Fang Zijun knelt down in the hall with sobs and said timidly: "Yesterday afternoon, my clothes were stained. I thought it would be unfilial in front of my great-grandfather, so I asked my wet nurse to accompany me back to change my clothes. After I returned home, my mother's clothes were dirty. Sister Xin gave me delicious cakes. I remembered Uncle Ruan saying that Aunt Yan had a brother in her belly. In the future, I would also have brothers as companions, so I was reluctant to eat them and gave them to Aunt Yan... "
Fang Nongyan looked at Ruan Ciyi, who looked shocked, with a complex expression: "Madam?"
"No!" Ruan Ciyi said anxiously, "Yesterday I clearly..."
"Let Young Master Fang finish his words first." Because Ruan Qingyan, the mourner, could not leave the mourning hall at the moment, the servants of the Fang family shouted in public again - Fang Nongyan wanted to discuss it later, but Ruan Qingyan said "In front of my grandfather's death, how can I allow my descendants to be virtuous?" he pushed back, insisting on a thorough investigation to find out whether Ruan Ciyi did this.
So now it was Ling Zui who was in charge. Several guests who happened to come to hear the news from the servants of the Fang family were invited to sit in and interrogate Fang Zijun and others first. If it can't be concluded here, Ling Zui said that he wouldn't mind a trip to Fang's house.
Now Ling Zui interrupted Ruan Ciyi's attempt to defend without politeness, and said in a lukewarm tone, "Chunjun has explained that although this is the Ruan family, the family tradition of the Ruan family has always been strict, and there is absolutely no harm like this." A woman who is the son of a concubine. Secondly, Prime Minister Fang has very few children. Even if he is a concubine, he still cares for her very much, so I must deal with him fairly. Mrs. Ruan, please be patient and wait until Young Master Fang has finished speaking. to explain.”
Qiu Yilan, who relied on her young age and few female guests to eavesdrop under the west window, twitched her lips: If people who didn't know Ruan Qingyan heard this, nine out of ten people would think that Ruan Qingyan was planning to sever ties with Ruan Ciyi. The Baoruan family has made a sound!
But... according to Ruan Qingyan's character, if Ruan Ciyi really did this, he could blame others! This cousin saw with his own eyes that he had made an appointment with Jiang Yashuang, and he firmly believed that Jiang Yashuang deliberately seduced him!
"Sure enough, cousin is waiting for someone to jump into the trap?" Qiu Yilan thought to herself, "I wonder how cousin is going to deal with them?"
Fang Nongyan inside also knew the importance, and kept saying: "Chunjun is really exaggerating. Jun'er also said that she was Su Xin, but he didn't say that she was his wife. Besides, the lights are dim at night, so maybe he was mistaken." Then he followed. scolded Fang Zijun, "Are you really sincere? Don't mistake other maids for the people in front of your mother. Don't ruin your mother's reputation!"
He had been in Hezhou for more than ten years, thinking that he had spent his whole life in that poor and remote place. He only managed to return to Beijing with the help of Ruan Qingyan. Even if he did not remember this kindness, he would still count on his brother-in-law in many places in the future! How could one be willing to offend the Ruan family for the sake of an heir who had never landed and whose gender was unknown
Not to mention that the matter hasn't been found out yet, even if it is found out that Ruan Ciyi did it, Fang Nongyan doesn't want to get into trouble with Ruan Qingyan over this. After all, he already had a son, and his desire for an heir was far less ambitious than his own future.
So now he is complaining about the stupidity of the servants in his family. He knew that the Ruan family was having a funeral, but he actually barged in with a fuss and made no one aware of it. He couldn't even try to cover it up as if nothing happened! I also hope that my son will be smarter and stop relying on his favor to act recklessly regardless of the situation!
Fang Zijun heard the hint in his words, and his tone suddenly softened: "My child..."
Unexpectedly, he only said two words. Ling Zui immediately glanced over with a sharp gaze and said expressionlessly: "Are you kidding me? One moment he said you were Su Xin in front of my aunt, and the other moment he said no, you should be honest. We have nothing to do, let you tease me!" He turned around and told the person behind him, "Since he said Su Xin first and said no, it seems that he sent someone to the Yamen to complain. The boy is so ambitious that he wants to kill his step-mother... Let’s call him unfilial.”
The people behind him understood and deliberately made things difficult: "Young Master, this unfilial act will require you to be cut into pieces with thousands of swords, and you will be reviled by thousands of people after your death. Young Master Fang is only so big, isn't he...?"
"You're so vicious at a young age, how can you still do it when you grow up?" Ling Zui sneered, flicked his sleeves, and asked the audience, "What do you think?"
The people who come to express their condolences are all for Ruan Qingyan's future. What's more, Fang Nongyan has neither a strong backing nor extraordinary talents - the position of Taishi Bureau Chief was given to him by Ruan Qingyan. Of course, the guests who are watching now do not People were facing the Fang family. Although they all knew that Ling Zui was trying to scare Fang Zijun, they didn't say anything. Some even nodded slightly in cooperation.
After all, he is only a six-year-old child, no matter how evil his intentions are, he is always easy to deceive. Fang Zijun became scared after hearing this and opened his mouth to speak - Fang Nongyan saw this and quickly said to Ling Zui: "Little Marquis, the dog is young..."
What he wanted to say was, please don’t scare my son because he is young - but Ling Zui didn’t give him a chance to remind Fang Zijun, and interrupted arbitrarily: "It doesn’t matter how old you are to be unfilial. Is it possible that someone committed murder at the age of sixteen?" It’s called unfilial piety to my aunt, but isn’t it also unfilial to murder my aunt at the age of six?”
Then he turned to Fang Zijun and shouted angrily, "For the sake of your father's plea for mercy, I will give you one last chance..."
"It's so heart-warming!" Fang Zijun was excited, asking not to be cut into pieces, and said hurriedly, "My mother has a habit of eating several kinds of snacks instead of eating. So every time she goes out and comes back, the first thing she does is The first thing is to make snacks in the small kitchen - all kinds of snacks are made by Su Xin, so Su Xin never leaves my mother's side! My mother also went back yesterday... "
Until now, Ling Zui asked Ruan Ciyi with a cold snort: "Mrs. Ruan, what did you say?"
Ruan Ciyi, who looked complicated, had not yet spoken. The maid Su Xin behind her was already flushed with anger and said angrily: "Young master, he is talking nonsense! When did the madam go back yesterday?! The madam didn't go back, what happened to the maid? Maybe you can leave your wife and run back! In that case, how can I give you some snacks, young master?”
When these words came out, everyone was shocked!
Fang Zijun was also stunned, and then shouted: "You are lying! I asked yesterday, and Sister Dongran clearly said that her mother has gone back!"
"... Why did Sister Dongran say that? I don't know, but yesterday my wife was so sad that she fainted while crying! Qiu Hanlin's sisters were all there at the time, and they saw with their own eyes that Madam was carried back to the house to lie down by the mother-in-law. It took a long time before I could barely get up!" Su Xin sneered after being stunned for a while, "Many people in the Ruan family's backyard can confirm this!"
She suddenly thought of a more powerful witness, "Xue Xiang's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sun of the Xue family, came over with the sixth grandson of the Xue family. She heard Princess Ningyi tell her about the lady's fainting, and she also talked to the sixth grandson of the Xue family. Miss Sun went to the room to visit Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun woke up at that time and wanted to salute Mrs. Sun, but Mrs. Sun forced her down. She also said that Mrs. Sun looked bad and said she would take care of Mrs. Sun when she returned. Send me a copy of Madam’s health-preserving prescription!”
"Then he might have gone back secretly!" Fang Zijun shouted unwillingly after he was speechless, "How could Sister Dongran lie to me?!"
Ling Zui was too lazy to listen to his ramblings and directly called Dong Ran over: "Why did you tell Young Master Fang that Mrs. Ruan had returned to Fang's house after she fainted and was sent to her room to rest?"
Dongran said in surprise: "This is because when Young Master Fang went to ask, Mrs. Ruan had just fainted and looked very bad. The maid was worried that Young Master Fang knew about his worries, so she took it upon herself to tell Young Master Fang that Mrs. Ruan would return to Fang's house. I’m going—Little Marquis, do you dare to ask me about having a miscarriage with Aunt Yan of the Fang family?”
"It's none of your business, go down." Ling Zui dismissed her lightly, sneered and asked the spectators again, "What do you think about this?"
The few people looked at each other for a moment, then one of them sneered and cupped his hands towards Fang Nongyan: "Fang Jucheng has taught a good son!"
"A child with a yellow mouth who is only six years old... is really an eye-opener!"
"That maid just now had good intentions, but in the end she helped her eldest daughter. Sure enough, good deeds are rewarded with good deeds!"
When Fang Nongyan heard this, he didn't know that Aunt Yan's miscarriage was the fault of Fang Zijun and his biological mother in eight out of ten cases. !
This son was the only one he had left after having several children die in infancy, and his biological mother was his beloved concubine, so it was inevitable that he was overly spoiled by him. But Fang Nongyan never expected that Fang Zijun and his son would be so bold. He dared to murder his unborn younger brother and sister on the newly-dead eye joint of General Ruan, and openly framed the blame on Ruan Ciyi!
These two idiots, Ruan Ciyi is easy to bully, but Ruan Qingyan has a bright future if there is no big problem! What's more, Princess Ning Yi of the Xihe Palace - no matter how powerful she is, she is still a first-grade princess. Regardless of the relationship, he, a seventh-grade bureau chief, cannot raise his head in front of her!
Seeing the sarcastic expression of Ling Zui, the superior, and the disdainful and disgusting looks of the spectators who were walking out one after another, Fang Nongyan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar!
Regardless of treating it as a treasure, he slapped Fang Zijun hard on the face: "Unfilial son! How could I give birth to you in the first place?!"
"Fang Jucheng, please ask Xian and his son to perform such a trick later when no one is around." Ling Zui Shi Shiran stood up and said calmly, "I'm afraid no one here wants to see this scene now... In my opinion, you should still Go home first and explain what happened to everyone at home, so as not to continue to talk about Mrs. Ruan and damage the reputation of the Ruan family, right?"
"Madam!" After being reminded by him, Fang Nongyan knew that the only hope to save the situation now was Ruan Ciyi, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, "Madam, you know that Jun'er has always been naive. Maybe he was hurt by someone. Instigate…”
Ling Zui sneered again and said to Ruan Ciyi: "Mrs. Ruan, why don't you go back to the front first? If someone comes to pay homage to you after all this time, Princess Ning Yi can't say that you fainted if you're not here, right?" And what happened, I think it’s best for you to tell Chunjun and the others in person.”
Seeing that Fang Nongyan still wanted to grab Ruan Ciyi, Ling Zui slapped the case impatiently, "You two, father and son, one is lax in running the family, and the other is crazy! Old General Ruan recently passed away, so he openly insulted Mrs. Ruan like this. Come on - are you bullying the Ruan family? Chunjun has to stay there now, but I am free! If you don’t explain the matter today, Chunjun will let you go. , I will not let you go!"
He sent Ruan Ciyi away without hesitation - Qiu Yilan also quietly slipped back to his place, thinking: "Although Fang Zijun pointed the finger at Su Xin, he did not directly mention his eldest cousin. If the Fang family still There are other people who look like Su Xin, or have similar clothes, and if he admits to the wrong person, or was taught by others... it's not like he can't get over it after all, he's only a little old, and if his eldest cousin just insists on being different. If she wants to argue with him, it will make people say that she is not generous enough... Since my cousin has already started to clean up the Fang family, how can he leave such a loophole? "
"But, in this case, even if there is no evidence, the Fang family and his son must know that it is my cousin who is doing the trick - Cousin Ruan's life will not be easy in the future!" Qiu Yilan thought, "After all, Cousin Ruan's life will not be easy! If Brother is still working as a Hanlin editor, I understand that he still has some concerns. Now that my cousin has been observing mourning for three years, I don’t know when Xiaoman will recover? Who knows whether Fang Nongyan will continue to bully cousin Ruan even more? "
She thought for a moment and opened her eyebrows, but she guessed Ruan Qingyan's ending method.