Chapter 358: Confrontation
67_67437Lin Long didn't stay at Lin Dong's place for too long, after all, it was a critical moment for her own brother, she couldn't put too much pressure on him, but she couldn't take up his time to read, so after saying some words of careful physical concern, she got up and left, and refused Lin Dong to send her.
After looking at the sky, she didn't stay at her mother's house anymore, Lin Qi held her hand quite reluctantly, "Sister, are you leaving?" β
"Silly girl, sister will come back next time, anyway, it's not far away." Lin Long patted his sister's hand, "It's that you don't keep running to the shop during this time, you're about to be a bride, I'll let Erniang condition your body, but you can't play tricks or drink." β
"Got it, sister, it's verbose, you better go back quickly." Lin Qi smiled and pushed her into the carriage.
Lin Long glanced at his sister angrily, anyway, their sisters were used to laughing, but they wouldn't take these jokes to heart, and after getting into the carriage, they still lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to Lin Lu's: "Erniang, please bear more during this time." β
"I just said that Sister Qi is a stupid girl, I look at you two sisters, you call me Erniang, who will I take care of?" Lin Lu said with a smile: "You are not allowed to give me a hard time, you are still pregnant with a child, you have to pay attention to everything." β
Lin Long smiled and nodded, no matter how much care this comes from her family, she waved her hand to her family, and then she turned around and sat down. After the carriage drove out of the Lin Mansion, she ordered, "Change to the Quan Mansion." β
After turning a corner, the carriage headed towards Quan's house.
Quan Lu is still in Zhuangzi and has not returned, and this time it is the eldest cousin Quan Bao who is in a hurry to greet Lin Long.
"Cousin, be careful." She personally stretched out her hand to help Lin Long get out of the carriage, and she was not at ease when she saw her big belly, but she must not have a mistake in the Quan family, who doesn't know that Ye Xuyao is babysitting in this wife's room.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, you can't fall." Lin Long smiled and patted her hand, telling her not to be too nervous.
Quan Bao's young man in the end, no better than Quan Lu's nagging last time, smiled and replied with a few sentences to reveal the matter, and after carrying Lin Long to the warm pavilion and sitting down, he said, "If my cousin has something to find me, send a message to me to go to the house." β
"It's out of the way, I just went back to my parents' house and stopped by my cousin." Lin Long said, "Actually, there is nothing urgent, but I heard a rumor today, and I thought it would be better to come over." β
"What rumors?" When Quan Baoshi heard this, he hurriedly asked, and his heart was in his throat, for fear that it would be a bad thing.
"Don't be nervous, sister-in-law, it's not a big deal." Lin Long appeased, and then without selling the guanzi, he told the Quan Bao family the rumors and doctrines he had heard from his sister Lin Qi before.
Quan Bao's face suddenly relaxed when he heard this, and he patted his chest, "It's almost scared to death." Then he knew that he had lost his manners, so he smiled and covered it up, and he also said without beating around the bush, "This rumor is our aunt's strategy, wasn't it very evil before?" My aunt and grandmother said, since everyone likes to sit in the right seat, then we will do it according to this, no, if we confirm the identity of the daughter of the Mu family, no one will contact our aunt and grandmother with these ugly things, which is equivalent to self-defeating. β
Lin Long actually thought of this when he heard this rumor, but he was afraid that he would think too much and misunderstand, so he was not at ease but went to Quan's house to verify it, and it was indeed Quan Yingzi's handwriting, "No wonder I look so much like Cousin Yingzi's masterpiece, this plan is very good, if this rumor is confirmed, no one will pour dirty water on Cousin Yingzi." β
"Isn't it? My husband also sent someone to spread this matter secretly, and by the way, he picked up his aunt and grandmother, and now the outside no longer thinks of that wooden girl as our aunt and grandmother. "Quan Bao's family knows that his sister-in-law Quan is heroic, but she didn't expect this sister-in-law to be ruthless and accurate when she made a move, which made her admire.
Lin Long nodded, "By the way, has the mastermind who slandered Cousin Yingzi's reputation been found?" β
As soon as he mentioned this, Quan Baoshi smiled coldly, "Why didn't you find it?" Even if this person digs three feet into the ground and hides her, our family will dig her out. β
"And who is this man?" Lin Long opened his eyes wide and asked, who has such a big grudge against Quan Yingzi?
"The girl of the Chen family, the imperial merchant." Kwon immediately gave the answer.
Lin Long was slightly surprised, this girl from the imperial merchant also dared to argue with the princess's daughter? I don't know how to write a dead word?
Reality is not like this, if she knew how to write a dead word, Chen Xinlan would not have done such a thing that harmed others and herself, and now she would not complain about it.
She didn't expect the Quan family to lock her up so quickly, and she came to the door so unceremoniously, looking at her father who didn't even dare to sit on the side as if she was a long follower, her eyes rolled back and forth with a little timidity, this is the power of the princely family.
Sitting on the throne of the Chen family was Quan Shihao, the prince of the Viscount Quan's Mansion, and I saw him looking at Chen Xinlan with a gloomy face, it was such a woman who didn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the dirty water that poured on his sister, when he thought of this, his expression became a little colder.
Chen Ning glanced at her husband and then at her daughter uneasily, so she had to bite the bullet and say, "Don't scare her little girl in this world, our sister Lan has always been very well-behaved, how dare she do these things?" It's not a trivial matter to smear the princess's daughter, she doesn't have the guts to ......"
"That's right, Lord Shizi, my daughter has always been timid and can't do these things." Chen Shun hurriedly agreed, he didn't dare to offend this young man, but he couldn't be dragged down by his daughter, and now it was the most advantageous to deny it.
"Really? But that's not what I got the news. Quan Shihao said coldly, "Ling Qianjin has indeed done these dirty things, I want to see what ability your Chen family has to dare to do this?" β
"Lord Shizi, I really haven't done it." Chen Xinlan defended herself, and glanced at the wolf appearance of the Jane family's wife, it seems that the Jane family wife who should be recruited has been recruited, and she has to be careful when she speaks, "That's right, I spent money to buy this Jane sister-in-law to give the viscountess a secret, this is also because I don't want my brother-in-law to marry the step-room so soon, my sister has only been dead for three years, and she died unjustly at that time, and I am still uneasy to be a sister, so I accidentally learned from Aunt Jane that she is interested in the right girl, and I will take the risk......"
She is playing the role of sisterhood at the moment, a sister who is unhappy for her dead sister, and with a tear on her face, she looks pitiful. Anyway, she can't get her brother-in-law, what else can't she do? Since it wasn't hers, she wanted to destroy him, so that no one could get it, thinking of this, a crazy look flashed in her eyes.
Quan Shihao was not moved by her pitiful appearance at all, "You'd better not lie about it, what about the storytelling really has nothing to do with you?" β
"I can swear to God, this matter really has nothing to do with me, I am just the daughter of a little imperial merchant, how dare I do these things?" Chen Xinlan raised her hand and swore to the sky, and then her face was a little frightened, and she looked like she didn't dare to speak.
"What do you think of?" Quan Shihao had been staring coldly at Chen Xinlan's face, naturally he didn't miss her flashing expression, and immediately asked.
Chen Xinlan hesitated: "I don't know if I should talk about it or not......
"Sister Lan, who is it, you hurry up and say, it's more important to take yourself out." Chen Ning's family was in a hurry to say nothing, and her heartbeat had not been stable since Quan Shihao appeared strongly in the Chen family.
"That's right, you hurry up, don't delay the business of the prince." Chen Shun also drank his daughter, for fear that his daughter's hesitation would anger Quan Shihao.
Since he brought his daughter back that day, he had a hard attack on her, and it was more than enough to succeed, so that his relationship with Jian Jingshu has dropped to a freezing point, and if Jian Jingshu is prosperous in the future, I am afraid that he will not take too much care of him, just thinking about this, he still has a toothache.
However, this daughter has also been raised to the age of sixteen, which is the age of flowers, and he is also in the harvest season, such a good chess piece used as a marriage, he is naturally reluctant to destroy it, of course, there is still a punishment for this daughter, but it is not yet Cheng DΓΉ who wants his daughter's life.
Chen Xinlan seemed to have the courage to say, "Then, then I'll say it bluntly, this person is her brother-in-law's concubine, she is afraid that if the Quan Jian family really becomes an in-laws, Miss Quan will threaten her status, so she doesn't want this marriage to come true, so she will spread those storytellers who intend to ruin Miss Quan's reputation......"
At this moment, Aunt Zhen didn't know that she was confessed by Chen Xinlan, but carefully waited for Jian Jingshu, who was still sick, "Master, why do you bother? On that day, someone went to the backyard to spread the word, and the concubine came over, how could the master suffer this crime? β
She didn't expect Jian Jingshu to call her over to sleep, in fact, she also waited for the night that night.
Jian Jingshu glanced at her, and didn't have the heart to explain, in fact, when he noticed that he had been drugged, he thought about calling Aunt Zhen to come over to vent his anger, but this idea only dissipated after a while. He was sad that day because he said goodbye to Kwon Yingzi like that, and he didn't want to do that with any woman, which was one of them; The second is that he doesn't want to disturb his mother's rest, and if this news reaches the backyard, his mother will be the first to come.
Aunt Zhen was seen by her husband's heartbeat, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, so she didn't dare to ask again, in fact, she knew, Jian Jingshu didn't like her very much, if it wasn't for her dead grandmother to open her face, she would not have been able to win Jian Jingshu's favor.
"If you want to eat something, the concubine will go and order someone to do it." She said softly, compared to Jian Jingwu, she actually wanted to conquer Jian Jingshu more, but after working hard for so long, it didn't work.
"Whatever." Jian Jingshu threw down two words.
If it weren't for the fact that his mother was afraid that no one would take care of him, so he stayed and took care of him without sleep, he would have driven this Aunt Zhen back to the room, and this woman only had a skin bag to look at, and this skin bag did not quite fit his aesthetics, so he had always been indifferent to this concubine, and he had never been lustful.
Aunt Zhen didn't dare to have any dissenting intentions, and privately twisted a handkerchief to vent her anger, the number of times Jian Jingshu touched her was really pitiful, especially when she was mourning her father, she stayed in the study in a regular manner, and never involved in the backyard unless there was something important, which had already made her hate in her heart.
Biting her lower lip, she lifted the curtain and went out to order her subordinates to prepare food, and when she saw Jian Jingwu coming out, she pursed her lips with a handkerchief, and quickly threw a wink at him, she didn't dare to be too out of line, the people here are Jian Jingshu's henchmen.
Jian Jingwu also teased Aunt Zhen with his eyes, and then stepped forward to say to Aunt Zhen seriously, "How is my brother?" β
"I've been doing well after taking the medicine in the past few days." Aunt Jane said.
"That's good, I'll go in and see my brother."
"Then the second master, please."
Aunt Zhen hurriedly went to lift the curtain, Jian Jingwu's hand also stretched out in time, the hands of the two touched together, quickly shook hands, and quickly separated, Aunt Zhen hurriedly took a step back to avoid suspicion.
Jian Jingwu saw a little servant coming over, and hurriedly stepped into the back room, and saw his brother sitting on the Luohan bed in his clothes reading the official documents, so he said, "Brother, I'm sick, why don't you rest well?" β
Jian Jingshu raised his eyes to look at this brother, "Why are you here?" β
"Thinking about my brother's condition, I don't know if I have recovered, so this is here." Jian Jingwu said, after seeing the salute, he sat down on the opposite side of Jian Jingshu.
Aunt Zhen hurriedly took the tea cup in the little girl's hand and presented it to Jian Jingwu, "The second master uses tea." β
Jian Jingwu nodded, not looking at Aunt Zhen, as if he was ignoring her.
The two brothers were talking, when suddenly someone hurriedly came in to report, "Uncle, something happened......
"What's the panic?" Jian Jingshu put down the official document, "What's wrong?" β
"Uncle, someone from the Viscount Quan's mansion said it was ......"
When Jian Jingshu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, what does it mean that someone from the Viscount Quan's mansion is here? "What did you say? Do you hurry up? β
It's not that Quan Lu has something else to do, he hasn't even met with Quan Yingzi.
"I said I was going to take Aunt Zhen to Chen's house for questioning." The little guy said it all in one go.
Aunt Zhen's pupils couldn't help but widen, "Call me to question?" This, master, what does this Viscount Mansion mean......" She couldn't help but feel her heart beat faster, she really didn't know what flaws she had been discovered by the other party, and she didn't forget to glance at Jian Jingwu in a panic.
Jian Jingwu's expression was also a little flustered, but he quickly calmed down and secretly glanced at Aunt Zhen comfortingly, telling her not to panic too much.
"Brother, is this powerful family too deceitful? Why summon the people in our house to go over, or to go to the Chen family? He tried to convince his brother to ignore the Kwon family's unreasonable demands.
Jian Jingshu stared at Aunt Zhen for a while, and didn't understand what her little concubine had offended the Quan family? However, he is not so big, the right family is the viscount's mansion, although the words of the younger brother are also reasonable, but he knows that sometimes it is not reasonable to be able to gain a foothold, he is mixed in the officialdom, so he has to weigh more external factors.
"Jingshu, my mother heard that someone from the Viscount Quan's Mansion asked Aunt Zhen to go to Chen's house to reply, but is there such a thing?" Jian Mei's in the backyard also got the news, where can she still sit still, so she quickly came over to discuss with her son.
She has not had formal contact with the Quan family, and since she inquired about the story that alluded to Quan Yingzi's improper style, she gave up the idea of marrying Quan Yingzi. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this marriage was inappropriate, Qi Dafei must have been brainwashed by the iceman at the beginning, so she would take a fancy to Quan Yingzi.
"Mother, don't worry, I'll ask the people from the Viscount Mansion before making a decision."
After Jian Jingshu comforted his mother, he quickly changed his clothes to meet the guest, coughed twice, and still looked a little discouraged and went out to meet the people from the Quan family.
Jian Mei and Aunt Zhen who were in a panic stayed in place, Jian Jingwu followed behind his brother for the first time, he wanted to know what this family was going to do for the first time, if Aunt Zhen was finished, then he would also be unlucky.
When the Jane brothers arrived in the hall, they saw that the right-hand man beside Quan Shihao was waiting there.
After the little servant of the Quan family gave Jian Jingshu a salute, he said, "My master has something to say, I want to ask Aunt Zhen of your house to answer a few words, and please ask Master Jian to give a convenience." β
This person from the Quan family spoke politely, without the arrogance of the Quan Lu family, Jian Jingshu's temper was not irritable, and he naturally looked calm and authentic, "This Aunt Zhen is my concubine, I want to know what the prince of your mansion wants to ask her?" β
"It's hard to say this little one, the prince won't let him say it, and ask Lord Jane to agree to let Aunt Zhen go, of course, our prince also said that if Lord Jane is not at ease, you can go together."
This little guy spoke a little distorted, but he still politely expressed his meaning clearly, that is, Jian Jingshu also went over.
Jian Jingshu's brows furrowed, what does this Quan Shihao mean? If he received the order of the Quan Lu clan to teach himself a lesson, he should not be like this, except for Quan Yingzi, he has no other intersection with the Quan family.
"Can you be oppressive if you have a powerful family? My brother is also an official of the imperial court. Jian Jingwu shouted angrily.
When the little servant of the powerful family heard this, he immediately smiled coldly at Jian Jingwu, "Our lord is the son of the Viscount's Mansion, and he said that he was sent to ask for a word, even if he disposed of Aunt Zhen, he also made it." β
"You!" Jian Jingwu was angry, and turned his head to look at his brother, "Brother, they are too arrogant, there is no one in their eyes......"
"Shut up for me." Jian Jingshu shouted angrily.
He is not a rigid person who does not know how to be flexible, otherwise he would not be able to get along in this officialdom, and he does not want to have a bad relationship with the Quan family because of this matter, whether it is his career or his favorite Quan Yingzi, he will not be an enemy of the Quan family.
"I'm going to bring people over."
The little servant of the Quan family bowed to Jian for a book, seeing that this Master Jian would do it, he naturally would not embarrass him.
Jian Jingwu's face was ugly, but he knew that it was best not to respond to all changes at this time, otherwise he would fall to the precipice.
As a result, in addition to Jian Jingshu and Aunt Zhen, the people who came to the Chen family together also included Jian Mei and Jian Jingwu.
The four of them hurriedly arrived at Chen's house, and when they saw this destination, Jian Jingwu and Aunt Zhen secretly swallowed their saliva, and quickly glanced at each other, already knowing in their hearts what they were going to face next, as long as they dealt with it well, they would be invincible.
Any polite etiquette was waived, and Jian Jingshu hurried to the main hall with Jane's family.
When the people in the main hall saw them come in, their faces changed slightly, especially Chen Xinlan, her eyes were always locked on her brother-in-law's body, and when she saw her brother-in-law who was still haggard, she was distressed and hateful, why couldn't she take a piece of her heart?
Quan Shihao just raised his eyes and looked at Jian Jingshu, and his eyes were on the only young woman in the group of four people in the Jian family, "This is Aunt Zhen of the Jian family." β
"It's her." Chen Xinlan preemptively said, "Lord Shizi, she is the real culprit behind the smearing of Miss Quan's reputation, I overheard it at the time......"
Aunt Zhen heard the fire, but she didn't dare to act rashly, she had to calm down and pretend to be stupid. "Miss Chen San, what are you talking about? The concubine didn't understand a word......"
"Don't pretend to me, I don't know your rotten bottom red yet?" Chen Xinlan looked at Aunt Zhen angrily, this woman still pretended to her, she bah.
"The concubine really doesn't know what the third girl is talking about?" Aunt Zhen was so anxious that she was about to cry, "The concubine has always been a woman in the back house, and she hasn't been out of the house much, so she is not a real murderer behind the scenes......"
"Shiziye, don't believe her, she is pretending." Chen Xinlan hates Aunt Jizhen's expression at the moment, how dare this lowly woman not admit it?
Jian Jingshu didn't even glance at Chen Xinlan, stepped forward and said, "Quan Shizi, as the head of the Jian family, I have the right to know what happened?" What else is there to discredit Miss Quan's reputation, what the hell is going on? β
He instinctively equated this girl with Quan Yingzi, and his heart was naturally eager, the status of this Gui Zong girl has always been embarrassing, and the slightest carelessness will be full of gossip, he doesn't want such a hearty and chivalrous style of Quan Yingzi to be slandered at will.
So there was a bit of eagerness in his expression at this moment.
Quan Shihao naturally felt that there was something slightly wrong with this Jian Jingshu, but now was not the time to ask this, so he simply told the story of Fengyue, after all, he was a colleague in the officialdom, he would more or less give some face, and he couldn't be as domineering as he was with the imperial merchant Chen family.
Jian Jingshu's expression suddenly tensed, sure enough, the victim was Quan Yingzi, and at this moment he looked back at his concubine with extremely stern eyes without a trace of emotion, "You really did this?" β
Aunt Zhen had never seen such a terrible Jian Jingshu, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, afraid that she would say the wrong thing, she quickly bit her tongue and tasted a smell of blood, and then she came back to her senses, and hurriedly explained, "Master, the concubine doesn't, there really isn't ......."
"You lie, I heard with my own ears that you are going to ruin Miss Quan's reputation so that she can't marry her brother-in-law." Chen Xinlan immediately exposed Aunt Zhen's lies.
"Third Miss Chen, the concubine didn't know where to offend you, so she asked you to splash this basin of dirty water on the concubine's body." Aunt Zhen raised her head and looked directly at Chen Xinlan, she must not back down at this moment.
"Bastard, is there anyone like you talking to a girl?" Chen Ning shouted angrily, this cheap hoof actually dared to choke with his daughter? I really don't know how thick the sky is.
"Mother, she bullied me." Chen Tinglan sought her mother's help.
Chen Ning glared at Aunt Zhen angrily, at the beginning, she bought this cheap maid into the house for the eldest girl to use, of course, she also made her eyeliner in private, but she didn't expect to be eaten by her today.
"What this son wants is the truth, and everyone has the right to speak." Quan Shihao said coldly.
Aunt Zhen was originally a little shrunken because of Chen Ning's family, but now when she heard Quan Shihao's voice, she looked at Chen's mother and daughter as if she had found a person to support her, "Mrs. Chen, the concubine's words are true, and there is no lie......"
"You're lying-" Chen Xinlan once again loudly debunked Aunt Zhen, "You watery woman, don't think I dare to tell you about your ugliness......"
"The concubine sits upright, but there is nothing ugly for you to debunk." Aunt Zhen has always been thick-skinned, so naturally she refused to admit that she had stolen people, but instead pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring, "Miss Chen San, I know why you look at me so unpleasantly and want to target me like this, just because I am my lord's concubine, you can't tolerate me, so you have to take this opportunity to get rid of me, so that you can be comfortable." Others don't know, but I know how many dirty methods you have used in order to get the master, and I have long felt sorry for my conscience, just because I have been threatened by you, so I dare not tell the truth......"
Chen Xinlan's pupils widened, and she shouted loudly, "You're talking nonsense, brother-in-law, don't believe her......"
If Jian Jingshu had been in the past, he might not have believed Aunt Zhen's words, but after experiencing Chen Xinlan's pills, he knew that this little sister-in-law could do anything. Ignoring Chen Xinlan's yelling, he looked at Aunt Zhen, "If there is any truth, you tell me all about it." β
"Yes, sir." Aunt Zhen got Jian Jingshu's instructions, so she raised her head and looked directly at Chen Xinlan, and walked towards her step by step, "Third Miss Chen, do you remember the dead grandmother?" Our grandmother died unjustly, but it was a cold into the body, and the doctor said that it would not be in the way after taking a few medicines, and the condition was originally so good that it was seventy-seven eighty-eight, but when you passed the house to serve the illness, the condition was aggravated? I was suspicious at the time, but there was no evidence to blame you, and my grandmother's condition never improved, and it continued to worsen day by day, until my grandmother drank the medicine you offered herself before she died, and died that night. β
After a pause, watching Chen Xinlan retreat step by step, she was even more domineering, "Afterwards, I felt that something was wrong, and I privately took the medicine residue you boiled for the eldest grandmother to show the doctor, but it turned out that you did something in the eldest grandmother's medicine, and you didn't even let go of your own sister in order to get the master......"
"No, this is a non-existent thing-" Chen Xinlan said with a quick breath, in fact, after killing her sister, she had not slept a solid night.
"It's all because I was cowardly and coerced by you at the time, so I didn't say it, I was sorry for my grandmother......" Aunt Zhen cried.
Chen Xinlan responded angrily, "You don't pretend to be here, I learned about your ugly thing at that time......"
"Sister-in-law." Jian Jingwu suddenly shouted.
Chen Xinlan's expression was panicked.
"Grandma, you are here, the concubine is useless, I can't avenge your blood hatred......" Aunt Zhen looked at Chen Xinlan's back with a pleading face, as if she was really facing her former master.
Chen Xinlan was furious by her expression, looked back in a panic, and suddenly crashed into the picture of the lady behind her, the woman in the picture seemed to be about to float down, she seemed to see the eldest sister walking towards her.
"You, don't come here, sister...... I ......" she retreated step by step, Aunt Zhen retreated, she fell to the ground, "Sister, don't come and ask me for your life, I didn't mean to harm you, who told you to marry your brother-in-law ......."