In the afternoon, Mrs. Wen San came to Hexuan.
Her eyes were red and swollen, her hair was messy, and she started crying with a handkerchief in her hand as soon as she arrived, saying, "Wife Zhuo An, now I am not a human being at home or abroad. Even my master is blaming me, saying that I am forcing people to death... I did that because I was so angry... Wuwuwu..."
Xu Lanyin said, "I understand Third Aunt's feelings. The old lady was so cruel that she could kill her own son and daughter-in-law, watched Wen Yan kill her eldest son, and then killed her grandson. She is not kind to her own flesh and blood, let alone her illegitimate sons and daughters-in-law."
The old lady and Wen Yan destroyed Wen Anzhuo's family. Wen Anzhuo was bullied since he was a child, and Xu Lanyin also hated him.
Seeing that Xu Lanyin understood her, Mrs. Wen cried even harder and recounted the hardships she had endured since marrying into the Wen family. "...The old lady was cold and cruel. She was harsh on my master and me and wouldn't tell him or her. She even set rules for me when I was pregnant. The male fetus that had grown was lost, and later I couldn't have another child. Liu was also wicked and had no conscience. She was just like the old lady..."
She poured out all her frustrations, and after Xu Lanyin's persuasion, she finally felt better. After that, she stopped bullying the second wife as much as before. She gave them what they deserved, but simply ignored them.
After the 37th day after Mrs. Liu's death, Wen Jiao went to the prison to see her mother Liu. When she didn't see Wen Yan, she formally became a nun at Daci Temple and took the Buddhist name Mingliao.
The Wen family knew she had made up her mind, but to keep it a secret, the third master and his wife went to the nunnery to persuade her. She was determined to go her own way, so they had no choice but to let her go.
Afterwards, Master Wen San wrote a letter of divorce on behalf of Wen Zhuohua, and Wang took her dowry back to her parents' home and had nothing to do with the Wen family from then on.
Hu Shi didn't want to go back to her parents' home, nor did she want to live in the Wen Mansion, so she was given two hundred acres of land, a two-story house, and one thousand and two taels of silver. She took her daughter Wen Ping and her own dowry and went out to live on her own.
Wen Zhuofeng came forward and asked an elder in the clan to help Wen Xiang find a new marriage, and also gave her a dowry of two thousand taels of silver.
Wen Jiao became a nun, and she got what she wanted, and it also made life better for the other people in the second house.
The Wen family became quieter.
Old Master Wen no longer meets with his younger generations on the first and fifteenth day of every month, and only focuses on making elixirs.
By mid-September, Xu Lanyin's belly had grown even bigger. Her five-month-old belly looked like a seven-month pregnancy. The imperial physician diagnosed her with twins.
I didn't dare tell anyone else about this, only Xu Qingyan and Chai. Chai frowned, "What should we do? Send one away to be raised? Or, send one to Dashi to raise. Those two children are loyal and kind, don't worry."
Xu Lanyin shook her head and said, "I won't send anyone away. I'll raise them all myself."
Chai continued, "The Empress Dowager loves her son-in-law very much. What if she asks you to give one away?"
Xu Lanyin said, "Zhuo An also disagrees with giving the child away. Don't worry, mother, the Queen Mother has suffered that loss, and she won't force me to give the child to someone else to raise."
Chai was in a state of extreme conflict, as she was reluctant to give the child away, yet she was also afraid that the child would bring death to her daughter, son-in-law, and other child.
Xu Qingyan could understand it and said, "When I was in Xixia, I met a family that gave birth to twins. Not only did they not reject it, they were particularly fond of it, saying it was a gift from God. Some of the twins that were raised together survived. There were also children who died. Not to mention twins, even single babies can fail to grow up. The difficulty in raising children is not a problem with single or twins, but the child's own constitution..."
Xu Lanyin looked at Xu Qingyan with admiration. This is why reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. The knowledge that is not in books can be found in the distance.
After hearing this, Chai became happy again.
Perhaps the Queen Mother could not face the fact that her descendant was pregnant with twins again. After Xu Lanyin was diagnosed with twins, she asked the eunuch to convey an oral order, saying that Xu Lanyin was in a heavy body and should not run around everywhere, and asked Chai to bring Wen Mingxi to the palace to accompany her often.
Xu Lanyin just didn't want to enter the palace either, so this was the best.
On September 15th, Madam Qin and Qin Ru accompanied Qin Hongyu to the villa in the capital to prepare for the wedding.
On the sixteenth, Chai and Xu Lanyin made an appointment to go to Qin's house together, and the men who went to the yamen and school would go directly there for dinner in the evening.
Qin Hongyu's dowry was extremely generous, including land, shops, furniture, ornaments and silver dowries, totaling as much as 90,000 taels.
The Xu and Hu families asked the Qin family to bring many gifts to the Xu family and Xu Lanyin in Beijing. Qin Hongyu also said that Hu Yi was pregnant, and Mrs. Hu was overjoyed. She was afraid that Hu Yi would get hurt, so she took her back to her parents' home to take care of the baby.
When Xu Lanyin heard that Hu Yi was pregnant, she was happy for her and Xu Ershi.
On the first day of October, Wen Zhuofeng married Qin Hongyu. The Wen family decorated the house with festive decorations, and the atmosphere was filled with joy.
Because Xu Lan was pregnant, she could neither go to the bridal chamber to see the bride nor attend the wedding banquet today, and could only stay in her own little courtyard.
Early in the morning, Xu Lanting, Xu Lanyue, Min Jia, and Chai Zixiao arrived to accompany her. Meanwhile, Xu Qingyan, Chai, Xu Lanzhou, and the others were helping to entertain the Wen residence, as many distinguished guests were expected. Not only were the Fourth and Fifth Princes, several other princes, county princes, and the eldest princess all present, but even the Crown Prince reportedly arrived incognito and stayed for a quarter of an hour. The Wen residence was unrivaled in its prestige.
Ten and a half months old Wen Mingxi can crawl and stand. He gets very excited when he sees the children and shouts louder than them.
Before the newlyweds got married, several children took Wen Mingxi to the bridal chamber. Chai Zixiao wanted to roll in bed, while the other children looked after the bride.
Not long after, Xu Lanyue returned to Hexuan with Wen Mingxi and two servants.
Xu Lanyin asked, "The bride hasn't entered the bridal chamber yet, right? Why did you come back first?"
Xu Lanyue said, "There were too many people in the new house, and Xixi didn't seem to like it, so I brought him back."
Xu Lanyue came to the house most often and was the best at coaxing children. Wen Mingxi had a much closer relationship with her than with the other children. Whenever she came, he would hold out his hands for her to hold, even refusing to ask for money from his mother.
Xu Lanyin thought that children loved to watch the fun, so she said with a smile, "Put Xixi on the bed, and you go and see your mother and son."
Xu Lanyue shook her head and said, "I'll go and see after Xixi falls asleep."
Xu Lanyin stopped trying to persuade her. Children with special experiences like Xu Lanyue were much more attentive and thoughtful than other children.
In the evening, after the guests had left, the imperial edict conferring the title of Marquis of Dongqing on Qin Hongyu, along with the empress dowager's reward, arrived. Not only did the bride and groom go out to receive the edict, but all the masters of the Wen residence went to the front yard to kowtow and express their gratitude.
Xu Lanyin had just put on her imperial robes and was about to go to the front yard when a eunuch came to convey the Empress Dowager's oral instructions, saying that the Empress Dowager sympathized with the wife of Marquis Xiqing because she was pregnant and had a heavy body, so there was no need for her to go in specifically to express her gratitude.
Xu Lanyin bowed towards the imperial palace in front of the eunuchs again.
The next morning, the bride and groom went to the palace to express their gratitude and recognize each other after lunch. Old Master Wen, who had not been seen for a long time, finally showed up.
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