Beautiful step by step

Chapter 7

Such a major incident happened in the Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, and the old matriarch's power over the family was usurped, and as the eldest son, he didn't even know it at all.

Surprised, Wei Wei didn't intend to hide it for Mrs. Shizi.People are bullying her face, and she doesn't need to think about the harmony between the prince and his wife anymore.

"Madam found an excuse, saying that I was the Marquis of Cholera, and I gave forty boards to sell in Beijing."

Chu Lian was shocked: "She actually hit you? Even if you were at fault, just take back the property, why did you want to do this?"

"Property? Could it be that Madam told the son that our mother and daughter stole the property of the Hou Mansion?"

Chu Lian glanced at Wei's mother with a gloomy expression, and then turned her head, her face was full of tolerance: "The fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing that Wei's mother likes is for my wife to marry. Why didn't Hong Ling ask me to discuss it? You want to find some property to accompany you , I will subsidize you in private."

Before Wei Wei could say anything, Wei's mother trembled beside her: "Brother Lian, at least I watched you grow up, Hong Ling also played with you since childhood, you don't know how we behave?"

"This..." Chu Lian was puzzled: "Madam clearly told me that Hong Ling has many elder brothers for no reason, and the house deeds and land deeds under their names are bigger than those of the officials in the court."

Wei Wei showed sarcasm, Shizi's wife had a vicious heart, not only drove her out of the mansion, but also robbed Wei's mother of money, one after another, she almost killed them all.It's a pity that she had just taken over the power of housekeeper, and she didn't have enough control over the Hou Mansion, so the prince got the news and found her.

"Does the son believe in the words of the wife's family? If all these years of affection make you not trust me and mother, then why bother to ask?"

Seeing her sarcasm, Chu Lian's heart ached.He has liked Hong Ling since he was a child. The snowball-like little doll hugs the cloth tiger and sits in the green gauze cupboard in the courtyard of the old lady. He will grin when he sees him without crying or making trouble, and his laughter can always be sweet. to his heart.Gradually he got used to bringing some small things with him when he greeted him, a piece of rubber teeth, a gold clasp, and a silver bell, which always made her squint.

Year after year like this, he has long been used to having her by his side.When he got married, he had some fears, but the bride was chaste and docile, and the red silk was also serving in front of the old matriarch, and he could see her every day when she greeted her, so he gradually felt relieved.Until that day when he came back from the Imperial College, he heard from the servant that Mother Wu wanted to choose a husband for Hong Ling from among the servants.

At that time, he almost fell off his horse and returned to the Hou Mansion in a daze.Until Mrs. Wu proposed to him: Hong Ling, as a child of the family, can trust herself, so why not take it into the house?After listening to it, he suddenly realized that he was reluctant to part with Hong Ling, so that she could stay in the mansion for a long time.Furthermore, no one in the house is worthy of Hong Ling.

Consciousness is the best of both worlds, but who knows that she came to Tiankui on the day of closing the house, and he was also happy when he was upset, the little girl finally grew up.After a few years, Mrs. Wu gave birth to her eldest son, and he also had several children with Hong Ling, preferably with a daughter who is as well-behaved and tender as her.He even thought about how reluctant he would be when his daughter came out of the cabinet.

Looking forward, looking forward, finally looking forward to the past of Tiankui.But Hong Ling knelt on the bed in her middle clothes and told him that it was not her intention to be a roommate, and she was willing to serve him with more heart to make up for it.He held his breath in his heart, but when he saw the tears in Hong Ling's eyes, his disappointment turned into pity.Xuetuanzi, who has been in pain since she was a child, how can she bear to be harsh.Slowly pamper her, and when she reaches Ji next year, she will probably get over her temper.

In the days that followed, he went back and forth between the Hou's Mansion and the Guozijian, and entrusted Wu to take care of all the affairs in the courtyard.The Guozijian is on holiday today, and when he came back, he felt that the atmosphere in the mansion was weird, and the servants hurriedly walked silently like cicadas.Stepping into his yard, he saw Mrs. Wu kneeling there in plain clothes, with lowered eyebrows and obedient eyes.

The sense of strangeness was even stronger, and after helping Mrs. Wu, he heard that Hong Ling had left the mansion, and Mother Wei had also bid farewell to the old lady.Immediately he was shocked, but Wu's dowry maid knelt in front of him, crying:

"Even if Madam has been stopping me, Jin Yi has to say some things today. Madam has been disrespectful to Mother Wei since she married into the Marquis Mansion? Is she not kind to Sister Hongling? Who knows that they are kind on the surface, but they are not friendly in private. The old lady was used to suppress the wife. This time, Mother Wei, she... She even stretched her hand to the fertile land where the wife married. The lady couldn't bear it, but she still cared about the reputation of the Hou Mansion, and found an excuse to send her out of the house. These days, the lady is trembling , I don’t even need a few grains of rice, I only think about the son, lest the son will be unhappy.”

After hearing this, and looking at the thin Wu family, he believed [-]% of it.Then Wu Shi smiled sadly and said:

"My husband values ​​love and righteousness. He grew up with Hong Ling since he was a child, and he has a close relationship. It is reasonable to have doubts about my concubine at this moment. But whoever doesn't value family wealth in the world is the bell ringing like a bell in the Hou's mansion." Home, when Sister Xian got married years ago, everyone in the capital was still staring at her ten miles of red makeup, counting the number of corrugated sheets at the bottom of her box. The whole thing is done, and there are thousands of mistakes. Sad."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Wu retched, and after the doctor's pulse diagnosis, she found out that she was one month pregnant.This was his first child, and he didn't dare to provoke Wu anymore. After comforting him with soft words, he went back to the study in the front yard, and happened to find out the copybooks he had when he was a child in "The Analects of Confucius".Keeping it from Mrs. Wu, he asked the old matriarch where Hong Ling was, and he came to find her.

Along the way, he had made up his mind, taught Mother Wei a lesson, and then placed the mother and daughter outside.When the Wu family gives birth next year, find an opportunity to take her back to the mansion.But at this moment, seeing the sarcasm in Hong Ling's eyes and the sadness on Wei's mother's face, he became more suspicious.

Seeing the emotional changes of the prince in front of him clearly, Wei Wei probably knew it in his heart.

"Your Majesty, what reason did Madam drive me out of the house? I stopped taking the medicine privately, intending to give birth to my eldest son."

"impossible!"

"Of course, how could Mrs. Shizi be so stupid. She must have felt that Diao Nu invaded the dowry of the grave woman and said it would damage the reputation of the Marquis Mansion. And Tong Fang stopped the drug privately, most of them were ignorant of the heights of the sky. Bad upbringing."

Chu Lian's first reaction was that she had guessed right.Then think deeply about why Hong Ling is so aggressive today.Could it be that, as Jin Yi said, she was always domineering in places he couldn't see?But thinking about it again, she is just a little girl who hasn't reached the level.With him pampering and the old lady protecting her, it is reasonable to be arrogant.

"I know that Hong Ling is wronged, but Madam is pregnant. Although this treatment will hinder your reputation, it is the most reasonable."

It turned out that she was pregnant, and even the old lady was afraid of the gold medal for avoiding death.Wei Wei finally understood why the prince came here so accurately in such a short period of time.At this moment, she is the sharpest knife in the hands of the old lady, but even if she knows that she is being used, she still has to act according to the script.

"Congratulations, son. But madam is pregnant, it's time to rest, why did you seize the power of the house at this time?"

As soon as these words came out, the eldest son who had softened his brows frowned: "It turns out that Hong Ling misunderstood Madam so deeply. The old Madam is old, and she wanted Madam to preside over Zhongfu. But she just assisted from the side. Now that she is found to be pregnant, immediately order Jin Yi to send back the pair."

Wei Wei had a bad heart, because those forty boards had preconceptions, she thought Mrs. Shizi was a tiger girl.Once her natal family gained power, they would drastically eliminate dissidents.Unexpectedly, it was a white lotus in a woman's skin, with a high attack and a strong defense, far from being an opponent like her who has not been trained in the house fighting system.

She was silent, but Wei's mother could not let anyone slander her.

"Brother Lian is very clever, and he can recite the book backwards after reading it twice. But when did you know about the back house? Our mother and daughter are all people in front of the old matriarch, especially Hong Ling, who can be said to have been raised by the old matriarch. Yes. If the old slave is greedy for Mrs. Mo's dowry, it will mostly damage the reputation of the Marquis Mansion. But if Hong Ling makes a mistake, it will be said that the old matriarch is confused and doesn't know how to train girls. The prince thinks carefully, just this one thing The matter, who will suffer the most? If it is not disheartened, how can the old lady hand over the stewardship. Even if it is returned, so what? How can it be like before after the old lady's prestige has been greatly damaged. Perhaps The old matriarch is concerned about the fetus in the womb of his wife, and also wants to have a harmonious family, so he has a big heart and doesn't want to say anything. But the son is so smart, if you pay more attention, you can always catch clues."

Wei Wei was overjoyed, she was indeed the No.1 in front of the old lady, seeing what she said, she didn't mention her grievances at all.But the old lady was wronged, isn't it the mother and daughter who were wronged?The old matriarch is in power, and the east wind in the back house overwhelms the west wind, and the wife of the son will feel uncomfortable.

Chu Lian froze in place, struggling violently in his heart.He has always respected his main wife, and Wu Shi has been married to him for three years, and his actions are beyond reproach, and even Hong Ling was proposed by her to be included in the house.But Wei's mother stayed in the mansion for nearly 40 years, and Hong Ling grew up with him since childhood.It has been a long time to see people's hearts, and the two of them are not in the temper of bullying and relying on others.

"I believe you guys. There must be a misunderstanding. The inn is simple. Mom and Hong Ling will follow me back to Zhuangzi."

"No need!"

The trio sounded, and the mother and daughter looked at Yan Heng in surprise.

The latter held the handle of the knife, and took a step forward with soap boots: "Ah Mao has left the Hou Mansion, and now it belongs to me. The past is irrelevant, and the future has nothing to do with you."

(End of this chapter)