Chapter 248: Meeting with Relatives

In the end, after having lunch and resting for a while, Dongxing and Wen Yi both set off and went to Shangshu Mansion to ask for peace.

Liu Dongxing changed his usual habits and did not ride a horse, but accompanied Wen Yi to sit in the carriage, and the two of them met verbally and shoulder to shoulder, whispering. Wen Yi was also worried about gossiping if she was seen at first, but then she saw that the curtain of the newly made carriage was very tight, and in addition to the curtain, the window was also covered with a light veil, looking out from the car, but she could see it clearly, but when she looked in from the outside of the car, she could only see a light crimson mist, so she was relieved, and Liu Dongxing hugged her affectionately, but she thought that there was a girl and a woman with the car outside, and she refused to laugh and talk loudly.

Liu Dongxing knew that his newlywed wife had always been shy and rigorous, so he didn't dare to do too much for fear of annoying her, just hugging and hugging, smelling the fragrance, pinching his little hands, playing with his hair, and occasionally kissing the fragrance, just forget it. Wen Yi was blushing by him, and wanted to push him away, but he was afraid that the people outside would hear it, so he didn't dare to make a big effort, but instead let Liu Dong move inch by inch, nonsense, and asked him to take advantage of it.

When the carriage gradually approached the Shangshu Mansion, Liu Dongxing restrained himself a little, hugged his wife, suppressed her hands that were about to push him away, and told her about the situation in the Shangshu Mansion seriously.

The population of Liu Fu's family is not complicated, he has a wife, two concubines, three sons and two daughters. The main wife, Liu Gu, needless to say, only gave birth to an eldest son, Liu Dongning; Aunt Bai is a noble concubine, and gave birth to her second son Dongjun and third son Dongqiao, as well as the second daughter Liu Yin, whose Dongjun is 13 years old this year, and Dongqiao and Liu Yin are twins, only 11 years old; Next is Aunt Gui, who was originally the dowry girl of the Liu Gu family, and Liu Su, the eldest lady of the Liu family, was born by her, the same year as Dongjun.

Liu Dongxing said: "You have seen the second uncle and the second aunt, Brother Ning is still grounded now, you probably won't see it today, Sister Su has always been raised in front of the second aunt, and she will come to meet you if she wants to, Aunt Gui is also your old servant, how you treated her in the past when you were in Guzhuang, now it is the same." It's the white aunt, but you have to be careful. ”

Wen Yi asked, "I remember...... The two little brothers born by Aunt Bai don't seem to have visited the Gu family? ”

Liu Dongxing sneered: "How dare she? Although it is a noble concubine, in the end, she came out of a small family, and she has not seen much of the world, but when people see her son, it will kill them, not to mention letting them follow the second aunt back to her mother's house to visit, even if they go out, they must also send ten or eight cronies and slaves to follow, and the people outside want to say a word to their brothers, and those slaves will stare at everyone as if they are thieves. Don't look at the outsiders who praise Dongjun for being smart and able to read, in fact, it's all for the sake of the second uncle, and he is seriously familiar with his knowledge and personality, there are few at all, but there are two boys in the Bai family's relatives who love to come to him. Fortunately, Dongjun is really smart, he reads and writes next to his second uncle, he is more knowledgeable than his biological mother, and he also understands in terms of human feelings, and he is willing to put down his shelf in the official school and get to know a few like-minded classmates, although they are only general friends, they are much stronger than before. But Dong Qiao is not as good as his brother, and the people in the house talk behind their backs, saying that Dong Qiao has grown so big because of his weak body, he has never eaten a mouthful of food, and in other people's homes, he even drinks less tea. He was not as clever as his brother, and sometimes he was too rude, but fortunately he was young and others could tolerate it, otherwise he would have ruined his reputation. Now that he has been poisoned and his body has collapsed, he has become more and more reluctant to go out. As for his fellow sister-in-law, she is very spoiled by the second uncle and Aunt Bai, and she is very pampered, if she has any rude behavior, you can ignore her. ”

Wen Yi said: "I have seen two younger sisters at the flower viewing party in Luwangfu, Sister Yin is indeed a little pampered, and Sister Su is ...... I look at it and I'm quite good friends with Dongning. ”

Liu Dongxing nodded: "Sister Su was raised in front of her second aunt since she was a child, and her relationship with Brother Ning is indeed stronger than that of other brothers and sisters, and the second aunt has no other biological children, and she has always looked down on the concubines and concubines born by Aunt Bai, so she takes care of Sister Su." Sister Su is a poor girl, she is very good at looking at people at a young age, and she usually takes Dongning as the first priority, but unfortunately her background is a little worse, and she is not as good as Sister Yin at home, and Aunt Bai has not abused her less, and she doesn't know what will happen in the future. You don't have any compatible people in Shangshu Mansion, it's okay to talk to her, although she may not treat you sincerely, but it won't hurt you. ”

Wen Yi smiled and nodded, the carriage had already arrived at the gate of Shangshu Mansion. After entering the second gate, Liu Dongxing personally carried Wen Yi out of the car, and a mother-in-law stepped forward to visit: "The little one has seen Uncle Xing and the big * milk, why is it so late today?" Madame has been waiting all morning."

Liu Dongxing smiled slightly, and did not answer her words, but asked, "Is the master going down?" ”

"It's down, I'm back without lunch," the woman hesitated a little, "Uncle Xing and the big * grandmother might as well go to the small hall to rest, and the little one should report into the hall immediately?" ”

Liu Dongxing nodded, and said softly to Wen Yi: "Let's take a rest and drink tea, the second uncle and aunt are afraid that they will be busy for a while before they are free." ”

Wen Yi blinked, caught a glimpse of the mother-in-law's embarrassed face, so she also smiled slightly, nodded in response, and then came to a small hall in the front yard with Liu Dongxing under the guidance of the mother-in-law.

This small hall is small, and the tables and chairs are also very simple and simple, not so much a place for the master of Shangshu Mansion to entertain guests, but more like a place for entertaining guests, but a place that is still clean. When Wen Yi was in Guzhuang, she sometimes went to the clan's house as a guest, and the serious hall she saw was just like this, so she didn't care about it and sat down generously. The woman writhed and said, "Please wait," and hurried away.

No one brought the tea.

Wen Yi looked at Liu Dongxing, pursed her lips and chuckled: "Is this considered a dismount?" The third aunt has always been stingy, that time my grandmother and I refuted her face, she must be angry, there were many guests yesterday, she didn't dare to make a time, today we sent it to the door by ourselves, she naturally wants to give us some color to see? ”

Liu Dongxing smiled: "That's why I told you not to rush over, if we come early, we will only wait more and more upset, and we don't even have tea, let alone lunch." I was tired all night yesterday, and today I should make up for it, how can I go hungry? ”

Wen Yi's face turned red, and when she looked around, she reached out and twisted his upper arm. Liu Dongxing deliberately showed a very painful expression, and shouted slowly: "Hey-yo-" Wen Yi was startled, and it was not to cover his mouth, nor to beat him, but finally couldn't help laughing out loud and glared at him.

Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "Good lady, don't panic, that is something that will only happen when the second aunt is in charge of Shangshu Mansion." Now that the second uncle has gone down to the early court, it is customary to go back to the yamen to deal with official business, and there is nothing important in the near future, because I must come over today, and he must have to go home early. When he returned, he said something different. ”

Wen Yi frowned, and whispered: "Although you have already obtained an official position, which is different from the past, you are about to go on an expedition, and it will not hinder him for a while." He is a high-ranking Shangshu, will he really give you this face? You know, we are juniors, if they are intentionally embarrassed, we can only bear it, and it is impossible to throw our sleeves and leave. "It's not a good reputation to spread like that.

Liu Dongxing curled the corners of his mouth: "What he is afraid of is not me, but my connections." As long as I live for a day, and I haven't been down, he has to be on guard. ”

Wen Yi couldn't understand, and wanted to ask more clearly, but she heard footsteps approaching, so she hurriedly closed her mouth, sat upright, and followed the footsteps into the small side hall, only to slowly look up, but found that it was a strange little girl, but she was eleven or twelve years old, holding two teas in her hands. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart: The third aunt hadn't forgotten to serve tea to the guests?

Liu Dongxing's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The little girl walked up to the two of them to serve tea, curtsied and took a step back, but did not leave, but stood beside Liu Dongxing, quickly raised her eyes and looked around the side hall, and then said in a very low voice: "Madame got up early in the morning, sent people around her to the door to ask if the uncle was here, and inquired four times, and the faces of the people who did the work were more and more ugly every time, and the time of lunch was two quarters of an hour later than usual. After the meal, an order came out, saying that if the uncle came with big * milk, he would hang you in the small side hall, and then report to the master for two hours. ”

Liu Dongxing sneered and asked again: "No one on the door now tells the master?" ”

The little girl shook her head: "Although Madame has spoken, the door is full of old family members, where would you do such a thing?" This old man must have been believed. ”

"Well done." Liu Dongxing smiled at the little girl and said, "You should be careful, don't let the mothers catch the handle and suffer in vain." He glanced at Wen Yi again.

Wen Yi somehow understood the meaning of his glance, and very cooperatively took out the reward seal that had been prepared from his sleeve a long time ago, and picked a big stuff for the little girl. The little girl curtsied, then quickly took over her sleeves, and then looked at Wen Yi with some curiosity, pursed her lips and saluted with a smile: "I've seen Xingda* milk." ”

Wen Yi blushed slightly and nodded in return: "What's your name?" How old is it? Is it the son of a family in this house? ”

The little girl smiled and said: "The slave's name is Ling Xiao, she is eleven years old, and her family has been on errand in this house for generations." ”

Liu Dongxing added: "She is Wang Dewang's niece. ”

Wen Yi suddenly, looking at Ling Xiao's gaze, he felt a little more pity: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Ling Xiao pursed his lips and shook his head with a smile: "Sister Chunxiang has gone out, and my uncle's family is also very good at my uncle's house, although my grandfather doesn't have a good errand, but he doesn't worry about food and clothing here, and he doesn't suffer anything." Uncle * grandma has rewarded so much silver and good things, how can it be hard? As soon as she finished speaking, her face suddenly changed: "Someone is coming, the slave and maid will retire first" and then bowed her head respectfully, and stepped back with the tea tray. When he arrived at the door, he seemed to have just noticed a figure behind him, and with a look of surprise on his face, he bent down: "Master." ”

Liu Fu got the letter and immediately rushed over, looking at the situation in the small hall, his brows were furrowed so that he could kill a fly, and saw that a little girl came up with tea, and the tea sets were all officially used for hospitality, which was not rude, and his face was a little more relaxed, and he nodded lightly: "Go down." Ling Xiao immediately retreated.

Liu Dongxing and Wen Yi both got up and officially gave Liu Fu a junior salute. Then Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "I wanted to come over earlier to ask the second uncle and second aunt for peace, but I was afraid that the second uncle would be busy with official business, so if I came over rashly, I would miss the second uncle's office, so I delayed it until this time, I was really sluggish, and I asked the second uncle not to be surprised." ”

Liu Fu showed a kind smile: "How come? You're just early, and you're just throwing yourself into the air. This is just the right time. Turned to Wen Yi again: "Brother Xing's daughter-in-law has seen your aunt?" ”

Wen Yi smiled and said: "Not long after entering the door, the next person entered the inner courtyard to report, and the nephew and daughter-in-law were waiting for the second aunt to summon them." ”

Liu Fu smiled and said: "A family, why bother to be so divided? When you get home, just go directly to see your second aunt, where do you need someone to report it? He saw that Wen Yi didn't call Aunt Liu Gu, so he also changed his words.

Liu Dongxing said: "The second aunt wants to take care of the housework, and she must be busy, and if she suddenly passes, I am afraid it will hinder the second aunt's business." We are juniors, and it is better to wait a little longer. It's just a short wait, so what's the matter? ”

Liu Fu cleared his throat: "That's right, but it's just ...... A little bit of effort" He looked at the sky outside with a twinkle in his eyes, and coughed lightly: "I see...... Let your daughter-in-law come in and talk to your second aunt, they are aunts and nephews, so they must have a lot to say. You accompany me to the study and sit down. ”

Liu Dongxing hesitated a little and turned his head to glance at Wen Yi. Wen Yi smiled and said to Liu Fu: "The second uncle invited, and the husband naturally wanted to go, but ...... I haven't met my second aunt yet, wouldn't it be too rude? ”

Liu Fu's expression was a little unnatural: "Ah...... Then brother, let's go see your second aunt first. I'll wait for you in the outer study, don't delay too long. Then he stood for a while, and when he saw the mother-in-law next to Liu Gu's side coming, he lowered his face and scolded, "Are you all lazy?" Why did you call Brother Xing'er and his family to wait here for a long time? Who sent the letter to the inner court? What does it look like? Fortunately, it is my own family, and I don't pay attention to those vulgar etiquette, otherwise my reputation will ruin you slaves."

The woman was so afraid that she didn't dare to say a word, so she lowered her head and answered again and again. Liu Fu said again: "Quickly invite Brother Xing'er and his family to give your wife a salute, and I will ask Brother Xing'er to come over and talk when I turn around, don't tell me to wait too long" Then he cleared his throat again before throwing his sleeves and leaving.

Wen Yi looked at Liu Dongxing, Liu Dongxing smiled and didn't say anything, just pulled her to meet the mother-in-law: "But the second aunt is free to see us?" ”

The woman reluctantly said, "Yes...... Madame, please go in with the big * milk. ”

Liu Dongxing and Wen Yi followed behind their mother-in-law, walking unhurriedly. The former whispered to his wife: "I didn't expect the second uncle to call me away, if the second aunt speaks ugly for a while, you can think that she is crazy, don't pay attention to it." ”

Wen Yi smiled slightly and glanced at him: "Could it be ...... Are you really a dough to me? "She's also temperamental, okay?

Liu Dongxing raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then ...... We'll see. ”。.。

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