[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 485

I didn't return to Beijing for a few years, and most of the friends who worked in the boudoir before were settled.

Duanmu Xinmiao and Gu Rouzhang are just waiting for their husband's family to carry someone through the door, and the cousins of the Su family, Su Yufei and Su Yuyin are already wives. Su Yufei broke the news of her pregnancy in March, and in May she broke out that it was a male fetus, and now she is being carefully cared for by her in-laws and husband in the palm of her hand. Although Su Yuyin, who is married to Shen Zangji, has not yet had such good news, but looking at her calm and elegant demeanor now, it is hard to imagine that she did not run around with heavy makeup before leaving the pavilion, fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

If the two cousins of the Su family made Wei Changying feel that everyone was young and ignorant, the cousins of the Song family, Song Xiyue and Song Ruxuan, made her sigh that the years were silent.

Song Xiyue, who was married by mistake because of the harem battle and married Liu Xixun, the next lord supported by Liu Sijing, the Marquis of Weiyuan of Burning Quinoa, is now the mother of a daughter and a son. Originally, the Marquis of Weiyuan wanted to find a marriage for Liu Xixun that could be of great help, but because of the calculations of Liu Sihuai, the Taiwei who was also out of the Burning Quinoa Hall, he had to marry Song Xiyue, whose father was only a state assassin and had no biological brother.

For this reason, after Song Xiyue passed the door, she suffered a lot of difficulties openly and secretly. Especially the first one to land was her daughter, who was even more criticized by the Liu family. Although the in-laws are far away in Donghu, they still selected a group of beautiful and well-born children from the family to send them to the imperial capital, claiming that they were afraid that they would not have enough manpower, but in fact, they asked Liu Xixun to collect the house...... Fortunately, Song Xiyue gave birth to another son at the end of last year, and none of the concubines came out, and now the mother is more expensive than the son, but she has gradually secured the position of the main mother.

Duanmu Xinmiao didn't have a deep relationship with Song Xiyue, but she had heard some of her experiences in the imperial capital, and at this moment, Wei Changying, who was inconvenient to visit her aunt's house, said that it was easy. But Wei Changying knew that even people like Duanmu Xinmiao who didn't care about things other than medical pharmacology knew that Song Xiyue was once very difficult by her husband's family, and she barely stood firm by giving birth to a child, and the grievances suffered by Song Xiyue can be imagined.

Fortunately, Song Xiyue can be regarded as surviving to the end of the day.

And another cousin Song, Song Ruxuan, has not yet come out of the cabinet, and the person she promised made Wei Changying a little surprised-because she actually knew it and never expected it, Wei Qing. This mother's brother gave Wei Changying a good impression, Wei Changying thought to himself, but I hope that this little Song cousin will be more blessed, and he can be harmonious with Wei Qing for a lifetime, and he will not have to suffer many grievances like his sister Song Xiyue.

The cousins have all been settled, and the sister-in-law Shen Zangning, who has always given her mother-in-law Mrs. Su a headache, but there is no news yet - you don't have to ask Duanmu Xinmiao to know this. If Shen Zangning made a promise, even if Wei Changying was in Xiliang, he would definitely tell her in the family letter.

But Duanmu Xinmiao said: "A month ago, the Hongzhou Gu family seemed to have this meaning, and their fourth son, Gu Yan, was the younger brother of Gu Wei, the concubine of Her Royal Highness Princess Linchuan, who was known for his talents, and it was said that he had a good life. But this is just a rumor, whether the Gu family did this, whether the stepfather and stepmother gave permission, it's hard to say - I think Zang Ning is also this age, and I haven't seen the two families refute the rumors when this rumor comes out, I'm afraid it's a little possible. ”

Wei Changying's heart jumped when she heard this, Shen Zangfeng didn't hide from her that the Lord Yue was disgusted with the fact that the Holy Lord was ready to support the crown prince's accession to the throne, so this marriage was only "somewhat possible" in Duanmu Xinmiao's eyes, but it was very possible in Wei Changying's eyes.

Because since Empress Gu entered the Weiyang Palace, the position of commander of the forbidden army was held by Empress Gu's brother-in-law Gu Xiaode, and it has not been changed so far. Even if Concubine Deng Guifei later introduced Miao Jieyu to be favored, the queen's position as the sole favor was shaken, and then the crown prince Shen Xun "self-invited" to abdicate, and now the prince Shenbo and the middle palace are very uncompatible...... The forbidden army responsible for defending the imperial family, the imperial capital and Gyeonggi was always in the hands of the Gu clan in Hongzhou.

From this point of view, it is not without sobriety to say that the Holy Lord is confused.

In the case of the six valves in the sea, even if a child of a family is the uncle of the dynasty, it is impossible to do something rebellious if he wants to take charge of the power of the forbidden army.

And before, when Donggong was still Shen Xun and Gu Xiaode's nephew, maybe Gu Xiaode and Hongzhou Gu would take this risk. But now that the crown prince is Shen Bo who has a bitter enmity with Queen Gu, according to common sense, Gu Xiaode will only guard the palace gate even more.

But......

Shen Xun's restoration is already very slim, he is only Gu Xiaode's nephew and not Gu Xiaode's son, even if he is his own flesh and blood, huge interests are in front of him, and there are more examples of cannibalism.

As long as the benefits given are big enough, Gu Xiaode may not be brainless to the end.

And how favored the fourth young lady of the Shen family is, everyone in the imperial capital knows. The Shen family gave up such a pearl in the palm of the hand, and the sincerity is not small.

Wei Changying sighed in her heart: No wonder she has been back for a few days, but she has never seen the little sister-in-law who has been spoiled like a jewel and has been naughty and rude since she was a child.

Now that I think about it, I don't know if I refused to marry into the Gu family, so I ran to my grandmother and cried for help?

After all, Shen Zangning's temper is not gentle and considerate, she didn't want to marry her cousin Su Yuwu, but in order to refuse to marry, she stole all the parrots that Su Yuwu had carefully raised for more than ten years and indirectly led to the death of the parrot.

If this Gu Yan does not like her, I think this young lady will definitely ignore the persuasion of her parents to "focus on the overall situation", and will inevitably make a big fuss to the end.

Speaking of which, father-in-law Shen Xuan dotes on this little daughter more than all the children under his knees, it is said that since Shen Zang Ning fell to the ground, Shen Xuan has never said a word to her. But when it was time to envelop Gu Xiaode, he still pushed her out without hesitation.

Wei Changying sadly thought of her mother-in-law's teachings before she went to Xiliang - generations of honor, wealth and wealth, envy, jealousy and hatred of people all over the world, under such a cluster of flowers, how could it not be the price of countless blood and tears?

Just think about it, the common people in the world are in dire straits, and as a scholar, or a descendant of the top family in the scholar family, even if the world is chaotic, they still enjoy brocade clothes and food. Then it is natural to pay for this. Speaking of which, isn't the marriage of the two families needed for the marriage she promised to Shen Zangfeng? It's just that the two are lucky that they are happy with each other.

Wei Changying packed up her complicated thoughts, talked with Duanmu Xinmiao for an afternoon, and inquired about the changes of everyone in the imperial capital in the past few years. left her for dinner, and asked someone to bring Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie over to show her. Shen Shuxie was still young, so he was picked up and teased.

Shen Shuguang didn't need to be reminded by his mother, so he took the initiative to come up and salute and call his aunt, and then the left one "My aunt is so good-looking" and the right one "My nephew likes my aunt" coaxed Duanmu Xinmiao to be happy.

As soon as she was happy, this famous doctor who has always been going around to make benefits from others and the highest consultation fee in the world was actually generous, and untied a piece of ancient jade handed down from the previous dynasty on her waist as a meeting gift, not to mention, and also gave a pair of purses full of golden peanuts.

After dinner, when it was getting dark, Wei Changying personally sent Duanmu Xinmiao to the upper room to say goodbye to Mrs. Su, and then sent her to the second gate to watch her board the car. When I got back to Konki-in, it was already late.

So when I passed by the front yard and saw the figures under the sycamore tree, Wei Changying thought it was a servant like a servant who was idle, and he coughed and reminded him and didn't plan to pay attention to it. As a result, the person hiding there was a thief, and when he heard this cough, he saw that all the servants surrounded Wei Changying under the firelight and looked over here, only to say that he had been discovered, and he was terrified for a while, and he actually came over to say goodbye together - the light under the lantern was clear, it was Shen Shuming and Shen Shuguang who should have been studying hard in the big room.

Because it was a hot day now, and the clothes were worn little and thin, Shen Shuming was carried to the third room by his mother last time to ask for sin, and he was beaten in public, because there were no thick clothes to resist him, and he could still see a few bruises at this moment. In addition, sneaking over to find my cousin was bumped into by my aunt, which would be very embarrassing and embarrassing.

He asked his aunt Ann dejectedly, and Wei Changying asked him to excuse him, so he asked him suspiciously what he was doing under the plane tree without lighting the lamp or taking anyone with him?

Shen Shuming hesitated for a while, and reluctantly replied, "My nephew wants to take my younger brother to catch grasshoppers." ”

Wei Changying was not easy to fool, and said: "There should be more grasshoppers in the grass in the second courtyard, and there are green bricks under the plane trees, where do grasshoppers come from?" ”

Shen Shuming hurriedly remedied: "I just caught one inside, but I accidentally asked it to run over." So I wanted to find out. ”

So why don't you even light the lights? Looking for grasshoppers in the dark, let's not say that you can find it, just say that you are not afraid of stepping on it to death in vain?

Wei Changying knew that he was lying, but Shen Shuming was also a half-old child and a nephew, so he was afraid that he would lose his face too much, so he didn't ask anymore, and invited him to sit inside: "Have you had dinner?" Auntie's little kitchen is still open, if you haven't used it, ask them to buy you one at once. ”

Shen Shuming was empty-minded at the moment, for fear that if he entered the house, his aunt would send his subordinates away, staring at him and asking the bottom of the matter, where did he dare to stay and eat? It was deduced that Liu and Shen Shujing were still waiting for him, and they were busy retiring.

Although he is gone, Shen Shuguang can't go.

Since he had to leave Mu Xinmiao for dinner in the third room today, Shen Zangfeng deliberately avoided it. So Wei Changying entered the house and asked the servants who were still banqueting Shangguan Eleventh and Nian Qiqiao in the front yard at the moment to contact their feelings, and they couldn't come back for a while, so they decided to interrogate their son first.

Shen Shuguang was called to her side: "What are you doing under the plane tree with your lobby brother?" ”

According to Shen Shuguang's original intention, he wanted to cover up for his cousin, but at a young age, he was arrested again, Wei Changying didn't spend much effort to get out of the way, and was very surprised: "Your lobby brother asked you to borrow money?" Where did you get your money? ”

The ancient jade and the purse containing golden peanuts given by Mu Xinmiao were only in Shen Shuguang's hands, and when Wei Changying arranged dinner, he put them away for him by the way and put them in the box in the inner room!

Although there is no shortage of money and silk in high-ranking families, generally speaking, children only have monthly money after enlightenment - for example, when Wei Changying was in her mother's house, the first time the elders gave monthly money was the month of enlightenment, and the reason was to buy her some four treasures of the study, books, etc. - It is for study, not for messy use!

…… Of course, in fact, the Wei family and the Shen family, and the four treasures of the study room where the heirs go to school are all expenses in the public account, and there is no need to pay for each room at all, let alone let the children buy it with monthly money. This month's money is actually for the children's pocket money...... If you are afraid of being a loser, you have to find a reason to be motivated.

And Shen Shuguang is only four years old now, and according to the rules of the Shen family, he is also penniless at this time. It would be good if he didn't pester Shen Shuming to bring him some food with his monthly money when he went out, where would he have the money to lend to his brother?

After asking carefully, Wei Changying felt that his head was too big - it turned out that Shen Shuguang was really rich, and it was indeed monthly money!

This is because last year, Shen Shuming coquettishly said in front of his grandmother Mrs. Su that the monthly money was not enough, and Mrs. Su felt sorry for her grandson, so she asked Liu to add a little to him...... Shen Shuguang happened to be present at the time, so he asked what the monthly money was, and when he learned that his cousin had it but he didn't, he was coquettish and wanted to get up.

Mrs. Su coaxed him a few words, thinking that he wouldn't spend it horizontally and vertically, since he insisted on it, then give it to him. asked the third room account to allocate him five taels of silver every month - Shen Shuguang really wouldn't spend it, and he would put it away every month - so everyone didn't take it seriously.

But he didn't want Shen Shuming to know about this, and now he was already under the shadow of his father and had a casual job, and was taken by his elders from time to time, or went out alone to socialize with a group of playmates who seemed to be of a similar age, under the strict monthly money restrictions of his mother Liu, Shen Shuming felt deeply inconvenienced, and suddenly started to think crookedly...... I borrowed money from my cousin in private!

Not to mention whether Shen Shuming's approach is not authentic, not to mention that he bullied his cousin for being young and not good at arithmetic, he often borrowed three months' monthly money but told his cousin that he only owed him two taels of silver, and did not mention that he stepped up and casually gave his cousin a little broken silver and said that he would pay it all back, not to mention what messy "cheats" he used before to cheat fifteen taels of silver from his naïve little cousin......

Wei Changying felt that the trouble was: in addition to prostitution and gambling, she really couldn't think of how Shen Shuming, who was already holding twenty taels of silver a month, could be so poor as to calculate the savings of his four-year-old cousin? !

Even if he occasionally has a lot of expenses, and Liu is not the mother who is staring at money, he wants to use it in serious matters, he told Liu, can Liu still give it to him? !