Chapter 11: Regret

Speaking of this, Lan Caiyu couldn't help but shed tears and said, "In the end, I still hurt that maid." She's been with me since I was a child. It's no different from my sister, but she died a terrible death. Originally, she didn't want to be a concubine, and she was committed to my husband for me. I hurt her. So, now I live in Anseong, with three children, a son and a daughter, and a son. Hopefully I can make amends for my mistakes. Besides, now the house in the Wang family is very chaotic, there are many aunts, and the back house can't be lived, if the child from the concubine doesn't follow me, without the protection of his mother, maybe he will be killed. ”

Chen Wenhui was very angry when she heard this: "You are really confused, why do you want to take a concubine for your husband?" If you want to be virtuous, it's a big deal to buy a beautiful one from outside, why do you want to take your own sisters? Hey, now I can only help her raise the child to make up for it. ”

Lan Caiyu saw that Chen Wenhui still had such a straightforward temper, not only was she not unhappy because Chen Wenhui scolded her, but she felt that this was really close to her, and she couldn't help it after so many years of grievances, and she cried out all of them.

Chen Wenhui looked at Lan Caiyu like this, and she was even more distressed, and she also shed tears.

After a while, Chen Wenhui held back her tears and asked Lan Caiyu: "How is my sister doing in Ancheng now?" ”

When Lan Caiyu heard this, she wiped the tears that were still shedding and choked up, and said, "If I come back with three children like this, can the Wang family be happy?" Besides, the host is the second lady who my husband recently married, so naturally he deducted the expenses of our four mothers and sons. Still, I'm doing well. After all, I still had a large dowry back then. These things. Money, Zhuangzi, shops and the like, the Wang family didn't look at it, so I didn't touch me, and I took it out. And my mother's family is in Qingyang City, and my family has become richer and richer in recent years, and there is no shortage of my support. Officially, though, my housekeeper is in business. It is still a little difficult to collect rent. Fortunately, Yu Yan found out later. Let their housekeeper go to Ancheng on a special trip, take Lord Huang's name card, and hand over a message to Ancheng County, and Ancheng County Order took care of me very much. Even the prefectural lady often invited me to banquets. So no one dared to bully me anymore. In the old house. At first, the servants looked down on me. I don't care about the four of us. Yin and yang are violated, and it is also my grandmother and the old man who came forward to protect me and let me preside over the middle feed of the old house. That's better. ”

Chen Wenhui couldn't help but say when she heard it: "Isn't this another person like Sister Mingzhu's father?" I didn't expect your husband to be such a person. It's infuriating. However, I didn't know that Yu Yan still took such good care of you. What a good sister to us. What is rare is that when she talked to me about you today, she didn't show off her words at all, if you didn't say it, I wouldn't know that she took care of you. It's even more rare. ”

Lan Caiyu nodded and said, "Most of our sisters are good. Actually, when I was in the capital, Sister Mingzhu took good care of me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get out of the capital mansion safely, and I would have been able to return to Anseong. The second lady, although she is a concubine of an official eunuch's family, is considered an official dependent, but compared with Mingzhu, a famous noblewoman in the capital, Mrs. Liu is still far behind. Under Mingzhu's warning, she didn't dare to do anything, so she let me leave with the child. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "No wonder Sister Mingzhu told me that your situation in the Wang family is not good, but she didn't say how bad it is, I guess I am afraid that I will impulsively go to the Wang family to find fault." ”

Lan Caiyu smiled and said, "Why are you still so angry? However, in fact, these sisters are upset for me, but because I am unwilling to reconcile for the sake of my children, I am still a member of the Wang family, and they are not good at what the Wang family does. Speaking of which, I really can't stand the sisters. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "We are all good sisters, and we have to help each of them in trouble, how can you say that you can't live with your sisters?" By the way, when you say this, I remembered it, doesn't Wang Yaozhen know about your situation? ”

Lan Caiyu couldn't help but show an obscure look on her face, and she didn't speak for a while.

Chen Wenhui's heart became cold, and asked, "But Wang Yaozhen knows it, but she still connives, and the people of the Wang family are like this?" ”

Lan Caiyu said with a bitter smile on her face, "You can't blame her. You know how fierce and cruel the struggle in the palace was. Since she was in the palace, she has been fighting with many noble women, as well as her son, how hard it is, after all, her background is lower, just a rich businessman's family. Also, although her appearance is good, in the palace, any woman is better than her. She has no way, in order to protect herself, in order to keep her son, she needs the Wang family to contact the officials in the court for her. How can a person like me contribute to her? I'm also a businessman. However, the new second lady's maiden family can be of great help to her. ”

Chen Wenhui sneered and said, "This second lady can marry into your Wang family as a concubine, Wang Yaozhen pulled the strings, right?" The girls of a normal eunuch family, even if they are concubines, will not marry a businessman as a concubine, even if they are in the main room, they are very reluctant, let alone a concubine? If it weren't for her noble Liangdi, would the family agree? Is this the family who wants to burn the cold stove and stand in line to participate in the heir? ”

The blue jade pouted and did not speak. These things know that they can't hide from Chen Wenhui's eyes.

The cold on Chen Wenhui's body became heavier and heavier, but there was fire in her eyes: "It's the same sister, Sister Mingzhu, Sister Yuyan will help you, but, Yaozhen, this cousin of yours, or your sister-in-law, but for herself, she is looking for such trouble for you, it is estimated that now she hopes that you can die early, so as to make room for the second lady, right?" I was really blind, I didn't let my cousin help at the beginning, but I wanted to help her compete for favor in the palace, and for this cousin who offended my cousin is now the crown princess? ”

Lan Caiyu hurriedly said: "She also has a last resort, you know, it is very difficult to survive in the palace." ”

Chen Wenhui said sharply: "She's difficult? She's going to impose this hardship on you? She can sacrifice anything, right? For her glory and wealth, for her to climb up? Hmph, don't speak for her. The affairs of the Wang family and the affairs of Yaozhen, I have my own reasons. By the way, among our group of sisters, Li Shuyu needless to say, she has already broken with us, don't bother with it, what about Sister Yingyu? Your Lan family has a happy event, as a married daughter, won't she follow back to her parents' house? ”

Lan Caiyu smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know that I will not hate Yaozhen for anything?" Because Yaozhen is my cousin after all, and she is a sister-in-law after all, but what about Yingyu? He has long since severed relations with us. Not only did they cut ties with me, but they also broke off their ties with my parents. ”

Chen Wenhui was taken aback, back then, everyone played together, Lan Caiyu was generous, dignified, meticulous as a hair, and had the demeanor of a big sister. Lan Yingyu is innocent and lively, straightforward, delicate and lovely, not like a concubine with a psychological shadow, she said: "Although I know that Sister Yingyu is a little confused, for the unpleasant trouble between her husband's family and her mother's family, she will not cut off relations with her mother's family, right?" You know, it is difficult for a married girl without the blessing of her mother's family to gain a foothold in her husband's family? Besides, you can forget it, after all, it's a sister, but Master Lan, isn't Mrs. Lan her biological parents? How can you give it up? ”

Lan Caiyu wanted to speak and stopped, gritted her teeth and only said: "Actually, we have always hidden it from everyone, Yingyu is my father's daughter, but she was not born by my mother. She was born to an aunt, and that aunt was sick and died, and my mother took pity on her for losing her mother at a young age, so she took her over and raised her as her own daughter-in-law. In fact, she has always known about this. ”

"Although she was actually a concubine, my mother raised her from a young age, treated her as if she were her own, and married her to a relative's house, and gave her no less dowry than mine. Even because she married a scholarly family, she deliberately found a lot of ancient books and ancient paintings for her to marry, just because she was afraid that after she arrived at her mother-in-law's house, she would be joked that she was born in a merchant family and was cheesy. However, with such dedication, she was still angry in the Li family, and in the end, she was forced to cut off relations with her mother's family. ”

Chen Wenhui didn't know about this situation and was surprised.

Lan Caiyu said: "The Li family also knows, after all, we are all relatives. Therefore, the Li family is very strict with Yingyu, and she is not allowed to interact with our family more. Especially the Li family is now in the prince's camp, and my mother's Lan family has become a subsidiary family of the Xiao Chen family, responsible for managing the cotton and cotton cloth business of the Xiao Chen family, especially the cooperation with the Bai family in the northwest, which makes Li Shuyu angry and thinks that our Lan family is with Bai Liangdi. Maybe Yaozhen is also dissatisfied with me because of this. ”

"It's also possible. However, for this reason, I am very unhappy that Yingyu and Yaozhen treat you like this. Your Lan family is a subsidiary family of our Xiao Chen family, and their Wang family and Li family are on the side of the prince. However, wasn't the prince brought out by our Xiao Chen family? Isn't our Xiao Chen family on the prince's side? The prince still trusts our Xiao Chen family now? If you want to talk about the prince's camp, they are not as heavy as Chongyi and Liu Jingyuan and the prince's affection. You see, Liu Jingyuan is the husband of my mother's righteous daughter Mingzhu's sister, and Chongyi is the son-in-law of my Xiao Chen family. Could it be that Liu Jingyuan and Chongyi should also let me be separated from Sister Mingzhu and her mother's family? ”

Lan Caiyu opened her mouth and didn't say anything.

Chen Wenhui said: "They are not for the prince, they are for their respective sons, right? I'm afraid that our Xiao Chen family is on the side of the crown princess and the eldest grandson of the crown princess, thus threatening their respective statuses, right? Hmph, the crown prince has not yet succeeded to the throne, and a new succession has already begun. (To be continued......)