Wang Xifeng got on Tianjin Wei's boat heading to the capital city and looked out the window in trance.
The boat was sailing leisurely and the waves were swaying, which made Wang Xifeng think a lot.
She has walked through this waterway countless times over the years. Ten years ago, in which year did she not go to the capital city seven or eight times?
In the years after the tenth anniversary of Daguan, she would go there three or five times a year.
When did it start to fade away? Fifteen years after Daguan, maybe twenty-two years after Daguan, she basically stopped going.
As people age, why bother looking for discomfort?
Of course I go there occasionally to catch up on old times, but Feng Ziying and I no longer stay overnight, and even if we stay overnight, it's just sharing the bed and talking.
Looking at Sister Qiao who was busy preparing tea next to her, she suddenly remembered something. Wang Xifeng remembered that she went to Beijing in the seventh year of Daguan and got pregnant once. Unfortunately, she miscarried not long after, which made her very sad. .
If she could give birth, maybe she could have another daughter?
But having Sister Qiao is enough. Although Zhifeng was nominally adopted by himself, he could not hide it from Sister Qiao, and Wang Xifeng had no intention of hiding it.
The relationship between the two siblings is very good.
Sister Qiao married the Wang family's Ban'er, who is Grandma Liu's grandson. Well, the book's name is Wang Jingzhong.
This is what Feng Ziying was referring to at the time of the marriage, which made Wang Xifeng very angry. I don’t know what kind of mentality Feng Ziying had out of, that she would actually fall in love with Wang Baner, a farmer from the suburbs of Beijing.
The two of them often quarreled on the bed to vent their feelings, but Wang Xifeng could not defeat Feng Ziying in the end.
Fortunately, although Ban'er was unable to study and was only a scholar, he had a close relationship with Xue Biao of the Xue family. Now he has become the person in charge of the Xue family's inland river fleet, and also owns some shares, so his life can be considered to be very comfortable. .
Sister Qiao herself is quite satisfied.
Especially Wang Ban'er is an honest person with no frivolity. He didn't even marry a concubine. He just dotes on Sister Qiao. In this aspect alone, he is more than a hundred times better than Feng Ziying.
So Wang Xifeng gradually accepted this son-in-law, and even became more and more satisfied with him later.
They even plan to discuss with Zhifeng and give some shares of the cement workshop to Qiaojieer's family. Wang Xifeng believes that Zhifeng's grandeur and close sibling relationship with Qiaojieer's family will not be a problem.
She has not been to the capital city for several years, but Feng Ziying still maintains correspondence. Sometimes Hongyu will go to the capital city and bring back some words.
Li Wan is also old.
Although she lives in the capital city now, she lives alone. I heard that sisters Li Min and Li Qi often go out of the palace to visit their cousin.
I don’t know if sisters Li Min and Li Wan knew that Zhitong was also Feng Ziying’s son.
As you get older, some things become less important, and children's matters become more and more important in your mind.
Qiao Jie'er also has two children, a boy and a girl. This time she didn't bring Tianjin Wei, because Qiao Jie'er came back to visit her mother on her own.
Sister Qiao had actually known for a long time that her mother had an affair with the emperor and gave birth to a son.
Sister Qiao still understands the difficulty of transitioning from luxury to frugality. Her mother is still young, a young woman in her twenties. How can she maintain the livelihood of the two of them without someone to rely on?
From Qiaojie’s point of view, looking around at that time, who could her mother rely on?
You can’t look for the Jia family again, right?
Then Feng Ziying is naturally the most suitable candidate, and to be honest, my mother made the right choice.
Over the years, Feng Ziying has taken good care of her mother. Well, it can be regarded as affectionate and righteous.
As for having Zhifeng, it was reasonable. She would get married sooner or later, and her mother would always have someone to rely on for the rest of her life, and it was impossible for her to join the Feng family.
I really have some affection for Zhi Feng, my younger brother Qiao Jieer. Zhi Feng is also very kind to me. It can be said that he is not affected at all by the fact that he is half-mother.
On the contrary, the impression of her biological father Jia Lian and Qiao Jieer has become increasingly blurred, and even contact with her has gradually been lost.
Now my father is in Yangzhou, he has three sons, and as many as four daughters. The whole family is harmonious and has no contact with the mother. It seems that everyone has completely forgotten this relationship.
But as a daughter, Sister Qiao once went to Yangzhou with her husband after she got married, and the whole family also had a meal together, but that was all. Even though her husband's fleet often passed by Yangzhou, there was no contact. .
My mother is getting older, which can be seen from the fact that she often loses her mind and thinks about things.
Fortunately, Zhifeng was still very ambitious and slowly took over his mother's cement business. Now he also had a wife, two concubines, two sons and a daughter, which gave his mother the pleasure of coaxing her grandchildren.
“Sister Qiao, how is your uncle doing now?” Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered something and asked.
"My daughter visited me last month. My uncle is in good health. Although he is eighty-five years old, he can still eat meat. However, he is not allowed to drink at home. Sometimes he gets dizzy and talks nonsense, but my daughter feels Maybe I can live past ninety."
Sister Qiao thought for a while before answering.
“Then what didn’t your uncle say?”
"When my uncle talked about old port and Turpan, my daughter couldn't understand it. Anyway, he was just talking about major military affairs. I heard that every month my uncle would go to the Privy Council to talk to someone and ask about the war in the northwest, or just ask questions. The situation of Uncle Xue in Nanyang..."
Wang Xifeng stroked his forehead helplessly.
with 180-year-old man like you?
However, the Xue family fleet has now established a firm foothold in Nanyang, and its business is getting bigger and bigger.
It's good to be the uncle of the state. Everyone below him will know it well and support him quietly. Not to mention deliberately trying to please the emperor, at least he won't offend anyone.
However, Baoqin didn't seem to be favored much in the palace. It was said that the son she gave birth to was also a playboy, causing trouble in the capital city all day long and making people dislike him.
The emperor refused to even grant the title of county prince, but to know that even the son born by Yun Shang was granted the title of county prince, which shows how bad his performance is.
This time I am in Beijing, do you want to go to the palace?
Or only met Feng Ziying once?
By the way, there were Yuan Chun and Qin Keqing. Wang Xifeng was in a trance again for a while, and all the entangled relationships in the past came to mind again. (End of chapter)