Chapter 200: Responsibility
Mrs. Xu would have such a guess, entirely because of the hint given by Queen Hu.
It's just that Mrs. Xu doesn't plan to tell Dong Shu about these things now, otherwise, according to her temperament, I'm afraid she will be worried about this matter early.
After thinking about it, Mrs. Xu looked at Dong Shu and said, "I have some guesses about this matter, but in the end, I still have to discuss it with Shi Qiu before I can be sure." As she spoke, Mrs. Xu was also thinking about how to talk to Xu Shiqiu about this matter, and she must have to avoid Dong Shu.
Hearing her mother-in-law say this, Dong Shu was not surprised.
Even she could feel that Queen Hu had something to say, so it was normal for her mother-in-law to think of it.
And if it was a trivial matter, Empress Hu should have told her directly as before, since hints were used today, then this matter must not be a trivial matter.
So the mother-in-law wanted to discuss it with the prime minister again, and Dong Shu didn't suspect it at all.
Old Mrs. Xu was also relieved to see that Dong Shu did not suspect it and did not ask again.
This matter is too big, the queen can tell them about the Xu family at this time, it is estimated that it is also for the sake of Dong Shu's face, since this is the case, then their family must be careful and protect this blessed daughter-in-law.
Dong Shu didn't know what her mother-in-law was thinking, and after saying what happened in the palace today, Dong Shu was ready to go back to Shihuan Courtyard to accompany Yuan Xi.
Now that Yuan Xi is getting bigger and bigger, she understands more and more things, like Dong Shu who has been out for most of the day today, if she waits until the evening to play with her, she will definitely look at you with an aggrieved look again, and I don't know who she learned to look like this.
As soon as Mrs. Xu saw Dong Shu's expression, she guessed that she was going back to accompany Yuan Xi, "Since you got so many good materials today, then you and Yuan Xi will make a few sets of new clothes." After saying this, Mrs. Xu paused and continued: "On the day when Yan Hao is married, you remember to wear the materials that Concubine De gave you today." ”
"Well, I know that." Dong Shu naturally understood why her mother-in-law said this, thinking of the clothes that Concubine De gave her today, Dong Shu asked uncertainly: "Do you want to add something more to the congratulatory gift for Yan Hao?" ”
"No, the congratulatory gift to Yan Hao will be done according to the previous agreement. If you are willing, after Yan Hao gets married, it would be good if the meeting gift for the Zhang family was a little more valuable. After saying this, Mrs. Xu still raised it with confidence: "There is also Brother Ning born by the Hu family, you should also prepare some children's things early and keep them for him." ”
"Yes, I'll arrange it later."
These things, in fact, Mrs. Xu didn't remind Dong Shu to know, but since her mother-in-law reminded her, she would definitely write them down carefully.
Now that she gave the Zhang family a more expensive meeting gift because of what Concubine De gave, she couldn't ignore the Hu family, who gave birth to the eldest great-grandson for the Xu family.
In the future, their Xu family's family will only get bigger and bigger, and these things are all things that she should remember and be able to arrange as a housewife.
After Dong Shu left the main courtyard, she went back to Shihuan Courtyard directly, when she returned to Shihuan Courtyard, Yuan Xi just had enough to eat and drink and was convenient to wash, so she sat obediently on the wolf skin and played with the small toys that Dong Shu sewed for her.
Dong Shu saw Yuan Xi obediently sitting there playing alone, and immediately laughed, "Yuan Xi, my mother is back, do you miss your mother?" As he spoke, Dong Shu walked to the wolfskin blanket, took off his shoes, and walked briskly towards Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi quickly raised her head the moment she heard Dong Shu's voice, and when she saw that it was really her mother, she immediately threw down the toy in her hand and crawled towards Dong Shu.
Seeing Yuan Xi happily crawling towards him, Dong Shu hurriedly stopped and sat down on the wolfskin blanket.
As soon as she sat down here, Yuan Xi finally climbed into her arms.
As soon as Yuan Xi climbed into Dong Shu's arms, he directly stuffed his fleshy body into Dong Shu's arms, and then he didn't forget to put his head on Dong Shu's heart.
Listening to the tired panting voice of Yuan Xi in his arms, Dong Shu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
Since she took someone to sew a big blanket out of four gray wolf skins two days ago, Yuan Xi has fallen in love with 'climbing, crawling, climbing' here every day.
In addition to eating, even sleeping, she can't wait to sleep directly on the wolf's skin.
Because of her move, she wanted Xu Shiqiu to remember to hunt more skins for her, and she definitely couldn't wronged her baby daughter because of a few ordinary gray wolf skins.
Yuan Xi not only loves to stay here, she also likes Dong Shu to accompany her here, the wolf skin is thick, and the house is warm, so even if it is cold today, as long as Yuan Xi plays on the wolf skin, she doesn't need to wear so many clothes.
Dong Shu felt that maybe this was the reason, so Yuan Xi liked to stay and play on the wolf's skin.
After both of them were sweating lightly, it was almost time for Xu Shiqiu to come back.
Dong Shu led Yuan Xi, who was reluctant to leave the wolfskin blanket, to bathe and change clothes first, and then changed into a comfortable but obviously much thicker dress, and walked towards the main courtyard.
Compared with just now, there are too many clothes to wear, and the small arms are already short, and Yuan Xi is extremely dishonest when he is held in the arms of the nurse.
Whenever Dong Shu stopped to look at her, she blinked at Dong Shu with crescent moon eyes similar to Dong Shu, with an expression of wanting to continue playing on the wolfskin blanket.
"Yuan Xi, you have been playing for a long time today, and tomorrow my mother will accompany you to play on the wolf skin blanket." Dong Shu didn't lie to her because Yuan Xi was young, after saying this, she thought about it and continued to speak: "Tomorrow my mother will sew you a cloth ball again, and now you and your mother will go to see your grandmother together, be good~" As she spoke, Dong Shu also raised her hand and touched Yuan Xi's soft hair.
Yuan Xi probably didn't understand Dong Shu's words, but after being touched by Dong Shu, Yuan Xi was indeed much more well-behaved than before.
As soon as Dong Shu and Yuan Xi arrived at the main courtyard and sat down, Xu Shiqiu also came back.
Recently, Xu Shiqiu has spent more time playing with Yuan Xi than some time ago, so as soon as Yuan Xi saw Xu Shiqiu, he waved his fat arm excitedly and 'babbled' at Xu Shiqiu.
As soon as he came back, he saw that his mother, the little lady and her daughter were waiting for him, Xu Shiqiu was in a very good mood, but he thought that his mother had specially arranged for someone to wait for him at the door today so that he could come directly to the main courtyard, Xu Shiqiu guessed that his mother was afraid that he had something to ask himself.
Thinking of this, Xu Shiqiu hurriedly looked at Dong Shu and said, "Lady, leave Yuan Xi to me, you go and see the prey I brought back today." I took people to hunt in our back mountains today, you see how to clean up, do you want to send some to the eldest brother, second brother and sister's house. ”
As soon as Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, where would she pay attention to whether he deliberately broke away from her, she would only think about how many prey there were today.
This is the second time after the autumn that the prince has brought back prey, and listening to his tone, it seems that there are still a lot.
After Dong Shu handed Yuan Xi to Xu Shiqiu with a happy face, Xu Shiqiu looked at the old lady Xu and said, "Mother, what happened?" As he spoke, Xu Shiqiu's expression became serious.
After Mrs. Xu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she first withdrew her gaze that fell on Yuan Xi, and then looked at him, and told Xu Shiqiu what Dong Shu brought back after entering the palace today.
As soon as Mrs. Xu's words fell, Xu Shiqiu frowned and looked at her and said, "The queen is hinting at our family?" After Xu Shiqiu finished saying this, he thought for a moment and then continued: "This matter is really not a trivial matter. ”
can let Queen Hu remind Dong Shu that she will conceive a child at the end of the year, which means that she will not be able to have a child next year.
The most important thing is that this thing that will happen next year must be a bigger event than the abdication of Emperor Ruikang at the end of the year and the accession of the new emperor to the throne.
In this case, there is only one possibility......
Old Mrs. Xu looked at Xu Shiqiu's expression, and when she saw that his expression was getting more and more serious, she knew that he was the same as her guess.
"Shi Qiu, do you say this is true?"
Mrs. Xu was a little worried, if this was really the case, would their Xu family be able to take revenge?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu thought of one more thing, "The queen also reminded us not to go out after a while, and let you be careful when you go out." And what she said about the Three Princes' Mansion coming up to apologize, I always felt that she also hinted at something else. Speaking of this, Mrs. Xu's eyes also burst out with a touch of coldness.
"Mother, this matter is not a trivial matter, whether it is true or not, our family must prepare in advance." At the moment when Mrs. Xu's words fell, Xu Shiqiu looked at her and spoke, "Mother, don't worry, since the queen mother has noticed this matter, it means that he must not be able to do it." ”
Of course, Xu Shiqiu knew what his mother was hinting at him, but he didn't think he had to worry about these things.
As he said, since the queen has noticed this matter, Ye Jingche must not be able to do it.
After listening to Xu Shiqiu's words, Mrs. Xu was relieved after a pause.
Thinking about Dong Shu, who brought back these words, Mrs. Xu told Xu Shiqiu about what she had temporarily hidden from her.
"I'll tell her about this at night, mother, don't worry." As soon as Mrs. Xu opened her mouth, Xu Shiqiu thought about how to talk to Dong Shu about it.
Seeing that Xu Shiqiu was so confident, Mrs. Xu didn't ask about it again.
When Mrs. Xu and Xu Shiqiu talked about it, Dong Shu happened to go to the kitchen to see the prey that Xu Shiqiu brought back and came back.
"Mother, today's Xianggong did bring back a lot of prey, and I divided it into four parts. We kept one for ourselves, and gave one to the eldest brother, the second brother, and the elder sister. Dong Shu is now more and more handy with these things, and there is no need for Mrs. Xu to worry about it, after saying this, she asked again: "Mother, have you told Xianggong about today's events?" ”
After Mrs. Xu heard Dong Shu's words, she first kept nodding at her, and then said, "You can arrange these things, and now you are doing very well." Seeing that Dong Shu said this, Mrs. Xu hurriedly smiled again: "At this time in previous years, there were also prey sold in the city, but because there were not many things, the price was also high. Now our family is in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing because of the autumn, but we can often eat these things. ”
As soon as Dong Shu heard Mrs. Xu's words, she was busy praising her father-in-law a few words, and then she said that it was too late today, so she only asked the kitchen to stew two hares, and the other prey was kept for tomorrow to be carefully packed up and eaten.
Xu Shiqiu just looked at his mother and shifted the little lady's attention to the prey again with a few words, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw the little lady talking about eating and her eyes lit up.
No matter whether there will be an accident in the capital after a while, he must protect his mother, wife and daughter at home.
This is his responsibility, as a man!