Chapter 52: Entering the Palace
Back at Jintong Courtyard, Wei Changying asked Huang: "Auntie, what did my eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law say today?" ”
"Does the young lady know why Mrs. Fang Cai immediately said that the eldest young lady and the second young lady had brought the account book over, and asked the three young ladies to go elsewhere?" Huang asked with a smile.
Wei Changying was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Mother...... Mother had expected it a long time ago? ”
"At Madame's age, Miss Sun has begun to learn housekeeping with the eldest and younger lady, and the thoughts of the daughters-in-law and 'women' are not clear to Madame?" Huang sighed lightly and said, "Yesterday, the first lady personally spoke, and if the eldest young lady and the second young lady are not confused, they must divide the power of the housekeeper." The question is that they are separated, and whether the young lady can really receive it is another question. If you say it to the young lady in front of the lady, because the lady is here, the eldest young lady and the second young lady must mention the young lady well to show their friendship brother and sister. But don't say it in front of the lady, it's strange that the eldest young lady and the second young lady are not perfunctory! ”
He said, "Madame, I want to see what Madame says, how much power can the young lady rely on this sentence to share from the eldest young lady and the second young lady!" ”
In the final analysis, Mrs. Su is still weighing her daughter-in-law.
Wei Changying stared for a moment and said: "The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law talked endlessly for a long time, and they seemed to know everything and said everything, but if you listen carefully, there is no useful sentence. We have just entered the 'door' again, and we are not familiar with everything. I don't know how much Chenguang my mother will give me, if the Chenguang given is not long, then I have to use some extraordinary means; If the mother is not in a hurry, she can figure it out slowly. My mother gave me the right, and my sisters-in-law didn't tell me, wouldn't I have called the steward myself to ask? ”
Huang said with a smile: "How much Chenguang Madame gives to the young lady, there is no need to worry." The young lady has only passed the 'door' at this time, and besides, our son is still young! The young lady is not worried, and the lady will ask you to squeeze the eldest young lady and the second young lady away immediately! After all, in the future, the Shen family will be 'handed over' to the son, and this Shen family's backyard will also be 'handed over' to the young lady. For the young lady, it is important to be steady and steady, and not to give the villain a loophole. Just ......"
Speaking of this, Huang's face was hesitant, as if he was a little embarrassed.
Wei Changying said, "What did my aunt think of?" Please feel free to say so. ”
Huang glanced at her with a smile, lowered his voice, and said, "Madame may not urge the young lady to be the master of the house as soon as possible." But the maid thought of it, the young lady has a good body, and now it is a full moon, and after some time, if she has a body, this first child cannot be taken lightly......"
Before she finished speaking, Wei Changying's face was already flushed, and she said angrily: "What did my aunt say! What is there and what is not...... Don't talk about that, get down to business...... What are we going to do about these things in the future? ”
Huang laughed at her, and this will also turn her face and get down to business, saying: "As the young lady said, we don't know everything now, and rashly 'meddling' will not only be useless, but easy to be taken advantage of by the big house and the second room." Therefore, according to the opinion of the servant, it is better to listen more and watch more and ask more questions, and then make plans when you know more about this mansion. And he said, "Didn't the eldest young lady and the second young lady take out the account book?" The young lady first took a general look at the account books, and had a number of the inconsistencies in the house, although those account books may not be complete, and may refer to the big room, the second room, and the small account books in her own 'private', but since these account books are carried out in front of the lady, it is expected that there will be no mistakes in the big places. ”
She explained, "Whether it is the eldest young lady or the second young lady, they are everyone's 'daughters', although they are not as favored as the young lady in their mother's family, but they are also the daughters who are held in the palm of their hands, and the makeup is rich, and their mother's family does not need their subsidies." In addition, there is a lady watching above, so the maid thinks that the eldest young lady and the second young lady will not do anything in the public account. It's still the people who need to pay attention...... However, personnel can also be figured out from the account books, we are all unfamiliar now, and we must start from all aspects. ”
Wei Changying groaned for a moment, nodded and said, "It's all according to what my aunt said." ”
In the next few days, the three of them spent their time in intrigue. Wei Changying followed the guidance of the Huang family, fought steadily, was not in a hurry, and carefully integrated into the power in the backyard of the Taifu Mansion.
Because of Mrs. Su's words, the Liu family and the Duanmu family couldn't justifiably exclude her, although they stumbled a little from time to time, and Wei Changying didn't pay attention to it, and was not 'excited' by their provocations at all, but still came step by step. Liu and Duanmu could only watch her begin to stand still, unhappy, but helpless.
When Mrs. Su received the news, she nodded secretly and discussed with her henchman Tao: "I was worried that this Wei family was not worthy of Feng'er, but now it seems that he is also a smart child." ”
Tao said with a smile: "The third young lady was personally set by the lord of the valve, and the old lady Song of the Wei family was raised and raised by herself, so it is naturally not bad. However, the Huang family, who was married by the third young lady, is also a powerful master, how many years has the old lady Song returned to Fengzhou, and she can still suppress the second lady of the Wei family helplessly......"
"If you marry smartly, you have to use people yourself." Mrs. Su heard that Tao thought that Wei Changying couldn't make mistakes everywhere since he entered the 'door', all because of Huang's meritorious guidance, but Mrs. Su didn't think so, and said, "Otherwise, the master is weak and the servant is strong, not to mention that the master and servant are reversed, and the master is '' and controlled into a puppet, and the servant has a good idea, but the master can't make up his mind if he looks forward and backward, and in the end he misses the opportunity...... No matter how powerful the servant is, he is only a subordinate in the end, and he can't replace the master! ”
Tao Shi hurriedly said: "Madame is right, but the maid thinks that the third young lady is young, and now she still needs to follow the guidance of the Huang family everywhere, so she is so arrogant and impatient." If you want to come up with a proper idea on your own, I'm afraid you still have to practice for a few years. ”
Mrs. Su said lightly: "Yi'er has always done things properly, and it's okay for you to like her." ”
Tao's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Madame Mingjian, although the maid is more familiar with the young lady because of the advanced 'door' of the young lady, but he will never dare to abolish the prince because of 'private' and instigate the lady to be dissatisfied with the third young lady." The maid is really because she has heard of the Huang family's power before, a slave maid, and she actually suppressed the serious second lady of the Wei family very much, and even the eldest lady of the Wei family, Wei Changwan, tried to vent her anger for her mother, but she was calculated by her several times! That's why I thought that the third young lady had such a person by her side......"
"Alright, alright." Tao is Mrs. Su's companion, decades of master-servant relationship, although Mrs. Su knocked her not to get involved in the fight between the daughters-in-law, but she is still very decent, which will gently stop her, "I know you didn't mean to instigate, it's just that the three daughters-in-law 'women' enter the 'door' with different lights, although Liu's 'temperament' has cast your temper, but you haven't revealed anything to her over the years...... But this Wei is Feng'er's wife, and you know that my expectations of her are different from those of other daughters-in-law. ”
Tao's heart shook slightly-"But you haven't 'revealed' anything to her over the years", isn't this telling her that what she has said to Liu in private over the years is eight times out of ten. Mrs. Jiusu knows?
When she spoke again, she was very cautious: "What Madame said is that the third prince is a person who has high hopes in the clan, and his wife should be the 'wife' of the tomb, which is not comparable to the eldest young lady and the second young lady." ”
"At the moment, it seems that Webster is quite satisfactory to me." Mrs. Su pondered for a moment and said, "Now that the outside level has passed, I can also rest assured that the Liu family and the Duanmu family have slowly 'handed over' the power of the housekeeper to her." The reason why I haven't mentioned this matter before is because I don't feel at ease...... In the end, people's words are terrible! ”
Dow also sighed: "Isn't it? Especially this time...... Or enter the palace! ”
…… Princess Linchuan's birthday is May 18, although last year the queen personally held a grand ceremony for Her Royal Highness the princess, but as the most favored golden branch 'jade' leaf in recent years, Princess Linchuan's sixteenth birthday has been unanimously valued in and outside the palace.
On the 18th day of May, not only was the palace full of lights and decorations, but the Changle Palace, where the queen lived, rushed to move thousands of princesses' favorite pomegranate 'flower' bonsai day and night to congratulate the princess on her birthday. The 'women' of the imperial capital, except for those who complained about their illnesses in advance, all dressed up and brought their daughters-in-law and 'women' into the palace to congratulate them.
Sitting in the carriage, looking out of the gap in the slightly picked curtain of the carriage, the fragrant cars and BMWs were in an endless stream, flocking to the palace 'gate', and the smoke and dust raised almost obscured the sky. The aroma of fat powder and the sound of Huanpei have not stopped all the way - I haven't seen Princess Linchuan yet, just looking at this scene, I can also feel the dignity of the so-called golden branch 'jade' leaves.
Wei Changying asked people to lower the curtain of the car, so as not to get dust into the rolling traffic, and thought: "It's strange that the people in the market want to say that 'marry' a woman will get a princess, and buy it on the ground. The official government', this Royal Highness is only sixteen years old now, but for her birthday, from the queen mother to the ladies of all families, no one dares to slack off. The emperor's pet is like this, how can the horse not follow the light? It's just that the princess of this dynasty has always been fierce, and I don't know what the 'temperament' of this highness is. ”
In the sound of the car and the neighing of the horses, Wei Changying's carriage followed her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and entered the palace 'gate', the palace city was extremely thick, Wei Changying felt that it was dark outside for a long time in the car before recovering the light, but it was not very bright, she motioned to Qin Ge to pick up a little curtain to look out, but saw that there were high palace walls on both sides, it turned out to be in the middle of the road, the high wall blocked the light, and the strange road would be bleak.
When they arrived at the place where the 'women' were designated to get off the car, Wei Changying was helped down and found Mrs. Su and her two sisters-in-law first, and was reminded of a few taboos about the audience - in fact, these were taught by Mrs. Su when she was at home, and now she is afraid that she will forget. After all, Mrs. Su will bring the 'female' family members into the palace, and Wei Changying is the first time to enter the palace.
Wei Changying repeated it as it was, and Mrs. Su was secretly relieved to see that her answer was correct, and said, "You don't have to be too nervous, all the nobles in the palace are extremely kind." He lowered his voice and widened her heart, "In the end, our Shen family is also somewhat decent in front of the saint, especially Feng'er, who has always been favored by the saint." The nobles will definitely not deliberately embarrass you, and if you are questioned at that time, you can be respectful. ”
"Thank you mother!" Wei Changying thanked her mother-in-law with a sense of excitement, and was about to say something, when a noble 'woman' who also got out of the car and was surrounded by her daughter-in-law came to greet Mrs. Su: "Sister Xiuman, what a coincidence, meet here." ”
Hearing this noble 'woman' call Mrs. Su's maiden name, Wei Changying knew that it must be Mrs. Su's 'friend', so she was busy with her 'spirit', and helped Mrs. Su to walk over with the Liu family to greet her, and Duanmu led Shen Zangning to follow behind...... I heard Mrs. Su smile and say, "Isn't it?" Why did Sister Yunqiu come alone today? What about my sister with 'Lu'? ”
While speaking, both sides were already approaching, Wei Changying glanced at it, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, she looked at the group of people in front of her, she looked a little familiar...... Especially a young 'girl' in a goose yellow dress inside, with a calm expression and dignified demeanor, this one ...... Isn't it Wei Lingyue?
She recognized the people of Zhibentang and his party, and the people of Zhibentang also noticed her, and the noble 'woman' named Yunqiu smiled slightly, and said first: "Sister-in-law, she coughed two days ago, and she was afraid that she would be sick to others, so she sued her in advance, and today I will bring the children to congratulate Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”
followed his gaze on Wei Changying, and said lightly, "I haven't congratulated my sister's family on the happy event...... This is my sister's third daughter-in-law, I haven't seen her for a few months, but she has some eyes. ”
Mrs. Su patted Wei Changying's hand with a smile on her face, and said affectionately: "Don't you say that I forgot, you went back to Fengzhou last year and wanted to come and see this child." Speaking of which, you are also relatives! "I introduced it to Wei Changying, "This is the second lady of Zhibentang, and she is also a sister of the same clan as your second aunt." He also said that those who came with Zhang Yunqiu were all relatives, so let both sides see each other.
Last year, the 'women' of Zhibentang were led by Song Mianhe to Ruiyutang to see Wei Changying's grandmother Mrs. Song, the two old ladies fought from beginning to end, without even a kind word, and finally Song Mianhe was defeated, was angry and fainted, and was carried out of Ruiyutang - this matter Zhibentang is afraid that the memory is deeper than that of Ruiyutang.
At this moment, although they were in front of the elders, the 'daughters' of the Wei family still remembered the past, and when they heard the ceremony, their faces were a little cold, and they hesitated, and were urged by Zhang Yunqiu's cough, so they came over to greet them unwillingly.
Their faces were not good-looking, but Wei Changying thought of the scene when Song Mianhe was carried out of the 'door' that day, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, but greeted him affectionately: "A few sisters-in-law and sisters, I didn't expect Fengzhou to say goodbye and see you again so soon!" ”