Although Mrs. Song speculated that the death of Deng's righteous daughter under Wei Gaochan's order would not lead to irreparable consequences, however, since her son was the prince of the new dynasty, she could not just let it go.
So after thinking about it, I decided to send someone to Qingzhou to deal with the aftermath of Wei Gaochan.
At this time, Chen Ruping was already old and had a leg disease half a year ago. Although after learning about this incident, he expressed his willingness to go again to share Mrs. Song's worries, Mrs. Song still objected.
"Why don't you let Aunt Huang work hard for a while?" Wei Changying suggested, "Although Fengzhou and Qingzhou are not as far as Fengzhou from Fengzhou to the imperial capital, it is still a bit of a way. The nuns are already old, but Aunt Huang is still in her prime. "
"Qianxiu's work is reassuring." Mrs. Song shook her head and said, "But this is something caused by Gao Chan. She went back to her parents' house to ask for help. Of course it should be her parents' family who took the lead - Qianxiu has already given you a dowry. , you are the Shen family, how can you interfere? Don’t drag your husband’s family into the water, your husband’s family is very eye-catching now.”
Wei Changying said with a smile: "Grandma, I don't care about this business, but it's okay to send people to visit cousin Song and cousin Su, right?" He added, "Su Quan hid the new emperor's concubine. This God knows if Cousin Su and Cousin Song know about it?"
Mrs. Song stretched out her finger and scratched the tip of her nose: "Even if Qianxiu went to Qingzhou in the name of visiting the child in Shui on your behalf, wouldn't our family send someone else?" He said to her again, "Our family There are so many people up and down, are you afraid that I can’t find anyone who can do errands? I highly recommend you, Aunt Huang, I see that you have done a lot for you over the years!”
Mrs. Huang happened to be there at this moment, so she smiled and said, "The eldest lady doesn't despise my servant for being stupid. That's my blessing."
While he was talking, someone came to report: "The eldest prince is back."
Wei Changying was startled for a moment before he realized that the eldest prince was referring to Wen Zhiqi. Originally, when I heard that Yaozi had ascended the throne, I heard that Qi, the legitimate son and now the eldest son, would definitely return to the imperial capital. However, I don’t know what Wen Yaozi was thinking. Before he took his people to Beijing, he wrote a letter to him, asking him to put his studies first and continue studying at Ruiyu Hall. On the day he ascended the throne, he kowtowed in the direction of the imperial capital. That’s it.
So Wen Zhiqi, who was already packing his things, had no choice but to stay. He probably felt that this situation was embarrassing. Before Wei Changying and his party arrived in Fengzhou, he found an excuse to visit the counties below Fengzhou. It's said to be a study tour, so it's just a way to relax.
Now I probably don’t want to stay down there anymore and come back to Ruiyu Hall.
When I heard that Qi Qi was back now, his status was not as good as before. Even Mrs. Song had to stand up and salute him. However, he had an honest temperament and was not proud of being a prince. When he came in, he saluted everyone first. For Mr. Song, When the person stood up, he was even more frightened and at a loss.
After sitting down in such a mess, Wen Zhiqi's eyes lit up when he saw Wei Changying. He stood up again to greet her and said with a smile: "Mrs. Wei, are you here?"
"Come here to visit my grandfather. The eldest prince has grown a lot." Wei Changying had raised their brothers and sisters for some time. Now that she heard that Qi Qi refused to act like a prince, she spoke casually, "He just lost a lot of weight, I think. It’s because of your heart in reading.”
"My talent is dull, and I always get half the result with half the effort when studying. I'm used to it." Hearing this, Qi smiled shyly, and asked Wei Changying who was coming from the Shen family this time. He would go to see Li later. .
Hearing that there was only a family of four, there was a hint of secret disappointment in Wen Zhiqi's eyes. After a few words of greeting, he proposed to visit Wei Huan, visit Shen Cangfeng and play with Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie.
Although his expression changes quickly, he can hide it from Wei Changying and others, but he cannot hide it from Mrs. Song.
Mrs. Song waited for him to leave, took a sip of tea, asked the others to leave, and asked Wei Changying alone: "I heard that Qi had been raised in Mingpeitang for some time. Have you met any female members of the Shen family?"
"He wasn't that old at that time, and his nieces were not people who were willing to be locked up in the yard. If you follow me in the garden, you can always meet him... He has seen them all." After hearing this, Wei Changying My heart skipped a beat when I said that, and I looked at my grandmother, "You mean?"
"I see he just asked you, how many people are coming to visit your grandfather this time? It's not that he really cares about this, but who he is looking forward to coming!" Mrs. Song said lightly, "You have to think about this clearly. The new emperor doesn't seem to like this legitimate son very much. It's no wonder that this person has a good temperament, but if he wants to sit in that position, he is not suitable. Moreover, he was fostered in Mingpeitang first and then adopted. Ruiyutang’s teachings and some repayment of kindness are inevitable towards our noble clan - because of this, the new emperor will not like him! "
Wei Changying bit his lower lip and said: "Grandma, what you are saying is that there is another one. My eldest niece has married Mo Binwei. You said that if the Shen family has another princess, even if she is not a princess, this is called How can the new emperor be reassured?"
Mrs. Song nodded and said: "That's exactly what it is! As the saying goes, it's easier to be famous than to be in a family like ours... In my opinion, if you know who Wen Zhiqi has your sights on, you'd better marry that niece as soon as possible. That’s good. Even if he’s young and can’t get out of the cabinet at the moment, let’s decide his identity first and tell him to give up!”
"... I came here just to ask you, how is this child Shanshi?" Wei Changying sighed and said, "I plan to tell this to my fourth niece, named Shu Yan. In the early years, I didn't leave the cabinet, you Just tell me about the little talented girl in the Shen family."
Mrs. Song narrowed her eyes and said, "Is this the one who Wen Zhiqi is eyeing?"
"That should be it?" Wei Changying pondered for a moment and said, "The adopted daughter I adopted in Xiliang has already been married. As for the niece, there is no way she is the eldest niece. She is the eldest son of Mo Binwei. We have them all. The remaining two nieces are Shu Yan and Shu Xi. Shu Xi is younger and is usually raised by the eldest sister-in-law... The Wen family brothers and sisters all admire scholars, and I think Shu Yan is the one."
Mrs. Song said: "If that's the case, it's best to decide on this girl's marriage before the new emperor calls Wen Zhiqi to him! Otherwise, if Wen Zhiqi goes to ask for it, The new emperor may not be willing to blame his son for living in someone else's house and actually having an idea for someone else's girl. Instead, he thinks it was you who did it on purpose. That would not sound good!"
"How could one do such a thing?" Wei Chief Ying said angrily, "Let's not mention that the new emperor has just ascended the throne. Let's talk about the new emperor's ancestors. How could the direct daughter of a family like ours be allowed to be like this? You see, the list of imperial concubines in the past two days is very good. It is said that she is from Jinxiu Duanmu, but she is an adopted daughter-she was a maid earlier. Otherwise, if the real Duanmu family girl is sent to be a child, the Duanmu family will not be able to throw away even if it is a branch. Such a face!”
When Mrs. Song heard the words "Shan Haohao", her eyelids twitched and she said: "I think you should be more careful about these concubines Shan when you return to the imperial capital in the future! What happened with husband Gao Chan's family this time may be the same as They are related! I heard that Qi was not favored by his father, and the new emperor was just a concubine. Queen Qiu was already old, and it was unlikely that she would have anything to do with her in the future... Who could be right about that? Do you have any thoughts about the position? And the new emperor is still in his prime, God knows how deep the trouble will be in the future!"
"That's what grandma said." Wei Changying held her sleeve and acted coquettishly, "What do you think about Shu Yan and Shan Shi's affairs?"
"I think this marriage is good, but I don't know if your first cousin will be willing." Mrs. Song pondered for a moment and said, "Wei Xinyong is considered a member of our Ruiyu Hall. His health has deteriorated over the years. It won't be too good. Even if the new emperor crosses the river and burns bridges, I'm afraid he may not be able to wait until then. But in the future, Ruiyu Hall will have to take advantage of him. But you also know that the relationship between this person and our group is very subtle. -Now that your father is in good health, Changfeng's position is stable. If Changxu is not stupid, he will not expect to be the leader of the clan. But over the years, the heirs there have gradually become more prosperous, and ours is not as good as this..."
Today, Wei Huan's great-grandchildren, in addition to Wei Changfeng's only son Wei Shanxiu, are the legitimate sons of the fourth son Wei Gaochuan, Wei Shanxun, and the concubine Wei Jiaxun. The seventh son Wei Gaoya has only one legitimate daughter, and he has no children under his knees. Male heir.
Among these young masters, the oldest one is Wei Shanxun, who is only nine years old and not as old as Shen Shuguang.
Compared with those of Wei Zhengya who are lush and green, and who are already close to Wei Shanshi - because Wei Changfeng is too young, Mrs. Song, who has been worried about him for many years, will inevitably be afraid of Wei Zhengya's lineage in the future. The pressure is on his veins again.
Not to mention that Wei Huan's only legitimate granddaughter is now the matron of the Shen family who will definitely be jealous and guarded in the future.
Wei Xinyong and Wei Huan are very close in terms of their status, but their true relationship is different. There are so many descendants of the Wei family. If the new dynasty wants to give preferential treatment to the Wei family because of Wei Xinyong, it does not necessarily have to choose Wei Huan. There are many ways to give face to others in public and to give them nothing in private!
Moreover, with Wei Zhengya's past feud, Mrs. Song was honestly a little worried that the new dynasty would elevate Wei Zhengya's family to fight with her own family - wasn't Wei Huanzong's favorite news in the past? The thoughts of those in higher positions are always the same.
However, if Wei Shanshi also married a daughter of the Shen family, then the two parties would be even. Even though Shen Shuyan's identity was far less important than that of Wei Changying in the Shen family, he still became the son-in-law of the Shen family - it was impossible for the new dynasty to only use Wei Shanshi.
So for Mrs. Song, she strongly approves of the marriage between Wei Shanshi and Shen Shuyan - will it be beneficial to her direct grandchildren and great-grandchildren? Now that the old lady has spoken out clearly, she doesn't want to hide it from her beloved granddaughter and let Wei Changying think about it on his own.
"I'll go back and discuss it with my husband..." Wei Changying thought for a while and felt that it would be better to let Shen Zangfeng do this. Anyway, Shen Zangfeng would not cheat his own niece. (To be continued)