The old lady saw off her grandson and sat quietly in the living room in a daze. What Yu Miaoqi said always came to mind involuntarily, which made her unable to let go.
"You said they are two brothers and sisters..." She rubbed her temples and looked at Mama Mama who was standing aside.
Before Mama Ma could answer, someone reported outside the door, "Old Madam, Second Miss is here."
"Let her in."
Yu Miaoqi stepped in, followed by the pale-faced Baosheng. After saluting and greeting, she waved to Baosheng, "Come here, and tell grandma what you saw."
Baosheng knelt down, and in a trembling voice told the whole story of what he saw that night, then buried his head and trembled.
"Good girl, it's hard for you to be walking around the mansion so late." The old lady's calm expression suddenly turned cold and stern, and she ordered, "Take her down and fill her with dumb medicine, and it will be sold soon." When she said this, She repeatedly recalled the scene when her grandson and granddaughter got along in her mind, and then she suddenly realized that the degree of intimacy between the two had already surpassed the normal brother-sister relationship. How can a fifteen-year-old girl be hugged by her elder brother every day? How can there be a sister who is sick and an elder brother who waits by the couch all night? This kindness and concern is clearly the care one would have for a loved one.
Baosheng raised his head in amazement, and shouted mournfully, "Miss, please save this servant! Didn't you promise that this servant will be fine? You can't just keep your word!"
"What's it called? Keep your mouth shut and drag it on!" The old lady smashed the teacup in hand, turned to look at Yu Miaoqi, and warned her word by word, "You also watch your mouth well."
Yu Miaoqi didn't answer, but instead asked, "Grandmother, what do you plan to do with Yu Xiang? He will be punished for immorality and incest."
"How to deal with her is not up to you to intervene."
"Aren't you going to help her excuse? If so, my granddaughter can't agree. If I'm not happy to spread the matter, your precious grandchildren will be ruined." Yu Miaoqi covered her mouth and chuckled.
"There is no proof, you go ahead and say it." The old lady closed her eyes and snorted coldly.
"What evidence is needed for this kind of thing? As long as others are willing to believe it is enough." The old god Yu Miaoqi was admiring the Kodan she had just applied.
"How are you doing?" The old lady wished she could throw Yu Miaoqi out with dumb drugs too. Although the matter of the two grandsons disappointed her, she still felt sorry for her for more than ten or twenty years. How could it be so easy to wear off her feelings
"Anyway, I'm not such a vicious person, why don't you quickly find a husband for Yu Xiang? When the elder brother comes back and finds that the deal is done, he has no choice but to give up. What do you think?"
The old lady's heart trembled slightly, she waved her hands and said, "I'll think about it, you can go back. You should understand the truth that there are no eggs under a nest. If something happens to Yan'er and Xiang'er, you won't be able to get well. "
"I'll save this." Yu Miaoqi smiled lightly as she walked away.
A few days later, the family that was originally reserved for Yu Miaoqi sent a servant to deliver a letter, saying that his master suddenly fell ill, and now he can't even lay down the land, and the future is uncertain. The marriage will be postponed first, if the illness can be cured, they will get married, if the disease is not cured, they will send someone to take the initiative to divorce the engagement. The Hou Mansion is so powerful that they absolutely dare not make such a happy request.
Yu Miaoqi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the news, secretly thinking that the man really has great powers.
The old lady only thought that this person was restrained by the lone star of Tiansha, and after a while of sighing, she began to discuss the marriage between Yu Siyu and Yu Xiang. That's right, after much deliberation, she decided to marry off her granddaughter before her grandson came back.
While she was asking someone to look around, her mother's sister-in-law suddenly sent a letter, saying that she had seen a good son for Xiang'er. This person is an old friend with her mother's family, and also from a scholarly family. He has just turned seventeen this year, and is the eldest son of the family. He has two younger brothers and two younger sisters, but they are all concubine sons and daughters. They are incomparable to him.
His father worked in the Ministry of Industry, and his official position was not high, but he made great achievements in water control. He valued academics rather than fame and fortune. Under the influence of his father, he is also obsessed with learning. He became famous at the age of eight, and even became a junior at the age of twelve. If his father hadn't said that he was still young and needed to practice for a few more years, he might not have won the number one prize last year. Shen Yuan was amazed.
It's nothing more than a talent, but he still looks handsome and not like ordinary people, and his noble character is praised by everyone. In a few years, the limelight will definitely overshadow the current heroes such as Yu Pinyan and Shen Yuanqi.
How could such a good family fall in love with Xiang'er? It's not that the old lady belittled herself, it's that her granddaughter was doted on lawlessly by her grandson. Ordinary people might not be able to bear her stubbornness.
It was only after a few letters that the old lady found out that she had met Yu Xiang in the Baiyun Temple during the funeral last year, and she was astonished and missed her so much that she wanted to marry her as his wife. Although his father didn't value fame and fortune, his mother was a calculating man who wanted to cling to the power of the Marquis's Mansion, and also heard that Master Ku Hui had cured Yu Xiang's broken leg, so that she would be no different from ordinary people in the future, so she became concerned.
After several rounds of calculations, the old lady finally agreed, because she was afraid of her granddaughter's fierce resistance, so she kept it secret.
This day, as soon as Shen Yuanqi left the yamen, he saw one of Yu Pinyan's followers standing by the door waiting. After leading people into the house, he asked in a low voice, "What orders do you have, Lord Marquis?"
"Master Hou, Master Shen please meet Miss San immediately." Chang Sui replied with a bow. Yu Pinyan was far away on the way to the west at this time, so it was impossible to deliver the letter back, but he had a word before leaving - if the old lady wanted to betroth the third lady, he would let Lord Shen and the third lady get to know each other as soon as possible. Yu Pinyan's eyes and ears are all over the Hou Mansion, how can the old lady's private actions be hidden from him? Even if he wasn't around, he left a lot of options for his sister.
Shen Yuanqi got up hastily, turned over the chairs behind him, and said incoherently, "He is finally willing? Why is he willing? No, no, no, I'm going to change clothes now, just wait a moment."
After changing his official robe, he finally calmed down, frowned and asked, "Why did your Lord Hou agree to my recognition of Xiang'er? But what happened to the Hou Mansion?"
"Reporting to Master Shen, the old lady intends to marry off the third young lady."
"Who will marry?" Shen Yuanqi felt very uncomfortable that his sister's marriage was at the mercy of the Yu family.
"Married to Sun Mingjie, the eldest son of Mr. Sun, the servant of the Ministry of Industry."
Although Sun Mingjie is young, he is famous for his talent, handsome appearance, and noble conduct. In a few years, he will be another generation of romantic figures. Shen Yuanqi didn't expect that the Yu family could find such a good husband-in-law for his younger sister, so he immediately looked at the long suit with suspicious eyes. At this juncture, let me go to recognize relatives, my sister's marriage will definitely change. Although he has now been promoted to the fourth rank of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, if he uses his connections to find another marriage for his sister, he will not be able to find a better candidate than Sun Mingjie.
Even if the old lady is taking over, he has to admit that this is a good relationship. The old lady really loved her younger sister like her own granddaughter.
The long follower did not answer, and took out a red and white brocade from his sleeve pocket.
Shen Yuanqi spread out the brocade and took a look, but it was a blood book. Because of the age, the color of the blood has turned brown, and it still has a stench, and what is written between the lines is shocking. This is a suicide note written by a woman before she died, saying that she was once Sun Mingjie's personal maid, and because she couldn't bear his various insults, she committed suicide, and hoped that her family would take this bloody letter to the Yamen to avenge her.
After reading it, Shen Yuanqi's fingertips trembled, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where did you find this thing?" The torture described on the brocade silk was simply horrifying, and even the Longlin Guards would bow down when they saw it. He really couldn't imagine that Sun Mingjie had such a ferocious face hidden under his beautiful appearance, the so-called beast in clothes was nothing more than that.
If Xiang'er marries him, she doesn't know what kind of torture she will suffer.
"Your Majesty has connections, Mr. Shen, there is no need to be suspicious. This case has been suppressed by Mrs. Sun, and even Mr. Sun has never heard of it, and the outside world has no way of knowing. It is a fluke to find this blood letter. This matter concerns the third lady. My life, I also ask Master Shen to help me, this servant thanked Master Shen for your help on behalf of Lord Hou!" Chang Sui bowed to the bottom with an anxious expression on his face.
Shen Yuanqi hurriedly helped him up, and said, "Xiang'er is my only family member, saving her is saving me, I should thank you Lord Hou. Let's go, I will go to pick Xiang'er back."
The two hurried to Dehou's mansion, the long follower walked back through the back corner door in order to avoid suspicion, and Shen Yuanqi was led to the main hall by his servant.
"Shen has seen the old lady. I haven't seen you recently, can the old lady return to Kangtai?"
"Everything is fine. Please sit down, Mr. Shen. I don't know why you are here?"
"For Xiang'er's recognition of his ancestors and return to his clan."
At this point, the fake smile on the old lady's face finally stopped, she put down the teacup with a bang, and said in a deep voice, "Master Shen, are you confused? What does my family's Xiang'er have to do with you?"
"Shen is not confused, it is the old matriarch who is confused. If the old matriarch insisted on marrying Xiang'er to such a person, Shen would never rush to disturb Xiang'er's purity." Shen Yuanqi said neither humble nor overbearing.
"Marry someone like that? Mr. Shen told me what kind of person Sun Mingjie is, and what is not worthy of Xiang'er? I know that you, as Xiang'er's elder brother, would feel somewhat uncomfortable if you couldn't interfere with Xiang'er's marriage. However, my love for Xiang'er is no less than yours, and the husband-in-law I am looking for for her is the best." The old lady's words were sonorous.
"Marry Sun Mingjie? When am I going to marry Sun Mingjie?" Yu Xiang, who rushed over after hearing the news, asked loudly.
Everyone in the hall changed their faces. The old lady hurriedly sent all the servants away, leaving Mama Mama alone to serve. When she was still considering how to appease her granddaughter, Yu Xiang smiled coldly again, "I said that my ancestors have been looking at me more and more strangely recently, and they have become more and more silent when facing me, but they already knew me With my brother."
She waved her hand and ordered Tao Hong Liu Lu to push herself into the hall, and said slowly, "Since the ancestors already know, I will tell you frankly here—I will not marry anyone except my brother! Then what Sun Mingjie, you Help me back as soon as possible."
"Shut up!" The old lady yelled at the table angrily, shaking all the tea sets to the ground and smashing them to pieces.
Shen Yuanqi was completely stunned, pondering over the phrase 'no one will marry except my brother', and then felt a thunderbolt falling straight down from the top of his head, knocking him out of his wits. It's no wonder that Yu Pinyan said that he would recognize his sister when Jiji was born. No wonder he was so concerned about his sister's marriage, but he had this kind of idea in mind.
In an instant, Shen Yuanqi had already scolded Yu Pinyan bloody in his heart.