Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 178
The murderer turned out to be Bai Dalang's youngest daughter, Bai Xu.

To say that this Bai Xu is also pitiful, she was originally a good daughter of the Bai family, with both parents, and her life is so comfortable, but her mother and father reconciled, and her father married Wu Yumei again!

Bai Dalang used to have a good relationship with his wife. Although there were two concubines in the family, the two sons and one daughter were all born to his wife. Later, he reconciled with his ex-wife. After marrying Wu Yumei, he put all his heart on Wu Yumei, and even He doesn't care much about the kids either.

The saying, "If you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather", is indeed a wise saying that cannot be changed through the ages.

His two sons are fine, after all, they are sons and legitimate sons. Even if Bai Fensheng and his wife are still alive, they will never wrong their grandsons, and even if Bai Dalang loves Wu Yumei, he will not ignore his sons.

Besides, the two sons of the Bai family are not young, they study outside all day, and they don't hang out in the backyard. Wu Yumei's entry doesn't have a great impact on them.

But Bai Xu is different, the current rules, the daughters of the family are taught by the hostess, Bai Dalang feels that his beloved wife Yumei is the best woman in the world, gentle and considerate, of course he can rest assured that he will take care of everything in the backyard. give her.

This Wu Yumei is naturally weak in front of Bai Dalang, but she has been pampered in the Wu family.

How could she like the children of Bai Dalang's ex-wife? Anyway, since entering the gate of Bai's house, she has given these three children eye drops.

Firstly, Bai Dalang trusted her, and secondly, she was considered smart, she would never bully the child in front of Bai Dalang, and from time to time pretended to be bullied by the children, but wanted to speak up for the child, so that Bai Dalang could tell him The more angry the children are, the more they feel that the older they are, the more naughty they are.

Bai Xu, the youngest daughter of Bai Dalang's family, was a bit shy and introverted. She had been taught by Wu Yumei several times, and she wore a bunch of unfilial, domineering, willful hats on her head. She became more and more depressed. Even the nanny who took care of her since childhood Let Wu Yumei make a mistake and let her go. There is not a close servant around her. After coming and going, Bai Xu's temperament becomes more and more gloomy, and her family members don't like her more and more.

This time Wu Yumei was wronged outside, and after listening to gossip, she tossed Baixu to vent her anger when she returned home, and often stabbed her with sarcasm, especially when talking about Baixu's mother, it was almost an insult. As a result, the little girl became enraged for a moment, and when Wu Yumei called her to torture her again under the pretext of being ill, she took a dagger in her arms and stabbed Wu Yumei indiscriminately.

When the servants outside heard the movement, Wu Yumei was already bleeding from the stabbing, and there was no time to save her, and she died in a short time.

Speaking of it, Wu Yumei was also defenseless, who would believe that a little girl who was only in her early ten years and raised in a deep boudoir could commit murder.

When Su Wencheng mentioned this matter to his daughter, he also felt a lot of emotion. He was considerate to his wife in every possible way when he returned home, and even took the initiative to serve tea and water for her for the first time, rubbing her shoulders and back.

Li Xiuniang was flattered. Of course, she was a little bit happy, but she was more worried about Su Wencheng's illness, so she asked Su Tong to go back and see her.

Miss Su didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she thought that her father was quite good at associating, it seems that after a comparison, she found that her wife was a hundred times better than that Wu Yumei, at least Li Xiuniang treated Su Tong and Erlang as if they were her own. , that is also single-minded, absolutely not the slightest crooked mind.

"Hey, daughter, you don't know. I heard from Bai Xu that Wu Yumei falsely accused her of cutting off her plain patterned silk skirt, which caused her to be locked up in the firewood room and starved for three days. At that time, Wu Yumei kept saying Persuaded Bai Dalang to calm down and intercede with her, but the more she interceded, the more angry Bai Dalang became. It was winter, and Bai Xu stayed in the woodshed, it was dark and cold, his hands and feet were numb from the cold, and the food he ate was noodles It’s beautiful, but it’s actually not warm at all.”

Su Wencheng gritted his teeth, "I never expected that there would be such a cruel person in the world... Hey, how about marrying a wife and a good wife? If a wife is a good wife, there is less misfortune. If someone marries a bride like Wu Yumei, just wait and see." Let the family be destroyed."

In fact, even if the Bai family is not said to be ruined now, it is almost the same. Is there any daughter of a good family in the world who is willing to marry into their family?
In this era, if a family does not have a good reputation, the only fate waiting for it is defeat.

Su Wencheng is also a man. The common problem of men in this era is that they don't pay much attention to the backyard. After all, the man dominates the exterior and the woman dominates the interior. If a man puts too much attention on the backyard, he will be useless.

This time, he couldn't help being taken aback.

Su Tong drank a cup of warm water, and said with a smile: "It's rare to meet someone like Wu Yumei, so don't take it too seriously." She coaxed her father to guard Mrs. Li, and she was going to go back to the house to rest Well, the affairs of the Bai family and the Wu family have nothing to do with their Su family, so don't worry about it.

Su Wencheng didn't keep his daughter either, but he couldn't help but reminded him: "A Tong is not young anymore, it's really not good to delay, dad has always been open-minded in treating you, let you choose one you like, you take care of yourself these few days Pick, don't forget about things."

It is certainly impossible for other people's fathers to talk to their daughters about such things. However, since Su Wencheng's first wife passed away, his daughter has taken care of the family affairs. He has long developed the habit of discussing housework with his daughter. Besides, he It's not that kind of pedantic person. A lover who will spend his whole life with his daughter in the future should always choose a girl who likes it.

Su Tong didn't feel embarrassed, but was a little confused: "What's the matter? Could it be a draft in the palace? But even if the palace chooses a palace maid, it can't be my head. If the government wants to hire a concubine, it seems We also need to get the consent of our family, so there is no need to rush."

Su Wencheng frowned: "Don't keep talking about court affairs." After thinking for a while, he still said in a low voice, "This news came from a classmate of my father. He has some relationship with Empress Dowager Liu. The Empress Dowager's nephew, Liu Fu, is seriously ill, and said that he wanted to find a lady with a precious fate to cheer him up."

Su Tong was startled: "Could it be that I'm also on the list?"

Su Wencheng nodded, hesitated for a while, and said with a smile: "Ah Tong, there is no need to worry. This matter is uncertain. Liu Fu has been married for seven or eight years. Even the Queen Mother can't force the minister's daughter to be a concubine."

Which daughter from a scholarly family is willing to be a concubine? If the queen mother really does this, the censor may go to the main hall to try to persuade her. Presumably the queen mother would not dare to risk the world's disgrace by doing such things.

Su Tong's heart also skipped a beat. I heard that the queen mother is not in good health recently, and I'm afraid that the spirit is not good, so don't really go crazy.

(End of this chapter)