Xia Tian was busy preparing holiday gifts and New Year's gifts for others, and didn't notice whether Aunt Zhang had returned.
It was only after two or three days that I remembered that I seemed not to have seen her in the past few days.
So he asked, "Ningxiang, is Aunt Zhang back?"
Ningxiang paused, her face a little unnatural, "She hasn't come back yet!"
Ningxue, who was wiping something in the house, suddenly slipped.
Xia Tian was curious about what was going on. She asked casually, but she felt like something was being hidden from her.
"What's wrong? Do you know where Aunt Zhang went?"
"It's nothing, madam. I'll go see if Nanny Zhang is back." Ningxue suddenly said, lowered her head and hurried out.
Ningxiang looked a little embarrassed, her eyes flickering and she didn't dare to look at her.
Xia Tian laughed, "Okay, I won't ask anymore, go get busy!"
Ningxiang felt even more embarrassed when she heard Xia Tian say this, "Madam, it's not that we don't want to tell you, but when the time comes, just ask Aunt Zhang or the Prince directly!"
Xia Tian nodded and Ningxiang hurried out.
She stared at the door for a while, but she didn’t expect that there was something else about Shen Nian.
But she didn't plan to ask.
Who knew that Nanny Zhang would come soon.
"Mammy, you're back?" Xia Tian greeted with a smile.
"Well, you're back. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so you'll stay for two more days." Nanny Zhang seemed to be in a good mood.
"Sit down and talk." Xia Tian asked Aunt Zhang to sit on the kang.
"Madam, Ningxue just went to see if I had returned. I was just looking for you!" Aunt Zhang smiled, took off her shoes, and got on the kang.
"Mammy, are you hiding something from me?" Xia Tian smiled and looked at Mammy Zhang with his big eyes blinking.
This time, Aunt Zhang didn't hesitate to speak again. She smiled and said, "Madam, I was originally hesitant about whether to tell you this, but I went to see an old friend these two days, so I decided not to hide it from you anymore."
Xia Tian hurried forward, looking like he wanted to hear some gossip.
This made Aunt Zhang laugh, "Madam, actually, I went to the Cui family, the uncle of the prince, these two days."
Xia Tian paused for a moment, she really didn’t know that Shen Nian’s biological mother’s family was in Linzhou.
It turns out that all I knew was that Shen Nian's mother's surname was Cui, and she was also a young lady from a wealthy family.
However, she had been with Shen Nian for so long, and she had never seen anyone from the Cui family, nor had she heard Shen Nian mention them.
Even during such a big event as their wedding, no relatives from the Cui family came.
At that time, she was wondering why the Cui family didn't love their nephew Chen Nian and didn't even visit him.
But she didn't think of asking. After all, it was other people's private affairs and she didn't want to pry into them.
"Mammy, are you saying that my mother-in-law's family is the Cui family in Linzhou?"
"Yes, I just went back to the Cui family this time." Aunt Zhang said with some emotion, "I used to be my young lady's wet nurse. After my young lady married the Marquis of Wu'an, I never came back."
"Then why didn't I see anyone from the Cui family coming when I got married to the prince?" Xia Tian was still a little confused. Could it be because the distance was too far that they didn't come?
But Shen Nian never even mentioned it, and no one in Wu'an Marquis Mansion mentioned it either.
It seems that the two families have no contact at all.
"This is a long story." Aunt Zhang recalled, "Originally, I shouldn't have brought this up with Madam.
But seeing that the prince has grown up and become the governor, and now we are in the same city, it seems unreasonable not to meet him.
So I went ahead and chatted with Madam, and Madam also advised the prince that his maternal uncle is older than his maternal uncle, so they are still relatives after all, so they should still interact with each other. "
"Madam, you talk, I'm listening!" Xia Tian listened attentively.
Aunt Zhang then began to tell the story of the grievances and grudges!
It turned out that when the eldest daughter of the Cui family, Shen Nian's mother, died, people from the Cui family came, but they did not believe that Cui died of illness and wanted to investigate thoroughly.
Then the old lady of the Shen family stopped them and said that a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and then the two families began to have unpleasant quarrels.
Only a year later, Marquis Wu'an married Liu again. The Cui family felt that the Shen family did not respect the Cui family by marrying a new bride before even three years had passed.
The Cui family are all scholars, love face, and are also a prominent family. They feel that the Shen family is slapping them in the face.
I went to their house to complain, and they started to make trouble again.
The Cui family originally didn't want to have any contact with the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion, but they couldn't let go of Cui's two children, Shen Hui and Shen Nian, and wanted to bring the two children back to the Cui family to raise them.
Neither Marquis Wu'an nor the old lady agreed to this matter. Later, the Cui family came to see Shen Hui and Shen Nian many times.
But at that time, Liu was very good at superficial work, and Shen Hui and Shen Nian were both young, so they were naturally won over by Liu.
Later, when the Cui family came to visit, Marquis Wu'an refused to let them in on the grounds that their presence would destroy the relationship between Shen Hui, Chen Nian, and Liu.
The two children were still young and felt that Liu treated them like her own children, so they gradually became estranged from the Cui family.
The Cui family was a scholar who cared a lot about his reputation, so in a fit of anger he cut off all contact with the Wu'an Marquisate and his two children.
Originally, Cui's second uncle was an official in the capital. Later, he had an unpleasantness with the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, so he simply turned a blind eye and directly applied to the emperor to be transferred to serve as an official in other places.
Therefore, there are no more people from the Cui family in the capital, and even if there are, they are only distant relatives of the Cui family.
Just like that, Chen Nian also realized that it was because of her immaturity that she hurt her uncle's family's feelings, and she felt ashamed and did not take the initiative to contact them again.
So when he had the poisoning attack later, he didn't think of bothering his uncle's family.
Xia Tian sighed when he heard this. He didn't expect that there were so many stories involved.
To be honest, the Cui family did a good job in this matter.
If Shen Hui and Shen Nian had always had the support of their uncle's family, I believe Liu would not dare to be so presumptuous.
Unfortunately, the child was young and was deceived by Liu's superficial efforts, and actually drifted further and further away from his uncle's family.
"Mammy, the prince has come to Linzhou to serve as the governor. Does the Cui family know about this?" Xia Tian was very curious. Logically speaking, it was such a big thing, and the Cui family could not have been unaware of it.
But no one has ever come to her house to recognize her as a relative, which makes her very confused.
"Of course I know." Nanny Zhang sighed, "The Cui family are all scholars, and they are stubborn. If we want to reconcile, the nephew of the prince must go there in person."
Nanny Zhang was also helpless. She was going to visit an old friend that day, and the two boxes of snacks that Xia Tian gave her were from the Cui family's shop.
So she looked at him with complicated eyes.
This time when she went back, the old lady of the Cui family, Shen Nian's grandmother, was also very happy to see her.
He also asked her indirectly about Shen Hui and Shen Nian.
Alas, of course I don’t miss you, it’s just that I can’t let go of my pride!
This time, they were very happy to hear that Chen Nian had become the governor of Linzhou, but it was impossible for them, as elders, to take the initiative to come and seek peace.
That's why she took the initiative to come to the house this time, just to see what the Cui family thought.
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