Beautiful step by step

Chapter 157

"At the gate of the city, Mother seemed very displeased when she mentioned the old matriarch, did something happen in the meantime?

After feeling uncomfortable for a while, Wei Wei suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.While talking, she pointed to the first line of the invitation card, where it was clearly written "I am glad to hear that Hong Ling is back in Beijing, I miss you very much".

Hong Ling was her name when she was a maid, and no one had mentioned it in the past two years. At first glance just now, she almost thought that the invitation was sent in the wrong place.As a former maid of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, it is one thing for her to take the initiative to visit her in consideration of the former master-servant friendship.If the Hou Fu deliberately wrote this to remind her of her humble background, the intention would have to be thought-provoking.

Wei's mother obviously thought of it too, and her face sank.

"There have indeed been some incidents in the Hou's Mansion in the past two years."

Pulling her to sit down, Wei Wei listened intently, never expecting that there was such a public case in it.

When she got married and left Beijing, Mrs. Wu found fault several times and made her fetal position unstable.Wu Shangshu, who felt sorry for his sister, was in a hurry, and invited an imperial physician from the palace to protect her from miscarriage.After several doses of tonic medicines were prescribed, the fetus in Wu's womb was finally stabilized.Whenever she had time to spare, she tossed about being in charge of the house again.But at this time, Zhenbei Hou Chuying showed up and made drastic changes in the mansion. Seeing his confidants being removed one by one, Wu's fetal position became unstable again in a panic.

Anyway, in this way, Mrs. Wu fell into a vicious circle of abortion, fetal stability and power struggle, but the fetal position continued to be unstable, and then another abortion was repeated. When the pregnancy came to an end in October, she had to take supplements because the fetus in the abdomen was too well nourished. And dystocia, almost lost half of life.

"Generally, a family like the Hou's Mansion will keep the baby when giving birth. But Shangshu's Mansion and Zhenbei Hou are at odds, and they insist on protecting the wife of the eldest son. In the end, both of them are protected. Thanks to Zhenbei Hou's somewhat thin face, Another imperial physician was invited from the palace. The two imperial physicians are the only ones in the capital. After three days and three nights of hard work, the child and the adults were finally saved."

"Isn't everyone happy?"

Even though he said this, Wei Wei still felt sad for the son in his heart.The prince is very kind to her, and Yan Ji thanks to his care for Xiaomi to expand his business.Moreover, in the past two years, he has been very measured, keeping the brother-sister relationship between the two within a safe range, and gradually she let go of her grudges.In good conscience, Mrs. Wu is really not worthy of a son, and taking advantage of this childbirth, what a chance to change his wife, but both mother and child are safe.

"The Hou family doesn't want a wife like Wu's. Besides, because the child stayed in the mother's womb for too long, he must have been suffocated, and he was born with some congenital deficiencies."

"How could this happen?" Wei Wei, who was surprised by the guard, said again: "Shouldn't ordinary people hide this kind of thing, the Hou's mansion is no different from ordinary people, they only keep the news tighter, and how did mother know about it?" .”

"It is true that the Hou Mansion hid the matter, but Mrs. Shizi quit. She thought of the reason for her dystocia to Ah Mao, and she thought it was you who caused her to lose her housekeeping rights, so the fetal position was wrong several times. Stable, and then lead to the following series of things. It is nothing new that she hates you. The most surprising thing to mother is the old lady. She was so shrewd and decisive, and she forgot everything when she saw her grandson. In the past two years, Wu As she murmured, she even blamed us mother and daughter. Her attitude can be seen through, and mother will know the cause and effect by following the vine."

After hearing this series of causes and consequences, Wei Wei felt that she was more wronged than Dou E.

"I've provoked someone. People are thousands of miles away and still be remembered and hated."

"It's none of your business. Some people are just like that, narrow-minded and self-willed."

These two not-so-good personalities, Wu's really accounted for them all.Nodding with a sense of approval, Wei Wei held the invitation in the palm of his hand.

"Ah Heng really hit the mark. If I go to the appointment, I really need to be more careful."

Mother Wei hesitated again and again, and finally persuaded her worriedly: "It's not a big deal to have the old matriarch shocked before, but now she's focused on Mrs. Shizi, so you'd better not go, Ah Mao."

If you don't go, you don't have to be careful. After understanding the meaning of Wei's mother's words, Wei Wei was a little moved.But in the end, she just thought about it this way. With the current situation, whether it was because of her former friendship or because she wanted to learn more about the situation in central Beijing, she had to go to the Zhenbeihou Mansion this time.

She doesn't go out to make more contacts and socialize more, always stays at home behind closed doors, and when something really happens, her eyes are still darkened.

"The mother will go with you."

After listening to her reasons, Mother Wei quickly made a decision.

On the first night when he was taken to question by officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Yan Heng did not come back.Not to mention how Wei Wei's heart is hanging, worrying whether he will not eat well or sleep soundly, on her side, without the portable stove by her side, and with the growing pregnancy, her legs and feet will cramp when she catches the cold at night.

The next morning, she was not very energetic, so she let Mother Wei help to tidy up her bun. After getting into the carriage, she went back to sleep again.She slept with the hand stove in her arms until in front of the Hou's Mansion in the east of the city before waking up. After resting all the way, she finally regained some energy.

"arrive."

Wake her up, straighten her clothes, get off the carriage, Qianwei's mother told her to keep things as usual, and she doesn't have to perform any master and servant rituals just because she has been a maid in this family.

Wei Wei was happy to see the success of this, wrapped up his cloak and got out of the carriage, saw the closed gate of the Hou Mansion, thinking that the invitation card clearly stated that she was invited to have a gathering at the mansion today.The time is clear, but there will be no one to greet them.In front of the main gate of the tall Hou Mansion, there were only two majestic stone lions with their huge mouths open, revealing their fangs, staring at them fiercely.

"The visitor is not good."

Holding the invitation card tightly, Wei Wei knew what she knew after only one meeting, thinking that the "red silk" was not a momentary negligence.

"Ah, wait here, I'll go over and have a look."

Mother Wei walked up the steps and knocked on the left side door familiarly.After waiting for a while, the porter opened the door and stuck his head out, yawning.Seeing that it was Wei's mother, he stopped his normal yawn abruptly.After rubbing his eyes to see who was coming, the porter bowed his hands again and again.

"What kind of wind is it today, it brought you here early in the morning."

Wei's mother directly explained the purpose of her visit: "It's not that Ah Mao returned to Beijing with her husband and son-in-law. Yesterday, the old matriarch posted a post saying that she hadn't been invited to come to the house for several years to have fun."

"And other things?"

The young concierge was also one of Hong Ling's admirers back then, who wouldn't like a beautiful, magnanimous and educated girl?Of course, he is the type who loves hard to express and silently worships the goddess.After all, the most favored maid in the Old Madam's Courtyard is even liked by the Shizi, how can an ordinary nursery like them be worthy of it.

Although something happened to Hong Ling and she was kicked out of the mansion later, but the servants who grew up together, they don't know how deep their relationship has been for more than ten years.None of them believed what they heard that day. Not only did they not believe it, but in the hearts of these young servants, Hong Ling was still a high-ranking goddess.

It is said that not long after she was kicked out, she married an official and went to Beijing with her husband and son-in-law.Hearing the news, they were both regretful and happy. As the most outstanding of their servants, Hong Linghe should have a bright future.At the beginning, some people said sour words and didn't believe them, but as she often sent things to the mansion in the past few years, and each time she sent them was more expensive, the facts were in front of them, and everyone knew that Hong Ling had developed.

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, now bypassing Mother Wei, the concierge looked at the red silk combing the lady's head under the steps.I haven't seen her for two years, and she looks a little more beautiful again. The maid outfit that has remained unchanged for thousands of years is now replaced by a well-tailored fur, which makes her even more precious. At first glance, she is much more noble than the wife of their eldest son. .

"It's really red... ma'am," the concierge, without any sleepiness, stepped over the threshold and bent over and clasped his fists to explain, "I'm really sorry, we really didn't know that ma'am was coming today, it kept you waiting for such a cold day .”

Wei Wei shook her head indifferently, noticing the familiarity in the concierge's eyes, she was as casual as she was with acquaintances: "It's okay, we just arrived too."

It's still the same red silk, the goddess hasn't changed at all.The concierge was moved and felt even more guilty, and after repeatedly apologizing, he said: "Mother Wei, please wait a moment, I will call for someone to open the door."

The gate of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is as high as three people, and the steps are almost as high as four people. Standing under the steps, most people will feel their own insignificance, and unconsciously feel awe.Of course, this is on the one hand, on the other hand, such a tall door cannot be lifted by one person.

The porter stepped over the knee-high threshold and was about to call for the front door to be opened.Before he could call everyone out, he saw Jin Yi, the powerful servant girl next to Mrs. Shizi, coming out from the inner door.Seeing him moving the door bolt, he trotted over to stop him.

"Madam Yan is here? Madam has orders, anyway, she is an old man in the house, so she should know the rules here."

House rules?The concierge was confused for a while, and asked blankly: "You mean, she is not an official's wife, but a maid? Or did I not understand?"

While talking, the concierge glanced back and forth between the main entrance and the corner door. If it is an official wife, the front door must be opened, but judging by the posture, it seems that today the corner door is only for servants.

"So what about the official's wife? Didn't she come out of our mansion, the most important thing in life is not to forget one's roots." Jin Yi said proudly.

That's the reason, but now the concierge is even more confused, why does he always feel that something is wrong?

"That's not good?"

"What's wrong, just listen to me."

Wei Wei vaguely heard the voice coming from the door, and tightened her clothes. She had a premonition that she might have to wait for a long time.

This premonition had just surfaced, and just after the thin maid had finished her last sentence, she heard an angry voice from inside the door.

"A servant girl still wants to be the master of my Marquis Mansion? It doesn't make sense to let the lady of a dignified official family walk down the corner gate of a human being and walk all over Da Viet. Get me up, open the middle door, and welcome the distinguished guests."

Following this order, the six gatekeepers separated to the two sides.The dull sound of the door shaft rubbing against the door frame was regular, and the door full of golden steel nails was slowly opened, revealing the whole picture of the beautiful and rich Hou Mansion inside like a picture scroll.

In the middle of this picture scroll, the current Zhenbei Hou Chuying looks dignified, looking at Mother Wei with emotion.

(End of this chapter)