Chapter Seventy-Five: The Beginning of the Show
Meng Zhaoyue's father, Meng Yuandao, is the county guard of Surabaya County, Meng Zhaoyue's mother, Sheng Xiuhe, naΓ―ve and romantic, ignorant of the world, when he went out, he met robbers, and then Meng Yuandao was a handsome young man, falling from the sky, heroes save beauty, talented and beautiful people fell in love at first sight, and then Sheng Xiuhe insisted on marrying far away despite the opposition of his family.
Surabaya County is thousands of miles away from Kyoto, it is not easy to talk about how to see each other, in the first few years, there are often correspondence exchanges, every New Year's holiday, each other also sent people to send some New Year's gifts and other things, and later, the contact gradually faded, and then there was the funeral report from Surabaya County......
"This Meng family is really, so many people came, and they didn't give a letter in advance, just now I saw that the carriage behind me seemed to be loaded with a lot of things, it seemed that it was going to live in our house for a while, and I didn't know that it was such a big face." Jade followed, chattering dissatisfied.
A few days ago, the Duchess of Qi Guo handed over the post, and this morning the Lin family went out with the Xu family, and the grandfather of the country and Sheng Mingzhong and Sheng Mingyi were even more busy these days, and there was only Sheng Mingzhu at home at this moment.
Seeing a group of their fresh faces, the family guarding the door also claimed to be the aunt's family of the Guogong Mansion, and came to celebrate Mrs. Lin's birthday, but he didn't dare to make a claim, so he quickly sent someone to invite Sheng Mingzhu over.
Several members of the Meng family stood at the door and blew the cold wind for a long time before they saw the belated Sheng Mingzhu surrounded by everyone.
The young girl in the costume in front of her, upright and bright, with her hair in a bun slanted, white clothes and sleeves, wearing a big red brocade, red plum and white fox fur, stood in front of the door and looked down at them with a proud expression.
High and extravagant.
The Meng family came with five people this time, Meng Zhaoyue's stepmother Ling Niangzi, Meng Zhaoyue's brother-in-law Meng Caiguang, as well as brother-in-law Meng Qiwen, sister-in-law Meng Xiwen, and Meng Zhaoyue's nurse Mama Li.
As the head of a county, Meng Yuandao could not leave his post without special reasons, so he did not come.
Meng Xiwen looked at Sheng Mingzhu who was holding the moon with the stars at the door, and looked at the clothes and jewelry on her body, her eyes were full of envy.
Ling Niangzi can straighten out from a small outer room and become Meng Yuandao's wife, naturally she is a person who has come back, looking at Sheng Mingzhu coming out, she is already full of smiles, and her tongue is full of praise from the lotus.
"This is His Royal Highness the County Lord! I have long heard that the fourth lady in the Guogong Mansion is a fairy-like character, and when I look at it today, it is true, such a look, the temperament of this body, compared to us are like the mud underground. β
Sheng Mingzhu glanced at her coldly, and only after a long time did she raise her chin and say casually: "Which one are you!" β
Ling Niangzi's smile stiffened, but soon changed, "I entered the door of the Meng family after my sister passed away, the county lord has never seen me, and it is inevitable that I don't know, the two families are far apart, and it is not easy to come and go, since my sister died, Yuandao has been talking about wanting to visit Beijing in person, but he is busy with official business, and he can't get out at all, this time I came over, and I also told me a thousand times, let me see my uncle, I must express my gratitude, Zhaoyue has been so long, thanks to your care?" Hey, why didn't you see Zhaoyue? β
Mama Li, who was standing behind Ling Niangzi, also stretched out her head and looked around, she was Meng Zhaoyue's nurse, she had failed to follow Meng Zhaoyue into Beijing before, and this opportunity to come here was finally the only one who was thinking about Meng Zhaoyue.
"Didn't my cousin come? I've already had someone inform? β
Lin Niangzi's eyes rolled, she didn't know what she was thinking, Meng Xiwen in the back was young, shallow in her mind, and her expression on her face was clear at a glance, and she snorted coldly, obviously not very happy.
"Why is my sister so rude, my mother and we came all the way to greet us, and she didn't even look at us, could it be that she lived in the Guogong Mansion for a few months, just what kind of noble lady she was?"
"Xiwen, what are you talking nonsense, do you say this about your eldest sister?" Ling Niangzi pretended to reprimand, turned her head to Sheng Mingzhu and said apologetically: "Xiwen, this child, is spoiled by us, and he doesn't talk big or small, so please don't be weird." β
"How so? This little cousin is innocent and lively, articulate, and I think it's very cute. Sheng Mingzhu smiled and rewarded her.
"Thank you county lord, I'm telling the truth, the eldest sister has always ignored us before, maybe she doesn't want to see us at all."
Meng Caiguang, who was standing next to him, frowned, and his face was full of emotion, he and Meng Zhaoyue were brother and sister, when the prince of Zhenguo was mourning, he wanted to bring the two of them back together, but in the end, under the opposition of the Meng family, only Meng Zhaoyue was taken away.
"Zhaoyue is not such a person, maybe she may not know that we have arrived."
"How could you not know? Didn't the county lord just say that he had already asked someone to inform her? I think she clearly did it on purpose to let us blow the cold wind here for so long. β
Meng Xiwen commanded, and there was no respect for Meng Caiguang, the eldest brother, and the others didn't feel inappropriate at all, and it was commonplace to want to come and go at home.
The expression on Meng Caiguang's face was scornful, he shut up and stood aside, without saying a word, his eyes lowered, obviously as the son of the Meng family, but there was a sense of humility lingering on his body, and he didn't dare to look directly at people.
A good sister-in-law has been raised to look like this, I have to say that this spirit lady has good means.
In her previous life, she let them into the mansion, entertained them warmly, gave Meng Zhaoyue a good face, and in the name of the Guogong Mansion to them, she was going around to get involved, and she also kept her eyes open and closed, but now she doesn't need it at all, this kind of eight-pole can't be beaten, and she still wants to go to the door to fight Qiu Fengpan's relatives, so she should hurry up and roll as far as she wants.
If she hadn't expected them to take Meng Zhaoyue back by the way, she wouldn't have bothered to stand here and waste words with them.
"My cousin and his entourage, the boat and car are tiring, why no one sent a message in advance, my father and mother were still talking to us before, and I haven't received a message from my uncle's family, I'm afraid I won't be here this year." Sheng Mingzhu showed a look of embarrassment, "Several courtyards in the house are already full of people, only a few rooms are still empty, although my aunt is no longer there, but I can't be wronged by a few people who live in the rooms, but there is no reason to let the guests who have already moved in drive out, this is ......"
Sheng Mingzhu frowned, her expression very embarrassed.
"Miss, isn't there another courtyard on Ling'an Street nearby? All of them are cousins with the young lady, and they are all a family, so they definitely won't mind. Liuli next to him saw Sheng Mingzhu's eyes and said at the right time.
"The annex on Ling'an Street? It's good, it's just that it won't be too wronged by a few cousins? Sheng Mingzhu hesitated.
"If there is any grievance, it is all a family, there is no need to see the outside so much, and blame me, I was in a hurry along the way, and I forgot to ask someone to bring a letter in advance." Ling Niangzi smiled.