Chapter 46: Maternal Grandfather's Family
Even if Duchess An Guo has had little contact with her mother's family over the years, Prince Li is still her biological father after all, so Duke An Guo and his wife took Mu Tieyi and Mu Hongshang to pay homage to their birthday.
However, after all, the Anguo Mansion and Prince Li's Mansion are not diligent to move around, and Prince Li can't treat An Guogong and several other sons-in-law equally, so An Guogong's family did not live in Prince Li's Mansion two days in advance like Prince Li's other daughters and sons-in-law.
The Mu family arrived at Prince Li's mansion early in the morning on September 23, and they did not plan to spend the night, they planned to stay until the end of the evening feast and then go home.
The Mu family will not spend the night in Prince Li's Mansion, and it is clear to the top and bottom of Prince Li's Mansion, but even so, Prince Li's Mansion has prepared guest rooms seriously, and it is the best guest house in the entire mansion. The rest of Prince Li's sons, daughters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and sons-in-law who went home to pay their respects couldn't live in such a good courtyard, and a few concubines and sons-in-law couldn't even mix in the courtyard, so they lived in the guest room near the garden in the northwest corner of Prince Li's mansion.
Of course, the people in Prince Li's Mansion did not dare to let An Guogong and his wife stand at the door to help greet the guests like the rest of their daughters and sons-in-law. The Mu family came early, and when the carriage with the emblem of the Anguo Mansion stopped in front of the gate of Prince Li's mansion, Prince Li and his wife had not yet had breakfast.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Prince Li's eldest son, King Cheng'en, personally greeted the door, and Duke An Guogong personally helped his wife get out of the carriage and turned to greet King Chengen.
"How can the eldest brother personally greet here," An Guogong smiled and bowed his hand to the king of Cheng'en County, and turned to greet the children who were getting off the carriage: "Iron clothes, red clothes, greet the eldest uncle." ”
"The iron coat and the red coat are here too?" King Cheng'en seemed to have not expected his sister and his wife to bring the baby to pay their respects, and his face was very surprised: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and the children have grown up a lot." ”
Haven't seen you in a long time? Hongshang looked at the uncle with a polite smile on his face, didn't she see it in the Pingyang Princess Mansion in the summer, it was only half a year, she had grown a little taller, and her brother had not changed at all.
Mu Tieyi jumped out of the carriage and was about to turn around to hug his sister, but Hongshang didn't need his help, he had already jumped off with his hands and feet, stood side by side with his brother, and greeted the uncle who was not very familiar: "Uncle has always been good!" ”
"Okay, all right." King Cheng'en County smiled: "Your maternal grandparents were still reading it just now, and they must be very happy to see you." ”
King Cheng'en led the Mu family to the main hall of the mansion, and at this time, Prince Li and his wife were already sitting upright, waiting for their daughter and son-in-law to come and ask for peace.
An Guogong accompanied his wife home to pay homage to his father-in-law, and the number of rituals was naturally very thorough, and he took his wife and children to kowtow to his father-in-law for his birthday, and handed over a thick gift list.
It is natural for An Guogong to kowtow to his father-in-law, but Prince Li's husband and wife seem to be very awkward. But when his daughter and son-in-law came to pay their respects, it stands to reason that Prince Li must be courteous, so even if Prince Li is twisted in his heart, he can only sit stiffly on the chair and watch the Mu family kowtow.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" An Guogong knocked his head down, Prince Li hurriedly stretched out his hand, his tone was too enthusiastic, but the smile on his face was a little stiff no matter how he looked at it: "It's all a family, where is it so polite." ”
Mu Hongsheng and her brother stood side by side, and also kowtowed to her grandfather, and after standing up, she narrowed her round eyes and smiled at Prince Li and his wife on the main throne.
Prince Li and his family were really happy to see their grandson and granddaughter who came to the door, and Princess Li beckoned to Mu Hongsheng and said very lovingly: "Hongshang came over and let my grandmother take a look, I haven't seen her for a long time, and she has grown up." And the iron cloak, which is already so high. ”
"But it's not," Princess Cheng'en County immediately laughed and laughed: "The children grow up fast, and the iron clothes and red clothes are really getting better and better." Tieyi is still the same as before, more like his sister, and the red clothes have gradually grown his eyebrows and eyes over the years, but he is becoming more and more like the grandfather of the country. ”
My grandmother and aunt all opened their mouths, and a group of uncles, aunts and uncles also hurried over to say hello. Hongshang and Tieyi saluted a large number of unfamiliar relatives together, and they could get a gift by recognizing a relative, and the two of them had not yet received a quarter of an hour when they arrived at Prince Li's mansion, and they received a lot of meeting gifts, especially Hongshang, it seemed that no one in the entire Prince Li's Mansion was embarrassed to see her empty-handed, and even the cousins and sisters who were not familiar with her had gifts for her, and the water chestnut and lotus leaf could not be hugged by both people.
Even the youngest son of King Cheng'enjun, who was less than four years old, came over and handed a grasshopper carved with white jade to Hongsheng, saying that it was "a meeting gift for his cousin". Hongshang looked at the finely carved white jade grasshopper, and finally couldn't help laughing.
"Why did my cousin give me a gift?" She stretched out her hand and gently poked her little cousin's fat face, and handed the white jade grasshopper back: "It should be me who gave the meeting gift to my cousin." Today is my grandfather's birthday, and it's not my birthday, so why have I received more gifts than my grandfather? This is what my cousin likes, so keep it for yourself. ”
"Gifts!" The little cousin's eyes widened, but he was very persistent and stuffed the white jade grasshopper to Hongsheng: "To my sister." ”
The people around couldn't help but laugh when they saw the children funny, and Prince Li's little daughter-in-law couldn't help but ask: "There are many sisters here, which sister does Zhao'er want to give the grasshopper to?" ”
The little cousin winked at Mu Hongsheng, then turned his head to look at Mu Tieyi who was standing next to Mu Hongsheng, and said a word very clearly: "Tieyi Hongsheng." ”
At this time, even An Guogong and his wife laughed, the whole hall was very lively, Mu Hongsheng laughed the most, she reached out and pulled Mu Tieyi's sleeve: "Sister Tieyi, don't hurry up and agree." ”
How could Mu Tieyi let Mu Hongsheng succeed casually, he flipped his wrist and directly dodged Mu Hongsheng's hand. As if a conditioned reflex, Hongshang raised his knife to block Mu Tieyi's wrist, while Mu Tieyi directly raised his hand to press Hongshang's palm, and between swishing breaths, seven or eight moves passed, and the two of them were authentic little grapplers.
The two stood side by side, their bodies were very stable, and their arms didn't move much, and the elders who were standing a little farther away actually didn't notice that the two brothers had already started fighting. Only the nearest little cousin who stood there widened his eyes, staring at Mu Hongsheng and Mu Tieyi's slightly flying hands with a curious expression.
The children's laughter, of course, couldn't hide from An Guogong, he smiled slightly, but he didn't care. It's just a joke, but after a few moves, Mu Tieyi gave up in compromise, was grabbed by his little sister, pulled his sleeves and bent down, and talked to his little cousin with his sister.