Wei Jincheng's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He originally wanted to go to the outer courtyard - the inner courtyard and Yu's courtyard. Because of the cold relationship between husband and wife, he did not set foot in the main house for a month. Most of the time, he went to the back room where the concubine lived or the small courtyard next to it. He turned around and went to look for Yu. However, when he stood in the courtyard, he found it a bit cold and lonely.
You have to know that in this courtyard, not counting concubines, there are more than twenty people serving him and Yu.
"Where are the people? Where did they go?" It's okay for those outside, but for those in this yard, the deeds of their lives are in the hands of them - to be exact, in the hands of Yu - do they dare to give him a bad look
Someone ran out in a hurry. When he saw Wei Jincheng, he was surprised at first and lowered his head quickly, "Second Master..."
"Where are the others? Where is Yu?" Yu has become so tough that she dares to ignore him blatantly
"Master, the madam took the little master back to her parents' home yesterday. It was the marquis' wife who asked her to bring the child home to live for a while. The madam took most people away, and also sent the little maidservants elsewhere. In this courtyard, except for the back room, there are only servants and the gatekeepers left." The maid lowered her head and said in a low voice.
Wei Jincheng was like an enraged beast at this moment, roaring and cursing, using the most vicious words on Yu. That was not his wife, but an enemy who was mixed up with his mortal enemy!
Then he suddenly turned around, stared at the maid, and grabbed her neck, "Then why are you still here, huh?"
The maid grabbed his hand, "Master, Master, spare my life..."
Why was she there? Because she was unwilling to be a maid all her life, and she still married a man of low birth. After the child was born, she still served others, so she climbed into Wei Jincheng's bed. She was originally a dowry of the lady, and became the head maid a year ago. She was envied by many people, but she was excluded by others from then on. The lady did not do anything to her, but just sent her to a corner, and she had to serve when Wei Jincheng came.
The reality was completely different from the beautiful things she had imagined. Wei Jincheng rarely came, and she usually didn't dare to go to the lady, so she could only stay in the room. Now that Wei Jincheng had fallen from power, she was abandoned by the lady without hesitation.
The maid may have clearly sensed that something was wrong with Wei Jincheng and that he really wanted to kill her. In a hurry, she scratched Wei Jincheng's eyes. Wei Jincheng felt the pain and let go. The maid took the opportunity to run away and ran straight out of the yard, shouting as she ran, "Murder, murder, the second master is crazy and killing people..."
Wei Jincheng covered his eyes, "Bitch—"
Fortunately, I wasn't really hurt. After a while, the discomfort passed and only a slight stinging pain remained.
Wei Jincheng didn't rush out to catch anyone, but with sinister and violent eyes, he went straight to the back room.
There are three concubines living in the back room. Naturally, everyone is in a panic under the current situation. When they sit together, they no longer engage in intrigue, but instead huddle together for warmth and discuss what to do.
These people are not Yu. Not only does she have the support of her natal family, but the Marquis's wife and the prince are also very good to her and naturally will not make things difficult for her. As for them, of course they will not be made difficult either. It's just that they will not be properly arranged.
When Wei Jincheng came in angrily, several people were startled. Wei Jincheng didn't say a word and started punching and kicking them, venting his anger like crazy. At first they just dodged, but when they couldn't bear it anymore, they started to fight back, and then they started to fight. Although the woman was weak, with three of them, Wei Jincheng could only "lose sight of one while taking care of the other". He couldn't cause much damage to them with his bare hands, but there were still decorations like vases. So, in the end, the three concubines didn't get away with it. Wei Jincheng fell to the ground with a bloody head. He opened his eyes with difficulty a few times, but finally fainted.
The fierceness had passed, and the three people were terrified. "What should we do? What should we do?"
If the person really died, the three of them would have to be buried with him.
Escape? Don't be ridiculous. Since they entered the house, there are some places in the backyard of Pingyang Marquis that they cannot go to, let alone leave the mansion. If they are caught, the consequences will be even more serious.
One of them was relatively calm, and cautiously reached out his hand to feel the breath, fortunately, he was still alive. "Let's go find the Marquis' wife and explain everything to her, maybe..." The Marquis' wife and the prince must hate Wei Jincheng and Aunt Zhou to death, so there is a high possibility that they will help them.
The wife of Marquis Pingyang did intervene, but she didn't do much. She just sent someone to take a look and made sure that the woman was not dead. Then she sent the three concubines to the farm. Of course, as lowly concubines, it was impossible for them to go there as the master. As for the concubine who lived in the small courtyard next door, she ignored them.
As for He Chujian, as the co-wife, she still had some privileges. Apart from this, she was still the niece of Lady Pingyang Marquis. After Yu left yesterday, she also wanted to go back to her parents' home to visit, but Lady Pingyang Marquis fainted.
Wei Jincheng woke up by himself later and was still lying on the ground. The surroundings were quiet and the shadow had not changed much, so it was not a very long time. Wei Jincheng climbed up with difficulty and staggered. When he went out, he happened to meet the servant who was delivering food. When he saw the person, he put the food box on the ground and left.
Wei Jincheng looked at the food box. With his current honor, he didn't show any expression. However, he wanted to kick the food box several times. He knew that would not lead to any good result. But in the end, his appetite prevailed. After all, he hadn't eaten much since yesterday. He just carried the food box into the house, opened it, and smashed it with his backhand.
In anger, Wei Jincheng smashed the whole house and destroyed everything. Then he stopped panting and left the Pingjin Marquis Mansion. It was not like he was short of money.
The wealthy Wei Jincheng probably didn't look in the mirror, so he attracted a lot of onlookers outside and only realized it belatedly. But perhaps it was because he had to give up, and as a person who cares so much about his reputation, he just endured it.
They arrived at the best restaurant and ate to their heart's content. However, when it came time to pay the bill, Wei Jincheng was completely stunned. His wallet was missing. The waiter next to him knew what was going on as soon as he saw it. He was eating and freeloading. How could this be tolerated!
We are all civilized people. We certainly cannot beat them. However, we can tell them their address, put it on the account, and go back to collect the debt.
Wei Jincheng had no choice but to speak.
"Oh, the second son of the Marquis of Pingyang, I am so shortsighted that I didn't recognize you, but, you are..."
Wei Jincheng turned around and left.
On the other hand, the man next door, who looked like a banished immortal, was playing with his wine glass. "From the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion? Brother of Wei Tingyu?"
However, very few people knew the name Wei Tingyu, so the shopkeeper standing next to him was unable to react immediately to who he was talking about. He made a rough guess, "Are you talking about the son of the Marquis of Pingyang?"
This surprised Third Master Xie. "He is doing so badly in the Imperial City?" From Zhao County to the Imperial City, they had spent quite a bit of time together. Wei Tingyu's nature had not been restrained at all. Although his health was not good, his aura and character were first-class. Moreover, he was the son of the Marquisate, so it was unreasonable for him to be unknown. Alas, it seemed that he still paid less attention to the Imperial City.
The shopkeeper picked out some of the things he knew and told them to Mr. Xie Sanye.
Mr. Xie curled his lips and wanted to ask, are you sure this is the same person he knows
However, this time when he came back, he treated his half-brother like this. It turned out that the one he knew was the real one.
"It is fate that we meet after thousands of miles. I will prepare a gift and go visit the Wen family."
"Third Master, I heard that our Seventh Miss will be married the day after tomorrow. She is the biological sister of Princess Anguo, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate for her to visit us these two days."
"Really? If it's such a coincidence, then I'll go to your house the day after tomorrow to ask for a glass of wedding wine."
The shopkeeper was stunned. They were not related to each other, but he knew what kind of personality Third Master had. He just thought of another question and glanced at the woman sitting quietly next to him, who was pregnant. "Third Master, when are you going to go back to see the master and the old lady? They are already pregnant..."
"Say it later." Mr. Xie interrupted the other party coldly.
The shopkeeper was as quiet as a chicken at that moment, while the woman whom Mr. Xie called Baoer smiled and was not affected at all.
Wei Jincheng didn't want to go back to Pingyang Marquis Mansion, but he had no money and couldn't go to the inn. After thinking about it, he decided to go find a few friends he had a good relationship with. He didn't believe that everyone was equally snobbish!
However, the result made him disappointed, desperate, and numb.
As if it was self-torture, he went after them one by one, even at the cost of losing face. Some were stopped by the gate guards. You know, in the past, they were really respectful. Some met him in person just to ridicule and mock him, and told him clearly that if he didn't have a backer and the possibility of inheriting the title of Marquis of Pingyang, who would care about him, a lowly commoner.
Wei Jincheng relied on his own two feet to travel from one place to another, but he probably had never walked so much distance before.
Until curfew, Wei Jincheng was sent back to Pingyang Marquis Mansion by the night patrol soldiers. Of course, unless there were special circumstances, anyone who was found hanging around outside after curfew would have to pay a considerable sum of money, otherwise he would have to go to jail for a while.
Marquis Pingyang didn't care about anything and reported the matter to his wife. She took the man in and said she would pay the money tomorrow. She sent the people from the Military Department away and then asked someone to send Wei Jincheng back.
At this moment, Wei Jincheng was in a very sorry state, but also very quiet, strangely quiet, and extremely obedient.
"Madam, are you just going to let him go? He's hanging around like this, obviously trying to tarnish the reputation of the prince and make people think that he's vicious. Once he gets better, he won't tolerate a half-brother."
"Don't worry, Tingyu will handle it himself." Lady Pingyang Hou said calmly.
If Tingyu hadn't allowed it, Wei Jincheng wouldn't even be able to leave the house.
Wei Tingyu didn't know what Wei Jincheng's current situation was. He had already fallen asleep. His body was not fully recovered yet, and he still needed more rest to help his body recover. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, so sleeping was no longer a difficult thing for him.
Compared to the sound sleep, Wei Jincheng kept his eyes open in the dark all night. He was now truly isolated and helpless.
Things have come to this point, and to be honest, Wei Tingyu hasn't done anything yet.
In just two days, Wei Jincheng went from initial resentment, anger, disbelief, and confusion to finally realizing his situation clearly. Among the many emotions, he also felt panic.
Thinking about what he had done to Wei Tingyu in the past, he was not sure whether Wei Tingyu would cut him into pieces. He curled up into a ball and stared into the darkness, as if Wei Tingyu was just standing there.
The next day, when Wei Tingyu was still having breakfast, the servants told him that the second young master had come to apologize for his crime. He really did apologize for his crime. No wonder they looked strange.
Wei Tingyu didn't even raise his eyelids and continued to eat slowly. Now that he could eat more, he found that his taste was actually quite similar to Xiaocao's.
Seeing this, the servants dared not say anything.
Wei Tingyu finished eating, but he didn't keep Wei Jincheng waiting. When Wei Jincheng came to him, he knelt on the ground and cried miserably, "Brother, I was wrong, I was really wrong. You can beat me or punish me as you like, but I only ask you to spare my life."
Wei Tingyu said indifferently, "I thought you could hold on for a few more days. I overestimated you."
"Brother, I am just an incompetent waste..."
The implication is that it is not worth looking up to.
Regardless of whether he really came to apologize or endure humiliation for the future, he seemed to be quite sincere.
Wei Tingyu didn't waste time talking to him and asked someone to take him away.
Wei Jincheng didn’t know where Wei Tingyu was going to take him, so he could only follow quietly.
Then, Wei Jincheng was brought to Aunt Zhou. Aunt Zhou looked at Wei Jincheng with her eyes wide open, full of disbelief. Is this her son? He has become like this in just two or three days? She stared at Wei Tingyu angrily, "The prince is a descendant of a famous family after all, but he did such a thing..."
"Mrs. Zhou is always good at slandering our master. The injury to the Second Young Master was caused by the Zhou family, your mother's family."
"Impossible!" Aunt Zhou subconsciously denied it. How could the Zhou family...
Wei Jincheng stared at Aunt Zhou, as if he was looking at those people from the Zhou family.
Aunt Zhou's heart was beating fast, and she realized that it was indeed the case. However, "Jincheng, your grandfather and others..."
"Grandfather? What kind of grandfather? Is Auntie still dreaming of becoming the principal wife?"
Aunt Zhou choked, and her breath was stuck in her chest, as if a sharp knife was stabbing into her heart. Is this really the son she raised
"I'm not interested in listening to you guys talking about this. Lord Wei helped, and Wei Jincheng was smart enough to save me a lot of time. Let's just settle it today. I won't talk about the other little things. I'm too lazy to bother with them. Let's just talk about my 'body disease' and my legs. I don't ask for much. It's very simple to give them what they have given you. So, who will bear the brunt of it, mother and son?"
"Brother, although I target you and often cause trouble for you, these two things have nothing to do with me, really, you have to believe me!"
Aunt Zhou's eyes went dark. She thought she had raised an ungrateful beast!
She originally had some thoughts of protecting him, but she immediately changed her mind, "Forget about the plot to break Wei Tingyu's leg, that was your own decision. Even if everything was arranged by me, it was for you, a little beast. I worked hard to give birth to you and raise you, and now it's your turn to be filial to me." She had seen the consequences not only on Wei Tingyu, she knew how painful it would be just by looking at him.
Wei Jincheng looked at Aunt Zhou with a sinister look, "You are just an aunt. My real mother is the Marquis's wife. I should show my respect to her. Why is it your turn to put on airs in front of me?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou covered her chest, nearly spitting out blood, and pointed at Wei Jincheng tremblingly, "You, you..."
Seeing the mother and son fighting each other, the people around Wei Tingyu were pleased, but he himself was not interested. "Since you two are deadlocked, how about this? The money originally intended for one person should be divided equally between you and your son. After all, there are interests on debts, so of course I have to calculate the interests too. But if you and your son divide it equally, the situation will definitely be easier than mine. Well, let's do this."
Wei Tingyu waved his hand, left a few people behind, and turned his wheelchair away.
The mother and son were gagged at the first moment, and Wei Tingyu could only hear some grunting sounds at most.
Wei Tingyu did what he said and really let them share the medicine equally. He learned from Xiaocao how much medicine could cause his condition, and based on that, he added half the dosage. After dividing the medicine equally, their "condition" would indeed be lighter than his. It was not that Wei Tingyu was merciful, he just didn't want them to die too quickly. They had to endure for a few more years at least.
As for the legs, he was not so sure about the work of his subordinates.
"Let them live here. No need to send them out. Just assign two people to serve them."
"only."
It's over, that's all.