Wei Chenglin froze. He knew that this marriage might not go so smoothly, but he never expected that his grandmother would have such a low opinion of the girl from the Zhou family.
Can she be a beautiful concubine, not a regular wife, let alone a clan wife? Doesn't it mean that Zhou's daughter can only be concubine? This is the most severe criticism for women.
"Grandmother, Awan has a gentle and amiable temperament, a clear mind and no disputes with the world, she is not like that..."
The eldest princess interrupted him: "You don't need to say too much, since grandma dares to judge her like this, she must not be groundless. Although this girl's appearance is outstanding, but her temperament is too weak, it is difficult to bear the responsibility of the mistress, and even more Blocking one side alone is like the vines in the courtyard, which cannot be separated from the person she clings to."
"If you marry into a family of ordinary people, the responsibilities of the inner court will be much lighter, but it's okay. It's just that she has such an eye-catching appearance, but it is very easy to cause unnecessary troubles. How can a family of ordinary people protect her?"
"If you marry into a family of meritorious service, but you don't have the slightest human relationship and the ability to manage the family, how can you take on the responsibility of being the mistress of a family and the wife of a clan?"
"If you really love her, you can bring her into the mansion as a noble concubine, but you must wait three months after the main room enters the door, and at the same time, you are not allowed to conceive until the main room gives birth to the eldest son."
"Brother Lin, don't blame grandma for being ruthless. Since ancient times, there must be gains and losses. Since you were born in an honorable family and enjoyed the best treatment from the eldest son of the family, you must put the interests of the family first in everything. For the future."
Long after her eldest grandson 'saved' that girl twice in a row, she had asked someone to inquire about the girl's character carefully, and she had thought that if she was really a good person, she would simply marry her back to the mansion, so as to avoid future troubles. The eldest grandson will be involved in "good stories" such as "heroes save the beauty".
But in fact, this week's daughter let her down.
After all, she was born of a concubine's daughter, so she didn't even have half the air of an official's daughter-in-law in her behavior, and she didn't even learn the most basic housekeeping director as a woman.
Wei Chenglin's face was already quite ugly, and he turned his eyes for help to Shen Xinyan who was sitting quietly all the time without speaking, only hoping that his mother could say something for him.
Shen Xinyan met his eyes calmly, and finally, said slowly: "Your grandmother's meaning is also the mother's meaning. This week's girl has thousands of good things, only one thing is not suitable, and mother will not agree with you." Marry her and come in!"
The blood on Wei Chenglin's face faded a little.
Even his mother refused to help him this time, so how should he persuade his grandmother.
"Brother Lin, it's right to listen to your grandmother and mother. Girls from the Zhou family cannot marry! How can such parents raise a good daughter! After all, you are young, and you have been doing errands for His Majesty all these years. Hu Meizi's kung fu is amazing! You were only fooled by people for a while, listen to the third aunt, stay away from that family in the future!" Yang Shi also came in at some point, persuading her earnestly.
Wei Chenglin's face turned ugly again.
Why even the third aunt...
However, if the grandmother and mother objected to the marriage just because of Ah Wan's weak temperament, the third aunt's words were already deliberately targeting Master Zhou's family.
"Third Aunt, please be careful, Mr. Zhou is an important minister of the imperial court..."
"Do you think that the third aunt said these words on purpose to slander them? The third aunt is doing this for your own good, and for the good of our family. If I marry the daughter of such a family, I will never dare to see anyone in my life. I'm afraid you Mother is too embarrassed to appear in front of people." Yang spread her hands.
"Mr. Yang, what exactly do you want to say?" The eldest princess frowned, with a bit of displeasure on her face.
"Mother, I'm all out of good intentions! To put it bluntly, I'm the aunt in the next room, what does it matter to me which girl Brother Lin marries? It's just for the sake of our family. Kouzi, hey, they are indeed the most shameless couple I have ever seen in my life!"
"Third Aunt!"
"Young!"
Two voices sounded in unison at the same time, both with strong displeasure.
Although the Eldest Princess didn't like Zhou Guanning, she would not deliberately slander Zhou Mao and his wife. After all, Zhou Mao was also an official of the imperial court, so there was no need to make a grudge easily.
Wei Chenglin has always respected Zhou Mao as a human being, so naturally he would not be happy to see his third aunt insult him with words.
Seeing that they were all staring at her angrily, Mrs. Yang became anxious, walked quickly to Shen Xinyan, took her hand and said, "Second sister-in-law, tell me a fair word, what I just said Is there a lie? The two of us saw it with our own eyes, the couple was outside... Could it be that they are shameless?!"
Shen Xinyan felt uncomfortable all over, especially when the eldest princess and Wei Chenglin's eyes fell on her, she was so embarrassed that she wished she could shrink herself into a corner.
It would be fine if only the eldest princess and Yang Shi were there, but to her son, it would be hard for her to admit that she had encountered such a couple's intercourse.
In the end, she just said vaguely: "What the third sibling said, um, although, um, it may not sound very pleasant, but it is basically true, um, basically true..."
The Eldest Princess lived most of her life, she understood after thinking about it for a while, she was furious for a moment: "Ridiculous!"
On the contrary, Wei Chenglin was still puzzled, and wanted to ask more questions, so the princess's face sank completely: "Brother Lin, unless I die, you won't be able to marry that daughter of the Zhou family in this lifetime!"
After finishing speaking, she leaned on a cane and entered the second room with a calm face.
Shen Xinyan's eyes flickered slightly.
In this life, the Eldest Princess has a much tougher attitude in opposing the marriage with the Zhou Mansion than in her previous life, especially the sentence 'unless I die', which abruptly cut off the possibility of marriage between the two mansions.
She looked at Wei Chenglin, whose face was pale, and watched Yang Shi walk over and pat him on the shoulder, and persuaded earnestly: "Brother Lin, you always listen to your grandmother, even though you are young, you can never go wrong by listening to your elders. You have to know that the only person in this world who can see through a woman's inner essence is a woman!"
After speaking, she flicked her sleeves and left with confidence.
"...Mother." Wei Chenglin had a pale face, as if he didn't hear Yang's words, and looked at her pleadingly.
Shen Xinyan stretched out her hand to pull him up, looking at her son who was already half a head taller than her, her eyes were full of disappointment.
Wei Chenglin was stabbed by the undisguised disappointment in her eyes, and his body trembled.
When he was young, he was the most proud child of the elders in the family. When did his younger siblings look like they were studying, when did they see such disappointed eyes in their mother's eyes. Now, he just wanted to marry back the woman he was attracted to for the first time in his life.
"Miss Zhou is gentle and amiable, her mind is clear and she has nothing to do with the world, these mothers believe it. But Brother Lin, she is not suitable for you, and mother will not allow you to marry her."
Zhou Guanning is indeed not a person who will take the initiative to cause trouble, and his temperament is indeed gentle, but so what? It is impossible for her to accept her sincerely in this life.
Whether it is the Eldest Princess or Shen Xinyan, the two of them will soon have no time to focus on Wei Chenglin's request, because Yunfu has finally obtained the consent of Concubine Rui, and after Wei Junhang finishes his errands and returns to Beijing, the House of Zhongyi and the British The government's marriage was formally settled.
When the news got out, people who had children of the right age were disappointed, and there were no good candidates for daughter-in-law/son-in-law.
Seeing her rare and shy daughter, Shen Xinyan was relieved and sad at the same time.
She caressed her long hair fondly, unconsciously, her eyes were slightly wet. Her biggest regret in her previous life, she finally had a chance to make up for it in this life. She chose a husband for her daughter, and she could watch her wear a red wedding dress and spend the rest of her life hand in hand with her husband.
"In the future, don't fight with Yunfu any more. You should care about him more, be considerate of him, and don't act willfully." She taught softly.
Wei Yingzhi shook her hand with some reluctance: "How can I fight against him, how can I act willfully?"
"Don't you know about your temper? Yunfu's temperament is the best, but with such a good-tempered person, you are the only one in the whole family who can make him jump in anger." Shen Xinyan said angrily.
Wei Yingzhi hugged her with a smile: "But someone bullied him, how could I not stand up for him?"
Thinking of the scene when she was protecting Yunfu like an angry little tiger, Shen Xinyan felt a little funny.
"With your temperament, Yunfu can bear it."
"Mother, does brother want to marry Zhou Wanning?" Wei Yingzhi asked suddenly as the mother and daughter sat snuggled together for a while.
"Why are you asking this?" Shen Xinyan looked down at her.
"Zhou Wanning is not good, mother, don't agree to my brother marrying her, I don't like her as my sister-in-law at all." Wei Yingzhi muttered.
Shen Xinyan's heart tightened. In fact, she was not sure whether Zhou Guanning would enter the door in this life. Although the eldest princess' attitude was much tougher in this life, so what? In her previous life, she still opposed it, but what happened
"In the future, you and Yunfu can live a good life, and don't worry about other things. Your brother has grown up and has his own ideas. You are his biological sister, and you can't interfere with his decisions. You may not be able to do things in one lifetime. If everything goes well, the one who will be with you for the rest of your life will be Yunfu, not your parents, not your brother, let alone your future sister-in-law, do you understand?"
"I understand, it's just that when I think of Zhou Wanning... well, well, listen to mother, brother can do whatever he likes." Wei Yingzhi wanted to complain, but her mother's eyes were full of disapproval, so she had no choice but to surrender.
"Remember what I said, if you don't like Zhou Guanning, just don't get in touch with her, and don't deliberately target her." Shen Xinyan was worried.
"Okay, okay, I'll just think she doesn't exist in the head office in the future, right?" Wei Yingzhi didn't understand why her mother would order herself like this in a serious manner, but she obediently complied, but she felt even more displeased with Zhou Wanning in her heart.