Chapter 218: Common Sense for Concubines
At that time, He Angelica was bored playing with his left hand and right hand fighting grass, and suddenly heard this kind of news, the blue grass in his hands was torn off together, and he asked sharply Tomorrow, what are you talking about?! My mother was divorced?! It's only been ten days, counting the time on the road, didn't my mother only live in He's house in Qingzhou for five days? Why did they divorce her, what grievances had she suffered, and how was she doing now?
She was so anxious that her heart was like a fire burning, and she glared at Tomorrow's wooden face fiercely, wishing that she could stare her mother's face out of his face. Although, she didn't want her mother to be with He Fu from the bottom of her heart, but the five simple words "divorced by the He family" hit her eardrums and buzzed, her mother was slapped by He Fu many years ago, and the appearance of the hairpin ring falling off her hair suddenly came into her mind, why did He Fu beat her? Why did you divorce her?
Tomorrow looked at the broken bluegrass in a piece, and said in a tone without ups and downs, the little one followed Mrs. He's car for four days, and walked to the He family in Qingzhou, whether He Fu is developed I don't know, but the so-called "He Mansion" is just a small house with three entrances and two exits, only twice the size of the courtyard where ordinary people live, and the total number of servants inside and outside is no more than ten - Niangniang, I said it, men are used to deceiving women, so He Fu deceived Lingtang. I inquired, the five decent housekeepers sent by He Fu to pick up your mother are all the shopkeepers of the tailor shop, dry goods store and bathhouse on the next street, because the business is light, he took this trip to the far house, He Fu made up his mind from the beginning to deceive your mother.
He Angelica glared and said, but the ancestor clearly said that she had inquired that He Fu really made a lot of money by running a boat, and he is currently worth more than 10,000 yuan! So what did he do in the past when he lied to my mother? What did he do to her?
Tomorrow continued undisturbed, after Mrs. He entered the door, her face showed a look of surprise and disappointment, I heard the old lady next to her comforted her with the words "marry a chicken and marry a dog with a dog", so that her face was a little better, so she sat in the main hall and waited for the master to receive her, but after waiting for a long time, neither He Fu nor his family were seen. Mrs. He couldn't sit still, so she walked into the inner hall to see, the main house was empty, and there was no one in it, but there was a pregnant woman with a big belly living in the side room, and the woman was taking a nap. Mrs. He caught a little maid and inquired, only to know that He Fu had found a clerical job in the prefect's yamen, and his family had moved into it to live, this house was an old house he bought when he first arrived in Qingzhou, and the pregnant woman was He Fu's maid, because the eight characters collided with Mrs. He, she was moved out alone.
He Angelica is puzzled, so since He Fu deceived my mother, it was nothing more than wanting a decent wife to decorate the façade, why didn't he take my mother into the prefect's yamen to live, but what old house did he want to lead her to? Isn't he afraid that my mother will be annoyed and turn around and go back to Yangzhou?
Tomorrow sneered, and said sarcastically, Niangniang, you think too highly of Lord Lingtang, although she showed annoyance on her face, she didn't say anything, only let the few maids she brought with her unload her luggage and pack her things, so she stayed in the old mansion so silently, and gave the housekeeper some reward money, and asked him to tell him about He Fu's recent situation. So, the steward began to introduce He Fu's concubine room, and when he introduced the tenth, Mrs. He couldn't sit still, and then the man continued to introduce He Fu's children, and heard him say that He Fu had three daughters and one son, and the eldest daughter was now twelve years old, Mrs. He suddenly bounced up from her seat and shouted, "I don't believe it, you lied to me!" ”
Twelve? He Angelica frowned and recalled, I am twenty-one this year, so to speak, He Fu's eldest daughter was just brought back from the farm when I was nine years old, when my mother had just been diagnosed with a large amount of musk in her early years and was infertile...... It turned out that He Fu raised other women outside at that time and gave birth to a daughter, He Fu, that bastard, actually deceived my mother like this!
Even if he blatantly marries a concubine and enters the door? Tomorrow sneered, Concubine He, you are so angry, it is unreasonable, the wife is infertile, and she should give her husband a concubine if she is reasonable, this is common sense through the ages, if she can't even do this, then she is not worthy of being a wife. Princess Xie in our house can't give birth to children, so the prince never goes to her for the night, and she doesn't dare to complain, because women are hens, and it's useless if they can't lay eggs. Seeing He Angelica's face turn pale, his voice changed, and he said, Niangniang, you don't have to sit down, I definitely don't mean to insinuate you, the prince often praises you and says that you are a useful woman.
He Angelica frowned in bewilderment, useful woman? That's what the prince said about me?
Tomorrow nodded and said, Wang Ye likes your acupuncture skills very much, and said that the whole body is comfortable after piercing, and it is more effective than the loose bone master Zhang University's loose bone method. So you don't have to feel inferior and guilty, anyway, there are so many chickens that lay eggs in the palace, and it's nothing to raise one or two that can't lay eggs.
He Angelica was so angry that he trembled with such disdainful words, and almost wanted to raise his hand to slap him, but all the news from his mother came from the mouth of this cold man, she couldn't offend him, she couldn't ...... Taking a deep breath, she asked, what about later, my mother had an anger, and left He Fu in a fit of anger?
He remembered the old folk custom, if the husband hid from his wife and gave birth to a child outside the outer room, the wife could not only propose and leave, but also take away the same amount of dowry as before marriage. When his mother married He Fu, she brought a dowry of 10,000 taels, and He Fu was looking for a woman outside, and she ignored her mother for many years, and her mother could have asked him for 10,000 taels of silver as compensation for her empty stay for many years. Even if her mother is weak and can't open her mouth, she should at least get the three thousand taels of silver on the IOU that He Fufa wrote before. Without her husband, the mother could no longer be without money.
Tomorrow, it is said that mother and daughter are connected, but Niangniang, you don't seem to know much about Lingtang, she is separated from He Fu? She hasn't left for more than ten years, and now she is looking for a husband for thousands of miles, and she hasn't even seen half of her face, how can she be willing to leave? Although I heard that He Fu now has a concubine and a roommate, a son and a daughter, but after thinking about it, he finally has a conscience, keeps the position of his wife for her, and picks her up from afar. So, Mrs. He lived in peace in the old house, embroidering mandarin ducks during the day, playing beads at night, and sometimes chatting with the big-bellied girl in the room, waiting for her good husband to pick her up and go to live in the prefect's yamen - the steward said that He Fu is a busy man now, and he can't easily spare time.
He Angelica twisted a plum blossom on his sleeve, listened to it and was very anxious, and asked, what happened later? Why did the He family abandon my mother? She didn't suffer any hidden losses, did she?
Tomorrow said slowly and elegantly, Mrs. He lived in the old mansion for three days, and I followed your instructions to investigate and secretly visit during this time, and collected evidence that He Fu was evil, and I really collected a lot. As the nephew of the prefect of Qingzhou, he really bullied men and women and did a lot of evil in this year in Qingzhou. I took this evidence to Mrs. He, told her that I was the bodyguard you hired, found that He Fu was misbehaving and had bad deeds, and asked her if she would like to pack up her things and go back to Yangzhou, and I could escort her throughout the process. Mrs. He was annoyed when she heard this, blaming you for too many things, not serving the prince well, but doing these small actions behind your back, destroying the relationship between your parents and husband and wife. With that, she blew me away. I saw that it was not early, so I found a place to sleep on the roof, and planned to return to Daning the next day to report to you, but I didn't know that something happened that night.
He Angelica said anxiously, tomorrow, you don't sell Guanzi anymore, what's wrong with my mother, can you make it clear at one time? Is she okay now?
Tomorrow still stated that it was not about himself, that night, the girl in the old house suddenly had a miscarriage, and the steward immediately went to find He Fu, who was so busy that he didn't see anyone for three or four days, but this time he immediately appeared. The girl in the room cried and complained that she had a stomachache after eating the sweet soup sent by your mother. He Fu was furious when he heard this, beat your mother violently, and then raised his pen to write a letter of resignation and threw it on your mother's face. In the letter of resignation, it was written that she committed the "disobedience to her parents, childlessness, and jealousy" in the "Seven Outs", and asked her to go out cleanly, and she was not allowed to leave immediately with anything, and she never got along with each other from then on.
Violent...... Beat...... He Angelica repeated these two words in a daze, as if hearing these two words for the first time, and did not understand their meaning at all...... Beat......
He Angelica jumped up, raised his hand and waved his palm towards tomorrow, and at the same time hissed in his mouth and asked, Shangguan tomorrow! Why didn't you save my mother? You watched that man beat my mother? How is my mother's injury, and how did that person beat her?
Tomorrow stood motionless with her hands in his hands, letting her slap him in the face, and the sharp slap broke the corner of his lip, and blood flowed from his thin lips to his chin, and then to his purple shirt stained with dust and moss. Tomorrow's eyes locked on He Angelica like a poisonous snake out of a hole, and spit out a sentence word by word, I will remember this palm, Niangniang, don't forget it.
Without waiting for He Angelica to react, tomorrow's handsome face turned into that expressionless expression, and said flatly, Niangniang, the task you gave me is to escort Lingtang to Qingzhou, and second, to observe and secretly visit outside He Fu, to find out the details of He Fu, if it is found that he is a wicked person, let me go to meet Lingtang and ask her to leave He Fu and return to Yangzhou with me. I have completed these two tasks very well, even if I judge in front of the prince, I can stand on my feet. He Concubine Niangniang, the task you gave me did not include protecting your mother.
In He Angelica's almost cannibalistic gaze, he added, Niangniang, you don't have to worry too much, Ling Tang is the daughter of Luofu, you just borrowed He Fu's courage, and he didn't dare to break her. In fact, he just slapped her a few times, pulled her hair a few times, and after she fell to the ground, he kicked her in the stomach a few times without hesitation, and scolded two words such as "slut", "poisonous woman", "you can't give birth to children yourself, and you still harm other people's children". In this way, your mother was thrown out of the house by several subordinates, lying motionless on the dark street of the fourth watch, and several maids she brought from Luofu were scared away, and the only old lady who was loyal to the lord was kidnapped and put in prison.
Tomorrow licked the corners of her injured lips, clasped He Angelica's violently trembling shoulders with one hand, brought her face close to her tear-stained face, and asked in a brisk tone, Does your mother have a treasure box? Her last pension money?
He Angelica covered his mouth and sobbed, is my mother seriously injured? Did she return to Luo?
Tomorrow, who rarely smiled on his face, said to himself that the practice of this dynasty is that if a woman commits the crime of "seven outs" and is abandoned by her husband's family, then the woman's dowry will be disposed of by her husband's family, and a part of it will be distributed to the abandoned woman according to the situation. If an abandoned woman commits three of the "seven outs", the husband's family has the right to withhold all of her dowry. The letter of divorce received by your mother stated that she was "disobedient to her parents, childless, and jealous", and I remember that "childless" means that the woman has no children after the age of 50, but your mother's special situation can also be regarded as the crime of "childless", so it is reasonable for He Fu to detain her treasure box.
He Angelica looked at Tomorrow pleadingly, please tell me, is my mother seriously injured? Did she go back to Luofu?
Tomorrow shook her head and sighed, but your mother can't think about it, obviously she has a good daughter who is filial and competitive, and she is willing to use the silver in the palace to supplement her, but she has to smash the door of the He family, to ask for the treasure box that does not belong to her at all, and she was splashed with dung and water. Tsk, a famous lady, why bother? Let her daughter sleep with the prince twice, and all the gold, silver and jewelry will be available, so why bother to ask for some treasure box at such a risk? As a result, not only did I not get the box of jewelry, but my clothes got wet, and the wind froze when it blew.