Guan Yucheng was a little worried. Will his mother's disregard for his eldest brother's feelings make his eldest brother more hostile to his mother? After all, his eldest brother is also a soldier galloping at the border. His mother's petty thoughts are just the petty calculations of the parents. Can he hide it from his eldest brother?
?
"Mother, you--" Guan Yucheng said hesitantly.
"It's okay." Mrs. Guan glanced at her youngest son and said coldly, "Yucheng, my mother has been in charge of the family affairs in Guan Mansion for more than a day or two. There are some things that cannot be allowed to have the slightest hint. Xian Ziai's purpose is to follow her
Wei Niang has taken away the power of the Guan Mansion from his mother, and Wei Niang cannot let her succeed. Maybe your elder brother is a little angry with Wei Niang now. After this period of time, Wei Niang will find another beautiful woman for him, and he will pass it.
At this time, I am fresh and will still care about my mother."
Outside the door of the mansion, Guan Yupeng's face was gloomy. He looked at the door that was hurriedly opened by the servants in the mansion. He suppressed the annoyance in his heart. His mother had gone too far. No matter what kind of woman Xian Ziai was, she was also his current wife.
, the mother was always in trouble with Xian Ziai, and always promoted the status of Princess Hanyu. Doesn't this mean that she elevated Guan Yucheng's status and secretly suppressed herself?
Xian Ziyi chose to remain silent at this time, and just quietly followed Guan Yupeng into the Guan Mansion.
There was a faint sound of sorrow coming from A Qing's courtyard. Guan Yupeng smiled coldly and walked into A Qing's small courtyard with Xian Ziai. In the makeshift small mourning hall, Mrs. Guan was sitting there burning paper. Guan Yucheng stood there with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
On one side, several slaves were kneeling on the ground, wanting to bury their heads in the ground.
"I'm just a servant who waits for others. It's really hard for my mother to burn the paper herself." Guan Yupeng's voice was full of ridicule. No wonder his father didn't like his mother, and neither did he. What a stupid woman!
Mrs. Guan turned to look at Guan Yupeng, with a hint of surprise and sadness on her face, "Yupeng, when did you come back? Hey, why is Xian Zi'ai with you? Didn't she go to the palace to help Princess Hanyu prepare some food?
Clothes? I thought I would come back later."
Xian Zi Ai said respectfully, "Zi Ai has met her mother-in-law." As she said this, she took some paper money and put it into the brazier to watch it burn, without speaking again.
"Mother, you really have time to spare." Guan Yupeng's tone was quite bad, "This Guan Mansion is located in a busy city. The carriage of the eldest son of Guan Mansion is parked outside the gate of the mansion. The gate of the mansion is closed. You still have time here.
Burning paper for a child's concubine in a leisurely manner really flatters her, can she afford such care?"
Mrs. Guan was stunned for a moment, then angrily said to the slaves kneeling on the ground: "I'm here to burn some paper money for A-Qing and send her on her way, why are you pretending to be deaf and dumb? Why are you closing the door to the house?
Are you not going to let the carriage of the eldest young master in the mansion come in?"
The slaves all knelt on the ground and remained silent. At this time, no one wanted to speak up and become the first person.
"Maybe I didn't hear the knock on the door." Guan Yucheng explained awkwardly.
"It must be." Mrs. Guan said disapprovingly, "Something happened to A Qing in the family, and it was not a natural death. Princess Hanyu is about to marry Yu Cheng. If the Queen Mother knew about this, she would definitely say no.
Geely, why did the eldest daughter-in-law of the Guan family die as soon as she returned to Guan Mansion? She was afraid that people would think too much, so she closed the door on purpose and told the servants in the house not to open the door easily, no matter who called the door. These servants
It’s so pedantic that I won’t even let your carriage in.”
There was no smile on Guan Yupeng's face, and he said coldly: "It's just that the child has arrived. If the child comes back and is blocked outside the door, he will definitely smash the door. The child is the eldest son of the house, and this Guan Mansion also belongs to the child. The child wants to
Do whatever you want, but what you are locking up is the child’s head wife, Xian Zi Ai, whom the emperor personally acted as a matchmaker. If this comes to the ears of the Queen Mother, what do you think the Queen Mother will think?"
"You just stayed outside the house for a while, Xian Zi Ai, you rushed to complain to Yu Peng, do you still have me as your mother-in-law in your eyes? Come here, use the family law, I must teach this ignorant person a lesson
The sky is high and the earth is high, there is no dignity in the eyes of a woman." Mrs. Guan said in her voice.
Guan Yupeng said coldly: "This matter has nothing to do with Zi Ai. It's because the carriages of other mansions passing by here saw the child's carriage parked outside the door. The servants were guarding the carriage outside. The curtains of the carriage were hung down, but the door of the mansion was closed.
Close, there are rumors that you have always disliked Zi Ai. The carriage Zi Ai rides when going out belongs to the child. Naturally, some people will be suspicious, especially since Zi Ai's sister is the eldest daughter-in-law of Prince Xuan's Palace and a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother.
, these people will naturally ask the child, how do you think the child should explain to them?"
Mrs. Guan did not speak, but her eyes fell on Xian Ziai, who had been burning paper with her head lowered. At this time, Xian Ziai kept silent except for the greetings just now, as if everyone was not talking about her.
"I heard that Prince Yu's beloved concubine Yi Fei in the palace had a letter specially sent here." Guan Yupeng said indifferently, "After Prince Yu sent someone to deliver the letter, he felt that it would be harmful to the child simply to send his own servants to deliver the letter.
In order to show respect, the child was specially informed. The child wanted to see what the letter was about. Could the mother show it to the child? The child did not want Prince Yu to laugh at the child for not knowing what was going on in Guan Mansion.
Just a puppet!"
Mrs. Guan frowned. If Guan Yupeng read Concubine Yi's letter, she would have to give up half of her power. She originally wanted to rush to the palace early tomorrow morning and find Concubine Yi to ask what was going on.
, at any rate, Concubine Yi’s parents have a good personal relationship with Guan Fu.
But at this time, Guan Yupeng asked directly about the letter. If she continued to pretend not to know, she would be deceived. She had to ask someone to give Guan Yupeng the letter sent by Concubine Yi, and said: "I just want to get it early."
I sent Ah Qing away without even bothering to read it carefully, what did Concubine Yi say in her letter?"
"Nothing." Guan Yupeng said indifferently, "It's the same thing as what I said when I went to see my father today. The child went to see his father today and told his father that his mother is busy with Yucheng's marriage these days. The one who is going to marry into the Guan Mansion is
Princess Hanyu, whom the Empress Dowager loves, naturally needs to be cautious and careful, and considerate and thoughtful. After all, her mother is just a woman, and it is difficult to take care of many things. The Empress Dowager asked Zi Ai to arrange for Princess Hanyu to be prepared by the Xian family shop.
The wedding dress is also an honor for the family, but as an ordinary daughter-in-law, it is a little thin, so the child asked his father to make the decision and leave the child's affairs related to the family to Zi Ai. This matter, the father will come back when he is free.
I told my mother in person that I would like to say hello here first, but judging from Concubine Yi's intention, my mother can have some leisure from now on and concentrate on preparing for Yu Cheng's marriage."