Gu Hui Yan leaned over and asked in a low voice, Lin Wei Xi wrinkled her nose, and said: "It's all right."
The pulling was over, otherwise, what else could she done?
Gu Cheng Yao vaguely felt something. He took a step back and lowered his head and said, "This son has not completed his homework, so I won't disturb father and mother to appreciate the snow. Please excuse this son."
Gu Hui Yan nodded and said, "Go ahead, the spring examination is coming. It's important to prepare for the preliminary round. Don't be distracted by the clamoring of these few days. Understand?"
"I understand, thanking father for his teaching." After Gu Cheng Yao responded, he raised his head and glanced at Lin Wei Xi, cupped his hand to salute, and turned away.
Gu Hui Yan was teaching his son, Lin Wei Xi stood aside and listened. After Gu Cheng Yao turned around and walked on the same road, Lin Wei Xi remembered something and asked suspiciously: "What Shizi originally intend to do? He just go back like that?"
"Perhaps just sitting in the study room feel stuffy, so he came out to get some air." Gu Hui Yan glanced at Lin Wei Xi and said, "The weather is cold these days, don't let your temper run off. Be careful of catching cold."
"No, I'm not such an unruly person." Lin Wei Xi mumbled, too lazy to care about Gu Cheng Yao. Anyway, how Gu Cheng Yao was had nothing to do with her, she handed over the management of Qingsong Garden to the dowry servant left by Wangfei Shen, her attitude of not interfering in the matter of Shizi was very obvious. Whatever happened in Gu Cheng Yao's courtyard was their own business, and she this succeeding Wangfei had nothing to do with it.
As for whether Gao Ran and Bu Mama were like the east wind overwhelmed the west wind or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind, it depends on the methods of these two people. Lin Wei Xi would just stay aside and watch the excitement.
After returning to Jingcheng Courtyard, Lin Wei Xi first ordered the kitchen to prepare the foods, and then went to the inner room to change her snow-soaked clothing. That snow ball was just happened to fall on Lin Wei Xi. The soaked hair were fine, but the snow that fell on the collar were troublesome. The snow was already cold, and when it fell on the neck, it froze for a while, and then it was steamed into snow water by the body temperature. Now it all seeped into Lin Wei Xi's back. She was not only uncomfortable, but also easy to catch cold.
Lin Wei Xi could only untie her hair and changed into a new, dry and warm clothes, and then casually rolled her hair up into a low bun and went outside to dine with Gu Hui Yan. Seeing Lin Wei Xi coming out, Gu Hui Yan first reached out to check the temperature of her forehead, and found that she did not have a fever, so he said at ease: "Fortunately, there is no fever. Drink the ginger tea first."
Lin Wei Xi looked at the ginger tea, and before she speaks anything, Gu Hui Yan could see her thoughts and said, "No quibble, you have to drink it. Your body is delicate. Today walking in the snow for so long, there is also snow in your clothes. If not careful now, what should we do if you get fever tomorrow?"
Well, Lin Wei Xi also knew that her current health was not good, couldn't be like in the past. She could only hold the tea cup and drink the hot ginger tea bit by bit. Lin Wei Xi stared at the cup in her hand intently. The ginger tea's steam rise up, when encountered the air it condensed into white water mist, and it hung on Lin Wei Xi's eyelashes, concentrated into fine water droplets.
Gu Hui Yan watched for a long time, finally couldn't help but reached out to touch Lin Wei Xi's long eyelashes. Lin Wei Xi's eyelashes were extremely long, and the tail ends tilted up neatly. Now with the water-drops hanging on it, it wouldn't fall off, looking very delicate and pitiful. Gu Hui Yan's finger touched the outermost eyelashes. Lin Wei Xi was puzzled and raised her head to question: "What's wrong?"
Gu Hui Yan shook his head and smiled, but did not reply. Lin Wei Xi with great difficulty finished the drink, took the kerchief from Wan Xing's hand, and gently wiped the water stains on her lips. When Gu Hui Yan saw that she had tidy up, he let people passed on the meal.
Although it was annual leave from the twenty-third of the twelfth month to the seventeenth of the first month, Gu Hui Yan had a different status. He was both the commander of 100,000 army and the auxiliary minister of the court. Even if he did not go out, there were many things that come to him. Not to mention the New Year was approaching, so there were many people walking through the gate. After Gu Hui Yan spent lunch with Lin Wei Xi, he didn't sit for long and then went to the front to deal with some business.
After Gu Hui Yan left, Lin Wei Xi had to do her own thing. These past few days, it was not only Gu Hui Yan who was busy, she, the Yan Wangfei, was also up to her neck busy. Many people came to visit before the end of the year, and the daily gifts in the gatehouse were piled up. At the end of the year, officials from other provinces had to go to the capital to report on their duties. Many of these gifts were sent by officials from various provinces. Although most people couldn't even enter the mansion, Lin Wei Xi couldn't let these gifts stay idly by. If there was nothing to asked, who would actually give gifts? Especially Yan Wang's status was delicate now. It was not a good thing for an emperor's uncle, who leads the troops to save the country, to be too conspicuous. Lin Wei Xi was not a shallow-eyed person. She didn't care about the silver sent from outside, she cared more about the stability and longevity of Yan Wang Mansion.
Therefore, these gifts were handled with particular care. If they were too precious, it shouldn't be accepted, and some gifts from the household that had friendly relations also could not be casually accepted. Lin Wei Xi must prepare a suitable and slightly more precious gift in return, with a group of servants to deliver to the other side's house. In this way, it was extremely exhausting to process the gift list alone every day.
Lin Wei Xi was considering the return gift for the capital magistrate when she suddenly heard an announcement from the outside. A maid with two buns hairstyle stood outside the curtain and said, "Wangfei, Duke Yingguo Mansion old madam and lady are here."
"Duke Yingguo Mansion?" Lin Wei Xi was stunned when she heard the name. She quickly recovered and asked, "I didn't receive the calling card from Duke Yingguo Mansion yesterday. Did the gatekeeper miss it?"
"It's not that the gatekeeper missed it." The maid stepped forward and handed over the calling card and said, "This is the card from Duke Yingguo Mansion."
Lin Wei Xi asked Wan Xing to pick up the calling card. After she got it, Lin Wei Xi knew what was going on without having to read it.
A household who had some status, whether visiting relatives or friends, always send a calling card to the other side's gate one or two days in advance. First, it was to respect the host and let the host have time to prepare. Second, it was also to show their etiquette. Each family's calling card was carefully prepared, and an experienced housewife could guess which household it was by just looking at the card. However, to not say a word in advance and went directly to the door on the same day, actually there were very few people who would do that. Even if a married women returned to her maiden house, she would send someone back to say something in advance, and she would never come directly.
It was undoubtedly a bit rude of Duke Yingguo Mansion to do this. If the present mistress was Gao Ran, then she would not say anything. It was her own family, naturally more relax. But now the mistress was Lin Wei Xi, Gao Ran's mother-in-law, Duke Yingguo Mansion dared to be so impolite with their in-laws, if it weren't for them going insane, then it must be because something happened suddenly, too anxious to pay attention.
Duke Yingguo Mansion in any case was a duke mansion, and Duke Yingguo madam unlikely to not even understand this social etiquette. So the duke mansion done this probably due to their good daughter-in-law.
Lin Wei Xi's heart was discerning, but still pretended to be unaware, she closed the calling card and said, "Quickly invite the duke madam to the living room. Wan Yue, send tea to the madam and lady."
Lin Wei Xi stood up and went to the inner room to change clothes. She had just eaten with Gu Hui Yan, they were all dressed for comfort, but it was not suitable to meet guests. Lin Wei Xi didn't let anyone re-comb her hair, merely changed her makeup and clothes that would be more appropriate to see the guests, and then walked slowly to the living room.
The Duke Yingguo Mansion's people came here without notice. Since they didn't respect her as the master of the house, Lin Wei Xi didn't need to care too much about her hospitality. It would be no problem to let the guests wait for a while.
The people of Duke Yingguo Mansion had finished drinking two cups of tea, it could be regarded as waiting for Lin Wei Xi, who was arrive late. Hearing "Greetings Wangfei" one after another coming from outside the partition, the Duke Yingguo madam knew that it was Lin Wei Xi who came, inside couldn't help but snorted.
When Lin Wei Xi arrived, everyone in the room stood up to greet Lin Wei Xi, but Duke Yingguo madam sat in the same position calmly, didn't intent to get up. Seeing Lin Wei Xi coming in, Duke Yingguo madam put the tea cup on the table with a solemn face, her expression was indifferent and aloof: "Your Highness Yan Wangfei, this old body should welcome you, but this old body's legs and feet are inconvenience, afraid it will be difficult to greet Wangfei."
Duke Yingguo madam was already sixty years old. She was old and used her seniority to not give face to Lin Wei Xi. These young people also couldn't say anything. Of course Lin Wei Xi knew what Duke Yingguo madam said just now was to mock her as the hostess that came late. Lin Wei Xi didn't care, only smiled and sat on the opposite side of Duke Yingguo madam, and immediately showed the momentum of sitting on an equal level with her: "The old madam is too polite. You personally brought the madams and ladies of the Duke Yingguo Mansion to Yan Wang Mansion. I as the junior was supposed to welcome you at the second gate. However, your mansion come at an unfortunate time. I am in the middle of dressing up and changing clothes. Can only temporarily set it aside, let you and Gao family's lady wait for a while. The old madam and lady won't blame me right?"
Duke Yingguo old madam were dissatisfied that Lin Wei Xi had kept them waiting for a long time, and Lin Wei Xi also could throw the fact that the Duke Yingguo Mansion came without notice. Who made Duke Yingguo Mansion acted rude first? Duke Yingguo old madam was so faceless that they could only take a secret sigh and endure the breath.
After they were seated, Lin Wei Xi looked at the Gao family's womenfolk whom she was once very familiar with, but now should be the first time she met them officially. Her eyes swept across the crowd and suddenly saw a familiar figure. Lin Wei Xi's eyes darkened, but she still smiled and asked, "Old madam, who is this?"
The old madam looked behind her, only then realized she hadn't introduced them to Lin Wei Xi. Although they had met at the palace banquet before, but at that time Lin Wei Xi's status was still an orphan. How could Duke Yingguo old madam with eyes higher than the sky looked to this kind of person? Later, Lin Wei Xi and Yan Wang got married, and Duke Yingguo Mansion also came to participate at the wedding banquet, but mixed with a bunch of guests, how could the bride Lin Wei Xi remember. So strictly speaking, Lin Wei Xi was still not too familiar with Gao family's people.
Duke Yingguo old madam could only let her daughter-in-law and grandson came forward and said: "This is my second daughter-in-law, this is my eldest grandson. Are you still not coming to greet Wangfei?"
Gao second lady stepped forward and gave Lin Wei Xi a salutation. Lin Wei Xi looked at her former aunt, smiled and asked Wan Xing and Wan Yue to help her up. She said: "Second lady is too polite, I am young, and I can't receive your salutation."
Gao second lady said: "Yan Wangfei is too modest. Although you are young, you are also a first-grade Wangfei on the imperial family tree. Although I rely on the children marriage to become the same generation as you, I should still bow to you according to the etiquette."
Gao Ran was the niece of Gao second lady, and Lin Wei Xi was Gao Ran's mother-in-law. From this perspective, Lin Wei Xi and this second lady were indeed the same generation. However, the second son of the Gao family, Lin Wei Xi's former second uncle, has not gained fame, but because the family donation he became an idle a fifth-grade official. From the perspective of rank, the second lady dare not really regard herself as Lin Wei Xi's peers. The salutation still need to be done.
Lin Wei Xi smiled, did not say much, but politely let the maid took a bench for Gao second lady to sit. After Gao second lady sat down, another person came forward and kowtowed to Lin Wei Xi: "Pay respects Yan Wangfei."
Lin Wei Xi's smile was still dignified and fitting, but her fingers under her wide sleeves were tightly clenched. Gao second lady thought that Lin Wei Xi didn't know who was that, while sat on the side she gave an introduction: "This is the only son of our Duke Yingguo Mansion Shizi's family. Although he is a shu-born, however accounted as the eldest grandson. He is also very bright and intelligent. Chen boy come closer, let Wangfei take a look."
Lin Wei Xi's eyes turned cold, how could she not know this person? Gao Chen, her former shu younger brother and Gao Ran's younger brother from the same mother, also the child who indirectly killed Wei shi back then.
Who could be become the Duke Yingguo in the future.