Chapter 54 A thief's heart and a thief's heart
Lian's footsteps were knotted, his head was dizzy, and he crashed into the second door, and the lotus leaf pattern carved on the hanging flower door revealed a trace of delicacy in the sparsely lit and dim courtyard with light and shadow. Lian didn't look at the road, not only did he not carry a lantern in his hand, but there was no girl around him, so he walked in the direction of Peilan Courtyard with one foot deep and one foot shallow. In the shadows, Mama Ji hid in the corner, looked at Lian indifferently and mockingly, and saw her go up the bluestone steps, and hurriedly turned quietly from another road to Peilan Courtyard.
Lian didn't know whether he was sad or angry, and walked forward in a daze, seeing that he was about to reach the gate of the courtyard. I remembered that I was alone guarding this cold yard, and I remembered the ...... I saw in the front yard just now. Shen Wenhe's cheeks were red, and the little concubine on his body was newly brought into the mansion recently, which made Shen Wenhe's foxy dizziness, and it was jewelry and promise. She'd never seen such a wave of vixens...... Lian Shi paused suddenly, feeling a wave of disgust in his heart, he wanted to raise his feet and go to Peilan Courtyard but he didn't want to go back, but if she didn't go back, where could she go?
There was a lot of discussion in the house. Yesterday. She was alone in the courtyard in a daze, and heard a few girls chewing their tongues, saying that Shen Wenhe promised the concubine that as soon as she was pregnant, she would immediately go out of the house and set up another house to hide Jiaojiao, and if she gave birth to a son, she would be treated as a wife. When she heard this, she couldn't hold back any longer, and she had to go and see what she wanted to understand. Lian hung his head and his arms, as if he was also hanging his heart. The cold wind blew into her neck, and she relieved herself.
"There must be something hateful about this poor man!" The voice of a woman was heard from far and near, and the cold wind blew into Lian's ears in the night. The anger in her heart seemed to have an outlet to vent, and she just shouted out that the mother-in-law who spoke had a good lesson, and was about to have a seizure, but she heard another mother-in-law say: "No, I want to fight with my son, but now I don't have a good son." The couple over there in the big room are just coaxing the second and third rooms to obediently stop making trouble, if something really happens, who will come out?"
The anger in Lian's chest instantly fell back into his stomach, and he staggered back a few steps into the shadows and stood still. Take a few more steps back, pricking up your ears to listen.
"Don't say whether Young Master Hong is good or not, he is the biological son of the Shen family. The Shen family has such two roots, although the big house has succeeded Young Master Yuan, but if you really want to say that you are defenseless, who will believe that? If you can't guarantee it, you will hope that Young Master Hong and Young Master Hao will have something to do, so they will be relieved. No, look at it, Young Master Hong is gone, it's gone, it's gone, the big room is pinned to the waist of the old man's trousers, a rope is tightened, who cares about the life or death of the second room, don't say it, I don't even have a clear word, tsk. ”
"It's about it, I heard that the eldest lady gave birth to the elder brother back then...... After her untimely death, the eldest lady has always been suspicious of the second and third rooms, and it is not surprising that she has a grudge. The mother-in-law sighed and said, "It's also pitiful, she hasn't been pregnant again, and there is a sister under her, how can she not be afraid? The huge Shen Mansion has a century-old foundation...... Alas, there may be too much of this...... It's terrible to think about!"
"Ouch, the queen is terminally ill, and the six girls have entered the palace again, with the means of the six girls, maybe one day the concubine will be in power, the eldest lady is not sure, after all, it is not from her belly, don't worry...... This happened to the second room, which is not a bad thing for her......"
"Look at it, anyone can say one, two, three about this, but the second lady still pointed to the second master, the second master is on the belly of the little ladies all day long, and if you can count on it, you will come out early. After the second master and the second lady fell out, they intensified even more, meat and vegetarian food were not taboo, and the concubines were lifted back one by one, and the second master couldn't compare with the uncle in other things. This matter, according to me, will soon be comparable to the uncle. ”
"Speaking of which, this water is so muddy, Young Master Hong's matter has nothing to do with the big house?"
"Yo, who can say this accurately, Young Master Hong is in trouble with the Li family, then the eldest girl of the Li family is still forbidden in the Lingxin Nunnery, the biological mother of the Li family is the daughter of our Shen Mansion, speaking of which, the relationship between this aunt and our six girls is not ordinary......" The mother-in-law patted her thigh, and admitted that she had said something, and her tone became faster and faster, "The Shen and Li families have been in-laws for several generations, and Prime Minister Li Cheng can marry a granddaughter in a big house and a stepmother......?"
"According to this, I am afraid that the big house will not be innocent...... But you said that the eldest sister of the Li family, she is a little lady who has not been out of the cabinet, she can touch the knife, and she can ...... Ouch, it's really a dead hand, even if Young Master Hong doesn't die, it's broken!"
"If it weren't for her. Young Master Hong will not rob people halfway, and his death is unknown!"
"Alas, the second lady doesn't know what to think, the second master is dizzy by those fox spirits all day long, when he really gives birth to a few sons, what will the second lady become......? By the way, I heard that the little concubine in the new mansion is very powerful, and in the study of the gentlemen in the front yard, which one can enter on weekdays?
"Flat wife?" the mother-in-law thought for a while, "It's not impossible, the second room is in a special situation, if you can really continue the incense for the second room, this credit is great...... Poor second lady will not have a bright future......"
"If it's me, my son is gone, and my lord's heart is gone, what's the hope of being so aggrieved? ”
"Look at what you said, it's easy to say, she is a woman, how can she get revenge?"
"What's wrong with the women's family, there are more selfish methods in this deep house compound, and we still see less? If you really want to avenge this revenge, what else can you do?"
"What do you mean by that? Tell me in detail, the night is still long, and the left and right are fine. ”
"Think about it, the Shen family doesn't say that the door is full of Zhu Zi, but there are also the two pillars of the master and the master here, but the Shen family can't be allowed to do anything dirty, if you let the king know...... That's incredible. No matter what, the second lady is also the married wife of the Shen family, and the second master wants to have another son if he says it lightly, and if he says it seriously, he wants to spoil the concubine and kill his wife! If this article is spread out and the reputation of the Shen family is tarnished, the master will be able to make him unable to eat and walk around! If not, when the concubine gives birth to a child, he must be a means again, and he will use some tricks to pour dirty water on the second lady, and when the time comes, the second master will divorce his wife, and the second lady will come to ......an end."
"What you said is clear, it's a pity that the second lady is a fool, she has been stuffy in the yard these days and humming, what's the use, the second master can't see it!"
"Alas, it's not, this person is stupid, no matter how great the blessing is, he really can't blame others. ”
The two mothers-in-law walked away as they spoke, and Lian stood in the shadows, trembling. After shaking a few times, he barely stood by holding on to the tree trunk next to him. Her heart was colder than her body, and she stood with her head hanging for a while, then suddenly clenched her fists and strode back to Peilan Courtyard.
After entering the house, he turned around and closed the door, leaned on the closed door and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, Mama Wang hurriedly greeted her, and saw that Lian's face was extremely bad, so she hurriedly poured hot tea, "Madam, I was just trying to ask Xiang'er to find you, but I was in a hurry." ”
Lian Shi waved away the teacup and said, "Mama, I'm a fool." ”
Lian's face was withered, his eyes were blue, he couldn't eat and sleep well for a while, and he had to go to the front yard alone today to see the absurdity of the second master clearly, and he couldn't persuade him. Mama Wang was taken aback, "Why did Madam say that?"
"Now that I've come to this point, I'm still delusional that he can change his mind, and I still think that he can avenge my son...... What am I not a fool?"
Mama Wang's heart was sour, "At this time, the second master can't point to it, and Mrs. has to take care of herself so that she can find an opportunity to take revenge." ”
"You see, you are all understanding, and I am the only one...... There are still some unrealistic illusions. Mama ......" Lian first laughed at herself, and suddenly turned her head to look at Mama Wang and called, her eyes unconsciously showing a little ruthlessness: "I will definitely take revenge!"
In the Mingshoutang, the old lady was lying on the couch, and the Zhou family was attentive in front of the bed, serving tea and boiling medicine, all by himself. Even if the old lady didn't have a little smile, she still had no complaints and took good care of her.
Seeing that Zhou was not in a hurry and walked out of the main house, the old lady said to Li Shuci: "Ci girl, what do you mean by her?"
The old lady has limited precautions against people, but she is not without scruples, although the Zhou family was respectful in the past, but not intimate, after all, the big house is from the concubine's room, and the heart is separated by the belly, but recently she came out, the old lady really doesn't know what medicine she sells in the gourd.
Li Shuci patted the back of the old lady's hand and comforted: "Grandmother, don't think too much, it's important to take care of your body first, and it's most important to worry about it." Xu is because the New Year is approaching, and the eldest uncle is going back to Beijing, as the letter said before...... The eldest aunt still has to count on her grandmother to make the decision, and the eldest sister is still living in the Lingxin Nunnery......"
The old lady sighed, "There is no one in the big room who makes people worry, Sister Qiao is already fifteen years old this year, and it should have been a good time to see people say goodbye, but until now, she is still hiding and not letting Sister Qiao show her face." I know what the big house is paying attention to, they want Sister Qiao to marry into the Shen family, and they want to twist into a rope with the Shen family's big house. But last time, there were not a few people who saw it with their own eyes, and Brother Yuan was also present...... I'm afraid that Zhou's heart is bottomless......"
After the last time Lian's framed Yao's incident, the old lady suspected that it was Zhou's help, and she was disappointed, but she could be regarded as seeing the true face of the big house, no longer wishful thinking, willing to think about it, there is nothing that she can't understand. Li Shuci smiled indifferently and said: "Big sister makes these things, and people with discerning eyes see it, but she just has the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she doesn't want to say more." But if you want to find a small eunuch to be a clan wife, it is not unfounded. It's just that the eldest sister is a high-spirited person, so she may not be willing. Besides, if they are really determined to tie up the Shen family, what about the third sister......"
The old lady was stunned, "Sister Wen?"