"Ma'am, I have something very important to tell you. Take a few deep breaths and calm down. No matter what I say next, don't worry."
Lin Qinshuang's health was not very good, and Qi Yuanhang was afraid that Lin Qinshuang's body would be hurt due to his rage, so he repeatedly warned her.
And Qi Yuanhang's attitude made Lin Qinshuang feel a bad premonition, her heart beat faster, her pair of beautiful eyes fixed on Qi Yuanhang, and even her voice trembled: "Husband , What happened? You must tell me the truth."
Qi Yuanhang comforted Lin Qinshuang for a long time before he told the news from Lishui County.
"That's the way it is, my husband thinks..."
However, before Qi Yuanhang finished speaking, she was interrupted by Lin Qinshuang. She looked at Qi Yuanhang with a pale face, and said in a trembling voice: "What are you talking about? Zidan is not my son? My biological son was killed A peasant woman changed?"
All this is so unbelievable, Lin Qinshuang didn't dare and didn't want to believe it. When Qi Wang was born, because of refugees, she was living outside, causing the child to be in poor health since he was a child. Over the years, she has been Feeling indebted to that child, it is inevitable to pamper him a little more.
But now Qi Yuanhang said that the child she had loved for twenty years was not her own, how could Lin Qinshuang accept it
"Husband, is there any misunderstanding? Zidan, how can it be that he is not my son?"
As she spoke, Lin Qinshuang's tears flowed down uncontrollably, her slender body trembled slightly, and her whole body was so fragile that it seemed as if she would completely collapse if touched lightly.
How could this be so? How could this be so? How could the child she had raised for twenty years not be her own
Seeing Lin Qinshuang's appearance, Qi Yuanhang's face revealed an unbearable look. He couldn't help but sit over and took Lin Qinshuang into his arms. After being hugged by his husband, Lin Qinshuang Qin Shuang was so sad that she burst into tears.
Qi Yuanhang didn't speak, but patted Lin Qinshuang's back lightly, silently soothing her emotions.
After Lin Qinshuang cried for a long time, she seemed to have finally adjusted her mentality. The tears flowed less fiercely than before. She sniffed, but did not come out of Qi Yuanhang's arms, but asked sullenly. Said: "Husband, is this true? There is evidence, this may be fabricated by others, deliberately set up a situation..."
Just listening to Lin Qinshuang's words, Qi Yuanhang knew what she was thinking. Lin Qinshuang had hurt Qi Wang for twenty years, and she had already hurt him to the bone. She couldn't accept the possibility that Qi Wang was not her child, that's why she said that someone was digging a hole to plot against him.
But Qi Yuanhang is able to sit in the position of prime minister, and his brain is still sufficient. He is not as simple-minded as Lin Qinshuang. The other party can tell so many details, even the birthmark on Qi Huang's leg. , I am afraid that there are some problems.
The worst situation is that this one in their family is indeed the son of a farmer, and the farmer's son of that country family is their real son.
Thinking of this possibility, Qi Yuanhang couldn't help but feel a tingle in his heart.
Although Qi Wang's talent and learning are not as good as Qi Nuo's, it is already very good to be able to pass the Jinshi examination at the age of 18. In addition, he also has a father-in-law who is a minister of punishment, so the road ahead will not be too difficult , Qi Yuanhang has always been proud of having two such outstanding sons, but now someone has come to tell him that his sons may be fake...
Rao Qi Yuanhang has a good self-cultivation, but he can hardly control his temper at this time.
Finding that Qi Yuanhang hadn't spoken all this time, Lin Qinshuang felt uneasy. She couldn't help but raised her head from Qi Yuanhang's arms, and looked at him with moist eyes. Seeing that he didn't speak, Lin Qinshuang Can't help but ask: "Husband, what do you think about this matter..."
She didn't dare to ask the next words. Lin Qinshuang felt as if there were countless cat scratches in her heart, and she felt very uncomfortable. She grabbed the front of her chest tightly and asked in a trembling voice: "If this is true? Husband, what about Zidan?"
Qi Wang is a child raised in their hands, with outstanding talents and dispositions, and now he is married and has children. If what the Lishui county magistrate said is true, wouldn't his life be ruined
At this moment, Lin Qinshuang even had an absurd idea in her heart. She felt that even if it was fake, she would not let the child who loves her so much leave her side and go back to the countryside to suffer. It's not fair to him.
All the changes in Lin Qinshuang's expression were fully seen by Qi Yuanhang. After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice: "I have to send someone to take a look. After all, that person knows the birthmark on Zidan's body. If it is true, Our children must not be exposed."
Lin Qinshuang's mouth moved, wanting to say something, but she didn't know what to say when the words came to her mouth. She fell silent, and after a long time, she said, "I'm going to Lishui County."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Yuanhang froze there. He stared at Lin Qinshuang for a while, and then said: "Ma'am, why are you doing this?"
It will take three days and three nights to go to Lishui County at a fast pace. If the journey is normal, it will take at least ten days. The mountains are high and the water is far away.
"Just send someone there for your husband, you don't have to work so hard."
Although Lin Qinshuang has a weak temper, she is extremely stubborn in some aspects. How can she not care when it comes to her own children? How much truth can the sent subordinates find out? After all, she is the person involved, and Qi Wang's mother. If she goes there, she should be able to find out the truth as quickly as possible.
"Husband, just let me go. If I can't find out the truth, I will never have peace in my life. I must know who is my real child."
She had to figure out who the child was born after she worked so hard to conceive in October. If she waited at home, she might not be able to calm down at all.
Seeing Lin Qinshuang's insistence, Qi Yuanhang had no choice but to nod in agreement.
It was not so easy for the prime minister's wife to travel, Qi Yuanhang personally arranged it, and when Lin Qinshuang got into the carriage early the next morning, she took her with her to Lishui County.
After Xu Chengjun learned about this incident, he asked his man if he knew what happened.
"Husband, mother didn't say she was going to leave suddenly yesterday, why did she leave so early today? Do you know what happened?"
Qi Nuo shook his head, feeling a little strange in his heart, his mother was not in good health and never liked to go out, why did she run out suddenly this time
"I don't know about it. I'll ask my father later to see what happened."
Xu Chengjun nodded, but didn't ask any more questions.
Today is a holiday and there is no need to go to court, after Qi Nuo finished his breakfast, he went to the main courtyard.
Qi Yuanhang was sitting in the study with a brush and practiced calligraphy. There was a stack of finished rice paper next to him. Qi Nuo glanced at the handwriting on it, and found that the strokes of each word were not stable. From the notes on the paper, it could be It can be seen that the mind of the writer is not stable.
Qi Nuo's eyes flickered, and he called out respectfully: "Father."
Qi Yuanhang didn't open his mouth until he finished writing on one piece of paper in his hand, then he put the brush under the pen stand beside him. He glanced at the paper he had written, and put it on the table beside him. The ink on it was still wet, but when he flicked it like this, the handwriting on it smudged.
"Father has something on his mind?"
In the end, Qi Nuo couldn't help asking, Qi Yuanhang shook his head, he didn't want to tell Qin Nuo before the truth came to light, lest he worry about it, and he couldn't help, it's better not to know anything.
Seeing that Qi Yuanhao didn't want to talk about it, Qi Nuo didn't ask again, but talked about work matters.
On the other side, Qi Juan and Qin Yanran also knew that Lin Qinshuang had left with a large group of people early in the morning. At this time, Qin Yanran was lying on the bed recuperating because of her bad looks, while Qi Juan Sitting aside and talking with her.
After hearing the news reported by the servants, Qin Yanran asked a little strangely: "Husband, mother, why did she leave suddenly? I didn't hear her mention this matter yesterday, did something happen? "
Qi Huang shook his head and said: "I don't know about that, Yan Ran, don't overthink it, maybe something happened at Uncle's house, that's why Mother left in such a hurry."
Qin Yanran was pure in heart, when she heard what Qi Wang said, she didn't think much about it, and quickly changed the subject, talking about other things.
However, Qi Wang is not as simple as Qin Yanran, his mother left too hastily, this is something that has never happened before, for some reason, Qi Wang felt a little uneasy in his heart, always felt that there was something he didn't know Things happen.
Maybe later he should ask his father if something happened.
However, even Qi Nuo didn't know where Lin Qinshuang went from Qi Yuanhang's mouth, and Qi Wang naturally had no way of knowing. After Lin Qinshuang left, Xu Chengjun took over the big and small affairs of the mansion and took care of the entire prime minister's mansion properly. It's all right, except that Lin Qinshuang is gone, everything seems to be the same as before.
Qi Wang's heart was always restless, always feeling that there was an undercurrent hidden on the calm surface, but nothing happened for a few days, Qi Wang's hanging heart also slowly let go.
But Qi Wang, who was in Lishui County at this time, didn't know that Yuan's mother was rushing to this small county with people.
Lishui County said it was big or small. Because of the good law and order these years, the cases heard by the county government were basically petty theft and petty crimes. There had never been any big cases. As a result, this time Wang Zhaodi made a fuss The incident caused a turbulent wave in the small county town, and the peaceful life in the county town was broken. After everyone met, within a few words of chatting, it would involve Wang Zhaodi changing the child.
Passerby A: "I think this matter is too strange. Is there no one to serve your wife? Can you ask her to change the child so easily?"
Passer-by B: "You don't know that, do you? I heard that the prime minister's wife came to us in trouble, and she happened to be rescued by Wang Zhaodi's own mother. I exchanged my own child for someone else, and took the other person's child to raise myself."
Passer-by C: "Your news is behind. I heard that Wang Zhaodi didn't treat others well after changing her child. She made a good son of an official and eunuch work as a laborer in a restaurant, and she took all the money she earned. It is rare to find someone who is so bad as to support her own son."
Passer-by Ding: "Really, my family is from Sanhe Village. I've heard about it. When the lady was taken away by her family, she gave the Wang family a lot of money, just to thank them for their life-saving help." Well, the Wang family bought a lot of land with the money, and became a big family in the village from a poor household, if it weren't for Wang Dabao's extravagance, their family's life would be much better than ours."
"That is, although the members of the Wang family saved him, didn't he also give him money? This kind of kindness is considered to be over, but what did Wang Zhaodi do? He even changed his child."
"Her child is really enjoying the blessings. He eats delicious food and drinks spicy food in the prime minister's mansion, and lives a good life with rich clothes and fine food. It's just that the real noble son is pitiful, digging food in the soil, and he can't even eat in the famine years... "
"It's really miserable. I heard that the young master called Changed seems to be working in Yuelai Restaurant..."
"Yes, yes, I have seen him. Hey, don't tell me, he is worthy of being the young master of an official family. He is really good-looking. His skin is tender and tender, and he doesn't look like he was raised by a peasant family."
"That's not true. Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the sons of mice can make holes. They are the children of officials and eunuchs. How can they be like us mud legs?"
The county seat is so big, and Qi Wang's identity was quickly revealed. The Yuelai restaurant was full of customers these days, and most of them came to watch Qi Wang, a miserable young master in distress.
Qi Wang was transferred from the back kitchen to the lobby by the boss, and changed to work as a boy. Among other things, he got a lot of reward money.
Qi Wang shuttled among the tables in the lobby with a plate, and quickly delivered the freshly prepared dishes to the table of the new guests.
"Several please use slowly."
After setting the dishes, Qi Wang turned to leave, but was stopped by the guests.
There were three young princes eating at this table. Qi Wang had seen them before, and knew that they were sons of merchants in the county. He often ate at this Yuelai restaurant. The two parties had met several times, but because at that time Qi Zhuang has been busy in the back kitchen, and there is not much anxiety with them.
The young master who was the leader looked at Qi Huang standing there with his hands down, with a gleam of interest flashing in his eyes: "Master Qi, don't go to work, we brothers have something to tell you."
The son who was talking to Qi Wang was surnamed Zhang, and he had more than a dozen teahouses in his family. He was considered one of the richest households in this county. Although he had a smile on his face, his words were not so pleasant. The words Young Master Qi It seems to be deliberately stimulating people's nerves.
There were no twists and turns on Qi Wang's face, and he didn't get angry because of his childish provocation: "Mr. Zhang, I still have things to do, so I can't stay longer..."
Before he finished speaking, Mr. Zhang took out a small silver ingot from his purse and put it on the table. He said with a smile: "Here is the money, let me have a good chat with you. If you are happy, you must Your benefit."
There was no anger of being humiliated on Qi Wang's face, he stretched out his hand to pick up the silver ingot, shook the weight, estimated that it weighed ten taels, and then put it back into his pocket.
"What does Mr. Zhang want to talk to me about?"
It's easy to say anything when you have money, but you can easily get ten taels of silver in the account just by saying a few words. This transaction is not a loss.
Mr. Zhang obviously didn't expect that Qi Wang would accept the ten taels of silver without any grievances. The expression on his face changed slightly, and his tone became different from before.
"Master Qi, aren't you angry?"
Mr. Zhang thought so, and asked the same question, if this person is really the young master of the prime minister's family, how could he take the money so nonchalantly? Does he have no self-respect and pride at all? Shouldn't he just shake his head and leave at a time like this, shouldn't he bow down for five buckets of rice
Having lived to such a great age, Qi Wang can guess clearly what the other party is thinking just by looking at him.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and ancient social classes were clearly defined, and the status of merchants was the lowest. Qi Wang’s status as the son of the prime minister is now making a fuss, but because there is no conclusion yet, it is not certain that he is the real son of the prime minister. Now he is just an ordinary man. The waiter boy.
No matter if they are watching the excitement, or have other mentality, those who come to Yuelai Restaurant to look for him, more or less have some unspeakable small thoughts.
But Qi Wang doesn't care about these things, no matter what kind of small thoughts, if you want to let him talk, it's fine, just give him money.
These people have small thoughts, but they dare not show it to the face. After all, he is very likely to be the son of the prime minister. If the final conclusion is made, then the identities of each other are very different. How dare they offend Qi Huang
I've seen a lot of people like this in the past few days. To him, they actually came here specially to give him money.
Therefore, after Mr. Zhang finished speaking, Qi Wang said in even more surprise: "Why should I be angry? Mr. Zhang, you have given too much, just let me talk. Naturally, I would rather be respectful than obedient."
Qi Wang's attitude was too calm, as if taking money to chat with him was a perfectly normal thing, his overly calm attitude made Mr. Zhang feel very uncomfortable, obviously he wanted to step on this man who might be the prime minister's son , How did he spend the money in the end, but didn't feel refreshed
The other two sons did not have as many twists and turns as Mr. Zhang. They were simple-minded, and seeing Mr. Zhang stopped talking, the two of them couldn't wait to ask: "Master Qi, if you finally find out that you are really the son of the prime minister, what will you do?" , then what will you do? Will you take revenge on the village woman who changed you? Will it make their family feel uneasy?"
Qi Wang glanced at the two sons who were eagerly waiting for his answer, and then stretched out his hand towards them: "Give me the money before answering."
The two sons choked for a moment, but they still took out the money very neatly and put it in Qi Wang's palm.
"Can we talk now?"
Qi Huang smiled, and said frankly: "The state-owned state-law family has family rules, and it's not my turn to manipulate this matter."
The son who paid the money and wanted to hear how Qi Wang would take revenge: "..."
Surprisingly, this answer is really tricky.