Chapter Twenty-Four: Rats Crossing the Street
As a concubine, is he destined to be three points lower than his concubine? Even the beloved woman can only look down on the eldest son of the Ningguo Mansion, but look down on the second son of herself?
"Nan Hao, you are drinking again, your eldest brother came back last night, and all the people in the house went to visit him, but you are the only one hiding in the house, your father is very disappointed in you!" A gorgeous woman pushed open the door of the house, looking at the young man who was pouring wine in the house, the woman's face was anxious, she was Zuo Nanhao's biological mother Zhu Hongyan, Ning Guogong's concubine.
"He is the future master of Ning Guogong, and the people in the mansion naturally want to slap him well, my younger brother is not even worthy of lifting shoes for him, so why bother to embarrass people?" The man's eyes were drunk, and his tone was implied mockery.
"How about the sister-in-law? How about the concubine? Ningguo Mansion has always been the top of the capable, if you are three points stronger than your eldest brother, according to the master's temperament, the master of the mansion may not be your eldest brother, don't feel sorry for yourself. Zhu Hongyan's face was gloomy, in the past, her family was greedy for power and forced her to marry into the Ningguo Mansion, and she was a concubine for more than 20 years.
"He is a celebrity in front of the emperor, a disaster relief hero in Yucheng, and a model in the hearts of thousands of people, I don't want to catch up with him in my life. "The eldest brother is radiant, and he was favored by thousands of people as soon as he was born, but he is a mud in the eyes of others, how can he be on the wall?
"If you don't fight or grab, how do you know that you can't beat him?" Zhu Hongyan was furious, slapped her son, and then turned around and cried.
"Zuo Xiquan, I hate you!" the man lay flat on the ground, with a red palm print on his face, tears sliding silently from his eyes, wetting layers of clothes.
After coming out of the palace last night, because it was too late, Chen Mu and the crescent stayed in an inn, early this morning, the two rushed to the Baili Mansion, the crescent moon looked excited, leading the way in front, but Chen Mu was a little apprehensive, after all, he was a real impostor. What is surprising is that the gate of Baili Mansion is closed, and the two servants guarding the door are half-squinting and do not look at them.
"Fu Bo, Lu Bo, I am the crescent moon, hurry up and tell the master, the young lady is home. The crescent moon carried a small broken burden and looked grinning.
"I'm sorry, my wife has an order that outsiders are not allowed to enter and leave Baili Mansion at will. The doorkeeper's eyelids were raised.
"......?" Chen Mu looked confused, he had just come out of the cold palace, how could he encounter such an unlucky thing again?
"You guys are crazy, she is Miss Baili, I am the maidservant of Baili, when did I become an outsider? The crescent moon sat in front of the gate and cried loudly, looking miserable, which instantly attracted the recognition of onlookers.
With a "squeak", the door suddenly opened, and a beautiful woman appeared in time, followed by a group of servants, and the black pressure was full of people.
"What are you crying for? Mrs. Ben is here, don't be presumptuous!" Chen Mengyu looked at the two little girls in front of her, only to feel that time was like an arrow, in the blink of an eye for more than a year, and finally met again, I originally thought that the brainless stepdaughter would die in the palace, but I didn't expect that the little girl would be reborn in Nirvana.
"I beg Mrs. to punish Fu Bo and Lu Bo severely. The crescent moon wiped away her tears and made a blessing to Chen Mengyu.
"The young lady who went out is naturally an outsider, this truth has existed since ancient times, Uncle Fu Bolu did not say the wrong thing, and Mrs. Ben will reward them heavily. Chen Mengyu smiled coldly, but there was a knife hidden in his smile.
"Madame, you ...... Have you changed?" The crescent moon turned pale, and when the young lady had not gone out, the lady was the most painful for the young lady, and she was reluctant to let the young lady suffer half of the grievances, and she also took care of the affairs behind the young lady everywhere.
"The family is unfortunate, my stepdaughter Baili Yan behaves nonsense all day long, loses all the wealth of the house, and makes my lord seriously ill, a few days ago, the lord heard that his daughter made a mistake in the palace, and in a fit of anger, she was paralyzed in bed, and the villagers came to comment on it, such a girl, who would dare to ask for it?" Chen Mengyu's eyes were slightly red, and tears fell down, and I felt pity for the people around me.
"......" tears are like fountains, she is really good at acting, this stepmother's rank is really high, Chen Mu sincerely admires it.
"You are talking nonsense, the master loves Miss the most, so he is reluctant to kick Miss out of the house. "The crescent moon trembled, it changed, everything changed.
"You see, this girl doesn't have me as a lady in her eyes at all, and she speaks foul words to the head of the house, she is simply a wicked servant, and my stepdaughter doesn't care, it's really eight lifetimes of blood mold. After finishing speaking, Chen Mengyu lowered his head and whimpered again, as if he had been greatly wronged.
The neighbors who were watching also accused Chen Mu and the crescent moon of having no respect for anything, nothing big or small, originally they didn't have a good impression of Baili Yan, so they naturally favored Chen Mengyu more.
"Mother, the past is all the child's fault, the child thinks about it day and night, and finally repents, the child just wants to go back to the house to meet his parents, a hundred years later, the child is willing to hold the soul for his mother, cry for his mother's grave, please don't drive away the child!" Chen Mu suddenly knelt on the ground, hugged Chen Mengyu's thigh, snot and tears, crying liver and intestines, provoking the onlookers to sigh for a while, what a sensible baby.
Come on, my good stepmother, isn't it just about acting? Look at who can fight whom!!
Chen Mu's move can be regarded as a startle for Chen Mengyu, and he has calculated everything, but he has only missed the calculation that Baili Yan will bow his head and give in.
"Madam, the slave maid was wrong just now, please forgive Madame, these days, Miss often talks about you and the master, and says that she wants to go home and be filial to you. Seeing the young lady crying bitterly, the crescent moon also reacted, she also hugged one of Chen Mengyu's thighs, and wiped her tears and snot on Chen Mengyu's clothes, crying while wiping, the more she cried, the more energetic she became.
"Oh, it's so pitiful, it's a child after all. Public opinion began to reverse, but Chen Mengyu's face became darker and darker.
"My good daughter, it's not that your stepmother won't let you in, this is the decision of your father and the Baili family, if you don't believe it, ask the Baili patriarch behind me, as well as your uncle, aunt, and cousin, they are all insiders. "Do a full set of things, she Chen Mengyu has already arranged everything, and she can naturally reverse black and white.
"I am the patriarch, this is your father's handwritten letter, he is very disappointed in you, he wants to drive you out of the Baili family, expel the Baili genealogy, cut off the father-daughter relationship with you, and hand over the Baili family to your stepmother to take care of. "An eighty-year-old man with crane hair was mixed up by two servants.
......He didn't know Bai Liyu's handwritten letter, so what was he doing to show him? ”
"......." Chen Mu almost fainted on the ground.
"I'm sure it's a letter from the old man. Chen Mengyu snatched the letter, she has practiced Bailiyu's handwriting for more than ten years, just waiting to use it today.
"I don't only have physical evidence, I also have witnesses, come and invite the second master, the second lady, and the eldest son. Chen Mengyu was very proud.
Sure enough, Baili Cheng, Wu Miaoyu, and Bai Lifeng quickly rushed to the scene, and they all testified for Chen Mengyu, saying that they saw Bai Liyu write this handwritten letter with their own eyes, saying that they had noses and eyes, and they were still in front of the public, carefully counting the various crimes of Baili Yan, as if they were holding a criticism meeting.
"...... "Grandma Xiong's, uncles, aunts, cousins, and stepmothers have long been united in the united front, and the only father is also paralyzed.
"Yan'er, your father has a few days to live, you hurry up and leave Baili's house, so as not to be angry with him again, or else, uncle will give you a few taels of entanglement? Find a country and live a good life." Baili Cheng made a compassionate look.
"You are so poor that you can't open the pot, and you still want to help your niece, it's really great. Wu Miaoyu tugged at Baili Cheng's ears, her face full of reluctance.
"Cousin, from now on, you have to reform your ways, the capital is sinister, it is better to leave as soon as possible. "It's best not to come back for the rest of your life, save money and compete with me, Bailifeng's tone is very sincere.
"I want to see my father. Chen Mu stood up, and now he only felt exhausted.
"Yan'er, don't toast and don't eat and drink, your father is paralyzed in bed and unconscious, and no one is allowed to disturb him. Chen Mengyu made a look, and the pile of evil servants behind him slowly surrounded him, his eyes were fierce, as if he was going to beat Baili Yan bitterly.
"Okay, I'll go. Chen Mu lowered his head, pulled up the crescent moon with tears rippling, and disappeared in front of everyone.
On the second day, the news that the eldest lady of the Baili family left the house spread throughout the Dayan Dynasty, and the wicked people had their own harvest, and the former coquettish and domineering Yanjing was the first to become a street rat that everyone shouted and beaten.
In Yanjing's Wanxiang Building, there was a sudden appearance of an Oiran, the country was fragrant, her appearance was outstanding, her name was Bai Gardenia, her appearance was comparable to Qin Qinglian, and the limelight was unlimited for a while, which attracted the jealousy of the sons of all families.
The most surprising thing is that this Oiran does not love gold and silver and does not love power, and she is still as guarded as jade, and her move has attracted the fascination of the children of the powerful.
"Mom, call your Bai Gardenia girl out to relieve your boredom. Zuo Nanhao, who was in a very bad mood, was also drunk in Wanxiang Building.
"My Bai Gardenia is easy to not see guests, so Childe should invite someone else. The old bustard smiled slightly, this new Bai Gardenia girl has a lot of means, and she plays these boys around.
"This little master is the son of Ning Guofu, she dares not to give me face, call her white gardenia black gardenia, I want to beat her into a red gardenia. Zuo Nanhao was drunk, his face was red, and his demeanor became more and more rude, and he wanted to break into the Oiran boudoir of Wanxiang Building.
"Childe, please respect yourself!" The old bustard and the thugs stopped him and was about to drive him out of the door, when the bead curtain rang and a woman in white walked out from behind the curtain, like a fresh gardenia.
"Wait, is the son of the Ning Guofu family?" The woman's voice was as brittle as a yellow bird, and she listened tactfully.