Because Pei had a bit of inferiority complex, she was always afraid of being criticized by others in the Wei family, and paid close attention to everyone's looks. Mrs. Song's favorite granddaughter came back with her husband and children to visit her relatives. At the moment, the grandson and grandson are having a love affair, and even Mrs. Song is not present. She must not want to be disturbed.
If it weren't for something important, Mr. Pei wouldn't have come now.
Sure enough, Yu Gou said: "The fourth lady is back again, and she seems to be in a bad mood. The third lady probably wants to ask the old lady to make the decision for the fourth lady because of this matter."
Wei Changying vaguely remembered that this fourth sister was a descendant of the Su family in Qingzhou. He seemed to be a filial son, and his name was Su Quan. Anyone who has become a daughter-in-law and had a mother-in-law knows that in terms of character, filial piety is of course a virtue, but when it comes to This man, who is too filial as a husband, would be fine if his mother had a kind temperament; but if he had a harsh mother-in-law, life would be difficult.
Wei Gaochan had made Wei Changying feel wronged, and out of resentment, Mrs. Song delayed her marriage to Wei Gaochan, who was only a few months younger than Wei Changying, until Wei Changying had been out of the cabinet for some time.
At that time, when he heard about the family of the fourth sister, Wei Changying felt that life might not be easy for her after she left the cabinet. Now when I heard Yu Gou say that Wei Gaochan was back "again", I thought that Su Quan's mother-in-law was probably not easy to deal with.
Mrs. Song was surprised to hear: "Why did she come back again? Ever since Ru Ping left for Qingzhou, hadn't her mother-in-law stopped and no longer dared to bully her? Could it be that after a few years, her mother-in-law stopped? Mother-in-law is confused again?"
As Mrs. Song's dowry, Chen Ruping is getting older now, so last year Mrs. Song gave her grace and asked her son to take her back to take care of her. She no longer has to serve her and only occasionally comes to see Mrs. Song. Master and servant The two talk. Now Chen Ruping is no longer here.
But Wei Changying knew how powerful this old nanny was, not to mention that Chen Ruping's status in Ruiyu Hall was extraordinary. He was actually able to let her go to Qingzhou in person - this was second only to Mrs. Song and the Pei family. She went to Qingzhou in person, which shows how harsh Wei Gaochan's mother-in-law was to her! Even Mrs. Song, who didn't like Wei Gaochan very much, sent her confidants to come forward to seek justice for her granddaughter.
Because this cousin promised Su Quan something to do with him, more than ten years have passed, and the grudges and grudges back then, brewing in a hurry, have now turned into family affection. Chief Wei Ying sighed inwardly and said to Mrs. Song: "Grandma, why don't you ask the third aunt to come in and ask?"
Mrs. Song naturally would not reject her granddaughter's proposal and said to Yugou, "Come in with Mrs. Pei."
After entering the house, Mrs. Pei first apologized: "Knowing that Chang Ying and Xie'er were here, my daughter-in-law should not have disturbed her. But Gao Chan ran back in panic - my daughter-in-law would never dare to hide such an important matter from her mother!"
Mrs. Song frowned: "What are you talking about?"
Mrs. Pei looked at Wei Changying awkwardly. Wei Changying was about to stand up and leave, but Mrs. Song said displeased: "Why can't Chang Ying be an outsider? Look at what she is doing!"
"Daughter-in-law, that's not what I meant." Mrs. Pei said sarcastically. She was now a grandmother, but she still didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Mrs. Song. After being scolded, she didn't dare to object again. Wei Changying listened and said , "What Gao Chan did this time is really too much, and my wife is a little embarrassed to tell Zhang Ying."
Mrs. Song had a look of surprise on her face: "Has Gao Chan done something excessive?"
"...She beat one of my uncle's concubines to death." Mrs. Pei said shyly.
Mrs. Song was relieved when she heard this, and reprimanded: "Isn't it just a concubine? Although it is said that this thing was done too roughly, and if it spread out, it would damage the virtuous reputation of my daughter Wei... But how can I give that concubine any peace? Isn’t it enough to just make trouble? The Su family will definitely help cover it up - it’s normal for the mistress to discipline the concubines. "
Mrs. Pei hurriedly said: "What mother said is absolutely true, but if that's all, how could the daughter-in-law dare to come and ask mother to worry? But then the concubine was seven months pregnant, and the child she gave birth to when she was beaten to death was still It’s alive! Secondly, the concubine’s child is not actually my uncle’s…”
"What on earth is going on?!" Madam Song asked with a stern look in her eyes upon hearing the complexity of the matter.
Mrs. Pei smiled bitterly and said: "Since mother, you sent Nanny Chen to Qingzhou to argue with the in-laws, the in-laws no longer dare to embarrass Gao Chan. On the contrary, because of your support, Gao Chan's temper has become increasingly common in her husband's family. Up... I don’t dare to do anything to her because of your face, so Gao Chan just became her family... "
Mrs. Song hummed and said, "I know this too, just tell me what happened this time."
"Gao Chan has not allowed my uncle to have children since he became the head of the family. She has also eliminated all the people she had taken in earlier." Mrs. Pei sighed and said, "But because she gave birth to a son herself, the wife of her in-laws was so... Of course, people who value sons will have opinions. Even though they don't dare to shame Gao Chan, they always try to persuade her to be more generous, but Gao Chan doesn't listen, and instead looks at her uncle even more closely. However, in the first half of the year, At that time, my uncle brought a concubine into the house. The concubine was pregnant before she came in. Naturally, Gao Chan objected. However, my uncle and his wife insisted and told her privately whether the concubine was actually my uncle. The person was placed on behalf of someone else. Because of the inconvenience at that person’s home, he was entrusted to my uncle to take care of him in my uncle’s name... "
"Then Gao Chan didn't believe it and took action when he saw the opportunity?" Mrs. Song said with a gloomy face, "Then is that concubine Su Quan's?"
Mrs. Pei said ashamedly: "This... From what Gao Chan said hesitantly, it seems that it really isn't the case."
Mrs. Song's face became even more ugly: "Su Quan's status in the Su family is not low now. It's unusual for him to settle his family members in his own name, isn't it? Who does this concubine belong to?"
Seeing that Mrs. Pei didn't dare to speak, Mrs. Song said coldly: "If Gao Chan were an ordinary person, Gao Chan would be so powerful in her husband's family now that she would be so frightened that she ran back?! You came here to find me, and you still want to hide it? What?!"
Mrs. Pei said cautiously: "It is said that... that concubine... is... is... is the one who served in the imperial capital!"
"What?!" Mrs. Song and Wei Changying were both shocked - using the imperial capital to refer to it, who else could it be besides the newly enthroned Emperor Wen Yaozi? !
Wei Changying changed his expression and said: "I heard that the fight in Yaozi's backyard was really fierce, and even the adult children of the first wife were killed. It is indeed not impossible to entrust a pregnant concubine to avoid being poisoned in the backyard! But why is it entrusted to the Su family?" Doesn't Wen Yazi consider Wei Xinyong's feelings
Mrs. Song had a gloomy face and said to Mrs. Pei, "Go and call Gao Chan over!"
Wei Gaochan came to the hall, knelt down directly in front of Mrs. Song, and cried: "Grandma, you must save your granddaughter!"
Mrs. Song looked at her expressionlessly: "Tell me what happened!"
What happened was no different from what Mrs. Pei told her, except that she didn't believe what her mother-in-law and husband said at all, and she was determined to get rid of the concubine. In the past two days, she had found an opportunity when her mother-in-law and husband were not at home. How could she hold back? He led people directly to the courtyard where the concubine lived, dragged him out and beat him to death!
"Where is the child?" Mrs. Song asked.
Wei Gaochan said timidly: "Granddaughter... The granddaughter asked someone to wrap her up and throw her into the wild. But before she could send her out, her mother-in-law and her husband came back, and she was picked up by her mother-in-law!"
"Then you ran back?" Mrs. Song asked coldly, "Your mother-in-law and husband didn't stop you?"
"They were scared. The house was in a mess. I took the opportunity to hug Yuan'er and ran back." Wei Gaochan said calmly. The son she gave birth to was named Su Yuan.
Mrs. Song concentrated for a long time, then sneered, looked at Wei Gaochan, and said: "Idiot! You don't even know you were used as a gun! How did you get here after all these years?!"
Wei Gaochan said "Ah" in confusion, confused. After hearing this, Wei Changying had some clues and reminded him at this moment: "Fourth sister, since you are very opposed to the concubine coming in and have long wanted to eradicate her, why didn't you take action until now? Is there such a chance to attack you? Perhaps your mother-in-law and brother-in-law gave you this opportunity deliberately? "
Mrs. Song snorted: "She probably thought that over the years, she had shown off her power in her husband's family and was so majestic! Her husband's family was afraid that she wouldn't be able to make it in time, so how could they dare to design her? She is an unworthy person! She still can't see it now. , your mother-in-law and your husband didn’t want to keep the concubine alive?! What they wanted was the child—I’m afraid all the mothers-in-law you usually beat were bribed! Otherwise, how could they beat the concubine to death? , but the child is alive?”
"Youdao lives and breathes seven times, but I only gave you a chance when you were seven months old. It seems that grandma is right. It is true that the mother leaves the child and leaves the child." Wei Changying sighed and said, "The child is going to It's really... It's not surprising that his mother would be murdered. It's just that the granddaughter still can't figure out why they were entrusted to her fourth brother-in-law."
Mrs. Song was still pondering this question, but Wei Gaochan said cautiously: "The concubine is said to be the adopted daughter of the Deng family in Rongcheng... She was given the surname Deng, so I believed that her mother-in-law found her from her natal family. Serving your husband..."
Ms. Pei smiled bitterly and said, "Mother, what do you think about this...?"
"Why are you panicking?" The granddaughter beat the prince's biological mother to death. In the eyes of ordinary people, it was a big deal. But Mrs. Song thought for a moment, her expression softened, she scolded her daughter-in-law, and said, "You really think this is the case?" What's the big deal?"
Seeing that Mrs. Pei and Wei Gaochan were both stunned, Mrs. Song said to Wei Changying: "You tell me!"
"Yes!" Wei Changying knew that his grandmother was testing him in school, so he pursed his lips and smiled and said, "Third aunt and fourth sister, please don't panic. Please think about it: how come the fourth sister is the daughter-in-law of the Su family, it doesn't mean anything else. In other words, the fourth sister is now considered a member of the Su family, not a Wei family. Therefore, if the fourth sister really gets into trouble, the ones who are most worried and worried will definitely be Su Quan and her son, even if the fourth sister runs back to the Wei family, she will be the first to bear the brunt. It can't be the Wei family! And it was Su Quan and his son who deliberately exposed the weakness and made the fourth sister take action - it can be seen that even if there is trouble, Su Quan and his son can bear it!"
He added, "Especially the fourth sister's mother-in-law and husband, they came back just in time - it's like they came back just to save the child!"
"So that's it?!" Wei Gaochan didn't trust Wei Changying as much as he did Mrs. Song. Seeing Mrs. Song nod slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief and then asked doubtfully, "But, mother-in-law, what do they mean by this?! Are you specifically trying to scare me? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll go back to settle the matter with them?”
Mrs. Song shouted angrily: "You are too domineering! You have bullied your mother-in-law and husband intolerable, and I want to take this opportunity to scare you... so that you can be more measured in the future?!"
He cursed with hatred, "I told you a long time ago - don't let your husband's family bully you, but don't be too fierce! You are a woman after all! You have a reputation as a fierce woman, not to mention that your natal family is affected by you. , Just say Yuan'er, do you think it will be difficult for him to get a wife in the future?! The one who married Su Xiu Ming, the daughter of the Xinghe Qian family, is just an example! ” (To be continued)