Chapter 135: A Chance Encounter
Jiang Muyao has been saying that she is sick and has never shown up since the Queen Mother gave her marriage to the King of Wei and the Lord of Nanzhang.
Previously, in order to resolve the misunderstanding between the two, Song Yixiao thought of countless ways to interview her to no avail. It wasn't until after the marriage that Jian Xubai mentioned that he stood in line with the court, and this thought gradually stopped.
I didn't want to intentionally plant flowers and flowers, and I didn't intend to plant willows and willows in the shade - she came to Linghu's house today just to make a fuss, but she didn't even go to the mourning hall, and she bumped into Jiang Muyao first.
At the moment, he took a few steps forward and said happily: "Sister Jiang? It's been a long time! β
"It's been a long time since I've seen each other." Jiang Muyao looks a little thinner than at the banquet, but perhaps because more than half a year has passed, she is in good spirits. She looked at Song Yi and smiled a few times before stepping into the threshold and said lightly, "I have been sick before, and I only got better two days ago." β
Everyone present knew that it was a disguise, but no one was stupid enough to expose it, and they all advised her to take care of her body.
The Su family sisters were well-informed, and greeted Jiang Muyao's mother and several sisters-in-law: "I heard that these people have been infected with the wind and cold recently, I don't know if this will be better?" β
Jiang Muyao responded casually, of course her mother and sister-in-law were not complete, otherwise she would not have let her come alone to make the fox family mourn - this politeness is not over yet, the servant woman who went to the mourning hall before came back to tell her that the mourning hall is now vacant.
The four of them stopped talking, got up and straightened their skirts, and went with the servant woman to pay their respects.
Song Yixiao didn't know anyone from the Linghu family at all, so she just said a few words of comfort. But the Su family sisters and Jiang Muyao were obviously related to the Linghu family, but they said goodbye after a long conversation.
After leaving the mourning hall, the Su family sisters originally wanted to talk to Song Yixiao, but Jiang Muyao nodded at them and said, "It's cold today, I'll go first!" β
Song Yi smiled and thought about Wei Chan, and followed: "I'm also leaving, it's cold, everyone be careful on the road!" β
Seeing that this situation was not easy to keep, the sisters of the Su family glanced at each other and said, "Then let's see you later!" β
When the carriage left Linghu Mansion, it happened to see a messenger wearing palace attendant clothes passing by, and it should be to pass the decree in the direction.
Because he had already mourned, Song Yixiao was not in a hurry to look at it, and after a glance, he lowered the curtain, closed his eyes and leaned back, contemplating the trouble Wei Chan was facing: "It's never a good idea to marry in a hurry, but my cousin's current situation will have a reputation for rejecting Lu Guanlun in the future......"
Before he could stop thinking about it, a guard outside suddenly sighed, turned his horse to the window of the car and whispered, "Madam, it seems that my grandmother's car has broken down over there?" β
Song Yi was stunned for a moment, picked up the curtain and looked, and sure enough, on the side of the road not far away, several people who looked like family members were lying on their stomachs and tossing under a carriage. By the carriage, four or five servants and maids surrounded a woman with a hood, and behind the woman a mother-in-law held a little girl of two or three years old.
"The person holding the child is Zhang Cuiniang, who has returned to the Yanguo Mansion last time, it seems that it is really my stepmother." Song Yixiao was still a little suspicious, after all, it should be impossible for the guards to see the Lu family, and when they saw Zhang Cuiniang, they suddenly asked someone to drive the carriage over.
"Mother, why are you here?" When the carriage arrived near those people, Song Yixiao stopped, asked people to take a hat and put it on, got out of the car, and walked a few steps to Lu Shi before he picked up a little veil and said in surprise, "But the car is broken?" β
Lu said that it was Song Yixiao's stepmother, but in fact, the mother and daughter have never met until now. Suddenly, I saw a person who was not a few years younger than me rushing over and shouting "Mother", and I couldn't help but show a confused look: "Who are you?" β
"I'm laughing!" Song Yi smiled and lifted her hat, bowed to her, and chuckled, "I have never asked my mother to say goodbye, but I still know that it is you when I see Mother Zhang-don't be surprised!" β
When Lu Shi heard this, he was clearly shocked, and quickly lifted his veil, revealing a fair-skinned and beautiful face, and said happily: "It turned out to be your child?" I said, how can this watery and spiritual appearance, this all-round style, be something that ordinary noblewomen can have? As he spoke, he stepped forward and helped her arm to get up, and then sneered, "Why don't you hurry up and give the eldest lady a salute?" β
The people on the left and right hurriedly bowed down together, calling it "Miss Wanfu".
Lu asked Zhang Cuiniang to put down her daughter, personally led Song Yixiao to her, and urged: "Yibao, why don't you hurry up and say hello to the eldest sister?" Don't you always ask your sister? This is your own sister! β
Song Yixiao looked at her half-sister - three-year-old Song Yibao wore an indigo shirt, a moon white skirt, and a small mink fur wrapped outside, because she was short, standing on the ground, like a hairball.
The little guy can still smell the faint milky fragrance when he gets close, his little face is white, a pair of curved eyebrows, his black and white apricot eyes are quite similar to Song Yixiao, his round nose, his red mouth, and two pigtails are tied up, he seems to be a little afraid of life, and he shouted his sister like a mosquito, and was gently pushed down by Lu's before he mustered up the courage to say loudly: "Big sister Wanfu!" β
"That's good!" Song Yixiao had no intention of taking the anger of her half-siblings in her previous life to Song Yibao's head, seeing that she was cute, she liked it a little, leaned over and hugged her, kissed her, and said with some surprise, "Mother, have you been standing here with your sister for a long time?" My sister's little face is cold! β
Lu Shi was shocked when he heard this, reached out and touched Song Yibao's little face, showing a worried look, and said: "Originally, I came out to buy something, but I didn't want the car to suddenly break down in front of me, and there was no place to stay nearby, so I could only stand on the side of the road and wait!" β
"Get to my car!" Song Yi smiled and hurriedly said, "I'll send you and your sister back first, otherwise it will snow this day, where can you and your sister stand it?" β
Although she doesn't like to associate with the Song family, the Lu family is pregnant, and Song Yibao is only three years old.
Seeing that the Lu family was still hesitating, he simply hugged Song Yibao and walked towards the car first, "This blue sky and white day, is my mother still afraid that I will harm you and my sister?" β
"How so?" Hearing this, Lu Shi hurriedly said, "I just thought that I wouldn't miss your business for us?" β
"The main thing now is to send you and your sister home!" Song Yixiao thought to herself that I really have something serious to worry about in my house, if you don't want to hold me back, hurry up and get in the car, and let me send you home quickly!
Lu's temperament is already gentle, and she has a complicated feeling of jealousy and guilt towards Song Yixiao, which will make Song Yixiao strong, she can't react for a while, and subconsciously follows the car. Seeing this, Zhang Cuiniang hurriedly pulled a maid and asked her to explain a few words to the car repairer, while she hurriedly followed Lu's.
"Mother, you are pregnant, sit on this cushion." After arriving in the carriage, Song Yixiao asked Li Yu to put a soft cushion on the seat that had been padded, and turned out the hand stove he used, "This is what I always use, there is such a one in the car, don't dislike it, don't dislike it, hold it and warm up quickly!" β
While speaking, Qiao Qin had already brewed a few hot roses on the small table in the car, Song Yixiao motioned to Lu Shi, Zhang Cuiniang and others to take it for themselves, and he took one, blew it, and tested the temperature before feeding it to Song Yibao's lips.
Song Yibao glanced at her timidly, and then took a small sip.
"Yibao, why don't you thank your sister?" Seeing this scene, Lu Shi hurriedly scolded his daughter, "How does my mother usually teach you the rules?" β
"Thank you, big sister." Song Yibao rubbed the corners of his clothes and whispered. If it weren't for Song Yixiao hugging her, she might not be able to hear clearly.
The Lu family was naturally dissatisfied, and was about to continue to scold, but Song Yixiao had already said roundly: "My sister is still young, and she usually doesn't see me much, why does my mother see me like this?" β
She knew that the Lu family didn't expect to meet her today, and she didn't know what kind of mood fluctuation method she would haveβso after saying this, she ignored the stepmother, and only coaxed Song Yibao in a low voice: "Who combed your braids for you?" The little bell tied on the top is really fun, will my sister take it down and play with it? β
Song Yibao's temperament is not tricky, although he was a little afraid of life at first, but after a while, he dared to speak, and his milky appearance was very pleasing. Song Yixiao couldn't help but tapped her cheek with her finger, and said with a smile: "This little face is like an apple, is it okay for my sister to take a bite?" β
Seeing her eyes open and shrink back, for fear of being bitten, Song Yi laughed out loud and hurriedly coaxed: "Just kidding, Bao'er is so cute, how can my sister be reluctant?" β
"Look at the way this eldest lady looks at Bao'er, not to mention that she likes it very much, at least she doesn't hate it." Lu Shi warmed up his body while holding the stove, while watching the two sisters frolicking, and bit his lip slightly, "Even if it is pretending - the husband and mother-in-law used to treat her like before, it is not easy for her to do this." β
She groaned for a while, motioned to Zhang Cuiniang to take Song Yibao, lowered her voice and said: "Two days ago, on my sister-in-law's birthday, I went back to eat and drink, and I heard a message at the banquet, saying that it was Concubine Cui...... Seems to have a misunderstanding of you. β
Song Yi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Xie Niang caresβbut I don't know what kind of misunderstanding it is?" β
"It seems that Concubine Cui listened to some of what the Jin family and the Liu family said?" A touch of unnaturalness flashed on Lu's face, but he hesitated and said, "I don't think these two families have seen you much, so what they said may not be accurate." It's just that I don't have much chance to say goodbye to Concubine Cui, but I can't say it for you. If you go to the East Palace in the future, it is better to find an opportunity to explain to Concubine Cui that she is the cousin of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and now that she is pregnant, even the Crown Princess will let her have a few points. β
"Isn't there something wrong with this surnamed Cui?" Song Yixiao was secretly surprised when she heard this, "She wants to harm me until now, and it can be said that she wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots because of the grudge she formed after she started back then!" But as the prince's side concubine, she was even pregnant with an heir, and she actually went to join forces with the Liu family and the Jin family - not to mention the Jin family, Liu Zhenxi took refuge in Qiu Shuxia and stood on King Zhao's side! β
If the prince knew about this, she would be angry no matter how used to it, right?
But after thinking about it, she and Lu's stepmother only met for the first time today, and whether these words are true or false remains to be confirmed. So after writing it down, he smiled and said, "What my mother said is very true!" We don't live with our elders now, we have to do everything by ourselves. I don't have much experience, if it weren't for your mother, I wouldn't know if I offended Concubine Cui, and I would be in a hurry at that time! β
Lu Shi didn't know whether he was right or wrong to do this, so he smiled a little absent-mindedly: "I came here like this when I came out of the cabinet, and I used to make jokes!" Even now, it's learning by doing. β
β¦β¦ At about the same time, the Yanguo Mansion, the Apricot Pavilion.
After Song Yixiao left, Mu first hugged his daughter and cried, and then explained the current situation of the Wei family: "Your uncle and aunt are afraid that your aunt is hindering your cousin's intercession, and they reluctantly let go, in case the remaining anger is not gone, they will leave your brothers in the future, so they want you to stay away from the imperial capital, so as not to hinder your aunt's eyes!" β
Seeing Wei Chan crying, she sighed, "My mother has discussed with your grandmother for several days, and finally came up with a way!" β