"Since you have found someone from the former Wei Palace, you also suspect that you are not of Song family blood." Wei Changying said calmly, "So I think you must have heard about what happened. Even if there are any fallacies in it, it is estimated that It doesn't have much impact on the matter, but I have to remind you - are you married to Shen Xun?"
Song Zaishui said in confusion: "You mean...?"
"When your mother died, because your uncle did not remarry after your aunt passed away, you continued to live in the south of the Yangtze River and were raised by my grandmother and your biological grandmother." Wei Changying twirled the bracelet on his wrist and recalled, "Later Your engagement with Shen Xun was approaching, and your uncle wrote a letter instructing you to return to the imperial capital for the wedding... But because you heard about Shen Xun's failure, you stayed in Jiangnan and refused to leave! Later, you had no choice but to set off, passing through Fengzhou, and made an excuse to visit. My mother continues to rely on me..."
"I remember that I gave you an idea at that time, asking you to cry, make trouble, and hang yourself with your uncle, so as to scare him! But you said that your uncle wrote to you, saying that you have to get married regardless of whether you live or die, right? Neither?"
Song Zaishui bit his lip, sighed deeply, and tears rolled down his face!
Wei Changying raised his hand and said: "That's it. You said that since uncle was determined to marry you to Shen Xun regardless of your life or death, why did he regret the marriage so simply later? The Deng family came over to say hello, and he "Agreed? Is your uncle the kind of person who is hesitant?" He sneered again, "Let me ask you again - how did your uncle treat you after you arrived in the imperial capital?"
"Father...Father, he...he is very good to me." Song Zaishui lowered his head, and after a while he said in a low voice, "It's just that whether he is the biological father or daughter, I don't say he is good, that's all."
Wei Changying sneered and said: "Don't be confused! Even I, who have never been as careful and sensitive as you, have seen my uncle's painstaking efforts. How can you, my biological daughter, still be suspicious?! Let me ask you "Were you as naughty as I was when you were a kid? Did you ever get sent away by your grandmother's confidants and sneak around the corner to listen to things?"
"... Of course not!" Song Zaishui said with some melancholy, "At that time, my grandmother raised me as the future queen. People around me also said that I would be a mother in the world in the future. Every move I made represented the national body. How could I be allowed to do so? Is there anything wrong with my career? To be honest, with the word "model lady", why should a girl from a family like ours not be taught the rules since childhood? Are you better than everyone else? Isn't that why you are still practicing hard and accumulating for many years when others are slacking off? To be honest, when I saw you when I stopped in Fengzhou, I was really jealous!"
Wei Changying said: "Since you are so tightly controlled, and you have always been obedient - then I was in the boudoir, and I didn't know anything that my grandmother didn't want me to know. I relied on my grandmother's love for this. I always try my best to eavesdrop and inquire, but I still don’t know what I shouldn’t know! And you are so good-you said that if it weren’t for the instructions from your elders, you would have heard the news from the imperial capital in the south of the Yangtze River, and would have known about it before you even passed the cabinet! Isn’t Shen Xun a good person?”
Song Zaishui was shocked!
Wei Changying lowered his voice: "My reputation as a good friend was ruined at that time. Do you know when I found out? It was when I went to express my condolences to my uncle. His family hated me very much - otherwise, I might not have been able to leave the palace until I left the palace. I don’t know that my reputation has been ruined! That’s what happened in Fengzhou! How could I be so naughty and hidden by my elders? How about you, who is such a good person? Who dares to say something bad about Shen Xun in front of you? No matter how bad Shen Xun is, he was also the Crown Prince at that time! You have already decided to do it to him, isn't this a bad thing for you?"
"But I was raised under the knees of my grandparents. Was it because my grandmother felt sorry for me..." Song Zaishui murmured, "Later, I begged my grandmother to help me break the engagement. My grandmother interceded with my father, but my father refused, right?"
"This makes even more sense." Wei Changying said calmly, "Think about it, if your grandmother feels sorry for you and thinks it's not good for you to marry the prince, she is your uncle's mother, and he is not an unfilial person. Grandma, does she need to be so tactful? Grandma taught you to behave so well, which shows that she is also a very well-behaved elder. Although I have never seen her, I know that such elders are generally. I don’t like people who break the rules - as a daughter of a family, it’s a good rule to talk about the marriage arranged by your elders.”
Song Zaishui choked and said: "Let's talk a few words in private. No one else is around. Grandma is not that pedantic..."
"But she can write letters to her uncle in private to persuade her. If things succeed, I will tell you later - will you resent the family because you can't marry an unsatisfactory prince?" Wei Changying shook his head and said, "If things don't work out, , I would have told you earlier. Not only would it have distracted you, but you would also have felt very sad... So why would it be necessary for my grandfather and grandmother to deliberately reveal bad news about the prince to you? Most likely!"
"My uncle is famous for his love for his aunt. How can he not love you and your two cousins to the core of his heart? So you knew that Shen Xun was wrong and wanted to regret the marriage. But your uncle wanted to force you to marry - since the deposed Gu family Knowing this anomaly, how can we not investigate it carefully?"
Song Zaishui felt confused for a moment and said: "But father can also tell me directly..."
"It has always been the mother or grandmother's job to goddaughter. What's more, you brought your soul back to the south of the Yangtze River when you were young. You have been raised under the knees of your grandfather and grandmother for many years. No matter how much your uncle loves you, across the mountains and rivers, how would he know how old you are? What's it like? Even if we exchange letters, how can we understand each other better than we grew up together?" Wei Changying shook his head and said, "How old were you then? I knew that I was not as stable as you. After I left the cabinet, You also did something stupid like rashly telling Huo Zhaoyu to Princess Anji... You were only ten years old when you knew that Shen Xun was not a good person. How could your uncle not be careful that you were young and ignorant, and you were self-defeating? "
At this point she sighed and said, "Besides, you don't know anything. The elders do this and that for you. If you cause trouble, it's because of the fault of the elders. Your own reputation can still be restored. If you also know if… "
"In short, I speculate that the thing is like this: uncle doesn't want to marry you to Shen Xun at all! Unfortunately, Jin Xiangyu Ruyi has already accepted it. How can it be so easy to regret the marriage?" Wei Changying said here, suddenly said, " You have personally experienced what happened back then. Don’t you think Mrs. Gu is too talkative about breaking off the engagement? Even if you are disfigured, but it’s just a piece of hair on your forehead, it’s not impossible to wear a flower all year round! Liu Ruoyu, can I compare with you in terms of being a princess?"
Song Zaishui bit her lip and smiled reluctantly: "Didn't she fall in love with the Liu family? Even I am thinking about the Song family's face."
"No, no, no." Wei Changying shook his head and said, "We can't say how clearly the Gu family's palace will be abolished, but we must not underestimate her! She just wanted to have a son, and she was so unlucky that she was He was promoted to the position of crown prince and has been firmly occupying the East Palace! Moreover, among the four princes during the reign of Emperor Wei Ai, only Shen Xun was the one whom Emperor Wei Ai did not want to depose but had no choice but to depose! It was Shen Bo who later ascended the throne and became the crown prince! How could Shen Xun be stable? If Emperor Wei Ai hadn't lived for a few years after becoming the crown prince in Shenbo, I don't think Shenbo would have ended up well! This alone shows how powerful the deposed Gu family is!
She said solemnly, "Although the natal family background is important for the selection of the crown princess, we and other nobles have too many daughters! I have to say something unpleasant, if you had married Shen Xun back then, now in Yongding Ding, Shen Xun Xun is still there, and Dayong wants to deal with him. Do you think the Song family will intercede for him because of you? No, the most important thing for people like us is definitely yourself - even if you are a legitimate daughter, you will always be noble. But the family!"
"And why do you want to marry the royal family? It's just to maintain the prominence of the family." Wei Changying snorted, "As long as the prince is good, there is no fear that the princess's mother-in-law will not be attentive! Even if the family is not the prince's family, they will rely on themselves. Come up! But how can it be so easy for a prince like Shen Xun to be good to him? No matter how powerful Gu is after being deposed, it is impossible to move to the East Palace to keep an eye on him - so choosing a capable prince for him is far better than Xun. A capable princess is important! The former is the best way to ensure a long-term status!"
She sneered, "You see, when something happened to Shen Xun later, the Liu family not only failed to help, but they even had to pay for it by their own step-wife and legitimate daughter!"
Song Zaishui bit his lip and looked not far away, his fingertips trembling slightly...
"With your ability, not to mention just a bruise on your forehead, even if you give yourself a few cuts on the face - I guess Mrs. Gu may not be willing to let go after she is deposed! Her unsatisfactory son can only hope to marry a live-up wife. Looking after her! In terms of caring, what kind of person can compare to a married couple?" Wei Changying sighed, "And she agreed to break off the engagement and marry another Liu Ruoyu for Shen Xun—"
"Think again about what kind of person Liu Ruoyu is? Now it seems that she is scheming, mean and cruel, but back then she was a famous face person among the noble ladies of the imperial capital and was easy to bully, right? Not to mention the kind of person who was abolished after the Gu family Damn it, even we felt a headache when we saw her soft appearance! How could the Gu family like her? How could the Gu family be so concerned about the Liu family after the abolition
Wei Changying shook his head and said, "If she hadn't also suspected that you were of Emperor Wei Ai's blood, how could she have let you go so easily!"
Song Zaishui's whole body was trembling! He suddenly raised his head and said, "But why did my mother promise me to Shen Xun back then?!"
"Why did my grandfather take the initiative to marry me to my husband?!" Wei Changying asked back!
"That's because my great-uncle thought that Yao Ye was extraordinary when he was young, and promised that he would achieve great things when he grew up, so-" Song Zaishui suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his sentence!
Wei Changying smiled lightly and said: "Remember? Mrs. Hu told me personally that Mrs. Gu has always loved you sincerely! After your engagement with Shen Xun was terminated, she sighed deeply in Weiyang Palace. But it’s so frustrating! When my aunt was still here, she urged her to take you into the palace almost every day. Every time you entered the palace, she would hug you and talk to you... If she likes you so much, can she try to make you her daughter-in-law? !”
Now that the deposed Gu family has this idea, how can she make Song Zaishui her daughter-in-law? Song Zaishui also knows that his mother Wei Chanying has no home, so it is not difficult for the deposed Gu family to coax her, even if Wei Chanying has Song Yuwang to rely on. , but Song Yu always followed his wife... Besides, Wei Changying repeatedly assured that Song Zaishui was of the Song family's blood, but did not mention Wei Chanying's humiliation...
Wei Changying made it clear that he got all this information from Mrs. Hu, a close confidant of the deposed Gu family—could she not know about Wei Chanying's humiliation? Let’s not talk about it now. Firstly, it involves the honor of the elders. Secondly, maybe this is the reason why the deposed Gu family asked Wei Chanying to agree to the engagement
No matter what, according to Wei Changying's analysis, she was indeed of the Song family's blood... Song Zaishui breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the gloom in her heart was gradually disappearing, and her whole body felt relieved - she smiled gratefully at Wei Changying, Just as he was about to say a few words of thanks, his thoughts suddenly changed and he asked doubtfully: "What happened to the Duanmu family?! I remember that before my father passed away, he was so worried about the Duanmu family!" (To be continued)