Shen Xinyan nodded, knowing that the Duke must be asking Mr. Xi Xi about his son's academic situation.
Speaking of which, the Duke of England really placed high hopes on this eldest grandson, and he had to intervene in Wei Chenglin's studies every now and then, and sometimes even taught him martial arts himself.
Fortunately, Wei Chenglin never let him down.
The mother and son sat facing each other, Wei Chenglin was always a man of few words, while Shen Xinyan always had some concerns about him left over from her previous life, so she just asked about his basic necessities as usual.
The two asked and answered, and soon fell silent.
"Mother—do you think I look good?" Feeling uncomfortable, Xiao Yingzhi who ran into the room at some point ran out with a 'da da da', and ran to her, with her face upturned proudly. ask.
Shen Xinyan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
I saw the little girl pouted with a "bloody mouth", with two rouges of different sizes and shades smeared on both cheeks. At first glance, she looked like a matchmaker in red and green in the market. Shen Xinyan was so happy that she held her stomach Can't stop laughing.
Even Wei Chenglin, who has always been calm, couldn't help laughing.
The little girl was displeased by the laughter of her mother and brother, she pouted her small mouth and looked at the mother who bent over laughingly, and then looked at her brother who turned his back and "puff puff puff" and kept laughing.
"What is there to be happy about? It makes me happy to say it!" Before entering the room, he heard his wife's unusually joyful laughter, and Wei Junhang's mood also jumped up unknowingly.
"Father!" Seeing that the father who loved her the most came back, the little girl rushed over to hug him and complained like a spoiled child.
Wei Junhang habitually planned to bend down to hug his daughter, but when he first saw the small face that could no longer see his original appearance, he was startled, and he unconsciously took a step back.
When the little girl saw it, she burst into tears with an aggrieved "wow".
Shen Xinyan panicked, and hurried forward to coax her, but Wei Junhang moved faster than her, and picked up her daughter first, coaxing her heartily.
Xiao Yingzhi wiped her tears with her small hands, but she didn't want the rouge to be washed away by the tears. When she wiped it, she immediately turned into a cat face, which made Shen Xinyan laugh endlessly.
"My sister doesn't cry, it doesn't look good when she cries." When she finally suppressed her smile and was about to step forward to join the ranks of coaxing her daughter, she was surprised to see her son holding a clean veil for the little girl very tenderly. Wipe away tears.
The little girl didn't like to cry at all, but it was rare for her to dress up so "beautifully". Not only did she not get compliments from her parents and brothers, but she was also rejected by others. Thinking about it, she felt extremely wronged.
Now that her father and elder brother are coaxing her from left to right, she gradually stopped crying, looked at her father and then at her elder brother with her big wet eyes, and finally put her fleshy little arm around her elder brother's. Neck, buried her little face against his neck and kept rubbing.
"Eldest son, let this servant carry fourth girl down and wash her face!" Chun Liu who heard the voice came in said with a smile.
"No need, I'll do it myself." Wei Chenglin shook his head, avoiding Chunliu's hand that wanted to hug his sister, and carried the little girl into the clean room himself.
"I didn't expect Brother Lin to be so gentle and considerate!" Wei Junhang sighed as he watched the figures of the siblings disappear behind the screen.
Shen Xinyan also deeply agrees.
Adding up the two lifetimes, except for Zhou Wanning, her son would not lie to his close relatives, not to mention hugging his younger sister to wash her hands and face himself.
She remembered clearly that her daughter in her previous life was not afraid of anything, but she was very afraid of her brother. Although it was not like a mouse seeing a cat, she would not take the initiative to get close to him unless it was absolutely necessary.
Like now, her parents are all by her side, but she has never chosen to let her brother take her to wash her face with clean water.
Shen Xinyan wondered, is it because the son of this life spends too much time in the main courtyard with their mother and daughter? It seems that there is no other reason besides this.
"I just saw Brother Qi in the garden, but I haven't seen him for a few days, why do you seem to be getting less and less courageous?" Wei Junhang said after taking a few sips of hot tea from Chunliu.
Shen Xinyan was arranging the rouge and gouache that had been messed up by her daughter in front of the dressing table. Hearing what he said, a thin and weak figure appeared in her mind.
Wei Chengqi is the posthumous son of the previous son Wei Junting. In Shen Xinyan's memory, he has always been a quiet, well-behaved but somewhat timid child.
The Fang family is eager for their son to become a dragon, and they want their son to inherit his father's excellence, and because there is a Wei Chenglin in the house who is full of praise from the elders, so the discipline of Wei Chengqi becomes more and more severe, although it is not enough to beat and scold the child. However, the language was a bit harsh, which made Wei Chengqi, who was already timid, shrink back even more.
This has become an endless loop that cannot be untied.
The stricter Fang's control was, the more timid Wei Chengqi became. The more timid and timid he was, the more dissatisfied Fang became, and the stricter the control became.
However, Shen Xinyan didn't like Fang's, but she was quite envious of her.
Because, she has a son who will never leave her!
In the first year when she was trapped in the family temple in her previous life, the Fang family had monopolized power in the Duke's mansion. In order to pave the way for her son, she took action against Zhou Guanning, which finally angered Wei Chenglin. .
It was Wei Chengqi who bought her life and freedom at the price of giving up everything he had in the Duke's Mansion.
At least, when Shen Xinyan died in her previous life, Fang was still living well under the service of her son.
In that life, her son was outstanding, young and promising, with a bright future, but what she got was the second half of her life being trapped and dying of madness.
Compared to Fang Shi, how could she be any better? They are also quite a failed mother!
"Brother Qi... is a good boy..." Shen Xinyan could only reply like this in the end.
Wei Junhang nodded in agreement, and then said helplessly, "It's just that sister-in-law's discipline is unavoidable."
Shen Xinyan lowered her eyes, took the teapot to refill him, and said in a calm voice, "It's inconvenient for a sister-in-law to teach a child even if she is a mother, and it's even more difficult for us uncles and aunts to say anything."
She felt sorry for Wei Chengqi, but she had no intention of asking for trouble to stand up for him. Wei Chengqi is a reverse scale of the Fang family, whoever dares to touch it will die!
The most important thing is that she doesn't even know how to be a mother herself, so she has no right to take care of other people's children.
Wei Junhang didn't know this truth, so he just nodded and said: "When brother Qi grows up and moves to the outer courtyard, hire some martial arts masters for him, and get in touch with more people, I think this timid temperament can be changed. "
Shen Xinyan just smiled and didn't answer his words, but she didn't take it seriously in her heart.
Is it easy to move to the outer courtyard? You still underestimate your good sister-in-law!
"The third sister-in-law is pregnant, I want to go back to the uncle's house tomorrow, okay?" Shen Xinyan talked about the business.
The third sister-in-law in her mouth naturally refers to her natal sister-in-law.
"It just so happens that I'm free tomorrow, so I'll go with my wife!" To her surprise, Wei Junhang offered to go back with her.
"Thank you so much, son!" She smiled after being slightly startled.
Although she has another purpose with her natal family tomorrow, it would be better if Wei Junhang could go, at least to show some people in her natal family her status in the Duke's Mansion.
In the early morning of the next day, taking advantage of the opportunity for their daughter to be summoned by the Eldest Princess, Shen Xinyan and Wei Junhang immediately ordered people to prepare carriages and horses, and set off for Jing'anbo Mansion.
The Jing'anbo mansion is not too far from the British government, and it takes only half an hour to take a carriage.
Today's Uncle Jing'an is the elder brother of Shen Xinyan's mother. Mrs. Liang's wife and Shen Xinyan's relationship is not very good, and they don't like each other very much, but at least they can maintain face and affection. Until Shen Xinyan got lucky and suddenly became the wife of the prince of the Duke's Mansion, Liang's attitude towards her became much warmer.
Although Shen Xinyan didn't like Liang's sister-in-law, she loved Liang's daughter Shen Huiran very much, otherwise she wouldn't have wanted her to be her daughter-in-law in her previous life.
But when she saw this niece whom she loved like her own daughter again in this life, her feelings were much more complicated. Among them, what was involved was the tragic death of her daughter Wei Yingzhi in her previous life.
Zhou Jia Erlang was the murderer of Wei Yingzhi's death, but Shen Huiran was the direct cause of her being killed by mistake. Although Shen Huiran chose to commit suicide by hanging herself because of guilt in her previous life, a thorn was planted in Shen Xinyan's heart after all.
"Second Aunt." The current Shen Huiran is only a seven-year-old girl, and she is obediently and obediently going forward to salute under the guidance of the adults.
Shen Xinyan smiled at her, but didn't hug her as affectionately as before.
"But after a while, Hui'er has grown a lot taller."
Shen Huiran pursed her lips, and smiled a little shyly.
"A few days ago, this girl kept whispering in my ears that I hadn't seen my second aunt for a long time, and I missed her very much. Now I finally look forward to you. I think I can have clean ears for a while." Mrs. Uncle Liang was angry. The daughter glanced at her, smiled and stepped forward to take Shen Xinyan's hand affectionately.
"After all, it's the aunt and nephew of the direct relatives, why doesn't Huier also talk about the third aunt?" The woman's jokes sounded from the side, Shen Xinyan looked over and recognized that the person who spoke was the target of her trip - Shen Xinlan.
"Hui'er misses Third Aunt too." Shen Huiran was young after all, and blushed when she heard her say this, and said in a low voice with some unease.
"Okay, how old are you, and you still care about children." Mrs. Shen Er smiled and spat on Shen Xinlan.
Shen Xinlan covered her mouth and smiled lightly.
"Let's get in the house quickly, don't make mother wait too long." Liang Shi said.
The aunts, sisters-in-law and sisters in this room walked towards Madam Jing'an Botai talking and laughing, and Wei Junhang in that room was also led in by the uncle Jing'an brothers.
"Why don't you see sister-in-law three?" Shen Xinyan asked on the way.
"What she ate and vomited these days, and she couldn't sleep well at night. She felt a little sleepy after having breakfast just now, so her mother asked her to go back to the house to rest first. She must have not woken up yet! "Liang replied.