Text Chapter 176: Convincing the grandfather
"Yes!" Feng's mother left in response.
Aunt Tao's screams and cries came from the room again.
Everyone in the courtyard understands that the child in Aunt Tao's belly is afraid that there is no more.
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Day 2.
Yuyuyuan, study.
Old Lady Cheng and Wei Man are in a state of confrontation.
The atmosphere in the room was very oppressive and cold.
Long.
Wei Man finally couldn't stand the coercion released by Old Lady Cheng, she gritted her teeth, made a grievance and flattering appearance, and said in a soft tone: "Grandfather, you just promise me, I really didn't do it on a whim, this is what I decided after careful consideration." ”
"Hey!" Old lady Cheng sighed and said, "Back then, when I didn't agree with your father's marriage, your mother also told me like this. ”
"Grandfather," Wei Man felt very sour in her heart, and she was also very sorry, she stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Cheng's arm, and said coquettishly: "I am different from my mother, you believe me, I will live well." ”
Old lady Cheng glanced at Wei Man, and sighed as if compromised and helpless.
Wei Man laughed.
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Zhenguo Houfu, Kindness Hall.
"Aunt Luo, you must remember what the slave and maid said to you," Xia Lan held Aunt Luo's thin hand that had not recovered from a serious illness, and solemnly instructed: "These words are all things that the third lady told the slave and the maid to say to you, the third lady said, you don't have to ask anything, you don't have to think about anything, just act according to what the slave and maid said......"
"Third Miss, but, Third Miss......" Aunt Luo's face was still surprised and hesitant, and even, there was a faint fear in it.
"Aunt Luo, you have to believe that Miss Three, Miss Three is not only for your good, but also for Miss Three to save herself," Xia Lan said: "Aunt Luo, can you bear to let Aunt Zhang and Grandma frame Miss Three?" You don't know, your serious illness in the middle of the night can make Miss Three anxious, if it weren't for Mother Cheng's stop, Miss Three would have really fallen for Aunt Zhang's plan and rushed to Shanxin Hall to see your old man...... Aunt Luo, you think, if the third lady really comes to the Kindness Hall, whether she can invite a doctor for you is two words, but if this matter is added by Aunt Zhang's grandmother and Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai may not know how to punish the third miss, just the last time the third miss came to the Kindness Hall to see you, you were grounded for a long time......
At the mention of Wei Man, Aunt Luo's grandmother finally showed some resolute look on her face.
Seeing this, Xia Lan's eyes showed a hint of joy, she licked her very dry lips, and continued: "You must be calm, you must not be afraid of ......"
"Grandma, aunt, Sister Xia Lan, it's not good......" Gardenia, who was guarding the door, suddenly shouted and broke in, and said urgently: "Too, Mrs. Tai, I saw Mrs. Tai, with it, with someone over......"
"What?" Xia Lan was startled and immediately stood up.
Aunt Luo also got up in a panic, looking speechless.
Xia Lan only thought for a moment, then turned around and hurriedly instructed: "Aunt Luo, you must remember what the slave said, you must act according to what the third lady said, and the slave and maid will leave first." ”
Without waiting for Aunt Luo and Grandma Luo to say anything, Xia Lan hurriedly shook Gardenia's hand, gave Gardenia a resolute look, and then quickly ran out of the house and slipped away to the backyard.
After looking around the backyard a few times, Xia Lan quickly climbed up the courtyard wall with the help of the padded stones and the dilapidated window lattices on the fence, and then, she jumped down lightly, stopped, and only after hearing a sound in the courtyard in front of her, estimating that Mrs. Tai and her party had entered the Hall of Kindness, she quietly ran away from the hidden place.
In the Hall of Kindness.
Mrs. Tai's trip today only brought Mother Wu and two little maids.
The two little maids and Gardenia stood at the door of the Kindness Hall together, while Mother Wu stood at the foot of the steps of the main house, and the whole courtyard was silent.
Inside the house.
Mrs. Tai sat on the chair, and she looked at Aunt Luo, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, with an expressionless face.
After watching it for a long time, Aunt Luo and Grandma Luo were about to fall to the ground, so Mrs. Tai let out a long sigh and said a little melancholy: "Ruxiang, you shouldn't have come back, you, why did you come back." ”
Aunt Luo's body couldn't help but tremble even more, and she snorted: "Slave, slave, slave......"
But he couldn't say anything.
"Back then, when we were separated in Kaifeng Mansion, I told you that I hoped that our master and servant would never see each other in this life," Mrs. Tai said: "I always thought you were dead, but you suddenly came back......"
Aunt Luo argued in a low voice: "Mrs. Tai, slave maid, slave maid doesn't want to come back, it's the old marquis, it's ......."
"You must be curious why I left you in the Hou Mansion, right?" Mrs. Tai ignored Aunt Luo's words at all, and she continued: "You have lived in this Hall of Kindness for more than three years, every day you live here, are you worried that I will suddenly kill you?" ”
Aunt Luo couldn't say anything that was scared.
Mrs. Tai's face showed a disdainful smile, and said: "However, in the past three years, not only have I not found any trouble with you, but also acquiesced in allowing you to live freely in the Hall of Kindness without worrying about food and clothing, Ruxiang, why do you think I am so good to you?" ”
"Yes, Mrs. Tai, you are kind......" Aunt Luo said gratefully.
"Huh! Benevolent? Mrs. Tai sneered a few times, and said coldly: "It's okay for others to praise me for being kind, but, Ruxiang, I robbed your son and left you to fend for yourself...... After turning his head to look at you, you, as the biological mother of the Zhenguo Hou Wei Bai, can only curl up in this dilapidated little courtyard...... Scold! And thou hast said that thou hast been merciful to thee? ”
Aunt Luo seemed to be scared stupid, and looked at Mrs. Tai with resentful eyes in a daze.
"What? You look surprised? Mrs. Tai sneered: "Master Hou was born to you, I have concealed this matter for decades, and others don't know it, but you, as Lord Hou's biological mother, show this unbelievable look, heh!" Hehe! You actually came back with the audacity, didn't you just look at the son of a marquis? ”
Aunt Luo shook her head in horror and retorted: "The slave doesn't have it, the slave doesn't dare to ......."
Mrs. Tai was furious, she got up suddenly, grabbed Aunt Luo's arm, and asked sharply, "How does it feel to go home?" The young masters and young ladies in the third room all have your blood and bones, looking at them, aren't you happy and forgetful, right? ”
The intense pain in her arm made Aunt Luo regain some consciousness.
"Mrs. Tai, the slave maid has never dared to think like this......" Aunt Luo kowtowed heavily to Mrs. Tai and cried: "The slave maid was voluntary back then, Master Hou, Master Hou was your son, but he borrowed the belly of the slave and maid to give birth...... Slaves and maids never dare to think about this, slaves and maids have a lowly status, and slaves and maids really don't dare to ......"
"Huh!" Mrs. Tai let go of her hand contemptuously, and she looked at Aunt Luo coldly, as if she was estimating what Aunt Luo said.
"You believe in the slave maid, the slave and the maid really don't dare to think like this," Aunt Luo cried: "Back then, the slave and maid wanted to die, but the old marquis sent someone to save the slave and maid, and the old marquis placed the slave and maid in the temple, and the old marquis said that the slave and maid could only die of old age and could not commit suicide...... The slave didn't want to go home, and the slave didn't want the marquis to know that he had a biological mother who was a slave, but the old marquis sent someone to pick up the slave and maid......"
Mrs. Tai's eyebrows jumped sharply, and what Lao Zhenguo Hou Wei Xiu said when he was seriously ill couldn't help but recall it in her mind...... She only found out on the day that Wei Xiu sent someone to take Aunt Luo's grandmother back to the house, and it turned out that Wei Xiu, the old town candidate, had long known that Wei Bai's biological mother was Aunt Luo's grandmother...... The old town Hou Wei Xiu warned Mrs. Tai that there is no impermeable wall in the world, so Aunt Luo and Grandma Luo can't die sideways, and she and Wei Bai can't have a feud because of Aunt Luo......
This is also the main reason why Mrs. Tai tolerates Aunt Luo's grandmother, but since Aunt Luo's grandmother returned home, Mrs. Tai has always wondered if Zhenguo Hou Wei Bai has long known who her biological mother is...... Because I knew that it was not her own, I treated her more and more perfunctory, and even didn't come back for the New Year......
"Too, Mrs. Tai......" Aunt Luo's grandmother suddenly took two abnormal steps on her knees, hugged Mrs. Tai's legs tremblingly, and said with a frightened face: "Slave, slave maid found out that Chunyu knows that Chunyu knows the life experience of the Hou Ye......"
Chunyu is Aunt Zhang's grandmother's previous name.
Mrs. Tai's face changed, and she couldn't help but say, "You, what did you say?" ”
"Yes, it's true...... Aunt Luo said in fear: "Chunyu, she really knows ......"
"You tell me clearly!" Mrs. Tai glared at Aunt Luo and said sharply, "What the hell is going on?" How would Chunyu know! ”
"Slave, slave and maid don't know," Aunt Luo shook her head again and again, and said, "Chunyu, she suddenly said a few days ago that she pity the slave and maid, and the poor slave and maid have a son but can't recognize it...... The slave didn't know why she said that......"
The expression on Mrs. Tai's face was cloudy, she squinted and thought for a moment, as if she had regained her composure, and said, "What else did she say?" ”
"She, she said, the son born to the slave maid is better than her son, but, but the slave maid is not as good as her," Aunt Luo muttered: "She, she suddenly treated the slave maid very well, very good...... Yesterday, I sent a tonic soup, saying that the slave maid's body is weak......"
The matter of tonic soup is Wei Man told Aunt Luo to be sure to say, this is what just happened yesterday, Mrs. Tai will know as soon as she asks, but Aunt Luo's narrative is a little reversed, originally, Aunt Luo's grandmother is drinking Aunt Zhang's tonic soup will be seriously ill, but, because Aunt Luo's health has not been good, last night's serious illness has also become a false alarm with the help of Tao's mother, now, after Aunt Luo said so, in Mrs. Tai's ears, it was Aunt Zhang's grandmother who was worried about Aunt Luo's body and specially sent the tonic soup......
Wei Man had long seen that Aunt and Grandma Zhang were not taboo to associate with the Good Heart Hall, so Wei Man guessed that Mrs. Tai would not shy away from Aunt Zhang entering and leaving the Good Heart Hall, and she didn't understand the reason, but Wei Man thought that after today, Aunt Zhang's frequent visits to the Good Heart Hall in the past would give Mrs. Tai a new understanding.
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Jade Garden.
Wei Man accompanied Mrs. Cheng to lunch, played two games of chess together in the afternoon, and spent most of the day in the Jade Garden before leaving.
As soon as the carriage of Zhenguo Houfu left Youyuyuan, Cheng Yunqing happened to come back from another street.
"The young master is back," the steward of the concierge said with a smile: "It's really a coincidence, Miss Biao just left the young master and came back, it's really front and back." ”