Heir and wife

Chapter 123

Mrs. Chang's heart was half-cooled by Wen's abrupt withdrawal of her hand.When Wen Shi was invited to come to preside over justice, although she had been to Yansheng Gong's mansion in person, the attitude of the two leading wives in the mansion has always been more than respectful but not friendly enough.

Yansheng Gongfu has always been like this. As the ancestor of Confucianism and the model of the world's teacher, the Gongfu has always been blameless in terms of rules.Having said that, when it comes to people who are really close, who would strictly abide by the rules.

But Mrs. Chang knew better that Wen had to help with this.For no other reason, the younger sister who married far away from Shandong has quite a status in the old house now.In terms of seniority, the Wen family still calls her aunt and aunt. The Wen family, who flaunts filial piety to the world, will never do anything against the elders no matter what.

Originally full of confidence, now she is indeed three points more uncertain.At first, Yansheng Gong's mansion valued that wicked son, and even personally recruited him into the family study; now coupled with Wen's indifferent attitude, she suddenly doubted whether it was wise to invite Wen to come.

Doubts are doubts, it was hard to invite people here, and now there is absolutely no reason to drive them away.Reining in her thoughts, she put all her attention on the concubine Changfang.After fighting for so many years, she will definitely not make Rong Shi feel better today.

Complacent, Mrs. Chang straightened her back even more.Surrounded by people, Wen stepped forward, seeing Mrs. Chang's appearance from the corner of her eye, her brows were slightly frowned.She has always presented a serious image outside, and no one will see that she is wrong.

"Mother, the uncle's mansion has really been cleaned."

Luo Weitong said sincerely that the uncle's mansion really worked hard to welcome Mrs. Yan Shenggong, and the paint on the rich door just passed through was still half dry.Xu naturally understood that her daughter was sincerely praising her, and it was indeed another irony when it was heard by Mrs. Chang Tai.

"The Bo Mansion naturally has the rules of the Bo Mansion."

"No rules no standards."

Wen's said something indifferently, with Gujing Wubo's face, making it impossible to see what was really going on in her heart.Mrs. Chang became more and more panicked, but Luo Weitong really didn't think much about it, and she was not afraid of the shadow slanting when she was upright.All the way leisurely looking at the newly renovated, still magnificent Uncle's Mansion, the carved beams and painted buildings made her suspect that the imperial palace was nothing more than that.

So when she entered the Songshou Hall at the end and finally met her great-grandfather whom she only met once, she finally couldn't help her curiosity.

"Uncle's mansion used to be so beautiful. From the moment I entered the door, my eyes are full of gold and jade. Great-grandfather, why is the west courtyard where my great-grandmother lives so dilapidated, even ordinary people in the market place can't compare?"

There were a few more wrinkles on Wen's forehead, and she also noticed the wealth of Wen Xiangbo's mansion.The magnificence is no worse than that of the imperial palace. She remembered that Wen Xiangbo's mansion started with literary merit, and when the troops invaded Jinling, he never saw the old Wen Xiangbo break into the house of any Mongolian prince to rob finances.

Then where did the gold and jade in his house come from?

Although people with rich background would never make the house full of copper stench, they start from the layout of the garden and strive for elegance to achieve the effect of harmony between man and nature.She really doesn't like the wealth and honor of Qianyuan in Wenxiangbo's mansion, which almost turns human eyes.But after entering the Songshoutang, many gold and jade antiques with the characteristics of Jiangnan in Gusu often caught her eyes.

The concubine's greeting sounded, and hearing Rong's accent, though old, was still softer than that of the Jinling locals, she suddenly remembered the incident decades ago.The Baicao Hall of the Rong family, which has been famous for practicing medicine for generations in Gusu, caught fire overnight, and the sparse population was buried in the fire.

The only surviving survivor was the daughter of the Rong family who had been taken as a concubine by old Wen Xiangbo.Mrs. Chang Tai, who was still Mrs. Uncle at that time, took pity on her orphan and widowed mother, and specially raised her to be a noble concubine.For this reason, people who didn't know praised Mrs. Uncle for being strict, but she had a bodhisattva heart inside.

Now it seems that the fire was tricky.Looking at the pair of Tang Dynasty Ru kiln official carved flower screens by the window, Mrs. Wen only felt a chill rise from the soles of her feet.The family wealth of the time-honored medicine hall that has been accumulated for a hundred years is by no means small.As the only descendant, Rong's life is so poor, which shows that he did not get any inheritance.

Where did that legacy go?

Thinking a little deeper, Wen shivered unconsciously.

"Old lady, what's the matter with you?"

Old Mrs. Wen uttered a voice next to the maidservant, interrupting the embarrassment of the room.Especially old Wen Xiangbo, when he saw his great-granddaughter's big eyes that were exactly the same as Rong's when he was young, and heard her rather naive questions, he was filled with emotion.

This uncle's mansion was really built on the blood and sweat of the Rong family.The fire burned people to death and destroyed a village as big as Baicaotang, but it couldn't burn real gold and silver.Moreover, he has lived in Rong's house for many years, and he knows the location of the warehouse.Before the fire was extinguished, the cartloads of gold and silver had already been escorted onto the ship by his confidants.

He is ashamed of Rong Shi, since she has been pursuing freedom all these years, he will give her freedom today.

Although he thought that he had compensated him as much as possible, but facing his granddaughter's clear eyes, he still felt guilty that he had nowhere to hide.Compared with the harm he did to the Rong family in the past, this compensation is really a drop in the bucket.

(End of this chapter)