Ninefold Purple

"My aunt has already said her words, so how can she break her promise?" Dou Zhao smiled, "Just two days ago, Mrs. Guo asked someone to send me a message that she wanted to marry our family, so I thought, why not hire someone for Brother Wei? The eldest granddaughter of Marquis Xuan Ning took the initiative to untie the knot. It also prevents my aunt from offending her family and making her life difficult."

The mother-in-law kept nodding her head, changed her usual meekness, and said decisively: "Just do what you said. Mrs. Guo has a very good personal relationship with you, and we watched her eldest granddaughter grow up. It's one in a million, worthy of our brother Wei. It's not too late. You can ask someone to go to Guo's house to propose marriage in the next two days." After speaking, realizing that Dou Zhao was still sick in bed, he hurriedly changed his words, "Forget it, I'll take care of this matter myself. Just rest easy, I'll take care of everything!" Then she dragged Wei Tingyu back to the courtyard where she lived, and went to discuss the engagement of Brother Wei.

Dou Zhao settled down slightly, and ordered Cui Leng: "You go and invite the son to see me!"

Some things need to be explained to Brother Wei!

Cui Leng went away in response. [

Dou Zhao was so tired that he fell asleep.

Dimly, I heard some commotion.

"...My good sister, I'm not trying to play tricks here, I'm worried about Madam's illness." Aunt Hu's shrill voice reached her ears harshly, "Everyone in the house is spreading rumors that Madam is seriously ill. It's about to die. I just want to ask for a letter." She said, crying like a mourning concubine, "If there is something wrong with Madam, how will the third master and I live! I might as well go with Madam good..."

Wei Tingyu has four concubines.After Brother Rui was four years old, they successively gave birth to four boys and four girls for Wei Tingyu.

Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle.

Dou Zhao's two sons are grown up, and she doesn't mind these concubines spreading branches and leaves for the Wei family.

These children are promising, and they can help Brother Wei and Brother Rui in the future.

This Aunt Hu was the first to give birth to a concubine.

She was young then, so she was proud of it for a while.

Dou Zhao didn't say a word, and helped Wei Tingyu take in two concubines who were extremely good-looking, proficient in hundreds of songs, and backgammon.

This was exactly to Wei Tingyu's liking.

He hangs out with the two new aunts day and night, how can he remember who she is?

Only then did Aunt Hu suddenly realize that as long as Dou Zhao is willing, anyone she wants to be favored can be favored, and whoever she wants to be left out will be left out!

She then washed away all the lead, and flattered Dou Zhaolai with low eyebrows.

Dou Zhao gave Wei Tingyu a concubine who was good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Several aunts knew how powerful Dou Zhao was, and no one dared to act like Zhang Zuozhi from then on.

They are obedient, so naturally Dou Zhao will not embarrass them.The clothes and jewelry of the aunts for the four seasons, the maids and mothers-in-law who serve the concubine's children are all well arranged, which is not much worse than the main wife and legitimate children of ordinary wealthy families.The aunts made up their minds to please Dou Zhao, serve Wei Tingyu, have children, and the house is quiet and peaceful.

"What nonsense is Auntie talking about?" Cui Leng yelled at Auntie Hu angrily, "Why do you always catch wind and say things that don't fit? Master Hou and Madam talked in the middle of the night, Madam just took a rest, do you want to put Ma'am, can't you wake me up?"

"No, no." Aunt Hu hurriedly explained, "I, I'm just sad... I wish I could get this disease for my wife..."[

She said it with all her heart.

Dou Zhao believed that she was telling the truth.

If she dies, at most one year, Wei Tingyu will continue the strings, and he will have a beautiful family member who is as beautiful as a flower and sings with him; Brother Wei is the eldest son of Jining Mansion, and he is about to be engaged. My elder brother and daughter, Sister Yin, will not be disadvantaged by brother Wei, who is the eldest brother; there are only a few aunts, the son is still young, and his face is fading day by day, so there is no one to rely on!

"Even if this is the case, my aunt shouldn't make a scene in front of my wife's door." It was a gentle yet stern voice who persuaded Aunt Hu, "If several aunts are like you, wouldn't the family be in chaos? It's so early in the morning, my aunt probably hasn't had breakfast yet, right? Why don't you go back to the house and have breakfast, and come back when Madam wakes up..."

It was Zhu's voice!

Dou Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

Mrs. Zhu was the nurse she had chosen out of thousands for her eldest son. She was pure in character, generous and kind, and she was more patient and meticulous with Brother Wei than her own son.The most rare thing is that she is also very responsible.Brother Wei was wrong, she never let him go just because she was a nanny, she always taught him carefully and urged him to correct.So much so that after Dou Zhao gave birth to her next child, she also handed over the affairs of brother Rui's house to her.On the other hand, he freed up his hands to take care of the general affairs of the Wei Mansion wholeheartedly.

The result of this is that although the two sons have awe and obedience towards her, they have no affection for her.

Dou Zhao regretted it!

First, in the name of honor and support, Zhu was sent to the other courtyard of the Jining Marquis Mansion in Xishan, and then he personally took care of the food and daily life of the two sons, asked about their schoolwork, and persuaded Wei Tingyu to teach the two sons riding and archery...

But it was too late.

Zhu's actions are upright and magnanimous, and there is nothing to criticize.Brother Wei, who is ten years old, and Brother Rui, who is nine years old, are not only memorized, but also sensible.In doing so, not only did she not let the two sons get close to her, but they became more silent in front of her.

She knew that the two sons were blaming her for sending Zhu Shi away.

But who knew that she could understand her heartbreaking parting as a mother and her child?

Or women know women best.Mrs. Zhu faintly felt that she had a heart for her. After going to the farm, she never took the initiative to contact Brother Wei and Brother Rui, let alone returning home without warning.

What is Mrs. Zhu doing here?

Dou Zhao was thinking, and heard a low exclamation from outside: "Nurse, why are you here? The road from Tianzhuang to Jingdu is full of bumps, why don't you tell me, so that I can ask the carriage from the house to pick you up."

The clear and melodious voice of the young man is his son, Brother Wei.

After she got sick, her children had to take care of them. She felt sorry for them, and she was afraid of giving them the anger of the sickness, so she just let them sleep in the morning and evening as before. When they met at this time, it should be her son who came to say hello to her.

He is the eldest son of the Jining Marquis Mansion, and he was raised as an heir since he was a child. In addition to the precedent of Wei Tingyu, Dou Zhao treated him more severely than other children of the Duke's family. As he got older, he acted more steadily and gained Dou Zhao was secretly proud of the praise of many elders.

Fussing like a child, is this her calm and restrained eldest son?

Dou Zhao did something she had always despised. [

She put on her clothes and got up, peeping at Mrs. Zhu and her son through the lattice.

Perhaps because she was afraid of disturbing her, Zhu lowered her voice: "... I heard that Madam is ill, so I just want to come and see. Don't worry, I will leave after I greet Madam." Then he asked him, "What are you doing?" How is the day? I heard from the second master that you went hunting with the young masters of Duke Jing’s mansion, how many golden pheasants did you get?”

Brother Wei felt ashamed, and called out "Nurse" in dissatisfaction: "Cousin hit several rabbits!"

Zhu's mother chuckled: "It's so great to hit a few rabbits!" She lightly brushed Wei brother's spotless clothes, and said with emotion: "Our family's son has grown up, and he is also like the Marquis. I will also be able to hunt on horseback, this time I hunted golden pheasant, next time I will definitely be able to hunt a roe deer like Master Hou."

She raised her chin slightly, her expression full of pride.

Brother Wei was taken aback for a moment, then smiled a little shyly but full of joy, and said, "Nurse, are you still used to living in the farm? Brother nurse is okay? Shall I tell the steward at home to take care of the nurse?" My brother was transferred to the shop in Kyoto. I have already started to help my mother with the general affairs. Back then, my brother was better at numeracy than me, and it was more than enough to be a shopkeeper in the shop..."

"Nonsense." Mrs. Zhu reprimanded Brother Wei with a smile, but there was comfort in her eyes that couldn't be hidden, "There are rules and regulations for things in the house. Although he is your baby brother, he also serves you. , where is your baby brother on duty? You have your own wife to decide. You are the eldest son of the Jining Marquis Mansion, not a child of an ordinary family. You have to think about what you do, and you can't ruin it just because of your own preferences. rule……

"Got it, got it!" Brother Wei replied impatiently, but he took Zhu's arm affectionately, "I just met you after a long time, can't you say a few words less? By the way, last time The second brother came back after visiting you and told me that your hands are cold, let me see... I went to the Imperial Hospital the day before yesterday to find a bottle of chilblain ointment for you. I heard that it was a prescription used by Emperor Taizu, and it worked I was about to send it to you, but I didn't expect you to enter the mansion..."

Dou Zhao couldn't listen anymore.

She just had a cold hand, so you rushed to the imperial hospital to find something for her to use; I was so sick that I was dying, did you ever cook a bowl of medicine for me with your own hands!

A stabbing pain spread from the chest.

Dou Zhao stumbled back to the inner room, not knowing how he climbed onto the bed, only knowing that when he recovered, his back was drenched with sweat.

She called Cui Leng to come in loudly: "Let Mrs. Zhu and Shizi come in."

Cui Leng saw that Dou Zhao's complexion was not good, and gave her an uneasy look before going to pass on the message.

After a while, Brother Wei and Mrs. Zhu walked in.

As if avoiding suspicion, they stood respectfully one behind the other. One called "Mother" with lowered eyelids, and the other bowed his knees respectfully and called "Madame".

Dou Zhao's heart was chilled, and he didn't even bother to deal with it, so he directly told his son about the upcoming marriage with the Guo family. Anyway, even if she avoided the Zhu family, either the eldest son or the second son would tell her about it.

Perhaps because he was caught off guard, Brother Wei was a little dazed, while Mrs. Zhu was taken aback, and then his face showed joy, and he was about to cry.

The son didn't understand the deep meaning of it, but Zhu did.

Dou Zhao suddenly became disheartened, and simply said to his son: "Your nanny has nursed you, and there is no credit but hard work. If you pass on my words, let Mrs. Zhu return to your house to serve, your nanny brother, Just follow the head of the incident office as an errand."

"Mother!" Brother Wei was surprised and delighted, without even thinking about it, he knelt down on Dou Zhao's bedside and kowtowed heavily to Dou Zhao, "My surrogate mother and brother-in-law thank you mother." !” Eyes full of excitement.

Mrs. Zhu was in a hurry, and hurried to pull Wei brother: "My lord, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

A nanny knows that she can't do it, but doesn't the son she raised so carefully don't?

It's just unbearable!

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Sisters, brothers, please, collect!

o(n_n)o~

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