Chapter 284 Meeting Family

"My granddaughter-in-law is so happy that she is dizzy. Please teach me, grandmother."

Old Madam Gu sighed and said.

"If I really want to say it, then delay it. There is no need to sit on the position of the Duke in one step. Just use Ping'er's age as an excuse to delay it for a day."

She naturally knew how long the eldest granddaughter-in-law Liu had been looking forward to this day, but she also knew that the backlash from Madam Wei and others was not something that the mother and son could bear.

Once they left the protection of the general's mansion, maybe the next time they heard news about these two people, it would not be a good thing, so Old Madam Gu said this.

"Ping'er is now much safer in Jinling City than in Sui'an City. The power of the Wei family cannot reach so far, and there is also the protection of the Xing family, so you can rest assured, but if you return to Sui'an City, it may not be the case."

"The position of the Duke's Mansion must be inherited, that is what Ping'er deserves, but not at this time, understand?"

Mrs. Gu's words made the eldest sister-in-law Liu sober up a lot. The decision that was like cutting flesh in the past, when faced with it again, the eldest sister-in-law Liu was much more decisive.

"Grandmother is right. Ping'er is not able to protect herself now. Of course, she can't go back like this, but the imperial edict in the palace has been issued. How should I deal with it?"

"Don't worry, there are people who are more anxious than you."

The "someone" mentioned by Mrs. Gu naturally refers to the Prince Fu's Mansion and the Wei family. There was no movement from these two families, and Shang Qilang, who was full of indignation, came to the gate of the General's Mansion.

Obviously, he was also a person on the list, but he acted as if he had failed.

He always looked like he was complaining about everything, as if the General's Mansion had wronged him, so when the guard at the door saw him coming, he immediately shouted inside.

"Someone is coming from the Duke's Mansion."

These people thought that the person who came was still the Duke, so they all sighed and admired him. How could he still be so ignorant after being driven away so many times!

So they were a little helpless for a while.

But when they saw that he came to know Shang Qilang, those who had good eyesight ran to tell Butler He.

"I didn't come here to make trouble today, I wanted to see my family. After all, I am the seventh brother of your general, so it's better not to embarrass each other."

Shang Qilang didn't force his way in, he just wanted to see him and ask him a question.

When Shang Ji heard that the person who came was Shang Qilang, he didn't want to see him at all, so he planned to let Butler He refuse as before.

But Du Jingyi stopped him.

"General, Qilang is about to enter the court to serve as an official, so it's better to make it clear in advance, otherwise someone will stir up discord in the future, which will always be troublesome."

Du Jingyi didn't promote the idea that enemies should be resolved rather than made, but Shang Qilang was not stupid. If he tried to go against the general's mansion, it would be troublesome, so it's better to explain it clearly as soon as possible.

The couple was still discussing here, and they saw that the eldest sister-in-law Liu and Xue Niang came together. Both of them had calm faces and said as soon as they entered the door.

"I heard that the seventh brother is here. It's meaningless not to meet like this. Why don't we go together and make it clear with him."

"It's also good for the seventh brother to stop the idea of ​​reconciliation between the two families. Our Gu family has little connection with their Shang family now."

Although Xue Niang's surname is still Shang, she has long classified herself as a member of the Gu family in her heart, so she spoke like this, which made Shang Ji feel a lot more comfortable.

"Okay, let's go meet him."

Du Jingyi is still in confinement, so she won't show up casually.

Therefore, the people waiting for Shang Qilang in the flower hall are his family members, his eldest sister-in-law Liu, his sixth brother Shang Ji, and his eighth sister Xue Niang.

The three of them sat around the eight-immortal table with a cup of tea in front of them. When he came, they didn't act like they were facing a great enemy, but were calm as if they were drinking tea and chatting.

Compared to the scene in the Duke's Mansion, Shang Qilang was really full of complicated feelings.

"Sister-in-law, sixth brother, eighth sister."

"Well, sit down."

Shang Ji didn't like to talk nonsense with this brother, so the eldest sister-in-law was inside to speak.

After sitting down, the eldest sister-in-law poured him a cup of tea, and then spoke.

"Seventh brother wants to see us, why?"

"Sister-in-law is much more decisive than before. It seems that the general's mansion is indeed a place where feng shui nourishes people."

After hearing this, the eldest sister-in-law smiled and then said meaningfully.

"Living under someone else's roof and being free and relaxed are always different."

"The Duke's Mansion is also my sister-in-law's home, isn't it? How did it come to the point of living under someone else's roof?"

Shang Ji's eyes were cold when he heard this.

He didn't like Shang Qilang. Most of the reasons in the past were because he was from Madam Wei's family, but sometimes he was too naive and had a pretentious attitude, just like he is now.

After hearing this, before my sister-in-law Liu could refute, she heard Xue Niang speak.

"Seventh brother, the Duke's Mansion is your home, not ours."

"Eighth sister, it's not like that. We have always been a family, right? Why do you have to move out with Sixth Brother?"

"Don't move out? Then wait to be buried in the sea of ​​fire? Or Madam Wei sent all the poison to the gate of the East Garden and forced them all to commit suicide, then you will be satisfied?"

Shang Ji's words made Shang Qilang blush and he immediately explained.

"Sixth brother, don't talk nonsense. If my mother was really that vicious, wouldn't they have been in trouble long ago? How could they have waited for you to come back from Cezhou, so that these things happened later?"

In Shang Ji's opinion, his defense was full of mistakes.

"Then let me ask you, if she had stayed in the Duke's Mansion, would Ping'er have the situation she has today? Would Xue Niang have the marriage with the Guo family now? Would my sister-in-law's temper be relaxed? Shang Qilang, don't think that when something happens, it must be fatal. Many times, silent death is the most terrifying."

"You have been raised in the Duke's Mansion since you were born, and you have never suffered any hardship or difficulty, so you think that the world is full of flowers and willows. But now just a mere imperial examination result can make you look pitiful everywhere as if the sky has fallen. But we are different. I am fighting for my life on the battlefield, and my sister-in-law and Xue Niang are also in fear in the backyard."

"And all of this is caused by the Duke's Mansion in your eyes. You enjoy the glory of the Duke's Mansion, but we suffer from the dark losses behind the scenes. So don't talk about us being a family all day long. We don't want it, and the Wei family may not be happy about it."