"His Majesty decrees to seize Huo Jiayao's love?" In the most protected carriage in the westbound team, Wei Changying unfolded the letter sent from the imperial capital on horseback, and then took a look at it. He was attracted by her soft voice. Shen Shuxie came over curiously and stood on tiptoe to take a look together: "Mother, who is Huo Jiayao?"
Wei Changying handed the letter to Mr. Huang next to him, freed his hands to hold him and sat him down on his lap, then smiled and said: "He is your sixth aunt's brother and a good friend of your father. His name is Zhaoyu and his courtesy name is Jiayao." , you should call him Uncle Huo."
Shen Shuxie nodded and asked: "Mom, can the child eat two glutinous rice balls like the second brother for dinner?"
I thought my son would continue to ask what "seizing love" meant - Wei Changying touched his little head in a daze and decisively refused: "No!"
"Mother!" Without saying a word, Shen Shuxie turned around, stretched out his short arms, and climbed on Wei Changying's neck, twisting and turning coquettishly, which seemed to indicate that he would not relax until he achieved his goal.
But Wei Changying, who asked Guo Ji Qubing that he should not eat glutinous rice and other difficult-to-condensate foods now, disagreed. Even Shen Shuxie used a trick - he jumped out of her arms and lay down at his mother's feet. After crying and fussing for a long time, Wei Changying just took the opportunity to read the reply letter from Huang.
"Sixth aunt is lying, mother doesn't love me at all!" Seeing this, the tired Shen Shuxie got up angrily, angrily pulled Wei Changying's sleeve to wipe his face, deliberately covering his nose with mucus, This scene made Huang, Shi Maner and others quite speechless.
Wei Changying felt that he was in debt because his second son had narrowly escaped death, and he had been reluctant to use harsh words to discipline him. When he saw this, he sighed helplessly and asked the maid to get another robe to change into, and lit his son's forehead. He said lightly: "You little heartless person, if you weren't young and not suitable for eating more glutinous rice balls, why would I bother to restrain you? When you grow up and your bones are strong, you can eat whatever you want. ?”
"But the baby wants to eat those glutinous rice balls now!" Shen Shuxie hugged her legs and begged, "When the baby grows up, he will eat less, okay?"
"No!" Wei Changying was afraid that he would make trouble again, so he pinched his cheek and immediately turned cold, "My mother wants to talk to your Aunt Huang about something serious. You go to your second brother's carriage behind and ask your second brother to accompany you. Come on!"
Shen Shuxie cried again when he heard this, and said aggrievedly: "My child doesn't want to go to my second brother's place. When my second brother sees my child, he either pulls my child to practice calligraphy or teaches him the rules! My child is scared when he sees my second brother now!"
"That's your second brother, what are you afraid of?" Wei Changying nodded his forehead angrily and shouted, "Besides, if you don't want to learn calligraphy and obey the rules, why won't you coax your second brother to play with you?"
On the way, even if it is an official road, the carriage will inevitably be a little bumpy. Under such circumstances, Wei Changying disapproved of his son reading and practicing calligraphy.
However, Shen Shuguang was so eager to learn, so Wei Changying cajoled him and refused to listen. He simply sent his naughty second son to tease him whenever he had the chance to avoid hurting his eyes.
It's the same now.
No matter Shen Shuxie muttered and complained about his brother, Wei Zhangying forced him to carry him to the back: "Tell Guang'er to keep an eye on him, and he will not be allowed to come over until he gets off the car to rest!"
After the carriage was clear, Wei Changying took advantage of the time to read the letter.
"The Holy One has always been indifferent to affairs, and now he actually issued an order to seize the love of Young Master Huo. Is this what Duke Kang Guo wanted?" Huang just read the letter and guessed at this moment.
Wei Changying frowned and said, "Why would uncle think of Huo Jiayao?"
"Perhaps there is not enough manpower?" Huang said, "Our master has been dealing with many things in the imperial capital. Now that he is gone and Duke Kang suddenly takes over, he may find it difficult."
"Then he should find the Qian family." Wei Changying shook his head, "First of all, the Qian family in Xinghe is the uncle's in-law family. Even though the eldest aunt, the second cousin Su, the fourth cousin Su, and the second cousin Su are all gone. But The friendship over the years has always been there, which is different from other families. Secondly, Huo Jiayao is the consort of the eldest princess Anji, and he is considered to be half of the royal family. Now the royal family exists in name only, but after all, he can always gather people in charge of government affairs. Those who have power should not give anyone related to the royal family a chance to get involved if they tacitly understand it.”
Huang thought about it: "This is really strange. I don't know what the reason is?"
"We'll see if there are any new reports in a few days." Wei Changying handed the letter to Shi Man'er and put it away, "Anyway, after we return to Xiliang now, we will just let them do whatever they want in the past few years."
She put the matter aside and asked her companions, "Are the six younger sisters still coughing?"
"My maid went to see her just now. After drinking the medicine given by Madam Ji, she is much better. Now the eldest lady is with her." Mrs. Huang pondered for a moment and said, "My maid came back after seeing the Sixth Madam. When she met the fourth lady and Miss Ji riding a pony, the fourth lady asked the maid if she could go and see the second master. The maid said it was inconvenient on the road and refused. "
Wei Changying nodded: "That's right. It's important for us to be on our way now. Second brother's temperament... It's better to wait until we return to Xiliang and let my husband and the others accompany Yan'er to meet him."
Huang sighed: "The fourth lady is also pitiful. The second wife, the second lady and the third lady are all gone. Now she desperately wants to get closer to the second master, but..."
"Let Yi He Yue spend more time with her." Shen Lianshi was extremely patriarchal. Now that Shen Xuan and others have passed away, the sect regards him as the leader, not to mention his kindness to Sanfang to save his son. No matter how much Wei Changying felt pity for Shen Shuyan, he really couldn't say anything. He decided to leave this difficult matter to Shen Zangfeng's brothers and told Huang, "Watch the second brother's carriage and don't let them get close. Also, They must wear hoods when riding, and must be watched by reliable hands, and they must not stray too far from the carriage."
Huang nodded: "I asked the guards to follow me, and I only got off the car after wearing a curtain hat."
Shen Shuyan and Ji Yiren both learned riding skills when they were in Xiliang thanks to the favor of Wei Changying and Shen Zangzhu. On their way back this time, they got tired of riding in the carriage and asked to go out for a ride.
Wei Changying himself had done something like this when he first went to Xiliang, and after experiencing the fall of the imperial capital, he deeply felt the importance of girls learning how to ride, so he agreed to them, but these two girls were not like Shen Shujing That's reassuring. So I have to remind them every day, lest anything goes wrong.
Huang and others knew that she was shouldering the responsibility and did not dare to be careless, so they did not think that she was wordy, and they responded every time.
When evening came that day, because he had been traveling in the wilderness for the past two days, he set up camp in the wilderness to rest. Of course, the first tent to be set up was for Shen Lianshi, who was injured. The second seat is for Wei Changying, the mistress, and her female relatives.
After entering the tent, Guard Chief Ying counted everyone first, and then ordered the maid to fetch water for everyone to wash themselves.
Shi Qing'er fetched water and brought it into the account, but Ji Yiren took it and held it up to Wei Changying attentively, saying: "Foster mother, please use it."
Although this basin of water was indeed brought to Wei Changying, Wei Changying still looked at this adopted daughter in surprise, because it is natural for a daughter to serve her mother, but Ji Yiren has never been so filial.
It's not that she is disrespectful to her adoptive mother. After all, there is almost no shortage of people to serve in front of Wei Changying. Ji Yi was born in a rough family and was not very good at being a low-key, so the number of times she personally served Guard Chief Ying was very rare, mostly on New Year's Day occasions.
Not to mention the surprise of Wei Changying, even her own mother Ji Chunmian glanced here in astonishment. Wei Changying thought about it for a few times, and after finishing washing up with Ji Yiren's service, he praised her with a smile: "I have become more filial."
"You should serve your adoptive mother. My daughter is usually too lazy." The more sweet Ji Yiren said, the more certain Wei Zhang Ying was that she had something to ask of him. He just looked at the many people around him, but Ji Yiren didn't say anything. Don’t ask yet.
In this way, after dinner in the evening, the tents were set up and everyone returned to their own places. After Wei Changying came out of the shower, Shi Qing'er came to Ji Yiren to ask for a meeting.
Wei Changying thought about what this independent adopted daughter wanted from him, and ordered: "Let her come in."
After Ji Yiren came in, he went straight to her knees, said hello, and then came over to rub her legs. Because there were confidants on both sides at the moment, Wei Changying asked directly: "But is there anything you want to do for me?"
"How dare you work for your adoptive mother?" Ji Yiren smiled flatteringly, and kept squeezing her legs with his hand, and whispered, "I just want to find out about my adoptive mother."
Wei Changying asked curiously: "Who are you asking about?"
Ji Yiren looked at the people on the left and right without saying anything, only smiling.
The guard chief Ying said: "You guys should go out."
There were only two foster mothers and daughters left, so Ji Yicai asked: "Foster mother, when Yan'er and I were playing with Xiao Heyue today, someone came over to say hello to Xiao Heyue... Xiao Heyue called him brother. Yes, who is that?”
Wei Changying said in surprise: "Xiao Heyue's brother... that is my direct disciple Zhu Lei, what are you asking about him?"
In fact, Zhu Lei didn't want to go to Xiliang this time. He preferred to stay in the imperial capital. It was said that he wanted to take advantage of the troubled times to build some achievements. Unfortunately, Jiang Zheng and He didn't even finish listening to what they said. They both rolled up their sleeves and went up to beat him. Later, When He arrived in front of Wei Changying, he was still angry: "Now that the master and his wife think highly of him and ask him to follow our second young master, this is a blessing that many people can't imagine. He doesn't even know a word about baskets and baskets. What can a stupid kid do if he stays in the imperial capital? Let’s see if he can repeat the word “karma” eight thousand times!”
Jiang Zheng's words were not as harsh as He's, but he didn't agree: "How can one's merit be important to one's life? At my age, it is a blessing from God to have He Yue. Whether I can see He Yue grow up in the future is a question. Didn't you, a rebellious disciple, promise me that you would definitely protect He Yue for me and treat her like my biological sister? If something happens to you and I stay alone in the imperial capital, ask me to tell you how old I am. Your sister is so old and so young, what are you going to do in the future?"
In short, Zhu Lei was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was scolded bloody. In the end, he was forced to go on the road.
... Not to mention these, Wei Changying became a little suspicious when Ji Yiren asked Zhu Lei. Ji Yiren explained that the reason for asking about Zhu Lei was because Zhu Lei picked up a few stones from the ground and smashed them in order to make Jiang Heyue happy. Dui Que'er came down to play with Jiang Heyue: "Can my daughter learn?"
Wei Changying thought to himself that if you want to learn this, why bother asking Zhu Lei? It’s not like you don’t know that Zhu Lei, like me, was taught by Uncle Jiang. Uncle Jiang is old, and I am your adoptive mother. Can't you just come to us and learn this skill directly? And she didn't believe that Ji Yiren didn't know who Zhu Lei was before he came to ask her. Zhu Lei was a very discerning person, even if he was a direct disciple of Jiang Heyue's father, he was just like Jiang Heyue's brother.
But since Jiang Heyue was with Shen Shuyan and Ji Yiren at that time, Zhu Lei would definitely not approach them rashly. Thinking of this, Ji Yiren's question seemed like testing himself
But Ji Yiren is not her biological child, and she only recognized him a few years ago for some reason. Mother and daughter usually don't get close to each other for much time... So Wei Changying thought that he should first inquire about the specific situation and understand the cause and effect before having a showdown with her.
So he pretended to believe it and sent Ji Yiren away with a few words. He called Huang's family to come in and discuss it together... (To be continued)