home in the end

Chapter 194 Apologize
Mrs. Hou wiped the cloth against her face, and said, "This is not soft enough." She frowned and thought for a while, then asked Mother Rui, "I remember that there were two brocades from Shuzhou in the palace before. It’s soft and warm, it’s the best to make a bellyband for a child, use the rest as a swaddle, go find it quickly, bring it to us and cut it ourselves, and hand it over to the sewing class, lest they will embroider on it again!”

Mother Rui's forehead was sweating slightly. Madam has not arrived for two months now, Madam Tai is looking forward to it like this. If Madam gives birth to a daughter instead of a son, Madam Tai will be very disappointed. She is only afraid of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will also be affected!

Mother Rui refused inadvertently: "The days are still short, and the thing has been kept in the warehouse, and no one has ever taken care of it. I don't know what happened. It will take a while to find it. Madam, why don't you think about it?" It's about the New Year's Eve ceremony, the New Year's Day is coming soon, Madam Tai and Lord Hou have detained her again, these things are indispensable this year, Madam Tai has to worry about it again!"

Since the old Hou Ye and the others left, she didn't like things in the palace, so it's possible that the servants didn't know about it.Mrs. Hou didn't think much about it.

"Hey, I thought I would be able to rest when Xiao Wu married a daughter-in-law, but who knows that this year I still have to fight in person!" Although it was a complaint, Mrs. Tai said it very happily.

Sister Rui was also happy to flatter, and put away all the fabrics around Madam Tai, took out the list and gift book and compared them with Madam Tai one by one.

Mrs. Tai flipped through the pages and said, "Give Fuguo Duke's Mansion and Prince a double gift, and the Liang family's ceremony is also more serious, and the rest will remain the same."

"Fifth Prince's Mansion?" Mother Rui asked hesitantly.

"The prince is getting married this year, and there is an extra concubine in the mansion, so the expenses will naturally be higher," Mrs. Hou said indifferently: "Besides, the prince is weak, so he has to spend money on medicine. The fifth prince has the empress to help him. The family is so rich, we just express our hearts."

As soon as the New Year gift was sent out, the news of Liang Yimei's pregnancy was also spread. Mrs. Chen invited Mrs. Dong to see her, because Mrs. Hou also felt relieved to let her go out to meet guests after three months. The lady still declined, "Be nice to them when you were a girl. If you don't see them at this time, you will inevitably leave a mouthful. Others don't need it. I will take care of the old woman. You just have to worry about raising your baby."

Liang Yimei was moved, Dong Shi envied her, "Your mother-in-law loves you so much, you can't ask for it, how many people outside envy you!"

Chen Shi also said to her: "You have to cherish your blessings!"

Liang Yimei took it very seriously, and would try her best to do what Mrs. Hou asked as long as she could do it.

In Fuguo Gong's mansion, the old lady's close mother took off her hairpin, and seeing her in a daze, she smiled and said, "Is the old lady thinking about the Hou's mansion?"

The old lady lowered her eyes and responded in a low voice.

The close mother sighed: "I think that when Mrs. Hou was a girl, she often followed the old lady and pestered you to accompany her to ride horses. If you don't agree, she can follow you all day long. In the end, she is still The old Duke came forward and took the brother's airs to suppress him before he was willing to give up..."

The close mother saw that the old lady had her eyes slightly closed, but her eyelashes were trembling. She was obviously listening, so she continued: "My aunt was married to the old Hou Ye at the time, and you were worried that she would be too hot-tempered. He is a military commander, he is carefree at ordinary times, and the other has a fierce temper. He may fight every day. Who knows that the old uncle is a caring person, and he is not willing to let his aunt accept any grievances. Over the years, he has not had a concubine room, and his son is even more so. At that time, people all over the capital said that there is no one more blessed than aunt!"

"Who would have expected that the old uncle and the young cousins ​​would all disappear overnight. Young master Wubiao is still such a domineering figure, regardless of his young age. Everyone thinks that the Hou's mansion is ruined, but young master Wubiao is holding it up again. It's just that young master Biao is getting older year by year, but he never sees any children, have there been fewer rumors in Beijing these past few years?"

"Fortunately, Mrs. Changping Hou is pregnant now. I heard that there is a long line of people giving gifts to the Hou Mansion these days, but Mrs. Hou's natal family..."

"Okay," the old lady opened her eyes and said, "Don't you just want me to see her?"

"Old lady," the close mother persuaded: "If the old man was here, he would definitely do this! I'm sorry for the Li family, the pain of my aunt is not as light as yours!"

"You think I can't figure it out?" Mrs. Li said a little angrily, "Why don't I know she is suffering? It's just that she is suffering so why doesn't she know how to go back to her mother's house? Afraid I blame her? Am I that kind of person? She thinks so Don't you make me angry? I tell you, I won't go, if she doesn't come back, I will definitely not go to see her!"

The close mother was taken aback. She didn't expect that the old lady hadn't seen Mrs. Hou for so many years because of this, and she was a little anxious. For the past ten years, the Duke had thought of many ways to deal with the two old ladies. The father-in-law wants to take advantage of this incident to make the two families move again, but the old lady's attitude is so firm...

Mrs. Li seemed unwilling to talk more, and her close mother didn't dare to say more.

Going out to find the Duke, he repeated what the old lady said just now, and said: "...it seems that the old lady is not angry because of the old Duke, but because of my aunt. Impossible."

The Duke of the country pondered for a while, and said: "Tomorrow you bring the New Year's Day gift to Changping Hou's mansion, go to see Mrs. Changping Hou, tell her that our old lady misses her a little, and ask her why it took so long? Don't come to see the old lady."

The close mother blinked in confusion, when did Mrs. Changping Hou have friendship with the old lady?
Looking up, she saw Grandpa Guo looking at her meaningfully, suddenly realized, bowed her head and bowed her knees, and said, "This old slave knows!"

Liang Yimei respectfully sent the close mother from Fuguo's mansion out of the courtyard, stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while, ordered someone to take the gift from Fuguo's mansion and turned to Mrs. Hou's yard.

Mrs. Hou was feeling uncomfortable. When she saw Liang Yimei coming, she braced herself up and waved to her. Liang Yimei sat next to Mrs. Hou and blamed herself: "Mother, the imperial doctor said that the fetus has been firmly seated, and the New Year gift has been delivered Well, I'll go to the meeting hall tomorrow, you see, you are tired and sick, Lord Hou should be worried!"

Mrs. Hou waved her hand indifferently and said: "These are nothing, I'm in good health, but I didn't sleep well last night, I'm just a little tired today!"

Liang Yimei, who was always winking, couldn't see it, and asked enthusiastically: "My daughter-in-law heard that my mother-in-law was good at equestrian skills. She often rode out, even the old man would be willing to bow down!"

Mrs. Hou was amused by her and laughed "haha", "Listen to their nonsense, my brother let me do it on purpose. My equestrian skills are not even comparable to my sister-in-law's, but I am slightly better than others!"

"Oh?" Liang Yimei asked with interest: "Does my mother-in-law often ride horses with Mrs. Li? No wonder Mrs. Li's close mother said that her mother-in-law and Mrs. Li have a good relationship. She always talks to Mrs. Li about everything." ?”

Mrs. Hou's smile faltered, "Is the mother of Fuguo Duke's Mansion here today?"

Mrs. Hou is in charge of the affairs of the mansion. Without Mrs. Hou's permission, how could the mother of Fuguo Duke's mansion go all the way to her yard?

Liang Yimei smiled and nodded, "That's right, Mrs. Li said that she hasn't seen her daughter-in-law yet, so she asked her to go back to pay her New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year. The daughter-in-law thought she was not familiar with Fuguo's mansion, so she wanted to take her mother-in-law with her!"

Mrs. Hou asked, "Is that the mother who told you about me and Mrs. Li?"

Liang Yimei nodded, Madam Hou was thoughtful, Mammy Rui was startled, she looked at Madam, Liang Yimei waved at her, got up quietly and left.

Mrs. Hou hung her hair in a daze without realizing it, and asked for a long time: "What do you think my sister-in-law means by saying this?"

Mother Rui knew that this was always a knot in Mrs. Tai's heart, she thought about it, went down and took out the gift from Liang Yimei, and said: "This is from Mrs. Madam, it is said to be a New Year's gift from the Duke's Mansion this year. "

Mrs. Hou looked up and was taken aback. This gift was two-thirds less than the previous year's, and it couldn't be any thinner!

Mammy Rui felt a little uneasy, she didn't understand the meaning of the Duke's Mansion, but seeing the behavior of the madam just now, it seemed to be a good thing.

"I was wrong!" Mother Rui heard tears streaming from Madam Hou's eyes.

Mother Rui was startled, she hurried forward to support her, and asked urgently, "Mrs. Tai?"

Mrs. Hou opened her eyes suddenly, and said, "Prepare the car, I'm going to Fuguo Gongfu!"

Sweat broke out on Mammy Rui's back, Mrs. Hou hadn't been to Fuguo's mansion for more than ten years.

She didn't dare to be negligent, and while ordering someone to prepare the car, she also asked someone to notify his wife. After thinking about it, she sent another person to Yuweizhai to notify Hou Yunping!
When Hou Yunping and Li Xuanran returned home in a hurry, Mrs. Hou had already broken away from Liang Yimei's hand with a serious face, and sat in the car.

Liang Yimei immediately felt a little regretful, she didn't know that Mrs. Hou's reaction would be so big, she thought she would have to think about it for a few more days, if she had known, she should have waited for Hou Yunping to come back and then went to find Mrs. Hou together.

"Mother!" Hou Yunping called out.

Seeing Hou Yunping coming, Liang Yimei breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed her knees to Li Xuanran who was behind Hou Yunping.

Mrs. Hou poked her head out of the carriage and grabbed his hand, "Xiao Wu, come on, come with me to see your aunt, mother knows it's wrong, your aunt didn't blame me, it's all my fault. I didn't make it clear!"

Confusion flashed across Hou Yunping's eyes, and he patted his mother's hand reassuringly while looking at his wife.

Liang Yimei gave a wry smile, and briefly said what the personal mother who came to Fuguogong's mansion today said.

Hou Yunping felt relieved, but Li Xuanran's eyes lit up, and he pulled Hou Yunping over: "This is a good opportunity!"

(End of this chapter)