Chapter 24: Apologize
When Mrs. Shen left the mansion, she saw General Shen waiting in front of the carriage.
When Mrs. Shen saw General Shen, she remembered the humiliation she had suffered at Huo's house in the morning, and grievances welled up in her heart, her nose was sour, and her eyes were red.
General Shen walked over to help her and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" ”
Madame Shen shook her head and got into the carriage past him.
General Shen also climbed up.
Shen Yafei watched General Shen's anxious figure disappear into the carriage, pursed her lips, and went up to sit in front of the carriage, she didn't have a penchant for seeing people's affection up close, especially seeing the affection of unfamiliar people.
The carriage drove forward slowly, and Zhiyu came out. Asked her silently with his mouth, "How's it going?" ”
Shen Yafei pouted at Che Linunu.
General Shen's voice came from the car: "Don't stop talking. What the hell is wrong, they are bullying you? ”
Mrs. Shen burst into tears.
General Shen hugged her distressedly and gently wiped away the tears from her face.
The sharp gaze shot at the bamboo grandmothers on the side.
Mama Zhu opened her mouth to tell the story.
General Shen said angrily: "This Huo Mansion is too much! ”
"You should just turn around and leave. What are you afraid of, I'll stand up to you if something happens. Our Shen Mansion can't afford them to be so cheap. General Shen looked down at Mrs. Shen and said distressedly.
He held Mrs. Shen in his hands for more than 20 years, and he was reluctant to say half a heavy word to her, which made the Huo family so humiliated. This Huo family is really too much.
Mrs. Shen's mood stabilized and said, "However, people have also suffered a lot of grievances, and we still can't do things in a moment's time." Like you said, Mrs. Huo is not a broad-minded person, if she doesn't let her vent, she will definitely not let us have a good time, so that we don't have to be entangled by her in the future, what is it to be wronged. ”
His voice was hoarse from crying, and General Shen put his arms around her shoulders in distress and rested his chin on the top of her head.
This woman who still doesn't forget to put the interests of the Shen family first even if she has been wronged, how can he not love it!
When I returned to the Shen Mansion, I saw Steward Ma rubbing his hands irritably in front of the door, walking back and forth.
Seeing their horses, he immediately ran up, stopped talking beside General Shen, and his eyes involuntarily looked at Shen Yafei.
General Shen glanced at him: "Say, why can't you enter the mansion to talk about it, do you have to wait for us at the door?" ”
"That Mrs. Chen and Lord Shen Yu came to visit, saying that it was to discuss the matter of the second lady and the ceremony, but I felt that their faces were not very good. I asked people to check, and I got the news that the Huo Mansion asked several ladies of the Huo family to visit these two with the grandmother next to Mrs. Huo yesterday afternoon. Steward Ma quickly finished the matter.
Madam Shen chuckled in her heart and looked at General Shen.
General Shen's face darkened, and when he saw Shen Yafei on the side, his face was as usual, as if he hadn't heard Steward Ma's words, even the maid beside her was going to look like she didn't care about herself, seeing Shen Yafei like this, General Shen's heart was a little strange.
It seems that the two maids beside Shen Yafei should be checked, and Shen Yafei's life in Huancheng should also be checked.
But now is not the time to explore this, he turned his head to Mrs. Shen and said, "You go, no matter what, just do your best, you don't need to be a small servant." If not, there will be your sister-in-law! ”
Mama Zhu helped Mrs. Shen trot into the door.
Mrs. Shen gasped outside the door of the front hall, straightened her clothes, and walked in with the support of Mama Zhu.
"Mrs. Chen, County Lord!" Mrs. Shen saluted the two of them.
Because Mrs. Chen is a third-grade lady, she has an official rank like Mrs. Huo, and the officials in the underground have to salute when they see it, and there are many nobles in the palace in Beijing, but they have an order
There are few ladies, and they can be counted with one palm.
This is also why Mrs. Shen has been wronged and asked Mrs. Huo to forgive Shen Yafei, because if Mrs. Huo sues Shen Yafei to the main hall in her fateful capacity, Shen Yafei's life will be over, and the Shen Mansion will not have a good result.
Lord Shen Yu is the granddaughter of the eldest princess, the sister of the first emperor, and has inherited all the honors of the princess's mansion. Outside, he is a representative of virtue, virtuousness, generality, and talent, and is a role model admired by young women in the capital.
There is only one Mrs. Shen who can invite these two to give her daughter to her daughter at the same time, and this is due to Mrs. Shen's friendship with the former queen.
The women who were able to make the two of them attend the ceremony were all of good talents in Beijing, but generally they only attended the ceremony of their relatives.
Mrs. Chen looked at Mrs. Shen and said, "I heard about the matter of Huo Mansion yesterday. ”
She didn't want to do this, but Shen Yafei's behavior yesterday was so rude that she had to take care of her friendship with Mrs. Shen to refuse to be the praiser of Shen Yafei and Lu Li. She is also very weak in doing this kind of thing, and she is not far from Shen Yafei's courtesy, but it is really unkind to temporarily regret it at this time. However, although the people from Huo Mansion did not say anything explicitly when they came to the door yesterday, they implied condemnation of Shen Yafei in every word, and insinuated that her morality was not good. This obviously forced her to push this matter, so she came over hard.
After she said this, she didn't continue to speak.
Mrs. Shen didn't expect the Huo family to be so insidious, she finished this thing yesterday, and today she pretended to be wronged, she really shouldn't have gone to the Huo Mansion to apologize today.
Lord Shen Yu went straight to the point and said, "I heard about it too." I heard that Miss Shen Er fell asleep at the fifth miss of the Huo family, and she was still talking nonsense loudly. Is this true, Mrs. Shen? ”
"It's true." Mrs. Shen replied.
"You know that I have always attached the most importance to the moral character of women, and I have asked for good moral character for the women I participate in and the ceremony, no, even if it is a relative, I will not participate. I agreed to participate in Miss Shen Er's ceremony before, but I didn't ask her about her character, because I believe that the children taught by General Shen and Mrs. Shen will not be bad, just look at Miss Shen and Miss Lin. But I didn't expect anything like yesterday to happen. After the Huo family left yesterday, I asked someone to find out, and it was verified that what the Huo family said was true. Then, I sent to investigate the reason why Miss Shen Er left Beijing eleven years ago, and found that Miss Shen Er's moral character did not meet my requirements. Therefore, I came today to say sorry to Mrs. Shen, I was unable to attend Miss Shen's ceremony. Lord Shen Yu said solemnly.
"I ······" Mrs. Shen was powerless to refute.
"It's okay, then I'll retire first, if there is anything offensive to Mrs. Shen, please forgive me." Princess Shen Yu bowed and withdrew.
Mrs. Shen nodded weakly and looked at her back in a daze.
He turned to look at Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen sighed and said, "I can't help it, I'm afraid that Miss Shen's behavior has spread all over the capital, if I continue to be her praiser, what will the people in the capital think of me." Moreover, the people of the Huo family have come to the door, and I am also powerless. Besides, my eldest son is still working under Huo Shangshu! ”
"If no one knows about this, it's better to say, let's have a deep friendship, and I will help you no matter what. However, now that this matter has spread in the capital, there is nothing I can do. Even if I am willing to continue to be your daughter's praiser, my family will not agree, and Chen Guogong will be the first to come out and oppose it. Mrs. Chen said.
"I know, I naturally don't want to embarrass you, sister, but this happened too suddenly, and in a few days it will be Fei'er's ceremony. I'm in a hurry, where can I find someone? Mrs. Shen said with a sad face.
Mrs. Chen was also very embarrassed and said, "Your mother's ······"
"Everyone knew in advance that I invited the two of you, and now the two of you have said that they won't do it together, how can I explain this to my master, what will the people outside think? Sister, you can help me one more time. Mrs. Shen said anxiously.
"It's not that I don't want to help you, in this case, I can't help you, although the Huo family didn't say it explicitly, but what they mean is that if I continue to be your daughter's praiser, I will be against them. Mrs. Huo, you know. She is an extremely protective person, you say that if it were someone else, it would be fine, not her granddaughter's courtesy
。 She has always been a person who does things vigorously and resolutely, and hits the center of gravity. You see, it happened yesterday morning, and in the afternoon a group of them came to my house. But my old lady
was also there, and she clapped on the spot and said that I would push it off. Mrs. Chen said helplessly.
Mrs. Shen knew that this matter could not be changed, so she stopped holding it and said, "Okay, I know." Thank you for telling me so much and for making a personal trip. ”
"Don't think about it so much. Don't you still have your sister-in-law and niece? Their reputation is also good. Mrs. Chen comforted, "I still have something to do, so I'll go back first." ”
Mrs. Shen knew that she was right, but she invited the two of them when Shen Yaru and Lu Li, Shen Yafei's was not bad, and she also wanted to invite them to participate in Lin Wanxin's ceremony.
If Shen Yafei didn't have it, how could she arrange Lin Wanxin's ceremony.
If the arrangement is good, I am afraid that she will be criticized, and Lin Wanxin will be said to be unable to hold her head up.
If the arrangement is not good, Lin Wanxin will feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, a year ago, at Shen Yaru's ceremony, she promised Lin Wanxin that she would give her the same ceremony.
Now Shen Yafei's and Lu Li can't be done, and in the future, Lin Wanxin's will not be easy to do.
Mrs. Shen has a headache now, and when General Shen saw her like this, he thought that she felt sorry for Shen Yafei, so he stepped forward and comforted: "It's okay, there are still people from your mother's family." I'll go with you tomorrow to them. “
Now it had to be like this, Mrs. Shen smiled comfortably at General Shen.