Wei Changying's birthday was May 21st. Although he was pregnant and didn't want to worry about it, in order to give Shen Shuyan and others a chance to practice, he still allocated money for them to prepare.
When the day comes, Su Yuli, Su Yufei, Shen Zangning, Song Zaishui, Shen Shujing, Duanmu Xinmiao and others will be invited to congratulate.
Now, except for Duanmu Xinmiao, everyone in this generation has children.
Therefore, on this day, the backyard of Shen Mansion was extremely lively.
Wei Changying asked Huang to help him keep an eye on things: "Send extra manpower near the pond. If you see anyone passing by, there won't be any three or five people accompanying you. Don't let them get close." Although there are many children, they are all very delicate, but There is no room for error.
Shen Shuyan said hurriedly: "Aunt, I just asked someone to do this."
"Yan'er is much more careful than before." Shen Zangning said with a smile, "She is a big girl after all."
"People who are about to leave the cabinet are always different." Su Yuli held frozen cheese in her hands and said something to Shen Shuyan who was busy about something. She blushed with embarrassment and stamped her feet: "Cousin Su is really bad. Today It’s my third aunt’s birthday, what are you looking at me for?”
After saying this, she turned around and left. A moment later, Ji Yiren, who was supervising in other places, was pushed to wait on her. Everyone looked at her with smiles. Ji Yiren was very alert and poured wine for them. After a round of drinks, I just went down to see other things as an excuse... I was gone for most of the time, and I didn't know if I would come back.
Su Yufei said to Su Yuli: "Big sister, look, you have shamed Yan'er away, and now even Yi Ren is so scared by you that she doesn't dare to stay!"
"Did you make me look green?" Su Yuli said with a smile, "I just thought that Yan'er had set a wedding date two days ago and I was happy for her, so I just made a joke."
Shen Shujing pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Who is a girl of Yan'er's age who doesn't immediately hide in the house in shame after hearing the word 'husband's family'? My eldest cousin, you directly mentioned leaving the court, how could she?" Is it still tenable?"
Song Zaishui smiled leisurely and said: "Don't you see the intention of eldest sister?"
Even Wei Chang Ying was curious and asked: "What's the purpose?"
"Eldest sister, why do you want to shame Yan'er away? It's obvious that Yan'er has been serving us diligently for a long time and even refused to go down to rest several times when cousin Wei asked her to go down to rest. She felt distressed and was afraid to persuade her directly, but she refused. Listen." Song Zaishui shook his fan lightly and said with a smile, "That's why I mentioned Yan'er's marriage on purpose. If Yan'er doesn't go back to the house to be shy, can't she just rest?"
Everyone suddenly understood and praised Su Yuli for her carefulness and considerateness.
Wei Changying said with emotion: "It's in vain that I coaxed Yan'er several times, but I still can't get this child to go down. My eldest cousin still has something to do."
Su Yuli smiled and said: "Fifth younger brother and sister are complimenting me. I was actually just teasing Yan'er." Who doesn't know how she is usually? Even if he is teasing the juniors, his words should be measured and he will not deliberately make the juniors run away - speaking like this at this moment is nothing more than humility.
However, Su Yufei was not polite to her cousin, and said with a smile: "Okay! This is what you said! I will tell Yan'er later that this eldest cousin of hers is too bad. How can there be one tenth of the third cousin?" good?"
"How old do you have to be to complain to your niece?" Su Yuli scolded her with laughter.
Su Yufei said: "Hey, you can't say that. I just went to comfort Yan'er, how can I complain?"
The sisters quarreled for a while, and Shen Zangning put her chin in her hands, lying on the table, looking at Su Yufei and sighed: "Third cousin, you are still as out-of-the-box as we were when we were young."
"Are you getting old?" Su Yufei blinked and asked in surprise, "Now are you starting to reminisce about the past?"
Everyone laughed when these two words were said, and Su Yuli couldn't help but touch her face and sighed: "Although we can't say we are old yet, compared with girls as old as Yan'er, we are not young after all. "
"Today is my birthday, does my eldest cousin remind me that I am one year older?" Wei Changying peeled off a loquat, handed it to Su Yuli, and said with a smile, "I have never messed up like this again. "
Su Yuli laughed and hurriedly apologized to her - Duanmu Xinmiao, who had been concentrating on eating loquats and lychees, suddenly said: "Sister Su, please don't eat loquats." As he said this, he took the uneaten loquats from her hand and said sternly , "Looking at your complexion, it's best not to eat this lately."
She had been quiet all this time, but when she suddenly said something like this, everyone who was chatting easily became nervous. Just now, Su Yufei said that he was going to go to Shen Shuyan to report Su Yuli's situation, but now he stopped watching her cousin's excitement. With his thoughts on his mind, he hurriedly pulled Duanmu Xinmiao and asked: "Sister, what's wrong with her?!"
Duanmu Xinmiao looked at the peeled loquat in his hand for a moment - Wei Changying wanted to ask someone to check where the fruit came from and whether it had been tampered with, but this guy suddenly lowered his head and ate the loquat. He looked clean and said with a smile: "Sure enough - I have long discovered that this loquat is the biggest today and must be the sweetest!"
"..." If we didn't know that Duanmu Xinmiao had been deceived by this time, Wei Changying and others would have spent so many years in vain! Wei Changying raised his hand, as if he wanted to hit him but couldn't, and said bitterly: "If I weren't pregnant, I would have to beat you up! Are you such a fool?!"
Su Yuli and Su Yufei were also relatively speechless. After a long time, they said, "Sister Duanmu, if you want a loquat, I'll peel it for you. Why bother to scare people?"
"This is different." Duanmu Xinmiao said solemnly, "Everyone knows that Sister Su, you are good-tempered and shrewd - so asking for loquats from you doesn't show my ability! Cheating loquats from you That’s how I show my abilities!”
"You are so capable, are you afraid of being beaten?!" Shen Zangning rolled up her sleeves, exposed her fists, and threatened!
Wei Changying and Song Zaishui both shook their heads: "You are getting more and more ridiculous!"
"You children are sitting around your knees, so you must act like your elders." Duanmu Xinmiao smiled and dodged Shen Zangning's fists a few times. Shen Zangning also pretended to hit him a few times and then stopped.
Duanmu Xinmiao openly and honestly took the lychees that Song Zai had just peeled from the sailor. After eating, he said, "I am alone anyway, and my nephew doesn't need me to worry about it. I don't need to pay attention to my words and deeds. There is also my eldest sister above me." As a daughter, how can you expect me to be as stable as you? "
Hearing what she said, everyone was silent: if someone else said this, everyone would have to say a few words of comfort, but Duanmu Xinmiao looked calm and could not see the sadness of being a widower at all, and her temperament was not nothing. Careful, in case she doesn't feel sorry for herself and comforts her, but makes her angry.
So Wei Changying chuckled and changed the subject: "Miss Duanmu really spoiled you! By the way, this year's lychees are sweeter than last year! It's just a little less..."
Song Zaishui and others understood, and they discussed lychees hurriedly.
Before the topic of Lychee was finished, a servant from the Shen Mansion hurried over with a servant from Prince Ning's Mansion. They were sweating profusely and reported: "The King is about to leave. Please return to the King's Mansion as soon as possible. The King has to explain the family affairs." !”
"Departure?!" Shen Shujing was stunned, and Wei Changying and others were also confused: "Prince Ning is departing? Where is he going?"
The servant of Prince Ning's Mansion had a sad face and said: "To the Queen and the ladies, I don't know if I can talk about this matter now. I also beg the Queen to bring the prince back to the mansion as soon as possible! The King is leaving today. of!"
Wei Changying frowned and said to Shen Shujing: "In that case, then go back first!"
After Shen Shujing took Mo Xuanwen away, although half of the dishes were not served, everyone had no intention of continuing to enjoy the banquet. It was thanks to Su Yuli that she just teased Shen Shuyan away and Ji Yiren They were afraid to stay, otherwise the two girls would be very disappointed when they saw that the banquet they had carefully prepared was treated so carelessly.
"After the imperial conquest, Mo Binwei has been crowned king and no longer needs to seek military merit. In addition, he has won the trust of the emperor, so he stayed in the capital." Song Zaishui was the first to speak. She said calmly, "Now he wants to take action. , I’m afraid it’s not a trivial matter?”
Wei Changying sighed. She knew that Song Zaishui and others kept the words to themselves because they considered the identity of their master: "I'm afraid Dayong will suffer a loss due to the war in the southwest."
After a pause, she said, "I'm afraid I'll suffer a big loss!"
"It's interesting to be at a disadvantage." Duanmu Xinmiao said lazily while turning the wine cup, "The imperial commander went on a personal expedition and almost devoted the entire country to sending troops to the southwest - not to mention those soldiers who were almost crazy about being crowned kings! Will you be so disadvantaged that you need to call Mo Binwei over? "
"Although the servants in Prince Ning's Mansion did not dare to say the reason just now, Prince Ning's sudden departure from the capital will definitely not be noticed by anyone." Su Yuli pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe we will know what happened after a while. -Although the four kings in the southwest have formed an alliance, they have not unified in the end. They always have their own agendas. Even if such enemies win by chance, I don't think they can continue... I'm afraid it's because each family is competing for credit. "
When it comes to the issue of competing for merit, everyone's expressions become subtle.
During this expedition to the southwest, none of the Shen family members went there despite being sick or injured. But people like Duanmu Wuyou, Gu Naizheng, and Su Yuwu have all gone...
"For a family like ours, we have our own soldiers and secret guards who fight to the death to protect each other. Even if the southwest is really defeated and Yong's army is defeated, I think the most will be casualties of soldiers." Guard Chief Ying noticed that they were beginning to worry about their relatives in the army, and hurriedly He comforted, "Otherwise, if Mo Binwei was leaving Beijing, why would he send someone to openly invite Jing'er to go back and explain the matter before setting off? He must have left quietly without telling anyone - it can be seen that the people in the southwest are not afraid of letting people know that Mo Binwei left. Isn’t it Binwei’s departure from Beijing?”
"I hope so." Su Yufei sighed as she thought of her husband, her heart became heavy and she couldn't escape.
Wei Changying didn't talk about competing for credit - because if the war really failed this time, competing for credit would definitely be the main reason. Otherwise, judging from the comparison between the Yong Army and the southwestern armies, neither the soldiers nor the generals would be defeated, let alone defeated to the point where they would have to call Mo Binwei all the way to save the situation.
This is more heart-wrenching than a normal defeat - in a normal defeat, when things go wrong, the guards will persuade and forcibly take away important generals.
But when it comes to claiming credit, important generals are the competitors who need to be killed first! (To be continued)