While Wei Gong Ziyu secretly observed Zhao Hongrun, his cousin, Zhao Hongrun also looked at the former cousin calmly. The two cousins sat opposite each other for a long time, but neither of them spoke first, which made the atmosphere in the pavilion slightly tense.
Somewhat bland.
This was not Zhao Hongrun's original intention, so he was the first to greet him: "Cousin, I wonder how my aunt is doing lately?"
After hearing this, Wei Yu cupped his hands and replied: "Thank you for your good words, my mother is in good health."
On the side, Que'er and Wei Jiao glanced at Wei Yu with some surprise: Their highness had clearly put down his attitude and took the initiative to show his kindness, but this Wei Gong Ziyu had no intention of clinging to his family status. This can be seen from this.
, this is a shy person with a strong self-esteem.
Zhao Hongrun also noticed it, and noticed that the cousin in front of him seemed to be humble and polite, but in fact he was distant, intentionally or unintentionally.
But he didn't feel strange about this. After all, although they were cousins, they had never met each other since they were born. Therefore, it was normal for them not to be familiar with each other. On the contrary, if this cousin had become close to him as soon as he came up,
If not, then he will feel awkward.
However, this atmosphere also made the chat between the cousins particularly boring. It is no wonder that there are many sensitive topics that Zhao Hongrun and Wei Yu did not want to bring up on their own initiative - for example, during the last war, Weiguo was attacked by the Korean general
Sima Shang led his army to invade.
And this means that the two cousins have very few topics to talk about.
Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun seemed to have thought of something and asked: "I heard that the title of "Marquis Xue Ling" was inherited by a family member?"
"My family? Are you referring to the current "Xue Linghou Wei Zhang"?" Wei Yu chuckled lightly and said with some emotion: "It happened many years ago."
The "Xue Linghou" mentioned by the cousins refers to their maternal grandfather, "Xue Linghou Wei Shuo" of Wei State.
This old man gave birth to a pair of daughters who were well-known in the Wei Kingdom. The eldest daughter is now the queen of King Wei, known as "David Ji", and is the biological mother of Wei Gong Ziyu; and the younger daughter is Zhao Hongrun.
His biological mother Wei Ji. "Note: Ji here does not refer to a name, but refers to a woman with status."
Unfortunately, the Marquis of Xue Ling, Wei Shuo, had no heirs. Therefore, the old man once adopted an adopted son from the same clan, who is now the "Marquis of Xue Ling, Wei Zhang".
Let’s not mention Zhao Hongrun’s biological mother, Xiao Wei Ji. After all, the latter passed away due to dystocia when Zhao Hongrun was born. And David Ji, the biological mother of Wei Gong Ziyu, did not have a harmonious relationship with Wei Zhang.
"The main reason is that Wei Zhang...well, after inheriting his grandfather's title, he still had close contacts with the family where he came from." Wei Yu explained to Zhao Hongrun.
In this era, "adoption" is very particular. Take Wei Zhang as an example. He was born in the "Wei family of Pingyi" and was the third son of "Pingyi Marquis Weiyan". However, after adopting "Xue Lingwei"
"", after becoming the son of "Xue Linghou Wei Shuo", even if Wei Zhang later met his biological father "Pingyi Wei Wei Yan", he could not call him "father", he could only call him uncle. In fact, the two biological father and son were already
People from both families.
But Wei Zhang was very unreasonable. On the one hand, he inherited the title and family property of "Xue Linghou Wei Shuo", but on the other hand, he still wanted to return to the "Pingyi Wei family" genealogy. This made the eldest daughter of "Xue Ling Hou Wei Shuo" become a big brother.
Wei Ji felt very dissatisfied - she even had some doubts that when Wei Zhang adopted her "Xue Ling Wei family", it was a conspiracy to steal her "Xue Ling Wei family".
However, recently, Wei Zhang has become more honest, because after Han general Sima Shang invaded the territory of Wei from Fanyang, the first one he attacked was "Dunqiu", and the second one he attacked was "Pingyi".
For this reason, many people of the Wei clan in Pingyi died. "Pingyi Marquis Weiyan" was also captured alive by Han general Sima Shang and hanged on the city tower in Pingyi.
Of course, during the Korean general Sima Shang's subsequent attack on the eastern part of the Wei Kingdom, "Xue Ling" was also captured by the Korean army. However, Wei Zhang had escaped long ago. Although many family properties were lost, the family was in peace.
In desperation, "Xue Linghou Wei Zhang" turned to his adopted sister, Wei Yu's biological mother David Ji, and begged the latter to support him in reorganizing the family business, so he is quite honest at the moment.
"Has Xue Ling... been captured by the Korean army?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a hint of sadness.
Although he has never stayed in Xue Ling in Weiguo, this county is also the place where his biological mother once lived, so he has somewhat different feelings in his heart.
"Hmm." Wei Yu nodded, and then said with relief: "I went to Xue Ling to see that Han General Sima Shang, well, he was still a general with strict discipline. He did not embarrass the civilians in the city, but only the people in the city.
The nobles suffered a disaster. Not only were their properties robbed by the Korean army, but they also lost their lives... By the way, I heard that Sima Shang has been officially elected as one of the 'Ten Greats of the Northern Plains'."
Zhao Hongrun was not surprised that Sima Shang became one of the "Ten Greats of Beiyuan". After all, one of the "Ten Greats of Beiyuan", "Ji Xin, the Governor of Daijun", was captured alive by General Wu Ji of the Shang Shui Army and ordered to be executed by him.
In addition to the "former Shangdang guard Feng Ting" who had surrendered to the Wei State, two vacancies suddenly appeared among the ten powerful men in Beiyuan, and they would naturally choose outstanding generals to replace them.
Zhao Hongrun was not surprised to choose Sima Shang, a well-known Korean general, to replace Beiyuan Shihao.
In contrast, he was more curious about the other vacant spot being taken over by the Korean general.
After chatting with Wei Yu for a while, the two cousins gradually became familiar with each other. However, Wei Yu still had no intention of calling Zhao Hongrun brothers. He was obviously a little wary of Zhao Hongrun's cousin's status and power in the Wei State. However, compared with the first time between them just now,
When we met, the atmosphere was obviously much more harmonious.
"My cousin is coming to my Daliang this time. You might as well take the opportunity to visit our Daliang." As he said that, Zhao Hongrun seemed to have thought of something. He subconsciously glanced at the carriage Wei Yu was riding in and asked casually: "My cousin is here this time. How can I visit?"
Was... Huh?"
Just as he was speaking, he suddenly saw two cute little guys looking at them from the window of Wei Yu's carriage.
Noticing Zhao Hongrun's expression, Wei Yu turned around to take a look, then a wry smile appeared on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "The child is so rude, Mr. Run is laughing at him."
Of course Zhao Hongrun wouldn't mind, and asked with a smile: "Are they my cousin's children?"
Wei Yu nodded and explained to Zhao Hongrun that the two little guys were twins born to the same mother. The boy was named Wei Yun and the girl was named Ning Ning. They were both born to his wife.
"Come here? There is delicious food here." Zhao Hongrun picked up a prune from the plate on the stone table and tempted the two little guys.
Unexpectedly, the two little guys seemed to be surprised, and suddenly lowered the curtains, and there was no more movement.
You could vaguely hear a female voice in the carriage scolding her in a low voice.
"Cousin, aren't the upbringings of you and your sister-in-law too strict?" After saying something to Wei Yu, Zhao Hongrun turned to Que'er and said: "Qu'er, take some food into the carriage and give it to the two little ones.
Guys satisfy their cravings.”
Que'er nodded, picked up a plate of dried plums and walked towards the carriage. Wei Yu had no time to refuse, so he had to smile bitterly and shake his head.
However, he gradually realized that the cousin in front of him really put down his arrogance and wanted to be friendly with him, probably because their mothers were biological sisters.
And this made him feel a little complicated.
After a while, the cheers of two little guys came from the carriage, as well as the helpless dissuasion of a woman.
Immediately, a dignified and virtuous woman stepped out of the carriage. Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun immediately stood up and took the initiative to greet her, because he guessed that this woman was probably the wife of his cousin Wei Yu.
"My younger brother, Zhao Run, has met my cousin."
The woman glanced at her husband in surprise, and then bowed Yingying: "I am a member of the Chen family, and I have met my uncle."
"How polite, cousin." Zhao Hongrun raised his hand to invite the cousin's wife to take a seat. After asking her husband with her eyes, the latter thanked her and sat down at the stone table.
Not long afterward, Que'er took a little guy by the hand and stepped out of the carriage, and came to the pavilion. He saw the two little guys who were only half a head taller than the stone table, standing on tiptoe around the stone table.
Standing on their feet and looking at the dried fruits on the plate on the table, Wei Yu and his wife felt very embarrassed, but Zhao Hongrun was very happy and teased the two little guys with their food.
Seeing this, Wei Yu asked curiously: "Master Run's wife, has she not raised her yet?"
"Cousin, if you continue to be so polite, I will really get angry." Zhao Hongrun said deliberately with a straight face.
Wei Yu shook his head and had to change his name to "Xiandi" and asked again.
After hearing Wei Yu's inquiry, Zhao Hongrun didn't know what to answer.
In fact, both he and his female relatives, including Que'er who was teasing the two little guys at the moment, actually like children, but Zhao Hongrun always has some doubts about becoming a father at a young age.
Resistance and uneasiness.
"Sometimes, I still feel like a child, and I really don't have the confidence to teach my children." Zhao Hongrun said with a wry smile.
Wei Yu's face was full of surprise when he heard this.
Come to think of it, he never expected that Wei Gongzi Run, who had made great achievements in the southern and northern wars, would actually say these words.
However, in response to Zhao Hongrun's words, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao secretly nodded.
Only those who are closest to Zhao Hongrun will understand that His Highness may be domineering and strong on the outside, but at certain times, he is still a bit childish.
But no matter how confident he was in teaching his children, Zhao Hongrun couldn't drag it out any longer. Firstly, Concubine Shen Shu couldn't pass the test. Secondly, Miss Su was getting older. He could afford it, but Miss Su couldn't.
Sorry.
The group sat in Shiliting Pavilion and chatted for a while, and then Zhao Hongrun invited his cousin Wei Yu's family to Daliang to have dinner at his Prince Su's Mansion, Quan was supposed to welcome the latter's family.
Wei Yu could not refuse Zhao Hongrun's warm invitation and could only express her gratitude with emotion.
While the two carriages were heading towards Daliang, Wei Yu's wife, Wei Chen, happily said to her husband in the carriage: "My husband, my cousin, seems to value family ties very much. In this way, my family is in Daliang.
You can also rely on something.”
Wei Yu smiled and nodded, but his mood was a bit complicated.