Chapter 457: Apologize for Death (1st Update)
It seemed that she was afraid that Shu Yao would refuse, and as soon as Xia Ruoxue finished speaking, she hurriedly saluted and left, and Qing's mother was still waiting for her in the yard.
Lan Jin's eyes widened when he was frightened: "Da Bairi, isn't it a ghost?" And eh, what is she doing running so fast? Is there a ghost chasing? ”
Mother Liu slapped her and scolded, "What nonsense? What is the system of the gods? ”
Lan Jin knew that he was out of shape, and stuck out his tongue to forgive: "The slave is just too shocked, Mother Liu, you said, this Xia Ruoxue won't be fake, right?" ”
Mother Liu sighed: "No matter how vicious she is, she is also a mother." "The title of mother is not easy, it means that you can dig out your heart and lungs, and you can make any sacrifice for your child, even the most precious life.
Shu Yao was also stunned: "Mom, is she going to sacrifice herself ...... for Sima Yan's peace and to maintain the reputation and interests of a pair of children?"
Mother Liu nodded: It should be. Only in this way can the relationship with Sima Yu be severed most completely, and he will no longer be threatened and manipulated by that Huang Ye.
Mother Liu didn't have to think much to know that the businessman surnamed Huang was only afraid that he was a fine work under the guise of a businessman. It took a year to lay out and put so much effort into Xia Ruoxue and Xia Linyu, it can be imagined that it must not be simple in terms of background or purpose.
The books that Liu's mother thought of also came to mind. However, after all, Mother Liu has been in the palace for twenty years, and some things must be thought deeper and farther, and she immediately said to Shu Yao: "County Lord, let people ask the master to come back?" "The purpose of this matter must not be as simple as kidnapping for ransom and murder and revenge. The people who have a grudge against the three brothers and sisters of the Xia family have not been so generous, nor have such a great hatred.
Shujie was in the palace and was on an errand by the emperor's side. It's not enough to bother if it's not critical. But Kim Heeda's errand position was an independent position specially set up by the emperor in the Ministry of War. Even the director's office is an independent courtyard.
Jin Xida's Shangguan is the emperor. Subordinates will not sit in the government office and wait to report to him, so after the early dynasty, there is no such thing as a point, and it is possible to go out at any time. Even in the government office, he was the only one who asked the secretary of the military department or any other official in the military department to cooperate with certain affairs, and no one else looked for him or did not care if he was not there.
Shu Yao nodded, although she was originally going to wait for her father-in-law and eldest brother to come back in the evening to discuss this matter with them immediately, but since Mother Liu brought it up. It means that this matter may be more important than she thinks. After all, in terms of court affairs and political sensitivity, Liu's mother's sense of smell and reaction must be far better than hers. Shu Yao has never been a conceited person, especially when facing Mother Liu, who treats her wholeheartedly.
Jin Xida came back soon, in his eyes, Shu Yao is the most stable and measured, and suddenly sending someone to look for him today must be a very important matter.
Shu Yao repeated Xia Ruoxue's words, and handed the stack of papers to Jin Xida. At the end, there was also an emphasis: "Father-in-law." I believe in my intuition, Xia Ruoxue's words today must be true. In particular, asking me to help Sima Wei when necessary is from the bottom of my heart. ”
Jin Xida nodded with a serious face, since he knew the secret of the mahogany box, he was no longer surprised by the keen five senses of the three righteous sons and daughters, especially Shu Yao's smacking intuition. In fact, he could feel that it was himself, because of the diet that he had used Shu Yao to increase his spirit for a long time, his awareness and reaction ability had been significantly enhanced. This is what the people in the house think up and down, "The Lianghou Mansion is a nest of blessings, occupying the light of the lord of Fuxing, and being blessed by the gods." Even if it is a subordinate, it is not easy to get sick after entering the Lianghou Mansion, what is it if it is not a blessed land? ”
Besides, Mother Liu is not an ordinary inner courtyard mother, and her ability to distinguish words and colors is not weaker than that of court officials like them. If Xia Ruoxue is playing a bitter trick, pretending to be pitiful, or retreating as advance, it should be difficult to escape Mother Liu's eyes.
With Shu Yao's keen intuition and Liu's mother's ruthless eyes, Jin Xida really has no reason to doubt it. What's more, Mother Liu is right, no matter how cunning and vicious Xia Ruoxue is, she is still a mother, and it is said that she still regards a pair of children as a mother with eyeballs. If it weren't for her children, she wouldn't have left Beijing obediently, and then quietly returned to Beijing, right? (If it weren't for the fact that Sima Yu and Qian Jiabalang almost got married, they broke up again, and everyone knew about it, and not many people knew that the former second lady of the Anguo Mansion had returned to Beijing)
Jin Xida also thought of his own mother, thinking about how much anger and grievances his mother endured in order to keep her position as the head of the house, and even he had to calculate. But when he was kicked out of the house by Master Jin, his mother actually left without hesitation, just to prevent people from taking his notoriety of "disobedience and unfilial piety" into account. (Although he doesn't care about himself, but as his mother, he can't not care, this is the feeling of being a mother, right?) )
Jin Xida called Uncle Kui, the chief butler, and the head of the guards in the mansion to explain carefully, and then left in a hurry with the stack of contracts and letters. He wanted to discuss it with Shujie and Qi Haoning. There is no doubt that such a big deal and bothering to deal with Shu Yao is not aimed at him and Shu Jie, or Qi Haoning.
There has been no clue about the hidden fine works in the capital, is the so-called businessman surnamed Huang related to it? Or, what about the group of people who chased and killed Qi Haoning?
Whether it is related or not, how many possibilities there are, they have to investigate it carefully.
Xia Ruoxue's movements were also very fast, and early in the morning of the third day, Qing's mother, Bai Lan, and Bai Yu were dressed in vegetarian clothes, kneeling at the door of An Guogong's mansion and begging to see An Guogong and Sima Xiang's brothers and sisters. and handed over two boxes containing house deeds, land deeds, and silver tickets to Sima Xiang and Sima Wei in public, and Sima Wei also got a dowry box full of all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, and Bai Lan, who had been holding the dowry box, cried and told her that it was the dowry jewelry that Xia Ruoxue had prepared for her over the years.
Qing's mother cried loudly: "Someone forced our lady to cooperate with Xia Linyu and murdered the lord of Fuxing Gui. But our lady has been fasting and reciting Buddha all these years, deeply reflecting, and regretting the wrong things she has done, how can she do wrong things again? What's more, everyone is rumoring that the Lord of Fuxing County and the Lianghou Mansion took out precious medicine to save her children's cousin, and our lady can't take revenge.
On the day of the Furong banquet in Prince Qi's mansion, the lady asked the old slave to run once to make a show, and asked the lord of Fuxing to return to Yulin. The lady thought that as long as the county lord refused to see him and we couldn't do anything about it, we could push that person. Unexpectedly, the man tore his face and persecuted, saying that the lady and them were already grasshoppers on a rope, and no one could escape, and threatened the lady with Young Master Xiang and the girl.
The lady had no choice but to end herself with a white silk last night, hoping that she would have a chance to atone for her sins in the next life. The lady said that she was not worthy of being the mother of Young Master Xiang and the girl, but she begged the grandfather of the country to allow them to accept the relics of the lady, that is a mother's heart.
Qing's mother handed over a letter to An Guogong, in which Xia Ruoxue deeply repented of what she had done in the past, thanked Grandpa Guo for not being angry and giving up on Sima Xiang's brothers and sisters, and also arranged a good family affair for Sima Xiang. and explained that Qing's mother and the three would take care of the aftermath for her and would not bring trouble to the Anguo Mansion, so she only asked An Guogong to pay more attention to Sima Wei's family affairs, saying that she had prepared a fairly generous dowry silver for Sima Wei, and the rest would be left to the Anguo Mansion.
After reading the letter, An Guogong sighed, and asked the chief general around him to read the content of the letter to Sima Xiang and Sima Yu (the purpose is to let the onlookers hear, hoping to save the bad reputation of his grandchildren because of Xia Ruoxue. In any case, the Sima Xiang brother and sister are the only two sons and daughters in the second room).
Everyone present was embarrassed, the dead were gone, all grievances, notoriety, and went with her. Besides, didn't Xia Ruoxue's vicious plan not succeed at the beginning? Now that people have come to their senses again, they even hanged themselves in order not to be in the same league with others, to be embarrassed by their brothers, and to continue to do evil. The most serious punishment is just to cut off the head and give death, since people have already given themselves the heaviest punishment, what else is there to say? Didn't the Buddha also advise the world to "change and be good and great", and what else is there to "turn back to the shore and become a Buddha on the ground"?
An Guogong sighed again, and said to Sima Xiang's brothers and sisters: "No matter what, Xia Niangzi is your biological mother, you bury her well, and take care of her afterlife." The property and dowry left to you are just for you to keep for yourself, and it is also the intention of your own mother. ”
The onlookers nodded again, praising An Guogong's house for doing things authentically, and An Guogong was tolerant.
Although she had a premonition before, Shu Yao was slightly stunned when she received the news and closed her eyes. No matter how bad Xia Ruoxue is, she is still a qualified and great mother, this time "apologizing with death" should be the most successful and worthwhile plan in her life, and the direct beneficiaries are naturally Sima Yu, Sima Xiang and Anguo Mansion.
First of all, Sima Yan's notoriety as the "daughter of a poisonous woman" has been erased by her mother's death, and her mother used her own death to teach her children the last time: don't do evil. How can people talk about her and reject her because of her "vicious mother"?
Secondly, everyone has seen the rich dowry that Xia Ruoxue left to Sima Wei, and the Anguo Mansion will definitely prepare one for her according to the regulations. Daughters-in-law with rich dowries are always relatively popular, and these will be left to their descendants in the future, right?
Again, Xia Ruoxue was even more unable to murder the lord of Fuxing Gui because the Lianghou Mansion took out precious medicine to save Sima Yunwa, and her children felt guilty. It can be seen that the family style of Anguo Mansion is grateful and grateful.
Of course, Xia Ruoxue's move also solved some troubles for Shu Yao first, where could the Xia Mansion in Yulin come to beg her to "go back to Yulin to see Mrs. Xia for the last time"? (To be continued......)
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