Chapter XXXVIII
Wang Shangshu sat on the upper seat in a crimson official uniform, Shuntianfu Yin sat respectfully under him, the two were talking about something in a low voice, Shuntianfu Yin sometimes nodded, sometimes smiled. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Wang Shangshu's face was slightly tired, and his clothes were a little wrinkled, looking like a dusty man.
Seeing Wang Shaoyan come in, the two stopped and looked at the door.
"Father......" Wang Shaoyan walked over quickly, and was about to speak, but he felt that he couldn't be too abrupt on the ground of the Shuntian Mansion. So he stopped, first saluted Shuntianfu Yin, and then walked to Wang Shangshu's side, clasped his fists with both hands, and leaned over, "Father has seen the seriously ill grandmother at home?" The son is not filial, but the father works hard for the state, but the son can't even take care of the small family house for the father......"
Shuntian Mansion Yin looked at the father and son, and withdrew directly without saying anything, and retreated left and right, leaving them a place to speak alone, after all, the less people know about the private affairs of the house, the better. He has always respected Wang Shangshu as a person, and this Wang Shaoyan is even more young and promising, and he has a fatherly style, such a talent must not be discredited because of the ugly things that the woman in the back house has to see.
If it is decided today, all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, although he is not talented, he is also a person who loves and respects talents.
Wang Shangshu looked at Wang Shaoyan in front of him, although his body was thinner than ordinary people, his face was ruddy and full of energy, and it seemed that his illness had been completely cured. I believe that in time, the son in front of him will definitely be able to stand proudly and upright in front of people, with a majestic instrument and a jade tree in the wind. Such an excellent appearance, as well as wisdom and strategy that ordinary people can't match, and a noble background that countless people flock to. Yu Guo is loyal to his duties, Yu family is filial piety, how many people in the world dare to compare with his son?
With such an almost perfect son, as well as two daughters who are sinking into the fish and geese, and a husband who knows that she has done a lot of wrong things and is still willing to give her a decent cover for her, why is Liu still not satisfied?
What is she fighting for so much? used to keep saying that it was for her sick son, and when her son's illness was cured, she said that she would protect her son's face and status, but now it's good, she calculated step by step, and others finally poured such a big basin of sewage on her most cherished son.
Liu's!
Wang Shangshu stood up, put his hands on Wang Shaoyan's shoulders, and sighed deeply.
Neither father nor son spoke, and stood for a long time.
"I haven't been home yet, have you seen your grandmother?" Wang Shangshu finally spoke. Her own mother is not worry-free, and Liu's ability to have today is indispensable to her credit. But in the end, he is a son, and he knows that everything his mother does is for himself and for the Wang family, even if she is not for this, the son does not say anything about his father's fault, although he is a mother, everything he has from childhood to adulthood is under her control, she is not a father but better than a father.
At this moment, he can understand Wang Shaoyan best, how similar is the anguish of the father and son?
"I've seen it, fortunately, the old lady's body has been half better, and the doctor said that there is no need to continue to take the antidote, and the next few days should be as healthy as before." Wang Shaoyan felt a lightness on his shoulder, his father's hand had moved away by himself, and he wanted to look up at his father's face, but after hesitating for a while, he didn't dare to do it, just stared at his father with his head down and turned his back to his feet, "My son thinks it's better to get Aunt Yang's bones back in the house." There is no case filed on the side of Shuntianfu......"
"You don't have to worry about this matter, I'm still alive, the Wang family is my family, and it is naturally your turn to interfere in these things!" He is already old, and the emperor's body looks like he is dying. The Lao family's power in the Tang Dynasty is unmatched now, and the prince will really be helped to that position by Uncle Lao. Although the death of the Qi family back then, the Huai'an Hou Mansion carried this black pot for the Wang family, but the Lao family may not really believe that the Wang family knows nothing about the truth. The overthrow of the crown prince has come to naught, and the Wang family cannot make senseless sacrifices. He must not let Wang Shaoyan continue to enter the palace at this time, it is better to take this opportunity to pull him out of this whirlpool. As long as the Wang family does not move, the position of the queen mother is there, whoever becomes the emperor is the queen mother, and she is still in the hands of the Wang family if she is in the household department and the official department. "Do you still want to help your mother cover it up? What do you think I was discussing with that Shuntianfu Yin just now? That's not all! He saved face for the Wang family and did not file a case, but how do we deal with this matter, he will inevitably care about him openly and secretly in the future, and our Wang family's sore foot is pinched! What is the situation today? Don't you even know how to judge the situation? If you intercede for the Liu family, you'd better rot it in my stomach, otherwise don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between father and son! He shouted these words almost at the top of his throat, as if everyone wanted to hear them.
This time he went north, the evidence he held in his hand was enough to make the Lao family damaged, but these must be hidden and must not be exposed at this time. But at this juncture, the situation of the queen mother is very conspicuous, and even with their Wang family father and son, they can't keep a low profile, the only way is to sacrifice the reputation of the Wang family, make the current scandal known to everyone, and let their father and son temporarily shut up.
The queen only needs to stand by and watch the battle for the throne as agreed before, and only by maintaining her current strength can she be invincible in the future. He believed that his sister would be able to understand, as for whether Wang Shaoyan's son would misunderstand him, Wang Shangshu didn't care much. The whole thing is not yet in front of him.
Wang Shaoyan looked at his father, his face full of disbelief.
Is the person in front of him really his father, who values fame very much? For the sake of the face of the Wang family, he kept silent about his mother hurting the children in his aunts' wombs again and again, and even helped her deal with the aftermath sometimes. But what's going on now? Shuntianfu Yin intended to help hide him, but he shouted loudly, which has the potential to tell the world. Why is that?
Because the person who died was Aunt Yang, who was favored by her father? No, no, no, Wang Shaoyan quickly denied the speculation in his heart, his father is not a person who loves his children. 's love for Aunt Yang can't go beyond the reputation of the Wang family.
So, and why? Father is now clearly deliberately shaking out the things that have been covered, do you want to cooperate with him?
"Father......" Wang Shaoyan also raised his voice.
"What? You dare not listen to what I say, do you? Wang Shangshu didn't wait for his voice to fall, followed by an accusation.
The voices of the father and son in the room became louder and louder, until the people of Shuntianfu could no longer continue to be deaf and dumb, and finally Shuntianfu Yin thought that the father and son were going to fight, and hurriedly rushed in with his subordinates, and the room was quiet.
In the end, Wang Shaoyan was slapped by Wang Shangshu in front of everyone, and was ordered to think about it behind closed doors. Wang Shaoyan left Shuntian Mansion with a red face and returned to Wang's house, and Wang Shangshu saw Liu himself.
When he pushed the door in, Wang Shangshu imagined several expressions that he should have when he saw Liu. But when Liu really appeared in front of him, he was still shocked. She sat in the chair by the window, staring at the closed window, her hair in a messy bun, her face pale, her clothes crumpled and wrapped around her body, knowing that he was approaching but not moving.
Liu is much older, and she still remembers that when she left, she was dressed in brocade clothes, and she stood in front of everyone and smiled at herself. It was only a little more than a month away, but she seemed to have experienced dozens of spring and autumn, and when she returned, he was just a little tired, but she was full of flowers.
"Liu, do you have anything else to say?" Wang Shangshu kept his voice as calm as possible, having lived with Liu for nearly twenty years, he had never seen her like this. At this time, he realized that none of the rhetoric he had prepared before could come in handy in front of such a Liu family.
Liu Shi turned around leisurely and glanced at Wang Shangshu coldly, "I'm waiting for you...... No matter what any of them ask me, I pretend I don't hear you, and I'll wait for you to come to me. Liu stood up, walked to Wang Shangshu's side, and reached out to stroke his sideburns that he didn't have time to tire, "Are you in a hurry to come back?" Is it for me or for Aunt Yang? Hehe, look at me, stupid, aren't you? Isn't it the same thing for any of us? Look at you, why don't you go back and change your clothes first? Hurry up and freshen up, with the status of our Wang family today, your words and deeds are all major matters related to face. ”
Liu's voice was deferential and gentle, which made people feel refreshed, and this was what she had put in front of her husband the most over the years. But now her eyes are very different, and her bloodshot eyes reveal unspeakable complaints, hatred, despair, and unwillingness...... Liu's chapped lips trembled twice, tearing open a blood mark, she smiled, her lips oozing red blood, "Do you remember my name?" Zihuan, do you remember when I stopped calling you like that? And when did you only remember that I was Liu? ”
Zihuan is the expression of Wang Shangshu. She seems to have always called him Zihuan in the first few years of marriage, but since when has it changed? Wang Shangshu couldn't think of it, but what does this matter have to do with the matter in front of him? The Liu family has always been like this, and when it comes to things, he will take care of everything else, and he used to follow her completely because he didn't want to move her, but now he can't help her.
"I've been reading the relationship between husband and wife for many years, and I see that you don't want to listen to you talking about these useless things, do you have anything else to say about this matter in front of you?" Wang Shangshu threw off his sleeves, separated them from each other, and sat down on the chair next to him.
Liu closed his eyes and sighed, "What do you want me to say?" To whom? You? If I'm right, you already have the perfect set of words in mind to explain the whole thing, right? Why don't you just tell me what to do? I did what you said, and it can be regarded as a fulfillment of our husband and wife relationship for so many years, so as not to get the last step and I did something that you are not satisfied with. ”
Wang Shangshu sneered, looking at Liu's eyes softened a lot, "You are really still that intelligent woman, since the words have been said to this point, I won't go around the bend with you." For the sake of the three children, I won't want your life, but the Wang family can't tolerate you, and I will discuss with Shaoyan later to send you to Zhuangzi or the family temple. I know that my mother has been involved in this matter, but now that the matter has come to this, we still have two daughters who have not yet left the cabinet, and their future is still in the hands of their mother, for their own good, you better know what you should say when asked about it in the future. ”
"You're really a cool person!" Liu raised his hand and pointed at the man sitting in front of him, "Don't you like your Aunt Yang very much?" She's dead! The baby in her womb is also dead! You didn't say a word! Ha ha...... But you left me alive! Shouldn't I be grateful? The woman who killed you in the palm of your hand is still alive...... Aunt Yang, Aunt Yang, it turns out that you are nothing more than this in his heart! If you knew that I was going to be embarrassed by you everywhere? It's really not worth ......."
"Is that how you want to die?" Wang Shangshu suddenly reached out and pinched Liu's neck, his eyes were round, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, "I haven't figured this out yet, and if I don't say it, it doesn't mean I don't care!" I'll let you see if I'm really cool when I find out? Do you think I really left your life just for a few children? I'm afraid that when you really understand, you won't thank me at all for keeping you alive! ”
Liu watched the man's face become more and more blurry in front of her, and she wanted to close her eyes but found that her eyelids couldn't close at all. I can't complain that those who committed suicide by hanging beams died with their eyes bulging out, and it turned out that when they were choked by the throat, they couldn't breathe and even their eyes couldn't close.
Liu suddenly found that his heart at this moment was much happier than just now, at least at this moment, he was emotional when he faced himself. It feels good to have him hate it like this! Fortunately, it hasn't come to this point, and they still seem to be two people who have nothing to do with each other.
Wang Shangshu watched Liu's face slowly lose its color in his hands, but when he thought of his child and Aunt Yang's vivid face, he never knew how to persuade himself to let go. No one knows the amazement in his heart when he first saw Aunt Yang, otherwise with his status, why would an aunt from a merchant be lukewarm to him? and knew how the Liu family got Aunt Yang into the Wang family, but pretended not to know, just to keep her.
No one knew the frenzy in his heart when he heard the news that Aunt Yang had died in the fire. But at the moment, he can't mess up the matter, this matter can be slowly investigated in the future, as long as the Liu family does not die, the account will be settled one day, but now is not the best time to liquidate.
Liu fell to the ground after Wang Shangshu's hand was thrown away, she breathed heavily, and her face slowly returned to blood.
The subordinates who were waiting outside heard the movement and hurriedly probed in, looked at the angry Wang Shangshu bent over and quietly retreated.
What happened here quickly reached the ears of Shuntian Mansion Yin, and after listening to the words of the next person. Shuntianfu Yin was stunned for a long time, it seems that the people of the Wang family are not lying, and the Aunt Yang who died is really on the tip of Wang Shangshu's heart. Otherwise, this Wang Shangshu would not have slapped his son Wang Shaoyan, who was favored by the emperor, for her, and almost strangled the Liu family by himself.
When Wang Shangshu left, he sent the Liu family to the prison of Shuntian Mansion, but brought all the certified physical evidence and Aunt Yang's bones back to the Wang family. His attitude couldn't be more obvious, and Liu's this time was completely finished.
He returned to Heju with his front foot, and Wang Shaomei and Wang Shaoju hurriedly came. As soon as they saw him, they knelt on the ground, although what Liu did seemed to them to be extremely cold, but after all, she was the mother who gave birth to them and raised them, and they still couldn't stand by when they saw her die.
Wang Shaoyan was slapped in the face by his father in public and then closed the door, they couldn't know the news of the Liu family from him, and as soon as they heard that Wang Shangshu had returned home, they hurried over to plead.
Wang Shangshu didn't even look at the two sisters, and let them kneel in the courtyard.
When the old lady dragged her body over, one of the two girls had already fainted. Feeling sorry for her grandchildren, the old lady stood in the courtyard and scolded Wang Shangshu loudly, and Wang Shangshu couldn't help but contradict it.
The old lady was angry for a while, but asked the family law to come out, and moved the family law in front of Wang Shangshu in front of her subordinates. While beating, he accused him of favoring the concubine, hurting his wife's face, making the family restless, and ruining the family's reputation, but in turn angering innocent children.
The housekeeper saw that the old man's back was beaten by the old lady, so he hurriedly invited the doctor into the house. As soon as the doctor gave Wang Shangshu medicine in Heju, he was taken to Luju, saying that Wang Shaoyan's old illness had relapsed. The old lady was tired before she was busy here, and was carried back to Ningju to recuperate.
For a while, the entire Wang family was in a mess, and the doctor did not leave for three consecutive days.
This matter reached the palace, and the emperor originally wanted to ask Wang Shangshu to enter the palace for questioning, but after hearing about these things, he temporarily gave up. Now waiting by the emperor's side, in addition to the queen, there are only Princess Yongan and the crown prince.
The prince couldn't get out of illness, the queen mother also violated the harmony, and the father and son of the Wang family had such a thing again, and the affairs of the court could only be presided over by Uncle Lao Guo and the second prince.
Within a few days, the emperor fell unconscious, the queen was too sad and fell ill, and the second prince Zhou Qiwen and his biological mother Liang Guifei took over the queen and the prince to serve the sick. The emperor died on the second day of their illness, and the imperial physician who accompanied him committed suicide and left a suicide note stating that he was instructed by the second prince and his son to murder the emperor.
The crown prince came to the imperial hospital to check that the emperor's decoction had indeed been tampered with. The second prince refused to admit his guilt and intended to assassinate the prince and was killed on the spot, and Liang Guifei then committed suicide. His ancestral family, the Liang family, was all sentenced overnight, but all the court officials who were involved with the second prince were in danger and immediately fell into a situation where they could not sleep and eat.
When these things reached the ears of the third prince, he was waiting in the queen's bedroom with Princess Chaoyang, and after hearing the news, the third prince couldn't stand the fright, and then fell into a fainting. Fortunately, the imperial doctor was still in the queen's bedroom, and he took action in time to save a small life, but it is said that even if he fell into the problem of palpitations from now on, he could not be stimulated, otherwise he could faint again at any time, and in serious cases, he would die because of this.