Pei Xuan's promotion to the right servant of the household department was a stroke of genius from Pei Xuan's mentor, even Zhang Ying didn't know about it.
After Mrs. Zhang found out, she wanted to marry Pei Xuan.
But the only son of the Zhang family's current eldest son is only eight years old this year, the second son's only son is older, ten years old, and the third son's two sons are seven years old and the other four years old, which is not suitable.
Especially after the death of Zhang's eldest son, the second son has to temporarily provoke some responsibilities of the eldest son. If the second son's son is allowed to marry Pei Xuan's daughter at this time, the first branch may be left behind. As far as the family is concerned, countless hidden dangers will be buried.
Madam Zhang sighed.
Since the death of the eldest son, things have not gone smoothly in the Zhang family.
Could it be that the robbery of the Zhang family is coming
Mrs. Zhang's complexion is not very good.
Mrs. Zhang San knew what the old lady was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, Xia Guang has already arrived in the capital, so there is no need to rush some things, just take your time. The most urgent thing is to entertain the two wives of the Pei family well."
Mrs. Zhang nodded.
Mrs. Zhang San talked about one thing: "When I came, I saw the nanny next to Mrs. Yin, and said that she was ordered by Mrs. Yin to go to Pei's house to greet Mrs. Pei San. Look, do we want to go?" Miss, please go to the Yin Mansion?"
There is only one girl in the third room of the Zhang family, and that is Zhang Lihua from the second room.
Because the Zhang family didn't separate, they called her Missy.
Mrs. Zhang was quite surprised, and said: "Ah Xuan actually has friendship with the third wife of the Pei family?"
In her impression, Yu Tang was a little girl from a squire's family, because she was from Lin'an, and Pei Yan became an official, so she had the opportunity to marry into Pei's family.
Mrs. Zhang San talked about the relationship between Miss Xu and Yu Tang.
Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
She, the third daughter-in-law, can answer anything she can ask, which shows that it took a lot of effort.
She picked and picked the eldest daughter-in-law in the family. Naturally, she is very good in all aspects and is enough to set an example. When choosing the second daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law, I followed the preferences of the two sons. Although they were well-matched, I didn't expect them to be housekeepers.
Unexpectedly, something happened, the second daughter-in-law couldn't lift her shoulders or hands, and she couldn't figure out what to do. The third daughter-in-law is no worse than the eldest daughter-in-law...
When Mrs. Zhang saw Mrs. Zhang, she couldn't help whispering: "What should we do if this continues? There will definitely be disputes in the family. It's the old man of the Pei family who is powerful, so he directly handed over the family business to Xia Guang."
Elder Zhang did not speak.
The situation of the Zhang family and the Pei family is different.
If the third child of the Zhang family had the ability of the third child of the Pei family, he would be as courageous as Mrs. Pei.
He felt that the affairs of the inner house were small, while the affairs of the court were the big ones.
"You take care of the family affairs first." Mr. Zhang said kindly, "Xia Guang will come over tomorrow. If the situation cannot be reversed in three or five years, we will learn from the Pei family and keep a low profile."
It's just a pity that the situation where he has struggled for a lifetime is about to give up like this.
Mrs. Zhang saw that her husband was upset, so she couldn't disturb him with the affairs of the house. She thought about three to five years' time. The eldest grandson will be twelve or three years old, and he will be able to get married. When the time comes, she will find a smart and capable man. wife, the priority is settled, and the family is at peace.
She said: "Will the wives of the Pei family not come over tomorrow?"
Boss Zhang said humanely: "What are they doing here? They just arrived in the capital, so there must be a lot of things at home? In a few days it will be the Buddha Bathing Festival, so you can invite the female family members of the Pei family to the Yaowang Temple together. There is no need to rush Right now?"
But it is still better to move ahead.
Mrs. Zhang made up her mind, and asked Miss Zhang's family to post a post to Xu Xuan early the next morning. Who knew that people from the Yin family said that Xu Xuan had gone to Pei's house and said she would not come back until evening.
Miss Zhang was taken aback, and said, "Isn't Sister Xu pregnant? How could my cousin let her go out?"
Miss Zhang and Yin Mingyuan are cousins who haven't been out of the fifth suit.
The mother who wrote back and forth covered her mouth with a smile, and said, "What can Mr. Yin do if he doesn't want to? Fortunately, the young mistress went there in a sedan chair. After Mr. Yin leaves the Yamen at night, he should go to pick up the young mistress, right?"
This is true.
Their husband and wife are notoriously in love.
Miss Zhang had to wait for Xu Xuan's reply.
On Xu Xuan's side, she was sitting in the flower hall in the inner courtyard of Pei's house, admiring flowers and eating fruits, and complaining excitedly to the Yin family's aunts: "... Now it's all right, there's another one. It's the hall in Mingyuan. My younger sister, the one who married Gu Chaoyang. I just arrived in the capital, and when I heard that I was pregnant, and my family couldn’t make things right, they came to see me. They even took a medical book and told me how to raise a baby according to the scriptures. I’m tired She is so annoying, tell her directly that she will come to me to talk about these things when she becomes a mother, now that I am about to become a mother, she has never seen her, and there is nothing to tell me."
Yu Tang didn't look like she was angry, but she looked like she got a new toy and was having fun with it.
She couldn't help but look at Xu Xuan's puffed stomach in awe, feeling amazing: "We haven't seen each other for a few months, you..."
The belly is as big as a basket.
And the face that was originally as white as jade also had a few yellow spots.
Xu Xuan looked at her stomach and sighed, "I never thought I'd get pregnant so soon." Then she pointed to her cheek, "Look, look, you can't press it down with powder, Yin Mingyuan I'm not allowed to use powder. I haven't been out of the house for a long time. It's too ugly. But fortunately, you are here. Let's go shopping tomorrow. I want to buy some materials to make some confinement clothes Clothes—Wen Po said, I gave birth in the summer, and the weather was so hot at that time! Thinking about it, I feel that I have to suffer a great crime, and I don’t want to give birth anymore.”
Yu Tang knew that some people would be in a particularly bad mood when they were pregnant, so she tried her best to follow Xu Xuan, thinking that the Pei family would have their own silk shop to send them new patterns to choose from, not to mention the Xu family and the Yin family. of. Xu Xuan wanted to go to the streets, mainly because she wanted to go out for a stroll.
But she is such a heavy month, if someone bumps into her, it will be fatal.
She laughed and said, "I'm not free these days! The second sister-in-law can't sit in a carriage, and she's still lying down now! Adan still needs to wait on the sick, and all the family affairs are in my hands. Otherwise, you wait How many days will I have? After I get things in order at home, I will go out with you again?"
Xu Xuan was really pushed, and said: "That's fine! I'll come to you every day to help you. What do you want to buy and what you lack, just tell the maid beside me, and I will ask the steward of the Yin family to help you. Go and buy them."
In her heart, Yu Tang was born unfamiliar, so it must be very difficult.
She can sit in their house without running around!
Yu Tang accompanied her to chat in the flower hall, and showed it to the maids and mothers at home.
As a result, when the fifth lady came to get the Anshen incense for the second wife, she saw Xu Xuan's appearance and immediately yelled, wanting to touch Xu Xuan's stomach but not daring to touch it: "Sister Xu, you are going to be a mother! Hello Awesome! He won’t kick you? I heard people say that a child will kick Mommy when she’s pregnant. Is it true?”
She twittered a bunch of questions.
Xu Xuan laughed, not only answered one by one, but also took the initiative to tell her a lot of things, if it wasn't for Ah Shan who was waiting beside her stomping her feet, and Yu Tang asked whether An Shenxiang was waiting to use it, she would probably have to tell Xu Xuan In the first half of the day.
Even so, when Miss Wu left, she held Xu Xuan's hand and asked her to come and play whenever she was free.
Xu Xuan was very happy, and said with a smile, "I'll come back tomorrow."
Only then did Fifth Miss leave contentedly.
In the evening, when Pei Yan came back from the Zhang family, Yin Mingyuan also came to pick up Xu Xuan, and the two went to the inner courtyard together.
This was the first time Yu Tang met Yin Mingyuan who was famous to her.
He is handsome, fair-skinned, but a little thin, and there is a bit of sickness between his brows and eyes, but his temperament is very good, gentle as jade, standing beside the handsome and compelling Pei Yan, he is not suppressed by Pei Yan .
It was the first time Yu Tang saw someone with such temperament.
She couldn't help but look at Yin Mingyuan a few more times.
After seeing off Yin Mingyuan and his wife, Pei Yan asked her: "Do you also think people like Yin Mingyuan are very amiable?"
Yu Tang really felt that he was closer than Pei Yan, especially when he spoke and acted, exuding a warm tenderness and consideration from the bottom of his bones, polite and personable, much easier to approach than Pei Yan.
But she also knew that if she praised Yin Mingyuan so much, Pei Yan, the flower peacock, would definitely be upset. She hurriedly said: "He looks a little sick, everyone must be careful with him, in case he gets hurt If he gets sick, shouldn’t he be responsible for seeing a doctor? Everyone can’t bear the consequences!”
Pei Yan was happy when she heard that, and took the initiative to pick up Sixi balls for her when she was eating.
After dinner, they went to visit the second wife.
Pei Xuan hasn't come back yet, saying that he was called away by his mentor, and the second wife is already much better, and is urging Pei Hong to write big characters.
Seeing Pei Yan and his wife coming over, they asked people to make tea again, and said: "This is brought over by a tea merchant in your second brother's family in the same year. You can taste it. If it tastes good, I will ask them to buy some tomorrow." Come back and get ready."
Pei Yan came here to discuss family matters. After drinking tea, Pei Xuan hadn't come back yet. Pei Yan thought about it and told the second wife why he came here: "Brother, all the people who come and go here are from the officialdom. The flower hall in the outer courtyard and the inner house will be used by the second elder brother and the second sister-in-law. I am going to open the side door on the north side, and I will go in and out there in the future. Although Ah Tong is a junior, he grew up in the capital and has his own friends , I'm going to let them move to the study on the west side. You can tell the second brother, see if it's okay?"
The study on the west was originally a private school for the children of the family to study. It has a dozen rooms, a corner door for entrance and exit, a special kitchen and so on.
Pei Xuan thought it was a good arrangement. As for the front yard and hall at home, he still meant to share it with Pei Yan. Because he had to get up and go to court at Yinshi, and he had just arrived at the Ministry of Finance, and he had a lot of things to do, and he came back very late at night, and sometimes he would just sleep in the yamen, and Muxiu couldn't sleep, so it was difficult to meet Pei Yan, so he Ask the second wife to bring a letter to Pei Yan: "There is no need to make such a clear distinction."