Xu Xi also knew the etiquette, and stood up when Wei came in.

At this time, she stepped forward, bowed to Wei in a dignified manner, and called, "Second lady." ”

Hearing Xu Xi shout Wei like this, the eldest lady was stunned, and then almost laughed. She hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed lightly to hide her expression.

The old lady saw that Wei was unhappy, for fear that she would quarrel again, so that the eldest lady, who was already excited, revealed her travels, and hurriedly asked Wei, "What is the matter with you coming?" ”

Wei Shi then diverted his attention: "Old lady, I want to ask, tomorrow is the tenth day off." You said you wanted to celebrate Sister Xi and Sister Yu, why haven't you moved until now? ”

Both daughters were admitted to the women's academy, although Wei was not close to the two, but there was an opportunity to show off, how could she let it go? I've been looking forward to it for a long time.

At first, the old lady also said that she would hold a dinner party directly, and later said that she would hold it when the two children were off. But now it's almost the right day, the kitchen has not received the order to buy vegetables and prepare a menu, and the other subordinates have not heard the order to clean up and decorate the hall, so Wei Shi ran over to ask.

The old lady and the eldest lady have long discussed this issue.

Hearing her ask this, the old lady said unhurriedly: "Sister Yu was admitted to the Beijing Women's Academy, and Sister Xi'er's Beining Women's Academy is not much worse, this is not an ordinary glory, it must be done." It's just that Hou Ye recently went out on an errand. He's not at home, and this banquet isn't going to be easy. He will be back in a few days, and the day will be set for the next ten months, so that it will be more relaxed and not so hasty. ”

When Wei heard this, he subconsciously glanced at the eldest lady, and saw that the eldest lady was a little weak, but he did not suspect it.

She didn't care much about Zhao Yuanxun's whereabouts, but she still knew something about his position.

Zhao Yuanxun entered the Five Cities Terracotta Division. Although the Five Cities Terracotta Division is subordinate to the Ministry of War, it is responsible for patrolling thieves in Beijing, cleaning up streets and ditches, prisoners, fire prohibition and other matters, which is equivalent to the modern comprehensive administrative law enforcement bureau of urban management. Moreover, the Five Cities Terracotta Division is not one yamen, but five yamen.

Zhao Yuanxun's vacant position in it is an idle errand, but occasionally there is something to do, otherwise he will take a share of the money for nothing, and the courtiers will not follow. He is an idle errand, so he usually doesn't have to go to the yamen. Every month, he had to go to the five yamen to collect the documents, summarize them and report them to the military department, but the yamen were not close to each one, and there were many things, so he simply did not come back and lived in the yamen, so he went for three or four days.

Because Zhao Yuanxun is not in good health, he can't be tired, and he doesn't want to be an idler who eats idle food, so he insists on doing such an errand. Every time he goes out, the eldest lady hangs a heart, for fear that he will not eat and sleep well outside, and his health will deteriorate when he comes back, and he will need to recuperate for a long time before he gets better.

The Hou Mansion holds a banquet, if the male host of the Hou Ye is not at home, it will definitely be inappropriate.

There is no way to refute this reason.

She thought for a while, and then said, "My father and mother heard that I found my biological daughter and wanted to see Sister Xi." Since there will be no banquet tomorrow, I will simply take her back to her parents' house to salute her grandfather, grandmother and uncles. ”

Afraid that the old lady would not agree, she moved out of Father Wei again: "You also know that my father is busy with business. Tomorrow is just Mu Xiu, he has half a day's work at home, just let Sister Xi see him, otherwise I don't know when I have to wait. ”

I just said that there will be no banquet tomorrow. Wei's excuse made the old lady difficult to refuse.

It is common for grandfathers and grandmothers to want to see their own granddaughters. If she doesn't allow it, maybe Wei will ruin her reputation outside.

It's nothing to deal with the Wei family in the past, anyway, the Wei family doesn't dare to detain Xu Xi and not let her come back, and even kill her. It doesn't hurt to take a trip.

The old lady was about to say yes, but Xu Xi said: "Second lady, it's really unfortunate, the wife of the British princess, the county lord of Qingyang, the silver building she opened will open in two days, because she likes the jewelry pictures I painted, she has already asked me to help her on holidays." I asked the old lady last night if there was anything at home on her holiday, and I had already promised the county lord of Qingyang this morning. ”

When the eldest lady who was anxious on the side heard this, her eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "Lord Qingyang? Is it the one born by Princess Zhennan and later married to the prince of England? ”

"Yes." Xu Xi cast a look of approval to the tacit eldest lady.

"Since you've all agreed, wouldn't you go? Our family can't afford to offend the Zhennan Mansion and the British Mansion. The eldest lady glanced at Wei meaningfully, "I want to come to my father-in-law and mother-in-law when they hear this, and they will also be considerate of you." ”

The king of Zhennan and the British duke are both celebrities in front of the emperor, even the three dukes and the six princes dare not give them face, let alone the fourth-grade official of Father Wei.

Wei's face was very ugly.

Her father is an official fan and likes to drill camps the most. If what Xu Xi said was true, then Xu Xi went to the Wei Mansion and inadvertently offended the Zhennan Mansion and the British Mansion, and her father would definitely blame her, and he would never feel happy that Xu Xi put them in front of the county lord of Qingyang.

The British Mansion is not very good, but Princess Zhennan regards this daughter more tightly than her eyes.

Originally, Wei's idea was to say goodbye to Xu Xi. She wanted to give Xu Xi to her nephew. But this family matter can't be mentioned for no reason, and the Wei Mansion and the Suiping Marquis Mansion will not agree. So she had to take Xu Xi back to her parents' house, so that the people of the Wei Mansion could meet Xu Xi, and also give her a reason to mention this matter to the old lady and the eldest lady.

But this plan is about to fail.

She asked Xu Xi: "How does Sister Xi recognize the county lord of Qingyang?" ”

Xu Xi smiled: "She is my calligraphy teacher. ”

Wei had nothing more to say.

Thinking that she was unwilling, she said to the old lady: "Sister Xi won't need to come all day when she wants to go to Bac Ninh, and she will have to come back in the evening." It's better to let her go to the Wei Mansion with me for dinner in the evening. She should be filial to the old lady, but my grandfather finally got back to the empty space, I want to see her, and I want the old lady to understand us. Anyway, the coming day is long, and she has a lot of filial piety to the old lady, and it is not bad for this meal. ”

The old lady was embarrassed.

It's all said and done, if she stops her again, what will outsiders think of her? Although if the child is really changed by the Wei family, the Hou Mansion will inevitably tear up his face with the Wei Mansion at that time. But what if not? Offending Father Wei is really not good for the Hou Mansion.

She was embarrassed, but Xu Xi said: "Second lady, the county lord of Qingyang said that I may have to work all day on the tenth day off, and when the time comes, the guards of the Zhennan Mansion will send me back, I'm afraid it won't be too late to have dinner." If you don't believe it, go to the concierge and ask, I also stayed in the silver building for a while today, and the lord of Qingyang County was afraid that it would not be safe, so he asked the guards of the Zhennan Wangfu to send me back. ”

In order to deter the bull ghost and snake god of Suiping Hou, when she came back, she also deliberately asked the guards of the Zhennan Mansion to identify themselves with the porter. I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.