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Chapter 439: On the Couch That Year [Thank you! Goodbye! 33k more chapters are owed]

The end of the You hour (7pm)
There is no curfew in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At this moment, most of the people in Bianjing have not yet gone to bed.

In the bedroom of Shou'an Hall,

The two old ladies from the first and second rooms of the Sheng family were both very old. At this time, they had already climbed onto the bed and were leaning on the pillows.

Mother Fang and Mother Cui stood by, smiling as they watched the two old sisters-in-law talking on the bed.

Mother Fang knew the old lady's character.

My daughter was born in the Yongyi Marquis Mansion and has a proud and fierce personality.

As the only daughter of the powerful Marquis Yongyi, she also stayed in the palace for a long time.

Most of the girls I knew when I was young are now grandmothers or nannies.

But also because of the old lady's personality,

Over the years, these handkerchief friends rarely slept on the same bed with the old lady.

The eldest lady in the main house is one of the few people who can sleep with the old lady.

Listening to the two elderly people holding each other's hands and talking with laughter, Fang's mother couldn't help but recall a similar scene many years ago.
But then,
There is no laughter on Yuyang's bed
At that time, this scene was when my daughter's biological son Sheng Zhen was killed by that bitch.
At that time, my girl had a proud and upright character. She disdained to compete with that bitch and vicious woman for favor, and she had no intention of harming others or being on guard against them.

But people have no intention of harming tigers, but tigers hurt people's hearts!
In a moment of carelessness, the daughter of her family had her only son killed!
The heart-wrenching pain of losing her son and the extreme self-blame and regret for not being prepared almost drove the girl, the only daughter of a marquis's family who had never suffered any setbacks or grievances in many years, almost crazy.

My daughter first cried all day and went on a hunger strike, then she started to become crazy and talked nonsense from time to time, and it seemed that she was going crazy.

However, the mansion of Marquis Yongyi was thousands of miles away in Bian Jing, and Mama Fang and Mama Cui were not very old at the time and had no experience in dealing with such matters.

After inviting a doctor and sending a letter to the Marquis's Mansion, all they could do was wait.

It was the old lady who had been mistreated by the concubines in the first house, and she came to comfort her own daughter by wearing a wooden hairpin and patched and shabby clothes.

The eldest daughter of the Grand Old Lady, Sheng Shu, also fell ill and was delayed by the concubine from receiving timely medical treatment, and died in the Grand Old Lady's arms.

The old lady was holding her daughter's hand on the bed, and after seemingly lightly talking about the pain of losing her daughter, she pinched her daughter's hand with a stern face and said in a deep voice:
"I just want to live, I must live! Shu'er is gone, I can't die! If I die, no one will remember my daughter Shu'er, and no one will avenge her!"

"I want to occupy the position of the legitimate wife! That bitch wants me to die of heartache? She is daydreaming! I will not go crazy or die!"

"I'm going to make that bitch feel the same pain my daughter has gone through!"

"Sister!!! You are so crazy and stupid that you will only make your loved ones sad and your enemies happy!"

"If you die, who will remember Zheng Ge'er?!"

It was when the old lady said this that although her daughter was crying, her eyes gradually became clear.

After the two sisters-in-law cried bitterly, the girl started to eat.

In fact, Mother Fang knew that the old lady was opening her wounds, which had already scabbed over and were deep enough to reveal the bone, to show them to her daughter, hoping that the blood could wake her daughter up.

Thinking about these,

Listening to the old lady's words, "Speaking of Changwu's marriage, let's not rush to find those who don't know the background, or ask among the relatives",

Mother Fang nodded in agreement.

The night is getting darker,

Mothers Fang and Cui left the old lady's bedroom and went to the outer room.
Madam Fang looked at the maid standing outside, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old and in her prime, and whispered, "Cuiwei, the two old ladies have talked too much tonight. I'll ask Danju to prepare some throat-soothing drinks to quench your thirst! When the old lady calls you later, bring them in to the two old ladies."

"Yes."

Cui smiled and bowed.

Listening to the conversation outside,
The eldest old lady looked at the old lady with a smile: "Your Suqin has always been a considerate person."

The old lady smiled and said, "Of course, I picked her myself." Then, she looked at the old lady with an aged face and sighed, "Sister-in-law, you comforted me on the bed like this back then! It's been so many years, but when I think about it, it seems like it happened just yesterday."

The eldest lady patted the old lady's hand and sighed with nostalgia in her eyes.

"Sister-in-law, it's been so many years since Shulan got engaged to Mr. Sun. Did he pass the provincial examination?"

The eldest lady shook her head and said, "I brought him here for this matter! I know a lot of people in Bianjing, so I'd like to trouble you to ask some great scholars to help him open his mind."

"Sister-in-law, it's not difficult to find someone. Zhuang Xuejiu, the master of our family's school, is a great scholar who has taught many Jinshi scholars! But, I told you about this scholar Sun earlier."

"Sister, it's Wei Ge'er's wife who's in charge of the family now, and it's hard for an old woman like me to say anything!"

The old lady pursed her lips with a guilty look on her face, "Blame me! It's my fault! I didn't discipline my shallow-eyed daughter-in-law, Sheng Wang! I made Wei Ge'er's wife suffer injustice, and now she feels that having something by herself is not as good as having it by her father and mother."

The eldest old lady looked at the curtains beside the bed and said, "A grown-up son is no longer under the control of his mother. You, my dear sister, have your own difficulties! By the way, I saw that Hua Jieer looked very relaxed today. It seems that she has not been wronged in her husband's family!"

The old lady smiled and said, "My nephew's wife has also been through hard times, so she won't make things difficult for Hua'er."

As the two were talking, Cuiwei was called over and offered a drink to soothe their throats.

When the candle on the table had burned down,
Cuiwei walked in again.

Seeing the two old people in good spirits, he smiled and bowed, saying, "Old lady, it's getting late! The eldest old lady is not going back to Youyang tomorrow. If you two continue chatting like this, you won't be able to get up tomorrow!"

The old lady smiled and nodded at Cuiwei: "Okay! We got it! Blow out the candles!"

Cuiwei bowed again and left the bedroom holding the candle.

The bedroom was plunged into darkness,
"I've asked the older sister of the Yu family to come over tomorrow, and we'll continue our discussion then."

"Okay! Speaking of which, I still remember the way the younger sister of the Yu family followed Old Master Yu to Youyang and cried bitterly after seeing you."

The old lady said with some nostalgia in her eyes: "She has always been delicate and weak, and she hasn't changed at all now that she has become a grandmother."

The noises gradually died down, and the two old men gradually fell asleep.

Turn around,

early in the morning,
Xu Zaijing, who had just finished his exercise at the racecourse, was sitting at the table eating breakfast.

"Sister-in-law, I remember you said that Sister Shulan's wedding date has been set. When is it?"

Hua Lan, who was serving food to Zai Zhang, put down her chopsticks and said with a smile, "This year!"

Hearing this,

Xu Zaijing was stunned.
I don't know if he has thought about it several times. He vaguely remembers that three or four years after Shulan got married, the eldest lady of the Sheng family died after helping Shulan and Sun Xiucai to divorce. She might not have been in good health.

Moreover, Xu Zaijing felt that the reason why the old lady's health deteriorated so quickly was probably due to her self-blame and her worry about Shulan's future day and night.

But in recent years, the business of the first branch of the Sheng family has grown a lot, and they have made a lot of money. I don't know whether Sheng Wei has ever hired a famous doctor to treat the old lady.

"Hua'er, since the Sheng family's eldest wife is here for their eldest son's marriage, I will invite Madam Wu to come to our house tomorrow."

Hualan smiled and nodded.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen my aunt for a long time. Let's go and join in the fun today."

After Sun finished speaking, Hualan glanced at her sister-in-law Xie.

"Your sister-in-law will naturally stay at home."

Xu Zaijing put down his bowl and chopsticks: "Mother, I'm full!"

Sun nodded and said, "Jing'er, your cousin's brother-in-law Yue Ge'er's wedding is coming soon. Zai Zhang is already married and it's not convenient for him to go, so I thought of asking you to go."

Xu Zaijing wiped his mouth with a silk scarf: "Is it Miss Xiaodie from the Sheng family?"

(End of this chapter)