Daughter Raiders

Chapter 154 Invitation

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the days soon entered September.On the fifth day of September, the old lady received an invitation from the wife of the son of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, inviting her to take the girls at home to enjoy chrysanthemums and eat crabs three days later.

"This is the first time in 20 years." The old lady stroked the red post with a complicated expression, and whispered to Shen's mother, "You can give me an idea, should I go or not? "

Mother Shen hesitated, and replied in a low voice: "I see that the person who sent the invitation is Mrs. Zhenbei Hou Shizi, maybe this Mrs. Shizi doesn't know anything? If you can't make up your mind... why don't you discuss it with the old man Well, the old slave dare not speak out on this matter."

"But I heard that Fourth Young Master Mu is going to Liaodong to join the army. For the sake of the third master...or just go there?"

The old lady frowned.

The four boys of the Mu family are only twelve this year, so they are going to join the army?Lord Mu Hou is very similar to his elder brother Qi Guogong in this matter. Whenever there are children in the family who are twelve or thirteen years old, they are sent to the army to hone. After ten years, everyone praised her, but it's a pity that she married a second wife but couldn't handle it, and made a mess of the back house.

"What you said makes sense. If the four boys of the Mu family go to join the army, they will probably be in one of the thousands of households and one hundred households under the jurisdiction of Yingzhouwei, or they will be in the general army camp of Liaodong Prefecture. The father is the personal guard, no matter which one he is, he is very close to the third child, and he will be able to take care of him in the future." The old lady said.

Those guards in Liaodong are all stationed by the Mu family army. This camp is the closest to the Liaodong mansion, and it can be regarded as the closest line of defense in Liaobei to the Liaodong mansion; Maybe put him on the periphery as an errand?
"I don't think there is any need to discuss with the old lady." The old lady made up her mind and sat down firmly on the kang: "Even if the old lady is reluctant, I have to go for the sake of the third child. You go to find the eldest lady and tell her After three days, everything will be arranged."

Thinking of going to Duke Qi's mansion more than half a month ago, Yueran didn't have a carriage, so she told Mother Shen: "Sister Xi's marriage has been settled, and I'm afraid there will be no chance to go out in the future, so I packed up her carriage for you. Sister Yue, use it."

In fact, it was not right to blame the Zhenbeihou Mansion for that incident.Although Yuanzheng and Zhenbeihou Shizi are childhood sweethearts, the marriage has not been formally settled, so they still have to avoid suspicion. How could they dare to leave the banquet in the back house of Zhenbeihou's mansion after listening to the words brought quietly by a maid, and go to the town secretly? Meet him in Beihou Shizi's study?
Zhenbei Hou Shizi's stepmother may have calculated Yuanzheng's audacity, so she missed such a maid to lure Yuanzheng into a trap.There was no sign of Zhenbeihou's son in the study, but Zhenbeihou's wife's natal nephew was there. Yuanzheng was treated lightly by that boy, but he didn't tell his family after returning home, and committed suicide at night. She was so tired that she suffered all the complaints and neglect from the old man...

If it hadn't been for such a incident that had caused a knot in her heart, how could she go back on her word when Sister Yan was invited by the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion last year, and would rather pretend to be sick than send someone to bring Sister Yan back?
Although Mrs. Weiyuanhou's purpose is not as vicious as Mrs. Zhenbeihou's, Mrs. Zhenbeihou wanted to break up the marriage between the Su family and the Mu family, so as to prevent her stepson from becoming more and more full-fledged and uncontrollable, and at the same time asked her natal nephew to climb into the door of the Su family. Dear, Weiyuan Hou Mansion wants to appoint Sister Yan as their daughter-in-law, but the methods available are very similar... If she stumbles twice on similar things, she will not be able to take the seat of the old lady of the Su family. Don't sit down!

After thinking about it, the old lady became more serious.Since she made up her mind to go to Mu's family's flower viewing party, she had to put up all her energy if she couldn't say it. Since Mrs. Zhenbeihou was the instigator of that incident back then, who knows what bad idea she has held back today Well, if she can't show that Mrs. Deng a little bit more in three days, she will be named Miao for nothing.

Looking up and seeing that Mother Shen didn't leave immediately, the old lady was a little surprised: "Didn't I tell you to find the eldest lady, why haven't you left yet?"

Mother Shen hurriedly stepped forward and lowered her voice: "The old slave wants to persuade you before going down... Then Zhenbeihou's Mansion is not a good place to go. Why don't you just take Miss Four and Miss Six? Do you want to take all the three girls with you?"

The implication of Shen's mother's words is that she is not optimistic about Yanran and Yueran's behavior.In case Mrs. Zhenbei Hou hides some bad idea again and chooses the two weakest and most flawed girls in her family, it will be much easier.

But the four girls and the six girls are different. These two girls are smarter than the other. Even if the old lady misses a glance, nothing will happen. From her point of view, it is safer to take these two girls with her. ?

"It's a good idea." The old lady laughed: "But you said that I am so old, how many years can I take care of them? This time I left them at home, what about the next time? In the future, we will hold spring wine and rewards at home." What about the flower feast? Who invited me and didn't follow?"

"Then again, what I'm most afraid of is not that I won't be able to take care of them, but that I'm afraid that the children who stay at home will complain that I'm biased... Since that's the case, I simply treat them equally, and the few of them... have whatever temperament they want, Either change the way of being a human being, or seek death, the Su family does not raise useless children!"

Shen's mother knew that her old lady had a heart for Miss Yuanzheng.Miss Yuanzheng was brought up by the old lady, her sister-in-law, but she regarded the old lady as an outsider. When she was wronged, she would rather kill herself than ask the old lady to help, let alone ask the old lady to have a plan in her heart. For the most part, the sister-in-law relationship between the old lady and Miss Yuanzheng probably has nothing left.

But she has never heard the old lady complain. Now that 20 years have passed, the old lady finally said these words. Maybe it can be regarded as an end to the past, instead of suppressing it in her heart?
It's just that Shen's mother didn't guess the old lady's intentions - since Zhenbeihou's mansion is a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, the old lady not only wants to go there, but also brings all the girls of her family with her. What tricks are available.

"No matter how wrong Yuanzheng did back then, it was Deng who set a trap for her, wasn't it? Yuanzheng hanged herself in a white silk, and her death would relieve all her worries, but how many years of suffering have I endured for this?" The old man People sneered.

"Now I finally have the opportunity to face that Deng family. If I don't go, she will still think that she has far-reaching plans, and that I, a rough man from a general's family, will be afraid of her! Even if I go, she may have more A trap is waiting for me, if I don't bring a few more granddaughters, won't I spoil her interest?"

Shen's mother suddenly shivered - no wonder the old lady said that there is no need to discuss the old man, dare you... dare you ask for an explanation for what happened more than 20 years ago?

(End of this chapter)