Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 253 Seek justice for my husband-in-law
Cui Jie has always been a good girl since she was a child.

The image of a good girl is in line with the expectations of the upbringing of the aristocratic family. The girls from the aristocratic family must be gentle and quiet, well-educated and courteous.

The meaning of "gentle and demure" does not mean that a woman must have no talent or virtue, and obey and cater to her father, brother and husband in every way.In fact, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not advocate that women must lower their eyebrows and be pleasing to the eye, as they have no talent or virtue.

For example, in the "Book of Jin" written by Fang Xuanling himself, there is a special article "Biography of Lie Nu", which lists ancient female figures, such as Yin Shi, the queen of King Wu Zhao, Xin Shi, wife of Yang Dan, etc. These women are wise, resourceful and talented, and they are not inferior to men.

At the beginning of Fang Xuanling's biography of women, she made it very clear that she hoped that women all over the world would take the characters in biographies of women as models and learn from them.

Fang Xuanling's words are the real mainstream values ​​of the Tang Dynasty today. Women are not without status, it is purely a misunderstanding of later generations.

This has nothing to do with Empress Wu turning the sky. Before Empress Wu turned the sky, the status of women in the Tang Dynasty was not low.

As for the "three obediences and four virtues" advocated thousands of years later, the so-called literati of later generations deliberately distorted the traditional customs of the previous dynasty, until the whip dynasty finally became more and more perverted, even requiring women to bind their feet.

Civilization is not always progressing.Especially after barbarians destroy advanced civilizations.

The same is true of Cui Jie's education from childhood to adulthood. Her gentleness and quietness are due to her upbringing, but it is definitely not her nature.

The aristocratic family's upbringing of their daughter is not to cultivate her into a body that is always low-browed and obedient, and the aristocratic family hopes that she will be strong when training a woman.

Today, Cui Jie is finally strong.The strong target is her natal family.

When hundreds of farmers surrounded her and came to the Cui family's ancestral house outside Qingzhou City, there was a panic inside and outside the ancestral house.

It wasn't until the servants at the door saw clearly that the person in charge was the young lady who had been away from home for a year, that the panic in the ancestral house quickly subsided.

Soon someone hurriedly reported to the head of the family, Cui Linqian, and outside the gate, the old butler of the Cui family came up to greet her, snotting and tearing down the young lady for being ruthless and unreasonable, she left so resolutely that she didn't even want to leave her home.

In front of the old housekeeper who took care of her since she was a child, Cui Jie's eyes were red, and she almost shed tears when she thought of all the difficult life in the past year.

Soon Cui Linqian came out in person. Seeing Cui Jie standing outside the door, Cui Linqian's eyes were also red, and he raised his feet to meet him, but when he thought of his daughter leaving without saying goodbye a year ago, he suddenly became angry again and hummed heavily. With a cry, he stood at the door and stared at her motionlessly.

With the appearance of Cui Linqian, Cui Jie finally couldn't bear it any longer. Tears flowed down her cheeks. She bowed down to Cui Linqian and cried, "My unfilial daughter, Cui Jie, pay my respects to my lord father."

Cui Linqian said angrily: "Why are you still coming back? This old man has long regarded you as my daughter!"

Cui Jie lowered her head and wept, "Daughter knows I was wrong, please forgive my father."

Seeing Cui Jie's aggrieved and crying appearance, Cui Linqian's anger immediately disappeared a lot.

No matter in ancient or modern times, when a daughter made a mistake, she always seemed to be easily forgiven by her father. If it was Cui Sheng, he would have become a disabled person at about this moment.

In fact, Cui Linqian had already forgiven her. As early as when Cui Jie and Cong Shuang lived in Ganjingzhuang for a long time, the Cui family had already found out the whereabouts of the two masters and servants. Let her have more contact with Li Qinzai, so she pretended not to know.

"Going home suddenly today, why didn't you come in? How decent is it to stand outside the door!" Cui Linqian still held his father's majestic airs, looked up at the farmers behind Cui Jie, and said puzzledly: "These things you brought person is……"

Cui Jie still knelt and did not move, but her tone gradually became indifferent: "Daughter came home today, one is to meet and apologize to father, and the other is to seek justice for my future husband-in-law!"

Cui Linqian was taken aback, and his expression suddenly became very strange: "You come to your own home...to seek justice for your future husband-in-law?"

The logic is a bit confusing, and Cui Linqian is still trying to digest the complicated information in this sentence.

"Why did Jie'er say that?"

Cui Jie stared at the door of Cui's house, and said coldly: "The new lady who is the successor of my father, may I let my daughter see it?"

Cui Linqian said dissatisfiedly: "After being away from home for a year, she has become more and more unruly. Even though she is your stepmother, you should still call her 'mother'."

Cui Jie smiled: "I'd better let my daughter see her before we talk about it."

Cui Linqian gave her a strange look. He suddenly realized that his daughter was very different from a year ago, and he couldn't tell what had changed.

"Come on, let's go first." Cui Linqian greeted: "After visiting your stepmother, I happened to tell you about your wedding date with the fifth young man of the Li family. There is a great Confucian in the family who is good at counting, and he has already calculated an auspicious day for you, old man A letter has been sent to the British public..."

Unexpectedly, Cui Jie stood at the door without moving, the smile on her face was very stiff: "No, I also ask my lord father to invite the new lady out, and my daughter will meet outside the door."

Cui Linqian's expression became serious.

He finally realized how different his daughter was.

I haven't seen her in a year, but today's Cui Jie has a sharp edge, like a knife out of its sheath.

"Jie'er, what's going on? Mrs. Wang has provoked the young man from the Li family again?" Cui Linqian asked in a deep voice.

Cui Jie sighed: "My lord father is in charge of Qingzhou's Cui family, and someone in the family is cheating. This time, it has gone too far to even murder your son-in-law..."

Cui Linqian was taken aback, and his face suddenly became ugly.

After being silent for a while, Cui Linqian turned his head and said, "Madam, please come to the door right away, immediately!"

Not long after, Cui Wang walked out the door surrounded by several servants.

Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first.

"Worthy of being a daughter of an aristocratic family. After going home with great difficulty, the elders are required to greet her in person. The Cui family's upbringing is quite different from other aristocratic families."

After the words fell, Cui Wang stepped out of the gate.She was wearing a palace dress, her hair was in a bun, and surrounded by her servants, she showed her grace and demeanor. Apart from being beautiful, she was also somewhat domineering.

Cui Jie raised her eyes and looked at this so-called stepmother whom she had never met.

Cui Wangshi was also looking at her, seeing that Cui Jie was young and beautiful, her pretty face without makeup was beyond the beauty of the world, Cui Wangshi's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of jealousy.

When a woman is jealous of another woman, it is first of all out of self-ashamedness.

One is the fading youth, and the other is the proud daughter of heaven. Even if there is no grievance, it is doomed not to get along well.

Cui Jie looked directly into Cui Wang's eyes, but she didn't move her body, she didn't intend to salute her stepmother at all.

Cui Linqian stood aside with a frosty face.

From the few words of his daughter, he has realized that his new wife may have done something evil without telling him.

After a long silence, Cui Wangshi sneered: "I have already personally greeted my stepmother, and I am still waiting for my daughter to salute her stepmother. Husband, the upbringing of the younger generation must not be neglected, otherwise the Cui family will lose face when they go out."

Cui Linqian remained silent with a cold face.

Cui Wangshi finally realized that the atmosphere was not right, and when she looked at Cui Jie's eyes, she was shocked.

This is not the expression and eyes that the younger generation should have when seeing the elders, it is clearly an enemy meeting each other, and they are extremely jealous.

After a long time, Cui Linqian looked at Mrs. Wang, and suddenly said: "Last time you sent your servants to Weinan County without authorization and were rude to my daughter. The old man has already said, don't make an exception."

Cui Wang's face was ugly, and she tried to squeeze out a smile: "Yes, the concubine has made a mistake last time."

"You know you made a mistake, but you don't correct it? Do you think this old man is easy to fool?" Cui Linqian stared at her coldly.

The powerful and fierce aura made Cui Wang's color change suddenly, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

"My concubine... I don't understand what my husband said. After I made a mistake last time, I have been keeping myself safe and have not done anything to apologize to my husband or to the Cui family..."

Cui Jie, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. I'm coming back today. I should see you as a junior, but your heart is as vicious as a snake. I really can't wrong myself to salute..."

Cui Wang was taken aback for a moment, and then became angry from embarrassment: "Cui Jie, what do you mean by saying that?"

Cui Jie stared at her, and said calmly: "Wang Cong'an of Chang'an City has been taken down by Baiqisi, and he has done everything."

Cui Wang was shocked, and his face turned pale instantly.

Cui Linqian was puzzled and said: "Jie'er, what happened?"

Cui Jie said: "A few days ago, Li Qinzai was assassinated in Ganjingzhuang. Does father know about this?"

Cui Linqian nodded: "I heard, fortunately, there was no danger, but what the old man heard was the work of the Tang envoy who was stranded in Chang'an, isn't it right?"

Cui Jie stared at Wang, and said with a sneer: "It was done by sending Tang envoys, but someone secretly instigated them, and even sent a dead man from the family. Wang Shi from Taiyuan is very skilled and courageous! That dead man is very skilled, My future husband-in-law almost died under the knife of a slayer, it's just... just a short line!"

"If I don't seek justice for my husband and son-in-law today, the Wang family in Taiyuan will think that the Cui family is the slave meat of Ren Er's deceit and humiliation!"

Cui Linqian understood everything, and his eyes suddenly burst into overwhelming anger. He stared at Wang's pale cheeks and said coldly, "You did it?"

Wang's body trembled, and she shook her head subconsciously: "How can my husband suspect the relationship between you and me because of outsiders' words?"

Cui Linqian said angrily: "Jie'er is my daughter, is she an outsider?"

Cui Jie finally took a step forward, and said indifferently: "I said before, it doesn't matter if you admit it or not. I'm here today to seek justice, not to argue with you."

As she said that, Cui Jie looked at Weiwei's old housekeeper, and said, "Please, housekeeper, please clear up all the servants, generals, and maidservants brought over from Wang's house as dowries, but call out all those she brought over from Wang's house."

Speaking of this, the Cui family stared at Wang again, and said: "You are the wife of the head of the Cui family, Xu Xian. If I do anything to you, I will be suspected of being disrespectful and my reputation will be damaged. I have to pay it back."

"So, today, I will take the servants of your Wang family under the knife. All the servants of the Wang family, whether male, female, old or young, will be brought to the door, broken legs and thrown out. No one from the Wang family will be allowed to enter the door of my Cui family in the future! "

As soon as the words fell, the servants of the Cui family outside the door immediately ran into the yard, and there was a burst of crying and screaming in the mansion. Not long after, all the servants of the Wang family were forcibly taken outside the door, kneeling in front of Cui Linqian and Cui Jie .

Cui Wangshi panicked, grabbed Cui Linqian's sleeve, and cried loudly: "Husband, if my daughter commits a crime like this, will my husband not care?"

Cui Linqian flicked his sleeve vigorously, and said with a frosty face, "Did I ever say the words 'this is not an example'?"

Cui Wang's heart sank.

"Do you think the old man's warning to you is just a perfunctory remark to give you a step down?" Cui Linqian said slowly with a livid face.

"A letter from Erxiu, immediately pack your luggage and go back to your royal family! Such a poisonous woman, I can't afford it!"

(End of this chapter)