Because of Madam Qian’s ironic words, Wei Zhengyin frowned again, but immediately apologized to Old Madam Deng. In spite of being Madam Su’s mother, Old Madam Deng was kinder than her daughter. When her daughters-in-law intrigued against each other in front of her and the young generation who came to greet her, she neither scolded them nor revealed her dislike. On the contrary, she sighed with a helpless look and said to Wei Zhengyin, “It is your first time to see your niece since she grew up. It is not a problem that you have many words to say. Now, just let the same generation greet each other.”
First young master and third young master of the Su Family worked outside. Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Gu who ushered two guests into the hall apologized for their own husband’s absence. Shen Cangfeng and Wei Changying immediately expressed their understanding and also felt sorry about their sudden visit. After greeting Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Gu, Shen Cangfeng and Wei Changying met Su Yuli
Wei Changying and Shen Cangfeng had a pleasant conversation with Wei Zhengyin in the third branch. It was at noon when Old Madam Deng had servants call them to have lunch, so they stopped talking and then headed for the courtyard of Old Madam Deng.They didn’t know that Su Pingzhan had come back home about ten minutes ago until they reached the hall.As a Family Head of the Su Family in Qingzhou, Su Pingzhan was as old as Wei Huan. He was strong and handsome, with a dignified manner.When Shen Cangfeng and Wei Changying arrived at the hall, Su Pingzhan had changed his official’s formal robe with a green round-collar garment embroidered with Ruyi patterns. His hair was coiled with a suet jade bamboo-shape hairpin. His dressing looked casual now. Sitting straight on his seat, he chatted with Old Madam Deng across the table with a laugh. He was in good spirits and the atmosphere relaxing.After entering the hall, the young generation
"She didn't do it by herself, but in fact it was still her own fault!" Wei Zhengyin sneered and said, "Actually, Mrs. Deng did it."Wei Changying was surprised, "First cousin-in-law? How could it be her!" Though Mrs. Deng's husband Su Ruoqian was the eldest grandson, he was born by a concubine. Besides, the Deng Family's reputation was far inferior to that of the Su family. Even with the support of Old Madam Deng, Mrs. Deng should not be as careful as Mrs. Pei, the third madam of the Wei Family. To be honest, it was also impossible for her to take the initiative to find faults with others.Moreover, it was Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Gu who had greeted Wei Changying and Shen Cangfeng when they entered the door today. Mrs. Deng was so prudent and cautious in her speech and act that as if she was a dreary person. How could she go too far? Or was she instigated by Madam Qian?Seeing the niece's face, Wei Zhengyin was relieved and said, "As you know, Madam
"Mrs. Deng grasped the parrot and pointed at the bright plumage of the parrot for Cangning. It wasn't long before she suddenly ‘gripped’ a wrong position and twisted the parrot's neck!" Wei Zhengyin took a sip of tea and calmly said.Wei Changying was startled and said, "What?"Wei Zhengyin was pretty calm and continued, "Cangning was dumbfounded and looked at Mrs. Deng in speechless despair. She didn't know how to explain it to Yuwu! Mrs. Deng cried and said that Madam Qian originally didn't like her because the lineal daughter Mrs. Deng gave birth to die before she was one year old. Moreover, Madam Qian had said that Mrs. Deng didn't have the good fortune of delivering babies in front of Cangning's first elder cousin for several times. Now Madam Qian might take advantage of this matter to divorce her back to her natal home, then how could she have the face to live in the world? Because of Mrs. Deng's desperate struggle, Cangning promised to help her take
This day, as Shen Cangfeng went to the Su Family after his work to pick up his wife, Wei Changying had already coaxed Shen Cangning, packed up and waited for him.It was just that the sister-in-law was after all not as close as her lineal elder brother. Although Shen Cangning had promised to go with Wei Changying, when Shen Cangning saw Shen Cangfeng, she pulled him aside. Then she vacillatingly asked him if Madam Su was still angry these days, and if it was dangerous for her to go back now.Because it was in front of Old Madam Deng and others, Shen Cangfeng scolded her with a straight face, "Now you know you're afraid, why were you being so mischievous before?"Shen Cangning fiddled with her sleeves and said in an aggrieved manner, "I had made my apology to fifth elder cousin, and fifth elder cousin said that he would no longer blame me."Old Madam Deng naturally wanted to help her granddaughter to smooth things over, "It was just
Back to the mansion of the Grand Preceptor, when Madam Su saw Shen Cangning, there was inevitably a fight between them. The mother chased the daughter around a pillar for a while. Shen Cangfeng and Wei Changying tried to calm each of them and they were very exhausted. Finally, Madame Su herself was tired, so she went back to her seat with Wei Changying's help, saying with hatred, "If your third brother and your third sister-in-law hadn't helped you today, I'd have broken your legs!"Shen Cangning tearfully spoke back, "If you break my legs, we'll see how you'll be able to explain it to the maternal grandmother and my father!" The Old Madam Deng was kind and loved the younger generation very much. Shen Xuan had six sons and two daughters, so fewer daughters than sons. The fewer the things were, the more precious they were so he naturally loved his daughters even more. Especially, as the first daughter was married to Duke Ji, staying with her husband, so it was rare for t
Because Madam Su had promised Wei Changying, after the morning greetings and asking the first and second daughters-in-law about their family affairs, Madam Su said, "Changying has to visit her cousin at the minister's mansion of the public. You can go now, but remember to come back before curfew."Wei Changying stood up and made a curtsey as she said, "Yes, mother!"Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Duanmu were both at the scene, so they said satirically that Madam Su was so nice to Wei Changying that she allowed her to hang around as soon as the one-month's stay-at-home period was over.Wei Changying smiled and replied, "Of course. If not, why everyone says that we have a good fortune? Who doesn't envy us to have an elder like our mother, who doted on us the most? To be honest, yesterday when I visited our maternal grandmother, my husband said that he was jealous because mother likes me so much."Since Wei Changying had turned the topic onto Mada
When they were talking, they had already arrived at the outside of the Jianjia Court where Song Zaishui lived. Before they went in, they first heard waves of birds singing and sometimes the cries of maidservants. When Wei Changying was about to say, "Cousin's court is as noisy as expected," Song Zaishui's face suddenly changed and hurriedly said, "Too bad, does Snowball pick up the parrot to eat again?" She didn't have time to explain to Wei Changying, and she ran inside while holding her dress.Seeing this, Wei Changying hurriedly followed up.When she entered the door, she smelled the fragrance of flowers and heard the sound of the birds. The whole courtyard was clean and tidy, and the green brick floor was swept spotlessly with thin brooms so that there was not even a single fallen flower or leaf. There were lush trees all around, with colorful flowers in between. On some flower branches that were a little taller than people, there were ten bird shelves
Song Zaishui patted her with a round silk fan, "Stay out of it! Can't I deal with my sister-in-law? How to bother to involve you in? And if you go to beat her, won't you make me shame? The outsiders have already gossiped about me. Wanwan, the Miss of the Deng family, told me in secret that now everyone in the capital feels regretful for me! I feel so depressed when I think about it. Why do you interfere?"She added, "She always edges me, and I can't take over. But the first sister-in-law doesn't believe her. Recently, she has meddled in everything, but most people tend to ignore her. A concubine of the second brother, one of the well-behaved girls that the first sister-in-law had bought, fell into the water in the garden. Yesterday, she complained to the second brother tearfully, saying that Duanmu Wuse wanted to eat the water chestnuts and forced her to pick them up. Now the water chestnuts haven't come out, but Duanmu Wuse compelled her to do so. She had to paddle the