Chapter 354: Suspicion
Dong Guifeng knew that Hu Dongping was also suspicious of her under the influence of Mrs. Hu, before she got married, this Miss Hu showed her face once, and her expression was very resentful, but she didn't care, the mother and daughter of the Hu family now could no longer pose any threat to her, if it weren't for their little use value, she wouldn't even be lazy to beat the water dog, the mother and daughter of the Hu family really wasted the identity of the wife and eldest daughter of the Hu family, on the surface, it looks powerful, but in fact it is stupid to death.
"Is my cousin much better lately?" Dong Guifeng put away his contempt and asked with a sincere expression.
"Much better. Hu Dongping also knew about Dong Guifeng's previous tricks under her mother's suggestion, and before that, she had to find a chance to return this matter with a tooth for a tooth, but now, she doesn't have any energy to deal with a villain like Dong Guifeng.
The two former friends still had a salty conversation under the contempt and disgust for each other.
Although they know that the other party has seen through their disguises, their upbringing since childhood is deeply imprinted in their bones, and they can still maintain a dignified demeanor and chat with each other, in the eyes of outsiders, they seem to be really a pair of sisters with a good relationship.
Dong Guifeng mentioned Hu Dongping's previous scenery in and out of his words, gradually, Hu Dongping began to be anxious, she is now facing a desperate situation, as early as after the framing of the Meng family sisters, she was rejected by her father, and now she faintly doubts whether her father wants to give up her and her mother, who are of no use to him, but even if her father does not have this idea, her mother's illness is very difficult to heal, what should she do? Without her mother's love and family support, she would be nothing at all, and she had already seen the heat and coldness of the world these days.
The more anxious Hu Dongping was, the more casual Dong Guifeng on the other side became. Finally, Hu Dongping couldn't help it and asked, "My cousin-in-law came today to visit my mother's condition?"
Dong Guifeng smiled calmly: "Of course, otherwise what does my cousin think?"
"Do grandmothers and uncles have anything to say?" Hu Dongping didn't want to show weakness in front of the ill-intentioned Dong Guifeng, but her current shape made her have to bow her head.
Facing Hu Dongping's expectant gaze, Dong Guifeng's eyes flashed with a gleam, but his face was faintly worried: "My mother-in-law is in a very bad spirit because she is worried about her aunt. Now the people around me don't dare to mention my cousin to my mother-in-law. For fear that my mother-in-law would be hit, my father-in-law recently left Yancheng to run an errand in other places, what kind of errand is there. My daughter-in-law doesn't know very well, oh, by the way, my sister-in-law is pregnant again. Speaking of which, the sister-in-law is really blessed, so enviable. This is the third child, but the sister-in-law worked too hard a while ago, and now she has to stay in bed to raise the baby, and the mother-in-law has to stay at home to take care of a large family. Therefore, I don't have time to come, please don't mind my cousin, probably because the weather has been too cold recently. Pregnant women are afraid of the cold, and I heard that Princess Ding is the same. β
Mention of Princess Ding. Hu Dongping's face distorted for a moment and became hideous.
It's all because of this woman, the appearance of this woman has disrupted all her plans, originally she should be the one who is favored in the Dingwang Mansion now, and she should be the one who is admired by everyone, she has been planning for how to marry into Princess Ding since three years ago, seeing that it only takes one opportunity to achieve what she wants, everyone in Yancheng is beautiful, except for her, who is worthy of the handsome and unparalleled, Zhilan Yushu-like Dingwangye?
She knew that the county lord of Xiuwen also had this thought, but she was not too worried, Xiuwen had nothing else except for the title of county lord, her biological mother was low, she was not in harmony with her mother-in-law, her temper was arrogant, and the relationship between Ruicheng Wangfu and Dingwangfu was not deep, if the marriage between the two families was too big in the palace, the saint would definitely not allow it.
But just in case, she has been keeping an eye on the county lord of Xiuwen, lowering her figure everywhere to please the lowly concubine from this dancing girl, if the county lord of Xiuwen has nothing to do with the king of Ding, if there is really any possibility, she will definitely find a chance to knock her down from the clouds.
She has been thinking about it for many years, seeing that the goal is about to be achieved, and subtly hinting to her mother, her father is unreliable, and the two younger brothers may not be sincere and filial to their mother when they grow up, and the only thing that the mother relies on is her and her sister, as long as she can marry an absolute magnate, her mother's family will not dare to be disrespectful to her mother, she marries well, and the younger sister will have a better choice.
After many years of persuasion, her mother also made up her mind to look for her, but she vetoed all the candidates she could find, and she used her friendship with the nobles to slowly find out some unknown faults in those objects, so as to veto her mother's proposal.
Seeing that she is getting a little older, her mother is starting to be anxious, she is trying to be like a way, so that her mother will be considered into her husband's choice, as long as her mother agrees, her father has no reason to object, and the rumors of the prince and his wife may make his mother scruples, this is not a difficult thing, she has carefully investigated, the reason for the king and his wife is very far-fetched, most of the powerful families in Yancheng, most of the men who are slightly successful have had their wives die unexpectedly, compared to the prince of Ding, it is still light, first the enemy county lord, at that time, it is normal for her to have an accident, and the noble daughter of the family has not lived long since ancient timesγ In addition, the daughter of the Ning family, as early as when the prince Ding came back from the envoy to Dajing, she was already sick, and the prince was purely sympathetic to her and gave her a name, even if the king did not marry, she would not live long, as for the last one, after she inquired in many ways, it was very likely that the skills were not as good as others in the family fighting and were killed, and it had nothing to do with King Ding.
The so-called Ke wife is just some jealous of the king of Ding's young power over the world of men or admiration of the king of Ding but because of the identity of how unworthy of the woman to wear, are all fake, but many people believe it, but it is also convenient for her, of course, the rumors of this wife can finally spread so strongly, which also has her share of credit, as long as she buys a few more monks, approve the order, and say that she and the life of the king is a pair made in heaven, so that the mother will not object.
What she never expected was that just when she was ready for everything, King Ding was suddenly about to marry the daughter of the Meng family, due to the age of King Ding and the urgent shortage of hostesses in King Ding's mansion, the wedding was as fast as possible, so fast that she didn't have time to react, she seemed to be awakened by the sweetest dream of life. Then fall into the most horrible nightmare and can't wake up.
In an extremely anxious situation, she had no other choice but to make a desperate bet, she couldn't watch her years of hard work and see that she was about to achieve her wish so disappointed, and another woman with a low status who she didn't know came out of nowhere to get the opportunity she dreamed of, especially this woman and the family behind her were on the throne by such despicable means.
The Meng family has a bit of friendship with their family, especially Meng Yan has stayed with her in the boudoir. Although Meng Yan is a few years younger than her. But there are no secrets between the girls in the boudoir school, and she soon finds out about Meng Yan's weakness and begins to plan. Then waited for a golden opportunity, and the Meng family wanted to come to the Hu family for a banquet.
At the beginning, it was really smooth, and Xiuwen, the fool, was secretly instigated by her for a few words, and it really made it difficult for the Meng sisters. Then she pretended to be a peacemaker and lured Meng Xiaofu away. She knew that if the accident happened to Meng Xiaofu, who was already engaged to King Ding, then it would affect King Ding's reputation and make things bigger, so she targeted Meng Yan. In this way, the king can get rid of a family affair that she doesn't like, and she can move her parents as a way to make up for it. Give her a concubine to the king, so that you can have the best of both worlds.
But she didn't know that the good things she had planned had gone wrong at the end. The pervert Hong Zhihao was caught red-handed, Meng Yan did not hit the scheme, the matter was exposed again, all the maids and women around her were recruited, and it was she who was going to be ruined, fortunately she still had her mother, after a tearful confession, her mother believed her words, thought she was confused for a while, helped her cover up, and used means to let the third sister of the third room marry her, so that she could escape the catastrophe.
It's just that her mother said that in order to have an explanation with the family and avoid others targeting her, she asked her not to move around first, and then go back to the countryside to hide after a while, and she had to do it when she came back after the matter was completely over.
She didn't stay in the country for a few months and came back, but she came back in a form of sadness, her own sister committed suicide, and it was a very disgraceful death, she was saddened by her sister's departure, but at the same time she was inexplicably a little lucky, now her mother was left with only her, and her mother would definitely give her all her love, and let her get the best wholeheartedly.
But now that her mother is like this, who else can she rely on?
Hu Dongping was at a loss and panicked.
Seeing this in Dong Guifeng's eyes, she said softly: "Sister Hu, I know that there are some things that I may have misunderstood you before, but believe me, I don't have the slightest malice towards you, after all, we have been friends for many years, and I am very worried about you now...... I don't know a few things, but my cousin is so sick that what if ...... What can you do?"
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, although Hu Dongping knows that Dong Guifeng is not a pure person, and now these words may be a coy gesture, but she was so sour by Dong Guifeng's words that she almost burst into tears, and then wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and muttered in a low voice, as if asking Dong Guifeng, and as if talking to herself, "What should I do?"
Dong Guifeng immediately stood up, walked up to Hu Dongping, pretended to wipe Hu Dongping's tears and comforted her, but said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "People still rely on themselves to be the most realistic, and finding out what is going on with your seventh sister's stomach is your biggest reliance." β
Hu Dongping was stunned for a moment, and looked at Dong Guifeng with tears in his eyes, but Dong Guifeng returned to his position as if nothing had happened, as if he had never said anything special, and continued to comfort Hu Dongping softly.
At this time, where could Hu Dongping stop talking, he only thought about Dong Guifeng's words.
The matter of the seventh sister, the mother has not investigated, but she has not found anything after checking and checking, and even a few sons who are close to the Hu family have been knocked on the side by their mother, and they almost turned their faces, and then there were many things in the house, and the mother couldn't take care of it at all.
Now this Dong Guifeng seems to know something, could it be that the matter of the seventh sister is not the case of the Liang family, who did it? It is possible, the Liang family is his maternal grandfather's house, his mother's maiden family, his mother often takes the seventh sister back to her mother's house to walk around, and she is not guarded against her mother's family, and now the Liang family ignores her mother, is there a ghost in her heart?
Thinking about it this way, Hu Dongping looked at Dong Guifeng with a little suspicion, is it Liang Sangongzi? In terms of age, Liang Sangongzi is more like someone who doesn't know the severity and is easy to get confused, but unless Dong Guifeng really doesn't want to live, how can he expose his family ugliness and give others a handle? Dong Guifeng can threaten with his own handle, so why sue her? Let her get a piece of the pie.
It has to be more powerful than the Liang family, Dong Guifeng can't touch it, which one is it? Filtering the possible candidates in his mind, Hu Dongping felt that it was unlikely, and in the end he really couldn't think of it, so he could only look at Dong Guifeng with a pleading gaze. Hopefully she'll give herself a hint.
Dong Guifeng didn't seem to notice Hu Dongping's gaze. talked about miscellaneous things again, such as persuading Hu Dongping to take good care of his body and wear more clothes when it was cold. Drink more soup to moisturize.
When Hu Dongping was about to get impatient again, she seemed to mention it casually, "I saw your third sister Dongmei a few days ago, and I was really impressed by Shibei for three days. Sister Dongmei's whole person has changed a lot, and the elders around me praise you Sister Dongmei for being virtuous. After marrying in the past, I can persuade the second son of Hong who is such a bastard to be motivated, I heard that the second son of Hong has been studying at home every day recently, and he is not outside the house, it is your sister Dongmei who has persuaded him well. Speaking of which, there is nothing else in our family, but I like to mess with the maids and daughters-in-law, and I am not motivated. Another day, I really want to ask Sister Dongmei for me, what is the best way to get a husband. Teach me too?"
Speaking of the Hu family's sisters, the relationship between the Hu family has always been good, and the third sister in the next room is the most respectful of the sisters, and has always listened to her, but she let the third sister be her scapegoat, and instead of her, she married the infamous Hong Er Gongzi, she has always felt ashamed, so she didn't dare to see the third sister, and even felt uncomfortable hearing the name of the third sister, so she subconsciously avoided the news related to the third sister, but faintly heard that the third sister was doing well, and she was slightly relieved, but she doesn't believe in those rumors that Hong Zhihao has changed his ways and returned to the right, how can such a person change for the better? It must be pretended, maybe it is the wind deliberately released by the Hong family who want to find an official and a half-job for their son.
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but look at Dong Guifeng, for no reason Dong Guifeng mentioned the third sister What did she do? How much praise, not like a casual talk, especially important is that the situation of the second son of Hong is too similar to that of the third son of Liang, and I heard that the third son of Liang and Hong Zhihao were friends before, and the two often mixed together, and the mother persuaded the Liang family in many ways before, asking them to restrain the third son of Liang and not to bring harm to the second son of Hong.
After Dong Guifeng's reminder, she thought, what is the matter with these two similar people? After marrying a daughter-in-law, they all seem to have changed their temperaments? Dong Guifeng will not mention the third sister for no reason, she has just said so much, except for her mother, she has not mentioned anyone else, she must have a purpose in mentioning the third sister now.
When Dong Guifeng said this, he saw that Hu Dongping didn't seem to be enlightened, so he said again: "It's not early, my mother-in-law will be very tired from taking care of my sister-in-law for the past two days, I want to go to see my cousin, and then I will go back." β
"Then cousin-in-law, please go this way. Hu Dongping was looking for an opportunity to ask Dong Guifeng to be clearer, there were few people serving in his mother's room, and there were not so many pairs of eyes staring, so it might be more convenient to speak, so he led Dong Guifeng to his mother's room.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw Hu Shilang's maid Yun Niang serving on the side, Hu Dongping couldn't help but glance at Yun Niang with disgust, this Yun Niang has become more and more arrogant since her mother fell ill, and she didn't take her in her eyes at all, and those grandmothers and maids who were strict with her were obedient to Yun Niang, but Yun Niang spoke and did things very carefully, and there were no flaws for her to catch, and she didn't get along alone, so that she didn't have a chance to make a little trip, she was really depressed.
And Yun Niang saw Hu Dongping leading the three young ladies of the Liang family in, and hurriedly saluted respectfully, her face was soft and respectful, but her eyes couldn't help revealing a trace of vigilance.
Dong Guifeng did not get close to Mrs. Hu, after lifting the curtain, he took out a handkerchief and covered his nose, as if he smelled some unpleasant smell, and then refused to step forward again, and said: "What does this house smell like? I said cousin, although the weather is cold, but we can't always close the window and not see through the wind at all, we don't care, my cousin is already sick, how can I get it?"
Hu Dongping's embarrassed cheeks were flushed, and he longed for a hole to get into, thinking that his mother paid so much attention to appearance on weekdays, but now she is so sick, and the maid and wife are not satisfied with her service, and she is seen so sloppy and dirty, how embarrassing should her mother be if she is sober?
Dong Guifeng stood at the door for a while, as if he was very reluctant, moved two steps slightly, and shouted at a distance from Mrs. Hu's bed: "Aunt Cousin, I'm Guifeng, I've come to see you, can you hear me?"
Mrs. Hu on the hospital bed was unresponsive and motionless.
Dong Guifeng pretended to shout twice, and Yun Niang said with a smile: "The third young lady of the in-laws has a heart, and the eldest lady may still have her eyes open, but now she is probably asleep." β
Dong Guifeng just took advantage of the situation and said: "That's really unfortunate, since that's the case, I won't disturb my cousin's rest, and I'll come to see my cousin another day." β
Saying that, Dong Guifeng walked out, and Hu Dongping hurriedly said: "I'll send my cousin-in-law." β
Dong Guifeng said that there was no need to send it, but Hu Dongping still insisted on talking to the second gate, and along the way, Hu Dongping wanted to ask Dong Guifeng in detail about the meaning of what he said, but because he got out of the house, a large number of maids and wives followed closely, but it was not easy to speak.
When he arrived at the second gate, Dong Guifeng said when he was about to get into the carriage: "Cousin, just send it here, you have to take care of your cousin and aunt, don't let her catch a cold, but don't always close the doors and windows tightly so that the wind is not permeable at all, this is not good for the patient's health, this patient is the same as us ordinary people, if you have a sense and can smell it, you have to know how to push yourself and others?"
Hu Dongping had something on his mind and nodded indiscriminately.
Dong Guifeng said again: "Don't take it to heart, remember, push yourself and others." β
When talking about the words 'pushing oneself and others', Dong Guifeng deliberately bit the accent, and reached out to hold Hu Dongping's hand and shook it hard.
Hu Dongping's heart moved, and just about to open his mouth to ask something, Dong Guifeng had already gotten into the carriage with the support of the maid's mother-in-law.
Back in his room, Hu Dongping chewed every word Dong Guifeng said, especially the sentence he said when he got into the carriage at the end.
After thinking about it, a thought suddenly hit her heart, her heart was suddenly shocked, and a terrible thought came to her mind, could it be ...... What Dong Guifeng wants to hint at is this, no, this is impossible, this is really terrible, but apart from this, there is no other reasonable explanation.
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Dingwang's mansion
Su Yiqing leaned on the soft couch, covered with a silver fox coat, with several cotton jackets inside, the whole person was wrapped into a zongzi, almost difficult to move, she was even more lazy, the fetus was less than two months old at this time, she didn't even feel anything, but the maid and woman around her treated her like a pregnant woman who was about to give birth, and she was careful in her every move, which was really inconvenient.
Now the only interest or the only pastime is to listen to music and listen to books, reading books hurts her eyes, even Yufeng thought of a way, let the maid read to her, and also found a maid named Xiaoling who had learned in the storytelling class before to read to her, after all, it used to be a storyteller, this little maid reads the story like a storyteller, affectionate and lush, very beautiful, but more interesting than her own reading.
Last time, because she listened to the pianist play during the meal, it made her appetite and drink an extra bowl of porridge, so even Yufeng rewarded the pianist and let him play it every time Su Yiqing was eating.
This pianist doesn't just know how to play the piano, he knows a lot of instruments, and he changes patterns and tunes every day, which makes people never get tired of listening to them.
It's just that there is a difference between men and women, every time they play music, they are separated by a screen, at the beginning Su Yiqing thought that this pianist was a young man, and he looked elegant and elegant, ordinary people who play the piano have been influenced by art since childhood, and their temperament is good, as long as the face is slightly passable, there is an outstanding temperament, and the behavior of people playing the piano is bound to be elegant and pleasing to the eye, sometimes I can't help but be secretly curious, what kind of person will be able to play such fairy music?
Seeing through the screen that the violinist probably wore a veil to avoid suspicion, he couldn't see what it looked like at all.
It's just one day, I heard the little maid occasionally talk about how this violinist behaved so elegantly, but unfortunately his face was hideous, she was curious at the time, and asked casually. (To be continued)
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