no one could move!
The Duchess wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that Rong Che had gathered a murderous aura all over her body, she knew that it was inconvenient for her to mention it more, so she only said, "Have you heard about the Prime Minister's Mansion today?" ”
"Old Madam Zhang drowned Yun Niang?" Rong Che asked.
"Well, this Prime Minister's Mansion is becoming more and more disagreeable, and now your eldest brother's affairs, I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient for Rong Ruizhang to interfere."
The Duchess pondered.
Rong Che also had this intention, in the past, in Qingqing's face, he could turn a blind eye to Rong Ruizhang's subordinate methods, but after knowing that the fire also had a part in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would not tolerate it anymore.
"Old Mrs. Zhang is vain and greedy, Rong Ruizhang is not small, such a family, it should be clear up earlier." Rong Che looked at the Duchess of the Kingdom meaningfully, but the Duchess of the Kingdom knew that it was difficult, and outsiders looked at the scenery of the Guogong Mansion on the surface, but it was all the sacrifice of her two sons.
The eldest son became a colt, gave up his good future and went to Saibei for a few years, and the younger son had to unload his military power when he was used up, and he could only be a waste and idle son under the emperor's nose, and he couldn't take the lead at all.
That's why Grandpa Guo will work with the old lady to let Rong Ruizhang come over, otherwise no matter how many enemies Rong Ruizhang has, the surface dignity of the Guogong Mansion will be difficult to keep.
"Che'er, have you thought about it?" The Duchess asked Rong Che.
"Hmm. Now that the eldest brother has returned, even if we are obedient again, the one above will take the opportunity to attack the Guogong Mansion. Rong Che said, only smiled and said: "Mother rest assured, my son has his own way, but during this time away from Beijing, I have to ask my mother to take care of Qingqing." ”
The Duchess of Guo is not as easy as him, this time she went out to die for a lifetime, and she should have been a son with a bright future...... It's all my own goddamn useless husband!
Thinking of this, the Duchess exhaled heavily and nodded, which was acceptable. She can't fulfill her son otherwise, but her son likes a woman so much now, no matter what the woman is, she has to keep it!
Wei Qingqing still doesn't know what happened in the Guogong Mansion, but now that Huang Yingyi has disappeared, Helian Zifeng, the big shopkeeper, is obviously unreliable, she can no longer venture to find the old department, and she must re-cultivate a group of usable talents.
Although Lan Zhi is smart, she was obviously sent by someone......
"Miss. The slave has locked the phoenix bracelet. Lan Zhi came over and talked back.
"How much silver do I have left?" Wei Qingqing asked.
"There are seven taels of silver and twenty or so coins in the box." Lan Zhi replied neatly, but found that Wei Qingqing was looking at her with burning eyes.
Lan Zhi knew that she had behaved too much, so she lowered her head and waited nervously for Wei Qingqing to ask, but Wei Qingqing didn't say a word, only talked to her about other things, and when it was evening, Zhu Zhu's invitation was delivered, and she also told her about Chen Sanniang and Mrs. Chen's gossip by the way.
When Mrs. Chen saw her, she cried so much that she fainted, and Ren'an, who was caught, bit her tongue and committed suicide, and the Chen family wanted to send their mother and daughter to the countryside to recuperate, but Mrs. Chen refused to leave because she was forced to die. Now the Chen family is silent, and they don't dare to reveal a word. ”
Lan Sheng repeated the words of the girl ring to Wei Qingqing.
However, Wei Qingqing looked at Lan Sheng's appearance of wanting to speak several times, and knew that Chen Sanniang must be very miserable, but what surprised her even more was Yun Niang's death, she roughly guessed that Yun Niang went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and when Rong Ruizhang was seriously ill, she probably couldn't please it, but she didn't expect that Old Madam Zhang would dare to kill on the cusp of this storm.
Seeing the expression of the Duchess of the State today, she should be very dissatisfied with the Duchess Mansion, so it is better to push the boat with the current......
"Lan Zhi, you go and call Xiaobai to come, and say that I want him to run errands for me." Da Ming is now following the eldest brother, and there is a Fang Zijiao staring at it, it is better not to use him, so as to save Fang Zijiao from suspicion.
Soon Xiaobai came running.
Wei Qingqing went and took twenty big coins to him. He instructed: "In a place in the south of the city where the pawns of the peddlers who have come to the capital to live are gathered, you go to find a person named Granny Xi, and when you find it, you give her ten big money, and ask her if she remembers the Miss Zhang family who once served." If she says she doesn't remember, you come back and don't say a word more. If she says she remembers, you will give her the remaining ten dollars and tell her to wait at the mouth of the alley three nights later. ”
Xiaobai nodded, and repeated Wei Qingqing's words again, Wei Qingqing saw that he said it word for word, and took four or five big money to him with a smile: "Take it to buy some snacks, but if you miss a word today......
"The small one understands, the small one is the gourd that closes the mouth, and I promise not to talk in my dreams." Xiaobai patted his thin chest and reassured, and quickly went out.
Wei Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at the post sent by Zhufu, thought about it, and went to find Ge Lao with a small jar of wine.
This compartment.
After Rong Ruizhang drank the medicine for a few days, he finally got a lot better, but he couldn't sleep well every night in the past few days, and he didn't eat to his taste, and when he got up to change his clothes, he felt that his clothes were empty.
"Why don't you see Ruri?"
Looking at Aunt Wen who served him, Rong Ruizhang asked.
Aunt Wen looked at Rong Ruizhang in surprise, and then said carelessly: "Liuli placed that Liu Qing'er in the courtyard outside the Prime Minister's Mansion without authorization, and the old lady was very angry, so she was beaten with a cane." ”
Rong Ruizhang frowned unhappily, didn't want to listen to it anymore, and asked about Yun Niang again. I realized that Wei Susu had been here in the afternoon, but I didn't know what to say to the old lady.
Wei Susu's scheming, Rong Ruizhang knows better than anyone else: "Where is the old lady now?" ”
"Master, it's so late, the old lady must have rested." Aunt Wen only felt that Rong Ruizhang was a little strange, but after tying his belt, she still stuck it softly on his chest, and said as gently as before: "Xiangye has been sick for these days, the concubine is so worried, fortunately, the master is fine now, otherwise the concubine and the child don't know what to do......"
Rong Ruizhang listened to her crying and crying again, and felt inexplicably annoyed in his heart, unlike Wei Qingqing, who would never shed tears in front of his eyes.
"I'm going to see my mother." Rong Ruizhang thought that when he was in the Wei Mansion, he was actually pushed into the lake by Wei Qingqing and almost drowned, and his eyes were very depressed. Did she hate herself so much that she had to die?
No, since Wei Qingqing married him, he was the only one in his eyes, and he had long forgotten how to do himself. She could never hate herself, someone must have instigated her behind her back, such as Rong Che with an unknown purpose!
Thinking of this, Rong Ruizhang became more and more cold-hearted, Wei Qingqing, a stupid woman, was deceived by someone in just a few words, did she want to make herself jealous and cherish her?
I don't know why, thinking of these Rong Ruizhang's mood is a lot better, Wei Qingqing is too capable, everything is outstanding, if she can be as coquettish and gentle as Aunt Wen, she will definitely not snub her for many years.
But Aunt Wen looked at the back of him leaving, but she panicked in her heart, she faintly felt that the former Xiangye seemed to have changed, and even Xiangye himself didn't notice it.
After all, the night is still drowned in the surging dark tide.
The capital has also been boiling and noisy for several days because of the affairs of the Chen family in the past few days, and the second master of the Chen family wanted to take away the position of the prime minister, which was naturally easily suppressed by Rong Ruizhang, but he offended the prince even more.
Rong Ruizhang didn't mind, because he originally planned to help the four princes, and the four princes were the true dragon princes.
And in the past few days, he has also opened his mind, and he didn't go to Wei Qingqing anymore until the day of the Zhujia banquet.
Zhu Zhu said that it was a small banquet, but in fact, it was the birthday of the old lady, and it was a whole birthday, although the Zhu family was only five products, but Zhu University was the person who wrote for the Son of Heaven. The dignitaries and nobles in the capital don't want to give face.
Early in the morning, Zhu Zhu dressed up and packed up, waiting for the Wei family to come to the door.
"Zhuzhu, is it necessary for you to be so grand, then Miss Wei is just a daughter from the sixth grade, and she has never seen much of the world, you may make her look up when she sees it." Zhu Zhu's cousin Xu Yao said.
Xu Yao is the daughter of the second-grade Shangshu, and she usually looks down on Zhu Zhu's cousin, but now that she is dressed beautifully, she disdains her lips.
Zhu Zhu didn't want to talk to her more. She knew that Wei Qingqing was not the person she said, so she only carefully picked out a beautiful golden butterfly hairpin from the makeup box, and asked Yahuan to carefully put it away and plan to give it to Wei Qingqing for a while.
While the sisters were talking, they heard a rumor that the people from General Wei's Mansion had arrived first.
Xu Yao immediately stood up and asked, "Has the third young lady also arrived?" ”
"When I arrived, as soon as the third lady entered the door, someone asked about you, miss." Yahuan smiled, Xu Yao heard this, and immediately showed a little pride.
Wei Susu not only has a good reputation in the capital. is also known for her gentleness and kindness, even if she is beautiful like a fairy daughter, she is never conceited and proud, but is extremely considerate to her friends, if you have anything to do on weekdays, Wei Susu must be willing to help, in this way, the ladies in the capital are proud to be her close friends, and Xu Yao is naturally no exception.
"I won't talk to you anymore. But Zhuzhu, the peony is like a peony, it is not a peony, this Wei family and that Wei family, don't make a mistake, lose your sense of proportion. Xu Yao looked like she was wishing Zhu a good day.
Zhu Zhu only looked at her with a smile, she naturally wouldn't mistake the peony and the peony, in her opinion, Qingqing was the peony flower, born noble, not decent wearing a false mask.
Xu Yao saw that she was not interested, so she snorted and left, Zhu Zhu didn't bother to stay, and after Xu Yao left, she learned that Wei Qingqing had also arrived, so she hurriedly trotted forward with her skirt.
In her previous life, Wei Qingqing had also come to the Zhu family, but at that time, she only had to serve Mrs. Zhang, and Rong Jinning, who was staring at the sky and the earth and causing trouble everywhere, and did not enjoy it carefully.
"Miss Wei."
Zhu Zhu beckoned to her from afar.
Wei Qingqing also smiled back, but she didn't plan to stay longer today, and after handing over the ceremony to the little guy who was specially received at the door, she saluted Zhu Zhu who came over, and said with a smile: "Daddy has something important to do in Dali Temple today, and the two brothers can't get out, so I have to come." ”
Knowing that Wei Xun didn't come, Zhu Zhu was a little disappointed, but he quickly cheered up, looked at Wei Qingqing, who was white and beautiful without powder, and said with a smile: "Then let's go to celebrate my grandmother's birthday." Then I'll take you around, right. ”
Zhu Zhu took out the specially selected Golden Butterfly hairpin and gave it to Wei Qingqing: "This is an apology for my bad words to you in Daxiangguo Temple, Miss Wei, I really hope that there will be no mustard between you and you, you must accept this gift." ”
Wei Qingqing didn't remember this incident, but seeing that Zhu Zhu was full of worry, she still asked Lan Zhi to accept it.
After Wei Qingqing went with Zhu Zhu to pay homage to Mrs. Zhu's birthday, Wei Qingqing also noticed that the people in the hall looked at him and disdained him, so he had to bow and prepare to leave, but when he left, he listened to the human: "Miss Wei is really the appearance of the country and the city, no wonder Prime Minister Rong Cheng has done those things several times for Miss Wei." ”
"It's not good if the women's color is too outstanding."
"The most important thing for a woman is three obedience and four virtues, which of the ladies in the palace is not as beautiful as a fairy, and there are many things that make trouble."
Madam, you said something to me quietly, Mrs. Zhu wanted to speak, but in the end, it was in the mother-in-law's longevity hall, and she didn't have the right to open her mouth, and the old lady Zhu at the top obviously didn't like Wei Qingqing's appearance very much, and said by the people below with her eyes half-closed.
Zhu Zhu was in a hurry. wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but was glared back by Mrs. Zhu.
Wei Qingqing looked at Zhu Zhu, whose eyes were red with anger, patted the back of her hand soothingly, and was about to leave, but when she was about to step out of the threshold, she heard a slightly cold voice coming.
"I didn't know that my future daughter-in-law was so unbearable, and you know better than me, the future mother-in-law, so why don't you tell me more about it now?"
Looking at the Duchess who was striding over, Wei Qingqing blinked, and the Duchess also winked at her, so she took her hand and walked in, looking at everyone present with a high spirit: "What, are you dumb?" ”
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhu hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, only saying that it was a joke, and pulled Zhu Zhu to talk to Wei Qingqing A few kind words, Mrs. Guogong was relieved and signaled Wei Qingqing to go out to play.
Zhu Zhu was stunned from beginning to end, and only waited for it to come out, and then quietly asked Wei Qingqing: "Why is the Duchess of Guo here today, although the Zhu Mansion has also made a post, but in previous years, I have never seen which banquet the Duchess of Guo attended." ”
Wei Qingqing looked at Zhu Zhu in embarrassment, could it be that the Duchess of Chengguo came for herself? Not really.
"But I am only comfortable when the Duchess of the Kingdom comes out for you to breathe this evil breath, hmph, those ladies are also from famous families, and they speak so indecently." bullying a little girl, Zhu Zhu looks down on them from the bottom of her heart.
Wei Qingqing was more worried about her: "It's because of me that I embarrassed the old lady." ”
"Grandmother is old and doesn't care anymore." Zhu Zhu didn't know what to think, her face darkened, and she quickly covered it up, knowing that Wei Qingqing liked flowers, she wanted to take her to the back garden, but as soon as she turned the corner, she saw Wei Susu standing elegantly next to the canna.
Wei Susu seemed to have been waiting here for a long time, looking at Wei Qingqing gently and gently, and smiling: "I have something I want to say to Miss Wei in private, I don't know if Miss Wei is free?" ”
Wei Qingqing clearly looked at the hideous calculation that she couldn't wait under her gentleness, and her eyes flashed: "It's not empty." ”
Saying that, Wei Qingqing was about to leave, but Wei Susu was not in a hurry, and asked with a smile at her back: "Is it about the marriage between Wei Hu Gongzi and the eldest lady of the Xiangfu, so Miss Wei is not empty?" ”
Wei Qingqing frowned, could it be that Wei Susu actually persuaded the mercenary Mrs. Zhang to let her agree to ask Rong Jinning to marry low?
"Besides." When Wei Susu saw her stop, she knew that she had grasped her lifeline, this Wei Qingqing is really similar to Sister A, and they both put the so-called family in the first place.
The corners of Wei Susu's mouth were slightly sarcastic, and she smiled: "The second son went to Lixiang Pavilion that day, and he left something important and happened to be picked up by my brother, so I can't return it to you in public, right?" ”