Chapter 378: Hearing the Funeral News Again

Mrs. Wang, who is nearly forty years old, is naturally not as young and beautiful as those aunts, because she gave birth to two children in a row, compared to the original maintenance, she is not only a little blessed now, but even her face is not as white and delicate as before. Therefore, being stared at intently by Zhang Fu at this time, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

"Why is the master looking at me like this?"

"People say that young couples are old companions, but I really understand it now." Although Zhang Fu is not old at all in his prime, he has fallen into many hidden diseases after years of fighting. It's just that when he came back after two years, and saw a pair of children under his knees, he was still deeply grateful to his wife, "Madam, thank you for your hard work." ”

Mrs. Wang realized that her husband was not looking at the extra fine lines on her face, even though she was old, she still couldn't help but blush, but her heart was very hot. Seeing that Biluo was holding a porcelain cup with a red lacquer horizontal pattern tea tray, she quickly stood up and personally placed the porcelain cup on the plum blossom table next to Zhang Fu.

"When Dr. Feng was recuperating for Yong'er before, I mentioned to him your old rheumatism. He said at that time that the porridge made from walnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts, jujubes, black beans and red beans and other beans was better than taking medicine. There is also mulberry wine, which is also effective if you drink it once a day. Although you can't break the roots, it's better than when you have seizures day by day. Having said that, the weather in the north is much drier than in the south, so maybe it will make you less miserable. ”

"Madam is really bothered, in fact, it's all old problems, where am I so expensive?"

Zhang Fu opened the porcelain cup and saw that it was full of dried fruits and beans, which were fragrant, but he had some appetite. It must be known that he is training in Xuanfu, even if no one dares to wronged him, the prince of the country, but it is impossible for him to bring a cook with him, and he is not willing to do things such as picky diet, so he is naturally not as particular as at home. He already had a big appetite, and he quickly ate a porcelain cup full of bean porridge, and he couldn't help laughing when he took the silk handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

"It's been a gobbling-up habit for the past two years. If you want me to say, what kind of residence and transfer body, nourish and transfer qi, in case you stay in the original place for a long time, you still have to relapse into the old ways. Soldier training is about orders and prohibitions, if I, the head of the army, are lazy, then what I have trained is undoubtedly a group of ruffians! Moreover, a place like Xuanfu is close to the north, and there are often Meng Yuan's secret spies sneaking in, and I sleep lightly at night. At first glance, when I returned to this emperor from there, I really didn't get used to sleeping these nights. ”

Although Zhang Fu said it easily, Mrs. Wang married him at the age of fourteen, and experienced the most thrilling martyrdom, where did she not know the risk of leading troops to fight? Fortunately, now that her husband has returned safely, she let go of a matter of concern, and immediately ordered the nurse to hold a son and a daughter, and the couple teased for a while before someone came in.

"Sir, ma'am."

Although Zhang Fu stayed in Mrs. Wang's room for the past few days when he came back, Xiyu still served her every day as always, even on her clothes, and never wore bright colors such as peach and green like other young aunts. At this time, she entered the door with a few bronzing posts in a rain-soaked blue dress, and saw Zhang Fuzheng holding her daughter with a smile, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then walked forward and presented those posts.

"Although the emperor has an order to let the master recuperate, but when the master comes back, there are more people who post on the door. Most of these are the weddings and funerals of the nobles of each family, except for the eldest grandson of Wu'anhou, the rest don't matter, and ask the lady to cut it. ”

"Since you said it doesn't matter, you just have to deal with these things." Mrs. Wang nodded without looking at those posts, "With the emperor, no one will find fault if the lord doesn't come forward, but it's not good if he doesn't go at all, Wu Anhou is the marriage of the eldest grandson, and the lord can't ignore the face of his colleagues in Paoze." ”

Seeing Zhang Fu nodding to himself with a smile, Xiyu became overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged the little big Zhang Yong on the kang according to Mrs. Wang's wishes. She was about to say a few auspicious words when a voice came from outside: "Master, madam, Uncle Yangwu sent the young master over, saying that he came to visit the master and send a post." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly ordered to invite in, but she was a little puzzled in her heart. Although those cousins and nephews will come over to give gifts and greet every New Year's holiday, it is Zhang Yue who comes and goes the most on weekdays, that is, the Gu family often sends Zhang Yue to say if there is anything, why is Zhang Qi this time? Even if there is something on Zhang You's side, the eldest son should be sent instead of the second son.

Zhang Qi rarely comes here except for following the crowd on weekdays, and when he enters the door to greet him and says a call according to the number of courtesies, he is a little cramped, so he simply says the topic directly, and presents a post with both hands. It turned out that half a month later was Dongfang's birthday, because the newly promoted Mrs. Yang Wubo was also forty years old, so it was not allowed to be handled, so Gu also ordered Zhang Qi to send an invitation. Although Mrs. Wang and Dongfang's relationship were equal, they had to see the face of their aunt, so they agreed immediately. But as soon as the person left, she said to Zhang Fu with a strange heart: "It should be Brother Chao'er who came to deliver the post today, why did he change his brother?" ”

Zhang Fu didn't care about this: "Xu is just something, don't both of their brothers have military positions?" There are rules for leave in this army, and you can't just hang around all day like those unemployed and unscrupulous people. Compared with Zhang Bin and Zhang Jin, the two brothers are okay, and they are all promising. By the way, Xiyu, you asked people to send a letter to Zhang Yue, so that he had to come to me for a trip, I got a box of calligraphy posts in Xuanfu by chance, there are Zhao Mengfu, Huang Tingjian, Su Zizhan, according to several old masters in Xuanfu, they are all genuine. He is good friends with the Shen family brothers, and these can be used, so that he can come and pick them up when he is free. ”

"The master is really worried about him, don't let those little ones say that you are biased when the time comes."

"If those things fall into their hands, they are just about the same as toilet paper, and giving them to Zhang Yue will not be dusty, and it is also appropriate to give them away. Besides, hasn't Xiyu already distributed the things that should be distributed to the prefectures? They are all used to luxury, and they are afraid that they can't look down on my little plain silk, and I heard that they don't wear makeup and gold now, and this extravagant reputation has spread to the outside! The second and third children still dislike the low official position, and they dislike that I don't bring my two nephews, but where can they support the wall! ”

Seeing that Zhang Fu was angry as he spoke, Mrs. Wang had to persuade a few words, and then colored the jade next to her. So, Xiyu had to gag. However, it backfired, Zhang Fu's anger had not subsided, and suddenly he remembered another thing.

"By the way, the second family's Ke girl is going to marry Fuyang Hou Li Maofang, do you know about this matter?" Seeing Mrs. Wang nodding in surprise, Zhang Fu couldn't help frowning, "That family is naturally impeccable, but Li Maofang ...... The first emperor asked him to go to the country to study several times, but he insisted on not going, and he was famous for his high-flying and greedy beauty. Besides, Princess Yongping has always been restless, and the fact that the Ke girl didn't have a good life in the past is secondary, and I'm afraid of the trouble in the future! Moreover, don't you think this family business is the second brother Gao Pan? ”

"When the second brother and sister came to see me, they were full of joy, saying that the second brother didn't pay much attention to Ke Ya in the past, but this time he chose such a good family business, and I didn't think about it deeply, after all, this is their family matter." When Mrs. Wang heard Zhang Fu say this, she gradually became a little uneasy, "But I heard that Princess Yongping sent someone to the second brother's house to say the matchmaker, and besides, the door of our Zhang family is not insulting the Marquis of Fuyang, Gao Pan is afraid that he can't say it, right?" ”

"That's not what I said......"

Zhang Fu was trying to explain the twists and turns here, but halfway through his words, there was a loud noise outside the door. Xiyu hurriedly confessed and went out, but after a while, her face turned back solemnly, and she withdrew those girls first, and then she curtsied and hurriedly said, "Master, madam, there is an accident in the second master's mansion." The second lady suddenly stumbled and fell into the pond, and the situation was very bad. It's already a mess over there, so I sent two moms. I have told them not to talk nonsense, and I ask Madame to show me if I want to go and see if I want to. ”

Mrs. Wang naturally heard of the messy things such as wives and concubines competing for favor and concubines and killing wives in Zhang Hui's family, and she couldn't help but be shocked and angry at this time: "Misstep, how can you stumble!" What's the use of letting me go over at this time to see, what do so many girls and mothers-in-law do at home eat, and they actually let the owner fall into the pond in the cold? ”

Even Zhang Fu, who didn't want to take care of the family affairs of his two younger brothers, was really angry at this time. Although I don't like Mrs. Deng's cowardly brother and sister, who would wander around the pond in the big winter without anything, and even make a mistake, this is a big joke. Thinking of his father's fame, he himself has always been cautious, but his two younger brothers are unconscious, and he suddenly feels angry. It was easy to suppress his anger, so he instructed Mrs. Wang, and asked her to take Biluo and her two mothers with her.

However, Mrs. Wang was gone for a whole day, and it was not until the evening that news came that Mrs. Deng had died. Hearing such unexpected news, Zhang Fu didn't react for a long time, and when Xiyu reminded him next to him, he never took something out of anger, but he picked up a bowl next to him and smashed it out. It wasn't until he heard the crisp and loud bang that he covered his eyebrows with his right hand and sighed deeply.

After a long while, the silent girls stepped forward to carefully pack up their things, while Xiyu quietly instructed people to remove the food on the table, and when they got out of the house, they asked people to prepare a mourning dress and etiquette, and sent people to Yangwubo's mansion to report the funeral. While handling a lot of things, she faintly felt a chill.

That's still a serious three-grade lady, and she died in such a vain? That being the case, will Zhang Ke's marriage be postponed for three years, or will he get married in the first filial piety?