Chapter 264 My mother-in-law is a loyal servant (8)
Aunt Zhao was so panicked that she lowered her voice and said anxiously to Mrs. Zhang: "Madam, I, I will scold that stupid woman right now!"
After saying that, before Mrs. Zhang could speak, she squeezed out of the crowd and came to the carriage nearby.
He Tiantian was still greeting Feng Yanting's cart, her voice was gentle, and her eyes were full of concern for her son, just like what Feng Yanting was used to.
Therefore, although he didn't know why his mother asked him to get off the bus this time, Feng Yanting didn't think much about it, and he didn't resent his mother for being "partial".
He even felt as if his mother was playing a game with him. The little boy imitated his mother's example, raising his chubby hands and hunching his legs forward and backward, pushing the carriage hard.
"Oh, our Yan Ting is really amazing. He is not even five years old, and he can already help my father and mother with work!"
He Tiantian's eyebrows were curved, and she deliberately praised in an exaggerated tone.
Feng Yanting was young and could not feel his mother's teasing. He thought he was really powerful and a little man who could help his parents with work!
His interest became more and more high, he puffed up his chest, puffed up his cheeks, and used all the energy to work hard.
When Aunt Zhao arrived, she happened to see this scene.
The world was spinning, her heartbeat was racing, and Nanny Zhao wanted to close her eyes and pass out.
"Yanting!" My young master, you, you are really suffering.
"Grandma, look, I can even help my parents with their work!"
Feng Yanting couldn't hear the wailing in the heart of Nanny Zhao. He heard the grandmother who loved him the most calling him, and turned his head, with pride and joy on his white, tender and round face.
Aunt Zhao:......
"My baby, you, you are still young!"
Aunt Zhao resisted the urge to vomit blood and reached out to pick Feng Yanting up.
He Tiantian smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, although Yanting is young, she has already begun to understand."
"He also knows the rules of dignity and inferiority!"
"In the past, I was overthinking. I always felt that Yanting was still young, so I didn't control her too much. But I forgot that some things must be taught to children from an early age."
"Madam is the benefactor of our Feng family. The fact that our family has been able to live so well these years is all due to the protection of the Marquis and Madam!"
"Now that the Hou Mansion is in trouble, we are not sure what will happen in the future. However, I will teach Yan Ting that no matter what the Hou Mansion becomes in the future, our Feng family, even the youngest Yanting, will remember his identity and his wife's kindness.
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After He Tiantian finished speaking a series of words, she didn't even look at Aunt Zhao's black face that looked like the bottom of a pot.
She deliberately turned her head and said to Feng Yanting, "Yanting, you have to remember that your father was able to leave his nationality, become rich and have land, and be politely called 'Uncle' when he goes out is all because of Madam's grace."
"From now on, you must repay Madam well."
Aunt Zhao felt like a mouthful of old blood was stuck in her throat. She wanted to spit it out but couldn't, and wanted to swallow but couldn't.
What could she say?
What "Gu Xiuniang" said is very right.
Madam is indeed the benefactor of the Feng family, and everyone in the Feng family must also be grateful for Madam's kindness.
This is what Aunt Zhao has been telling herself all this time, and using it to ask her family.
But, but——
Aunt Zhao once again felt that unspeakable and intentionally difficult-to-quench resentment.
"...Ms. Gu, Yanting is still young, why are you telling him this?"
Taking a deep breath, Aunt Zhao finally found her voice.
She came to He Tiantian, looked around, and found that the officers and soldiers responsible for the escort did not pay attention to the abnormality in this corner.
Only then did she feel slightly relieved, lowered her voice, and said through gritted teeth, "Madam's kindness to our Feng family is as great as a mountain. We just need to keep it in our hearts. There is no need to talk about it every day."
"Besides, Yanting will continue to study and practice martial arts in the future. What status and rules you tell him every day will not restrict his mind-"
Although the young master was raised in the Feng family, his wife already had a complete training plan.
Not to mention that something has happened in the Hou Mansion now, and the revitalization of the Wei family in the future will depend on the young master.
If he followed the style of "Gu Xiuniang" and talked about benefactor, repaying favor, slave and the like in the young master's ears every day, the young master might be able to, would -
Aunt Zhao doesn't want to turn the noble young master of the Hou Mansion into a well-behaved and honest servant Yangzi.
"Mother-in-law, I know you feel sorry for Yanting."
He Tiantian suppressed her smile and said seriously, "But the younger the child is, the more important it is to make him understand the truth."
"The Feng family is indeed the servants of the Hou Mansion. It's my wife who showed mercy and freed her husband from slavery, and also allowed us to stay in the court to study."
"This kind of kindness is as high as the sky and as deep as the sea. We adults should remember it, and Yan Ting should remember it even more."
"As long as his mind is pure and he sticks to the rules, his mind will never be constrained!"
"Knowing the hardships of our parents and ancestors since childhood, and keeping in mind the kindness of our master's family, Yan Ting will be better and more grateful when he grows up!"
He Tiantian's expression is simply more loyal than that of the loyal servant Nanny Zhao who will be officially stamped in the future!
Aunt Zhao:......
I feel dizzy and my chest hurts!
"As expected of a loyal servant. Even when the Hou Mansion was in trouble, he still kept his original intention and upheld his kindness!"
Captain Qian was riding by and happened to hear He Tiantian's "impassioned" speech.
He couldn't help but stop and looked at He Tiantian, Zhao, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with complicated eyes. He sighed and whispered: "I have long heard that Pingnanhou is the best at leading troops. The Pingnan Army under his command
Extremely loyal and brave."
"Now it seems that it is not only Pingnan Houshan who leads the troops, but also his wife who knows how to control her troops."
Captain Qian's admiration for Mrs. Zhang is definitely from the bottom of his heart.
This was not the first time he had done such an errand of escorting a suspect's family to Beijing.
To be honest, no matter how illustrious and prosperous those powerful families were in the past, as long as they fall from power, the "Hong Xi San" will be good, and there will still be people who will "add insult to injury".
What's even more tragic is that among the "people" whom everyone pushed against, there are also old servants of the nobles, or people who have received favors from them.
In-laws, beloved relatives and friends, etc., are all indifferent onlookers.
But this trip to the southwest made Qian Xiaowei very emotional.
When the Hou Mansion was in trouble and the whole family was escorted to Beijing, there were naturally a large number of "white-eyed wolves", but there was also Feng Zhongliang.
The old servant who has been freed from slavery can follow him thousands of miles away.
In order to save my old benefactor from suffering, I took a lot of money and put it away.
Qian Xiaowei accidentally heard it. It was said that this Feng Zhongliang had sold all the shops, houses, and farms in the southwest for the sake of savior's family.
This is the rhythm that gives everything. Wow.
It’s not easy, it’s really not easy!
To be honest, sometimes when I see Feng Zhongliang's family trying their best to provide for Mrs. Zhang, Qian Xiaowei feels a little envious.
Now, I witnessed with my own eyes that Feng Zhongliang’s wife, in order to take care of the eldest daughter of the Hou family, even her own son——
Tsk, loyal servant, I really don’t know how Mrs. Zhang trained me.
Captain Qian shook his head, clicked his tongue, knocked his feet against the horse's bumps, and continued to move forward.
His interruption suddenly woke up Nanny Zhao.
"Xiu, Xiu Niang, what you said makes sense, but you still have to take Yanting's age into account!"
After saying this vaguely, Aunt Zhao hurried back to Mrs. Zhang.
"Have you been punished?"
Mrs. Zhang moved her legs with difficulty. Although she had been walking for a month, she really couldn't adapt to this kind of pain.
She didn't even turn her head, she just glanced at Aunt Zhao from the corner of her eye and asked coldly.
"Madam, I didn't discipline you!" Aunt Zhao whispered back while continuing to observe the surroundings with her eyes.
Mrs. Zhang suddenly stopped, turned her head, and stared at Aunt Zhao with blazing eyes, "Why, are you even going to rebel?"
Or does Aunt Zhao also think that her granddaughter deserves to be pushed by a young master from the Marquis Palace?!
"Old slave, you must never dare."
Aunt Zhao quickly apologized. If she hadn't been marching, she would have knelt on the ground to apologize.
"I also hate Mrs. Gu for being stupid, but the problem is that I don't dare to criticize her too harshly."
Aunt Zhao leaned close to Mrs. Zhang's ear and said in a weak voice, "Young Master's life experience——"
Before Nanny Zhao could finish speaking, Mrs. Zhang's expression also changed.
Oops, she, she actually forgot about this!
If she was still in the southwest, although Mrs. Zhang had some scruples, she was not very afraid.
But, but now something happened in the Hou Mansion, at least the family will be confiscated and exiled, at worst the Manchus will be executed.
At this time, if Feng Yanting's life experience is exposed, then even if he does not die, he will become a slave or be exiled to the border.
He is not yet five years old, so he will definitely not be able to bear this sudden situation.
Now that the Hou Mansion has just been escorted to Beijing, the journey is so difficult.
The masters of the Hou Mansion have been tortured to the point where they only have half their lives left.
Exile is much more cruel than this.
It is basically difficult for the elderly and children to survive.
"No! My Yan Ting cannot die! He, he is the eldest son of the Hou family and the hope for the revitalization of the Wei family!"
Mrs. Zhang simply could not imagine the scene where her son's life experience would be revealed and then he would suffer along with everyone in the Hou Mansion.
She had already lost a son in infancy and could not let anything go wrong with her remaining son.
Thinking of her son who died young, Mrs. Zhang's thoughts were a little confused.
Yes, before Feng Yanting, Mrs. Zhang also gave birth to a son.
The child grew up to three years old smoothly, and the Marquis decided to give his son the title of Crown Prince.
As a result, the seal request was sent to the capital. Before the saint could give his approval, a courtier suggested: "The southwest is deserted, so we can take the young prince to study in the capital!"
On the surface, it seems that they are thinking about the prince of Pingnanhou Mansion——
My dear, the southwest is a barbaric land. Where can there be a capital city with treasures, splendor, and outstanding people?
Come to the capital, where you can study, get medical care, and enjoy all kinds of luxuries. Isn’t it a thousand times better than living in the southwest where insects, snakes, and barbarians are rampant?!
But in fact, the current emperor, Emperor Chengtai, had already intended to consolidate military power.
The Pingnan Marquis Mansion guarding the southwest, with 200,000 elite soldiers under its command, had long become a thorn in the side of the court and Emperor Chengtai.
The courtiers suggested that the young prince should be taken to Beijing to study, but the purpose was to make the eldest son of the Hou family a hostage.
Once Ping Nanhou makes any changes in the southwest, the young prince will immediately become the chicken that "kills the chicken to scare the monkey"!
Mrs. Zhang knew that her husband would not easily rebel, but she could not resist the many treacherous people in the court.
Moreover, the southwest is thousands of miles away from the capital, so there will inevitably be deviations or delays when news is transmitted.
If the young prince was killed because of a misunderstanding, Mrs. Zhang would definitely die of heartache.
No, my son must not enter Beijing!
Just when Mrs. Zhang was thinking about how to beg her husband not to send her son to the capital, a plague broke out in the southwest. The child had weak resistance. Although he was protected in every possible way, he still got infected.
The child died, and Mrs. Zhang cried so hard that her heart broke.
A year later, Mrs. Zhang became pregnant again. While she was pleasantly surprised, she was also very conflicted.
On the one hand, Mrs. Zhang hopes to have another son.
Yu Gong, there is a title in the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, and you can only inherit it if you have a son.
In private, as a woman, after getting married, her son is the foundation for her to establish herself in her husband's family.
On the other hand, Mrs. Zhang was afraid that she would give birth to a son.
Wow, she doesn't want her son, whom she worked so hard to win, to be sent to the capital as a hostage.
When a woman is pregnant, she is inherently sensitive, fragile, and prone to random thoughts.
Mrs. Zhang became more and more frightened after learning the lesson from her eldest son.
As Mrs. Zhang's most trusted confidant, Nanny Zhao discovered Mrs. Zhang's anomaly immediately.
After a heart-to-heart conversation between the master and the servant, Nanny Zhao had an idea and thought of a solution——
"Find someone safe and let's change the child!"
It happened that Gu Xiuniang was behaving like a demon at that time. Aunt Zhao noticed it and conducted an investigation.
So, Grandma Zhao smiled.
She ran to Mrs. Zhang and said, "It seems that my stupid daughter-in-law is pregnant with a girl."
"Madam, if the baby is a young lady, there is no need to worry."
"If you give birth to a young master, I will find a way to exchange the two children."
In this way, Mrs. Zhang does not have to worry about her child being sent to the capital to be used as a hostage, but she can also keep her child under her nose.
Anyway, with a loyal servant like Aunt Zhao, she would never feel wronged or mistreat the child.
After hearing what Nanny Zhao said, Mrs. Zhang thought about it carefully for several days, and suddenly felt that it was very feasible.
She was also brave. She secretly made this plan with Aunt Zhao without consulting her parents or husband.
A few months later, the child was born, and everything went as planned, so Aunt Zhao took advantage of the situation and changed the child.
This time something happened to the Hou Mansion, and the whole family would be held accountable. Mrs. Zhang was extremely grateful for her original decision.
Especially on the way to Beijing, I saw the children in the second and third bedrooms suffering hardships, and the good young master and young lady all became pitiable.
As for her precious son Yanting, he was sitting comfortably in the carriage, protected from the wind and rain.
There is also a very considerate and caring slave like Gu Xiuniang waiting for me!
Once the Hou family is really going to be exiled or executed, her Yanting will survive well, and Feng Zhongliang and his wife will do their best to cultivate Yanting to become a talented person.
When Yanting revitalizes the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, she, Wei Zhang, will be the great contributor to the entire Wei family!
In the future, when the Wei family compiles its genealogy and writes its family mottos, she, the Wei Zhang family, will also be able to occupy a space.
"Yes! Yes, yes! Mother, you are still thoughtful. Yan Ting's life experience must not be leaked!"
Recalling this, Mrs. Zhang shivered. She squeezed Aunt Zhao's hand and said gratefully: "Fortunately, you reminded me, otherwise, I would have caused a big disaster!"
Although Captain Qian looks like he is jealous of money, he is actually very shrewd.
Thinking about it, if he didn't have the ability, he wouldn't have become the person Emperor Chengtai could use, let alone be sent to the southwest to escort the Hou family's family.
If Mrs. Zhang ignored her "daughter" and always defended Feng Yanting as a slave, ordinary people would be suspicious, let alone a hawk like Xiaowei Qian!
