Foster son and husband

Chapter 213
Ruixue knelt in the courtyard, weeping, and slapped herself dumbly, surrounded by a group of women, servants, and little girls, who watched and whispered, each with different expressions, some mocking, some sympathetic, some gloating, and usually they were only close to each other. People who follow the old lady, are favored by the old lady, wear gold and silver, eat sweets and drink hot food, and say a word in Jinhuatang can make the people below them run away, and they are as delicate as half masters. !

And she was punished in this way only because she said a wrong sentence - the second master of Xiyuan!

In the eyes of the old lady, the Xu Mansion is the Hou Mansion, and the Hou Mansion is the Xu Mansion. At least when she was alive, it was impossible for two Xu Mansions to appear. When he became Marquis, the old lady asked him to promise that he would take care of his younger brother. The Marquis of Weiyuan was one day, and he would be able to keep his glory and wealth. Xu Junying inherited the title. In the past years, the family was peaceful when he fought outside. After returning to the capital for less than a year, he broke up with a woman and put aside his grandmother's prestige and dignity. How could the old lady swallow this breath? ?Taking care of the honor of the third generation of the Hou Mansion, how could he bear to see his most beloved youngest son have nothing to do with the glory of the Hou Mansion?This family was divided unwillingly. If the emperor hadn't spoken, she would have wished to tear down that high wall and call the second master's family back to live in the Hou Mansion. Ruixue would touch the hole in her heart at this moment Scar, aren't you courting death?
One after another, Miss Xu's Mansion came to pay her respects. Ruixue was quickly dragged away by her mother-in-law. Ji's mother told her to lock her in her room first, and then deal with it when she was free. The sisters Xu Xiaorong heard the wind outside, and when they entered the yard, they saw Ruixue being dragged away. Hearing the miserable cry, thinking about her cute and clever appearance by the old lady's side, she felt pity in her heart, but she didn't like it. He dared to talk too much, and only asked An to accompany her honestly in front of the old lady, without mentioning anything else.

Zhuang Yulan had already got up, went to the hall to have breakfast with the old lady, and waited for her husband Shi Songmao to come to pick her up and go back to Shifu.When she came back from her hometown in Jiangning, she brought a lot of ceremonies to honor the old lady, but was detained by the old lady a few times, Shi Songmao persuaded her to stay with her aunt for two days, Zhuang Yulan just refused at first, but she didn't know that Shi Songmao wanted to visit Marquis of Weiyuan, when he came here, he was told that the Marquis was busy with official duties and could not see each other. Please forgive him, Shi Songmao wanted to find another opportunity to meet Xu Junying, so he tried his best to encourage his wife to stay in the Hou's mansion. He expected to come to pick him up sometime When Madam returned home, she should be able to see the Marquis, but Zhuang Yulan couldn't resist staying or persuading her, so she agreed to stay for one night.

The queen mother pointed out that marrying a cabinet bachelor from the second rank has gained face, after all, it will be a continuation. Fortunately, Shi Songmao's facial features are well-rounded, and his body is still straight, and he doesn't look like a 46-year-old in the blink of an eye. The madam loves her very much, apart from how difficult it is to discipline the children at home, the concubines have been reprimanded by Shi Songmao several times, and they have already submitted to her control, and now that they are happy, Zhuang Yulan dare not have other thoughts.But after all, I used to be too arrogant and arrogant, and I was still afraid of going back to the Hou Mansion to see my old friends, especially Xu Junying and his wife. Knowing that Meimei hadn't returned to the Hou Mansion, I felt relieved to stay, but I saw the two of them dressed in red Yipao suddenly walked into the Jinhua Hall like a newlywed couple. At that moment, she couldn't even feel the discomfort of her first pregnancy.

Being given a marriage, carried out of the waiting mansion, and entered the bridal chamber with Shi Songmao, the heart that beat for Cousin Ying was shattered time and time again, and those who thought they were completely hopeless can see that they came together like that, Yingbiao Brother didn't even look at her, his eyes full of love and pity were only cast on Mei Niang from beginning to end.Pain and jealousy reappeared in her heart, and Zhuang Yulan once again hated Qin Meiniang. If she hadn't died and lived again, she would have lived happily with Cousin Ying, and there would be no such ending!
The old lady put on a loving smile, and told Zhuang Yulan to eat more and sleep more, to make her body fatter and stronger, so that she would have the strength to have a baby.While continuing to ask her about the situation in Jiangning's old family, he pointed to the many snacks on the table and taught the granddaughters sitting around the table to taste all of them.

"These are all brought back from Jiangning by your sister Lan. I love to eat since I was a child. Don't you sisters look very tasty?"

Xu Xiaomin asked curiously: "Didn't grandma prefer spicy food? Why are most of these snacks sweet and salty?"

The old lady smiled and said: "Jiangning people have such tastes. They love sweet and salty food. When I was my age like Lan'er, I married to Xu's mansion and gave birth to the old man, but because it was too hard to give birth to him, Because of this, I lost my appetite and didn’t want to eat anything, so someone coaxed me to eat some hot and sour pickles, and gradually the taste came out, and then I started to eat spicy food!”

Xu Xiaomin nodded: "I know, I love spicy food after giving birth to my son! My sister-in-law is the same as my grandmother, I heard that she didn't eat it before, and only after Heng'er was born..."

Xu Xiaorong gently tugged her under the table, it was already too late, the old lady snorted coldly: "Don't talk about those unruly and shameful things, what qualifications does she have to compare with me?"

The woman outside the door just reported, "The second master is here!"

Xu Xiping had already walked in, the girls hurriedly got up and greeted the second master, Xu Xiping waved his hand, and went to bow to the old lady, who looked at him dissatisfiedly:
"Didn't you say Muxiu today? I asked someone to pass you on earlier, but it's only now! If your mother has any troubles and wants to see you in a hurry, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Xu Xiping sat down beside the old lady, glanced at Zhuang Yulan, and said, "Mother, calm down! My cousin and son-in-law came just now, and my son has to accompany him to say a few words, and now he is still in the study in the front yard over there. He asked for some advice, and the son thought that his mother must have something important to do, so he rushed here first!"

The old lady Xu was easily coaxed by Xu Xiping, she nodded with a smile, and looked at Zhuang Yulan: "It's rare for a historian to be careful, and to come here early in the morning to pick up someone, so I love you so much, what should I say? You, you are a blessed of!"

Zhuang Yulan lowered her head shyly, Xu Xiping knew in her heart that Shi Songmao came early not just to pick up Zhuang Yulan, but to see Xu Houye, and hoped that Xu Junying would come back at noon, so that everyone could have a meal together and talk about it in detail. Unexpectedly, the head of the waiting mansion told him that the waiting master was away on business and he would have to return in a few days. The new scholar Xu Liuye was awarded an official position, but he did not return to the government office. Standing outside the gate of the waiting mansion in a daze, it happened that Xu Xiping came back from the outer house, met each other twice, and welcomed him to the west courtyard to sit.

Sitting in the study outside and drinking a cup of tea, a woman came to pass the news that the old lady wanted to see the second master, and Xu Xiping was not in a hurry to come, so he just asked someone to invite Xu Junqiao, who was also at home with Muxiu, to accompany Shi Songmao Talk, and then come to the waiting mansion in the east.

Passing through the moon gate of the partition wall, I felt a dull pain in my heart. The separation of the family was not what he wanted, which meant that the second room would leave the Houfu from now on, and somewhat lost power. Junying, who was trying his best, suddenly became determined and insisted on separating. Only then did he realize that his nephew attached so much importance to his nephew-in-law Qin, and he was not as careless as usual. The brothers yelled at each other, usually they don’t pay much attention to the eldest son, relying on the old lady’s favor, they just enjoy their life in the waiting mansion, lazy by nature, disrespecting the eldest son and daughter-in-law, now it’s all right, Junying came back and disappeared his daughter-in-law and son If you get angry, no one can live a peaceful life!
On the one hand, he was forced to discuss the separation of the family with Xu Junying, and on the other hand, he begged for mercy in front of the old lady to plead innocent. Relaxed, thinking that as long as the old lady is there, the second room will not leave the waiting mansion, who knows that the emperor intervenes, no matter how tough the old lady is, it will not help, the separation of the two mansions is a foregone conclusion.

Fortunately, the old lady won the best interests for him, and the old lady's most brilliant move was to return to live in the waiting mansion. With her old man in charge of the waiting mansion, the second room has nothing to worry about.

But the old lady disliked her niece and daughter-in-law in every possible way, making things difficult and resentful, and the niece and daughter-in-law still seemed unwilling to show weakness. The old and the young confronted each other, and the flames of war that ignited burned on him for no reason.

Xu Junying hosted a banquet and invited him to dinner alone, and said to him during the banquet: The old lady doesn't like Meimei, just because she comes from a humble background, and she is picky in every way, but now it is not what it used to be, now that the Qin family is a new rich, so treat Meimei like this again That's not right, Meimei has a stubborn temperament. On the one hand, she is the grandmother who gave birth to her father, and her nephew respects her most. My son loves her dearly, and she is the only one who loves her in this life. If anyone does something harmful to her, find out and never forgive her!

Junying pushed a brocade box in front of him, and said: Uncle and father are close siblings, nephew and Junlang, Junya, and Junqiao are also siblings. be magnanimous!As a court official, my uncle has a wife, a concubine, and children and grandchildren, and he still has a concubine. If someone he knew hadn't come to tell his nephew, his nephew would never have believed it!Whether this matter is found out by the censors or by the aunts and brothers in the mansion, it is not good... I wanted to persuade my uncle to turn around, but when I heard that the woman was pregnant, I knew that my uncle was in a dilemma—after the mansion was divided, The Xifu Zhongfu is only in the hands of the second sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law, and there are more accountants in charge, and the aunt has also started to intervene in internal affairs. Uncle must be inconvenient. This is ten thousand taels of silver and a house in the city The land deed, my uncle can transfer the woman here, so that she can live in that barren street and back alley again, which will be disrespectful to the court officials, and she often goes out of the city, which is even more eye-catching.

Xu Xiping was ashamed and sweaty. The imperial court had an express prohibition for officials to have a concubine. If they were found, the woman would be charged with adultery. Officials below the fifth rank would be exiled to wild places, and those above the fifth rank would be punished according to the circumstances Fines or demotions, but it is not uncommon for officials to secretly support the outside house. It depends on who it is. Powerful and powerful people with great face, just turn a blind eye and close their eyes as if they didn't see it. Once they are unlucky and caught, they really can't bear it, especially for those who commit crimes one after another like Xu Xiping. It is expected that no one will check him, just play around, there is a troublesome second wife and Aunt Yan who has been favored by him for many years in the mansion, and he does not want to provoke them, who knows that woman is very painful, For a while, she was reluctant to let her become pregnant, pregnant with his heir, and she couldn't let go, and Junying wanted to separate the family. He had just moved out of the Hou's mansion, and someone was watching him immediately. Someone came to invite him, and said in a panic that there were always people hanging around the door, and finally knocked on the door to ask the servant girl seven questions, these people are really snobbish and hateful!Fortunately, my nephew stopped me. If I reported it directly, wouldn't it be over immediately?Not to mention fines and demotions, if the superiors are serious and follow the usual punishment for bad deeds, I am afraid that they will not be able to keep their official positions this time.

At the moment, she could only salivate on her old face to justify herself, and had a good talk with her nephew, but Xu Junying didn't make many comments, she just said lightly: "The woman asked the old lady's approval, and let Guo Minglu take her as a concubine, uncle." Think about it for yourself, the juniors don't ask the elders, they just don't know.My uncle understands my nephew and has always respected the elders. I only hope that everything will be happy at home. Now the old lady still doesn't like Meimei, and my nephew will go away to work in a long time. I am afraid that the two of her old and young will always bump into each other at home. The matter is too high, and Meimei is weak and can't resist the elders' reprimand and repression. I implore my uncle to be by my grandmother's side sooner or later, to comfort her, and to say a few good words for my nephew and daughter-in-law. I must try my best to persuade my grandmother to take care of her health and not make her angry and sick. There are uncles and younger siblings at home to take care of the grandmother's health, and the nephew can do things with peace of mind when he is away. The nephew is busy running around at home, and it is also for the sake of the Xu family. Please be considerate of the nephew!

After talking with the uncle and nephew for half a day, Xu Xiping let go of his worries and took responsibility for himself.

After breakfast, Shi Songmao was also accompanied by Xu Junjiao over the house to meet the old lady. The old lady saw the couple sitting together. Silk and satin, surrounded by pearls and emeralds, showing the posture of a noble lady. Shi Songmao is a white-faced scholar who has been in the officialdom for many years. He is elegant and shrewd, but he is two or three years younger than the second master Xu Xiping, but he looks more dignified than Xu Xiping. tolerance.The old lady sighed inwardly, cheered herself up, chatted with Shi Songmao with a smile on her face, recounted the glorious past of the Jiangning Zhuang family, and talked about how Zhuang Yulan's father studied and progressed and was brilliant, but unfortunately died young because of God's jealousy. And how the brother inherited the ambition of the brother, finally got the honor and became an official, and there are many young talents in the clan, who are also working hard to make progress and so on.What kind of person is Shi Songmao, how could he fail to understand what the old lady meant?The old lady is implying that he has become the son-in-law of the dealer, so he must remember to support the son of the dealer who studies and seeks fame.He smiled wryly in his heart, he was also looking for Xu Junying to support him!

Returning to the capital to report on his duties, the emperor praised him, promoted from the third rank to the second rank, the queen mother bestowed a marriage, and only said infinite glory, married Zhuang Yulan, and after enjoying the joy of the wedding, he no longer received the imperial edict. There are countless scholars in the cabinet, and the emperor wants to convene people to discuss the state affairs, but it is always not his turn. He has submitted the memorials for many times, but the emperor has little reaction, but Shi Songmao is not a person who is willing to be mediocre. Loyal to the imperial court, he has made small contributions to the former emperor and the current sage, he is talented and ambitious, and feels that he can still do his best for the emperor and the court. The emperor may temporarily forget him, as long as he reappears in front of the emperor, he will surely He is reused, and his wife's cousin Xu Junying can help him pass through the gate of the palace and meet the emperor!Shi Songmao was waiting for this opportunity, so he patiently flattered the old lady, with a modest smile, and praised his wife's natal family with all kinds of posthumous words. , the laughter was extraordinarily cheerful.

Xu Xiping sat on the side, listening to his mother laughing happily, felt relieved, and wanted to doze off—going to the outer room, he could never sleep soundly, and would get up before dawn and rush to the city gate to wait for the door to open and enter the city. Otherwise, it will be too late and easy to be discovered by others, just to covet the half-hour of happiness, but it will suffer a lot.

　Light smoke drifts by, and one watch goes up. . . . . . .

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