Chapter 524 Welcoming the Bride
The summer sun was scorching, and the weather was muggy.
An ice chest was placed in the room to cool it down, so the room was quite cool. Meng Jinyao leaned lazily against the soft pillows on the couch, eating the fresh fruits that had been delivered from the estate that morning. She was enjoying herself immensely.
Seeing that it was almost time, Meng Jinyao said to the maid beside her, "Qingqiu, go and see if the young master has woken up yet."
Yingyue was taken aback upon hearing this, and then said, "Madam, Sister Qingqiu got married a few days ago. I am Yingyue."
Meng Jinyao was also taken aback. Qingqiu had been with her for so many years, and she felt a little unaccustomed to Qingqiu's absence. After Qingqiu married Zhou Yun, she had subconsciously called out to Qingqiu several times, but it was other maids who responded to her.
However, Yingyue didn't care about any of that. The lady must be very satisfied with her to promote her to head maid, otherwise why wouldn't she promote someone else? So she said, "This servant will go to see the young master now. If the young master wakes up, should I bring him here?"
Meng Jinyao nodded and said, "If he wakes up, then bring him here."
Not long after, Yingyue came over carrying Wanwan.
When Meng Jinyao saw her son, she smiled, reached out and took the little guy in her arms. Seeing that her son seemed a little dazed and not fully awake, she kissed his little face and said with a smile, "Your father was right, you really are a little piglet."
Wanwan didn't understand, so he responded with two "ya ya" sounds. Seeing his mother's gentle smile, he also giggled foolishly.
Meng Jinyao chuckled softly, tapped his forehead, and said with a smile, "Silly boy, I called you a little piglet, and you're still laughing?"
Wanwan's smile remained unchanged as she responded with a soft "ya ya".
Yingyue said, "Madam, the young prince is actually quite clever. When I went to hold him, he wanted to continue sleeping when he saw me, but as soon as he saw you, he quickly perked up again."
Hearing this, Meng Jinyao was very happy, but she said, "I guess you haven't known him for long, so he doesn't recognize you yet."
At this moment, Gu Jingxi also returned. Before he even entered the house, he could hear his wife and son's voices coming from inside. The little boy couldn't understand anything and just kept giggling. If something could record this moment, he really wanted to record it so that when the little boy grew up, he could see that when his mother called him "little piglet," he would laugh heartily.
However, the next moment, Gu Jingxi heard his wife saying to him, "Wanwan, do you think your father was like you when he was a child, a bit silly? Your grandmother said that your personality is probably more like your father's."
Gu Jingxi: "..."
Yingyue had sharp eyesight and, seeing the Marquis enter, quickly whispered a reminder: "Madam, the Marquis has returned."
Meng Jinyao looked up, her smile deepening: "My husband is back."
Gu Jingxi hummed in agreement and said, "And I also heard A Yao say that I was silly when I was little, just like Gu Xiuheng is now."
Meng Jinyao paused for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and said, "Husband, I was just saying it casually. You were able to become the top scholar in the imperial examination, so you must be much smarter than this boy."
Gu Jingxi took her son from her arms and said with a smile, "I became the top scholar at the age of sixteen. If he doesn't become the top scholar sixteen years later, then it proves that he is less intelligent than me."
Meng Jinyao: "..."
Suddenly, I feel a lot of pressure for my son. There are many examples of students surpassing their teachers, but it is rare to see a top scholar at the age of sixteen. There are more top scholars around the age of twenty-six.
Gu Jingxi then said, "Ayao, I ran into an acquaintance on my way back. Guess who it was?" After he finished speaking, he gave Yingyue a look, signaling her to leave.
Yingyue was very perceptive and quickly curtsied and withdrew.
Meng Jinyao gently shook her head: "I can't guess who you met?"
Gu Jingxi gave a hint: "Someone you know very well, and who you have a grudge against. Can you guess who it is?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao seemed to be deep in thought, and could only think of one person: her third brother, Meng Chengxing. She frowned slightly: "What has Meng Chengxing done now?"
Gu Jingxi shook his head: "It's not him, Ayao, guess again?"
Meng Jinyao raised her eyes and looked at him blankly: "If it's not him, then who could it be? There are only a handful of people in the capital who have a grudge against me."
Gu Jingxi replied, "It's your second younger sister who married Deng Yuanqing, a wealthy merchant from Yangzhou. I met her when I first came back, and Deng Yuanqing was with her too."
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao was slightly taken aback. She quickly realized that her father's wedding was approaching, and Meng Jinyu must have returned to the capital to attend her father's wedding. It seemed that Deng Yuanqing treated her well, bringing her back from afar to attend her father's wedding.
Meng Jinyao asked curiously, "We just happened to run into them. We don't have any interaction with them now, so why did you bring them up specifically, husband?"
Gu Jingxi replied, "Your second sister is a proud person. As the legitimate daughter of a noble family, she was very dissatisfied with the marriage and naturally looked down on Deng Yuanqing. But today, when I saw her, she seemed like a different person. She was very obedient to Deng Yuanqing."
Meng Jinyao was surprised after hearing this: "That Deng Yuanqing is quite resourceful, making her so obedient to him."
Gu Jingxi said, "The eighth day is my father-in-law's wedding day. When Ayao sees her then, she will know that she has completely changed."
Meng Jinyao smiled and said, "Now that you mention it, I'm a little curious."
Gu Jingxi said, "Ayao will know in a couple of days."
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Two days later, it was the day Meng Dongyuan was to marry Zhao Shi.
Wanwan is still too young to attend the banquet, so she asked Old Madam Gu to help take care of her. Although the wet nurse would take good care of her, Meng Jinyao was still a little worried. She would check on her from time to time at home, after all, she was her own child and couldn't completely rely on others to take care of her.
Meng Jinyao and Gu Jingxi went to the Meng family banquet together. When they arrived, there were already many guests at the Meng family. The Meng family looked like a happy family. Old Madam Meng greeted the guests with a smile.
Meng Jinyu was also helping to greet the guests. Now she was dressed in silk and satin, and her head was full of pearls and jade. She looked very glamorous. This outfit was much more impressive than when she was the second young lady of the Meng family. Her belly was also slightly protruding, and she looked like she was several months pregnant.
Meng Jinyao was taken aback when she saw this, and then nodded almost imperceptibly. She seemed to have become a different person. She was able to handle the guests with ease and even put aside her pride to get along with people from families with even lower social standing than the Meng family. She had become much more tactful. It seemed that her second brother-in-law had done a great deal of work in turning Meng Jinyu into a different person.
At this moment, the surroundings quieted down. Meng Jinyu stopped speaking and followed the gazes of the guests. When she saw Meng Jinyao, her expression paused, but she quickly smiled and walked towards Meng Jinyao, her voice filled with excitement: "Big sister, you've finally come! It's been so long, I've missed you so much."
Meng Jinyao was taken aback by her sudden enthusiasm, wondering what she was up to. She replied calmly, "Second sister, I've missed you very much too. Have you been settling in well since you went to Yangzhou with your husband?"
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