While Meng Guiyu and others were talking to Xu Baomo, Princess Wuyang had brought Gongsun Yingjiang back to the small courtyard where Sheng Weiqiao was temporarily placed... next door.
The reason why I didn't take her over to meet Sheng Weiqiao was because Sheng Weiqiao was lying on the couch at the moment, so she wouldn't be stimulated and fainted after seeing her niece's embarrassment; I was also thinking that there were a group of girls surrounding Sheng Weiqiao. Son, even if these people generally have good intentions, Gongsun Yingjiang's current situation is really not suitable for showing up in crowded places.
While the servants were preparing hot water, the eldest princess Wuyang brought up the sincere conversation between her mother and daughter holding a candle at night on the eve of her biological daughter's coming out of the palace. She pulled Gongsun Yingjiang and opened her heart. The main idea was to persuade her to cheer up. Don't give up on yourself just because you meet a scumbag, and don't blame yourself and feel inferior because of it.
Although Gongsun Yingjiang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, Princess Wuyang sent her confidant to take her into the bath in person, not only to continue to enlighten her, but also because she was afraid that she would die while she was bathing.
After making such arrangements, Princess Wuyang quickly sent someone to inquire about Sheng Weiqiao next door. When she found out: "The Lord of Kangzhao County blamed himself so much that the Lord Jingshu and others persuaded him for a long time, but the County Lord remained silent, and finally changed Therefore, his face was covered to hide his expression. County Lord Jingshu was afraid that if he stayed in the room any longer, County Lord Kangzhao would suppress himself too much and cause trouble, so he hinted that the group should withdraw temporarily, leaving only County Lord Fuchang inside. .”
"It's been a long time, but the two county heads inside haven't called anyone. I guess they haven't recovered yet?"
The eldest princess Wuyang sighed when she heard this. She originally thought that Gongsun Yingjiang seemed to follow Sheng Weiqiao everywhere he went. She thought that the relationship between aunt and nephew was particularly deep. If Sheng Weiqiao could move now, should Sheng Weiqiao be invited to come and enlighten her
Now that the Sheng sisters are suspected of being unable to protect themselves, it is hard to mention this.
The eldest princess thought for a while and then asked her servant: "What did Xu Baomo's sister named Caikui say after hearing about this just now?"
After learning Xu Caikui's attitude, the eldest princess snorted coldly, "This girl is much more sensible than her brother!"
Then he quietly invited Xu Caikui over and told her what happened, "Your brother now suspects that the village master Ming Ning set him up. He made a fuss in public and didn't want to take responsibility. If I hadn't been there, I'm afraid Ming Ning would have He could force the village owner to jump into the lake on the spot to prove his innocence!!!"
Xu Caikui was shocked when he heard this and blurted out: "My eldest brother has been severely punished by his parents for his rebellion and abandonment. How dare you treat Ying Jiang like this now?!"
"What? That boy has done something similar before?!" Princess Wuyang suddenly frowned, "When was it? What happened to the girl?"
Only then did Xu Caikui realize that she had made a mistake. Although she did not know that Princess Wuyang and Mr. Sheng intended to get married, she was not stupid enough to truthfully tell the princess that that person was Sheng Weiqiao from three years ago. Gong said: "Your Highness, I dare not refuse to answer the question, but please keep it secret, otherwise my parents will definitely not let me go: she is the direct grandson of my grandfather's best friend, Mr. Ao, and I want it too." My name is Sister Shi."
"The older sister and brother originally planned to come to Chang'an with my eldest brother and the brothers and sisters of the Sheng family. It was because my eldest brother got off the ship on the way and used the excuse of recuperating in the south of the Yangtze River. So far, he has not taken a step north!"
Princess Wuyang looked ugly and said: "I will naturally not tell anyone about this kind of thing! But I am not talking about your parents and grandparents. Although your Xu family is said to be a single generation of three generations, because of this, how can this only male heir? Can you discipline me well?! If you do such evil things and ruin the family tradition, how can you be doing something that will lead to blessings?!"
Xu Caikui smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, to tell you the truth, my grandparents, my father and my mother all strictly disciplined my eldest brother, but he was beaten and scolded, and he..."
"You just don't listen?" Princess Wuyang frowned and asked, "Then what should we do now? What happened to the village master Ming Ning? Although I haven't asked yet, you can probably guess the cause and effect. Originally, Xu Baomo The owner of the village, Ming Ning, is not married, and they are about the same age. Even though the Sheng family and the Xu family are family friends, they are not related by blood after all. It is not a big deal if they are a generation apart. Simply letting them get married is the best result. . Now Xu Baomo will definitely betray his luck and say such words in public. How is this any different from asking the village master Ming Ning to die? "
She looked deeply at Xu Caikui, "This incident happened in my house. Not only will I not let go of the culprit, but if there is no good outcome for the village master Ming Ning... my conscience will not be at ease!"
When Princess Wuyang used hard and soft tactics to force Xu Caikui to come up with a plan to make Xu Baomo responsible for Gongsun Yingjiang, Sheng Weiqiao was looking at Sheng Weirao in front of him with a headache.
She originally wanted to cover her head and calm down for a while, but then Huan Yehe persuaded everyone to leave the room, which was exactly what he wanted.
Although they heard that they had left Sheng Weirao behind, Sheng Weirao remained silent, and Sheng Weiqiao was just minding his own business.
As a result, after thinking about it, I heard something wrong in the room. I pulled down the quilt and took a look. Sure enough, this cousin had knelt in front of my bed at some point and was sobbing silently on my lap.
"What's wrong with you?" Sheng Weiqiao had no choice but to put aside all his worries for the time being and asked in a low voice.
"Third sister, do you think I brought bad luck to Ying Jiang for what happened?" Sheng Weiqiao sobbed, making Sheng Weiqiao almost want to vomit blood: "Fourth sister, why do you have such ridiculous ideas?!"
However, Sheng Weirao didn't think it was ridiculous. She asked in a low voice but excitedly: "Ying Jiang followed the third sister and you north to Chang'an as early as the second half of last year. During this period, she went to the palace, was a guest, and had similar banquets." It’s not like I’ve never been there, nothing has ever happened!!!”
"Why did something go wrong with her as soon as I came here and attended the banquet for the first time?! Isn't it because I tired her? What's the reason?!"
She laughed miserably and said, "I have thought about it before, I... I have had such an experience, and I am no longer clean. Brother... I mean the new top scholar who just returned to Gaomi Palace. When he was in high school, he asked me to come over. This Aren't you causing trouble for him?! The only blame is that I wasn't firm enough to refuse my grandmother's advice. If I hadn't come and brought all this bad luck with me... probably none of these things would have happened!"
"If you think that all kinds of things happened because you came to Chang'an, then why don't you think that the reason why my brother was able to get the top prize was also because of you?" Sheng Weiqiao took a deep breath and said patiently. Zi persuaded, "This matter has nothing to do with you. If the elders want to blame, they must blame me for not taking good care of Ying Jiang! Besides, it's hard to say whether Ying Jiang suffered a loss in this matter!"
She said this because she knew that Gongsun Yingjiang had coveted Xu Baomo for a long time, but Sheng Weirao didn't know the inside story, so he got it wrong and said calmly: "Even if Ying Jiang married Xu Shixiong because of this, she became the eldest son's wife. But... But just now the mother-in-law from the princess's mansion came over and said, if so many people see her... how can she go out in the future?!"
"She is so good at going out, okay?!" Sheng Weiqiao twitched the corner of her mouth and said in her heart, "That little ancestor wants to sleep with all the beautiful men in the world. How can it be possible if he shrinks his head in shame after being attacked like this? Can you express such lofty ideals?"
Sheng Weirao continued: "Furthermore, she and Xu Shixiong were originally uncles and nephews. Suddenly something like this happened, and it would be awkward for the two of them to get along in the future. With Jiang's talent and beauty, it would not be difficult to choose a happy couple in the future. My good son-in-law, now...now..."
She cried so hard that she couldn't talk any more.
Sheng Weiqiao comforted her in every possible way to no avail, and simply said with a dark expression: "Ying Jiang is not you! She hasn't even come to me to cry. Why are you crying for her first?! Or do you really hope that she will be like you and become depressed from now on? You feel inferior and pity yourself, so you deliberately bring bad luck to her?!"
Sheng Weirao was startled by the scolding and subconsciously stopped crying. Sheng Weiqiao then softened his tone and said: "Our elders and the elders of the Xu family are all in Chang'an now. They are not thousands of miles apart. What happened is Of course the elders have the final say in such matters! Is it your turn and my turn to worry about it?!"
"Besides, you also said that Ying Jiang is very talented and beautiful."
In order to appease Sheng Weirao, she said without conscience, "Then why don't you think on the bright side? Brother Xu Shi loves her so much that by accident, they became a happy marriage, just like Xu Shishun's Aunt Nan?"
Sheng Weirao didn't know the allusion of Xu Zijing's love for cats. He always thought that Xu Zijing and his wife were models of love. After hearing this and thinking about it for a while, although she was still worried about Gongsun Yingjiang, she couldn't continue to say that she was not optimistic about her niece's future, so she had to force herself. Laughing: "What the third sister said is... I lost my temper!"
"Go and tidy up so that you don't look embarrassed when others see you later." Sheng Weiqiao sighed and told her, "The more difficult our aunt and nephew are today, the more we have to dress up to avoid being underestimated. Go! After all, we have to rest in Chang'an for a few days before we can go back. During this period, we may not go out even once. This time, we were careless and were tricked and lost, but we cannot lose the battle! "
Sheng Weirao responded in a low voice and went to wash up in front of the basin in the corner of the room.
Sheng Weiqiao was lying alone on the couch, pinching her brows: According to her understanding of the elders of Sheng and Xu, she must let Xu Baomo marry Gongsun Yingjiang.
It's just that she really didn't dare to think about what the future would be like for this pair, one whose life-long dream is to be a mother-in-law, and one whose life-long wish is to sleep with beautiful men all over the world.
All she wants now is that Mrs. Sheng can stay strong and strong again, and never be knocked down by the bad news after the bad news that her most proud and valued grandson is not of her own blood!
While the Sheng sisters were each in disarray, the Meng sisters all knelt down in front of Princess Wuyang and their faces turned pale: "Your Highness, we did deliberately lure people to Saxue Waterside Pavilion, but this matter was really not our fault. !”
Meng Liti sobbed: "Although we do dislike County Lord Kangzhao, we can just say a few words in front of His Highness. After all, this is His Highness's place. How dare we... How dare we do such a thing?! Nothing else Say, let’s just say that our sisters also participated in the flower viewing party today. If something dishonorable happens at the banquet, how will our sisters’ faces be shining?!”
He added, "The village head Ming Ning is actually not related to the Sheng family. She was probably the head of the village by her aunt for the sake of the head of Kangzhao County. Maybe she has long been attracted to Prince Ning Weihou, and she took advantage of today Given such an opportunity, do you want His Highness to help her make the decision and seek the position of the wife of Ning Weihou?"
Princess Wuyang laughed angrily: "You have been playing in my house since you were little. You once chased Shengxu all over the garden, and even made a fuss about going back to the Hou Mansion left by his father to live in hiding. Watch out for you! You all keep saying that you don’t dare to do such a thing here, but this is the first time that the head of the village, Ming Ning, dares to come here as a guest?!"
Originally, the eldest princess was thinking of Meng's sake, and planned to give the two sisters a chance to kowtow to her aunt and nephew in order to get a lighter sentence.
At this moment, he completely lost all thoughts of showing mercy. He glanced at Princess Deping who was kneeling a little further away from the Meng sisters. Seeing that she had a blank look on her face, she seemed to have resigned herself to her fate, so she didn't bother to ask questions. She stood up directly and ordered people around her. : "Go and invite Mrs. Wu'anhou and Mrs. Chengyanghou! In addition, the palace and the Gaomi Palace will also inform you!"
The Meng sisters were shocked when they heard this. They came up and pulled the hem of her skirt: "Your Highness, no! Please have mercy on Your Highness, please..."
However, the eldest princess Wuyang struggled hard and walked out of the door in three steps. The two sisters wanted to chase them out, but they were blocked by the mother-in-law. She said coldly: "You two ladies, please be patient and wait for each other." It’s not too late to tell the difference after my aunt’s mother-in-law arrives!”
... When the Meng sisters were paralyzed on the ground, the eldest princess Wuyang outside the door still had an ugly face. They thought she was still worried about Gongsun Yingjiang, and were about to give words to persuade her, but saw the eldest princess hesitated for a while, and then said: "We also sent Go to Ningweihou's Mansion and ask Mrs. Ningweihou to come over... Tell Mrs. Ningweihou that there may be some inside story about this matter, and let her be mentally prepared!"
Seeing the surprised look on her confidant's face, the eldest princess sighed and said quietly, "Although I have focused most of my energy on recuperating Shengxu's body these years, the entire eldest princess's residence has been taken care of by Hanshan. And Hanshan abides by the defense between men and women, focusing on I pay attention to the front yard and always ask about the backyard affairs in general terms. But even so, my backyard is not something that just two concubines can do!"
The confidant was startled, then understood something, and nodded solemnly: "I understand!"