[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

The next day, Zhang came to see Rong Enqing.

"Mother, we have almost finished the work at home. I am going back to my parents' home tomorrow."

"You haven't been back for many years. Why don't you take this opportunity to bring Yun Ye back with you and let your father and mother see their grandson."

Rong Enqing meant well, but Zhang refused: "No need. Let's do it next time. I plan to bring my fifth sister back with me this time."

Rong Enqing looked at Zhang in confusion. She returned to her parents' home without her son? She brought her sister-in-law with her? What was going on?

Zhang explained, "Tomorrow, my mother's family will hold a flower-viewing banquet. I want to take my fifth sister to see the world and talk to my father about finding a school for Yun Ye."

Rong Enqing suddenly realized and said with a smile: "You are very thoughtful. Yunshu really needs to go out more often. She is too timid. I will have to trouble you as her sister-in-law to teach her more in the future."

Zhang nodded slightly, "Yes. My daughter-in-law will teach Yunshu well."

After Zhang left, Rong Enqing asked Meixiang curiously, "Is there a flower viewing banquet at the Zhang residence tomorrow? When was the invitation sent? Why haven't I heard about it?"

Meixiang glanced around and saw that no one was inside or outside the hall, so she said awkwardly: "The Zhang family didn't send an invitation. I guess the people outside don't know that our family has ended the mourning period, so they didn't send an invitation."

Rong Enqing glanced at Meixiang and sighed helplessly, "You are good at comforting people."

The Marquis' Mansion had recently received an imperial edict and moved to a new location. She didn't believe that there was anyone in the capital who didn't know that the mourning period had been lifted.

So, it’s not that the Zhang family doesn’t know about this, they just don’t want to invite us.

Thinking of this, Rong Enqing couldn't help but start to worry whether Zhang's return home tomorrow would be smooth.

Just when Rong Enqing was frowning, a fat girl ran in with two bamboo shoots in her hands, "Madam, look, these are the bamboo shoots I just broke. How about we have bamboo shoots fried with meat for lunch?"

The person who came was Ah Shou, who had just come to serve at Baishou Hall a few days ago. An eight-year-old fat girl, innocent and naive, she was not afraid of people at all.

Seeing Ah Shou rushing in rashly and without rules, Meixiang couldn't help but frown and was about to scold him.

"It's okay." Rong Enqing waved at her, then waved at Ah Shou and said with a smile, "Did you go to the backyard to pick bamboo shoots by yourself? Be careful not to fall."

Ah Shou smiled and replied, "It's okay, Madam. When I was at home, I also picked bamboo shoots myself."

Rong Enqing didn't dwell on this question, "Just these two? I can't eat more than two."

Ah Shou nodded his head in agreement: "Well, I'll go break off a few more."

Having said that, he ran out.

Rong Enqing quickly stopped him: "Don't worry, I'll go with you."

"Madam?" Meixiang looked at Rong Enqing disapprovingly. "The backyard hasn't been taken care of yet, and there are dead branches and leaves everywhere. Be careful not to offend Madam. If you want to go out for a walk, Meixiang will accompany you to the garden. It's spring now, and the flowers in the garden are blooming. They are so beautiful."

Ah Shou stood aside, looking at Rong Enqing, then at Meixiang, and finally realized something. He quickly agreed, "Madam, you can follow Sister Meixiang to the garden to see the flowers. I will pick bamboo shoots by myself. I can do it by myself."

Rong Enqing naturally knew Meixiang's good intentions, but he was worried about Ah Shou going to the bamboo forest in the backyard to pick bamboo shoots alone, so he immediately said, "Then let Eryue go with Ah Shou."

Meixiang breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile, "Yes."

With Ah Shou's interruption, Rong Enqing's worries were also disturbed. After following Meixiang to stroll in the garden and looking at the various flowers in the yard, Rong Enqing really felt that spring had come.

"Plum fragrance."

"Madam?"

"What do you think? Should we hold a flower viewing party in our house?"

"..." Meixiang said nothing, her expression solemn.

Logically speaking, holding a flower-viewing banquet and inviting families from the capital to the Marquis's mansion to enjoy the flowers would be the best way to announce the end of the mourning period.

Unfortunately, the status and reputation of the Marquis' Mansion in the capital are very embarrassing.

In the early years, when the Marquis was still alive, few families were willing to come to the banquet held in the mansion. Not to mention now...

Rong Enqing did not continue this topic, but he was thinking in his heart that he had to change the current situation.

Otherwise, Yun Shu's marriage will be difficult, and Yun Ye's marriage will be even more difficult in the future.

It can't be that Yunye's marriage will have to rely on the emperor to approve it, right?

Thinking of this, Rong Enqing couldn't help but frown.

The marriage between the original body and Yun Zhen was a marriage granted by the late emperor.

The marriage between Yun Hong and Zhang was arranged by the current emperor.

Did the royal family really like to grant marriages so much? Or did the Marquis and the Prince of Shun'an really not find a suitable noble lady to match with?

It's not Rong Enqing's fault for thinking too much, mainly because after Yun Zhen married Rong, there was a scandal of favoring his concubine over his wife and a farce of the two sons fighting each other. The Shun'an Marquisate, which already had a bad reputation, became a complete joke.

In Rong Enqing's view, the original body was a confused person who liked to make a mountain out of a molehill, was jealous, and seemed to have a hot temper, but in fact, she was very easy to control. Most importantly, she did not have enough wisdom to support her desires. Therefore, she messed up the mansion, failed to make her youngest son the marquis, and was finally angered to death by her illegitimate son and concubine.

In a word, the original body was not a good candidate for the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion.

As for Yun Hong, the one who was arranged to marry her, Zhang, came from a prominent family. Although her appearance was not particularly outstanding, she was a well-known talented woman. She was also a virtuous lady carefully cultivated by the Zhang family. She was definitely an excellent candidate for the future mistress of the Marquis' Mansion.

It is said that one should marry a virtuous wife. Zhang is more than a hundred times more virtuous than the original wife, Rong.

But the result?

Yun Hong was even more miserable than his father Yun Zhen. He died at a young age!

Is this a coincidence? Or is it man-made?

Rong Enqing didn't dare to think too much.

No matter what the truth is, Rong Enqing feels that it would be better for Yun Ye not to wait for the current emperor to grant the marriage for his wife.

The next day, Zhang took Yunshu back to her parents' home.

Rong Enqing waited anxiously for the two to return home, feeling that things might not go smoothly.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, Zhang came back with Yunshu.

When the two men came to see her, Yun Shu had obviously been crying. Her eyes were red, and she was frightened and dazed.

Zhang also looked absent-minded and had a very unpleasant expression on her face.

Rong Enqing quickly sent Yun Shu away and waited for Zhang to speak.

After a long while, Zhang said with a pale face, "Mother, I am incompetent and caused my fifth sister to be humiliated in the Zhang residence today. Please punish me, mother."

As she said this, Zhang was about to kneel down to Rong Enqing.

Rong Enqing immediately helped her up, "You don't have to blame yourself. Yun Shu is like this, it's not a bad thing for her to experience more things. As long as she is okay, it's fine."

"Thank you for your understanding, mother." Zhang thanked her sincerely, and after a moment of hesitation, she finally said, "Mother, I'm afraid it won't work to ask my family to find a school for Yun Ye."

Rong Enqing was stunned. With the Zhang family's family background and their status in the academic world, finding an academy for their grandson should be a piece of cake, right?

Rong Enqing was just wondering when he saw Zhang suddenly cover her face with her hands and sob.