Chapter 134 A Few Things with Hualan, Playful Rulan

After Lady Wu left Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion, Sheng Hualan and others also came to the backyard.

They had been to the British Duke's Mansion and saw the magnanimity and wealth of the Duke's Mansion.

Even the several royal palaces in Bianjing City may not be able to compare with the British palace.

Now, in their eyes, Uncle Zhongyong's mansion also exudes a kind of restrained dignity.

Every plant, every tree, every brick and tile seems to be relatively simple, but in fact it reveals an extremely profound heritage.

"Uncle Wei's place is much more generous than the British government's!"

"It would be great if our Sheng family could be that big in the future!"

"Third brother, be careful! Your Majesty personally gave this mansion to my uncle from the Wei family. How can our Sheng family be so virtuous and capable?"

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While several people were discussing, Wei Yuan came slowly here.

"How come you guys have time to come to my place?"

Seeing Wei Yuan appear, Sheng Changbai and others stepped forward to bow respectfully.

"I met my uncle."

The same is true for Minglan.

Although she was extremely close to Wei Yuan, she did not want to show any feeling of favor and pride in front of her brothers and sisters.

Wei Yuan said: "If you call me uncle, you are my junior. You don't need to worry about these customs. Just feel free to do it."

Afterwards, he led everyone to a pavilion and asked curiously:

"You came to my house, but something happened?"

Sheng Changbai cupped his hands and said, "Since my uncle came to the capital, we, the juniors, have not officially visited my uncle."

"I recently heard that my uncle will take a rest for a few days, so we decided to come and pay homage to you."

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "It's too polite to say a courtesy. You can come to my place when you have nothing to do on weekdays."

"Since you are here today, don't leave in a hurry. Later, let Minglan cook some dishes, and you and Changfeng will have a few drinks with me."

"Hua Lan and Ru Lan will also stay here to make it more lively."

When everyone heard this, everyone laughed except Minglan.

"Then listen to uncle and have a few drinks with him."

"Uncle, my second brother has an average drinking capacity, but my third brother can drink more. You can get him drunk."

"Fifth sister, don't talk nonsense. No matter how much I drink, I can't compare to my uncle!"

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Minglan said depressedly: "Uncle, why am I the one cooking?"

Wei Yuan said truthfully: "Last time you cooked some very good dishes, but I didn't eat enough."

In this way, Minglan nodded obediently.

At this moment, Changbai, Changfeng and the clever and eccentric Rulan were talking and laughing.

Only Hua Lan, Sheng's eldest sister, sat on the chair and remained silent, as if she had something unspeakable, and even the faint smile hanging on the corner of her mouth was slightly bitter.

Wei Yuan glanced at her and could guess why she was like this.

After a while.

Minglan went to cook, Rulan and Changfeng were visiting the uncle's house, and Changbai and Hualan sat in the pavilion with Weiyuan.

He first asked Xiang Changbai,

"I heard that you have passed the provincial examination. Next year happens to be the big examination. Do you want to take the national examination?"

Sheng Changbai said respectfully: "Back to uncle, my father's intention is to let me go down and give it a try. If I can win, it will be great. If I don't, there is still a chance to make up for it while I am young."

Wei Yuan nodded, "I'm optimistic about you. Your Sheng family is going to produce another Jinshi."

Sheng Changbai shook his head and smiled, "Uncle, please don't say that. The consequences are unpredictable. My nephew can only do his best and obey fate."

Wei Yuan praised: "You have such a character, you have already defeated most people."

After a pause, he looked at Hua Lan again, "I remember that when I went to your house last time, you talked a lot. Why are you so silent when you come here?"

The latter stood up slowly, bowed and said: "Uncle, my niece doesn't know anything about the imperial examination, so I'm afraid I might say the wrong thing."

Wei Yuan waved his hand and motioned for her to sit down.

"I can probably guess a thing or two about what you're thinking."

"Uncle Zhongqin and his family came yesterday, but I was indeed kicked out."

"But this has nothing to do with you, so don't worry."

"I will go when you get married. If I go, their family will not dare to embarrass you."

Wei Yuan was the first earl and deeply trusted by the emperor. His great future had just begun.

But things like Zhongqin Bofu and Yongchang Bofu have been passed down for several generations.

In terms of power, he is incomparable to Wei Yuan.

Even if Wei Yuan opened his mouth and offended them, they could only greet him with smiles and did not dare to make any mistakes.

This is power!

If one day Wei Yuan loses power, those who are usually friendly with him will be benevolent and righteous if they don't step on him.

In this vanity fair of Beijing, the so-called ‘making friends’ and ‘don’t offend people’ are all false.

In short, when you gain power, you will have friends; when you lose power, you will have enemies.

This is how Wei Yuan treats Uncle Zhongqin's house.

Even if he drives them out of the house.

What can they do?

Do you really want to break up with Wei Yuan?

You know, what happened in the Yongping Mansion just happened not long ago.

Regarding this, most small uncles can only lick their faces to flatter Wei Yuan and never dare to turn against him.

As for Mrs. Yongchangbo, what she did was a bit excessive.

Knowing that Wei Yuan's power was at its peak, she still dreamed of letting someone like Liang Han marry Minglan.

Don't you just want to use Wei Yuan's influence to allow Yongchang Mansion to continue to prosper?

Wei Yuan had nothing to say to people with this kind of mentality.

Although Mrs. Wu is a good person, she is easy to be unclear about her son's affairs.

At this moment, Hualan heard what Wei Yuan said, and her face was full of gratitude.

"When Huaer gets married, it is enough for Huaer that his uncle can go."

After all, Wei Yuan is not her real uncle.

Wei Yuan can go to her wedding or not, and no one will say anything.

Therefore, at this time, Hualan felt a little grateful to Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan knew what kind of woman Hualan was. She had a generous and upright personality, but also gentle and honest. She was steady and polite in her dealings with others.

For such a junior, he was happy to help.

"Not only will I go, but I will also prepare a generous gift for you. You call me uncle, no matter how close we are, I will definitely help you."

Hualan was a docile child. Wei Yuan's words were enough to prove that he was optimistic about her.

It's a pity that if he hadn't had a close relationship with the Sheng family, he would have advised Sheng Hong that the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion was not a good match.

There were a lot of bad things at home.

It was because the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion had been running out of money for a long time, and in order to maintain the appearance of the main Marquis's Mansion, they had to go hungry.

They were counting on Hualan to bring a lot of dowry to make up for the loss.

The Yongchang Marquis's Mansion at least had some money, while the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion had no money or power, and the wife of the Zhongqin Marquis was a bit mean.

Such a family was not a good match.

However, Wei Yuan could not control these.

Hearing Wei Yuan's words, Hua Lan suddenly felt grateful and knelt down to the ground, paying great respect to Wei Yuan.

"Although uncle is not Hua'er's biological uncle, uncle can say those words for Hua'er, which shows that uncle recognizes Hua'er as a junior."

"Hua'er kneels to uncle to tell uncle that in the future, Hua'er will treat you like a real uncle and take care of you in your old age, just like my sixth sister."

Say this, regardless of whether there are other purposes, anyway, it is acceptable.

Wei Yuan helped her up,

"You are too polite."

"You and Changbai are both juniors I am optimistic about."

"Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion is not a dangerous place. After you marry there, live a good life and I don't think you will encounter any difficulties."

Hualan nodded seriously.

Changbai smiled and said, "Big sister just said that you are not our real uncle."

"But in the eyes of nephews, it is useless to look at blood relationship alone."

"When big sister got married, you didn't have to go, but if you went, you would help big sister. We two siblings are grateful for your kindness."

"It's like our grandmother. Although we are not blood relatives, she treats us as our real grandmother, even closer than our real grandmother."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan smiled, "Changbai, when did you learn to say these beautiful words?"

As soon as this was said, Wei Yuan, Sheng Changbai, and Hua Lan laughed together.

At this time, Rulan came here like a jumping hare and asked curiously:

"Uncle, big sister, second brother, what are you talking about? Why are you so happy?"

Wei Yuan said, "Talk about you again."

"Talk about me?" Rulan widened her eyes, looking extremely smart and cute.

Wei Yuan said with a smile: "Let's talk about how naughty and domineering you are on weekdays. You haven't even married yet, but you've already lived like a grudge."

Although it was a joke, it was a bit too much.

Rulan stamped her feet and tried to defend herself: "No way! Uncle, did you hear what my eldest sister said again?"

"Eldest sister, I'm your real sister!"

Changbai also laughed and said: "Fifth sister, uncle is right, you are indeed a little naughty on weekdays, you need to change."

Hua Lan echoed: "That's right, look at you, on weekdays, you don't look like a lady from a noble family at all?"