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Chapter 207 Confession
Ashamed to speak?

The apparently simple words made Dong Yuan quite confused.

What is it to be ashamed to say?

He disregarded his wife's face and refuted his wife's handling of the inner house, which was his mistake.If he was angry for a while, after calming down, even if he didn't make up for it, he should give Dong Yuan a sincere apology.

Dong Yuan thinks this is reasonable.

Why are you ashamed to apologize?
She looked at Sheng Xiuyi puzzled.

Sheng Xiuyi drank half a cup of warm wine, looked at Dong Yuan's bewildered eyes, and involuntarily tapped the kang table with his fingers, showing a embarrassed expression.He seemed determined to explain clearly to Dong Yuan, but he didn't know where to start when the words came to his lips.This repetition shows his inner resistance to this matter.

Dong Yuan had a vague premonition in his heart.

She didn't urge Sheng Xiuyi, instead she added half a glass of wine to him quietly, waiting for him to speak silently.

Before Sheng Xiuyi could speak, Qiangwei's urgent voice came from outside the curtain: "Master, grandma..."

Dong Yuan was startled.

Is something wrong?

Qiangwei is the smartest among her maidservants.The waiters at Jingsheyuan knew that Dong Yuan and Sheng Xiuyi were angry recently, and also knew that today Sheng Xiuyi took the initiative to ask for peace, and the couple exchanged glasses in the inner house, so naturally they didn't want anyone to disturb them.If they could handle it, they wouldn't call Dong Yuan.

Since he came to complain, even Qiangwei couldn't handle it.

Something must have happened.

Dong Yuan put down the lukewarm jug, and called Qiangwei to come in: "What's the matter?"

Sheng Xiuyi seemed relieved.

Qiangwei walked quickly to the big kang by the window in the inner room, not daring to look up at Sheng Xiuyi, but walked up to Dong Yuan, her voice was soft and weak: "Grandma, Aunt Fan, she...she's not well..."

Is Aunt Fan bad?

Dong Yuan was most afraid of hearing such words.

She suddenly looked at Qiangwei.

Sheng Xiuyi also turned his expression back, and his eyes fell on Qiangwei's face.

Qiangwei was stared at by them like this, she just took a small step back.She forced herself to be calm, and answered Dong Yuan's words in a steady voice: "Aunt Fan took poison and was discovered by the little maid beside her. Now..."

"Take poison?" Dong Yuan suddenly stood up, "How is she now?"

Sheng Xiuyi's face became even more gloomy.

Qiangwei said: "Mama Luo and Ju Hong are already at Aunt Fan's place. I didn't come back to report to you until Aunt Fan was rescued. Although she was saved, it was not very good. Grandma, what should I do now? Do you want to invite the imperial physician to come?" see?"

Mother Luo, Ju Hong, and Qiang Wei all went, which means that the matter has been suppressed, and only the people around Dong Yuan know about it.

She believed that Qiangwei and the others had such abilities.

Whoever makes a joke about aunt's suicide in the family will be criticized for a long time, Qiangwei understands.She came to sue Dong Yuan only after she handled the matter almost.

The Sheng family has just faded away from everyone's sight. Dong Yuan believes that neither Sheng Xiuyi nor Mrs. Shengchang Hou Sheng wants to make such remarks in the family again.

Naturally, the imperial physician should be invited.

Although Aunt Fan is just a concubine, she is also a living life.Even if she spared her life, the Sheng family couldn't ignore her.

From the point of view of great benevolence and righteousness, the Sheng family can't do things that would see death without saving them; from the point of view of small interests, there has already been an accident in Sheng Xiuyi's house this year, and no one can die in a short time.

"Take my pair of cards, hurry up and invite the imperial physician." Dong Yuan said to Qiangwei.There was a bit of urgency in her tone, while she was talking, she had already got off the kang to put on her shoes, and was going to visit the aunt's small courtyard.

Qiangwei was about to say yes when she heard Sheng Xiuyi's voice: "No, you go out first."

His voice was cold and undeniable.Qiangwei couldn't help but looked up, and saw Sheng Xiuyi's brows brimming with frost.

To Shi Ziye, Qiangwei is the same as the other maids around Dong Yuan, although she is not scared, she never dares to disobey him.When he said a word, Qiangwei said yes without hesitation, turned around and went out from the inner room.

His words are more useful than Dong Yuan's.

Dong Yuan's movement of putting on his shoes slowed down.

She didn't ask the servant girl to serve her. After putting on her shoes, she stood up and looked at Sheng Xiuyi: "Tianhe, do you want to ask you about everything in this yard from now on?"

There was a bit of tough questioning in his tone.

She was angry.

If it was the first time he crossed Dong Yuan to deal with Rue Xiang, Dong Yuan was just a little annoyed; this time it was really unbearable.

He refused to say what happened to Aunt Fan, but he was extremely mean to Fan, and even preferred to watch Fan die.

Dong Yuan's mind was spinning for some years, but she was quickly denied by herself, she couldn't believe the things she had imagined.Ke Sheng Xiuyi's performance confirmed Dong Yuan's guess time and time again.

She was quite unhappy about this, and even a little upset.

Sheng Xiuyi looked directly at her, and said after a while: "You know I don't have that intention."

A sneer sneered at the corner of Dong Yuan's lips, and he said: "Since you don't have that intention, then don't meddle in it. If I don't handle Aunt Fan's affairs properly, I have no objection to you taking care of it. But if you do this, tell me to do it later." How do you do things? Tianhe, you are not such a person..."

Dong Yuan's tone was strong at first, but seeing the helpless annoyance in his clear eyes, Dong Yuan's heart softened again.

He is a scholar-bureaucrat of this era, and all his self-esteem is beyond Dong Yuan's imagination.

The entanglement and struggle in his heart may be more serious than what he showed.

Maybe men in later generations don't care about that kind of thing, but Sheng Xiuyi felt a great shame.Such humiliation made him unable to speak in front of Dong Yuan, which showed the pain in his heart.

Dong Yuan can't use his own values ​​to ask Sheng Xiuyi to be tolerant to Aunt Fan.

She took a deep breath, and said again: "Tianhe, no matter what Aunt Fan does, Yunxiang has already been sent out. She is now looking for death and life. If something happens and it gets out, our family's reputation will be damaged. Tianhe, you can only be I don't know, I know it..."

Sheng Xiuyi stared at Dong Yuan in astonishment, obviously very suspicious of Dong Yuan's saying "I know it in my heart".He thought for a while, hesitated to speak, and still didn't know what to say.

He was so secretive about that matter that he felt embarrassed even to mention half a sentence.

Dong Yuan nodded, looked at him, and said: "Aunt Fan and Ruxiang are a bit unbearable, so Aunt Fan is reluctant to let Ruxiang leave. But you can't tolerate Ruxiang staying by Aunt Fan's side... Tianhe, the world is so big, this kind of thing is not I have heard of the first case before."

Sheng Xiuyi was even more astonished.

He almost asked who else had this kind of thing happen, and where did Dong Yuan hear about it.

Why hasn't he heard of it?
Compared with Xue Dongyuan, a woman who was kept in the inner house all day long, what he saw and heard should be far more than Dongyuan knew.

But in the end, there was still no question.He concealed the surprise in his eyes, and said in silence for a moment: "You are right. I have looked at King Xingping's face and tolerated her again and again. Last time I was kind to her in Chunliu. This time Next time, if we don't teach her a lesson, won't our mansion become a joke all over the capital!"

It turned out that this was not the first time this had happened.

Chunliu was the dowry maid given to Aunt Fan by King Xingping when she came to the Sheng family.

I heard that Aunt Fan and Chunliu once learned to play and sing together.Chunliu was born in an official family, and was forced to sell herself as a slave after she fell into poverty. Not only did she look beautiful, but she also learned a lot of poetry. She was the best among those singers.

King Xingping had also admired Chunliu for a long time.

It's just that Princess Xingping is very strict, and King Xingping can't get Chunliu.In the end, for unknown reasons, Chunliu gave Aunt Fan a dowry and sent it to the Sheng family.

Afterwards, she didn't know what she did, and was kicked out by Sheng Xiuyi for no reason.

After chasing Chunliu away, Yunxiang was transferred from Jingsheyuan to serve Aunt Fan.

Aunt Fan always said that Chunliu was not good, but she mentioned her from time to time.These words were only found out by Dong Yuan recently.

Looking at it now, the reason why Chunliu was kicked out by Sheng Xiuyi is clear at a glance.

The relationship between Aunt Fan and Chunliu has surpassed that of master and servant.As long as outsiders know about it, it will bring great jokes to the Sheng family, and Sheng Xiuyi cannot tolerate it.

He drove Chunliu away, and chose Ruexiang from among the most honest maidservants in his yard to serve Aunt Fan, probably because he wanted to guard against the lapse of time.

But Aunt Fan is not interested in Sheng Xiuyi, but Rue Xiang has feelings for her.

Now that Yunxiang is getting married, she is no longer as silent as when Chunliu was driven away.She probably felt that she had spent so much time thinking about Chunliu from time to time.In this case, it is better to give it a go and have a good time.

This kind of joy, in this age of fearful words, and the Sheng family is such a noble family, it is impossible to give her.

"Tianhe, leave it to me." Dong Yuan stepped forward and squeezed his hand, his voice was soft but inspiring, "No matter how to deal with her, first invite the imperial physician to show her .If she really died, it would be another disturbance."

Sheng Xiuyi's eyes were changing, and he didn't speak for a long time.

He still did not agree to save Aunt Fan.Since she wanted to seek death, it was her own doing.She was not worthy of Sheng Xiuyi's saving her.

He even hoped that she would be dead, that it would be over once and for all, and that there would be no need to cover up for her.

But after thinking about it, Aunt Tao sent his aunts to the Zhuangzi, and Sheng Xiuyi didn't plan to bring her back; if Aunt Fan died again, others would attack him again.

He is now the prince's young teacher, maybe he will be the emperor's teacher in a short time.His status is rising day by day, and more and more people will hit him in the back.

Nor did he want to give anyone a handle.

"Tianhe, Aunt Fan was given to you by King Xingping." Dong Yuan's voice became softer, "If there is a conflict with King Xingping in the future, who knows it will be a sharp weapon for counterattack?"

Sheng Xiuyi was taken aback.

He looked at Dong Yuan, and saw a bit of cunning in her beautiful eyes.

Maybe Aunt Fan's stay was useful to Sheng Xiuyi; maybe it was a stumbling block.But what Xue Dongyuan wanted was for Sheng Xiuyi and the Sheng family to avoid being criticized as much as possible.

She racked her brains to ensure the tranquility of the house.

Sheng Xiuyi held Dong Yuan's hand instead, and finally calmed down: "Go and do it."

Then, he went to the small study to read, waiting for Dong Yuan to come back.

Dong Yuan said yes, and took Qiangwei to Aunt Fan's yard.

(End of this chapter)