Madam Sheng said with hidden anger.
The unrelated servants quickly slipped out of the yard and hid far away.
Hearing the sound, County Magistrate Sheng Hong hurriedly raised his head, walked into the yard with a face full of shame, and bowed.
"Mother. Miss Lin and I"
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Sheng said sternly
"shut up."
Sheng Hong shuddered.
As she spoke, the capable maid behind Old Madam Sheng had already walked to the side of the unconscious woman in red, preparing to drag her to the side yard.
Sheng Hong's eyes became hot and he knelt on the ground.
"Mother, please spare her life. She is already pregnant with my child."
Madam Sheng was furious and raised her hand to slap Sheng Hong, but her hand stopped in mid-air.
Perhaps the twenty years of marriage had tempered her temper, and she swallowed her anger and said calmly:
"The Wang family is a family of noble character and esteemed men for generations. Now that you have passed the imperial examination, the Wang family is willing to marry their second daughter to you. Do you know how great a favor this is?"
"Mother, I swear here that I will only have Miss Lin as my concubine in this life. I will not have any other. Please, please, mother, grant this wish."
As he said this, he bowed his head and knelt on the ground.
Old Madam Sheng looked at her illegitimate son kneeling on the ground and closed her eyes. Madam Fang hurriedly stood behind her to support him.
"Girl, don't be too angry. It's not good for your health."
Sheng Hong knelt on the ground, looking intently at the cracks between the bricks. He didn't know how long it had been.
When his knees were aching, his stepmother said calmly:
"You're the head of the family, so you decide for yourself. You're truly a good son to your father!!! Humph!"
As she spoke, Madam Sheng flicked her sleeves and walked into the house in the courtyard.
Looking at Wang who was crying in the room, he sighed.
"Hualan will be raised by me from now on. Don't think too much about Bo Ge'er being the legitimate son. It's normal for a man to have concubines."
"Mother, my father died in office, and the emperor granted him a place in the imperial temple. I thought the Sheng family was a noble family, but I didn't expect Lin Qinshuang to be so despicable. She said she was discussing poetry with the emperor, but who knew she was seducing him?"
"As a legitimate mother, you also have the responsibility to expand the family. When Lin Qinshuang gives birth to a child, you will raise it under your lap. Concubines are nothing more than servants."
"Mother, I don't want that bitch's child"
"Hualan, would you like to live with your grandmother from now on?" Old Madam Sheng ignored her daughter-in-law and turned to her granddaughter Hualan.
The little girl glanced at her mother and nodded.
The little boy in Wang's arms wiped his mother's tears with his hands. Wang looked at her son and buried her head in tears.
"Why is my life so miserable?"
The little boy in his arms was very sensible and said in a baby voice, "Mom, don't cry."
Old Madam Sheng hugged Hualan. Seeing such a sensible grandson, she remembered something and her eyes suddenly turned red. She turned her head and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
"If you really feel bad, just blame me. Blame me for being so kind and helping a woman like this."
night.
Lin Qinshuang knelt on the ground in the main courtyard and offered a cup of tea to Wang. Later, when she wanted to pay her respects to Old Madam Sheng, she was stopped by the housekeeper at the door.
Lin Qinshuang, standing at the gate, said with an apologetic look on her face and tears in her eyes, "Old Madam, are you disgusted with me?"
"The old lady said that your fate with her is over. Don't come to her yard anymore."
After saying that, he ignored her and closed the gate.
Lin Qinshuang stared blankly at the closed door. After a while, she turned around. There was no apology on her face and no tears in her eyes.
Her eyebrows moved, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, but she was full of pride.
Then he left humming a little tune.
Shouantang,
In the yard, Hualan had already returned to Wang's room to sleep.
Kneeling on the cushion in the Buddhist temple, old lady Sheng's eyes were filled with tears.
She thought of her own son, who was as sensible as Changbai, but who knew that he was poisoned by the concubine.
"Girl, there's a letter from Wei Ge'er." Mother Fang's voice came
Old Madam Sheng wiped her tears with her handkerchief, then stood up and went to the outer room.
Sheng Wei is the son of Madam Sheng's sister-in-law and the son of Madam Sheng Da.
Now Sheng Hong is in the officialdom and Sheng Wei is in the business world, supporting each other. Sheng Wei was able to make money in business thanks to Old Madam Sheng who upheld justice for his family and prevented his eldest wife's property and shops from being swallowed up by others. Therefore, Sheng Wei respected this aunt very much.
The two families often exchanged letters.
Mother Fang handed the letter to Old Madam Sheng, who read it carefully by candlelight.
Her adopted family had been distant from her ever since she rejected the concubine's daughter from her hometown in Daizhou and they had less contact for nearly ten years (when the third place winner died, the old lady's parents were still alive).
If we continue like this, we will be considered to have severed the relationship and become strangers, and we won't mention this relationship when we talk.
The last time Sheng Wei got into trouble, the Sun family did help, and the old lady only sent a gift on the old lady's birthday.
However, she did not express any opinion about her mother's family, the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.
The letter from Sheng Wei was about things in Beijing. In Beijing, there was a handkerchief of Madam Sheng, who was in the hands of Madam Yu, who was from the family of the Grand Tutor.
The Cao and Sun families were the empress and the government officials in Bianjing;
So the Sheng family's business grew bigger and bigger, and Sheng Hong's family got a lot of dividends.
Sheng Wei knew that his aunt loved polo, so he specially sent six good horses to Nan'an.
Old Mrs. Sheng was satisfied with her nephew. Sheng Wei had a more miserable childhood than Sheng Hong, so he became more sensible when he grew up.
At the same time, Sheng Hong's promotion was almost finalized, and Sheng Wei's letter also made the old lady aware of the situation.
The old lady lit the letter about Sheng Hong's promotion and placed it in the brazier.
Madam Fang, who was standing by, looked at Old Madam Sheng and said softly, "Young lady, I think Hong'er cares about the reputation of the Sheng family and his own career. Don't be too angry."
"From now on, the food in the courtyard should be lighter. I was too safe and sound, and I didn't even notice someone had blindfolded me! Daddy said that this would cause a big disaster."
The old lady continued, "Brother Hong and his wife will never be the same again.
Also, let’s build a small kitchen in the Shou’an Hall courtyard tomorrow so he doesn’t have to see his concubine every day while eating.”
After saying that, he shook his head.
"Yes, girl."
In the brazier, the letter was burned to ashes.
Time flies by like a white horse,
Eight months later, Sheng Hong, the magistrate of Nan'an County, had a illegitimate son named Changfeng.
Less than half a month later, the old lady of the Wang family sent a middle-aged woman named Liu. If Xu Zaijing knew about this, he would definitely say that this was the external brain of Madam Wang of the Sheng family and the strongest assistant.
There was also a woman named Wei Shuyi traveling with them. She was the daughter of a scholar and was very beautiful. She was married off by Wang and became Sheng Hong's second concubine.
Originally, Sheng Hong refused, but after meeting Wei Shuyi, he said nothing and stayed in Wei's room the next day.
One day, everyone went to pay their respects to Old Madam Sheng. Seeing the girl from the Wei family who was outstanding in appearance but had calm eyes, Old Madam Sheng asked her to serve by her side and learn the etiquette.
The new sun replaces the old moon in the sky,
Bianjing,
Before dawn, this extremely grand city began to wake up, and all kinds of noises began to be heard.
When the sky brightens,
Quyuan Street,
Yongyi Marquis Mansion,
In the open space outside the stable, a somewhat scary-looking groom was instructing Xu Zaijing in practicing a set of spear techniques, and the look of satisfaction in his one eye was about to overflow.
Because he, the disciple who was not a master and apprentice in name but was in reality a master and apprentice, was really too sensible. Not only did he have outstanding comprehension, he was also a rare person who could endure hardships. What's even better was that he was born with supernatural powers.
Before he fell into trouble, he was insightful and careful in dealing with people and things, but unfortunately he could not pass the test of the beauty who could make him lose his bones.
A big business deal was tripped up by someone, and not only did he lose all his wealth, he almost lost his life.
If it weren't for his outstanding martial arts skills and his extra precautions, he would have already become a dead skeleton on the roadside.
Although he did not die on the spot, he himself was seriously injured.
The person who saved his life was Xu Minghua, the Marquis of Yongyi, whom he met by chance in the capital.
He has made up his mind to repay Xu Minghua for saving his life and promising to help him with revenge with the rest of his life.
He was disabled and his martial arts skills were only one tenth of what they were, but fortunately he had the art of horse judging in his mind, which prevented him from being a useless person.
He wanted to teach Xu Zaijing all the skills that even Xu Minghua admired without reservation.
Therefore, he was very strict with Xu Zaijing and would correct him several times if his movements were not standard.