While Mrs. Pei was hesitating, Mrs. Song spoke first: "Why didn't Changfeng come over today?"
Because Mrs. Song is now the head of the house, Mrs. Song will come to pay her respects later as usual. This is also Mrs. Song's permission. But everyone else has to arrive early. This established rule has been in place for more than ten years. Since Wei Changfeng was not seen at this moment, Mrs. Song naturally wanted to ask.
However, because he was his direct grandson, Mrs. Song's tone was not angry, but rather concerned.
Hearing this, Wei Changying was also stunned, looked at Song Zaishui, and then said: "I don't know either."
Song Zaishui muttered: "Just at noon, cousin Changfeng went to Mingse Residence to look for me, but later when I went from my aunt to Xianshuang Court to talk to cousin Changying, I never saw him."
Mrs. Song frowned and said, "Send someone to look for it. Could it be that the child was caught in the heat? That's why he didn't come?"
Chen Ruping knew that the first daughter and the first son of Dafang were Mrs. Song's favorite. After all, Wei Zhenghong is currently relying on rest and century-old ginseng to survive, and the incense of the big house depends on Wei Changying and Wei Changfeng. He did not dare to neglect and said: "My maid, go now! "
However, just as she moved, Wei Changfeng from outside came in sweating, shouting: "Grandma, I'm late!"
Mrs. Song took a quick look and saw that his handsome face was flushed with heat. The ultramarine blue crepe robe he was wearing had been soaked with sweat and stuck to his chest. There was still sweat on his forehead. She felt heartbroken and shouted repeatedly: "Slow down." Slow down, slow down—don’t be in a hurry...come here and ask me to wipe your sweat!"
He called Wei Changfeng to him, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and asked someone to remove the ice jar temporarily, lest Wei Changfeng, who was still hot, suddenly entered a room that was too cold, and the heat poisoned him. It cannot be released in the body.
Wei Changying saw that Wei Changfeng's breathing had calmed down, so he quickly asked: "Changfeng, where were you just now? Why are you late?"
Wei Changfeng took a big sip from the teacup handed over by his grandmother, put it down and said, "I took a nap, but unexpectedly I fell asleep late and ran all the way here."
When Mrs. Song heard this, she hurriedly said: "You kid, it's too late. Your health is urgent, why are you running like this?" Then he said to the people around him, "These people don't know what to look out for, just like that." Asking the master to run all the way, can they bear the consequences if he falls? They are all careless things!"
Called Chen Ruping, "You can go out and beat me later! Don't think that because your master is so young, you can bully him!"
Wei Changfeng smiled and said: "How can you bully me? I went to see my eldest sister before, but I was tired after I went back, so I asked people not to disturb me. They listened and didn't dare to call me. Since I didn't If they dare to wake me up to pay their respects to my grandmother, then they won’t dare to stop me from running away.”
He said this to absolve the people around him. He didn't want Mrs. Song to get even more angry when she heard this: "You! You are young and don't know the crooked thoughts of these cunning servants! They are obviously afraid of being punished, so Let me just let you do what you want! How can you not be punished if you don't care about your master at all?"
Just as he was talking, Mrs. Song stepped in from outside. She heard the word "punishment" and subconsciously asked: "Who is mother going to punish?"
Mrs. Song glanced at her. Because she was both her biological niece and her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Song was extremely respectful to Mrs. Song. She said first: "Are you feeling hot all the way here? Come and eat some fruit to cool down." .”
Mrs. Song smiled and bowed, thanked her, sat down and asked again: "Did mother just talk about punishing people? But who does things carelessly?" When she asked this question, she gouged out her daughter's eyes hard.
Wei Changying was standing behind Mrs. Song. When he saw this, he thought that he had the support of his grandmother, so he playfully stuck out his tongue at his mother with a proud look on his face.
Mrs. Song originally saw that some of the redness on her face was still not gone. She knew that she was severely sunburned at noon, and she felt distressed in her heart. Seeing that she was so unrepentant, she was angry and resentful, and secretly said: "This evildoer, is she determined that I can't bear to do anything to her? Next time, I must... must give her a good look! Next time I will be determined I won’t relent!”
It's just that she was so cruel in her heart, and Mrs. Song also knew very well that she didn't think so just once or twice. However, when it came to time, she could never stand up to her daughter. Every time Wei Changying was able to hold on, Mrs. Song was so distressed that she couldn't bear it, so she tried every means to get rid of the punishment.
After so many times, how could Wei Changying still be afraid of her
But this child is going to leave the government next year... How can it be so good for her husband's family like this
While Mrs. Song was thinking wildly, she missed half of what Mrs. Song said. By the time she noticed, Mrs. Song had almost finished speaking: "... So how can such a selfish servant not be punished?"
"What mother said is absolutely true." Mrs. Song secretly regretted that she had been distracted before. She calmed down and hurriedly followed Mrs. Song's words and said in the same tone, "It's just... but I don't know how to punish her? Does mother have any idea?" Show me?"
Mrs. Song glanced at her and said, "You are Changfeng's biological mother. It's up to you to decide how to punish her and whether you want to replace her."
—It turns out to be related to Changfeng? Sounding like someone from Changfeng's side, Mrs. Song hurriedly agreed, thinking about asking more questions later.
After feeling sorry for her grandson, Mrs. Song asked Mrs. Pei: "Looking at your appearance when you came in, you seemed to have something to say? What is it?"
Pei was immediately shocked. Although her background was not as good as that of the Wei family, she had been an official for five generations, and she was already the sixth generation to the Pei family. This kind of quiet expression has been around since elementary school. What's more, when she came in before, Mrs. Pei clearly found that Mrs. Song was in a bad mood today, even a little absent-minded.
Under such circumstances, Mrs. Song was still able to be keenly aware of the third daughter-in-law's thoughts, which shows how shrewd this old lady is!
Mrs. Pei calmed down and said softly: "I can't hide anything from my mother. My daughter-in-law really has something to ask my mother to help me with." After saying that, he glanced at the fourth young lady Wei Gaochan who came with him, revealing a trace of With a look of embarrassment, he said, "Gao Chan is also seventeen years old..."
A girl of this age was suddenly mentioned to a specific age, and everyone knew why. Everyone subconsciously looked at Wei Gaochan. Wei Gaochan couldn't help but blush. He was afraid to offend his aunt in front of his stern grandmother, so he had to squeeze the handkerchief tightly and try his best to look calm and calm. Come on.
When Mrs. Song heard this, for some reason, a sharp look flashed in her eyes, which shocked both Mrs. Song and Mr. Pei!
After a while, Mrs. Song calmed down her momentum and said calmly: "I understand, I know this matter well. After all, Chang Ying hasn't left the cabinet yet, so why are you anxious?"
Apparently Pei's words made Mrs. Song angry for some reason. The words "What's the rush?" made Pei choke. Wei Gaochan couldn't stand what she said. Her face turned red and she almost wanted to be put on the spot. Cry!
In fact, although Wei Changying is the eldest daughter of the eldest family member, and is also called the eldest lady in the eldest family, in fact, according to the ranking of Wei Huan's granddaughters, she should be the second, but according to the ranking of the entire Ruiyu Hall branch, she is the eldest daughter. It's row three, both arrangements are right before Wei Gaochan.
The reason for this was, of course, that Wei Zhenghong was too weak, and it took nine years after Mrs. Song had passed away to give birth to Wei Changying. Therefore, Wei Changwan, the eldest daughter of the second wife, had two brothers above her, but she still became the eldest daughter of Rui Yutang's generation.
However, precisely because Wei Changwan had two brothers, before Wei Changying and Wei Changfeng were born, Wei Shengyi thought that Wei Zhenghong had no chance of having an heir, so she privately mentioned to Wei Huan that her direct descendants The adoption of the son to the eldest family—this matter was not hidden from Mrs. Song, who was very knowledgeable.
In Mrs. Song's view, this was naturally because Wei Shengyi coveted the titles of Rui Yu Tang and Chang Shan Gong, which should have belonged to his eldest son Wei Zheng Hong, and also cursed Wei Zheng Hong to have a short life without a son.
At that time, Mrs. Song was worried about her only biological child who would grow up to be married, so she was furious! Wei Shengyi knelt in front of the old lady for four days and nights in the pouring rain. With Wei Huan's help in speaking, he finally uncovered her. But since then, Mrs. Song has obviously disliked the second bedroom.
After Wei Changying was born, Mrs. Song still remembered what happened back then, and deliberately asked everyone around her and the servants of the eldest house to call Wei Changying the eldest lady. The real eldest lady Wei Changwan was called Miss Wan in an understatement. Not only did the servants call Wei Changwan by her maiden name, but this title made people think she was a young lady living outside the Wei family.
It can be seen that Mrs. Song has deep resentment towards her second wife.
And Wei Gaochan, who was ranked fourth young lady according to Ruiyu Hall, was only two months younger than Wei Changying.
When Wei Chang Ying was still in his infancy, Wei Huan returned to his hometown as an official. Before returning home, he accidentally met Shen Zangfeng, the legitimate son of one of the Shangzhu Kingdoms and Taifu Shen Xuan, who was only three years old at the time. Because he felt that although Shen Zangfeng was young, he had a good spirit, and promised that he would achieve success in the future, he brought up the matter of marriage with Shen Xuan. Shen Xuan took apart a pair of jade pendants with greasy leaves and flat patterns as tokens, and hired the guard chief Ying as his wife for Shen Zangfeng.
Last year, the Shen family sent people to Fengzhou and made an agreement with the Wei family that after Shen Zangfeng was crowned in the coming year, he would come to Fengzhou to marry him in person - so Wei Changying only needed to prepare for the marriage now. But Wei Gaochan was different. She was the same age as Wei Changying, and she was the eldest daughter of a third wife. Although her aunt valued her reputation and did not treat her badly, she was always inferior to her eldest daughters in terms of marriage.
Originally, we were going to start discussing marriage a few years ago. However, Wei Gaochan's biological mother passed away when she was fourteen years old. This dynasty emphasized filial piety. Even if the biological mother was humble, after her death, her children were still prohibited from marrying within three years.
A family like the Wei family attaches great importance to these things, so Wei Gaochan delayed the idea of filial piety until two months ago, and Pei didn't mention it until today.
But obviously, the chances of bringing this up are bad.
Because of Mrs. Song's sudden harsh words, the entire hall fell silent, and Mrs. Song could only wink at her daughter.
Wei Changying understood, smiled and pulled up the hem of Mrs. Song's clothes, and said coquettishly: "Grandma's words seem to be impatient to send me out of the palace. Isn't it good for me to accompany grandma at home?"
"How can there be a girl who doesn't get married when she reaches her age?" Mrs. Song indeed gave her granddaughter face. Although her face was still not very good-looking, her tone softened obviously, and finally she gave the third room a step forward and said, " You are like this, and so is Gao Chan. I know it in my heart, and I can't let you go."
Mrs. Pei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with an apologetic smile: "It turns out that my mother has already thought about this matter, but it's because of my daughter-in-law that she didn't come to report her until now."
Mrs. Song said calmly: "It's nothing. I'm a little tired today. Let's discuss it later." This meant she was going to drive people away.
When Mrs. Song and Mrs. Pei heard this, they took their children to leave with their eyes.
However, Mrs. Song raised her eyelids and glanced at Mrs. Song, and then said, "Yu Wei, stay here and rub your shoulders with me."
Yuwei is Mrs. Song's maiden name - everyone heard that Mrs. Song had something to discuss with Mrs. Song. A trace of envy flashed in Pei's eyes, but she also knew that Mrs. Song could not treat the big house she moved in the same way as other houses. of.
What's more, Mrs. Song is still her niece.
So even though Mr. Pei was envious, he just thought about it for a moment and continued to leave as usual.
But she didn't know that Mrs. Song's reason for leaving Mrs. Song this time was not a good thing. (To be continued)