Chapter three hundred and eighteen: look away
Early in the morning, the old marquis got up and ate two bowls of millet porridge for the first time. The old marquis was not in good health for many years. Later, he fell seriously ill and fell into a coma. After being cured by the young marquis, he was not as good as before. It was good to eat a bowl of glutinous rice porridge every day for breakfast, so there was no time to eat two bowls.
The old lady who ate with him was shocked by her husband's shape. She put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, wiped her mouth, and frowned, "Marty, you are not young now, you have to be more at ease. You can eat too much and you will be full of yourself."
The old marquis smiled cheerfully and put down the bowls and chopsticks, "I'm so happy today, so I ate one more bowl."
"What makes you so happy?" The old lady has not smiled for many days. Before the New Year was over, Chen Yuntang was taken away by the Regent, and then the Regent was assassinated halfway. Chen Yuntang disappeared with the Regent. When she heard these heart-wrenching news, she would be surprised to be happy.
If she hadn't had a few granddaughters at home, she wouldn't have wanted to care about foreign affairs and would have eaten vegetarian food for Chen Yuntang in the Buddhist temple to accumulate blessings for her.
The old marquis waved his hand and asked everyone around him to go down, then he whispered to his wife: "I also received the news last night. I didn't disturb you when I saw you sleep. Atang returned to Beijing and now lives in our village outside Beijing."
"What! Atang is back! Then why don't you, an old guy, ask her to go back to the mansion? No matter how good the village outside the capital is, can we have our Marquis's own family? This child has been out for several months, and is so dangerous in the wind and rain, and must have lost all his weight!" The old lady said excitedly.
It seems that the Bodhisattva still pity the people from their Marquis’ Mansion and asked Atang to come back safely.
Seeing that his wife was so nervous, the old marquis trembled with her hand holding the veil. He quickly reached out and patted his wife on the shoulder as comforting, "Don't I want Atang to return home earlier, but now is not the time to come back! The Regent has not yet come back from Rongcheng!"
After being reminded by his wife, the old lady recovered. Her grandson left with the Regent and followed the regent and was in charge of the regent's personal order. In Dayan, the regent is no different from the emperor, and all the power and political affairs are in his hands.
Now his grandson ran back without reason and left the Regent. Those who don’t know thought that his grandson caused something to cause trouble when he was working with the Regent, so he ran away for fear of his crime!
The regent in the capital is full of eyes and ears. As long as his grandson returns to his home, he will definitely be known.
But the reason why her Atang escaped was because she had difficulties. The Regent had already begun to doubt it. If the Regent was really caught by the Regent, they would be burdened with the entire Marquis’ Mansion!
They didn't know what the Regent was in Rongcheng. At this time, it was indeed as the old Marquis said that Chen Yuntang could not be brought back.
If she wants her to return to the Marquis’ Mansion openly, she will have to wait for the Regent to return to Beijing.
But will the Regent return to Beijing, be safe for his own child?
Suddenly, the old lady became a dilemma.
Both Chen Yuntang and Hou's Mansion seemed to have fallen into a dead end all at once.
The joy on the old lady's face became fainter when she thought about it.
"The Marquis is right, I didn't think about it. It's better not to come back first." But Chen Yuntang couldn't hide outside forever! The old lady really thought about Chen Yuntang tightly.
The old marquis sighed, and no longer had the joy he had before.
"It's not a solution to keep going like this. Atang's medicine has stopped. The child is grown up and I can't hide it for long." The old marquis was considering the retreat of the marquis' mansion after he had improved a long time.
He is old, experienced strong storms, and seriously ill. He has seen through everything. The power and glory he had hoped for in the past are now less important than a granddaughter.
Being happy together is more important than anything else.
He thought about the future journey of the Hou Mansion for a long time and had already begun to implement it step by step. The person who came to inform Chen Yuntang of the situation yesterday sent him back to Shen Yuntang and ventilated with her.
The old marquis looked at the familiar scenery of the marquis' mansion outside the window, and his old eyes suddenly became deeper.
"It's time for our Marquis' Mansion to retreat."
When the old lady heard her husband say this, she was slightly stunned. After a while, she said, "Hao Master is considering it?"
The old marquis laughed, "What else can I think about? No wealth and glory are as important as my granddaughters."
"Oh!" This is not the case.
When Yongxing Hou passed away in middle age, he asked the old lady to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man. Now what she values most is not her granddaughters. In the past, the old Marquis had always been obsessed with serving the emperor and becoming an important minister of Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen tied up all three generations of the Shen family with an iron voucher for the broken alchemy. What a loss-making deal for the Shen family.
There are some things that she couldn't say when her old husband didn't see through. Now that he saw it clearly, it would be easier.
The old lady's eyes were hot. At this good time, she was waiting for several ladies from the Marquis' Mansion.
"Mr. Marquis, you can see it openly! This is the blessing of Atang and the others!" the old lady said moved.
It seems easy to say this, but how many people in this world can really do it. If my old husband had not experienced so much, he would not have woken up at this time.
The old marquis shook his head with a wry smile, "I used to be too persistent and hurt Atang."
The old marquis felt most guilty about Chen Yuntang for his granddaughters.
She had been dressed as a man and held the Hou Mansion for more than ten years. In the future, he would definitely let his granddaughter live happily and be a normal girl.
My wife is sincere, the old lady is happy. Even if I can’t see Chen Yuntang now, the old lady is still happy for her.
"Then does the marquis have a constitution?" the old lady asked expectantly. Since her husband said this to her, it means that he had this idea at least a few months ago. After living together for so many years, the old lady still knows what kind of person his husband is.
The old marquis is the kind of person who takes one step and thinks three steps.
If he doesn't want to make a decision, he won't tell anyone. Since he has said it, he must have already decided on the arrangements and is likely to be doing it.
The old marquis reached out and pointed his wife's direction, and smiled and said, "Of course, I have already thought of the general solution."
The old lady was happy again. She was now a little glad that she had not rushed to see the second lady before, otherwise the Marquis's Mansion would suddenly want to evacuate at this time. What's the marriage going to be good? Everything will have to be settled again before they can be considered.
The old couple was talking about arrangements alone in the room, but Bu Fu suddenly coughed loudly at the door, and then said: "Old Marquis, Old Madam, there is an imperial edict in the palace to the outer courtyard."
Chapter completed!