Mistress

Chapter 24

Mrs. Tai was supported by Mrs. Wang and Meng'er. When she saw Li Yan, her old face immediately crooked, her body trembled with anger, and her voice trembled as well. She roared angrily, "Who is it... Who drove Yuliu out of the mansion? Who is it!"

Li Yan looked around for a while, then looked at Madam Tai innocently.Apart from her, only Su Bai, Zhu Yan and others are left here, and Xu Cheng is in the study.The "who" Mrs. Tai refers to is of course Li Yan.

Li Yan was not in a hurry to tell about Zhang Yuliu's betrayal of Mrs. Tai, she was afraid that Mrs. Tai would be angry if she couldn't accept it for a while, and it would be difficult to deal with Xu Cheng in front of Xu Cheng.Mrs. Yi is in such a state of grief and anger, it is better not to provoke her, if she stumbles or vomits old blood, she will be in big trouble.

Of course, Li Yan also wanted Mrs. Tai to know about this, but she absolutely couldn't say this out of her mouth.

Mrs. Tai stared at Li Yan viciously, biting a few scattered old teeth, and creaking them, "What a Li Nianyun, I am really old and dim-witted, and I have never noticed that you have such an ability to turn black and white, and you can also tell Sending Yuliu to Chengtian Mansion, you are the one who should enter Chengtian Mansion, not her! Cheng'er, come out quickly! Hurry up and write a divorce letter to this bitch, and then send someone to bring Yuliu back!"

Li Yan was so angry that she dared not speak out, but softly persuaded: "Mrs. Tai, don't be angry, the master has already..."

"Shut up! You don't have a place to talk here! Get out!" Mrs. Tai yelled at her, splashing all the saliva on Li Yan's face.

Li Yan tried her best to endure, and secretly comforted herself, don't be angry, this old woman won't live long.If it was her nature, she would definitely rush forward and yell, "You don't need to be respectful because you are old? You are old and blind, and you are betrayed by your niece, what are you doing here!"

Fortunately, she didn't yell a word, because Xu Cheng had already come out of the study, his mother yelled, he couldn't pretend to be deaf in the study.

"Mother, you're old, and you're not afraid of losing your voice if you keep yelling like this? Besides, it's against your dignity." Xu Cheng came over to help Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai shook off Xu Cheng, "Do I still have the dignity? You and Li Nianyun practice jade willows, do you wish to piss me off? Are you so out of sight and out of mind?"

"Mother, what are you talking about, how dare your son?" Xu Cheng felt a little helpless, he couldn't tell his mother everything about Zhang Yuliu, but there were some things that his mother had to know, otherwise she would make trouble without stopping.

He paused, and planned to say one thing at a time, "Zhang Guangli...he..."

Mrs. Tai stared, "Why do you call your uncle by his name, he is still your father-in-law!"

"He was never my father-in-law. How could anyone call my concubine's father his father-in-law? Now he is a criminal minister, and I should call him by his first name. Zhang Guangli...he took 16 taels of silver by corrupting the law."

Mrs. Tai was startled, "What did you say?"

"Zhang Guangli is corrupt..."

"I heard clearly, I was asking how did you know about him, did the emperor send someone to investigate him?" Mrs. Tai interrupted Xu Cheng's retelling, and asked anxiously.

Xu Cheng nodded.It turned out that his mother knew about Zhang Guangli a long time ago, otherwise how could she be so calm.

Mrs. Tai's lips trembled, "Your aunt said that she often persuaded Zhang Guangli to restrain himself, so why did she get more and more money after persuading him? Last year she said it was only 16, but this year it is [-]. Cheng'er, hurry up and find a way to save your uncle!"

Xu Cheng didn't respond to this, but said: "He still has six murder cases in his hands, and death is inevitable. He... guesses he won't live much longer."

Mrs. Tai swayed and was about to fall to the ground. Xu Cheng was so frightened that she stretched out her hand to support his mother, and his mother's body was stabilized. But Xu Cheng didn't dare to talk about Zhang Yuliu anymore.

Xu Cheng helped Mrs. Tai to sit down, "Mother, it's not that the son is indifferent, but that he deserves what he deserves. If the emperor can even let people who have six murders in their hands, how can he stay in the country?"

Mrs. Tai patted the armrest of the seat, "You are the prime minister, your words have weight, and the emperor will consider it. Don't you have the heart to see your aunt follow her to hell? And your three cousins, they..."

Xu Cheng said in a deep voice, "The crimes committed by Zhang Guangli will not punish the Nine Clans."

Mrs. Tai was impatient, "Son, don't speak bureaucratically with me. I know I won't punish the nine clans, but my house will definitely be confiscated. How can your aunt survive without the support of your uncle? Your three cousins Surely you will lose your official position, and the whole family will drink the northwest wind?"

Xu Cheng said hesitantly: "The three cousins ​​will also go to jail, so they don't need to drink the northwest wind, they have... they can eat in prison."

Mrs. Tai slapped the armrest with both hands, and stomped her legs on the ground, "Then don't just talk, hurry up and save them, hurry up!"

Xu Cheng lowered his head and stood still.

Mrs. Tai was so angry that she covered her chest, "You...you disobedient son, you are a prime minister in vain, and you don't recognize your relatives, you..."

Seeing that she seemed unable to catch her breath, Xu Cheng hurriedly said, "Mother, don't be angry, son... let's go now."

Li Yan knew that Xu Cheng was in a dilemma and had no choice but to respond. He couldn't make his mother mad at all.

Xu Cheng helped Mrs. Tai again, "Mother, my son will help you back to Cui Song Yuan first."

"No, I'll just wait here! You can't be a doctor. Although your uncle is not a doctor, he is only one level away. You can ask the emperor to spare him the death penalty and use silver taels to charge the punishment. The previous court has You know this kind of example better than anyone else! Also, hurry up and bring Yuliu back, and then write a letter of divorce to Li Nianyun, telling her to go back to her father's Northwest camp!"

Xu Cheng's face was gray and his body was stiff.When he was young, he felt that his mother was an extremely open-minded person, respectful to her superiors, kind to her subordinates, friendly to outsiders, and loving to her children.But when his father was gone, his mother only had her natal family in her eyes.

At this time, Qing'er had come back from the steward's room, she saw Li Yan's face was embarrassed, and heard that Mrs. Tai sitting inside asked the master to write a letter of divorce, and she was furious on the spot.She saw Menger standing by the door waiting, so she pulled Menger over, "Zhang Yuliu said that the things that Li Qing's family said at the banquet yesterday were all ordered by Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Tai asked her father to kill him." Dr. Xu and Sun Deng have come to prove that there is no proof, and you are serving Mrs. Tai, do you know that this happened?"

Meng'er was dumbfounded, she was a girl from a distant relative of Mrs. Tai's natal family, she came to Mrs. Tai's side not long ago, and hadn't experienced any major incidents, she said in a panic: "How... how is it possible, Mrs. Tai won't do it. "

Qing'er said angrily: "Zhang Yuliu yelled from Zhihui Hall to the gate of the mansion, 'Even if I went to Chengtian Mansion, the fact is the same, all this was ordered by Mrs. Tai!', you didn't hear that ?”

Meng'er was stunned, "I...I heard it, but I don't know what Aunt Zhang is talking about."

In the room, Mrs. Tai urged her heartbrokenly: "Cheng'er, don't hurry up!"

Xu Cheng sighed, he is the prime minister, it is impossible for him to do this kind of thing, Zhang Guangli is such a heinous person, how could he have the face to ask the emperor for mercy.Xu's family and Zhang's family are close relatives, and if he is not linked together, it is considered a face given to him by the emperor.

But thinking that he really wanted to report something to the emperor, he bowed to his mother, turned around and went out, followed by Zhang Chun and Wu Qingfeng.Su Bai and Zhu Yan were about to follow, but Xu Cheng stopped him. He glanced at Su Bai, and then pointed to the inside of Zhihui Hall.Su Bai understood, the master asked him to stabilize the situation here.

Meng'er thought that the master was really going to bring Zhang Yuliu back, so she ran to Mrs. Tai and told Mrs. Tai everything Qing'er told her just now like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Mrs. Tai froze, and after a while, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and Menger knelt down in fright.Li Yan ran in quickly, at a loss.

Mrs. Wang took out a silk handkerchief to wipe the blood from Mrs. Tai's mouth, but Mrs. Tai pushed her aside violently.

Although Mrs. Tai was angry, she didn't quite believe it, "Li Nianyun, Qing'er, you...you have arranged a good show, come here! Su Bo, shut them both up for me in the firewood room. Also, Qing'er Beat this little hoof to death!"

Li Yan was dumbfounded, Qing'er was so frightened that she couldn't even cry.

However, Su Bai came to Tai Furen and bowed his head, saying eloquently, "Tai Madam, what Qing'er told Meng'er is all true, I'm sorry if I can't obey."

Mrs. Tai sprayed again, and a mouthful of old blood sprayed on Meng'er who was kneeling in front of her.

"Tai Furen! Tai Furen!" Wang Pozi and Meng'er screamed.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Li Yan hurriedly said to Su Bo: "Go and chase the master back!"

Mrs. Tai vomited old blood twice, but Su Bai didn't change his face, and he was not worried at all that Xu Cheng would blame him if something happened.He didn't respond, but turned around and strode out.

Li Yan pushed the dazed Qing'er, "Qing'er, hurry up and find Dr. Zeng!"

Only then did Qing'er wake up, and ran out.While running, she was thinking, Mrs. Tai just said that Su Bai should beat her to death?What a terrible old woman!
Xu Cheng was chased back by Su Bai, and Doctor Zeng also came.Mrs. Tai actually pushed away Mrs. Wang and Meng'er, wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and insisted, "I am in very good health, and I can live another 30 years!"

When she said the last word "year", her eyes went dark and she couldn't see anything.But it was only for a moment, in the blink of an eye, she could see her son clearly again.

"Cheng'er, go quickly, don't delay any longer. Nanny Wang, Meng'er, help me back to Cui Song Yuan."

Meng'er, whose chest was covered in blood, and Mrs. Wang, who was full of worry, helped Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai's legs trembled a little, but she stopped quickly.

Xu Cheng didn't want to go to the palace, but his mother didn't let him follow him.He had no choice but to order Dr. Zeng to go to Cuishongyuan, and look for an opportunity to quickly prescribe a prescription for Mrs. Tai.

He himself is going to go back to the study to look for medical books. He has some spare time recently and will study medicine.He knows that sometimes it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on others.Although he had many dissatisfaction with his mother, he didn't want her to be pissed off like this.

Seeing Li Yan standing aside in a daze, he reached out and patted her on the shoulder, "I really wronged you."

Li Yan also felt very wronged, but she still shook her head.She knew that Xu Cheng was already very tired at this time, and she still had to worry about Mrs. Tai's body, she blamed herself a little: "Just now Qing'er didn't mean to tell Meng'er, she always acts impulsively, I should stop her in time That's right. I was also angry at the time, so I didn't..."

Qing'er lowered her head tightly, not daring to make a sound, if she hadn't talked too much, Mrs. Tai's old blood wouldn't be able to spit out today.

Xu Cheng walked to the study room, and said as he walked, "It's not your fault, nor Qing'er and Meng'er's fault. You're tired after all this afternoon. Go back to Jinxiu Courtyard."

Looking at his tall and slender back, Li Yan felt sour inexplicably, feeling that his life was really not easy.The state affairs are important and busy, and the family affairs are in a mess. He has to deal with them calmly, especially his difficult mother.

Li Yan thought that as the mistress of the house, she should share Xu Cheng's worries.

At this moment, she really felt that she had a burden on her shoulders.

(End of this chapter)