Chapter 3 003 It is also necessary to prepare for Aunt Lin and Sister Lin...
It was really unexpected for everyone that Wang Ziteng and his wife arrived at this time.
And it was even more shocking that Lian Xianyu's adopted elder brother, Wang Yao, the eldest son of the second branch of the Wang family, was also there.
Needless to say, Xianyu had been here for three months, and this was the first time that so many people came to her at the same time, making her wonder if today was some big day that she didn't know about.
Feng Jieer and the old lady of the Wang family were also very confused. After all, they were the natives of the world of the Red Mansion. They had been exposed to ancient rules and regulations since childhood. They had seen many daughters and sisters paying respects to their parents and brothers, but they had never heard of parents and brothers taking the initiative to come to their daughters and sisters' courtyards for no reason.
Even if it was under the pretext of paying respects to old lady Wang, it was still somewhat against the rules.
Unless there is something extremely urgent.
Thinking of this, Old Lady Wang no longer had time to wonder and immediately asked the maids around her to go out and check out the situation.
Feng Jieer also reacted quickly. Because she was afraid that Xianyu would have to work too hard, she simply arranged it for her:
"Ping'er, An'er, you two should go and follow Xi'er and Le'er to open the door of your Miss Xian's flower hall. There are tables and chairs ready there, and it's spacious enough for sitting and talking... It just so happens that I brought a box of tea that was just sent as tribute from Siam today. Since the old lady is here, I'll let your master, mistress, and second master taste it together."
I have to say that Feng Jieer's ability to arrange affairs is innate. She can handle any situation and can always make the most appropriate arrangements in the shortest time.
The key point is that she even had the energy to worry about Xianyu thinking that she was "stealing the show". After making all the arrangements, she had to ask Xianyu carefully: "Hey, look at my mouth. No wonder the old lady thinks I'm annoying. I'm making decisions here again without paying attention. Sister Xian, please don't be offended."
Xianyu smiled and said, "Sister Feng, what are you talking about? Among all the brothers and sisters in our family, there is no one more considerate than Sister Feng. With Sister Feng around, I can hide away without worrying about anything."
The two sisters laughed for a while, without any grudges. Feng Jieer was happy, so she asked Xianyu to help her with her makeup. She had no idea how to do it, and soon messed up Xianyu's hair, scaring the maids who were serving nearby to come to the rescue.
Xianyu was both angry and amused, but she could do nothing about her cousin and could only beg for mercy repeatedly, which made all the maids and wives in the room laugh. Even the old lady of the Wang family couldn't help laughing a few times. After Xianyu had finally packed up, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren went to the flower hall next door together.
It is called a flower hall, but in fact it is more like a small room on the corridor, except that the doors and windows are hollow carved, so the ventilation is quite good. In addition, there is a pond under the railings, where koi and lotus are planted. It is quite cool to sit in it in the summer.
Every time Xianyu looked at her "small" courtyard covering several acres, she felt that the life of ancient aristocratic women was truly luxurious.
Although I never go out of the house, just wandering around the house is enough.
This is not a home at all, it's just a big park.
There are pavilions, towers, dance halls, singing stages, bridges over flowing water, exotic flowers and rocks. It really has everything. It is completely comparable to those wetland parks in the real world... Yes, it can only be a park. Even the smaller homestays cannot compare to this place which is as big and nice as this one.
As expected of being one of the four most famous families in Jinling Province, the comment "The Dragon King comes to find the King of Jinling" is not an exaggeration. The wealth of this Wang family is more high-end and more real than that of the Xue family, which has "heavy snow in a good year".
Moreover, because when Old Master Wang was alive he was in charge of the tribute from foreigners, there were many foreign things in and around the Wang family's house.
Not to mention the fusion of architectural styles, there are also many interesting items, which cannot be obtained just by having money.
For example, in Xianyu's small courtyard, there are many Western things.
On her dressing table there was a mirror made of a whole piece of crystal, gems tributed from Siam, tea from England, and all kinds of rare things, big and small. There was also a large glass screen on the bed with Western figures and flowers painted on it, which was even more rare.
Even her seldom-used flower hall had carved window panes decorated with stained glass patterns.
It can be said that every detail shows the overwhelming wealth of their Jinling Wang family.
When Xianyu followed Fengjie and the old lady of the Wang family to the flower hall, Wang Ziteng and his wife and the eldest son of the Wang family, Wang Yao, were already waiting there.
Since they nominally came to pay their respects to the old lady of the Wang family, they did not sit down and waited for the old lady of the Wang family to arrive. After paying their respects and asking how they were, they sat down at the old lady's instruction.
After the three of them had paid their respects to the old lady of the Wang family, Xianyu and Fengjie came forward to pay their respects to the three of them - there was no other way, in a big family, there were many things to pay attention to and many rules, even if they were all family members, it would still take a long time to get along.
Wang Ziteng and his wife have always liked their niece Feng Jieer. When they saw her there, they naturally smiled from ear to ear and said nothing but nice and polite words.
Xianyu's adopted elder brother Wang Yao is Fengjie'er's cousin. He is already seventeen or eighteen years old this year. Compared with Xianyu and Fengjie'er, he is already old. Rich families pay attention to "differences between men and women", so Wang Yao is just polite to Fengjie'er and doesn't say much.
But since he is here today, he obviously has something to do, otherwise there would be no need for him to come to the inner house.
The Wang family is a family of military generals, and all of them tend to be straightforward. They would never talk in a roundabout way or get to the point for a long time.
Sure enough, after this short exchange of pleasantries, the old lady of the Wang family was the first to ask, "Second brother, why did you two and Brother Yao come to Miss Xian's place today? You didn't even tell us in advance and made such a big scene. Look how scared Miss Xian must have been."
When Wang Ziteng heard the old lady of the Wang family ask this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "You are right, old lady. It was my son who was rude today. I had something urgent to discuss with you, so I came here in a hurry and even forgot the rules."
Wang Ziteng is not even forty years old yet, in his prime. He is also a military general and the current governor of the Beijing Camp. He trains every day and has a strong build. Even when he is silent, he looks majestic and intimidating.
Xianyu was almost scared by him when she met him for the first time, but after getting to know him for a long time, Xianyu found out that this cheap dad was actually a weak type. Although he looked big and strong, he was actually a good son, a good husband, and a good father... He was especially kind to the women in his family.
In particular, he has a hidden attribute of "extreme daughter slave". God knows how shocked Xianyu was when she first saw this burly old man sweating profusely in order to get her some ice cream to cool off the heat, but trying hard to show an honest smile in front of her...
Well, even though he looks so fierce, he is actually a pretty nice person.
In short, Xianyu has no dissatisfaction with her cheap father Wang Ziteng. It can be said that in this family, in terms of Xianyu's favorability ranking, he is second only to Feng Jieer and the old lady of the Wang family.
As for Wang Ziteng's wife Liu and Wang Yao, the eldest son of the second branch of the Wang family, Xianyu said that these two are really unfamiliar, so please don't cue them...
Considering that it is easier to maintain the original owner's personality of an introverted lady, Xianyu usually doesn't talk much in such crowded occasions. This time was no exception. After the greetings, she just stood aside pretending to be a wallflower and watching the show, while guessing in her heart the purpose of Wang Ziteng and the other two's visit.
Other matters will be handled by the old lady of the Wang family or Sister Feng.
And generally speaking, she didn't have to wait long, because the two "heroines" would already be there to answer her questions and resolve her doubts.
As expected, just as Wang Ziteng finished speaking, the old lady of the Wang family asked in surprise, "What's the matter that's so urgent?"
Wang Ziteng smiled bitterly but did not say anything. He just glanced at his eldest son Wang Yao. Wang Yao understood and then stepped forward to tell him his purpose.
It turned out that this matter was related to the mourning period when the direct descendants of the Wang family returned to Nanjing.
Although three months ago, Master Kang had agreed to extend Wang Ziteng's mourning leave until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Yao could not stay in Jinling for that long.
Although Xianyu's adopted elder brother Wang Yao is only seventeen or eighteen years old, he has already achieved the title of scholar. It is obvious that he also wants to do the same as the Jia family, abandoning military affairs and pursuing literature to achieve family transformation.
Since he has this ambition, and there happens to be an imperial examination this year, he naturally has to go to Beijing to try it out.
Although Wang Yao was from Jinling, he was born and raised in the capital and studied under great scholars in the capital. Of course, he had to take part in the provincial examination in Shuntian Prefecture.
The Autumn Examination is usually held in August. If you set out next month, you can still make it, but if you leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will definitely miss it.
As soon as these words were heard, Xianyu understood immediately.
[Oh, so this family of three came to me in such a hurry just for such a small matter. It's very simple, just hold the old lady's birthday party, and take this opportunity to hold a farewell ceremony with the relatives and friends who came to the birthday party, and then everyone will go back to the capital together...]
[Compared to the relatives and friends in Jinling, my cheap brother's exam is definitely more important. The same goes for my cheap dad. Although Master Kang agreed to let you go back after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you won't be considered sensible if you really delay until then... Although Master Kang is a good person, he is very narrow-minded. Be careful that he will settle the score with you later...]
[No matter what, it’s a good thing to go back early. My brother’s exam is important, and my father’s official position is also important... There’s really no need to be so anxious and serious about such a simple matter...]
[Ah, no, how long will it take to finish such a small matter, my family. I am really getting bored again. By the way, the gossip just now seems to be only half of it... The gossip about Feng Jieer's future husband Jia Lian seems to be quite interesting... And how did the Jia family rebel? San'er! How about you tell me more when you have time? ]
It didn't matter that Xianyu had some random thoughts, but everyone present was a little overwhelmed.
The three people with the highest favorability who could hear her inner voice were shocked by her somewhat "treasonous" idea, while those who could not hear her inner voice were even more devastated - it's over, Sister Xian (sister) doesn't love us at all, we can't even hear what "God's revelation" means, we don't want to live anymore...
In response, System 003 said it was also broken.
It really wanted to warn the host that "your inner voice has been leaked again", but it couldn't. Although it was the latest intelligent AI interactive system, it didn't know why a small error occurred when binding with the host - this bug of leaking inner voice was actually a small problem, right...
Moreover, the affected area is small, and only three people can hear it each time. It is much smaller than the trouble caused by its previous generation system 006.
Everyone can hear that※……Just thinking about it makes me feel so sorry for its host!
System 006, which caused such a big mess, was able to retire gloriously, successfully helping its host reach the peak of his life, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and eventually win the title of the best MPV system. So it must be nothing to do with me, right?
Never mind!
The strong never complain about the environment. Since this is the information the host wants to know, it must be displayed in every detail!
…
Wang Xifeng & Old Lady Wang & Wang Ziteng: There is no need to be so meticulous.
However, System 003 said: It doesn’t care what they feel, it only cares about its own feelings!
Therefore, the old lady of the Wang family, Feng Jieer, and the two generations of grandparents and grandchildren, plus Wang Ziteng, had the good fortune to hear "Jia Lian and his unknown sexual fetish", "Both the two stone lions in front of the Jia Mansion are not clean", "Shocking, a wealthy family actually has a sexual scandal, some have adultery, some keep a younger brother-in-law", "How the Jia Mansion went from prosperity to decline", "Did the Jia Mansion really 'rebel'? Or was it a trap set by Master Kang" ... these detailed gossip contents.
Even the old lady of the Wang family and Wang Ziteng could not understand many of the words in the poem. They either blushed or were terrified. Not to mention Wang Xifeng who was still a little girl.
But fortunately, she remembered one thing: she couldn't marry Jia Lian, and couldn't get involved with the Jia family...
But this marriage was arranged by her grandfather, Old Master Wang, before he died, and he was waiting for her to reach the age of 15 to get married. What should she do?
The more Wang Xifeng thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help but look to the old lady of the Wang family for help.
The old lady of the Wang family patted the back of her hand soothingly, and took the time to glance at Xianyu. She was once again shocked by her magical ability, and began to plan how to draw a clear line with the Jia family.
Wang Ziteng holds the same view as her.
Although the Jia family is a relative of their Wang family, as the saying goes, "Brothers should settle accounts clearly." Other things don't matter, but he still knows the seriousness of treason.
His Majesty has recently begun to take action against the families of those founding ministers.
Some people in the capital have already suffered misfortune, is it going to be Nanjing's turn so soon?
It seems that the old method of marriage is no longer feasible, and we must find another way.
Wang Ziteng and the old lady of the Wang family made up their minds at the same time at this moment, preparing to cut ties with the Jia family both externally and internally. They were once again thankful that they could hear Xianyu's voice, and lamented how lucky they were to receive this kind of "divine revelation"...
Otherwise, can you get some more good things for our Sister Xian?
Wang Ziteng thought so.
Then we must be nicer to our sister Xian.
The old lady of the Wang family secretly added drama to herself.
However, Xianyu didn't know about these things. She soon lost interest in the secrets of the Jia family. She thought they were just stupid things done by a group of stupid people.
Instead of paying attention to them, you might as well watch something else.
[Hmm? By the way, how is Gusu doing? I wonder how Xiao Daiyu is doing now, is her brother still alive? ]
"I heard..." Xianyu suddenly mentioned this, and the old lady of the Wang family was relieved. She glanced at Feng Jieer, who understood and smiled and said, "Aunt Lin and Sister Lin are going to come to the old lady's birthday party?"
The old lady of the Wang family said, "Of course it will come."
She thought to herself, even if he didn't come, she had to invite him, otherwise how could she know what kind of "divine revelation" their girl Xian would give next.
So everyone quickly and happily decided that the birthday banquet for the old lady of the Wang family should be held in a grand manner, and many relatives and friends should be invited to the house. By the way, a farewell banquet for the two branches of the Wang family should also be held at the same time. After that, the whole family set off together and returned to the capital.
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