Chapter 248 Recognition of Relatives

Regardless of right or wrong, Gu Yu's friendship with Song Mo deserves Dou Zhao's respect.

She knelt respectfully before Gu Yu and gestured to Su Xin to give the spare set of four treasures of the study to Gu Yu as a gift.

Gu Yu was very surprised.

Since Dou Zhao married Tiancige, she was Tiancige's wife. No matter how dissatisfied he was with Dou Zhao, he would not play tricks on her in front of everyone. That would not only embarrass Dou Zhao, but also slap Tiancige in the face. He still understood this principle. But he really couldn't stand the fact that Dou Zhao was just a country girl, but now she was so well-mannered in front of the Song family, like a natural lady.

He stood up just wanting to greet Dou Zhao as soon as possible and leave.

He didn't expect Dou Zhao to treat him with such courtesy.

Being attentive when there is nothing to do will definitely lead to nothing good!

Gu Yu muttered to himself, but seeing that everyone was looking at them, he gave up the idea of ​​leaving immediately. He politely returned the greeting to Dou Zhao, took the gift from Dou Zhao with a smile, happily called her "sister-in-law", and then stepped aside.

Dou Zhao was puzzled.

When Gu Yu just stepped out, he was quite aggressive towards her, how come he became so gentle and polite in just a moment?

In her previous life, Yunyang Earl Gu Yu was a man who would not even give the emperor face when he got angry. She was not so arrogant as to think that a respectful gift from her would make Gu Yu change his attitude towards her!

However, there was no warning or reason for this matter. Dou Zhao might not be able to figure it out even if she racked her brains. She simply stopped thinking about it and greeted Song Mo's cousins ​​with a smile.

According to the information Chen Qushui gave her, Song Mo's eldest cousin Song Qin and second cousin Song Duo were both sons of Song Mo's eldest uncle Song Maochun.

Song Qin is seven years older than Song Mo. His wife is Tan, and his father-in-law is the deputy commander of the East City of the Wucheng Military Command. He passed the prefectural examination in April this year, but failed the imperial examination in June. He is studying hard at home, preparing to take the imperial examination in June next year.

Song Duo is four years older than Song Mo and is currently studying with his brother Song Qin.

Song Mo was the third child, Song Han was the fourth, and Song Jun, the fifth, was the son of Song Mo's third uncle Song Fengchun, seven years younger than Song Mo. The sixth child was Song Yao, the son of Song Mo's fourth uncle Song Tongchun.

Song Jun and Song Yao were both still in their childhood.

The gift Dou Zhao gave them was a money bag, which contained two ten-liang silver notes each.

The two young guys were extremely happy, and they shouted "Third sister-in-law" so loudly that the women sitting in the west hall kept looking over here.

Wang Qinghuai jumped out from the corner.

Song Mo saw him and was surprised. He obviously didn't expect Wang Qinghuai to appear here. Song Maochun didn't know how to introduce him. Fortunately, Wang Qinghuai was prepared. He pretended to be distressed and scratched his head and said, "Yan Tang, I originally brought my wife here to make you happy. I didn't expect you have so many relatives..."

He laughed dryly a few times, feeling very embarrassed.

Song Mo's face flashed with gratitude, and he said with a smile: "Thank you for your appreciation, brother. Please stay for a drink later."

"Of course, of course." Wang Qinghuai smiled awkwardly, but felt relieved in his heart.

Dou Zhao's eyes showed surprise.

In his previous life, Wang Qinghuai was praised for being "modest and polite", but in this life, he came uninvited. Can a person's character change so drastically?

She quietly offered tea to Wang Qinghuai and followed Grandma Lu to the west hall.

Because of the disaster at Duke Dingguo's Mansion, no one from Song Mo's maternal family came to attend their wedding, and Song Yichun had no sisters, so Song Yichun's maternal family became the guests of honor.

Dou Zhao was brought by Grandma Lu to pay a visit to Princess Ningde and Madam Lu first.

Both old men had kind faces and spoke in a very amiable manner. They looked like well-educated people with simple temperaments and broad minds. Dou Zhao liked them very much.

Afterwards, she met with many relatives of the Lu family.

Lu Fuli had two sons. One died shortly after birth, and the other was Lu Zhan's father, Lu Chen. Lu Chen only had one son, Lu Zhan. So even though Lu Zhan is only 25 years old this year, his son Lu Gui is already 10 years old, and his daughter Lu Qi is 8 years old.

Princess Ningde's is only slightly better than Lu Fuli's.

Princess Ningde had a son and a daughter. Her son Lu Shi gave birth to two sons, Lu Han and Lu Qin, both of whom were married and had children. Her daughter married the nephew of Earl Yongen and gave birth to a son and a daughter, the son Feng Shao and the daughter Feng Hui, who was Zhang Xuming's wife, Grandma Zhang San.

This time all members of the Lu family were present, including Feng Hui's parents and brother and sister-in-law.

When they were serving tea to Lu Shi and the others just now, Lu Han, Lu Qin and Feng Shao all joked about Song Mo a few times. It can be seen that Song Mo has a very good relationship with the Lu family.

The older ones offer tea, receive red envelopes, and accept greeting gifts; the younger ones greet the younger ones, give red envelopes, and present greeting gifts.

Not only was Mrs. Zhang San generous, she gave Dou Zhao a gold swing inlaid with gems, and she also took Dou Zhao's hand and asked her to visit the Duke of Jing's mansion when she was free. She also said, "...My father-in-law likes to grow chrysanthemums, and the chrysanthemums in our mansion are quite famous in Kyoto. Although the season of autumn osmanthus fragrance has passed, it is the time when winter chrysanthemums are in full bloom."

Dou Zhao pursed his lips and smiled.

But I felt deeply moved.

In her previous life, she died of a cold after attending the Chrysanthemum Banquet at the Duke of Jing's Mansion to show her support for Wei Tingzhen. She never expected to be invited again in this life!

Moreover, she had dealt with the Third Madam of the Duke of Jing's Mansion a lot in her previous life. This Third Madam Zhang had her eyes on the top of her head, and every time she saw her, she would just reluctantly say "hmm" with her nose as a greeting.

In her second life, she treated herself with such enthusiasm.

Including Wang Qinghuai and his wife.

In the previous life, Wei Tingyu had repeatedly warned that he must not be offended no matter what...

Does this count as a case of things changing over time?

In the Song family, apart from Song Mo's aunt and two aunts, there was only Song Qin's wife Tan and a twelve-year-old girl living with Tan.

Song Mo's aunt was in her forties, plump and simple-looking. The third aunt was of medium height and very pretty, but unfortunately she had high cheekbones, which gave her a sarcastic impression. The fourth aunt was dressed up in fancy clothes and looked to be in her early twenties. Her eyes were either on the golden phoenix swing in Dou Zhao's hair or on the jadeite sling at her waist.

Tan was only seventeen or eighteen years old, pretty and shy. The little girl next to her looked very much like the third wife of the Song family, with a pair of bright big eyes that rolled around when she looked at people, and it was obvious that she was not a quiet person.

Without waiting for Grandma Lu to introduce her, she called Dou Zhao "Third Sister-in-law" and complained loudly, "I went to see you last night, but your maid stopped me outside and said it was my third cousin's order - my third cousin never acted like this before, it must be your maid who faked the imperial decree..."

For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the flower hall.

This little girl must be Song Mo’s only cousin, Song Jin.

"Is it true?" Dou Zhao said with a smile, "My maids just came and haven't started their work yet. I won't know who has offended you until they all arrive in the afternoon. Please be patient, and wait until I ask them and have them give you a gift to apologize. What do you think?"

The implication is that Song Jin is lying!

Song Jin's face flushed red.

Dou Zhao sneered secretly, and when she looked up, she saw Song Mo glaring at her.

She couldn't help but shout "Oh no" in her heart.

Last night Song Mo told her not to say anything and he would help her. How could she have forgotten about this?

When a person gets used to being alone, he will forget that there is someone around him.

She smiled awkwardly, took a few steps back and stood behind Song Mo.

Song Mo's face lightened up, and then he asked Song Jin with a smile: "Who did you come with yesterday? Why did you go to the bridal chamber?"

Song Jin immediately pouted and said aggrievedly: "My father, mother, brother and I came here to drink with my cousin. Everyone said that my cousin married a rich sister-in-law, so I wanted to take a look..."

She was acting coquettishly.

Song Mo didn't even look at Song Jin, but said to Auntie in a gentle tone, "Auntie, I invited the Qintianjian's horoscope to arrange my wedding. From the arrangement to the etiquette, I consulted the divination. Auntie has been hosting weddings for many years, so you should know all these details. Why did you let Jin'er mess around? I think the people serving Jin'er should be changed. Jin'er is twelve years old this year, and she is at the age of getting married. It would be bad if some rumors were spread!"

Mrs. Song San was sweating profusely. She said "yes" in embarrassment and stepped forward to hit Song Jin: "I told you to stop talking nonsense..."

Song Jin held his head and started crying.

Song Mo grabbed the raised arm of Mrs. Song San and stared at her coldly: "Auntie San, today is my good day..."

"It's Auntie's fault, it's Auntie's fault!" Mrs. Song apologized repeatedly and whispered to Song Jin, "If you cry again, I will throw you into the lake to feed the fish."

Song Jin was so scared that he dared not cry anymore.

Madam Wang stepped forward to smooth things over: "Sister Dou, do you still remember me? I was your best man yesterday. I'm sorry to bother you today, but I'd like to ask for a cup of tea."

Dou Zhao was too lazy to care about Song Jin, so he smiled and walked forward, bowed and called her "Sister An".

Madam Wang was surprised and asked, "How do you know my maiden name is An?"

The filling is exposed!

Just as Dou Zhao was about to explain, Song Mo smiled and said, "I mentioned this to Zhuo Jing last night - Brother Wang and I are like brothers. Thank you so much for your help yesterday, sister-in-law!"

Song Mo knew that Dou Zhao had both staff and guards around him, so it was not difficult for him to find out something. He was even a little happy in his heart. If Dou Zhao didn't value him, why would he bother to find out about the people and things around him?

Mrs. Wang smiled happily and said politely, "It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning!" She handed the meeting gift to Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao offered tea to Mrs. Wang Shao, and the two exchanged a few pleasantries.

Madam Lu and Princess Ningde exchanged glances and laughed softly, "At first we were worried that the Duke of England would make some random suggestions, but now it seems that we were too worried."

Princess Ningde nodded with a smile and discussed with Old Lady Lu: "What do you think? Should we invite them to our home for a simple meal in a couple of days?"

"Of course." Old Madam Lu smiled, "I still have something to tell Mrs. Dou!"

Seeing that it was already noon and the relatives had recognized each other, Song Yichun ordered the meal to begin.

Song Mo went to sit with Dou Jichang and Dou Dechang who came to the Dou family to recognize their relatives. Mrs. Lu pulled Dou Zhao and let her sit next to her.

Everyone was talking and laughing, as if what had just happened had never happened.

Only Song Yichun looked dazed.

His daughter-in-law doesn't seem to be as docile as he thought!