Of course, not all people in Beijing are unreasonable.
Not everyone believed what the eldest princess said.
However, people are always the most demanding towards women.
Everyone knows that Huo Wuniang is innocent, and everyone understands that she is the poor victim.
However, Huo Wuniang's reputation still had some flaws.
In order to quell the rumors and to allow her granddaughter to relax, Grandma Huo suggested, "The eldest lady of the main hall in our old home is celebrating her sixty-sixth birthday."
"As your brother's wife, I should go and ask for a birthday toast, but things are so busy in the capital, and I'm not feeling well, so it's not convenient for me to travel long distances."
"If you force yourself to go, you won't be able to celebrate their birthday, but will only cause trouble for them!"
"Wu Niang, why don't you just go on Grandma's behalf?"
Going back to my hometown to celebrate the birthday of my great ancestor is a good reason.
It can not only keep Huo Wuniang away from the center of public opinion, but also enhance her reputation as a "filial piety".
It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.
So, three months ago, Huo Wuniang left the capital.
A few days ago, Huo Wuniang had just finished her birthday banquet in her hometown and was preparing to return to the capital.
Passing through this small county town, Huo Wuniang originally planned to stop, purchase some supplies, and then continue on her journey.
Unexpectedly, when I crossed the intersection of East Street, I saw a beautiful young man on the side of the road.
At first, Huo Wuniang didn't think much about it, she simply wanted to take a few more glances at her beautiful face.
He made the carriage circle twice and took several hard looks at it, satisfying the simple wish of a beauty lover.
But just as Huo Wuniang was thinking about taking one last walk and taking one last look, an accident happened.
Tsk, as expected, “the last time” and such are too weird!
Huo Wuniang collected her chaotic thoughts and said to Gu Qingcheng in a deep voice, "It just so happens that I'm going back to Beijing. I can take you with me."
"Young Master, are you willing?"
Gu Qingcheng hesitated and thought, with confusion and hesitation flashing in her eyes.
Finally, she seemed to have thought of something and nodded firmly, "Okay! I always feel that the capital is very important to me."
"Maybe my family is in the capital!"
As he spoke, Gu Qingcheng straightened up, clasped his hands together, pushed them outward from his chest, bent his upper body, and saluted towards Huo Wuniang.
Huo Wuniang raised her eyebrows: Oh wow, this is a semi-standard bow.
Why is it "half"? Because Gu Qingcheng was sitting, not standing.
Of course, Huo Wuniang knew that it was not that the young boy was ignorant of etiquette, but that his leg was injured and he could not stand up.
He knows etiquette and has such a good temperament. Who would believe that he is just an ordinary citizen?
"Dong? There's no family with the surname Dong in Beijing."
After coming out of the clinic, Huo Wuniang ordered someone to get a carriage and put Gu Qingcheng in it.
She returned to her carriage, gently lifted the curtain, and secretly looked at the carriage behind her.
She couldn't help but murmur to herself, "Whose family is he from? Looking at his appearance and demeanor, he shouldn't be unknown!"
For example, her unlucky previous blind date, the eldest princess's son, the young master of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, was not that dandy, but he earned the reputation of "one of the Four Young Masters of the Capital".
"Bah! The Fourth Young Master! He's only average in looks and talent, and his character is ordinary. He's only being praised so highly because of his family background!"
Huo Wuniang admitted that she was "taking her anger out on others".
But, this is also true!
At least compared to the young boy he saved, the so-called Four Young Masters of the Capital are really nothing!
"Wu Niang, I have thought of a family!"
Huo Wuniang's wet nurse was also her most useful old nanny.
After hearing what Huo Wuniang said, he suddenly thought of something and said hesitantly, "That family's surname is Dong!"
Huo Wuniang raised her eyebrows, "Which one?"
"Jingning Earl's Mansion!"
"Concubine Dong's mother's family?"
Huo Wuniang blurted out these words.
If you were to ask if there is a big Dong family in Beijing, no one would be able to think of it.
But when it comes to Concubine Dong, even Huo Wuniang, who has been in the capital for less than two years, knows her name.
The reason is simple: it’s too famous!
She has outstanding appearance but comes from a humble background.
First she married a minister, then she married a king.
For her, Emperor Qing, a wise and powerful emperor, did many absurd things.
He stole the wives of ministers, neglected the concubines in the harem, and favored the only one he loved, and even brought prosperity to the Dong family.
The Dong family was originally just a small official family in the capital, and it was only the generation of Concubine Dong's father that started to enter the officialdom.
Concubine Dong's grandfather was a farmer.
Many of the older generation of her clansmen also farm outside Beijing.
It can be said that in the eyes of the real noble families, the Dong family is just a poor family with a smell of earth all over it.
Such a humble family became rich because they gave birth to a daughter who was comparable to Daji and Baosi.
Emperor Qing loved Concubine Dong's father as well as his family, and made him Earl of Jingning.
Although he was only an earl and had no real power, he had achieved a class leap after all.
Shilin was disgusted by this behavior of relying on his daughter to make a fortune.
In-laws don’t have a good reputation, and the Dong family isn’t a proper in-law.
The prominent families in the capital looked down upon him more and more.
Of course, for the sake of Concubine Dong, everyone just despised her secretly and did not make it public.
Dong's father is also a smart man.
He did not get carried away by this.
He was a man of integrity and kept the Dong family in check. He never dared to do anything wrong under the name of Concubine Dong.
Therefore, Concubine Dong was in favor for nearly ten years, and everyone knew that her favor was still with the emperor, but the Dong family was ignored because of their low profile.
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