Chapter 29: Speculation
"What can I do? It's not for your sake!" When Yao heard her husband Qin Zhonghai ask about her diligent accompaniment to Sanfang to visit the entire Hou Mansion today, she was so tired that her back and legs hurt, and her usual style was very different, what was her intention, so she flew back and protested coquettishly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Qin Zhonghai blinked, smiled and straightened his slightly wrinkled sleeves, and said slowly, "Grandma's words are interesting. You are kind to Sanfang, what good can it do me? What's more, I haven't told you anything. ā
Yao Shi snorted: "If you don't tell me, I can't think about it myself? That's your uncle and aunt, the elders you have never met since you were born, if it weren't for the fact that their sons got a good job in the capital, and the Hou Ye desperately urged them to come, you might not have seen them in your life." What is the need for me to curry favor with such a person? What benefit can I get from currying favor? Who will give me the money? It's just that I don't have to go on business trips on the whole face, and I just have to fulfill the courtesy. The third brother and sister were faint, and Mrs. didn't say that she wasn't. I'm not trying to please people with a shy face, and it's not for you?"
She approached her husband and said in a low voice: "Sanfang obviously came back from the northwest, and there are no high-ranking officials and eunuchs at home. This looks like a very ordinary clansman, but the Hou Ye and Mrs. have repeatedly said that they want us to be treated kindly, not to be lazy, and they also gave them the entire C-word library. Doesn't this make it clear that they have a request for the third room? But since the Hou Ye and the third uncle were young, they have not been in harmony. When I first came here yesterday, there was a fuss in the second room, although everyone didn't say anything, but in the end it was the good things that Hou Ye did after returning to Beijing. This new hatred and old hatred, Sanfang has nothing to ask for Hou Ye, can they smoothly agree to help Hou Ye? I think it is very suspenseful! Sanfang has not made trouble so far, and is willing to live with the people in our long room, and even I asked their granddaughter to move to our Jinhua courtyard, they did not refuse, it is already kind enough!"
She sat up straight again, slowly leaned on the pillow behind her, and stretched her muscles: "I have been with the third room for most of the day, and I feel that they are all kind people and understand things, which is very different from the second room." Such elders are our own family, so they should naturally get along well. What old grievances do you have between the Hou Ye, Mrs. and the third room, that is the matter of the elders, we are the juniors, and we will do the etiquette of the juniors. If there is really something important, the Hou Ye can't open his mouth, and the lady is not easy to speak, we have handed over the three rooms, and we can help turn around. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Hou Ye doesn't need to ask for a place to ask for three rooms, we can't help much, and after handing over the three rooms, we can also have a helper in case of trouble. This family has three rooms, and the second room is a single family! I can't deal with them anymore. How much did they take advantage of our long room in the past? Now it's good, the third room is back, and the second room has something to fight for, and what is difficult for the long room to come forward, just let the third room fight with the second room! When they are almost done, we will come out to play a round again. Wouldn't that save effort and gain a good reputation?"
Qin Zhonghai laughed when he heard this: "Grandma's abacus is really fine. It's just that the three-bedroom may not be as easy to be manipulated as you think. The third uncle is a smart man, but he has a gentle temperament and doesn't like to deal with others. He knew in his heart, don't take people for fools. ā
Yao said disapprehantly: "How dare I treat the third uncle as a fool? I am a niece and daughter-in-law, and I don't have many opportunities to see his old man. It's just that the third aunt has a straightforward temperament, although she is a little village-like, but I look very easy to get along with. She can't get used to the second room, and if there is an accident in the second room, I naturally have to tell her. ā
Qin Zhonghai said lightly: "Grandma, take it easy." Although the third aunt is from a small family, she has never seen the style of a high-ranking family like ours, so she may not be able to discover your intentions. But the third uncle will not let her be calculated. After doing it, the third uncle was annoyed with you and angry at your father and mother, who can protect you when the time comes?"
Yao Shi glanced at him with disgust: "Can I let things fall to that point? Besides, what do you mean by my calculating third aunt? I just think that she is in love with me, and she should talk more and talk about family life on weekdays." Even if she really wanted to do something, it was her own idea. Do you still think that I really have such a great ability, and that others will do whatever they ask others to do? You also think too highly of me, and you also underestimate the third aunt!"
Qin Zhonghai smiled, got up and walked out, Yao saw that he was really going to leave, and hurriedly stopped him: "Where are you going?"
Qin Zhonghai turned around and said, "I just went home, I have changed my clothes, I will go to say goodbye to my father and mother." ā
Yao Shi hurriedly said: "Master Hou is not at home, I went out to visit friends today." Madame was still playing cards there, and several aunts and girls were in her house. You'd better wait for later, when you're about to eat, it's probably not very convenient. ā
Qin Zhonghai stopped, turned back and sat down, and asked, "Why did my father go out to visit friends today?" The third uncle just came back, he should meet the third uncle more often, and talk about the old relationship between brothers. Although there were many discords between them in the past, and there were some new and old hatreds, looking at the appearance of the third uncle, it seemed that he had no intention of thinking too much. The third uncle only returned to Beijing after 30 years, and when he arrived at this home, he must have remembered the past. Today, you shouldn't have led the three rooms around, but my father should have gone there. Did he go out to visit friends? What does a friend matter?"
Yao said: "He didn't say it, but I asked the people around him, and I heard that he was going to several palaces and princess mansions today." Maybe it's the third uncle's return to Beijing, he wants to report to the palace, but now he can't enter the palace, so he plans to borrow the power of others, right?"
Qin Zhonghai sighed: "Speaking of which, this is all self-inflicted. He's my father, and I can't say anything, but sometimes he acts in a way that makes people laugh and cry. What is he trying to harm others and himself like this? Thirty years...... The third uncle is also his brother-in-law, and even if he had some quarrels when he was young, he shared weal and woe together in the frontier for a few years. Also, the third aunt's family is a great favor to our family, why didn't my father mention it?"
Yao pouted: "You ask me, who do I ask? That's your old man!" After speaking, he showed a little curious look, approached his husband and asked, "What did the Hou Ye do to offend the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Prince?" He refused to say, Madam, I didn't dare to ask, and even you refused to tell me! But I was in a hurry! The Hou Ye always asked me to go to the Wang family to ask my grandfather, but I didn't even know the reason, how could I open this mouth with my grandfather?"
As soon as he mentioned this, Qin Zhonghai looked depressed, and he waved his hand: "That's it, you don't have to ask, and I won't answer." Let it pass. When the Holy Lord summons the third uncle and talks about the matter, there may be room for a turnaround, otherwise ......" he sighed and didn't continue.
Yao Shi hurriedly asked, "What does this have to do with the third uncle?"
Qin Zhonghai shook his head and didn't answer, so Yao went to guess by himself: "The third uncle hasn't been back to the capital for thirty years, what can implicate him......?" The fact that the third uncle hasn't returned to the capital for 30 years really has something to do with Hou Ye?
Qin Zhonghai was silent, not saying yes, nor saying no. Yao had to guess for himself: "No, right? The third uncle was at odds with the Hou Ye brothers, and he returned to the capital thirty years ago, knowing that the Hou Ye and his wife were married, only the ...... who was more angry"
When Qin Zhonghai heard this, he glanced at his wife. Yao Shi knew that he was speechless, so he hurriedly smiled and leaned behind his husband, raising his pink fist to beat him on the back: "Second master forgiveness, I said the wrong thing, I didn't mean it." ā
Qin Zhonghai sighed: "In our own room, there is no girl-in-law, you just say a few words, don't say it, you can talk so freely in front of my father and mother." Father will be angry, and mother will not protect you, and it has not been easy for her all these years. ā
Yao lowered his head and softly admitted his mistake: "Yes-"
This matter is even revealed.
Yao slapped her husband's shoulder for a while, and couldn't help it, and continued to guess: "With the relationship between the third uncle and the Hou Ye, the Hou Ye wants the third uncle to stay away from the capital and never come back, the third uncle will never be so obedient." There must be some other reason why he is willing to leave! Speaking of which...... It was the time of the Queen's death. The third uncle said yesterday that the queen mother knew about his departure from Beijing......"
She suddenly came to an unbelievable conclusion: "Could it be that the queen mother let the third uncle leave Beijing? Why? Haven't their sisters and brothers always been very good? She also said that the queen mother's illness worsened when she was in solitary confinement, because she heard about the death of her father and stepmother one after another. It's reasonable, the queen doesn't have a reason to open this mouth?"
"The queen mother naturally won't open this mouth, but ......" Qin Zhonghai wanted to speak and stopped, "That's it, this matter really can't be talked about." Don't ask again. Knowing too much won't do you any good. You must never tell anyone these things. ā
With that, he stood up and walked out of the room. Although it was not yet time to greet his mother, he could go and see his sons and check on their schoolwork.
Yao called Qin Zhonghai a few times, but he couldn't stop him from leaving, so he had to go. But in her heart, she already had a conclusion about the speculation she had just made. If it weren't for telling the truth, why would Qin Zhonghai be in a hurry to leave?
What did he mean by that? The third uncle said that the queen mother knew about his departure from Beijing, but Qin Zhonghai said that the queen mother would not open this mouth. What else is hidden here?
Yao knew in her heart that if even her husband refused to tell her the truth, then she would not find a second person in this family who could solve her doubts. But she really wanted to know why, not just to satisfy her curiosity, but also for the sake of the whole family. Even if the family wants to help, they should first know what he has done wrong before they can make amends, right? Otherwise, no matter how much they do, it will be just in vain.
Yao made up his mind, so he called the henchman Yulan into the house, and whispered to her: "Go back, I will ask someone to pack two boxes of things for you, you change your clothes, bring two tight-mouthed and trustworthy mothers-in-law, ask for a small car, quietly take the box out of the house, go to Nianhui Nunnery, and find those masters from our family." I have a message for you to bring to them, and they will write me back. Tell them to rest assured that I will burn the letter directly after reading it, and it will not fall into the hands of others. ā
Magnolia was stunned. After the death of Empress Qin, the Holy Lord personally built a nunnery for his deceased wife, and the palace people who served Queen Qin, except for Mama Canan, who stayed in the East Palace to take care of the prince, all of them left their homes in the nunnery, praying for Empress Qin every day. Yao's is asking her to find those old palace people who were born in the Qin family? (To be continued.) )