Chapter 225
Fortunately, although Little Pumpkin is small, it is not the kind of naughty child who crys and makes noise. Shuhua has always been a sensible. After sitting in the carriage for more than an hour, she didn't say she was tired, so she sat there obediently. Seeing that Shuhua was a little restrained, Mu Yun comforted her and said, "Although there are many noble people coming today and there are princesses, you don't have to worry too much. Princess Jingrou has a very good personality. You are young, and as long as you don't make big mistakes, no one will be unable to get along with you."
He also told Xiao Nanpu, "Little Pumpkin, I'll tell you, when you get there, be good at it and don't cry. If you have any discomfort, just tell your mother directly, don't throw a tantrum in front of noble people, do you know?" Xiao Nanpu is young, and although she doesn't understand what her mother says, she still nodded obediently.
Mu Yun turned to Shuhua and said, "It's a rare big scene today. You can open your eyes if you follow me, and your horizons will be broader in the future."
After hearing this, Shuhua smiled and thought it was true. But in fact, she was very nervous.
Mu Yun got up early today, thinking that he could arrive early and talk to the fourth wife Guan. Sure enough, when Mu Yun arrived at the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, no other guests had arrived yet. When Mu Yun got off the sedan chair at the second gate, he saw Madam Qiu sending a kind-faced woman out. Mu Yun only felt that the man looked familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember which servant from the family came.
After arriving at the flower hall, he saw Guan talking to Princess Jingrou with a spring breeze on his face. Mu Yun first brought two young men to greet them. The guest of honor sat down behind and asked, "I just saw that the princess and the fourth wife were both happy, but what kind of happy events in this mansion would be successful?"
Guan smiled and said, "Although it is not our family, it is also a great joy for the royal family. Originally, the Princess Ming also said that she would come here today, but just now, the servants from the Princess Ming came to report that the Princess was a little dizzy when she woke up early. She invited the imperial physician to see it, and it was a happy pulse! Do you think this is not a great joy?"
After hearing this news, Mu Yun's first reaction was not surprise but shock! She thought to herself: Could she, a fellow villager, have done something she shouldn't have done?
Although Mu Yun was worried about Princess Ming, Mu Yun still said with a smile: "The Princess Ming has been waiting for so many years and finally has hoped for this child. It is said that he has ended his hardships and has been happy."
Princess Jingrou smiled and said, "That's it. The fourth niece married into the royal family for many years. We all see what she did. Unfortunately, she has always had a bad fate. I believe even God can't see it now, otherwise she wouldn't have given her a child at this time."
Princess Jingrou is the posthumous daughter of the late emperor. Although Ni is not old, her seniority is one generation higher than that of several princes and princes.
In the palace, the emperor was also talking about this matter with the Empress: "The fourth son's body has not been very good recently. A few days ago, the fourth son's wife submitted a memorial to be named the crown prince, and I almost made it clear. Fortunately, I hesitated for a few days, otherwise, if the fourth son's wife gave birth to a legitimate son in the future, wouldn't it be a mess?"
When the Empress heard this, she smiled and said, "What the emperor said is very true. Not to mention me, I am afraid that the fourth wife of the fourth child herself would not expect that there would be this day? Speaking of which, among the princes and daughters-in-laws over the years, she is the closest among the princes and daughters-in-laws, and the fourth child looks like that... I won't say much. Whenever I see this child, I feel bitter for her. Now, no matter whether this child is a boy or a girl, she can always have a family of flesh and blood around her, and she can have hope for her life."
The emperor patted the empress's hand: "I'm sorry to you. I haven't let you have another child since the prince left."
The Empress smiled and shook her head: "What's wrong with the emperor? I'm so sorry for me? I'm a mother, are there fewer children?" Then the Empress found a topic and refused to talk about it again. She sneered in her heart: If she was really pregnant, according to the emperor's original doting of King Yue, he might have done it himself...
In the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, although Mu Yun was worried about the belly of Princess Ming, he still had to cheer up to help Guan's socialize the imperial edicts and girls.
The ladies who came here today mainly wanted to "sell" their own girls or look at other people's girls. Perhaps they had already seen each other before coming, so after a little greeting with the host, everyone scattered to the garden and other places and whispered.
Even Guan Shi kept staring at a few girls around ten years old, and occasionally whispering to Mu Yun about these girls' character. Everyone had been talking for a long time before Yuan Chuzhi came over.
Princess Jingrou is the daughter of the late emperor, so naturally she doesn't have to come to greet a princess who is two generations younger than her. Therefore, Mu Yun personally welcomes the second gate on behalf of Guan. Seeing her coming slowly, she couldn't help but smile and joke, "Why don't you just wait for us to come before you get in the table?"
Yuan Chuzhi said in surprise: "When is it? Could it be that everyone has arrived early?" Mu Yun nodded: "That's right, everyone is anxious, so naturally they all think about seeing it as soon as possible, for fear that their daughter-in-law and son-in-law will be intercepted by others."
Yuan Chuzhi sighed, "If it were really similar to what you said, I would have come long ago. I don't know how many banquets I have attended these days, so I haven't met a few suitable ones. Occasionally, there are two who look at them, and they are all given early. Do you think you are worried about people? My third brother is 28 years old this year. If you don't hurry up, there will be no good girl."
Mu Yun comforted her and said, "The third young master now has both wealth and real power. I don't know how many noble ladies are looking for a son-in-law. This matter is too urgent, and it may be just that fate has not come. Besides, I will say a few words, don't you like to listen to it."
Yuan Chuzhi glanced at her: "We have been in love for many years, just say something, why bother so hard?"
Mu Yun smiled and said, "In my opinion, you don't have to ask about other people's girls too eagerly. You didn't look like you were so generous, but your third brother was so arrogant in his marriage, and people were inevitably talking about it in private. Those wives who love their daughter thought you would love to control people when they see you like this. And you are still sister-in-law. Isn't other people's most afraid of their mother-in-law and difficult sister-in-law? They used to mean two things, and I'm afraid they will avoid them far away now."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Chuzhi shook the fan in his hand in annoyance and said, "I'll say that a while ago, there were a few wives from almost all of them who secretly asked me about my third brother, but none of them had been decent in the past two days. I thought that all the good girls were ordered away. It turned out that this was the case, thanks to you reminded me."
Mu Yun smiled and said, "I am just a bystander."
The two of them talked for a while. When talking about Little Pumpkin, Mu Yun said, "I asked Shuhua to take her to the back to play. I said I had been there for a long time. I should go and see her. This child has seen such a scene for the first time this day, and I am afraid she won't adapt much."
Yuan Chuzhi smiled and said, "You should take them out a few more times in the future, so girls should be more knowledgeable."
Mu Yun replied, "I naturally understand what you mean, but Xiao Pumpkin is still young. I can teach my daughter, but I can't interfere in Shuhua's teachings. People have their own mother, but my cousin is not easy to interfere in this teaching matter."
Yuan Chuzhi thoughtfully heard this, saying, "What you said is reasonable."
While talking, they walked to the back, but saw a pavilion beside the lotus pond full of people. Although Mu Yun could not see the person's appearance, he could see the two bags of hair combed and the pair of butterfly dotted green hairpins at a glance. Mu Yun personally inserted this hairpin for Shuhua in the morning.
Now that he saw this situation, Mu Yun felt a little "sudden" and just hoped that there would be no accident. He quickly walked forward. Yuan Chuzhi suddenly changed her face when he saw her behind and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mu Yun replied, "That one in the pavilion looks like Shuhua." He walked quickly into the pavilion without touching the ground. Several maids, mothers and mothers from the Wen family were there. When she saw her coming, he quickly gave in and let the two of them go in. Mu Yun saw Shuhua biting her lower lip and sitting on the stone bench, and a strange girl next to her was applying ointment to her. Her daughter also stood by and held Shuhua's hand, looking aggrieved with tears in her face.
Little Pumpkin was standing with his back to Mu Yun. When he heard the movement, he turned around and saw her, tears immediately flowed down. He hurriedly ran over and hugged Mu Yun's waist: "Mom, you are here."
Mu Yun frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Before Xiao Pumpkin could reply, Shuhua spoke up: "It's okay, aunt, I'm just playing around myself and thinking about catching a big butterfly, but I didn't catch it, but instead I fell and injured myself."
Several girls on the side looked at the chessboard that was not cleaned up on the stone table. At this time, a lady from the mansion stood up and said guiltily: "Madam Wen, it's all my fault. I was just playing chess there, but I forgot to look at them. It's thanks to this girl who pulled Shuhua, which made the little girl just break a little bit. Otherwise, her head would hit the ground." Then Miss Xu pointed to the girl who had just given Shuhua medicine.
Upon hearing this, Mu Yun smiled and bowed to the girl: "Thank you for saving my cousin niece."
The girl quickly stood up and avoided her, and then replied, "You are so kind to you, this lady, it's just a slight effort."
Mu Yun said again: "No matter what, thanks to the girl's help. But the girl looked at her and didn't know which house is in the mansion?"
The girl was wearing a water-green dress, with a calm and peaceful temperament, standing there with a smile, making people look like a good painting. Apart from Yuan Chuzhi, this is the first time Mu Yun has seen such a simple and elegant girl. Seeing this man standing here pretty, Mu Yun seemed to have seen Yuan Chuzhi, a teenager many years ago.
When the girl heard Mu Yun’s question, she opened her red lips lightly and replied with a faint smile: “My surname is Wang, and the eldest lady of the Xu family is my cousin.”
When she smiled, Mu Yun felt that she was different from Yuan Chuzhi. If Yuan Chuzhi's indifference was caused by nature, this girl's calmness seemed to be indifferent after seeing the cold and cold world.
Wait, Mu Yun finally stopped her random thoughts. What was the girl’s surname just now?
The eldest wife of the Marquis of Yong'an was the second wife of the Wang family. My father's generation and the Wang family broke up in the early years. Later, the eldest wife's father and younger brother died in battle. The mother could not bear the blow and went there. The family was cut off. However, the eldest wife's grandfather also had a brother. The eldest wife was able to marry into the Marquis of Yong'an, which was also a blessing for the grandfather.
The surname Wang? Mu Yun instantly remembered: "It turns out that the girl is the granddaughter of the deceased General Wang! Looking at the girl's bookish spirit, I thought she would be a lady from a scholarly family. I didn't expect that she would be the back of the general! The Wang family is full of loyalty and wise, and I often hear my husband say that she admires her very much. But I don't know when the girl came to the capital? If I had known that the girl had come to the capital, I would have visited her early in the morning."
Seeing her eager appearance, Yuan Chuzhi on the side couldn't hold on to smile first. She smiled and said, "You have been talking here for a long time, but you didn't tell your own house. Can the girl know who you are? Fortunately, you are a woman. If you wear men's clothes, others wouldn't think where did you come from?"
After saying that, Yuan Chuzhi whispered again: "When will you change the problem of your mouth salivating when you see a beauty?"
Mu Yun smiled and glanced at her, and the meaning expressed in his eyes was: I don’t plan to change it.
After the two of them had eye contact, Mu Yun changed into a proper and appropriate smile and said to Miss Wang: "Look at my mind, I was so happy when I saw Miss Wang, but I forgot to report myself. My husband is Wen Yan, the commander of the Imperial Guard. He was fortunate to participate in the Northwest Battle. After returning, he often told me that it was thanks to General Wang's family who fought to the death to hold the rebels' time and saved the four-shuang city. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. However, the Wang family's family of more than 80 died unfortunately, which is really respectable and admirable."
Mu Yun spoke sincerely, and soldiers are worthy of respect in any era. Because they use their flesh and blood to fight to ensure peace.
Chapter completed!