Xu Mingwei and the others did the same, although they did not say it openly, they did not hold any more meetings for Mu Xiutian in private, but on their birthday celebration, they invited their friends to the palace to drink, and invited their Eldest Princess to come as well. It was not because they were close or distant. Other than the lessons she took with Xu Mingwei and the others, Eldest Princess still had to attend some small lessons such as riding a horse in her spare time. Sometimes, it was more important to go back to homework. Even if she didn't come, he had someone present him with a huge gift. It could be said that she was very well-mannered, so everyone naturally wouldn't complain.
It seemed like this. Gradually, everyone grew up.
Xu Mingwei suddenly grew taller in the autumn. Not to mention the clothes she had made last year, even the new dresses she had made before the new season this year had all been shortened. Lady Helan had no choice but to order someone to make her some new clothes, all of the new clothes were given to the girls who were born from her concubines. The ones that didn't get stuck on the wheel didn't fail, so Lady Helan took out her own money and gave each courtyard two taels of silver to make new clothes, which Xu Tiangang agreed upon.
"What are you going to do with those worthless things next?" "According to what I said, even if Wei'er had a spiderweb around her clothes, she wouldn't be able to reward her newborns for giving birth to sisters. There's no loss in respect."
Lady Helan laughed at him, "Old master, let's put it nicely together. If I don't give you my money, you can just say that I am too petty, and just hold onto Wei'er."
Xu Tiangang lowered his voice and said, "What kind of disgraceful words are you spouting? I do not know what kind of person you are, but if you want to say that you are the most fair to a Shu child, then no one will dare to claim to be number one. Those kids who were born with those things, they were raised and raised because of you. It's not like I don't know what's good about it, it's just that after looking at the rooms of the third brother and fourth brother for so many years, there's not even a sound from the courtyard.
Hearing him say that, the Lady Helan leaned on Xu Tiangang's shoulder with reddened eyes, and choked with sobs.
Xu Tiangang was also touched, as he placed Lady Helan's hands on her heart, "Qingqing, how is it that I don't know, it's because I'm thinking of you."
The servants in the room saw that the atmosphere wasn't right, so they covered their mouths with their hands to cover their smiles as they retreated, and even considerately let down the curtains.
As a result, no one saw that at that moment, there were no longer tears in Lady Helan's eyes. She was staring at the carving on the bed with clarity in her eyes, wondering, just how stupid was a man to actually believe that a wife loves another woman's child for her husband, just like loving her own children?
Silver coins were the most worthless things to her. Naturally, she would not bother to deduct the amount of money she spent in the backyard every month. Xu Tiangang's sons and grandchildren, it's fine if they don't want to offend the two of them, they all have nothing to do, even if they raised them up, they wouldn't spend much money on it, but they would at least have a future for them. But if she was too bold and dared to bite the door, then she, Lady Helan, would not be so easily provoked. If even a strand of hair of her daughter was destroyed, then he would make her pay tenfold. There was still not enough!
Xu Tiangang who was wholeheartedly focused on Lady Helan did not notice the ruthlessness that flashed across the eyes of the person beside him. She could only sweat as she said, "Alright, Qingqing, help me give birth to another child."
The women guarding outside the house pretended not to hear as their faces turned hot from embarrassment. They covered their mouths with their hands and entered the room after calling for water.
After finishing his meal, Xu Tiangang was showered by the girls. Behind him, Lady Helan held onto his shoulders and talked about the two recent marriages.
"Little Qiang is already 14 years old, and the male elders are also not in good health this year, so they are probably preparing to leave early. However, the little girl is early, and she still has to stay at home for two or three years. I heard from fourth wife that he was also waiting for that Second Young Master to go down for a test and get married. "
Xu Tiangang closed his eyes and listened, but suddenly remembered that the Aunt Xiang was already big, so he asked, "The one in the west yard, Tian Di, seems to be even bigger than Qiang Li. See, should we send her out now?"
The Lady Helan wanted to stab him, but she laughed, "That's right, he is half a year older than us, Ming Bai. It is about time to find a wife."
Xu Tiangang felt regretful in his heart. He had really struck himself with a rock, why did he bring up that unlucky matter again, and immediately softened his body and pulled Lady Helan over, "My dear friend, I was mistaken back then, how many years have you blamed me for this matter? I can't be more regretful, let's just let old master off this time, the left and right side of my daughter's family.
Lady Helan hesitated for a while before agreeing. She then discussed with Xu Tiangang about how much of a dowry they should give.
Xu Tiangang laughed, "As long as you do not make too many decisions, you can just give us all the tokens. This injustice is worth it even if it is given away for nothing."
Xu Tiangang said, "How can I let you spend all that money. I will pay for all the extra points. "Remember to accept the silver that you saved for Wei Er and the others. The key and password have been handed to you. Don't forget it."
At this time, Lady Helan smiled sincerely, "I won't forget. Old master can rest assured."
Lady Helan quickly arranged a marriage for Xu Tiandi. The male partner was the son of the same knowledge in Shaanxi, so his family background was naturally not bad. The other party was also his only son, so he didn't have to trouble his sister-in-law to get along with him. Not good at all. The other party was a bit old and would soon be thirty years old after the new year. He also had a wife in front of him, but she was sick and had left behind a pair of children. With her identity as a concubine, it would have been a good marriage.
Xu Tiangang was naturally satisfied, as for the two mother and daughter of the Aunt Xiang, he would be done for with just a few words, there was no room for them to speak. In fact, even if there were, the Aunt Xiang would be more than willing to do it. Just looking at the man's gift list, she felt extremely happy in her heart.
However, Lady Helan did not care about these things, and directly threw the betrothal gift list into the west yard, where she could not sleep all night. She repeatedly looked at the betrothal gift list, and after looking at it for a long time, she directly jumped off the list, not thinking about asking her daughter about the other party's character at all.
This matter had already been reported to the Old Lady Xu, and was settled not long after. The man was already old, and was still thinking about how many more people she could make, so she naturally urged the Xu family to marry in October. The old lady had initially been a bit unhappy and felt that it was not solemn enough, so she called him Buddhist Monk, but the house lacked the spirit of happiness, so it was only right for some happy events to take place. Also, because Xu Tiedi was a disregarded concubinage, they decided to let the man marry her on the eighth day of the tenth month.
In front, there was the wedding of fourth wife Xu Mingmo, and behind that was three rooms's daughter, Xu Mingqiang. Xu Mingqiang's wedding ceremony would start next year, and Embroidery was already in a rush, even Xu Mingwei's room, which was filled with experts who specialized in needlework, was borrowed to help. Listening to Wan Rong's tone when she came back, she felt that it was too late even if there were more days, they wouldn't be able to do it.
Xu Tiandi, on the other hand, was still worrying about leaving in October, and the wedding dress didn't even have time to be embroidered. The man sent a message to reassure her, the wedding dress had already been arranged in the capital's colorful embroidery workshop, and more than twenty experts were working day after day, hoping that they would be able to do it by the end of September.
A little girl like Xu Mingwei, how could she have any memory? She was already scared silly, the more she thought about it, the more assured she became, the less worried she became, listening to Aunt Xiang nagging everyday, she was so annoyed that she wanted to go out early.
This autumn's Double Sun Festival, the Xu family had a small incident. The Old Master Xu was somehow sick, and even after inviting many doctors to watch it, they were unable to say what was the meaning of it. Helpless, they could only ask the Emperor Tiansun for sick leave and actually took care of it at home. Old Lady Xu was still sighing towards his children. It was unknown what kind of crime his family had committed this year, but the two elders were actually in constant pain.
Lady Helan and the rest immediately tried to console him, thinking that Old Master Xu was already an old man, in this summer and autumn, an old man like him would usually have a hot time, he would just stay in bed and rest normally, there was no need to worry too much.
Since it was like this, Old Lady Xu felt that the Buddhist Monk's words made sense, and hoped that the eldest wife, Xu Tiandi, would marry soon, so that she could add some joy to her family, who knew, maybe Old Master Xu's disease would be cured. Because of her ulterior motive, the Old Lady Xu also meddled with asking about the concubinage s' marriage, which gave the Aunt Xiang a lot of face. When meeting others, she would flaunt her great fortune, and when she had a daughter, she would also hand over the marriage with an old lady.
Nanny Xue heard the gossip and came back to talk with Lady Helan. Coincidentally, Xu Mingwei got off from school and went home, and was also in her room.
"This old thing is getting more and more disrespectful. He actually put on airs like he did before and after others. Mother, are you going to tolerate her?" Xu Mingwei rebuked.
Lady Helan glanced at Nanny Xue. The latter understood and went to guard the door, not calling anyone in.
Only then did Lady Helan smile and tapped Xu Mingwei's nose, and laughed, "Little thing, who said it was the old thing, where did you learn to mouth? No matter how despicable that thing is, it's still your aunt on face, keep an eye out, don't let others lie."