Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 145 Want to cover up
Sheng Shaoqing did a long time of mental construction before he patted Mrs. He's hand and said softly, "My good niece, there is nothing I can do about it."

Mrs. He also sighed, "Stop talking about these dirty things in my family..."

"Tell me about you, why do you want to come back to Chen Liu?"

Sheng Shaoqing took out the rhetoric that he had prepared and rehearsed last night, and said in a sad tone, "Father died of illness a few days ago, and before he died, he wanted me to return him to his hometown to find relatives of the He clan. He was still young when he disappeared, I only remember that I am the son of Chen Liuhe, my family suffered disaster, and most of the rest have been forgotten, and later I was exiled in Beijing, and I heard about the case, and I dare not reveal my identity, so I had to hide my name and survive."

"It wasn't until a few days ago, when my father was dying, that I found out that I still had relatives in Chenliu, so I found him here."

Sheng Shaoqing looked so pitiful that she was about to cry, Madam He finally believed that this was really her aunt, and all doubts she had had since receiving the news last night completely dissipated.

"However, how did Madam know that I was in that inn, and you found me so early in the morning?"

Mrs. He sneered, "It's not my husband, so what a good nephew is doing a good job?!"

"That poppi stopped doing business at noon yesterday and came to the mansion to beg to see his uncle. When he saw his uncle, he cried and called his mother for grievances. It's really unlucky!"

"Which sufferer complained and still smelled of alcohol?"

Mrs. He invited Sheng Shaoqing to take a seat, and then continued, "This bastard used to look like this before. He tricked his uncle into supporting him, but in the end he found out that he was wrong!"

"In the past, your niece and son-in-law were just Li Zheng. It would be fine if you apologized to others and gave some gifts. But now you are the head of a village. If you continue to act recklessly, regardless of the official voice, the disaster of the past may be imminent again. .”

"It doesn't matter what I heard, but I found out that this matter is related to the He family, and it's the relatives of my cousin who are looking for it, so I must not let him bully you!"

Sheng Shaoqing asked tentatively, "Aren't you afraid that I'm a fake?"

Mrs. He suddenly turned her head and looked at Sheng Shaoqing until Sheng Shaoqing was covered in goosebumps and hairs all over her body. Then Mrs. He smiled and looked away, "Let's not talk about what you are for, just your whole body. It was carved out of the same mold, it's a pity."

Mrs. He looked around and smiled miserably, "What's more, look at me now, what are you doing in this autumn wind?"

Sheng Shaoqing swallowed guiltyly, and quickly changed the subject, "My son..."

When Mrs. He heard Sheng Shaoqing mentioning her son, her complexion tightened immediately, and she said unnaturally, "He has gone to the mountains to play these days, and you know that when spring comes, there will be more things to do for fun."

Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "That's true."

"However", Sheng Shaoqing reminded Mrs. He as if he just remembered something, "You should be careful when going out for fun these days. I passed by Chen Liu a few days ago and heard..."

Sheng Shaoqing lowered his voice and said, "I heard that a few days ago there were some powerful people who made trouble in Chenliu, specializing in robbing houses, and even hid the stolen goods in the county guard's mansion afterward!"

"These strong men are really brave, but luckily the government caught them in time, and they said a few days ago that they would be executed for their crimes!"

"However, although the government has caught many suspects, it is hard to guarantee that there will not be a few fish that slip through the net. It is not very peaceful for me to come all the way and look outside..."

"First, Fengchun Tiancai would cause chaos, and then there would be bandits rampant. I was so scared that I quickly found a lot of guards to follow, and then I dared to continue coming south."

"By the way, how old is your son, what martial arts do you know in self-defense?"

Mrs. He didn't listen to what Sheng Shaoqing said behind her at all, she only heard one sentence: "Beheaded for crimes" and she was about to faint immediately.

Seeing that something was wrong, Sheng Shaoqing hurried forward to support the crumbling Mrs. He, "Madam! Niece! What's wrong with you?!"

Mrs. He slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Sheng Shaoqing with a livid face, "Are those strong people you mentioned..."

"Is it what?"

Mrs. He asked word by word, "Is it after Yun Shangshu came to Chenliu?"

Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "It should be, but those strong people are very strange. I heard that they are all descendants of aristocratic families."

"This group of dandies really have nothing to do and nothing to do. Now it's all right. If you provoke the court's wrath, you may end up in the same fate as our He family!"

Mrs. He was about to pass out after hearing this, but fortunately, Sheng Shaoqing held her down, "What are you doing..."

Mrs. He calmed down in Sheng Shaoqing's arms for a long time before Sheng Shaoqing supported the limp Mrs. He to sit down, "Is everything you said true?"

"It's true! It's been discussed outside recently!"

Sheng Shaoqing is very confident that this set of false and true rhetoric that he made up will be very convincing once he hears it.

Sure enough, Madam He said with her bloodless lips trembling, "That...then why didn't I know?"

"It must be the bastard Wang Yuan who didn't tell me!"

"I knew it. I knew it." Mrs. He stood up muttering to herself, and hurriedly paced in the hall, but her face turned pale inch by inch, "I said that I have a hunch recently, and I will Know!"

"It must be that Wang Yuan didn't tell me, it must be, and someone kept it from me!"

"This bastard! For his own official position, unexpectedly! Unexpectedly!"

"How dare he lie to me!"

Sheng Shaoqing pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Madam, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand?"

Mrs. He suddenly woke up, grabbed Sheng Shaoqing's hands and said, "Good aunt, you! You tell me what you have heard before, I want to hear it."

Sheng Shaoqing made a bewildered expression, and she finally figured it out. This expression is simply a universal shield. After practicing for a long time, she is now able to skillfully switch this expression to her own face.

"I also heard this from hearsay, otherwise, this way—"

"I remember I heard about it in a teahouse yesterday, did you send someone to inquire about it?"

Mrs. He immediately shook her head, "No, if Wang Yuan deliberately hides it from me, if I send someone to investigate, he will definitely know."

"Just tell me one thing, what you heard is absolutely right, is Chen Liu's case going to be judged?"

Sheng Shaoqing nodded firmly, "There can be no mistake! When I passed by Chenliu, I heard that the first batch of suspects had been escorted to Beijing. There is no way I could lie to you!"

Mrs. He was trembling all over, trying to calm herself down, and after a long time, she explained to Sheng Shaoqing, "I've heard about the case you mentioned before, but... it didn't mean that the charges were not serious. , can the non-conspirator go home after being tried, why suddenly..."

"Did you know that the Empress Dowager came to Chen Liu a few days ago?"

Mrs. He nodded awkwardly, and heard Sheng Shaoqing continue to babble, "The Empress Dowager originally brought Her Majesty to perform the farming ceremony, and then returned to Beijing. But..."

"But the queen mother heard that something like this happened to Chen Liu before, she was very angry, and ordered the county guards to investigate the crime severely. If the case cannot be handled, it will be handed over to Dali Temple, so..."

Sheng Shaoqing circled silently in her heart: The queen mother is really a good backer!

"I...I see..."

However, Sheng Shaoqing asked back persistently, "Niece, why are you so interested in this matter, could it be that you..."

"We, members of the He family, are also involved?!"

Mrs. He saw Sheng Shaoqing's pure eyes, and was wondering whether to tell her, when a sound of hurried footsteps came in from outside the hall, Mrs. He quickly collected her expression, pretending that she hadn't heard anything before, and even... He Madam also took the time to turn her head and told Sheng Shaoqing, "Auntie, just now we were just reminiscing about the old days, and never mentioned anything old..."

The man stood still outside the door, listened to the corner of the wall, and saw that there were talking and laughing in the hall, so he walked in slowly.

"lady."

Madam He didn't even lift her eyelids, she sat back beside Sheng Shaoqing, and ignored Wang Yuan who looked embarrassed.

Sheng Shaoqing thought to himself that the husband and wife were in such a situation, that they seemed to be going their separate ways and going their separate ways.

Seeing that his wife ignored him, Wang Yuan had no choice but to turn to Sheng Shaoqing and said, "Aunt He's family, Wang Yuan is really reckless. He always thought that someone was pretending to be a member of the He family, but he didn't expect that you were really the daughter of the lost cousin."

"It's also the fault of that child, Ayu, who can't speak clearly. I thought it was someone with a pig's nose with green onions, pretending to be an elephant in this Qingshiban town."

Only then did Mrs. He open her mouth, "Who can pretend to be better than you here?"

"Hey! You!" Wang Yuan was about to argue with Mrs. He, blushing and thick necked, but he had to give up because of the presence of an outsider, Sheng Shaoqing.

"I hope my aunt will forgive me for today's matter, and I will ask Ah Yu to come and apologize to you in person in a while!"

"There's no need to apologize to me. After all, he didn't take advantage of anything. However, I heard that the Chenliu Wang family has a strict family style, but when I saw it today, I knew the rumors were not true. In the market where people come and go, everyone Dare to molest the daughter of a good family, disregarding his own face, the words he said are simply unbearable!"

"If you really want to repent, let him apologize to the shopkeeper."

Once Wang Yuan had spoken, it was difficult to take it back, so he had to take it all down, and agreed, "Auntie taught me, in the afternoon, in the afternoon, I will prepare a generous gift for Ayu to come and apologize!"

"I heard that my aunt came to Chenliu to find relatives?"

Sheng Shaoqing nodded happily, "Yes."

Wang Yuan asked tentatively again, "Is the Yuan family my aunt married to Yuan from Cangzhou?"

Sheng Shaoqing nodded happily again. Anyway, Yuan and Yuan have the same pronunciation, who would know that this Mrs. Yuan is actually Mrs. Yuan?
A gleam of joy flashed across Wang Yuan's face, and the aunt in his mouth was also eager, "That's no wonder!"

"Yesterday, I heard from many shops in the town that there is a big customer in our township, and the money is extremely generous. Who am I supposed to be? It turns out to be our aunt!"

Sheng Shaoqing and Mrs. He looked at each other awkwardly, and Mrs. He choked back and said, "What does it have to do with you?"

However, Wang Yuan walked up to his wife with a smile, "How can it be okay? Your aunt is naturally my aunt, and the family doesn't speak two different languages, so the aunt's dinner will be served at Bishe, so you can catch up with your wife." .”

"you!"

Mrs. He saw this man wanted to be courteous again, and when she thought of the fact that he had lied to her son and was about to be sent to the capital for interrogation, she felt furious, and immediately grabbed the hot teacup in her hand and threw it at him.

However, Wang Yuan caught his wife's wrist very familiarly, and said in a low voice, "There are outsiders here! Save some face for me! Besides, you can't change your tricks, every time you throw tea Light! How many sets have been changed at home. How can it stand up to your fall like this?"

"you!"

"I'll fall!!"

Mrs. He smashed several teacups one after another, and even the teacup in Sheng Shaoqing's hand could not escape the bad luck. She snatched it away and left it on the floor with a crisp sound.

"Wang Yuan!"

"Hey! Madam, what are your orders?!"

Mrs. He saw that the man in front of her was still laughing and joking, and felt a sense of sadness in her heart. She had been in love with him for more than ten years. His own son can be given away as a gift.

But, this relationship between husband and wife, now it seems that it is just a joke.

Wang Yu complained for his uncle time and time again, with an aunt like himself whose family was in ruins and who had no one to support her, but if Wang Yuan didn't have such thoughts himself, how could Wang Yu dare to say such a thing?
"Qing'er has been out of the city for a few days. As a father, why don't you ask about your son's whereabouts?"

Wang Yuan looked embarrassed and said, "Why are you saying this in front of your aunt?"

"What? I'm just asking where your son has gone. Why are you nervous?"

"My aunt said that when she passed by, Chen Liu heard that something was not peaceful recently, and I was worried about Qing'er, so I asked you, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Wang Yuan hesitated and dodged Mrs. He's eyes. This kind of fact must not be known to outsiders, otherwise, it would really be a catastrophe, and the whole family would suffer!
Mrs. He's reaction when she saw Wang Yuan was also completely resigned, and she said to Sheng Shaoqing, "The banquet has been prepared in the backyard, let aunt take the seat."

Seeing that Mrs. He didn't ask any more questions, Wang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, yes, there are also my aunt's housekeeper and accountant, let's go together, after all, they are members of the Yuan family, so we can't wait."

Seeing Wang Yuan's completely different face from the morning, Sheng Shaoqing asked a little amusedly, "Wang Xiangzheng didn't believe that I was my wife's aunt before, so why is he calling my aunt more affectionately than my niece now?"

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "That's because I don't know Mount Tai. Just after you left, Yuan's letter was delivered to me, and I was asked to do something convenient for my aunt here, so that my aunt can find relatives with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, it was flooded into the Dragon King Temple, and the whole family no longer knew each other."

"If I had known that you were my wife's aunt, I should have sent someone to inform me before you came, so we could pick you up!"

"How could it cause all the troubles later?!"

(End of this chapter)