Chapter 223 Returning Home

After Minglan returned home, she told Wei Shuyi what happened today.

The latter severely criticized her, "Your aunt has just gotten married. If an accident happens in that shop, how should outsiders view your uncle?"

After hearing this, Minglan realized the seriousness of the matter and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

If something happened to her in that shop, it wouldn't matter. After all, her life was not in danger, and her father would be the one to deal with it afterwards.

But Zhang Guifen was different. If she was hit by someone and the news spread to the world, they would probably say that the Wei family did not value this bride.

What's more, it may also affect the relationship between the two families.

Although it is unfounded, Minglan will have to think carefully if she encounters this kind of thing again in the future.

"What mother said is that my daughter didn't think well this time. Fortunately, my uncle arranged many guards around my aunt."

What if there weren't those guards?

If Zhang Guifen did not reveal her identity in time and was injured, it would not sound good.

After she told Wei Yuan about this, he thought it was nothing, "Zhao's Tea Shop?"

"When I was traveling in Hangzhou, I did encounter a group of thieves, but they were not directed at me."

"As for whether it is Zhao's Tea Shop or not, I really can't remember clearly."

Not only in the capital, but also in the southeast, he had to deal with countless official affairs every day, and he had to meet dozens or hundreds of people.

Where can I remember it so clearly?

Zhang Guifen said: "Don't the officials think I'm meddling in other people's business?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said: "The matter you want to interfere with is not trivial."

"Being an official for my husband is for the sake of our family, country, and world, and it is also for us to be able to do whatever we want."

"If you have to worry about everything and be cautious, why would you join the army and kill the enemy to serve your country? Wouldn't it be more worry-free to go back to your hometown and farm?"

Zhang Guifen chuckled and said, "What the official said is true, but it can be said that way. I have also thought about it a little today. If I meddle in such nosy things everywhere, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it."

"The foundation of our Wei family is still too shallow. We should not be too showy in everything we do. I didn't think carefully about what happened today."

Wei Yuan shook his head, "Don't think so much, sister, it's late at night, it's time to go to bed."

As he spoke, he wanted to press her under him.

Seeing this, Zhang Guifen's face turned rosy and she murmured: "I haven't washed my feet yet."

Unless it's hot, even a noble family like Wei Yuan rarely bathes once a day, almost every other day.

When I don't usually take a bath, I just soak my feet and then fall asleep in a hurry.

Wei Yuan nodded, "Then take a rest after washing your feet."

After saying that, he sat on the bed and waited quietly for the maid to bring the foot-washing water.

Unexpectedly, it was Zhang Guifen who got up and brought the foot washing water and put it in front of Wei Yuan.

Seeing this, Wei Yuan frowned and said, "You are the mistress of the family, so just let your servants do this kind of thing."

Zhang Guifen knelt down and took off his shoes, then gently took off his pantyhose, put them aside, and used her delicate hands to put Wei Yuan's feet into the basin.

"Is the water temperature still suitable?"

Wei Yuan nodded, "Madam, sit down quickly, don't do this."

Zhang Guifen smiled and said: "I am your wife, and I should do this kind of thing."

Wei Yuan couldn't resist her, so he had to follow her wishes.

Feeling the slender fingertips tracing across the instep of your feet is a pleasant feeling.

After a while, Wei Yuan pulled her to sit next to him and took off her shoes himself.

Zhang Guifen was ashamed and frightened, and said quickly: "Official."

Wei Yuan stroked her white and tender feet and put them into the basin together, "Wash them together. After washing, go to bed early."

Zhang Guifen lowered his head and said nothing.

Her jade feet were pressed against Wei Yuan's instep, and she felt like there were ants crawling around in her heart, and she couldn't help it.

After a while.

Before Wei Yuan even extinguished the candle, he pressed Zhang Guifen under him again.

For a moment, the latter's body was like a puddle of water, completely numb.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to return home.

In the past two days, Wei Yuan didn't have much to do. He was either chatting with Zhang Guifen or playing with her on the bed.

As a result, on the day she returned home, when Zhang Guifen got into the sedan chair, she had to be strongly supported by the maid before she could walk.

The pain that came from time to time made her unable to stop.

Bao Zhu has been following Zhang Guifen since she was a child. Seeing that she was feeling a little uncomfortable when walking, she couldn't help but complain to Wei Yuan and blurted out:

"The master and his wife are singing harmoniously, they are naturally enviable, but they should be more restrained."

"When I come back this time, what should I do if the Duke and the old lady see the clues?"

Wei Yuan smiled awkwardly and said quickly: "Baozhu is right, I will definitely exercise restraint in the future."

Zhang Guifen glared at Baozhu, "Why are you talking to the lord? You should be slapped!"

Wei Yuan got into the carriage with her and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, this girl Baozhu is also caring about you."

After a pause, he stroked Zhang Guifen's slender hand again, and said seriously: "Have you gone a little too far these days?"

How should Zhang Guifen answer this kind of question?

She's just had her first baby, so it's not an exaggeration to say her body hasn't grown yet.

How could he withstand Wei Yuan's torment several times overnight?

And every time it’s about half an hour

It's really hard to resist.

Zhang Guifen lowered his head and said nothing.

Wei Yuan also felt embarrassed and said nothing more.

When they arrived at the British palace, Zhang Fu, his wife, Zhang Rui and Zhang Zhan had been waiting for them for a long time.

Wei Yuan got off the chariot first, then personally took Zhang Guifen into the chariot and said softly: "Sister, are you okay?"

Thinking about it carefully, he did think a little bit poorly.

It would be too embarrassing for my mentor to know.

Zhang Guifen rolled her eyes at him again, lowered her head and said softly: "It's okay, don't worry."

Then, she endured the pain somewhere, came to her parents, bowed deeply and said:

"My daughter has met her father, mother and two brothers."

Wei Yuan also cupped his fists towards Zhang Fu and his wife and said:

"The son-in-law pays homage to his father-in-law and mother-in-law."

"I've met two uncles."

Hearing this, before Zhang Fu and his wife could say anything, Zhang Rui said quickly:

"We brothers are still the same as before. It is true that we are Guifen's brothers, but we are also your brothers."

Wei Yuan smiled and said nothing.

If this were applied to other families, I'm afraid Zhang Rui would be said to be ignorant.

But this was in the British government, and Zhang Fu and his wife never took this seriously, saying:

"Come into the house quickly."

"Ferner, these days, you really want to die as a mother."

When everyone entered the British palace, Zhang Zhan smiled at Zhang Guifen and said:

"Little sister, I don't know. This morning, my mother was waiting in front of the house. She looked left and right, but when we didn't see you coming, I felt very anxious."

After all, Zhang Guifen is now a woman, and her behavior is very different from the past. She supported Mrs. Zhang's arm and said with a smile:

"Just around the corner is the Hou Mansion. From now on, when mother misses her daughter, she will send someone to tell her, and won't she come to accompany her and kiss you?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and said: "Can I still let you come to accompany me every day? I'm afraid that if you are willing, Yuan'er won't be willing either."

Wei Yuan said quickly: "Mother-in-law, what you said is wrong. Our two families don't have that much to say. Guifen and I will stay at home for a longer time to accompany you as you grow old."

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "Then it's settled, just before the year, when Ding'er comes back, you can stay here for a little longer."

After Wei Yuan and Zhang Guifen got married, Zhang Ding returned to Daizhou.

He originally wanted to stay for a few more days, but he heard that there were signs of Liao cavalry activities outside Yanmen Pass.

Now that the cold weather is approaching, every year at this time, Liaoqi will always dress up as bandits and rob the villages or caravans around Yanmen Pass.

Zhao Zhen had already ordered that all villages within a hundred miles of Yanmen Pass should be moved to the pass.

However, it was still difficult to dispel Liao Qi's desire to plunder some wealth.

Therefore, whenever this happens, some conflicts will always break out at the border, which is not a big deal.

Wei Yuan, Zhang Fu and his two sons came to the main hall to talk.

As for Zhang Guifen, she was taken to the backyard by Mrs. Zhang.

Mother and daughter have not seen each other for many days. As a mother, Mrs. Zhang naturally has many things to ask.

"How have you been in the Hou Mansion these past two days?"

Zhang Guifen said truthfully: "Mother, just don't worry."

"Now the entire Hou Mansion is managed by my daughter, and there is nothing disturbing on weekdays."

"But after all, my daughter is a housekeeper for the first time, so there are many things she is not familiar with."

"Fortunately, Minglan has experience as a housekeeper. She has been coming to help her daughter these past two days."

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang felt relieved and said seriously:

"It's really hard for you to be in charge of such a big palace."

"But on weekdays, in addition to taking care of your family, you should also pay more attention to Yuan'er."

"As a woman, no matter how good a housekeeper is, she can't hold on to her man's heart."

On this point, Mrs. Zhang definitely has a say.

What kind of person is Zhang Fu?

The leader of martial arts!

As a result, there was no concubine in the family, only Mrs. Zhang.

The two have a harmonious relationship, which can be said to transcend life and death, making many noble family members in Bianjing City extremely envious.

Zhang Guifen nodded and said: "It's not like you don't know what kind of person your good son-in-law is. My daughter definitely can't bear any grievance, and she will take good care of your precious son-in-law as her mother said."

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said, "As long as you can live a good life, your father and I will have nothing to worry about."

"It's just that after all, you have just gotten married, so you still need to control everything and don't go too far."

Hearing this, Zhang Guifen was startled, and then her face turned red.

How could she not be clear?

This is when my mother saw something about herself.

No wonder he forced himself to take a rest in the backyard

"mother"

Zhang Guifen lowered her head shyly.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "What's the point? Your father and I also came here like this."

Over there in the main hall.

Whenever Wei Yuan and Zhang Fu met, they rarely talked about family affairs, but only about state affairs.

Because Wei Yuan had just got married in the past two days, he did not go to court. I don't know what happened in the court.

Zhang Fu first drove Zhang Rui and others away, then lowered his voice and told Wei Yuan something.

"The cold winter is approaching, and envoys from Liao came to pay tribute and brought some pigs, horses, cattle and sheep."

"When the Liao envoy was talking to the officials, the officials were suddenly stunned, then danced, salivated, and could not speak."

"The Liao envoy was shocked and asked about the situation. Han Xiang said that because the official was happy to see the Liao envoy, he got drunk and was helped down by several eunuchs."

"In the past few days, there has been news that there are no officials in the palace."

The Liao envoys paying tribute were just a matter of face.

Generally speaking, after they paid tribute, Zhou would send several times the return gift.

Those who call themselves scholar-bureaucrats believe that this kind of courtesy exchange is related to the face of the country and themselves, and should reflect the superiority of the heaven and the state.

In fact, they are worried that if they don't give enough gifts in return, conflicts at the border will intensify and lead to a war.

The military generals group has no way to interfere with this matter. Anyway, this time of year is a very melancholy day for military generals.

Wei Yuan frowned deeply after hearing what Zhang Fu said.

Has the official's body reached this level?

Suddenly dancing and having a stroke? Hemiplegic?

Isn't it?

Since this matter was related to the Dragon Body, in order to prevent unrest in the country and the DPRK, Han Zhang and others issued a death order to strictly prohibit the matter from being spread outside.

Therefore, not even Wei Yuan knew about it.

Of course, if Wei Yuan goes to court in the next two days, he will know about Zhao Zhen without Zhang Fu's notification.

"The imperial doctor said that the Guan family dragon's body is fine for the time being, but it just needs to rest for a while."

"What I'm worried about is that if the Liao envoy brings the matter of the official's dragon body back to the country, it will cause social turmoil."

Wei Yuan knew the seriousness of the matter and asked quickly:

"What did Mr. Han say? Is there any way to deal with it?"

Zhang Fu stroked his beard and said, "Xiangong Han means to send a general to guard the border for the time being."

Wei Yuan was shocked, "Ms. Han won't let his son-in-law go, right? His son-in-law just got married to sister Guifen."

It wasn't that war was really coming, but he was just going to guard the border for a period of time. If there was no war, he wouldn't even have any achievements, and he really didn't want to go in vain.

Zhang Fu said with a smile: "My master told Mr. Han the same way. You have just got married. You are only worried about this matter and have not encountered the worst outcome."

"Besides, if something happens to the official family, you must stay in the capital."

"Xiangong Han couldn't resist being a master, so he decided to let Gu Yan go. But your uncle Gu's body and bones are not good anymore."

"So I recommended Chang Zhi to my teacher, what do you think?"

Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Xu Changzhi has fought with the Liao Kingdom several times and is experienced. With him in charge of Daizhou, there will not be too much risk in the short term."

Zhang Fu nodded, "Let's take some time to visit Marquis Ning Yuan. I'm worried about him, he may not survive the New Year."

"Tomorrow you have to go to the East Palace to meet with the officials through the prince's introduction."

Wei Yuan said: "Teacher, please rest assured, students understand."

After lunch and dinner.

Wei Yuan and Zhang Guifen left here.

The latter only felt that time passed so quickly, and he was inevitably disappointed.

While sitting in the chariot, Wei Yuan comforted him:

"If you have nothing to do these days, please come back often."

"Our two families are so close, so we don't have to worry too much."

Zhang Guifen said: "There are still a lot of things to do at home, let's talk about it after we finish these few days."

Wei Yuan said, "I'm going to the palace tomorrow. In the afternoon, please invite eldest sister to your home to make arrangements for Zhaoyuan's marriage."

"Changzhi may have to go on a long trip in a few days. Before that, let's invite Daniu and the others to come to our house for a drink, and invite the chef from Fanlou to come over."

Zhang Guifen nodded slightly, "Don't worry, sir, I'll remember it."

After getting married, there is an obvious advantage, that is, Wei Yuan no longer needs to worry about trivial matters personally.

It was Zhang Guifen who arranged everything properly.

On the way back, Wei Yuan saw many people from the Imperial City Division patrolling the streets on the chariot.

I don’t know what the condition of Zhao Zhen’s body is.

If Han Zhang uses the Imperial City Division at this time, does it mean that there is no silver in this place?

However, it is understandable. After all, in his position, he is not afraid of merit, but afraid of making mistakes.

Once you make a mistake, the country is in danger of overthrowing.