In the carriage, Mrs. Gongsun closed her eyes and fell asleep, and her expression was unclear.
It’s just that time has always been ruthless, and the marks carved on her face seem to be particularly profound. Deep wrinkles cover her cheeks, and the skin that has lost moisture wrinkles around the high cheekbones and bridge of the nose. The corners of her mouth hang down slightly, Even if this face has no expression, it doesn't look kind.
Princess Zhenbei sat next to her. She was not as eloquent as she was in front of the ladies of the aristocratic family. She just sat quietly, occasionally glancing at Mrs. Gongsun. Seeing that she finally opened her eyes, she immediately took the cup of tea. Go to her and say, "Mom, moisten your throat."
Mrs. Gongsun took the tea cup, took a sip, put it down, and asked, "Where are you?"
"There's still more than half a day's journey left, and we can enter the city in the evening."
Mrs. Gongsun exhaled, obviously very tired, she said displeasedly: "You haven't seen that little beast yet?"
Princess Zhenbei didn't seem to hear her address to her eldest grandson, and said softly: "Brother Zhen works as an errand for the emperor. Naturally, he has to obey the emperor's orders in everything. It may not mean that he doesn't take the old lady into consideration."
Mrs. Gongsun snorted softly, "Qing Zheng, Qin Zeng... I should have thought of it earlier."
Qin Zeng's real name was Gongsun Zhen, and his courtesy name was Qingzheng.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking when the sound of horse hooves was heard outside.
Princess Zhenbei opened the curtain and saw a neat team running towards them, wearing black clothes and iron hooves, extremely chilling.
Gongsun Yi on the side got off his horse and said, "It's Jin Yiwei."
The person coming is Chen Yan.
When Chen Yan saw Gongsun Yi, he raised his hand to stop the men behind him, dismounted and raised his hands to Gongsun Yi, saying, "Your Majesty, we meet again."
I don’t know whether this sound of “Crown Prince” was intentional or unintentional, but it was very uncomfortable in the ears of Mrs. Gongsun.
She opened the car curtain slightly and saw the scene outside, and she couldn't help but feel angry in her heart.
Qin Zeng didn't come, but he called Jin Yiwei to come. Was he here to pick her up?
It was more like sending someone to escort them into Beijing.
Princess Zhenbei glanced at Mrs. Gongsun's face and naturally knew why she was angry.
The originally prepared drama of the grandmother's heartache and her obedient eldest grandson could not be staged.
Gongsun Yi raised his hand and returned the greeting to Chen Yan, "Brother Chen."
Chen Yan smiled at him, turned around and saluted Old Madam Gongsun in the carriage and said, "Junior, please give my regards to Old Madam. Lord Qin is on duty in front of the Emperor and has no time to spare. He specially ordered me to come and welcome Old Madam into the capital."
Mrs. Gongsun was angry and said calmly: "Thank you."
Chen Yan was a smiling tiger, and even though he was ignored, he could not show his joy or anger. He waved his hand, and the team of Jin Yiwei divided into two lines, one on the left and one on the right to protect the Gongsun family's motorcade.
Mrs. Gongsun's eyebrows were beating wildly when she saw this cage-like guard.
This little beast!
*****
At the same time that Mrs. Gongsun came to Beijing, the manpower arranged by Qin Zeng and Li Qingyi, as well as the skilled craftsmen assigned by the Queen, had already entered the Zhenbei Palace and began to take care of the residence and repair the houses.
The servants who stayed in Zhenbei Palace to guard the house didn't even dare to say a word, let alone stop him.
Besides, what is there to say?
Qin Zeng is the eldest son of the King of Zhenbei, and this is his home. No matter what he does in his own home, it is justifiable. Moreover, Mrs. Gongsun is his grandmother. His grandmother is going north to the capital. As his grandson, he has to repair the yard and sweep the house. It is natural to sweep the dust and wait for someone to come.
However, they did think a little too much. What Qin Zeng meant was that nothing could delay his wedding.
Zhenbei Palace is a large house with five entrances and five exits, divided into east, middle and west roads.
At that time, Qin Zeng lived with his parents on the East Road, Mrs. Gongsun and her favorite grandchildren lived on the Middle Road, and the two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments lived on the West Road.
Qin Zeng's father, Gongsun Jingzhi, was the mainstay of the family. The second brother helped manage the family's property, and the third brother took care of the shop. The whole family listened to Gongsun Jingzhi, the head of the family.
Due to the eldest daughter-in-law Xiao Lan and poor health, the middle-aged husband has been holding the
In the hands of Mrs. Gongsun, it was not until the current Princess Zhenbei gave birth to Gongsun Yi that Mrs. Gongsun's thoughts were focused on the only grandson left by the eldest son, and she delegated the power to the three daughters-in-law to take charge of it.
I don’t know if Princess Zhenbei has some taboos, or for other reasons, she did not live in the main courtyard where the late Princess Xiao Lan lived, or because her son was raised by Mrs. Gongsun, she followed him all the time. Mrs. Gongsun lives in the middle road.
However, the family soon left the capital, and Princess Zhenbei returned to the capital once a year, still living in the same courtyard where she had lived before.
This saves Qin Zeng and Li Qingyi trouble.
The craftsmen took the lead in repairing the yard on East Road, and Qin Zeng even asked Qin Mansion's gardeners to transplant some flowers and trees according to Li Qingyi's preferences.
In less than two days, the old house on East Road was renovated and it no longer looked like it had been lived in for many years.
When Mrs. Gongsun arrived at the Zhenbei Palace, she saw the busy figures of the maids and women coming in and out. From time to time, there were also servants coming in and out, shouting "The Queen's orders".
The veins on Mrs. Gongsun's forehead were pulsing.
Along the way into the city, because of the royal guards accompanying them, there was a lot of movement and attracted the attention of many people. From the city gate to the gate of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, half of the people in the capital knew that Mr. Qin's family had entered the capital. Mr. Qin is going to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan!
Mrs. Gongsun’s ears were full of words like “***”, “eldest grandson”, “dongchang” and “big wedding”.
Princess Zhenbei also listened carefully to the discussions of the people around her. There was no one who said anything bad about Qin Zeng, and even if there were, no one dared to say so.
Qin Zeng's identity was, firstly, the admiral of Dongchang, the most trusted subordinate around the emperor, and secondly, he was the eldest grandson of Zhenbei Palace.
Many people also talked about Qin Zeng's marriage.
Talking about the lintel of the Li family and countless money.
Thinking of Li Qingyi, Princess Zhenbei couldn't help but look at her son.
Gongsun Yi felt his mother's gaze and smiled nonchalantly, "Grandma, mother, let's go in first." ap.
Mrs. Gongsun's head hurt from the buzzing chatter around her. She had already become impatient. She was about to lift her feet when she saw a group of people appearing at the entrance of the alley.
Mrs. Gongsun saw the leader's eyes suddenly shrinking.
It's him.
She was obviously the eldest grandson of the Gongsun family, but she didn't look like a member of the Gongsun family at all. She was almost exactly the same as the woman who seduced her son's soul.
Chen Yan quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Sir."
Qin Zeng said a faint "Yes", got off his horse and walked towards Mrs. Gongsun.
Mrs. Gongsun looked at the tall man walking towards him step by step. She felt that she was enveloped by an invisible sense of oppression, and her hands on the crutches tightened every inch.
