It is very rare for Shen Yuechen to stay overnight at her mother's house.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Shen entertained them with a sumptuous breakfast, and instructed the maids to pack up a few things and prepare to go to Zhu's house with them.

Old Mrs. Shen looked at the sunny sky outside the window and smiled: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun." I think it's a good day, and I'm just going with you all the way to say hello to the two old in-laws. ”

When Zhu Jintang heard this, he hurriedly responded respectfully and personally escorted her into the carriage.

Shen Yuechen's heart tightened slightly, and she couldn't help but think about what it would be like if the old lady and Li Shi met later.

Zhu Jintang was inevitably bumpy on the road, and instructed the coachman to drive slowly, not too fast, and not to walk on the noisy street.

The carriage walked slowly, turned left and right, and chose a cool path with few people, and it took more than half an hour to come to the door of Zhu's house.

At this time, there were several black-painted and red-roofed carriages parked in front of Zhu's house, and several coachman-like people were gathering together, standing in the shade by the wall, smoking dry cigarettes, and talking.

Zhu Jintang lifted the curtain and only glanced at it, knowing that his father and second uncle had not gone out yet.

In front of the door, a steward in his early thirties, plus two young men in Tsing Yi, saw the green silk car coming from a distance, and hurriedly shouted at the coachmen who gathered together: "Hurry up and follow the rules, the master is back." ”

When everyone heard this, they extinguished the cigarette sticks in their hands, stood in a row, and waited in front of the carriage.

The steward immediately led the little servant to the car attentively, and when he saw Zhu Jintang first lift the curtain and come out, he hurriedly asked An Xing to salute and said, "Great young master Wanfu." After speaking, he glanced at the elderly woman and Shen Yuechen sitting inside, and said hello one after another, "Grandma Wanfu." ”

Mrs. Shen had only been to Zhu's house once before, and the porter looked at her very facelessly, and she didn't dare to misidentify her for a while, until she saw Shen Yuechen personally carrying her out of the car, and immediately understood that this must be the old lady of the grandmother's family.

Seeing this, the steward of the porter hurriedly sent someone in to pass the word, and he followed Zhu Jintang's side at any time.

Before Mrs. Shen got out of the car, she first looked up at the magnificent plaque on the door of the Zhu family, then looked at the waiting maids and coachmen, turned around and gave the accompanying maid Forsythia a look, and said with a slight smile: "Give them some money to eat cigarettes." ”

"Yes, old lady." Forsythia answered softly, then untied the purse on his waist, took out some loose silver from it, and threw it over.

Seeing this, everyone knelt on the ground to pick it up, and thanked in unison: "Old Mrs. Xie, Grandma Xie." ”

It's rare for Mrs. Shen to be so generous, and usually rewards people with a penny and a penny, but now she is directly scattering silver.

Shen Yuechen smiled secretly, thinking to herself, grandmother must be trying to support her decency, so she will spend so much.

Shen Yuechen immediately helped Mrs. Shen to walk into the courtyard, and as soon as she entered the courtyard gate, she didn't take two steps before she saw the porter send two small sedan chairs to chase after her.

Old Mrs. Shen looked at the small sedan chair, smiled and waved her hand: "I took a car all the way, just take a walk, let them all go back, let's just walk slowly." ”

The slower she walked, the longer the Zhu family waited, and they had to wait if they didn't want to.

Shen Yuechen accompanied the old lady to walk slowly on the shady path, very leisurely, Zhu Jintang followed behind them with his hands behind his back, and also deliberately walked slowly, without the slightest impatience.

It took about two sticks of incense before they came to the upper room unhurriedly.

Shen Yuechen and Zhu Jintang walked into the door with the old lady on their left and right, turned the screen, and saw that everyone from the Zhu family had already arrived.

Old man Zhu and the old lady sat on the main seat, Zhu Feng and Li sat on the right-hand side, Zhu Jun and Chai sat on the left-hand side, and behind him stood the son Zhu Jinlun, who was extraordinary-looking and personable.

When Mrs. Zhu saw the guests entering the door, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh, you are here, you are really a rare guest." ”

As soon as her words fell, Zhu Feng and Zhu Jun took their wives one after another, saluted the old lady, and said goodbye.

Old Mrs. Shen couldn't help but be in a good mood when she saw that the Zhu family was coming neatly, her eyes glanced around slightly, and paid special attention to the Li family, only to see that she was dressed gorgeously, with exquisite makeup, white skin, willow eyebrows and red lips, and she looked quite beautiful.

She immediately retracted her gaze, looked at the old man Zhu and the old lady opposite, and said with a smile: "The two old in-laws, I haven't seen you for a long time, everything is fine at home." ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled: "It's all good, I heard that your old man is back, and the old man and I are thinking about choosing a good day to invite you to come to the house." ”

Shen Yuechen helped her grandmother to sit down slowly, only to hear her smile and say, "I came in a bit of a hurry today, I should have made a prophet." But I thought that everyone was a family, and if they were too formal with each other, they would seem to be angry, so I came with the children. ”

When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she nodded again and again and said: "You are so right, they are all a family, why bother to stick to those small sections, you came just in time today, the flowers in the garden are blooming, wait a while, I invite you to drink tea and enjoy the scenery." ”

As we talked, the atmosphere in the room became cheerful.

After everyone first greeted each other a few words, Zhu Feng and Zhu Jun left in turn by going out to do errands, followed by Zhu Jintang and Zhu Jinlun brothers, and the last person to leave was Chai, her body was too heavy, she couldn't sit still, looking tired and panicked, the old lady saw that she was hard, nodded slightly, and signaled that she would go back to the room to rest.

Although Old Man Zhu was there all the time, he didn't say a word for half a sound, and the old lady frowned slightly when she saw him sleepy and drowsy, and hurriedly asked the maids to help him go down to rest.

"My old man, I've been very sleepy lately, but it makes you laugh."

Old Mrs. Shen wished that he would leave early, so that it would be convenient for her to speak, so she said: "Spring is sleepy, autumn is lacking, summer is napping, sleep well, you can be in good health, this is a good thing." ”

Old Madam Zhu nodded, followed her words, and asked, "I see that your complexion is not bad, and it seems that you have been well maintained along the way." ”

Old Mrs. Shen smiled when she heard this, "I didn't sleep well before, but after seeing Yuechen yesterday, I had a solid sleep." After speaking, she deliberately glanced at Shen Yuechen affectionately, and sighed lightly: "On the way back, all my thoughts are on this child, if she doesn't eat well or sleep well, I'm afraid that she will miss something...... If I had known that I couldn't be relieved, I should have come back with her in the first place. ”

When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she nodded slightly, thinking to herself in her heart.

This old lady Shen has just returned home, so she came to visit in person, such a big movement, not for the sake of visiting the door, it is so simple. Shen Yuechen stayed at her mother's house last night, and she will definitely complain to the old lady a lot, and see what she wants.

"Old in-laws, you should also relax, Yuechen, this child is recovering well now, there are people everywhere in front of and behind her who take care of her, and she has also set up a new store by herself, and she is very busy."

When Mrs. Shen heard this, her face slightly reduced a smile, "Yuechen, this child, has not been a child who loves Zhang Luo since she was a child, she has a quiet temperament, and now she wants to learn to do business, and she also wants to learn more things to please the elders." ”

Mrs. Zhu raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "If it's for this, then it's not necessary, our Zhu family up and down, everyone likes her very much." ”

Old Lady Shen said lightly: "Of course I know that you treat Yuechen well. It's just that Yuechen's body is just right, and you are busy choosing people to take concubines, which is really chilling. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little dull.

Li Shi frowned slightly, raised his eyes and glanced at Shen Yuechen, heard something in his heart, and secretly said, it turned out that she had come to her mother's family to ask for guilt.

Mrs. Zhu didn't move, and only said, "Old in-law, what you said is a bit too much." This man's three wives and four concubines are a common thing, and Jintang has been married for a while, and the people around him come and go, and it's time to add a new person to be lively. ”

Boisterous? Old Lady Shen frowned and continued: "Accepting concubines and inducting concubines, just choosing at this time, how can it not make people worry too much." Speaking of which, Yuechen is also for the Zhu family, so he almost died in the capital...... Now, her body has not healed, and it is most taboo to do such a sad and troublesome thing, if you really feel sorry for her, you should think about her, and slowly mention the matter of taking a concubine. ”

Seeing that she was unforgiving, Mrs. Zhu was a little embarrassed for a while, and before she could speak, she heard Li Shi speak: "Mrs. in-law, we can understand that you feel sorry for your granddaughter." However, the people in the long house are thin, and the incense is related to the prosperity of the Zhu family, and we really can't afford to wait. ”

Mrs. Zhu also immediately helped: "This concubine is just to spread the branches and leaves of the Zhu family, and even if the concubine gives birth to a child, in the final analysis, it is all Yuechen's child, and she will be called "mother" in the future. ”

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she immediately sank her face, and said in an unhappy tone: "In this way, the in-laws are ready not to give us any face." ”

"Hey, old in-law, how do you say this?" Seeing that her tone was not good, Mrs. Zhu hurriedly persuaded gently: "Everything has to be discussed, why should you be angry?" ”

Old Madam Shen snorted lightly: "You always talk about children again and again, but you never mention it, why can't Yuechen give birth to children?" There will be no outsiders here, and let me say something that shouldn't be said, when I was in the capital, if it wasn't for our Yuechen to block a catastrophe for Concubine Jing, then how could Niangniang Chitose be unharmed now, sitting in the harem safely and soundly, thanks to the grace of God. When she said this, she deliberately sighed heavily: "As the saying goes, if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing in the future." But now, our Yuechen hasn't even recovered yet, and you are in a hurry to find a new person to come in and poke her heart, isn't this obviously bullying? Although our Shen family is not richer than the Zhu family, it is also an official family, and the word "decent" is the most important, how can you let you bully your children like this? ”

When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she was very embarrassed. She didn't expect that Old Lady Shen would speak so sharply, which was difficult for people to resist.

Li Shi couldn't listen to it anymore, and there was a rush of anger in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Since Yuechen married into our Zhu family, as the daughter-in-law of the long house, she should understand the righteousness, obey the elders, and put the interests of the long house in the most important position. ”

"Knowing the righteousness?" Old Lady Shen chuckled when she heard this, "This kid almost lost his life for the Zhu family, isn't it enough to understand the righteousness?" ”

When Li Shi heard this, he was even more annoyed in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to refute, but when he saw his mother-in-law raising her head and glaring at her, he swallowed back what he wanted to say unwillingly.

Shen Yuechen sat aside, hanging his head quietly, listening to their verbal exchange, he was very nervous, but he couldn't see anything on the surface, his face was still white and red, but his eyebrows and eyes were a little wet, and it seemed that water was about to drip out anytime and anywhere.

Mrs. Zhu eased her mood and said with a faint smile: "Old in-law, what do you want us to do?" Let's just pick everything out. ”

Instead of arguing like this, it is better to have a showdown with each other and make it clear.

Old Lady Shen groaned slightly: "Yuechen is the heart of our Shen family, I am already a person buried in the loess to my neck, I don't have anything to ask for, I just hope that she can live a peaceful and stable life, without being wronged, without bothering, and without being framed and calculated by those villains with ill intentions." If your Zhu family has to take concubines and add people at this juncture, then even if you completely give up the hard-won fate of our two families, I have nothing to say, I just ask you to write a letter of resignation immediately, give everyone a good time, and let me take the child back to her parents' house to take care of her, so that she will not walk on thin ice here and live a worried life. ”

Shen Yuechen was shocked when she heard this, and almost thought that she had heard it wrong, so she hurriedly looked up at her grandmother, her expression full of puzzlement.

She couldn't believe that her grandmother would say such cruel words, leaving no room for them.

At the beginning, in order to let her marry into the Zhu family, the Shen family spent so much effort and thought, how could she give up easily, this is really incomprehensible!

Old Lady Shen's words not only surprised Shen Yuechen, but even Old Lady Zhu and Li Shi were stunned on the spot, opened their mouths slightly, and couldn't say a word for half a sound.

Old Mrs. Shen looked firm, seeing them stunned, but she knew it in her heart.

The Zhu family wants to divorce his wife, which seems to be just a matter of words, but it is not easy. People are terrible, inside and outside Beijing, everyone knows that the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Zhu family on the rich side has blocked a catastrophe for Concubine Jing, if it weren't for the fact that the Zhu family has no fame, she should be a dignified lady now. Therefore, if the Zhu family really dares to divorce his wife, the first one who does not agree will be Concubine Jing in Beijing. Also, the gossip outside will definitely denounce how the Zhu family is treacherous, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, just one person and one sentence can make the reputation of the Zhu family stink for 10,000 years.