After eating, Brother Cheng also slept, the nurse and the maids carried Brother Cheng back to Zhenyuan, and Dong Ying and Sheng Xiuyi also lay down to rest.

Dongyu was not sleepy, Sheng Xiuyi took the book and leaned on the pillow to watch, there was light in the tent, and Dongyi couldn't sleep even more.

She turned over and asked Sheng Xiuyi: "Are you struggling to teach the prince to read these days?" ”

Sheng Xiuyi chuckled: "The prince is very smart and studious, and the gentlemen he invited in the past were all erudite and Confucian, and he was full of knowledge." It's easy to teach. ”

He said it easily, but Dongyu felt that it would not be so easy.

Students are full of knowledge, and they are often more demanding to their husbands. If the gentleman is not as good as the student, the student should not say that he respects the gentleman, but he is afraid that the gentleman's job will not be guaranteed.

Sheng Xiuyi's tone didn't seem to be strong, so he really could shock the prince.

In the faint light, Dong Yu looked at his side face without moving his eyes. After these days of recuperation, he has gained some weight, his face has returned to his former appearance, his chin curves are firm and perfect, his eyes are bright, and he is a very handsome man.

From the initial mutual temptation of the newlyweds to the comfortable relationship now, time seems to be passing away in the long stream.

She smiled slightly.

Sheng Xiuyi put the book down, looked back and asked her what she was laughing at, and Dong Ying ignored him sideways. Sheng Xiuyi was reading a book, and her hand was gently rubbing her back.

Dong Yu was a little numb by him, so he turned to face him, held his hand in his arms, and did not allow his arm to move.

"Tianhe, what kind of grudge did the fifth aunt and grandmother have with her father?" Dong Yu asked Sheng Xiuyi softly. Dongyu has always been very curious about the fifth aunt and grandmother: what kind of girl can be so arrogant in front of her brother and sister-in-law?

Didn't the Sheng family be propped up by Sheng Changhou?

Don't the aunts and grandmothers who get married rely on the power of their mother's family to hold their heads high in their in-laws' family? Without the support of her mother's family, her in-laws won't look down on her, right?

Sheng Xiuyi heard Dong Ying ask like this, looking at her clear eyes with doubts, he paused slightly. Cai said: "She was born to my grandfather's aunt......"

Dong Ying was even more stunned.

A concubine's daughter can marry into the mansion of the eldest princess of Wenjing, definitely relying on the power of the Shengchang Marquis Mansion. She relied on the Marquis of Sheng Chang to seek today's status, and she should respect the Marquis of Sheng Chang. Even if it's a sister-in-law. There is a powerful brother like Sheng Changhou. will also be afraid, not to mention that the fifth aunt is still a sister-in-law.

"She and her uncle were both born to her grandfather's Aunt Xia." Sheng Xiuyi mentioned them. The tone was flat, and then he remembered that no one in the Sheng family had ever mentioned the eldest uncle in front of Dongyu, so he deliberately explained. "In Huizhou's hometown. We still have an uncle. He died at an early age, leaving behind his aunt and cousin ......"

"I know." Dong Yu said, "Brother Lobby came here last year. ”

She said that during Sheng Xiuyi's trip to the northwest last year, Sheng Xiuchen came to Beijing to report the funeral, and the third master went to the funeral. told Sheng Xiuyi.

"Brother Lobby has been here?" Sheng Xiuyi asked.

Dong Ying bowed his head and said, "...... Daddy didn't seem to be happy. The lobby brother didn't stay long. When I saw my father, I hurried back again. After two months, the eldest aunt was gone, and the third brother went back to send it. ”

Sheng Xiuyi's eyes flashed a few wisps of indisputable look, and he couldn't see joy or sorrow. He said: "The eldest aunt is very good, she is no more than two years older than her mother, and she left so early. ”

Dongyu didn't know how to connect the cavity.

Sheng Xiuyi didn't have much to sigh, and continued to say the fifth aunt and grandmother: "When we went north, Aunt Xia happened to pass away, and the uncle was not in good health, so their family stayed to guard the ancestral grave, and the fifth aunt followed us to the capital. ”

Although I can't bear to leave my grandfather's bloodline, I don't need to recognize my sister as my sister, right?

"Fifth aunt and grandmother holding daddy's handle in her hand?" Dongyu asked cautiously.

She remembered that when she married into the Sheng family, she learned that the servants of the Sheng family all stayed in Huizhou, and only Mrs. Sheng's powerful mother Kang came with her. Then, the Sheng family naturally had a disgraceful thing happen in Huizhou.

And the fifth aunt and grandmother are so arrogant, isn't it a handle in their hands?

Sheng Xiuyi pondered for a moment, looked at his wife's white jade-like cheeks, thought about her, and felt at ease with her in her heart, although the affairs of the Sheng family were not decent, but she should also be let know, after all, she was a member of the Sheng family.

For the Sheng family, Xue Dongyu has never had two hearts.

"It's not a handle." Sheng Xiuyi said slowly, "Aunt Xia, the biological mother of the fifth aunt, was killed by her father......"

Dong Yu was stunned and looked at Sheng Xiuyi in disbelief. Seeing that his eyes were calm and there was no half-parted joke, she suddenly understood.

Isn't that a trick?

In a society ruled by the monarchy, homicide can be big or small. The Marquis of Sheng Chang should have just become prominent at that time, and the foundation of the court was unstable, so he could not give people the authority to make his position unstable.

Killing Aunt Xia, recognizing Aunt Xia's daughter as his sister, and seeking a future for her, this is about the agreement between Sheng Changhou and the fifth aunt and grandmother back then, right?

No wonder the fifth aunt and grandmother are so disrespectful to Sheng Changhou and Mrs. Sheng, and often pick thorns.

Who can have a good impression of their mother-killing enemy?

Sheng Changhou was also ruthless, marrying her into a high gate, making her keep her mouth shut, and she didn't dare to mention Aunt Xia's affairs.

If the fifth aunt and grandmother want to mix in the mansion of the eldest princess of Wenjing, and want to have a head and face among the noblewomen of the upper class in Kyoto, she herself is a concubine, so she will not dare to leak it. As long as Aunt Xia's matter is exposed, Sheng Changhou will certainly be impeached by political opponents, and even be questioned.

But the life of the fifth aunt and grandmother will be ruined, she will be disliked by her in-laws, and she will also become a joke in the capital.

As the position of the Marquis of Sheng Chang became more and more solid, and his influence in the DPRK and China became more and more powerful, the fifth aunt and grandmother did not dare to say it. She said that she was pushing herself into the fire pit; And the Marquis of Shengchang, who gained power, may not be affected.

Sheng Changhou put the fifth aunt and grandmother on a high place and let her live a life that she had hoped for but could not get. Fame and status have become magic weapons for her to keep her mouth shut.

The fifth aunt and grandmother are also cocooned and self-bound.

Now that the Marquis of Sheng Chang is resigned at home, and Concubine Sheng Gui has no hope of going out, the Sheng family is no longer afraid of those old things, so today the Marquis of Sheng Chang dares to scold the fifth aunt and grandmother, and he is not afraid of provoking her, right?

It is also because of this incident that the Sheng family did not dare to bring their former subordinates to Beijing?

How did Mrs. Sheng's Aunt Xia die, and it will definitely not make everyone in Huizhou's hometown know. The subordinates of the family are not aware of the situation, but it is inevitable that there will be tricky servants chasing after the wind. If it is used by Sheng Changhou's political enemies and leaked out, it will be not good for Sheng Changhou and Sheng Guifei. So simply stay in Huizhou. to prevent future troubles.

The sentence "The subordinates summoned by the countryside are not easy to bring into the Hou Mansion", you can explain why you don't bring your subordinates to Beijing in an open and honest way.

It's just that why did Sheng Changhou kill his father's aunt?

Is it because Aunt Xia and her grandmother are angry, and Sheng Changhou is unhappy for his mother?

Dongyi's heart turned a thousand times. Asked Sheng Xiuyi: "Why do you kill people?" ”

Sheng Xiuyi had already spoken before speaking. Naturally, he wanted to explain it to him, so Dong Yu asked simply.

"Some gossip." Sheng Xiuyi sighed. "When my grandfather was alive, he was kind to Aunt Xia, who gave birth to her eldest son. Before he died, he was afraid that his sons would be unfairly separated in the future. I'm afraid that my uncle will be bullied by my father. left some land for Aunt Xia. Three years after my grandfather's death, my grandmother found out about this and asked Aunt Xia to recover the land. Put it in the public middle school, and in the future, my father and their brothers will divide it equally. Aunt Xia sprinkled. After an argument with his grandmother, the two clashed. Grandmother wanted to lock Aunt Xia in the firewood room, but Aunt Xia didn't spare her, so she pushed Grandmother. My grandmother fell to the corner of the table and broke her head......"

The end of this kind of over-pampering of concubines.

Dong Yu didn't make a sound, and quietly listened to Sheng Xiuyi talk about the past.

“…… My grandmother was not good and was often sick, and the doctor had long said that she would not survive that winter. was pushed by Aunt Xia and broke her head, and she fell ill. Then he went back and forth, and died two months later. Sheng Xiuyi talked about his grandmother, and his feelings were also very flat, "At that time, it was not as peaceful as it is now, there were often wars in the northwest, and my father happened to be in the war, and he couldn't come back to guard his filial piety for his grandmother." A year after my grandmother died, my father came back from the northwest. Because of his outstanding military achievements, His Majesty exempted him from Ding Worry and gave him the title of Marquis. After his father came back, he was fine, but then he heard out of nowhere that his grandmother was pushed by Aunt Xia before she died. He has always disliked Aunt Xia and his eldest brother, and when he heard this, he didn't ask others, and went to kill Aunt Xia with a sword. ”

Dong Ying couldn't help but tighten his heart.

"Aunt Xia is also old, where have you seen this formation? Seeing my father come in with a sword, he fainted with fright. Daddy was angry, he stabbed two swords last time...... "Sheng Xiuyi said, "Although Aunt Xia is suspected of murdering the housemother, Daddy didn't report to the official and didn't file a case, and killed people in private, which was a big taboo." When my mother heard the news, I rushed over, and my father was about to kill my uncle......"

Dong Yu couldn't help but grab Sheng Xiuyi's hand.

The uncle who died at an early age was also killed by the Marquis of Shengchang?

Killing an aunt may not be a big crime. In this era, the status of the aunt was not much higher than that of the servant women in the family. Besides, Aunt Xia is still suspected of murdering her mother.

can kill the brother, this must be impeached and disposed of.

“…… Mother and aunt stopped, mother cried a lot again, and father was a lot more sober, so he didn't do anything, but just cut off one of the uncle's legs. Sheng Xiuyi sighed.

Marquis Sheng Chang, who returned from the battlefield not long ago, is about numb to such things as killing, right?

His way of dealing with things is so simple and crude.

"Daddy killed Aunt Xia and cut off one of the uncle's legs, can the uncle be willing?" Dong Ying asked Sheng Xiuyi.

In the end, this matter was hidden, and the Marquis of Sheng Chang probably also gave the uncle benefits.

What are the benefits?

Dongyu remembered that when she was pregnant with her brother, Mrs. Sheng talked about her pregnancy, and only said about the concubine Niangniang, Sheng Xiuyi and Sheng Xiumu, but did not mention the youngest concubine, Sheng Xiuqi, who entered the palace to be Jieyu.

Dong Yu was a little surprised at the time, but now she suddenly understood: since she turned her sister into a young lady in the Hou Mansion, would the uncle also want her child to have a good future, so she sent her daughter to the Hou Mansion in Shengchang to be a young lady?

But it doesn't make sense.

The third master, Sheng Xiumu, was born when he arrived in the capital, but Sheng Xiuqi was two years younger than Sheng Xiumu.

When the accident happened back then, Sheng Xiuqi had not yet been born.

Sheng Changhou is definitely not the kind of person who can accept the blackmail of his uncle three times and twice. If the uncle wants to blackmail again, the end will be about death, right?

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The next one is a little later~~ (to be continued)