[Chapter 3, Volume 3]

Section 132

The courtyard is deep and secluded, and the willow branches outside the wall are fluttering with the soft wind. A few yellow warblers hide within, making a melodious chirp.

In the late spring and early summer afternoons, it was clear that the freshly painted courtyard was burning with the scent of wood honey to ward off evil spirits. Under the corridor, six beautiful maids in colorful clothes were led by two stewards, standing together, waiting for orders.

They are the servants specially sent by the Shen family, I am afraid that Wei Changying will not have enough manpower here - in fact, it is also etiquette, Wei Changying has a lot of people to marry, how can there be a shortage of people to serve closely?

After arriving at the Shen family's courtyard in Gyeonggi before noon, Wei Changying saw these people, just politely said a few words, asked for hot water for bathing, and bluntly said that he was more accustomed to serving the people around him, and sent people out, leaving only the people who accompanied him to be busy.

At this moment, she came out of the bath, her skin was radiant, she looked forward to it, her wet black hair was draped over her shoulders, all the way down to her knees, she sat on the couch, and piled it down to cover half of the couch. The Huang family commanded the maid to take a handkerchief to wring it for her, and said with a smile that her current appearance is a water hibiscus, and it is a red lotus.

After a few jokes, Huang ordered Jiao Ge and Han Ge to choose a dress that was more common but not too casual, and explained: "The second master is afraid that he has arrived a long time ago, and it is estimated that after the eldest lady is cleaned up here, he will definitely come to visit the eldest lady." ”

Because Wei Changying was taken away from the imperial capital and was in infancy, she had no impression of this second uncle. From the mouths of Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song, including Song Zaishui's reminders, Wei Shengyi has always been an ambitious person who covets everything in the big house, especially hostile to Wei Changfeng, but hinders Mrs. Song, and can only hide this ambition temporarily.

But when Wei Changying was ruined in the imperial capital before, Wei Shengyi helped more or less. Mrs. Song didn't hide this matter from her, of course, Mrs. Song would not think that Wei Shengyi was a good uncle because of this.

In fact, the old lady explained to Wei Changying like this: "Your second uncle is very cunning, he knows that your grandmother and I are still with this old bone, and there is a long wind, he doesn't even think about the position of this valve master!" If he continues to be obsessed, he will only be affected by his wife and children! This will be a change of mind, and I want to make a deferential attitude first, and get your grandfather to protect him, and survive me, and then make a plan! Don't pay attention to his courtesy, he wasn't born to me, and he is not someone you can trust after all! However, since he wants to be a good uncle, if there is anything to trouble him, you are welcome! He dares to ignore you, just write to Fengzhou, and grandmother will clean him up for you! ”

Wei Changying understood the meaning of her grandmother's advice, and decided to meet the second uncle politely, on guard, but also abide by the way of the juniors. After listening to Huang's words, he urged the woman to hurry up, lest Wei Shengyi arrive, she hasn't cleaned up yet, and she wants to ask her uncle to wait outside, which is too rude.

Huang Shi smiled again when he saw that she was anxious, and said, "Don't worry, eldest lady, isn't there someone from the Shen family outside?" Now the second master is about to serve tea in the front hall, and he has his own aunt to receive him, and when he turns back, the eldest lady is here, and the Shen family will go over to tell him, and the second master will come over. Otherwise, it is inconvenient for the eldest lady to see each other here, and it will be embarrassing for the second master to wait outside. ”

Wei Changying was relieved at this time, and said angrily: "My aunt won't tell me everything, so I'm worried about leaving my uncle outside." ”

"Yes, yes, my aunt is not good." Huang smiled, "How about the eldest lady take a look at this red-colored grape pattern collar shirt?" With the twelve broken skirts, tied with a golden brocade belt of peony and entwined branches. After a while, the hair is dried, and then let Qin Ge comb a single snail, in the end, although it is said that it is the first time that the eldest lady will see you after the fact, but it doesn't have to be too grand, it is good to be homely, and it is affectionate! ”

Wei Changying glanced sideways a few times and said, "Auntie is right, that's it." ”

Half an hour later, Wei Changying, who was dressed properly, welcomed his second uncle Wei Shengyi in the courtyard.

Wei Shengyi is three years younger than Wei Zhenghong, his appearance is not similar to Wei Zhenghong or Wei Huan, but he is also very upright and beautiful, Wei Changying speculated that it should be like his biological mother Lu.

The attitude of this second uncle was as kind and close as Wei Changying thought, and his attitude was extremely sincere and pleased to see his adult niece, and he sighed again to see that his grown niece and niece were about to get married.

The uncle and nephew were very embarrassed to meet in such a situation, and when it came to emotion, Wei Shengyi also took out a brocade box with his own hands, saying that he had added extra makeup to his niece - at the beginning of the year, the congratulatory gifts and makeup of the second room were sent to Fengzhou soon.

…… After Wei Shengyi left, Wei Changying opened the brocade box, but saw that it was a pair of lamb fat jade mandarin ducks the size of a baby's palm, carved lifelike, and there were holes in the necks of mandarin ducks, which could be worn with palace tape or ties. Under the brocade at the bottom of the box, there are neat eight inches of long palace silk, with different colors and different styles, for Wei Changying to use at will.

It's not priceless, but it's not light, and it's beautiful. Huang said on the side: "This seems to be a piece of fine mutton fat jade that the second master bought in his early years, and it has been kept untouched." Xu took it out this time and carved the mandarin duck, and looked at the carving statue of the Ye family. ”

The craftsman Ye and the doctor Ji are all inherited for more than a hundred years, although they belong to the layer of workers, but they have met more people from generation to generation, and they also have a slight identity, and it is difficult for ordinary people to invite them to work on behalf of others. can be recognized by the Valvelyn Family, and their craftsmanship will naturally not be bad. But Wei Changying has been accustomed to wealth since childhood, and this time out of the cabinet, Mrs. Song opened the Wei treasury again, and selected the treasures of Liancheng to press the bottom of the box for her, and also took her to open her eyes in the warehouse.

So although this pair of mandarin ducks is not bad, they only looked at it casually once, and handed it over to the cage that Huang received and still vacant.

Wei Shengyi came to visit and send the pair of mandarin ducks and Ming'er to their relatives...... It's just to show an attitude, so he didn't pick anything really valuable, the best mutton fat jade, the handiwork of the Ye family, and it was just a matter of being able to pass on the scene.

Wei Changying thought to herself that her grandmother would let her guard against this uncle, but don't feel embarrassed when she should look for him, now it seems that Wei Shengyi thinks the same way, he is very happy to be an uncle on the scene, and he does not shirk. As for the sidelines, that will only be known later.

But then again, now that he is married to the Shen family, he is a member of the Shen family, and he really wants to find his mother's family...... Even if it is the imperial capital, it is not just Wei Shengyi, the second aunt who married into the Su family is the biological daughter of her grandmother.

Besides, along the way, although Shen Zangfeng didn't come to see her in person because of the rules, he greeted and took care of her every day. Whenever he revealed some requirements, such as being in a certain city in the middle, and praised the excellent scenery there, Shen Zangfeng ordered the team to stay for two days to rest under the pretext that the mount was tired, but privately sent someone to escort her to the neighborhood for a while......

Now it seems that this husband is still very considerate to himself, and when he entered this courtyard today, the servants of the Shen family he met were also extremely respectful, and he did not despise rudeness at all. In the future, it is prudent to act, and it may not need the support of the mother's family.

This day is the fifth day of the fourth month, and the day of the official entrance has been set earlier, and it is the seventh day of the fourth month. So they were to stay in this courtyard for two nights, and then they would go into the city on the seventh day.

Because Wei Shengyi wanted to send off his relatives and show his importance to this niece, he deliberately took a leave of absence and arrived today. Wei Zhengyin, the second aunt of the second aunt, is the daughter-in-law of someone else, and she can't be as free as Wei Shengyi, so she sent her henchmen to visit her a day late.

The person sent by Wei Zhengyin is an old acquaintance of the Huang family, surnamed Qu, who is already the age of Mama, but he is still very energetic. She respectfully saluted Wei Changying, and when Wei Changying was exempted, she said in an apologetic tone that Wei Zhengyin could not come to visit in person: "Madame was supposed to come here in person, but the old lady was not happy in the past two days, and she couldn't help serving the decoction in front of the bed." ”

"I should have gone to see my aunt after I arrived in the imperial capital, how could I still make my aunt tired?" Wei Changying expressed her understanding, "But I still have to work my grandmother to go on this trip." ”

Mama Qu said with a smile: "I don't deserve to say that the eldest lady is laboring, this messenger was brought by the old slave with his wife on his cheeks." Don't hide it from the eldest lady, there are many people who want to come to the lady to get a touch of the eldest lady's joy, and the old slave still relies on serving the lady for many years to get it! ”

Wei Changying pursed her lips and smiled, "Mama is really good at talking." So I invited her to eat some snacks and fruits.

Mama Qu accompanied her for a few more greetings, and left a gift of condolences, so she said goodbye and returned to the city to talk back to Wei Zhengyin.

When she left, Huang volunteered to deliver it. When he came back, he didn't show anything, and he didn't say anything until he served the guard chief in the evening, and then whispered: "When Mama Qu left, she said to her maid, and she said that she was a young lady of the Liu family, and she lived in the Shen family since the first two days. ”

"Huh?" At this time, the Huang family would definitely not say anything that had nothing to do with him, Wei Changying frowned.

Sure enough, Huang said: "This Miss Liu is a clan sister of the young lady of the Shen family, and she said to the outside world that the young lady misses her sister, so she specially invited her to come over to stay." But Mama Qu said...... This Miss Liu paid attention to our uncle before. ”

"So what?" Wei Changying frowned and thought for a moment, but sneered and said, "I am Shen Zangfeng's rightful wife, no matter how much she pays attention, she can only sneak a glance, and she has to be careful not to let people find out...... What is it to live in the Shen family? What if she stays long? ”

Huang said with a smile: "What the eldest lady said is just according to what Mama Qu said, Mrs. Su also likes this Miss Liu very much, so if the eldest lady meets her after passing the door, you must be careful, lest she catch the handle and gossip in front of Mrs. Su." ”

"My grandmother and mother both said that my future mother-in-law values rules, and since she respects rules, how can she like to talk about people?" Wei Changying bit her lower lip and said, "Besides, even if she sues Gao Ming, whether she is close or not, we don't have a long mouth." What am I right? ”

After pondering for a moment, Wei Changying said again, "This Miss Liu covets Shen Zangfeng, even the second aunt knows. I don't think my future mother-in-law may not know, so I still let my future sister-in-law take her to live in the Shen family...... I thought about the pair of blood hostas before. ”

Huang only smiled and did not speak.

Wei Changying glanced at her, wanted to say something but stopped, and said angrily: "Okay, Aunt Huang, I know what you mean, I haven't entered this door yet, but the test of my husband's family has been put on the table first." It's the blood jade hairpin again, and it's the Miss Liu family again...... But what should come will always come, I don't think there is anything to be afraid of, there is only one position of valve master. Shen Zangfeng is both civil and military, and he is both talented and beautiful, and he is jealous or covetous, unless I don't marry him, otherwise, such a situation will be a matter of time, and besides, let people know that I am not easy to mess with earlier, and I can be cleaner in the future. ”

Huang was very relieved to see that she was not moved by Mrs. Su's connivance with Miss Liu, who coveted Shen Zangfeng, in the Shen family's small residence, but still reminded: "It is good for the eldest lady to have such a demeanor and bearing, but the heart of guarding against others is indispensable. As far as the maid knows, there are many ladies who fall to her aunt in the imperial capital, and Mrs. Su only lets Miss Liu live at home, which shows how powerful this Miss Liu is . ”

"How good can she be?" Wei Changying snorted and said, "A serious girl, who would go to live in a man's house without a name?" Even under the guise of visiting her cousin, does the Shen family really not know her thoughts? Not to mention that I'm going to enter the door, what's the matter with her living in the Shen family? And trouble me - shame on you! I think she's a brainless person, coaxed out as a cover! ”

rolled his eyes, grinned again, and said, "Even if it's really a powerful person...... Don't I still have my aunt there? ”

"You!" Huang couldn't cry or laugh, stretched out his finger to her forehead, and said angrily, "Of course, the maid will do her best to help the eldest lady, but if it's late today, tomorrow, you have to get up early to dress up and get ready to enter the door, the eldest lady hurry up and rest, so as not to lose her spirit in the right day, it's not good!" ”