It was true that Hua Zhiming was kept in the dark by Yao's. He originally thought it was strange that after the third niece married into the palace, and the King of Jin also had a melodious symphony, and nothing major happened, why should someone send a letter when it was getting dark.
When he read the letter, he was angry and anxious, and finally turned into a sigh. At the end of the letter, it was mentioned that Zhou Shilang was not strict with his family and let his son spoil his concubine to destroy his wife. He was afraid that he would be demoted and investigated. The next autumn chief examiner must be replaced.
Next year Qingmao is going to end with Dingxun from the eldest brother's family. Now that the examiner has changed, at least others won't say behind their back that Qingmao's grades come and go from time to time. He shouldn't have agreed with Yao Shi to marry his daughter to the Zhou family. The matter of the son, otherwise how could the daughter suffer like this
"Come on, show this letter to Qingmao and ask him if he would like to bring his sister back tomorrow." Hua Zhiming handed the letter to a trusted servant, and sat quietly in the room , looking at the increasingly dark sky outside the window, he waved away the servant who was about to come in to hold the lamp, thinking of Yao Shi, his daughter, and his son who had high hopes, he sighed heavily in the darkness.
"Prepare the carriage."
When Yao shi heard that her husband had gone out, she asked the housekeeper in surprise, "Why did the master go out at this time, did he say where to go?"
"Ma'am, the master said before he went out that he was going to the Hou residence to find the Hou master." The housekeeper did not say that the master looked very ugly when he went out, and he did not dare to mention it.
"It's so late, and I'm still going to the Hou's Mansion," Yao shi frowned. "It's almost time for the curfew. Could it be that the Master is going to rest in the Hou's Mansion tonight?"
The housekeeper lowered his head and said, "Master never said that."
"Forget it," Yao shi knew that the master would not say so much to a housekeeper, so he stopped asking more. When he was about to let the housekeeper retire, the servants came to report that it was the young master.
Yao shi has always felt sorry for his son, so why is he willing to let his son wait outside, and he hastened to invite him in. Seeing that his face is not very good-looking, he asked worriedly: "Son, your face is so ugly, what's the matter?"
"Mother, it's not about me, it's about my sister." Hua Qingmao is only a year and a half younger than Hua Yiliu, the sister and brother have a very deep relationship, so when he saw his cousin sent it to him. After writing the letter, he was so angry that he smashed the cup in his hand. If it wasn't for the little servant beside him, he would have gone to Zhou Shilang's house to pick up his sister back to the house.
"Your sister..." The smile on Yao shi's face froze, and then he twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Your sister is an accident, don't worry too much, you will go to the Spring Festival next spring, what about the back house? Is it your man's control?" Yao Shi thought that Hua Dingxun from the Hou Mansion was also going to take the exam, and she felt that she deserved it, her son would never lose to anyone!
"Mother, you're still hiding it from me. My sister was angry with my brother-in-law's family, so wouldn't you be angry?" Hua Qingmao couldn't believe that his mother took her sister's miscarriage as a trivial matter. He watched in disbelief. Yao Shi, "She is your daughter, my sister."
"Of course I know she's your elder sister," Yao shi waved the waiter in the room to step down and lowered his voice, "But Shilang Zhou is the deputy examiner for next year's Chunwei..."
"I don't care who he is," Hua Qingmao said angrily, interrupting Yao's words, "I only know that my sister was treated badly by this family."
"Why are you so confused," Yao Shi said, seeing that his son was really going to make trouble at Zhou Shilang's mansion, "I will deal with your sister's affairs in the future. When you are successful, who would dare to bully her?"
"I'm afraid that my sister will be ruined by this family before I can get ahead," Hua Qingmao lowered his head, his tone was a little cold, "What's more, as long as the sister's affairs come out, Zhou Shilang will not want to be next year's deputy examiner. ."
"What do you want to do?" Yao shi stood up and said sternly, "Qingmao, don't be confused."
"Mother, I'm sober," Hua Qingmao looked up at Yao Shi, "If I stand on the shoulders of my relatives, I'll never be able to stand out in my life, because my spine will not be straight."
Yao shi looked at his son who had strode away, and was dazed. After a while, he recalled the most important thing. Who told Qingmao about this? If no one spoke, Qing Mao could not have known about it.
"Who came to the mansion today to see the master or the young master?" Yao shi found a confidant and began to ask.
"It's not, it's just..."
It's just that Prince Xian's mansion sent a letter to the master.
"It's Hua Xiwan again," Yao shi spat fiercely, "that daughter of a cheap life has done bad things to me over and over again, it's really hateful."
The confidant dared not say more, and looked down at his toes.
The Zhou Mansion was extremely lively today. Several carriages and horses were parked at the door. The son of the Hua Shilang family brought a few more carriages, saying that he wanted to return the Zhou family’s dowry, and asked to leave.
I don't know if the Zhou family admitted that they were wrong or because of something else, they never opened the door, but it surprised the people next to them.
Fortunately, although Hua Qingmao is only seventeen years old, he is not impulsive and bad-tempered. He doesn't make trouble when the Zhou Mansion does not open the door. Instead, he bows to the gate of the Zhou Mansion and says, "Master Zhou, your son's concubine loves a concubine and destroys his wife contract. The concubine treated my sister harshly, which caused my sister to miscarry. My Zhou family will no longer pursue it because of past affection. Today, the student will return twice the betrothal gift given by the Zhou family. I just hope that the Zhou family can let my sister live, and the prospective sister and the Your son and Li are living together."
After listening to this sentence, the onlookers took a deep breath. It turned out that the concubine killed his wife and even lost the child. This is too much.
Isn't Zhou Shilang a scholar? How can he bring up such a son without even caring about propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame
If Hua Zhiming did this, others would think that the Hua family was aggressive, but if Hua Qingmao did it, others would only think that the young man felt sorry for his sister, but instead felt that the Zhou family was bullying others, treating other people's daughters harshly and not dare to show up. Excessive.
The Zhou family did not expect that Hua Qingmao would tell the scandal in front of so many people, and they couldn't pretend that no one was at home. Qing Mao refused.
"It's not good to trouble your house again, please ask your house to let my sister come out, and then follow me to the household department to revoke the original marriage certificate, and this matter will not owe each other."
Seeing Hua Qingmao's attitude, the nephew of the Zhou family was secretly surprised. Was Hua Qingmao's attitude trying to break up with the Zhou family? Otherwise, why would you directly bring the dowry over and return it twice as much.
Now they don't even want to enter the door, and let others listen to these words. Isn't this a real slap in the face of the Zhou family
"Young Master Hua, you said you are..." Zhou's nephew said with an apologetic smile, "If there is something we need to go to the manor, let's talk about it. If there is something we can't solve, everyone knows that, don't say we have no light on our faces, right. You are not good either."
"People who do things are not afraid of losing their faces, but should I feel ashamed as a victim?" Hua Qingmao avoided the Zhou family's nephew and wanted to hold his hand, "I would like to ask you to send my sister out."
Seeing this, the Zhou family's nephew knew that the Hua family was determined to have a fight with their Zhou family. Pulse, he didn't feel that he couldn't be offended.
"Yo, it's really lively here," just when the Zhou family's nephew was about to turn his face in trouble, he heard a shrill male voice not far away and remembered, he looked up and saw a carriage with the emblem of the palace Walking slowly towards this side, there is a fire and phoenix pattern on the reliance, which looks like the reliance of a prince.
When he saw who was speaking, the Zhou family's nephew broke out in a cold sweat. Isn't this Mu Tong, the eunuch director of Prince Xian's mansion? So the person sitting in the car may be the rumored princess Xian who is deeply loved by Prince Xian
Thinking that Princess Xian and the sister-in-law are of the same family, the Zhou family's nephew secretly thought that it was not good. Now they don't want to leave the Zhou family. just big.
"Xiaosheng has seen Princess Xian, and the princess is blessed with longevity and well-being." The nephew of the Zhou family did not dare to delay, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Seeing this, the surrounding onlookers also stepped back a few steps, for fear of bumping into the nobles. Watching the fun is a hobby, but if it causes trouble, it is not a good thing.
"Don't be too polite, please get up." A soft and melodious female voice came from the carriage. Although she couldn't see her face clearly, all those who heard the voice felt that there must be a beautiful woman in the carriage.
"I heard that my cousin wants to reconcile with your son, so I came here today to see if it disturbed the two of you?"
"Cousin's words are serious. If my sister finds out that you care so much about her, she will cry with joy." Hua Qingmao was overjoyed. Originally, he was worried about the Zhou family's tricks, but now that Princess Xian appears, their family must take care of her.
"Since that's the case, please continue. I'm a first-class woman, and I just listen to the big things I don't understand." The voice in the carriage was still gentle and beautiful, as if it was really just passing by.
The nephew of the Zhou family broke out in a cold sweat, turned around and gave the little servant behind him a wink, and asked them to go in immediately to inform the uncle and aunt that when the princess arrived, it would be too much if the Zhou family did not come out to greet him. At that time, their Zhou family will not only spoil their concubines and destroy their wives, but they will also be charged with contempt for the royal family.
"It's windy outside, why don't you invite the princess to enter the palace to rest for a while?"
There was no movement in the carriage, and even the servants who were waiting around didn't make a sound, as if what the Zhou family's nephew had just said was a phantom, and no one heard it.
The nephew of the Zhou family smiled awkwardly, and did not dare to speak casually. He had no fame, no title, and indeed he was not qualified to receive the princess.
Glancing at the motionless carriage, he sighed inwardly, his cousin really knows how to find trouble, and this offends the Hua family. Whether their Zhou family can cross this hurdle depends on whether the cousin is willing or not. Pray for their Zhou family.
However, if my cousin did such a thing, even if my sister-in-law was gentle, she would never forget the pain of losing a child.
Alas, I'm afraid that even their other Zhou family members will have an impact on their future marriages.
When the wife of the Zhou family heard that the son of Hua Shilang's family was coming, she didn't care. When she heard that the servants came to report that Princess Xian's carriage was parked outside the gate, her face changed, and she got up in a hurry and walked towards the gate. After a few steps, he said, "Please invite your young grandma to the living room, and remember to dress up and see you again."
That unsatisfactory thing, this time caused a lot of trouble!