"The head of the Song Dynasty and his sister-in-law were very worried when they heard that Brother Song was seriously ill and could not get up." Wei Shenghe said, "It just so happened that our family was planning to come to the imperial capital to discuss with the Su family about the date of their welcome, so we decided to come earlier. Let’s go and visit the Lord of Song Dynasty and his sister-in-law, so that we can send someone back to give a detailed report, so as to appease the feelings of Lord Song Dynasty and his sister-in-law.”
Wei Shengxian and Wei Changying looked at each other and sighed: "The situation in Huaqing is really not good recently. Even in Xinjiang, he seems to be a lot more haggard recently." Huaqing is Song Yuwang's nickname.
"It's not just that." Wei Shenghe said thoughtfully, "Jiangnan Hall is still under Mrs. Wei's filial piety, so Lord Song could only send his servants to visit Brother Song in the imperial capital, but he couldn't see him several times in a row. The same goes for the people who come to Song Shixiong, including the old man who has served Lord Song for many years. According to his nephew Zaitian, Brother Song is not in good health and is in a bad mood, so Lord Song is very worried. , then I wrote to my sister-in-law, and she entrusted this matter to me. "
Wei Shengxian muttered: "Cousin Wei left early, Hua Qing did not renew her string, and it was inconvenient for me to visit in person. Chang Ying, on the other hand, went to Sikong Mansion when he came back from Xiliang."
"The niece didn't get to see the uncle either." Wei Zhangying said, "It was the eldest cousin who came out to receive her. However, the eldest cousin's words revealed a layer of meaning: the uncle seemed to hate the Duanmu family, and even the wife The doctor offered to take Miss Duanmuba to diagnose her uncle, but she refused. Not only that, but because of the Duanmu family, the uncle even refused to seek medical treatment from Miss Duanmuba’s master, Dr. Ji... For this reason, my niece and Yaoye thought about it over and over. But I can’t figure it out.”
"Is this happening?" Wei Shengxian and Wei Shenghe were both surprised. After thinking for a long time, Wei Shenghe asked Wei Shengxian doubtfully, "Brother Song and the Duanmu family... I have never heard of such a big feud, right?" ?”
Wei Shengxian said helplessly: "I haven't heard of it either."
Wei Changying said: "My niece just married to the imperial capital a few years ago, but Yao Ye was born and raised in the imperial capital, and he had never heard of it. Later, I asked my mother-in-law around the corner, but she was also confused. Moreover, Duanmu, the wife of Song's second cousin, was previously Wuse is the daughter of the Duanmu family. Although Duanmu Wuse was not a good woman and was divorced back to her parents' family, it is obvious that her uncle had a good relationship with the Duanmu family before. Otherwise, why would he hire Duanmu Wuse as his wife for Song's second cousin? "
The three of them looked at each other for a moment. Song Ruxuan, who had been silent before and was sitting next to her, thought for a while and said softly: "Uncle Song Xiu Duanmu is colorless but a little weird. Maybe Uncle Song was not happy with the Duanmu family at that time?"
"But in those days, apart from the fact that Duanmu was colorless, I didn't hear that anyone else in the Duanmu family had offended my uncle." Guard Chief Ying said in embarrassment, "Actually, because Duanmu was colorless and unvirtuous, he was punished because he was colorless and unworthy. Before she retired, she had made her uncle and cousin angry several times, and her cousin had driven her back to her parents' house more than once, so the Duanmu family had always been very polite to her uncle and them in order to intercede for her and smooth things over. "
If the daughter fails to live up to expectations, the Song family does not need to look at the Duanmu family's face. If the Duanmu family does not show some smile to the in-laws, isn't this suicidal? In fact, Duanmu was divorced only after the Huo family, Song Zaishui, and Pei Meiniang teamed up. It was also because her parents and brothers had always made excuses for the Song family. Otherwise, with her arrogant, domineering and jealous attitude, she would have been divorced a few years ago. Mr. Huo went back to her parents' home alone.
Wei Shenghe twirled his beard and thought for a moment, then asked: "I don't know very well how Duanmu Wuse was divorced. Chang Ying, please tell me."
"What happened is this: My younger brother and sister-in-law Pei just came in, and she made the family angry and even made my mother-in-law sick..." Wei Changying briefly told what happened. Song Zaishui was there. Of course, it was not convenient to tell her elders, especially Wei Shenghe, who was not very familiar with the situation behind the scenes, so she only described the appearance of the matter, but did not mention a word about the inside story that she knew.
But even so, after hearing this, Wei Shenghe said lightly: "My nephew's wife in Xinjiang is very virtuous." The meaning of this was obviously that Huo's involvement in Duanmu Wuse was divorced.
Although Wei Shengxian also saw Huo's actions, as a woman who had been ostracized by her husband's family for many years because of her childlessness, she could understand that Huo, as the eldest sister-in-law, had such an arrogant, domineering, and powerful person like Duanmu Wuse. In response to her sister-in-law's pain, she was more inclined to Duanmu Wuse to bring it upon herself, so she said: "I heard that Duanmu Wuse has been very unworthy since he came into the family, especially because he believed that he was the daughter of Fan Yue. The eldest sister-in-law couldn't live with it. When Huo accidentally gave birth to a miscarriage, Duanmu Wuse not only showed no sympathy to her, but even mocked her in front of her many times, which made Huo shed tears day and night. "
"Well, there is still such a thing?" Wei Shenghe asked in surprise, "Could it be Huo's miscarriage?"
"It shouldn't be." Wei Changying heard a lot from Song Zaishui about these two cousins-one of whom was already a former cousin-in-law. He also didn't know the reason why Huo had a miscarriage the year he first married to the imperial capital. I know that Song Zaishui personally checked it and proved that it was not Duanmu Wuse's hand. Otherwise, Song Zaishui would not easily let her go back to her parents' home, and he would definitely not spare her.
So it was just right to tell them at this moment, "Cousin Huo's miscarriage was because she had an illness in the boudoir and passed away before she recovered. She was suffering from a secret condition but didn't know it. Therefore, after she became pregnant, The fetal image is not very stable; secondly, Cousin Huo was angry with Duanmu Wuse at that time and was not willing to let Duanmu Wuse take care of the house easily, thinking that she would be fine if she was older. Weakness and hard work led to the loss of the child.”
These words were spoken by Song Zaishui, and they were relatively fair. If it were Huo's case, it must have been Duanmu Wuse who saw that she was pregnant and intended to seize power. This led to Huo's holding on to the housekeeper's power and losing the child.
From Song Zaishui's point of view, Duanmu was colorless and unvirtuous, but Huo herself was also confused and lost her sense of proportion due to Duanmu's colorless provocation. Knowing that her fetus was unstable, she didn't want to put down all her efforts to have the fetus, but she still worried about not being deprived of power by her sisters-in-law. As the eldest sister-in-law, even though Duanmu was temporarily colorless due to matters such as the fetus and confinement. Once you become the head of the family, are you still afraid that you won't have the chance to take back your authority
Even if Duanmu Wuse took advantage of the housekeeper's little time to do something with the public accounts, it was nothing compared to his own flesh and blood. Could Duanmu Wuse still be able to evacuate Sikong Mansion? To put it bluntly, she really emptied the Sikong Mansion. The foundation of the Song family lies in Jiangnan Hall.
Song Zaishui's view as a member of the husband's family of these two people, presumably Song Yuwang would also think so.
Then the idea that Song Yuwang would anger the entire Duanmu family because Duanmu Wuse murdered the Song family heirs cannot be established.
Song Ruxuan thought for a while and then asked: "Cousin Wei, according to you, Duanmu's colorless nature is the easiest to offend others, but I don't know if she has ever offended Uncle Song when she was in the Song family except Sister-in-law Huo. ?”
"Uncle Song?" Wei Changying thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I've never heard of that. Aunt Wei passed away early, and my uncle never paid much attention to the affairs in the backyard. Except for receiving gifts during the New Year, he usually doesn't Meeting my cousins."
Everyone thought about it again, but they couldn't think of anything.
So the investigation at Wei Shengxian's house ended in vain.
However, when we were at Wei Zhengyin's place, Wei Zhengyin reminded us: "I was confused when Chang Ying came over to talk about this matter, but in the past few days, I remembered it: Cousin Song's feelings towards the late Cousin Wei The love is so deep that even the banana bushes that Cousin Wei had removed before her death were replanted to prevent him from missing her. Could it be that Duanmu Wuse was so rude to the deceased that he hated Cousin Song? "
These words made Wei Shenghe and Wei Changying both wake up from a dream and start thinking about this possibility.
Wei Zhengyin added, "Cousin Song is a very magnanimous person. It is absolutely impossible to keep grudges forever. But when it comes to Cousin Wei, Cousin Song is always willing to pay every penny."
"It's just that my cousin has passed away a long time ago. Duanmu is so innocent and good-natured. How could he be rude to her?" Wei Changying was puzzled.
Wei Shenghe thought that this inference was more likely, and said: "Since this woman is not virtuous, it is not surprising that she has no respect for her elders and despises the deceased."
It is estimated that Duanmu Wuse offended Song Yuwang, but how to enlighten him next is another problem.
Because Song Yuwang clearly inherited the Song family's love habits that appeared from time to time, and he was bitterly in love with his deceased wife. Duan Huigong and his wife did not know how many ways they had thought of it. If he could be relieved, there would be no need to wait for Wei Shenghe to come. Thinking of this, Wei Shenghe privately felt that Song Yuwang really had a sworn hatred with the Duanmu family, but it was easier to resolve...
After hesitating for a long time, Wei Shenghe still had to make this trip.
And Wei Changying finally waited for the news about Duanmu Xinmiao - the day after she came back from Wei Shengxian's mansion, she invited Duanmu Xinmiao to come to the house with Shen Shuguang as her concubine, and took advantage of the situation to give her the pulse report. look. It's just that there are so many pulse cases that I can't read them all in an afternoon, let alone give diagnosis and treatment methods.
Therefore, Captain Ying Qian warned Duanmu Xinmiao to keep it secret and asked her to take it back for consideration.
Duanmu Xinmiao came over that day, and on one hand she returned the pulse record, and on the other hand she expressed her opinion: "The injury of Lord Wei is actually not very serious, but medicine alone is not enough, and must be supplemented by massage. "
Wei Changying asked for advice: "Don't you know how to massage?"
"It doesn't make sense in a few words, but there is someone who has been trained well." Duanmu Xinmiao said, "Just take the Zhu Shi you gave me."
Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief and confirmed: "Is it going to be all right?"
"It will be fine of course." Duanmu Xinmiao said a little unhappy, "Why, you don't trust me, you have to have my master nod before you believe me?"
"It's nothing." Of course Wei Changying refused to admit it and said with a smile, "I'm just thinking about my grandfather's injury that has been delayed for a month, and I'm worried. If I ask, I'll be reassured if you give me an accurate answer. ”
Duanmu Xinmiao then calmed down and said, "By the way, Zhu Shi is a little old too. I originally planned to find a reliable manager for her at Duanmu's house. But now she is going to Fengzhou. In this time of war and chaos, I’m afraid it will be difficult to come back once you go…”
Wei Changying said hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will write to my grandmother to find a good one for her." She was feeling that Duanmu Xinmiao was affectionate and righteous to Zhu Shi, but Duanmu Xinmiao said with a straight face: "Third sister-in-law, where did you think you were? I mean, you gave me two smart maids. Now that Zhu Shi is gone, only Zhu Lan is left to serve me. Isn't this enough?"
"..." Guard Chief Ying choked for a long time before he said angrily, "Why is it that the Duanmu family still lacks someone to serve you?!"
Duanmu Xinmiao looked at her sideways and said nothing.
Wei Changying looked at her for a moment, but he couldn't hold on to this guy's shame, and sighed: "Forget it, forget it, for the sake of the New Year, I won't argue with you!" Finally, he took out a pair of jade bracelets. Come and send Duanmu Xinmiao away. (To be continued)