Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 116

Because of that memory, the third lady's voice was a little brisk: "After you and Lord Hou left, Mrs. Tai gradually fell ill because of the lingering anger, and I began to host the Zhongfu. In my opinion, it was me and the third master It’s the beginning of replacing you and Master Hou. While I’m busy with big and small matters, when I have the opportunity, I will deduct some money and use it to do some business without capital. I’m going to beg my father, beg him to keep the third master’s official position, beg He must protect the third master from falling into such a difficult situation as the second master, who may lose his official position at any time. My father fully agreed, and later made me feel that he did it. I was so happy. I was there From now on, I hope that Lord Hou will be like you before, and there will be no day to return home."

This is also true.Ye Xizhao rested his chin in one hand and waited for the next sentence.

"But in the end, you came back." The third lady's smile turned bitter, and her voice was the same, "Since you came back, I was worried that you would take back the right to host the media—maybe you are indifferent, but I'm not, I'm just an ordinary person. I see you are weak and emaciated, and I see your daughter, I have indeed gloated for a long time, and I have indeed thought too much. I think you are half a useless person, and it is very likely that you will not be able to regenerate. Having given birth to the Lord Hou, I eagerly began to make other plans. Because I had heard about Yang and Fang Fei from the servants in Mrs. Tai's room, it happened that my father had a lot of property in the south of the Yangtze River——I thought Heaven really helped me, so I exchanged letters with the people from my natal family, and when I learned that Fang Fei looks beautiful, I spent some money and asked them to promise to help me bring Fang Fei to the capital."

Ye Xizhao's eyes narrowed slightly.

"I want to take Fangfei to the capital, find someone to train you according to your talent, temperament, speech and behavior for a year and a half, and then take him to the Hou's mansion. I think that at that time, Fangfei's age will be reached, and the Houye and you should be the ones who are just for you." When the children are bothering me, it is also the time when Fangfei is able to win the favor of the Marquis. Who knows, people in the south of the Yangtze River told me later that Fangfei was infected with malaria, and I actually believed it, and felt very sorry for it." Third Madam Yang let out a self-deprecating smile, and took a sip of tea.

This was the thing Ye Xizhao was most interested in, but after hearing it, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.Some words of the third lady hit her heart and hit her sore spot.

There are some things that you just can't ignore if you want to.

The third lady put the teacup back on the low table beside her, and the self-mockery in her smile became more serious, "I didn't expect Lord Hou to return to the court so soon, I thought there was enough time to find candidates, and I ordered the steward to You have been serving you thoughtfully—but Master Hou came back in the late autumn of last year. When Master Hou came back, I could no longer act without scruples as before, and later I handed over the power of the house. That's the ins and outs , I realized that I am just a joke in your eyes, Mr. Hou, Mr. Third.” Her voice paused for a long time before she continued, “I care about Mr. Third, but I don’t care. I care about his future, but I don't care about him. I have thought for too long that he is just a person who can make me live a happy life, but I didn't expect that this person is a trick to me-I am sometimes vicious, But far less than him.”

Hearing this, Ye Xizhao couldn't help being puzzled - what did the third lady want to say?
The third lady quickly cleared Ye Xizhao's doubts: "I shouldn't expect too much, I deserved to be plotted against by the third master, who told me to be stupid, who told me to be stupid? Who told my father to plot against me invisibly? But Sister-in-law, I know where I made a mistake, but if I do it all over again, I will still do it, but I will keep in mind the four words—foresight and foresight.”

Ye Xizhao laughed silently, and replied, "That's right."

The third lady then smiled, "I'm just an ordinary woman. I will never be able to have the affectionate encounter between my sister-in-law and Lord Hou. It's not a pity if I can't. All I think about is the future, safety, gains and losses. Ask yourself , I have worked so hard so far, although I have not been able to regard the third master as the person I like, but everything is for him and my future. In the matter of Guan Lin, I really want to kill two birds with one stone-both let Fang Fei leave the Hou Mansion and become a concubine, And I can bring Hongliu into it——As for the matter of causing my sister-in-law to be accused of lax family management, I don’t dare to hope—— Mrs. Tai or Hou Ye will not anger my sister-in-law. Get out of this."

Ye Xizhao smiled back, "So, you talked for a long time, just to tell me that it wasn't wrong for you to be self-righteous and dissatisfied in the past. Your fault was that you didn't have foresight and didn't expect many accidents to happen."

The third lady agreed.

Ye Xizhao said leisurely: "Then, third brother and sister, I would like to ask you one thing—if Guan Lin succeeds, do you know what the real evil consequences are?——It is because of this that the Hou Mansion was discredited, and the family style in the past has changed again. Well, it’s just yesterday. It is true that some people with shallow knowledge will only say that I am not strict in running the family, but in the eyes of those who are interested, that is inextricably linked. Will you look for their mistakes in government affairs? Master Hou is now different from the past because of the imperial concubine and empress. If you encourage people to do such things, do you want to vent your anger, or do you want to make the Hou family full of trouble?"

The calm and leisurely tone made the third lady's figure tense and her expression froze.

"I also understand what you really want to say." Ye Xizhao looked at the third lady with a smile, "You just want to tell me that everything you do is for the future of the third master and you. You know your mistakes but don't regret it. But don't forget that the three brothers of the Yu family have always been brothers and sisters, and they will affect the whole body. The life of Lord Hou is not easy, and the life of the people in the Hou family will not be easy. I will not be considerate and forgive you because of this you."

The third lady looked at Ye Xizhao, her gaze changed rapidly, and her expression fell into confusion.

Ye Xizhao's smile grew stronger, and he said calmly: "Third siblings, let me tell you the truth, whoever tries to destroy my relationship with Lord Hou is my enemy, Ye Xizhao. If not for this, I didn't bother yesterday Complain with you, let alone invite your mother to explain everything."

"I just don't understand," the third lady still said from her heart, "What is your intention for inviting my mother here? Are you not afraid that my mother will perfunctory you? Are you not afraid that someone sent by my mother will give me a message? "

"I'm really not afraid." Ye Xizhao said frankly, "Your mother's knowledge is general, and you are still the third wife of the Hou Mansion. Otherwise, you will have to tear yourself apart. How simple is this? Why do you ask this?"

The third lady got up and gave a deep salute, and said in a low voice: "I have already said, but I am just an ordinary person. If I know my mistakes, I will not be obsessed with them. Even if I didn't tell you about my mistakes in the past, my sister-in-law can guess it, but I can't. I can also check them out one by one. If my sister-in-law wants to investigate, she can punish her as she pleases. Before that, I went back to my room to copy "Nvjie" and embroidered scriptures for Mrs. Tai."

Ye Xizhao said with a smile, "Go."

The three wives said they were quitting.

On this day, the Minister of Rites and Mrs. Jiang arrived at the Hou's mansion. The former made amends in Yu Shaoheng's study, while the latter also apologized for his mistakes in Mrs. Tai's room.

Of course, Yu Shaoheng and Mrs. Tai didn't care about what the third wife had done, and treated them leniently.

The mother and son looked calm, but they were still a little surprised in their hearts.Although she knew that Jiang Shi had been here before, she didn't know what Ye Xizhao had said in detail to her, and she never expected that Jiang Shi and her husband would visit together.

They were very satisfied that Mrs. Jiang and the servant of the Ministry of Rites did not favor their daughter, but Ye Xizhao made the situation develop to this point, which they never expected.The most surprising thing is that before this, Ye Xizhao didn't mention a single word, as if this was a normal and trivial matter.

After the third lady heard about it, she stopped the pen in her hand and stared at the door in a daze.

Mother Tian asked worriedly: "What is the third lady thinking?"

The third lady laughed sarcasticly, "I'm thinking, what should I do so that the third master won't look at me once and don't bother to take a second look."

Tian's mother hurriedly explained: "Third Master's words are also angry, so we can't take them seriously."

At this time, Zhang's mother walked in, saluted and said: "I just heard that Guan Lin was taken care of by the family law early this morning. It hasn't been a month or two. I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of bed." Twitching the corners of his mouth, he thought to himself, how could such a thing happen without your instigation?
But the third lady said: "It deserves it." She asked him to send a letter to express his affection, but he was lucky enough to copy an ugly erotic poem, and he would not be wronged if he was killed.Then she asked, "Dad and mother gone?"

"Yes."

The third madam got up sadly, "I'll go to the grand madam's room and kowtow to confess." She smiled again, "I've learned what it means to betray relatives."

Mrs. Tai didn't seriously argue with the third wife, but said: "It's better to put your mind on Shaohuan in the future."

The third lady Gong claimed it was.After returning to the room, she copied "The Female Ring" and asked Ding Xiang to rub the ink; Prepare the ingredients; when the night is dark, let Lilac stand outside the door to watch the night.

She can be said to have put all her thoughts on Yu Shaohuan—a soft knife sharpened the room he accepted, as if she was determined to exhaust Lilac to death.

Yu Shaohuan's response to this was no response, as if he suddenly forgot who Ding Xiang was, and rested in the study at night.

On the second day, Ye Xizhao heard about it and couldn't stop laughing.It is a miracle that the husband and wife can live like this.

In the evening of that day, Ye Xizhao went to Mrs. Tai's room to say hello, but before entering the door, she heard sister Xin's cry.

This is being drugged again...

Ye Xizhao stroked his forehead, hesitated for a moment before he went to the door to wait and see, and saw that Yu Shaoheng was feeding medicine to Xin's son, and the person restraining Xin's small body was naturally Mrs. Tai.

Poor little thing, bear with it.

Ye Xizhao turned around and went outside to wait, then called the wet nurse and asked, "Why are you feeding me the medicine at this time?"

The nurse replied: "I've been full for a while, and when I'm hungry again, I'm afraid it will be late, and it's not good to feed medicine on an empty stomach. Mrs. Tai and Lord Hou are a little earlier today."

Ye Xizhao felt relieved and waited until Sister Xin stopped crying before going in.

Sitting in Mrs. Tai's arms, Sister Xin looked aggrieved and depressed. She ignored Yu Shaoheng and did not respond to Mrs. Tai's gentle comforting voice. She also did not respond when she saw Ye Xizhao.

This is good, the whole family offended her.Ye Xizhao couldn't laugh or cry.

When Sister Xin recovered, she didn't need to take any more medicine, but she still didn't recover, and she slept more than usual.Seeing her pitiful, Ye Xizhao and Yu Shaoheng still kept her in the room every night and looked after her personally, so naturally they didn't dare to take her out to visit at this time.

Mrs. Meng heard about it, so she made a special trip to see Sister Xin. When chatting with Ye Xizhao, she talked about some outside issues that Ye Xihan and Ye Xilang talked about, "The emperor has agreed to divide the prime ministers into left and right. The candidate for the left is still being considered. Besides, the war in southern Xinjiang is coming to an end, and the day when Qin Anhuai and the victorious squadron will return to the court is not far away—do you think the person the emperor wants to choose will be someone who is close to Qin Anhuai people?"

Of course it is.Ye Xizhao said in his heart.Qin Anhuai is not as good as Yu Shaoheng in using troops, but after all, he has achieved great military exploits, and his daughter Concubine Shu is in the palace.Under the balance of left and right, the emperor would of course prefer to see Qin and Yu equally divided in the court, restricting each other, and fighting openly and secretly.In such a situation, the emperor benefited the most.Only in this way, the emperor doesn't need to worry about who has the most meritorious deeds, and who has the power to overwhelm the world and threaten the imperial power in his hands.She thought so, but she just said to Meng Shi: "We just have to wait for the results of these things, we have no clue, and we can't guess why."

"That's right." Mrs. Meng smiled, and asked again, "Is Lord Hou better? Do you intend to return to the court? Although the emperor didn't explain his official position, he has always reserved it for him."

"Let's rest for a while longer." Ye Xizhao joked, "What's wrong with Mother now? You're so concerned about this kind of thing."

Meng Shi smiled helplessly, "Everything is related to the in-laws' family, and these things can't be said to others. Naturally, I will mention a few words when I see you."

"Don't worry, with them, we don't have to think so much."

After the mother and daughter chatted for a long time, Mrs. Meng went to Mrs. Tai's room.

During the two days when Ye Xizhao was preparing for Sister Xin's first birthday, the emperor first issued an order to transfer Zhong Lizhen, Zhong Lishan and others from the palace to the dungeon, waiting for the day of conviction and punishment.

All Ye Xizhao could think of was Zhong Lishan.She has no antipathy towards that woman until now, she just thinks that she is a miserable person who was dragged down by her relatives.As a member of the Zhongli clan, if he hadn't participated in King Jing's rebellion, he should be able to save his life, right?But even if they were alive, they would be imprisoned for life. It was impossible for the emperor to give the descendants of Prince Jing another chance to cause trouble.

On the same day, the emperor's second decree was to order Qin Anhuai's class teacher to return to the court.

Not long after hearing the news, Ye Xihan came over, with a hint of anger in his expression, he sat down and said, "That idiot Du Liang!"

Ye Xizhao thought for a while, and then remembered that Du Liang was the one who took Feng Huixuan into his concubine, and was one of Ye Xihan's old friends.She thought that Feng Huixuan had nothing to do with her anymore, that she would never hear any more news about this person, so she hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Ye Xihan's face was full of anger, "He divorced his wife because he was jealous! That's all, he took Feng Huixuan to his wife in a few days."

Ye Xizhao's mind turned rapidly, "Is it possible that the An Guo Gong's mansion is about to gain power again?" As he spoke, he realized that in the years of turbulence or wars, whether it is the Prime Minister's Mansion or the Hou Mansion, they will all be in power. Anguo Gongfu ignored it.

Ye Xihan nodded, "Xi Lang and I were able to relinquish our official posts to serve the country in the army, so naturally a few men from An Guogong's mansion could also - and they took refuge in Qin Anhuai. It's a pity that the emperor has never been in the war. Only talking about the results and not talking about other things made us realize later. To this day, the emperor said in the court hall that An Guogong has been recuperating for a long time, why he has not yet come to the court. "

Ye Xihan doesn't need to talk about the next thing - the brothers of the Feng family have made some achievements in the army, and Qin Anhuai is of course happy to help the government of An Guo. The Feng brothers said good things in the memorial.

Therefore, An Guogong was remembered by the emperor again, and the day when he was activated is not far away.Under such a premise, people like Du Liang who regard money as their life, saw the prospect of clinging to the rich and powerful, and had already hated the tigress' first wife to the extreme.

Ye Xihan said again: "Du Liang and Feng Huixuan are on their way to Beijing."

Ye Xizhao's state of mind, which had been calm for so long, had obvious ups and downs because Feng Huixuan was about to appear near him again.

Her emotion towards Feng Huixuan was not hatred, but disgust, the kind of disgust that she didn't even want to look at.Now that this person is about to resurface, her plan is naturally to extinguish that spark in time.

While drinking a few sips of tea, Ye Xizhao became hesitant and said, "Don't take this matter to heart, let alone intervene. Sooner or later, someone will deal with Duke Anguo's mansion."

Although Ye Xihan was confused, seeing Ye Xizhao's expression was determined, he nodded in response and left.

Afterwards, Ye Xizhao went to Yu Shaoheng and told him about it.

Yu Shaoheng was leading Sister Xin around the study, and after listening to it, he asked with a smile, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ye Xizhao nodded honestly, "Of course I'm uncomfortable."

"There's no need to be so anxious. You just have to wait and see the show." Yu Shaoheng said indifferently, "It's really unpleasant. Tomorrow, you go to Xiao's mansion, talk to Qiao An about this matter, and ask her to tell Xiao Xun. Then The servant is so busy that he has forgotten Duke An, so it's time to remind him."

Ye Xizhao laughed.

Yu Shaoheng studied her expression carefully, raised his hand and patted her forehead, "You already have this plan, but you want me to tell you."

Ye Xizhao smiled even wider.

Because of this, on the afternoon of the second day, Ye Xizhao spared no time and ordered people to prepare carriages and horses to go to Xiao's residence.

But the second lady came over at this time, with a smile on her brows and suspicion, she said straight to the point: "Second master came back at noon, and told me one thing - someone played to impeach An Guogong for spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife."

"Really? Who is it?" What Ye Xizhao really wanted to say was, who was so kind?Invisibly helped her.

The second lady smiled and said, "Guess what. I guess you would never have thought of it."

(End of this chapter)