clothing incense

Chapter 75 Children (2)

Dong Yuan and Qiangwei returned to Jingsheyuan, Qiangwei took some broken silver and a pair of gold bracelets and went out.Dong Yuan saw it, but didn't make a sound.She knew that Qiangwei was always well-informed, besides her clever tongue, there was also her generosity.Money touches people's hearts, isn't that the reason why she is good at inquiring about news?
Thinking about it, she found two pieces of five taels of silver from the silver box, and found four pairs of emerald red and green agate hairpins with gold dots from her dowry jewelry box, and put them together beside her pillow.

When it was time for dinner, Luo's mother, Ju Hong, Ju Xiang, Hong Lian, Ziwei and others were all setting the meal.

Dong Yuan leaned on the kang in a daze.

She was thinking about the heirs of the Sheng family.

The grandmother said that Xue Jiangwan was her dowry concubine Teng to give birth to a child for her and to defend herself in the Sheng family.But the heirs of the Sheng family seem to be particularly difficult.

Thinking about it, the maid outside the curtain said: "The son is back."

Dong Yuan was slightly taken aback, came back from eating in the outer court so soon?
She hurriedly got off the kang, and saluted Sheng Xiuyi who came in through the curtain.

Sheng Xiuyi asked her to stand up.Looking up, Dong Yuan saw that there was thin sweat on his forehead and his temples were slightly disheveled, like someone who had exercised vigorously.

Just now at Mrs. Sheng's place, Sheng Leyu said that Sheng Xiuyi was practicing martial arts in the outer courtyard.

Judging by his appearance, he seems to have just returned from martial arts training.

"Master, have you eaten dinner yet?" Dong Yuan asked him with a smile, "I haven't used it yet, and the meal is being set, would you like to add some more?"

"Give me another set of bowls and chopsticks." Sheng Xiuyi said, with a very calm expression, he turned and went to the clean room to freshen up.

He really hasn't eaten yet.

Did something happen in the outer courtyard?Why did he run back without eating?

Dong Yuan guessed in his heart, and asked Hong Lian and Lv Li to help him freshen up.Except for the rough envoys and maidservants in Jingsheyuan who belong to the Sheng family, the rest are all from Dongyuan.I don't know if Dong Yuan was sent away before his big wedding, or not at all.

Sheng Xiuyi washed up and changed into a blue-gray Ge Yunchou straight gown, with a few drops of water on his thick temples, his fair face was a little flushed, his resolute chin lifted slightly, and he looked graceful and suave.

Dong Yuan asked all the serving maids to go down and serve him the meal with their own hands.

"My lord, didn't we have maids who served you in our courtyard?" Dong Yuan asked him tentatively, with a smile all over his face, "I have a few capable ones by my side, can I give you two to order?"

This topic is relatively neutral and will not be taboo.After opening the topic, he asked what happened in the outer courtyard.

Knowing nothing about the Sheng family, it feels terrible to have black eyes.After chatting with Sheng Xiuyi all morning about Huizhou, Dong Yuan felt that as long as the topic was right, he could still get something out of him.Although he is not very talkative, he looks indifferent.

In fact, he will talk endlessly when the outside is cold and the inside is hot, and the topic is speculative.

When Sheng Xiuyi heard Dong Yuan asking the servant girl, he paused the chopsticks in his hand, pondered for a while, and said: "In the past, there were two waiters who were old and were only released last month. You also saw the two sent by mother yesterday. I’m not used to it anymore. There are some loyal maids among your maids, give me two, and next time there are more maids in the mansion, I’ll make up for you.”

He was telling Dong Yuan that the two maids sent by Mrs. Sheng, Mi Wu and Du Ruo, were not behaving properly?
But Mrs. Sheng's original intention was to be a housemaid for Mrs. Sheng, right?

As if he didn't want to.He just wanted the rules in the courtyard to be clear, maids are maids, and wives and concubines are wives and concubines, so he entrusted Dong Yuan with the task of selecting maids?
Dong Yuan hurriedly said yes, planning to assign Honglian and Lvli to him first, and then told her mother-in-law that when it was time to buy more maids, he would add two first-class maids to his yard.

While talking, Dong Yuan got up and scooped a bowl of soup for him, but he ate it slowly by himself.

Seeing that she was eating reluctantly, Sheng Xiuyi thought she had no appetite, so he said, "What do you like to eat, make a list for your mother, and ask the kitchen to add it. If you give up once, you will be wronged everywhere in the future. How will you live? You don't have to be afraid, Dad Mothers are transparent people."

Dong Yuan suddenly looked up at him.He had already put his head down to eat.

Whether it is true or false, these words made Dongyuan's heart lake move, with ripples.His meaning couldn't be more obvious, he didn't want Dong Yuan to be wronged.

She restrained her emotions, and said with a smile: "I don't have any taboos, I just think about things and eat slowly. I was just thinking, the son said that he had dinner in the outer courtyard in the afternoon, why did he come back? But something happened?"

Sheng Xiuyi was picking up vegetables, he paused for a while, and didn't answer for a while.

Dong Yuan couldn't help feeling anxious, and raised his eyes to look at him.He felt a dark red welling up from the base of his ears, and it seemed to be her illusion.When he came back from martial arts practice, it was normal for his skin to be red.

He didn't answer Dong Yuan's words.After a while, he put down his chopsticks, stood up and said, "Eat more, I'll go to the study to read some books..."

His face was even redder than when he first entered the house, as if he had fled in despair.

Dong Yuan was slightly surprised at first, staring at his back in a daze, then suddenly came to his senses: Did he come back to accompany her on purpose?

At first she didn't think about it.

Once he thought about it, he remembered his embarrassment when he asked him why he came back, as if that was really the case.

Her face couldn't help but also heat up.

She actually asked such clumsy and embarrassing words!I haven't experienced feelings, so I can't quickly judge this kind of thing, and I don't understand it until I think about it afterwards.It's a pity it's too late.

Dong Yuan was very annoyed, wondering if Sheng Xiuyi would become angry from embarrassment?They were newly married, and when the husband came back to accompany his wife for dinner, she was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable in an unfamiliar place, so she would ask him.

No wonder he was too embarrassed to speak.

Dong Yuan thought that he was careful in everything, but he made such a big mistake, so he put down his chopsticks after two mouthfuls of food.

After about half a stick of incense, Qiangwei came back from the outside.

While helping Dong Yuan to wash and wash, she whispered to her in a low voice: "The two aunts Lin have been in the mansion for almost 12 years and have never had any children; the second master has two aunts and has no children. There is no movement. Aunt Fan in the son's house has lived in the house for two years and has no children."

Then, her voice became even lower: "Grandma, there are four young masters in the second room and the third room. They are all married, and there are several wives and concubines. They are all daughters, and they don't have any grandchildren!"

The second room and the third room refer to Sheng Xiuyi's second uncle and third uncle.There are four young masters in total, but they don't have a son?That is to say, Sheng Xiuyi's four cousins ​​and his biological brother Sheng Xiuhai have no sons.

When Dong Yuan heard this, his face became serious.

Is it God's will or man-made?
Let’s just talk about their room, the aunt in the second grandmother’s room has no children, so it can be guessed that the second grandmother is the troublemaker.It is possible for the main wife not to want the concubine to give birth to the eldest son before she gives birth to her own son.

So what happened to the two Aunt Lin?

Dong Yuan suddenly felt that people were so difficult to see through. Her previous grasp and transparency of the world seemed to have lost their effect all of a sudden.Looking at her mother-in-law, she felt that she was an honest and kind person, and the gentleness between her brows was not faked.

But the father-in-law's aunt has no children, so does it really have nothing to do with the mother-in-law?

The second master's biological mother is the mother-in-law's roommate. That woman seems to have died without raising her concubine. Does it have nothing to do with the mother-in-law?

"Grandma, as long as you and Aunt Xue have a son..." Qiangwei added in a low voice.She didn't say what happened next.

Dong Yuan understood.

With the Sheng family's urgent shortage of sons and grandchildren, as long as she or Xue Jiangwan gave birth to a male son, her position in the Sheng family clan will be completely preserved!

"Want to give birth to a son?" Dong Yuan smiled wryly, "That depends on our skills."

At this moment, Dong Yuan felt that her Teng concubine Xue Jiangwan was a completely useless person.She knew Xue Jiangwan very well. That woman thought she was very smart, but she was actually just mediocre.

If the difficulties for the descendants of the Sheng family are due to man-made rather than God's will, then if you want to give birth to a son-in-law, you need to calculate step by step and take precautions at every step.And Xue Jiangwan's self-righteousness, even if she was destined to conceive a child, she would not be able to keep it!
Dong Yuan can only rely on himself.

Is it God's will or man-made?
The more I think about it, the messier I feel.

She lay down with all her clothes on, and Sheng Xiuyi didn't come back from the small study until early Haichu.

After a simple wash, he lay down with his back facing Dong Yuan, without the tenderness and consideration of last night.

Dong Yuan was tired all day, and when he saw him coming back, he refused to talk to her. She didn't have anything to talk about for a while, so she said "I'll go to bed first," and fell asleep in peace.

At the third quarter of Haichu, Dong Yuan had fallen asleep.The Yuanyang Pavilion in the far southeast corner is still lit.Mrs. Sheng is not asleep yet, she is waiting for Marquis Sheng Chang.

Sheng Changhou returned to his room later than usual today.

Kang's mother waited on the side, chatting with Mrs. Sheng to solve the problem.

The topic turned around, and then turned to the new daughter-in-law Xue Dongyuan.

"Looking like that is simply a gift from the creator." Mrs. Sheng said with a smile, "Brother Yi is very lucky. Have you seen that Mrs. Xue acts generously, speaks well, and is well-bred. Master Hou said to guard against her, Let me give Mi Wu and Du Ruo to Yi Geer, but I thought to myself, who is Mrs. Xue? She is a woman who dares to sue the imperial court and refuses to give up her eyebrows! There have been several disasters in Zhenxianhou's mansion, and even Zhenxianhou was arrested. She was able to save her husband if she was judged immediately. Can her doting granddaughter have bad conduct? I look at Mrs. Xue, she is good in everything, she has the legacy of Mrs. Xue..."

Kang's mother laughed along with her: "Grandma is a virtuous person."

"Yes." Mrs. Sheng smiled, and then sighed, "I just don't know if I have a destiny with Brother Yi, and I don't know if this couple can make it to the end..."

Mother Kang dared not answer this topic.

Mrs. Sheng was about to avoid the topic on her own, when Marquis Sheng Chang rushed into the inner room in such a hurry that even the servant girl didn't have time to inform Mrs. Sheng.

Seeing his face livid, Kang's mother immediately backed out.

Madam Sheng hurriedly got up, poured him a cup of hot tea, handed it to her hand and said, "Master Hou, who are you angry with?"

Sheng Changhou slapped the Kang table with his palm, shaking the tea cup trembling, and the fragrant tea overflowed. Sheng Changhou was furious: "The worthless thing has its feet bound by a woman! That Mrs. Xue is a coquettish girl, brother Yi's." Sooner or later, the future will be in her hands!"

As soon as he entered the door, he was so angry that his veins burst out, and he actually scolded the daughter-in-law who had just entered the door.

Mrs. Sheng was unhappy, but she didn't dare to reveal it. She sat anxiously on the edge of the kang and comforted her softly: "Master Hou, you are in poor health, so don't make yourself angry because of the child. Brother Yi, what did you do wrong? If you want to fight and scold, you can beat and scold, why bother to get angry?"

(End of this chapter)