Chapter 42: Self-Inflicted Consequences (2)
"She has a gentle and virtuous temperament? Look at her son! Is it like a temperament that has been raised by a gentle and virtuous person? The old lady was angry with a pang of angina.
Mother Yan hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her, and said to Chu Wenxuan with hatred that iron is not steel: "Master, on the ninth day of the first month of last month, Zhang Yunbao fought with others, and trampled on half an acre of fertile land in a family, and Mrs. Xiulian sent the housekeeper to secretly promise the other party thirty taels of silver and withdraw the lawsuit.
On the twenty-seventh of last month, he fought with people in the Mellow Fragrance Pavilion and smashed many objects in the store, and his wife secretly lost 120 taels of silver.
Last month, after receiving the two fans of Baihualou and coming back to Hutianhudi, Mrs. Xiulian warned the people that if anyone told the master about this, they would be crippled and sold.
This is near, far away, and last year, the year before last, does the master still want to talk about slaves and maids? Also, sir, do you know how Xuejuan, the big girl in the original Yun Bao room, died? ”
Chu Wenxuan was dumbfounded when he heard it: "How did you die?" Aren't you married? ”
That Xuejuan was forced to get pregnant by the well-behaved Zhang Yunbao in the master's mouth, and Mrs. Xiulian sold her to a butcher to fill the house in order to protect her son's impression of good gold and beauty in front of the master.
Who knew that the butcher knew that he had been deceived that night, and spent a lot of money to buy a broken body, and came back with the child's remnants and willows, and killed Xue Juan in a fit of rage, and took out the unformed child in her belly, and secretly threw it into the porter of Chu Mansion.
Mrs. Xiulian is really good at it, and she was able to use her three-inch incorruptible tongue to collect the silver from the butcher's family, and she didn't involve our Chu Mansion.
It's a full five hundred taels, master, it's all the silver of our Chu family, so I let her lose to a stepson surnamed Zhang like this. Although the butcher's methods are fierce, who caused Xuejuan's bad luck? ”
The old lady was so angry that she was powerless, and Yan's mother hurriedly ordered someone to move a chair for her to sit down. "Also, the old lady asked someone to check the industrial field shop under the name of the Chu family a few days ago, and thirty percent of it has already been taken to her and pasted to her Cao family. Her younger brother married a daughter-in-law a few years ago, and she posted five acres of land to the Chu family.
Last year, her sister got married, and she accompanied a shop to make a dowry, which is also our Chu family! Even when her mother celebrated her mother's birthday this year, she was so generous that she passed two shops at once to congratulate her mother. That's all the inheritance left to you by the ancestors of the Chu family! ”
When Chu Wenxuan heard this, sweat rained down. Is his beloved stepson like this? That Cao Xiulian actually did so many things without him, and she didn't know at all!
I have always regarded Zhang Yunbao as my own son. I didn't expect that what I have seen and heard over the years has been all created by her deliberate and camping!
He knew his mother's temper, the old lady was a generous person, and if it weren't for the seriousness of the situation, she would never hold on to it because of a little mistake.
It seems that he is still too confused and does not know people clearly. Even the old mother has to worry about herself at this age, and I can't help but feel ashamed.
The old lady secretly observed his expression, and saw that he was already ashamed, and knew that his heart was relieved. So he breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"This Cao family spends such a lot on her own son, turn your head and look at Sister Ruo'er? It's been half a month since I went home, and in addition to Zhou's mother and Ling'er's girl in the yard, there are only two new nurses, who I pointed out. You're such a dad who favors one over the other? You're her real father! ”
Chu Wenxuan was ashamed again.
The old man softened his face, changed his loving tone, and said with a little distress: "I don't blame you for this, you are a man who is busy with foreign affairs all day long, and he has no time to take care of the inner courtyard, so it is understandable that there are some omissions."
Coupled with the fact that fox is deliberately deceiving you, it's no wonder that you have been confused for so many years. In this way, from tomorrow onwards, I will take care of the house and share your worries, you see how it goes! ”
Chu Wenxuan is grateful, his mother has been in charge of the house for decades, and the family affairs are arranged smoothly, this Cao Xiulian has only been a family for a few years, and she has caused such a disaster today, it seems that this family really can't be given to her anymore, and she quickly kowtowed again: "The son is ashamed, and the mother is affected." ”
"Forget it, don't talk about this for the mother and son.
You can move to Cuizhuyuan tomorrow. Now that this chapter of Yunbao has recruited people from Longya Hutong to play, I'm afraid that this Bifang Garden will not be clean in the future, so it's better for you to go less.
In addition, find a day to open the faces of the two girls in Cuizhuyuan, Huiqin and Yafang, and bring them up. The Chu family always has to be inherited by someone surnamed Chu. ”
Chu Wenxuan nodded like pounding garlic: "But it's up to the mother to decide, and the son obeys the order." ”
"Cheng, my words still work. I don't care what you did before, as long as you are from now on, far from the villain, the gentleman, no matter how hard you work to be a mother, it will be worth it. ”
After speaking, he stood up: "Okay, you are tired enough today, hurry up and go back." ”
Chu Wenxuan cried bitterly again: "The son is not filial, which affects the mother. Ask your mother to take care of herself and rest early. My son will go back. ”
The old lady waved her hand tiredly: "Go ahead." ”
Early in the morning of the second day, Chu Wenxuan, who had not waited for the Cuizhu Garden, recovered from his mother's reprimand last night, and the holy decree came again: Chu Wenxuan, an academician of Xuannanshan Academy, came to the imperial study!
Chu Wenxuan was taken aback, he was a mountain chief, and he could not easily be summoned by the emperor, how could the emperor remember to summon him today? Could it be related to yesterday's? Dressed neatly in a panic, he entered the palace and knelt outside the door of the imperial study.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the emperor let him in. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live." ”
Under normal circumstances, the emperor should reply to him: Aiqing is flat. But the emperor didn't say anything, so he let him kneel so quietly.
He knelt for half a night last night, and he knelt at the door for almost an hour just now, and now he was told to kneel again, Chu Wenxuan secretly wiped the sweat that came out of his head, and he didn't dare to squeak.
After about half a cup of tea, the emperor spoke: "I heard that Chu Aiqing is quite fond of his stepson, and seems to have the intention to pass on the family business to his stepson to show his loving heart, right?" ”
Chu Wenxuan's head was sweating, how could the emperor even know about this? Hurriedly opened his mouth: "Long live back, this is a fictitious thing, long live Mingjian." ”
Before he finished speaking, a fold slammed into his head. This is a dragon's claw thrown, you can't hide it, you can only suffer it, but why is this?
The emperor said angrily: "Mingjian? The court is headed by Jiao Mingjie, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and dozens of officials of all sizes jointly wrote a letter to participate in your disregard of the law, spoiling your concubines and killing your wives, treating your daughters harshly, and losing your virtues, and requesting that you be removed from the post of head of Nanshan Academy, so as not to mislead people's children!
You say it's nothing? Then why do you say that so many officials, big and small, have joined forces to participate in your little academy chief? What's in it for them? ”
Chu Wenxuan was frightened into a cold sweat, knelt on the ground and trembled: "Long live Mingjian, the minister has been taught by his mother yesterday, and I am deeply ashamed, and now I have handed over the power of the family to my mother, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”
The emperor took a slow sip of tea, glanced at him, and put down the cup: "It seems that your mother is much more reasonable than you, a son who reads poetry and books!" ”
After that, the emperor beat Chu Wenxuan without hesitation, and finally, his submissive appearance made the emperor feel upset when he looked at it, so he waved his hand and let him go down.
Cao Xiulian in Bifang Garden carried her son into the courtyard at dawn. Just watched his subordinates serve him, took the decoction, and slept with some porridge and water, he learned that his power in charge was taken away by the old lady, and the old man also moved to Cuizhuyuan.
She seemed unusually calm, only stunned for a moment when the subordinate reported the news, and then sent the subordinate without saying anything.
After the messenger left, Mrs. He stepped forward to comfort her: "Madam, don't be too sad, the old man may be angry." ”
Cao Xiulian wrung a handkerchief to wipe Zhang Yunbao's body, and turned her back to Mrs. He, unable to hear any emotion: "In the matter of the child, it is his regret after all." Now he's just pushing the boat.
The old immortal thought that I was from a bad background and unworthy of her son from the moment I entered the door, and now I can be regarded as seizing this opportunity. It's only a matter of time before someone stuffs around him and takes the power of my house.
None of this is anything, no matter how powerful she is, she can't survive the time, I can slowly consume with her, stay with her! But my Bao'er is different, a good person, a good future, just let that little slut be ruined, I can't wait. ”
Mrs. He was shocked: "Madam, what are you going to do." Now that this matter has come to this, I put Young Master Bao'er in vain, madam, you can't be confused anymore!
That little slut is no better than when he was a child, he was favored by the Fu family, but he is not so easy to deal with, Mrs. should think twice! ”
Mrs. He is Cao Xiulian's dowry girl, and she has been familiar with her temperament since she was a child. Don't look at her usual virtuous and empathetic appearance. But she knew that it was all her means. In his bones, he is a person who refuses to suffer losses and is good at management.
Now that she can't calculate others, she has instead hitched into her own son, and she is afraid that she will not be able to bite on this big loss.
The people who watched these two fighting methods were ruthless masters who killed people and set fires without blinking, and neither of them was easy to provoke. The gods fight, the little ghost suffers, and he wants to participate in it, but he is afraid that he will not end up well.
Although she got married a few years ago, her birth contract was still firmly held in her hands. When she was beautiful, she could still make some benefits, but now she looks like this......
I can only try my best to persuade myself, and if I can't persuade him, I can think of self-preservation!
After listening to Mrs. He's persuasion, Cao Xiulian smiled instead: "Okay, you go out, Bao'er is asleep, don't bother him." ”
Seeing her like this, Mrs. He suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.