Chapter 232 Zhang Guifen Is Pregnant

Compared to Wei Yuan's seriousness towards Sheng Hong.

Behind the screen in the main hall, Zhang Guifen's negotiations with Wang Ruofu and others seemed quite harmonious.

Rulan and Molan poured her tea and greeted her in various ways, obviously wanting to take the relationship with Zhang Guifen to a higher level.

There is a more obvious advantage in being on good terms with Zhang Guifen, that is, the noble ladies in Bianjing City will look up to you.

Don't underestimate this advantage. Once you get into the circle of noble ladies, you may get a better marriage, or have good help after marriage.

"The flowers sent by the aunt of the Wei family are really beautiful, colorful, more beautiful than real flowers, and there are gold threads on them, which looks really noble."

"It is indeed beautiful. Thank you for the gift, aunt."

"Not long ago, the great poet of the Su family wrote a poem, "Old people are not ashamed to wear flowers in their hair, but flowers should be ashamed to wear them on their heads." I believe that many people in Bianjing will wear these hairpins soon. Madam Hou is thoughtful."

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Hairpins, also known as elephant flowers, are artificial flowers that can be worn on hair accessories. They are a popular toy in Bianjing City, mostly worn by women.

Some time ago, Su Shi wrote a poem praising this kind of hairpin.

So, in the past few days, many people in the capital have started wearing this kind of flowers.

Zhang Guifen felt that sending these things should make some of the female relatives in the Sheng family happy.

"It's good that you like them. I'll send someone to send you some more someday."

"These hairpins are all imperial products from the palace. They are hard to buy in the market."

When everyone heard Zhang Guifen's words, they immediately loved the hairpins in their hands even more.

Imperial products from the palace!

It's not an exaggeration to say that they are priceless.

At this time, Wang Ruofu, who was sitting next to Zhang Guifen, suddenly asked:

"I heard that the Hai family presented a lot of hairpins to the palace. Is it this kind?"

Hearing this, Zhang Guifen smiled and said, "Our Houfu has some business dealings with the Hai family. These hairpins are indeed made by the Hai family. They are the best hairpins."

Houfu has business dealings with the Hai family?

Hearing this news, Wang Ruofu was immediately overjoyed and asked with a smile: "Guifen, do you know a woman named Hai Chaoyun in the Hai family?"

Hai Chaoyun?

Zhang Guifen thought for a moment and said, "I've heard of her. She's well-educated and well-mannered. The Hai family has always been very good at educating their daughters. Why did the lady suddenly ask about this?"

Wang Ruofu said, "It's not that your nephew Changbai has fallen in love with the girl from the Hai family, but my Sheng family and the Hai family have no contact on weekdays. These days, I've been thinking about who to find to connect with them."

Zhang Guifen said thoughtfully, "Although the Marquis's Mansion has business dealings with the Hai family, it's my master who connects with the Hai family. I'm not allowed to get involved on weekdays. If you want to connect with them, you have to ask my master's opinion."

Ask the Marquis?

Wang Ruofu shuddered involuntarily when she thought of Wei Yuan's murderous aura.

How dare she? !

But Changbai has indeed reached the age of marriage.

"Madam, I'm not familiar with the Marquis. You see, how about you talk to the Marquis about this matter later?"

Wang Ruofu asked cautiously.

Zhang Guifen looked at Wei Shuyi who was sitting opposite.

The latter just drank tea by himself without revealing anything.

Zhang Guifen had no choice but to say: "I heard that the salt system in Liangzhe has been changed, and Lord Haizhou will return to Beijing soon."

"Why not let Lord Sheng visit Lord Hai."

Wang Ruofu's eyes lit up, this is a solution.

If Wei Yuan could go with Sheng Hong, it would be even better.

The Hai family didn't want to keep him away for Wei Yuan's sake.

Later, Zhang Guifen found an excuse to go to Wei Shuyi's yard to take a look.

When they came to Mu Cang Zhai, seeing that Wang Ruofu did not follow, Zhang Guifen complained to Wei Shuyi:

"This Madam Wang really does not treat herself as an outsider. I have nothing to do with her. The first time I came to Sheng's house with Brother Wei to pay New Year's greetings, she asked me to be a matchmaker. Did she really think I was a matchmaker?"

Wei Shuyi took Zhang Guifen's arm and comforted her: "Good sister, don't be angry, she has no ill intentions."

Zhang Guifen said dissatisfiedly: "Sister, this is because you are here. If it weren't for you, I would be too lazy to talk to her."

As she said that, she looked at Mu Ge'er who was led by Minglan behind her, squatted down, touched Mu Ge'er's cheek, and said:

"Looking at Mu Ge'er, I feel a lot better."

Mu Ge'er opened his arms, looked at Zhang Guifen with a smile, and said in a baby voice: "Auntie, hug me."

Hearing this, Wei Shuyi and her daughter both covered their mouths and laughed softly.

Zhang Guifen pinched Mu Ge'er's nose and said, "You are as heavy as a panda. Auntie can't hold you."

Mu Ge'er didn't care about that. He walked towards her with his arms open, clamoring for him to hold him.

Minglan was a little surprised and said, "On weekdays, when my mother and I hold him, he is reluctant. Why does he take the initiative to hold me when he sees my aunt?"

Zhang Guifen picked him up and smiled, "Maybe Mu Ge'er and I are destined to be together."

Wei Shuyi took the opportunity to say, "You and my younger brother should have a child."

Hearing this, Minglan took Mu Ge'er out of Zhang Guifen's arms and walked away.

Zhang Guifen blushed, "Sister, why are you more anxious than me? How long has my younger sister been married to Brother Wei?"

Wei Shuyi said, "We should hurry up. Have you thought of the names of the boy and girl?"

Zhang Guifen shook her head, "No hurry. If you are pregnant, it's not too late to think about it."

On the other side.

Minglan took Brother Mu's hand and came to the room, and asked earnestly:

"What's the matter with you? In the past, I wanted to hug you, but you didn't want to, and neither did my parents. Why do you feel like you can't walk when you see your aunt today?"

The young Brother Mu said with a dull expression: "I don't know that I just wanted to give my aunt a hug."

Minglan knocked on his little head, "Do you want to please your aunt and ask her to give you more things?"

Brother Mu shook his head, "I just want my aunt to hug me."

Minglan smiled and said nothing more.

Later, Wei Yuan and Zhang Guifen went to Shou'an Hall to visit Mrs. Sheng.

Wei Yuan said: "After Changzhi went to guard the border, during this time, will anyone from Yongyihou Mansion come to see you when you are old?"

Old Mrs. Sheng held Zhang Guifen's hand and responded with a smile: "Here we come, this kid Chang Zhi must have specially told us before he left."

Wei Yuan nodded, "It's good to be here. As a junior, it seems lively to come and see how old you are."

Mrs. Sheng looked at Zhang Guifen with a kind and kind face and said, "Master Wei Hou, you have married a good wife."

As he said that, he gave her the jade bracelet on his wrist.

"Old lady, I don't have anything good here, so don't dislike it."

Zhang Guifen wanted to refuse, but when she saw Wei Yuan nodding, she had no choice but to accept.

After leaving the Sheng family, Wei Yuan said to her:

"This old lady treated my eldest sister and Minglan very well. When I went out to fight, my eldest sister had not yet been sentenced to death, and the back house of the Sheng family was uneasy. Thanks to the old lady's care."

Zhang Guifen nodded slightly, "No wonder you specially told me to prepare some supplements to visit the old lady."

Wei Yuan said: "As the saying goes, a family with an old man is like a treasure. The greatest wealth of the Sheng family does not lie in the younger generations of the Sheng family, but in this old lady."

"If it weren't for this old lady, Sheng Hong would have struggled to become a general magistrate in Yangzhou, let alone come to Beijing to serve as an official."

Zhang Guifen did not tell Wei Yuan about Wang Ruofu, because she knew that Wei Yuan never liked to hear about such matters in the inner house, so she asked instead:

"Is there anything unpleasant about talking to Sheng Yuanwailang today?"

Hearing this, Wei Yuan couldn't help but snorted coldly:

"He is just a fan of officialdom. He only thinks about how to climb up to the powerful and get promoted and make a fortune."

"But as everyone knows, the best way to get promoted is to do your job well first."

"Now he is just a small-time member of the Communist Party of China, and he dares to inquire about the party dispute between North Korea and China."

"If he is allowed to enter the center in the future, I'm afraid the entire court will be filled with chaos and intrigue."

Zhang Guifen covered her mouth and smiled, "Now that the temple is so high, is it clear?"

Wei Yuan said earnestly: "Although there are party disputes, both Han Zhang and Wen Yanbo are thinking about doing things. When they are officials in the government, they always do things first and then conduct themselves as a person."

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On January 17, the sixth year of Jiayou's reign, Zhao Zhen personally issued an order, and Uncle Ouyang Yong was demoted from Beijing and was not informed about Caizhou affairs.

In Zhao Zhen's dynasty, the prime ministers and central ministers were like running water. After you sing, we will appear on the stage.

The reason is nothing more than a little bit.

During the restructuring, ministers who supported the restructuring were appointed. When the restructuring was blocked, in order to prevent chaos in the country, ministers who did not support the restructuring had to be appointed.

After all this vacillation, it would be amazing if the three-redundancy problem could be successfully solved.

This time Uncle Ouyang Yong was demoted from Beijing mainly because the big boss who did not support the restructuring returned to Beijing.

However, this has nothing to do with Wei Yuan. What makes him worthy of attention is that when Uncle Ouyang Yong left Beijing, Bao Xiaosu suddenly fell ill.

At first, Wei Yuan thought that this was Zhao Zhen's intention, and he wanted Bao Xiaosu to make room for people from Wen Yanbo's party.

However, it was not until he visited Bao Xiaosu that he realized that he was really sick.

As for what kind of disease he suffered from, the imperial doctor couldn't tell clearly.

Although Wei Yuan has a modern vision, he still cannot explain what is going on with Bao Xiaosu.

When leaving Bao Xiaosu's house with Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi said:

"Master Bao suddenly contracted a serious illness and asked the official family to resign from his post as Deputy Privy Envoy."

"With Wen Yanbo's recommendation, Wu Kuiquan knows Kaifeng Mansion. Judging from the current situation, this person has the best chance to serve as the deputy privy envoy."

In Zhao Zhen's dynasty, after Quan knew the Kaifeng Mansion, he took the next step and became the Deputy Privy Envoy.

Wu Kui and Wen Yanbo were Jinshi in the same year.

That year, Han Zhang, Bao Xiaosu and others were included in the list of Jinshi. It was called the Zaizhibang by later generations, second only to the Dragon and Tiger List in the second year of Jiayou's reign.

Wang Anshi said so much to Wei Yuan, just to remind him to be careful that Wen Yanbo might pull Zhang Fu down.

However, Wei Yuan felt that Wang Anshi was overly worried. Zhang Fu was a military officer, not a civil servant. He came to serve as the privy envoy to stabilize the hearts of the generals in the world.

It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to let Wen Yanbo completely get involved in the Privy Council.

"Master Bao fell ill at the wrong time."

"Uncle Ouyang Yong leaves the capital, who will take his place?"

Wei Yuan asked.

Wang Anshi thought for a while and said: "The center has not yet formulated a result in the past few days, but there is a high probability that it will be Zhao Gai."

Zhao Gai? This person and Wen Yanbo were also Jinshi in the same subject.

In terms of ability, he is far inferior to Uncle Ouyang Yong. Now that he is in that position, he is probably forced to do so.

"You allow officials from various states to participate in the big exam. Mr. Wen is famously opposed to it. Isn't your situation not good?"

Wei Yuan asked.

Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "I don't participate in party disputes. In the eyes of Han Xianggong and Wen Xianggong, I, the official minister, cannot be offended for the time being."

Wei Yuan was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized: "In the dispute between Prime Minister Wen and Prime Minister Han, you are the one who benefits greatly."

"After all, everyone knows that whoever you, the Minister of Civil Affairs, supports, will have the upper hand."

"The official family is really far-reaching."

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "It is extremely difficult to implement the reform of the civil service department. Many people, including Prime Minister Han, are opposed to it. If you want to successfully implement the reform and solve the problem of redundant officials, it can only be done when the situation of party struggle becomes increasingly severe."

Wei Yuan said: "Aren't you afraid of playing with fire and burning yourself?"

Wang Anshi said: "If an official is still worried about this or that, who can be worthy of the people?"

Wei Yuan sighed, "You and Master Bao are the same type of person."

Wang Anshi nodded, "Master Bao is indeed ill at the wrong time."

"It's best for you and me to see each other less during this period. I'm worried that you will also be involved in party strife."

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During Wei Yuan and Wang Anshi's visit to Bao Xiaosu.

Zhang Guifen is embroidering a sachet at home.

Ever since she gave her first sachet to Wei Yuan, she has developed a habit.

Every three months, a sachet will be embroidered for Wei Yuan to wear.

Others have spices in their sachets.

But the sachet embroidered by Zhang Guifen contained some medicinal materials to stop bleeding.

I am just worried that Wei Yuan will be able to use it if he is unfortunately injured and is in urgent need of medicinal materials while he is on an expedition.

Although he was a little worried, it also proved Zhang Guifen's sincerity.

With Wei Yuan's current status, he must be the commander-in-chief of the three armies whenever he goes into battle.

If, as a commander, you have to fight the enemy with real swords and guns, it can only explain one problem.

The time for the decisive battle has arrived.

It's a battle of life and death.

At that time, no medicine can be as good as winning the battle to increase the chance of survival.

"Madam, your skills are getting better and better."

"This slave still remembers the first sachet you embroidered for your master."

Bao Zhu, who was standing next to Zhang Guifen, suddenly covered her mouth and smiled.

Zhang Guifen glared at her and said, "You are the only one who talks too much."

As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly felt my stomach churning. I quickly put down the half-finished sachet in my hand, ran outside the house, and vomited out all the food I had used in the morning.

Seeing this, Baozhu said quickly: "Madam, are you okay?"

Zhang Guifen only felt a little uncomfortable, but there was nothing else strange about her.

At this moment, Zhen'er suddenly said: "Madam, you are pregnant, are you?"

When Baozhu heard this, he suddenly became anxious and said, "I'll ask the doctor to come and take a look."

Zhang Guifen also hoped that she was pregnant. In the past few days, she clearly felt that she was eating more than usual.

But this kind of thing should not be made public, and he did not dare to tell Wei Yuan.

She suddenly remembered what the eldest sister said to her when she went to Sheng's house not long ago.

It's time to have a child.

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

Did the eldest sister’s words really come true?

At this moment, she thought about the fact that Brother Mu, who usually didn't like to be hugged by others, was pestering her to hug him.

So, he quickly looked at Tian Zhen and said, "Go to the Sheng family to invite my eldest sister. Tell her that she must come with Brother Mu."

If she is really pregnant, both Wei Yuan and the Wei family will have children.