When I woke up, I was fine

Mrs. Dou received Mrs. Guan with a smile on her face, invited her to the manor, and gave a gift to the eighth lady who met for the first time.

After Qi Qi sat down happily, Guan Lengyan took a box from the hand of the maid behind her.

"I didn't prepare any good things for this visit. They are all common things. Madam should keep them for others."

Mrs. Dou took the box and started to feel that it was heavy. She quickly held it and handed it to the maid behind her.

Mrs. Dou didn't open it to read, she spoke coldly and politely to Guan.Guan Lengyan gave another piece of beautiful jade to Li Xiuxiu next to her as a meeting gift, "I came in a hurry and didn't prepare well, so I'll give this piece of jade to the lady to press her skirt."

Li Xiuxiu took it respectfully, first held it to show Madam Dou, and then handed it to the maid behind her.

After the two parties had a few sips of tea, Mrs. Dou invited Guan Lengyan to meet her natal family.

"I haven't entertained guests here for a long time, and I haven't been to other people's homes in recent years because of our master's affairs. When I posted this banquet a few days ago, my natal family said that the whole family would come. Bringing my sisters is also for the sake of my face, and my mother also said that she wants to meet the eldest lady."

After finishing speaking, he smiled kindly at Cao Li, and the meaning was self-evident.

Guan Lengyan could figure it out, this is because Mrs. Dou's natal family wanted to see what their grandson-in-law was like. Based on their temperament, they might think Mrs. Dou couldn't do anything.

But Guan Lengyan is not worried. Mrs. Dou is really no worse than the little ladies of other families. After the Cao thief sealed Wei Wang, she was able to wear a sword and wear shoes in the hall. With the traitor's temper, it is impossible to only wear a sword. , There was a sergeant carrying his big lance outside the main hall. In the early years, Cao lance watched the performance of the emperors and ministers of the Han Dynasty, and saw the infighting of the Sima family in the Jin Dynasty. I have seen with my own eyes that Fu Jian was frightened by the turmoil.

"Since the old lady is here, I will bring the girl to visit."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the two girls standing beside him. Ba Niangzi tried her best to make herself look better, but Cao Qian seemed careless.

Mrs. Dou looked at the two young ladies and wondered whether it was because Cao Li didn't know what was going to happen in front of him, or because he was brought up so calmly.

So he stood up and led the way, and led them to the female relatives of Dou's family.

The wives of the Dou family are also discussing this matter at this time. At the beginning, the old lady revealed that she wanted to betroth the girl in the family to Jiancheng. Although Jiancheng is a good child, but their family has been walking away. Going downhill, these aunts are naturally a little reluctant, and the aunts who don't want to be aunts next to them seem a little hesitant.

Finally, their Li family fell in love with a girl and wanted to marry their sons and daughters, but the old lady was a little dissatisfied, thinking how could those cats and dogs outside be worthy of her grandson?

So the whole family came here just to see how their girls are doing.

When Cao Qian came over, he could feel that everyone's eyes were on him, and he still walked in unison, followed Guan Lengyan to meet everyone in a regular manner, received a lot of greeting gifts, and behaved well in the middle, Not cramped at all, and not ostentatious.

Madam Dou was relieved, and focused on Cao Li's performance today. She felt that this daughter-in-law had completely exceeded expectations.After having this feeling, he became even more loving towards Cao Li, took her to his side personally, and introduced to others when receiving the guests, "This is a child from a relative's family, take her here to meet each family, so as not to waste time She won't know people to make jokes in the future."

Many guests saw that the child was white and tender, and behaved gracefully, and they thought it was a relative of her natal family, so they didn't take it seriously.

After the day was over, Guan Lengyan took the two girls back. When they parted, Mrs. Dou held Cao Li's hand, "I will send someone to pick you up to play at home in two days. Xiuxiu Yuanba and the others are all thinking of you." Well, if you come to play at home for a few days, I have prepared a room for you, so you don’t need to bring anything, as the house has everything you need.”

Cao Yang turned his head back to look at Guan Lengyan, then smiled sweetly at Mrs. Dou, said goodbye to Xiuxiu who was following him, and followed Guan Lengyan back obediently.

After all the guests had left, Madam Dou finally breathed a sigh of relief, and she held her daughter's hand when she returned, "Our family hasn't invited guests for two or three years, and this busy schedule makes people feel a little tired."

Xiuxiu was talking beside her, "Later, my son will beat your shoulders and back for you."

Mrs. Dou was in a particularly good mood today, and she stroked her daughter's hair happily, "My dear boy, I remember your kindness, I am tired after meeting many people with my mother today, go back early."

After Xiuxiu parted from Mrs. Dou, she bounced back to her yard, where a group of brothers were practicing throwing pots.

Li Jiancheng sat crookedly on the chair, holding his fourth younger brother Yuanji in his arms, and when he saw Li Xiuxiu coming in, he just rolled his eyes, "Are you back? Are you tired? There is water on the table, go and have a drink."

Xiuxiu took a sip from the water glass, sat next to her eldest brother, and fed the water in the glass to Yuan Ji who was in her arms.

Li Jiancheng first told Li Xiuxiu what Yuanji ate and played today for a long time, but in the end he couldn't help it.

"Tell me, did grandma, aunt, aunt, and the others say anything nasty to the eldest lady today?"

"I waited for a long time, thinking that the elder brother will not ask today, but I didn't expect that the elder brother can't even wait for a moment." Li Xiuxiu joked about Li Jiancheng, and did not keep him waiting for a long time. I said it all.

"Someone still joked with our aunt today, asking her at the door if she wanted to treat the eldest lady as a daughter-in-law? Otherwise, why did she lead the eldest lady to welcome guests at the door?"

"What did Auntie say?"

"Aniang said, yes, if the family of such a good girl gets rid of her sooner, I don't know which family will be cheaper. People think our Aunt is joking, and everyone laughs and the matter is over."

Li Shimin squeezed over at this time, "Aniang's trick is relatively high-level, and it is false and real, just to make them confused."

No one was playing anymore, so Li Yuanba also ran over. He couldn't understand what the two elder brothers were saying, and he just made faces at the fourth brother who was sitting in the arms of the elder brother.

Li Jiancheng bowed his head and thought for a while, and just as he had an idea, he heard Li Xiuxiu next to him say, "Auntie invited the eldest lady to come to our house to play in a few days. I heard that the meaning of the eldest lady is to let the eldest lady stay at our house for a few days."

Li Shimin asked quickly, "The eldest lady agrees?"

Li Xiuxiu nodded, "I don't object when I look at Mrs. Guan."

Li Jiancheng handed Li Yuanji in his arms to Li Xiuxiu, "I need to find my father and mother for something, so you can play here first."

After speaking, he trotted a few steps on his long legs and ran out of the yard. His younger brothers and sisters looked at his back, and Li Yuanba asked in a low voice, "Did elder brother stop playing with us after he has a wife?"

At this time, Li Yuan and Madam Dou were looking at the gifts brought by Guan Lengyan.

This set of gifts is a hair accessory that women can use. It is gorgeously decorated and inlaid with many jewels.

After Li Yuan saw it, he discussed it with Mrs. Dou, "Let me take this set of things to the palace first, maybe what we want to plan will be successful."

Although Mrs. Dou was a little reluctant, she still covered the box and pushed it forward, "In that case, I will leave this thing to the master."

When the two of them were talking here, Li Jiancheng came running over, full of vigor when he came, and Mrs. Dou couldn't help but smile when she saw it, "My son is here, come here slowly for something, look at what kind of family you look like when you come here Looks like a son."

Although he complained, but in his heart he couldn't do enough to love the child, so he quickly pulled the child to him, and wiped the non-existent ashes on his face with a handkerchief.

"I just heard my sister say that she will take over the eldest lady in a few days?"

Mrs. Dou nodded, "I see that the eldest lady treats people well, and I don't need to say anything, but after all, I don't know the people in Chang'an City. I will take her to recognize the famous people in Chang'an City. When the time comes, she will marry into the family." It will be my right and left hand.”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but beam with joy, "I didn't say that, I really like the eldest lady. As expected, a mother-in-law prefers a daughter-in-law chosen by herself."

Li Jiancheng just listened with a smile, and Li Yuan couldn't help thinking in his heart, maybe Mrs. Cheng meant that she didn't like the daughter of the eldest grandson's family.After all, the daughter of the eldest grandson's family was not chosen by the wife on her own initiative.It was when the elder Sun Wuji and his brother and sister's father were still alive when they heard about Mrs. Dou's virtuous reputation, they asked someone to pass it on their own initiative.Later, after many things, the two families formed a family with sons and daughters, and the daughter of the eldest grandson's family was not bad. It seemed that the eldest lady of the Cao family did not win the wife's favor after all.

Mrs. Dou didn't care about the feelings of her husband and son, and continued, "How did Empress Dugu become less and less affectionate with Yang Yong's mother and son back then? It wasn't because of the death of the Crown Princess."

Empress Dugu married Yang Jian, and the two made an oath in the wedding night in the bridal chamber, that is to say, all of Yang Jian's future children would be born to Empress Dugu, and Yang Jian could not be promiscuous, let alone concubines.

Empress Dugu especially hates those men who don't respect the royal family, but her own son is the person she hates the most.

At that time, Yang Yong's wife, Yuan Shi, had a gentle temperament, and Empress Dugu loved this eldest daughter-in-law very much.But this eldest daughter-in-law was not favored by his son. At that time, the prince Yang Yong liked the side concubine and other female relatives in the East Palace, and ignored the prince concubine. His own children were all born to the favorite concubine, and the Yuan family had no children Half girl, once the princess fell ill and died within two days, which made the Lonely Empress suspect that she was killed by her favorite concubine.

A fierce quarrel broke out between the mother and son because of this incident.As the youngest son, Yang Guang has long understood his mother's temperament, deliberately behaved not to be obsessed with women, and has a deep affection with his wife, the princess Xiao.

Because of the death of the princess concubine, the relationship between the queen and the prince became irreconcilable. At this time, Yang Guang deliberately acted in front of his mother, so that all his performances met his mother's expectations, which gave birth to Queen Dugu. A mentality of abandoning the old and establishing the young.

Empress Dugu once said, "She was a concubine, and she dared to murder the main wife. After a hundred years, all my sons would bow down to her. Didn't our sons become fish, and she could kill her at will with the help of the prince and her sons. "

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law affected the direction of the country, which was probably something that no one could have predicted at the time.