Chapter 263
Dai Mansion is located in the upper east corner of Anxingfang in Kyoto. Turning out of the alley is Tonghua Avenue. You can get out of the Tonghua Gate from Tonghua Gate in less than two incense sticks. If you ride a horse, it will be faster.
Nanxunfang is the most important thing in Kyoto, and it is a city in the city. If you want to leave Kyoto, you must go through Yongxing and Pingkang in the east, Yining in the west, and four other fangs including Qizheng in the west...
Chen Muqing looked at a corner of the curtain of the car and sighed inwardly.
Success is never a lucky one!
An old woman who followed the cart came to Dai's house to report the news. When the cart stopped, the Wei Mansion opened the east door. The cart slowed down and drove in.
At the second door, Wei's personal mother, Wang, had already stood up with her hands down.
After getting off the car, Wang's mother came forward to invite An and accompanied Chen Muqing into the inner courtyard.
The courtyard is covered with green trees and simple layout, with the unique atmosphere of a century-old family and calmness.
A maid and mother came over surrounded by a woman like a flowery woman.
From afar, the woman bowed to Chen Muqing and said, "Sister Chen, I have saluted my sister."
Chen Muqing bent his knees slightly and replied generously: "Sister Wei, although this is the first time we meet today, we have heard the sound for a long time. Sister is so polite."
The two met on the scribbling paradise with a smile. Wei took Chen Muqing's hand and said with apologies: "Sister, don't blame me for being late - it's really my sister's body is not good!"
"I know you are in bad health!" Chen Muqing said sincerely, "I have wanted to come and see it for a long time, but it's just that I'm plagued by mundane things and can't get rid of it."
While talking, the two had already looked at each other.
Wei has a beautiful face, but his face is pale and his eyes are sad, and he looks like a sick and beautiful woman.
Chen Muqing looks outstanding, and his eyes are as bright as the morning stars, looking energetic.
Wei nodded secretly and went to the east of the main hall to welcome Chen Muqing - this place is usually used to entertain people who are more intimate. Chen Muqing and Wei put on the kang on the left and right, and couldn't help but think in their hearts that Wei was posing in such a posture, and I don't know what it meant!
After the maids served tea, Wei asked Mother Wang beside him: "Come on, come and kowtow to Mrs. Xiao."
Mother Wang left.
Chen Muqing said apologetically: "I originally wanted to come to the house on August 15th, but now the old and young people in the family are going to prepare for moving, so I really can't get busy, so I have to come to visit my sister in advance and greet my sister's holiday!"
"I'm not considerate!" Wei said hurriedly, "My sister is also the host of the gift-giving staff, so she has no time to spare. The messenger regrets the letter when sending it. Fortunately, my sister doesn't blame her." As she said that, she asked Chen Muqing's two children.
"The female girl in the boudoir is lively," Chen Muqing mentioned her child with smiles, "but her son is just the opposite, very quiet."
"Mrs. Xiao is so lucky." Wei also smiled with a melancholy look, "You can be a companion when you are young, and you can support each other when you are old. That's great!"
Xiao Yueying and Xiao Ziyang are companions... Why does Chen Muqing think this scene is a bit weird? But in front of Wei, she naturally cannot spit her son and daughter's face.
"As the lady said," she smiled, "I brought both children with me. If I were not obedient, how could I care about this big one!"
As he was talking, Mother Wang brought a child in.
Chen Muqing was startled when he saw it.
A small jacket with bright red silk-carved peonies in flowers, jade-colored silk trousers, is young, with white skin than snow, and has picturesque eyebrows and eyes. It is nine points similar to Dai Gui, but it is more beautiful than Dai Gui. Dai Gui's beauty has a kind of arrogance revealed from his bones, and Brother Bao's beauty is delicate and weak, which makes people feel pity.
"This is Brother Baozi." Wei pointed to the child, "I have been weak since I was a child and I can't help but be a little spoiled."
"So beautiful!" Chen Muqing was sincerely applauding.
Mother Wang had already put the child on the ground, and Brother Bao knelt down to pay his respects to Mrs. Wei—a maid cleverly placed the mat under his knees.
"This is your aunt Xiao!" Wei looked at his son with pride in his eyes.
Brother Bao bowed to Chen Muqing again.
Seeing that although he was young, he was not short of etiquette, Chen Muqing couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought of the demon king in the world who was two months younger than Brother Bao.
"Get up quickly, get up quickly!" Chen Muqing smiled, Yingfan hurriedly stepped forward and took Brother Bao. Chen Muqing took a purse from his sleeve to give Brother Bao a gift - inside it was a piece of good mutton fat jade, carved with a monkey holding five peaches, which meant that he was blessed and longevity was endless.
Brother Bao took the purse, said thank you in a gentle voice, and then stood beside his mother with his hands down, making it so well-behaved that it hurts.
"This child is really sensible." Chen Muqing praised.
Wei touched his son's head, his eyes full of kindness: "He also has a quiet personality." He asked Brother Bao again with a smile: "What books have you read today?"
Brother Bao said respectfully: "Report to my mother, the child was just reading "Snowflakes fly six times, a sign of good fortune" in "Youth School".
Wei's son's eyes became softer.
Chen Muqing was secretly shocked, and enlightened the child so early. Looking at Brother Bao's calmness as a little as an adult, she felt a little dissatisfied. She felt that early education was necessary, but she didn't have to teach her children that she had lost her childlike innocence. Compared to reading and writing, it was more important to cultivate good living habits. But Wei asked her children's homework in front of her, and she was not good to say polite words. Then she smiled and said, "This child is so smart! At a young age, she has already started reading "Youth School". Unlike our daughters, we only know how to play."
After hearing this, Wei smiled slightly and asked Mother Wang to take Brother Bao down, but said, "I just regret that I am not in good health. I don't know if I can see Brother Bao marry and have children."
When she said this, her eyes were filled with tears, and there was a touching sadness.
As a mother, Chen Muqing could naturally understand her concerns: "What disease does my sister have? What does the doctor say?"
Wei's smile was a little bitter: "The doctor said that the qi was stagnant in the liver, so he prescribed medicine to keep it slowly."
To put it bluntly, it’s just thinking too much. I think Wei also knows it. But this is how people know it. It’s one thing, but whether they can let go is another.
"Sister, just walk around more if you have nothing to do." Chen Muqing thought for a while and comforted her, "Brother Bao is still counting on you!"
Wei nodded, but his expression was a little distracted. It can be seen that she did not take Chen Muqing's words in her heart, probably because many people have persuaded her like this.
The two of them said a few more gossips, and a mother came in and reported that the wine and food were ready.
Wei kept Chen Muqing for dinner.
Chen Muqing didn't say anything. After lunch at Dai's house, he chatted with Wei for a few more words, and then got up and said goodbye: "We will gather again after the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Sister said it's my heart!" Wei nodded with a smile, and took Brother Bao to take Chen Muqing into the car.
Looking at the gradually fading away from Dai Mansion, Chen Muqing couldn't help but frown.
Wei clearly knew that it was not a good thing for the two families to go around too close at this time, so he asked himself to go. Is it just for someone to talk?
When she got home, she told Chen Zhen what she thought. Chen Zhen pondered for a long time and said, "You go and send someone to inquire, see if Dai Gui takes a concubine in Liaodong?"
Chen Muqing was slightly stunned and immediately understood: "Does she want to marry our family...the child is still so young...will not?"
Chen Zhen looked at her and smiled faintly: "You need to be more careful."
"Didn't I think about this?" Although Chen Muqing murmured in a low voice, he agreed with Chen Zhen's statement. If Wei's health is good, it's nothing. Now she is in poor health, so she must find a backer for her son. However, will it be a mistake to choose the Xiao family? Speaking of which, although Xiao Sa has the power, his foundation is still shallow, and he is not on the same level as the Dai family. Moreover, Wei is so sure that the Xiao family will interfere in the Dai family's housework.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was not a good thing.
"I'm not going to make a kid for my child... Besides, both of our families are so frightened. I don't want to prosper with the Dai family and lose both..."
"If you want to prosper with others, you may not agree to the Dai family." Chen Zhen's tone was a bit ridiculous, "The Dai family is a real family of power and conspiracy. I'm afraid this idea was made by Wei. Just pretend you don't know."
Chen Muqing thought about it carefully and felt that Chen Zhen’s speculation made sense. But he still couldn’t let go of this matter, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to send it to Xiao Sa.
She wanted Yueying to find someone she liked, but she didn't want to arrange a marriage for Yueying.
The eldest wife knew it but thought it was good: "...The eldest son, with a title, a quiet personality, beautiful appearance, and a solid foundation. If it really comes up, you can also consider it."
"You didn't see that child." Chen Muqing said, "Better than your daughter, and any daughter's family will feel ashamed of standing in front of him. Don't make this idea."
The eldest wife laughed and Yueying came to pay tribute to the eldest wife. The eldest wife pulled Yueying up and down and looked up: "Our family Yueying is also a beauty!"
"I'm not a beauty!" Yueying shined her big eyes and refuted the big wife, "I'm a female hero!"
"Ouch!" The eldest lady smiled and hugged Yueying and kissed her, "Look at us Yueying, we can say long sentences."
The maids and mothers in the room followed suit and flattered them. Who would care about what Yueying said?
Chen Muqing also smiled, preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and sending people to inquire about Liaodong.
Dai Gui is now in a high position and has a reply to his affairs soon - Dai Gui indeed took a concubine in Liaodong.
Chen Muqing felt a little sad when he heard this.
The generals like them have their wives and children left in Kyoto, but how could there be no one to serve them? They usually take concubines. Xiao Sa... It's just a matter of time sooner or later!
Thinking of this, she was in a low mood and had not been energetic for several days.
At this moment, Wei came to visit.
It's not over August fifteenth?
Chen Muqing was stunned and stood up to greet him.
If Wei really wanted to marry the Xiao family, would he be too anxious... or, what happened to the Dai family that she didn't know?
Chapter completed!