I heard the Wang Mama say: "Speaking of which, this incident more than ten years ago, it was really a sensation in the capital, at that time the girls had not yet come to this world, naturally they didn't know, but Mrs. may have heard of it?" ”

The fourth wife asked her what it was, and Mama Wang said: "Hey, it was the turmoil that Mrs. Wu Dinghou caused for the concubine's room. ”

The fourth wife remembered this incident when she was reminded by her, it was more than ten years ago, when Concubine Sun, who had not yet become the empress dowager, kept rewarding palace people and her distant relatives to make concubines for the Chinese Wuxungui of the dynasty. Those beauties are given by the concubine, and they are young and beautiful, so they naturally have a lot of disrespect for the main room. Some of the ladies in the main room are either afraid of the concubine, or are afraid of upsetting the lord of the family, so they have to endure one or two. Only Mrs. Wu Dinghou has always had a temper like a burst of charcoal, how could she allow this little goblin to be presumptuous in front of one of her main wives, so she taught the concubine who was given to her house a hard lesson, and she must make her make rules.

I don't want to, the little concubine is the daughter of a distant relative of Concubine Sun, so she sued the concubine, just at that time, Concubine Sun forced her son to quarrel with the courtiers for three years and was finally respected as the queen mother. When the foreign wife entered the palace to meet her, she reprimanded Mrs. Wu Dinghou with her head and face, and gave her a faceless face, and gave the concubine a four-grade respectful order.

After Mrs. Nawu Dinghou was slapped in the face by Empress Dowager Sun, as soon as Fang returned home, he saw that the concubine was wearing a crown dress and showing off her might and came to provoke again. Wuding Hou Shizi was angry, so he wanted to beat the concubine, but was stopped by Mrs. Wuding Hou, saying that it was his father's concubine after all, and he was also his concubine, and he was not allowed to do it.

Directly ordered someone to build a high platform with firewood and grass in the main courtyard, which was poured with tung oil, and her four children also stood on it with her. Holding a torch said that it was a shame and a shame for the concubine, but it was hindered by the power and did not dare to seek justice, and he no longer had the shame to live but * to show his grievances. As he spoke, he threw the torch downward, igniting the entire high platform, and the fire burned his clothes, but fortunately he was saved by Wuding Houye.

Although Nawu Dinghou and his wife are not a poor and lowly husband and wife, nor are they childhood sweethearts who have no guesses, but they also respect and love each other, and the couple get along very well, although they also have one or two concubines, they don't take it very seriously. Seeing that the concubine given by the Queen Mother was so arrogant and rude, and almost killed his wife and son, his heart suddenly became angry, and he directly sold the little concubine to a bad place.

did not wait for Empress Dowager Sun to ask him about his crimes, and took the initiative to resign from the table, saying that he was incompetent and could not even discipline a small concubine, which caused the family to be restless and shameless as an official, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. Today, the saint is accurate, but the Empress Dowager Sun is angry, and forces the saint to arrest Wu Dinghou's family back, but as soon as this order came out, half of the ministers in the court, Xungui have resigned, and the Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to let his family go.

Because Caiwei and Yizhi didn't know about it, Mama Wang told her again, and added a sentence at the end, "After this incident came out, I heard that the concubines given by the Queen Mother in various mansions were much more honest. At that time, our house also gave one to Aunt Wang, who insisted on following her uncle to Fujian, but after she didn't want to go there, she died of illness not long after she didn't adapt to the water and soil. ”

After gossiping so much, Yizhi asked the fourth wife what she was going to do, and the fourth wife listened to these many living precedents, although her heart was also a little loose, but she had been educated by women's morality for so many years, and she always felt that she was a noble lady, and she also went to learn from the village woman who cried, made trouble and hanged herself in front of everyone, which was too detrimental to women's etiquette and morality. She is still worried that if she does this, it will damage her face and reputation.

Cai Wei didn't say more, no matter how they made suggestions about this matter, it still had to be done by the fourth wife herself in the end.

Yizhi really hated her stepmother at this time, and couldn't help but say: "Mother has endured it for many years, can she endure it any longer?" If my mother still endured it this time, I don't know what vicious ideas she will come up with to manipulate her in the future? For those who spoil their concubines and kill their wives, they are afraid that it will be more useful to cry, make trouble, and hang themselves, but in fact, they are really going to make trouble, and I don't know who is more afraid of losing face? ”

Mama Wang also said: "There is no such thing as a double in this world, if you want to take care of a good reputation, you have to wronged yourself, but if you don't wronged yourself, you have to suffer being talked about behind your back." Although the reputation of our women's family is the most important, there are always some things in this world that cannot be endured for the sake of a good reputation. ”

"When the old uncle who was the first of the day died on the battlefield, because the second master was only thirteen years old at that time, and because the old lady always made a stumbling block, he had not yet invited the son of the world. When the old man went, Mrs. Tai was busy taking care of the funeral, and the old lady didn't know who she was pampering, so she handed over an excerpt to ask for the title of the prince for the eldest lord early. ”

"Fortunately, at that time, Mrs. Tai's maiden brother was in the official residence of the Ministry of Officials, and he was on good terms with the people in the court, so he hurriedly told Mrs. Tai when he got this letter. Mrs. Tai was really angry at that time, and it took a long time to recover, and she hurriedly called the eldest master to ask, but the eldest master said that he didn't know, he knew the identity of his concubine, and never dared to be delusional, thinking that his grandmother secretly took the fold from him. ”

Seeing that his words were not leaky, and Mrs. Tai was not good at saying anything to him, she planned to ask her brother to come forward to show that the eldest son whom the old lady invited to be the son of the family was a concubine, and there was another eldest son in the house. The eldest lord didn't know how to learn the news, so he ran to kneel and beg Mrs. Tai again, saying what it was that if he pointed out that the old lady asked to be the wrong candidate for the prince, this was the crime of chaos, wouldn't it be to trap the old lady as a sinner, and if he angered the saint because of this matter, he was afraid that he would blame the head of the Bofu and erase the title. ”

"What do you say it is better to ask Mrs. Tai to obey the will of the elder mother-in-law, he is also the son of Mrs. Tai, and also call Mrs. Tai a mother, that is, he is the son of the world, and Mrs. Yu has nothing to hinder, he will definitely be filial to Mrs. Tai, and promised that he will not pass this title to his son in the future, and will pass it on to Mrs. Tai's son and the second master."

The words of the eldest lord that day were really beautiful, even the lady was almost moved by him, fortunately she discussed with her mother's brother and sister-in-law, so she was not coaxed by the eldest lord, and made up her mind to ask her brother to find a copy of the imperial history. It's a pity to say, I heard that the first emperor thought of the old uncle who sacrificed his life for the country that day, and originally wanted to be promoted to a marquis in our house. As a result, as soon as the old lady's mess came out, not only was she not promoted to the Marquis's Mansion, but the meritorious field that was supposed to be given again was also taken back. In the end, evil does not prevail over good, and this title is still inherited by the eldest son and the second master. ”

The old lady did not cure her sins because the Holy One remembered her old man, but she was frightened at all, and what she had planned for many years fell through, and she was frightened, and she was a little ashamed in her heart, so she fell ill, and went away not long after. At this time, Mrs. Tai found out that it was the biological mother of the eldest man, Aunt Liu, who bought a girl next to her to inquire about the news, and found out that it was the old lady who Aunt Liu picked up on the book, so she sent Aunt Liu to the family temple to guard the tomb for the old lady, and died of illness a few years ago. ”

In those years, because of these few things, Mrs. Tai was gossiped about by the ladies in Beijing, and there was someone who deliberately liked to block people, and she didn't want to think that she was also a wife, so she helped the eldest master to speak, and the implication in the words was that Mrs. Tai was not filial to her mother-in-law, but only cared about fighting for the title of her son, but was so tired that the family lost a marquis, and wasted the old uncle's sacrifice on the battlefield. Therefore, although Mrs. Houtou has kept the funeral of her mother-in-law and husband for three years, she still does not like to go out as a guest and visit relatives and friends, which is for this reason. ”

This period of past affairs was naturally vaguely heard by Chief Zhi in this mansion, but Zhou Caiwei heard about it for the first time, and it was not surprising that her grandmother had such a bold action back then.

I heard that Mama Wang finally sighed: "Mrs. Tai has been avoiding people's words and living in a simple house for so many years, and I have asked her if she regrets it." Guess what Mrs. Tai said, she said that the more days she lived, the less she regretted it. Because she is older and has seen more, she understands more and more that in this life, these days are not for fame, those are all empty in the end, and the important thing is that her life must be comfortable and happy. Others love to break their mouths, and they say it, your days are just you, and only you know the warmth and coldness. ”

"Fourth wife, my wife will have the courage to say something today, although we dare not tell Mrs. Sù about this matter, but if she knew, she would not let you swallow your anger so much again, and let the villain's calculation be carried out. Mrs. Tai dared to sue the family scandal to the palace back then, not to mention that now it was just such a scene in the house, and they were all relatives, so they wouldn't say too many bad things. ”

The fourth wife listened to her mother-in-law's deeds back then, and while she was amazed, her heart loosened even more, and she said: "I want to make such a scene, but I have always been a coward, and I have a clumsy mouth, how can I talk about the master when the time comes?" ”

Cai Wei smiled and said: "Uncle doesn't have to worry about this, a few of us might as well sum it up first, and think about how the fourth uncle will say it if my aunt doesn't agree, and what he says, how we will refute him." As the saying goes, 'three stinkers, top one Zhuge Liang', we have a total of four people here, and Mama Wang is an old mama who has been with Mrs. Tai for decades, what have you never seen, with Mama's help, what are we worried about? ”

So everyone deliberated until the third watch, and then they rested.