Chapter 178: Awakening from a Dream (I)

When Wen Yi left the Shilang Mansion that day, she only brought the two girls from the sixth room itself, as well as Mama Zhao and the He family, all of them were maids, and the drivers and carers were all impostor "servants of the Li family", who were originally hired by Luo An from outside to fill the scene for her.

Today, she returned to the Lang Mansion, but it was another pomp.

The Jiang family itself brought a large number of male and female servants who were in line with his wife's identity to accompany him, and Mrs. Li was not at ease, so she borrowed a room and a family of four to Wen Yi, plus Li Dongrui took two small servants and two long escorts, and when they arrived at the gate of Shilang's Mansion, they actually occupied most of the streets in front of the door. The porter didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ran out to open the door, and divided two people to report to the inner courtyard, and after a while, Wen Yi heard Wen An bring someone out to greet him.

Presumably, there is no other adult male host in the house at this time, Li Dongrui is a guest, and it is common sense for Wen An to come out to greet him.

The carriage that Jiang Shi and Wen Yi were sitting in advanced through the second door, and only after coming down did they see Wen An and Li Dongrui coming in together. Although Wen Yi didn't feel anything in her heart, she couldn't help muttering that this behavior was a bit unruly. It stands to reason that Wen An should invite him to the outside hall to serve tea is the way to entertain people, and to welcome people into the second door, but he sees people as children of relatives, which is somewhat neglectful. Although Li Dongrui has only been in Beijing for half a year, he is used to making friends with people, so he must have doubts in his heart.

Jiang also thought of this, thinking that Li Dongrui was the son of the commander of Jin Wuwei, and he could not be regarded as a junior of an ordinary relative's family, so he sent a message to ask his son to invite guests to the outside hall for tea.

Wen An was stunned at first when he heard this, and his face was a little unsightly. He has always cared little about this kind of welcoming and accompanying guests, but he heard from his family that the son of the Li family was several years younger than him and was still a child, so he greeted him with the same way he treated a few little cousins of his cousin's family, but now it seems that he made a mistake. He felt ashamed in his heart.

Li Dongrui was a big grin, he didn't notice anything wrong at all, and he was still smiling: "It's the same wherever you sit, if you ask me to sit seriously in the hall and say something dry, I can't stand it." I heard Sister Gu say, Seventh Brother is also good at riding and archery martial arts at home? The little brother still knows a little bit about this, why don't we find a place to compare? ”

Jiang's face was a little dark, but it was difficult to show it, and he said with a dry smile: "How can there be such a reason for hospitality......

Wen An felt right: "It turns out that you also like these?" I've learned before, but I'm not very good at learning, although I have the heart to learn more these days, but I don't have anywhere to find someone to teach, your family is a general, I'm just afraid that I'm not your opponent. He still has this self-knowledge, and he has lived in Beijing for more than ten years, and his martial arts are better than those of the official boy from the same background, but the skills of the serious generals are of course much stronger than his half-hanging.

Li Dongrui grinned and put his shoulder on the shoulder: "What do you say that the opponent is not the opponent?" It's just for fun, who would shout loudly that they are a master? When the veteran soldiers in the army heard it, they didn't laugh off the big teeth of others" Wen An's expression slowed down a little, and he also showed a little joy: "That's right, we are still young, and we can't compare with those people, but we are much better than ordinary gentlemen." ”

Wen Yi saw that they got along well, and his heart moved, so he smiled and said: "Cousin, I don't know, the seventh brother has a tough heart, and there are few boys of the same age in our clan who can compare to him." In such a cold day, he insisted on practicing archery every day, even if it snowed heavily, he never stopped, and often practiced riding, even if others came to invite him out to play, he ignored it, and devoted himself to practicing martial arts."

Wen An was stunned for a moment, his face slightly reddened. What Wen Yi said was not a lie, but he was not very diligent in practicing archery, although he persevered every day, he only practiced one or two hundred. As for not hanging out with friends, it's for other reasons.

Li Dongrui was greatly admired: "The children of a big family like you, really different from others, although I also practice martial arts every day, but when the weather is cold, I am always reluctant to go out - who wants to?" As a result, every time I asked my sister to call out the door. Brother Gu Qi, you are not afraid of the cold, you are a good brother, not as good as you"

Although Wen An couldn't hide the increasingly thick crimson on his face, his eyes and eyebrows were full of joy, and he said generously: "I'm still far away, since you also love this, why don't we practice together?" If I don't practice well, you can't laugh at me. After that, he confessed to Jiang and Wen Yi, and went to Li Dongrui shoulder to shoulder.

Jiang Shi was thoughtful, Wen Yi saw her in a daze, so she called her twice, she woke up, smiled reluctantly, and took Wen Yi to the inner courtyard.

A few days later, when Wen Yi saw the old lady again, her face did not show any abnormality, but everything was according to etiquette, and she also had a faint smile on her face. Mrs. Yu also smiled and said many words of concern, as if the conflict had never happened a few days ago.

Wen Xian and the other sisters were in their respective rooms, and when they got the news, they all came to welcome Wen Yi. Wen Yi greeted them one by one, and saw that Wen Xian's face was ruddy, more delicate than before, and the jewelry she wore was of the highest quality, but a few new pieces of jewelry that were on her head a few days ago were worn on Wen Juan's head, so she knew that she must be doing well these days, and even her sister was stained. Wen Ya was still the same old look, with a sweet smile on her face, and just said a few words to Wen Yi, and then turned to flatter the old lady and the Jiang family. Only Jiang Yao secretly said hello to Wen Yi when others were not paying attention.

Wen Yi understood that she knew the truth as soon as she heard it, so she just pursed her lips and smiled, and nodded to her to thank her.

When they returned to the courtyard where their sisters and others lived, Wen Xian withdrew from the people, immediately smiled, and said to Wen Yi: "But scared me to death, why were you so bold that day?" Although it is said that it is separated from the room, but grandmother is also your elder sister, if the clan knows, I don't know how to punish you, it will be spread out, and you will also be gossiped about, why bother? It's good that I'm back now, and I can't do it again in the future."

Wen Juan also whispered on the side: "Yes, my grandmother was so angry that day, and she has been angry for the past few days, and my sister and I are so scared." Ninth sister, although you have been wronged in this matter, but Uncle Liu is a big man, how can you ...... How can you do it with him? I heard my aunt say that you will marry into the Liu family in the future, and if you offend your mother-in-law's family, you will suffer."

Wen Yi just smiled faintly: "I'm worried about you, but I don't regret it." Fifth sister, it's not that I'm bold, it's not that I don't respect my elders, it's really that the Liu family is too much, and the actions of the eldest uncle and grandmother and the third aunt are also cold. You need to know that my marriage is also known to many people among the clan, if I don't say a word and follow the Liu family and my uncle and grandmother, I will return to Pingyang in the future, how will I meet people? The clansmen know that I have been divorced for no reason, what face do I have? Not to mention the ancestors and parents, even the ancestors of the Gu family will be ashamed. The Gu clan has never had a woman who has been divorced, I would rather ask someone to gossip a few words than watch my ancestors clear their names and be damaged."

When it came to the reputation of her ancestors, Wen Xian couldn't say anything, so she could only say: "Although your words are right, they should also be slowly figured out, and if it becomes like this, if it spreads, it will also make people laugh at our Gu family's daughter who has lost her upbringing." ”

Wen Yi raised her eyebrows, and there was an irrepressible anger in her heart, she pursed her lips and changed the topic: "Why don't you see the sixth sister?" I heard that her condition has improved? ”

As soon as she heard Wen Hui, Wen Xian's face was a little uncomfortable: "Although her illness has been cured, the doctor said that she still needs to recuperate, so my grandmother saved her from waking up in the morning and dusk." Right now, I think it's still in the room. ”

Wen Juan couldn't help but smile on the side: "Sister Nine is not at home these days, I don't know how many good shows have been staged in the house, the sixth sister said that she was cured, and said that she was going to worship the Buddha, and secretly sent someone out to deliver a letter, and the people in the house stopped her." The grandmother punished the sixth sister and scolded the aunt, but the aunt called Aunt Yu to be reprimanded, and replaced a number of people who were called by the second door. The uncle went home and heard about it, and also said a few words to the aunt, but he didn't mention anything else, but because the eldest brother wanted to prepare for the exam, the uncle specially instructed the family to wait, not to disturb it, and ordered the aunt to arrange for craftsmen to repair the eldest brother's house, and prepare for the eldest brother's marriage next year. Within two days, he instructed that the tenth brother was not too young to live in the inner courtyard anymore, so he ordered someone to clean up a courtyard outside, and let the tenth brother move out when the spring of next year begins. For this matter, Aunt Yu cried at her uncle's place for two days, but she couldn't let her uncle relax, but yesterday she talked about the marriage of the eleventh sister, and the uncle asked the aunt to take the eleventh sister when she went out as a guest. Sister Jiu, do you say it's lively? ”

Wen Xian glanced at her: "Don't talk nonsense, the elders have their own reasons, and you can talk more?" There was a hint of disapproval in his expression. As the daughter of the Gu family's house, she has been able to enter and leave the famous family in the capital many times recently, she has her own views on the rules of etiquette and religion, and of course she is not eye-catching to the chaos in the Shilang Mansion. A big family like theirs, the rules should be the key to governing the family, and it is no wonder that there is chaos if they are not concubines and concubines like their uncles. In contrast, although her father did not have an official position, he was much better than his uncle in governing the family, and he was several times stricter in raising his children.

In the past, she didn't dare to have an opinion on the actions of her elders, but now that she has seen more of the world, she has discovered the absurdity of the Shilang Mansion. If she were the head of the house, she would never let things get to this point

Wen Yi watched coldly from the side, but she had some thoughts in her heart, but she asked Wen Hui to change the topic, and when she heard that the latter was still grounded, she didn't say anything more.

Nothing was said all night. When she got up the next morning, Wen Yi freshened up and dressed, and went to Mrs. Yu's room with her sisters to have breakfast together. She didn't know when Liu Gu's would come, and when she saw Ruyi taking the little girl to set up a tea table in Dongnuan Pavilion, and several things in the dim sum plate were Liu Gu's beloved, so she guessed that the other party would not be very late, and her heart was a little more settled.

However, before she could wait for Liu Gu's family, she took the first step to meet the person sent by Lu Wangfu to inquire about the suspicious case on the day of the tea party.

Lu Wangfu sent two decent mothers-in-law, both dressed in gold and silver, with silk and satin on their bodies, looking like women from rich and noble families. accompanied by Pinqi, who I had seen that day, although she was slightly two steps behind, Wen Yi looked at the eyes and attitudes of the two mothers-in-law, and knew that Pinqi was the one in charge.

Old Madam Yu was a little nervous, and immediately sent the juniors away, leaving only Jiang and Wen Yi present. Wen Yi said: "If you want to ask about the events of that day, my nephew and granddaughter were originally walking with Cousin Yao, and they were separated halfway, so they encountered the next thing." Why don't you leave Cousin Yao behind to understand? Also, the sixth sister and Cui Yu are also involved, instead of letting people call at that time, why don't you invite them over together, and everyone will explain it? ”

Jiang Shi looked at Wen Yi in a panic: "This ...... Is this necessary? Your sister doesn't know. ”

Wen Yi smiled: "Although my sister doesn't know, she is also present after all, and she may know nothing." ”

Jiang wanted to say more, Pinqi glanced at one of the mothers-in-law, and the mother-in-law said proudly: "We originally wanted to ask the sixth lady in the house a few questions, but since the ninth miss said it, it will save trouble to invite them together." Jiang Shi shut up.

Old Madam Yu glanced at Wen Yi deeply, turned around and instructed Ruyi: "Go, invite Miss Six and Miss Jiang, and then call Cui Yu." ”

After a while, Wen Hui and Jiang Yao arrived. Wen Yi saw that the former looked haggard and pale, so she knew that she was having a hard time these days, although she knew that she had always been a fool and might not really know anything inside, but let her listen to what happened, maybe she could wake up.

Wen Yi began to tell, starting from the time he arrived at the Lu Wang's Mansion, no matter how big or small, but he clearly understood. When she talked about seeing Wen Hui and Zheng Lijun enter the door, she paused for a moment: "At that time, I saw Miss Zheng's expression annoyed, and the sixth sister seemed to be making amends to her, and I didn't know what was wrong, I originally planned to go over with my sisters to ask, but because Miss Zheng took the sixth sister to the Water Pavilion, and then His Royal Highness the Third Prince and the Prince of Dongping also followed, we had to turn around." She glanced at Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao nodded to confirm her words: "That's true." After a slight pause, he looked at Wen Yi before turning to Wen Hui, "Cousin, what did you say to annoy Sister Zheng?" I thought your relationship had always been good, and I never thought she would be so angry. You were following her, and you probably didn't see it, but we just happened to see that she was going to eat you. I've never seen her look like that."

Pinqi and the two mothers-in-law looked at each other thoughtfully.

Jiang Shi showed a little joy, and Old Madam Yu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

To prove that Wen Hui didn't know anything about that incident, was innocent, and was purely framed, the most critical point is that she and Zheng Lijun are well-known close friends, if the latter is the mastermind behind the scenes, why should she blame her?

But if the two had a disagreement beforehand, it would not be surprising.

Wen Hui has been in a daze since she entered the door and greeted the ceremony, and it was only at this time that her eyes turned and looked in the direction of Wen Yi and Jiang Yao.