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Chapter 22 The reason
Episode 022 Reason

For a long time, Mrs. Yang didn't say a word, she just ordered the big maid and the mother in charge to clean up the house for Mrs. Yang, and said: "Don't think too much. A daughter is like an official, and a daughter-in-law is like a cow. Since you are back Maternal family, you can enjoy a few days of happiness, don't worry about anything."

Seeing that her mother didn't say anything about Xue Dongwan, Yang felt a little uneasy, but she didn't dare to ask, so she followed the maidservant to rest.

Lying in the brocade quilt, the more she thought about all the things about Sister Wan's death, the more she felt that she had done nothing wrong.

But she has to suffer such grievances, the more Yang thinks about it, the more she hates it!

It may be that she didn't sleep last night, and she cried several times today, she was a little tired, and soon became unconscious and fell asleep.Seeing that Mrs. Yang was fast asleep, all the servants around him withdrew.

Mother Qin, the woman in charge next to Mrs. Yang, called Bi Tao and said that Mrs. Yang had something to ask her.

Bi Tao's heart tightened, her eyelids twitched, and an uneasy premonition spread through her limbs.Although she is not the dowry maid of the Yang family, but she has heard of Mrs. Yang's tactics, she is strict with her servants, and she can't do anything wrong in speaking and doing things in front of her.

At the beginning, Bi Tao was ordered to go to the Taoju Pavilion to pick up trouble, and told Miss Ten and Miss Eleven that the fifth son of the Xiao family was going to marry the concubine daughter of the Xue family as his second wife.

Now that things are getting serious, Mrs. Yang won't blame her, right?
Yang Shifei said that Xue Dongwan's death had nothing to do with her.But it was indeed too cruel to use Young Master Xiao Wu to frighten Miss Ten, who had never seen anything before.

Who in Man Jinghua doesn't know Fifth Young Master Xiao?
Even the maids and mother-in-law in the inner house have heard of his affairs.He was originally born by a concubine, but he is smarter than Xiao Guogong's other sons. Xiao Guogong likes him the most, so he has an arrogant and reckless personality.In order to find a future for him, Xiao Guogong asked him to take the provincial examination when his disciple was the invigilator.

As a result, Fifth Young Master Xiao stayed in Qianjiaoyuan for three days and missed the provincial examination.

Qianjiaoyuan is the No.1 brothel in the capital.

Not only that, he continued to torture, and got the popular oiran Hongxiu girl of Qianjiaoyuan into the room, and did not come out for three days.The red-sleeved girl originally sold herself as an artist, but the old bustard coveted the tens of thousands of taels of silver from the Fifth Young Master Xiao, and was afraid of the power of Duke Xiao's mansion, so she gave the red-sleeved girl to him.

The red-sleeved girl has just experienced human affairs, and her body is as delicate as a flower pistil, how can she stand the torture of a seasoned veteran like Mr. Xiao Wu.Three days later, she actually died under Xiao Wuzi.

Behind this Qianjiao Garden is the power of King Xingping, and it is the place opened by the brother of King Xingping who loves the concubine the most.

King Xingping is the cousin of Emperor Daxing, but he likes Emperor Daxing even more than his brother.When the new emperor was still the crown prince, King Xingping also helped him many times, donating money and effort to seek the throne for him, but he did not interfere in government affairs.This kind of prince is the favorite of those in power, so the two generations of emperors have favored King Xingping.

But compared to the Fifth Young Master Xiao, this King Xingping is even more dissolute and domineering.

After killing the oiran of Qianjiaoyuan, Qianjiaoyuan had the backing of King Xingping, and insisted on demanding 1 taels of gold from Fifth Young Master Xiao.

Xiao Guogong was so angry that he beat the fifth son of Xiao, and he heard that he couldn't get out of bed for three months.

In the end, Emperor Yuanchang himself came forward, and King Xingping gave up. He didn't want the gold, but made people spread the news.

That year, Mr. Xiao Wu had just turned 15 years old.

This matter has been talked about in the capital after dinner for several years.

The year before last, by chance, Mrs. Xiao Guogong fell in love with the third daughter of Fei Xingben, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and wanted to hire Miss Fei San for the fifth young master Xiao.

No one is willing for a concubine to hire a daughter-in-law.Besides, that concubine is the Fifth Young Master Xiao who has been ridiculed by the famous family in the capital for several years, and the Fei family is even more reluctant.

Helplessly, Fei Xingben was only a fifth-rank bachelor, while Xiao Guogong was a first-rank official, the biological father of the empress, and the imperial tutor, with a single-handedly powerful power.

Succumbing to Xiao Guogong's despotic power, Miss Fei married the fifth young master Xiao.

But on the wedding night, Fifth Young Master Xiao actually asked Third Miss Fei to share the bed with five singers.Miss Fei San didn't want to get married in the first place, and she grew up in a scholarly family, so she knew the most about etiquette, justice, and shame.She was so ashamed and indignant at such a ridiculous request that she bumped her head to death in the new house.

Fifth Young Master Xiao's reputation is getting worse and worse.

Later, it was said that someone killed a concubine, but there was no conclusive evidence.Given his previous history, killing concubines was not surprising.

Such a man, even if he is the grandson of the prince and dragon, it is impossible for Master Xue to marry his granddaughter.This is not a matter of being wronged or not, but about the face of the Xue family!
If the daughter of the Xue family married the fifth son of Xiao, others would say that Old Master Xue was afraid of Duke Xiao and sold his daughter for glory. What is the name of Old Master Xue I?

People all over the capital also want to see the Xue family's jokes.

If there is anyone in this dynasty who dares to confront Xiao Guogong, I am afraid that the only one who is the hero of the three dynasties is Zhen Xianhou.

It is said that the concubine of the Xue family will marry the fifth son of Xiao, but only the ignorant inner house ladies like Miss Shi would believe it.When Bitao went to talk at the Taoyuan Pavilion, Miss Ten showed fear, while Miss Eleven drank tea with her eyes downcast.

Miss Eleven is the most cunning, she knows better than anyone else, but she doesn't say anything, just like Miss Nine!

Thinking of this, Bi Tao panicked and followed Mother Qin to Mrs. Yang's yard.

Mrs. Yang was sitting on the kang, twirling a string of tourmaline beads in her hands, her lips were moving, she did not open her eyes to look at Bi Tao.

Mother Qin and the others withdrew, leaving only Bi Tao in the Dongci room.

Obviously, the cold curtain was drawn down, the warm copper tripod was burned, and the room was as warm as spring, but Betao, who was wearing a silk jacket, only felt that her cheeks, palms, and back were all cold, and there was even cold sweat on her forehead.

Mrs. Yang remained silent, and Bi Tao stood like this for half an hour, not daring to move a step, and the soles of her feet ached from standing there.

Mrs. Yang paused her hands slightly, and finally stopped chanting. She suddenly opened her eyes and stared at Bitao. Bitao was so frightened that she took two steps back.

"Bold slave, kneel down!" Mrs. Yang's voice was not high, but majestic, Bi Tao bent her knees and knelt down in front of her with a plop.

Bi Tao's body trembled slightly, and she kowtowed: "Bitao's damned, Bitao's damned..."

"Why should you die?" Mrs. Yang was not angry.

"Bitao...Bitao didn't help Madam take good care of Miss Ten, Bitao..." Bitao hesitated for a while, not knowing what to say, her cheeks were wet with tears and cold sweat, and she felt colder and colder.

"Let me ask you, who helped choose your wife's clothes and jewelry today?" Mrs. Yang was silent again for a long time before she suddenly asked this question.

Bitao's heart was always on her mind, and she didn't dare to lose her mind. Hearing this, she said immediately without thinking, "Madam chose it herself. She said that if something happened in the house, others would naturally have to speculate. The old lady and Mrs. Shizi To tell the truth, she dressed luxuriously and went back to her mother's house for a short stay. Others must think that nothing happened, Miss Ten was really just sent to the temple to recuperate..."

Mrs. Yang fell silent for a while after hearing this, she got Bitao up, said a few words to serve your wife carefully, and then asked Mother Qin to send Bitao out.

As soon as Bitao left, Mrs. Yang slapped the kang table with her palm, making the teacups jingle: "She, sooner or later, she will be killed by herself, she always pretends to be smart like this!"

Mrs. Yang asked people to inquire about the situation in Xue's residence. After a few days, she heard rumors that Mrs. Yang was driven away by the old lady because she was dressed so gorgeously.

Mrs. Yang didn't tell Yang Shi, fearing that she would make a mess again and do more unbearable things, but she was so angry that her heart ached.

Today, when I heard that the old lady of Xuehou's mansion, the wife of the eldest son and the daughters-in-law are going to enter the palace to meet the queen mother, the Yang family is clamoring to go back by herself.

Mrs. Yang felt that she could no longer let her be left alone, so she sneered immediately: "You can go back if you want. If you suffer any grievances in Xue's house in the future, don't run to your mother's house!"

(End of this chapter)