Chapter 67: This Opportunity
In other words, the natural harmony between the Dong family and the Meng family is really just a superficial harmony, and their exchanges are just New Year's greetings and have nothing to do with winning the heir apparent.
At this moment, her grandmother asked her to go with Meng Meili to congratulate Dong Wushuang on his birthday. It was obvious that she wanted to use the closeness between their juniors to bring the Meng family closer to the Dong family, with the intention of getting With the help of Dong Bu, the right minister of the Ministry of War.
But judging from the grandmother’s thoughts, the Meng family should have also tried to win over the Dong family before, but failed. Now they brought it up again and asked their two grandchildren to do it because Dong Linglong was at the Peach Blossom Banquet. The fight with Meng Meili didn't want to hurt the harmony between the two families, so he asked them to come to show their kindness.
In this way, even if they can't win over each other, it can be regarded as a kind of repair, allowing the relationship between the two families to remain in the same state as before.
It can be seen that after the grandmother listened to De Baozhu's narration of what happened at the banquet, she did not really care about the fight between Meng Meili and Dong Linglong, nor did she really think that she kicked Dong Linglong in the side to protect Meng Meili. One kick is right.
I’m afraid that in my grandmother’s heart, right and wrong are small, but the benefits are big.
Grandma is a grandmother after all. She has experienced decades of storms. She has never seen any situation before and did not attack immediately. But she is a big enough person who can endure, see through, and see far.
The silence in the past few days must be that grandma is waiting for an opportunity.
Confining her feet is a punishment for her lack of respect for her elders. When the opportunity comes, even if she does not take the initiative to show her kindness, her grandmother will definitely find another way to regain the warmth of her ancestors and grandchildren for this opportunity.
For the young lady in other people's family, the birth date of a mere junior from the Dong family, my grandmother must have taken great pains to find out in advance for this opportunity.
Meng Shisan thought about it over and over, but kept his expression low and remained well-behaved: "Okay, but I have to be invited by Miss Dong Er."
Old Mrs. Meng said cheerfully: "I just delivered it before you came. The post should be delivered to you and Sister Jing's courtyard now. I have also asked the receptionist to return it. You two sisters will be invited by then."
Meng Shisan was puzzled.
Just after the peach blossom banquet and the fight, Meng Meili’s soft flesh still screamed in pain from time to time after the doctor saw it and applied medicine. The scratches on Dong Linglong’s face were seen by Yu Minglu After seeing the medicine, it had not completely healed in just a few days. Dong Wushuang was so tight on Dong Linglong's face that day. Although it was not shown on his face, he was somewhat angry with her and Meng Meili.
Furthermore, the name of her illness was unknown before. It is understandable that the Dong sisters had never invited her, but they had never invited Meng Meili. Moreover, when Dong Linglong saw Meng Meili in front of the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion that day, she was not at all interested. The attitude of not hiding their disgust shows that they don't deal with each other.
Even if Dong Linglong was curious about her side kick and didn't believe the answer she gave that day, and wanted to ask her for the answer again later, it was also Dong Wushuang's birthday, not Dong Linglong's. Birthday, since it is Dong Wushuang's birthday, is Dong Wushuang's home field. Even if Dong Linglong is the eldest sister, she will not make her sister the owner of this birthday unhappy because of an outsider.
There are various signs that Dong Wushuang will never post a message to her and Meng Meili to invite them to her birthday party.
Of course, facts speak louder than words.
The invitations to Dong Wushuang's birthday party were sent, and they were in duplicate. She and Meng Meili each had one invitation. They could make the decision by themselves, and whether they went or not would not affect the other person.
It was so thoughtful that no matter how she thought about it, she felt as if it was sent for her convenience.
It not only allows her to leave the house openly, but also eliminates the need to be tied to Meng Meimei all the time. She does not have to go together when she first leaves the house to accept the invitation. Anyway, there are two posts.
There must be some external force that caused Dong Wushuang to send out this invitation.
This made Meng Shisan think of Cui Yu involuntarily.
Meng Meijing was in Wanfei Courtyard at the moment, looking at the beautiful post in her hand in a daze.
She had never been invited to the birthdays of the Dong sisters, and she was not even invited to attend Dong Linglong's hairpin ceremony this year. However, the Meng Mansion sent gifts to the Dong Mansion to congratulate Dong Linglong on her hairpin wedding this year. During the ceremony, the Dong Mansion also sent congratulatory gifts to the Meng Mansion. The etiquette between the two families was always thorough.
That’s all.
Why did she suddenly invite her to attend Dong Wushuang’s birthday?
Jixiang said: "Miss, I heard from the person who sent the post that the eldest lady also received the post, and the old lady knew about it, and asked the post to be sent back to the Dong Mansion. The person who posted the message said that both you and the eldest lady will be invited to congratulate you.”
Ruyi also nodded on the other side: "Yes, the eldest lady is still in Changchun Courtyard and has not come out at the moment. I think the old lady is talking to the eldest lady about this."
Dong Mansion, Guanghong Courtyard, Ye Dutang .
Dong Kuan and Cui Yu sat opposite each other on the Arhat couch. There was a chessboard on the couch in the middle, with black and white pieces killing Zhenglie.
The entourage of the two of them stood on the verandah outside the house, one on the left and one on the right like two door gods.
At this time, footsteps came from the corner of the verandah, and Shen Sheng and Hu Qiao couldn't help but look sideways at the same time.
Shen Zhi walked out of the corner and walked quickly towards this side. As he got closer, he saw that besides Shen Sheng, Hu Qiao was also there. He couldn't help but ask: "Master, are you in there?"
"Master and Cui Qi" "I'm all in there," Shen Sheng replied.
Dong Kuan inside the house heard the noise: "Come in."
"Nuo." Shen Zhi accepted the order and entered the house. He saw his young master and seven of the Cui family. "Master," he said politely, "Sir, Master Cui Qi."
"Did it arrive?" Dong Kuan asked.
"Sent it, and got a reply saying that Miss Meng and Miss Meng will definitely arrive in a few days," Shen Zhi reported.
Hearing this, Cui Yu raised the corners of her lips slightly, and as soon as the white ones fell from her fingers, she killed the black ones instantly.
Dong Kuan waved his hand to Shen Zhi, and when he turned around and saw this scene, he couldn't help shouting: "No, I have helped so much, how could Brother Zhong Nan be so cruel!"
"Busy is busy, chess is chess, how can they be confused." Cui Yu, whose courtesy name is Zhongnan.
He asked Dong Kuan for help regarding the post.
Dong Kuan was twenty-one years old, named Tongyu, and was the son of Dong Bu. He was originally a concubine. His biological mother died of hemorrhage after giving birth to him. When Dong Bu's wife, Miao, saw this, she took him to her knees and raised him as her legitimate son. This is why He grew up next to the Miao family since he was a child. He and his two direct daughters were as close as brothers and sisters, and they were the direct sons of the Dong family.
Cui Yu is already thirty-seven years old, and there is a sixteen-year age difference between him and Dong Kuan. Logically speaking, they cannot get along with each other due to age difference. However, the two hit it off immediately and chatted happily. They became close friends.
Although Dong Kuan was the son of his aunt, he was raised by his direct wife since he was a child. The Miao family only had two daughters, so they sincerely raised him as their own son. In order to help him become a talented person, the Miao family even treated him like a child. The two daughters are even stricter and more demanding.
Fortunately, Dong Kuan also strived for success, took the imperial examination all the way, and successfully passed the exam, but he failed and died in spring.
(End of this chapter)