Xu Tiangang laughed, "Qingqing does not lose to her husband in the past, why is she so petty about this matter?"
Lady Helan glared at him, and said indifferently, "She is truly loyal to the Yan, so she wouldn't use the word 'Elemental' as an excuse to provoke her into being criticized after her death, right? All you stinking men are nothing more than dust to your name. You must speak the word 'Sharp' when you do everything. "
Xu Tiangang was not angered by her sarcasm. Instead, he turned around to look at her daughter, who was standing beside the lampstand. The flickering candlelight made her white skin even more delicate, to the point that it did not seem like she was real. Xu Tiangang secretly felt that it was a pity. To have such a good daughter, and not even giving her to the Emperor family, it was truly a great boon for the Fu family. Then he thought, "It's good to be born in their home. If it were an ordinary family, they might have broken down their door, but no one would dare to marry them."
She then asked Xu Mingwei, "Wei'er, did you understand what your mother said just now? Can you tell me if your father and I heard it?"
Xu Mingwei thought, "Is the emperor afraid that the Empress will go and cause the two sects to lose their balance? The Second Prince had been deliberately pampering Imperial Concubine Xiao and the First Prince. But now that the Second Prince is weak and the Emperor has changed the winds, it shows that he is especially nostalgic.
Xu Tiangang's eyes flashed with displeasure, he turned to Lady Helan and asked, "When did madam teach Wei'er this?"
There was not a lack of blame in his words, and he even said that Lady Helan had intentionally taught her daughter to make her happy, to show off the important matters of the imperial court.
The Lady Helan looked at him blankly, and retorted, "She's usually busy with a butler, how would she have the time to teach her this?"
That was why she was truly shocked. She called Xu Mingwei to her side to take a closer look, and asked her, "Wei'er, how do you know all this, is there anyone in the palace who has talked about it in secret?"
It was only then that Xu Mingwei realized that perhaps she had said too much, and because Lady Helan never treated her as a child, she opened her mouth and blurted out what she was thinking in her heart. It was too late to take back the water that was spilled when she said it, even Lady Helan had a face full of silent encouragement. Xu Mingwei thought for a moment, then replied seriously: "Mother once taught my daughter a principle of a butler, to be able to control the power of the bottom, even if it is only in terms of servants, you have to learn how to balance it, you can't let your family stand on its own. I thought, this rule of the country is more or less like a rule of the family, but a larger stove, and a smaller one. Father, don't you think that your daughter is right? "
Xu Tiangang burst out laughing at her teasing. If she wasn't half a girl now and didn't hug and hug her baby daughter like he was when she was young, he really would have hugged and kissed her baby daughter a few times. It sounded naive to compare the butler to Guan Lao Da, but it was perfect. He then rubbed Xu Mingwei's head and complimented him, "Wei'er is right, you can see things more clearly than most of the adults in the court."
Lady Helan felt that his hands were too heavy, so she messed up Xu Mingwei's hair that she had combed with great difficulty once again. She smiled and said, "How can it not be clear?
Xu Tiangang stroked his beard without replying, he sighed in his heart, it was true! I'm afraid that very few people are able to resist the temptation of the four words' Dragonwork '. If it wasn't for the old man repeatedly asking for his permission, Xu Tiangang might have also been unable to resist and stood to the side.
He suddenly had a few teasing thoughts as he smiled and asked Xu Mingwei, "Then Wei'er, do you think that the Second Prince can really get up?"
Lady Helan immediately looked at Nanny Xue. The latter understood and quietly went to guard outside the door, not allowing others to get close.
Seeing that there are already trusted aides waiting outside, Lady Helan scolded Xu Tiangang, "How can you make wild guesses? "She's just a child, so what does she know? It would be fun if she showed off in front of others in the future, right?"
Xu Tiangang did not mind, and said: "What are you afraid of, we are all family, who can go back on their words. Besides, we are not people who don't know anything. When has she ever said a word about the things in this room to the outside? "
Only then did Lady Helan stop.
Xu Mingwei did not want the two of them to argue over such a small matter. Even though she spent most of her time at the palace, she had always been seriously accompanying Eldest Princess in studying and doing her homework. If she really had to ask about this, she wouldn't have been able to guess who would be the final boss.
Xu Mingwei said, "Speaking privately, my daughter hoped that the Second Prince would be able to save her life. After all, she is the younger brother of the Eldest Princess and the direct descendant of the Empress. If there really was anything wrong, it was all because of the lack of a capable outer sect. His daughter had even met the empress once before she had returned home. For some reason, the Empress suddenly said, "In the future, even if there are any changes in the palace, you don't have to care about them. Perhaps the Empress herself does not have much hope for the Second Prince's succession."
Xu Tiangang suddenly focused on her and asked, "The Empress saw you before she died, what else did she say?"
Xu Mingwei shook her head, and said, "That's all I said, and told me to wait outside."
Xu Tiangang saw that he could not dig anymore, so he gave up. When dinner time came, Xu Mingbai brought his wife Ning's over to pay respects. Ning's had already been married to the Xu Family for a few days, but she was still acting like a bride. She was extremely introverted, and before she could even speak to her family three times, her face had turned red.
When Lady Helan saw her, she sighed. This was the first son's wife. In the future, how could she be at ease to hand over the butler's staff to her? Just by looking at Xu Mingbai's radiant face after she got married, Lady Helan was no longer willing to waste her. This butler's ability was something that he had to carefully teach every day. Perhaps, he might be able to teach him a little bit. Although this was Lady Helan's plan, and he was the first one to not believe it, it was merely a helpless action.
With Ning's's sensitive personality, she naturally knew that his wife didn't really like her. Every time she came to the main house to pay respects, she would be anxious and anxious. When she saw Lady Helan, she would act like a mouse meeting a cat.
Xu Mingbai was a man after all, so he wasn't that meticulous, because he had never heard his mother say anything harsh to his wife, or say anything behind her back. Lady Helan was such a sensible person, and Ning's was also such a sensible and obedient person, he felt that his mother and his wife would definitely get along well. As a result, he had not been able to sense Ning's's mood all this time. Xu Mingwei could only shake her head in disappointment.
In fact, there was nothing bad about Ning's. She was quiet and gentle, but she was extremely sincere and generous. Not only did she not stop Xu Mingbai from spending money and keeping things for her sister, she did not even feel the slightest bit of heartache over the good stuff her parents had sent her. She took what the little girl liked and sent it to Xu Mingwei's courtyard. When Xu Mingwei Mu Xiu returned home, she would occasionally visit Xu Mingbai in her courtyard. Her sister-in-law and her sister-in-law would sit around for half a day, studying, writing, and talking, completely at ease.
Xu Mingbai probably liked the Ning's's gentle and demure personality. was naturally happy for his siblings. However, Xu Mingbai was just too careless, the marriage had been too long, to the point that he did not notice that Lady Helan was not satisfied, and had to think of a way to mediate the marriage.
It was just that she did not have much time at home, and did not have much time to help the Ning's speak up. Ning's was also such a sensitive person, although she had tried to persuade him a few times, after Xu Mingwei had left, she herself had no idea where she would go.
Just as Xu Mingwei was considering to tell his brother Xu Mingbai about the power of the pill, the Ning's was found out that he was 2 months pregnant. Luckily, he was pregnant before the national funeral, otherwise Xu Mingbai's identity as a High Scholar would have been stripped away.
Everyone in the Xu family was happy that Ning's was pregnant, while Ning's herself was relieved. Although her husband had not urged her to marry for the past few days, she was still worried. Now that he finally had it, perhaps his mother-in-law would like her for her grandson's sake.
Who would have thought that the next day would be like a thunderbolt that struck her head. Because Ning's was pregnant, Lady Helan was afraid that Xu Mingbai would have no one to wait on him, so she sent two rooms over to their courtyard.
When Ning's saw the two slim and graceful girls, he was stunned. She didn't know whether she had been wronged or not, but ever since the two concubines arrived, she had been enduring it all by herself. She became even more depressed and fell ill within a few days. Xu Mingbai was so anxious that he invited doctors and medicine, but he still did not see the Ning's turning any better.
In the end, Xu Mingwei could no longer bear to watch any further, and explained the whole situation to Xu Mingbai.
But what confused Xu Mingwei the most was that Xu Mingbai actually frowned and said, "It's common sense for men to accept concubines since ancient times, and Mother only sent people here to share their worries for her own good. In the past, I saw that she was also a good person, but how could she still be so ignorant?
Xu Mingwei was stunned, and did not know how to explain, but she could only advise, "Regardless of anything else, sister-in-law is still pregnant right now, big brother must at least give way, and let sister-in-law have some peace of mind."
Otherwise, Ning's would have more than enough time to live a miserable life like prenatal depression.