However, it was said that the Lu family had been in turmoil all night, and when Xia Chunchao went out, it was already dawn, and there were pedestrians walking on the street.

Lu Chengyong's brother He Haogu, because yesterday was the birthday of the new foreign house he wanted, he spent the night at Liu Yuniang's place last night. When they got up this morning, the two quarreled over trivial matters. He Haogu didn't like to argue with the woman, so he immediately walked out, and was afraid that he would be scolded by his father when he went home, so he walked slowly along the street. I wanted to wait for the street restaurant to open and eat whatever I wanted, so I went to the yamen on duty. Who knew that when he walked outside the door of the Lu family, it was just when the Lu family's little servant carried the box out.

He Haogu knew that his younger brother was out on business and was not in the house, but now he saw that many boxes and cages were suddenly moved out of the door of the Lu family, and he thought in his heart: Da'an is not in the house, what are so many boxes carried out in this house? Even if you want to buy another mansion, you should wait for him to come back. Could it be that something has changed?

As soon as his mind turned, he stopped at the corner and stopped to watch.

After a while, I saw Lu Chengyong's head lady Xia Chunchao coming out of the house, and then a woman wearing gold and silver also came out, who seemed to be Lu Chengyong's mother. The two argued once, and Xia Chunchao made the girl slap the woman. And the woman sat down on the ground, and made a great fuss, and wept and screamed. Xia Chunchao ignored this person, took the girl, and boarded the car.

He Haogu saw this scene in his eyes and was amazed. He had seen Xia Chunchao earlier, and at that time, he only felt that although he was born beautiful, he was a little less lively, and he followed her husband to be submissive, like a clay beauty. Now seeing that she dared to instruct the girl and slap her mother-in-law, she really risked the world's disapproval, and she couldn't help but look at this young woman with admiration.

He stood on the door for a while, only to see that Xia Chunchao had already gone away by car, and the beaten woman also entered the door after making a fuss, the door of the Lu Mansion was closed, and only a few small servants were sitting on the head of the door, thinking that there was no drama to see, so he paced away, and said secretly in his heart: I really couldn't see that this lady Da'an had such a fierce nature. In the past, Da'an always talked about it, and most of the credit for his ability to have today was due to this lady. I don't believe it yet, but I just say that such a cowardly and useless woman can do something great. Now it seems that it should be true. It's just that she carried so many cages out, took the girl in the car, and had a big fight with her mother-in-law, I don't know what happened. It's as if he had been dismissed. It's just that Da'an left on the front foot, did the elders of the Lu family divorce their daughter-in-law? Da'an is the military attache of the third grade, and his wife is also the wife of the third rank of the imperial court. Where did the Lu family get the courage to abandon their daughter-in-law without authorization?

He Haogu thought about it in his heart, but he didn't know the essentials, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a restaurant on the side of the road picking up a flag and opening for business, paced in, asked for some porridge and pickles, fritters, and snacks, and ate a meal. After waiting for the meal, he whispered to his entourage: "Take a moment to inquire about the story of the Lu family in the past two days." The kiss answered and went out. He Haogu had breakfast alone and was on duty in the yamen without mentioning it.

The Liu family sprinkled and cried on the door, but Xia Chunchao had already left in the car, and no one in his house came out to take care of it, but the neighbors near the left, hearing the movement, came to see the excitement one after another. Although she was fierce, she still had a little face in the end, and when she saw that there were many onlookers, she got up from the ground and flashed into the door with a red face.

Liu Shi hung his head and walked all the way back to the hall, although he had driven the Xia Chun Dynasty and the family had a lot of silver taels, but thinking that his son was about to become a marquis's son-in-law, and his niece who was pregnant with his grandson could also enter the door in a dignified manner, he swept away the depression and was full of joy.

Walking back to the hall, Lu Jiashi never went back, still sitting on the top, and Lu Huancheng stood with his head bowed in the hall.

Liu Shi entered the door, walked forward quickly, and complained in his mouth: "Old lady, you have seen it, this shrew relies on Brother Yong to spoil her, and she is so arrogant on weekdays." Now you are sitting here, this little hoof is not half merciful, and the house is empty, obviously not in your eyes! I couldn't get angry, so I went out and said a few words to her. This slut actually told her girl to come up and beat me! Look, old lady, my face is still swollen! As he spoke, he raised his face and leaned towards Lu Jia's family.

Lu Jiashi was full of irritability, and suddenly saw his daughter-in-law coming over to talk about these bullshit nonsense, and he felt even more angry, slapped his hand on the table, and shouted: "Shut up your broken mouth!" The mourning, the Cheng Ri family knows the mourning, otherwise it is to stir up right and wrong! Well, now you've been chased away, and you're satisfied. There's a big hole in the house, and there's so much shortfall, I'll see where you can fill it! ”

Liu's mother-in-law suddenly reprimanded, full of grievances, and immediately said: "This matter today is not the daughter-in-law's idea alone. The old lady and the old man all agreed that day, why is it that now that the matter is done, the old lady scolds her daughter-in-law? ”

Lu Jiashi slammed the crutch in his hand on the ground a few times, and scolded: "What did I say that day?!" I said that they were all family, don't go too far, as long as you can welcome the Marquis into the door, the rest of the things can be discussed. It's good for you to come up, come up and kill you, and a big adulterous hat will be buttoned down, who won't go?! When you designed to get her away, did you ever think that the dowry would be returned? Now it was good, and there was a famine of more than 10,000 taels of silver inside and out. If you two are sold, can you fill this hole? ”

Liu was scolded by Lu Jia's face, covered his face and stepped aside, and muttered: "If you don't drive her away, how can you marry that marquis?" The old lady obviously agreed that day, but now she has changed her hexagram again. What's wrong with 10,000 taels of silver, the Hou family has a big business, and the hair is thicker than the legs of this merchant, and there is a random leak between the fingers, which is enough for us to eat. Xueyan is still pregnant with your great-grandson in her belly, so she can't do it! ”

Lu Jiashi was already angry, and when he heard her beep in her mouth, he was even more angry, and he couldn't get up in one breath, so he stroked his chest and gasped. The panicked people in the hall hurriedly took hot water to save them, and Lu Jiashi ate half a cup of hot soup before he recovered. Lu Huancheng slapped Liu Shi back and scolded: "Don't get out yet!" ”

Liu received two slaps in the face, his cheeks were high and swollen, and he suffered losses in front of his family, only to feel that he had never suffered such humiliation in his life, so he covered his face and cried and went to the room.

At this time, Lu Huancheng stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mother is better?" This daughter-in-law speaks a little out of bounds, and the mother should not take it to heart. Lu Jiashi gasped for breath, glanced at his son, and said hatefully: "Since you know that your daughter-in-law has no boundaries in everything, she didn't talk about discipline and discipline in the past, but let her do whatever she wanted." Now it's okay, I've kicked my daughter-in-law out of the house, and when Brother Yong'er comes back, I'll see how you two explain it to him! ”

Lu Huancheng smiled, and after seeing Lu Jia's face softened for a long time, he said: "What my mother taught me is that if you don't send this Xia family away, how can you marry that marquis's daughter for Brother Yong?" Moreover, children and daughters always obey their parents' words in marriage, and daughters-in-law are not good, so we can naturally be born as elders. Brother Yong has always been filial and will not disobey his parents. ”

Lu Jiashi shook his head and sighed: "You two really lived in vain, and you don't know how to calculate at all!" ”

It turned out that her original plan was to seize the handle of Xia Chunchao, force her to give up the position of his wife, and then threaten Lu Chengyong with her affection, so that she would voluntarily become a concubine. In this way, Miss Situ and Zhang Xueyan can both enter the door justifiably, and the dowry of Xia Chunchao is still in hand, which is a beautiful thing to kill three birds with one stone. Who knows, the daughter-in-law Liu came up and made a heavy hand, and left the granddaughter-in-law alive, which made the Lu family lose more than 10,000 taels of silver out of thin air. Although the Houmen family must be bold in marrying a daughter, how can this wealthy lady be so easy to handle? What's more, even if it is to marry a noble girl, this dowry marriage cannot be shabby, and now that the family has stabbed such a big deficit, where will they get this money?

Lu Jia's plan was in vain, and he was irritable, but the matter had come to this point, and it was useless to say more, so he had to sigh and say: "That's it, it's useless to talk about this now." As soon as the Xia family left, the family lost all the money, but I was afraid that Ming'er would have a famine. I still have a private room of one hundred taels of silver, and I will take it out for the time being for my family's expenses. You also take people around to check and check to see what is left, and get through the current difficulties first. After a pause, he said, "Your daughter-in-law is a bad one, and she has never been a housekeeper." When the money comes up, it will all come to my room, and I will take care of it for the time being. What kind of bad luck in my life did I ask for such a useless daughter-in-law! ”

When Lu Huancheng heard this, he suddenly remembered the difficult thing outside, and his face froze for a while. Lu Jiashi looked at it from the side and asked in a cold voice: "What, what else do you two have to hide from me?" I can tell you that now that your family is in trouble, you should not make any more extraneous branches, and give birth to any new stories. If it gets to that point, I don't care! ”

Lu Huancheng's body was shocked, and he said yes in a low voice. Lu Jiashi glanced him up and down, sighed heavily, got up and walked back with a cane. Lu Huancheng took another person to look around and didn't mention it.

Besides, Xia Chunchao left the door of the Lu family and sat in the carriage, with a calm face and a word. Zhu'er grinned and said: "Mrs. is embarrassed today, so many people look at it, eat me a slap, see if she still has the face to go out?" ”

Xia Chunchao listened to it in his ears and was noncommittal. Bao'er pulled Zhu'er, and Zhu'er came to her senses and bowed her head silently.

In the early morning, there was no one on the street, and the carriage walked very fast, and it came to the gate of Xia's house in an instant.

Xia Chunchao's mother's family lived in the suburbs and countryside, and later because of the hot business outside Xia Yuan, several shops were opened in Beijing, and for the sake of taking care of business, he bought a big house with three entrances and three exits on Meizhu Xiejie Street in the west of the city. My family migrated here, and I've been living there for seven or eight years.

When the carriage arrived at the door, Zhu'er and Bao'er got out of the car, and helped Xia Chunchao to get out of the car. When the little girl on the door saw it, he hurriedly came up and bowed, and said, "Why did the girl come back today?" I didn't send anyone to say anything. "It turns out that although Xia Chunchao is married, the Xia family's small family still calls her a girl.

Xia Chunchao was silent, and Zhu'er said: "Don't ask yet, send someone in to tell Master Sù." Also, there are a few large boxes on the car, looking for a few people to carry them in. The man didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran in to report, followed by a few subordinates, and carried the cage down from the car.

At that time, Xia Yuanwai was eating in the house, and suddenly heard a report from the next person: "The girl came back with her two sisters, and she brought back a few boxes in front of the door." I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, and said secretly: This is not a year, how can the spring dynasty run back quietly, which has never happened before. Could it be that something happened to her in-laws?

At that moment, I didn't even have time to eat, so I hurriedly walked to the hall.

When Xia Yuanwai walked to the hall, he saw his daughter sitting on a chair, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Daughter, why did you come back early this morning, and you didn't even say hello?" ”

As soon as Xia Chunchao saw his father's concerned attitude, he had a seizure after several years of grievances this night, and he didn't wait to say anything, he opened his mouth and cried, his heart was like being stabbed by the tip of a knife, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, staining his chest red. As soon as her body went limp, she slipped on the ground, and she didn't know what to do.

When everyone saw this, they were all shocked. Xia Yuanwai hurriedly stepped forward, helped his daughter up, and called out repeatedly: "What are you doing in a daze, quickly help the girl in." As soon as he saw it, he ordered a doctor to come to his door.

The servant woman of the Xia family came up, half-hugged and half-hugged, and sent Xia Chunchao to the inner room.

It turned out that although Xia Chunchao had been out of the cabinet, Xia Yuanwai had not cleaned up her boudoir for the sake of her distressed daughter, and even the old furnishings should be the same.

At that moment, the women sent Xia Chunchao into the boudoir and placed him on the bed. Xia Chunchao's two brothers and sister-in-law Wang Di'er rushed to hear the news, and when they saw this situation, they were both shocked and asked about their father, but Xia Yuanwai didn't know anything.

Just when it was in the heat of the turmoil, the man on the door had already been invited by the doctor, and he came in to meet Xia Yuanwai, and Xia Yuanwai urged him to go in and see his daughter.

This doctor's surname is Cheng, and he sits in the Xing'an Hall on weekdays, but the Xia family has a headache and brain fever and invites him to come to see a doctor, they know each other well, and they are old people, so they don't have so many scruples.

Doctor Cheng entered the back room, and after the consultation with Xia Chunchao was completed, he came out and said to Xia Yuanwai: "Miss is frightened by heart palpitations, restlessness, and her liver is on fire, causing qi and blood to surge, so she vomits blood." Fortunately, the young lady is not a big deal. It's just one thing, the young lady has been pregnant for two months, and she has been working hard for many years, and her body is weak, so she needs to be carefully conditioned. ”