Volume 1 Chapter 26 Confirmed
"Okay, what kind of lamentation are you making?" August also came at a very good time.
"I can't say it's sad to say, but today I saw Ge Xiaoniang so elegant and quiet, which shows that the Ge family's upright style is not a false rumor, but it's a pity that our family's second mother is the daughter-in-law, such a femme fatale woman will definitely ruin the Ge family's style in the future."
"You dare to talk nonsense!" Although August was scolding, his voice was lowered: "If it reaches the ears of the eldest lady, what will happen!" ”
"It's not in the Xiangdi here, can the eldest lady still have a tailwind? Besides, I'm not an official slave of the Xiangdi, and I'm not waiting in Qionghua Building, I'm not afraid of Erniang's hand reaching into the Qiuliang Pavilion, and Sanniang is protecting me, what can the eldest lady do to me? At most, it would be a termination of my employment, which would be better to save me from ending up like coral. ”
"What is this, Coral is suffering from sores, although the eldest lady removed her, but also asked the doctor to see her and prescribe a prescription, but Coral herself is not good and has not survived this illness. That's the case, the eldest lady also gave her family a large amount of funeral expenses, although the coral is pitiful, but birth, old age, sickness and death, all come from heaven and not by people. ”
"Coral is not sick to death, it is killed alive!"
"Oh my God! You girl can't go crazy today! ”
"I have a cousin uncle in my family, and my father lives in an alley, and there is a time when my father drank too much, and what I told my cousin in person, when Sango's body was sent back, his face was clearly burned, and he was not treated at all, and the wounds were festering miserably, and the father of Coral wanted to make trouble, and the doctor allowed him three hundred taels of silver, think about it, if it wasn't for the coral killed by Erniang, how could the eldest lady be willing to give up such a large sum of silver!"
Qing Case only felt frightened when he heard this, where did he dare to ask for cold water to quench his thirst, turned around and went back to the Qingliang Pavilion, pulled the nanny away a few steps and whispered, the nanny was also frightened when she heard it, and first instructed Qing Case not to be in a hurry, and to make some calculations - although the Ge family lady is strict, she is a kind person, and their family fled from Bianjing to Lin'an, there is no place to stay, and the Ge family lady can only gain a foothold in Lin'an.
The family is all employed by the Ge family, the salary is not short, three meals are not missing, the owner is affectionate and righteous, and he must not act with his conscience, although the prime minister is not easy to mess with...... After all, Ge Jialang is also a high-ranking official, and he should be able to protect their family from being retaliated against by the eldest lady in the prime minister's house.
The lady of the Ge family must know that Qin Erniang dares to torture and kill people, and she will definitely refuse to marry such a daughter-in-law again, so she doesn't have to worry about offending Qin Erniang.
So as soon as the nanny returned to Ge's house that evening, she immediately informed Ge's mother of what she had heard.
Ge Mu was really angry.
On this day, Ge's daughter-in-law Peng was also by her mother-in-law's side, and she had another plan in her heart.
"Qing Case heard Qin Sanniang's maid whispering, I'm afraid this incident is not accidental."
Mother Ge has always trusted her eldest daughter-in-law, and after this reminder, she pondered deeply: "Isn't it Qin Sanniang's intention to frame her mother and sister-in-law?" ”
"Intentional is necessarily intentional." Peng calmly analyzed it to his mother-in-law: "Qin Sanniang's daughter-in-law has seen it, and she can see that she is indeed a thoughtful person, how could she just ask the maid to send preserved fruit and candied fruit, and leak cold water to drink?" Isn't it easy to get thirsty when eating preserved fruit and candied fruit, and when you are thirsty, you will naturally need cold water, so it is inevitable that Qing Case will find that flower pavilion. ”
"I heard the eldest woman say some time ago that Ling Tang has proposed to the Prime Minister's house, and it is Qin Sanniang who is asking to marry, if she dares to slander her relatives and siblings, her mind can be described as vicious, and such a woman will definitely not be able to marry." Ge Mu frowned.
"It's not necessarily slander." Peng said: "The second uncle and Qin Erniang have exchanged Geng posts, how can my family regret the marriage contract because of the gossip between the maids, if the daughter-in-law is not mistaken, Qin Sanniang will never have such rash thoughts, she has instructed the maids to say this, should not be afraid of our family to investigate." ”
"According to the eldest woman, Qin Erniang still committed evil deeds?"
"If the mother-in-law is relieved, this will be handed over to the daughter-in-law in advance to verify and then make a decision."
Mother Ge naturally will not be uneasy - because his family is an old minister of the palace, Mother Ge is often called into the inner court by the queen, and the two princesses from the queen are familiar with each other, and among the princesses, Mother Ge admires the most is the talent and virtue of the eldest mother of the Peng family, so she asks to marry as a daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law is a proper person, and Mother Ge is completely assured that the eldest woman of the family is in charge of the family.
Peng's family really easily found out and understood, and came back to tell Aunt Weng: "Sango's surname is Cao, a family of four, Cao's father is a scholar, and he wants to enter the imperial examination, how do he know that he has failed to succeed in repeated attempts, so that he is poor." When Cao's father was a child, he had learned a period of medical theory with a doctor in his hometown, identified medicinal materials, and knew how to write and calculate, and it was not difficult to make a living in Lin'an, but he believed that he was a Confucian scholar and refused to manage a cheap business, but he supported his wife and children to help others, and he was the head of the family but enjoyed his success.
Cao's mother was employed by the family cloth village, and her daughter-in-law first asked her about it, and when she mentioned the name of the coral, Cao's mother cried incessantly. Qin Sanniang's maid said it well, Coral did die, Mrs. Wang did pay her family 300 taels of silver, they were originally rented shop house, and they had to get this money to live in the temporary settlement, and the daughter-in-law went to the government to confirm that the Cao family's house deed was filed, and Cao's father's residence was a recent thing, after the coral 'died of illness'.
Cao's father heard that Cao's mother had told the truth, and he was reluctant to admit it, saying that he noticed that his daughter was suspicious of the cause of death, and under the threat, Mrs. Wang told the truth, but Mrs. Wang's statement was that the nanny around Erniang was provocative because she was not angry with Coral, and she burned people by mistake. ”
Father Ge snorted coldly: "If it is really Qin Erniang's nanny who hurts people, and Coral slanders the master's family, the plot is nothing more than asking for money and compensation, and the Wang family is willing to give up even three hundred taels of silver, so why do you have to ask for Coral's life?" It is clear that she was lucky at the beginning, and planned to cover up the matter with the incurable sores, but later she couldn't hide it, so she accused Coral of threatening the master's family. ”
Peng Shi agreed with Weng's father very much, but she only continued to state the facts: "Father Cao saw that Coral was dead, and he could not be resurrected, and he was moved by wealth, of course, he was also worried that the guilty mansion would cause fire, so he accepted three hundred taels of silver from Mrs. Wang and promised not to pursue it again." However, in order to prevent retaliation from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he still forced Mrs. Wang to write a 'confession' by herself, and the daughter-in-law compared it with a congratulatory note written by Mrs. Wang, and confirmed that it was undoubtedly written by Mrs. Wang. ”
Mrs. Wang's handwritten congratulatory post, of course the Ge family did not, the congratulatory post was written to Queen Zhou, this kind of congratulatory post actually does not require the foreign wife to write the book, but Mrs. Wang is very proud of her own small Kai neat and beautiful, and has also been praised by Queen Zhou, Peng because of Queen Zhou's Roujia princess reading, through Roujia Princess, it is not difficult to find an excuse to get Mrs. Wang's congratulatory post for comparison.
"Wang even dared to write a 'confession'?!" Mother Ge couldn't believe that Madame Wang, who seemed to be kind and generous, could be so stupid and vicious.
"It should be because of the heartache of the daughter, I am worried that Cao's father will not be able to end the trouble, and Mrs. Wang also concluded that Cao's father is only for wealth and self-protection, so he is not afraid of leaving behind the written evidence."
"She knows that the daughter of the nurse is heartfelt, and the daughter of another family is not pregnant and given birth in October, and she was raised with hard work?" Ge Mu was strangely angry.
"This marriage must not be done again!" Father Ge made a decision: "We should immediately negotiate with the Prime Minister's Mansion and return Qin Erniang's Geng post." ”
"Father Weng is not in a hurry, his daughter-in-law thinks that he should discuss how to phrase it, and he must not implicate more innocent people." Peng said: "Even though Father Cao has Mrs. Wang's note in his hand, it cannot confirm Mrs. Wang's crime, let alone that Qin Erniang is related to Sango's death. ”
"Why is that?" Ge Mu asked hurriedly.
"It's been a while, Coral has been buried, that is, the coffin is open for an autopsy, and the body is decomposed, and it is difficult to confirm whether Coral died of his injuries. Mrs. Wang didn't expect that in order to cover up the matter, Qin Xianggong would definitely remind Mrs. Wang how to argue, just say that the servants and maids beat each other, Coral was injured, Mrs. Wang asked for medical treatment but failed to save Coral's life, negotiated with Cao's father, was threatened by Cao's father, Mrs. Wang was reluctant to write down the note according to Cao's father's instructions after compensating 300 taels of silver to protect the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion...... The Cao family will definitely lose this lawsuit, because according to the "Wei Criminal System", Mrs. Wang can sue the Cao family for false accusations, so the daughter-in-law has reminded Cao's mother that although she is ashamed, it is no longer appropriate to sue the official at this time. ”
"Then Cao's father disregards his daughter's life, why does the eldest woman sympathize with such a person who only values wealth and is unkind?" Ge Mu was puzzled.
"Cao's father will not sue the official, only Cao's mother has the intention of suing the official, she did hesitate at that time, but she was not moved by the wealth, but for a long time to obey Cao's father's words, and as a woman, she did not understand the law, so she had no master of the six gods. The daughter-in-law can't bear that she has lost her beloved daughter, and if she is imprisoned again, she is even in danger of being hanged......"
Before Peng's words were finished, Ge's mother had already bowed her head again and again: "You think about it, you shouldn't involve the innocent." ”
"And Qin Sanniang, she obviously knew about it, so she tactfully leaked it to our family, if Mrs. Wang learned that it was her maid who leaked the secret, I am afraid that Qin Sanniang and those two maids will be implicated."
Ge Mu sighed: "But if we don't expose this matter, how can we stop this marriage?" ”
"It can be exposed, but don't mention the past, Qin Xianggong should understand that our family knows the cause and effect, if the Cao family has any mistakes, the Xiangdi will be suspicious, so we expose this matter, as long as Cao's mother does not report to the government, it will make the Xiangdi dare not embarrass the Cao family again." After all, Ge's father is in the officialdom, and he is clearer about such interests than his wife.
But he also cares about another thing: "Although Qin Sanniang is secretly helping my family, it seems that she has long been suspicious of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and this woman is also quite deep in the city, and the eldest woman may be persuaded to persuade her in-laws." ”
What to persuade Father Ge did not speak directly, but Peng's heart was clear.
She was quite helpless.
In fact, there is no need to persuade this matter, the Peng family is sure that since Sanniang of Xiangdi has acted like this, she will not marry the Peng family at all, because no matter how the Ge family worded, after the Fengshengyuan gathering, Qin Erniang's evil deeds were exposed, how could Mrs. Wang not suspect Sanniang? It's just that he can't hold the evidence, and he takes into account his reputation, and he won't punish Sanniang for a while. The Peng and Qin families did not change the Geng post, the marriage was only a verbal agreement, and Mrs. Wang didn't even need to make excuses, only revealed her dissatisfaction with Sanniang, and her mother would take the initiative to stop the marriage.
Her parents begged to marry Qin Sanniang just to climb the wealth, what benefits can a concubine who is disgusted and wary of her grandmother and grandmother bring to the Peng family?
For the greed of his parents, Peng is deeply ashamed.
But for the sake of her relatives, she can't say these words.
And she has to cover up those ugly deeds for her parents, because even if she goes out of the cabinet and marries the wife of the Ge family, she can't ignore the nurturing grace of her parents.
In the end, she can't speak up for the innocent people who were killed, and she can only do her best to alleviate their suffering.