Chapter 270 Fight Out
At Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng had a rare moment of free time. She was about to take a short nap to relax and recuperate when Ping'er came in with a strange look on her face and reported, "Second Madam, the Huitong Hall has sent a message. The princess's two children are coming over."
What? Wang Xifeng sat up suddenly. "The princess's two children?"
"yes!"
Ping Er handed over the invitation, "It says that you are here to visit your grandmother and uncle."
"What do you give it to me?"
How could Wang Xifeng dare to accept it? "Quick, give it to the old lady or the master!"
She should do whatever her elders tell her to do!
How can one handle such a big matter on his own?
"The master gave it to you." Ping'er could only say, "The master has already told the concierge that if there are any more matters at Huitong Hall, they should be handed over to you first."
Wang Xifeng: “…”
It’s great to have the trust of my father-in-law.
But...
“Did the person and the post arrive together?”
"The post arrived first, saying it would come in a moment."
"Okay then, let's go find the old lady first."
Wang Xifeng stood up quickly.
At Jia's mother's courtyard, the old lady looked at the visiting card for a long time and said, "Come if you want to. You have to come anyway."
Where is the princess?
"Didn't your aunt in the East Mansion ask them to send the child over that time?"
It's just a formality to meet.
What else can there be?
"Just follow the etiquette."
She is not my biological grandmother.
"By the way, have you sent a visiting card to the East Palace?"
“Yes.”
Wang Xifeng had already asked Ping'er about this on the way.
"That'll do."
When the old lady put down the invitation, she suddenly thought of something, "I gave the invitation to the East Mansion. Did I give the invitation to your third and fourth aunts?"
Although Jia Wen and Min'er lived at home, they were guests and did not return to this home.
If you ask Huitongguan about it, you should give a visiting card.
"No!"
Wang Xifeng shook her head.
The expression on Jia's mother's face became even more pale. "It's here. Ask Lin Zhixiao's wife to bring it over."
Forget about Jia Wen. After she divorced and returned home, she barely counts as a guest.
But her daughter is different!
It turns out that these people just don’t know etiquette. They have been in the capital for so long, but they still can’t learn it.
At the same time, Shen Ning also received a visiting card, which was delivered by Jia Zhen himself, "Mother, look..."
"Just treat it like any other relative."
Shen Ning's eyes stayed on Hezhuo's name for a moment, then turned away, "She didn't want to have this child in the first place."
To prevent accidents, to avoid sadness, to avoid being taken advantage of, it is better to be indifferent.
"If the West Mansion asks the girls to go back to meet the guests, just tell them what I said, that studies are more important."
"yes!"
Jia Zhen understood his mother's attitude and knew how to deal with it.
After a while, Naman and Hezhuo arrived as promised.
As the princess's biological children and grandson, it was their first time visiting their grandparents' home. Logically, the doors of both Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Duke's mansion should be wide open, and the head of the family should personally stand in front of the door and wait.
But no! Nothing.
The convoy was stopped outside the gate.
When the doorman heard the knock on the door, he knew it was them and just asked them to wait. After a long while, he opened the side door and Lin Zhixiao and his family came out.
"Master and Miss, I am Lin Zhixiao, the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion. Our master and mistress know that you two are coming, so they specially asked me to invite you in."
Na Man looked at him, then glanced at the gate, said nothing, bowed, and stepped in.
He has been conferred the title of Beile, his father is a prince, and his mother is the Princess of Rongguo. Logically, he has to enter the Rongguo Mansion through the middle door.
Sure enough, just as Aungbang Ama said, the Jia family still wanted to intimidate them.
Naman took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, and pretended to be obedient and asked, "What is my uncle doing now?"
Ama and Angbang Ama both said that when they arrived here, he and Hezhuo had to follow the local customs and address people the way the Han people do.
They were taught these by someone on their way here.
"The master is dealing with an important matter."
Jia She was playing with his woodblock print.
He had no plans to meet Na Man right away.
The princess told her sister-in-law that she only wanted Hezong.
In that case, let Hezhuo, the niece, go and see the old lady first.
Then Man asked Lin Zhixiao to entertain them in the outer study room for a while.
"Please follow me first."
Lin Zhixiao wanted to take him to the outer study.
"What about Hezhuo?"
"My cousin needs to go see the old lady and the mistress first."
Na Man: “…”
He wanted to say, then my sister and I will go to see grandma together.
But I was afraid that this was the rule here, "Okay!"
He followed Lin Zhixiao, and here, Hezhuo's sedan chair was carried directly into the second gate.
Hezhuo felt that the sedan chair had stopped, but the nanny who was following it didn't say anything, so she didn't move either.
This is her maternal grandparents' home.
The place her mother longed to return to.
When she was a child, her mother told her about many snacks from her grandparents' house, and she even secretly made them for her several times.
It just seems to fail every time.
Even though she thought the food tasted delicious, she often cried while eating it.
The night before her father forced her to go to Dazhao, her mother told her that once she left, if there was no news from her again, there would be no need to miss her anymore. She was going home, even if she died, she was going home.
She just needs to be happy, live a good life, and try her best to please her brother Naman.
If one day, her father wanted to marry her to a Mongolian tribe, he would ask her brother Naman to bring some dowry with him.
No matter what the circumstances, as long as she takes good care of herself and lives a good life, she will be content.
But mother didn't die.
She lived well and became the Princess of Rongguo.
When Hezhuo first found out about this, he was extremely happy.
Her mother is alive.
Still alive and well.
But Hezhuo did not dare to show his happiness.
Because everyone in the mansion was unhappy.
Even if Ama was crowned king.
When her brothers and sisters in the mansion saw her, their eyes seemed to want to eat her, which made Hezhuo have nightmares for several days.
When they told her that her mother had become her father's wife, the nanny beside her stepmother also brought people to her and her mother's house and smashed it.
That day, Hezhuo thought he was going to be beaten, or sent to a small dark room and deprived of food and water.
Fortunately, I was not beaten, but was just sent to a small dark room specially used for punishment.
She and her mother would take turns going into that place almost every month.
Her mother was punished by her stepmother or a favored concubine.
she……
It is the stepmother or sisters.
Hezhuo touched his face.
She knew that they were just like that because they were good-looking.
The sedan chair was still moving forward, and Hezhuo looked out through the small curtain.
This is another courtyard with a hanging flower gate in front.
No wonder her mother said that her father’s Prince’s Mansion was pitifully small.
Calculating the time since I entered the door, it seems like I have walked a distance of about 1 meter.
The pause just now should be because someone else was asked to carry her sedan chair.
On the way here, the nanny had already told her that her maternal grandfather's family was extremely prominent. Although it was only a duke's mansion, it was almost the same as a prince's palace.
The sedan stopped in front of the hanging flower gate, and the kind woman who came with Steward Lin to greet her and her brother lifted the curtain for her, "Miss, go slowly, I'll help you."
Hezhuo got off the sedan chair, held her hand, and walked into the hanging flower gate. There were corridors on both sides and a hall in the middle. There was a large marble screen with a rosewood frame. After turning around the screen, there were three small halls. Behind the halls was the main courtyard at the back.
There are five upper rooms in the front and side rooms with corridors on both sides, all with carved beams and painted rafters.
On the steps of the terrace sat several maids dressed in red and green. When they saw them coming, they hurriedly came forward with a smile and said, "The old lady and the mistress were just talking about you. What a coincidence that you have come."
So three or four people rushed to open the curtains, while listening to the reply, "My cousin is here."
Grandmother Jia sat steadily.
Jia Wen is a princess now, so she should stand up and greet him.
But she just didn't want to remember.
"Hezhuo pays homage to Grandmother!"
Hezhuo bowed down on the spot.
"Help my cousin up quickly."
When she saw Hezhuo, Grandmother Jia was stunned for a moment.
This child inherited the good looks of the Jia family.
Especially a pair of eyes.
Like Er'er, Jia Wen, Yuanchun and Baoyu's eyes, they all look very much like the Duke.
"Come here, come to Grandma."
The old lady's heart softened a little because of these eyes.
Hezhuo stepped forward timidly.
Her mother is a concubine.
Just like she was in front of her stepmother.
"Grandma~"
"Good boy~"
The old lady gave her a kind smile and taught her to recognize people, "This is your eldest aunt, this is your third aunt, this is your youngest aunt, and this is your second sister-in-law Lian and your eldest sister-in-law Zhu."
Hezhuo hurriedly bowed to them one by one.
She had heard from her mother about her third and fourth aunts.
Especially my third aunt, they are all concubines' daughters.
I heard that my third aunt returned home after a divorce, and it was my eldest uncle who brought her back personally.
It's a pity for Hezhuo. Although her maternal grandfather's family is so powerful, her mother is a princess.
Princesses all have to marry into a foreign kingdom.
Just like her half-sisters and cousins, when they were given the titles of Duoluo Gege and Gushan Gege, it was time for them to marry into the royal family.
Her father was able to become king overnight because her mother is now a princess.
Otherwise, relying on the power of my grandparents...
"When I saw Hezhuo, I seemed to see my second sister when she was little."
Jia Min touched the girl's delicate face and asked, "Did you just come to Beijing today?"
"yes!"
Hezhuo glanced at his third aunt and quickly answered his youngest aunt.
"Have you sent a letter to the palace?"
"Yes, my mother said I should go see her tomorrow."
She misses her mother so much!
But looking at her elders who used to be so powerful but never even looked at her, and now are all kind and amiable, Hezhuo knows that many things are no longer something her mother can decide.
Everything depends on the Emperor of Dazhao.
"Did the maid who served you tell you about your mother's condition on the way here?"
"Yes."
Hezhuo nodded, "They said that my mother was named Princess Rongguo, which is the same title as my grandfather's Duke Rongguo."
Ama was beaten so badly!
My brother cried secretly.
Although Hezhuo also shed tears, in fact, he was just crying with his brother.
"They also said that my mother...almost died."
Hezhuo's eyes turned red.
"…Be good, we'll see you tomorrow."
Jia Wen, who was standing by, handed her a handkerchief and said, "Your mother is fine. She is doing well."
"Thank you, Third Auntie!"
Hezhuo has a sweet mouth.
Jia Wen smiled, but sighed softly in his heart, "Have you seen your father? Was it him or your uncle who asked you to come here first?"
"Hmm~"
Hezhuo nodded, "Ama said this is my grandparents' home, and my mother often mentioned it to us."
Although I only mentioned it to her, my brother also came.
Forget about the big brother in front.
But her brother has always been the support for her and her mother.
Hezhuo wanted to build good relations with this side for his brother.
"My brother and I have wanted to come here for a long time. As soon as Ama mentioned it, we wanted to come here."
Hezhuo Chao also looked over and smiled at Jia's mother, who said, "When we left home, we brought a lot of gifts, and it took some time to sort them out."
Although her mother is a princess, her roots are obviously on her maternal side.
Otherwise, her father and the elders would not have prepared so many gifts for her to please this side.
Judging from the elders' complicated attitudes towards gifts, Hezhuo inexplicably felt that it would be better to deliver the gifts here earlier.
otherwise……
She always felt that it would be better if they took it back.
She didn't want them to take it back.
She wanted to please her grandparents. It would be even better if the relatives there could be nicer to her mother for the sake of the gifts.
At this time, Hezhuo had no idea that Suojin and Tiebao had been cheated by her maternal grandparents and had never recovered.
If those gifts had not been provided by the clan, and if the gifts had not been brought all the way to the capital under the watch of countless people, they would have been worried about some traitors in the guild hall, and they would have definitely withheld a large portion of the gifts to make up for the shortfall.
Unfortunately not.
So both of them felt a little stuffy in their chests today.
Suo Jin was old and valued his life very much, so he asked the guards to spend a large sum of money to hire a doctor.
There is no other way now but to lie down.
Dazhao sent out troops.
But a few days ago, they wanted to see the emperor and wanted to go back, but the emperor used the excuse of being busy and not only did he not meet him, he also let the eunuch named Xiao Sanzi say that the capital was prosperous and it was not easy for them to come here, so they should enjoy themselves.
Bah! They were clearly detained.
Suo Jin regretted it very much. If he had known that Da Zhao had a revolver gun that could fire six bullets in a row, he would never have come.
When he came here before, he just thought that he could marry Jia Wen for Wohe and promote cooperation between the two parties, so that he would have more say when he returned.
At that time, he thought they were equal to Dazhao.
But now...
Suo Jin listened to a lot of things the doctor said, and the summary was that his heart qi was stagnant and he ate too much greasy food. He needed to soothe his liver and regulate his qi, keep his mood happy, and eat more light, easily digestible food.
Humph~ As expected, he was angry.
How hateful! When the betrothal gifts were delivered that day, the idea of the Jia family to cheat them was most likely from Shen from Ningguo Mansion.
Bastard, this is a piece of tough meat!
No shame at all.
It’s hateful that even with such people, they still rush to give gifts.
He was so mad.
Suo Jin covered his chest and breathed in and out repeatedly.
Try to persuade yourself not to get too angry and make the Shen and Jia families laugh at you again.
"quack!"
He angrily scolded the doctor he had invited with great difficulty, "I have a serious chest injury. Do you know how to treat it?"
Suo Jin didn't dare to admit that he was angry.
If this got to Shen's ears, she would probably be so happy that she would eat an extra bowl of rice.
He didn't want her to be well.
I just hope she will be sick from now on and won’t live for more than a few months.
"Someone, come and fight this king out."
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