Chapter 136: Housewarming Party
After Zhao Lingmeng and Zhao Houjing and their brothers finished planting vegetables together, they added a new item to their daily routine. Every morning, Zhao Lingmeng would get up and take the two children for a slow run in the house to exercise. After they worked up a sweat, they would slowly walk over to see if the vegetables they had planted had sprouted.
Occasionally, she would take Zhao Houjing and his brother to water their vegetables in the afternoon. Such peaceful days passed by especially quickly.
Soon the day of Zhao Lingmeng's housewarming celebration arrived. The wife of Marquis Wu'an came early with her two daughters-in-law to help Zhao Lingmeng, fearing that she was young and knew nothing.
With the help of her mother and two sisters-in-law, and Nanny Sun helping her manage the details, Zhao Lingmeng suddenly had a lot more free time. On this day, Marquis Wu'an and his son also brought brothers Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming to greet guests.
Usually, Marquis Wu'an and his men don't spend much time with these two children. Today, they saw that the brothers Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming were really sensible. They did whatever they were told to do without complaining of being tired or letting down their guard.
After the banquet was over in the evening, the eldest son of Marquis Wu'an and the second son of Marquis Wu'an were so eager to put the two children in their sleeves and take them away. They really wanted to have such sensible children.
After the housewarming banquet began, the emperor, the empress, and all the concubines in the harem sent gifts to congratulate them. It was a very impressive event. The ministers and nobles who came re-evaluated Zhao Lingmeng's value in their hearts, and felt that they had to respect Princess Funing more in the future and not offend her easily.
And today, Zhao Lingmeng's grandparents and cousins also came. Zhao Lingmeng's grandparents looked at Zhao Lingmeng's grand occasion today, and they were very happy for her, thinking that she had finally made it.
Just when the party was over, he told her to bring the children to his house to play when she was free. Zhao Lingmeng nodded seriously and agreed, saying that she would definitely go to his house to pay her respects after she packed up.
Although they had only been together for a short while, Zhao Lingmeng could still sense the genuine love and care the two elders had for her. Later, when she was counting the gifts, she saw the silver notes they had given her, and she knew they truly cared about her.
How can I put it? When you really feel sorry for someone, you'll always unconsciously try to understand their situation. Zhao Lingmeng had just been named the Princess, and she needed money everywhere. Anyway, the close people who came this time all tacitly gave her silver notes. Even the Princess Fushou in the palace gave her silver notes.
Only two people were unhappy that day. One was Zhao Lingmeng's concubine sister. Lady Wu'an Marquis had confined her to her room, saying she was about to get married and that she should stay home and wait for her wedding. She also replaced her servants with new ones, giving her no chance to act up.
She had been looking forward to it for a long time when she heard that Zhao Lingmeng was going to hold a housewarming party. She thought that on such an occasion, her stepmother might bring her along for the sake of the Third Prince, so that she could move around freely.
However, she had gotten dressed and waited since morning, but it was already almost noon and no one came to call her. She knew that her stepmother would not take her with her.
Zhao Shuiyun could only stare out in disappointment. These past few days, she'd been telling herself she was right and had no regrets. But did she really have no regrets? In order to secure the position of the Third Prince's principal wife, he'd deliberately tried to use his elder sister's merits. In the end, he still didn't win, and he'd completely offended his mother and elder sister.
The maids and concubines around her all died because of this. The concubine probably didn't even want to die! Recently, whenever Zhao Shuiyun fell asleep, she could see the concubine looking at her, saying that she was the most unlucky. The other concubines all gave birth to sons, but she was a daughter, and the daughter killed her.
So Zhao Shuiyun hadn't slept well or eaten well these days, and had actually lost a lot of weight. She regretted it even more today when her stepmother left without her. She wanted to lose her temper, even to smash things, but the people serving her weren't her own people, and she was even more afraid that her stepmother would come back and find another excuse to punish her.
Even more displeased was Marquis Wenyuan. All the prominent nobles in Yuanjing had gone to the Funing Princess's residence to congratulate her today. Only their own, the dignified Marquis Wenyuan's residence, hadn't received an invitation. He could only return to the inner courtyard and reprimand his second son and his self-righteous wife, who lay reclining.
Not only did the marriage fail, but now they have become enemies. Marquis Wenyuan is really exhausted.
When Marquis Wu'an was about to leave with his sons, he discovered that his wife had been abducted by his daughter.
"Father, you and your brothers should go back first! Mother will stay with me in my house for a few days."
When Zhao Lingmeng said this, Marquis Wu'an was stunned. However, the Marquis Wu'an's son and his brothers looked at their father with amusement, and then quickly pulled their wives into the carriage, fearing that their wives would not come back if they were too late.
"What did you say?" Marquis Wu'an looked at Zhao Lingmeng in disbelief.
"Mother, please stay with me at home for a few days." Zhao Lingmeng was not afraid of Wu'an Hou. Seeing Wu'an Hou's repeated inquiries, she happily answered. After all, her mother agreed.
However, Wu'an Hou's reaction was a little beyond Zhao Lingmeng's expectations. She thought her father would be unwilling to leave on his own, but Wu'an Hou looked at Zhao Lingmeng in disbelief and said, "You let your mother live in your house, but you didn't let me, your father, stay with you."
"Ah!" Zhao Lingmeng was really surprised by her father's reaction.
"Ah what? Don't you welcome being a father?"
After saying this, Marquis Wu'an glared at Zhao Lingmeng, as if he would whip her if she dared to say she was not welcome.
Zhao Lingmeng smiled immediately. She had not expected that she could even keep her father at the mansion. "If father could stay with me, I would definitely welcome him. It would be a real honor for my humble home. Come on, come on, father, please come here." Zhao Lingmeng tugged at Wu'an Marquis' sleeve and called out to her two brothers and sisters-in-law:
"Brother, sister-in-law, mother and father will stay in my house for a few days. It will be hard for you to come to the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. You should go back early." Zhao Lingmeng waved her hand proudly after saying this.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Anping, the heir of the Marquis of Wu'an, and Zhao Anwei, the second legitimate son, immediately got off the carriage. "No, sister, let's discuss this. How can you take them all? At least leave one person for us."
Wu An Hou was not a pedantic person. Now that his daughter could make the decision, he naturally wanted to live with her occasionally. "Alright, you grown men, what are you nagging about? Go back! Keep Wu An Hou Mansion in good order, otherwise when this marquis and my wife return, you will be whipped."
After saying this, Marquis Wu'an did not forget to use his eyes to warn the illegitimate sons, meaning that you should study hard for him, otherwise he will deal with you when he returns.
Since Marquis Wu'an had said so, what else could we do? We could only go back dejectedly.
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