Madam Hou

Chapter 122

The Dazhong family continued: "Seeing that we were cheated, we wanted to find Lord Hou to be the master, so we sold our ancestral house, collected the travel expenses and came to the capital, and asked people all the way, only to find the house of Yongning Hou. Mansion. Sister, you must let your nephew and son-in-law decide for us, let him help us chase that liar back..."

Mrs. Chen stood up and said: "Okay, okay, who do you think my uncle is, he is a general, he leads the army to fight, he is not for you to investigate cases and catch criminals, it is useless to find him, if you want to complain, you can find someone Go to Tianfu. It's getting late, I'll go back first, and you guys should rest early if you have to go all the way, let's talk about it later, I'm leaving." After speaking, he led the maid beside him away.

Da Zhong chased after her and shouted again and again: "Sister, sister, don't go, I haven't finished yet."

Mrs. Chen didn't care about her and went straight out the door. Mrs. Da Zhong stood at the door and looked at Mrs. Chen's back as she kept walking away, and threw the veil hard in anger.

Little Zhong went to Da Zhong's side, and said with some disappointment: "Auntie, I don't think she is willing to help us at all."

Xiao Zhong is the niece of Da Zhong's natal family. Although they are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law now, Xiao Zhong sometimes calls Da Zhong's aunt to show her closeness.

Da Zhong said bitterly: "If you don't help, you have to help. We are her natal brothers and sisters. Why don't you help us?" Let's go to Yongning Hou Mansion to find Yinniang, we are her elders, if we ask her to do something for us, she can refuse."

Xiao Zhong said worriedly: "Then what if she just refuses?"

"Don't worry, their big family has the most reputation. We are afraid that they will not be able to wear shoes if we are barefoot. If she doesn't help, we will go outside to make trouble. By the way, we will go to the Hou's mansion more often in the future and talk to you more." My cousin is in a relationship. Sigh, speaking of it, this is the first time I have entered the Marquis Mansion when I grow up. It is really rich and grand, and everything is good. The life we ​​lived in the past is also considered in Linping County. Count one to two, but look at the noodles we ate at the Hou Mansion tonight, tsk tsk, I have never eaten such a good dish in my life."

Xiao Zhong also thought of that table of dishes. They used to be considered wealthy, but at most they were willing to put a few slices of ginseng in the soup, and they were only willing to put in a few slices of ginseng during the Chinese New Year. The whole ginseng is put down, as if it doesn't cost money.There were other precious dishes, etc. When she left, she wished she could pack all the leftover dishes and take them home.

After Da Zhong's dreaming about the Marquis' Mansion, he dreamed about other places, and said: "I heard that the eldest niece has entered the palace to be a concubine. If there is a chance, let's go to the palace and take a look."

What happened in the Yongning Hou Mansion and the Chen family was not mentioned beforehand, but at this time in the palace, Madam He was led into the Chunhe Palace by the maids anxiously, entered the main hall, and then saw the head of the hall sitting A gorgeously dressed beauty.

The maid who brought her in saluted the beauty, then waved her hand, and led the maids standing on both sides of the hall down, leaving only the beauty and a big maid next to her.

The palace door was closed with a "squeak", Madam He was so frightened that she even forgot to salute.Her imperial rank is not high enough, and she is not qualified to enter the palace on weekdays, but today is her first time entering the palace.From the moment the maid came to her home to spread the word that the imperial concubine was going to see her, she was a little terrified, her eyelids twitched, and she felt as if something bad was going to happen.

Seeing Mrs. He standing in the middle of the hall trembling, the maid did not kneel down to salute, and reprimanded loudly: "Bold, don't kneel down to salute the imperial concubine!"

Mrs. He was so frightened that her legs went limp, she knelt down on the floor with a "touch", and stammered, "Knock, kowtow to see the imperial concubine empress, empress, good luck to empress."

Concubine Xue Gui smiled and said: "Look at you frightening Mrs. He. Is it possible that this palace can eat people? Hurry up and help Mrs. He up and give her a seat."

The maid knelt and said yes, and then she came to help Madam He, Madam He said again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, I'll just kneel."

The palace maid said: "Your Majesty tells you to sit down, so you can sit down, there is so much nonsense."

Only then did Mrs. He dare to get up and sit on the chair next to her, but she only dared to sit on half of the chair, and then lowered her head in fear, not daring to look directly at Concubine Xue Gui.

Concubine Xue Gui was very satisfied with Mrs. He's performance, she knew it was good to be afraid, it was easy for such a person to pry her mouth open.

Concubine Xue said: "I called you in today because I wanted to ask you something. I heard that your daughter married Lin Erye of the Yongning Hou Mansion. She found out that Concubine Jing had an affair with Lin Erye before entering the palace. Is it true?"

Mrs. He still remembered what her eldest daughter-in-law told her before she entered the palace, she quickly knelt down and denied it: "No, no, there is no such thing, my mother misunderstood... Misunderstood our young master."

The expression on Concubine Xue Gui's face turned cold, and she said in a cold voice: "Mrs. He, you can think clearly, is there or not?"

"No, no, no... yes."

"Liu Yan, do you know the fate of those who deceived me? Tell Mrs. He?"

The maid took a step forward and said: "Yes." Then she turned to Mrs. He and said, "Last time a maid broke a vase beloved by the empress, because she was afraid of punishment and lied to the empress that it was broken by a cat. Let her fill the well directly, and the corpses have not been fished up until now."

Mrs. He was trembling with fright, cold sweat dripping down drop by drop.

Concubine Xue said: "You are a married woman. Although I can't let you fill the well directly, but with the power of my natal family in the court, I will give Mr. He any crime, not to mention letting your He family be punished by the nine clans." , It is always easy to kill the three clans."

Madam He hurriedly kowtowed, begging for mercy as she kowtowed: "Ma'am, please forgive me, please, please forgive me..."

Concubine Xue looked at Mrs. He coldly, until blood came out from her forehead, and then said: "Stop knocking, it makes me dizzy!"

After speaking, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, wiped the corners of his mouth, thinking that the slap was over, and now it was time to give the sweet dates, so he continued: "I heard that your three sons are still studying and taking exams? One Chunwei, only two or three hundred Jinshi, which is so easy to test. But to become an official, one does not have to be famous. I will send a letter to my natal family, and look for it in the six departments and five temples. A few seventh-rank and eight-rank positions are still available."

Madam He immediately stopped kowtowing, her eyes lit up.As the noble concubine said, fame is really not that easy to test. Mr. He took the test for more than ten years, and finally passed the Jinshi test.The three sons do not have their father's talent for reading, and up to now only the eldest has a reputation as a scholar. If the exam continues like this, it is not known how long it will take to pass the Jinshi exam. The future of the three sons has always been her most important thing. worried.The government of Ningguo is very powerful, if he is willing to help his three sons find some official positions, it will be a piece of cake.

But... when she thought of her daughter, her eyes couldn't help but dim again.

Concubine Xue naturally saw the change in Madam He's expression clearly, and knew what she was thinking, and said: "I know what you are worried about, and it will be good for your daughter to tell this matter. I just If you want to take advantage of this incident to defeat Concubine Jing, think about who the current Mrs. Marquis Chen relies on the most. It is her sister Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing has fallen, and Concubine Chen has no one to back her up. Concubine Jing and Second Master Lin Madam Lin and Marquis Lin are the insiders and facilitators of the affair. It is foreseeable that the emperor will dislike them because of this. Otherwise, Marquis Lin will not even be able to secure his title. The title is vacant, Marquis The only ones left in the mansion are Second Master Lin and Third Master Lin. Although Second Master Lin is a concubine, but with the palace and Duke Ningguo's mansion to take care of him, can't he still beat Third Master Lin? Your daughter will be Mrs. Hou by then. "

The position of Madam Hou is indeed very attractive. She is a merchant woman. Although her husband has become an official and has a five-rank mandate, the word Madam Hou is still as unattainable to her as a star. Even if she marries her daughter to Hou At that time, what she wanted was to let her daughter share more property in the Hou family. Madam Hou still didn't dare to think about this position, but now, this position is almost close to her daughter. When people think about it, they can't bear it. live beating.

But she still has a little reason, she hasn't completely lost her head, and she still has doubts about it...

The corners of Concubine Xue Gui's mouth curled up, it seemed that it was almost done.She continued: "Don't worry, I will pick Lin Erye out. At that time, I will say that it is Lin Erye who was seduced by Concubine Jing, and Lin Erye sternly rejected Jing Concubine. If the Lord speaks in front of the emperor, the emperor will naturally not anger Lin Erye again."

At this moment, Mrs. He's rationality completely collapsed. The only thing she could think of was: Don't say it, your family will be charged and beheaded. If you say it, the three sons have a future, and the daughter may become Mrs. Hou .How to choose, she felt that she no longer had to think about it.

Mrs. He raised her head and took a sneak peek at Concubine Xue, then said in a low voice, "Miss Zhu found that Young Master kept a purse on him all the time, and that purse is said to belong to Concubine Jing."

Xue Guifei asked: "What kind of purse is it?"

"Sister Zhu said it was a purse with plum blossoms embroidered with gold thread on a red background, and the word "Chen" was embroidered on the corner. But the purse was later taken away by Mrs. Lin Tai."

"But this?"

Mrs. He raised her head to look, and saw that Concubine Xue had taken out a pouch from her hand at some point, and she was holding it up for her to see.The palace lady took the purse from Concubine Xue Guifei and handed it to her. She turned it over with trembling hands, and saw that it was a red background with plum blossoms embroidered with gold thread, and there was also a word "Chen" at the corner. Describe it to her daughter. exactly the same.Mrs. He nodded and said: "It should be." Then she handed the purse back to the maid.

(End of this chapter)