Wei Changying immediately thought that sisters Wei Changwan and Wei Changjuan had conspired to plot against him. He was angry in his heart and said coldly: "I don't dare to admit what the eldest sister said. I'm also surprised that none of the seventh sisters are here." The girl who left the court suddenly came over to me and said something about her husband's natal family. Why did she start crying before I even said anything to her? Was she just waiting for my eldest sister to come and question me? What, you still need to ask big sister for advice?”
Hearing what she said, everyone looked a little weird. The quick-tongued person teased Wei Changjuan and said, "Isn't it possible that when Sister Wei Qi saw Sister Su leaving the cabinet, she also missed her husband's family? So I came to talk to Sister Wei San. Unexpectedly, Were you teased by Sister Wei San?" The female relatives all thought so, and they all laughed for a moment.
Wei Changjuan's face turned red and she said, "It's nothing! I just..."
"You stingy kid!" Shen Zangning put her hands on her hips and suddenly took over the topic and said loudly, "Isn't it the last time we were playing hide and seek in the imperial garden, I accidentally bumped into you and knocked you into the rose bushes? Did you go? Then I pulled you out and you tore a piece of your skirt. I told you that you didn’t want it, so why would you do it to me? "
Shen Zangning has a lively temperament - this is a nice way of saying it. The daughter of a military commander is also the most favored by her father Shen Xuan among her brothers and sisters. No one can resist anyone who is easygoing when she becomes aggressive, especially ladies who pay attention to demureness. Wei Chang Wan and Wei Changjuan were blocked by her when they wanted to speak, and she shouted harshly, "You told my third sister-in-law that the people in her husband's family are very nice, and they are praised by everyone. Don’t mention me. Third sister-in-law doesn’t know what’s going on in the Royal Garden and doesn’t understand what you mean. I know very well! Don’t you just want to say that everyone in my family is good, but I am not?”
In their place, the host, Mrs. Gu, the third young lady of the Su family, was greeting them. At this time, she saw the crowd gathering here. Knowing that something had happened, she also came over. Hearing this, she hurriedly said: "Hey! Good sister, I wonder what you are doing here? It turns out that this is a quarrel among children... Sister Wei Qi didn’t say anything to you? Maybe she didn’t have time to praise you? After all, your family is prosperous because you have many brothers and sisters-in-law. no?"
The three sisters of Rui Yutang were all stunned by Shen Zangning's words, and they didn't answer for a while. Shen Zangning then said again: "Third cousin sister-in-law, you don't know, Wei Changjuan loves to complain, and she also likes to complain in such a roundabout way! She is looking at me sitting under my third cousin and can't hear her! Isn't it just a room? A sexy dress? I will use my monthly money to buy it for her when I get back. Really, it’s not easy to mention it at any time. I chose the day when my eldest cousin is out of the cabinet to make such irresponsible remarks. Isn’t it my eldest cousin’s cousin? ?”
Shen Zangning is half-grown and has not yet had haircuts, so she cannot be regarded as a serious lady. The four ladies know that the Taifu dotes on this young girl very much, even more than the three legitimate sons under his knees. This Miss Shen has always been outspoken and forthright, and the female family members I've always been tolerant of her.
...After all, Shen Zangning speaks so bluntly. If he offends her, he might not be able to get off the stage.
However, although Wei Changjuan is about the same age as Shen Zangning and is quite lively, she usually appears to be much more sensible and considerate than Shen Zangning - and of course she is rated better among the female relatives. There is a price for this, and the price is that everyone is now saying: "Sister Wei Qi is nothing more than a skirt. People like us still care about this?"
That’s what Wei Changjuan said, how could she not tell that everyone believed it? After all, Shen Zangning has always given people the impression of being playful and playful, but she has never been reported to have lied. Now, the suspicion is just to smooth things over for herself. Everyone said, "Even so, Fourth Sister Shen, don't make such a fuss. Ichijo Skirt, what does it matter? Today is a good day for your cousin, so don’t let your joy get the better of you! Sister Wei Qi, you are always good-natured, so come over and make amends with Sister Shen, so let’s just let this matter go. Wedding banquet.”
Wei Changjuan heard that everyone was dubious, but she was impatient to investigate more carefully, and just wanted to be a low-key coaxer and coax Shen Zangning to smooth things over. She was furious, but because her usual sensible image made it difficult to get angry, she had no choice but to glance at Wei Changwan from the corner of her eye.
It's a pity that Wei Changwan is also a dignified character, so he asked Wei Changying to speak first, and persuaded Shen Zangning in a lukewarm manner: "Yes, fourth sister, just take a look at my sister-in-law's face. Sister-in-law is really stupid. After listening to Seventh Sister for a long time, I don’t know what Seventh Sister means. So it’s just for a dress? There’s no need for Fourth Sister to pay for it. Sister-in-law will send a box of dresses to Seventh Sister on your behalf. I guarantee you will. It's made of the best material and is of the latest style. Now you can stand in front of me and look at the size. My sister-in-law knows it well. Just follow your instructions and make the corset a little narrower!"
Among the female concubines, the Jinxiu-hearted ones could tell that Wei Changying said something about the narrower part of the corset. It seemed like he was talking about the size of the clothes, but in fact he was insinuating that Wei Changjuan was narrow-minded.
The people who understood just looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't feel that Wei Changying was partial to his sister-in-law. They all thought that as Wei Changjuan's daughter, they were arguing over a dress with their companions to the point of complaining to her cousin at her wedding. It's so stingy. People who usually look sensible are suddenly so ignorant today. Is this all just pretending
It is not difficult to understand that Wei Changying is unhappy now... It has only been a few months since Wei Changying married into the Shen family? Now her husband has gone to Xiliang to do meritorious service, and he has his mother-in-law and two sisters-in-law with him. Even if he temporarily takes care of some things, it will not be her turn to take charge of the Shen family!
Wei Changjuan would pester her to take care of her sister-in-law to avenge her for a trivial matter. She also didn't think about Wei Changying's current situation and it was too late to please her sister-in-law. Where did she have the authority to treat her sister-in-law badly
What's more, Wei Changjuan didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Shen Zangning, who was in charge of her, heard her words. This was not to instigate the relationship between Wei Changying and her sister-in-law, but to call Wei Changying for nothing. Isn’t it hard to live at your husband’s house
The dispute between uncle and nephew in Ruiyu Hall is tacitly understood by every family.
At this moment, they all thought: "Yes, although the three sisters Wei Changwan, Wei Changying, and Wei Changjuan are direct cousins, the feud between Wei Shengyi and Wei Changfeng has not yet ended, and it is not unreasonable to undermine each other. Not surprisingly."
Mrs. Gu also thought the same, because Wei Changjuan was the one who caused the matter, and she was a little annoyed with Wei Changjuan and Wei Changwan. She thought to herself: "After all, she is the daughter of a concubine. She really can't stand on the stage! Who in Manchu City is the daughter of a concubine?" Don’t you know what’s going on in Ruiyu Hall? If you want to fight or make trouble, don’t make trouble when we invite you to a wedding banquet! If you, the sisters in the family, start a fight, who will lose? Isn't it Rui Yutang's face? That is to say, the head of the Wei family cannot leave Fengzhou, and Mrs. Song will follow her back. Otherwise, if Mrs. Song is still in the imperial capital, Rui Yutang would not dare to have such a mean granddaughter. It’s so weird that the skin is peeling off! It’s better now, it just disturbed our family’s celebration!”
Wei Changjuan turned pale with anger and was about to tell the truth when she was suddenly pinched behind her back. A soft voice laughed and said, "Hey, why are there so many people here? Sister Wei Qi, I It’s your business?”
There was a gap in the crowd, and Liu Ruoye, wearing a water-colored mandala flower-leaf interlaced collar, wide-sleeved summer shirt, and a silver clay, pink, and lotus root silk skirt, arrived gracefully, holding a snow silk fan. Today she wore a fairy bun, with two hibiscus flowers inserted with precious stones, and a row of crystals fell on the temples, reflecting the sunlight, and the colorful colors reflected on the sides of the snowy cheeks, making her skin even more radiant.
Seeing her coming, Wei Changjuan softened her expression, nodded to her and said, "Sister Liu, are you back?"
"My tenth sister has been coughing for the past two days. I just went over and told her to drink less cold drinks." Liu Ruoye looked around in surprise and said, "I just came back and saw a group of people here. Is this it?"
It sounded like the two of them were sitting in the same place before. Now Wei Changjuan held back her anger and briefly explained what had happened, saying: "Shen Zangning is really talking nonsense. What my third sister and I said is obviously …”
Shen Zangning looked at her with her hands on her hips, curling up her lips as she was about to speak - only to see Liu Ruoye gently lift her fan to cover her chin, and interrupted in surprise: "This... Could it be that Sister Wei Qi, are you here to look for Sister Wei San?" Are you talking about what I just entrusted you with?"
Wei Changjuan was startled. Wei Changwan knew that Liu Ruye had always been wise and resourceful, so she hurriedly said: "Sister Liu Shi, what did you ask Changjuan to say to Chang Ying just now? We don't know. We are all talking about our own things now." , I don’t know what happened!”
Wei Changying frowned, knowing that Wei Changjuan was so startled after hearing Liu Ruoye's words, and was sure that Liu Ruoye's so-called entrustment was all nonsense. Although the elder sister-in-law Liu said that her reputation in the imperial capital before marriage was caused by Liu Ruoye's coveting of Shen Zangfeng, the dispute between Liu Ruowo and Liu Xixun of Ranjitang, this statement may not be fully believed, but her cousin Song Zaishui said that Liu Ruoye She has evil intentions. It can be seen that even if Liu Ruoye is not an enemy, she is not necessarily a friend. Now if she opens her mouth, there is no telling how things will be distorted!
She was about to speak to cut off Liu Ruoye, but her hand was pinched. She looked back and saw that it was Mrs. Gu.
Mrs. Gu raised her sleeves to cover her mouth, and whispered in her ear: "Good sister, please help a bunch of sisters-in-law. My sisters-in-law know that you have been wronged today. But today is an extraordinary day, so let the Liu family Cousin, just let the scene pass, so as not to spoil the fun and spoil the joy!"
"It's all up to my sister-in-law." After hearing this, Wei Chief Ying realized that Liu Ruoye's coming was probably secretly ordered by the Gu family. In order to calm down the incident, of course she didn't want to disturb Su Yuli's good days of leaving the cabinet, so she immediately gave up. After getting rid of the idea of cutting off Liu Ruoye's words, he nodded slightly and said softly, "It's me who has dragged my sister-in-law down today."
When Mrs. Gu heard her promise, she breathed a sigh of relief. Compared with Wei Changjuan, who took the initiative to cause trouble and made things worse, Wei Changying, who was willing to calm things down, was really considerate. Mrs. Gu must say a few kind words to her: " How can I blame you? It’s just that Sister Wei Qi is too willful. It’s so embarrassing to ask third aunt and eldest sister to find out about this matter today.”
The meaning of these words was to imply that she would file a complaint in front of Wei Zhengyin and Su Yuli later... Wei Changying didn't care about this, he only focused on listening to Liu Ruoye's tricks to smooth things over -
I heard Liu Ruoye smile and say sweetly: "That's what happened. Last time I went to Seventh Sister's place, I heard from Seventh Sister that Sister Wei San's yard was kept very neatly. Two days ago, Tenth Sister said that the current house is too small. , I wanted to change it to a bigger one, so my mother simply changed it for us sisters together. There was nothing in the new yard. Thinking that Sister Seven had praised Sister Wei San’s yard, I thought that if I could get the drawings, I would take a closer look. Okay. But I have only met Sister Wei San twice before, and I was afraid that it would be too presumptuous to mention it like this. Sister Wei Qi just mentioned it by chance, and Sister Wei Qi said that she would ask Sister Wei San for me... why is it not like this? ?"
Shen Zangning followed what he said before and asked: "Well, when Wei Changjuan came over, she started to praise my parents, and then her family members, but she didn't mention me. When did she talk about the drawings and the yard? "
Everyone looked suspicious. These two statements were too different, weren't they? There is also a reminder of good things: "Just now, Sister Wei San said that Sister Wei Qi came over to talk about her husband's natal family, and then she cried inexplicably?"
Liu Ruoye was surprised and fanned her arms, saying, "No way?" Then he asked Wei Changjuan, "Sister Wei Qi, is this...?"
Wei Changjuan was pinched by her before, and knew that it was not appropriate to continue the quarrel at this moment. She had been thinking about her words, and now she followed the topic and said: "I think so, although Sister Liu, you want a copy of the drawings, but with your own eyes It would be better to take a look at the yard, but I also know that my three sisters are usually very busy. Besides, who would ask to come to the house to disturb me? I just thought... Well, the topic didn't turn to the above... "
She wanted to visit the Jintong Courtyard where Wei Changying lived, but Wei Changying did not invite her. Wei Changjuan could not help but mention the Shen family members as hints - although this explanation was far-fetched, it could be explained in a so-so way.
Most people nodded to express their understanding, but some people were puzzled and said, "Then why are you crying? Is it because Sister Wei San refuses to invite you?"
Wei Changying said calmly: "This is an injustice to me. Although I am ordered by my mother to help my sister-in-law, no matter how busy I am, I will never have time to entertain my sisters. How could I treat my seventh sister like this? "
Wei Changjuan meant this when she said that, but Wei Changying refused to admit it, and Liu Ruoye bumped into her quietly again, so she could only say: "That's it. Speaking of the kindness of the elders of the Shen family, I Unconsciously, I thought of our grandfathers and grandmothers... Speaking of my grandparents, uncles, aunts, third uncles, third aunts, and other brothers and sisters from Ruiyu Hall, I was not yet born when they returned to Fengzhou! I have never seen them, and Fengzhou is so far away. I can’t even offer a cup of tea to a few elders... In my heart... "
At this point, she didn't know whether it was because she was aggrieved or depressed or because she was good at lying. Her eye circles turned red again and she sobbed: "I miss my grandfather, grandmother, and all my relatives, brothers, sisters, and cousins who are far away in Fengzhou." They!"
This scene was truly revealing in the eyes of everyone, and they all said with emotion: "Sister Wei Qi is so filial!"
Mrs. Gu took the opportunity to step forward and said, "I asked you what's going on? It turns out it's all a misunderstanding. Sister Wei Qi is too shy. She wants to be a guest in Sister Chang Ying's Jintong Courtyard. Just say no." Now that cousin Shen has gone to Sister Changying’s yard in Xiliang, it’s convenient for you sisters to come and go!”
Liu Ruoye also answered with a smile: "What my cousin said is that it's all my fault for being nosy..."
Wei Changying had no choice but to answer: "Sister Liu Shi is really out of touch this time. Although we have only met twice, you are my sister-in-law's direct cousin, and you are not an outsider. I want a copy of the drawings. I want to think of Jintong Courtyard." Look, it’s such a trivial thing, you and Seventh Sister are so angry with me!”
"Sister Weisan, please don't be angry, it's all our fault..."
Such chatting, laughing, apologizing and coquettish finally made the table lively again... (To be continued)