Chapter 183: Old Things
When he arrived in the house, Cheng Enhou looked around and knew that it was very private, so he began to talk in detail.
It turned out that Cheng Enhou's mother died early when he was a child.
In order for his future stepmother not to treat him harshly as the eldest son, his grandparents remarried Mrs. Liu to the daughter of an eight-rank petty official family. It is the old lady of Chengenhou today.
Although the old lady is the daughter of an official family, her mother family is really poor, so her upbringing can only be regarded as average.
However, back then, Mrs. Liu was not a prime minister, but just a five-grade langzhong. It's a stepfamily, so I can't be too strict with the woman's conditions.
When the old lady first passed the door, she was okay with Cheng Enhou.
However, when she had her own child, her mind was naturally biased towards her own child. Especially after having his own man, his heart is even more boundless.
When he was young, Cheng Enhou was very unruly and rebellious for a while because of the old lady's partiality and harshness.
However, after he met Mrs. Chengenhou, he relented. Cheng Enhou's wife, Mu, is the daughter of his mentor.
Although people are good, they are really not the right people.
However, he still insisted on marrying the Mu family, who was not in the right household. After marriage, he also does not take concubines and does not raise a house.
This makes some people envious, and some people jealous.
In this way, under the envious and jealous eyes of everyone, Mrs. Chengenhou gave birth to the eldest son and the second daughter.
When I gave birth to my second daughter, I thought I couldn't have children anymore because I hurt my body. Fortunately, having a son and a daughter is also satisfying.
Unexpectedly, when she was nearly thirty years old, Mrs. Chengenhou gave birth to three sons.
At this moment, Cheng Enhou's family was very happy. However, the old lady Chengenhou and Mrs. Liu San were angry.
The old lady was angry, naturally the more prosperous the long house was, and the less power and property her biological son had in the third room.
Mrs. Liu San was angry, but it was because Master Liu San was used to sleeping in willows. Even the eldest son of the third room is a concubine.
And because of the birth of her eldest son, she was angry and slipped the fetus. After the slippery tire, the body has always been sick and crooked.
Seeing that he lost his child, his body was sick and crooked, and his father was also unlucky.
On the other hand, the long room is harmonious and happy. So, she couldn't help but feel envious and jealous.
But what if it's not pleasing to the eye, what about envy, jealousy and hatred? The long house is still happy and happy.
However, the good times did not last long, and Mrs. Chengenhou's maiden father, because of the affairs in the court, was involved and lost his official position, not to mention, and the whole family was sent to the prison cell.
Just when Mrs. Chengenhou was working hard for her mother's family, her eldest son died of illness again.
Under the double blow, Mrs. Chengenhou fell seriously ill.
Cheng Enhou endured the pain of losing his son, and after he was busy with the funeral of his eldest son, he began to be busy outside for the affairs of his father-in-law's family, so he paid less attention to the house.
But because of this, some people began to have their minds drifting. I just thought that Cheng Enhou was no longer interested in his wife.
At that time, although Mrs. Liu was not yet the prime minister, she was just a household servant from the third grade. But he has risen all the way, and he has already let anyone with a discerning eye know that his official career must be unimpeded.
At that time, Cheng Enhou also went through the imperial examination and entered the Ministry of Officials, although he was only a Langzhong from the fifth grade, but no one dared to underestimate Wenxuan Shilangzhong.
Everyone knows that under the escort of Liu Shilang, Cheng Enhou must also have a bright future.
So, at the Lantern Festival 20 years ago, the nursing mother of the third son of Chang, who was bought and coerced by Mrs. Liusan, took the third son from the official shed on Yongan East Street to the night market in the west of Yongan Bridge at the crowded lantern festival, and handed it over to the abductor who had been bought a long time ago. The abductor was quickly taken out of the capital.
It wasn't until late that the nurse went back to the house and said that the third son had been lost.
Cheng Enhou was naturally furious, and while tying up the nurse and throwing it in the firewood room, he scattered the people in the house to look for it.
Naturally, I didn't find it.
So, Cheng Enhou wanted to report to the official, but Mrs. Liu San obstructed it in every possible way, only saying that if the kidnapper found out and reported to the official, she would harm the child again.
She said it very reasonably, but it frightened everyone for a while.
On the second day, Cheng Enhou continued to send people to search for him, and at the same time interrogated the nurse.
The nurse naturally gritted her teeth, and only said that the third son was stubborn and had to run. She didn't catch up.
While shouting grievances to everyone, she also said that she was willing to accept the punishment. The old lady also interceded with her, saying that no one was at fault.
Cheng Enhou angrily began to use heavy punishment, but the nurse actually hit the wall and committed suicide.
Of course, the nurse was saved.
Seeing that the punishment didn't work, Cheng Enhou, who came back to his senses, secretly reported to the official without telling someone.
Naturally, there are capable officials in the government who are in charge of investigation, and after a few mental tactics and punishments, the nurse opened her mouth and identified Mrs. Liu San.
It turned out that it was the nurse who also saw that Cheng Enhou did not care very much about Mrs. Cheng Enhou, so she thought that Mrs. Hou had fallen out of favor.
In addition, her son committed an accident, so she could only ask the master of the house to help rescue her.
Cheng Enhou is self-reliant, and naturally he will not easily save the minions who commit crimes.
So, Mrs. Liu San asked her to exchange her life for another life. Trade her life for her son's.
The nurse thought about it for a long time and agreed.
So, Mrs. Liu San used the post in the waiter's house to save the slave who committed the crime.
Then the nurse of the third son agreed to the request to take the third son out and hand it over to the kidnapper.
When Mrs. Liu heard that the female dependents in her house were involved, she directly sent the capable official with a sinking face.
When the outsiders left and they were all from her own house, Mrs. Liu San refused to admit it.
However, Mrs. Liu had already deduced from the situation at that time, so she began the punishment of coercion and intimidation.
After all, Mrs. Liu San is a woman in the house, and she is a woman in a mansion with little experience in house fighting. She has bad intentions, but she doesn't have many scheming----- it's just the woman's usual careful thoughts.
As soon as the man in the house intervened, she couldn't hold it. not only admitted what he did, but also recruited the noble girl who colluded with her because of her love for Cheng Enhou.
How angry Cheng Enhou and his wife were, naturally there is no need to say.
However, for the sake of the reputation of the house, Mrs. Liu wanted to hide this inside story.
The two fathers and sons had a big quarrel, and finally hid this ugly thing in the mansion on the condition of saving the life of Mrs. Chengenhou's Yue's family.
However, the Chengenhou couple insisted on punishing Mrs. Liu.
The final result was that Mrs. Liu was given a leave of absence for five things, including no children, no aunt, tongue, jealousy, and bad disease.
I found another family member of the noble girl and explained the situation.
The people of that family are naturally ashamed. So, in a hurry, he married the noble girl far away.
Cheng Enhou and his wife naturally felt that this punishment was not enough. But there was no death---- although it was lost, it may not have been really lost.
Therefore, on the surface, I had to stop there.
Then, the house began to devote itself to finding the third son.
For this reason, after Cheng Enhou took power, he specially looked for many people who were good at investigation to cultivate.
This is also why Liu Wenli's incident last time was investigated in just half a day.
It's just that twenty years, not twenty days, not twenty months, but twenty years.
Over the years, there have been impostors and similar-looking situations, but after layers of verification, they have all turned into disappointment.
In these successive years of various famines, coupled with banditry and so on, the real third son has not been found.
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