Chapter 288: Admonition (I)

The old lady stared at her daughter-in-law. In an unkind tone, he asked, "You did a good deed, and you still have the face to ask me?!" As soon as he finished speaking, he coughed excitedly. Agate and Amber hurriedly stepped forward to pat the back and pat the back, serving the tea. An Shi stepped forward to touch her chest with a worried face, and persuaded softly: "If the daughter-in-law does anything wrong, although the mother teaches her, don't be angry." He turned his head to the second old lady to make amends: "Let the aunt laugh, but the mother is not in good health, if the aunt knows why her old man is angry, please tell her nephew and daughter-in-law." ”

The second old lady sat still, glanced at her lightly, and then turned to the old lady: "Sister-in-law is okay, right?" If you have something to say, speak slowly, don't worry. Although this matter is important, it is related to the reputation of the Li family, which is not trivial. ”

The old lady didn't know if it was because she was coughing badly, or because of something else, her face turned red, and she slowly calmed down, and then sat up straight again. smiled apologetically: "I'm old and in poor health, so I'm choking in a hurry, don't laugh at my younger siblings." ”

Naturally, her siblings didn't laugh, so the interrogation finally got to business. Chunying stood behind the second old lady, bowing her head slightly, her ears could hear clearly, and she could catch a glimpse of the expressions of everyone in the room out of the corner of her eye. She noticed that the old lady's expression was a little complicated when she told her daughter-in-law's crimes, and she secretly glanced at the second old lady a few times. Chunying couldn't help but suspect that the old lady of the Hou Mansion might not be very happy, right? The daughter-in-law did something wrong, if it was usual, only her family members were present, she would definitely ignore the thirty-seven twenty-one and teach people a hard lesson, but in front of the old woman, her feelings were complicated. This kind of fact is a little embarrassing, and what is even more embarrassing is that it happened under her nose, and her daughter-in-law was in charge of housework, and she nodded and agreed, and in front of the old woman who was gradually rising, she always felt that the other party seemed to imply that she was incompetent.

Chun Ying quietly glanced at the second old lady again, and then glanced at the second wife, and found that the expressions of the two were similar, and they looked down. No matter what the old lady and An Shi said, they didn't say a word.

An Shi cried with tears on his face, knelt on the ground and cried: "My daughter-in-law is wronged! How could a daughter-in-law do such a thing? Xiru's child is well-behaved and likable, and her daughter-in-law can't like it, how can she hurt her? Mother don't mishear the slander, then the daughter-in-law really has nowhere to complain! Blame Zhuo again: "Why don't my younger brothers and sisters help me defend themselves?" What kind of person am I, don't my brother and sister know? Why do you believe the slander of others? I know that day I asked my younger brother and sister to hand over the key to the account room, which made you angry, and my sister-in-law compensated you, so I asked someone to send the key to you when I turned around......"

Zhuo sneered in her heart, knowing that she was accusing her of ill intentions, but she didn't respond. With her mother-in-law here, why should she come out? As a daughter-in-law, you must always know to be low, so that your mother-in-law has the opportunity to show off her majesty.

Sure enough, the second old lady spoke for her daughter-in-law first: "My nephew and daughter-in-law are confused, how can our daughter-in-law be angry about such a thing?" She still has a bunch of things to take care of in her own house, where can she have time to take the key to the house?! ”

The old lady glared at An Shi fiercely, and said to her in distress: "Brother and sister, look at her like this!" You made things so clear, and she still refused to admit it, which is really infuriating! ”

The second old lady said with a smile: "If you don't want to admit it, you won't admit it." Now the top priority is to keep the matter down, so as not to let the rumors spread more and more widely, and finally cause trouble out of control. Daughter-in-law Zhang, I don't have time to listen to you say that you are wronged, you are now the person in charge of the family, who are chewing their tongues in the house, you must also know in your heart, quickly tell them to stop! On the other side of the Fan family, he should also be appeased and appeased. For those who have heard of it, I will ask your younger siblings to clarify, but the root cause is still in Brother You'er's family affairs. Thinking that he is not young, it is better to choose a virtuous lady as early as possible, and his daily life will be taken care of, so that you will not be an elder, sick, busy, and worry about him; Secondly...... Daughter-in-law Zhang, although you are back in charge of housework, after all, you have been recuperating for so long, and your health is not as good as before, so it is always good to have a help. The Yijun sisters are not good for helping you for a long time, they are almost at the age of marriage, and some things should be prepared. She turned her head to look at the old lady: "What does my sister-in-law think?" ”

Chunying applauded in her heart. The second old lady said this, and it seemed that An was no longer held responsible, but in fact, it was almost certain that she did it. All these follow-up arrangements are made under this premise. The old lady and daughter-in-law sang a double reed, wanting to fool things over, but the second old lady didn't want to fight with them. So they simply went straight to the point - the people from their eastern mansion came here, not to teach the An family, but to dispel the rumors!

The old lady was silent for a moment and nodded lightly: "Brother and sister are right, let's do it, it's just ...... Your niece's granddaughter......"

An Shi's eyes widened and she wanted to speak, but the second old lady's next words blocked her mouth first: "Shu'er is already watching people's homes, her father has his own ideas, I'm afraid that he has no fate with Brother You, I'll just forget it." ”

An Shi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled dryly: "Auntie's niece and granddaughter are actually not bad, stable and knowledgeable, and she is from a scholarly family, even if she can't marry into our Qingguo Marquis Mansion, she can marry a good family." ”

The second old lady didn't move, so she couldn't hear it. The old lady's old face couldn't hold back, and she scolded: "Are you embarrassed to judge others?!" It's all your fault! Listening to the wind is the rain, now that Brother Yu is affected by you, I don't know how bad my reputation will be, I have never seen a mother like you! In the future, I will be in charge of my brother's family affairs, so you can shut up for me! ”

An Shi was shocked: "What does Mother mean by this?" How could Brother Yu'er's reputation be ruined? He's reading poetry every day! Hou Ye also said before. He has made great progress, and next year, he will be able to pass the township test. The daughter-in-law is planning to choose a famous lady for him as a wife, and as soon as he is selected, she will get married immediately......"

The old lady stared at her with hatred: "Ask your aunt and your younger siblings, how far have you affected your son's reputation!" If it weren't for the children's reputation, how could they make this trip?! ”

An turned his head to look at the second old lady, who glanced at his daughter-in-law, and Zhuo stepped forward to speak for her mother-in-law: "Speaking of which, my aunt and sister-in-law will definitely be angry, but this matter is not trivial." I was in Zhang Shangshu's mansion before. Listening to his wife, there are already people in the capital who are talking about it, saying that Brother Yu loved beauty when he was a child, and now he meets a beautiful cousin, lives in the same house, and sees each other every day, how can he be indifferent? The children's family has no concentration, but they are afraid that their minds are not on the textbooks. Auntie, sister-in-law, this is still Mrs. Zhang's friendship with me, so speak politely, think about those who are not in harmony with our two houses, I don't know how to arrange Brother You'er! ”

An's was anxious: "This is amazing! I want to make it clear to them! The old lady shouted: "Shut up!" It scared her. The more the old lady thought about it, the more angry she became, and when she heard about it for the first time, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her grandson: "Poor brother You'er is still working hard, he has been getting thinner and thinner recently." He scolded An's again: "You are a mother, it's not good to think about making up for him, you want to make trouble with this kind of demon moth, you are also worthy of being him**?!" ”

An Shi cried and knelt down, and defended: "The daughter-in-law really doesn't have a heart, the daughter-in-law is just a moment of negligence...... Daughter-in-law...... When I heard that my mother was going to hire the daughter of the Hai family to Brother You, I was anxious. It's not that the daughter-in-law dislikes the daughter of the Hai family, it's just that her family is too low, Brother You'er is going to get ahead in the future, if she can get a good Yue family, she will naturally save a lot of effort...... Originally, the daughter-in-law also thought about finding daughters from other families, but when she met those who had daughters, she either said that she had already made a marriage, or she had already looked at them and was preparing to settle them, and the daughter-in-law had no choice...... The Fan family is a famous family, besides...... Didn't Mother and Hou Ye like her family's tutor? I am satisfied with it......"

She cried so much that she was aggrieved, but the old lady was speechless, and even Chunying was speechless when she stood aside. There are so many families in the capital, how can it be so coincidental that the daughters of all the families are married? Presumably because of the previous Huo family's industry, An's reputation was ruined. People don't want to marry their daughters, do they?

Sure enough, the old lady also said, "Since you have encountered this kind of thing, why didn't you tell me?" I'm going to see people, but I'm afraid it's all settled! ”

An stopped crying, suddenly realized, and couldn't help but be angry, but it was not good to get angry in front of the elders, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "Daughter-in-law...... Thinking that the wife of the eldest and the second wife was not chosen by me, I don't know how much anger I was given on weekdays, this time my own son married a wife, so ......"

The old lady was deflated and rubbed her forehead with a headache, this daughter-in-law is really incurable, why did she take a fancy to Hai Shu? is because Hai Shu is stable and knowledgeable, knows what to advance and retreat, and is good at housekeeping, she can take over housework as soon as she passes the door, Fan Xiru ...... The tutor is good, but I don't know how talented she is at housekeeping, and there are rumors...... Today, the Marquis of Qingguo Mansion no longer needs to marry a wealthy family to increase wealth, and having a good daughter-in-law who can control the overall situation and keep the family business is the most important thing. It's a pity that the daughter-in-law doesn't understand this truth.

An Shi was still crying there: "Brother Chang's daughter-in-law is of high birth, and she relies on her mother's family to be prominent every day, and she doesn't take me as a mother-in-law in her eyes. My mother just asked my aunt, and when I came, on the way, Brother Chang's daughter-in-law was still scolding Huai in front of me! If she really marries a daughter-in-law from a mediocre family, I'm afraid she will become more and more proud......"

The second old lady was also impatient to listen to her continue to cry, so she said to her sister-in-law: "Brother Chang's daughter-in-law is indeed excessive, depending on the origin of her mother's family, marrying into our Li family is the daughter-in-law of the Li family, and there is no reason to openly contradict her mother-in-law." My sister-in-law is not in good health, so I guess I don't have time to teach her? Why didn't you let Brother Chang persuade his daughter-in-law? ”

The old lady said weakly: "I had the heart to ask him to go, but he is also very embarrassed now, his father-in-law found him an errand in the Ministry of Works, but his father did not allow it, and ordered him to stay at home to study, not allowed to go out, so he locked himself in the small study and did not come out." His father and son have a temper, what can I do, just wait for me to close my eyes tomorrow, and I can't see it. ”

Zhuo Shi frowned when she heard this, she made a helping hand for her husband in Beijing, and knew more about the affairs of the court, the Ministry of Industry was the sphere of influence of Liang Taishi and King Ke, and it was rumored that they held a few sums of money for building water conservancy, and secretly swallowed a lot, but the emperor was helpless because there was no evidence, if Li Chang entered their territory, in case he was involved in those big cases, maybe he would be the substitute for the dead ghost. She was secretly frightened, even if she decided to go back and ask her son to send a secret letter to Hou Ye, she must not let Li Chang enter the Ministry of Industry.

Zhuo Shi still thought to himself, the second old lady had already come close to see the situation of the concubine, and when she saw that she was in good spirits, she said: "What should be taught still has to be taught, if my sister-in-law is not energetic, lend me a decent girl on weekdays, and I will ask someone to tell them." ”

The old lady smiled bitterly and called Onyx: "You go, Brother Chang'er treats you politely, if your second young grandmother is willing to listen, you can come back to me, if she is still like that, you don't have to tell me, save me from being angry." "Onyx is busy.

The second old lady called Chunying: "Among the few of you, you are the most courageous, you go over with Onyx, find the second young master and the second young grandmother, and tell them the truth of being a child, so that they will not be rude to their mother-in-law in the future." ”

Seeing that her mother-in-law and aunt had to stand up for themselves, An couldn't help but be overjoyed: "They are girls, what do they know?" Why don't I teach them myself? ”

The old lady shouted angrily: "Stop me!" An Shi was dumbfounded, and stammered in response: "Yes......" Don't dare to speak anymore.

Chunying never expected this kind of thing to fall on her head, and she hesitated. The second old lady said, "Don't worry, with me, Brother Chang'er is not bold enough to ignore his grandmother and me." Chunying quietly glanced at Onyx, and saw that there was no fear on her face, so she calmed down: "Yes, the slave obeys." ”

The old lady weakly ordered Amber to bring the ring ruler and let the agate bring it, Chun Ying stared at the old wooden ruler, and then walked out of the door with the agate and walked in the direction of Yingyue Hall.

On the way, Chunying looked back at the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who followed behind, and asked Onyx in a low voice: "Sister, it's the first time I've done this kind of thing, what should I say?" ”

Onyx smiled slightly: "Don't be afraid, you just need to say some big truths, just use tactful words." In fact, the second young master made a lot of mistakes, when he was a child, Sister Liuli didn't train the old lady on behalf of him, he bullied the fourth young master, and the second old lady also sent someone to teach him. We are speaking for two old ladies, who are the younger generations, and only obediently listen to the training. He lowered his voice again, and pointed to the long cloth bag in his arms, "This ring ruler represents the old lady, if they are rude, I can still beat them, of course, just touch it lightly, don't dare to really hit." ”

Chunying probably understood, her heart was much more settled, and she also had a smile on her face. She is now very favored by the second old lady, and she is acting on orders, as long as she follows the agate later, she doesn't have to be afraid of the pervert of the second young master!

Her calm mood was knocked out before she entered the Yingyue Hall. There was chaos in Yingyue Hall, the second young master and the second young grandmother threw things at each other and scolded each other loudly, the girls and mothers-in-law scrambled to avoid, the whole courtyard was crying and howling, and even Onyx saw it, and threw aside the original calming skills: "Second young master, second young grandmother, what are you doing?!" Stop! ”

Suddenly, there was a scream in the east wing, and then a little girl ran out and cried: "Miss Cui hanged herself!" ”。.。