Prime Minister's Office.
Xue Chang's face turned livid: "Did you use my name to ask your clan uncle to instigate Fang Nongyan to sue Ruan Chunjun?!"
"Daughter... my daughter didn't say that!" Xue Fangmi had been deeply loved by her father since she was a child, but she also knew that Xue Chang was used to her, and she couldn't influence real big things. Seeing that he looked wrong, she immediately softened He took a breath and defended weakly, "My daughter just said a few words that she disliked about that person when she was visiting her aunt!"
She tried her best to act sweet and pitiful, "I guess... aunt and uncle misunderstood?"
"You still dare to quibble!" Xue Chang had a high prestige in the court, and the Queen Mother and Empress wanted to give him dignity. However, he was very kind at home, especially to his daughters and granddaughters, and he was particularly indulgent - ever since Mrs. Xue had caused him so much trouble. He didn't have the heart to say harsh words despite the big trouble. It can be seen that this powerful person in power is very good to his family members.
But the daughter is different from the elder sister after all - not to mention the gap in seniority, Mrs. Xue is not a person who doesn't know the rules. She just misjudged Yang Yishi's determination to mess up the matter this time; but Xue Fangmi, this daughter Regarding Ruan Qingyan, he has been in trouble one after another!
"What did Ruan Chunjun do to make you bother him so much?!" Xue Chang looked at his daughter's petal-like face and was reluctant to teach her a lesson, but he also ordered her to kneel down, and then said earnestly, "Don't Do you think I don't know your little thoughts - you don't want to marry him and don't want Qing'er to marry him? I have not argued with you about this matter, and I have also advised your brother to forgive you. It's good that you still want to marry him? He can't get through it! Do you really think he is my disciple and just let me crush him?"
When Xue Fangmi heard this, she knew she had to tell the truth, and pouted: "I'm just angry that Jiang Yashuang refused to marry me!"
"What does this have to do with Chunjun?" Made a lady. At this moment, I couldn't help but wonder, "Do you think Jiang Yashuang refused to marry you because he couldn't bear to see you humiliating Chunjun in public? Didn't you ask for this?!"
"Jiang Yashuang had an affair with Ruan Chunjun's cousin, Princess Ningyi. In order to vent her anger on Ruan Chunjun, Princess Ningyi deliberately instigated Jiang Yashuang to openly refuse the marriage so that I would lose face. Otherwise, it was because of you, my father. How could Jiang Yashuang do this? Doesn't this give our family dignity?" Xue Fangmi said aggrievedly, "My daughter is too embarrassed to leave the house now..."
"I'm sorry to go out and go to your uncle's house to stir up trouble?!" Xue Chang sneered, "Don't think that I love you and just treat me like a fool! The news of Jiang Yashuang's refusal to marry was deliberately spread by the Gu family after spying. , I don’t mean to lose face to our family! And you think that the Duke of Qin is a dead man! How can you let a woman who has never been involved in such a big matter affect the dignity of the Xue Jiang family?”
Xue Fangmi was speechless and pursed her lips: "My daughter knows her mistake!"
Xue Chang stared at her for a moment and sighed sadly: "I was too indulgent of you before! If this continues, I will harm you sooner or later!"
Initially, although his face looked ugly, his attitude was not fierce. Xue Fangmi thought that this time, just like before, he could get away with it by acting coquettishly, but now he felt something was wrong and said hurriedly: "Father..."
But Xue Chang was no longer too lazy to listen to her explanation. Instead, he ordered his eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xue Sun, to come: "How are you these days?"
Mrs. Xue Sun was puzzled and said cautiously: "If I tell my father, everything is fine with my wife."
"In that case, don't bother your concubines anymore with matters in the backyard." Xue Chang said calmly, "In addition, your mother passed away early. As the saying goes, a sister-in-law is like a mother. You must pay more attention to Mi'er's teachings in the future. !”
The unexpected surprise came so suddenly that Ms. Xue Sun couldn't believe it. She tried hard to suppress the urge to laugh to the sky. She glanced at Xue Fangmi, who was shocked and angry, and said cautiously: "My sister has always been smart and polite..."
When Xue Chang heard this, he knew that she was afraid that Xue Fangmi would rely on her favor and was unwilling to be disciplined by her. He immediately said: "What kind of etiquette does she know? She is about the same age as Qing'er! You taught Qing'er very well. From now on, I will teach her like Qing'er - just behave like Qing'er when she is disobedient. Since she is a sister-in-law and a mother, it is natural for a mother to beat and scold her daughter, even if she is not sensible now, she will do it in the future! I will always know how to be grateful to you.”
Having been with the Xue Sun family for so many years, how could I not know that although Xue Chang was often at odds with his family members, he always kept his word. Now that he has said these words, as long as he does not go too far in the future, even if he publicly teaches Xue Fangmi, he will not interfere. He didn't ask any questions and took over the power of the Nan family. What did Xue Sun, the eldest son's direct daughter-in-law, have to fear? !
"Daughter-in-law, thank you father for your trust." Ms. Xue Sun no longer had any worries and assured her with high spirits, "Daughter-in-law will definitely teach my sister well!"
The sky has eyes! Little bitch, you are now in my hands. Let me train you to death. You are a snake and scorpion who has cheated on your niece's marriage time and time again!
After quickly dealing with the troublesome daughter, Xue Chang calmed down and called his most beloved grandson, Xue Nongying, to discuss countermeasures: "How can we appease Chunjun now?"
"Fang Nongyan can't stay." Xue Nongying said without hesitation, "Master-disciple antagonism is a taboo in the officialdom! Especially when my little aunt publicly humiliated Ruan Chunjun before, our family has already failed him in the eyes of outsiders. This prompted Fang Nongyan to accuse Ruan Chunjun's matter must not be acknowledged!" At this point, he sighed, "Uncle Clan is really confused! He actually sent his own family members to send the message - if Fang Nongyan is not silenced now, once people find out that Clan Uncle sent someone to instigate him. , how can you not think about your grandfather?"
He didn't say the last sentence: Xue Chang was now involved with the Ding family, and it was easy to catch the opportunity of General Ruan's death. If anyone knew that Fang Nongyan's accusation that Ruan Qingyan was related to the Xue family, Xue Chang's situation would be even worse!
"Keeping your mouth shut is not something our family can decide." Xue Chang shook his head, "Don't forget that your little aunt did this without telling us. If Ruan Chunjun hadn't sent someone to explain today, we wouldn't have known about it until now! "
This cannot be entirely blamed on the men of the Xue family for not living up to expectations. It is actually because they have been busy dealing with the offensive of the Queen Mother's party during these days, and it is inevitable that they will miss the family members - and they did not expect that Xue Fangmi would be so willful and stupid, even following the well-known rules of master and apprentice. I don't even take it lightly. I really thought that with Xue Chang as my father, I could be so tyrannical that I wouldn't even look down on my appointment to the Imperial Academy!
So Xue Chang had to deal with the aftermath of this daughter: "Go, go to Ruan's house and ask Chunjun, Fang Nongyan... this person, what is he going to do? By the way, make an apology for me - in fact, the thing is Your little aunt is responsible for this, so your father should go there, but now I'm afraid it will attract people's attention, so it's safest for you to go."
Xue Nongying arrived at the General's Mansion according to her words, and explained with shame that everything was Xue Fangmi's fault: "My grandfather attaches great importance to editing and often encourages us brothers with editing. How could he instigate others to harm editors?" Where to repair?”
Since Ruan Qingyan told Xue Chang clearly about the matter, of course he didn't want to fall out with the Xue family, so he immediately expressed his forgiveness and understanding. So after the two families reconciled on behalf of the two families, they discussed how to deal with Fang Nongyan. For such a A small person, he looks like an ant to Xue Nongying, Ruan Qingyan can do whatever he wants!
He had already made preparations for Ruan Qingyan as Fang Nongyan's brother-in-law, and if it was inconvenient to deal with this brother-in-law himself, he would do it for him.
As a result, Ruan Qingyan burst into tears when he heard this and said: "I can't explain this matter in a few words. I also heard from people close to my sister. There are no elders in the Ruan family now, and my cousin is young. I'm afraid It scared her. If possible, I would like to ask Mrs. Sun to help..."
"What does he want from me?" Mrs. Xue Sun, who had just taken over the power in the backyard and took over the responsibility of teaching Xue Fangmi, was in a good mood. She was very surprised when her son came back and said this, "What can I, a woman, do to help him? General Ruan will go now, he won’t want me to help him arrange the marriage, right?”
Xue Nongying couldn't laugh or cry: "Mom, where did you think you were? Ruan Chunjun wants you to invite a few ladies to check on Miss Ruan..." He hesitated for a while, then said with a strange expression, "Body!"
Mrs. Xue Sun was surprised: "Why such a request? Could it be that Fang Nongyan dared to beat his wife?!"
"My child doesn't know either, maybe?" After all, it's not convenient for men to ask questions on this kind of topic. Xue Nongying guessed, "My child doesn't quite know what Ruan Chunjun means - he just heard some speculation from people around Miss Ruan. Yes. This time I also want to take the opportunity to ask my mother to make a decision."
"That's true. No matter how much he cares about his sisters, after all, he is about to get married. He can't check it out in person..." Ms. Xue Sun rubbed her brows, still feeling a little confused, "Even if Old General Ruan has implicated Fang Nongyan. , but when nothing happened to General Ruan, he took great care of him... As the saying goes, a couple's kindness is a hundred days, Miss Ruan was his first wife, and she also gave birth to children and took care of the housework for him. Is Nong Yan so mad?"
... The next day, several noble ladies who were inclined to the Xue family gathered in the backyard of the General's Mansion, chatting with each other, but Ruan Ciyi couldn't win over the crowd in the end, and shed tears to remove the filial piety scars from her body.
The white linen mourning clothes had just been taken off, and some of the ladies already exclaimed in disbelief: "Ah!"
"how so?!"
Mrs. Xue Sun was already mentally prepared because of her son's words. Even so, when she saw the dense scars on Ruan Ciyi's intact back, which were obviously new and old, she couldn't help but tighten her handkerchief. son!
"Poor child! You... you have been abused by that beast for so many years?!" Before Ms. Xue Sun could say anything, one of the ladies could no longer hold back. She stood up and stepped forward to cover Ruan Ci's clothes. He took off his robe, hugged her carefully and cried out, "How noble were you when your father and mother were here?! It's only been ten years, but... you've ended up like this!"
Hearing this, Mrs. I didn’t give up until I gave birth to a daughter…”
Mrs. Feng wiped her tears and choked up: "How can we say we are so good? Before my sister Tan passed away, she asked me to take care of this child. As a result, I went abroad with my husband the next year and came back last month - I heard that this The child also returned to Beijing, and I was still very happy. Unexpectedly, I was busy with some trivial matters at home, and I didn't have time to meet the child! Today I rushed over and saw such a scene - this asked me how to talk to my sister in the future. Explain? How can I have the nerve to say that I am good to Sister Tan?"
Immediately he begged everyone, "You all know that my sister Tan and I were as good as sisters. Now her only daughter has been so humiliated. Even if the lawsuit comes before the Queen Mother and the Empress, I will also Seek justice for her! Please give me evidence!"
The noble ladies here today originally followed the Xue Sun family in favor of the Ruan family, and now they have seen with their own eyes how terrible the injuries on Ruan Ci's back are - they are also women, and they are also worried about being angered and abused by their husbands after the fall of their natal family. , Xue Sun didn’t need to instigate and hint at this moment, everyone gnashed their teeth at Fang Nongyan, wishing that he could kill this beast with a human face and a beast heart as soon as possible!
... With so many noble ladies corroborating and spreading the word, the injuries on Ruan Ci's back are solid evidence. No matter how blind the doctor is, they can't deny that those injuries have been accumulated for at least five or six years!
In this case, Fang Nongyan sued Ruan Qingyan. Before Ruan Qingyan had to guard his body for seven days, he was directly linked to Fang Zijun's slander of his aunt's mother, and was thrown into prison and accused of spoiling his concubine and killing his wife. !
Ruan Qingyan, at the same time, wrote a letter in blood overnight, requesting an end to the Fang family!