After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

After the two of them had agreed, Cheng Songan really went to lie down on the bed to rest for a while. About half an hour later, she woke up and saw Haitang sitting on the edge of the bed watching her, fearing that she would be killed in the blink of an eye.

Cheng Songan patted her hand to comfort her, and then went to the Cixian Hall in the front yard with her.

Zhang was counting the autumn harvest accounts sent from the farm. When she saw her coming, she asked her to sit down beside her and showed her the accounts one by one.

Cheng Songan smiled and was unwilling to respond to her words. He just wanted to pass the burden of housekeeping to her.

If it were a family with many brothers and sisters, it might be necessary to fight for the right to be the head of the family, but the Cui family only has Cui Yuanqing. No matter whether she is in charge of the family or not, based on Cui Yuanqing's position in the court, nothing in the family will fall into the hands of others. Instead of trying to be a housekeeper, she might as well go back to the room and lie down.

Perhaps it was because of the good harvest, even though Zhang was tired, she was in a very good mood.

Cheng Songan took the opportunity to say, "September 20th is my grandmother's birthday. I wonder what my mother is going to do?"

Zhang stopped what she was doing and said to her, "I always felt like summer had just passed and I didn't realize it's already August. It's time to prepare for the old lady's birthday."

After a pause, he asked again: "Do you have any ideas?"

Cheng Songan smiled and said, "My wife is young and has never done this before, so of course I will listen to my mother. But the old lady is sixty-nine this year, and as the saying goes, you can't celebrate tenth birthdays after nine, so this time we have to celebrate her birthday in full."

According to folk customs, when old people reach a certain age, they are afraid that their life span will be coming to an end, so they celebrate their birthday one year in advance instead of a full birthday, in order to confuse the Black and White Impermanence; secondly, the number nine means longevity, so birthdays that fall on the ninth day of the ninth month are celebrated in a grand manner, while full birthdays are celebrated more casually.

Zhang nodded and said, "You are right. Since your grandfather passed away, your grandmother hasn't celebrated her birthday for three years. This year, it's time to celebrate it. Good boy, don't blame your grandmother for punishing you last time. She really loves you. Why don't you let her handle this matter and make her happy? Isn't it better?"

Cheng Songan sneered in his heart. After all the talk, he still wanted to push this matter to her, but he also made it sound like she could gain some benefit from it.

Zhang was not a bad person, but she was not a close person either. She would never get involved in anything that had nothing to do with her interests. Such a cold-hearted person gave birth to a cold-hearted son. Cheng Songan could never be close to her in this life.

She didn't show it on her face, just smiled faintly and said, "Mother, don't laugh at me. It's not that I'm lazy. It's just that I'm not in good health and I'm shy. If I were to do it, the people in the mansion would definitely not obey me."

"But I can't help but share my mother's worries, so I only told her the general idea. She will have to take care of the details so that everything can be done properly and smoothly."

Zhang was very pleased to hear this. No matter how noble the old lady was, it was only because of her seniority and age that the people in the mansion still listened to her orders as the mistress of the house. She was really powerful. Other families were afraid of not being able to control their daughter-in-law, but her daughter-in-law had no opinion, so there was no need to control her. She just let her do whatever she wanted.

Thinking of this, Zhang felt relieved and acted like a mother-in-law, saying, "These are all old people in the mansion. Considering the contributions made by their ancestors, it is really difficult to discipline them. I must kill their laziness before I can teach you."

Cheng Songan nodded and said, "My wife thinks that grandma likes the prosperous appearance now. Her birthday is at the end of September. The autumn harvest has passed and all flowers have withered. But we can enjoy chrysanthemums and osmanthus. However, it is too late to plant osmanthus trees now. The most suitable thing to do is to hold a chrysanthemum banquet."

"As the saying goes, I don't prefer chrysanthemums among all flowers. When this flower blooms, there will be no other flowers. What do you think, mother?"

Zhang said, "Chrysanthemums symbolize longevity and purity. Your grandmother has always liked them. Let's do as you say."

Cheng Songan talked to her about this for a long time, and said, "Grandmother is old now, and she likes more people to come and have fun. Why not invite father and husband's colleagues and their relatives to a banquet during the day, and then set up a few tables in Chunhui Garden in the evening, and invite a few old ladies from the same clan in South Street, and bring their young women and children to come and have fun."

Zhang smiled and said, "It's hard for you to have such thoughts. Your grandfather's generation of relatives in South Street were close relatives, but now some of them are five generations away. People with common sense know that they have separated eight hundred years ago. Those who don't know would think that we are scornful of the poor and don't want to associate with them. Just as you said, I'll have Xiuhe send them invitations in the next two days."

Cheng Songan smiled and said, "My wife doesn't understand these things, and my mother has to bear the brunt of it."

As they were talking, Cui Yuanqing pulled aside the curtain and came in, bringing the autumn breeze into the room.

Cheng Songan was a little surprised. How come he had already left the government office at such a short time?

Cui Yuanqing spoke before she could say anything: "Just now I vaguely heard mother talking about the birthday banquet outside. Is it for grandma's birthday?"

Zhang said, "That's right. Thanks to your wife's idea, we should let those old people from South Street come and have some fun. Besides, we should let the people under you who are more literary in nature handle the procurement and supervision of the flower and tree planting projects."

Cui Yuanqing responded casually. The maid brought the tea and he took a sip casually. Suddenly he paused, glanced at Cheng Songan, and then lowered his head to blow away the tea leaves.

Cheng Songan felt a little guilty when he looked at her like that. She was afraid of being exposed before, so she didn't say directly that the three-generation return to the clan was Cui Wenkang's plan. Although the Cui family had a fourth grandmother who was a son-in-law, the son-in-law had already died, so there was no need to kill the father and keep the son.

Cui Yuanqing was able to become the Prime Minister in the end, so naturally he thought about everything more deeply than others. He should have a vague guess at this moment.

Cheng Songan changed the subject: "Why did you leave the court so early today, sir? Don't you still have to grade papers?"

Zhang had not expected that she did not know, and looked at Cui Yuanqing in confusion: "You have always acted properly, why don't you even tell your wife where you are now?"

Cheng Song felt relieved that he had never told her about his whereabouts in his previous life, but she always considered him in everything and never complained in front of others.

Cui Yuanqing drank a sip of tea slowly before saying, "She is still not feeling well, so I wanted to let her sleep a little longer, so I didn't have time to tell her."

Zhang then said to Cheng Songan, "Yuan'er used you as an excuse to refuse the job of judging papers. Yesterday, you fell down from Hongyan Tower, and Yuan'er carried you in his arms and rode his horse in the street to seek medical treatment. Everyone saw it, so the emperor granted him leave."

Cheng Songan was stunned for a moment. It was not that she misunderstood Cui Yuanqing's concern for her, but if Cui Yuanqing did not grade the papers, she didn't know whether the Jiangnan fraud case would happen again. After all, this case caused a sensation and reversed the situation of the three kings. Prince Fu was out.

If the fraud case had not been exposed in this life, would Prince Fu still be in the game? Would Prince Xiang's fate also be changed? Would it still be useful for her to find a backer?