Spring Forest Evening

The four members of Shen Yi's family stayed until the late afternoon, seeing that the sun was a little bit late before returning home. Even so, the two brothers who had taken a full nap at the moment were very energetic, so they refused to go back. For this reason, the eldest brother, Arong, made an excuse to learn riding and archery from his uncle, saying that the gentleman hired by the mansion taught him too slowly (poorly), while the second eldest, Ahua, clamored to find a good-looking fairy sister, saying that her sister could Carry him around in circles, and make delicious food for him.

"Sister Fairy!" Marquis Weiyuan didn't take it seriously, he just thought it was some capable maid of the palace who served the mother and son when Shen Yi brought her son over, and smiled and stroked the little hair on his son's head casually. Said a sentence:

"There are also good-looking young ladies in our house, go back and play with them!"

Shen Yi and Shen Fu looked at each other, and both of them couldn't help but rejoice in their hearts, it was fortunate that A Hua didn't let Zhou Heng be called aunt according to his seniority, otherwise he would have to go out of his way now.

The key point is that Ah Hua is actually easy to deal with. After all, he is young, so he might forget it when he looks back, but there is A Rong who is much taller than him standing next to him. He's a young boy, so it's not easy to fool him, so Shen Fu comforted him in a gentle voice: "Arong, you go back first, uncle will come to your house in a few days."

"Uncle, did you say that you would come to our house for a reunion dinner in a few days during the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Ah Rong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he could accept this idea.

The adults looked at each other upon hearing this, not knowing how to explain it to him.

It turned out that just now, while the two children were taking a nap, the two uncles of the Xie family from the Duke Huguo's Mansion gave their opinions on the current situation in the capital, and then Shen Fu vaguely mentioned the two uncles in the palace a few days ago. There was something strange about the fire everywhere, and at the same time, he told several people frankly that the three princesses came to the so-called firefighting process in the rain with their guards on the night of the fire.

Marquis Weiyuan lost his father in his early years, and has been the pillar of the mansion for so many years. He has long been used to thinking deeply about everything, not to mention the two elders of the Xie family. The Duke's Mansion, which has a special connection, has been taught to be cautious in everything since childhood, so after hearing Shen Fu's words, Marquis Weiyuan knew something about the situation before, so he didn't say much. After hearing this, people were a little shocked. They knew about the fire in the palace before. At that time, the emperor specially sent someone to inform him in the palace, but this was the first time he had heard about the three princesses. He pondered:

"Ah Fu, this matter... either way, the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet can be avoided, anyway, now you have a legitimate excuse, didn't you say to keep the filial piety period for the cousin of the Zhou family for half a year? Yes, then don't enter the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we will help to speak for you in front of the emperor later."

These words went to Shen Fu's heart, not to mention that this year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet will definitely have some irritating tricks, not necessarily aimed at him, but he doesn't want to be involved in it either.

Furthermore, even if everything is safe, those palace banquets in the past are actually not very interesting. The second is that the food is not delicious. The main reason is that the emperor is there, and everyone is mostly submissive, so I have already thought about the arrangements for the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, a palace banquet was held and Ah Heng went to the house next door.

When the moon is in the middle of the sky and there is no one there, there is a moon on the head and a moon in the water. The two of them are eating moon cakes in the water pavilion and enjoying the moon. I don't know how many times the banquet.

Marquis Weiyuan actually didn't agree with Shen Fu's way of avoiding the palace banquet, but seeing that his wife nodded after listening to Duke Hu Guo's words, he didn't say anything anymore. My lord, if the palace really wants to deal with him, it's not too late.

Of course, if it was just the second prince and the third princess doing small tricks in secret, then it would be a good thing to avoid the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet now, anyway, Prince Jing's mansion has always been tough and wants to be a pure minister.

Thinking of this, he originally planned to take his eldest son to the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet to see the world, but Marquis Weiyuan decided to dismiss this idea for the time being. Anyway, Arong is still young, and his wife may not agree to it. The old mother at home can basically predict it. If she doesn't agree, she wants to happily pray to the moon and make wishes on Mid-Autumn Festival night surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

There was such an episode, so before leaving, when Arong asked Shen Fu if he would come to their house for a reunion dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival, seeing that the rest of the people didn't know how to answer his son's question, Marquis Weiyuan went Standing up with a smile:

"Okay, if uncle had nothing to do that day, he would naturally come to our house, right Afu?"

Shen Fu didn't expect that the father and son of the elder sister's family would ask and answer this matter. Although he would not go to Weiyuan Hou's Mansion even if there was nothing to do, after all, it was August [-]th, but he had to tell him in person. The nephew who was waiting to answer felt a little unbearable, and didn't know how to answer for a while. Fortunately, Shen Yi, who was next to him, helped out when she saw this, and urged the three men, big and small, to leave quickly:

"Oh, let's talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival at that time. Isn't there still a few days left? Uncle is the head of the house. I don't know if there will be anything at that time!"

He also taught his sons to bid farewell to the elders of the Xie family:

"Two uncles, two aunts, we'll go back first. It's rare for you to come here. I haven't seen Afu for a while. If there is nothing to do in the mansion, just sit down for a while. Don't worry, Nanny Shen The arrangement is settled, you can go back after dinner!"

"Hey, Ah Yi, it's not like you don't know that there are many things going on in the mansion." Seeing this, Mrs. Hu Guogong took her arm and made a gesture to go out, then turned her head to greet her sister-in-law: "How about we go too?"

So one by one, the rest of the people also stood up, only the second uncle of the Xie family shook his head with a smile and said: "You go ahead, I, I haven't seen Ah Fu for some time, I miss you very much. I'm not missing either, we'll talk to my nephew and uncle later, and I'll come back after dinner."

"Oh, second uncle, are you caring about your nephew and ignoring your second aunt?" Shen Yi knew that Shen Fu didn't want to keep anyone for dinner, so she regretted that she had spoken too early, and hurriedly spoke for Shen Fu, hoping that she would The second uncle of the family can know each other.

"Ayi, didn't you just tell us to leave after dinner?" Uncle Xie said with a smile, and then looked at his wife for questioning: "Besides, your second aunt definitely wants me to stay to eat Dinner, right?"

"Of course." Before Shen Yi had time to say anything, Mrs. Xie answered with a smile: "Ayi, I really have something to do in the house, and besides, their nephew and uncle are comfortable together, so I won't make any trouble. The only thing is, don't be greedy!"

While talking, he glared at Uncle Xie.

All right, Shen Yi could only say awkwardly: "Then let's go together!" while casting an apologetic look at Shen Fu.

Shen Fu was not in a hurry, after all, Mu Yun had already helped Zhou Heng settle down before, and there was a resting room in the outer study, so it was not impossible for her to wait there for a while. The uncle's style, maybe he has something to say to himself, so he also said with a smile:

"Thank you, Second Aunt, don't worry, I will definitely look after Second Uncle later, and I won't let you drink more than three cups!"

Seeing what he said, Shen Yi felt relieved, took her youngest son's hand and happily left with the three of Xie's family.

On the other side, the nephew and uncle sat down again, and as Shen Fu expected, it was too conspicuous for the Duke Hu to stay, but it was discussed before going out, asking him to stay a little longer to exchange with Shen Fu Situation, as a megaphone at both ends.

So the two had a chat, unknowingly the sun was setting and the sky was getting darker. In the middle of it, Shen Fu suggested to set the meal first. Uncle Xie felt that the meal at noon just now was very rich and he ate too much, so he waved his hand Say it or say it later:

"The weather is not cold now, no more than you young people, I'd better wait for a while, if you are hungry, let someone serve you first, don't worry about me."

Seeing this, Shen Fu gave up, he planned to go back to have dinner with Zhou Heng, so the two planned to continue talking.

Unexpectedly, a young guard came in at this time, looking at Shen Fu hesitantly, as if he wanted to report something, and Shen Fu was a little surprised to see him coming in.

Second Uncle Xie laughed and got up: "It seems that there is something to do, okay, I'll go outside for a couple of laps first, just to get rid of the food."

In the end, when he returned to the house after walking a few laps, he found Shen Fu's face was as serious as water, and he saluted himself, so he couldn't help asking in surprise:

"what happened?"