Chapter 432 - Family Defeat

Xue Chongyi didn't speak, and the second wife laughed, "It's nothing, the old man is just worried about the old lady's body, so he is in a hurry to come over and see." ”

Xue Chongyi sat down without saying a word, and diverted the topic for a while, "How does my mother feel these days?" I heard from the housekeeper that I was going to buy some medicinal herbs for the year before."

The old lady's hand holding the Buddha beads hung down, "Don't talk to me, just come in and say what you want to say." ”

The second wife looked at Xue Chongyi with flickering eyes.

Xue Chongyi swallowed, "My son can't do it accurately, and before the matter is clear, my son doesn't want his mother to worry." ”

The more you hide it, the more you want to know what's going on.

The Qian family personally served tea to Xue Chongyi and the second wife, and then stood aside in an orderly manner.

"After Enke, Jingli began to gamble on insects again, and the son seemed to see the third brother holding the insect jar into the Yueyue Building."

Master Xue San likes to play with insects and teasing birds, and on weekdays, he eats, drinks and has fun with Xungui's children, and fighting insects is a common thing, but there are no gambling insects.

The old lady's face turned pale, "Where did he get the money gambling worm?" ”

Xue Chongyi was speechless for a while.

The second wife said, "I think so, I can't say that the master is wrong, the third brother and sister have always managed the silver tightly, and in a place like Laoyue Tower, you can't enter the door without money." ”

Can your own brother be wrong? Xue Chongyi and the second wife looked confident, and they were by no means just talking casually. Especially the words of the second wife, openly and secretly pointed the finger at every family, if it weren't for the division of the family, the third master Xue might not be able to get so much silver, and it would be impossible to gamble without silver. Rong Hua looked at the old lady, and the words she could hear were sounding, and the old lady could naturally hear them.

The old lady's expression was gloomy, "Then call the third child over and ask where he got the money to get the Yuelou." ”

Nose Chongyi said: "Mother still asks in private, it's okay if there is no such thing, if it is true, it will be troublesome, Laoyuelou is a large amount, and my son heard that many people have lost more than 100,000 taels a few times, so my son will be anxious when he sees the third brother." ”

Since you are anxious to see it, why don't you bring Master Xue San back immediately. Rong Hua frowned, in the past, Xue Chongyi coaxed the old lady, but this time he deliberately made the old lady angry. The old lady had a terrible chest pain yesterday, so she asked Huang Imperial Doctor to see the pulse, and Huang Imperial Doctor specially instructed the old lady not to move, otherwise the more sick she is, I am afraid it will be difficult to recuperate. The second wife has always been careful about the affairs in the house, and she must know this section, Xue Chongyi and the second wife are prepared today.

The old lady's chest suddenly cramped. This is her adopted son, who saw her own brother go to Laoyue Tower but didn't stop her, and even had a smug expression in her eyes. If you split the family, you don't have to hide it in front of her, and if you divide the family, the rest of the Xue family will have nothing to do with him, and the second child's pretended respect in front of her will only make her angry.

"Mother, don't be angry," Xue Chongyi kept saying, "Otherwise, call the third brother and sister first and ask the third brother and sister if they know something." ”

The old lady obviously showed signs of illness, but Xue Chongyi wanted to call the third lady to talk.

"The old lady is still resting, seeing that the Hou Ye is coming back, it's not too late to ask when the time comes," Rong Hua said, reaching out to help the old lady lie down, "Imperial Doctor Huang said that after taking medicine, you should rest and recuperate." After speaking, Rong Hua turned his head to look at Li's mother.

Mother Li also hurriedly came over and persuaded her: "How can I forget this, when Imperial Doctor Huang left, I told the old lady to not rest well, but we didn't serve well." ”

Rong Hua said: "It's better to give the old lady two tranquilizers given by the queen mother, and the old lady can rest in peace." ”

The old lady closed her eyes and nodded.

Li's mother hurriedly went to get the medicine.

The second wife looked at Rong Hua coldly. Before they moved away, Rong Hua fainted the appearance of the hostess, and sang and reconciled with the mother beside the old lady, thinking so in her heart, but she had already changed her brother's anxious face, "I just said that I can't let my mother know about this matter, but the old man can't hold his breath." ”

Rong Hua and Mother Li served the old lady and took medicine, and then turned their heads to look at Xue Chongyi and the second wife, "Second uncle and second aunt, let's go outside and talk!" Don't argue old lady. ”

Mother Li put down the curtain and stood aside.

The room was quiet, and Xue Chongyi and his wife couldn't sit still.

Xue Chongyi got up and said, "Mother have a good rest, there is news from the third brother, and the son will come to tell his mother again." ”

deliberately emphasized that it was not him who had an accident now, but Xue Chongren. Even if the old lady rests now, sooner or later she will have to face Xue Chongren's affairs.

Xue Chongyi and the second wife retreated.

There was a rapid cough from the curtain.

Mother Li's face turned pale suddenly, and she took out the emergency medicine in the box.

The old lady shook her head, this kind of emergency medicine can't be taken often, not only does it hurt the body, but its effectiveness will gradually become less than before.

The old lady gasped for a while before she could be calm, and said in a deep voice: "Go and call the third daughter-in-law to me, and send a few family members to find the third child, no matter what, I must find someone for me and bring it back." ”

Mother Li should come down and look at Rong Hua for help.

Rong Hua took a few steps forward and said softly, "The old lady still has a good rest, and the rest is left to me and Mother Li, the old lady has enough energy to deal with the affairs of the house, so many people in the family are looking at the old lady." ”

At this juncture of separation, if there are no elders to speak, I don't know what kind of chaos will become.

"So what do you say? Your third uncle ......"

Rong Hua's eyes flickered, and he stretched out his hand to smooth the old lady's chest, "Even if something has happened, the old lady might as well rest in the house, and there is something outside for the Hou Ye to support." ”

Rong Hua is asking her to dodge.

The old lady frowned.

Mother Li retreated with the maid, and Rong Hua said in a low voice: "Everyone knows that the old lady is seriously ill, and it is reasonable for the old lady not to come forward. The old lady can nourish her spirits first, and secondly, if the previous handling is not handled properly, the old lady can make up her mind. On the other hand, the old lady is angry, and even if the Hou Ye can't stop it, there is no other way. ”

Rong Hua's words made the old lady's heart light up, and Rong Hua saw that the second couple was aiming at the separation.

The old lady sighed, "You're right" As long as she deals with the third child's affairs, the second husband and wife will inevitably add fuel and vinegar in front of her, so that she can't help but be angry, "After all, you are a junior, and it is not good to talk for a while, you go to your mother and let her come forward." is about to break up, and she, who is an elder, has the appearance of an elder, and she can't put the burden on your shoulders alone. ”

Rong Hua said: "Then I told the outside that the old lady was sick in a hurry." ”

The old lady sighed and nodded.

Rong Hua went to Mrs. Xue's room and told the old lady what she meant.

Mrs. Xue's eyes widened in shock, "How can the third uncle go to the Yuelou, that's a place to play people." ”

Rong Hua said: "Mother should pack up and go to the old lady's room, in case there is news from the third uncle in a while, my mother can arrange it." ”

Mrs. Xue panicked suddenly, "How can I do it." The old lady still has to make up her mind about such a big matter. ”

Rong Hua softly persuaded Mrs. Xue, "Mother will figure out the situation first" and then ask the old lady what she meant. ”

It took Mrs. Xue a long time to agree, changed her clothes and went to the old lady's room with Rong Hua.

The two of them sat down in the side room, and they heard the third lady crying into the courtyard, "How are you going to live this day?" Why am I so stupid, I didn't expect him to gamble outside. ”

Mother Li heard the voice and hurriedly greeted her, "The old lady is sick in bed, "Mrs. is also here, the third lady will go to the side room to sit first." ”

When the third wife saw Li's mother's anxious appearance, she immediately believed it for six or seven points, "How can I live, it's better to hang that rope" and cried.

Mrs. Xue and Rong Hua welcomed the third wife into the side room.

The third wife sobbed non-stop, "He went out of the drought and returned late in the past two days" I knew that there was something outside, I let people follow him early this morning, who knew that he would lose people halfway, I only thought that he raised a small one outside, but I didn't think that he went to Laoyue Tower, "Where can he go, even if there is a loss of Wanguan's family fortune, it is a blink of an eye." ”

The third lady was crying, "I only heard a mother-in-law talking back outside," the third master is back. ”

When the third lady heard this, she stood up and immediately ran out.

Nose Chongren held the insect jar in his hand, shrunk his head and entered the hanging flower door.

"Xue Chongren" The third wife ran over like a gust of wind, snatched Xue Chongren's insect jar and threw it on the ground, "How much silver did you lose in Laoyue Tower, you said, how much silver did you lose." ”

Xue Chongren seemed to have a hangover and had not woken up, looked at the third wife blankly, and said for a long time: "Ten thousand...... Two. ”

The third wife's eyes turned black and she fainted suddenly.

"10,000 taels is just the principal, the third uncle didn't bring any cash, and he has to pay interest according to the rules of Laoyuelou." Xue Mingrui sat upright and told Rong Hua about the third master.

With a principal of 10,000 taels, Rong Hua was shocked when he thought about it, "The third uncle didn't just go to gamble in the past two days, how could he lose so much." ”

Xue Mingrui said: "In Laoyue Tower, there are also 50,000 gold bottoms. ”

You can lose 50,000 taels of silver in one game, so the third uncle loses 10,000 taels of silver, which is still less.

"The imperial court is not forbidden to gamble, how can there be such a place in the capital.

"10,000 taels of silver, let alone three rooms, even the long and second rooms can't take out so much cash. If she walked out of this matter before the separation, the old lady might use the ladder money to pay back for Xue Chongren, but now that the Xue family's wealth and belongings have been built, if it is said that the money from the public school will help the third room, the second room will be the first to disagree, even if the old lady uses the ladder silver, the second room will also say that the old lady is unevenly divided. But if all this money is paid by the third room, how will the third room live in the future.

Xue Mingrui frowned, "The law of the Great Zhou Dynasty prohibiting gambling is just a piece of paper like the previous dynasties, not to mention the small gambling house, just say that there are many rich businessmen and dignitaries in places like Laoyuelou, and the court will turn a blind eye, otherwise it is a crime to participate in gambling, is it possible to arrest these dignitaries?" ”

Then there is no way to rely on the imperial court to solve it.

"The third uncle signed the paperwork, even if I can find someone to come forward to talk, it is only free of interest.

That Laoyue Mansion involves several clan relatives, and it is impossible to get a hundred without money."

Xue Mingrui's expression was solemn, "At the moment, I can only pay the silver, the political situation in the imperial court is turbulent, and I don't have the energy to get involved in too many things." ”

Xue Mingrui said the situation at this time, presumably there must be something going on. Dealing with the political situation is the key, and we can't bother with these things.

Xue Mingrui said in a low voice: "As soon as the three exams ended, someone sued the scientific examination for cheating, and this matter was temporarily suppressed, just waiting for the papers to be released." ”

The scientific research fraud and the previous worship teacher may be connected, so Prince Zhuang will be involved. It is not easy for Xue Mingrui to deal with scientific research fraud, how can he still have the energy to ban gambling.

Besides, the casino has existed for so many years, and it is impossible to change who can sweep it away.

But the old lady couldn't leave this matter alone.

Rong Hua's thought flashed, "The matter of the third uncle came too suddenly, did the Hou Ye ask the third uncle why he went to Laoyue Tower." ”

Xue Mingrui and Rong Hua looked at each other, "The third uncle won't say anything now, just wait for his mood to calm down a little, and then ask clearly." ”

The whole thing must be fueled by someone, and it is the second room that makes a fuss about the third room, and it is the second room that is waiting to see if the old lady will help. Rong Hua said: "If you can find the person who dragged the third uncle to the Yuelou, maybe you will be able to figure things out." "In case the whole thing is done by Xue Chongyi, if he grabs Xue Chongyi's handle first, Xue Chongyi will be at a disadvantage.

The second room did more than this one thing, "In front of the outside, the old lady gave the concubine ladder silver, and let the concubine buy 500 acres of fertile land in Shandong. Rong Hua paused, "If these words reach the Xue family, it will also cause a lot of turmoil, and if someone proposes an uneven division of the family, the imperial court will inevitably reach out to intervene." ”

Xue Mingrui raised his handsome eyebrows.

After saying this, Rong Hua's words changed, "I have already made people watch the mother-in-law sent out by the second aunt to do errands, and the mother-in-law Chen at the back door is also willing to confess what the second aunt has ordered her to do all these years, just wait for the second uncle to propose the uneven division of the family, and I will take people to talk in front of the elders." "She has learned too much about what the second room has done, she is letting it go again and again, even if people don't offend me and I don't offend people, she can't blindly wait for the second room to harm people.

Ever since the old lady told her about the separation, she had already made arrangements. She thought that Xue Chongyi would use Xue Chongjie's identity as a concubine to make a fuss, but she didn't expect Xue Chongyi to even let Xue Chongren go.

As soon as Xue Mingrui and Rong Hua said this, Mu Hibiscus hurriedly entered the house, "The word came from the front yard, and the third wife swallowed gold." ”

Rong Hua's heart trembled, how could the third wife not think about it like this.

Rong Hua immediately stood up and instructed Hongyu, "Bring the Hou Ye and my clothes." ”