Foster son and husband

Chapter 214 Visitation
The Jinhua hall was laughing and laughing, the old woman came in with the head of the front yard to answer, saying that the two pairs of eunuchs in the palace had arrived at the waiting mansion, and the Queen Fengjia was coming soon, so the old lady was asked to go to the front yard to pick him up.

Xu Xiping woke up suddenly: That's right, my nephew Junying said yesterday that the queen came to visit his sick nephew and daughter-in-law today, so he hurriedly stood up and hurriedly urged his mother to get ready and go to pick her up.

The old lady glanced at him, and said: "Don't worry, the phoenix chariot will arrive at the door only when the three pairs of servants are all here—Ruixue, help me to change clothes!"

As soon as the words were finished, there was silence nearby. Ruiyu and Ruiyun came to their senses, and hurried forward to help the old lady up and change clothes inside. The old lady felt that she called the wrong person and didn't explain much.

Li Songmao had already got up and walked out of the room with the chief steward, took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it in, and told him to inform his father-in-law: Shi Songmao, a cousin of the Houfu, a second-rank cabinet bachelor, was a guest in the mansion, and he greeted Fengjia with everyone in the Houfu.

How dare the Chief of the Hou Mansion accept the gift money secretly?Hastily pushed back, promised that he would tell his father-in-law, bowed again and again and retreated.

Surrounded by Xu Xiping, Shi Songmao, Xu Junqiao and Zhuang Yulan, the wife of the second grade imperial order, the old lady took the three ladies of the Hou Mansion who had avoided sitting behind the screen and embroidered because Shi Songmao entered Jinhua Hall to talk, and went to the front hall together. Come to welcome Fengjia, Meimei has already been waiting there in full dress, deliberately painted her face pale, seeing the old lady and others coming, she took a step forward, Fushen said:
"Memei, hello to the old lady! Greetings to my uncle!"

The old lady raised her head and looked towards the gate with a blank expression. Xu Xiping raised her hand and said:
"You're still weak, so get out of here!"

However, Shi Maosong had pulled Zhuang Yulan up earlier. The second-rank imperial order met the first-rank imperial order. Naturally, they had to meet each other, and they had to make a salute first. Zhuang Yulan deliberately ignored Meimei's status as the wife of the queen when she was waiting for the residence, and her attitude was arrogant and disrespectful. , it was because she felt that one day she would be equal to her, but today this wish came to naught, she had to obediently bow down to Meimei, and Shi Maosong also bowed courteously.

Xu Xiping said: "Nephew, this historian is your cousin-in-law, have you seen him before?"

Meimei returned the salute: "Forgive Meimei for being stupid, and I didn't know a bachelor of history! My cousin's husband and cousin are both talented and beautiful, and they are a perfect match, and my cousin has been diagnosed with a happy pulse, which is the icing on the cake. Congratulations!"

He looked down on Zhuang Yulan from the bottom of his heart, and waited and waited until his cousin came to marry him. There are so many men in the world, but none of them can match up to his cousin who is already married and has children?Thinking about her full of confidence, even though she got Xu Junying's consent, she is also very hateful. The "cousin" is still living in Tsinghua University, and she is really speechless if she insists on squeezing in. It is the real Qin Meiniang, so she must not be able to play with her and the old lady, and she will win in the end. Qin Meiniang can only be imprisoned and sent to the deep courtyard, crying every day, and crying... Things in the world are often difficult to get what people want, just make it happen. In the future, the fake cousin will become a real cousin, and Zhuang Yulan will have to be temporarily married as a royal reward to marry a half-old son-in-law, no one can control whether she is satisfied or not!
Zhuang Yulan heard the teasing and ridicule in Meimei's words, she just lowered her head, biting her lips to bleed, but Shi Songmao who was next to her didn't know what to do, and kept fawning on her, rushing to say a lot of good things to Meimei, All the way to the gate, Zhuang Yulan wanted to step on him a few times.

The old lady looked at all this with cold eyes, snorted secretly, and before she could speak, she saw that there were a lot of flowers, flags, banners and canopies fluttering dazzlingly under the sun, the imperial guards lined up to protect the two sides, eunuchs and maids, coming in pairs from afar— - The Phoenix is ​​here!
Everyone knelt down on the ground to welcome Fengjia, and the queen smiled and said in the phoenix chariot: "Pingshen!"

The voice was gentle and soft, everyone raised their heads, but before they dared to get up immediately, they saw the empress walking down the phoenix chariot, holding the hand of the maid with a smile. She was dressed in splendid palace attire, and the crown of hundreds of flowers and pearls was crowned with large and small jewels, which caught people's eyes. Bright, stepped forward to help the old lady, greeted a few words, then walked in front of Meimei, stretched out her hand to her, Meimei gently held the queen's hand, stood up, the queen opened her palm to look After looking at her face carefully, she said with a smile: "Princess Qi told me, it's incredible! You - you have to learn to cherish yourself, this sick body needs to be cared for carefully!"

The two held hands and chatted, and walked to the front hall, followed by a group of people slowly, no one dared to interrupt at will.

The queen sat down in the hall, dignified and beautiful, not angry but majestic. When everyone came to pay their respects formally, the queen gave him a seat and said a few grand opening remarks. Cui Xi Cui Lian and others presented refreshments. The queen took a sip of the hot tea in her hand, and greeted her in order from the old lady down. The family-style conversation lasted for half an hour. Except for the old lady and Meimei who got two words of condolence, everyone else treated them equally. One sentence.

Give the old lady, wife and Meimei the medicines and supplements they brought. Everyone can see clearly that the old lady and the wife have the same share, and Meimei gets an extra brocade box.

He also gave Heng'er various toys, packed them in wooden boxes, opened them for everyone to take a look, only to see bright colors and glittering golden lights, but they couldn't tell what they were, so they closed them again.

The queen smiled and said: "Weiyuan Hou works hard for state affairs. He leaves early and returns late every day. Mrs. Weiyuan Hou is weak and sick. She still has to serve the elderly, raise children, and take care of the house. She is really virtuous and benevolent. The family members in the mansion should be more considerate. Help and support each other, so that Weiyuan Hou will not have to worry about the future!"

I also asked the young ladies of the Xu family who had agreed with them, but they all learned to read or embroider, and commented on everyone's appearance and manners, affirming that the granddaughter raised by the old lady was elegant and outstanding, and the old lady Xu's face She always wore a smile on her face, her attitude was humble and serene, and she was neither humble nor overbearing when dealing with the empress, gentle and decent.

The empress came out of the palace to visit Meimei this time because of the order of the emperor. The emperor and Xu Junying have been with each other since they were young, and they understand each other's temperament clearly. From the look on their faces, they knew that Xu Junying still couldn't handle Qin Meimei, so I had to help him again. .The emperor Jinkou Yuyan promised Meimei that she would live in Cen Zhai as long as she loved it, but he was too embarrassed to go back on his word, so he asked the queen to go out of the palace to visit Mrs. Weiyuan Hou in person. , Hurry back to Houfu!

The queen has seen Meimei in the waiting mansion, and after trying her best to comfort her, she wants to go back to the palace, because the prince stayed with the queen mother for two days last time when she went out to offer incense, and she doesn't know what method the queen mother used, the prince Unexpectedly, she was very attached to her smell, and started crying. The queen mother came to hug her and coax her to stop.Since then, the queen has never dared to leave the prince easily. It has been a long time since she came out, and she was already worried about whether the prince would be carried away by the queen mother again, so she had a few words of kindness with Meimei, and gave her a delicate gold medal, telling her If you have something to do, go directly to the palace and report:
"If you have this brand, you can go straight to Kunning Palace. No one will stop you. I gave Ru Nan a piece. Junying is afraid that you will be suppressed by the old lady, so he wants to invite two palace nuns to accompany you on the grounds of learning embroidery, calligraphy and painting." Beside me, I don’t think it’s necessary, and you shouldn’t want to, right?”

Meimei nodded: "Thank you, empress, for understanding, I don't need a nanny in the palace, and there will be nothing wrong with the old lady, empress, don't worry!"

The queen smiled: "I am facing the queen mother, but you are the old grandmother. Let's deal with each other well. Remember: don't let people take bad things about you, don't lose your filial piety!"

The queen, who is gentle and graceful on the surface, has a compact and quick schedule, never dragging her feet. She came to the waiting mansion to go through the motions and make a formality. She walked around the Tsinghua University and praised the gardening layout. After seeing Heng Er, she declined the prepared meal and was about to drive back to the palace immediately!

Meimei knew that she cared about the prince, so she didn't try to persuade her, she just knelt down with the old lady and others to send Feng away from the mansion.

From the beginning to the end, Shi Maosong was most disappointed. Together with Xu Xiping, he followed Feng Jia around the Hou Mansion for a long time, but was always surrounded by eunuchs and maids, and couldn't get a chance to talk to the queen.

As for Zhuang Yulan, who was by the old lady's side, she had several chances to stand close to the queen. Shi Maosong stood in the distance, and even saw the queen smiling at her, but Zhuang Yulan lowered her head cautiously, not daring to Seeing the queen, she didn't even move her lips, stomping Shi Maosong's feet in anxiety, the great opportunity to get married with the queen, just let her throw it away for nothing!

Not long after the Queen left, the men of the Hou Mansion and the West Mansion came back one after another. The meals carefully prepared for the Queen had already been prepared. There was nothing to say. Taking his nephews and nephews, he repeatedly invited Shi Songmao to eat before leaving. Shi Songmao thanked him politely, and said that he would visit his aunt and cousins ​​again in a few days, took Zhuang Yulan with him, and left.

Three tables of banquets were placed in the Grand Flower Hall of the Waiting Mansion, and someone went to invite the second wife and grandmas from the West Mansion. No matter how much Meimei pretended to be sick, she would always pretend to be welcoming, to greet the second wife, and Bai Jingyu, Ning Rulan saluted each other and said hello, Fang brought her eldest sister and elder brother Shen to come later, and had to say hello, the eldest sister still recognized her, so she obediently called her aunt, her sweet voice was pleasant to hear.

Simply arrange for the brothers and sisters to sit at the same table for dinner. The children have fun together. Fang and Gan take the children to eat on their own. Brother Heng, Brother Shen, Meilian, Meihui, and Brother Yi, the young master of the Li family brought by Xu Xiaojuan, and Brother Wei, who was six months old, were brought by the second wife and handed over to Fang Shi to take care of them. Under the leadership, their respective nannies and personal maids helped each other, eating happily, crying and laughing side by side, it was very lively.

Compared with the innocent children, the adults are very quiet and bored at the table, and they are almost speechless. The men occasionally talk about current affairs and government affairs. Whoever takes a good job will make a mess of it It's over, it's nothing interesting, Meimei failed to sit with Ning Rulan, but Bai Jingyu sat next to her. They persuaded each other to eat, praised the delicate and delicious dishes, and ate slowly. When the old lady put down the bowl, everyone stopped their chopsticks one after another.

The old lady was tired of talking, Xu Xiping looked at Meimei, and Meimei said: "Pick up the palanquin to serve, and take the old lady back to Jinhua Hall to rest!"

The old lady glanced at her, and said coldly: "I'm not lucky, I can't afford to sit on that gaudy wooden frame! Ruiyu Ruiyun, come and support me, walk and relax!"

Meimei thought to herself, do you want to sit on that gaudy wooden shelf?Sorry, no, that's for Mrs. Ben's exclusive use!
She looked at Xu Junting and Xu Junxuan, the boss of the Hou Mansion was not at home, and the old lady didn't like her, so the two brothers went up and coaxed her.

Xu Junting immediately turned around and went out of the hall, telling his mother-in-law: "Get ready to lift the sedan chair, hurry up!"

When I came back, I helped the old lady with Xu Junxuan, and persuaded: "The sun is scorching outside, even though we are walking under the flower-shaded corridor, it is still very hot, don't tire the old lady, let the grandson help the grandmother to sit in the sedan chair!"

The old lady didn't move, Xu Xiping glared at Xu Junlang and Xu Junya, the two brothers clung to each other to persuade, the old lady finally agreed, they helped her up, walked to the entrance of the hall and got on the sedan chair , Xu Xiping accompanied him and escorted him back to Jinhuatang.

Watching them leave, Meimei couldn't help shrugging, and Bai Jingyu touched her hand: "It's a hot day, are you cold? Are you shivering?"

Meimei smiled: "No, I feel a sore shoulder."

But he couldn't take his eyes back. He turned a corner at the entrance of the hall and met Xu Xiaojuan who was holding her son. He was attracted by Xu Xiaojuan's indifferent and unreasonable eyes. His eyes stayed glued for a moment, and then separated.

There is no reason, she is a married girl, why should she look at her elder sister-in-law like this?It was a look of contempt and contempt. Could it be because he was older than his sister-in-law?Speaking of this, my sister is 26 this year, she is older than your brother!

　Second watch. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)