Chapter 275 Coming in droves
Jiying Lane.

Sheng family.

Although this winter is not as cold as last year, it is still a rare cold year.

Shou'an Hall.

Old Mrs. Sheng was wearing a thick brown fur coat with a cloak on the outside, holding an enamel hand warmer in her hand, and sitting in the house chatting cordially with someone.

The person next to her is naturally Old Lady Yu.

It has been several months since Old Lady Sheng, her "chatting partner", left Bian Jing, and during this period Old Lady Yu missed her terribly.

So it seemed that Old Mrs. Yu wanted to make up for what she had done before, and she came here frequently during this period.

As for Wang Ruofu.

She was not sitting beside him at this time, but was entertaining people in Weiruixuan.

It was a coincidence that Kang Yuner came to visit today.

Although she now disliked Wang Ruoyu and didn't want to have anything to do with the Kang family anymore, because Kang Yuner was now the niece-in-law of the eldest branch of the Sheng family, Wang Ruofu couldn't hit someone who smiled at her or treat her coldly, so she had to entertain her.

In the courtyard outside Shou'an Hall.

Except for a path that was specially cleared for people to walk on, the surrounding area was covered with white snow that was deliberately left there.

At this moment, Minglan and Yu Yanran were making snowmen in the snow.

Her skin, which is whiter than snow, is no less attractive in the wind and snow, and her red face, which is frozen red, looks even more delicate and charming.

"I have to come to your house."

Old Mrs. Yu looked at her granddaughter who was smiling happily outside the house and couldn't help but sigh:

"She hasn't been so happy at home for a long time. She just stays in the house doing needlework."

"It's you two who had to tell her about going back to Xuzhou so early?"

Old Madam Sheng glanced at Old Madam Yu unhappily and said:

"You knew she was going to get married, and she was going to ride a horse and fight, and she was feeling uneasy. But you chose to tell her that her grandmother, the one she relied on the most, would soon pass away. How could you let her feel at ease?"

When this matter was mentioned, Mrs. Yu's face turned unhappy:
"It's all because of my daughter-in-law! I just mentioned it to my son and gave him a heads up, but my good-for-nothing son was so talkative that he turned around and told his wife about it.

You also know what my daughter-in-law looks like. Sure enough, within two days, Yu Yanran came to me with a face full of grievance. "

Old Madam Yu said with a look of grievance:

"It's hard for me to lie to Yanran, so I had to tell her the truth."

After hearing this, Mrs. Sheng did not empathize with Mrs. Yu, but instead retorted to her:
"Don't you know your own son's style of behavior? In the final analysis, it's you, as a grandmother, who is not sure about your words."

"Hey!"

Old Madam Yu was unhappy now. She didn't even bother to look at her granddaughter outside the house. She quickly adjusted her sitting position and complained to Old Madam Sheng:

"I told you this not so you can blame me, but to discuss it with you. Why are you putting all the blame on me?"

"What can I do?" Old Madam Sheng didn't give Old Madam Yu a good look.

This matter of mine, as an old sister, was indeed not well thought out. At the very least, we should wait until the matter is almost done - we should have laid it out with Yu Yanran a few days before the wedding. There is no point in putting pressure on her now.

However, thinking that Old Lady Yu would have to return to Xuzhou within half a year, and that they would probably never see each other again, Old Lady Sheng's expression eased a little and she asked:

"Do you have to rush back to Xuzhou? Why don't you wait a little longer for Yanran?"

"Why wouldn't I want to?"

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Yu sighed and said:

"Originally, since I retired and arranged the careers of my sons, my husband and I planned to return to our hometown in Xuzhou to spend our remaining years in peace."

As she spoke, Old Lady Yu turned to look at Old Lady Sheng and said:

"I'm sure you're also aware that this huge city of Bianjing is not a place to spend the rest of your life unless you have no other choice."

Old Mrs. Sheng nodded slightly.

Mrs. Yu then continued:

"But when my husband and I packed up and prepared to leave for Xuzhou..."

Old Madam Yu glanced at Yu Yanran, who was smiling happily outside the house, and said slowly:

"At that time, my eldest son had just returned to Beijing from his post, and my wife and I were looking forward to this last banquet. It was not until I saw Yanran and wanted to hug my eldest granddaughter whom I had not seen for a long time..."

Old Mrs. Yu sighed and said:

"She just dared to accept it stiffly, with a look of uneasiness on her face, no longer as bright and cheerful as a child. So I kept her for a while, and then... then I saw the jealous woman's true face."

"But even if I told her, she would just pretend to obey me, so my husband and I had no choice but to keep Yanran in our own room."

Old Madam Sheng listened silently and nodded in approval from time to time. Old Madam Yu and her husband took care of Yu Yanran just as she did her own Minglan, so she could understand Old Madam Yu's thoughts very well.

But apart from the same grandparent-grandchild relationship.

Mrs. Yu and her husband were more motivated by a sense of responsibility towards their family and future generations.

As for Old Lady Sheng, it was a two-way process, and she was more inclined to comfort each other spiritually with Minglan.

So after carefully selecting a husband for Yu Yanran and having Gu Tingye make a series of guarantees, Old Lady Yu no longer planned to continue to trouble Yu Yanran in Bian Jing.

After all, the couple are already quite old. If they don't go back now, then the bumpy journey again in the future would be harmful to their health and shorten their lifespan.

"Now that Yanran is married, my husband and I can finally return to Xuzhou."

Old Mrs. Sheng nodded slightly.

She could understand Old Lady Yu's obsession with returning home when old, just like the time in Jinling a few months ago. If she were not old, but was young, she would definitely have passed by the Marquis Yongyi's mansion without entering.

Even if a person has a stubborn temper, as he gets older, his temperament will gradually soften and he will reminisce more about the past.

And hometown is the place that makes people dream about it at midnight.

At this time, Wang Ruofu walked in from outside the courtyard wearing an indigo cloak, followed by Rulan, who was wrapped in a white fox fur shawl, looking pretty and charming.

When Ruolan saw Minglan and Yu Yanran making a snowman in the yard, the light in her eyes suddenly lit up.

She was just entertaining Kang Yuner with her mother Wang Ruofu.

However, she and Kang Yuner, her aunt's sister, have never been close. Even though she is now her cousin and has been with Yuyang for a while, Rulan still doesn't feel close to her. She can only smile and respond to Hualan when she is around.

Now that Kang Yuner came alone, Rulan was speechless.

At the same time, she was thinking about Minglan and Yu Yanran in Shou'an Hall, so her face showed a bit of absent-mindedness just now.

Kang Yuner could of course see it.

Before the marriage and after moving to Bian Jing, Kang Yun'er was always warned by her mother Wang Ruoyu to visit the Sheng family more often in the future. If the opportunity was right, she could also go to the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion with Sheng's sisters.

As for why her mother didn't come in person... Kang Yun'er didn't understand before, but after returning to Bian Jing after her marriage and visiting the Sheng family several times, Kang Yun'er began to understand a little.

Before they got married, Wang Ruofu, her aunt, loved her and her whole family. Every time they met, she was extremely warm and treated her like her own daughter.

Logically speaking, now that she is married to her aunt's eldest nephew and has the additional status of niece-in-law, she should be even more enthusiastic.

As a result, Wang Ruofu's attitude towards him is now lukewarm.

Treat Changwu better than yourself.

Then she realized that her mother had never come to the Sheng family again, and she hadn't come to their house even after she got married. Then Kang Yun'er came to her senses.

"I think there must be something foul going on between my mother and my aunt, and it has affected me."

She was also unwilling to try to please someone who was not interested in her. After all, Chang Wu was still at home. If she, such an annoying person, went to the Sheng Mansion more often, it might have some counterproductive effect and implicate Chang Wu again.

But she couldn't resist her mother Wang Ruoyu's nagging and could only come to Sheng Mansion every few days as if she was completing a task.

Now, seeing Rulan's absent-mindedness and perfunctory attitude, Kang Yuner did not feel the slightest bit unhappy, but instead felt relieved.

"Aunt, sister, I have some chores to attend to at home, so I will take my leave now."

In other words, she didn't know that Old Madam Yu and Yu Yanran would come to the Sheng family today, otherwise she would have found a reason to leave long ago.

"well……"

Wang Ruofu's tone suddenly stagnated:
"Well, since you have something to do, go back and get busy first!"

Kang Yuner immediately responded and retreated.

Looking at Kang Yuner leaving the house, Wang Ruofu silently gave Rulan an approving expression.

She could naturally see that Rulan looked unhappy.

If it were someone else, she would have reprimanded Rulan with a stern look, but at this moment...

Wang Ruofu thought to himself:
'This silly girl is still of some use.'

Things that are difficult for me to do are actually the right things for Rulan.

At this time, Old Lady Yu was still at home. When Kang Yuner left, Wang Ruofu naturally followed her to pay her a visit.

Walk all the way into Shou'an Hall.

I saw Minglan and Yu Yanran having fun outside.

"Lady!"

"Mrs. Shengda!"

"Yes!" Wang Ruofu responded with a smile, and then went to the house to pay her respects.

Suddenly, Wang Ruofu felt a pulling sensation on her waist. She turned around and saw that it was Rulan, the fool, who was looking at her with a pitiful face.

Obviously she wanted to go and have fun with her sisters.

Rulan had just "accomplished a great deed", and Wang Ruofu was in a good mood. She raised her head slightly and agreed to go with Rulan.

"Yeah! Thank you, mother!"

Rulan cheered excitedly, then spread her legs and rushed towards Minglan and Yu Yanran through the snow.

In the hall.

As soon as Wang Ruofu entered the room, she apologized to Old Madam Yu:
"I hope the old lady will forgive me. My niece's wife came to visit just now and I went to meet her. That's why I couldn't come here right away."

Old Mrs. Yu had come to the Sheng family many times and was familiar with Wang Ruofu. She naturally understood her temper and nodded calmly.

After Wang Ruofu sat down, Old Lady Yu began to praise:
"I heard that your niece's wife is your sister's daughter? It's a marriage between close relatives, and they live in Bianjing, which is really a great thing!"

Hearing this, Wang Ruofu felt extremely embarrassed.

This is not a good thing at all; it is clearly a dirty matter that is difficult to sort out.

At the same time, Wang Ruofu turned her head and glanced at Old Madam Sheng. She naturally understood that these words must have been said by Old Madam Sheng and Old Madam Yu.

But why did my mother and Old Mrs. Yu bring up this matter?
What if the two families have a quarrel in the future? Wouldn't that make people laugh at us?
Old Madam Sheng naturally could not have imagined that Wang Ruofu could be so "thoughtful" now, and she just listened with a smile on her face.

They talked for a while longer.

Seeing that the girls had been playing in the snow outside for a long time, Mrs. Sheng asked Mama Fang to heat up a pot of tea, and then called the three girls outside into the house to warm themselves up.

The three girls came into the house covered in cold wind and snow. When everyone looked up, they saw that their faces were red from the cold. Their hands were also red and hot, but there was still some trace of happiness on their faces.

"Once I start playing, I really forget the time."

Old Madam Sheng quickly asked the maid to bring a hand warmer for them to warm their hands, and added some hot tea for them to warm their bodies.

at the same time.

Another maid came from downstairs to report that Mama Fang was so busy that she had no time to rest, so Madam Sheng asked Mama Liu to go outside and listen.

After a while, Mother Liu returned to the house and bowed to report:

"Old lady, Madam, the servant of my uncle is here. He said that he has received the order from my uncle and my eldest sister to come here for something."

"Oh, I really did."

Old Madam Yu was delighted to hear this, and immediately stood up, smiling at Old Madam Sheng:
"Your Sheng family is really busy today. Not only am I here, but we just sent one away and another one is coming."

After that, she walked to Yu Yanran's side and took her to say goodbye to Wang Ruofu:
"It's almost time, Madam Shengda, I'll be back now."

Wang Ruofu apologized again immediately and even tried to see Old Madam Yu off to the carriage.

However, she was persuaded to stay by Old Lady Yu.

"No, no, I'm already familiar with the road to your house."

Having said that, Mrs. Sheng still asked Fang Mama to see the person off.

After a while, Changqing was brought in by Mother Liu.

Wang Ruofu was a third-rank official in the prime minister's office. Although she was Yang Wenyuan's mother-in-law, she was still polite to Changqing and did not treat him as a servant.

As soon as Changqing came in, he immediately invited him to have tea first.

It would be disrespectful to refuse, so Changqing had to take the teacup. However, he did not drink it in front of everyone and made them wait for him.

He just held the teacup in his hand and started talking.

Chang Qing first looked around the room and saw many servants and maids, so he deliberately showed an embarrassment on his face.

Old Madam Sheng just thought that this was just an ordinary matter. After all, there had been many cases in the past where Changqing had come to her house specially. Now seeing Changqing's appearance, she realized that it was a serious matter.

He immediately cleared out the servants in the house, including the two younger ones, Minglan and Rulan.

After a moment of silence, Chang Qing finally spoke:
"Madam Sheng, Madam Sheng, we just invited a doctor to come to your house, and he confirmed that your wife is pregnant! That's why I was sent to your house to report this."

(End of this chapter)