Shi Man'er waited for Shen Shujing and others to leave, and then with a little embarrassment, she took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from her sleeve: "Just now, the second young master kept all the good things from the snacks. I think it was to see the eldest lady." They were all here, so it was difficult to separate them, so I took the opportunity to give them to the maid when I entered the door. "
Wei Changying asked a few questions about what happened, and shook his head with a smile: "This child!"
Although she didn't have the snacks made by Huang herself with medicinal herbs for nourishing the body, but as the head of the house, and in such a situation where she couldn't do without her to preside over the overall situation, of course she wouldn't miss out on the small things she should prepare for herself. It's not necessarily that I'm just missing a few snacks.
But the son's thoughts are naturally different.
Wei Changying felt warm in his heart and asked Shi Man'er to open it. He picked up a piece and ate it. Then he ordered: "Bring it to Xie'er later. Don't let him eat it all at once. Just give him two or three pieces." . Put the rest on a plate and ask the kitchen to cook something similar for when Jing'er and the others come back."
Shi Man'er responded, but before she could go down, a servant hurriedly came to the court to report: "There is a man at the door, claiming to be a servant of the Gu family, and wants to see the third lady!"
Wei Changying put down his tea bowl and asked, "Which Gu family is it?"
"In reply to the third lady, the person who came here claimed to be a servant of the Gu family in Hongzhou." When the servant was asked this question, he realized that his reply was not careful enough. He was startled and hurriedly said more respectfully.
Wei Changying glanced at the servant, lowered the servant's head a little more, and then ordered: "Ask the man to come in and talk."
While waiting for someone to come, Wei Changying quickly thought about what the Hongzhou Gu family wanted to do by sending someone here.
Although what brothers Shen Xun and Shen Bo did using the deposed Gu family's manpower was not publicized, Gu Xinian and others knew about it. However, the Gu family in Hongzhou began to be under the influence of Shen Bo as early as after Shen Bo ascended the throne. Blow - Fortunately, their clan did not move to the imperial capital to live permanently. The loss of clan members this time was not serious compared to the entire Hongzhou Gu.
But for Gu Xiaode's family, although the two sons survived, many of his confidants over the years died. Nowadays, brothers Gu Wei and Gu Yan are having a hard time in both the government and the opposition... Will they send someone here, and I don't know if they are going to explain what happened or use their relationship with Shen Zangning to plead for mercy
Wei Changying thought about various situations and his answer at that time.
After a while, the servant came in first and said, "The people from the Gu family are already outside the door."
"Call in." Wei Changying looked at his clothes and appearance and nodded.
The servant went out and brought in a woman in plain clothes. This woman called herself Bi. She was about thirty years old. Her skin was fair and her facial features were ordinary. She looked smart and capable. She could tell that she was a member of the Gu family. Auntie in charge. It sounds like her accent is a very pure Beijing accent. It doesn't look like someone who was just picked up by the Gu family in Hongzhou. It makes people sigh and wonder how they survived in the chaos of war.
She greeted Wei Changying very respectfully, then answered Wei Changying's greetings to the Gu family, and presented a gift list with both hands.
Wei Changying didn't answer at first and asked noncommittally: "Auntie, what do you mean?"
Bi Shi apologized and said, "My servant is here under the orders of the consort. I have a private matter that I would like to ask of your family. This gift list is a small thought of the consort."
"But you don't know what the private matter is?" Wei Changying asked calmly. She noticed that Bi called Gu Wei a consort instead of a master, so she thought that she called herself a servant of the Gu family, so she should be the head of Linchuan. The servant on the princess's side is the right one. Perhaps it was because the eldest princess of Linchuan had been martyred and the royal family was now in decline, so the Gu family was mentioned instead of the eldest princess.
Wei Changying wondered in his mind what the purpose of her visit was.
"She is the eldest lady of our family." Bi Shi carefully raised her eyes to look at the face of the Chief Guard Chief Ying, but seeing that the Chief Guard Chief Ying looked calm and could not tell whether he was happy or angry, he quickly lowered his head and continued, "Your Highness He and his wife were both martyred, and the prince-in-law and the second son-in-law were both busy. It was really difficult for the eldest lady to have no elders to guide her and take care of her. And there were several ladies in the house, and it was said that there was a young lady from the Duanmu family earlier... The prince-son-in-law wanted to... "
The co-author wanted to send Gu Wei and Princess Linchuan's daughter Gu Sheng over.
From a rational point of view, when people marry, they pay attention to the eldest daughter of a widowed woman. Gu Sheng lost his mother and grandmother. If he cannot find other reliable female elders to teach him, marriage will be a problem in the future. And although Shen Zangning has not married, and it is inconvenient to discuss the marriage now that both parties have to observe filial piety, she is still the Gu family's daughter-in-law.
Calculating this, Gu Sheng is her husband's niece. The Gu family currently has no suitable female elders to raise and teach Gu Sheng, so it is understandable that she be entrusted to her aunt's family. Especially in the Shen family, there are indeed more girls now, and the boys are still young, so there is no inconvenience in accepting Gu Sheng.
However, Wei Changying changed his mind and understood - Gu Wei had not entrusted him earlier and later, but now he sent someone to discuss sending his daughter to foster care. It seemed that he was under some pressure. This was to send his daughter here as a hostage. .
Recalling what her husband had said before when he mentioned the Gu family, Wei Changying pondered for a moment and then agreed: "We are busy at home these days and have not noticed such inconvenience to your family. If you don't mind, please Send the lady here. Although I haven’t seen her much, I know she is a wonderful child.”
Bi was overjoyed and wanted to present another gift. Wei Changying declined symbolically and accepted the money, which was not only the sincerity of the Gu family but also the alimony for Gu Sheng to live and eat in the Shen family in the future.
After Bi left, Wei Changying sent someone to invite Shen Zangning, who was accompanying Huo Qingling, and told her Bi's intention.
After hearing this, Shen Zangning said nonchalantly: "The house that happened to be vacated after the third cousin and Huitong left has been packed up. Now we will tidy it up again and make it available for Gu Sheng to live in."
Su Yufei and Duanmu Huitong had been living with Wei Changying and others when they were in Yuzhu Town. However, when Wei Changying decided to move to a separate courtyard by Chuncao Lake, Duanmu Xinmiao and others came out of the secret room in Ji's house. , due to the relationship with Princess Qingxin, the Duanmu sisters accompanied Shen Bao to live in Furui Palace where the unmarried princess lived.
In terms of blood relationship, Su Yufei is of course closer to the Shen family, and she herself prefers to live with the female members of the Shen family.
However, although Duanmu Wuyou and his son survived by chance, one was seriously injured and the other fell ill. In the other hospital, the two nephews Shen Lianshi and Shen Shuxie, plus Huo Qingling who has not recovered yet, have kept Ji Qubing quite busy.
What's more, the space in the other courtyard is limited. Several female relatives of the Shen family, Shen Lianshi who is recuperating, and the Ji family who came from Xiliang... are already full, and Shen Shujing and several other ladies have to share the same house. Therefore, there was simply no room for Duanmu Wuyou and his son, so after Ji Qubing made a preliminary diagnosis and saved their lives, they went to the city to find Duanmu Xinmiao. Of course, the Duanmu family and the Su family also had villas by Chuncao Lake, but Duanmu Xinmiao couldn't bring Princess Qingxin to live with her.
For that prescription, Duanmu Xinmiao now dare not not keep an eye on Princess Qingxin. Although Qingxin seems to be very safe now, in this messy world, it is better to watch it in person. After all, that prescription can't be found anywhere else.
For this reason, after Su Yufei thanked the Shen family for taking him in, he took his niece Duanmu Huitong and left for the city. The house prepared for them was no longer in use.
Ji Yiren and Shen Shuyan were so good that they were happy to live in the same house, so they stayed empty until now.
Shen Zangning remembered this, and Wei Changying naturally knew it better. She didn't invite this sister-in-law here to ask her for advice on how to arrange Gu Sheng, but just to try to figure out Shen Zangning's attitude towards the current situation of the Gu family - Looking back, Shen Zangfeng It's easy to explain when asked.
To be honest, Wei Changying felt very sorry for Shen Zangning. Before they even got married, her husband's natal family secretly started to strangle him. Although it was said that the natal family had the upper hand, didn't a woman's future depend on her husband
But this kind of thing can only be left to fate, and it cannot be solved by the manpower of a few people.
The newly added tombs outside the imperial capital, the eye-catching ruins inside the imperial capital, the raw hemp mourning clothes on her body... it is impossible to allow the East Gate breakout to be uncovered silently.
It's just that Shen Zangning's expression was indifferent, and he couldn't tell that he was worried about his fiancé, nor was he happy or angry about his sister-in-law's behavior of accepting his fiancé's niece as a hostage... Wei Changying said the words, thought about it, but decided to go first If we don't talk about it, this sister-in-law will always mess up about small things and big things, but if we talk about it, they will make each other embarrassed.
So after listening to her understatement, Wei Changying stopped talking about Gu Sheng's arrival, and instead asked about Huo Qingling's health...
The news that Gu Sheng came to stay spread in the evening.
After digging for wild vegetables for most of the day, even lunch was delivered by a servant who came back to pick up a food box. When Shen Shujing and his party came back, their faces were all rosy, and there were sweat stains on their foreheads and temples. After they hurriedly bathed and changed their clothes, they gathered together to pay their respects to Wei Changying. After hearing the news announced by Wei Changying, Shen Shuyan asked strangely: "The Gu family in Hongzhou doesn't have a suitable female elder to teach her in the imperial capital. Isn't there still one?" Princess Qingxin?”
After all, Princess Qingxin was her biological aunt, so she was certainly much closer than Shen Zangning's future aunt, who had not yet passed away and would not be able to do so until two or three years at the earliest.
Wei Changying reminded: "How old is Princess Qingxin?"
"But Her Royal Highness Princess Qingxin is now living with the Queen Mother Cai and the others. The Queen Mother Cai is older and virtuous." Shen Shuyan said.
"Yan'er doesn't like Gu Sheng coming over?" Wei Zhang Yingxin thought it would be troublesome. Sure enough, Shen Shuyan looked around, curled her lips and whispered: "Previously, Duanmu Huitong cried every day and in the middle of the night. It was so troublesome. ." Then he said, "I heard from my little aunt that Princess Linchuan is very picky."
Wei Changying pondered: "Is the young lady of the Duanmu family young? Gu Sheng is older than her, and when this young lady of the Gu family was brought out as a guest, you were already in Xiliang, so you didn't know her... She is a very sensible child. "
Shen Shuyan seemed to want to say something more, but Ji Yiren pulled her secretly and stopped talking.
This little gesture failed to escape Wei Changying's eyes. He frowned slightly, thinking about turning around but asking his servants to keep an eye on them. Although Gu Sheng came here with the intention of being a hostage, he was nominally asking the Shen family to help raise them. Wei also gave money and silk in the form of a gift note. What's more, if Shen Shuyan is bullied by such a small child, she will be laughed at by the Shen family. (To be continued)