Chapter 206: Provocation
"Hah, that's amazing! Lu Tingxuan, for the sake of loyalty and righteousness, you dare to talk to me now, don't you? ”
In the study of the East Palace, Ouyang Han, who was just expressing some dissatisfaction with the marriage between Lu Shaoyun and Xia Shuanghan, really didn't expect that his confidant and beloved general would refute him for the sake of a woman. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"The last general is not a stiff mouth, but just an expression of his different opinions." Lu Shaoyun, who knows very well that the prince and the prince are both masters today, is not afraid that he will get into trouble because of his current speech, after all, the prince has heard a lot of more rebellious and radical rhetoric than his current rhetoric.
Therefore, Lu Shaoyun, who relied on his absolute will not be guilty of his words, and just wants to spit out the thoughts in his heart as soon as possible, continued: "Your Highness, you just said that wives and husbands are less harmful, but whether a woman who is a wife is virtuous or not, isn't it only a husband who really knows? Take my mother as an example, she is indeed a lady from a family who does not go out of the door and does not go out of the second door, but is my father who married her, is he satisfied? ”
Ouyang Han had basically heard of many of the that the Xu family had done before he was left the Dingguo Mansion, and he already knew the inside story of why Pei Huanting became such a fool now. Therefore, in the face of Lu Shaoyun's current argument that "a beautiful lady does not mean a good wife", he was indeed a little speechless.
"The last general knows very well in his heart that the reason why you say this today, Your Royal Highness the Prince, is nothing more than adhering to a heart of cherishing talents and loving talents, and hoping that the last general's career can go more smoothly and make more contributions to Great Xia. In the face of Your Highness's intentions, the last general will feel five hearts, and I only hope that this life and the next life will be rewarded with grass and a ring. It's just that public and private affairs should be separated in pairs, so I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not blame the ulterior motives of the initiator entirely on the mistake of Neiko. ”
"......" Facing the kneeling statement of his confidant, Ouyang Han twitched the corners of his mouth uncontrollably, quite a bit crying and laughing.
"Lu Tingxuan, you are a typical slap to a sweet date! In the front, he refuted me with confidence, and then he specially picked up the nice words, so that I don't take it seriously, the reason why you dare to do this is just because you are lonely and broad-minded, and you won't really care about you. ”
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you have the world in mind, how can you waste time and energy on this small household matter?" Having said that, Lu Shaoyun, who knew that Xia Shuanghan was imprisoned had basically turned over the chapter in the East Palace, and sure enough, he quickly heard the sentence, "Don't kneel, get up!" ”
"Gu thought about it carefully, I have to admit that what you said does make sense, the reason why you love the loyal and righteous countryman, what you like is her violent temper and fierce temperament, since you are happy to enjoy yourself, then what can you say more? is the so-called Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, you don't admit that she caused you trouble, and you still have to protect her, then let it be! Just ......"
Having said this, Ouyang Han, who shook his head and smiled faintly for how much he was worried about, and then Ouyang Han, who straightened his face, continued: "It's just that this case, you and Su Shilang must work together to solve it properly for me, I don't want to wait until twenty days later to hear the news that the son of the Ding family is really dead." ”
"Yes, the last general will certainly live up to expectations." Holding his fists and bowing first, Lu Shaoyun, who accepted the stern reprimand of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his "non-cultivation of internal affairs", retired and left the East Palace.
And also in the capital, like Ouyang Han, there are several people who think that the reason why Lu Shaoyun has been repeatedly played by the imperial history platform in less than two months, and that he must accept severe reprimands one after another, is completely Xia Shuanghan's fault.
In the Dingguo Mansion, after hearing the news that "the Zhongyi Township Monarch was involved in the murder case and has now been imprisoned by the Jingzhao Yin Yamen", in recent days, the Meng and Tan families, who had been suffering from the summer frost and cold, were finally able to take advantage of this to relieve the resentment in their hearts.
"Locked up in the prison of Jingzhao Yin Yamen? Hahahaha, Xia Shuanghan, you actually have today! ”
Because of the news he heard, he got together with the Meng family again, and the Tan family, who was stagnant in his heart, showed a typical schadenfreude smile, and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth and said: "It's just a manifestation of heavenly reason and unpleasant retribution, she has hurt you and me to live like a year in the recent days, and now she has finally paid the price for it." ”
"Not really! I only hope that she will suffer more in that prison, so that she can quench the hatred in my heart. ”
Because Xia Shuanghan came to the door to put forward the punishment opinion on the matter of green water, and had to be forced by Lu Xiaoqing's coercion in the past half a month, Meng and Tan, who pinched their noses and raised several of their husband's intercourse girls as aunts, have really been extremely aggrieved recently.
Pulling out a part of his share of money and helping his husband raise a concubine is already very disgusting. But what's even more disgusting is that those aunts who were promoted to concubines because they had children, because they were not satisfied with the situation of these newly promoted aunts who were able to enter the throne for no reason, so they made up many tricks in the open and in secret.
The aunts formed gangs in two factions, and made the inner house miserable and restless all day long, causing the male host, who had been busy outside all day, to be unable to reap a moment of peace and tranquility after returning home, and then prompted them to be angry and angry at their wives. What else would make Meng and Tan feel resentful, aggrieved and disgusting than their husbands scolding them as wives for a few aunts?
"I just hope that Ding Gongzi, who was temporarily confined in Jingzhao Yin's yamen, is really dead. Only in this way, Xia Shuanghan, who must take responsibility for this human life, can it be enough to endure the hardships that make me feel satisfied. ”
"I hope so, too! But I'm afraid that the truth will not be as expected! ”
He echoed Meng's words, recalling that after Lu Xiaoqing and Lu Shaoyun had a long talk in the Xixia Courtyard last night, the expressions they showed respectively could be deduced from the expressions on their faces that had nothing to do with various negative emotions such as sorrow, anxiety, and boredom.
"I know what you're worried about, you're just thinking that the old man and Ting Xuan will definitely spare no effort to completely clean up the stigma on Xia Shuanghan's head now, and bring her out of prison as unharmed as possible, right?"
Having said this, Meng Shi, who had a malicious smile on the corner of his mouth, narrowed his eyes slightly and said evilly, "I think the same as you." So now, taking advantage of the opportunity of Xia Shuanghan being locked in a prison cell, I am ready to add some blockage to her and make her suffer more. ”
"Oh? Fifth aunt has an idea? Hearing Meng's speech, Tan, who raised his eyebrows with an unusually energetic expression, leaned over anxiously and urged, "What is the idea?" Let's talk about it. ”
"Actually, it's ......" Speaking of this, Meng Shi, who was selling Guan Zi and smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pulled Tan Shi up and said: "Go, you go with me now, you will naturally know when you get to the place." ”
So in this way, Meng and Tan, who had a common goal, both got into the carriage and arrived at Xufu, which was also located in the west of the city, in the sound of the wheels turning "grunt".
Since he was scared half to death by Xia Shuanghan pretending to be a ghost on Zhuangzi, the Xu family, who was abandoned by his husband Lu Shijie from the Dingguo Mansion, returned to his mother's home, Xu Mansion.
In the case that his father, Mrs. Xu, did not die and was willing to accept her to live, all the dowries were returned, so the Xu family, who was not short of money, has not encountered any material troubles and obstacles in his life for most of the past six months.
Outside, her henchman Mama Gui took care of all the shops and granges for her, and inside she had been obediently huddled in the small courtyard provided for her by Mrs. Xu, so that her two brothers and sisters-in-law did not feel any disgust and rejection towards her under the condition that she would not cause any trouble for her family.
It's just that such a peaceful and peaceful simple life with no quarrel with the world has no way to alleviate or eliminate the pain and suffering in Xu's heart.
During the day, she wept for the situation of being abandoned by her husband, and at night, she was even more worried about Aunt Zheng, who often appeared in her sleep, and was frequently woken up in panic, and Xu, who could not rest day and night, and was tormented day and night, has become a skinny, sallow-faced, lifeless dying person after more than half a year.
"Ouch, my sister-in-law, why haven't you seen you for a few months, and you suddenly became what you are now?"
In the back house of Xu's mansion, in the side courtyard where the Xu family lived, with his nephew and daughter-in-law Tan, Meng Shi, who came to the dim and dilapidated and lifeless courtyard in front of him under the leadership of the guide girl, was stunned by her current dejected and miserable appearance the moment she crossed the threshold and saw the Xu family leaning weakly on the chaise longue's couch.
"Is that you? You guys...... How did it come? ”
Xu, who was so weak that he had to stop to catch his breath even when he could say a word, didn't react to who they were when Meng and Tan crossed the threshold and came to her.
It wasn't until she turned her head very hard, looked at the two of them for a long time with a pair of empty and godless eyes, and recognized the two in front of her, one was the concubine who had fought with her for most of her life, and the other was the Xu family, her daughter-in-law who had been under her control for many years, that a little of the brilliance of a living person finally appeared on her lifeless face.
"You two can't be so kind to come and see me. Judging from the expressions on your faces, it doesn't look like you're here to gloat, so what are you two doing here to find me? ”
Xu, who struggled and slowly got up from the chaise longue between words, panting and sitting up with a slight sweat on his forehead, knew very well in his heart that his concubine and his daughter-in-law did not have a good impression of her, so it was possible to come to care for her at her most depressed time.
"The weasel didn't have a good heart to greet the chicken, let's say, what are you two doing today?"
"Oh, sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Although we have been fighting for most of our lives, between us, it is just some competition and entanglement in interests and power, but in fact, we have not formed any mortal enmity that cannot be resolved, right? So it's okay for me to come and see you now, and tell you some of the truths that people are trying to hide from you, right? ”
In this room, which was full of damp and gloomy atmosphere, and was filled with a faint musty smell and a strong smell of medicine, Meng Shi, who had found a relatively comfortable position to sit down, raised his hand and waved away the maid who came to serve tea with a tray, and then smiled: "After all, sister-in-law, your children, I still really like the sensible Hui'er, so just for the sake of not wanting that child to continue to waste time, I should also tell you her true situation truthfully, right?" ”
"What is the real situation? What do you mean? ”
Since he was abandoned from the house last year, and then settled down in his mother's house, he was hindered by Mrs. Xu's order to "block all news, and don't let her be stimulated by hearing some news, and then go out to make trouble again"; and Lu Ruhui, who never brought her rude and willful sister, but only came to visit her mother alone and occasionally came to visit her mother, concealed many things that would make her angry when Xu heard it, and all the people who reached a consensus worked together to hide it.
Therefore, in the heart of the Xu family today, her most well-behaved daughter Lu Ruhui has married smoothly according to the marriage set at the beginning; Her most beloved youngest daughter, Lu Ruqian, is still carefree and quite comfortable living in the Dingguo Mansion. As for the only son Lu Shaoyun who broke her heart, although it is very likely that she has not married a wife yet, but in the case that Xia Shuanghan is already the princess of the king of Xiangyang, it should not be too far away to think of the day when he will completely give up and find a new love.
"Isn't it, my sister-in-law, do you really think that your three children are living as smoothly as you imagined?"
Meng Shi, who felt extremely ridiculous about Xu's wishful thinking, quickly shook his head and sighed, and told her all the truth.
"Impossible, this can't be! When Hui'er came to see me, she kept smiling and comforting me and said that everything was fine, how could things suddenly take a turn for the worse and develop to a point where I couldn't accept it at all? For the current situation of his three children, Xu, who felt ridiculous and funny, shook his head and vetoed it desperately, while showing a crazy attitude on his face.
And Tan, who saw her mother-in-law's current state, after comprehending the look that Meng Shi handed to her, echoed and said: "Mother-in-law, you have been trapped in this small courtyard for several months, closed doors and no news, where can you know that these things that you can't accept have already been spread to every household, and have been chewed over and over again by the people in the capital as a conversation after tea and dinner." (To be continued.) )