concubines are respected

Chapter 33
Lin Shujian presented the envelope, the face of the eldest lady changed suddenly, and the tea cup she was about to drink in her hand was almost unsteady, the green tea soup overflowed from the porcelain cup, and then she looked coldly at Mama Hu who was beside her.

Seeing this, Madam Hu was also very flustered, and quickly raised her hand to caress her bosom, the envelope was still inside, she couldn't help but look at the envelope that the old lady took over with suspicion, her mind was buzzing, and she thought to herself: "The envelope is fine." The one in his arms, but what did the second young master pick up?
"What is this?" The old lady took the envelope with a smile. There were a few dark stains on the old cover. It seemed that the letter had been around for a while. When I opened the envelope and took a closer look, the inside was not ordinary letter paper, but a piece of paper. This book is thin and double-folded, with stunning bright red bronzing pages.

When she saw the big gilt characters on the post page, the old lady was startled, and immediately unfolded the gold post to read it carefully. Jian said to the book, "Jianer, where did you find this letter?"

The third aunt saw that the old lady's face was different, and she didn't know the origin of this post, so she couldn't help but said nervously, "Return to the old lady, this envelope was picked up by Qiaojuan and Jianer on the way to Fushouxuan just now. Jianer is young and not What do you know, I don’t know what was written in this post, which made the old lady so unhappy, and I hope the old lady will not blame Jianer.”

The old lady closed the letter paper, looked around everyone, and said in a low voice, "Qiaojuan is worrying too much, I am not unhappy because of the golden post, it is just the matter of the golden post, which is a major event in our house, how can it be easily lost. It seems that the servant did not do his job well, fortunately Jianer picked it up, if it is really lost, how should I explain to Mo Cheng in the future!"

"Important matter? I don't know what was written on the golden post that made the old lady attach so much importance to it?" The lady's smile was extremely stiff, and she asked knowingly and deliberately.

"Simply everyone is here today. Mother Yue, read it to everyone." The old lady raised her hand and handed the golden post to Mother Yue, looking at Suxian with a faint smile in her eyes.

Mother Yue took the golden post respectfully, stepped forward and read aloud, "Lin Mocheng, the magistrate of Kangzhou in Da'an, the certificate of marriage acceptance, with this certificate, it is good to combine the two surnames. The family members of the Ming Dynasty hereby testify to this: here is the noble concubine of the Lin family, Zhang Qirou, who has both virtue and virtuousness, is beautiful and intelligent, respects her parents-in-law and loves her children. She is truly dignified and worthy of being the equal wife of the Lin family. Lin Mo With this marriage document, Chengte bestowed upon the late Zhang family the title of equal wife, enjoying the honor of being a regular wife, and his daughter Lin Suxian should be honored as the direct line."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked, and the face of the eldest lady almost turned into tears.

"Old madam, here." Mother Yue looked at Suxian in surprise and joy, not knowing whether to read on or not.

The old lady waved her hand, took the golden post from Yue Mama, and said to everyone in a low voice, "The date below this post was signed last June, when Mo Cheng was in critical condition, Mo Cheng must have thought he was not long As he was about to die, he wrote this marriage letter with his own hand. But why this marriage letter sank in the archives of the yamen, but did not see the sky, is unknown."

"Old madam, there must be something different about this marriage letter. The master was ill and unconscious last June, how could he have written the marriage letter himself? I think it was faked and took the opportunity to deceive the old madam." The eldest madam couldn't sit still any longer. On that day, Lin Mocheng wrote the marriage letter with his own hand, bestowing upon the deceased Mrs. Zhang as his equal wife, and asked Mr. Li to go to the official media office to handle the matter with full authority.After the eldest lady found out, she was furious and knew that she would not be able to change Lin Mocheng's mind, so she simply bribed Master Li to withhold the marriage certificate.

Lin Mocheng then fell into a coma, unaware that the eldest lady had done something secretly.The lady in this room ordered Li Shiye to secretly destroy the marriage letter, but she didn't want Li Shiye to do so, but instead put the marriage letter on the case in a false and shady way.Unexpectedly, now that Mr. Zhou took over the affairs of the yamen, he actually searched out the old documents.Although Zhang's family has passed away for many years, Lin Suxian is becoming more and more powerful in the mansion now, if she is promoted to the title of the first daughter because of this, there will be no place for Lin Zhilan in the future.

As soon as the contents of the marriage letter came out, Suxian was also stunned. Today, Xiangcao followed Mama Hu back, and seeing Mama Hu open the envelope to check in a secluded place, she knew that the letter must be the heart trouble of the eldest lady.Vanilla was clever, and promised a child on the street a few pieces of silver, and deliberately knocked over the document in Hu's mother's hand, so that the child could steal the envelope back while picking it up for Hu's mother.

Because of the urgency of time, Suxian didn't have time to carefully read the contents of the envelope, only thinking that it contained the madam's shady activities, so she intentionally stole the envelope and asked Shujian to pick it up and hand it over to the old lady , to achieve the purpose of exposing Mrs. Madam.Who would have thought that it would contain the marriage letter written by his father when he raised his mother as an equal wife. No wonder the lady was so nervous.

Thinking of this, Suxian's mind suddenly resounded that day when she sneaked into the wing room where her father lived, and what her father said when he was ill, "Since your mother entered the Lin Mansion, she has been looked down upon because of her status. Even though she has gone, it is still beneficial to you, Qian'er, presumably because of this, Qinru has some scruples, and dare not neglect you too much."

At that time, Suxian was confused, but now she thinks about it.It turned out that his father had already raised his mother as a second wife, and he had already been a legitimate daughter. It was only because the eldest lady secretly obstructed this matter that the matter was kept under wraps, and even the old lady didn't know it at all.

"False?" The old lady carefully looked at the handwriting on the marriage letter again, and after confirming that it was Lin Mocheng's own handwriting, she said seriously, "This is written by Mocheng himself, how can it be fake. Although Zhang's status is humble, but Qian'er But it is Lin's flesh and blood, and Zhang's has passed away long ago, Mo Cheng just promised her a position, and it will not hinder you Qinru."

The old lady's attitude towards Suxian has changed a long time ago, and she was thinking about how to make up for the grievances Suxian suffered in these years, but today's incident happened at the right time, and she simply took the initiative to admit the status of her direct line. It is also reasonable in public and private.Besides, on the marriage letter, the seal of the official media has already been printed with red cinnabar, presumably the Kangzhou official media office has already made a record, and it is a foregone conclusion, how can we go back on our word.

"Old madam, how could you let the daughter of the lowly servant girl become the daughter of the Lin family? Wouldn't it be a violation of the regulations? If it spreads out, it will make people laugh." It is much heavier.

At this time, the third aunt who was stunned by the side also came to her senses, she didn't expect that the old master would silently raise the position of wife for the deceased Zhang.This position of equal wife is the position she has been yearning for, how could it be obtained by the dead Mrs. Zhang.The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and the third aunt immediately lost her temper. She didn't speak as fastidiously as the eldest lady, but before she could speak, she sobbed, "Old lady, you have to make decisions for Qiaojuan, This matter is definitely not the master's will, Qiaojuan refuses to accept, Qiaojuan refuses to accept it! Huh huh."

The old lady stroked her forehead and shouted secretly, "Why are you crying, why are you coaxing?"

"Old madam, although Qiaojuan came from a concubine in her natal family, she is not the daughter of an ordinary family, let alone a humble servant. Besides, Qiaojuan has added two women and a boy to the Lin family over the years since she entered the mansion. If you really want to carry Wife Ping is supposed to lift up Qiaojuan's status, how could the master lift up the status of that dead ghost and lowly maidservant. Madam, this matter must be different, Madam, you can make the decision for Qiaojuan!" Third aunt gave Crying with snot and tears.

Although the eldest lady despises San Yiniang's behavior of crying, making trouble and hanging herself the most on weekdays, but today the two of them are on the same front, and think that San Yiniang's trouble is very timely.If the third aunt had acted like this on weekdays, the eldest lady would have already scolded her, but at this time the eldest lady remained silent and let her make trouble.

"This matter really surprised me, but the seal of the official media on this marriage certificate is real, how can it be fake?" Although the old lady took good care of the third aunt on weekdays, she was not unfair. Holding a fake marriage certificate in his hand, how can he cover up the truth, "It is said that after Master Li finished the matter with the official media, he should have presented the marriage certificate to the mansion. But this Master Li Putting the marriage certificate at the bottom of the box, and then resigning from his old age and returning to his hometown shortly afterwards, such ineffective handling of affairs is really a waste of Mo Cheng's trust in him for many years!"

"Even if the marriage certificate is true, it must be because the master was ill and confused back then. Otherwise, he would rather raise a lowly maid than Qiaojuan as a flat wife. Isn't this just like what the lady said just now, let outsiders see her?" Is it a joke!" San Yiniang still didn't give up, she stared at Suxian coldly, and said through gritted teeth.

The eldest lady and the third aunt called Zhang shi one by one, Suxian was furious, stepped forward and responded forcefully, "What the third aunt said is that now our Lin family has indeed made others laugh. It's just that others are laughing at the moment, but it's not my father's decision back then, and it's not Suxian's mother's status as a slave back then. It's the family in charge of the mansion - the eldest lady and the old lady!"

The eldest lady, who was originally the third aunt, was sitting on the side to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but when she heard Suxian's words, she suddenly became angry and shouted angrily, "Lin Suxian! Do you know what you are talking about!?"

Seeing that Suxian spoke so rudely, the old lady also looked at Suxian sullenly, but she didn't speak.

Suxian took a step forward, blessed the old lady deeply, and said respectfully, "Grandmother, please forgive Xian'er for being disrespectful. Since ancient times, there have been sayings that good medicine is bitter and honest advice is harsh. Today's words of Qian'er are not for self-interest, but for It is for the sake of the overall situation, and it is also for the sake of Da Furen's virtuous reputation in the territory of Kangzhou."

Seeing that Suxian said such righteous words, the old lady immediately said in a deep voice, "What kind of argument is this, but it's okay for Xianer to say it."

With the consent of the old lady, Suxian got up and looked around the faces of everyone, and said loudly, "Suxian has never read the marriage certificate in my grandmother's hand, but according to what my grandmother said, the marriage certificate has been stamped with the seal of the official media." So it can be concluded that the official media office of the Kangzhou government has already registered and compiled the book, and the name of the mother-Zhang Qirou has also been added to the name of the father Lin Mocheng's wife. Although for various reasons, the Lin family, including No one, including the old lady, knew about it, but the adults who worked in the official media must know it clearly.

For these years, although Suxian lived in the mansion, she was transferred to live in the remote Queyuan by the eldest lady, and the various cold reception she received in the mansion probably spread to the ears of others.It would be fine if Suxian was just a concubine's daughter, but Suxian was a concubine's daughter.In this way, in the eyes of others, wouldn't the eldest lady bear the reputation of harshly treating the concubine of the Lin family? Wouldn't this make others question the eldest lady's virtuous name? "

As she said that, Suxian paused for a moment, blessed the old lady again, her tone eased three minutes, and continued, "And according to the law of Da'an, the name of the concubine who is a concubine after death must be included in the genealogy Adding the column of wife's house, the inscription on the inscription needs to be changed to match the title of wife. However, for more than a year, the name of Qian'er's mother has not been added to the column of wife's house in Lin's genealogy, and the inscription on the inscription has not been changed. Cast. The Lin family can be regarded as a prestigious family in the territory of Kangzhou, but they treat a deceased wife in such a way that they do not follow the regulations and have no proper rules. Wouldn’t it make the world laugh at the head of the Lin family for having no housekeeping? Is there no way to be lenient and benevolent, to tolerate others?"

"Ah! This, this, this." Suxian's words shocked the old lady into a cold sweat.The eldest lady's face was distorted and almost deformed, her silver teeth were almost gnawed, but she couldn't find the fault in Suxian's words.

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　　Three generations were entangled, she only wished for an ordinary life, but married into the palace every time;

　　I wish to win the heart of one person, the white head will never be separated, but every time I will be separated;

　　She didn't know if this was an arrangement of fate or a punishment from heaven, but she was never someone who would be manipulated obediently!
　　
　　


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