The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 17: A Good Wife and Good Mother?

Rongshou Hall

"Mr. Balang, please go in quickly. The county lord is sick and needs you right now, so don't bother with the servant girl." Mu Jin knelt on the bluestone floor under the steps of the courtyard gate, pushed Uncle Cui, and said softly Persuading, "Today's incident, no matter how you say it, is all the fault of the maidservant. The maidservant and the maidservant never thought that I would have such a great fortune to be pregnant with the son of the lord... But this matter is so serious. I broke the rules of the family. Fortunately, the old lady and the county lord forgave me, and spared the maidservant and the child in her womb to not die... But the maidservant did something wrong and deserves to be punished. You should ask the maidservant to confess to the county lord. Bar."

Cui Youbo looked down at the gentle and demure Mu Jin, feeling very complicated.To be honest, when he heard Hemerocallis's words in Chenguangyuan just now, he was indeed a little annoyed at Mu Jin, he only felt that she had betrayed his trust by daring to murder his wife and children, she really deserved to die.

But Mu Jin's cries and grievances made Cui Youbo question Hemerocallis's statement: Yes, although he felt sorry for Mu Jin, he didn't pamper her too much. For the county lord, he also treated her in front of outsiders according to the family rules. To save the face of the county lord, the concubine, let the county lord beat and sell the maids around him, and put cronies in his study.The relationship between their husband and wife is not harmonious, but this has not affected the position of the county head in the Cui family.

Compared to the high-ranking county lord, Mu Jin is really just an insignificant little maid, the two of them are like clouds and mud, how can this most humble concubine dare to plot against the mistress?

Then he thought of her caring service over the past ten years, and he really couldn't bear to watch her being killed by his aunt.

In addition, apart from the affection that accompanied Mu Jin since childhood, the child in Mu Jin's womb was also an important reason for Cui Youbo to intercede for her - this was his child, his own flesh and blood, how could he be willing to let it go? !
Speaking of this, someone asked, the children of the aristocratic family are the most disciplined, not to mention the Cui family with hundreds of years of family heritage, you must know that the Cui family is a big family in Shandong, and they believe in Confucianism and Taoism the most. High and low, and as the son of the Cui family, how could Uncle Cui, who is a son of the Cui family, be so brain-twitching to protect the servant girls and allow the sons and daughters to be born before the sons and daughters?
This matter has to start with some of the Cui family's family rules.

Back then, a concubine murdered the mistress in the inner courtyard of the Cui family, and almost brought disaster to the front yard. After being found out by the old lady, she severely punished the concubine and sold the slaves. , Secretly, the old man did not know how many people he dealt with, and even exiled a concubine, finally stabilizing the Cui family.

Later, in order to prevent such a disaster from happening again, the old lady specially summoned her two younger brothers, opened the ancestral hall, and added a new family rule: the husband of the Cui family can only take concubines if he has no children for five years after he gets married, and the number of concubines should not exceed two .There are also detailed notes:

For example, if the Na family gave birth to slaves as concubines, then all her family members should be released from the ancestral house and assigned to work in farms or shops in other places, so as to prevent concubines who were born as slaves from using their father-grandfather's relationship to make trouble in the inner house;

For another example, it is not allowed to accept lowly women as concubines, especially not to accept prostitutes as concubines;

For another example, if there is a concubine who takes a concubine, the concubine is not allowed to conceive within five years, and those who give birth to heirs in violation of the regulations will be deprived of the qualification to divide the family property.

Again and again...

The old lady was absolutely unambiguous in Cui's house. The two younger brothers obeyed the elder sister's orders and repeatedly said yes, and strictly followed the elder sister's orders to restrain their children and grandchildren.

Therefore, under the effect of this new family rule, the second generation of the Cui family's nephews did restrain themselves a lot. Cui Ze, the eldest son of the eldest son of the long house and the current Dalangjun, did not even take concubines. It is a descendant.

There are no or very few concubines, which directly leads to the peacefulness of the inner courtyard of the Cui family. There are almost no conflicts between wives and concubines. Even if there are, they will not be too arrogant, at least not outside their own courtyard. Come, it directly tied the hands and feet of both sides in the struggle.As for the secret means of murdering children, poisoning, and drugging, they have almost disappeared in the Cui family.

This is also the reason why Princess Changle chose the Cui family - what mother wouldn't want to find a son-in-law for her daughter who doesn't take concubines? !

However, what no one expected was that Cui Youbo grew up in an inner courtyard where there were no fights, and he had no idea how vicious and ruthless a woman on the surface could be, let alone the incompatible hostility between his sons and daughters... In addition, Cui Youbo admired the free and easy celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but didn't pay much attention to etiquette and rules, which led to him not being as clear-cut as his father and brother when he looked at his concubines.

In his opinion, no matter whether he is a concubine or a concubine, they are all his sons, aren't they? !
It is impossible for Cui Youbo not to care about the county magistrate's near miscarriage, after all, it is his direct blood; and Mu Jin is forced to kneel in front of the courtyard gate while pregnant, so how can Cui Youbo feel at ease, what if the child is lost? !

While hesitating, Yulan hurried out from the Rongshou Hall. When she saw Cui Youbo, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly blessed her, saying: "Congratulations to Mr. Balang, the county magistrate finally saved the fetus in his womb after being diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician." , in seven months, you will be Ayer."

"Really, that's great. Where's the county lord? How is she doing now?" Although he had been assured by his aunt and grandmother that the old man was very sure that the county lord's child would be fine, Uncle Cui heard the exact news Finally, he still couldn't help being overjoyed, and temporarily forgot about Hibiscus kneeling on the ground, and asked with a smile.

"..." The smile on Yulan's face froze, she bit her lower lip, and said with a bit of worry: "County Master, the County Master is not good."

"Not good? What's wrong? Is she still angry with Hibiscus?"

It's not that Uncle Cui took Xiao Nan too narrow-mindedly, it's that in the past ten months or so, he has had enough of the arrogance and cruelty of the county lady In his opinion, being punished by kneeling is already unkind abuse), he did not forget the scenes where Furong, Hibiscus, Zizhu, and Bauhinia were "punished" by Xiao Nan. They are his personal maidservants, the youngest has been with him for seven or eight years, and they have some affection for each other.

After listening to Cui Youbo's words, Yulan sneered in her heart, Mr. Balang must have gone too far, it has been more than half a day since the county lord's accident, and he didn't want to go to see the county lord, but suspected the county lord because of a girl , really lived up to the reputation of 'Cui Yulang' in vain.

Hmph, what about Cui Jia Yulang, I think he is a black-hearted wolf!

Cursing secretly in her heart, but not showing on her face, Yulan said: "Of course not. Since the county lord said to spare Mu Jin, he will not blame her anymore. The reason why the county lord is not good is mainly because he is worried about the Duke of the Xiao family. Lord."

"Huh? Grandpa, you mean the county lord knows about Duke Song's resignation?" Most of the people Cui Youbo socialized with outside were descendants of officials and eunuchs, and he was also very well informed about official news.After a short pause, he thought of the worst incident in the past two days, and the protagonist of this incident was Xiao Nan's grandfather.

"Well, the county lord almost fainted when he heard the news. He was crying right now. Qin's mother tried to persuade him for a long time, but she couldn't persuade her. The servants were worried that the county lord would be too sad and hurt the child, so they wanted to invite you Go over and persuade her." At this point, Yulan raised her head, looked at Cui Youbo pleadingly, and said, "Mr. Balang, please persuade the county magistrate, she is pregnant with a child and has suffered so much today. Attack, the servant is worried about her, she—"

Cui Youbo was really ashamed by Yulan's words, he nodded repeatedly before Yulan finished speaking, "Enen, I am also worried about the county magistrate, so I came to see her."

As he spoke, Cui Youbo raised his legs and walked into the yard, not daring to look at Yulan's eyes of accusation in her pleading.

Yulan didn't follow immediately, but said to Mu Jin in a voice that everyone present could hear: "Mu Jin, the county lord is sick and can't bear the fatigue, please go back first. Besides, the county lord said, although you Humble, but Nian is pregnant with your lord's child, and takes extra care of you, and promises that you don't have to come to pay respects to the county lord in the future, and that it's serious to take good care of the baby..."

Cui Youbo stopped his sprinting feet, and listened to Yulan's words, thinking of Xiao Nan's pleading for Mu Jin in Chenguangyuan, he was relieved but also a little surprised, "Huh? When did the county lord become so virtuous? Hearing what he said, she seems like a tolerant and virtuous wife and mother!"

PS: Xiuwen!
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