When Bai Sheng returned home, the old lady came to him and told him about today's events.

After Bai Sheng learned about it, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Before my mother-in-law left the house, she wasn't angry, right?" ”

"Everything is as she wants, what is there to be angry about?"

The old lady was dissatisfied, "You don't care about your eldest sister's situation, but you are nervous about the Qin family's thoughts!" I know that you are afraid of offending the Hou Mansion and misleading the future of your career, but you can't be so indistinguishable from right and wrong. ”

Bai Sheng's face was ashamed, so he asked in a low voice: "How is Jinghao, can Imperial Doctor Yuan say that it matters?" ”

"I'm taking the antidote soup, and the doctor said that I should recuperate carefully for a while."

The old lady's face turned a little pale, and she asked, "What do you do with your wife's room?" ”

"This matter has alarmed the Hou Mansion, and the mother has agreed to make a big deal small, so my son might as well just forget it, right?"

Seeing that the other party's expression was wrong, Bai Sheng added one after another: "The children in the family are all older, and when they reach the age of discussing relatives, they still need their wives to preside." ”

"If you're just thinking about the child, I know the overall situation is important, but I'm sorry for this matter."

Bai Sheng smiled, "The eldest sister has been sensible since she was a child, she will be considerate." ”

The old lady looked at him and did not speak.

After a while, Bai Sheng asked again: "This incident didn't alarm the General's Mansion, right?" ”

He remembered that the eldest daughter had negotiated with the Shen family after all, and the Marquis of Zongyu Mansion could come to stand up for Qin Rou, if the Shen family knew, there would inevitably be another turmoil.

"The ugliness of the family is not publicized, you think this is a good thing to get face? Qingping is here, and I don't plan to tell her. ”

Bai Sheng was at ease, and said with his head bowed: "That's right." The brother-in-law is busy with military affairs, and Sister Ping is preparing for the big wedding between her niece and the East Palace recently, so don't alarm them. ”

The old lady pinched a plum next to her and ate it, took a sip of the taste and retracted her gaze, and responded lightly: "Got it." You are working hard outside, and your mother will take care of the affairs in the house for you, so go back and rest late at night. ”

Bai Sheng got up and saluted and retired.

When he went out, Mama Su came in and asked curiously, "Old lady, what did the old man say?" ”

"You can't guess what he said?" The old lady was exhausted, and closed her eyes and did not want to say more.

Mama Su smiled and said, "The eldest master is in the officialdom, and he can rest assured that the affairs of the family are entrusted to you." ”

The old lady sighed: "Pity the child."

As soon as Bai Sheng stepped out of the Hanyu Hall, he met the maid Pearl who was waiting outside.

Pearl stepped forward and said, "Master, Aunt Yu has prepared a banquet and invites you over." ”

Bai Sheng said "um", followed her in the direction of Lifangyuan, walked a few steps, but stopped, pointed to the maidservant and said, "Go back and tell your aunt, I won't go tonight, let her rest early." ”

Pearl was embarrassed by "this" for a long time, and the accident was difficult again.

Bai Sheng returned to the main courtyard, and as soon as he entered, he scolded his wife who was sitting there and did not move: "You are getting better and better now, and you have led your mother's family to run to the house to bully your mother-in-law!" ”

Over the years, Qin Rou's love for him was only disappointed, if she didn't care about her children, she wouldn't have bothered to drill so carefully, and she was sarcastic when she heard the words, but she still looked at her husband helplessly.

"Whatever the master says, I can't tell a few words if I have been wronged. I am a clumsy and stupid person, and the old lady thinks that I treat my concubine harshly, and I can't say it with a mouth full of mouths, so I can only let my mother's family explain two sentences for me, but I didn't expect to be said by the lord here that I was bullying my own family with the power of my mother's family. ”

Bai Sheng was just about to sit down, and was surprised when he heard this: "What, you are still shouting injustice?" ”

Qin Rou raised her eyes sadly, "It has always been difficult to be a mother-in-law, and the lord is a capable minister in the court, how do you know my suffering in the back house?" At the beginning, it was Song Langzhong who said that our eldest lady needed to recuperate, so I moved her to live in a small courtyard. But the maidservants and mothers-in-law around her were not careful, and seeing that she was so lazy in her illness, I sent out a good one to serve, but now in the eyes of the eldest sister, it has become me who is deliberately mean to her.

Lang Zhong in Jiren Hall didn't do things carefully, mixed aconitum powder into our eldest lady's medicine, and said that it was me who instructed him in order to get rid of the crime, but the old lady still believed it, can I not be wronged in my heart? My mother-in-law and sister-in-law were worried about me, so they sent Song Langzhong to the government for a thorough trial. ”

"Madam, have you really been wronged today?" Bai Sheng asked repeatedly, looking at her suspiciously.

Husband and wife for many years, he knows each other and is a daring person.

Qin Rou got up and said in a serious tone: "Last time, I took someone to Pinmei Xuan to scare Jinghao, master, you punished me and disposed of the people around me, I have nothing to say, and I know that I have made a joke." But that was because I saw that Ah Yao's face was damaged, and I was angry and listened to the instigation of the people around me.

But now those quacks and slaves want to charge me with all the trumped-up charges, and want to use the old lady to deal with me, I will never admit it. Master think about it carefully, for no reason, what should I do to embarrass Jing? If you don't believe it, wait and see what Lord Jingzhao Yin Zhu will come up with. ”

Bai Sheng was originally going to be the uncle of the Marquis of Zongyu's Mansion, so naturally he would not tear his face with the Qin family, even if this was false, but since the other party had taken the trouble to explain, he went down this step.

He stayed in the main courtyard overnight, as if he was deliberately trying to support the scene for the eldest lady who was humiliated by the old lady.

Therefore, although the old lady did not deliver the middle feed, Qin Rou served Bai Sheng carefully, and sent people to Pinmei Xuan to deliver soup and medicine every day, but her reputation in the mansion was not unpleasant.

Bai Jinghao was helpless when she heard about it, but Bai Heng was annoyed when she came to visit her.

She said to him without waves: "Second brother, don't be angry, you don't know the temperament of this father in our family?" Although he doesn't care about the affairs of the inner house, he understands the principle of balance, in the past, the eldest lady was vigorous, so he raised Aunt Yu a lot, so that the eldest lady was not so proud, and now the old lady is not optimistic about the eldest lady, so he will pity and love.

The matter of aconitum powder is best known in her heart whether the eldest lady has done it or not, we are not wronged her, she sees her father treating her like this, and when she returns to the Hou Mansion, she will miss her husband's goodness. ”

"I was negligent that day, so I shouldn't have let the people from Rongfutang go back to Qin's house to report the news, if I could stop the people who reported the news on the road, the Hou Mansion would not be able to support her." As soon as Bai Mi was sparse, Bai Heng was so angry that he patted the chair support.

Bai Jing was very good, and said slowly: "In fact, even if the person who reported the news is stopped, there is the Qin family, and the old lady will not really send her to the official." Besides, what's the use of sending the official, then Lord Jing Zhaoyin is still her deceased father's protégé, the grace of teaching and the grace of knowing are left there, and in the end, it is not to be acquitted? ”

Bai Heng looked at her and said distressedly: "But it made you suffer in vain." ”

"The outcome was expected, but it was not in vain."

Bai Jinghao pursed her lips and explained with a smile: "Second brother, I didn't want to hurt myself to deal with her, I really didn't want to hurt myself in vain. She wanted to poison it, but she had to eat it herself. I didn't want to be loved by the old lady, but this incident made her feel a little guilty, and the stronger her feelings for me, the better my life in the house. ”

Bai Heng understood this, "Even so, I still feel that the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"It's already good, although it hasn't been dealt with now, wouldn't it be better to punish several crimes in the future? According to the temperament of the eldest lady, it is impossible to stop, and it will only become more and more ruthless. ”

Bai Heng looked at the girl whose face was still bloodless, and felt a pain in his heart, only hating himself for not being strong enough.

At this time, Chunxiao said outside: "Miss, the old lady sent someone over there, saying that the lord of Qinglong County came to visit, so that you can prepare for hospitality." ”

Bai Jinghao's face was surprised, and Bai Heng also stood up, "Since the county lord is here, then I'll go back first." ”

"But the second brother mentioned my illness at the Wei family?"

Bai Heng curled his lips and only said, "Is it just that Mrs. Xu can take advantage of the situation, and we can too." The words fell and sighed: "Actually, I went to the Shen family yesterday, but it's a pity that Cousin Shikai was forbidden by his aunt and couldn't get out, otherwise it would be most appropriate to let the Shen family seek justice for you." ”

Bai Jinghao said in a deep voice: "Actually, you don't have to. The matter of the Cheng family's sister, I know that the county lord is not happy, why bother to let her come to our house to bother? ”

She always felt that she shouldn't trouble Wei Li.

But Bai Heng had already made an assertion, and he didn't seem to feel inappropriate, so he said "Only when people ask for something can they show goodwill" and left in a hurry.