Chapter 29: Unmasked
Xiao Huang walked into the house with a smile on his face, and when he saw that Feng was also seated in the house, his face couldn't help but stiffen, obviously a little surprised.
Feng smiled and greeted her: "The second brother and sister are here? ”
Xiao Huang suddenly became vigilant, but his face was full of smiles: "Yes, the third aunt must be complaining about me, I was negligent yesterday." She stepped forward with a smile and saluted the Niu family, and asked Qin Han how good it was, seeing that the ancestors and grandchildren of the Niu family were indifferent, she didn't care, but repeatedly apologized for her behavior last night, saying that she was confused, and after listening to a few words of coaxing, she forgot to respect and be humble.
Her eyes were red, her words were choked, and she said with a look of shame: "It's all my confusion, my sister-in-law's surname is Xue, and the second aunt in the small second room is the same clan, because of this relationship, the second aunt will often have letters." At the beginning, it was just a short period of parents, and then I was just instructed in some sophistication, and then I occasionally mentioned the matter of the Marquis Mansion in Beijing. We countrymen have never seen the world, and after reading what the second aunt said in the letter, we should only read the book of heaven, and we all regard it as a wise saying, and believe it perfectly! The second aunt mentioned the third uncle and the third aunt in the letter, but it was just ...... It seems that he doesn't get along well with the third uncle and three aunts. I believed her old man's words, and I thought that the third uncle and three aunts were unsatisfactory, but now that we have met, I know how wrong I am!"
Niu's face darkened when he heard this: "Hmph, I know that that shrew dog can't spit out ivory from his mouth!"
When Xiao Huang and Feng heard this, they were both stunned, probably because they didn't expect that Niu's noble Mrs. Yongjiahou would actually use such vulgar words to scold people, right? Feng Shi remained silent, bowed his head and held the still warm teacup silently, while Xiao Huang remembered that Xue had despised Qin Bai's wife as a rural village woman in the letter, and he also felt a little contempt in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
However, Qin Han was really not so easy to be fooled. She stared at Xiao Huang and asked, "Auntie said that my second uncle and grandmother said a lot of bad things about my grandfather and grandmother in the letter, so you misunderstood my grandfather and grandmother?
Xiao Huang hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "This ...... The aunt still didn't say anything, but she was afraid that if she said it, she would pollute her sister's ears. ”
Qin Hanzhen sneered: "It turns out that what the second uncle and grandmother said in the letter will stain my ears as soon as they say it?
Xiao Huang couldn't help choking, and hurriedly remedied: "No, no, the third sister misunderstood." The second aunt naturally doesn't say vulgar things in her letters, I mean...... Belch...... I mean, she didn't write the truth in the letter, so that people could misunderstand that the third uncle and the third aunt had a bad temperament. Now that I know that those things are not good and false, how can I tell you?"
Qin Hanzhen smiled: "I see." It's just that I really didn't expect that my aunt would be so gullible. What the second uncle and grandmother said, you immediately thought it was true. Although you have never met my grandmother, my grandfather had a reputation as a talented man when he was young, and it is not that no one in the clan has ever seen him, so how could my aunt misunderstand that he has a bad temperament after listening to a few words from my second uncle and grandmother? Could it be that the words of my second uncle and grandmother are more reliable than the elders in the clan who have been with my aunt for many years?"
Xiao Huang didn't know that Qin Han was really targeting her at this time? But what could she do? Who told her to leave the handle? He could only defend himself with a smile: "The elders of the clan have not seen the third uncle for many years, and they don't know what kind of character the third uncle is now, but the second aunt has been with the third uncle in Beijing for a few months, and she always knows his temperament better than the people in the clan." How do we know that the second aunt is not kind?"
Qin Hanzhen raised his eyebrows: "It seems that the second uncle's grandmother's reputation in the clan is really good." With her old man's temperament, her aunt has been married in for so many years, and she still thinks she is a kind person. ”
Xiao Huang was stunned for a moment. Qin Hanzhen's words are almost making it clear that the Xue family is not a well-meaning person, but she is a junior, how can she say bad things about her elders like this?
Who knew that Niu Shi also said: "That's right, that shrew scolds people as soon as they meet, and she is weird all day long, as long as you get along with her for a long time, no one doesn't know her difficulty." There are still people in this clan who think she is kind? Could it be that more than 1,000 people in this clan are blind and can't do it?!" Niu was very angry.
Feng was also very surprised. The six-room small long room and the small second room have been in discord for many years, and everyone in the clan knows it, but no matter what, the small long room will maintain the harmony on the surface and not let outsiders talk about it. The small second room is a little more fearless, but it won't go too far. Why did the little third room that had just returned seem to have a grudge against the little second room? And he didn't even care about the face outside?
This is not what a big family should do. Could it be that the little second room did something to offend the little third room ruthlessly?
Feng Shi was still thinking about it, and Qin Hanzhen continued to say to Xiao Huang: "Auntie must not know the true temperament of the second uncle's grandmother and eldest uncle, and she has been deceived a lot in the past, right? But I don't know how she said bad things about my grandfather and grandmother in the letter? Maybe there are still bad things about my father and mother and me? I also ask my aunt to tell us, and I will refute it and tell the truth clearly, so that there will be no one in the clan who will be deceived by Xiao Erfang and misunderstand the character of my grandfather and grandmother." ”
Xiao Huang smiled dryly: "Yes, this...... If there is a misunderstanding, of course, you must make it clear. But everyone has eyes, the character of the third uncle and three aunts, you can know it at a glance, where is the need to refute it?"
"It's hard to say. Qin Hanzhen smiled and didn't say much.
Seeing this, Xiao Huang hesitated. She hesitated for a moment, turned her heart sideways, and briefly said the words of the Qin Bai family mentioned by the Xue family in the past in the letter, as well as all the rumors from the Xue family. The more Niu listened, the more angry he became, but Qin Hanzhen was very interested in listening to it. She now understands a little bit why Qin Keyong and Xiao Huang have the courage to give their grandfather a "dismount".
Qin Hanzhen said to Xiao Huang: "These nonsense words, eighty percent out of ten are false, and two percent are added to the vinegar, distorting the truth, and it doesn't really sound true." Let me make it clear to my aunt, there is a reason why my grandfather has not returned to the capital for 30 years, and the emperor knows this reason, and my uncle and grandfather Chengenhou also know, but it is not easy to publicize, so I won't tell you. Anyway, the emperor trusted my grandfather so much that he ordered my grandfather to take the position of marquis during my great-grandfather's lifetime, and gave him a house and a grange property. My grandfather wasn't a shabby. Since we returned to the Marquis Mansion in the capital, the second uncle and grandmother have been unable to get along with us, picking thorns all day long, to put it bluntly, it is just that my grandfather has won the title, and the eldest uncle has not. But how did the eldest uncle get the title? The second uncle and grandmother dared to complain about the emperor's partiality at home, but others did not dare to echo her. ”
Xiao Huang didn't have the courage, her face was a little pale, and she could only freeze there and laugh dryly.
Qin Hanzhen said again: "As for saying that my grandfather is an empty marquis and has no real power...... My grandfather is also a handful of old people, he has a knighthood, an estate under his name, and he has children and grandchildren, my father is now a guard in the palace, and my uncle is a military attache in Datong. Could it be that he has real power, but my grandfather wants to make people laugh? Saying that he is an old man is an empty marquis, then what is not an empty marquis?"
Xiao Huang said dryly: "This was originally the second aunt's red eyes, the third uncle and the third aunt, how can you believe the nonsense you just said?"
Qin Hanzhen nodded: "Also, I think it's strange, it seems that in my aunt's mind, the little second room is also powerful and decent, and she also said that the lobby sister is about to marry a nobleman? You should be referring to the family affairs of the Shu Palace, right? You may have some news lagging, it was just a misunderstanding between the second uncle and grandmother and the eldest uncle." People didn't take a fancy to the lobby sister, but the second uncle and grandmother decided that this family affair would definitely be able to be said. But the king of Shu committed something a few days ago and asked the emperor to punish him. The second uncle and grandmother were afraid of being affected, so they drew a line with others and did something to offend people. Now people are afraid that they are annoyed, and what do they say? It's not bad if you don't hold grudges. Poor second uncle and grandmother were fighting for the eldest uncle and grandmother to oppose family affairs, and they made a fuss about dividing the family. Now it's a bamboo basket for water, right?"
Niu sneered: "Isn't it? Their second room is now about to become a laughing stock in the capital, and they still think how great they are, and they look down on people all day long." If there is no signboard of the Hou Mansion, who will answer him? The people's palace looks at them highly, but it is not for the sake of our Qin family's double marquis? Now that the family is divided, the second room will have to move out sooner or later, and with the official position of their boss of the six grades, I want to see how they can still be majestic in the future!"
Xiao Huang couldn't help but say: "But I heard that the old aunt in the second room can often enter the palace to see the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother still values her very much, and she is constantly rewarded all year round." ”
That's true. Qin Han said, "Old Aunt Fu is very fair. At the beginning, the second room was in trouble to split up, but she couldn't convince her eldest uncle, so she stayed in the Chengenhou Mansion with Aunt Zhang. When the family was separated, the eldest uncle did not take her with him. ”
Xiao Huang's face was very ugly, her forehead and back were sweating, and she had no intention of lingering anymore.
When it was time to say goodbye, Feng and Xiao Huang left together. On the way, she said to Xiao Huang: "Second brother and sister, although I don't know if the aunt of the second room really told you those things in the letter, but how can you tell the third aunt these things? ”
Xiao Huang was a little absent-minded: "This matter has nothing to do with the eldest sister-in-law, so don't worry about it." If the rules are unruly, it will not be my sister-in-law's turn to teach me. ”
Feng Shi glanced at her again: "Second brother and sister, you seem to be a little angry, drink more Qingxin tea, and defeat the fire." He walked away without looking back.