Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 212 Harmony with Mud

Sheng Hong walked around the screen and was startled when he saw Old Mrs. Sheng sitting on the soft couch. He saluted and said, "I have met my mother."

"Sit down and talk." Mrs. Sheng waved her hand and said.

When Sheng Hong sat down, Mrs. Sheng said, "Brother Jin was playing in the garden today and fell into the pond. Fortunately, Brother Li heard the noise and went into the water to rescue him."

"What!" Sheng Hong was stunned and said angrily: "It must be that the maid who was looking after him was incompetent, which is why Brother Jin fell into the water. How is Brother Jin?"

It is said that the emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son.

The reason for this is that the eldest son of the royal family basically inherits the throne.

As for ordinary people, they have many children and insufficient housing. The older adults will build separate houses to live in. In the end, the parents basically live with their younger children.

For Sheng Hong, it was Sheng Changbai who inherited the family business, and he didn't have much affection for Sheng Changjin, his youngest son.

But if you don't like it, he is also his son and a bloodline of the Sheng family.

The second room of the Sheng family only had three children in total. Although it was a lot, it was definitely not too many.

With Sheng Hong's intelligence, it is impossible for him to not think of this and not want to pursue it. Protecting Xiaoniang Lin is only part of it.

Those who can arrange all this are just a few people.

After using the elimination method, the most likely person is Lin Xiaoniang.

Although Sheng Hong seemed very angry, a trace of disappointment flashed in Mrs. Sheng's eyes.

Even in later generations, most people attach great importance to their heirs, let alone in ancient times.

"Mother, my son thinks that the maid must have been negligent and was afraid of punishment so she said this. After coming to Bianjing for the sake of reputation, she was too tolerant to the servants, so the servants dared to be so lax. Just beat the maid to death with a stick and let the family This servant should take this as a warning." Sheng Hong said bitterly.

Mrs. Sheng actually understands Sheng Hong's psychology.

Murdering a brother in the family is definitely not something a maid would dare to do.

If it's the former, it's fine. If it's the latter, it means it was done by someone in the family.

This kind of thing cannot be taken too seriously.

"The doctor has seen it, and he is still in a coma. This incident was indeed caused by the maid's negligence, but this is not the main reason." Old Mrs. Sheng shook her head and told Sheng Hong what the maid said.

No matter what the maid said is true or false, but what if it is true?

I won’t know about Sheng Changjin

"No, before you came back, I had asked all the maids in the house to be identified by her, but they were not found," said Mrs. Sheng.

Either Cui'e lied, or someone cooperated with the outside and lured people in.

But there was no such thing in the maid's house that Cui'e saw. There were only two possibilities.

However, Sheng Hong had no intention of pursuing it.

In Mrs. Sheng's heart, she had actually determined that it was Xiaoniang Lin who did it.

This means that someone is trying to kill the brother of the family.

After hearing this, Sheng Hong's eyes flashed and he asked, "Mother, have you found that maid?"

The bigger reason is that Sheng Hong cares about the Sheng family's face.

If it was just the maid's negligence that caused the family's brother to fall into the water, if word spread, it would be a case of lax management of the family at most.

But it is different if the concubine murders the brother of the family.

If word spreads, the Sheng family will not only lose face, but also become a joke in Bianjing.

So Sheng Hong didn't want to make a big deal out of it. When Wei Xiaoniang had a difficult delivery in Yangzhou, Lin Xiaoniang blocked the doctor from entering. Sheng Hong didn't go into details, and it was the same mentality.

But Mrs. Sheng disagreed with Sheng Hong's approach. To manage a family well, one must be tolerant, but the rules must be strict and strictly enforced. It is impossible to be docile like Sheng Hong.

Lin Xiaoniang's courage has a lot to do with Sheng Hong's repeated connivance.

Back in Yangzhou, the reason why Mrs. Sheng didn't intervene was because Sheng Hong had just received a transfer order.

It was very detrimental to Sheng Hong if such a scandal broke out at that time.

Things have priorities, and for the sake of Sheng Hong's future, there's nothing wrong with pressing them down.

But now that Lin Xiaoniang has acted like a monster again, Sheng Hong is still unwilling to pursue her case, which makes Mrs. Sheng very disappointed.

"You already have a wife and children. If Brother Bai is in high school in the next two years, it's time for him to marry a wife. Originally, I didn't want to say more about this family matter, just to make people annoying. You are usually smart in big things, but you are always smart in small things. You are being confused. If this kind of thing is ignored, it will only encourage the people behind it to become bolder and cause even greater trouble in the future." Old Mrs. Sheng said with a gloomy face.

If Li An knew Mrs. Sheng, he would definitely give her a thumbs up.

It was precisely because of Sheng Hong's repeated connivance that Lin Xiaoniang felt that nothing would happen to her.

Only then did he decide to have an affair with Mo Lan and Liang Liulang.

If Mrs. Sheng hadn't come forward in the end and Mrs. Wu agreed to Liang Liulang's marriage to Mo Lan, the Sheng family's reputation would have been completely ruined.

Sheng Hong didn't expect that Mrs. Sheng would suddenly become angry. He quickly stood up and said, "Mom, calm down. My son will definitely investigate this matter."

"I hope you will do what you say." Mrs. Sheng said.

"Don't worry, mother, my son will definitely investigate. No matter who did it, we will never tolerate it!" Sheng Hong said.

Mrs. Sheng didn't quite believe what Sheng Hong said, but Sheng Hong had already expressed her stance, so she didn't feel like saying anything else. She waved her hand and said, "Then go check it out."

"Son, please retire." Sheng Hong bowed and left.

Sheng Hong left the Shouan Hall and said to Dong Rong who was following him: "Go and ask some concierges if anyone has come in in the past two days."

Old Mrs. Sheng was so angry, there was no way he wouldn't investigate.

Deciding to investigate, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Sheng made the same choice, which shows that Sheng Hong is not that confused, he just doesn't want to go into details.

While Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Hong were investigating, Mrs. Wang returned from the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion with San Lan.

Although Mrs. Wang's father was a grand master, she grew up in her uncle's house.

When she was picked up, her father was seriously ill.

Speaking of which, the Wang family's family status was not low at that time, but this was the first time Mrs. Wang attended a wealthy family's banquet.

The Marquis Mansion of Xiangyang has already declined, but the old lady still has such grandeur after her birthday, which makes Madam Wang jealous.

Princess Pingning invited Mrs. Wang to come to let Mrs. Wang know the gap between the two families.

It's a pity that Mrs. Wang has a straightforward temperament. When she attended the birthday banquet this time, she failed to pay attention to Princess Pingning's intentions. Instead, she firmly decided to marry her daughter into an honorable family.

This time we went to Xiangyang Marquis Mansion and took two carriages. Ming Lan and Mo Lan took one carriage, while she and Ru Lan took one carriage.

Along the way, Ru Lan was tired of hearing about how noble the Lord was.

As soon as the carriage stopped, she got off and walked inside.

"You kid, what are you doing walking so fast? The floor is slippery and you may fall." Mrs. Wang held up the hem of her skirt and followed behind.

Ming Lan and Mo Lan followed. As soon as Ming Lan entered the door, she found that the concierge had been replaced, and it was not the same two when they went out.

Generally speaking, concierges will not change people easily, let alone changing two people at once.

For some reason, Minglan had a bad premonition that something big had happened at home.

(End of this chapter)