Hearing her mentioning her mother, Wei Junhang's face was full of guilt. My mother is old, but she still has to worry about these unworthy children and grandchildren, and now she is sick in bed, and she can't feel at ease.
"Tomorrow, I will invite an imperial physician to make a careful diagnosis and treatment, but, after all, it is a heart disease that cannot be cured..." He sighed.
He thought for a while, and then said, "The marriage between Ying'er and Yunfu should be done as soon as possible. There have been a series of injustices in the mansion recently, so it's time for a happy event."
"Okay, Yunfu has been looking forward to your return to Beijing for some time, I'm afraid he will come to you in a few days."
Wei Junhang smiled slightly: "Ying'er is a little impatient, and she has been doted on since she was a child, so it is inevitable that she will be spoiled. Yunfu has a gentle and generous disposition, and we have grown up with her as a child. This marriage is really good. But that's all."
This is also the best news he got during the days when he left Beijing.
If it wasn't for Yunfu's background, he would have wanted to betroth his daughter to him a long time ago.
Shen Xinyan is naturally satisfied with this marriage. Both of them are children she has watched grow up and know very well. If they can become a couple and stay together for a lifetime, she will be the biggest one in this life. wish.
"When you were away, the mother decided to divide the family." Thinking of the separation, Shen Xinyan said hastily.
"I know everything, just follow mother's arrangement." Wei Junhang replied.
This was another thing that made him very angry. He never thought that his sister-in-law, whom he had always respected, would do such a thing!
If there is really something wrong with Princess Changning, the relationship between the Duke's Mansion and Prince Ning's Mansion will not only be severed, but they may even become enmity.
Seeing his unsurprising expression, Shen Xinyan sighed, knowing that he might have checked everything that happened in the mansion recently, so she didn't say much, leaning gently on his chest, murmured: " It's good to have you back..."
If it wasn't for him leaving the mansion this time, she would not have known that she had become so dependent on him unknowingly. For a moment, she wanted to tell him that she had lived two lives, but after thinking about it, she dismissed the idea.
In this life, he just learned that the eldest son had worked so hard to marry Zhou Wanning, and he was so furious. If he learned that the eldest son treated him like that in his previous life...
Now that they have seen it all, there is no need to involve him again, it will only cause a rift between their father and son.
Wei Junhang didn't know what she was thinking, he wrapped his arms around her waist, feeling her rare dependence at this moment.
After Wei Junhang came back, he made repeated actions. In just two days, the eldest princess fell ill, and Wei Chenglin left Beijing to take up his post. All of this happened without any warning, which puzzled everyone in the mansion, especially Wei Yingzhi, who did not understand why her elder brother would So suddenly he left.
Neither Wei Junhang nor Shen Xinyan wanted to tell her what the eldest son had done, they just vaguely gave a reason, as if they were afraid she would ask again, so they hurriedly brought up her marriage and shamed her away, and then they relaxed. tone.
The husband and wife looked at each other, and both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
A few days later, with Concubine Rui as the master, Zhongyi Marquis Zhao Yunfu and British princess Wei Yingzhi formally entered into a marriage.
Wei Junhang took the birthday horoscopes of the young couple, went to Lingyun Temple in person, and put it in front of Master Huiming.
"Master, you should do the math for me. Is this pair of children a destined marriage?"
Master Huiming slowly opened his eyes and glanced at him, then slowly closed them again.
"Since the Duke of the country is not sincere in asking, why bother?"
Wei Junhang sneered: "It is said that the monks do not tell lies, but why did the master talk nonsense, talking nonsense, saying that the dog and a girl surnamed Zhou are a destined marriage!"
"What the poor monk said is true, the son and the benefactor are indeed destined to marry, but..." Master Huiming was interrupted by Wei Junhang before he could finish speaking.
"What is destiny? Fifteen years ago, a 'high monk' gave me a command, saying that I died young and was destined to live no more than thirty years, but now, I am approaching my forties. Master He is an eminent monk, highly respected, and deeply respected by my mother, so why bother to ruin my practice for some worldly trivial matters."
Wei Junhang felt somewhat resentful towards Master Huiming in his heart, if he hadn't criticized the phrase "a marriage destined by destiny", the mother might not have believed the nonsense of the eldest son so easily.
Master Huiming narrowed his eyes and stared at him for a long time, Wei Junhang did not avoid his gaze, the two just looked at each other silently, Master Huiming finally said: "The face of the Duke of the country, the poor monk can't see clearly .”
"Every master has uncertainties, so it can be seen that life-telling and fortune-telling are very vain and may not be credible!" Wei Junhang asserted.
After all, he still had respect for this old monk, Wei Junhang slightly squeezed him out, then added more money for sesame oil, and then left.
Master Huiming stared fixedly at his leaving back, frowned with thick eyebrows, and murmured: "It's strange, it's strange, it turns out that there is nothing wrong with the destiny of the marriage, why is it... strange, strange!"
As if to sweep away the bad luck earlier, Shen Xinyan made the engagement ceremony grand, making people marvel at how favored the princess is by the princess.
"Ma'am, Mrs. Ping Lianghou and Mrs. Wu went to His Highness's place." Chunliu walked to her side, took a chance when she had time and lowered his voice to report to her.
Shen Xinyan frowned, thought for a while, but finally couldn't rest assured, and ordered: "Just follow me to have a look."
Madam Pinglianghou and Fang Birong must have come here because of the Fang family.
After all, the Fang family is a living person, and she is "seriously ill and recuperating" for no reason. As her natal family, the Marquis of Pingliang will definitely send people to find out what happened. It will be a matter of time.
It's just that the Eldest Princess has just recovered from a serious illness, and Shen Xinyan is even more afraid that their words will offend the Eldest Princess, which will cause her to relapse.
The girl guarding the door saw her coming, saluted and greeted her.
"Madam Hou and Madam Wu are still inside?" Shen Xinyan asked.
"If you go back to Madam, it's still inside!"
Shen Xinyan hesitated whether to go in, but suddenly heard the angry shout of the eldest princess from inside.
"I ask myself that I have always treated her kindly, and that my second daughter-in-law, Shen, has suffered a lot of grievances because of her, but what about her? How did she repay me?! If you think that this palace, the Duke's government, has treated her badly Well, well, you guys take her out of the mansion. I have lived to this age, and I don't care about face or shame, so I will go out and let the world watch the scene and judge it. Is it the Duke's mansion that has treated her badly, Fang Bizhen? , or she is not greedy enough and has a vicious heart!"
The outstretched feet were slowly retracted, and she knew that it was not suitable for her to go in at this time.
Sure enough, a woman's voice could be faintly heard from inside.
"You, how can you say such a thing? She has devoted herself to being a widow these past few years, teaching her children, and doing housework for your daughter-in-law. Even if she has no credit, she has worked hard. Besides, you watched her grow up, Don't you know what her temperament is? How could she do such a thing? It must be framed by someone with a heart!"
Immediately afterwards, the eldest princess stopped: "Who is the caring person? Is it this palace or this palace's second daughter-in-law? I naturally know what her temperament is. I only hate myself for being soft-hearted, which makes her even more daring. "
"Besides, you really don't know what kind of idea you have to be Ben Gong? Your Pingliang Marquis Mansion can't let you meddle in the affairs of Ben Gong's family. From now on, you and I will break the friendship between you and me, and there is no need to talk about sisterhood!"
Mrs. Pinglianghou was shocked. She didn't come here to fall out with the eldest princess. Offending the eldest princess would do them no good at all. Could it be that she really wants to bring the eldest daughter back to the Hou's mansion, and she will be completely broken from now on? Relationship with the Duke's Mansion
Even Fang Birong was deeply regretful, she didn't expect her eldest sister to fall into the incident several years ago.
She stabilized her emotions, stepped forward to bless the Eldest Princess, and said softly: "His Royal Highness, calm down, my mother only cares about my sister, so she will speak unscrupulously for a while. Your Highness is also a mother, so she must be able to understand this mood. Please don’t take offense, Your Highness.”
"Forgive me for not agreeing with your practice of framing your family members, nor forgiving, let alone turning a blind eye when you know it!"
"You don't need to say any more, this is all I have to say, see off the guests!"
Shen Xinyan pushed the door open, and saw Mrs. Ping Lianghou's face turned red and then pale, and Fang Birong beside her seemed to want to say something to calm down, but the eldest princess didn't look at her at all, and turned around with a flick of her sleeves and gave the order to evict her. .
Seeing her coming in, Madam Ping Lianghou showed resentment on her face, and wanted to say a few harsh words, but Fang Birong grabbed her with a sharp eye, and she saluted Shen Xinyan respectfully, and the mother and daughter were "polite" by the maid invited out.
"Mother, why bother to get angry for these irrelevant people, if you lose your body in anger, wouldn't the gain not be worth the loss?" Shen Xinyan walked slowly to the side of the eldest princess, persuading her softly.
The eldest princess gave her a deep look, and after a long time, she sighed and said, "You are right, but they are just irrelevant people!"
Sisters who have been sisters for decades, now she can see clearly, no, maybe a long time ago, after Mrs. Ping Lianghou asked her to come forward to intercede with the emperor because of her husband and was declined, there was already a gap between them.
It's just whitewashing all these years.
Mrs. Pinglianghou and Fang Birong's mother and daughter did not leave directly, but were taken to Fang's place.
Tao Zhi, who had already received the news and was waiting outside the door, saw the two coming, hurriedly stepped forward to salute and say hello, and then led them into the house.
Inside the house, Fang Shi was tirelessly telling Wei Chengqi to learn to be patient for the time being, and to try his best to win Wei Junhang's trust, so that Brother Zhao and Brother Yue from the third room could not take the lead.
Wei Chengqi has been silently listening to her rambling, but there is a bit of bitterness in his eyes.
After a long while, he finally said: "Second Uncle is the real uncle of the boy, so the boy will respect and love him..."
"Yes, that's it. You have to respect him more than usual. You have always been a smart kid. You should know that the situation of our mother and son can only be improved by relying on your second uncle. Otherwise, if the brothers in the third room Take the lead, without the support of my second uncle, I'm afraid..."
"Madam, Madam Hou and Miss are here." Tao Zhi listened to Xu for a while, stepped forward and interrupted her with a sigh.
"Grandmother, aunt!" Wei Chengqi stepped forward to salute.
"Good boy, it's hard for you!" Mrs. Pinglianghou sighed and helped him up.
Wei Chengqi lowered his head, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly.
When Fang saw her mother and younger sister coming, she knew it must be for her own business, so she said firmly: "Mother, you don't need to say too much, the title of the duke's mansion should belong to our brother Qi, and it is passed on from father to son. The position should naturally be inherited by his son, and he, Wei Junhang, has already taken advantage of it once, so is it possible that he still wants to pass it on to his children and grandchildren? There is no such reason in this world!"
"Exactly!" Mrs. Pingliang Hou nodded in agreement.
"The title of the Duke's Mansion was spelled out by the ancestors, it belongs to the grandfather, not to the father!" Wei Chengqi suddenly said.
Fang was poked at the sore spot, and screamed: "What nonsense are you talking about?! Back then, your father was the son of the Duke, so the title will naturally belong to him in the future. If he is gone, you should sit. How can it be his turn? Wei Junhang! It's your grandfather's injustice that caused the title to fall to the second wife!"
"Okay, brother Qi, let my aunt see you. I haven't seen you for a while, but you've grown a lot taller!" Fang Birong saw Wei Chengqi's blushing face seemed to be about to refute again, and quickly pulled him aside.
Wei Chengqi pursed his lips tightly, but didn't say a word.
"Mother still hoped that you could take back the title, but now it seems that you have been brainwashed by the people in the second room at some point, you can't even distinguish between good and evil, and you have learned to contradict your biological mother!" Where did Fang expect it? The son who has always been well-behaved and docile would contradict himself like this, feeling heartbroken and angry, pointing at him and scolding him.
Wei Chengqi still didn't speak.
What is goodness? What is evil? Could it be that the second uncle and the others are evil? Is it good for the mother to set up a trap to frame Princess Changning, intending to give the elder brother the name of restraining his wife
"Brother Qi, grandma won't help you this time, how can you talk to your mother like this! You have to know how much she has suffered and suffered for you!" Mrs. Ping Lianghou always loves this grandson, but this Hui also raised his face and taught the lesson.
"Now that Wei Chenglin is transferred to Xiyan City, where is Xiyan? I'm afraid he will never return, this is a great opportunity!" Fang Birong interjected.
"What? Wei Chenglin transferred to Xiyan City?" Fang was surprised.
"Is it possible that my sister doesn't know? It's just a few days ago, and it has been spread all over the capital, saying that the British Duke is willing to do so." Fang Birong wondered that she didn't know anything about it.
Fang opened her mouth, how could she tell her that since she was placed under house arrest, not to mention the news from outside the mansion, even the news from the mansion has never been available to her.
"It's really God helping me! I just hope that he will never return, and this will relieve the hatred in my heart!" A gleam of happiness flashed in her eyes.
"Brother will return safely!" Wei Chengqi finally spoke, but what he said was that the faces of the three people present were not very good-looking.
Especially the expression on his face clearly showed that he didn't agree with what they said at all. How could Fang not see it clearly, and was so angry that he stopped him and beat him, crying and cursing at the same time: "I I have spent my entire life in vain, but I have raised such a dishonorable person like you! Why should someone else take what belongs to your father! Outsider, you, are you trying to piss me off?!"
Wei Chengqi stood motionless, letting her fists rain down on him, but Mrs. Pinglianghou and Fang Birong couldn't stand it any longer, and hurriedly pulled Fang to persuade and comfort him.
"What are you doing? Is there something you can't say well? What are you doing to beat him? If it breaks, it's not you who feel sorry for yourself?"
For a while, he comforted Wei Chengqi: "Your mother is also too anxious. She always regards you like a jewel and treasure, and loves you as her lifeblood. She has done so many things for your own good!"
Is it good for him? He hoped that she would be less for herself, wouldn't it be good to just live in peace? Why do you still fight for things that are no longer yours
Struggles flashed in Wei Chengqi's eyes, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "I understand mother's intentions, but the child still disagrees! How can the second uncle and the others be outsiders? Since the son inherited the father's business, when the father passed away, the grandfather If he is still alive, everything in the mansion is naturally his, so how can it become something that a father should leave to his children?"
"You!" Fang's eyes widened in disbelief, but she heard Wei Chengqi continue, "If grandma and aunt are only here to visit mother, that's fine. If it's for other purposes, let's go!"
"Brother Qi, do you know what you are talking about?" Even Fang Birong couldn't help looking at him in shock.
"How could the matter of Princess Changning be accomplished with the power of my mother alone? If it is said that my aunt did not contribute to this, I would not believe it. Grandmother and Second Aunt are not stupid, I am afraid that they have already found out everything It's clear, it's just for the sake of the face of the two families that they don't want to say anything. My aunt is a smart person, so she should know what to do." Wei Chengqi was expressionless, as if he didn't hear their words at all.
"There's also my grandmother and grandfather, how many benefits they have gained outside the name of grandmother and second uncle over the years, grandmother and second uncle don't say anything, I'm afraid they know it in their hearts, after all, who doesn't have a bright heart. "
Fang Birong's heart was shocked, and her expression changed immediately.
The eldest princess and the others really found themselves? No, can't you? Back then, she only provided medicine to her elder sister, and she didn't handle other things, so she shouldn't be able to find out about herself!
Even Mrs. Ping Lianghou's complexion is not very good-looking. In the past few years, their husband and wife have indeed gained a lot of benefits by taking advantage of the favor of the British government, but they did not expect that they would have already seen everything in their eyes.
What's more, it's fine to be scolded by the eldest princess just now, after all, that person is the eldest princess of the imperial court who has to give up three points even today, and she has a noble status, so she can only bear it.
But being criticized by her own grandson, her heart was on fire. If she hadn't considered that this place was the Duke's Mansion, she might have exploded on the spot.
Fang was so angry that she almost couldn't hold her breath, she suddenly pushed away Mrs. Pinglianghou who was pulling her, rushed up and slapped Wei Chengqi heavily on the face: "Presumptuous, is this what you should say? !"
Wei Chengqi was beaten to the side of his face by her, and it took him a long time to turn around slowly, his expression was calm, even his eyes were calm, like a pool of stagnant water, which could not easily stir up any waves.
Even Fang Birong, who had gone through a lot, was also frightened by his eyes, and subconsciously pulled Madam Lianghou's cuffs to stop her from going forward.
Fang has regretted it ever since she slapped her. No matter how much she has done in her life, isn't it for this son? If mother and child were divorced because of this, then what was the reason for her persistence for so many years
"Grandmother and aunt have also been here for quite a while, I think grandpa is still waiting for news from you, so I won't send you far away." After a long time, Wei Chengqi said slowly.
"You..." Mrs. Ping Lianghou is so angry that she was kicked out by the eldest princess once, and now even her own grandson treats herself like this
On the contrary, Fang Birong knew the fun, knowing that she must be rejected today, so she insisted on pulling Mrs. Ping Lianghou.
"Okay, then let's go back first, you mother and son have a good chat, sister, don't be impulsive, there is no overnight feud between mother and son."
Watching the mother and daughter leave, Wei Chengqi raised the corner of his robe and knelt on the ground, and kowtowed several times towards Fang Shi. The sound of forehead hitting the ground made Fang's heart tremble He lifted it up, and couldn't bear it any longer and stepped forward to pull him up.
Wei Chengqi persisted stubbornly, kowtowing to her nine times before stopping, facing the redness and swelling on his forehead, his voice was hoarse: "Mother, give up! I don't want anything, I don't want anything, and I don't want to fight, my child!" I just want to serve my mother until she dies, marry a wife and have children, let my mother have grandchildren, and live the rest of my life with peace of mind."
"As for the title, don't say that it is not my child's, even if it is, my child will not afford it! The current scenery of the Duke's Mansion is all because of the second uncle's family. The second uncle has a close relationship with His Majesty since he was a child, and he has won the holy family. The second aunt has raised Yunfu for many years, and the imperial concubine in the palace is grateful for her kindness in taking care of the Zhao family's blood, and she takes care of everything; His Royal Highness and the elder brother have the meaning of being classmates, how can outsiders guess the trust between each other?"
"Don't say that since the second uncle dared to let the eldest brother go westward, he must have made sufficient preparations. He only said that if the eldest brother really had troubles, it would be impossible for the title to fall on the child. Because, His Royal Highness will not Will agree, the imperial concubine will not agree, and His Majesty will not agree!"
"Mother, do you know that if you want to compete for the title, you are not competing with the second uncle's family, but with His Royal Highness, the Imperial Concubine, and Your Majesty!"
Fang's face was pale, and she took a few steps back, and finally sat down on the couch with despair on her face.
"Mother, let it go! We will only live our own lives in the future, why bother to make loved ones suffer for something that can no longer belong to us, and enemies be quick!" Wei Chengqi persuaded with sobs.
Fang's lips kept trembling, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't say a word.
It's not that she doesn't feel something, it's just that she doesn't want to think deeply about it. Now her son's words have shattered her persistence for many years, and the shaky hopes in her heart collapsed, and they can no longer be put together again. .