Not to mention the bustle and excitement of that night in the Sheng Mansion, early the next month, people east of Mrs. Zi Ming, including Sheng Lan who brought her whole family to Ning, all dressed up and went to the gate to greet the old man and Prince Xu.
Mr. Sheng has been married twice and has three sons and two daughters. Among them, the eldest son Sheng Lan was born to his original wife Ai Shi. He had a difficult delivery when he was born. The old man happened to be not at home, so Wen Po listened to Ai Shi's words and gave up her mother to protect the son. In this way, Sheng Lan Ci fell to the ground, but Ai Shi disappeared. -The old man felt that he could not afford to fault Ai Shi, and he always preferred his eldest son.
Fortunately, Mrs. Ming, whom he married later, was not a narrow-minded person. Even though she gave birth to two sons and two daughters for the Sheng family, Sheng Lanci did not act like a stepmother, so the family was in harmony.
Of course, many people speculate that it is because the two sons born to Mrs. Ming, the second master of the Sheng family, Sheng Lansi and the third master, Sheng Lanzi, are too mediocre. Together, they are not as capable as Sheng Lanci; The reason why daughters Sheng Lanxin and Sheng Lanling were able to marry officials' sons was probably because of their eldest brother. In this way, the old lady wanted to show off to her first wife's eldest son, and she would have waited for Sheng Lan to resign. Family, do you want to wear small shoes for your younger brothers and sisters
At this moment, a group of people were looking forward to it, and occasionally chatted and discussed. Almost everyone mistakenly thought that Sheng Lanci and his daughter were so obedient and ingratiating, and it was hard to make any assumptions about it.
"Bao Mo, how are you?" The whole family had been standing guard at the gate of Sheng Mansion for a short time when they saw a group of people speeding towards them. They arrived in front of them like wind and lingering clouds. The leading knight smiled proudly and jumped on the east horse neatly. , "The old man is one step faster after all!"
The man's beard and hair were all red. He looked to be in his late sixties, but his face was rosy and his eyes were bright. He wore a turquoise round-neck robe, with a short knife hanging at the end of his belt. He walked like the wind, looking forward with pride. Revealed—True or false, Sheng Shixiong, the old man of the Sheng family.
Mrs. Ming was trying to scold him for her age. She wanted to jump around like young people. What if she fell and got sprained
Before he could speak, he saw that a horse chasing after Mr. Sheng had also stopped in front of the house. Did the horse turn over and leap east? Unlike Mr. Sheng's heroic display when he rode eastward, that man was light and graceful. Yan has a chic taste.
After settling down, he smiled casually, making everyone around him brighten up: he looked about the same age as Sheng Sleeping Crane, with powdered face, peach blossom eyes, a gentle and elegant look between his brows, a scarlet robe embroidered with brocade, and a jade belt. Wrapped around his waist and wearing a black-sheathed seven-star sword, he looks like a good man with both civil and military skills!
"The old man's sword is still young, and I am ashamed of myself. I still won the horse race!" Not only did the man look good, but he was also very polite. After admitting defeat, he walked a few steps to the east of the steps and bowed to him. He said respectfully, "Junior Xu Baomo, pay your respects to the old lady!"
"Can you please be kind to Prince Wei?" Mrs. Ming was born into a squire's family. She had never seen many officials in her life, let alone Prince Hou. That time, because Xu Baomo came to stay for a while, he was afraid that the Sheng family would not receive him well and hurt the friendship between the two families, so he couldn't sleep well in those months.
Unexpectedly, Xu Baomo would be so respectful and polite, seriously treating himself as an ordinary junior.
The old lady was flattered, but she felt a little bit sincere about him. She said before leaving, "Please get up quickly! How can I be worthy of the prince's courtesy?"
"What's wrong with that?" Xu Baomo didn't shut up, but Mrs. Sheng, who was about to walk in the door, turned around impatiently and said, "Why are there so many people blocking the door? Why don't you go inside and shut up?" Mouth!"
Xu Baomo went to say: "Mrs. Lao, uncles, aunts, sisters and brothers have been waiting here for a long time. It's really not his fault - why don't he help the old lady in!" As he said this, he helped the old lady considerately. Madam Ming’s legs and arms.
He was about the same age as Mrs. Ming's grandson, so that move was naturally not offensive, but rather considerate, greatly alleviating the embarrassment of the old lady being scolded by her husband in public.
For a time, everyone felt very pleased with Xu Baomo: he was of high status, good-looking, polite, gentle and considerate. Who wouldn't like such a person
Sheng Weiqiao was very worried about paying Sheng Suihe by mistake at the moment. Why was she not very interested when the distinguished guest came, so she just glanced at him casually and let it go.
Shen Jiuniang, who is two years older than her, has already reached her hair. When the girl is pregnant, her cheeks are already a bit rosy - but she knows that there is a big gap between the Shen family and the Xu family. No matter how good the heir apparent is, I'm afraid she can just take a look. Thinking of that, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were instantly filled with worry.
Old Mrs. Sheng in the front ignored them and strode forward, making it difficult for the female family members to follow.
After arriving at the back hall, the maid immediately handed Hai a bowl of tea. He took it and drank it. After drinking, he wiped the corners of his mouth. Most of the people in the east were out of breath after walking, but Sheng Suihe and Xu Baomo looked as usual. He couldn't help stroking his beard and making a sound, pointing at Sheng Sleeping Crane and saying, "Whose child is this?"
"It's not our child." "Sheng Lanci practiced martial arts for two years under the supervision of his father in his early years, but later he became distracted while studying. Although he was not as out of breath as the female relatives, he was distracted. There were also traces of sweat. He wiped it and said, "Is that Sleeping Crane? Dad told you before he went out. "
Old Mrs. Sheng suddenly understood and was about to show a kind smile. From the corner of his eye, he saw Sheng Weiqiao standing there with a sullen face. He went to stop the smile and said calmly: "I know!"
Then he stopped paying attention to Sheng Suihe and formally introduced Xu Baomo to everyone, "The eldest grandson of Lao Xu was named Baomo because he held Mo Tiao in his arms when he was arrested."
"That child looks like he can read. No wonder he can grasp ink sticks." Mrs. Ming originally had a very good impression of Xu Baomo, so naturally she did not hesitate to praise him at this moment.
Xu Baomo kept being humble, stood up and bowed to the old lady again - and then met people of Sheng Lanci's generation as his nephew.
It wasn't until the third generation of the Sheng family that Prince Ningwei no longer had to kneel anymore: Including Sheng Suihe who had just returned, the third generation of the Sheng family were not as old as him. They had met "Xu Shixiong" one by one before. ".
After all the greetings and gifts were given to each of them, Mr. Sheng, who was old and tired after all, said: "Let's leave now and take Bao Mo to freshen up. Is the guest house ready?"
"Ready." After hearing this, Sheng Lanci stood up and said, "Will he accompany his nephew there?"
"How dare you work for the uncle?" Xu Baomo said with special respect, "It's okay to just send a stranger to lead the way for my nephew!"
The two sides negotiated for a while, and Mrs. Sheng, who had already stood up, became impatient: "Would you like to sleep with... sleeping on a crane? We are so old, why don't I take that kid with me?"
After settling the matter, the old man didn't stay any longer and turned around and entered the outer room.
Mrs. Ming sent everyone back and went to help him change his clothes. She carefully inquired: "Why did the prince suddenly come to our place? What do you want to do?"