Mrs. Xu also bit her lip righteously, "Sister-in-law, the princess is right. I didn't want to say this today, but the Zhang family is really making too much trouble. How many guests are there outside? Our family is already in a difficult situation, and we have two children. The two children are so pitiful, but they don't care about our situation at all and make a scene without paying attention to others. How can the two children live in the future? Where can we put our family's face?"
Dissatisfaction with the Zhang family had already accumulated to the extreme. Now that Princess Mingchang had spoken first, Madam Xu was not polite at all and said coldly: "They just think you are too soft-hearted! But if we continue to help like this, who knows what will happen? They can even force someone to death in order to break off the engagement..."
Madam Xu was on the verge of collapse. She smiled bitterly, wiped the eaves, was silent for a long time, and then sighed heavily: "Forget it, sister-in-law, for Linghui's sake, you go and ask the accountant to pay 10,000 taels of silver... Just say that something happened to my in-laws, this is our funeral..."
Ten thousand taels!
Princess Mingchang couldn't help being moved when she saw Madam Xu, who looked extremely haggard.
After saying goodbye to Madam Xu and returning home, Princess Mingchang saw the Zhang family still making a lot of noise at the Xu family's gate. She immediately frowned and felt that the Xu family had a hard time.
Looking at the Zhang family's behavior, they are really eager for quick success and are selfish to the extreme.
It is not surprising that a family like this would raise someone like Zhang Linghui.
Think about it first, what happened between Xu Rui and Zhang Linghui before, I'm afraid that the Zhang family really set a trap for Xu Rui to fall into in order to get rid of the Su family.
Thinking of this, Princess Mingchang lowered the curtain and walked away.
Mother Li respectfully sent Princess Mingchang off with Madam Xu II. She waited until Madam Xu II went to the accounting office to discuss something before turning back to Madam Xu.
On the windowsill stands a long-necked beauty vase from the Ru kiln, with a few pink lotus flowers inside, standing gracefully and looking bright and juicy under the sunlight.
Madam Xu reached out and moved the vase to another place. When she heard the noise, she asked without turning her head, "Is His Highness gone?"
Mother Li respectfully walked forward and helped her sit back down, and did not forget to reach out and pour her a cup of tea: "I left, and I happened to run into my in-laws who were crying and making a fuss at the door."
Seeing Madam Xu smile, she couldn't help but feel puzzled: "Madam, this is a family scandal, and Madam Zhang can't say anything nice, why did you deliberately choose this time to let Madam Zhang in to make trouble?"
Before this, Mrs. Zhang had actually come to the Xu family to make trouble several times.
But I always came back empty-handed.
Mrs. Xu raised her eyebrows, and a slightly weird smile appeared on her haggard face. She clicked her tongue, and leisurely put the lotus flowers in lotus leaves on the table into a new vase, and placed them on the incense table with her own hands.
On the table, Xu Ying's spirit tablet was placed upright, with a few incense sticks emitting lingering fragrance. Madam Xu reached out and touched the spirit tablet, looking at the bright red words on it, her tone suddenly sank: "Only in this way can everyone see the restraint of our Duke's Mansion and the greed and recklessness of the Zhang family."
The Duke's Mansion has fallen to the point where everyone can bully it. There are two funerals in the family within a month, and the Duke's wife is too ill to manage the affairs. How can this not arouse sympathy and sigh
Considering the connections that the Duke's Mansion has in the military, who among those who came to pay their respects would not sigh with pity when looking at such a scene
Once your reputation is ruined, you naturally have to clean it up bit by bit.
And people's hearts are also reunited bit by bit in this way.
That afternoon, when Princess Mingchang entered the palace to pay respect to the Empress Dowager, Emperor Yuanfeng was also present. Princess Mingchang was a little surprised: "Why is the Emperor here with the Empress Dowager?"
At this time, Emperor Yuanfeng usually met in the cabinet to discuss matters.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but sneered when she heard this, and shook her head with a smile: "Of course it's because of the matter between the Xu and Song families. The two are now like fighting cocks. They can't stop fighting when they meet. Last time they had a fight outside the Imperial Study, and this time it's even worse. I heard that they fought at Zuo Shun Gate."
Emperor Yuanfeng snorted, "It's getting even more outrageous!"
When Princess Mingchang mentioned this matter, she suddenly had an idea and asked Emperor Yuanfeng: "Your Majesty, it is not a good idea to keep dragging this matter on. Have you ever thought about what to do about it?"
The Empress Dowager turned her head to glance at Princess Mingchang, closed her eyes and said nothing.
Emperor Yuanfeng was also somewhat surprised: "Why is my sister also concerned about this matter?"
Princess Mingchang had a bad fate with the Song family. When it was time for Princess Mingchang's son to get married, he fell in love with the daughter of the Song family. For this matter, Princess Mingchang, who never asked for help from others, even went to Queen Hu for help. But the girl from the Song family ended up marrying the prince and became the prince's consort.
Originally, things would have ended here. After all, no matter how noble the princess's son was, he could never be compared with the prince.
However, Princess Mingchang's eldest son had been spoiled too much since childhood, and he could not bear the shock for a while and died of illness.
Since then, the relationship between Princess Mingchang and the Crown Prince has been mediocre.
And the relationship with the Song family is neither hot nor cold.
Now that she was talking about the Xu and Song families, even Emperor Yuanfeng asked her opinion with great interest.
Princess Mingchang just sighed: "The Xu family came to announce the death. In addition to Xu Ying's death, the Crown Prince's wife is also gone."
When an official of this rank dies, the news will be passed to the palace. The imperial concubine has already granted funeral rites according to the old custom, so the empress dowager also knows about this.
"What a coincidence! How could she pass away when she was fine?" The Queen Mother suddenly spoke up, and said casually, "I have never heard that she had a serious illness before."
Princess Mingchang's tone was filled with disgust when she spoke of the Zhang family: "They say she died of illness, but in fact, it seems that she was forced to death by her family. The Duke's Mansion is really unlucky now. Xu Ying certainly made a big mistake, but it was not a crime punishable by death, but she died suddenly. Now the Crown Prince's wife is gone. I think the Duke's wife has aged a dozen years in an instant, and her whole person is broken. No wonder, when she gave birth to Xu Ying, she almost lost both her life and her life. She always held Xu Ying in her mouth for fear that she would melt, and held her in her hands for fear that she would fall..."
The Queen Mother sighed: "That's right. There is nothing more painful than seeing a younger person die before an older person."
Emperor Yuanfeng was silent for a while.
When the court was going to court the next day, Zheng Tao, the commander of the Jinwu Guard, stepped forward to plead for the Prince of Chengguo, and his words directly accused Duke Heng of Song of taking personal vengeance and failing to distinguish between public and private.
Shao Wenxun also stood up and expressed his attitude respectfully: "Your Majesty, Chief Inspector Song has tried this case over and over again, but he has not found anyone else except Second Young Master Xu..."