After talking and laughing like this until lunch time, Mrs. Deng sent someone over to invite them, and everyone stopped talking and went to the old lady's yard together.
Only when they got to the bedroom did they realize that Su Pingzhan had returned just before a cup of tea.
The head of the Qingzhou Su family is similar in age to Wei Huan. He has a majestic appearance, tall stature and a very dignified manner.
When Shen Zangfeng and Wei Changying arrived, Su Pingzhan had already changed out of his official robes and was wearing a round-neck blouse with a green four-in-one Ruyi pattern. His hair was tied with mutton-fat jade bamboo hairpins. His attire was casual. He was sitting upright in the hall. He was talking to Mrs. Deng over several cases. She seemed to be in a good mood, smiling, and the atmosphere in the hall was very relaxed.
Everyone went in to salute and say hello. Su Pingzhan shouted with a smile. He had received the great gift from his grandson and grandson's wife. He twirled his beard and asked someone to take out a pair of famous ink from the past dynasty from the inner room as a greeting gift. He also encouraged them with a few words to express his gratitude to his son and grandson. The sons explained: "Your uncles and cousins are still on duty at the moment. I'm afraid we won't see you until another time."
Shen Zangfeng said with a smile: "We came unexpectedly today, but we disturbed my grandmother and grandfather."
Mrs. Deng scolded him: "My grandson and his newlywed wife are visiting my grandmother. They are all showing filial piety. Why bother?" She added, "There are only a few steps on both sides. If you come here often in the future, you can see them." .”
Shen Zangfeng hurriedly confessed to her again, and Mrs. Deng teased him: "Either you will think about spending time with your grandson in the future, and you will never think of us again."
"How dare your grandson?" Shen Zang had a look of surprise on his face. He glanced at Su Pingzhan, and Su Pingzhan laughed: "Feng'er, what do you think I'm doing? You have offended your grandmother yourself. You are a manly man who dares to do something. How can you expect that?" Grandpa comes to rescue you?"
Shen Zangfeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Yes, yes, my grandfather taught me a lesson." He also begged Mrs. Deng for mercy. After this fuss for a while, Mrs. Deng smiled and ordered the food to be served.
Originally, Mrs. Deng was just entertaining her grandson and granddaughter-in-law, and the daughters-in-law also came to accompany them to the table. But because Su Pingzhan came back, Qian and Zhang found out about it and made excuses to accuse him. There was a lot of chatter in the third room, but Wei Zhengyin didn't pay attention to the news and followed him. It was not good for him to go back now, so he could only stand in front of the old lady and wait on her.
Wei Changying couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he saw that he was being invited to sit down at the table, but his biological aunt was standing waiting. Fortunately, Mrs. Deng was considerate and said to Wei Zhengyin: "My grandson is also your natal niece, so you should go and sit down too."
Wei Zhengyin declined twice, but when the old lady still said the same thing, he thanked the old lady and sat down next to him.
Because Su Pingzhan was there, Su Pingzhan and Shen Zangfeng exchanged a few words at the table—mostly about some insignificant matters during their errands. Mrs. Deng could still add a few words, but the others were speechless and did not dare to speak out easily. This meal was a bit dull.
After dinner, Shen Zangfeng took half a day off, so he explained the situation to his wife and wanted to go to the palace as an errand. Su Pingzhan and Mrs. Deng were right. Wei Zhengyin hurriedly mentioned that he had not seen his biological niece for many years and wanted to keep Wei Changying down for a chat and then send her back to the Shen Mansion later.
Mrs. Deng said with a smile: "Although she is your niece, she is now Feng'er's wife. If you want to keep someone, don't ask me, you have to ask Feng'er if he is willing. You have also seen that they are getting along well now. Looks like this, Feng'er won't allow it, I kept someone for you, so I don't have to ask my grandson to talk about me behind his back, but I, as a grandmother, help my wife not to love him. "
Shen Zangfeng smiled and said: "I just got a plate of water chestnut cake from my third aunt, and my grandson got the benefit, how can I not be right?" He also said that he didn't need to bother Wei Zhengyin to give it away. He would stop by to pick up his wife after he left work.
Mrs. Deng was very happy to see the harmony between the younger couple and said with a smile: "Look at how good these two children are!" She said that Wei Huan and Shen Xuan had good eyesight at the time.
Su Pingzhan twitched his beard and said with a smile: "Our eyesight is not bad, and aren't the children also very good?"
Everyone laughed, even saying that Su Pingzhan and Mrs. Deng had good taste, but Wei Changying noticed that when Su Pingzhan said this, Wei Zhengyin's face changed slightly, a little unnatural... It seemed that he heard it. The implication is the same as Su Pingzhan's words.
After talking and joking for a while, Shen Zangfeng said goodbye and left, and Wei Changying followed Wei Zhengyin back to the third room.
Because Shen Zangfeng left, Wei Zhengyin had no intention of being polite anymore, dismissed his children and servants, and asked his niece directly: "You came here as soon as the full moon came, and even asked Feng'er to take leave, but because of your mother-in-law's wishes ?”
"That's what my aunt said." Wei Changying said without hiding it from her, "My aunt also asked me to bring the jade mandarin duck hairpin that my aunt gave to my mother before." He took it out of his sleeve.
Wei Zhengyin glanced at it and sighed: "I haven't decided whether to take it back, but after hearing your grandfather's words today, I have to take it away." He took it and put it aside with a frown.
Wei Changying asked cautiously: "Auntie, what exactly is this?"
"Although this is the first time we've met each other since you can remember, you and I are biological aunts and nephews, close relatives of flesh and blood, so it doesn't hurt to say something to you." Wei Zhengyin frowned and said, "Since your second cousin, After my brother died of illness, your grandfather compared Yuliang and Yuwu and felt that Yuwu was more decisive. When this attitude was revealed, your eldest aunt hated our whole family! "
All these guards knew it and could not help but echo her, saying, "My eldest aunt is a little confused. My second cousin is gone. It is human nature for my eldest aunt to be sad. And cousin Yuwu is more important than cousin Yuliang." My grandfather likes it, so it must be because my cousin Yuwu works harder and harder, but my aunt is angry at my aunt, which is really unreasonable. "
Wei Zhengyin snorted and said, "Isn't Qian's confusion more than this? Isn't Shen Zangzhu, whom you call second cousin, also Feng'er's eldest cousin? Do you know why she was so confused after your second cousin left? She went back to live with her parents? Wasn’t it Qian’s fault? She said at your second cousin’s funeral that it was because she didn’t take good care of her that she let your second cousin go. That’s really what she said. ! Shen Zangzhu has no children, not even a concubine. He has lost his husband in his youth and has been alone since then. What's the point of being well-dressed and well-fed? After Yu Xian got sick, he was most concerned. She was the one who was most anxious to take care of her! As a result, her husband was gone and her mother-in-law was still complaining about it. At that time, you had not yet left the palace. Unknown to you, Shen Zangzhu was so angry that she bumped into the coffin. Fortunately, someone around her helped her. I didn’t go with your second cousin!”
Wei Changying originally thought that the eldest son of the Su family had lost his capable legitimate son, and the remaining legitimate son was no match for the third daughter-in-law. It was inevitable that Qian would be unhappy. Now he heard that she actually forced her legitimate daughter-in-law to almost die to prove her ambition. At the same time, As a daughter-in-law, I couldn't help but feel cold: "My aunt is too... too much!"
"Shen Zangzhu's mother was Qian's cousin, but she passed away long ago. When Uncle Xiangning married, it was when the Qian family became more powerful and the Qian family was prosperous after the abolition. Although Queen Qian was abandoned later, , the prince lost his position, and the Qian family also disappeared, but the relationship between the couple was still good. Before Mrs. Xiangning died, she repeatedly told Uncle Xiang to protect their children. Originally, Uncle Xiang had married his eldest daughter to Su. When I came home, I just thought that your eldest aunt is Shen Zangzhu’s aunt after all, so she won’t treat Shen Zangzhu badly. How could I have thought that this good aunt would force Shen Zangzhu to this point after becoming her mother-in-law? "
Wei Zhengyin sneered, "When Uncle Xiangning heard the news, he was so angry that he led his servants to knock on the door. He didn't care about his appearance and smashed up the whole house. Even Qian was slapped several times by him!" Shen Zangzhu, who was still lying on the couch, took it back without saying anything, and even took away the dowry, claiming that the most stupid thing in his life was marrying his daughter to the Su family, so your mother-in-law wanted to marry Zang Ning! Nephew, you will find me instead of Mr. Qian! Not only is Ms. Qian not good to her daughter-in-law, but also because Shen Zangzhu married your second cousin, and your mother-in-law was the one who played a role in it... Later, she was treated well by your father-in-law. Dun complained that she didn't care about her niece, and she didn't understand her natal sister-in-law's temperament before marrying her off, which made the girls of the Shen family suffer a lot! "
It turns out there is such a thing!
Wei Changying thought that Mrs. Su refused to say anything wrong with her mother's family. Last time, she scolded Duanmu for raising a point. She kept saying that the Su family's sisters-in-law were very harmonious. In fact, Mrs. Su herself probably hated her sister-in-law very much! Originally, Shen Xuan was Shen Zhou's brother. The two previous times he went to Fengzhou, it was Shen Zhou who was responsible for the marriage between Shen Zangfeng and Wei Changying; and the Wan family also said last time that Shen Zhou's wife died early and he was the next child. The two sons, one by one, were entrusted to their elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Su, to raise them, which shows that the brothers have a very good relationship - Mrs. Su raised these two nephews as if they were her own, and she worked hard without any credit. As a result, after Qian lost his son, Exacerbating his wife made Mrs. Su unable to feel sorry for Shen Zhou, and even Shen Xuan complained about his wife...
Wei Zhengyin said that Shen Zhou and his people rushed to the Su family's main house to break things and beat Qian. Now that the Su family has not been separated, Su Pingzhan and Mrs. Deng have both been humiliated. It was impossible for the Su family not to approach Shen Xuan about this matter, but since Shen Xuan had a good relationship with his younger brother and felt sorry for his niece, he could not help but stand up for his younger brother. Maybe both the Shen and Su families were almost at odds with each other due to this matter.
How difficult is it for Mrs. Su to be caught between her husband's family and her natal family
On her husband's side, even though Mrs. Su didn't expect anything in return for raising a son for Shen Zhou, all the credit for raising a son for someone else was wiped out because the in-laws she found for her daughter were harsh, and she still owed Shen Zhou a favor. ; On her mother's side, Mrs. Su offered her husband's niece to her nephew as his wife. She must have felt that both parties knew each other well and thought it was a good match. It also further consolidated the marriage between the two families. However, because of Qian's family, both her parents were married to her brother-in-law. Losing face - Wei Changying felt aggrieved for his mother-in-law just thinking about it.
Therefore, whenever Mrs. Su wanted to marry her youngest daughter to her nephew, let alone Su Yuliang, who was not as favored by her grandfather as Su Yuwu. Even if she was favored, Mrs. Su would not marry her daughter off because of Shen Zangzhu's situation.
Knowing the reason why Mrs. Su chose Su Yuwu, Wei Changying thought for a moment and said: "Then this time the fourth sister touched the cousin's parrot, could it be the eldest aunt?"
Wei Changying originally suspected that Shen Zangning was a bit cunning and willful, but judging from the last conversation he overheard between her and Shen Zangfeng, it turned out that this sister-in-law came from a big family and was by no means stupid. Knowing that cousin Su Yuwu's parrot is rare, and has been raised for more than ten years, and has a deep affection, how could he send it to the kitchen just for a parrot tongue
Combined with what Mrs. Su said about the emerald mandarin duck hairpin given by Wei Zhengyin, Shen Zangning caused trouble before she took it away. Wei Changying thought that nine out of ten, nine out of ten, the sister-in-law had heard that her mother planned to marry him off. There was news about her cousin, and she herself was unwilling to marry Su Yuwu, so she deliberately did this to try to break up the engagement.
But now I hear the vague meaning in Wei Zhengyin's words, but it seems to be pointing to the Qian family? (To be continued)