Chapter 55: Saving Yun Ting 2
Xi Cui knew that the Wang family needed money, but how could the old lady not know? But the old lady firmly believes that staying in Qingshan will not worry about running out of firewood, as long as the Wang family does not hit the knife edge of his hometown at this moment, will the Wang family still worry about no money in the future? Yun Ting is a good child, and she is rich, but the Lao family can't keep her, the Wang family is working against the Lao family for her, and in the end, didn't she die with her and her money?
Although she was a little ungrateful in doing this, but in this world, kindness has always been worshiped as a god only by stupid and upright fools, and how many of them are remembered in the end? On the contrary, those who have been praised by all ages for their love and righteousness have nothing more than those high-sounding noble disguises on themselves after they take the throne by unscrupulous means. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Despicable and shameless does not mean that it is wrong, among the powerful who are vying for power and profit, only after leaving their lives in the end and achieving fame can they finally write right and wrong according to the success and defeat of the king. The old lady sympathized with the Hou Mansion, but she would not feel guilty about it, and they had the opportunity to change their fate because they chose to give up and blame others.
She lay on the bed with her eyes closed, whispering Buddhist scriptures on her mouth, but she was chewing on such a truth repeatedly in her heart, and finally she found the conclusion, no matter what, she was right for the sake of the Wang family. It was not caused by her that the Hou Mansion is today, the former emperor and the Lao family are responsible, even more than her. Besides, she went to the temple later, and she didn't know anything about the Hou Mansion at all, and by the time she finally knew, everything had already become a foregone conclusion.
Thinking about it, she felt a lot more comfortable, and then turned over and sat up.
Mother Mu just came in, and when she saw that she had woken up, she hurriedly stepped forward to help dress and fix her hair. Seeing that the old lady's complexion seemed to be good, Mother Mu's heart was crossed, and she whispered, "Old lady, Xi Cui is here, waiting outside, you can't see ......"
The old lady's originally smiling face suddenly cooled, and her voice sank, "Tell her to come in and see what she has to say." ā
Mother Mu answered, nodded to the little girl who followed behind her, and the little girl withdrew and brought Xi Cui in.
When Xi Cui came in, the old lady was already dressed and sat on the soft floor on the side. Mother Mu was holding hot tea and waiting on the side.
Xi Cui stood in place with his head bowed after saluting, quietly calming his breathing. After his mood stabilized, Xi Cui saw that the old lady had not yet spoken, so she looked up with a smile, and she couldn't see a trace of resentment at all, "The slave maid has been going for so long this time, and she has been in a hurry along the way, and she has not been able to bring any special products and other items back to the old lady, I am afraid that the old lady will be blamed in the future, so I don't come up to report to the old lady in person, we are very dangerous this time, old lady, you are merciful, but don't talk about the slave and maid." ā
"You girl, you can still speak with the same mouth. Knowing that I like you, you use this to sell you to me. Shaoyan has already been here, but he didn't tell me anything about what happened along the way, or you should tell me about it. Seeing that she didn't say anything about Yun Ting, the old lady simply climbed up her pole, she wanted to see what Xi Cui was going to say. Before leaving, she had told Mama Wu what she meant to Mama Mu very bluntly, but Mama Wu turned around and went to find Shaoyan and Shaoyan sent Xi Cui to the southwest to find Xi Yunjian. Although Shaoyan was finally given the opportunity to go with her, the two did not show much closeness after Shaoyan came back.
Xi Cui was always very indifferent to her deliberate closeness before, but today she is obviously getting closer, could it be that she wants to promise herself to follow Wang Shaoyan in exchange for Yun Ting's life? If this is the case, she Xi Cui inevitably thinks too highly of herself, although she is very capable and smart, but she is not the only smart woman in the world, but her Wang family is just such a one!
"Doesn't the old lady want to know why my uncle didn't bother to tell you what we saw along the way? Uncle is worried about it today. Xi Cui didn't wait for the old lady to interject and continued, "As soon as we entered the emperor's palace, we found my uncle to enter the palace, and after we came back, my uncle began to sigh for a long time. I heard that the emperor asked my aunt to divorce our young lady, so I could connect the young lady without moving the Wang family to settle the resentment of the Sun family. But our uncle can't, not to mention that our aunt and the young lady have a deep relationship, and the uncle also personally promised the lady when he returned to the door that the young lady will be in the Wang family in the future, and the Wang family will not divorce the young lady's wife, no flat wife, and the security is healthy. In order to prove his sincerity, my uncle even wrote down this promise in black and white, and stamped it to Xi Cui for safekeeping. Tomorrow, the slave maid will find someone to frame it and hang it in the main hall of our open residence to let the people of the Sun family take a look, the Wang family will not let them get an inch, the life of the young lady of the Wang family is not something they can ask for casually, and the emperor can't open his mouth! ā
"You...... You, really brought it? Shaoyan also promised to let you frame it? The old lady watched Xi Cui take out a piece of paper from her arms, no matter what, she couldn't really take it to frame, once this matter came out, the Wang family would be tantamount to making their attitude clear, offending not only the Sun family, the Lao family, but also the emperor's face! This emperor is talking to Shaoyan on the front foot, and the Wang family on the back foot hangs such a plaque, isn't it a clear slap in the face of the emperor?
Xi Cui unfolded the paper and showed it to the old lady by herself, but she didn't mean to offer it with both hands, seeing that the old lady fell into deep thought, Xi Cui said again, "After Mama Wu knew about this, she had to stop the slave and maid, saying that it was a big deal at this time, or go to the old lady first, let you refer to it in detail, and refuse the old lady The old lady may have a way to refuse the emperor and not hurt the friendship of the monarch and ministers, if we can solve it in other ways, we will naturally be happy, but in case there is no other way, for the reputation of my uncle and the life of the young lady, we can only do this!" Mama Wu spoke very strangely, and she actually said that the emperor may not be able to really do anything to the young lady, and she still has a way when she has to do it. I saw that Mama Wu was a little dead when she said this, and I was inevitably worried, so I quickly came to your side to discuss with you. ā
Old lady, you'd better understand, if you really dare to let it go, we just hang the plaque in front, and the bucket in the back, if you really see how you can protect the Wang family at that time?
Mother Mu has been waiting on the side, Xi Cui has a smile on her face, but there is a knife hidden in her words, stabbing her one by one, just to force the old lady to a dead end. She has followed the old lady for so many years and has seen the old lady's methods, but now she is a little desolate when she sees the old lady being forced to retreat by a little girl. If it weren't for the father and son of the Wang family, why would the old lady be where she is today?
The old lady's heart was very confused, her thoughts had been pulled by Xi Cui, first worried that she would really take those words to frame, but she hadn't thought of the simplest and most effective way to stop her, and she was dragged by her worried that Mama Wu would tell that shocking secret. Once she really said it, the Wang family would be completely finished, even if the Danshu iron scroll in her hand could save the lives of the Wang family, but the Wang family, who had lost everything, was even more unwilling to see it. Why didn't she think that Mama Wu would have the idea of a fish dying and the net was broken? Yes, once Yun Ting is gone, why does Mama Wu still keep this secret to keep the Wang family? The Hou Mansion is already dead, and the reason why she is begging herself now instead of picking this matter apart is nothing more than thinking that Yun Ting can still live. Does she really have to save Yun Ting? But once she really took out the Danshu iron scroll to save Yun Ting, she would inevitably offend the Lao family, and if she offended the Lao family, the Wang family would still have a worrying future......
"Old lady, do you really have a way to save our young lady? If there is really a way, you can be our great benefactor, slaves and maids and Mama Wu will remember your great kindness and virtue, and repay your kindness by being a cow and a horse for the Wang family. There are also slaves and maids who have to tell you that our lady left a large amount of property to the young lady before, and it is currently in the hands of the slave and maid, old lady, you can rest assured, as long as the young lady is in the Wang family, the young lady's things are naturally the things of the Wang family, and the slaves and maids must be loyal to the Wang family, and there are no two hearts. "That's all for now, after saving Yun Ting, the Wang family is still our master, and we still keep that secret for the Wang family, otherwise the consequences will not be under our control. But you can't force the old lady to be too tight, what the old lady is afraid of is nothing more than the Lao family, but she seems to have some misunderstanding here, along the way, I have heard Wang Shaoyan talk to herself about the current situation, although most of him is saying that she is listening, but she still understands some meaning, it is better to take this opportunity to appease the old lady, "If you have any concerns, you can understand." After all, it is to offend the family of generals like the Sun family, our Wang family is a civil servant, and it is easy to be reluctant to provoke the generals, and the uncle also told the slave a lot about the things between the civil and military generals along the way. But the slave maid thinks that the old lady, you don't have to worry about the Sun family, don't say it's the Sun family, even if it's the powerful Lao family, you can rest assured and boldly offend. Because what the emperor wants is the confrontation between our Wang family and the Lao family, my uncle said that the master intended to hand over the real power to Zhishi before, but the emperor obstructed it in every possible way, forced the master to stay, and promoted the Wang family openly and secretly, which made Uncle Lao very ugly several times. My uncle also said that under the emperor's deliberate favoritism, the Wang family has already become the biggest opponent of the Lao family, if the Wang family can follow the emperor's wishes and work against the Lao family, there is still the emperor behind them, but once we carefully curry favor with the Lao family, the emperor will not be happy. When that time comes, the emperor will step on it, the Lao family will fight, and our Wang family will really never turn over, and it will not be possible to involve the queen mother and Concubine Ju in the palace. (Shaoju entered the palace and was directly sealed as Concubine Ju.) ļ¼ā
After listening to these words, the old lady really had a feeling of being enlightened. She is sick these days, and most of the things outside are heard by the people from the outside, Wang Shangshu almost never comes to Ningju to talk to her, she knows very little about court affairs, but it is based on her own guesses. She thought that the emperor was obviously the son of Uncle Lao Guo, but he inherited the world of the previous emperor, and whether the queen knew about it or not, she could not change the fact that although she was the queen mother, she had no real power.
The Wang family has lost the queen mother who can be relied on, and there is no military power in hand, the Lao family will definitely be in power at this moment, so the Wang family, who once stood at the top, will inevitably become a thorn in his side, although now the Wang family has long lost the past scenery. But she ignored the fact that the emperor himself didn't know his life experience at all, and when he didn't know, he would never allow the Lao family to be dominant, and looking at the court, the most suitable person to support the Lao family and fight against the Lao family seems to be the only one who has been in court, and since ancient times, the civil and military generals have complemented each other but restrained each other, and the Wang family is still a civil servant, so the emperor must support the Wang family. And once the emperor knows his life experience, for the sake of the throne, he will not recognize Uncle Lao's father, it is not known, since ancient times, how many emperors have valued family affection?
Therefore, the Lao family is not terrible at all, they are in danger of destruction at any time, if the Wang family can take the credit for bringing down the Lao family, it will be an immortal achievement, and at that time, how can the power of the Wang family be imagined today?
How could she make such a mistake and almost make a big mistake! At this time, she took out the Danshu iron scroll to save Yun Ting, not only for the Wang family, but also for Shaoyan to gain a good reputation, but also not to hurt the emperor's face, even if she offended the Lao family, what she wanted was to offend the Lao family.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, so she simply stood up and walked up and down the room on crutches. Xi Cui had already put away the paper in his hand, bowed and stood, looking at the old lady's appearance, she should have changed her attention. In that case, there was no point in her lingering. So when the old lady turned to her, she blocked it sideways, bent down and saluted the old lady, "The slave maid has said a lot today, please don't blame the old lady, it's all for our young lady...... Old lady, if you don't think about it first, the slave will find someone to frame these words. "I'm leaving.
Where could the old lady let her go like this, and what words did she frame at this time? Yun Ting is already willing to save her, how can she let her do these things that offend the emperor again.
So the old lady grabbed her and kept her calm, "Why are you so breathless?" Did I say I wouldn't save your young lady? Yun Ting, that kid I like very much, how can I not save myself when I die? Go and call Shaoyan, I have something to say to him. ā
Xi Cui hurriedly responded, almost trotting away.
Wang Shaoyan was talking to Yun Ting, smiling and smiling.
Xi Cui ran in with a smile, and hugged Yun Ting hard as soon as she came in, her voice was slightly excited and even a little hoarse, "Okay, you are saved, and I finally saved you......"
Yun Ting was still copying a notebook in her hand, and the pen fell to the ground when Xi Cui pulled it like this, and the ink was scattered all over the ground, but she didn't push her away when she saw that Xi Cui was so happy, she simply put down the notebook, and hugged Xi Cui with both hands, this is the first time Xi Cui hugged herself so excitedly.
Xi Cui's face lifted from Yun Ting's shoulders and looked at Wang Shaoyan, "Uncle, the old lady called you over, saying that she had something to tell you." ā
Looking at Xi Cui's appearance, the old lady must have promised to save Yun Ting.
He hurriedly put down the things in his hand and ran towards Ningju, along the way he was excited and amazed, how did Xi Cui convince the old lady? He was blocked back without even having a chance to speak in front of the old lady, how could Xi Cui have such a ability? He finally discovered that Xi Cui was a woman full of magical powers, and at the same time, he was even more glad that such a person was by his side.
When she entered Ningju, the old lady was already waiting in the main hall, and she changed her clothes. At this time, the old lady was dressed in a gorgeous dress, her gray hair was pulled into a dignified peony bun, the golden Luan Feng spread her wings and swayed in her hair, and the pure gold head decorated with ruby was shining. Since the old lady was brought back from the temple, she has been dressed in plain clothes all day long, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, this is the first time to see the old lady so graceful and luxuriously dressed, and now it seems that she has a bit of the bearing of a second-class lady.
Seeing Wang Shaoyan coming in, the old lady immediately stood up, walked in front with the help of Mother Mu, and Wang Shaoyan followed behind. Several people soon came to the incense garden in the backyard of the Wang family to worship the spiritual seat of the ancestors.
It turned out that she was coming here, no wonder the old lady had to dress herself carefully before she was willing to leave at this hour. Wang Shaoyan stood at the door of Xiangyuan, immediately straightened his clothes, touched the hair on his sideburns, and made sure that he had not lost his appearance, and then followed the old lady in.
There are not many people coming to Xiangyuan all year round, except for a few people cleaning it regularly, I don't feel a trace of popularity here. In addition, it is a place where the spiritual seat is enshrined, and the cold wind blows when it is blowing, it seems a little more cold than elsewhere. The old lady entered the main hall, and Mother Mu stepped forward to light a candle, lit incense and handed it to the old lady.
The old lady knelt on the futon placed in front of the spiritual seat with the incense in her hand, buckled her head three times, and then got up and inserted the incense on the incense table.
Then stood aside and watched Wang Shaoyan finish the series of actions she had just done.
Then the old lady walked out of the mourning hall and walked to some of the pine trees in the courtyard, and began to walk at the foot of the first tree, and walked about five steps, stopped, and made a mark in that place, and then turned and came to the second tree, and walked another five steps, and made another mark near the one where she had marked before, and the two marks were very close to each other. Then the old lady turned and came to the third tree, and walked five steps in the same direction in which she had made the mark, stopped, and made another mark. The three marks almost overlapped, the old lady measured them, pointed to the ground, and said to Wang Shaoyan, "Go get the tools and dig up here." ā
Wang Shaoyan found a shovel from the corner room and began to dig where the old lady pointed out. The soil on the ground had already grown a layer of green moss, and the shovel did not need to be a little dull all year round, but the ground was a little slippery, and Wang Shaoyan was almost dodged at the beginning.
Wang Shaoyan couldn't care about his demeanor at the moment, and stepped on the shovel with his foot and shoveled down, and finally cut the ground with a bang. It was easier to open the opening, the soil below was not as compact as the soil above, and Wang Shaoyan quickly dug up an iron box. The shovel made a screeching sound against the box, and he quickly threw it away, crouched down, and had the dirt in his possession. (To be continued.) )