The atmosphere in the Duke's Mansion of Guizhou was strange.
For a mother who only had an only son, who was adopted out early, Mrs. Cheng feels that she feels great happiness now that she has her son by her side.
My heart is full of my son.
I just hope that my son can be happy.
Knowing that he had a sweetheart, he wished he could help his son hire the person back as soon as possible so that he could fulfill his son's wishes.
I was originally expecting my son to come back from a business trip and go to the British government to propose marriage. However, Mrs. Geng and her mother-in-law quietly picked up a girl from Yunnan!
He also said that it was sent to him by the eldest brother, and that he would be sent to the capital to marry Yan'er.
He kept it a secret from Mrs. Cheng and caught her off guard.
"Mom, why didn't you tell me this? I am Yan'er's mother, why did Yan'er hide his life-long events from me?"
She, the mother-in-law, doesn’t know anything about her son’s marriage? Is this ridiculous?
Geng glanced at her, not wanting the other party to know her plans.
But he didn't want to anger her, so he said: "It's true that you are Yan'er's biological mother, but he passed away long ago, and now the eldest daughter is his mother. She will naturally make the decision on his marriage."
A person who has been practicing in the temple all year round has never raised or cared about Yan'er. How can she decide on Yan'er's marriage?
What’s the point!
"As for Yan'er's marriage, he said that he made the decision himself. Mother brought her here and she didn't get angry with Yan'er. Aren't she afraid that he would send her back when the time comes and make everyone look ugly?"
"Since ancient times, marriage matters have been naturally dictated by the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker! When did it become his turn to make the decision?" Geng scolded.
It's not that she doesn't know Mu Yan's thoughts.
If he was still the eldest son of the second wife, it would be great if he married the eldest daughter of the British father-in-law. But now he is the heir of the first wife!
Mu Zhan's wife was just the daughter of a local chieftain in Yunnan. Mu Yanruo married the daughter of an English duke. With the British duke's current reputation, could Zhan'er be able to compete with him?
"This matter was decided by their eldest brother, and it is up to her. It has nothing to do with our second eldest brother. Although you are Yan'er's biological mother, you should not interfere with his marriage beyond the eldest brother's side."
Mrs. Cheng argued with her, but Mr. Geng couldn't listen and waved her out directly.
Mrs. Cheng thought that Mrs. Tai had contacted Yunnan without her knowledge and arranged Yan'er's marriage privately. Didn't she know what they were thinking when she looked at her?
Thinking of Yu Wenying, who was arranged to live in Hanxiangyuan by Mr. Geng, Mrs. Cheng felt a fire in her chest and filled her chest with resentment.
She was pregnant with a baby for ten months, so she can't make the final decision on his marriage?
This is a plot against Yan'er! He wants to finalize Yan'er's marriage without her, but she won't agree!
Mrs. Cheng returned to her room and first ordered her servants to keep an eye on Hanxiang Courtyard. They were not allowed to let Yu Wenying out of the house without her instructions.
I hurriedly wrote an urgent letter to my son and sent it.
Even though Yu Wenying was watched by the Cheng family and could not move around the capital, the Geng family wanted to create an established fact and knew that in addition to the British government, there were also many famous families who wanted to marry Mu Yan, so naturally they could not do nothing.
She worked hard to bring him back from Yunnan, and of course she wanted to facilitate the marriage.
So rumors spread again in the capital, and this time it was the British Duke's Palace that was replaced by the Guizhou Duke's Palace.
There are rumors outside that the eldest young master of the Duke of Guizhou's Palace is married, and the Duke of Guizhou's Palace is preparing for the eldest young master's marriage.
Huo Xi heard the news from Zhufeng, and heard several girls defending her against injustice, but said nothing.
She believed in Mu Yan.
If he said he would come to propose marriage to her, he would definitely come.
He had not told her about this woman named Yu Wenying before leaving, probably because she was unaware of it. As for the Duke's wife, Cheng, Huo Xi had also been in contact with her, and she was not a scheming or duplicitous person.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have stayed alone in the ancestral home of the capital for so many years.
"Girl, isn't there no one in the big house of the Mu family? How can you still make the decision on Mr. Mu's marriage?"
Huo Xi replied: "There is still someone in their main house. She is still his stepmother, so she can naturally be his master."
Mu Ying, the first generation Marquis of Xiping, was the first adopted son of Taizu. He followed Taizu from birth to death and was quite liked by Taizu. After the establishment of the dynasty, Taizu trusted him and ordered him to station in Yunnan.
Mu Ying has four sons, and each of these four sons has a biological mother.
The eldest son Mu Chun, also known as the second-generation Marquis of Xiping, was born to the Feng family. The Feng family only had one son and one daughter, and the daughter is Xu Mu, the wife of the Dingguo Palace.
Feng died early, and Mu Ying married his step-wife Geng and gave birth to a son, Mu Sheng, who was Mu Yan's biological father.
Concubine Fang gave birth to the third son Mu Ang, concubine Yan gave birth to the fourth son Mu Xin, and the youngest daughter of Emperor Shang Yongkang was Princess Chang Ning.
Mu Chun's first wife died early, and his stepwife Yu Shi. Unexpectedly, both wives were childless, so under the auspices of Mu Ying, Mu Yan, the eldest son of the second wife, was adopted. As a result, Mu Ying and Mu Chun died one after another as soon as Mu Yan became the crown prince.
The title was also handed over to Mu Sheng from the old emperor.
Mu Sheng became the third generation Marquis of Xiping. Later, he was awarded the title of Duke of Guizhou for his military merits.
After Mu Chun died, his step-wife Yu did not return to her natal family to remarry, but instead took up Buddhist monks and practiced Buddhism in a local nunnery in Yunnan.
Huo Xi didn't know what the relationship between Mu Yan and his adopted mother was. She also didn't know whether Mu Yan was recorded under the name of Mu Chun's original wife or the Yu family.
Logically speaking, the adopted heir should be recorded in the name of the original wife. Then the Yu family would have weaker authority.
But now only Dafang's family and Mu Yan are left. The Yu family is also Mu Yan's heir. Of course, his marriage should be decided by Dafang's widow.
Huo Xi had a headache.
I don't know what kind of person this Mr. Yu is, whether he is easy to talk to or not. I'm afraid he is just telling the truth when he sends people all the way from Yunnan.
I don’t know how Mu Yan will respond.
Headache.
"Girl, I asked Zhufeng to go to Langguang Pavilion to find the shopkeeper Duiba, and ask him to find out about this Yu family and this girl Yu Wenying from Duiba," said Mother Ma.
Vanilla disapproved a little: "Mommy, if you do this, it makes people think that our girl is in a hurry to get married. It's not like no one wants our girl, a lot of people are asking about the second lady! It doesn't have to be looked down upon. This
It’s clear that the Mu family is not kind in doing things! It’s his family who should explain it to us.”
Mother Ma glared at her: "The so-called knowing yourself and your enemy, Duiba is Master Mu's man. We go to sea with Langguang Pavilion every year, who doesn't know who? How can he say bad things about our girl? He has
That courage?"
Vanilla pouted.
Turning around and seeing Hu Bo beside him, his eyes lit up: "Isn't Hu Bo here? She used to serve Mrs. Cheng, so you don't have to ask anyone else, just ask her!"
Amber scratched his head and looked at Huo Xi with some embarrassment.
"Girl, although I was with Madam Cheng before, I didn't know the people in Yunnan. I only heard Madam say that the lady from the first room was still there, but she had been living in the nunnery and ignored foreign affairs.
.I don’t know why I suddenly became concerned about the eldest young master’s marriage this time.”
Amber also found it strange. The eldest young master grew up with the old and late marquis. Later, when they passed away, no one took care of the eldest young master.
I am not even close to this Mrs. Yu.
Amber said that when she married a girl, she naturally regarded the girl as her master, but the former master was also her master. What a great thing it would be if the girl could pair up with the young master!
She was looking forward to it, hoping that the young master would come see the girl and marry her as soon as possible.
Asking Hu Huo and Liu Li couldn't reveal much. Huo Xi also wanted to know what they were doing so as not to get blinded, so he waited for Zhufeng to bring back the news from Duiba.