Chapter 163: Message
Only in front of Mrs. Mu, of course Mu Hongsheng had nothing to hide, what to say. After listening to Mu Hongsheng's relay, Mrs. Mu really put her mind at ease.
"Grandmother, should I go to my sister's house tomorrow?" Mu Hongshang asked, "I begged Sister Gu to take me to meet Master Gu, and begged him to help us say a few words in the north."
"There's no hurry." Old Madam Mu shook her head: "One Gu doesn't care about the six affairs, if we can, try not to make trouble for others." Second, since Xie Xiang responded, let's wait first. If you rush to Gu Bachelor's Mansion tomorrow, it will be bad to provoke Xie Xiang to misunderstand that we don't trust him. At the moment, your father is not in Beijing, our Anguo Mansion has no one in the court, and the affairs of the north still need to rely on Xie Xiangduo's help, at this time, it is best to be cautious in doing things, and don't let Xie Xiang have a pimple in his psychology. ”
"Hmm!" Mu Hongshang nodded: "It's still grandmother's thoughtfulness." Grandmother, what did you say to my mothers and uncles? ”
"What else," Mrs. Mu sighed: "Tell half of it, hide half of it, I'm afraid that they will be too worried and hurt themselves." Especially your second uncle's mother, who was injured in childbirth when she gave birth to Tsing Yi, has not been raised for all these years, and her health has always been bad, and your second uncle has not been able to come back in the north for so many years. ”
"Hmm!" Mu Hongshang grabbed Old Madam Mu's hand: "So in front of them, I didn't dare to say anything." It's okay, grandmother, don't worry either. If Xie Xiang agrees, he will be fine, everything will be fine. ”
"Little girl," Mrs. Mu smiled and patted Mu Hongsheng's face: "I'm not very old, I'm used to worrying, but I'm worried that my grandmother is coming." Grandmother is fine, your father is okay, don't worry, everything has grandmother. ”
"I'm not worried!" Mu Hongsheng smiled and nodded heavily: "The eldest brother said, he will enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and when the court is dispersed, he will go to find out the news, maybe we will be able to get the letter after noon!"
After noon on the second day, the Anguo Mansion really got the news, but it was not sent by Mu Zhengyi. After a while, the housekeeper in Prime Minister Xie's mansion suddenly came, saying that Miss Xie Si had made a new snack and sent her to bring a snack to Mu Hongsheng.
Xie Shurou often sent things to Mu Hongsheng, and the frequency was so high that the few grandmothers in Xie Xiang's Mansion who often ran errands became acquaintances with the porter of Anguo Mansion. And the grandmother who came to the Anguo Mansion today to deliver things is not the one who often comes.
Of course, the servants of the Anguo Mansion are very clever, and the messenger of the outer courtyard knows that this is not an ordinary servant as soon as she looks at the dress of the grandmother of the Xie Mansion.
The grandmother who came today, claiming to be surnamed Zhang, is about fifty years old, wearing a green lotus Tianxiang silk dress, a dark flower with ruyi moire, a snow-blue halo brocade armor on the outside, a neat high bun on her head, a gilt hairpin with pinched gold wire, and a pearl the size of a little finger on the hairpin.
This is not the usual errand mamma wear. The messenger didn't dare to slack off, and respectfully let the person go to the small ear room for tea, and then hurriedly sent the person to the inner house to return. Soon a word came from the inner house, asking Mama Xie to go to Mrs. Mu's yard.
The untold messenger was a little surprised. The old lady has been caring about things for many years, and the big and small affairs in the house are handled by the Duchess of Anguo, and now the old lady suddenly wants to see the grandmother of the Xie Mansion in person, which is enough to give the Xie Mansion face. She didn't dare to slack off, and respectfully led the person to Mrs. Mu's courtyard.
The Mama Zhang who came today is really not an ordinary Mama in Xie Mansion, but a Mama who serves closely in Mrs. Xie's house, a first-class and face-saving steward in Xie Mansion, who only follows Mrs. Xie out on weekdays. Today, Mrs. Xie sent her to the Anguo Mansion to run errands just to deliver news to the Mu family.
"Old lady, please rest assured," Mama Zhang respectfully conveyed the words explained by her master: "Today, the two letters of the Guogong Mansion have all been presented to the emperor, and what should be said by our lord has also been said." Madame has sent me here today to bring you a message so that you can rest assured. ”
"Thank you for me, Mrs. Xie Xianghe," Mrs. Mu replied, "This great favor is remembered by everyone in the Anguo Mansion. We Hongshang only went to the house yesterday, and I can't send someone over today, so I have already prepared a thank you gift, so please take it back with Mama. ”
"Where's that?" Mama Zhang immediately replied with a smiling face: "Old Madam Mu is too polite. Our lord said that this is a business matter, and it should all be done. In addition, the master also asked me to tell you about the matter of the Qin Mission, it is okay, the emperor did not say anything on the spot, and he will not say it in the future, so you don't have to worry. As for other things, the lord said that you should not be in a hurry. That's how our lord explained. ”
Involved in the court situation, Mama Zhang, a subordinate, naturally didn't know the details, and Xie Xiang wouldn't explain it to her very clearly, so the few words she came from were vague, but Mrs. Mu understood.
She smiled and nodded at Mama Zhang, and thanked her solemnly again. Mama Zhang smiled and waved her hand, helping to say a few polite words, and then she took out another letter and said with a smile: "Old lady, there is another letter from our fourth lady, saying that I want to bring it to your eldest lady."
She pointed to the food box she brought with her and said, "This is what our fourth young lady made early in the morning with the maids, and asked the slave maid to bring it to the eldest lady of the house." said that it was called 'Xue Mei Niang', and said that it was to let the eldest lady taste fresh. ”
"Bothered." Mrs. Mu thanked Mu Hongsheng for her: "The fourth lady in the house always thinks about our Hongsheng."
"It's all as it should be." Mama Zhang replied with a smile: "The fourth lady really likes the eldest lady in the house, and treats the eldest lady like a sister, so she naturally thinks about it all the time."
Old Madam Mu smiled, took a long box from the small table at hand and handed it to Mama Zhang: "The fourth lady looks at us like a sister in red clothes, and we treat her like a sister in red clothes." This is for the fourth lady of the house, the four butterflies inlaid with treasures, originally a pair, the dowry of my youth. Give one to the red dress and the fourth lady in the house, it is rare to see such a good pigeon blood red in these years, you take it back by the way, let the fourth lady take it and play with it. ”
Mama Zhang understood in her heart that yesterday Mrs. gave the eldest lady of the Anguo Mansion a pair of precious rings, and Mrs. Mu gave a gift in return.
Of course, Miss Xie Shurou of the Prime Minister's Mansion could not come to visit Mrs. Mu in the Anguo Mansion in a bright and bright manner, so Mrs. Mu had to find an excuse to bring her back this gift, so Mama Zhang did not shirk it, and after a little politeness, she took the box, and then said goodbye to Mrs. Mu and left the Anguo Mansion.