Mrs. Ji was so shocked that she couldn't speak. The pregnant woman with dystocia did not have dystocia, but turned into a man. Her husband was not a husband, but a young man with a handsome face. The elderly woman was even more outrageous. The beautiful girl who is as beautiful as a flower, the old man is still an old man, but his face has changed, and the young man is even more so.
If you still can't see that you were cheated on a special trip, then you can't justify it.
"Ji Wan! What's going on?!"
Mrs. Ji shouted angrily.
Ji Wan was so snarled that her heart trembled a little, although she was usually not afraid of anything, but this time, she felt a little guilty, cleared her throat, and dared not look into Mrs. Ji's eyes: "It's just...something. "
"What's the matter?" Mrs. Ji's tone became more serious.
How could Ji Wan explain clearly? She was just cooperating with Qiao Wei to lure her grandmother over. As for what will happen after she comes here, it is not in her plan!
Qiao Wei said: "Grandma, let me tell you."
Mrs. Ji suppressed her anger a little, but her gaze was still a little condensed: "I always thought you were a sensible child, but I didn't expect you to mess around with your eldest sister."
Qiao Wei stepped forward, held Mrs. Ji's arm, and said softly, "Grandmother, this time it's not my elder sister's messing around, it's my idea. I hope the mistress will not blame elder sister."
"I'm going to make tea." Qiao Zheng stood up and went to the waiter.
Sixth Master patted his thigh: "I'll go too."
Only Qiao Wei's master and servant, Ji Wan, Mrs. Ji's master and servant, a few witnesses... and a little monkey sitting upright and sipping tea were left in the room.
Mrs. Ji took a look at the little monkey. For some reason, she always felt that the little monkey's demeanor looked familiar, like her family Wanwan.
Ji Wan touched her stomach with her hand, since she was pregnant, she liked to touch her stomach very much.
Seeing her touching her stomach, Pearl also touched her own.
Ji Wan stared, "Little stinky monkey, imitate her again!"
Ji Wan pushed Zhu'er's hand on her stomach away.
Zhu'er also pushed away Ji Wan's hand on her stomach.
Ji Wan stares at Zhu'er, and Zhu'er also stares at Ji Wan, with big eyes and small eyes.
Ji Wan: Little smelly monkey!
Pearl: Big smelly Wanwan!
Qiao Wei welcomes Mrs. Ji to the main seat, and asks Bi'er and Rong's mother to help Ji Wan go down to rest.
Ji Wan didn't leave, Qiao Wei said: "You are pregnant, don't worry too much."
Mrs. Ji stared at Ji Wan's stomach. When she learned that all of this was just a hoax, she thought Ji Wan's stomach was fake too, so she was very disappointed. She looked at Qiao Wei and asked nervously, "Really?"
Qiao Wei nodded: "Yes, grandma, it's been more than a month, and because the month is still young, I haven't announced it."
Mrs. Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Ji Wan: "For the sake of the child, let's go around you first, and when you give birth later, let's see how I settle the score with you!"
Ji Wan was not afraid, and went to the wing room in the backyard with Bi'er.
The room fell silent.
Mrs. Ji's eyes fell on a few witnesses who were obviously from bad backgrounds, and she didn't understand how Qiao Wei would associate with this group of people.
Qiao Wei poured a cup of hot tea for Mrs. Ji: "Grandmother, I'm sorry to deceive you in this way, but if I don't do this, I'm afraid I won't be able to bring people into Ji's house."
"This group of people?" Mrs. Ji frowned, "You want to bring them into Ji's house to do business?"
Qiao Wei shook her head: "No, grandma, they are all very important witnesses, and they have important things to say to grandma."
Mrs. Ji looked at everyone suspiciously.
Everyone looked a little uncomfortable, and drank the tea in their hands one after another.
Qiao Wei looked at Kang Min: "Grandma, do you know who this Mr. Kang is?"
Mrs. Ji asked, "Who?"
Qiao Wei said: "Mr. Kang is a good friend of Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun, you should remember that the Gusu family had a marriage contract with the Xun family, but it ended unhappy."
Mrs. Ji was thoughtful: "Xun's fiancé's family, the Sun family?"
Qiao Wei nodded: "Exactly."
"You said he had something to say to me, what is it?" Mrs. Ji searched her brains and couldn't think of what a friend of the Sun family who had separated from Xun Lan could have anything to say to her.
Some things are very thick, such as the south wall, but there are a lot of people hitting the south wall; while some things are very thin, such as the window paper, but few people are willing to pierce it.
Qiao Wei is probably one of the few people who is not afraid to pierce the paper on the window. She said to Kang Min, "Young Master Kang, why don't you tell my grandmother what happened to Sun Xun and the Xun family back then?"
Mrs. Ji vaguely sensed something, and her eyes showed strong surprise.
Kang Min stepped forward, bowed his fists to Mrs. Ji, and said solemnly: "Mr. Sun and the Xun family are in love with each other. It is a good marriage. But someone interfered with it and killed Mr. Sun and me. Brothers. I don’t ask the old lady to make decisions for us, but I also don’t want the old lady to continue to be deceived by the wicked.”
Mrs. Ji has never heard of the love affair between the Xun family and Mr. Sun, let alone the fact that this marriage was ruined by others. Mrs. Ji looked at Kang Min suspiciously, and Kang Min took out a letter from his pocket: "This letter It was written by Sun Xun to the Xun family one month before his death, please pass it on to the Xun family, I forgot, and when I think about it, everything is a foregone conclusion."
Qiao Wei took the letter, opened it and handed it to Mrs. Ji.
Although Sun Gongzi is a son of a family, he didn't like calligraphy since he was a child. He liked to wield knives and guns. , I can no longer visit the boudoir at night like before, I hope Xun Lan doesn't mind.
After the old lady finished reading, her face darkened.
If this letter is true, then before the big wedding, did Sun Gongzi really visit the boudoir at night? The Xun family didn't stop it? How could the two of them do such an indecent thing? !
Mrs. Ji suppressed the furious anger in her heart: "What do you mean when you say that someone is obstructing it?"
Kang Min said: "Smallpox came at a strange time back then. Mr. Sun and several people who knew his relationship with the Xun family all contracted smallpox one after another. I also developed a rash, but it wasn't smallpox. The other party probably thought I had already contracted it, so I I didn’t make any more deliberate moves, so I escaped a catastrophe.”
"What evidence do you have?" Mrs. Ji asked.
Kang Min sighed: "Madam, what reason do I have to lie to you? My brothers are all dead, and I'm just surviving. Even if you believe me, you can't compensate me for my brothers. If you don't believe me Just think about it, how did the Xun family talk about Sun Gongzi back then?"
Mrs. Ji was silent.
Although Qiao Wei didn't know how the little stepmother reported to Mrs. Ji, but thinking about it, she didn't tell about her acquaintance with Sun Gongzi, right? Otherwise, with the old lady's pedantic spirit, she might be allowed to keep the festival for grandson for three years.
"Who is she?" Mrs. Ji looked at Yuejin who was beside her.
Yuejin stood up, bowed to Mrs. Ji, and said, "Mrs. Yuejin, please greet Mrs. Ji."
Mrs. Ji frowned: "You also know Mr. Sun?"
Yuejin replied respectfully: "I don't know Mr. Sun. I used to be a girl from Lichunyuan, and I worked with Mudan."
The girl from the brothel? Madam Ji frowned even tighter.
Qiao Wei explained: "Peony is the one who elopes with Mr. Yuan."
Mrs. Ji was taken aback for a moment: "Her?"
Qiao Wei nodded, looked at Yuejin, and motioned for Yuejin to continue.
After all, Yuejin had seen the world in the capital, and was taught to be polite and polite. She nodded slightly and said: "I came to Lichunyuan before Mudan. At that time, I was the number one in Lichunyuan. Ever since Peony came After that, I took second place. For this reason, I was very dissatisfied with Mudan, and I also paid special attention to Mudan. Mudan and Mr. Yuan knew each other very early. Mr. Yuan admired Mudan's talent and appearance, and wanted to redeem her life for Mudan , raise Peony outside to be a charming concubine. Peony is not willing. Our brothel women are not all in the flesh business. Among those people, it can only be regarded as above-average, and it is reasonable for Mudan to look down on Mr. Yuan.
But suddenly one day, Peony brought Mr. Yuan back to her fragrant boudoir, which is not a place to entertain guests, but the girls' own room. We were all surprised by what Peony did, but we just thought that Peony It's just a night out with Mr. Yuan holding candles, just like treating those guests who entered the curtain in the past, but mother sent someone to call Mudan the next day, only to find that there was Luohong on Mudan's bed, and Mudan gave herself to Mr. Yuan.
A few days later, we heard that Mr. Yuan married the daughter of a wealthy family. We all asked Mudan if she was jealous, and Mudan smiled and said yes. "
Mrs. Ji's complexion became very ugly: "The daughter of that rich family... is the Xun family?"
Yuejin shook her head: "I don't know about this, I just know that not long after, Mr. Yuan eloped with Mudan, saying yes, he didn't want to marry that daughter, but that family is too powerful, and he can't afford to offend him. If you want to marry her every day in the capital, it is better to fly far away."
That big family is undoubtedly the Ji family.
Even though she already knew about this matter, Mrs. Ji was still very angry when she heard Yuejin talk about the details.
Yuejin continued: "To be honest, Peony and Mr. Yuan are not a good match. She would give herself to Mr. Yuan just because of a little jealousy. We are all a little unbelievable. Some sisters said that Peony is just playing with Mr. Yuan. I should have kicked him. But after two months, Mudan was still inseparable from Mr. Yuan, and we thought that Mudan was really attracted to Mr. Yuan. Until one day, I passed by Mudan's room and heard Seeing the conversation between Mudan and the servant girl, the servant girl said that drinking too much Bizi soup will damage your body. Since you are so happy with Mr. Yuan, why not give him a child, and if you have a child, you don’t have to come to this brothel again in the future. But Peony said sarcastically, let me give birth to that idiot, in my next life!"
Qiao Wei paused, and said: "So, Mudan doesn't like Mr. Yuan."
Yuejin nodded: "That's right, I was very shocked at that time, Mr. Yuan is not someone that Mudan can't afford, why should Mudan be so committed to him? I can't figure it out. A few days later, a man came to Mudan's room. Guest, Peony quarreled with that guest. After the guest left, Peony burst into tears. I suddenly felt that it was the man that Peony was most pleased with. But unexpectedly, the next day, Peony and Mr. Yuan eloped."
"Who proposed to elope?" Qiao Wei asked.
Yuejin said: "Peony."
This is really weird, obviously he doesn't like Mr. Yuan, but he seduces Mr. Yuan in every possible way. If he really has a sweetheart, he can bet against Mr. Yuan and his sweetheart, but there is no need to put his innocence into it.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a premeditated plot against Mr. Yuan.
But why target Yuan Gongzi? Who did Mr. Yuan provoke
If it is said that he wants to ruin Young Master Yuan's future, but Young Master Yuan is not going to be an official, so what does it matter if he goes to a brothel? If it spread, it was just to laugh at his absurd words, and the marriage was not going well.
Isn't it bad
When the Ji family heard the news, the first thing they did was to return the Yuan family's marriage.
Qiao Wei understood in her heart, but she didn't reveal anything on her face, and there was no need to reveal it. As long as the old lady is not a fool, she should think more than her.
Mrs. Ji's face was too dark to be seen, and Zhu'er sat next to her, feeling that she stole the limelight from her black beauty.
Mrs. Ji took a few deep breaths, then looked at her grandparents on the other side: "You must be members of the Zhou family."
She is indeed not a fool. From Kang Min's words, she guessed that everything was directed at Xun Lan. Since she already has acquaintances of Mr. Sun and Mr. Yuan, she wants to come to Mr. Zhou's side to join in the fun .
The dumb servant is no longer working in Zhou's house, but he still can't remember the scene six years ago.
He gestured, and his grandson said: "My grandfather said that the Zhou family is haunted by ghosts, and Mr. Zhou was scared to death by a ghost."
The ancients were very superstitious, even Mrs. Ji was very awed by ghosts and gods. Mrs. Ji straightened her expression: "Do you often have ghosts? What the hell?"
The dumb servant gestured, and his grandson explained: "On the night of Mr. Zhou's wedding, there was a ghost. It's a ghost. It's tall and big, and it's eight feet long."
Eight feet is a bit exaggerated, Yao Ming is not so tall, but walking on stilts is not ruled out, Qiao Wei thought.
Mrs. Ji asked, "Why didn't your grandfather say anything?"
The young man snorted: "My grandpa was also terrified. He was sick for several days. When he returned to Zhou's house, he found that all the servants who served him had been dragged out to be buried with him. How could my grandpa dare to say that? Do things with your tail between your legs, don't It’s good to be remembered.”
If Li Gui appeared in the wedding room, then Xun Shi should have seen it too. Why wasn't she frightened? It would be reasonable to say that she is brave, but it is somewhat unreasonable for her to conceal the movement of the wedding room.
She would rather let the Zhou family mistakenly think that Young Master Zhou was killed by her than tell the truth. Why
Because the truth has been revealed, the Zhou family will not do anything to her, and she has been the widow of Mr. Zhou since then.
Will the Ji family take a little widow from the Zhou family back to the mansion
But if the Zhou family wanted to execute her, the Ji family would definitely not sit idly by and cause endless trouble, and no one would rest assured that she would continue to stay in the Zhou family, so it was inevitable to take her back to the Ji family.
Mrs. Ji held down her drowsy head, the shock was too great for her to digest at once.
Qiao Wei followed her back, she felt better, and asked Qiao Wei, "How did you find these people?"
Qiao Wei understood that Mrs. Ji would be suspicious, so she didn't intend to hide it deliberately, and said: "The person who just pretended to be a pregnant woman is a friend from the world, and Mingxiu also knows him. I asked him to find these people."
Hearing that her grandson also knew each other, Mrs. Ji nodded slowly. She didn't ask Qiao Wei when she began to suspect Xun Lan, but said, "Let me be quiet."
Mother Rong came over and helped Mrs. Ji back to the wing.
There was an eerie silence in the room.
Zhu'er yawned, jumped off the ground, supported her waist with one hand, and supported (what she believed to be) her nine-month-old pregnant belly with the other with her splayed feet, and walked into the room with one sprain.
Everyone looked at the little monkey who was acting pregnant, their eyes almost popped out, it wasn't that the monkey was too small, they were afraid they might think she was really pregnant!
The Ganoderma lucidum hall is big enough, and Qiao Wei arranged a house for Kang Min and others to live in. During the period, Chunzhi from Tongyuan came to ask about Ji Wan's condition.
Ji Wan was already sound asleep in the wing room.
Qiao Wei said: "Colic, I took medicine and fell asleep, but I need to observe for one night, and I can go back after confirming that there is no recurrence. We will all rest here tonight. You go and report to the master so that he doesn't have to worry. "
"Yes." Chun Zhi withdrew.
Sixth Master squinted at Chun Zhi who turned to leave, and was about to rush Chun Zhi, but Qiao Wei stopped him.
The sixth master smacked his lips in resentment, how boring and helpless it is not to be able to snatch the life of a civilian girl.
Qiao Wei glanced at Liu Ye, Liu Ye was still wearing the clothes of a peasant woman, and the fake belly was removed, but his own belly was not small, Qiao Wei laughed jokingly: "Six or seven months?"
Sixth Master gave Qiao Wei a blank look, he has no conscience, for whom did he dress like this
"Your father's clothes are too small, I can't fit in them!"
After the tent and the dead man exchanged faces, his luggage was in the carriage and was taken away by the false sixth master.
Qiao Wei smiled, stopped teasing him, and asked, "When did you find out that you were being followed?"
Liu Ye said: "I found out when I left the capital. It's not surprising. If I want to search for news, there will be a commotion. I was stared at too much. I didn't get rid of it a few times before I thought about it." Such a way for the golden cicada to escape its shell."
It sounds calm, but those who have really experienced it will understand how dangerous the situation was at that time. Among them, whoever moves a step slower may be wiped out.
In short, everyone was very upbeat, successfully deceived that group of people, and successfully arrived in the capital.
"Can your old lady believe it?" Sixth Master asked worriedly.
Qiao Wei spread her hands: "I did what I could. Believe it or not, it's her business."
Sixth Master took a sip of tea.
Qiao Wei said again: "Is there any news about that group of robbers?"
Sixth Master shook his head: "Not yet."
Qiao Wei thought about it for a while: "If there are people planning ahead, then the robbers must be planned. If the old lady believes Kang Min and the others, it is not difficult to guess that the robbers are also hidden tricks."
Master Liu frowned: "The old lady has trusted her for so many years, so it's hard to doubt her right away?"
Qiao Wei smiled faintly: "There is only a wall between trust and doubt. If you push this wall down, doubts will come overwhelming."
What's more, this wall may not be impenetrable. Everyone trusts the little stepmother. Most of them are because the little stepmother is really impeccable. The other half is probably caused by the so-called herd mentality. Everyone agrees, one People who jump out to question will suffer double torture from the inside and the outside world, which will inevitably bring huge pressure, but now, she and Ji Wan have already jumped out first, and put this pressure on themselves, and the old lady can You can easily follow your heart, and it will be more fair to deal with it.
Mrs. Ji lay in the room all night. During this night, she hardly closed her eyes. When she closed her eyes, she was the thin little girl, wearing old clothes that were not warm, shivering in the cold wind, with her timid eyes wide open. And looked at her in fear.
It was such a pair of eyes that were so clean that there was no trace of impurities that made her feel distressed for so many years, but in the end...
Mrs. Ji closed her eyes and sighed heavily.
…
Ji Wan "stayed and observed" in the Ganoderma lucidum hall all night, and there was no serious problem. At dawn, she was taken back to the Duke's Mansion by brother-in-law Lin, while Qiao Wei accompanied Mrs. Ji back to Ji's house.
Xun Lan came to greet Mrs. Ji.
Mrs. Ji didn't see her, but said: "Call Shang Qing, I have something to say to him."
Most of Ji Shangqing's injuries had healed, and he was able to walk on the ground. After hearing the old lady's call, he immediately came to Luomeiyuan.
This year's winter came late, but it also came fiercely. The cold wind made the windows humming. The moment the curtain was opened, a gust of cold wind poured in, and the whole room seemed to cool down.
Mrs. Ji sat on the kang with a haggard face.
Ji Shangqing hurried forward and asked worriedly: "Mother, what's wrong with you? Did you take care of Wanwan last night and didn't sleep well?"
"It's not Wanwan." Madam Ji withdrew her servants, patted the seat beside her, "Sit down, I have something to tell you."
Ji Shangqing faintly felt that something was wrong with Mrs. Ji's mood, but if his mother didn't say anything, he couldn't ask, so he sat down.
Mrs. Ji said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, but our mother and I haven't spoken for a long time."
"Mother." Ji Shangqing felt guilty.
Mrs. Ji pushed the snacks on the table in front of him: "You loved chestnuts when you were young, Wanwan followed you. This is a newly made chestnut cake. Try it."
Ji Shangqing took a sip, and it was still the original taste, but for some reason, he couldn't taste it.
Mrs. Ji took a deep look at her son, and what she said next made her a little hard to say. She paused, hesitated for a while, and then settled down and said: "The Xun family has been in the family for so long, I want to ask, what do you think of her How is this person?"
Ji Shangqing pondered for a moment, and said: "The Xun family is virtuous and effective in handling things. Why does mother ask this?"
Mrs. Ji said: "I didn't agree with you when you wanted to marry the Xun family, but you blamed yourself for what happened to her. I couldn't bear you to lose weight all day long, so I agreed to your marriage. Now I Let me ask you a question, would you still be willing to marry her without that incident?"
Ji Shangqing was puzzled and said, "Mother, what's wrong with you? My son doesn't understand what you said."
Mrs. Ji laughed at herself: "I may be mistaken, but Shang Qing, you were born to me. What do you think in your heart, can I, a mother, not understand? Let me ask you again, the Xun family and the Sun family Did you do what happened to Young Master, Young Master Yuan, and Young Master Zhou?"
Ji Shangqing frowned: "Mother, what are you talking about? What did your son do?"
Mrs. Ji rubbed her heart and nodded: "It seems that you didn't do it. I can finally rest assured that I won't be ashamed to see your father when I go underground."
Ji Shangqing looked at Mrs. Ji strangely: "Mother, don't you suspect that your son deliberately destroyed the marriage between the Xun family and those people? My son has never done this, not once!"
"I know you don't, but..." Mrs. Ji paused, and smiled bitterly: "You like that girl, right? Always."
Ji Shangqing froze.
Mrs. Ji said sadly: "You have visited her several times in Gusu, but I didn't take it seriously at first. Later, something happened to Mr. Sun, and you will take her back to Ji's house. The way you looked at her at that time was the same as before. It's different... Why do you think I couldn't wait to find another marriage for her after you took her back to Ji's house?"
Ji Shangqing blushed.
He thought he hid it well, but it turned out that his mother had already seen through it.
It was the first time he went to Gusu on a business trip, so he stopped by to see her.
The second time, it was still by the way.
the third time…
She seemed to be a big girl, with a gentle smile, as beautiful as a cloud, looking at him shyly, that trace of youthful charm reminded him of Zhaoming.
Mrs. Ji said sadly: "She is a child brought up by Zhaoming, how can you think about her? Do you do this to Zhaoming? I will marry her far away from the Zhou family. She has an accident in the Zhou family. You leave her behind." I'm going to fetch her back on official business, but I can't stop it! Do you really think I'm a mother... a fool? "
Ji Shangqing was so ashamed: "Mother..."
Mrs. Ji said with tears: "What happened to her, I know you will never leave her behind anyway, I love you so much, I agreed, but Shang Qing, maybe I was wrong..."
Ji Shangqing looked at the tears in Mrs. Ji's eyes, and asked distressedly: "What's wrong with mother?"
Mrs. Ji did not answer him, but said: "Shang Qing, do you trust your mother?"
Ji Shangqing nodded: "I believe."
Mrs. Ji took out a letter from her wide sleeve and handed it to him: "You can read it yourself."
Ji Shangqing opened the letter Sun Xun wrote to Xun Lan, and after reading it, his entire face changed.