Chapter Fifty-Eight: Broken Intestine Grass
The news brought by Zhang's was really unexpected: "Second Miss, please help, mention it to the eldest master, and give the third lady's mother and daughter a way to live!"
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Sheng Weiqiao came to see her crashing into her room early in the morning, and felt inexplicable, and couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard the words: "You get up and talk, what's wrong with the third sister and the second aunt?!"
"Yesterday, an old lady and an old lady called the second master to the Forbidden Snow Hall, and told the second master about the suffering of the third lady and the young lady. Zhang motioned for her to send out the two maids, Lu Qi and Lu Jin, and then wiped her tears, "Originally, the old lady and the old lady meant, firstly, they didn't want the second master to have any misunderstanding about the big house, and secondly, they hoped that the second master could shout more about the third lady in the future, and comfort the third lady with fatherly affection." ā
She couldn't help but whimper, "Who knows...... Who knew that after hearing this, the second master was furious, saying that everything was caused by the second lady!
Sheng Weiqiao listened, squeezed the jade comb tightly, and said incredulously for a while: "The second aunt is the biological mother of the third sister, and the third sister has such an experience, and she was abandoned with her biological mother, how will she live in the future?!"
"The old lady and the old lady also said the same, but the second old man grasped the fact that Miss Cousin's whereabouts are still unknown, and insisted that the second lady hurt the third lady and didn't care, but it hurt Miss Cousin even more, so that he couldn't live with Mrs. Cousin's family!" The old lady and the old lady feel in a dilemma, I don't know if they should agree to the second master's request?"
Sheng Weiqiao took a deep breath, stood up, regardless of his long hair and untidy appearance, walked back and forth in the room with a jade comb in his hand, stopped, and said: "I remember that Mother Zhang, you are your grandmother's companion, and your grandmother doesn't hide anything from you, you tell me the truth: the second uncle wants to divorce the second aunt on this eye joint, is it really because he feels sorry for his aunt?"
āā¦ā¦ The old lady was in a trance and heard from the people below that the second master was infatuated with a talented daughter a while ago, and the woman was very scheming, not like Ken'an's outer room. Hearing this, Zhang hesitated for a moment before whispering.
I just know that's the case!!
Sheng Weiqiao's chest rose and fell rapidly for a moment, and he barely suppressed his anger - although the Bai family's entry made Old Lady Sheng and Old Lady Ming very dissatisfied, and they have been lukewarm to the Bai family all these years, but this does not mean that they can't wait to see the Bai family abandoned from the beginning!
After all, serious elders, no one likes the younger generation to change their wives frequently.
Especially Sheng Lansi was beaten by Mrs. Sheng just a while ago because of the fact that he came to the door in the outer room.
Even if he was disgusted with the Bai family and wanted to marry the daughter of that Xiucai, he would definitely not have the courage to mention it to Old Lady Sheng.
At least I don't dare to mention it for this time.
But Sheng Wei Qiao Wan didn't expect that this uncle would be so mad that he would take advantage of his daughter's humiliated return to abandon the Bai family and create an opportunity for the new love to enter the door!
Such a heart sex is said to be a father, and he is simply unworthy of being a person!
"It's grandmother who doesn't dare to tell my grandfather, and wants me to tell my father and let my father come forward to deal with the aftermath of the second uncle?" Sheng Weiqiao became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and his tone became sour, "But this kind of thing is not once or twice, right?"
Before, Mrs. Ming was afraid that her son would be beaten, so she tried to persuade her granddaughter Shen Jiuniang to participate in the trip, which led to a fierce conflict between Sheng Weirao and Sheng Weirao, and they both encountered accidents on the way back to Shengfu.
Mrs. Ming has always been clear about what Sheng Lansi did, but she was always reluctant to let him be beaten and punished because she felt sorry for her son, and covered him up again and again.
As a result, even though Sheng Lansi was repeatedly beaten by Old Lady Sheng to cry wolf, he didn't change at all afterwards!
The Zhang family also knew this very well, but she couldn't help it, and sobbed: "But you also know the temper of the old lady, in the past, it was said that the second master would be killed, and in the end, his subordinates were measured." But on this eye joint, the matter of the talented daughter is about to be exposed, and the old lady is angry, and he will really beat the second master out of the way!"
Sheng Weiqiao wanted to say, "Then simply let my grandfather break his leg, so as not to always run out in the future, and don't fall in love for three days and two days", but thinking of Sheng Weirao, she calmed her face for a long time, and finally sighed: "I'll tell my father, but ...... Next time, you tell your grandmother, don't come to me!!"
Zhang Shi hurriedly said: "Second Miss Xie Grace!"
As for Sheng Weiqiao's so-called "no next time", he didn't take it to heart, anyway, the Sheng family knew that the second lady was the most favored and the best to coax.
Sheng Weiqiao didn't know what she was thinking, and after waving it away, she barely freshened up, and she was not in the mood to use breakfast, so she directly ordered someone to study ink and lay paper, write down the matter into a letter, hand it over to Lu Qi, and send a credible person to pass it on to Sheng Lanci - Sheng Lanci is not in the other courtyard now, after all, he has been on Tortoiseshell Island during this time, and there are many things waiting for him on the shore, and he has no time to go to the other courtyard to accompany the juniors.
However, even though he was entangled in everything as soon as he stepped on land, Sheng Lanci still replied to his daughter as quickly as possible, and the letter naturally comforted her daughter not to worry about anything, everything was with him as a father.
At the same time, he told her about Xu Baomo's return date - because of the arranged rhetoric, Xu Baomo got to the other courtyard, and together with Sheng Sleeping Crane, he accompanied his cousins back to Shengfu.
Sheng Lanci praised Xu Baomo's performance in the letter, and of course she didn't forget to remind her daughter openly and secretly that she should treat this brother "as a brother".
And Xu Baomo arrived almost front and back with this letter, and after he arrived, he didn't immediately ask Sheng Weiqiao about his good feelings, but asked Sheng Weirao's situation first.
Sheng Weiqiao just smiled bitterly and asked, "What else?"
Xu Baomo wanted to say a few guilty words, such as if it weren't for entertaining him, there would be no such trip, and the two girls wouldn't have to suffer such a flying disaster - but the words came to his mouth and swallowed, things were already like this, what was the use of him saying such things?
It's just an embarrassment for the Sheng family to be landlords.
Fortunately, after he arrived, the group did not have to stay in the other courtyard any longer, and they could return to the Sheng family openly. Everyone was busy packing their luggage and speaking lines, but they were also free from the relative wordless embarrassment.
The outside world didn't know the experience of Sheng Weiqiao, Sheng Sleeping Crane and Xu Baomo during this time, but they knew that Sheng Weirao, the third lady, had been missing for a long time, and they all thought she was dead. Now that the news suddenly came out that she was still alive and was going home, she was surprised, and naturally there was a lot of discussion.
Especially Shen Jiuniang, who disappeared with Sheng Weirao, failed to come back with her this time, which made people more and more suspicious.
And after the identity of Gongsun Yingjiang and Gongsun Xi's "benefactors of the Sheng family" came out, such discussions also increased unabated - many people guessed the truth, that is, Sheng Weirao suffered the destruction of the reputation during this time, and the Sheng family deliberately made two so-called benefactors out in order to cover their faces, and gave her a round.
But just like Sheng Weiwei demolished the stage in public at her grandfather's birthday banquet before, but still turned big things into small things, the Sheng family is like the sky, even if most people doubt Sheng Weirao's innocence, but there is no grudge against this girl, and they can't offend the Sheng family for a while.
So they didn't mention much about it on the scene, at most they said two words, "The third lady is really a lucky person", and it was tacit - anyway, the big families in the county decided that if they discussed with the Sheng family in the future, they would bypass the third miss - of course, the discussion behind the scenes, the Sheng family couldn't control it.
In this case, the violent death of Xuan Yu'e's family was only slightly in an uproar, and it passed.
Xuan Yu'e was in power because Xuan Yule was alive, even if he immediately lost power after Xuan Yufeng became the family, but as the younger brother of the former head of the Xuan Yu family and the uncle of the current head of the family, the foundation is still there, and in Nanfeng County, he can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face.
None of his family of three or even his subordinates were alive - this kind of thing would have caused a sensation, but the reason found out by the yamen was embarrassing, and he could only sigh that life and death were fateful: it was because the subordinates of Xuanyu's family mistakenly took the broken intestine grass as honeysuckle and picked it back to the house to make herbal tea, which resulted in the death of all the whole family!
In this season, Nanfeng County has already had a sense of heat, and every household has begun to boil soup and water to clear away heat and dissipate fire, and honeysuckle is an indispensable medicinal material in many herbal tea recipes because of its heat-clearing and detoxifying properties. The gut-breaking grass nicknamed "Hook Kiss" bloomed at about the same time as it, and its appearance is also very similar, and there have been people who have made mistakes throughout the ages, although it is reasonable that there are a few more people who died this time.
Although a few people muttered: "Xuan Yu'e is also a wealthy family in the county, why do you boil some honeysuckle tea and personally send people to the mountains to pick it, instead of buying it from the pharmacy? The pharmacy has its own master who is responsible for identifying this kind of medicinal materials to prevent the loss of people's lives, how can such a thing happen? Moreover, this family has more than 20 mouthfuls of people, and they all drink the poisonous tea mixed with the broken intestine grass, and none of them can run out to ask for help, are they all drinking poisoned at the same time?"
But because after Xuan Yu's family mourned, he tacitly acquiesced that Xuan Yu'e's family was blessed and short-lived, and there was no intention to get to the bottom of it.
In fact, the ending of Xuan Yu'e's family is already the result of the best efforts of the Xuan Yujia led by Xuan Yu Feng -- Xuan Yufeng's family can't wait for Xuan Yu'e's family to die, the problem is that this family must not die on the charge of colluding with bandits!
Because this is equivalent to handing over the entire handle of Xuanyu's family!
After all, the relationship between Xuan Yu'e and the two generations of the Xuan Yu family is too close, and he is not the kind of subordinate or outsider who can draw a line at will.
If he is charged with having an affair with a bandit, or with a bandit who murdered Emperor Huan Guanlan, it is impossible for Xuan Yu's family not to be implicated!
This point is related to the vital interests of Xuanyu Feng's mother and son, as well as the entire Xuanyu family, so Xuanyu Feng's tried his best, and even did not hesitate to send Xuanyu to visit his aunt under the banner of visiting his aunt, rushed to the Sheng Mansion to kneel and beg Feng's mediation.
And Feng also felt that he could take a step back in this matter: "First, my mother's sister also has a grudge against Xuan Yu'e and his wife, and this time what happened to Jiuniang and Rao'er has nothing to do with my mother's sister and the rest of the Xuanyu family; How will you go out then?"
However, what made the Shen family, the second room, and Mrs. Ming finally nod their heads, still, "My mother's sister said that although this time the thing was done by Xuan Yu'e and his wife, it has nothing to do with the rest of the Xuanyu family!
It is said to be a thin gift, and it is indeed light to hold in your hand, but the real weight is definitely not light: a full 100,000 taels of silver tickets!
"Things have happened, and the anger of the whole Xuan Yu family has done us all kinds of harm but no benefit, and it has also embarrassed your sister-in-law, and hurt your own brotherhood in vain. After Mrs. Ming waved away her eldest daughter-in-law, she burst into tears and said to Sheng Lanxin and Bai, "It's better to accept this silver ticket, which not only gives your sister-in-law a face, but also doesn't have to make a big enemy of the Xuanyu family! Not to mention that even the yamen side must not want such a bad case to happen in the county and affect their evaluation!"
Originally, Shen Jiuniang's father, Shen Ji, was unable to live in the Sheng family because of official business, but Sheng Lansi, Sheng Weirao's father, should not be absent.
However, Sheng Lansi's mind is now on Xinhuan, in order to let Xinhuan replace Bai's family, he has done everything to sprinkle salt on his daughter's wounds, how can he expect him to care about avenging his daughter?
Mrs. Ming was afraid that Mrs. Sheng would beat up this son after she found out, so she didn't dare to make a noise, but tried her best to hide it for him - so now that Sheng Lansi ran to accompany her new love, the old lady could only call her daughter and daughter-in-law to discuss.
Although Sheng Lanxin and the Bai family are both women, they also know the grievances between Xuan Yu Feng and his brother-in-law, and they also recognize Xuan Yu Feng's ignorance and innocence in this matter, so they have no resentment towards Xuan Yu Feng. I have been refusing to give in before, mainly because I hate this family very much, hoping that they can die a painful death after being ruined.
Now Xuan Yu Feng took 100,000 taels of silver tickets out to do a good job of handling the fee, which is both a plea and a threat, Gu Di [Note] The two of them knew it in their hearts, and made a little discussion, although they were still a little unwilling, they agreed in the end.
When Mrs. Ming saw this scene, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want her own flesh and blood to fall out with Xuanyu's family. After all, she knows that her children have no ability, and when she encounters things in the future, she will have to rely on her eldest brother and sister-in-law. This time, Feng personally interceded for his sister, if he was rejected, how could Feng have no mustard in his heart?
With Sheng Lanci's love for Feng's mother and daughter, Feng's dislike of sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Sheng Lanci will be affected sooner or later.
The old lady Ming didn't want to see that kind of situation, and besides, Xuan Yu Feng and Xuan Yu's family did not participate in the murder of Shen Jiuniang and Sheng Weirao, so the old lady was naturally happy to see her children give in.
It's just that what the old lady didn't expect was that although her children were all in favor of accepting the hush money from Xuan Yu Feng, there was a fierce dispute over the distribution of the hush money!
[Note] Di is the ancient name for the younger daughter-in-law or young concubine, Sheng Lanxin is Sheng Lansi's sister, so she and the Bai family can't say sister-in-law. But I couldn't find out how to abbreviate the eldest sister-in-law and brother-in-law, so I simply called it Gudi, so the writing looked more concise.