After he left, Wei Zhengyin breathed a sigh of relief and said to his niece with a smile: "Now we know why he was adopted to Ruiyu Hall. Your second uncle actually wanted to drain the fire, but luckily he happened to be on top." It was a bit regretful, "It's just that this guy's reputation is too tight. I want to know more about how he gave up your second uncle's idea, but I can't."
"I guess!" Wei Changying pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Second uncle originally wanted to drain the firepower, but now that he saw Wei Xinyong coming to Beijing, he knew that this move didn't work, so naturally he didn't want to become an official again."
Wei Zhengyin said: "That's true in principle, but the details are certainly not that simple." Then he asked thoughtfully, "I heard what Wei Xinyong said when he first came in, and it seemed that he was a little resentful towards you... You used to Put a sword or something to his neck?"
Wei Changying smiled and said: "As I said before, his life was threatened by me."
"I said you were just trying to scare him, but you actually did it?" Wei Zhengyin is usually very elegant and quiet. The sharpest thing he has ever touched is probably the embroidery scissors. Hearing his niece say this, he felt a little bit amused and said. , "You! It's really... strange that his tone was full of ridicule at the beginning! But you can be so respectful to him, I think he seems surprised?"
Wei Zhangying said: "It's probably because I scared him a lot when we met before... Well, actually I didn't beat him that much! But after all, he has a grudge."
Wei Zhengyin couldn't help curiously asking about the situation at that time, and then scolded her: "You are really taking a risk! You speculated that the person who invited you was not well-intentioned, and you dared to disguise yourself as Changfeng to go to the appointment. What if..."
"We can't let Changfeng take risks, right?" Wei Changying said with a smile, "Second aunt, think about it, my grandmother and father and mother in my natal family thought that Changfeng and I were destined to die, so we decided to settle down when I was a baby. My grandparents, father and mother are all living in Fengzhou. If Changfeng is gone, can I still take them to marry into the Shen family? However, Changfeng is a man and can stay under their knees. . In this way, if I die, they will be miserable, but if Changfeng is gone, they will not be able to survive. "
Wei Zhengyin saw that her words were extremely calm, and knew that she was telling the truth, and sighed: "It's really a sin... Fortunately, Ji Ren has his own destiny, and his father has good eyesight, so he chose Shen Zangfeng as your son-in-law. "Many innocent grievances." She felt that although this matter did not cause irreparable consequences, her niece obviously would not like to hear it mentioned all the time, so she got back to business, "I see that your attitude towards him is very respectful, dear. It’s all a bit deliberate, what’s going on?”
"Although this person saved me and Changfeng, I should be very grateful to him, but I don't know why I can't be grateful to him." Wei Changying sighed, "Probably because of this person's behavior Come on... Second Aunt, why do you think he brought up Huo Zhaoyu's matter as soon as he opened his mouth? "
Wei Zhengyin originally had her own opinions, but after hearing what her niece said, she said, "I don't know much about him either, and I was just about to ask you."
"He obviously deliberately brought this matter up to suppress me." Wei Changying curled his lips and said, "To gain a head start - he mentioned something stupid and wrong that I did in order to weaken my momentum. Come on, it’s better to break down my defenses so that you can follow his ideas and hints. I met him for the first time with my clan brother Wei Qing in the mountains outside Fengzhou City, and he loves this trick!”
Wei Zhengyin said with a smile: "So that time outside Fengzhou City, you put a knife on his neck?"
"I did it before he opened his mouth." Wei Changying smiled and said, "My grandmother and mother both taught me that when you meet someone like this who takes the lead as soon as he comes up, you must not follow him, lest he will lead you into the morning." In the prepared trap, you must seize the topic and follow my thoughts... I heard those fortune tellers in the market say, "You will have a big disaster in the near future", which frightened people at first. Don’t you just obey him in everything? Isn’t this the case when Lu Buwei first meets a stranger?”
"This is true. I met the person next to me once in the market." Wei Zhengyin smiled after hearing this.
Wei Changying said: "Of all the things I have done recently, the most confusing thing is Huo Zhaoyu. Wei Xinyong mentioned this without mentioning it. How can he do it for my own good? He just hopes to use this matter to seduce It aroused the annoyance, regret and shame in my heart, and then I kept thinking about this incident. I was so restless that I had no intention to distinguish what he was going to say next, and I was about to be led away by him without knowing it; Secondly, I lost my momentum in front of him, and even if I wanted to fight with him, it would be difficult to suppress him. "
He curled his lips and said, "He was like this from beginning to end last time!"
Wei Zhengyin asked, "Were you so polite back then?"
"No!" Wei Changying said, "I was assassinated just now. Although I went to the appointment on behalf of Changfeng, I don't know if Uncle Jiang sent Changfeng back safely. I don't want to be upset. It’s hard to be upset. How can I make it easier for him when he keeps trying to intimidate me?”
Although he didn't quite understand how Chief Wei Ying became unruly, Wei Zhengyin knew how much his powerful mother doted on her niece. A person of Mrs. Song's status had to spoil her children, and the one who was spoiled would probably I know how difficult it is to be willful. Wei Zhengyin smiled and said, "It seems that Wei Xinyong has suffered a lot at your hands." Then he asked, "Then why are you so polite to him this time?"
"First of all, I'm here with my aunt, and she's watching over me! I don't want to be scolded by my aunt that I don't look like a lady." Wei Changying joked, "Secondly, his grandparents brought him to Ruiyu Hall. , Grandma even wrote a letter specifically to tell me not to embarrass him, but to help him. Obviously, my grandparents were of use to him. I asked my grandparents to worry about me so much, and it was rare that I could do my best on one thing. , there is no benefit in arguing with him right now, and it might ruin my grandparents’ plans, so why bother?”
Then he said with a smile, "When he came up to give me a blow, he was just coerced and beaten by me in Fengzhou. He felt unhappy, so let him vent his words. Anyway, if he continues to hold grudges, how can he still be with my aunt? Are you going to catch me and give me a beating? And he also sees that this kind of preemptive trick is of no use to me."
Wei Zhengyin faintly nodded her forehead and said angrily: "Then let me ask you, don't get angry. My aunt has no other meaning, she just can't understand: I want you to explain Wei Xinyong's intentions and Isn't your response very smart and capable? Why did you become so confused about Huo Zhaoyu?"
"If I knew, I wouldn't be so confused." Wei Changying sighed.
In the evening, Wei Changying declined Wei Zhengyin's invitation to leave her after dinner and returned to Taifu's Mansion.
After returning home, I went to the upper room to see Mrs. Su. Mrs. Su was holding Shen Shuguang and teasing her. The little boy, who was more than three months old, laughed. He was lying in his grandmother's arms, his dark eyes chasing the rattle that his grandmother was shaking in front of him. From time to time, he would let out clear laughter, which made Wei Changying's heart skip a beat. A piece melted.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law was back, Mrs. Su put down the rattle and said, "You are back? Have you met your sixth uncle?"
"Reply to mother, my wife has already paid her respects." Wei Changying was originally going to tell Wei Xinyong in a subtle way that Wei Xinyong wanted to visit Shen Xuan, but now that his son was in front of him, his thoughts couldn't help but wander away, and his eyes were wandering around Shen Shuguang. , said straightforwardly, "Uncle Sixth is extraordinary in talent and appearance. My grandfather specially wrote a handwritten letter and asked him to present it to my father in person. This time, Uncle Sixth specifically asked when it would be convenient to visit my father."
Mrs. Su had noticed her gaze a long time ago and said, "My hands are a little sore after holding Guang'er in my arms. If you're not tired, just come and tease him for a while." At this time, because the rattle suddenly disappeared, Shen Shu The light babbles and doesn't stand up.
Wei Changying was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "My wife is not tired at all!" He took his son and used a rattle to make him smile again. Wei Changying was very happy.
Mrs. Su pondered for a moment, thinking about what she was going to report.
After a while, he said: "Since he is your uncle, let's invite him to the house tomorrow and afternoon."
Wei Changying responded with a smile and thanked her mother-in-law. Mrs. Su muttered: "It's not a big deal."
In order to hold his son for a while longer, Wei Changying picked some things to talk to his mother-in-law. However, after a while, he finally decided to give up and had to reluctantly return Shen Shuguang to her mother-in-law.
After leaving the upper room, Wei Changying told Qin Ge to go to the Su Mansion again and inform Wei Xinyong.
At noon the next day, Wei Changying dismissed the stewards who had come to ask for instructions in the morning. The little maid Zhu Lan, carrying the hem of her skirt, ran over with a smile and reported: "Our sixth master is here and he is talking in front." He was worried again. He said, "I heard from the person in front that Mr. Nian, our young master's staff, is here now. I wonder if the clan leader will let Mr. Nian take the exam for the sixth master of the school."
"Don't worry about this. If he can't cope with it for years, it will be in vain that his grandfather has appreciated him for so many years." Wei Changying has absolutely no doubts about Wei Xinyong's talent and scheming, and said indifferently.
The fact is indeed the case. Shen Xuan stayed with Wei Xinyong for dinner at Taifu's Mansion that day. Because Wei Xinyong insisted on leaving, he ordered someone to take him back to Su Mansion in his own carriage. Shen Xuan returned to the upper room, drank the hangover soup, and sighed with Mrs. Su: "The Wei family has such talents! What a pity that it was too late to ask Chang Shangong to win over and adopt him as his nephew! If only it had been discovered earlier. good."
Mrs. Su had also heard Wei Changying say before that her sixth uncle who had suddenly appeared was "unparalleled in talent and appearance", but at that time she heard that Wei Changying meant to recommend it, so she thought it was an ordinary compliment and didn't take it to heart. superior. Now that I heard about it, I was very surprised and said, "Is it really that great? How come I've never heard of it before?"
"He was originally a disciple of Zhibentang, but now he has entered Ruiyu Hall. Apparently, when he was in Zhibentang, he either failed to recognize his talent, or he was convicted because of his talent and was not taken seriously by Wei Qi, so he joined Ruiyu Hall." Shen Xuan said happily, "Otherwise, why would you seize the opportunity of Wei Changfeng to celebrate the birthday of his teacher Wei Zhijiao and come to recommend yourself?"
He was very regretful and sighed repeatedly, "If we had found out earlier, we would have tried to win him over - Feng'er's staff Nian Chuan was already young and promising, but today he was rendered speechless by Wei Xinyong in an understatement. ! From what I can see, Wei Xinyong doesn’t even care about dealing with Nian Sheng. This person is young, a few years younger than Nian Shen, and has such eloquent skills. He is really an unparalleled figure. It's a pity that the person standing behind him now is Chang Shanggong. Not to mention Chang Shanggong's support in the past and his in-laws now, I wouldn't be able to poach him if it were someone else. No matter what, we have to take action, even if it means marrying Zang Ning to him! "
Mrs. Su knew that her husband loved talents, but to the extent that she was embarrassed, it was obvious that Wei Xinyong's talents were far beyond the reach of others. But when he heard that in order to win over Wei Xinyong, he would not hesitate to marry off his most beloved daughter Shen Zangning, he started to laugh and cry: "Our third daughter-in-law is Wei Xinyong's niece, but you want to marry your youngest daughter off Wei Xinyong, how is this seniority discussed? "
Shen Xuan pawed and said, "That's what I said, alas!" (To be continued)