He went to the study to pick up Shen Shuguang, who was writing homework with a bitter look on his face, and then let Mr. Huang hold his second son, Shen Shuxie. Because I was afraid of being delayed, I didn't have time to change my clothes, so I just straightened up and went out.
In this way, when the mother and son of the guard chief Ying and Duanmu Xinmiao rushed to the upper room, the mother and daughter of the first room had already arrived first. The other unmarried children of Shen Xuan and his wife are also coming over one after another.
The second and sixth rooms have not arrived yet, and it looks like they will be delayed for a while.
Because when Wei Changying and Duanmu Xinmiao entered the door, they happened to hear the servants on both sides coming over first to report: "The third grandson's medicine has just been boiled, and the second young lady is feeding him. He will be here a little later." Duanmu Xinmiao came to the house today because of Shen Shuyi's cough, and Duanmu Yanyu couldn't get over it for the time being, so the two current Miss Sun in the second room must also be waiting for her mother.
"Mrs. Sixth Young Master has not been well these past two days. She just got up and was so dizzy that she couldn't sit still..." Huo Qingling's health has indeed been not well during this period. Duanmu Xinmiao's opinion after seeing her is that she has been recovering for a long time. .
"Bring Yi'er's medicine before you drink it. As for Qing Ling, since you feel dizzy, come here in a soft sedan! It's only a few steps away, why can't you change your mind?!" Madam Su shouted with a livid face!
The servants in the second and sixth rooms were startled and hurriedly said, "Yes!" and quickly left to deliver the message.
Wei Changying and Mrs. Liu exchanged surprised glances - although everyone behind Mrs. Su's back said that she was a person who valued rules, the word "rules" is used to describe a mother-in-law, which often implies harshness. But in fact, when we get along with her, we know that although Mrs. Su is not so kind as to regard her daughter-in-law as her own child, she is not indifferent to her daughter-in-law.
If such a reason was given in the past, Mrs. Su would only exempt the second and sixth bedrooms from coming, and would even express concern if she was not in a hurry. What I said today was clearly because I thought they were delaying.
After Mrs. Su scolded the servants, her expression towards the third room was far less affectionate than usual. Even her favorite grandson Shen Shuxie, who was the most like her because he looked the most like her, rushed forward with a sweet voice and just forced a smile. After a while, without reaching out to hug him, he called Wei Changying: "Let the wet nurse take care of Xie'er. I will have something to say later!"
Wei Changying hurriedly asked the wet nurse to bring Shen Shuxie back, and coaxed him a few words to stop him from crying... Just as he and Mrs. Liu were looking at each other from across the second room to speculate on what the big deal was, sister-in-law Shen Zangning came.
Shen Zangning's temperament has remained the same for more than ten years. No matter whether he was beaten or scolded, or he was engaged to Gu Yan, or his future father-in-law was sentenced to death by the new emperor a few days ago, and his husband's family seemed to have lost power before he left the cabinet, he could not be called out. She has changed so much.
For example, as soon as I walked in the door, I immediately asked: "Mom, mother, why did you suddenly call everyone here? Is there something big? Otherwise, I would have to go back to catch my tabby cat. That little thing is too Disobedient..."
Mrs. Su frowned. Ever since Shen Zangning followed her father's order to go to Chuncao Lake, she felt sorry for her daughter and was no longer as quick to scold her as before. But now she interrupted her endless complaints: "You sit down first and wait until everyone is here."
"...Oh." Shen Zangning was unwilling to give in, but when she saw her two sisters-in-law who had already arrived, they tried their best to wink at her, and even her eldest niece Shen Shujing couldn't help coughing... But she stopped talking to save everyone's face. He walked up to Shen Shuguang unhappily, touched his head and said, "Have Guang'er finished your homework today?"
Before Shen Shuguang could call out "Sister-in-law," his face fell when he heard this, and he said, "Sister-in-law, why do you ask me this every time you see your nephew?" Although his talent in reading is not as good as that of his cousin Shen Shuyan. , but also very smart. It’s just that I don’t know if it’s because I was led away by my cousin, or because I’m just playful, and I don’t like studying very much.
But after his father left, he was watched by his grandfather. Both of them were unwilling to be soft-hearted. He couldn't even think about writing the homework assigned every day, so he felt aggrieved when he wrote it.
Just now, his mother said that she would take him to his grandmother's place. He threw the pen away. He was happy for only half an hour when his sister-in-law mentioned something sad...
"Because my sister-in-law was most afraid of people asking about her homework when she was a child." Shen Zangning touched his head and sat back in his seat. At this moment, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "It's a pity that your cousins are all well-behaved and docile. , all the homework has been done early, and she is not afraid to ask at all. Especially Yan'er is the most irritating, she has even finished all the homework that was not assigned. My sister-in-law likes juniors like you and your eldest brother the most. Every time I ask, I see you. Even though she looks dejected, my sister-in-law feels happy!"
"..." Her voice was neither high nor low, because Mrs. Su looked ugly at this moment, and she had just rushed past the people in the second and sixth rooms. The hall was very quiet, so most people heard it, and everyone laughed. - Even Mrs. Su was so angry that she laughed and scolded: "What did you say? Ming'er just doesn't take it seriously, Guang'er is also very smart, do you think they are the same as you back then?"
Shen Zangning curled her lips and said, "My teacher at that time also said the same thing about me - the lady in my house is smart, but she doesn't take it too seriously."
"You..." I simply can't get used to this kind of daughter! Mrs. Su habitually wanted to roll up her sleeves and beat her again. Mrs. Liu got busy and tried to persuade her with a smile: "Fourth sister is joking, but mother must not take it seriously. Besides, fourth sister is also reminding Guang'er and Ming'er not to relax. He’s studying! He won’t be here tomorrow, so my wife must bring this reminder to him later.”
Wei Changying also said dumbfounded: "What my sister-in-law said is absolutely true. Guang'er is usually the most playful, but my wife now has a headache when she sees him."
"The child is not always playful. Didn't the child do her homework every day?" Shen Shuguang pouted and pulled her sleeves. "Otherwise, grandpa will definitely beat the child!"
"You!" Wei Changying saw that Mrs. Su had been persuaded to calm down, but the solemnity between her eyebrows did not disappear. The eyes she looked at her grandchildren were filled with deep-seated nostalgia - her heart skipped a beat, and she also Unintentionally coaxing Shen Shuguang anymore, she pinched her son's cheek and said softly, "Your grandmother wants to talk to everyone. Be good, be quiet for now, and go to your wet nurse's place to stay, eh?"
After listening to his mother's words, Shen Shuguang realized that now was not the time to act coquettishly. He let go of her hand a little disappointed and went to find the wet nurse without saying a word.
He had just arrived in front of the wet nurse. There was a sound of footsteps at the door. Everyone thought that the second or sixth room was coming. What they didn't expect was that it was Pei Meiniang who came in. She was holding Shen Shuliu in her arms, and only two or three waiters were behind her before she came in. , she shouted anxiously: "The army is really coming to the city? Is this true? Why didn't we hear anything at home? Or was the deep building in the courtyard blocking the noise outside the city?! Could it be that Tan Ma made a mistake? That’s it?”
Before Mrs. Su could stop her, she finished her words in a spluttering voice, and looked nervously at Mrs. Su waiting for a reply - the relaxed atmosphere in the hall that had been relaxed because of Shen Zangning teasing Shen Shuguang was frozen in an instant!
"The soldiers are approaching the city?!" Mrs. Liu and the guard chief Ying both stood up in shock! It was just now that they all noticed the way Mrs. Su looked at her grandchildren, but they didn't expect such news!
"Mother, is this true?"
"Mother, which city is the army coming from? Yanzhou or... the imperial capital?!"
The turmoil in the hearts of the two of them was indescribable!
Although Guard Chief Ying subconsciously asked which city the soldiers were attacking, he actually knew that if only Yanzhou was besieged, her mother-in-law would only call him over to comfort her, and at most she would call her sister-in-law Liu to help. Now we have to call the whole family, obviously because... this city is the imperial capital.
It was the imperial capital where they were all present.
One moment, he was chatting and laughing with Duanmu Xinmiao in Jintong Courtyard, and the next moment he was surrounded by aliens!
How can this be described as a bolt from the blue? !
Wei Changying bit his lower lip hard, and regardless of how hard he bit it, a bloody mark appeared on his lip. He asked again urgently: "So how is Yanzhou doing now?!"
Mrs. Su cast a gloomy look at her niece-in-law Pei Meiniang, who had revealed the truth as soon as she arrived: The words she spent so much effort to come up with were completely in vain, because the news was so sudden that even the people below were stunned. It's... It can be imagined that even if the imperial capital can be defended, the Shen family will have to spend a lot of effort to appease people's hearts to prevent people's hearts from wandering into chaos.
But Pei Meiniang didn't feel that she had done anything wrong at all, and she still answered Wei Changying on Mrs. Su's behalf: "It's okay in Yanzhou! Although the Rong people came from Yanzhou, their purpose is our imperial capital! If it wasn't outside the city Tan Ma ran quickly and came back to tell the news, and closed the four gates in time. I am afraid that all the soldiers will enter the city! "
His tone of rejoicing turned to panic, "But this time the Rong people came with an army of 200,000! Our imperial capital was not prepared for anything! The Xuanjia Guards were sent away not long ago, and now this is going to..."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Su looked at her niece-in-law who was afraid that she was not enough to intimidate everyone. Her anger surged. She no longer cared about relatives or not. She grabbed the tea bowl and threw it in front of her. She shouted angrily, "I'll let you speak." You keep talking all the time! Are you the only one in the whole room who has such a long tongue? Look at how talkative your sisters are!"
Pei Meiniang had always thought that Mrs. Su valued the kindness of relatives and would not show disdain to her. At this moment, she was shocked when she thought she was wrong. She almost dropped Shen Shuliu when her hand came loose. The wet nurse and maid next to her were so panicked that they were busy. Although Shen Shuliu was helped quickly by the wet nurse and saved his sister and the prince Shen Lang from disaster, he was frightened by the sound of the tea bowl being smashed, and suddenly burst into tears!
"Liu'er, be good, don't be afraid!" Pei Meiniang got this son with great difficulty. Her beloved son was reluctant to leave her side for a moment. Originally, she was not convinced by Mrs. Su's scolding, but now she could not care less about arguing with her aunt, and hurriedly hugged him and coaxed him. .
Mrs. Su's chest heaved violently in the hall: Shen Shuliu is not yet a full week old, so you can't argue with such a young child, right
But now the whole hall is shocked and waiting to ask about the siege by the soldiers. Pei Meiniang, a troublemaker, is completely unaware of the good deeds she has done. She doesn't even know how to avoid coaxing her children. Shen Shuliu was not as weak as his sister. This boy cried loudly...he was howling at the top of his lungs. How could Mrs. Su answer the questions of her daughters-in-law? ! (To be continued)