Chen Haohui is Song Che's adopted son, and Song Che attaches great importance to him. Now he is a captain in the Beijing camp and comes to the mansion frequently.
Song Xiangyu also had a good relationship with him. When Song Che came in and greeted him and was about to salute him, he threw a peanut at Chen Haohui: "That's enough, you are so ridiculous again!"
Chen Haohui just smiled and insisted on completing the ceremony: "Etiquette cannot be abolished."
Song Xiangyu clicked his tongue.
"Okay." Song Che interrupted them, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen Haohui's face immediately became serious, and he said, "Foster father, Duke Cheng has returned to Beijing!"
What
This time, not only Song Heng, who had been lazily standing by, but also Song Xiangyu suddenly changed color and subconsciously asked: "When, is the news reliable?!"
Duke Chengguo is far away in Yunnan.
In other words, it would take at least a month for him to get back to the capital, but before that, he would have to receive news that something had happened at home in the capital, right
The problem was that Song Heng and the Song family had already sent people to intercept the news, because they were afraid that he would contact his connections, and they were also afraid that he would not be able to get any information out of Xu Rui after he intervened.
Then, Duke Chengguo can still receive news... ..
Song Xiangyu's expression suddenly became serious.
Song Che was the same. Although there was no expression on his face, his expression was calm: "When did you receive the news?"
"Before the curfew last night, one of my subordinates met Duke Cheng on his way home from East Sixth Alley." Chen Haohui lowered his voice and said, "He used to serve in Duke Cheng's army, so he won't make a mistake."
Duke Chengguo actually returned to Beijing yesterday.
Song Xiangyu immediately frowned: "Is he crazy!?"
He was suppressing the rebellion in Yunnan! Although the rebels in Yunnan had been almost wiped out, there were still many things waiting for him to deal with. If he returned to Beijing without permission, it would be a serious crime!
But just thinking of this, Song Xiangyu was suddenly stunned, and then fell silent.
Yes, if he could think of the truth, could it be possible that Duke Chengguo himself could not think of it
That means that the return of Duke Chengguo was approved by His Majesty.
But taking into account the time it took to deliver the letter, that is to say, as soon as the Xu family had an accident, Duke Cheng received the news, and then he had to immediately send a memorial back to the capital... ..
What Duke Chengguo should have sent was a secret memorial that could reach the emperor directly without going through the cabinet.
Song Xiangyu's face looked a little heavy.
A month ago, Xu Rui had just been imprisoned.
While His Majesty supported him, he also agreed to let Duke Chengguo return to the capital. What did His Majesty mean
Of course, Song Che and Song Heng immediately reacted to what he could figure out.
"I understand." Song Che nodded to Chen Haohui and said, "Since he is back, it proves that it is His Majesty's intention. There is nothing to say. You can stay in the mansion for dinner today."
Chen Haohui laughed and said, "Thank you, godfather, but I can't do it today. It's my mother-in-law's birthday today and I have to go and celebrate her birthday."
Since he said so, Song Che didn't stay any longer and just nodded.
After Chen Haohui left, Song Che threw the bracelet he had been playing with onto the table with a snap, and snorted with a smile: "Old fox! It looks like there's nothing you can pry out of Xu Rui's mouth."
It was not easy to take advantage of this opportunity to make a breakthrough, and even Lai Weiqi was unable to interfere in Xu Rui's affairs, but now it seems that it is still not enough.
Xu Rui must have received some news, which is why he can be so tough and hold on until now.
Song Xiangyu's mood suddenly turned bad. After such a big fuss, he was ready to vent all the anger he had accumulated over the years, but in the end, it was all in vain
"No!" Song Xiangyu's throat hurt. "I can't swallow this! I have to make him bleed!"
At this moment, the meeting room of the Xu family, which had been shrouded in gloom for more than a month, was crowded with people. The prominent stewards and stewardesses all looked confused and shocked, not to mention the servants, who were all whispering, not understanding why the second master next door suddenly came over and ordered everyone to be gathered together.
At this time, in the study, Duke Chengguo Xu Yonghong threw a book at Master Xu Er, making him dizzy and a big bump immediately appeared on his forehead.
Master Xu Er had always been afraid of his elder brother. In addition, his elder brother had always taken good care of him. When the family was divided, he separated the current house and bought a piece of land next door for him to live next door. He had always been very obedient in front of his elder brother. Now that his elder brother was angry, he bent over and secretly looked at his elder brother's face, and explained with a bitter face and stammering: "Brother, you can't blame me. I came here as soon as the accident happened that day, but as soon as I arrived, I don't know what happened, the guests all wanted to leave, I really couldn't stop them..."
Xu Yonghong sat behind the desk, with no expression on his resolute face. He just looked at Master Xu Er and said coldly, "So you left."
"No! No!" Master Xu was terrified and said hastily, "I stayed here to help. I helped to send the guests away. My wife went to the backyard to calm the housekeeper's wife down. She collected all the things that should be put back in the warehouse and patrolled the backyard with people, fearing that something might go wrong. But, it was at that time that the incident with the Zhang family happened..."
Speaking of this, Master Xu II scratched his head and said sternly, "This is too outrageous! The Zhang family's family tradition is not good to begin with, and now they are doing such a despicable thing in our house. It happened that the two ladies were still alive at that time, and Grandma Zhang III was afraid that others would not know, so she cried and screamed so loudly that almost everyone in the family could hear it. It was really embarrassing! It was a disgrace to the family, it was really a disgrace to the family!"
Xu Yonghong didn't react at all. His face was hidden in the light coming through the window, flickering and making it difficult to see clearly.
After a while, Master Xu II cautiously called out "Big Brother" and sighed embarrassedly, "Don't blame me. I only found out about Aying later. I really didn't expect that he would die like this... Arui is in prison. I have tried everything, but Song Heng is too strict. I really can't do anything. These days, I have been wondering what went wrong in our family..."
After the incidents happened one after another, Master Xu reflected for a while and said honestly: "I think our family has been too presumptuous and has spoiled the children. They don't know their place and dare to do anything..."