Concubine like a house

Chapter 48 The first marriage is a widow (4)
Shen Yu was not too polite, and continued: "I am the son of the sage, and I happened to be invited to Mu Wang's mansion for a banquet that night, so I missed the execution hall. When I came back, my life was hanging by a thread. I am here I just found out that the girl from Chuxiu was in the execution hall that night, and my master Qu Fang personally diagnosed her as pregnant. I want you to be a matchmaker for this marriage letter, so that the girl from Xiuxiu can have a title. Can give birth to offspring smoothly."

As soon as these words came out, it added a bit of credibility to this marriage.Firstly, Chuxiu was pregnant because the famous doctor Qu Fang personally diagnosed the pulse; secondly, before his death, Yunci had entrusted his friends to prove the marriage.

So far, several influential people have spoken, so what is there to question?At this time, Yun Feng also brought the official register chief of Fangzhou inside, and the official register chief personally identified that the household registration of Chuxiu was genuine.And when she opened her household registration book, there was exactly one page missing in the end, and the tear marks matched the marriage certificate.

"Now, do you still have objections to this marriage letter?" Mrs. Tai looked at everyone in the hall and asked directly.

"Mother, I..." Yun Qi spoke again, but Mrs. Tai glanced at her.

How could she not know Yunqi's thoughts, this is clearly to expose Chuxiu's true identity!Mrs. Tai then said to everyone cryptically: "The descendants of the Yun family should be proud of the Yun family. Those rumors that damage the reputation of the Yun family should not be spoken out, so as not to dirty everyone's ears."

Hearing this, Yun Qi had no choice but to shut up.Even now, he can tell the difference.If it continues, Chuxiu's reputation will be lost, and he himself will suffer accordingly.

Seeing that no one was talking in the hall, Mrs. Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Shen Yu: "Master Shen, you are Ci'er's best friend during his lifetime, and you are also the son of Emperor Tongsheng's mothworm, so it is appropriate to be a matchmaker. Today, I beg you to sign this marriage contract in front of the members of the Yun clan."

As soon as the words were finished, Yun Zhong came forward with a pen, ink, paper inkstone and red clay.Shen Yu leaned over his desk to pick up the pen, shook his right hand, and finally signed his name solemnly and stroke by stroke, and pressed the clay on it heavily.This action shows that the marriage certificate has officially come into effect.

Yun Zhong delivered the marriage letter to Mrs. Tai again, she lowered her eyebrows and rubbed her eyes for a moment, tears finally flashed in her eyes, and said to everyone, "In three days, all the people from the whole family and all the branches of the whole family will come to visit Mrs. Hou Ye!"

Four days later.

Beside the arched door with hanging flowers in Zhiyan Xuan, two women stood.One of them is dressed in plain white without any powder or daisy, which means he is out of Xiu during the mourning period; the other is dressed as a maidservant, wearing white clothes and skirts, which means he is light-hearted.On the day when the marriage certificate came into force, Mrs. Tai ordered Danxin to serve Chuxiu with an order.

Now seeing Chuxiu being righted, I just feel sad and happy.The sad thing is that Chuxiu is a young man, but he has become a widow; the happy thing is that the marriage between the master and Chuxiu has a seemingly happy result.

"Ma'am, let's go to Rongjin Hall, it's getting late." Today Mrs. Tai summoned Xiuxiu alone, fearing that she would miss the time and cause Mrs. Tai's dissatisfaction.

Chuxiu nodded in response, and walked towards Rongjin Hall.I met many servants and maidservants on the road, and they all bowed down to salute her, and called "Madam" respectfully.

Just yesterday, all the branches of the Yun family and the Marquis of Lixin paid a visit to Chuxiu, and Mrs. Tai decided to write her name into the genealogy, officially acknowledging her identity.

Xia Yanran's natal parents also rushed over, the two old people almost cried when they saw Chuxiu, they thought it was their beloved daughter who died and came back to life.Master Xia openly admitted that Yunci once asked him to take out Xiuxiu as a foster daughter, which can be regarded as blocking the mouths of some doubters.However, Chuxiu refused to recognize Master Xia as her adoptive father, she just wanted to live in this world simply as Chuxiu.

Fortunately, for this polite refusal, the Xia family was very considerate. Although Master Xia was in tears, he did not force it anymore.Chuxiu always thought that Mrs. Tai used some means to prevent the Xia family from pursuing Xia Yanran's sudden death.She didn't know the truth until a long time later.Of course, this is something.

Let's talk about the front.I walked all the way out of Xiuxiu and thought about it all the way, so I arrived at Rongjin Hall.This time, Mrs. Tai was waiting in the inner hall, and sent a maid out to meet her.

"I've seen Mrs. Tai." Knowing that he was a bait, Chuxiu also had that self-knowledge, so he didn't call Mrs. Tai "mother".

Mrs. Tai was still dressed in plain clothes, and she didn't make too many polite remarks with Chuxiu. She turned away and left her to talk alone: ​​"There are only two of us in the room, and I will cut to the chase. You have behaved very well these days, but you didn't discuss it with me. , I made the fake pregnancy scene without authorization. Let me ask you, how will you end this matter? Where are you going to bring a baby from?"

That day, Chuxiu used her pregnancy as an excuse in order to get the Yun clan to recognize her with one blow. She was also confident that with Shen Yu as her guarantee, no one would doubt her.In the past few days, she had thought about it carefully and found that this method is actually very feasible, so she told Mrs. Tai about her plan: "The person who secretly murdered the two lords is nothing more than taking a fancy to the position of Marquis Li Xin. I am pregnant, It will definitely attract the people behind the scenes to act again, as long as I deliberately leave a loophole, I will be able to lure them into the bait."

"You're not right." Mrs. Tai immediately pointed out, "Since the other party has been hiding for 20 years, he must be a ruthless character. If you deliberately show your flaws, it will make people suspicious... You should take strict precautions, and, The tighter you are on guard, the more difficult it will be for those behind the scenes, and the easier it will be for you to show your feet."

As expected of Mrs. Xie, she is indeed superb.Chuxiu nodded to show that he was taught.

Mrs. Tai didn't say any more, as if she wanted to test Xiuxiu, she just said: "At that time, you can play by ear! Don't have any worries, the whole Yunfu is your backing." A trace of coldness flashed across her eyebrows, almost Gritting his teeth, he said, "As long as we can find out who is behind the scenes, I, Yun, will spare no expense!"

Chuxiu naturally understood Mrs. Tai's determination, and immediately responded: "Don't worry, no matter who that person is, I will risk my life to make him pay for it!"

Mrs. Tai nodded, calmed down and changed the subject, and said to Chuxiu: "There are many doubts about Yanran's death. She loves ostentation, and likes to hug when she goes out, but she even left her burning face that day. And she was still pregnant...the clothes on her body were very plain, and Ci'er told me before she died that he suspected that Yanran was pretending to be you to go out to meet people."

Pretend to go out to meet people?Chuxiu didn't know about this inside story, so she hurriedly asked, "Who does Mrs. Xia want to pretend to be me to meet?" "Mrs. Xia".

Mrs. Tai looked at Chuxiu's puzzled gaze, and pointed her out: "Yanran is pretending to be you, so why don't you think about it, who are you talking to that you can't see the light of day? Who accepted your appointment to sneak around?" Going to the appointment alone?"

Chu Xiu Wenyan frowned slightly, and immediately murmured to analyze: "I am a maid, except for some festivals with the second master, I have never been in contact with anyone other than Zhiyanxuan and Huanxi. If I make an appointment to see Zhiyan Xuan and Huan wash the people, I must be aboveboard..."

At this point, Chuxiu's eyes flashed, and he came to his senses and said: "Second Master once had... coveted me, and everyone in the house knew about it. If I want to see him, I must make an appointment in private, and Second Master will probably Come to the appointment!"

"You're not too stupid." Mrs. Tai narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "At first I always suspected that the second child was hiding something, but if Yan Ran's death was caused by him, then I overestimated him."

"Perhaps Mrs. Xia's death was not caused by the second master, but someone deliberately lured the second master to divert our attention?" Chuxiu suddenly thought of this possibility, and quickly added.

Mrs. Tai raised her eyebrows and looked at her, then sighed again: "You are clever, you can see through a little bit... In fact, Yan Ran is also very smart, but it's just a little cleverness, which caused her to lose her life."

Chuxiu couldn't continue with this sentence, so he had nothing to say.

"In any case, Yanran's death is a clue, we will follow the vines and find out why." Mrs. Tai instructed Chuxiu again.The latter should claim to be.

The room suddenly became quiet, and neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law started another topic.Perhaps the silent atmosphere was too depressing, Mrs. Tai gradually showed a bit of sadness.Facing the death of her husband and only son one after another, no matter how strong she was, she couldn't bear the blow.

Just when Chuxiu thought she was tired and was about to leave, she heard her speak again: "Someone from Jingzhou has arrived in Yanlan City tonight, and he will come to pay homage to you with King Mu. As a widow, you can We should see each other." Mrs. Tai said while looking at Xiu unintentionally, and added: "The visitor is Nie Peixiao, the ninth son of Emperor Shengdi of Nanxi Tong, who was just canonized as King of Chengjun last year. "

The Ninth Prince is coming to Yanlan City?Chuxiu was a little puzzled: "Is he here just to pay homage to Lord Hou?"

"You're so naive!" Mrs. Tai explained with a smile, "King Mu was in the Nanxi clan for seven years, but he was born in a low-born family. His mother died young, and Nie Jiu's mother and concubine Ye Guifei adopted him. In recent years, he has made many military achievements. When Feng Wang Lietu came to Fangzhou, it was Concubine Ye Gui who supported him behind the scenes. This time Nie Jiu came unexpectedly, and at the time when Nanxi was establishing the crown prince, the reason for his visit must not be simple."

At this point, Mrs. Tai paused for a moment, took another deep look at Chuxiu, and continued: "But since the other person has come, he also proposed to pay homage to his son, you and the second and third children must not lose their etiquette." , come and see him with me."

Chuxiu's red lips parted slightly, and the word "good" was already on his lips, but suddenly he saw Mrs. Tai's expression - cautious and somewhat observant.In just a moment, Chuxiu understood that Mrs. Tai was testing her!
That's right, the song "Zhu Xian Duan" written by the Ninth Prince for the famous prostitute Han Chu spread all over the world, and the world thought that there was something related between the two.Only Chuxiu knew that she and the Ninth Prince were innocent and had never even met each other.But Mrs. Tai doesn't know this, if she meets the Ninth Prince rashly this time, wouldn't it be an excuse for Mrs. Tai?
In particular, Yun Qi knew that she was Han Chu, so he would definitely take the opportunity to stir up trouble and make a big fuss...

Chuxiu secretly rejoiced that he had changed his mind a bit, and hurriedly refused to Mrs. Tai: "Although I am the widow of the Marquis, but this status is not secure, I still... have no visitors. The second and third masters will accompany you to come out. Enough."

Hearing this, Mrs. Tai did not hide her satisfaction, nodded in approval and said: "You can think about it like this, it can be seen that you have put your mind into it, and you also know how to read words."

At this time, Chuxiu only felt layers of cold sweat oozing from his back, and he smiled reluctantly: "It is my humble background and bad past that have insulted the reputation of Lord Hou and Yun. Please rest assured that Hanchu is dead. Those old friends, I will avoid talking about it.”

Mrs. Tai gave a "hmm" and agreed: "Although the mansion is during the funeral, Nie Jiu is the Nanxi clan after all, so we can't neglect it. I will let the second and third children accompany him to have a banquet in the front hall, you If nothing happens, don't leave Zhiyanxuan easily."

Chuxiu hurriedly accepted the order and said yes, and then she heard Mrs. Tai ask her: "Are the servants of Zhiyanxuan enough to order?" This question was obviously much softer.

"In the past, Lord Hou's people were trained well, but I feel that I can't do it all... how about, let's see which room is short of manpower, and send some out?" Chuxiu suggested.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this remark came out, Mrs. Tai, who was still in a soft tone just now, immediately darkened her face, and began to reprimand: "How can the servants of the eldest son's house be separated out at will? That's reprimand! It's a slap in the face! Even if you have nothing to do, You must also stay in Zhiyanxuan! Let them serve the 'Shizi' later!"

These words were extremely harsh, Chuxiu also trembled when she heard it, she never expected that Mrs. Tai would protect the authority of the direct line in such a way that even the servants would not allow her to use it at will.Moreover, the meaning in those words clearly agrees with the opinion of the Establishment of Heirs faction, advocating that Wei Yun resigns from his stepson!

This was in line with Chuxiu's opinion, and she quickly pleaded guilty: "I made a slip of the tongue, please punish me."

Mrs. Tai saw that Chuxiu frowned and pursed her lips, she looked very nervous, so she gave her a step down: "You have not been in the mansion for a long time, and you used to be a maid, and no one taught you. But now you are a divorcee." Madam Xinhou, there are some things that need to be clarified."

Chuxiu was ashamed and nodded deeply to show that he was educated.

Mrs. Tai took the opportunity to say again: "Don't blame me for treating you hot and cold. The art of controlling people is like this. Sometimes it is harsh, and sometimes it is also gentle. You should understand how to measure it."

"Yes." Chuxiu bowed and saluted, and after hearing a few words from Mrs. Tai, she resigned and left Rongjin Hall.

(End of this chapter)