Chapter 7: Father
Facing this emotionless cold gaze, a layer of fine sweat instantly oozed from Old Man Fang's forehead.
What he wanted to say, his lips pursed for a long time, but he didn't make a sound.
The atmosphere was strangely frozen.
"Uh......" Ai Dai hurriedly explained, "Master Fang doesn't know, the third grandmother has had amnesia since she woke up that night. He looked back at Zhao Qing again, "Third grandmother, he is your father, Master Fang." ”
Amnesia?
Does that mean she has forgotten everything in the past, and now she doesn't know who she is?
His face turned purple red, and Old Man Fang's eyes widened in shock.
"Xue Ying is really...... Don't recognize as ...... Father? Stammering at Zhao Qing, Master Fang's hands hidden in the wide sleeve cage gurgled loudly.
The body regained consciousness, and Zhao Qing took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, "I don't remember anything, you, it's ......" showed a confused look.
“…… I don't remember it, I don't remember it. Master Fang wiped his forehead to himself.
"Fang, father...... What do you say? Zhao Qing didn't hear clearly.
Master Fang was excited.
"It's good that Xue Ying is alive, it's good, it's good, it's good......" her lips trembled with excitement, and there was a sudden joy in her expression that she finally saw her lost daughter.
Zhao Qing smiled, dodged out of the way and asked Master Fang to sit inside.
Hula, the little maids on both sides instantly surrounded him.
Surrounded by the father and daughter, they entered the house.
No one noticed that the moment he stepped into the house, Master Fang stuffed a small and delicate brocade box tightly in his hand into his arms.
Tansy personally served the tea.
Old Man Fang looked at Zhao Qing lovingly.
Just as she was about to speak, the little maid hurriedly came in, "The old lady, the eldest master, the second master, the eldest lady, the second lady is here." ”
So fast?!
What are they doing here?
Old Man Fang stood up suddenly.
Seeing that Zhao Qing was still sitting steadily, he couldn't help but blush his old face for a while.
looked at Zhao Qing sneeringly, neither sitting nor standing.
Zhao Qing took Xiangping's outstretched hand and slowly stood up.
"Why did Xue Ying suddenly lose her memory, have you seen a doctor?" Welcoming the old lady and the others into the house and sitting down, Master Fang asked.
"It's not amnesia, it's that your daughter is dead." There was a ghost in his heart, Zhao Qing was speechless, and raised his eyes to look at the old lady.
The old lady was looking at her, too.
She is plain white, her hair is neatly pulled into a moon bun, behind her ears is a delicate and delicate jade lily carved from mutton fat white jade, and a pair of Nanzhu ear buckles the size of lotus seeds and rice are on her earlobes.
This bearing, this majesty.
Who is still the vulgar woman that night?
"That night, maybe her body was stiff for a long time, and she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable."
In the face of such a dignified and gentle Zhao Qing, thinking of the graceful demeanor when she welcomed her into the house just now, the old lady's heart suddenly disappeared in the past three days because of the chagrin of being forced to admit this vulgar and unchaste granddaughter-in-law.
Zhao Qing's senses instantly improved a lot.
Seeing that she didn't answer Master Fang without authorization, but looked at herself, the old lady's heart was even smoother, "Mr. Wen said that it was because she drank Meng Po soup. ”
That's why I don't remember anything.
And, never, never remember!
As soon as his eyes lit up, Master Fang quickly lowered his head, and no one could hear what he muttered.
"Mrs. Fang, why didn't she come with Master Fang." The old lady asked.
"She ......," Master Fang said randomly, "I'm not feeling well." Looking at Zhao Qing, "You threw yourself into the river silently, and your mother fell ill with a fire." He complained again, "I woke up three days ago, why did I send a letter home?" The words were to ask Zhao Qing, but his eyes looked at the old lady, "It's in vain for you to worry about your mother, in the past few days, the illness has worsened again." ”
After all, it is the Fang family, since it has come back from the dead, the Shen family should inform it as soon as possible, and if the Fang family is not notified in time, this matter is a faux pas for the Shen family.
This ready-made opportunity, if you don't kill this old lady, he won't call him an iron rooster!
The air was choked.
Everyone looked at the old lady.
The old lady did not move her brows, and sat there with a calm face.
“…… My father, they've been discussing what to do with your daughter for the past three days, and it's too late to hide, so why are you rushing to the barrel of the cannon! Looking at Master Fang's aggressive appearance, Zhao Qing wailed in his heart.
"Mother is sick, what's sick?" Without a trace, she changed the subject.
The tense atmosphere suddenly lightened.
The old lady cast an appreciative look at Zhao Qing.
Old Man Fang looked at Zhao Qing with a stunned gaze.
It was really surprising that Zhao Qing would help the Shen family speak, but he seemed to be very taboo about this daughter, and looked at Zhao Qing's calm lake-like faint gaze, somehow, he lowered his head weakly, and said, "The doctor said that he was overly sad." ”
Linked to the same disease.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, thinking of her grandson who died early, the old lady shed tears again, "...... They are all miserable people. "Raise your head and tell the big girl to draw Mei, "Wrap those boxes of Baiji Ejiao and ask Master Fang to bring them back to Mrs. Fang." ”
Bai Ji is a time-honored brand, Bai Ji Ejiao Nanchu is famous, and a box is worth a lot of money, Master Fang's eyes lit up, and he thanked him repeatedly.
The atmosphere comes alive.
Zhao Qing took the opportunity to discuss, "My mother is sick, I want to go back to serve her." ”
Filial piety comes first, her mother is sick, and she goes back to serve as a daughter, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break away from the Shen family.
Subconsciously, the old lady would never let go of her who brought great insult to the Shen family so easily.
But if she didn't give it a try, how would she know it wouldn't work?
She looked at Master Fang half coquettishly and half pleadingly.
Against all odds.
As if the blood had been drained, Old Man Fang's face turned pale in an instant.
Zhao Qing's heart sighed.
How?
Is this too much to ask?
Suddenly remembering that in ancient times, men were inferior to women, what were the three outlines and five constants, the water spilled by the married daughter, etc., Zhao Qing subconsciously looked at the old lady.
The old lady's expression was faint, and she couldn't see her emotions.
"Your mother-in-law is not in good health!" The eldest lady's voice was soft and slow, but there was a kind of majesty that could not be disobeyed, "Since the third master passed away, your mother-in-law has been sick. ”
Married to her husband, her mother and mother-in-law are sick at the same time, and she first has to serve in front of her mother-in-law's bed!
His expression changed, and Master Fang sat there without saying a word.
"Does he want to take his daughter back too?" The old lady remembered that it was rumored outside that the old man loved him very much, so she couldn't help frowning, looked at the eldest lady, and didn't speak.
The room fell silent.
Zhao Qing's heart thumped twice.
What do you mean...... She has to stay at her in-law's house to serve her illness?
Knowing that she was unmarried and pregnant, she violated the bottom line of this era and made the Shen family suffer great humiliation, but they still trapped themselves in the Shen family, what did they want to do?
Inexplicably, Zhao Qing's heart was beating for a while.
"I'll just go back and take a look, and I'll be back as soon as I see my mother!" She argued with reason, and followed the conversation, "In the past three days, no one has told me that my second wife is sick, and no one has asked me to go to the second wife's bed to serve, and the maids in the house can't move, and no one even combs my hair in the morning." The tone was full of grievances, and he pointed to the high Mochizuki bun on his head, "I still heard that my father was coming, so I pulled it up." Zhao Qing said, elongating his voice, and his soft tone had a coquettish taste, "Father will let me go back." ”
She must expose the hypocrisy of the Shen family before the old lady's showdown, let him know how unbearable he is in the Shen family, win the sympathy of Master Fang, and gain a chip at the negotiation table with the Shen family.
There was silence in the room.
Whoosh, everyone's eyes were on the old lady.
The old lady looked at the eldest lady in disbelief.
The Shen family has always been kind to people, how could this kind of thing happen?
Because of the controversy over how to deal with her, he temporarily let people confine her, but it was only grounded, and he didn't let the abuse, who gave these people the courage?
This is going to spread out, so where will the Shen family's face go!
Looking at the eldest lady, her gaze gradually sharpened like a blade.
The eldest lady's face turned from red to white, and then to blue and gray, and the little sheep that she thought she was holding casually suddenly showed its extremely sharp fangs, which made her look a kind of panic in her expression.
This, is this still a woman?
I don't know anything about obscurity, and I can even say this kind of thing in public.
A widow with no dowry and no husband. Women, how dare she?
Even if she doesn't want to be decent, doesn't she think about the future?
Aren't you afraid that after Master Fang leaves, he will toss her to death?
Facing a beautiful face in front of her, and her quiet eyes suddenly looked deep in the ancient well, suddenly, the eldest lady found that she couldn't see through the little girl in front of her, who looked less than fourteen years old.
The most shocked was Master Fang, his gaze changed from the old lady to the eldest master, and finally fell on the second master who was silent, "The surname is Shen, what did you say when you asked to hire my daughter?!" ”
When his own daughter was treated like this, Master Fang's eyes were bloodshot in an instant.
The second master is wronged.
He's a big man, who cares about the affairs of the inner house, isn't it just that the maid is disobedient, just change it, as for going back to his parents' house alive or dead?
This girl looks supple, why is she so spicy?
The quarrel is insulting to Sven, the second master has never seen this posture, and his eyes can't help but look at the eldest lady in charge of the feed, hoping that she can take the initiative to take it, apologize to Master Fang, and then replace the disobedient maids in Lijing Pavilion.
Even if it wasn't for her own hints, the maid mother-in-law was disobedient and snubbed off the master, and she, the housewife, was not strict in governing the family, seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on herself, the eldest lady's face was spicy, and she hated that she couldn't get into a crack in the ground.
"The maids of the Shen Mansion have always behaved, how could they do such a bully?" Annoyed and angry, the eldest lady simply turned her heart sideways, "If there is anything that can't be served, it is also because of the misconduct of the third grandmother, and the maid is also disdainful, how can the third grandmother be so alarmist?" Looking at Zhao Qing aggressively, "The third grandmother is purely out of nowhere, reversing right and wrong!" ”
Hmph, one put. How many people believe what an unchaste woman says?
She didn't dare to say it before, but now she dares to guarantee that the people of the entire Lijing Pavilion will not believe her as the first to see her, and let her be a widow who has just entered the door for three days. Can the woman turn the world upside down?
The more I think about it, the more confident I become.
The eldest lady swept away the usual "gentle and virtuous" with a crackling mouth, and the more she spoke, the higher her voice became, and she was three points better than the shrew who scolded the street.
It's just that she is the wife of a big family, and she doesn't have a dirty word in her mouth.
Even the eldest lady herself was complacent, and said secretly, "I have been pressed by the old lady all these years, and today I am finally happy, just think of it as my first fire in charge of the Shen Mansion!" ”
As the eldest lord and the eldest uncle took over the Shen family's industry, the eldest lady's waist also hardened, and she has been thinking about how to give the mansion a dismount these days, so that the people in the old lady's courtyard are also afraid of her.
Unexpectedly, when I was dozing off, someone sent a pillow.
Tansy, who was originally frightened and pale, also straightened her waist, and when she saw the eldest lady making a look, she turned around and slipped out quietly.
Seeing the eldest lady's mouth open and close, Zhao Qing was shocked.
This is her Regency Pavilion.
There are nearly thirty minions up and down here!
How dare she blatantly reverse black and white like this?
Aren't you afraid that you will bring in more than 30 minions of Lijing Pavilion one by one in a fit of anger, and everyone will have a three-class trial in front of the old lady and Master Fang?!