The Feng family members are still in the Ministry of Justice prison awaiting their fate. They were once the only ones in Zhuque Street, but now they have become prisoners. Madam Kong looked at Madam Wei and said nothing more.
She really didn't want to attend this coming-of-age ceremony, but she had to. Thinking of this, her gaze shifted to Wei Yumin, watching her gently saying something to Wei An with her head down, her eyes somewhat complicated.
It was the wife of Marquis Pingyang who came in later who broke the awkward situation. She first glanced at Wei Yumin, then said to her with a hint of reproach and obvious intimacy, "You are so old, yet you still make fun of a child. Aren't you ashamed?"
Then he smiled and came up to greet Old Lady Wei: "How are you, old lady? The fruits you sent last time were really fresh. I heard that your farm has always had good growth and good harvests. But sending so many at once is really a waste of your good things."
She glanced at Wei Qi who was standing next to Old Madam Wei, then looked at Wei Yumin and laughed, "Our Ah Min is always thinking about you. I ran into Madam Chen outside and wanted to chat for a while, but she disappeared. I knew she must have come to pay her respects to you, and now I see that it is true."
Wei Yumin hung her head and said nothing. Her usual cleverness in making jokes was gone, and even her sharp tongue just now seemed to be just an illusion. Old Madam Wei stared at Lady Pingyang Marquis until she turned her eyes away, then she smiled indifferently: "What are you talking about, my dear in-law? I thought she was unfilial. If she was more filial, we wouldn't have sent a carriage to pick her up, and she wouldn't have been willing to come to see an old woman like me and her mother. What's the point of worrying about her now? If she keeps her family in mind for a long time, then I will say she is filial."
The wife of Marquis Pingyang looked somewhat embarrassed. Everyone in the capital knew about Wei Yumin's current situation. Old Madam Wei did not shy away from it at all and directly said that she had gone to the house to pick her up several times but failed to pick her up. This was clearly an insult to them.
What are you so proud of
Her anger reached the sky for a moment, but when she thought of this party, she calmed down. She suppressed her anger, smiled and turned around to greet Mrs. Kong.
Mrs. Kong's palms were sweaty, and she felt guilty when she met the gaze of the wife of Marquis Pingyang.
After a long while, Mrs. Kong came over with a smile and invited everyone to go to the garden to listen to the opera. She smiled and put her arm around Mrs. Wei and said, "I know you like to watch Mulan Joins the Army, so I specially invited the Deyun Society to sing. You should listen to how their new star compares with the old Chen family. When it comes to listening to opera, you are an expert..."
Then he waved to Mrs. Kong Er, "Sister-in-law, ask Xiao Jiu to take the girls out to play. We have a pergola in the garden at the back, and there are swings and flower beds. Tell them to have fun and don't be restrained."
Mrs. Kong Er responded softly, and with a smile, she told Miss Kong Jiu to take the others out to play, and she also warned her solemnly, "Today is your coming-of-age ceremony. If something goes wrong, the shame will be all yours!"
She was impatient and no longer had the patience she once had for her daughter. She looked at her daughter with a complicated expression and said, "You are not a child anymore. Don't show everything on your face."
In his previous life, Wei An later dealt with Mrs. Kong Er. In his memory, Mrs. Kong Er was always kind and patient. It seemed that she had never had such a stern face and scolded her daughter in a low voice.
Moreover, Mrs. Kong Er looked at the wife of Marquis Pingyang too many times, and her eyes looked a little abnormal.
Mrs. Wei was embraced by Mrs. Kong, but she did not forget to look back at Wei Yumin: "Although you have to serve your mother-in-law, does that mean you don't have to serve your grandmother?"
She also wanted to know clearly what Zhu Fang's current attitude was and what Wei Yumin's plans were.
Mrs. Kong Er smiled and walked forward to hold her other arm: "What's the big deal? I'm here to serve you. Just let Amin relax and enjoy it for a day."
There are still several extremely tall and dense sycamore trees in the Duke of Yansheng's Mansion. Once you enter the garden, the huge shade of the trees blocks out the sun, which makes people feel less restless. Mrs. Kong smiled at Mrs. Wei again and said, "I have sent you invitations several times, fearing that you would not come... Mother knows that you are coming, and she is very happy."
The old lady of the Duke of Yansheng's Mansion had a very good relationship with Old Lady Wei, so she was in the mood to chat with her: "I just came in, and I heard that she was sick? Is it serious? Have you asked the imperial physician to see her?"
"I'm old..." Mrs. Kong sighed, "There's nothing we can do. The doctor just said to take good care of myself. I've been lying down for a few days. When I heard you were coming today, I wanted to come out, but I drank an extra bowl of soup last night and got diarrhea. I feel really bad..."
Mrs. Wei had no interest in listening to the opera, but when she heard what she said, she said, "I'll go see her."
Wei An didn't play on the swing. She always felt that there was something strange about everyone in the Yansheng Mansion. She was even more surprised when she saw Old Madam Wei and Madam Kong get up and leave the pavilion where they watched the show.
Previously, Wei Yumin was not allowed to come and serve Old Madam Wei, and now Old Madam Wei is sent away. It seems deliberate no matter how you look at it.
Things were exactly the same as what she knew in her previous life. She didn't seem to know what exactly happened in her previous life... She felt a little panicked. She looked up and saw Wei Yumin following Mrs. Kong Er with a serious expression, walking out of the pavilion and turning behind the rockery, and she became even more frightened.
In the last life, the Duke of Yansheng thought that something went wrong in their house and tried to avoid Wei Yumin. But now, it seems that Mrs. Kong has always been with Wei Yumin...
No, that's very wrong.
Wei Yuyou was watching the girls fishing with Wei Yulin. When they saw Wei An standing up, they were a little surprised: "Xiao Qi, where are you going?"
Miss Kong Jiu was just asking someone to find a boatwoman to get the boat out, preparing to take everyone to go boating and admire the lotus flowers. When she heard Wei Yuyou ask this, she glanced at Wei An and couldn't help laughing sarcastically, "This is not a place to walk around! Today is my coming of age, and I've invited not only the female relatives, but also the men from outside. You'd better stay here honestly, otherwise if something goes wrong, don't push it onto others."
Wei An finally understood what was wrong - the layout of the Yanshenggong Mansion was that of a prince's mansion. Going around the rockery was the outer courtyard. When she was the head of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, she had been to the prince's mansion more than once and knew that it was a place to receive men from outside the family!
Why did Mrs. Kong take Wei Yumin to the outer courtyard? !