After leaving the city, the hustle and bustle of the capital was left behind, but Wei Yumin's mood did not get better after leaving the capital, this place of trouble. She hung her head, looking listless and listless.
The eldest lady hugged her and cried, "That man is so cruel, don't think about it anymore. It will only make you sad."
Wei Yumin smiled bitterly and lay on the small table, staring at a small painting on it in a daze. After a while, she shook her head and said, "Mother, I gave up on him the moment I found out that he was plotting against me. I haven't stooped to such a low level..."
When we have choices, we always feel more confident.
Those women who have no support from their natal families and no one in their natal families to help them might choose to endure it, but Wei Yumin had never thought of enduring it.
She pursed her lips, and when she mentioned Zhu Fang, there was resentment in her eyes that could not be concealed: "I am worried about Huan Ge'er and Yuan Jie'er... The Zhu family did not show up at first, but let Huan Ge'er and Yuan Jie'er come to the mansion one by one, wasn't it just to make me soft-hearted? Now my grandmother took me out of the city without caring about anything, and I am afraid that they will take their anger out on them."
The eldest lady wanted to shake her head and say how could it be possible? After all, Zhu Huan and Zhu Yuan both had the surname Zhu and were children of the Zhu family. But when she thought about what the Zhu family had done before, she swallowed her words and sighed quietly: "Your grandmother will always find a way, don't worry... Zhu family, no matter what, you can never go back."
The farm in Tongzhou had been cleaned up very cleanly. The butler Lin, who was sent by the third master, stood respectfully at the door to greet people. When he saw the old lady, he kowtowed first and then stood up to reply.
The villa was built in the past few days. The time was quite tight, but it had everything it needed. The villa is surrounded by farmhouses and lush trees. It is spacious and open, which makes people feel less gloomy when looking at it.
There are five courtyards in total. Old Madam Wei lives in the main house on the east side, and the west side is left empty. Wei An lives with the old lady, while Wei Yumin and the first lady live in a small courtyard next to the main courtyard.
Knowing that Old Madam Wei was coming, they made preparations everywhere. The village head daughter-in-law came in and told Old Madam Wei about the dishes for tonight. She was a little nervous: "We don't have time to prepare anything in such a hurry. It's too late to send people to the capital to buy..."
Old Madam Wei never made things difficult for others over such trivial matters. She smiled indifferently and said, "It's okay. Just follow your plan."
After sending away the servants from the farm who came to pay their respects, Old Lady Wei felt a little tired. While the servants were packing up, she took a nap. When she woke up, it was completely dark. Perhaps because there were fewer people, there were more stars in Tongzhou than in the capital. The sky was full of shining stars, and against the backdrop of a crescent moon, it was able to illuminate the sky.
Wei An moved a chair and sat in the corridor, pasting lanterns attentively. When he heard that Old Lady Wei had woken up, he quickly got up and went in: "Grandma, do you want some water?"
This child is really considerate. He is much more careful and thoughtful than the maids Feicui and Qingyu. Old Madam Wei lets Nanny Hua comb her hair. She looks at what Wei An handed to Qingyu and asks softly, "What are you holding in your hand?"
Wei An smiled, and when he smiled, two dimples appeared on his cheeks.
Only at this moment did she really look like a child, and her smile brightened the room.
"I'm learning to make firefly lanterns." Her eyebrows and eyes were curved like the crescent moon in the sky, and she looked gentle and beautiful: "I heard that the children in the countryside all play like this."
Mrs. Wei was very tired after being on edge for a few days. But when she heard that Wei An was still thinking about making firefly lanterns, she couldn't help but laugh: "You are so relaxed. Are you done?"
Wei An was a little distressed: "The frame is difficult to weave. I have been studying for a long time but have not been able to learn it. In the end, I had to ask Mother Wang to weave a ready-made one for me. I am now pasting lantern paper on it."
Mrs. Wei became interested: "I'll teach you."
Wei An laughed even more happily, with a hint of surprise: "Can you do it too?"
Of course she was shocked that Mrs. Wei could make lanterns. In fact, she had no interest in making lanterns. She only learned it to please Mrs. Wei. When Mrs. Wei was still a girl, her favorite thing to do was to carry a firefly lantern.
Old Mrs. Wei waved and took the lantern from Qingyu's hand. She looked at it from left to right for a while, and then she concentrated on pasting the lantern paper layer by layer, leaving a round hole on it: "When the time comes, cover it with a gauze net, so that the fireflies won't die so easily..."
As she was speaking, the eldest lady came to invite Old Madam Wei to have dinner. She didn't react for a moment when she saw Old Madam Wei and Wei An huddled together. Only after a while did she glance at Wei An.
This girl always finds a way to make Old Mrs. Wei happy.
The dinner was simple but not plain. The cook was brought from the capital. He used ingredients from the countryside to make the dishes even more appetizing. Old Madam Wei rarely ordered an extra bowl of ham and mushroom soup. Seeing that Wei Yumin was unhappy, she put the bowl aside and asked, "Are you worried about Huan'er and Yuan'er?"
Wei Yumin nodded sullenly.
Old Madam Wei put down her chopsticks and said earnestly, "If I were you, no matter how worried I was, I would not treat myself badly. If you fell down, who else would you expect to treat them well? The Zhu family's gang of wolves and tigers?"
Wei Yumin became even more worried: "Grandma, I'm even more afraid because I know they are wolves, tigers and leopards..."
The Zhu family is not the kind of people who would leave anyone a chance to survive. Who knows if they will do something even more cruel and immoral
"They don't stand a chance." Old Madam Wei smiled and said, "Why do you think I brought you to Tongzhou? Was it really because I wanted to recuperate? Or was it because I was afraid of the Zhu family? Neither..."
Wei Yumin didn't quite understand what she heard, but when she woke up early the next morning and heard the news from the capital, she finally understood why Old Madam Wei had fled to Tongzhou on the pretext of illness.
The Third Master sent someone to deliver the message. Early this morning, someone from the palace went to the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion and severely reprimanded the mistress of the Zhu family, the Pingyang Marquis's wife, for being so heartless and having no sympathy towards the sick victims. She watched people die coldly and still went to the Yansheng Duke's Mansion to extort money.
This charge sounds really... ... original... ...
Wei Yumin was stunned. She never expected that the Zhu family would be reprimanded by the emperor.
The emperor's words were golden. He scolded the mistress of the Zhu family and said that she was worse than a beast. Then Mrs. Zhu...
Can't survive.
The emperor scolded her so much that she had no way to survive. If she didn't find a white silk cloth to hang herself, the entire Zhu family would be ridiculed by the world in the future.
The eldest lady was stunned for a while, then she sneered: "Evildoers will be punished, God has taken her away!"
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