"In the nineteenth year of Xihe, I was pregnant with Brother Ze. That year, the Queen Mother was ill for a long time, and invited many famous doctors and masters to Beijing, but they were all lawless. You invited the owner of Qingshui Nunnery at that time, that is, the master of Qingyun Shitai today, Huizhen Shitai, into the palace. Master Hui Zhen asserted that a four-fingered boy would be born that year, and that the boy would be born with a defect, but it could make up for the lack of the Queen Mother's emergency. The way is to kill the child and pay for his life! Brother Shengze, because he was the first child, and the backyard was not worrying, he was competitive, and he argued with the third sister-in-law for a few words. I have always trusted you, and the child was saved by you by inviting several famous women in Beijing. But at that time, the body was too weak, and he passed out without taking a closer look at the child, and after waking up, the child had already been replaced by someone else's child, Aunt Woo, when you got this title for the third brother, you did not hesitate to kill your own grandson in exchange for the trust of the Queen Mother, have you ever thought about your grandson, ah? When Xiao Li said the back, the whole person couldn't cry, and he was almost on the verge of collapse.

When the child was born, it was precisely the four fingers, and when he returned to Shoukangtang, he asked Zhao's mother and Zhou's mother, who was still a daughter-in-law at the time, to sink the child into the pond. Later, he accidentally fell into the pond, and the child was found by the old lady else. Xiao Li's every time he thinks about this these days, it is like being in a nightmare.

"Brother Ze, Brother Ze, he is the hero of our family." The old lady lost her mind and shed tears.

Back then, although she liked the Queen Mother a little, she just liked a little girl. After that, all kinds of honors and favors began with killing Brother Ze'er to fulfill the prophecy of Master Hui Zhen and cure the Queen Mother's emergency.

"Hero! My Ze brother, he doesn't want to be a hero! Oh, look at this whole house, my son exchanged his life, and what did her father and mother get in the end? The title belongs to someone else, the money belongs to someone else, and even the qualifications of the official school are still unsettled for his two younger brothers! ”

"Mother, this family is divided. Otherwise, the niece asked for a letter of resignation and left with the two brothers Hong Ge'er and Yi Ge'er. Xiao Li was also ruthless

"You are not allowed to go, and you are not allowed to take my two grandsons, don't you think!" The old lady immediately straightened her back, glared at Xiao Li fiercely, and said sharply.

Xiao Li smiled coldly: "If you don't let us go, we will avenge Brother Ze'er sooner or later!" ”

"Mother, the lord doesn't know about this, although he doesn't care about mundane affairs, but he also looked forward to and loved Brother Ze back then, if he knew what you did, what do you say he would think of you? In the future, when Brother Hong and Brother Yi grow up and know that it was their grandmother who killed their own brother, how do you want them to face their closest grandmother? ”

Faced with Xiao Li's series of questions, the old lady felt a deep sense of powerlessness for the first time. Chu Jinli and her two grandsons are her weakness. Xiao Li's letter of resignation, or a poison will be solved, but how will her son and her two grandsons face it? If one day they all hate her, then she will surely live rather than die.

After a long silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Gather the whole family to Shoukang Hall in the evening." ”

"Yes, my daughter-in-law will go and inform everyone." Xiao Li wiped away his tears, solemnly faced, and strode out of Shoukang Hall.

The old lady collapsed weakly on the pit, coughing violently, and the world whirled.

When the wet nurse next to Xiao Li's came to inform Sister Hui that the old lady Shou Kangtang had something to talk about in the evening, Wang's mother and the others were very surprised. Because of the major events in the family, there was no room for Sister Hui to participate, so it was really weird to call her at this time.

But Sister Hui'er's heart was open, she must have seen Chu Jinzhang resign at home awaiting trial, and after some investigation, someone revealed that Chu Jinhui had joined him, although Chu Jinhui insisted that it was not him. The seeds of doubt have been planted, and it is not easy to pull them out. At this time, the people in the house were disheartened, and Xiao Li took advantage of the situation to go to Shoukangtang to confront the old lady.

For so many years, Xiao Li's can almost pat the old lady's heart back and forth, and he knows the old lady's weakness very well.

Most of the separation was done.

In the evening, the morning and dusk are the time of the province, this is the first time that Sister Hui has gone to Shoukang Hall so happily, before leaving, it was the ink painting that accidentally knocked over the paint, ruining the drawings she had carefully drawn in the afternoon, and it was just a smile and a few words. She was in the mood to ask Moqin to recomb her hair. After changing into clean clothes, his steps were much lighter than usual, and he arrived at Shoukangtang.

Entering the main hall, the room was already full, and according to the rules, she walked all the way to the seats of the ladies in the back.

However, before he was next to the bench, he was stopped by Qiao's family.

"Mother, Sister Hui is the only person still at home in the big house, why don't you let her be a representative and sit in front."

"Well, let's hear about it too."

Sister Hui squatted down in front of the old lady for a blessing, and then walked to the bottom of Xiao Li's head and sat down.

"The people are almost there, and you have been summoned today to separate your family years ago. I'm old and have heart disease and need to recuperate. The old woman will be an unkind person today, and drive each of you out of the house. ”

"The mother is serious, and the son is not filial." Chu Jinzhang, Chu Jinhui, and Chu Jinli all came out of the queue and knelt down in the tunnel.

The daughters-in-law put their hands on their knees and bowed their heads. The grandchildren are all hidden in the shadows, bowing their heads respectfully. Sister Hui, because she was representing the big house, also followed the line and knelt in the hall, behind several uncles, but did not speak.

"Get up, all of you. If there is someone who does not want to be divided, he will continue to stay in the house and live according to the usual practice. The old lady spoke, and a pair of eyes swept over Chu Jinhui's family, and then glanced at Sister Hui'er.

No one answered for a long time, and Chu Jinhui was about to raise his head to answer, but was stopped by Chu Jinzhang first: "Mother, our brothers uphold the family motto, and when they become adults, they are willing to work hard to establish a mansion and glorify the lintel." The sons are now in their prime, and they dare not be protected by their ancestors all the time. ”

"Mother, the third brother is right." Chu Jinli immediately raised his head and said.

The old lady's face became darker and darker, and she turned to Chu Jinhui and said, "What about Brother Hui?" You are not my own child, but if you want to stay, Anning Houfu also has a place for you. Participating in this matter, my mother believes in you. ”

"What does my mother say, you will always be your son's mother. It's just that the son doesn't dare to slack off for the sake of the court law and the responsibility of the imperial history. Although the mother trusts her son, the third brother still has a knot in his son, and the son also invited himself to leave the house for a while, and when the third brother forgives his son, the son will return to the house to serve his mother. ”

The old lady stared at Chu Jinzhang and motioned for him to say something, but who knew that Chu Jinzhang had a black face this time, and he just didn't speak.

"Sister Hui and Brother Xuan are still young, it's really not easy to be separated, your eldest brother is not here, you have to help take care of these two children." The old lady pointed to Sister Hui'er, who was kneeling at the back, and said to Chu Jinzhang

"Mother is right." Chu Jinzhang hugged his fists and saluted, and replied.

When the old lady saw that he was determined to suspect that it was the second child who had accepted bribes, she sighed helplessly, and then said, "Since this is the case, then we will split up." The third child, the two of you will take a clear inventory of the internal and external account books. On the fifteenth day of the next month, the elders of the clan will leave Beijing and return to Jianzhou one after another, and they must be counted before this. ”

"Yes, Mother." Chu Jinzhang and Qiao's two saluted and should go.

The separation of the family was settled, and Sister Hui was very happy to follow everyone out of Shoukang Hall.

Walking out of the door, Chu Jinhui pulled her and whispered: "The old lady won't let you sisters and brothers, what are your countermeasures?" ”

"There is no countermeasure. Wait, wait for Brother Xuan to come back and make trouble. The family is divided, and the old lady can't keep holding on to our sister and brother. We are not grandchildren of an old lady's parents. Sister Hui smiled and said.

Chu Jinhui saw that she seemed to be confident, and he was very happy to be able to split the family, pinching his beard and smiling: "It's good if you have an idea, if you want to help, just come to find the second uncle." ”

"Thank you, second uncle." Sister Hui nodded.