Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 147
Nanny Liu helped Mrs. He walk across the arch bridge and back to her yard, "Actually, I can't blame my uncle."

"Back then, the He family was hit hard, and the boss tried his best and couldn't turn it around. If you hadn't had such a relationship with the Wang family, you would have been like the girls from the side branches of the He family."

"Yes!" Madam He's tone became urgent, "But when the Wang family was favored by the grandfather, Xu Qin promised to be the son of the Wang family, but what happened in the end?"

"That's all for a side branch, he's still such a short-sighted villain"

"I also know that if there is a good one, how can it be my turn?"

"If I knew it earlier, I might as well marry a common man and spend my whole life hastily. Maybe I won't end up like this now."

While talking, Mrs. He's tears were about to flow down again, and Grandma Liu quickly explained, "Ma'am, please don't think that way, my aunt and aunt, though...Although there are many times when I can't do things as well as the elders and the others. But... but at least He is good to you, madam."

Mrs. He was even more excited when she heard the words, "Do you treat me well?"

"If you are nice to me, send my son to take the place of someone else's crime. Don't tell me about his life and death now, and keep it from me?!"

"Ma'am! I've said it all! I will definitely find a way to save Qing'er!"

Wang Yuan who suddenly appeared from the corner of the door startled Mrs. He. After seeing the person coming, Mrs. He turned her head and said coldly, "Hmph, what do you think?"

"If you really figured out a way, Qing'er should stand in front of me right now, instead of being locked in a dark, cold and damp prison!"

Wang Yuan sighed, he really didn't want to get entangled in this matter any more, "Forget it, what's the point of arguing with you woman!"

"Just rest assured, Qing'er, it's not just your son, it's also my flesh and blood, I will save it naturally."

"It's just why you brought up Qing'er in front of your aunt, did your aunt know about it?"

Madam He avoided Wang Yuan's gaze and said, "Why would I tell outsiders about this kind of thing?"

Wang Yuan heaved a sigh of relief, and his expression eased a little. He squeezed Mrs. He's shoulders and told her to sit down, "Then do you know why my aunt came to Chenliu?"

Mrs. He turned her head and asked in doubt, "Aren't you here to find relatives? Our aunt and nephew have already met each other, so is there anything else?"

"It seems that my aunt hasn't had time to tell you."

"I just heard from someone who works in the yamen that your aunt, that is, Mrs. Yuan, came to Chenliu this time to..."

Wang Yuan whispered a few words in Mrs. He's ear, then sat down opposite Mrs. He with his robe lifted.

"what?!"

Mrs. He thought for a long time before digesting the news, and waved her hands to make people retreat. Even Liu Nanny also retreated under Mrs. He's signal.

"You said that my aunt came here because she wanted to choose an outstanding child from the clan to be the heir?"

Wang Yuan nodded, "Otherwise?"

"You don't really think that your aunt came all the way from the capital just to get acquainted with a cousin like you?"

"However, most of the male members of the He clan have... the rest are not close to our branch."

Wang Yuan waved his hand, "No, no, I mean."

Seeing Wang Yuan's hesitation and refusal to speak clearly, Mrs. He also became suspicious and said, "Just say what you want to say."

"In Madam's opinion, can my aunt choose from our children when she comes this time?"

After listening to Wang Yuan's words, Mrs. He didn't come back to her senses for a long time, until the sky was dim, and Mrs. He asked with trembling lips, "What did you say? Say it again?"

"I mean, ask my aunt to bring one of your children back to Yuan's house. You and I have three sons. It won't happen. She can't look down on any of them, right?"

"Instead of choosing from relatives who are not very familiar with the He family, it is better to choose our children."

"If our child can become Yuan Jun's heir, it will be considered a great fortune!"

"I don't know what tricks your aunt used to coax Yuan Jun to do everything she wanted, and even choose an heir from the He family."

Wang Yuan tutted his head and shook his head, "But in my opinion, it must be a beauty trick! You think, this Yuan Jun is over half a century old, and suddenly there is such a flowery girl posted on it, can you not be confused?!"

Wang Yuanzheng was delighted to think that his son would be able to rely on the big tree of the Yuan family to get rid of his status when he entered Beijing, and maybe he could be promoted in the future!

In the next second, Madam He's slap landed on Wang Yuan's cheek.

"Wang Yuan!"

"You bastard!"

"You have already sent one of my sons to prison, and now you want me to give my son to someone else?!"

"You tiger venom doesn't eat children! How can you do this?! You still speculate about my aunt like this?!"

Wang Yuan blankly covered his swollen cheeks, "You! You! How dare you hit me?!"

"Aren't I doing it for the good of my son? For the good of this family?!"

"Do you know how difficult it is to be in the officialdom today?! I... Even if I was born in the Wang family, but because I am a concubine and a concubine who is not favored, even the Lizheng seat was taken by others. do it!"

"And you, back then... If it wasn't for me, I wouldn't have..."

Mrs. He glared at Wang Yuandao, who became more and more discouraged, "What is it? It's not that my family is ruined, and you won't marry me?"

Wang Yuan glanced to one side, and muttered, "I didn't say that."

"Your family is in ruins, I have never disliked you, I just want you to help me at home, but...but for many years, every time I take the county high school entrance examination, I am excellent every time, but every time someone else gets promoted To get rich, I can only guard Lizheng's seat and watch people's faces!"

"Finally, I had a chance, and now I became the township official. Look, didn't we also live in a big mansion? Didn't we also go out and have servants to follow?"

"Don't you often miss the prosperity of the He family in the past? As long as our son becomes Yuan Jun's heir, we, why don't we worry about such a day?!"

"Look at the plaque at the door. I made it according to the mansion of the Wang family of Chenliu. I know that they pay the most attention to the rules and decency, and the dignity of the concubines. But I will use and They are the same! I want to show them that Wang Yuan, whom they looked down on before, will trample them under their feet one day!"

Wang Yuan said so excitedly, he thought it was touching, and his wife was already moved by him, but the compassion and resentment in the eyes of Mrs. He in front of him was even worse, but the excitement was not the slightest bit.

"You are crazy!"

"I thought you were mediocre, but I didn't expect you to have such a big dream in the sky!"

Seeing that Mrs. He still looked like a refrain, Wang Yuan felt anxious and turned around to leave.

Madam He said violently, "Stop!"

Wang Yuan's footsteps stopped for a moment, but in the next second, he walked out firmly without looking back.

Grandma Liu, who hadn't gone far outside the door, saw that Wang Yuan had gone out, so she hurried back and saw Mrs. He's tears again, "Mrs. Uncle."

Grandma Liu heard the two people's tone getting more and more intense outside, so she couldn't help but pricked up her ears and listened carefully, and listened to what Wang Yuan said.

Mrs. He said bitterly, "It's not enough to take in a Qing'er, but I have to take in my Rui'er and Du'er! Sometimes I really wonder, does Wang Yuan have a heart? How could he take his son so easily?" Give it away?!"

Grandma Liu also said helplessly, "Maybe my uncle...he really did it for...for the sake of the young masters..."

Grandma Liu herself didn't believe what she said, Madam He raised her eyes to look at Grandma Liu's expression, "You don't believe it yourself, why are you here to persuade me?"

"Now he is all about his official position, and he wants to step on the Wang family, and he doesn't see how he is an opponent of those people?!"

"That's all." Mrs. He stood up and said to Nanny Liu, "Changing clothes for me, I'll go to see my aunt, is there anything she needs?"

Grandma Liu was puzzled, "Why are you going again after you haven't been back for a long time?"

"Let me ask, what does my aunt think?"

Sheng Shaoqing had just asked Cui Yun to make the bed, while he sat by the window and was dazed.

At first, I thought that Wang Yuan was instigated by the Wang family, and he would show his feet if he accidentally made a mistake, but he didn't expect that the relationship between Wang Yuan and the Wang family was not as harmonious as it seemed on the surface, and even now Wang Yuan and Wang Yu have been separated. start a feud.…

Then if he intentionally exposed his secrets to attract people to investigate, he must have made complete preparations to remove himself from this matter.

The only plan for now is to start with another case and crucify Wang Yuan, so that he can bite out the Wang family in order to protect himself.

Before Sheng Shaoqing could figure it out, Mrs. He knocked on the door tentatively.

"Auntie is asleep?"

Seeing the Queen Mother nodded, Cui Yun went out and opened the door, leading Mrs. He in.

"Not yet, maybe I was a little full just now, and I really couldn't sleep."

"Would the aunt be willing to walk with the niece?"

Sheng Shaoqing was surprised for a moment, then stood up and said, "That's fine."

Mrs. He brought Sheng Shaoqing to a lakeside in the back garden of the mansion, and then shunned the maidservant. Sheng Shaoqing also followed suit so that Cui Yun didn't have to follow, and she followed Mrs. He around the lakeside.

As soon as Sheng Shaoqing was about to speak, Mrs. He said directly, "Auntie, I... I'm a straightforward person, so I won't go around with you. Are you really here to find an heir?"

"Ah", Sheng Shaoqing frowned and thought for a while before saying, "You know everything?"

Mrs. He took a breath and murmured, "It really is true!"

Then, Mrs. He smiled wryly, "My husband, I have already planned to pack up my two remaining sons and give them to you."

Sheng Shaoqing almost laughed out loud after hearing this, but out of the professional ethics of acting, she endured it and frowned, "But I didn't say yes"

"My niece knows that my aunt wants to find her in the He family, but you also know about my husband. He won't miss such a good opportunity."

Sheng Shaoqing smiled awkwardly, "Then you, husband, really have ideas."

"So in the future...he will definitely come to you, and he will definitely try his best to facilitate this matter. I have already learned a lesson once."

"Then what do you think?"

"Me?" Madam He said with a wry smile, "Qing'er was fooled by his father and left, not to mention that the rest are just two yellow-mouthed children who are easier to fool."

Sheng Shaoqing said firmly, "What I'm asking is, what do you think?"

"Of course I don't want to, but who in this family cares about my thoughts?"

"Then how far can your reluctance go?"

"What does aunt mean?"

"What I mean is, will you completely break with Wang Yuan for the sake of your child?"

"I asked you during the day today, are you willing to break up with Wang Yuan, but you didn't answer me at that time, I will ask you again now, are you willing?"

"Whether you live with Wang Yuan deceiving yourself like this, watching him use your child as a tool for his superiors, or break with him, go to court to expose him, and come back with your child, it's up to you to choose. "

Sheng Shaoqing continued to bewitch, "Actually, you have helped him by doing this, so that he can rein in the precipice and turn around in time."

Mrs. He's face turned pale, and she said tremblingly, "Is this really going to happen?"

"Let's not talk about your two remaining children, let's talk about Qing'er, he...is still in prison, I have written to Beijing in the afternoon to save Qing'er's life, but you are not in Beijing I don’t know, the big prison in the capital is not the same as here.”

"It's dark and humid there, and there are often several people mixed in one cell. If they are unlucky enough to be assigned to the murderous and fireproof prisoner's cell, it would be really unacceptable every day, and the earth will not work."

"I heard from my husband, there. It's not uncommon for a few people to die in vain every month."

Mrs. He was terrified, "No one cares about this. Does anyone care?"

"Hi!" Sheng Shaoqing, who was addicted to drama again, added fuel and vinegar, "Those who can be imprisoned in Dali Temple Prison are all serious criminals. Few of them were able to live. Now they are dead and dragged out to be sentenced before they die. , is there any difference?"

Sheng Shaoqing looked at Mrs. He's expression and continued, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, haven't you met me? I think my husband will arrange a better cell for Qing'er once he receives the letter."

Mrs. He breathed a sigh of relief and heard Sheng Shaoqing add, "However, no matter how good the environment is, the place is still a prison cell, and there are naturally no snakes, rats, insects or ants."

"No!" Madam He said excitedly, "Qing'er is most afraid of these things!"

"No! Qing'er must be rescued as soon as possible!"

Sheng Shaoqing tried his best to stabilize Mrs. He who was about to shake her to pieces, "Then... Madam must hurry up and find out who Wang Yuan did this for, Qing'er. Who did he take the place of?"

Mrs. He nodded hastily, and said with trembling lips, "I, I will. I'm going to expose Wang Yuan! I can't let Qing'er suffer any more! I"

Sheng Shaoqing patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, once Wang Yuan becomes suspicious, this matter will be difficult to handle."

"Okay!" Madam He nodded, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)