To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 298 The storm rises

  The two brothers came to pick up the person quietly, but now that the person is gone and a life has been caused, naturally it took a lot of trouble to cover it up.

  An Guogong was very angry when he got the news, but he didn't dare to make a noise.

  Duke Anguo's mansion is still in the period of mourning, and relatives and friends visit the door every day to ask questions.

  Especially when the girl of the Duke’s Mansion is lost, it can’t be done with great fanfare, and there can’t even be too many servants sent out to find her, which will inevitably weaken the strength.

   A few days passed in a flash, but Zhu Hanshuang was never seen.

  Duke An was anxious, and his temples were quietly stained with hoarfrost.

  The bustle of the capital did not stop with Mrs. An Guogong's funeral, and news of the engagement between Prince Pingnan's son and Wang Shaoqing's granddaughter of Taipusi soon spread.

  As soon as the news came out, many people were shocked.

  The families of the two families are really far apart, not to mention that it was Wang Shaoqing's youngest granddaughter, not the eldest granddaughter.

   After dinner, there will inevitably be a lot of discussion.

   "I heard that Wang Shaoqing's youngest granddaughter is not as old as Ji, but I didn't expect to be engaged to Prince Pingnan's son. It is said that the eldest granddaughter is more suitable."

  The person who heard this said meaningfully: "The third girl in Shaoqing's mansion is stunning, and the eldest girl is incomparable."

   The chatterers looked at each other and smiled.

   Tsk tsk, Prince Pingnan's mansion is really unexpected. Does marrying a concubine pay more attention to appearance?

  Pingnan Palace's selection of the crown prince's concubine should be reported to Emperor Yong'an.

  Emperor Yong'an had no objection to this, and was quite satisfied with the knowledge and interests of Pingnan Palace.

  I used to think that the Pingnan Palace was dissatisfied, but now that they have chosen the concubine for their son, they still have a sense of propriety.

  Prince Pingnan's son was engaged to Taipusi Shaoqing's granddaughter. Some people were surprised, some were satisfied, some were envious, but the little princess Wei Wen found it unacceptable and hurried to Pingnan Princess.

  Because of the settlement of her son's marriage, Princess Pingnan's depression eased a little, and she looked better than before.

   "Wen'er is here." Princess Pingnan leaned on the screen, beckoning Wei Wen to sit beside her.

   Wei Wen bit her lips and asked, "Mother Concubine, why did you choose a concubine with such a background for the second brother?"

  Even a girl from the Qing family of Taipusi is not qualified to be the first concubine of Prince Pingnan, let alone a young minister.

  A girl from the subordinate family of a horse breeder!

  At all kinds of gatherings in Beijing, the girl from the Shaoqing Mansion is not even qualified to talk to her, but she didn't expect to suddenly become her sister-in-law.

   This is how she accepts it.

   "Why, do you think the future second sister-in-law has a lower family background?" Concubine Pingnan had a very gentle attitude towards her daughter who had always been sensible.

   "Isn't it? Concubine Mu, many people outside are laughing at our palace!"

   "What are you laughing at?"

   "I'm just laughing that this marriage has not been chosen well, what else can I laugh at?" Wei Wen didn't dare to say those too ugly words to Princess Pingnan, and her heart became more and more angry.

  The capital city is much less particular than the south, and there are even rumors that the second brother is having an affair with the third girl Wang.

   These gossips have no bottom line at all!

   Wei Wen was angry, but Princess Pingnan smiled: "Wen'er, do you still remember your second brother having a dispute with the crown prince in public?"

   Wei Wen nodded.

   Can you not remember, at that time, the second brother almost made the concubine mother angry.

Concubine Pingnan looked at the closed window and sighed: "When that matter got to your uncle's ears, he must have criticized our Pingnan Palace. The concubine chose such a marriage for your second brother, and it was also for his crime. Make up for it."

   Wei Wen listened in a daze, her face turning pale.

  Princess Pingnan gently caressed Wei Wen's cheek: "Okay, you don't have to think about these things, and you won't argue with your second brother in the future."

  Brothers and sisters are too tense, and the real loser is the daughter.

   "I see." Wei Wen nodded resentfully, lowered her head and gently kneaded Princess Pingnan's legs.

  Princess Pingnan changed her comfortable position and leaned against the screen at the head of the bed, and did not speak again.

   Wei Wen looked up again, only to find that Princess Pingnan had fallen asleep.

  She couldn't help but looked at her mother, and was surprised to find that her mother had a lot of gray hair in her black hair, and her plump cheeks were deeply sunken.

  Mufei...is old.

   Wei Wen left the main courtyard with a heavy heart, but didn't want to go back to her room, so she just walked out of the palace and wandered aimlessly.

   After walking around, I unknowingly came to Qingxing Street.

  Qingxing Street is still bustling, and people's enthusiasm for going to the street has not been reduced because of the colder weather.

   Wei Wen stopped and looked into the distance, the blue wine front fluttered in the wind in front of her, attracting the eyes of people passing by.

  It was a wine shop, and it was too early to leave the door at this time.

  Wei Wen couldn't help but think of the time when she and her friend Zhu Hanshuang came to a restaurant for a drink, and happened to meet two girls from Wang Shaoqing's house.

  Because they were late, they had to share a table with the two Wang girls, and they couldn't hide their friends' disgust.

   Not long after that, a big change happened in Hanshuang's family, and the royal family of Shaoqing Mansion, who had never been looked down upon by them, wanted to marry the Wang Mansion.

   Wei Wen stopped for a moment, then walked to a teahouse diagonally opposite a restaurant.

  The teahouse is divided into upper and lower floors. Wei Wen was led up to the second floor by the waiter, and at a glance she saw a young servant standing outside the door of a private room following Wei Feng.

  The boy was also surprised when he saw Wei Wen, and hurriedly saluted.

   "My second brother is inside?"

   "Yes." The servant bowed his head and admitted.

   Wei Wen pushed the door open and entered.

   Wei Feng, who was looking at the window, turned around when he heard the movement, and saw that it was Wei Wen who frowned subconsciously: "Why, is there something wrong at home?"

  He came out to have a cup of tea, and it was fine for the concubine to take care of him. Could it be possible that he was still under the control of his younger sister?

   Wei Wen was very harsh when she heard this, and walked inside while saying: "I'm fine at home, I came up to drink tea when I was tired from wandering around, and I happened to see my second brother's servant here."

  Looking at the elegant room, Wei Wen asked calmly, "Why does the second brother like coming here to drink tea?"

  The window is facing a restaurant, and you can see the shop assistants who are starting to clean.

   Wei Wen frowned secretly.

  The second brother is bewitched by an evil spirit, there is a wine shop that is not open, and he is guarding the teahouse diagonally opposite?

  Speaking of which, the food in a restaurant is really delicious.

   Wei Feng was about to make up a perfunctory excuse when his eyes suddenly lit up.

  A big white goose with a bow tie swaggered out of the wine shop, followed by a chasing teenager.

   "Dabai, don't hang around outside, bad guys will catch you and eat meat." The boy shouted, and led the white goose back to the wine shop by the wings.

  When Wei Wen saw Negative Snow, she was shocked by the boy's beauty.

   "Second brother."

   Wei Feng turned his head abruptly: "What?"

  Although Wei Wen felt that Wei Feng's reaction was a bit extreme, she didn't think about it, and said lightly: "Later, buy some wine and vegetables from a restaurant and bring them back to the palace."

   "Uh." Wei Feng nodded perfunctorily, and continued to look out the window.

  What is the second brother looking at?

   Wei Wen also looked out.

  A young girl hurried to the restaurant.

  Sheng Saburo looked at the girl who was running, and asked wonderingly, "Why is the fourth cousin running so fast?"

   "Where's my third sister?" Luo Yue was out of breath, and ran to loosen her bun, "Home, something happened at home!"

See you tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)