Shortly after Liu Keng's birthday party, Su Yufei gave birth to a son at full term. Mother and son were safe.
Wei Zhang Yingzi was about to pack his things and go over to congratulate Su Yufei, but it was her turn to be congratulated - the Wei family sent someone to the imperial capital to discuss the wedding date with the Su family.
The marriage between Su Nianchu and Wei Changfeng was granted by imperial edict, and it was decided the year after Wei Changying came out of the cabinet. However, due to various reasons, the specific date of the marriage has never been determined. There were rumors that the two families were going to settle last year, but Mrs. Wei passed away and Wei Changfeng, as a grandson, had to pay filial piety to his grandmother, so it was postponed again.
Now that Mrs. Wei's filial piety period has passed, the Wei family does not want Wei Changfeng to get married too late and delay the heirs. Therefore, although it was the end of the year, I still sent someone over to discuss it, hoping to get this matter settled as soon as possible.
Because Wei Zhenghong, the eldest master of Wei, is the father of Wei Changfeng; Wei Shengyi, the second master, has always been in the emperor, and his relationship with his father and brother is not awkward; and Wei Shengnian is the governor of Fengzhou, so this The first person who came here to discuss marriage and visit the Wei family girls who were married in the imperial capital was Wei Shenghe, the fourth master who had adopted Wei Jiong, a man from Qu County.
When he learned that his fourth uncle was here, and it was for his brother's marriage, Wei Zhang Yingzi did not dare to neglect him. As soon as he received the news, he took his eldest son to the Wei Mansion to pay a visit.
Wei Shenghe was the youngest son of Wei Huanshu, who was adopted into the lap of his childless brother-in-law Wei Jiong when he was still in his infancy. Both Wei Jiong and his wife were not in good health, so of course the only heir had to serve soup and medicine in front of the bed and was unable to leave. So even though Wei Changying didn't see him many times before leaving the cabinet, he vaguely remembered that this fourth uncle was very kind.
When an uncle and a nephew meet each other, they naturally tell each other their farewells after the ceremony.
Although Wei Shengyi and his father and brother had not publicly broken up, they were still cold-hearted towards each other and were very impatient to deal with family matters anymore. In addition, they also knew that if Wei Huan and Mrs. Song asked Wei Shenghe to bring something important, they would probably I wouldn't say it in front of him, so I didn't sit there for long before I found an excuse to leave. As soon as he left, Wei Changyun and Wei Changsui also said goodbye.
Only Min and Zhou were left to accompany Wei Changying, which was a bit embarrassing.
Seeing this situation, Wei Changying had no choice but to say goodbye. When he left, he reminded: "Both the eldest aunt and the second aunt miss my fourth uncle very much."
It's hard to talk to your uncle's house, so you can only go to your aunt's house to talk in detail.
The next day, Wei Shenghe prepared a gift and went to Princess Lingxian's mansion to discuss the wedding date. Since the marriage was granted by the imperial decree, Princess Lingxian was reluctant to let her daughter marry far away, but as year after year passed, her in-laws were still reluctant to welcome her. It's urgent. Why did Wei Sheng come over to mention the wedding date now? After saying a few words of reluctance to part with Su Nianchu, he got down to the topic of discussing the official day.
Of course, the Wei family had already known the date. After some discussion between Princess Lingxian and the prince-in-law, they decided to agree to it—the correct date was the fifth day of April. Wei Shenghe promised that Wei Changfeng would come to the imperial capital in person to pick up the bride. This news made Wei Changying worried and looking forward to it. What he was looking forward to was that he could see his brother. Of course, he was worried because the world was not peaceful. Coming from Fengzhou was a thousand miles away, marrying a wife and not marching, so he had to bring a lot of burdens with him.
However, Mrs. Huang said: "What are you worried about? How could our family master and the old lady not think of it? The old lady treats you and the fifth young master as eyesores. No one can be wronged, and I will definitely not wrong you two! Since the four The master promised to let the fifth young master personally welcome him, so he must have a perfect plan. "
Of course Wei Changying trusted his grandmother, so he was relieved.
After finishing the business, Wei Shenghe can freely visit his relatives. According to seniority, he went to Situ Weiyu's house first, and then to Wei Shengxian's house. It was also inconvenient to talk in the Situ Mansion, so Wei Changying asked about whether he was going to Wei Shengxian that day, so he told Mrs. Su, and left Shen Shuguang in his room to take care of her for the time being, and went to his aunt's door alone.
Wei Shengxian is much older than a few years ago, firstly because of his age, and secondly because his eldest daughter Song Xiyue's marriage was quite troubled, and she has been wronged and worried since she left the cabinet.
However, Song Xiyue now has the potential to be rewarded after all the hardships. The second daughter Song Ruxuanxu's Wei Qing is from her mother's family and has a reliable character, so Wei Shengxian is in good spirits now. Wiping away her tears, she and Wei Shenghe recalled the time they spent growing up in the imperial capital decades ago, and then greeted everyone in Fengzhou one by one. Finally, she asked about Wei Shenghe's trip: "Even if Changfeng is not young, it is time for him to get married. But now it’s the twelfth lunar month, why do you still need to make this trip?”
In fact, Wei Changying wanted to ask this question when Wei Shenghe arrived in the imperial capital and she went to the Wei Mansion to meet her uncle, because according to the rules at this time, marriages are not discussed starting from the twelfth lunar month and will be postponed to the Lantern Festival of the following year. After the holidays. What's more, Wei Shenghe came all the way from Fengzhou? It's just that Wei Shengyi made it clear at that time that he wanted to expel the guest, so he didn't have time. Now he heard his aunt ask the question on his behalf, and he hurriedly pricked up his ears to listen.
Wei Shenghe saw that except for his sister and niece, all the servants in the hall were trustworthy and did not hide anything. He sighed and said: "A month ago, the master accidentally fell down the stone steps and injured his foot. Ankle. It’s still not healed.”
Wei Shengxian and Wei Changying both changed their expressions when they heard this: "Why didn't anyone say anything? Is it serious now?"
"The current situation..." Wei Shenghe shook his head and said, "Originally, our Ruiyu Hall has been weak over the years. Thanks to the skillful hands of Divine Doctor Ji, the eldest brother recovered, and now there is some improvement. However, in the current troubled times, we may be threatened by the court. However, it is difficult for my eldest brother to become an official. Now our team's strength is still supported by the name of the clan leader. If the news of the clan leader's unhappiness spreads, the Wei family may be looked down upon even more. So before I leave, I will. The people and the Valve Master have repeatedly warned that the news that the Valve Master is ill must not be spread outside!"
"Fortunately, the lord has not been to the Yamen very much in the past two years. Most of the time, he has asked the third brother to take the official documents back to Ruiyu Hall for review. But the outside world doesn't know about this yet." Wei Shenghe frowned and said, "I When I came to the imperial capital this time, I wanted to help Changfeng and the Su family decide on a wedding date; secondly, I wanted to consult the eighth lady of the Duanmu family. "
As he spoke, he took out a stack of pulse records from his sleeve and said, "This is written by Doctor Ji."
Wei Huan wanted to conceal the news of his ankle injury, so of course he did not dare to seek medical treatment in a big way. But the injury never healed, so he had no choice but to find another reason to send Wei Shenghe to Beijing for medical treatment. Wei Changying took a deep breath, reached out to take it, looked at Wei Shengxian and said: "Auntie, Fourth Uncle, I will take care of this."
"You have a good relationship with Miss Duanmuba, and she is the adopted daughter of your parents-in-law. It is easy to get around and not attract attention. She is more suitable than me and your second aunt." Wei Shengxian nodded slightly and asked solemnly, "I don't know how to read pulse records. Fourth brother, please tell me what's going on with my father now."
Wei Shenghe sighed: "Fortunately, the bones are fine, but I don't know why, but after the swelling subsided, I haven't been able to use it anymore. It hurts so much as soon as I hit the ground that even a person as tough as the Valve Master can't hold on."
Wei Changying said from the side: "My niece just wrote a letter to Xiliang a few days ago. Tomorrow, my niece will invite Duanmu Xinmiao to come over to see these cases. If she is not sure, my niece will make a copy and send it to her confidants. Go to Xiliang.”
I couldn't help but wonder, "Grandpa has always been careful. He is also familiar with the stone steps of Ruiyu Hall. Grandpa always has people waiting by his side when he goes in and out. Why did he fall?"
"It happened to be raining in Fengzhou that day. The Valve Master went up the stairs, but suddenly he remembered something and had to go back to the upper room. As a result, he didn't make a sound when he turned around. He happened to bump into the boy who was waiting on the Valve Master, and his soles slipped again. "Wei Shenghe said, "He fell immediately. The boy was young and lacked strength, so he couldn't hold the boss up. Although he gave him a cushion in the end, he hurt his ankle. "
This is really unpredictable.
Wei Shengxian and Wei Changying were anxious, but they had no idea what to do. After discussing for a long time, they had only one solution, which was to ask Duanmu Xinmiao to take a pulse check as soon as possible. If that didn't work, they would send someone to Xiliang to seek help from Ji Qubing. All in all, there's no point in rushing.
When it was time to leave, Wei Shenghe reminded them again: "The lord doesn't want outsiders to know about the injury, so I came to the imperial capital in the twelfth lunar month and revealed to the outside world that in addition to confirming the wedding date for Changfeng, I was here for the Song family. .”
The aunt and nephew asked unexpectedly: "Song family?" (To be continued)