Queen Gu was planning for her children, so she couldn't let Gu Xiaode force Gu Yan to death.
But everyone thought that the queen was confident that she could persuade Gu Xiaode to change her mind as her biological sister. As a result, Queen Gu did not summon Gu Xiaode at all, but directly found an excuse to take Gu Yan out of the Gu Mansion in her capacity as the queen and place him in a safe place. In another courtyard. Then she used her identity as Gu Yan's aunt to propose marriage for him... When Gu Xiaode, who lived deep in the Xuanjia Guards to prevent assassination from the nobles, learned the news, both families changed their marriage ties.
Gu Xiaode was so furious that he went to Weiyang Palace in person to question Queen Gu as to why she had trapped him in an unfair situation.
The queen said lightly: "I and my brother are willing to sacrifice themselves, but how innocent are our children?" No matter how Gu Xiaode got angry, she ignored it.
This is a matter for the Gu family, let’s go back to the Shen family.
Four days after Shen Zangning and Gu Yan's marriage was finalized, it was Shen Liankun's wedding day.
At this time, due to the unrest in the world, merchants in many places were cut off. Even though Mrs. Su asked the Liu family to start preparing things as soon as last year, because the civil unrest started two or three years ago, Shen Liankun's wedding was different from his. Compared with the brothers, there are many shortcomings.
For this reason, tea was served to the newlyweds the next day after they entered the house, and both Shen Xuan and Mrs. Su gave them extra generous greeting gifts. Under the hint of their elders, brothers and sisters-in-law also acted generously. Because Shen Zangfeng was still in Yanzhou and had not come back, the guard chief Ying prepared a gift for him; the fifth brother and his wife went to Xiliang, and when they left, they were not prepared for the sixth brother and sister to be wronged at the wedding when they came over, so they were treated particularly favorably by everyone. The steward who stayed to look at the yard had limited powers, but he only sent one as usual, and at least added an apology and a promise to make up for it when the master returned.
However, Huo Qingling was not a man of small means and did not show any displeasure because of this. He still politely thanked the manager of the fifth house.
The sixth daughter-in-law walked in, and the seventh and eighth young masters below had just entered the year of marriage, so there was no need to rush at this moment. It was a big deal for the Shen family, so only Pei Meiniang gave birth.
After receiving tea from his sixth younger brother and sister, Wei Changying spent the night in Jintong Courtyard and spent most of his time in Xiangning Bo Mansion. And Pei Meiniang became more and more nervous as the delivery date approached. Even though Mrs. Min had a family to take care of, she had to run away every three days. The third lady, Shen Lianmei, who was gradually taking care of her husband's family, also took the time to come back and give her some guidance.
With everyone talking about comforting her, Pei Meiniang waited until her delivery date with trembling fear... just as some people who had experienced it feared, it would be a difficult delivery.
Fortunately, Mrs. Su and Wei Changying knew that her production was under great pressure and had already prepared manpower. As soon as he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately invited Duanmu Xinmiao. After a few injections, she was given oxytocin, and with constant guidance and comfort, a group of people surrounded Pei Meiniang until noon the next day, and everyone was safe.
But after Duanmu Xinmiao wiped her sweat and left the delivery room, while Mrs. Su and others were laughing and laughing around the swaddled healthy baby boy, she pulled Wei Changying aside and quietly told her: "This fourth sister-in-law... I'm afraid of the future. It’s a bit difficult to give birth.”
Wei Changying felt bad when she hinted that he had something to say. Hearing this, his heart sank and he whispered: "Don't make any noise first. Don't let others know."
"I know." Duanmu Xinmiao said softly, "At this point, why should I lose interest? But the fourth sister-in-law has all her children anyway. As long as they are taken care of well, it's okay."
Wei Changying didn't think so. Even though Shen Zanghui had an eldest daughter and an eldest son, there were not many heirs in Xiangning House. In Shen Zanghui's generation, he and the eighth son, Shen Lianhua, were the only two male heirs. . How could Shen Zhou not wish for more grandchildren? Even if he has a legitimate grandson, since his daughter-in-law has difficulty in giving birth, how can Shen Zhou not count on his grandson
And Pei Meiniang is not a generous person, and she coaxes her husband into leaning towards her... The dispute between the father-in-law and daughter-in-law will inevitably lead to another turmoil.
Fortunately, Duanmu Xinmiao was measured in this matter and did not mean to show off. Now that no one else knows about it, he can make long-term plans to eliminate the disaster.
But the two people said these two words in the corner, and people still noticed - Wei Changying hurriedly took off the bracelet on his wrist and stuffed it into Duanmu Xinmiao's hand, walked over and said to Mrs. Su: "Mother, sister Duanmu is tired." Now, my wife, take her to the Jintong Courtyard to have a rest?"
Mrs. Su was weighing her sturdy grandnephew and was full of joy. After hearing this, she hurriedly expressed some condolences to her adopted daughter and said, "Thanks to Miao'er today, it's not easy to entertain you in the chaos here. You go with your third sister-in-law." She rests there, I’ll come back to thank you later!”
"What the foster mother said, these are what daughters should do." Duanmu Xinmiao said a few perfunctory words, and Mrs. Su whispered to Wei Zhangying: "Guang'er is making a lot of noise now, don't make any noise in Jintong Courtyard, Miao." Let him rest. Send someone to take him to the main room later and let Jing'er look over it for you."
Wei Changying nodded and said, "My wife thinks so too."
As the eldest granddaughter of the Shen family, Shen Shujing was quiet and courteous. She had helped take care of her younger brothers and sisters since they were young. Shen Shujing was asked to help look after Shen Shuguang for a while, but Wei Changying was relieved.
After leaving the yard like this and seeing no one around, Duanmu Xinmiao angrily said to Wei Changying: "Just give me a bracelet if you want to talk, lest others don't think I'm seeking benefits from you? Even my stepmother is afraid of me. I misunderstood that the Shen family relied on medical expenses."
"Just now, someone saw us talking in the corner and didn't look at the child." Wei Changying apologized, "I'm afraid they may have guessed the truth, but I have wronged you."
"I've worked so hard all night, and I'm still wronged by you. How are you going to compensate me?" Duanmu Xinmiao shouted.
Wei Changying smiled and said: "Your adoptive mother came to thank you after saying it for a while. Are you still afraid of suffering a loss?"
"My adopted mother is my adopted mother. You have wronged me, and it's up to you to make up for it." Duanmu Xinmiao raised an eyebrow and refused to comply.
"Then I'll serve you tea later to make amends, okay?"
"Bah! What a beautiful thought. Are you going to dismiss me with just a bowl of tea?"
"Look at you, you're greedy. Do you want to drink two bowls?"
The two of them walked into Jintong Courtyard chatting and laughing, just as Mrs. Huang was chasing Shen Shuguang out, shouting at him to run slowly and pay attention to his steps. Seeing Wei Changying, Mrs. Huang hurriedly blessed her and was about to While talking, Shen Shuguang rushed into his mother's arms, held something high and shouted: "Mom, mother, the letter from great-grandmother, Aunt Huang peeked at it, and the child was snatched away from you!"
These words made Huang blush, and she quickly explained: "It's a letter from the old lady. I didn't say it was only for the young lady to read. My maid..."
Because Huang is a confidant and was cultivated by Mrs. Song. Therefore, unless the letter from Fengzhou is marked as personally signed by Wei Changying, if Huang receives it first, Wei Changying has always allowed her to open and read it first. At this moment, she didn't know that Shen Shuguang must have bumped into Huang when she was reading the letter. Knowing that it was a letter from Mrs. Song, Shen Shuguang thought that Huang had secretly opened his mother's letter and read it. No, I'm going to show off my merits to Wei Zhangying after I snatched it away!
Wei Changying was angry and funny. He touched his son's head and told him the reason. He also coaxed him a few words and said: "Your eldest sister hasn't seen you these days and I miss you very much. Why don't you go to the big room to stay with her?" good?"
Shen Shuguang didn't know that he was going to send him away. He also liked the gentle and patient eldest cousin very much. He immediately agreed loudly and followed the servant out of the door happily.
As soon as he left, Jintong Courtyard became quiet.
Wei Changying said a few words to Duanmu Xinmiao, and when he saw that she looked tired, he ordered his servants to help her wash up and tidy up the guest room for her to rest.
Zhu Yi was asked to accompany Duanmu Xinmiao to the placement. Wei Changying, who had also been waiting outside the delivery room until now, couldn't go to bed yet. He first asked his two sons how their day was, and then asked about the letter from Fengzhou. : "My eyes are so sleepy right now that I can't even open them... Auntie, tell me when you've finished reading."
The letter that Shen Shuguang had snatched before had been returned to Huang. Now she read it at a glance and reported: "It's a good thing - the Qingzhou Army was ordered by the imperial court to suppress the civil uprising near Qingzhou, and now it happens to be not far from Fengzhou." "When we learned that our fifth son was going north to meet his bride, we were worried about the difficulties on the way, so we sent an army to escort him."
Then he said, "I'm afraid the Fifth Young Master has already set off."
Guard Chief Ying stroked his forehead and said happily: "It is indeed a good thing. Although the Qingzhou Army entered the capital under the guise of Changfeng, the Su family has elite soldiers and horses, and those who entered the capital at this time must be among the best. They can ensure that Changfeng will have no worries when he comes. ." Counting the days again, "So, even if we consider the manpower and equipment I have when I leave the cabinet, Changfeng should arrive in the imperial capital in about ten days?"
Mrs. Huang said with a smile: "That's right, but I would like to congratulate you, Madam, on the reunion of sister and brother."
"I don't know what this boy is like now?" Wei Changying recalled the scene of the siblings getting along in the boudoir. He was slightly lost in thought for a moment, and said with a smile, "We are about to get married. I think this boy should be more stable, right?"
"...The Fifth Young Master has always been young and mature." Huang defended Wei Changfeng in a dumbfounded way.
Young Madam, what you are saying is so shameless. Who in Ruiyu Hall doesn’t know that before the elder sister of you and your sister came out of the cabinet, Mrs. Song talked about her “enemies in the previous life” eighteen times a day; Without the comfort of your younger brother, Fifth Young Master, Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song would not know how much white hair would have grown on their temples...
Wei Changying straightened his face and said, "That's what I said... When Changfeng grows up, shouldn't all sisters say this to him to prevent him from becoming complacent?"
Huang looked at her speechlessly - the fifth son of our family was raised by the clan leader himself, and he took the eldest master as a role model. The most important thing is to keep his emotions and anger in check, to be studious and motivated... When have you ever been proud and complacent? Besides, even if the Fifth Young Master is now complacent, he will definitely not be able to show off in front of a sister like you...
Thinking of this, Huang couldn't help but sigh for Wei Changfeng, who was about to come to the imperial capital to welcome his bride: It seems that it is unlikely that the sister and brother will reunite and cry while holding each other's arms after being separated for several years. What is most likely to happen is that the young lady is still bullying the poor fifth master! (To be continued)