Chapter 9: But ask for mercy
If you don't mention the old things, as soon as you mention it, it makes Mrs. Zhou's five organs throb, and a series of strong coughing sounds continue to sound in her ears, which makes Xie Shi, who was serving on the side, and a few close to her body and abdomen scramble for a while.
An enamel filigree tea cup of the three gentlemen was handed to Mrs. Zhou's lips in a timely manner, the tea soup was slightly warm, and the aroma was calm.
Mrs. Zhou took a few sips of tea, and her cough gradually subsided, and she gradually eased her breath. She raised her eyes and smiled, put the cup on the plate, and patted the girl with her backhand on the soft wattle that was holding the plate, and said with intimacy, "Yinxia!" Or you are careful and take care of me. When I return home, I'll give you a big prize. ”
Yinxia's beautiful face was suddenly dyed with a light red halo, which added to the beauty, but her mouth was a little coquettish, "Madam! Now, Yinxia wants to ask you for a favor first, and go to hide and rest. ”
With Yinxia's resignation, several mothers-in-law and maids who also knew Mrs. Zhou's temperament also found excuses one by one and retreated, leaving only the two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in Mrs. Zhou's bedroom who wanted to speak privately.
When the others left, Mrs. Zhou raised her eyes tiredly, looked at the corner of the eldest grandmother Xie's mouth, and smiled contemptuously, sighed and said, "Qiu Rong!" I don't want the child born of a lowly maid to follow the five rooms of incense, but Zhe'er refuses to accept a good concubine, and I have no other way. Yinxia has a good color, and she has grown up by my side since she was a child, so it is better to let her give birth to Zhe'er than to let Du Shanshan have another beard. Look at it, what does that Sister Yun look like from the Du family? ”
Xie nodded approvingly, "That's what Mother said." Sister Yun looks well-behaved on weekdays, but the brute force she just grabbed the medicine and drank it really scared her daughter-in-law. ”
"How can there be a haode in the Du bloodline? Her mother-in-law, Mo Zhi, claimed to be an ancestor of the Xi nobles, but who in this world does not know that the Xi clan has long been wiped out, and there are many Hu and Han mongrels who pretend to be noble at the border pass! It is a good means to become the general's wife, clean up the backyard of the Du family, and the sisters who gave her family flowers will be given to the master to warm the bed. Tell me about the world, is there a concubine for the father-in-law? and that Du Shanshan, it was purely the Du family who took advantage of the old man's derogation at that time and relied on the ......"
Mrs. Zhou was indignant, and she had completely forgotten the fact that Zhou Xian had accepted the pair of Hu maids for more than two years before discussing marriage with the Du family again.
The Xie family, who still remembered Men'er Qing's marriage with Zhou Du back then, was naturally happy and confused, and held Mrs. Zhou along the way.
But after a while, Xie's pupils, who were listening attentively, suddenly tightened, and a trace of surprise appeared on his rich and round face, "...... That, that's the fifth brother's flesh and blood? ”
"A Sister Yun has made you and me the laughing stock of the Xie family. With another man like that, what face do we have to face our ancestors and ancestors! The ancestor Su Ninggong, the annals of history are brilliant, how can the Xie family have descendants with the dirty blood of the Hu people! ”
"But after all, it's ......", but after all, now they are all married daughters of the Xie family, serious daughters-in-law of the Zhou family.
Xie Shi swallowed the second half of the sentence, pulled his handkerchief in a panic, and said softly: "But if my father-in-law and fifth brother know, I won't take a break." ”
"Don't mention that damn foolish old thing! From the time when he hid from me and married the Du family, to the incident that was stirred up this time, how could that old thing have done the right thing all these years? No, he was thrown into prison! Mrs. Zhou straightened her waist, her face was not sick at all, and her yellowish face also brought a little blush of excitement.
This time, Xie didn't dare to respond. Because the confused old man scolded by her mother-in-law is her father-in-law Zhou Xian. And Zhou Song and Zhou Chengdong, the son of his husband, Jun Zhou, are also in prison now.
Seeing the sadness of her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou sighed distressedly, and held Xie's hand even harder, her breath was steady, "Qiu Rong, don't be afraid!" For those who are officials, ups and downs are common, and they are demoted, imprisoned, and exiled...... But the children of the family are no better than those inferior goods who have no foundation, as long as they have a support behind them and are in the same spirit, they will one day turn the tables again. ”
"Jiang Jingzhai, who was demoted from Beijing twelve years ago like that old goods, is now the first assistant of today's cabinet. Speaking of the beginning, Jiang Jingzhai started not as good as that old fool! Zhou Xian and Zhou Shirong, the first emperor's hand-picked Tanhualang. Today, he was ordered by the Queen Mother, named Attendant, but he was actually an emperor, an official for 40 years, and won the sacred heart. If it weren't for the fact that he was old and faint, he was hooked by those two little goblins, he didn't care about his career, and he didn't even want the future of his children and grandchildren. ”
The handsome young man who got the blue eyes of the Xie family's daughter back then has become a bad old man with a fat brain at some point, which is really disappointing! Mrs. Zhou remembered the promise made by Zhou Xian when she was newly married, snorted lightly, and hooked the corners of her mouth with disdain.
yes, how can you put on a father-in-law who doesn't care about his children and grandchildren. The eldest grandmother Xie had a secret complaint in her heart and didn't dare to speak out, but her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
The eldest grandmother Xie still remembers that when she left Luojing, her father and brother called her back to her parents' house and asked if Zhou Xian drove a bunch of older children of the Zhou family back to Huocheng in the name of serving the husband Meng, after September last year, whether the Zhou family had already made up their minds to retreat, but she and her aunt kept it a secret.
Xie really felt aggrieved. At that time, she really didn't know that her father-in-law was so confused. Knowing that the emperor had taken advantage of these years to determine the northern frontier and destroy the victories of the southern call, he wanted to set up a new prince, but he did not ask for resignation one after another at this critical juncture.
"Begging for a remnant body and returning to his hometown to adopt his mother." , such an excuse makes those elders who are older than Zhou Xian in the six cabinet departments embarrassed.
What's more, when he thought of Zhou Manhua, the eldest daughter of Zhou Manhua, who was one of the best among the many daughters in Luojing City, it was likely that because of her father-in-law's mistake and missed the big opportunity, Xie felt even more difficult to let go.
"If the father is willing to plan for his children and grandchildren, this time, why should the husband take risks!" , Xie Shi left behind his awe of his father-in-law, dragged Mrs. Zhou's hand, and wept sadly.
Mrs. Zhou patted Xie Shi on the back comfortingly, "So blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, if it weren't for this prison disaster, wouldn't we have been trapped in that ghost place in Huocheng at this time?" The two of them also took care of themselves in prison, Zhou Xie and the two families, relatives and friends, and Zhe'er rushed to deal with them. If you don't want to come, we will stay in Pingzhou and wait for the good news!
When today's son rules the world with benevolence and filial piety, and cherishes the old, as long as your foolish father-in-law bows his head, it is not difficult for the eldest brother to protect him. When the dust settles on Manhua's major events, everything will be fine. In the future, he wanted to be honored as a grandfather, so he asked him to go back to Huocheng by himself to accompany the fox Meizi, and it was just right for his children and grandchildren to be promoted and cleared! Anyway, our mothers and sons will be counting on the future of the building. ”
said that it was fine, but the royal edict was not free for people to enter and in, and those who went in had to come out, and there was always a price. But the fifth uncle who went to Beijing to work on the spot, and the letters he reported back all the way revealed that he had no intention of making any effort at all, and would only blindly urge people to return to their hometowns.
It's just that Zhou Zhe is also the biological son of his mother-in-law, with the palm of his hand and the back of his hand, he can suppress Du Shanshan, but he can't talk about the fifth uncle in front of his mother-in-law. Xie Shi was indignant, but he could only nod at his mother-in-law's comfort.
Waiting for his mother-in-law to lie down, Xie walked out of the upper room lightly, and walked from the maid to the small cross-courtyard halfway in the back with a lantern.
The temporary rented house of the Zhou family was a little more pressed, only two and a half, and the inner and outer courtyards were divided into men and women. Mrs. Zhou took a few daughters-in-law to live in the inner courtyard, and the remaining half of the courtyard with a small lotus pond was given to the big house to live alone.
The reason is also crowned, among the several rooms, only the big room has a granddaughter Zhou Manhua who has reached the end of the year. The girl of the Zhou family who is to be married can't be wronged, not to mention that Mrs. Zhou and Xie's expectations of Manhua are not ordinarily high.
Xie cleaned himself under the service of the maids and mothers-in-law, changed into a pear blossom white brocade bedclothes, and crooked on the bed for a while, but he did not feel sleepy.
She simply got up, walked into a small Buddha hall in the dormitory compartment, and knelt down in front of the Buddha shrine, "The believer only wants to stay in Pingzhou for a while, Manhua's good news arrives early, and the husband has to get out of prison......
These sick children in Pingzhou happened to drag each room, Zhou Song concealed his father-in-law and booked haodejihua with various families, and Manhua, who had the blue eyes of nobles...... The piles and piles were turning over and over again in Xie's mind.
After counting it again, and privately asking his family to send them to Beijing for some money, Xie's flesh ached for a while, and his hatred for the other rooms, especially the fifth room, was even more monstrous.
The Zhou Mansion has not yet been separated, and the silver ticket that Zhou Zhe took away when he went to Beijing was taken from the public middle school account. Xie bothered to plan a batch of jewelry treasures for Zhou Zhe to bring to Beijing, but he refused, saying that he had brought enough.
"Enough, how is it enough? It's just that I see that most of the things are on the public account, and I'm afraid that I will suffer a loss in the future! Xie Shi thought that when Zhou Zhe went to Beijing, he was lightly dressed and Jane was like a child, and another pious long head, he knocked heavily on the Buddhist shrine, "The five rooms are treacherous and ruthless, if you return to Luojing, you also hope that your in-laws will uphold justice and send away the family as soon as possible." ”
In the Buddha shrine, a white jade willow branch Guanyin is smooth and clean, the treasure is solemn, and the eyes are drooping under the candlelight, as if there is a spirit, and the devout believers are gazing lovingly and compassionately.