Sheng Weiqiao might simply have been very lucky today - just like he had just voted for Guicai - although Meng Guiyu saw her embarrassment, he did not doubt it, but calmed down and comforted: "Miss Sheng San Please don’t misunderstand! Although Miss Sheng San and your sister were only unintentionally involved in what happened that day, they helped my family Eleven to get out of trouble. I mention this just to say thank you to Miss Sheng San on behalf of my family Eleven. No other intention!"
After saying this, seeing Sheng Weiqiao still looking at him with suspicion, his big almond-shaped eyes full of vigilance, like a frightened cat, Meng Guiyu felt a little bit dumbfounded and thought of him unexpectedly. When I entered the Nuan Pavilion just now, I saw the little girl being held by the Queen Mother on her lap. I thought to myself that it was no wonder that the Queen Mother looked at the sisters differently. Such a girl with such shallow thoughts was a rarity in the palace.
Having seen many people like Huan Yehe who are well-controlled and well-informed, it would be strange for anyone to suddenly meet someone like the Sheng sisters.
But after all, this was the first time Meng Guiyu and Sheng Weiqiao met. He still had a purpose, and it just felt fresh at the moment. After thinking about it, he smiled and continued to comfort the girl, "Miss Sheng San has probably heard that our parents died young. I raised Eleven by myself. In addition to her, I have a younger brother and a sister. I am only nine years older than Eleven, so I inevitably lack experience. Although I have the intention to educate them well, in the end I am unable to do so. If If Shiyi offends you in any way, please bear with me because she doesn't have a loving mother here to give advice!"
Sheng Weiqiao forced a smile and said, "You are serious," but he was still suspicious in his heart. However, when he saw Meng Guiyu next, he didn't say anything else except to say nice things to Meng Guihuan.
She hesitated for a long time, and was thinking about whether to test whether Meng had doubts about Sheng Suihe, when Meng Guiyu suddenly stopped - the side hall had arrived.
"Does he really just want to apologize to me?" Sheng Weiqiao then thought, "Counting the time, Meng Shishi has been sent outside the palace. Could it be that he knows the process of Meng Shishi's expulsion and is with Meng Gui Like Huan Huan, I was worried that Meng Guihuan and his daughter would retaliate against the fourth room in the future, and they didn’t want to have more enemies at this time, so they took the opportunity to meet me in the palace to see the Queen Mother to intercede with Meng Guihuan. To resolve some of the grudges between me and his sister?"
Thinking like this, I felt a little calmer in my heart, and smiled secretly: "They are biological brothers and sisters after all, these two have thought of getting together!"
Little did he know that in the Nuan Pavilion at this moment, Chi Zuosi was telling Empress Dowager Meng and Madam Xiang what to say about her: "It's a coincidence that I just sent Uncle Chong Xin out. You two, guess what happened? But Miss Sheng San came here by herself - she said she just wanted to see the snowman that Miss Sun and her niece had built together, and asked Mianyun to lead the way. As a result, Mianyun fell and was injured, so she asked for leave to clean up. Sheng San The young lady saw that Mianyun injured her knee and had difficulty walking, so she specially helped her over."
Queen Mother Meng and Mrs. Xiang looked at each other with a smile in their eyes: "What next?"
"Then I thought this was an opportunity that came to me, how could I let it go?" Chi Zuosi also laughed, "After asking the palace servants to help Mianyun away, I asked Miss Sheng San to take Uncle Chong Xin to the side hall. -The reason is that Uncle Chongxin is looking for Miss Eleven."
"The Nuan Pavilion is right next to the side hall." Mrs. Xiang smiled and said, "Even if the connected corridors have many twists and turns for the scenery, there are only a few steps in total. Just walking together like this once, the time is too short! I'm afraid that Girls won’t be satisfied at all!”
"The days are long!" Empress Dowager Meng said with a smile, "Just take your time. Anyway, the Ai family will call the girl to the palace from time to time, and then let Xiaoliu also come to the Ai family. After seeing more, they will naturally become familiar with each other. , not bad for once. Besides, after the two of them arrived at the side hall, there was no need to part ways immediately. Didn’t Xiao Shiyi have some grudges against the girl Wei Qiao? It was just right for Gui Yu to mediate between them. Isn’t that right? Have you spoken?"
There are many children in this generation of the Meng family, so men and women are sorted separately.
Among them, there are ten young masters and fifteen young ladies.
Empress Dowager Meng and other elders usually called the young men rankings for convenience. For example, Meng Boheng was called "Little Eight". But in order to avoid confusion, the ladies started ranking from Meng Guihuan.
At this moment, Chi Zuosi smiled and supported the Queen Mother: "How could Miss Sheng San not like Uncle Chong Xin's talent and appearance? Just now at the door of Nuange, in front of me, Miss Sheng San secretly looked at Chong Xin. Where's the uncle! It's only a few steps to go to the side hall with us now. Maybe it will make Miss Sheng San feel reluctant to leave, and she doesn't want to be separated from Uncle Chongxin even more!"
Madam Xiang's eyes flashed, and then she turned from worry to joy, and said to the Queen Mother with a smile: "Xiao Liu's marriage has always been a problem. My wife has mentioned it to him several times before, but he felt it was inappropriate. Now he is under the influence. Gui Xin and Xiao Qi are already married, and Xiao Qi’s marriage has been arranged, but he is still alone. If the delay continues, Gui Huan, the youngest of the four families, will leave the court! The wife sees it and is anxious in her heart, but she knows this Leng Zhire was a girl of the right family, but it was impossible to jump out of the cracks in the rocks, so he was helpless! Unexpectedly, in the end it was the Queen Mother who recommended him such a beautiful girl with a simple mind and a rich dowry. No wonder Xiaoliu followed Gui I ran to you as soon as I had time for joy, it seems that in the final analysis, their marriage has to be held by you!"
The Gui Xin she was talking about was Meng Guixin, the second daughter of the fourth room. She was three years older than Meng Guihuan and had already left the court. Her eldest daughter was the tenth young lady, because the eldest brother had a young master who was also the tenth and had been called by the elders. "Xiao Shi", when mentioning Meng Guixin, she calls her by her maiden name.
- When Sheng Weiqiao made a deep impression on Empress Dowager Meng when they first met her, Empress Dowager Meng had the idea of telling her to her nephew or grandnephew.
Of course, the Queen Mother considered this because Sheng Weiqiao was the granddaughter of Mr. Sheng, and his biological father was Mr. Sheng's favorite eldest son. If she becomes the wife of the Meng family, Mr. Sheng will have to help the Meng family for the sake of his granddaughter's well-being.
By then, even if the Xu family, who had long-standing friendships with the Sheng family, were not brought over to the Meng family, it would still be enough to influence General Zhou's old department.
However, Empress Dowager Meng only had this idea at that time, and still had the idea of continuing to investigate Sheng Weiqiao, let alone confirming who to tell her to.
Before noon, Mrs. Xiang's doubts about the Sheng family had originally frightened Empress Dowager Meng, and she completely gave up the idea of letting Sheng Weiqiao marry into her natal family.
But just now, on a whim, I summoned Sheng Weiwu to Nuange to talk. When I was teasing the girl, I accidentally made a trick, and then I realized that the little girl's "my family is so rich" at the luncheon was really not nonsense. Nanfeng Sheng's It can indeed be called a wealthy man!
Originally, Empress Dowager Meng specially called Sheng Weiwu to Nuange. In addition to finding this little girl interesting, she also wanted to find out the details of the Sheng family from the little girl who didn't know anything about the incident in Bishui County.
As a result, the young Sheng Weiwu knew nothing about the secret of the family's sudden wealth, and firmly believed that the Sheng family's daily fortune and nightly fortune was entirely because of her uncle's greatness! The Queen Mother and Mrs. Xiang did not find out from her that there was anything suspicious about the Sheng family. Instead, they unexpectedly learned that Sheng Lanci's ability to attract money had reached a level that even their statuses valued. At this time, because Sheng Weiwu was suddenly exhausted, When asked, she said that she had just caught a cold a few days ago, so Chi Zuosi was worried that she was not fully recovered and that the illness would not be over for the Queen Mother and Mrs. Xiang, so he called the imperial doctor over on the pretext of diagnosing Sheng Weiwu.
As a result, Xinshou Palace announced the imperial doctor, and Chong Xinbo, who was listening in the front Yamen, received the news and thought that the Queen Mother was in disobedience, so he dropped what he was doing and rushed over to inquire about her welfare.
Queen Mother Meng had liked her nephew for the past two years, and now that she saw him caring about her so much, even though she knew that she was also worried about the collapse of her patron, she was always happy with the consideration and filial piety of her younger generation as she got older.
Therefore, after taking Sheng Weiwu, who had taken a sedative medicine, to sleep behind the Nuang Pavilion, he simply left him to stay and discuss the affairs of Bishui County.
Then Meng Guiyu heard that the Queen Mother told Mrs. Xiang that she was suspicious of the Sheng family, but he raised objections - his objections were well-organized and well-founded, and he quickly persuaded the Queen Mother not to say anything. He even persuaded the Queen Mother to investigate Mrs. Xiang of the Sheng family was shaken.
In this way, Empress Dowager Meng's impression of Sheng Weiqiao suddenly changed. She glanced at Meng Guiyu, who was a talented person in front of her but was still unmarried. She couldn't help turning her head to discuss with Mrs. Xiang in a low voice: "What do you think of calling that? Wei Qiao's girl, how about giving us Xiao Liu?"
"The fourth-bedroom couple is so lucky that their achievements are gone before their children grow up. It has not been easy for Xiaoliu to take care of his three younger siblings over the years."
"This child is someone who refuses to mistreat his younger brothers and sisters. So much so that over the years, he has sent Gui Xinfengfeng out of the palace and saved betrothal gifts and dowries for Xiao Qi and Xiao Eleven respectively. However, he has not been able to do anything about his own life-long event. Didn’t even care!”
"This girl from the Sheng family has a pretty appearance and a simple mind. She should not be like a harsh brother-in-law or sister-in-law who does the same thing behind her back. The most important thing is, according to what this child Weiwu said, the Sheng family is rich and wealthy, and Sheng Lanci I love my legitimate daughter and will never be stingy with Sheng Weiqiao’s dowry!”
"Telling her to our Xiaoliu like this will save Xiaoliu from having to take care of the family finances all day long, isn't it good?"
When Mrs. Xiang heard this, she didn't agree very much at first: "Our Xiaoliu is also a count after all, and he is also your nephew and the emperor's cousin. Of course Miss Sheng San is liked by you, but her family background is a bit low? Sheng Lan The admonishment doctor who resigned was only a fifth-rank official, not to mention a casual official. With such a background, it would be a bit reluctant to be the wife of our Meng family's concubine. Xiaoliu is not only the eldest son of the fourth brother's first wife, but also the current wife of the fourth brother. The person in charge. If Miss Sheng San marries him, then she will go to the sisters-in-law and pick out any one of them. Her parents’ family will be nobler than hers. Is it possible that she will feel uncomfortable? "
But Empress Dowager Meng felt that her idea was a good one, and shook her head after hearing this: "Family background is just a trivial matter. This girl's grandfather has made great contributions to the country, and her father Sheng Lanci is also a well-known filial piety. Looking back on the matter between her and Xiaoliu Once it’s settled, all the Ai family can do is find an excuse to add luster to the Sheng family’s lintel!”
"And you forgot that she has a brother who is about to end up? As long as the King of Gaomi is willing to give in, Sheng Sleeping Crane will win six yuan in a row! This is an unprecedented achievement. The biological sister of such a person is promised to Xiao Mrs. Six is a perfect match!"
"Even if the official position could not be very high when Sheng Suihe first entered the officialdom, the nieces and nephews still gossiped, and the Ai family often called Sheng Weiqiao to come and walk around!"
—It’s because I know that this girl’s brother is very likely to win six yuan in a row that I have to object!
Madam Xiang secretly thought that if two days ago, when her biological son, Meng Boheng, the youngest son of the Meng family, was still alive and dead, and his whereabouts were still unknown, and the suspicion of the Sheng family being related to the incident in Bishui County was eliminated, she might have casually agreed. The Queen Mother’s idea.
But now that Meng Boheng has the news, although he still doesn't know what the situation of others is and whether he is thorough or not - but as long as his son is still alive, how can the mother-in-law not consider him? !