"Come on, follow me to meet your grandmother." Mrs. Sun greeted them with a smile.
She also saw Zhao Ye holding Li Can's hand, and looked at each other with Meng Junde, and the two of them smiled knowingly.
Mrs. Meng's residence is called Taihe Courtyard.
Li Can followed Zhao Zhen and walked in. The yard was not very big, but it was neatly arranged, with flowers and plants scattered in an orderly manner.
Mrs. Meng was already waiting at the door of the house with a group of people.
When he saw a few of them entering the yard, smiles appeared on his face.
"Mom, Xin'er is here." Mrs. Sun walked at the front and greeted with a smile.
"Come quickly." Mrs. Meng raised her hand towards Li Can.
Li Can looked at Zhao Hao.
Zhao Ye let go of her.
Li Can stepped forward and was about to salute when Mrs. Meng held her hand and said with a loving smile: "They are all our own children. There is no need to salute. Come in with me quickly."
She has fair hair and a childlike face. If you look closely, you will see that her features are very similar to Concubine Chen.
Li Can felt that compared to her easy-going grandmother, Zhao Zong's grandmother seemed more dignified.
Perhaps, this is the difference between an old lady from a merchant family and an old lady from an official family.
"Yes." Li Can agreed obediently.
She turned her phoenix eyes slightly and saw a group of women behind Mrs. Meng, all dressed neatly, looking at her with kind smiles on their faces.
One of them was holding a pretty little girl doll in his hand.
Her heart moved slightly.
Zhao Zhen said before that she has a three-year-old cousin, so this is probably it, right?
The more she thought about it, the more it seemed like it.
So who are these remaining women?
Aren't they all uncle's aunts?
so much!
She had never seen her uncle's aunts before at her grandmother's house.
The second aunt said that those who are not worthy of publicity should not come to her.
When she got here, Zhao Zhen's uncle and aunt arranged for these aunts to come to welcome her.
However, she could sense that Zhao Zhen's uncle and aunt did not have any ill intentions, and they probably wanted to appear solemn, so she called everyone in the family.
"This is for my grandson's wife." Mrs. Meng took a wrapped red envelope from the hand next to her and put it in Li Can's hand.
"Thank you, grandma." Since it was custom, Li Can did not refuse: "Then... you're welcome."
"This child is good." Mrs. Meng smiled: "There is no pretense about my temper.
No wonder Ruofei likes her."
"The children your Majesty likes will naturally have the best appearance and temperament." Mrs. Sun smiled and took over the conversation: "Hurry in, don't stand around, go inside and sit down to talk."
Everyone entered the room and took their seats.
Mrs. Meng took Li Can and sat beside her.
Zhao Hao sat down not far from them.
"Didn't you call me Han Chun?" Mrs. Meng asked Sun.
Meng Hanchun is Meng Junde's eldest son.
"I've sent someone to call him. I think he'll be back later." Sun replied with a smile.
"Han Chun is your eldest cousin." Mrs. Meng explained to Li Can lovingly.
Li Can nodded.
"Come and recognize me." Mrs. Meng raised her hand towards those women: "These are your uncle's aunts.
Xuan'er, come here."
She reached out to the little girl.
The aunt who was holding Meng Xuan quickly let go of her hand and said with a smile: "Sister Xuan, go to grandma's place quickly."
Meng Xuan stretched out her little hand and stumbled towards Mrs. Meng.
Li Can noticed that Meng Xuan's mother-in-law looked very good, but she didn't seem to want to meet people. She kept looking at Meng Xuan with her head half lowered and her eyes lowered.
As for Meng Xuan, although she is young, she can still tell that her appearance will not be bad in the future.
It's just... how should I put it, this child is a little thin, completely unlike the two or three-year-old dolls she has seen before, all white and fat.
She guessed that maybe Meng Xuan, like her, had a weak body and could not gain weight.
"Zuzu!" Meng Xuan's voice was young and her speech was not clear enough, so she called "grandmother" "Zuzu".
Everyone laughed.
Li Can looked at them all with smiles on their faces and felt a little incredible. Could wives and concubines be so harmonious?
So Sun is really a broad-minded person.
"Come." Mrs. Meng picked up Meng Xuan, sat on her lap and faced Li Can: "Call me sister-in-law."
Meng Xuanyuan opened her dark eyes, stared at Li Can for a moment, and called her inarticulately: "Sister-in-law..."
"Sister-in-law." Mrs. Meng taught her again.
After teaching it several times, Meng Xuan still only knew one word, which made everyone laugh.
"Xin'er." Mrs. Meng smiled and said, "This is your little cousin, and there are two other cousins and your second cousin, all of whom are studying in the academy.
Come back in the evening and let’s have a reunion dinner together.”
"Okay." Li Can nodded with a smile, raised his hand and took Meng Xuan's hand to tease her: "My little cousin is so cute."
Mrs. Meng also looked at Meng Xuan's fair and delicate face with a smile.
Meng Xuan held Li Can's index finger tightly.
Li Can found it interesting, so he raised his hand and gently shook her little hand to tease her.
Meng Xuan's sleeve slipped down, and a bruise was exposed above her wrist.
"Xuan'er how did you do this?" she couldn't help but ask.
From her first glance, the bruise seemed to have been squeezed out by someone, and there were even a few traces of blood on it, which looked terrifying.
Everyone looked over.
Mrs. Meng also saw the bruise and couldn't help frowning and looking at Meng Xuan's mother: "Aunt Lin, how do you take care of Xuan'er?
I knocked my knee last time, why are my arms blue again this time?"
"Old Madam." Aunt Lin immediately stepped forward and knelt down: "This is what Sister Xuan hit when she slipped down the steps in the corridor today."
"What do you do for food? There are so many maids in front of you, you can't even look after a child." Mrs. Meng was very angry.
The other children in the family have all grown up.
She still loves and cares about her youngest granddaughter.
"Old madam, please calm down." Aunt Lin kowtowed again: "Sister Xuan is now very lively and active. The servants and several maids are guarding her, but they were not prepared for her to suddenly roll down.
It's my slave's fault that I didn't think highly of Sister Xuan."
"Mother," Mrs. Sun began to persuade, "Today, Xin'er and Zeyu are here, please don't be angry.
What can Sister Xuan say? It’s also the flesh that fell from Aunt Lin’s body, and she feels more distressed than we do.”
"Get up and pay more attention next time." Mrs. Meng didn't want to worry too much at first, so she gave up after listening to Sun's advice.
"Little cousin, does it hurt?" Li Can gently touched the bruise on Meng Xuan's arm.
She always felt that the scar did not look like it was caused by an impact. She compared it with her fingers and felt that it looked like it was caused by two finger prints.
"Wow……"
She just touched the scar, and Meng Xuan suddenly burst into tears.
Li Can was so shocked that she retracted her hand. Her movements were very gentle. She didn't expect Meng Xuan to cry like this.
Mrs. Meng was busy patting Meng Xuan on the back to coax her.
Aunt Lin quickly stepped forward to hug Meng Xuan: "Old madam, let me come."
Mrs. Meng then let Meng Xuan be held by her.
As soon as Meng Xuan was in Aunt Lin's hands, she immediately stopped crying and there was no more crying at all.
Li Can saw her eyes widened and her face looked frightened. He couldn't help but stand up and said apologetically: "Little cousin, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in so much pain..."
"It's okay, Your Highness, you don't have to blame yourself." Aunt Lin lowered her head and said, "This child is hurt, she is being hypocritical.
In normal times, she can still dance for your two highnesses."
"My little cousin can dance?" Li Can was naturally curious.
Such a young child, as she just looked at, was still unsteady on his feet. What kind of dance was he dancing?
"Don't look at her for being young." Mrs. Meng said with a smile, "It will be interesting to wait until she stops being pretentious and ask her to dance for you."
Everyone was talking about Meng Xuan's ability to dance.
Li Can saw that they all said so, and that they had noses and eyes, so he believed them: "Then I must take a look another day."
"Your Highnesses, Madam, Madam." Aunt Lin hugged Meng Xuan and lowered her head and said, "Sister Xuan is afraid that she will cause trouble later. I will carry her back first and give her medicine."
"Go." Mrs. Meng raised her hand and pointed.
Zhao Ye never said a word, he just saw everything with his eyes.
After Aunt Lin went out, he immediately waved to Wu Zao at the door.
Wu Zao bowed forward and listened to the order.
Zhao Zhen whispered to him and gave him a few instructions.
Wu Zai went out quickly.
Li Can was curious about what Zhao Zong had ordered him to do, but he couldn't ask in public, so he suppressed the thought of asking.
In the evening, the entire Meng family gathered together.
Only Zhao Zhen's eldest cousin was left. She was married in the imperial capital, so naturally she couldn't come.