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Chapter 219 Changes (2)

The news that there is no need to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings made everyone in the Sheng family jump in their hearts.

Sheng Changhou asked Lin Jiufu, the director of the Outer Court, to find out what was going on.

And Dong Yuan helped Mrs. Sheng back to Yuanyang Pavilion.

Since there is no need to enter the palace, there is no need to wear court clothes.Dong Yuan and Kang's mother stepped forward to serve Mrs. Sheng and changed the homely thongs, while Citron and Xiangrui were on the sidelines to help.

Sheng Changhou went to the outer courtyard.

"You go back and change your clothes first." Madam Sheng said to Dong Yuan with a light smile, "This clothes is uncomfortable to wear, so go talk to your mother after changing."

Dong Yuan said yes, and went back to Jingsheyuan with his maid.

Seeing Dong Yuan's sudden return now, Mother Luo and the maids who were serving were frightened, hurriedly stepped forward to serve, and asked what was going on.

Dong Yuan told them that he didn't need to enter the palace to pay his respects.

The maids and women did not dare to talk about these important matters, so they silently removed the heavy expensive ornaments on Dong Yuan's head, and changed into a homely jacket with folded branches and begonias. A fine tin of double butterfly flowers.

After changing this outfit, the whole person looks elegant and beautiful.

Mother Luo brought hot water herself and helped Dong Yuan clean his face.

After finishing his work, Dong Yuan went to Mrs. Sheng and asked if there was any news from the palace.Since there is no need to go to New Year's greetings, it is natural that something big happened.

The two empresses of the Sheng family were in the palace, and no one would dare to take a chance that it was not the empress of the Sheng family who had an accident.

Madam Sheng tried her best not to show her anxiety, but her brows were involuntarily locked together.

"Ah Yuan, what do you think happened in the palace?" Mrs. Sheng asked Dong Yuan softly.

Dong Yuan didn't dare to guess.

She shook her head: "Mother, don't worry. Shizi went out early in the morning, he should know what happened. When he comes back, won't it be clear?"

Mrs. Sheng didn't twitch her brows because of Dong Yuan's words.She called Citron beside her and told her, "Go to the outer courtyard and see what Master Hou is up to."

Citron responded and left.

Not long after, Citron folded back and said to Mrs. Sheng: "Ma'am, Master Hou has gone out... Master Hou changed his clothes in the study outside, saying that he has gone to Yongning Bo's Mansion."

Marquis Sheng Chang and Uncle Yong Ning are best friends, if it was normal, Mrs. Sheng would not think much about it.

But in the current situation, it is clear that storms are about to come if they are not allowed to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings.And Marquis Sheng Chang actually wanted to meet friends, so it can be seen that he was going to inquire about news.

Mrs. Sheng couldn't help getting anxious.No matter what happened, she didn't want Sheng Changhou to get involved again.He finally retreated from the center of the vortex, and now he writes, paints, and teases Brother Cheng at home, and his body and spirit are getting better day by day. Mrs. Sheng is very satisfied with her current life.

She didn't want the irritable Sheng Changhou who used to be in a high position.

"Go and tell Lin Jiufu: let someone go to Yongning Bo's mansion and ask Master Hou to come back, and just say that I'm not well..." Madam Sheng said to Citron.

In this era, it is not very good, but it probably means that he is very sick.The medical conditions are extremely backward, and most serious illnesses are equivalent to the death penalty.Mrs. Sheng said something like this on the first day of the new year, and it was spread to Yongning Bo's mansion. It was a curse to Mrs. Sheng herself, and it also made Sheng Changhou worry.

Dong Yuan took Mrs. Sheng's hand: "Mother, your life is boundless, how can you say such a thing on the first day of the new year? Dad heard it, isn't he worried for mother? Dad went to Yongningbo Mansion just to drink , watching a play, why are you in a hurry to find him back?"

Madam Sheng glanced at Dong Yuan, with a bit of persistence in her expression: "Ah Yuan, you don't understand what's going on. Your father..."

"Is mother afraid that father will be involved in the court again?" Dong Yuan interrupted Mrs. Sheng with a smile.It was the first time she interrupted Mrs. Sheng so impolitely, and said with a smile, "If Dad really had a second thought, he probably wouldn't go to Yongningbo's mansion. No power... Daddy used to have so many disciples, and now there are still many people in high positions, if Daddy wants to return to the court again, he will go to those disciples."

Mrs. Sheng considered Dong Yuan's words carefully, and felt that what she said was reasonable.

She couldn't help but smile wryly, and the persistence in her eyes also relaxed a bit: "You're right, it's because mother didn't think carefully..."

Gongqing's family will enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings in the morning, so there are no guests at home in the morning.Although there is no need to enter the palace this year, everyone doesn't know the reason, and they dare not go out rashly, fearing that there will be another news suddenly and they will be allowed to enter the palace.At that time, I panicked.

Sitting idle is very boring, Brother Cheng also woke up, Dong Yuan asked Mrs. Sheng, and then asked the maids to invite the second master and second wife, Sheng Lehao, Sheng Leyun and Sheng Lehui to Yuanyang Pavilion, and several people accompanied Sheng Madame laughed.

"Grandmother, can Sister Hui and I go to pay New Year's greetings this year?" While talking, Sheng Leyun blinked her big eyes and asked Mrs. Sheng, "Aunt Seven said that when she turns 11, she can go out with her parents to pay New Year's greetings."

The words were very vague, but everyone understood them.

When girls get older, they will not only attend banquets with their mothers, but also go to relatives’ houses with their mothers during festivals, to see the world, meet girls of the same age from good families, and make close friends in the boudoir.

In the recent years in Kyoto, the society has become more and more civilized. As long as you are close to others, it is not considered rude for girls to interact with each other.

Hearing Sheng Leyun's words, Sheng Lehui's eyes brightened, and she looked at Mrs. Sheng with longing.

Girls at this age are just curious.Although they abide by the etiquette and suppress their nature, they also reveal something in their words and deeds.

Mrs. Sheng listened to the child's words, showing some distress on her face.

She didn't know how to answer sister Yun.

Of course, Sister Hui can follow the second grandma Ge Shi to visit New Year everywhere.As long as Second Mistress is willing to take her with her.

But is Dongyuan willing to take sister Yun with him?Inside the Sheng family, Sheng Leyun is the concubine, and Dong Yuan is the stepmother.It was embarrassing for her to attend various occasions and act as the successor in the name of the princess.Let her take the concubine around again, what will she think?
Even if Dong Yuan is open-minded, what would others think of Dong Yuan?And how should Dong Yuan face the eyes of others?

Unless Sheng Xiuyi becomes the lord in the future and Sheng Leyun becomes the concubine of the Marquis of Shengchang, her status will improve by leaps and bounds.

And now?She is just the concubine daughter of Lord Shengchanghou.Maybe in the future, when they are going to marry each other, others will look at Sheng Xiuyi's future and think that she will at least be the biological daughter of Marquis Sheng Chang in the future, and Sister Yun will get a better marriage than Sister Hui.But it doesn't mean that outsiders can take a high look at Sister Yun at this time.

There are too many young ladies in the Duke's House.

Sister Yun's future depends entirely on Sheng Xiuyi's hard work.If he becomes the emperor's teacher in the future, with a high position and authority, sister Yun will rise to the top.

Seeing the hope in the child's eyes, Mrs. Sheng blamed herself a little.

Back then the family had few children, and because of Sheng Xiuyi's reputation of "restraining wives", heirs were not prosperous. There were only four grandchildren in the family. Mrs. Sheng loved them very much and never cared about the concubines, and even got angry with Sheng Changhou more than once over this matter.

But now the Sheng family is no longer Mrs. Sheng's housekeeper, but Dong Yuan.The issue of offspring in Sheng Xiuyi's house gradually returned to normal.

Brother Cheng was added to Sheng Xiuyi's room last year.

Mrs. Sheng may not care about her concubine, but what would Dong Yuan think?Would she think that Mrs. Sheng was deliberately elevating the concubine to suppress her stepmother?

Although Dong Yuan and Mrs. Sheng are getting along very well now, but once someone provokes them and there are these gaps inside, Mrs. Sheng can't guarantee that Dong Yuan will not be suspicious.

Anyone have such doubts, right?

Besides, Dong Yuan was born in the Marquis of Shengchang, and she grew up in the clan of the real Shi Li Zanying. The concept she accepted should be that there is a clear distinction between the descendant and the concubine, right?

Mrs. Sheng felt more and more that she shouldn't spoil Sister Yun too much.

Just like the death of Brother Yu back then, wasn't it because Mrs. Sheng loved him too much and raised him like a legitimate son, and the child couldn't bear the blessing and left?

Suddenly thinking of Brother Yu couldn't help it, Mrs. Sheng's heart ached.

She frowned, trying to calm down her breathing.

Sheng Leyun saw that after she finished asking such a sentence, her grandmother suddenly saw such a change of face, she panicked and looked at Dong Yuan at a loss.

Dong Yuan smiled, and replied for Mrs. Sheng: "Of course. Sister Yun and Sister Hui are getting older, so naturally they want to go out to pay New Year's greetings."

Then, he glanced at Mrs. Sheng again: "Mother, my second sibling and I will bring Sister Yun and Sister Hui this year, right?"

She could probably guess the reason for the change in Mrs. Sheng's expression.

It's nothing more than fear of embarrassing yourself.

Dong Yuan didn't think there was any embarrassment.

Sheng Leyun is a girl, and she will marry in the future, so she has no conflict of interest with Dong Yuan.Since the Sheng family is willing to raise her social status and find a good marriage for her in the future, Dong Yuan is happy to be a middleman.

Second Mistress looked at Dong Yuan and Mrs. Sheng in puzzlement.

She was very puzzled by Mrs. Sheng's sudden change of face, and also very confused by Dong Yuan's calm and calm.What charades are these two playing?
However, do you want Sister Yun and Sister Hui to visit the New Year together?
Sister Yun was born to his aunt, and Sister Hui was born to his first wife.If the two of them were together, wouldn't others look down on Sister Hui?

The second mistress hated Sheng Leyun from the bottom of her heart: she was obviously born of a lowly maidservant, but she just liked to show off in front of his wife and grandma, and elevated herself to the same status as sister Hui.

Although the family will be separated in the future, sister Yun is the direct descendant and sister Hui is the offshoot, so there may be some differences.Now, it is far from it.

Second Mistress knew what Mrs. Sheng meant and wanted to give Sister Yun a better future.But Dong Yuan has no daughter.Even if she had a daughter, her status was much higher than that of Sister Yun, so she didn't care how Mrs. Sheng praised Sister Yun!
The second grandma couldn't bear it.She couldn't call a concubine daughter to ride on the head of Sheng Lehui who was born on the same day.

Thinking about it, the second grandma's look at Sheng Leyun concealed a bit of cruelty.

She wanted to say something, but remembered that she was determined to deal with Dong Yuan properly, so she suppressed the anger in her heart.

When Mrs. Sheng came back to her senses, she heard Dong Yuan say that she was willing to take Sheng Leyun out to celebrate the New Year.She looked at Dong Yuan's face, she didn't seem to be pretending, she was very sincere, she nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Okay. It's time for our sisters Yun and Hui to go out and see the world."

Sheng Leyun breathed a sigh of relief, showing a knowing smile.

The brightness in Sister Hui's eyes turned dark, and there was a bit of embarrassment in her smile.

Although she didn't speak, she could clearly see the faces of the adults.

(End of this chapter)