Yu Pinyan stuffed Yu Xiang into the quilt, and placed two Tang women on her belly. After covering the quilt, he stretched out his hand to touch her protruding abdomen, and then left with a smile on his face. As soon as he stepped into the main hall, the smile on his face All of them are restrained, only the frightening insidiousness remains.
Yu Siyu entered the door one step behind him, and seeing the old lady's face was ugly, she hurried forward to express her condolences.
The old lady was speechless, took her white wrist, and mouthed, "You came back late, but what happened?"
"The wheel is broken, and it took half an hour to fix it." Yu Siyu hesitated to speak, and quickly glanced at the few peasant women standing outside the hall. The old lady also followed her gaze and was taken aback for a moment before pointing to one of them and asking, "Is that a loyal wife?"
Yu Siyu tried hard to recognize her mouth shape, nodded and said, "It's Uncle Zhongshun's wife."
There are also several peasant women who are all family members of the old Yongle Hou. Because their husbands were born and died on the battlefield with the Hou Ye, when they came back, they were either suffering from unmentionable diseases or missing arms and legs, so they had to be disarmed and returned to the fields. The old Hou Ye valued love and righteousness the most, and placed them in the farm of Yongle Hou Mansion, and made offerings every five or two months until they were buried in the ground.
These people usually only come to Beijing to visit during the New Year and holidays. This time they came back with Yu Siyu, and all of them looked terrified. Something must have happened.
The old lady felt even more ominous, and hurriedly beckoned them in.
As soon as they came, they all knelt down and kowtowed, "Old Majesty, Lord Hou, if it wasn't for the fact that I couldn't survive, the women would never dare to ask the eldest lady to bring us into the Hou's mansion. The women have nothing to do, beg the old man Taijun and Lord Hou forgive me."
"What happened?" Yu Pinyan asked in a deep voice.
Several people wiped their tears as they narrated, "I want to report to Lord Hou, at the beginning it was Lord Hou who told me to wait for a living in the village in the countryside. Who would have thought that the second young lady would say that I was waiting for my hands and feet to be incomplete, and I was just doing nothing?" For nothing, dismiss me. My family Zhongshun had to organize everyone to go hunting in the mountains in order to earn money. A few days ago, I met a big worm, and all, all of them were killed. I only brought back a few unrecognizable corpses. Majesty, Lord Hou, we can't even pay for the burial, and the family has no one to rely on, so we dare to ask the eldest lady. Old Majesty, Lord Hou, let me wait for my husband to follow the old Hou. For the sake of my father's life and death, reward some silver to buy a few thin coffins, please!"
There were dull kowtows one after another, and the old lady looked at Yu Miaoqi and Lin in disbelief. Yu Pinyan's face was so gloomy that water dripped out. Even the old ministry that was born and died can't be resettled, who would dare to be loyal to the Yonglehou Mansion if this matter spread
The old lady couldn't speak, she overturned the kang table with her hand, and pointed at the mother and daughter tremblingly, her face was full of anger.
Yu Miaoqi hurriedly kowtowed and argued, "Grandmother Mingjian, granddaughter doesn't know that they are grandfather's old family. If she knew, she would definitely not be like this! I was wrong, I will pay all the taels you want!"
"If you give me money, can you buy my husband's life back if you give me money? Everything was fine when Miss Xiang'er was housekeeper, but you wanted to replace her reused farm head, and picked someone who was used to bullying and flattering others, and said We are useless people, we are living for nothing, we are going to be kicked out. Without us useless people, the old master would have died a long time ago! You ungrateful thing!" One of the peasant women suddenly jumped up and pinched Yu Miaoqi's neck, and even slapped her in the face He spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and the hatred in his eyes was shocking.
Yu Pinyan and the old lady didn't stop them at all, they just watched coldly, the loyal daughter-in-law still had a semblance of reason, joined hands with Mrs. Lin to pull her away, and then kowtowed to confess her crime.
"What's the crime? If you strangle him to death, you won't have to do anything." Yu Pinyan said lightly.
The old lady winked at Wan Qiu, and Wan Qiu immediately went into the inner room and took out a sandalwood box, in which twenty gold ingots were neatly stacked. Wan Qiu gave it to Zhongshun's daughter-in-law, and said, "This is given by the old lady, hurry up and use it for the funeral."
The old lady asked for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote in handwriting, "I, Yonglehoufu, are sorry for you, and I will definitely give you an explanation today. You go back first and take care of the funeral. If there are elderly people at home, my Houfu will be responsible for sending them to the end. For the children, my Hou Mansion is responsible for raising them. You keep this note, and if my Hou Mansion reneges, you can use this to sue the officials." After finishing writing, he took the deed from Mama Mama and spread it out. Putting it in front of Lin, he asked silently with his mouth, "Do you still remember the military order you made?"
Lin was stunned, with a face full of disbelief, "Mother, what are you doing?" Isn't that what she thought
"What are you doing? Of course I'm going to divorce you." Yu Pinyan stood up and said coldly, "I'll give you half a month to apologize to each family, and take Yu Miaoqi out after the apology."
Yu Miaoqi was also dumbfounded, she couldn't believe that they even wanted to drive her out together.
"Grandmother, big brother, I'm from the Yu family! How can you drive me away?!" She asked sharply, all the muscles in her body were so tense from the shock and fear that she almost became a stone sculpture.
"What is the blood of the Yu family? This Marquis doesn't recognize it. Clean up the mess you made and get out immediately. Except for Lin's dowry, you are not allowed to take a single cent away!" After finishing speaking, he picked up the handwritten letter of the old lady. The note, carefully affixed his private seal, and then cupped his hands and said, "The matter is too big, I have to go to the palace to apologize to the emperor, ancestors, aunts, Yu Mou is one step ahead. If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to the door for help, aunts. The concierge will not dare to stop you."
The old lady waved tiredly. Several peasant women kowtowed their heads with gratitude, and left one after another when he was far away.
Lin was still crying bitterly, calling her husband's name loudly. Yu Miaoqi got up, wiped the thick phlegm off her face with her sleeve carelessly, pointed to her veined wrist, and said to the old lady, "Grandmother, take a look, it's the blood of the Yu family that flows here." , my father is Yu Junjie, the former Marquis of Yongle! I am not a foreigner, but my father's blood! Grandma, how can you bear to let your father's blood flow outside?"
She has nothing else to rely on, only this bit of blood left. The dead are often the most missed, and she does not believe that the old lady will not have any compassion when mentioning her deceased son.
However, this trick has long been used by Lin, and he has no compassion, but is mostly bored. The old lady picked up a pen, wrote a huge character 'roll' on the paper, and then smashed the brush hard on Yu Miaoqi's face.
Yu Miaoqi couldn't dodge it, she smiled miserably with her blotches on her face, and shed tears quietly after laughing. She pointed at the old lady, and then at Mrs. Lin, but in the end she didn't say anything, and staggered away, as if her heart was ashamed.
The old lady asked someone to throw Mrs. Lin out, and then she lay down on the couch, exhausted physically and mentally.
Yu Xiang only squinted for a short while before being awakened by the pain, clutching the two Mrs. Tang and moaning. Yu Siyu lifted the curtain and sneered, "I heard that you had menarche today in front of all the guests? Shame on you."
"So what, all the guests here are female guests, even if I bleed like a river, who can make a fuss about it? What's going on?" Yu Xiang sat up halfway, and took out a Mrs. Tang from under the quilt and stuffed it into her collar. The blood loss was so fast that she felt cold everywhere.
Yu Siyu saw that her top was bulging, and her bottom looked like a pregnant woman who was five months pregnant. She couldn't help laughing, and curled her lips after laughing, "Brother, who caused such a big trouble, can you spare them? Say you want them to clean up the mess." Get out immediately, and take nothing away except the dowry."
Yu Xiang casually played with her hair, and said with a smile, "All the dowry is in the hands of my uncle and aunt. I think there is nothing left at the moment. My mother said that her dowry shop lost a lot of money, so she won the idea. She said this only for Excuse Yu Miaoqi, but I don't know what I said. When I go out to clean up the account books, Yu Miaoqi should be in a bad mood."
Yu Siyu covered her mouth and suppressed a smile, and asked, "Is it true? Even if I have been given hundreds of hectares of fertile land for several shops, it shouldn't be reduced to the point where even the hundreds of taels of food money from my ancestors will be deducted."
Yu Xiang pulled up the quilt and wrapped herself into a ball, "I don't know what she thinks, maybe she thinks that the dowry has been tainted by me and my ancestors for several years, and if they want to go back, they will wantonly replace the shopkeeper and the dowry." Supply of goods. Poor management and unstable supply of goods, if she doesn’t lose money, whoever loses money.”
Yu Siyu sighed, and said with a wry smile, "It's really too big for her to make such a mess, and she has harmed the most dignified nobles in the capital. Originally, among the three young ladies of the Yu family, she was the only one who was 'out of mud but not stained', but now Where is the silt, it fell into the cesspit. Do you think we can still get married in this life?"
"No matter how good your reputation is, you can't marry into a wealthy family. Don't even think about it. Find an honest man to live in peace. I don't expect to marry from the day I broke my leg. What does it matter if my reputation is good or bad? You can do whatever you want, as long as your life is happy."
"You are the only lady in Beijing who can live comfortably." Yu Siyu nodded, touched the hard object in the sleeve, and quickly took it out and handed it over.
I'm comfortable now, but I won't be able to feel comfortable in a few days. Thinking of her brother who was pressing forward every step of the way, Yu Xiang smiled, took the long brocade box and opened it, and was shocked, "Where did you get the money to buy such an expensive gift?"
"Hey, it's not from me, it's from Shen Zhuangyuan. Tell me what happened to you and him. You thought he gave such a precious crown, but did you see it right?" Yu Siyu leaned over and whispered.
Yu Xiang held the box in a daze, and a thought suddenly entered her mind. Before she could think about it, she heard Tao Hong Liu Lu shouting outside, "Second Miss, why are you here? Do you need to wipe your face? Look at this Dirty."
Before the words were finished, Yu Miaoqi, who had a dark face, had passed the two of them and stepped into the inner room. Her expression seemed calm, but there was a hint of madness in her eyes.
"Yu Xiang, I have to tell you something today, a major event that may upend your entire life. Do you want to know?" She slowed down, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, with a strange smile on her lips.
The big event that overturned my life is still hidden in the stomach of my brother, what is your matter? Yu Xiang was still indifferent, but Yu Siyu became vigilant and yelled at Tao Hong Liu Lu, "Second Miss is bewildered, why don't you come over and pull her out!"