197. Chen was beaten
Fang Yuting saw that the Chen family was powerful here, but she was afraid that she really thought that her sisters were harmonious and filial to her, so she sneered in her heart, but she did not disobey and sent her mother-in-law over.
Chen let the sedan chair stop directly in front of him, carefully went up with his feet, and covered his shoes with his skirt.
After getting into the sedan chair, he glared at Fang Yuting fiercely, and said, "Take good care of your eldest sister, if it's not good, I'll ask you." ”
Fang Yuting squinted at her, noncommittal.
Chen waited for the gate of the Hou Mansion to be about two miles away, and then lowered his body and took out the things that Fang Yuhe had wrapped in her shoes, but saw that it was a corner of a silk handkerchief, and the four dark brown words on it: "Yuting is poisoned".
Chen was shocked when he saw it, and he hurriedly held it in his palm and didn't dare to look at it again. After a while, it was uncomfortable after all, and when I opened it again, I found that the brown sweat in the palm of my hand was actually a little thicker, and the color was brighter.
Chen realized that these words were actually written in blood, and he was even more shocked, and he hurriedly read them a few times, and found that they were all those four words, so he cried uncomfortably.
The blood dried up and turned brown, and that was written a long time ago. It can be seen that Fang Yuhe was poisoned and assassinated by Fang Yuting, which was already an early thing.
Back in Heshoutang, Chen saw that several maids were trembling, and even Zhou was kneeling outside the hospital, and the alarm bell was loud in his heart.
Zhou whispered: "The daughter-in-law let her mother out of the house, and my father was furious when she found out......"
Chen was reminded, and when he entered the door, he saw Master Fang's face full of anger, and he was not afraid for the first time.
Master Fang was so angry that he dropped the cup: "You ......"
Chen didn't wait for him to speak, he jumped up and knelt at his feet: "Master, if I don't leave the house, I'm afraid our daughter will die!"
Master Fang kicked her away, glaring angrily: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Chen angrily reprimanded the people around him: "Get out." ”
The people around looked at each other, but in the end, Master Fang did not refute, but still retreated in turn.
Chen cried so much that tears and snot came out, took out the handkerchief in his hand, showed the words on it to Master Fang, and said what he saw and heard when he went to the Hou Mansion today.
Master Fang asked, "Then why didn't you come back to me first when you received the news?"
Chen said anxiously: "At that time, her daughter was in danger, and when the mother heard that there was still reason, she immediately wanted to go and see it." She thought for a moment before she said, "I told my eldest daughter-in-law at that time and asked her to tell you." Otherwise, how could she let me out of the house so easily if she obeyed your orders?"
"It's a matter of urgency, master, let's find a way to save Yuhe first. You didn't see her like that, if it dragged on any longer, I was afraid that I would be tortured to death by Fang Yuting. Chen begged.
Master Fang was also moved, in the end, it was his own daughter, and she grew up in the palm of her hand, and after thinking for a while, he asked: "What about Xiao Jinping, why is his daughter-in-law sick like this, he doesn't say a word, and he can't even see a shadow." ”
Seeing that he had asked about the key nodes at once, Chen was too frightened to speak again.
When Fang Yuting saw her lose power and came to the Hou Mansion to confront her, she once said that Fang Yuhe took advantage of Mrs. Hou's illness to use her hands and feet in the medicine. If this matter is really confirmed, I am afraid that Xiao Jinping has already disliked his daughter, and he will not care about it at all.
She had doubts in her heart, feeling that even if Fang Yuhe resented Mrs. Hou for withholding her dowry, she would not be so blatant as poisoning people.
Now that it happened in the Hou Mansion, it is impossible to argue with it, so it can only be speculated.
Seeing that Master Fang asked, he didn't dare to explain the reason, so he could only hesitate: "Brother Yuhe Shenghan fell into the root of the disease when he was a child, and he has been dragging it to take medicine, it is an old disease, and it can't be cured at all." I went to see him this time, if it wasn't for Yuhe quietly stuffing me with a note, how would I have known that there was such a vicious thing! I think my son-in-law also thinks that Yuhe is an old problem, and he doesn't pay attention to it at all. ”
Chen Shi thought of Fang Yuting's methods, and shuddered a little: "Besides, the son-in-law only eats an empty salary, and he is not as powerful as his younger brother, and he has always been afraid of things, even if he knows, what use can he do? Can he still be expected to find out the truth and force Xiao Jinan to divorce his wife?"
Chen's speculation was not wrong, after Mrs. Hou's medicine was exposed, all the spearheads were pointed at Fang Yuhe, and she couldn't argue.
Fang Yuting took this opportunity to take care of family affairs, intentionally or unintentionally said something meaningful in front of Xiao Jinping, after a long time, Xiao Jinping was tired of Fang Yuhe, and didn't pay much attention to it, but instead raised a play outside and didn't go home much.
When Fang Yuhe was seriously ill, someone had told him, Fang Yuting promised to take good care of him, and his son was also raised to be fat and fat, Xiao Jinping came back and took a look, Fang Yuhe saw that he and Fang Yuting were very warm, and he could say anything, so he could only hide his grievances and dare not say anything.
After listening to Chen's analysis, Master Fang looked at her for a long time and asked her if she had any ideas.
Chen's eyes flashed with hope: "If it is to check Fang Yuting, the Hou Mansion will have a tongue...... I won't recognize it at all. For the sake of today's plan, I can only forcibly pick up people. Master, let's send some capable thugs and nurses......"
"Confused!" Master Fang didn't finish listening to her excited expression, and immediately got up and said angrily: "It's okay to rest, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore." ”
But even if the Chen family doesn't care, Master Fang wants to take care of it himself, but he is at a loss.
After Aunt Mei heard the reason, she thought about it before she said: "The people don't fight with the officials, not to mention that they are the Hou Mansion." It's just that now, it depends on whether the old man wants to protect the reputation of the Fang family or wants to save the girl's life. ”
Old Man Fang wondered, "How can you say this?"
Aunt Mei said: "With the character of the eldest aunt, I don't believe that she will attack Mrs. Hou. It's just that since the Hou Mansion believes all of them, and the matter has passed for so long, it is unlikely that the case will be overturned. For the sake of now, we can either ask ourselves to come down to the court, admit these crimes, and we will take her back, and from now on in the Fang family. Either ignore it, maintain the reputation of the Fang family's girls, and let the aunt and grandmother be rounded and pinched by them......"
Master Fang only felt distressed when he heard this, and asked hesitantly, "Isn't there a way to have both?"
"You are in business, you know the stakes best, why are you greedy now?" Aunt Mei said: "If you want to have both, you must bring down the second aunt and grandmother before Mrs. Hou dies, but I say in my conscience that I don't have this ability." The second aunt and grandmother covered the sky with one hand in the Hou Mansion, which shows that several people in the Hou Mansion trust her and want to take advantage of her mistakes, and it is a fatal mistake, I don't see it. Besides, the things in the Hou Mansion are not something that our hands can reach into. Take 10,000 steps back and say, if one day there is this opportunity to announce her crime of poisoning the eldest sister, what is the use? It has saved the eldest girl, and ruined the reputation of our second girl, saying that the sisters of our Fang family are killing each other and have no education and kindness at all!"
Aunt Mei said reasonably: "In front of Mrs., the eldest aunt and grandmother are daughters, and she naturally ignores the second aunt and grandmother. But in front of you, it's all the same daughter. Speaking of which, don't you still hurt your second aunt and grandmother more? If you really bring down your second aunt and grandmother, what good will the Fang family have? You should consider the overall situation. ”
Old Man Fang gritted his teeth and thought for a while, before he let out a long sigh, almost as long as a cup of tea: "In this case, then save your life." Speaking of which, I couldn't live with Yuting's mother, if it wasn't for me, I ......"
"Master!" Aunt Mei showed a rare angry expression: "Let's not mention this matter anymore, have you forgotten? At the beginning, you tried your best to let her marry into the Hou Mansion, and you have already compensated her, in my opinion, your sins have been paid cleanly, and you don't have to feel guilty anymore." Besides, Liniang was already at fault. If it weren't for that, you've always been kind and generous, so how could you let others bully her?"
Master Fang said: "It's okay, I just think of the old things, and I don't have to bother you." ”
"I'm for the Fang family, with a clear conscience. Aunt Mei said: "She really wants to investigate, so she gave up my life." ”
Master Fang hurriedly pressed her mouth: "Don't talk nonsense." Old things, forget the past. Speaking of which, I was also blamed for being soft-hearted at the beginning, if I had been more decisive, I would not have been implicated so far......"
"No one is wrong, it's herself. Aunt Mei persuaded for a long time, and then Master Fang made up his mind, and hesitated again: "What if the Hou Mansion refuses to release people?"
"No, it won't. If they refuse to let go, then they can only pretend to be generous and announce their forgiveness on the spot. In the future, we can visit from time to time, and if we find out that she has been abused and sick, we can take the opportunity to take her back to recuperate, and we will also be exempted from a letter of resignation!" Aunt Mei thought for a while before she said, "Besides, when they married their aunt and grandmother, it was for the dowry. Now that the dowry has been scavenged by them, it is worthless, and there is a person for nothing, I am afraid that we will take it back. ”
Three days later, the Fang family held the letter of guilt and went to the door of the Hou Mansion.
Master Fang took the lead in kneeling down and kowtowing to Master Hou: "Fang heard that his daughter is seriously ill, now please go back to education!"
Hou Ye was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "Father-in-law, why is this?"
"Don't dare to be your father-in-law. Master Fang was full of tears, his face was full of shame, and after following Master Hou into the house, he didn't hide it outside, and said bluntly: "Fang Mou's goddaughter has no way, and she is disrespectful to her mother-in-law because of her personal anger, so I hereby ask for a letter of resignation, and I will take it back." ”
Hou Ye was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What's going on? Go and call the prince back." Then he said to the other master, "Everything will be decided when the son of the world returns." ”
Master Fang didn't say a word when he saw his polite words, and he was really said by Aunt Mei: After taking Fang Yuhe, you can marry a house in the name of the prince, and the snowflakes and silver floated into the Hou Mansion.
It's just that Xiao Jinping didn't come back, so he sent someone to tell Master Fang: "The prince said, please invite your aunt and grandmother to come." Let the father-in-law take it back. "It's all in the palm of my mind, and it's to be expected.
Master Fang saw that he didn't even let him, his old face really couldn't hold it, but he was worried about his daughter's life, so he only glared at Fang Yuting with hatred, so he ordered someone to take the seriously ill Fang Yuhe home.
When Chen saw Fang Yuhe being picked up, he was overjoyed at first, thinking that Master Fang was just picking up his daughter back, so he was waiting for him to eat, drink and have good medicinal herbs.
Two days later, Yanzhou City was full of storms, all of which were rumors that Fang Yuhe poisoned her mother-in-law and was abandoned by the Hou Mansion.
Chen was so angry when he heard this, he didn't know who said that the idea was from Aunt Mei, so he rushed to her yard and pointed at her and scolded.
"I knew you didn't have a good heart! You killed my daughter like this! You taught her how to behave in the future? How can you marry again?" Chen pounced on Aunt Mei and wanted to fight with her.
Aunt Mei knew that she loved her daughter very much, and she couldn't make any sense with her, so she didn't say a word. Only after Chen finished scolding, did he say lightly: "Then Mrs. Yi said, what better way is there?"
"Naturally, it is to publicize Fang Yuting's evil deeds of that slut, so that she will be abandoned by the Hou Mansion, and don't think about going back to Fang's house!" Chen said angrily: "She forced Mother Jin to death, and she also wanted to kill my daughter, I can't spare her." How much money did she give you, and you protected her? She wasn't your daughter! Make no mistake!"
"Naturally, it's not my daughter, it's all Madame's children, how can you favor one over the other? Madame must be sick, talking nonsense, you can help Madame go back." The old man was angry when he heard it. Aunt Mei said to Peony: "Madame probably forgot, why was the old man angry last time, and why did he lock Madame in the Buddhist hall?"
Peony naturally remembers. Madame said that Ran Ran was not her granddaughter.
Thinking of this, she was startled, smiled gratefully at Aunt Mei, and was about to persuade Chen, but Chen pushed her away and rushed to Aunt Mei: "Mei Yaru, you have endured you for so many years. You are pampered and arrogant, you don't take me in your eyes, I look at the face of the master, and I have never treated you harshly. Now, you actually fell into the well, borrowed a knife to kill people, and wanted to harm me Yuhe, I definitely can't bear this breath!"
After speaking, he stretched out his hand to hit Aunt Mei.
Aunt Mei held her hand and said with a sneer: "Madam, you and I have been safe all these years, I thought you had a guilty conscience." Unexpectedly, you actually think you are putting up with me. ”
Chen struggled a few times, and found that Aunt Mei had a lot of strength, but she was sick and emotional, and her strength was not as great as before, and she was much weaker. Not to be outdone: "What do I have to feel guilty about? I am worthy of anyone! I saved Fang's family from fire and water, and the other family has great kindness." I have been a housekeeper for decades, and I have let you wear gold and silver to be glorious and rich, who am I owed?"
"Then think about Aunt Li. Aunt Mei let go of her hand and pushed her, Chen couldn't help but stumble a few steps, almost fell, and was supported by peony, only to feel that Chen's body trembled violently, like a withered leaf on a tree, almost unable to hang and about to fall down.
"Aunt Li, what's the matter, what's the matter with me!" Chen forced himself back. Thinking of Mother Jin's words before she died, she couldn't help but feel confident, and said to Aunt Mei: "Speaking of Aunt Li, then let's talk about it, and you let them all retreat!"
Aunt Mei didn't know what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd, but in the end she made everyone retreat, and only the two of them were left.
"When Aunt Li had a difficult birth, you said that you had just given birth to a child and had experience, so you can take a look first. ”