Wanfu, the Reborn Empress

Chapter 178 Make Up Your Mind
That night
Yuunin

As long as Mrs. Lin thinks that her most beloved daughter is suffering in the ancestral hall at this moment, she will not be able to sleep no matter what, tossing and turning, her whole heart is pulled.

It was difficult for Lin to fall asleep, and Gu Jin, who was lying beside her, naturally kept his eyes open, staring intently at the bed curtain above his head, and after a long while, he said, "Yixiang, you are weak, and you haven't been feeling well these two days. At this time, you should worry less and rest more."

Listening to her husband's caring tone, if it was in the past, Lin would naturally be full of joy and feel that her husband loves her; but now, her heart is loving her daughter, and suddenly hearing such words, she will only feel that her husband is hard-hearted , He didn't even care about the life and death of his only daughter.

Thinking that Jiaojiao is so small and her body is so delicate, but she has to kneel in the cold ancestral hall and look at the black-faced spiritual tablet, Lin can't stand it anymore, she lifts the quilt and sits up, holding her hands in discomfort In my heart, I cried loudly.

Gu Jin was thinking about something, when he suddenly heard his beloved wife crying, he was also startled.

He hurriedly sat up and lit a candle, approached Mrs. Lin worriedly and asked, "Yixiang, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

Lin shook off her husband's caring hand, raised her face full of tears from her arms, and looked at him complainingly, "How do you want me to sleep at this time? Jiaojiao is punished outside kneeling in the ancestral hall. How is the ancestral hall all year round?" Has it ever been popular? Even when I go there sometimes I feel cold, let alone a child as big as Jiaojiao? She is still a little girl, but she has to face so many spiritual places, will she be afraid of it alone? ? Will you cry? Will it be cold, don’t you worry about it as a father?”

Gu Jin knew that a wife who loves her daughter must be worried, but he didn't expect that his wife would be so worried, and he didn't think it through.

Looking at his wife who was crying with tears all over her face, Gu Jin naturally felt distressed.

He hurriedly took his coat and put it on his wife, and at the same time took her hand again, comforting her softly: "I know Jiaojiao made a mess this time, but this is my father's order. I can't even refute it. This time Jiaojiao was troubled, and her father punished her because it really hurt her heart because of the incident with the second brother. My father is old, so I can't be too angry. At this time, as a child, I can't add trouble to my father. Annoy him; therefore, Jiaojiao can only be wronged and knelt in the ancestral hall for three days."

"Oh! What I mean to you is that my father is old, and we can only follow his orders, so even if we face unfair treatment, we have to tolerate it, right? Husband, I am not a daughter-in-law who is not filial to my father. You can see how the Gu family manages the back house. If my father is angry and needs someone to stand up to top the tank, I am willing to stand up, not to mention kneeling in the ancestral hall for three days, even 30 days. But why? It is our Jiaojiao who suffers? Let Jiaojiao suffer, it hurts me more than gouging out my heart, you know?"

"I know, I know, Yixiang, I know all of this."

"No! You don't know!"

Mrs. Lin began to cry again, "The second room was originally filled with inefficient lamps. When Mrs. Jiang was here, she liked to compare with me, like to overwhelm me in everything, compare me to have a son, and follow me than giving birth to a daughter; fortunately, God is not mean to me, whether it is a son or a daughter, she is no match for me. Once, I thought I was the winner in front of Jiang, but later I found out that I was actually the one who lost .Because Ah Chao and Jiaojiao were well educated by us, they have to wrong themselves in many things. Two years ago, Ah Chao took the position of commander, and his father promised him in front of everyone that he would bestow the royal A set of the Four Treasures of the High-Class Study Room from our family was given to Ah Chao to urge him not to forget Wen Zhi because of his martial arts; Teach, the mother and son can't even see each other for a few minutes; the father saw her crying pitifully, and heard her say a lot about Ah Xuan's tiredness in studying, so he transferred the study room Sifang that he had promised to Ah Chao to Ah Chao. Xuan. Although Ah Chao didn't say anything, I know that this child is still sad. It's not that our mother and son are narrow-minded and fell in love with the imperial gift, but that we all know it well in our hearts. The reason why you do this is to embarrass Ah Chao, and to fight for Ah Xuan's things that belong to Ah Chao."

"Forget it, this matter is in the past. After all, Ah Chao is a boy, and he can grow up quickly if he is wronged; but why even Jiang's daughter, Gu Yanwen, can bully Jiaojiao in a fair and honest way? How much Jiaojiao has suffered at the hands of Gu Yanwen in the past few years, her father doesn't know about it, don't we as parents know about it? There is no good thing for the whole family of the second wife, and Jiang's divorce is her own fault. Why is this account charged to Jiaojiao, making her Gu Yanwen come up with such a vicious method to punish Jiaojiao? If it wasn't for Jiaojiao's auspicious appearance, then the person who screamed and was injured today would have become Jiaojiao? "

"Husband, I really can't swallow this breath in my heart! Our family has never done anything harmful to the world, but we are often the one who suffers, but why do we have to be wronged in the end? You are Jiaojiao Dear father, seeing your daughter suffering, seeing her kneeling in the ancestral hall in such cold weather, does it make you feel good?"

Not good!
Of course he doesn't feel well, but in many cases, some things can't just be seen on the surface.

Seeing his wife crying into tears, Gu Jin's heart was also full of bitterness, he hugged his wife tightly in his arms, and told her carefully.

"Yixiang, I know that both you and the child have suffered all these years. Originally, I didn't want to tell you, but now that you are so worried, I have to say it; what happened today is not what it seems on the surface. It's so simple, but in fact, my father has always loved Jiaojiao, and asking her to kneel in the ancestral hall is also a kind of protection."

Lin looked at her husband in confusion: "What is another kind of protection?"

Gu Jin said: "Do you think that my father really doesn't know anything? In fact, my father just doesn't say what happened to Gu's family, who is who and what kind of temperament, my father has clear eyes, and he has been clear for a long time. Over the years, he chose to remain silent. It's not that he doesn't care, but that he is also waiting for an opportunity. Among so many grandchildren, the father loves Jiaojiao the most, even more than Ah Chao, the grandson who makes him proud. When the Jiang family was still in the mansion, my father told me to send someone to keep an eye on the movement of the second room. From this, it can be seen that in my father's heart, he was already dissatisfied with the Jiang family and some of the actions of the second room. "

"But no matter how unhappy my father is with Erfang's actions, after all, the people over there are also his descendants. He can't completely ignore it, can't he? This time Wenwen hurt Jiaojiao, and Wenwen should have suffered it alone, but Father sees the long term better than any of us, he knows that if he only punishes Wenwen and appeases Jiaojiao, it will hurt her instead."

Lin was even more puzzled: "What does my husband mean by these words?"

"Don't forget, before Wenwen's accident, there were two accidents in the second room, one was Wenwen fell into the water, and the other was Jiang's divorce; although these two incidents were suppressed by us, there were not many incidents in the capital. However, those who should know should still know about it; under such circumstances, if news of Wenwen's accident is spread again, it may be said that the Gu family is suppressing the second room. You should know, father High authority, I am also an official in the court, if there are scandals such as family restlessness, it will have an impact on us, and these things are more or less related to Jiaojiao, if someone deliberately Slandering Jiaojiao by saying some distorted words will definitely damage Jiaojiao's reputation. Right now, her father punishes Jiaojiao for not taking good care of her elder sister in front of everyone, which is tantamount to helping her. Helping her avoid those gossips that might slander her, it is also blocking the mouths of those who are interested, lest they go out and talk nonsense. In the end, my father, like you and me, is thinking of ways to protect Jiaojiao. Do you understand it?"

Listening to her husband's explanation, Lin slowly calmed herself down.

Wiping away the tears on his face with his sleeve, he looked at him with teary eyes, "husband, are your words true? Didn't you say it casually to deceive me?"

Looking at such a wife, Gu Jin's heart is so soft that she is a mother, but she is still so stupid, there is really nothing he can do about her, he can only pamper her and love her all the time.

"Why would my husband lie to you with this kind of thing? Yixiang, you have to remember what I told you, Jiaojiao was punished for three days, no matter how much you miss her and feel sorry for her, you can't visit her. You can't even ask your father for mercy. You continue to prepare for the New Year in the mansion as usual. Our child is smart and intelligent. She will definitely understand the intentions of our father and us, and stay obediently in the ancestral hall for three days. After three days, Let's visit her after she comes out, okay?"

Lin nodded gently, and slowly leaned into her husband's arms, listening to his steady heartbeat, promised: "I will listen to your husband, and I won't mess around."

"Okay, this is my good wife. Yixiang, you said so many things just now, but you are actually right about one thing."

"Which one?"

"The second room is a family, and there is no good thing. I used to think that the second brother was just playful and did not want to make progress, but after these things happened during this period, I found that everything seemed not as simple as I imagined; Whether you are in the mansion or going out, you have to be careful."

(End of this chapter)