Embarrassing for the bride

Chapter 40

The current situation of the Wen family can be described as mixed.The joy is that Wu Jili's acknowledgment of his ancestors not only improved the situation of the Wen family's lack of offspring, but also created a miracle of the Wen family's three generations of champions.What is worrying is his current status, which makes Wu's relationship between the Wen family and Mrs. Wen a problem, especially what status she will use to gain a foothold in the Wen family.

In fact, Wen Yanzhi brought Mrs. Wu into the house suddenly at the time. She was already pregnant at the time. Mrs. Tai taught Wen Yanzhi a few words and asked Nanny Luo to arrange for people to take care of her. Didn't have time to mention it.It's not necessarily because she was flustered that she didn't mention it, maybe she didn't mention it on purpose when Mrs. Tai was there.After all, if a rich family like the Wen family allowed a woman from a humble background to sit in the side room so easily, it would seem that the threshold of the Wen family was too low.

But no matter what happened before, now is the time to mention it.After all, Wu Jili's identity is here, and he also clearly stated that he wants to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.Even if Mrs. Tai doesn't like the Wu family, there is no reason for her grandson to deny it, so of course she has to make some more preparations about this.

Aqin, who fainted in the front hall earlier, has been helped back to the room to rest by the servants, and the hall has returned to calm. Although people who don't know are very weird about Aqin's behavior, no one asks more questions. Not the time.

Mrs. Tai asked Mrs. Wu to get up, and asked Nanny Luo to help her sit down beside Mrs. Wen.Although Mrs. Wu didn't like Mrs. Wen, this move also implied that her status was second only to Mrs. Wen, so she sat down patiently.Mrs. Tai ordered Wu Jili to sit at the end on the right. Wu Jili listened to her order and was about to sit next to Mrs. Li when Wen Yanzhi suddenly raised his head and said, "Leave a seat for Shuquan."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.When Mrs. Tai heard him mentioning his grandson who died young, she looked a little unhappy, she sighed and nodded, "Alright, keep one, Ji Li is the fourth child, it should be."

Wu Jili didn't say much, and sat down a seat away from Mrs. Li, and when he looked up, he saw his mother's face seemed even more unhappy.

Mrs. Tai turned her head and stared at Wen Yanzhi, as if she wanted to scold him like he did when he brought Wu in, but now that Wu's sons are champions, she can't say that casually, so she stared at him. After casting a few glances at his son, the anger in his voice was finally subdued: "Yanzhi, no matter what, first change Ji Li's name."

Wen Yanzhi nodded, "What mother said is that this is natural, and it will be reported to the court when the name is changed."

Mrs. Tai said "Yes", "Then I need to choose a name."

Wen Yanzhi hesitated for a moment, then said: "In my opinion, just change it to Wen Zhaoli, and Ji Li will make the characters, just following the order of Bo Zhong Shu Ji."

As soon as the words fell, Wu called out in surprise: "My lord, you..."

Yuzhi sat diagonally across from her, and could clearly see the sadness on her face. She couldn't help but feel a little strange. She turned her head to look at Wen Zhaoling. The name was chosen too hastily. The generation of our Wen family is divided into Zhao, but the names of the children in the long room are all similar characters. I am Ling, Zhonghe is Ye, and Shuquan is Xian. Now my father directly gives Ji She named Li Li, she must have felt that my father didn't regard Ji Li as one of his own."

Yu Zhi suddenly realized, but in her opinion, the most important thing now is to let Ji Li recognize his ancestors, why should he care about this difference, anyway, Ji Li's name has been called for so long, why should he care so much?
But even though Mrs. Wu expressed her dissatisfaction so clearly, it had no effect, because Mrs. Tai nodded almost immediately, "That's very good. The character of courtesy can tell a person's character, so it should be Zhaoli." She turned her head to look at brothers Wen Zhaoling and Wen Zhaoye, "Now that you have a younger brother, brothers need friendship and help."

Wen Zhaoling naturally knew his grandmother's intentions, and he said this not only for the two brothers, but also for Ji Li. After all, among the three brothers, he is the most promising one.

As soon as Wen Zhaoling understood, he smiled and nodded at his grandmother, "What my grandmother said is true, Boyu remembers."

After saying this, he turned his head to look, but saw that Wen Zhaoye didn't make a statement, but just looked at Wu Shi with a frown, and then at Ji Li, looking a little impatient.But the Jin family next to him was a little dazed, she usually talked a lot, at this time, seeing her mother-in-law, who had always been relying on her, stopped talking, and naturally she had no idea, just looking at the faces of everyone, obviously still thinking about this sudden incident What's the matter with my uncle.

Li still had that indifferent expression, with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.Jin turned her head to look at her from time to time, as if she wanted to discuss with her, but seeing that she didn't speak, she had no choice but to keep silent.Maybe it was because she remembered the scene where Yuzhi and Ji Li were together in Mingyue Temple before, so she turned her head to look at Yuzhi's expression after a while, as if trying to find some clues on her face.

Of course Yuzhi also found out, but she could only pretend that she didn't see it, but she was still a little nervous. After all, the scene that Jin and Li saw was that she was holding Ji Li's hand.But at this time, of course, Jin and Li would not speak out about this matter rashly. She thought about it and felt relieved.

The hall was quiet for a while, and everyone had different expressions on their faces, each with their own thoughts.Faced with the sudden arrival of the Wu family's mother and son, although the Wen family seemed calm and calm, there was an unavoidable turmoil underneath.

Mrs. Tai felt tired after talking for so long, so she waved her hand to everyone, "Okay, come here first, let's talk about the next thing, Yan Zhi, think about how to explain this matter to the Holy One , and then wait for a while to add Ji Li to the family tree when it is clear."

Wen Yanzhi was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, mother."

Mrs. Tai looked at Mrs. Wu, caught a look of anxiety in her eyes, and knew that she was waiting for her arrangement. After thinking about it, she said to Nanny Luo beside her: "Go and tidy up a yard, and give it to Aunt Wu. Stay here, and besides, Ji Li's courtyard has to be tidied up, I think the courtyard to the south is good, let's change it to Ji Li's residence."

Nanny Luo quickly agreed, but she was a little surprised that Mrs. Tai took such a sweeping action. It stands to reason that Mrs. Wen has been in charge of the family for many years, no matter how uncomfortable she feels at this moment, she should come forward to arrange these things.But Mrs. Tai said this, but she didn't seem to notice that she had a daughter-in-law at all, and said to Mrs. Wu: "Let's do this for now, and talk about the rest later."

Mrs. Wu opened her mouth, and although she wanted to ask her about the title of "Aunt Wu", she didn't dare to say more, so she nodded.

After Mrs. Tai finished explaining, she stood up and said to Nanny Luo: "Go and make arrangements, it will be fine for Wan Qing to send me back."

Mrs. Wen kept her eyes down and remained silent until she finally made a move. She got up and walked to Mrs. Tai, reached out to support her, and walked out the door step by step.Wu knows that from this point of view alone, even if he has ten champion sons, he still can't shake Mrs. Wen's status by half.She gritted her teeth unwillingly, and the silk handkerchief in her hand was pinched tightly.

Wen Yanzhi saw that Mrs. Tai had left, so he called Ji Li to follow him to the study to talk about the affairs of Shang Shu to the Holy Majesty.Wu Shi wanted to have a few words with him at first, but seeing this, she couldn't be bothered, so she followed Nanny Luo to the yard arranged for her.Immediately, only Wen Zhaoling and his three daughters-in-law were left in the hall, and they were silent for a while.

After a while, Wen Zhaoye suddenly got up and left without saying a word. Jin was stunned for a moment, and quickly followed, but Wen Zhaoling stopped him: "Zhonghe, wait a moment."

Wen Zhaoye turned his head and looked at him, "Brother, I know what you mean, but I can't understand the sudden appearance of an extra person. Didn't you see the look on your mother's face just now?"

Wen Zhaoling smiled, "Zhonghe, I know you love mother, but mother's expression is very calm, I don't think it's nothing, but you, be patient, no one will compare you with others."

Wen Zhaoye seemed to be caught by what he said all of a sudden, snorted, turned around and walked away quickly.The Jin family has always defended her weaknesses. Seeing her husband angry, she glared at Wen Zhaoling and hurried after her.

Mrs. Li suddenly said from the side: "Brother, in my opinion, the second brother's behavior just now may not be just because he is worried that his uncle will be compared with him when he enters the door, but he must be really worried about the situation of his mother. At once……"

She didn't say any more, but Wen Zhaoling and Yuzhi both understood what she meant.Wen Zhaoling replied with a smile: "What I just said was just to reassure him. Don't be too harsh on Ji Li. We are brothers after all. As for parents...they naturally have their own way of getting along. We are juniors. Just as long as you don't make a mess."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li didn't say anything, just looked at the two of them, nodded at Yuzhi, got up and walked out.Yuzhi turned her head to look at Wen Zhaoling, and sighed, "I didn't expect such a big thing to happen suddenly, and now I don't know what happened to Aqin."

Wen Zhaoling got up and led her out, comforting her: "Don't worry, she will figure it out."

Yuzhi nodded and followed him along the corridor towards Boyuju. When he passed through the garden, he saw Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Wen standing beside a tree in the distance, with their backs facing their direction. The words, but far away from the side of the road, Yuzhi and the others couldn't hear them.

Wen Zhaoling glanced at it from a distance, smiled at Yuzhi, and said, "It seems that Zhonghe is not the only one who loves my mother, but also grandma."

Yuzhi had heard that Mrs. Wen had been criticized for Mrs. Wu's departure before, but she never thought that she would feel sorry for her again now.That's right, no matter how you look at it now, Mrs. Wen is more difficult to do.Wu's family seemed to have entered the house in an ordinary way before, but when he thought about it carefully, he entered the Wen's family after the son of the number one scholar. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that he was a winner.Thinking of this, Yuzhi couldn't help feeling sorry for her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Wen standing in the corner didn't know that Wen Zhaoling and Yuzhi had passed by, and they were facing the tree in silence, because Mrs. Tai was thinking about how to comfort her daughter-in-law.

Who knew that she hadn't thought of how to speak, but Mrs. Wen spoke up herself: "Mother, it's really thanks to you standing in front of my daughter-in-law today. I know that you didn't let me arrange anything just now. It's for the future, Mrs. Wu Can’t blame me either.”

Mrs. Tai sighed, "Wan Qing, you have always been the best at being a human being, so I'm naturally not worried, but you have to think about it before, you really drove Wu out of the house. People who are willing to give up, since she has worked so hard to grow up, and she has endured until today to enter Wen's family, it is to make you lose face, in this case, you'd better avoid her if you can."

"What mother said is that if you are tired like this, the daughter-in-law will feel guilty."

Mrs. Tai smiled slightly, and turned her head to look at the clump of flowers and plants under her feet, "Wan Qing, I know your temperament. You are soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and you can't rub sand in your eyes. I was like you when I was young, but your father-in-law is a man. Gentle, and I met at an early age, and we have a very strong relationship. I told him not to take concubines, and he would naturally agree. Yan is different, his temperament is similar to yours, and neither of you obeyed the other, which caused the current situation , now it seems that outsiders deserve it if it is cheap."

Mrs. Wen's eyes were slightly turbulent, and she pursed her lips, "What mother said is true."

Mrs. Tai turned her head and stared at her, "If you had to choose again, you would probably still kneel in the snow while you were pregnant with Boyu and not give Yanzhi a concubine, even if you knew you would be scolded by me, you would still Drive Wu Shi out of the house, right?"

Mrs. Wen lowered her head and did not speak. It took a long time before she whispered: "Actually, my intention at the time was not to drive her away."

Mrs. Tai was slightly taken aback, sighed and shook her head, "What's the use of saying this now? Why didn't you say it back then? And why didn't you tell Yanzhi?"

Mrs. Wen suddenly raised her head and smiled at her, "Mother, the relationship between me and my husband has never been because of this. You should know what kind of person your son is. He has knots in his heart, but I can't resolve them."

Mrs. Tai frowned when she heard this, "Your words are more difficult to understand than Zen principles. Weren't you good when you first got married? Why did you become like that later? Oh, forget it, it's been so many years now, and you still don't know what to do?" Why mention these things? But Wanqing, you have to remember that you and Yanzhi still have a long way to go, the person you need to rely on is him, not me, even if I can stand in the way for you today, in the future How about it? The Wu family has a champion son, how about you? Your eldest son is in poor health and has yet to stand on his own. The second son is neither educated nor skillful, and has only recently settled down. The third son..." Seeing Mrs. Wen's eyes When it was dark, her words also stopped.

Mrs. Wen saw that the old man was depressed, so she quickly smiled again, helped her to go to the residence, and said as she walked: "Mother's lesson and daughter-in-law have been remembered, and they will do well. Mother, don't worry."

Mrs. Tai's face softened, and she nodded with satisfaction.She has seen too many people and things. Today, she has noticed many subtleties, such as Aqin's loss of control in front of Ji Li. Ji Li often looks at Yu Zhi in the eyes. They've all been in touch.She is very clear that no matter what happens next, there are many things that are beyond her control.

(End of this chapter)