Wei Changying thought for a while and asked, "Have you and them all had dinner?"
"The Fourth Young Master doesn't know, but when the Young Master invited Mr. Nian over, he hadn't eaten dinner yet. Then the Fourth Young Master came and said that he still hasn't passed the meal."
Wei Changying's face became even more ugly: "It's so late, dinner is almost over, and you don't remind them? Even though your husband is magnanimous, Mr. Nian is a guest, and he and his fourth brother are hungry. If the news spreads, everyone will You said Jintongyuan is being lazy!" According to common sense, it is impossible for a staff member like Nian Shizhen to delay Shen Zangfeng's dinner, and since he was invited over, he couldn't finish talking before dinner. , you can still hold a candle and talk at night, it’s too late. After all, it’s not like I haven’t lived in Jintong Courtyard before.
I haven't eaten yet, and I know that I will only be tripped up by Shen Zanghui.
Thinking that her husband had received Zhang Pingxu and discussed important matters with his father-in-law Shen Xuan today, and now he had summoned Nian Chuan to plan the plan - he was so busy, and the fourth house was so careless in causing trouble, Wei Zhang Ying From the bottom of my heart I am fed up with this lookless brother-in-law.
This sounds like he is scolding the servant, but actually it means that Sang scolds Huai and is talking about Shen Zanghui.
The servant explained: "I dare not hide it from the young madam. Aunt Wan went to invite me twice, but she was sent away."
Wan is Shen Zangfeng's wet nurse. Apart from Wei Changying and his wife, she is the most respectable person in Jintong Courtyard. Even Huang, who is actually in charge, is polite to Wan. It was useless for her to invite him, so she couldn't blame the other servants.
Wei Chang Ying frowned and told Mrs. Huang: "Go in and tell me it's getting late. Why can't we finish talking about important things today? There's still tomorrow. If we don't need food, Mr. Nian and Mr. Nian will be starved." Fourth brother, I can't afford it! I'll go and change my clothes first. If you can't do it, I'll change my clothes and go and invite you."
Huang nodded: "Yes."
After returning to the back, Wei Changying changed his clothes, held on to his loose hairpin, and was about to go to the front again. Shen Zangfeng came in. His face was also very tired, and he had no intention of teasing. He just said: " You don’t want to eat either? Let’s eat together.”
"Fourth brother came over to tell me why he didn't even need dinner?" Wei Changying saw that his collar was wet. It was getting late at this time. Even in the middle of summer, there was still a bit of coolness at night, so the front hall must be cool. After putting down the ice mirror, Shen Zangfeng would not sweat so much. Thinking that the conversation was not smooth, he was annoyed or impatient, so he stepped forward and handed him a handkerchief to wipe, and complained, "It's so late, he has nothing to do." Can’t we talk about it tomorrow?”
Shen Zangfeng silently wiped the sweat from his forehead, took another sip of the hot tea handed to him by Jiao Ge, and then said: "He was worried that his four siblings would not be able to get along with the family, so he wanted to seek a foreign position, so he came here to meet him. I'll discuss it."
"What?" Guard Chief Ying was stunned. Pei Meiniang had made her husband's aunt and sister so angry that the matter hadn't even been settled yet! Shen Zanghui had already planned to take her out for a leisurely trip
No need to ask, you know that this must be Pei Meiniang’s instigation!
Wei Changying doesn't know now whether he should be disgusted or admired by this sister-in-law - she was not even a full month old when she entered the house, and she instigated her husband to protect her in everything. She simply obeyed her words. Even if she was not virtuous, she was not unusually ungrateful. A woman can do it! Fortunately, Shen Zanghui is just an ordinary disciple. If he were the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, this Pei Meiniang would be comparable to Daji, Pan Fei and the like!
After a moment of silence, Wei Changying asked, "Then what did you say?"
"He is the eldest son of Uncle Xiangning's house. His second uncle is still alive, and his eldest sister is a widow at home. His third sister and seventh brother have not yet announced their marriage. From now on, how can he, the eldest son, deal with all the big and small matters in the second uncle's house? Maybe not?" Shen Zangfeng put down the tea bowl, his face a little cold, and said, "I told him to give up and stay in the imperial capital to serve his second uncle and support his eldest sister, third sister, and seventh brother! The younger brother and sister left the second uncle, I will break his legs now! I want to see if he can still be released!"
Wei Changying agreed with him from the bottom of his heart: "That's exactly what it is! It's said that the parents are not far away, not to mention that the fourth brother is the eldest son of the second uncle? Besides, it's obviously wrong for him to be the fourth brother and sister, but he still protects him like this Fourth brother and sister, what do you think of your mother? It’s also embarrassing for your second uncle!”
Shen Zangfeng sighed and said: "Zanghui has a simple mind. I scolded him for a long time today. If you hadn't come back and sent someone to talk about dinner, I'm afraid I would still be lecturing him right now - the fourth brother and sister just came here. The Pei family's family status is indeed not as good as ours. It's not surprising that she thinks more about it. In short, this is all a matter of the family. The fourth brother is now a little more awake. Let's see what he does next... You just sent Uncle Jiang off in person. How about going to Doctor Ji?"
There were a lot of things going on at home and outside. Wei Changying was not in the mood to tell his husband about Ji Qubing's difficulty in taking care of him, so he simply said, "Fortunately, he kept Jiang Bo, and the medical expenses Although it’s a bit high, I’m too lazy to argue with him.”
Shen Zangfeng hummed and said, "Zhu Lei is there too?"
"Yes." Wei Changying asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"Send two people to check on him. Don't let him go to Yu's house to arouse suspicion." Shen Zangfeng said.
Wei Changying asked in confusion: "You asked Zhang Pingxu to investigate the details of the Yu family. Although Zhang Pingxu found another excuse to investigate, he may not be able to hide it from the queen's eyes?" The prince thought that Jiang Zheng would be beaten to death. The serious injury was just out of anger, and he deliberately found a reason and was afraid that Jiang Zheng would get him two blocks away from the Anshun Inn, so he didn't kill him on the spot. He thought that he had already given a lot to Wei Changying and Shen. Zang Feng saved face.
But Queen Gu is not confused, and the Queen is not unclear. In the eyes of Shen Zangfeng, or in the eyes of Wenyue, this matter definitely does not simply mean a venting of anger, but the prince's attitude towards Wenyue - the prince obviously He had a grudge against his family, especially the Shen family.
Of course, a dozen lotus pickers in Chuncao Lake were disfigured because of their entanglement with Shen Zangfeng and his wife, so it was normal for the prince to be angry. But if the prince directly accuses Shen Zangfeng, it is always easier to negotiate whether Shen Zangfeng pleads guilty or compensates. But the prince didn't mention it to Shen Zangfeng, and directly attacked Wei Changying's dowry... What's the reason
Even thinking about it, this is because Queen Gu suppressed the Crown Prince from mentioning it, and Quan thought that the matter had nothing to do with the Crown Prince - Mrs. Su made it clear when she reported it to Queen Gu, and she suspected that someone was slandering His Highness the Crown Prince. Reputation—Actually, this is helping the prince!
After all, the crown prince of a country raised a group of lotus-picking girls who ran rampant in Furong Island, seducing handsome men passing by like hookers, leading them to secluded places to achieve good things, while the prince hid aside and watched for fun - such a ridiculous and obscene thing, Not to mention the crown prince, even if he has ascended the throne and does such things, the word "debauchery" will be indispensable in the history books!
But the queen understands, but the prince does not! Not only did the prince not understand, but on the surface he was suppressed by the queen and did not cause trouble for the Shen family, but secretly he held a grudge!
And in the future, the person who ascends the throne as the emperor and reigns over the world is the prince but not the queen...
The prince was dissatisfied with the Shen family even before he ascended the throne, to the extent that he made up a crime on the street and beat a daughter-in-law of the Shen family for her dowry regardless of his status. Once he ascends the throne, will the Shen family still have a good life
Just like what Shen Zangfeng said - "while he is still the prince", if we don't act now, will we wait until Shen Xun becomes emperor to clean up the Shen family, or will he be responsible for the crime of regicide
After the prince had Jiang Zheng injured, he might not take it seriously, but as shrewd as Queen Gu was, she couldn't help but take it seriously - Zhang Pingxu found a hundred excuses to find out the details of Yu's family, and the queen would not be deceived. .
This is why Wei Changying was previously surprised that Shen Zangfeng asked Zhang Pingxu to find out the details of the Yu family - since he was planning such a major event as Yi Chu, wouldn't going to check on the Yu family be equivalent to telling the queen that the Shen family has no intention of giving up? Otherwise, if this matter is so obvious, the Shen family should just pretend to be confused and not investigate!
"There is no need to hide it from Queen Gu." Shen Zangfeng said calmly, "I'm just worried that the other families will think that Zhu Lei went to trouble the Yu family because of our instigation."
Wei Changying was startled for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he came to some understanding: "You... want to discuss this matter with other companies?"
"This is something that all six of our families are closely related to." Shen Zangfeng said a little tiredly, "How can it be possible for our family to contribute? My father has..." When the point was finished, Shen Zangfeng put the wet handkerchief on the case and looked at it. He looked at the copper leak in the corner of the room and said, "It's getting late, just ask them to bring the food."
"I'm going to send people to Ji Zhai to keep an eye on Zhu Lei." Wei Changying bit his lip and said.
She asked Jiao Ge and Han Ge to leave the house overnight and go to Ji Zhai. These two maids were both from "Biwu". Although it was already under curfew at this time, they had their own way of sneaking to the east of the city to capture Zhu Lei. Be careful, so as not to spoil Shen Zangfeng's affairs.
Just when I turned around, someone came in hurriedly from the corner door. They were talking all the way. They were chattering very fast, but they couldn't hear clearly what they were saying. Wei Changying thought Qin Ge and Yan Ge were back, so he stopped in a hurry and wanted to ask Mr. Liu and Mr. Duanmu what they said. However, when he got closer, he saw that the whole building was surrounded by Zhu Lan and others.
Everyone in the building had anxious expressions on their faces. He bowed hastily and said without bothering to exchange pleasantries: "Third Young Madam, I was disturbed by the Fourth Young Madam today, which made me miss my business. Madam just remembered that your dowry Didn't you violate His Royal Highness's guard of honor? Madam asked you to go into the palace tomorrow to apologize to the Queen!"
Wei Changying was stunned and said: "This..."
"Originally, yesterday, Madam, I was supposed to personally take you, Madam Third Young Master, into the palace to plead guilty. However, the order to allow you to enter the palace came down today and asked Madam to take you there tomorrow. But Madam, she feels unhappy now. So I can only ask the third lady of the Su family to accompany you into the palace," Manlou explained, "Before you come back, Madam Third, Madam has sent Man Ting to the Su Mansion to talk to Madam Su - Madam asked the Third Young Madam tomorrow. After you get up, don’t go to the room to say hello, go directly to the Su Mansion!”
"...I understand." Wei Changying sighed and said.
Even though the Shen family is already planning to change the throne, as long as Empress Gu and the Crown Prince are not defeated, the courtesy between the monarch and his ministers cannot be abolished.
It's just that in the past two days, things have happened one after another inside and outside the Shen family. Shen Zangfeng once again had the idea of deposing the crown prince because of Jiang Zheng. Wei Changying was worried about this and that, but he actually forgot that Jiang Zheng was injured. There was " He was charged with "colliding with the prince's guard of honor". In this case, as his master, of course he had to go to the palace to plead guilty.
And this time when she entered the palace, Mrs. Su asked Wei Zhengyin to accompany her... She was unhappy, and Mrs. Su's illness basically couldn't be cured without Pei Meiniang paying a considerable price.
There was no peace inside and outside the house. Guard Chief Ying plucked his hair that was messed up by the night wind, and dragged him back into the house lazily step by step, thinking to himself: That's it, just come one by one, there's no point in hurrying... (To be continued)