When Wei Changying came to visit, he knew that Shen Zanghui's brother-in-law's wedding date was two months later than his own. Now that he calculated it, it was only more than half a month later. It was at this time that people from the Tutor's Mansion were invited to help. Wei Changying thought of the cumbersome process when he left the cabinet, and he couldn't help but worry about whether Chen Guang would be enough.
After returning to Jintong Courtyard, she asked Mr. Huang, who laughed and said, "Young Madam also knows that the Fourth Young Master's wedding date is only two months later than Young Madam and Young Master - they are cousins after all, and Fourth Young Master Our wife raised her as if she were her own flesh and blood, the maid thought. When the Taifu Mansion was busy with the young master, I expected that the fourth young master’s share would also be prepared. What’s more, the Shen family just welcomed the young lady into the house a month and a half ago. Many things are probably ready-made now, so it will only be easier and easier to welcome the Fourth Young Master’s bride.”
Wei Changying came to his senses when she said this, and said awkwardly: "I forgot."
Huang smiled and said: "Young Madam is young. Although she has left the cabinet, she has never dealt with such a thing. No wonder she would not think of it."
Wei Changying asked for advice: "Then what should I do when I go tomorrow?"
"Young Madam Rong, please tell the truth. In fact, Uncle Xiangning said that he asked Madam and the Young Madams to come over to help arrange the marriage of the Fourth Young Master. In fact, there were only two people invited - the Madam and the eldest Young Madam." Huang Smiling, she said, "Young Madam, do you remember Qian combing Young Madam's hair when you left the pavilion?"
"Of course I remember Aunt Twenty-One." Wei Changying suddenly said, "Full-blessed person?"
"What the young lady said is that this wedding is a happy event, and it is unlucky for the person who handles it to be unlucky." Huang said with a smile, "Otherwise, Uncle Xiangning's eldest daughter and eldest lady would have been presiding over the affairs of the house since she returned to her parents' home. In the backyard, I was always a tomb woman when I was in the Su family, so there are many things that I can’t do because of my status!”
She lowered her voice, "Madam and the eldest young lady are blessed to have their parents in the house, all their children, and their husbands and husbands to respect each other as guests. There is nothing wrong with the young lady, but she has only just married and has never presided over such a thing. The maid estimated that it was only polite to ask the young lady to go over to the Xiangning House. At most, the madam would take the young madam over to have a brief experience. The madam would not dare to ask a young wife like the young madam to really intervene in such a big matter to avoid things going wrong. And the second young lady has no children. Not only the second young lady herself, but also there is no male heir in her backyard. The heirs of the Xiangning uncle's house are not as prosperous as our Taifu's house. How can the fourth young master's wedding have two children? Young lady, go and touch it?”
Captain Wei nodded clearly: "I understand. I will go to my second uncle's place tomorrow. Just listen and watch more."
The next day she saw Shen Zangfeng off and went to the upper room to pay her respects to Mrs. Su.
Seeing that all the daughters-in-law were here, Mrs. Su took a sip of tea and said, "Let's go over there."
This time, because Mrs. Su personally came to the house, and because Wei Changying was one month old, Shen Zangzhu, the eldest daughter of Uncle Xiangning and the eldest daughter of the direct descendant of the Shen family, went to the corner gate to greet her in person.
Shen Zangzhu calculated that he was still under thirty, but he looked as if he was almost forty... Guazi's face, which should have been very pretty, was full of melancholy, and the corners of her almond-shaped eyes, which used to be watery, had drooped. Those two pools of bright autumn water seemed to have dried up at this moment, showing confusion and death...
Although he came out to greet the elders, he still looked depressed.
Her melancholy was different from Zhong Xiaoyi's. Zhong Xiaoyi's beauty contains a hint of sadness, and that ray of sadness only adds to her charm. Shen Zangzhu was truly filled with sadness.
Because she is a widow, she is dressed very plainly. She wears a moon-white collared jacket, a water-colored skirt, and a bun with two flat hairpins. There is no decoration on her clothes or hairpins.
Mrs. Su was her eldest aunt, but she looked even younger than her. Seeing her niece like this, Mrs. Su couldn't help but feel very distressed. She held her hand and asked softly how she was doing.
Shen Zangzhu smiled sadly and said, "Thank you for your concern, auntie. Everything is fine with me."
Mrs. Su sighed and said: "You should also relax, there is no obstacle in this world that you can't overcome... Don't be too hard on yourself. Now you are in your own home. You can decide everything. If you can't, we elders will take care of you." Call the shots.”
"That's what the eldest aunt said." Shen Zangzhu obviously didn't want to talk more about herself - so she said something perfunctory, and after greeting the Liu family, Duanmu family, and Wei Changying in turn, she talked about Shen Zanghui's wife. Sure enough, as Huang expected, "When the third brother married the third brother's sister, the fourth brother's share was also prepared. The rest, my father said, was better than the third brother's. Now most of the things are sent by my father himself." I didn’t even get my hands on it... My father put all the accounts and rosters in the flower hall when he went to court this morning. Why don’t you go over and take a look now?”
Mrs. Su could only say: "Then go over and have a look."
When they arrived at the flower hall, Shen Zangzhu asked people to serve tea and refused to touch the various brochures. He only introduced them to Mrs. Su one by one according to Shen Zhou's instructions. Because she is from one of the most famous families in the country, and she is the eldest daughter-in-law of Shen Zhou's branch and the future wife of the tomb, the complexity of the ceremony and the exquisiteness of the utensils are not at all inferior to the time when Chief Wei Ying came to the family.
When Guard Chief Ying came through the door, because she was a bride, she was carried through the door in a sedan chair... She didn't know how much effort the Shen family had spent on this. Now I heard Shen Zangzhu explain incessantly the things that needed to be prepared, and even talked about the scene of a cup of tea, and said: "Father said that he doesn't quite understand the remaining things, so he asked his aunt to help."
Mrs. Su also said: "The big items are mostly all here. Even if there are a few, you can still use what Feng'er and Chang Ying were doing. It doesn't matter. There are just a lot of small items missing. It will take a while to get them all." Kung Fu, Yi'er, come over and take notes..."
So Mrs. Su talked about one thing after another for a long time, and finally Shen Zangzhu reminded a few more things, so Liu took notes again... Wei Changying was dazzled while listening, secretly sighing that it is really not easy for everyone to get married... and marveled again. Seeing that the haggard Shen Zangzhu had a good memory, Mrs. Su said more than what Shen Zangzhu said, and even asked Mrs. Liu to take the notes. Shen Zangzhu was afraid that his bad luck would harm his brother, so he refused to touch it at all. The booklet was actually able to be recited accurately - it is indeed fate. If Su Yuxian had not died of illness, Shen Zangzhu, the second young lady of the Su family, would have been a shrewd and capable person, not the young man he is now. The appearance of premature decline.
This went on until noon, discussing the additional purchases. Fortunately, Shen Zangfeng and Wei Changying's wedding had just passed. Mrs. Su and Mrs. Liu had taken care of it and still hadn't forgotten it. At least they finalized the order before lunch. After Shen Zangzhu read the list from a distance, he called in the managers from various places and asked Mrs. Su to give orders.
After sending the stewards away and having lunch at Xiangning Bo's Mansion, Mrs. Su said to her second daughter-in-law and third daughter-in-law, who had not said anything all morning and did not let them touch any booklet: "We can't live without one in our house. People are watching, you go back first, and let your sister-in-law help me here."
This was just Mrs. Su giving face to her daughters-in-law. Not to mention that the Duanmu family still had no children and that Wei Chang Ying was too young not long ago, so she allowed them to sit with her until now and gave them a way to go back.
Both Duanmu and Wei Changying knew it well, and Wei Changying didn't care since he had just passed the door. Duanmu pinched the handkerchief hard - how many people worried about having no children in their second marriage? Even if they were prepared, she couldn't control it. I don’t feel bad after being mentioned.
The two of them stood up and agreed, and were about to leave, but Shen Zangzhu seemed to remember something and said hurriedly: "Auntie, the second brother and sister have been together for many years. I think everything in your house can be settled by the second brother and sister. The third brother and sister will stay and help the eldest aunt, so that the eldest sister-in-law will not be too tired by herself. "
Mrs. Su was startled. She felt pity for her niece and would not contradict Shen Zangzhu on such a matter, so although she was puzzled, she still said: "In that case, you can stay, Chang Ying."
Duanmu bit her lower lip and saluted, "Then my wife will go back first."
Shen Zangzhu was a little embarrassed because she kept Wei Changying but not Duanmu in person, so she stood up and said, "I'll see off my second younger brother and sister." She accompanied Duanmu out and apologized.
As soon as they went out, Ms. Liu said with a smile: "The third sister and the third brother have always been in harmony. Could it be that this request was made by the Pei family? I hope that their young lady will also be in harmony with our fourth brother after she comes here."
Mrs. Su said: She knew that the couple of the third house was very affectionate, but in Mrs. Su's opinion, it was useless for Wei Changying to lose her husband's favor just a few days after he entered the house.
What's more, when Mrs. Su thinks about it, her third son, Shen Zangfeng, is such a righteous husband. As long as his wife doesn't make a big mistake, she will never have a bad life. Now we are marrying a wife, not a daughter. If Shen Zanghui wants to learn from Shen Zangfeng, why should he leave Wei Changying to handle the marriage and go to the palace to ask Shen Zangfeng for advice... So Mrs. Su said lightly: "Maybe Zangzhu is just a filial piety."
Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "What mother said is that my daughter-in-law is making fun of her three younger siblings."
Over the past few days, Wei Changying had become accustomed to his sisters-in-law seizing every opportunity to find fault and instigation. Now he was too lazy to think deeply about Mrs. Liu's intention. Instead, he took the opportunity to ask for advice: "I didn't know that the fourth brother was marrying Pei." Which lady in my family?”
Mrs. Liu saw that Mrs. Su was concentrating on the booklet and seemed to have no intention of answering in person, so she said: "The third brother and sister just came here, we forgot to tell you. The fourth brother married the fifth lady of the Pei family, whose maiden name is Meiniang." .”
"I also saw the female members of the Pei family in Weiyang Palace yesterday. There seemed to be no fifth young lady among them?" Wei Changying said.
"Perhaps she knew we would go too, but she was too shy." Mrs. Liu smiled slightly and said, "Before the marriage was finalized, my mother went there in person to see the fourth brother. After that, Miss Pei Wu has been avoiding her mother. Yes, after all, the young lady is very tender."
A lady is not a destined wife, so she does not have to take leave if she is not present.
Wei Changying originally thought that the Pei family did not have a fifth lady, or that the fifth lady was not in the imperial capital, but he was embarrassed to meet his future aunt.
Thinking that the Fifth Miss Pei was going to be the mistress of Xiangning Uncle's Mansion, but she was so shy, Wei Changying couldn't help but laugh a little, and said: "What my sister-in-law said is, I never thought that the future four younger siblings would be so thin-faced." .”
At this time, Shen Zangzhu was sending Duanmu back. She happened to hear it, so she smiled and explained to Miss Pei Wu: "Meiniang didn't avoid Auntie and you on purpose yesterday, but it was because she kept too much food in the past two nights. Got some ice and had a bit of a cough.”
Wei Changying and Mrs. Liu were joking and had no ill intentions. It was a bit embarrassing to be bumped into and explained by Shen Zangzhu like this, so they apologized sarcastically: "It's us who talk too much and speculate on the future of our four younger siblings."
Shen Zangzhu said politely: "Sister-in-law and the third younger brother and sister, don't be like this, that's what I said. In fact, the future fourth younger brother and sister haven't been married yet, so I don't know what kind of person they are. But I think it was my mother who took a fancy to her. People will never be bad.”
So Mrs. Liu and Wei Changying apologized to Mrs. Su.
Mrs. Su flipped through the book and said, "It's okay for the sisters-in-law to talk and laugh, just don't go too far." It didn't sound like they were angry, so the two daughters-in-law breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Su asked Shen Zangzhu again: "Chang Ying is young and has little experience. If you keep her here, she will only be able to serve us tea and water." This was what both Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Su had guessed just now, and Wei Chang Ying himself I didn’t know the reason for the question, but now that I heard Mrs. Su ask about it, my ears pricked up.
Shen Zangzhu smiled a little awkwardly and said: "My father mentioned something this morning... that the third younger brother and sister are lucky. So I thought about asking the third younger brother and sister to help me, and also let the fourth younger brother and the fourth younger brother and sister get some influence from the third younger brother and sister. Blessing."
She also felt that saying this would embarrass Wei Changying, and the more she said it, the lower her voice became. Wei Changying's face was bruised and red for a long time. Although good luck is a good thing, Shen Zhou's blessing is good...probably. He means that he was able to escape unharmed when he was assassinated in Fengzhou, and then he met Shen Zangfeng, a husband who didn't dislike him, right
These are all facts, but why... I heard that it was Shen Zhou, the second uncle, who said it. Wei Changying always felt that what he really wanted to say was not luck, but... good luck can always turn disaster into good luck? Could it be that he thinks of himself as someone who can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck... Uh... Forget it, my mother-in-law and my husband's eldest sister are both here, so I'd better stop thinking about it...
So Wei Changying forced a smile: "My uncle and eldest sister like me, how dare I be lazy? It's just that I'm young and don't understand anything. I hope my mother and eldest sister-in-law can teach me more." (To be continued)