On the day Xie Meng returned home, Mrs. Chen was surprised and happy. She was grateful to Yun Fenghuang for his consideration. However, after calmly Donglai asked what happened and found out if Xie Meng had told her sister-in-law when she was in audience, she just dismissed her. When his niece came back to reunite with him, he felt a "thump" in his heart.
She chatted with her daughter with a smile for a while, then sent Xie Meng to meet the two brothers. She then called Xie Xiliu over and told the story with a frown: "Why does he think the second bedroom is a bit cool?"
Xie Xiliu felt that she was overthinking: "I was so happy that time that the doctor was kept in the house specially. Since the twenty-third brother knows, it's not a good idea to mention it to the seventeenth sister casually."
Little Chen said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. The twenty-third brother and the seventeenth sister seem to have grown up together. In the past, the seventeenth sister didn't like the Chao family. The twenty-third brother helped the seventeenth sister to the Chao family. In the East, Tiaozi beat the Chao family's children very easily. It is true that he arranged for a brother-in-law, but I think it is difficult for the seventeenth sister to have children, so he took a fierce son who looked like her and raised him in the palace. What happened to the twenty-third brother? If you are more friendly with her, will you persuade Seventeenth Sister to send Meng'er back just because he makes her unhappy?"
Birds of a feather flock together, and although Xiao Chen didn't have much contact with Xie Tu and didn't know much about the brother-in-law in the next room, due to Jiang's daughter's doting on her, she spent a lot of time studying her sister-in-law Yun Fenghuang's character.
Yun Fenghuang is not a fair master, least of all he is biased.
Xie Tu has a good relationship with her, and their temperaments are probably similar.
Isn’t it hard to think about which one is more important, a cousin-in-law whom I know very well or a direct cousin who grew up together
Xiao Chen didn't believe that Xie Tu would be so considerate of her.
According to Xie Tu's character and relationship with Yun Fenghuang, the brother-in-law should not mention her pregnancy in front of Yun Fenghuang, let alone persuade Yun Fenghuang to send Xie Meng back to reunite mother and daughter.
Like Xie Wuzheng, who went to the audience with him, he was very Xie Yanxiu, so why didn't he say nothing
"... Brother Twenty-Third is young and it is inevitable that he will not think carefully." Xie Xiliu also had some doubts after hearing his wife's analysis, but after thinking about it, he said, "I also know that he followed Sister Seventeen since he was a child. Seventeen My sister is very scheming and good at making decisions. Twenty-two, twenty-three, and many cousins from the Jiang family are used to listening to her in everything. Therefore, without the seventeenth sister around to remind me, I am on the safe side. Before, we were just When they came to the Imperial Capital for their first audience, the three of them almost bumped into Princess Minghui's palace."
"He asked the twenty-third brother to see if he had seen the seventeenth sister. He thought about it and said it casually without thinking much about it... He heard that he was on the way back, but the twenty-second brother scolded him all the way. When he got home, he went to look for her. Brother Eleven, I probably want to be complained about by Brother Eleven."
Little Chen was doubtful and said: "He has also heard about what happened when we first met. But from then on, Ninth Brother and Eleventh Brother kept a close eye on the younger ones to prevent them from being careless. Are you being careless and causing trouble for Seventeenth Sister? I've been telling you for so long, why is Twenty-three acting like this? Twenty-two is not like that."
"Perhaps the Seventeenth Sister used to indulge them very much?" She did very little - for example, whether Xiao Chen wanted to please her mother-in-law Jiang, and whether she liked Yun Fenghuang. She had to think carefully about whether she had a good temperament. She had to give her sister-in-law something to communicate with her every now and then, and Xie Xiliu since With a wife who takes care of things like that, of course he will be happy.
At this moment, he didn't take it seriously and said, "Isn't it human nature to think that she is his sister from the same mother's compatriots or my decent sister-in-law. She sympathized with me and allowed Meng'er to reunite with us. Isn't it human nature? When we were at home, I don’t love her less, and I don’t allow her to reciprocate her love. I feel so sorry for me, so I feel so happy, don’t you?”
When Xiao Chen heard this, she couldn't help but smile slightly and said: "He shouldn't do that. Besides, he didn't do anything to Seventeenth Sister, just some trivial things."
Thinking about her sister-in-law's flattery when she was in Beidi, Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel that she had overthought it. The brother-in-law next door might have thought of it and mentioned it. The sister-in-law cared about her sister-in-law's affection, so she promised her daughter to come back to her. Reunion... When she arrived, she discussed with her husband: "The person who sent Meng'er back didn't say how long they would let Meng'er stay that time. I said how long should we keep Meng'er before sending her back?"
Xie Xiliu said nonchalantly: "You are not one of your own family, why should you be so cautious? When Dong Hui's wife comes to the palace to pay her respects, I will take Meng'er with me to see what Seventeenth Sister wants."
Seeing that his wife seemed reluctant to leave, he smiled and said, "Please don't Dongci write a letter to his mother, and tell her to ask her to persuade the seventeenth sister not to take Meng'er into the palace to raise her? Anyway, the seventeenth sister is Ruming. I have a son and a daughter at my knees, so I’m not lonely either.”
"Is that the same?" Little Chen asked immediately, "Did the eldest prince remember the name of Concubine Shu? Princess Zhaoqing and Seventeenth Sister are not related by blood... but how can she compare with Meng'er?"
She is not stupid. If Xie Ming knew that situation, Xie Meng would definitely seek marriage.
There are many children of the Xie family, and even if she is not a legitimate daughter, plus she is the legitimate niece of Concubine Xian, it will be difficult for her to stand out. But it’s different for a girl raised by a concubine like a daughter. She just prayed that Yun Fenghuang wouldn’t fall down in a month. According to the nature of that sister-in-law, Xie Meng didn’t have the name of a princess but the reality of a princess—even if she got married in the future, A noble family member, who dares to wrong her
Mrs. Chen even speculated about Yun Fenghuang's character. Xie Meng had been raising her in front of her. Compared with the unrelated Princess Zhaoqing, it was hard to say whether Yun Fenghuang would favor the upright princess or her niece in the future.
Such a huge benefit, don’t take advantage of it.
In contrast, although I miss the separation of mother and daughter, do I care more about my daughter's future
Xiao Chen said: "Besides, Meng'er is so old that he will need someone to take care of him. I have been in office for a long time, and the boys in the family are not old enough to take care of my sister. He has too much time to take care of himself. How can I keep Meng'er at home for so long? In March or May, I will send someone to deliver a letter to the palace, asking the Seventeenth Sister to take her back. Besides, she has been in the palace for so long, and she doesn't know if she is used to it. It’s home.”
She had planned that, but that day Xie Heng and Xie Fu came over to discuss some official matters with Xie Xiliu. When it came to that matter, Xie Fu said, "Thirteenth sister-in-law is too alienated from my mother-in-law. She is not a blood relative. Since the empress has sent Meng'er back for a reunion, can you tell her that she wishes the thirteenth sister-in-law well? But the thirteenth sister-in-law hurriedly went to send the child back, as if she was afraid that she would be unhappy if he sent the child back late."
He added, "Of course Thirteenth Sister-in-law is pregnant after all, and it is inevitable to think too much during pregnancy. Thirteenth Brother would like to take more care of Sister-in-law."
Xie Xiliu thought it made sense, so she sent the two brothers away, and then told Xiao Chen not to push her daughter to the palace in such a hurry: "Seventeenth sister is still young, even if her body and bones are broken last year, Since Ruming is a good concubine and there are so many imperial doctors in the palace, how could she know that she can't give Tuochun a subtle hint? I saw that she was very concerned about the confinement of Meng'er, but she didn't ask Meng'er to be her daughter. We are very worried. There is no need to act like she is afraid that she will be estranged from Meng'er... After all, among the legitimate daughters of Meng'er's generation, who is more like our daughter when she was a child?"
Xiao Chen said: "How dare he think so much? Is he afraid that Seventeenth Sister will misunderstand that he is reluctant to raise his daughter to her?"
"Brother Eleven is wrong, I think too much about being pregnant." Xie Xiliu teased her, "Why don't we wait until my wife comes back from the east to say hello, then go into the palace and see Sister Seventeen before we talk about it. To be honest, we only have one legitimate daughter, and we have always called Sister Qi to raise her, so he is really reluctant to let her go."
After saying that, he sent someone to find Xie Meng and said, "Our daughter, called Seventeenth Sister, has been raised very well. He has grown a lot taller when he saw those confinement boys disappearing."
They were talking and laughing, but they had no idea that Xie Fei told Xie Heng after he returned: "Twenty-one in the big house is about to become the master, and there are seventeen sisters in the fourth house. Not to mention the three and five houses, our second house, Because he was cautious and cautious at the beginning, he missed the opportunity with the Master. If he is not rich and cannot fall into the eyes of the Seventeenth Sister, from now on our room will be left with the leftovers from the four rooms of the big room."
Xie Heng frowned and hesitated: "We are all brothers, so why is this... And although the thirteenth brother mistook his own family for not being prepared, the seventeenth sister is not easy to fool. If she sees the clues, I'm afraid she will It's our fault that we're bored in that room."
"Although Seventeenth Sister is smart, she is not very valued by her family. Otherwise, how could Twenty-one get married?" But there are not many of them. Why is he the only one favored by the Heavenly Family? Isn't it because Seventeen Sisters spared no effort to help? We can't do anything for Meng'er, just make her unable to enter the palace for a short time and let Kuo'er I just want to replace her and go to Cheng Huan's seventeenth sister's knees... In fact, according to Kuo'er's level of understanding, he is more suitable to enter the palace than Meng'er."
Xie Heng said: "The palace is deep and the Seventeenth Sister seems to have been promoted quickly, but there are many difficulties and dangers that cannot be explained by outsiders. How old is the rich man?"
"Why is Meng'er so worried after staying in the palace for more than half a year?" Xie Fei disagreed, "With Seventeen Sisters protecting him, there would be some discord. Is he good at being around children? And... "
He lowered his voice and said, "Seventeenth sister is raising the eldest prince like a child. Even if she is named Concubine Shu, she will be gone last year. When the eldest prince grows up in a month, how can we not get close to Seventeenth?" Sister? The gap between Kuo'er and the eldest prince is only three years."
"... That's so ridiculous." Xie Heng was shocked and blurted out, "His family is from a humble family, how can a legitimate daughter match the prince?!"
Xie Fei sneered: "Why can't we match the prince? Twenty-one can be the lord, and seventeenth sister can be the emperor's concubine. Why can't rich children be the princess? Besides, with seventeenth sister's legs, it would be impossible if she had not always been so favored. If Shai goes east, the eldest prince after the moon will be able to marry a rich man, so he should be thankful to God!"
"After all, there are too many concubines in the Youth Palace of Xuanqing Palace. How can the Seventeenth Sister Tayue not have other princes?"
"Compared to those princes who are listed in the name of Seventeenth Sister, there is a layer between the eldest prince and Seventeenth Sister. As for Seventeenth Sister's character, there is no question whether she will treat him well in the future... When the eldest prince grows up, , in order to protect ourselves, we should choose the concubine from his Xie family!"
Seeing Xie Heng's hesitation, he raised his eyebrows and reminded, "Brother Jiu, even if I don't think about Kuo'er or our room, I still think about the entire Xie family. Although my sister-in-law is virtuous, she can't help us. Xie's former lintel is virtuous. I hope you can raise a girl who is good enough to marry a high-ranking family, but I am afraid that you are not capable enough. If the family has that ability, it is the fourth aunt and the seventeenth sister. The fourth aunt is from the north of Te, and I hope you can preside over it. I don’t even care about mentioning my granddaughter. If I don’t count on the Seventeenth Sister, who can I count on?”
"I think about the sisters who have lost their popularity over the years because of the unclear affairs of the sixth sister. If they had the legs and scheming of the seventeenth sister, would they be so easy to bully?"
"Am I begging Kuo Eryue to follow in their footsteps and call a good marriage to end in disgrace?"
Xie Heng was silent, with a struggling look on his face. After a long time, Fang slowly said, "How should I stay?"
... About that time, in the harem, Yun Fenghuang was slowly putting down the tea bowl and said, "It's time for Ji Mu Zijin to return to the throne."