The queen personally granted the marriage, and the matter between Song Xiyue and Liu Xixun was finally settled.
At this point, Wei Changying did not dare to say anything bad anymore, and instead worked with Wei Zhengyin to persuade Wei Shengxian to relax. Maybe things were not as bad as they thought? After all, Song Xiyue was also Wei Huan's granddaughter. If the Liu family wanted to eradicate her and leave her to Liu Xixun, they had to make careful considerations.
Wei Shengxian said yes, but when it came to his own daughter, how could he really feel relieved? After all, if the Liu family didn't harm Song Xiyue's life, would her life be easy if her daughter was rejected by her husband's family after she married
Feeling depressed like this was already a bit like "worry leads to an increase in illness." Two days after returning, she was angered again - the second wife of the Wei family, Duanmu, who had been at odds with her before she came out of the cabinet, specially led her daughter-in-law and My daughter came to congratulate me with a large gift.
Since she was a sister-in-law who had a grudge against her in the early years, Duanmu had no good intentions when she came to congratulate her. She praised Song Xiyue with a sweet smile and made her look like a flower - which made Wei Shengxian feel very distressed. Besides, the Queen's marriage was so generous. It’s rare, it’s such a great honor. At the end, he said with a smile but not a smile: "I heard that Liu Zhongzhao, the elder brother and cousin of the Sixteenth Young Master of the Liu family, have come to Beijing in person, all for this marriage! It can be seen that the Liu family values the Sixteenth Young Master Liu, and also values Xiyue. Ah!"
To Wei Shengxian's ears, these words were like saying that Weiyuan Hou had already started taking action - now that the marriage was given by the Queen herself, how could it be possible to break off the engagement? Unable to break off the engagement and not wanting Liu Xixun to marry a wife with insufficient support, Weiyuan Hou would most likely choose to do something to Song Xiyue, and do it quickly:
Song Xiyue was not yet considered a member of her husband's family, so she quickly got rid of him before the time of recruitment, so as to ensure that when Liu Xixun gets married again, the woman will still be the first wife.
Wei Shengxian had a bad relationship with this second sibling when she was a young lady. Now that she was provoked by Duanmu, she became so excited that she fell ill that night.
Song Xiyue and Song Ruxuan were worried that Song Xiyue would be hated by her husband's family after she came over, and that she might secretly murder them. They also had to worry about their mother's condition and their second aunt's grief. The two sisters were losing weight almost every day.
Wei Changying sent someone to deliver food to his two cousins. When the person came back and told the story, he was very angry and said: "Second uncle's family doesn't like me, which is reasonable. However, my eldest aunt is in the way. What's wrong with them? Even though the eldest aunt had a grudge against the second aunt in the past, how many times have the two cousins ever offended the second aunt? It's not like they are elders to take pleasure in others' misfortunes like this!"
Huang smiled and said, "Maybe it's because we are at the end of our rope!"
Wei Changying didn't know the meaning of her words at this time, so he said bitterly: "What my aunt said is that if she keeps grudges everywhere, sooner or later she will end up at the end of the road!"
Huang just smiled.
This matter will stop here for now.
By New Year's Eve, Wei Changying's fetal image was already very stable.
What's more, Mrs. Su had taken a leave of absence for her before the prince's wedding. If she continues to take leave for the New Year's Eve banquet, it would inevitably appear to be too pampering of the daughter-in-law. Other families do not have unpregnant daughters-in-law or daughters, but they do not say that they have not been pregnant since. , and will not attend any banquets in the palace.
So this time, Wei Changying had no choice but to hold on to his obviously bulging belly, get up early to change clothes and freshen up like his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and went to the palace to attend the banquet under the stars.
Needless to say, there was a lot of trouble along the way. After getting off the sedan chair, Mrs. Su was dragged by several ladies of the same generation to talk. She sent people all over the house to ask questions, and asked Mrs. Huang to take her pulse on the spot before she felt relieved... Not to mention these, it was enough. At the banquet, Mrs. Su knew that this aunt who knew medical science would definitely remind Chief Wei of the taboos during pregnancy because Mrs. Huang had come with her this time, so she felt relieved to chat and laugh with the ladies of her generation.
After joking for a long time, she occasionally glanced at her daughter-in-law's table, and suddenly she couldn't rest assured - sitting next to Wei Changying with an unhappy face... Why was it... Princess Anji? !
The lychee green cup that Mrs. Su was holding almost spilled all over herself, and she felt bad: Her Royal Highness the Princess is famous for being savage! My daughter-in-law is now pregnant with a big belly. She is the most fragile, delicate and unable to bear any tugging. How could she let Princess Anji get close to her?
She turned her head in shock and anger, and looked at the seat diagonally behind her - and sure enough, Shen Zangning had gone somewhere again! I originally wanted to sacrifice my youngest daughter and go over to lure Princess Anji away. Unexpectedly, as usual, the youngest daughter ran away and disappeared not long after the banquet started!
Mrs. Su gritted her teeth for a while - she wanted to send Princess Anji away herself, but she was worried that Princess Anji would see her taboo against her... er, or disgust and defensiveness. This princess is very sensitive to these things. Don't just stay calm. As soon as you pass by, Her Highness the Princess will get angry and cause trouble!
After thinking about it, Mrs. Su had to whisper to Manlou: "You go over to Chang Ying's place and tell her that I remembered the lychee green served on the table just now and asked her not to drink it." She lowered her voice again and said, "Pay attention to Anji. What is the purpose of the princess looking for Chang Ying?"
Manlou followed the order and left, but before they even got close, Princess Anji stopped her: "I have something to say with Mrs. Wei, so don't bother me!"
"... Your servant obeys your order!" Manlou returned to Mrs. Su helplessly to report. When Mrs. Su looked back, she saw that even Wei Changying's people, such as Huang, had been sent aside. She felt even more worried and shouted Manlou: "Go out and take a look and find that careless little evildoer!"
The lively daughter went up and was beaten by Princess Anji - she was a half-grown girl who hadn't even had haircuts, so it was just a matter of humiliation. There was nothing we could do about meeting Princess Anji. It was better than losing a good legitimate grandson...
Mrs. Su rubbed her forehead with a headache, and decided to give the Lantern Festival a banquet, no matter what, she would take Wei Changying with her and never leave.
At this time, Princess Anji also sneered and said: "Look at your mother-in-law rubbing her forehead! I wonder why she is worried about you now!"
"Perhaps I drank too much." Wei Changying slowly peeled the tribute orange and said.
Princess Anji snorted and said, "Just now she was talking and laughing with the people at the next table. Then she turned back to look at you and sent the maid over. Before she could come over, she started rubbing her forehead. This was not because she was worried about you. I have a headache, what is it?”
"It's New Year's Eve today, I think I should save some face for you." Wei Changying smiled at her with a teasing smile.
"Aren't you afraid of me?!" Princess Anji's face darkened and she shouted!
Wei Changying said with a smile: "I thought that few people would dare to joke with His Highness, so I just wanted to have a few words with His Highness." He held the peeled tribute oranges in a handkerchief and handed them to her. He said, "This orange is very sweet. I am pregnant now and don't like it too sweet. Your Highness, would you like to try it?"
Princess Anji glanced at it and saw that all the orange veins on the orange petals had been whipped clean. Her long eyelashes flickered for a moment, and she actually took it as she was told, ate two petals, and then said lightly: "It doesn't matter whether it's sweet or not. Oh... I remember that when I was very young, around the time when the Eleventh Emperor was sent to the Doujin Palace, the people in the palace peeled oranges for me to eat, and there was still a trace of the orange veins. The palace refused to eat it, and the concubine also reprimanded the palace people. As a result... the concubine wanted to eat oranges while she was ill, but I couldn't get them. I heard people talking about the orange trees planted in the imperial garden, so I went to steal them at night. There were two green ones, and my teeth were so sore that I couldn't eat them... Later, when I was very hungry, I finally ate them."
What this means is that the mother and daughter will not even have enough to eat, let alone the sweet oranges. The dignified princess was so hungry that she had to eat the sour fruits picked from the orange trees that were used for viewing rather than for fruiting to satisfy her hunger... Wei Changying knew that Princess Anji's clothes were old and ragged, and there were shrewd people both inside and outside the palace. Despite her reputation, her life was definitely not a comfortable one, but she never expected that she would be so hungry. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
"In this palace, I and my mother and concubine have too many pasts that I don't want to recall." Princess Anji wrapped most of the remaining oranges in a clean handkerchief and carefully put them into her sleeves. When he did this in front of others, there was no embarrassment at all on his face, nor did he pretend to be humble and pitiful. Instead, he said very calmly, "So my biggest wish in my life is not to take revenge on anyone or to make things difficult for anyone. I just want to take care of myself with you." Concubine, you don’t have to worry about food and clothing, even if it’s just a simple meal, so you don’t have to worry about this palace harming you in the future. After this palace descends, unless someone doesn’t let me go, I won’t take the initiative to find you. Anyone’s trouble - I’m tired of the days of intrigue!”
The guard chief Ying was startled and said: "I don't think that Your Highness will bring trouble to me."
When Princess Anji heard this, her face darkened, and she shouted in a low voice: "Then what do you mean?! I said before that there was a suitable candidate, but for several months in a row, I didn't send a letter to me! How dare you play tricks on me? ?”
"... I have said it, but I haven't told that person yet. What if he loves someone else or is already engaged?" Wei Changying pointed to his stomach and said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, you see, it is not convenient for my wife to inquire for you these days!"
... Well, actually, she forgot.
After returning home from Prince Run's Mansion, he first went to his second uncle's house to seek justice, but later that night he found out that he was pregnant, and that the fetus was very unstable - how could Wei Changying care about agreeing to Princess Anji? It’s too late to devote all your attention to protecting the miscarriage!
Later, the fetal image stabilized, but her cousin Song Xiyue's marriage made her worry again... Her eldest aunt Wei Shengxian fell ill a few days ago!
If Princess Anji hadn't sat down not long after the banquet started today, she would have completely forgotten about the promise she made to His Highness by the lake in the garden of Prince Run's Mansion...
Now that Anji is here to collect debts, Wei Changying is extremely embarrassed.
Princess Anji was not easy to coax, and said with a fierce look in her eyes: "You still dare to lie to me! If you can't move yourself, you can't send people around you? Don't you still have cousins! Don't you still have many relatives to marry you! Even if you are now If you’re not pregnant, why would you come to inquire about it in person? You must have thought about it at the time, but then you forgot about it, and now you still dare to make excuses!”
Wei Changying secretly wiped his cold sweat, thinking that at such a young age, His Highness was causing trouble to all the ladies and gentlemen in the capital. He was really not someone to be trifled with! She laughed a few times and said, "Your Highness, forgive me!"
Upon hearing this, Princess Anji became even more angry: "That's true! You are so brave!"
He threatened her in a low voice, "Hurry up and tell me who you were talking about last time!"
Wei Changying looked around and whispered: "Your Highness, I don't know whether the young master is married or not. It's hard to tell!"
"What do you know!" Princess Anji's face was ferocious, her eyes were blazing with anger, and she almost shouted, "You don't think it's easy to talk about it. Why did you say it last time? It made me guess what you said when I was idle. Who is it! Do you think this person will not descend? I am just curious about who you are talking about!”
"...!" Wei Changying wiped his cold sweat and laughed dryly, "It's all because of my wife..."
"Of course it's your fault!" Princess Anji couldn't wait to grab her neck and shake her back and forth, "Tell me, tell me who it is?!"
Wei Changying had no choice but to cough dryly, leaned into her ear, and lowered his voice and said: "The young master with an honest and loyal temperament and a harmonious family that I mentioned is Huo Zhaoyu, the eldest son of the Yunxia Huo family!"
Princess Anji was startled and murmured: "Huo Zhaoyu? I have never heard of anyone talking about this person..."
"I have only met this young master and his concubine once." When Wei Changying said this, he was immediately glared at by Princess Anji. She hurriedly stopped Princess Anji's angry question and said, "But Because there was another person at that time, I was sure that this young master was definitely a good-natured son! And his concubine had the same temperament! The two brothers had such good temperaments, which shows that it is because of the family tradition!"
... Gu Naizheng is such a weirdo, and every time he is dealt with, Wei Changying will be proud of him. These two young masters of the Huo family are close brothers and close friends with Gu Naizheng!
Do you still have to doubt Huo Zhaoyu and Huo Chenyuan's broad-mindedness, honest temperament, humility, and noble conduct? ? ? (To be continued)