The next day, the first lady of the Song family, Huo Shi, and the second lady, Duanmu, were both confused and invited to Shen's Mansion. When Wei Changying went back to visit Song Zaishui, he saw Duanmu Wuse, but this was the first time he met his eldest cousin Huo.
Huo's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Huo Qingling whom she met in the palace last time. I wonder if they are sisters in the same room. She should be the same age as Song Zaitian, and she is considered to be of the Liu family's generation. Compared with newly married wives like Wei Changying, she is a bit older. She has a graceful demeanor and a smile on her face. He looks kind-hearted, and he is indeed a kind person at first glance.
Mrs. Min had brought Pei Meiniang over earlier, and together with Mrs. Liu and others, they welcomed them in. They sat down at the table separately for host and guest. After a few words of greeting, Mrs. Huo smiled and asked why they invited their sisters-in-law to come over.
Here Mrs. Liu briefly explained what happened and said, "Please tell me, Sister Pei, which day it was and what the situation was like that day."
So Pei Meiniang came out and told the whole story, saying that it was Huo's biological sister Huo Qingling's birthday, and the female relatives of various families were invited to come to the house for a small gathering. Pei Meiniang, Huo and Duanmu Wuse all went. At that banquet, Duanmu Wuse took Pei Meiniang and said those provocative words under the grape trellis in the Huo family's small garden.
She was very detailed. The time, place, and scenery were all very detailed, and it didn't look like she was just making them up. As everyone listened, their eyes towards Duanmu Wuse gradually became strange...
Duanmu Wuse's expression changed and he scolded Pei Meiniang in public: "That's nonsense. I'm not very familiar with you. How could I drag you to say such a thing?"
This makes sense, and does not seem guilty at all. However, Huo, who is standing next to her, can tell anyone that she is uncomfortable. She said in a confused voice: "This matter? This matter... This... it has been too long. But I can't remember." Before she could finish speaking, Huo's face turned red to her neck.
Mrs. Min ignored Duanmu Wuse, who lost his temper, and cried to kneel down to Mrs. Huo: "I heard from my daughter that this matter has not happened for a long time, that is, it was only two or three days before she was about to leave the cabinet. Months. This is related to my daughter's life and the reputation of the Pei family! Mrs. Huo, you can't pretend to be ignorant just because you protect your sister-in-law! I beg you, please be merciful and give your daughter justice! My daughter has already said that your younger siblings made her frightened and frightened, but it was you who couldn't bear to listen and scolded her to stop her!"
Min's natal husband's family is just an aristocratic family, but she is also the elder after all - how dare Mrs. Huo accept her gift in public? She jumped up from the table and hurriedly reached out to help her: "Mrs. Min, please don't do this, Qian Qian Don’t do this!”
But the more she behaved like this, the more Min Min insisted on kneeling down and said with tears in her eyes: "If you don't give me a clean slate today, and my daughter is found guilty of being unvirtuous, unfilial, and disobedient to her elders, I will teach you How can a daughter like this have the dignity to continue living? I can only die to thank my family!"
Pei Meiniang came up to help her again and said: "One person does the work and the other takes responsibility. It's just that I was young and ignorant and mistakenly believed in Duanmu Wuse. I also thought that Sister-in-law Huo was a kind-hearted person. Even if I defended my sister-in-law, I would not confuse right and wrong. There is no need for mother to use her I'll apologize to you. I'll go back and give my three feet of white silk to my aunt!"
At this point, Liu's three sisters-in-law couldn't just watch like this, and had to come out to persuade them: "Mrs. Min, please calm down, and the fourth brother and sister should not be impulsive. Let's talk to Mrs. Huo carefully. Mrs. Huo has always been virtuous. Absolutely not lying."
They all said to Mrs. Huo together, "I'm really sorry for you, Mrs. Huo, for bothering you like this for our family's affairs! But you have also seen that your words today really affect our sisters-in-law... Can our sister-in-law continue to do this? To tell you the truth, our mother is still lying on the hospital bed... What is the truth of this matter? Now only what you say is the most fair and trustworthy, please tell us. "
Huo was confused: "I really want to help you, but about this matter... I really... maybe I don't remember it clearly."
Mrs. Min cried again and said, "Mrs. Huo, can you really bear to watch our mother and daughter die?"
"Mrs. Min, please don't say this!" Huo said with a blushing face, "I... I... but... this..." She spoke incoherently, looking at Duanmu Wuse and then at Pei Meiniang and her daughter, with unbearable expressions on her face. , face full of embarrassment.
Duanmu Wuse sneered: "It's something that didn't happen in the first place. Do you think you can slander me by following the example of the shrews in the market and forcing each other to death?"
"Mrs. Min, yes means yes, and no means no. Do you think this is the truth?" Duanmu helped her cousin in a neutral tone, saying, "You are making such a fuss, the fact is there, you can't He said that you two are dead, so Sister-in-law Huo will just follow your words? "
Min was choked by what he said, but Pei Meiniang sneered and said: "Duanmu Yanyu, why are you so anxious? Sister-in-law Huo only said, 'Maybe I can't remember clearly'. You can't understand the meaning of this, but others can't understand it." Don't you understand?" He said to Mr. Huo, "I know that you are a virtuous person. It's just that I was young and ignorant. After you stopped drinking Duanmu Wuse, I didn't listen to what you said. At that time, you said that I The eldest aunt regards her husband as her own son, and it is absolutely impossible to bury him in the matter of marriage, but Duanmu Wuse then said, "Mrs. Su has several biological children, and they may not be able to drink a bowl of water, let alone a nephew." ', I was tender-faced at that time, and I was too embarrassed to meet many people from my husband's family before leaving the palace. I thought that sister-in-law, you and the Shen family have no close relatives, but Duanmu Wuse's cousin is the daughter-in-law of the Shen family - so I thought what she said It’s more believable.”
Seeing that everyone in the Shen family, including cousin Duanmu Yanyu, all had their faces downcast, Duanmu Wuse said sharply: "How could I say such a thing! You..."
"You instigated the first and then denied the latter, how shameless are you?!" Pei Meiniang shouted with a voice higher than hers, "I still remember that day because Sister-in-law Huo was not healthy!" She turned to Huo. , said sternly, "Sister-in-law Huo, you were wearing a tooth-colored dark embroidered four-way Ruyi pattern narrow-sleeved jacket that day. Although the weather was hot, you were in good health after a miscarriage, and there was an ice mirror in the room, so you specially added it." When you persuaded me not to believe Duanmu Wuse's words, you also mentioned the magnolia pattern on Duanmu Yanyu's knee, and mentioned that Duanmu Yanyu's legitimate daughter, Shen Shuyan, could do it at the age of three. "Ode to the Magnolia" has seven unique features, with clear and natural diction -
"Sister-in-law, you said that even if you are extremely talented, how can a three-year-old child understand rhythm if no one teaches you? If you can teach such a daughter, is Duanmu Yanyu a common person? Sister-in-law, you only remembered the song "Ode to the Magnolia" at that time. As for the last two sentences, "The east wind stirred the green curtains, and the clumps separated the beauty's cheeks." I was curious and asked about the full text. You also said that you would go and find out everything later and tell me. But I never met my sister-in-law. Since I came here, I have heard from people below that the first two sentences are "The spring flowers in the Yutang are blooming, and the colorful flowers are everywhere." Isn't that right
Huo subconsciously said: "No, I checked after I went back and it was 'It seems that the flowers in Yutang have bloomed and the flowers are in full bloom.'"
Before Huo finished speaking, the hall was already so quiet that you could hear needles!
Everyone looked at Duanmu Wuse with disbelief, and Duanmu Wuse himself was stunned.
"Ah!" At this moment, Huo seemed to realize her slip of the tongue. She covered her mouth in panic and said hurriedly, "Second brother and sister... Second brother and sister, maybe you are joking? The jokes told at the banquet should not be taken seriously. of!"
This further confirmed her previous slip of the tongue - Mrs. Min immediately hugged Pei Meiniang and cried loudly: "Poor my son, why are you so confused! Asking an outsider to coax you around, and then you are about to leave before the full moon is over. Everyone in your husband's family has been offended, how will you live in the future?"
Before she finished crying, Mrs. Min let go of her hand again, wiped her face with her sleeves, raised her head fiercely towards Duanmu Wuse, gritted her teeth and said: "What a daughter of a famous family! What a beautiful Duanmu! My son and you No grudges, our family has never heard of anyone who has offended you. Even if you come here to tell us, can our family not give you an explanation? Family bastard! Although I am a small family member, I can travel all over the world with reason, but I can't move without reason! Duanmu Wuse, if you don't give me an explanation today, I will fight with you here!"
Mrs. Min knew very well that Pei Meiniang had offended her husband's family many times before. Even if Shen Zanghui still wanted him because of the love between husband and wife, she couldn't get her elders to go! Xiangning Bo Shen Zhou was a famously filial brother! I definitely wouldn’t want a daughter-in-law who is disobedient to my eldest aunt!
Now the only way to survive is to bite Duanmu Wuse to death and put all the blame on Duanmu Wuse. As for the lintel of Jinxiu Duanmu's door being higher than that of Pei family in Youzhou, anyway, Xiliang Shen family is blocking it! Besides, Pei Meiniang has already offended the Duanmu family since she said Duanmu was colorless, and it doesn't matter if she offends them a little more now.
At this moment, Min didn't even care about etiquette, and put up a battle to risk his life!
Duanmu Wuse, although usually domineering, looked at this formation and knew that he must not recognize it. He glared at Huo with a gloomy expression, and said with a sneer: "Mrs. Min, you are also someone who has been in the imperial capital, and you don't know that I am This sister-in-law has always disliked me. She coaxes my father-in-law and sister-in-law to deal with me all the time. Not long ago, she even sent a batch of beauties and my husband! What else can she say good about me? "
Duanmu closed her eyes in despair - she had always known that this cousin was very favored at home and had developed an arrogant and domineering character. After leaving the cabinet, because Song Zaijiang, whom she married, was a rare mild-tempered person in the family, even though She had been childless for several years and kept causing trouble, and Song Zaijiang didn't care much about it - last time she greatly offended Song Zaishui, Song Zaishui's doted and only sister. Although Song Zaijiang had an incident, Duanmu Wuse's mother He went to the house to plead his love, but Song Zaijiang still tolerated it.
For a long time, Duanmu Wuse has only been able to resist and never give in. Is it time to fall out with Huo now
Sure enough, after hearing Duanmu Wuse's words, Mrs. Huo, instead of retorting, raised her sleeves to cover her face and choked up: "Second brother and sister, I know that I am not a virtuous sister-in-law, and I usually don't give in to you enough, but what you said is not good enough." It’s so heartbreaking! We are all a family. If you can turn to me, how can you not turn to you? You said it as if I deliberately hurt you. How could I do that? "
Pei Meiniang sneered and said: "Duanmu Wuse, you are so shameless. Up and down here today, who hasn't seen Sister-in-law Huo protecting you everywhere? An honest person like Sister-in-law Huo can't even tell lies. Yes, because of you, our mother and daughter couldn’t live any longer, and she refused to tell the truth! If I hadn’t used some tricks to deceive the honest Sister-in-law Huo, I’m afraid Sister-in-law Huo wouldn’t be able to bear it anymore and would look at our mother! Even if I die, I will protect you! Wasn't Sister-in-law Huo still trying to defend you after the mistake? If Sister-in-law Huo really harmed you, telling the truth would not only take revenge on you, but also hurt our mother and daughter. Gratitude, isn't it a good thing? But now, if you don't appreciate Sister-in-law Huo's protection, we mother and daughter also feel that Sister-in-law Huo is too partial to her own people - but I also want to say something unpleasant, who has a sister-in-law like you? My brothers and sisters, I really didn’t practice cultivation in my previous life!”
At this time, Mrs. Huo wiped her tears again, and as her eldest sister-in-law, she apologized on behalf of the frustrated Duanmu Wuse: "Mrs. Min, everyone, we didn't know anything was going on when we came here, but now we know that it was my brother and sister who temporarily It's a joke that Sister Pei caused such a big misunderstanding in your family. As you all know, our sister-in-law's mother-in-law left early, my father-in-law never cares about the affairs of the inner courtyard, and my husband and brother-in-law are both generous people. It’s all because of me, the eldest sister-in-law, that I didn’t warn my second younger brother and sister in time, and I didn’t enlighten Sister Pei well. This caused Sister Pei’s harm and made your family uneasy. Even the wife of the Grand Tutor fell ill on the bed... "
Duanmu Wuse finally came to his senses, and was shocked and angry - Huo's words were to crucify her for saying these words, which caused Pei Meiniang, the newly married niece who was not yet one month old, to disobey her husband's eldest aunt and disrespect everyone. My sister-in-law’s crime!
In panic, she couldn't help but rushed forward and grabbed Huo's hand, and said angrily: "Who wants you to pretend to be kind? Do I admit these things? Just come and apologize to me! Shut up!" !”
With a conscience of heaven and earth, no matter how stupid Duanmu Wuse was, he knew that he would not really attack his sister-in-law, so he just wanted to pull Huo to stop her from talking anymore... But as soon as her hand touched Huo, Huo screamed in pain and fell down. Go down!
Seeing this situation, everyone couldn't help but turn pale with shock. They didn't care to scold and were surprised that Duanmu Wuse dared to attack the eldest sister-in-law in public. They all stepped forward to help Mrs. Huo. Pei Meiniang's voice was particularly loud among them. She screamed: "Sister-in-law Huo, please go ahead." It’s been a long time since I had a miscarriage! Duanmu Wuse!”
... In the midst of the chaos, Huo, who was lying on the ground, half stood up with difficulty, shedding tears, but still turned to look at the stunned Duanmu Wuse outside the crowd, with eyes full of sincere pity, and choked with sobs: "We don't have a mother-in-law." Teaching day and night, the so-called elder sister-in-law is like a mother... I know you have never acknowledged me as a sister-in-law, but now that you have done something wrong, I am always responsible, no matter what punishment you receive, I have to bear some responsibility for you... Whether you recognize me or not, I will always share the burden for you!”
Wei Changying followed Mrs. Liu to persuade Mrs. Huo not to be sad anymore, got up first to speak, and then turned around and scolded the servants to go find the doctor. In the rush, he and Mrs. Liu looked at each other, and the two sisters understood each other tacitly: Duanmu Colorless, finished!
The note is wrong, the author is ruining ancient poetry again... (To be continued)