83 Reparation
Sang Zhuan Yue asked a little worriedly, "You came here to look for me, is there something wrong?" If there is something important, you ask the little maid to run an errand and say something, and it will be the same when I go to the Hou Mansion to see you. You are an old man, how can you bother to come and see me in person? ”
Sang twisted the moon and chattered finely, his eyes full of helplessness and concern. When the old lady saw it, she sighed even more in her heart.
Don't blame her for turning her elbow outward, not feeling sorry for her daughter-in-law, but feeling sorry for Sang Xuanyue, a little girl who has no relatives and no reason. It is really more people than people have to die, and goods have to be thrown away.
Let's just say that Zhou Baolu has also bowed down in front of her, and there is never a shortage of all kinds of teasing. But those cares are all full of calculation and hypocrisy, and the old lady is old and fine, and she can see it at a glance.
On the other hand, Sang Xuanyue's words were sincere and moving, and her eyes were so pure and sincere. The old lady likes such a clean and transparent girl the most. Compared with his own bad daughter-in-law, he thinks that Sang is better.
At this time, the old lady regretted it, why didn't you say that San Lang asked to marry at the beginning was not twisting the moon? Although the two are cousins, their temperaments are very different. At the beginning, if San Lang was the child who asked to marry the moon, she would have agreed to take a bite, and now their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must be like a mother and daughter.
It's a pity, how can there be so many things taken for granted in the world?
The old lady didn't say anything official, and took Sang Twisting Yue's hand and went straight to the point. She sighed: "Child, these days have been wronged, right? ”
This topic is obviously somewhat taboo, and it is obviously not something that people can listen to casually. Mama Cui is empathetic, and even if she takes the maids of the Hou Mansion out. Even with Su Jin and Su Xin, although they were not worried about Sang Twisting the Moon, they all followed out in a proper manner.
There were only these two people left in the flower hall, and the old lady opened the topic.
"Da Lang told me everything last night, twisting the moon, that thing wronged you, right? You say you're a kid, you've suffered such a big loss, why don't you know about the complaint? As long as you can have more eyes and can show two points in front of me, I will not let you be wronged until now. Child, you can't be too dead-eyed. If you are wronged, you have to say that only children who can cry can eat candy. If you don't say anything and don't make trouble, no one will know your grievances, no one will feel sorry for you, and no one will seek justice for you. ”
The old lady's eyes were red as she spoke, she looked at the dark circles under Sang Xuanyue's eyes, and then looked at her emaciated body, the old lady felt pitiful in her heart. It must be because of what happened before, this child is very scared, so he still has nightmares and can't sleep well at night.
The old lady became more and more distressed, so she told her what San Lang had done yesterday.
As soon as Sang Xuanyue heard the old lady mention the events of that day, her whole body tensed uncontrollably. She didn't know how far the old lady knew, so she was a little worried. However, Shen Tingjun would not be shameless when he thought about it, and told the old lady about his sacrifice to save her.
She put down her heart, and suddenly heard the old lady say that Zhou Baolu was disposed of.
Sang Xuanyue raised her head in surprise, she didn't expect Zhou Baolu to really get retribution. Although this retribution is like child's play, it is only a year of cultivation. But the length of time is not the key issue at all, the most critical thing is that this punishment was made by Shen Tinglan, which attracted Sang Xuanyue's attention the most.
Sang Xuanyue has been in the Hou Mansion for so long, how can she not see that Zhou Baolu is most nervous and concerned about Shen Tinglan. Whether she really loves Shen Tinglan or doesn't want to lose the name of the third lady of the Hou Mansion. In the end, all her honor and disgrace are tied to Shen Tinglan. Now that she can be said to be disgusted by Shen Tinglan, can she still be her Houfu lady so at ease after that?
No way.
The depressed breath in Sang Yueyue's heart suddenly vented, and the whole person was much more relaxed at this time.
When the old lady saw her "decadent" appearance, she mistakenly thought it was lost and dazed.
She also knew that just sending the Zhou family to the family temple for cultivation really couldn't be regarded as a punishment. It's like thinking about it behind closed doors, it's just for the sake of a small punishment and a big commandment. But according to Zhou's temperament, even if she cultivates for a year, she will not repent, but may increase her viciousness and dissatisfaction, and turn around to remember her hatred on Sang Xuanyue, I am afraid that she will retaliate against her even more frantically.
But with her watching this time, she won't let the Zhou family hurt the moon.
There was a decision in her heart, but the old lady was still very ashamed when she faced Sang Twisting the Moon. She said in a bitter voice: "I have never done anything in my life that is not right to people, I have always acted upright, sat up straight, and never dared to say anything to people." But in this matter, for the sake of the reputation of the Hou Mansion for a hundred years, I am biased towards the Zhou family, and I can't give you a satisfactory explanation. ”
Sang Twisted Yue said in a hoarse voice, "I know your difficulties, don't think about it anymore, this is already good, it is really good." ”
"You girl, you're just too kind-hearted. I've only done so much, and I haven't been able to make up for the damage done to you, so you don't ask for anything, you don't want anything, why are you so easy to talk to. ”
Seeing the old lady's tears, Sang Xuanyue couldn't help but say, "Let the past pass, I'll be fine now." Don't take this matter to heart, it's Zhou Baolu's fault, not yours. Don't feel guilty, that's the end of it. ”
"Prince Nasu ......"
The old lady didn't want to mention this annoying old prince. Half of the neck is buried in the soil, Prince Su is really old-hearted, and he wants to try anything. But the result of the trial was that he caused such a big disaster, and he patted his ass again and walked away like a child.
But fortunately, Da Lang gave him a big lesson. Prince Su's body has been hollowed out over the years. After falling into the water, I was frightened and cold, and I heard that I have been very quiet these days.
It was the first time that Sang Xuanyue knew that Prince Su had been thrown into the river.
Anyway, she likes the news.
But then again, Xu had never seen Prince Su from beginning to end, and Sang Xuanyue's dislike for him was not as great as Zhou Baolu. She's just a little disgusted with such a royal relative. The corpse is vegetarian and misbehaving, and he is talking about people like him.
But now that he has also learned the lesson, her heart has calmed down, and both sides have disappeared.
As soon as Sang Xuanyue said this, the old lady felt more and more ashamed of her kindness and generosity.
But Prince Su is really not something that the Marquis of Wu'an can deal with if he wants to. His status advantage made him naturally occupy a high position, and he was calculated to make Emperor Longqing think that there were courtiers who were dissatisfied with the imperial power.
Offending Prince Su is a small matter, but not respecting the imperial power is a big matter.
The old lady vaguely conveyed this meaning to Sang Twisting Yue, and Sang Twisting Yue bowed her head and said: "I understand, you have done everything you can for me, I only have gratitude, where will I not be satisfied?" ”
The old lady patted her hand and said meaningfully, "Wait patiently, Da Lang will give you justice." It's just that the time is not right now, so be patient and wait. ”
The old lady suddenly mentioned Shen Tingjun, and Sang Twisted Yue became uncomfortable again.
She remembered the cold back of the man when he left last night.
He should be very angry and disheartened with her, where would he get involved in her affairs?
But if he didn't say what he had done, how did she know that he was angry for her?
When Sang Xuanyue was thinking about it, the old lady mentioned it again, "I brought you something." ”
When Sang Xuanyue heard this, she remembered what Su Jin had asked the little maid to bring before, and Su Jin said that the old lady Xu had come to take a concubine for the Hou Ye.
She was like a lightning strike, and she stood in place for a long time without relieving herself. But when she came back to her senses, she felt that this was definitely not the case.
Combined with all Shen Tingjun's previous actions, he informed Shen Tinglan of the matter. Shen Tinglan has read the books of sages for so many years, so he naturally will not tolerate such a wife who has done a lot of evil. It must have been him who took action to alarm the old lady, so the old lady should have learned the whole story and came to make amends.
The old lady really mentioned that she brought a lot of things for her to use, and she should be regarded as the Hou Mansion to make amends for her sins.
Sang Xuanyue resolutely refused.
As soon as she entered, she saw a pile of boxes under the eaves of the door. Those boxes look very expensive, there are huanghuali, rosewood, sour branch wood.
The box is just the outer packaging, it looks so high-grade, and the things there must be more expensive.
There was no merit, and Sang Twisting Yue never dared to accept these things.
But the old lady also said, "I feel sorry for you and feel guilty." Now you can't do something against it, but you can only compensate for it with some playthings? Don't you even accept these? Or do you still blame me in your heart, so you don't even want to look at my things? ”
"What do you keep talking about?" Sang Xuanyue sighed helplessly, "Don't poke my heart, I only have respect for you, and I have never held a grudge." Things have nothing to do with you, but you have to run around for it, and I feel uncomfortable in my eyes. Don't persuade me, I'll just take it. ”
After all, under the old lady's eager gaze, Sang Xuanyue opened her mouth to accept the things.
As soon as she said this, the old lady seemed to have unloaded a burden, and her spirit was visibly much better.
The old lady is old, her face is sallow, and now her eyelids are weakly drooping down, and the whole person looks very depressed and tired.
Sang Xuanyue naturally knew that the old lady should have been tormented all night and didn't sleep well. She said, "Are you sleepy?" Would you like to take a break in your room? ”
The old lady wanted to say "no", and the first time she came to the door to rest in someone's guest room, it was too unsophisticated. But before the words could be spoken, the old lady couldn't help but yawn loudly.
Sang Twisted Yue hurriedly persuaded again, "Shall I help you go and rest for a while?" When you sleep, I'll be there for you. When you wake up later, you want to come home from school. You haven't seen Qing'er for a long time, and Qing'er misses you too, so can you stay in the house for a while? ”
After all, the old lady yawned and said "yes".
Because the matter in her heart was over, the old lady's spirit relaxed. On the way to the guest room, the old man yawned frequently, and the tears in the corners of his eyes fell uncontrollably.
This is naturally a bit of a gaffe, so Mama Cui said for the old lady, "The old lady didn't close her eyes all night." ”
"I know, the old lady is thinking about me." Sang Xuanyue joked: "The old lady feels sorry for me, and now it is my turn to do my filial piety to the old man." I'll accompany the old lady later, you can't grab it with me. ”
Cui Mama smiled and said, "Don't rob, don't rob." ”
The old lady's head touched the pillow, and the person fell asleep.
Sang Xuanyue fulfilled his promise, and really moved a small stool over, holding a book and looking at it gently, while patiently guarding the bedside.
Soon it was time for lunch, and Sang Xuanyue went out of the room.
In the afternoon, Sang Zhuyue had the heart to wake up the old lady, but Cui Mama said: "Let the old lady sleep for a while, the old lady hasn't slept enough, I'm afraid that I will have a headache when I wake up." ”
"If you go to sleep any longer, you'll be able to sleep at night."
"No problem." Cui Mama said happily: "At night, I will accompany the old lady to touch the cards for a while, and I can fall asleep after staying up." ”
"That's fine."
In this way, the old lady began to fall asleep from nearly noon, and did not wake up until it was almost dark.
Seeing that it was time for dinner, Sang Xuanyue and Mama Cui discussed and prepared to wake up the old lady.
At this time, there was movement at the door, and a little maid ran over and said in a panic: "Hou, Wu'an Hou has come to pick up the old lady and go home." ”
Shen Tingjun only learned that his mother went out early in the morning after returning home, and she has not come back yet.
It was also thanks to Mama Cui that she sent a letter to the mansion in advance, saying that the old lady was on the side of the Sang Mansion, otherwise the entire Wu'an Hou Mansion would be in trouble.
Because he knew that the old lady was in the Mulberry Mansion, Shen Tingjun didn't stop when he entered the Hou Mansion, and he came directly here as soon as his footsteps turned.
Sang Xuanyue and Mama Cui greeted Shen Tingjun at the door of the flower hall, and Mama Cui hurriedly took a few steps forward to greet her. Even if Sang Xuanyue was a little reluctant, he didn't want people to see anything strange in front of the public.
She also stepped forward and saluted, and then after Shen Tingjun called "get up", she retreated to Cui Mama's side, lowered her head and listened to Shen Tingjun and Cui Mama talking, but she herself didn't say a word.
During this period, she couldn't help but look up at him a few times, but every time she only saw him talking patiently with Mama Cui, and her eyes didn't sweep to her at all.
Mama Cui told the old lady that she was asleep in the guest room, and Shen Tingjun bowed her head slightly and asked Mama Cui to wake up her mother. He added, "If you go to sleep any longer, you'll really get sleep at night." ”
Mama Cui smiled and said, "I was about to go over with Twisted Yue, but it happened that the Hou Ye came over." The Hou Ye sat down in the flower hall first, and I and Twist Yue went to call the old lady to get up. ”
"Go ahead."
Shen Tingjun sat down in the flower hall, and Sang Xuanyue followed Mama Cui to the guest room.
Obviously it was her home, but at this time, she didn't seem to know the way, like a marionette, she could only rely on instinct, stiffened and followed behind Mama Cui.
At this time, Sang Xuanyue had no time to think about it, why didn't his brother come back so late? And today's dishes don't know if they are to the old lady's appetite.
Her attention was all drawn away by the people in the flower hall.
She could clearly feel that Shen Tingjun was looking at her at this time. This made her feel like she was on her back, and she couldn't even walk.
The old lady slept for nearly three hours.
Because she slept for a long time and slept well, she swept away her previous decadence, and her whole person was radiant, and even her complexion was ruddy.
Seeing this, Mama Cui quipped, "It seems that it is better to twist the moon, and the shelf bed is good." I think you're better off here than resting in our house, otherwise you'll live here in the future, right? ”
The old lady has the spirit and the strength to joke with Mama Cui. I heard her say, "That's not going to work." It's not easy to be in charge of the house, and I came over suddenly, didn't I put a layer of elders on top of her head? It's not so pleasant, I'd better continue to bother my sons. ”
Several people laughed.
Sang Xuanyue's smile was a little far-fetched, she was still thinking about Shen Tingjun.
But when she heard the old lady's words of self-disgust, she couldn't help but cheer up and said, "If you like it, you will come and walk around often in the future." If you decide to stay here, I'll only be happier. It is said that there is an old man, if there is a treasure. Qing'er and I don't have any serious elders above, if you can live in this mansion and take care of us, we won't be happy. ”
"That's not going to work either. Although your brothers and sisters are young, you don't have to worry about it much, unlike those in the Hou Mansion. The old lady had a headache at the mention of her two sons. The eldest son would fool him, go on a blind date and never go again, and the younger son would be blind and marry such a woman. Now that the Zhou family has been disposed of, but Rongan is crying and shouting for his mother, and the entire third room is in a mess.
She had to hurry back to clean up the aftermath of the third room, and she had to hurry up and say that Da Lang would go on a blind date.
Obviously, the two sons are much older than the Sang family siblings, but none of them are reliable, and now the old lady is angry when she mentions it.
Angry, the old lady suddenly heard Mama Cui say: "I can't let the Hou Ye hear this, the Hou Ye has come to pick you up in person, and you are waiting in the flower hall." Hou Ye is filial, but you dislike Hou Ye here, if Hou Ye knows, he is in a hurry to leave you here and go home, what do you say? ”
"Da Lang is here? Ouch, why didn't you say it sooner? ”
The old lady didn't care about fighting with Mama Cui anymore, so she dressed neatly and washed up, and went to the flower hall in the front yard with Sang Twisting Yue's support.
At this time, Qing'er had already returned.
He chatted with a new classmate for a while today, and who knew that it would be almost dark when he came back to his senses. Qing'er was worried that her sister was worried about herself, so she trotted back to the Hou Mansion, but saw an unexpected person in the flower hall.
He was said by Hou Ye because of his recklessness and late return, and then he was tested by Hou Ye for school knowledge, and the whole person was like a great enemy, and he couldn't speak.
Now that she saw her sister and the old lady coming, Qing'er seemed to see a savior, and she came over to call someone when she was busy.
Shen Tingjun saw Qing'er slipping away as if he had fled, and couldn't help frowning slightly. Why, is he scary?
Because dinner was ready, Sang Xuanyue and Mama Cui had already discussed it and let the old lady have dinner before leaving. Now Shen Tingjun is here, but he just adds an extra pair of chopsticks, and everyone is still eating at the Mulberry House.
The dinner was made according to the old lady's taste, and the old lady used it very happily. When Qing'er was growing her body, she ate a lot. Even Shen Tingjun used two bowls of rice.
If there are still people on the table who don't know the taste, then there is no doubt that it is Sang Twisting the Moon.
She sat between Shen Tingjun and Qing'er, because the dining table was a round table, which meant that she and Shen Tingjun sat next to each other.
Xu is a private relationship between the two. Love, Xu broke up unhappily last night. Sang Twisting Yue was very difficult to hold back after seeing Shen Tingjun, occasionally the two had eyes intersecting, or the chopsticks touched, Sang Twisting Yue was at a loss, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
She used every meal very anxiously, and even when she echoed and laughed, she seemed reluctant.
When everyone finished eating and put down the chopsticks, the old lady realized that she had only eaten half a bowl of rice. I couldn't help but say to her, "I don't know when your problem of eating less will change." You are young, but you eat less than me, and in the long run, your well-cultivated body will deteriorate again. ”
Qing'er saw her sister's stunned face, and hurriedly relieved her sister, "Sister, I just ate less today, and I used to use a bowl of rice." Don't worry, old lady, I'm guarding my sister, and I won't let my sister lose her body. ”
"Well, you're a good boy." The old lady actually wanted to ask Sang Twisting the Moon, why did she use so little today? Do you feel hungry when you haven't arrived? Or is it because today's dinner only cares about her old woman's taste, but doesn't treat her very much, so she eats less?
But now it's getting dark, and if you don't go back to Fuli Erlang and Saburo, you should be in a hurry. The old lady was also worried about Rong An, so she didn't say anything, got up and walked out.
When she arrived at the gate, the old lady repeated a few words of advice to Sang Yue. There is one meaning in and out of the words, if someone bullies her, don't hold back and keep squeaking. You can talk to her about anything. Although she can't afford to offend the emperor's relatives and relatives, the rest of the nobles in the capital are all unscrupulous.
Sang Xuanyue should get down, and watched the old lady's carriage and Shen Tingjun's figure riding a horse go away, and then returned to the house.
When she arrived in the backyard and there were no other people around, Su Xin said: "The old lady let the girl be bullied and spoke out boldly, but I don't know that the most ruthless thing about bullying the girl now is her good husband." ”
Sang Xuanyue's footsteps froze in place, and his face was strange. Su Jin slapped Su Xin on the arm, "Die, you dare to say anything." ”
"Then I'm not wrong, didn't I feel wronged for the girl." Su Xin became angry again as she spoke, "What's going on now?" The girl is the ...... of the Hou Ye."
I wanted to say "outer room", but when I looked up, I saw that the girl's face was pale and pale, compared with the moon today.
She was distressed at that time, and quickly tightened her mouth and stopped talking.
But Su Xin worries about the girl from the bottom of his heart.
The girl doesn't want to be a concubine, but how much better is the outer room than a concubine?
But Hou Ye is not something they can refuse if they want to.
That kind of arrogant son of heaven comes and goes freely, only he dislikes the girl and leaves the girl's share. The girl's refusal seemed to him to be insatiable, calculating, or trying to get away with it.
In short, it's not a good word.
And they can't afford Wu Anhou's anger at all, so in other words, they still have to let the girl continue to be wronged.