Reborn Evil Mother-in-law - Chapter 152

    Zhou Mao was shocked at the beginning that he was so clear about what he was doing, but later he felt that Wei Junhang’s words were like a sharp knife stabbing straight into his heart.

    He wanted to say something to justify himself, but found that at this moment, no amount of excuses seemed so pale.

    Yes, he didn’t dare, he didn’t even have the courage to admit to Zhenbei Houfu that Murong Tao’s leg was destroyed by himself.

    Wei Junhang’s face was gloomy, and he looked at him with undisguised anger.

      Still quite admirable, but now…

    “You even dared to take the child in the belly of the princess as bait for your own selfishness, and you are so reckless, are you too confident in your own ability, or I, Wei Junhang, are just in your eyes A straw bag, let you play with the applause!”

    Seeing that he has even found out the secret recipe for having a child, Zhou Mao no longer even has the desire to defend himself. It is only now that he finally realizes that what he thought would be a foolproof strategy was actually It has already been seen through.

    “Since your grandfather knows everything, why don’t you go to His Majesty and report me directly? Wouldn’t it be more able to express the evil in your heart?” After a long time, he murmured.

    Wei Junhang calmed down his anger, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it all.

    “Indict you?” He half-smiled.

    “After reporting you, let His Majesty deal with your family seriously, and then let the dog never forget you?”

    The eldest son is already apologetic to Princess Naping. If he learns that the Zhou family has been dealt with because of him, I am afraid that his guilt will be deeper. It’s even harder to get out.

    Zhou Mao was stunned, and listened to the other party slowly: “I won’t tell you, you can believe that if I have the heart to deal with you now, you have no power to fight back. It is necessary to inform the Zhenbei Hou of the truth about the loss of his legs by General Murong, and the Hou Mansion will naturally take action.”

     “Do you think that you alone can handle the revenge of Zhenbei Houfu?”

    Zhou Mao’s face was paler, and there was vigilance in his eyes.

    “What do you want?” Zhou Mao asked hoarsely.

    “What do I think? Master Zhou, I should ask this question, what do you think? Is it possible that until now, you still think that nothing happened, Are you still safe and sound as your minister of Honglu Temple?”

    ” Or, do you think everything you do is really unknowing? Or in your eyes, Zhenbei Houfu is full of gangs who can only fight and kill Reckless man, without the slightest thinking and judgment?”

    Zhou Mao pouted bitterly.

    If it was before today, he might have been quite confident in his plans, but now, all his self-confidence has been shattered by him, how can he dare to think that he has arranged those things Seamless.

    “I understand, I will see Your Majesty tomorrow.” He choked his throat and said in a low voice, and then he passed the wine on the table and drank it.

    As for the purpose of the audience with His Majesty, he did not say, and Wei Junhang did not ask much.

    After drinking several glasses of wine in a row, Zhou Mao’s face showed a bit of drunkenness, and he seemed to be crying and laughing: “Master Guo, I’m not as good as you…”

    Wei Junhang looked at him silently, and said nothing.

    Zhou Mao didn’t care, he just took the jug and poured himself a drink, but he said a lot of words in his mouth, those who have been holding back in his heart, even his closest wife never said words.

    Wei Junhang didn’t interrupt him, just listened to him talking about how hard it was to live in the mansion when he was a child, and when it became apparent that he was suppressed by his biological father, even his biological father turned a blind eye to him.

    “…When Ah Wan was born, I finally straightened my back completely and proudly, no matter the first assistant or the queen, no one can point fingers at me any more. She is like a treasure and will give her the best of everything.”

    “I know she likes your son, and that son of yours is indeed promising…” Speaking of this, his face became a little more sad, and he wiped the corner of his mouth casually. He was drinking, looked at Wei Junhang earnestly, and asked word by word, “Grandpa, I just want to know, why don’t you agree? My A Wan is pure and gentle, and is also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Why not allow it?”

    Finally, he asked the words that had been buried in his heart for many years.

    He didn’t understand that his daughter, who was beautiful and demure, gentle and kind, filial to her parents, and friendly to her elder brother, also had pity for the servants in the house, why she couldn’t get into the eyes of his British prince ! Why should people be so despised!

    Wei Junhang didn’t expect that he would ask such a question, and he didn’t know how to answer for a while.

    However, when he looked at Zhou Mao’s persistent eyes, he finally answered: “Ling Qianjin is indeed a good girl, but, marriage has always been a good relationship between two surnames. Chenglin is the eldest son of our country’s public mansion, carrying the hope of his father’s life, his wife will be the clan wife of our Wei clan, and the responsibility on his shoulders will never be lighter than him.”

    “Master Zhou, in all honesty, do you think Ling Qianjin can bear the responsibility of a clan wife?”

    Zhou Mao looked at him for a long time and was speechless.

    I don’t know how long it took before he lowered his head, and after a while, he laughed lowly.

    “It’s not bad, it’s not suitable…”

    He closed his eyes bitterly, and he didn’t know how long it took to say: “I will leave the capital, and I will never come back in this life, little girl… Even if the little girl is wrong, please ask the prince to watch For His Royal Highness Prince Ping’s sake, don’t…”

    Wei Junhang shook his head and interrupted him: “Master Zhou, you are overthinking it, and your daughter already has the best amulet in the world, as long as she doesn’t kill herself, no one dares to touch her , what else do you have to worry about?”

    Zhou Mao took a breath and said again with a sigh: “Yeah, the best amulet in the world…I have nothing to worry about!”

    He laughed for a while, then drank the wine in the glass again, then gave Wei Junhang a deep look, said nothing, got up and pushed the door away.

     Walking into the street, a cool breeze blew on his face, which blew away the alcohol on his body, and also made him sober up.

    He stared blankly at the pedestrians on the street who were hurrying and rushing home, and saw a rough-clothed man not far away holding a four or five-year-old girl with a double bun, the little girl hugged Holding his neck, his eyebrows and eyes are curved, he is talking to him affectionately, and the man’s face is full of loving smiles.

    He watched the big and small figures walk past him, and then went further and further, and finally disappeared completely in front of him.

    “Sir, it’s time to go home!” Seeing that he was standing still, the attendant couldn’t help but stepped forward and reminded worriedly.

    He lowered his eyes, for a moment, and whispered: “Go back!”

    Wei Junhang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, watching Zhou Mao get into the sedan chair downstairs, his eyes were full of complicated meanings.

    “Father…” Suddenly, the voice of the eldest son Wei Chenglin came from behind him. He didn’t look back, but asked lightly, “Have you heard it?”

    “I heard.” Wei Chenglin couldn’t tell what he felt, a little dazed, a little disappointed, and a little sad.

    “The child is not filial, and my father is worried!” He didn’t know what to say, and lowered his eyes and said lowly.

    Wei Junhang finally turned around and looked at the face in front of him that looked more and more like his deceased father. After a while, he tapped him on the shoulder, and then sighed: “I don’t want to teach you. , Father’s faults, there have been all kinds of things, and it’s because of how my father has neglected you all these years, how can it be all your fault!”

    Listening to him, Wei Chenglin felt even more uncomfortable.

    “Father, I’m sorry, the child was willful back then, the child was ashamed of his grandfather’s years of teaching, his parents, his grandmother, and even more ashamed of Jin who died innocently because of his own selfishness. Guard…” He couldn’t speak any longer, and tears welled up in his eyes unknowingly.

    Wei Junhang was a little surprised. This was the first time in so many years that the eldest son took the initiative to admit that he was worthy of the four guards. Maybe he has long recognized his mistake, but he has never been able to face it calmly.

    Now that he says this, it means that he has to face his past again from now on.

    Wei Chenglin knelt down suddenly, ignoring his stop, kowtowed to him a few times, wiped tears from his eyes, looked into his eyes and said seriously: “Anyway, baby Back then, when I lost my trust, it was indeed my fault for Ah Wan, and Lord Zhou held a grudge against me for this, so I can’t be considered innocent.”

    “The child has long passed the age of weakness and is the heir of a family. Theoretically, the responsibility of inheriting the family should be provoked early. The child also knows that the grandmother and the mother remember the child’s marriage day and night. However, the child is now in his heart. Full of guilt for Princess Ping, it would be unfair to marry another woman like this. Therefore, the child dared to ask his father to give the child another three years, only after the child has completely forgotten the past. Marriage.”

    Wei Junhang looked at him deeply, but didn’t respond for a long time, Wei Chenglin couldn’t guess what he was thinking, and he was worried, just afraid that he would misunderstand that he was still giving up on Princess Ping, and was about to say more After explaining what to say, Wei Junhang had already bent down and helped him up himself.

    “Father promises you!”

    The five concise words also made his heart settle down, his throat choked, and his eyes turned red again.

    “Okay, I’m taller than my father, why is it still like when I was a child, crying every now and then.” Wei Junhang patted him on the shoulder pretending to be relaxed.

    Wei Chenglin turned his face away, rubbed his eyes, and said in a stern voice, “I never cried when I was young. My grandmother also said that I seldom cry when I urinate.”

    “Back then, before you came to your grandfather’s side, you were more clinging to your mother than Brother Xiang today, and you cried when you didn’t see your mother for a while, and no one could coax him. ” Wei Junhang said with a smile.

    Really? Wei Chenglin’s eyes were full of doubts, but he was half-trusted as he could see that he was serious.

    Wei Junhang smiled lowly and walked out the door with his hands behind his back, ready to go home.

    Wei Chenglin hurriedly followed, and when he was going down the stairs, he subconsciously reached out to support him.

    Wei Junhang just glanced at him, but didn’t say anything.

    The next day, Emperor Yuanyou suddenly issued a decree to demote Zhou Mao, the minister of Honglu Temple, as the magistrate of Kengshan County, Xiyancheng, the eighth grade, and left Beijing to take office.

    From the fourth rank of the imperial court to the eighth rank magistrate, he has been demoted by several ranks, which is the first person since the founding of the country.

      His Majesty Longyan was furious, and kicked him out of the capital, and kicked him to Kengshan County, where even the new scholars who were waiting for a post were reluctant to go.

    Although with the efforts of the former guard Wei Chenglin in Xiyan, the bandit chaos in Xiyan was swept away, but the place has suffered from bandit chaos for many years, and it has long been dilapidated.

    Nakengshan County was the worst place in the whole of Xiyan to suffer from bandit turmoil, and now it is the most impoverished place. To be a magistrate there is almost the same as a bare commander.

    Nowadays, it has already become a place of “ghost to see sorrow” in the eyes of officials.

    At this time, Zhou Mao respectfully bowed to the ground to give the order, his voice hoarse: “My minister, thank you for the order!”

    After saying the last word, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

    From the beginning of the eighth grade to the end of the eighth grade, it has been a half-life journey, and finally back to the starting point.

     Resentment? hate it? But who can he hate whom?

    When the news reached Prince Ping’s mansion, Zhou Wanning’s face turned pale with a ‘swish’, and she said in a trembling voice, “Why?

    Ping Wang is also puzzled. His father-in-law has always won the trust of his father. Even the Zhou family was involved in a rebellion that day.

    Seeing Zhou Wanning’s worried appearance of Zhong Zhong, he could only temporarily put aside his suspicions and gently persuaded: “Don’t worry, my father-in-law has always been a very thoughtful person, and he will definitely come here this time. What’s the reason?”

    Zhou Wanning wiped her tears, but her heart was very bitter.

    What she was most afraid of was her father’s great ideas, especially when he said something like ‘good for yourself’ that day, every time she thought about it, she felt like a knife.

    Now that she is demoted and transferred, she is afraid that it is not His Majesty’s intention, but her father’s initiative!

    When King Ping saw her weeping, he felt distressed for a while, and was about to console her when a maid suddenly came in and reported, “Master Zhou is here and wants to see His Highness.”

    Ping Wang Xinyi loose: “My father-in-law came at the right time, just in time to ask him.”

    She really wanted to follow King Ping to see her father, but she couldn’t move her legs.

    She was afraid to see that kind of sadness and disappointment on Daddy’s face again, and even more afraid to hear him say such heartless words again.

    “Won’t the princess come with me to see my father-in-law?” Seeing her sitting motionless, King Ping, who had walked a few steps, stopped again and asked back in confusion.

    “No, I, I won’t go, you, you go quickly, don’t make daddy wait for a long time.” Zhou Wanning forced a smile and stammered.

    Ping Wang didn’t understand her reaction, but it was inconvenient to ask in detail, he just said ‘I’ll go and go back’ and left.

    When I got to the main hall, I saw Zhou Mao sitting on the chair with a calm expression, as if he didn’t care about his being demoted.

    He paused for a while, then quickly walked up to him: “Father-in-law!”

    “Your Highness!” Zhou Mao got up.

      Not coming out.

    Zhou Mao looked at him for a long time, his heart was bitter.

    In the end, in the end, only this son-in-law is the most innocent. After all, the daughter is the one who blamed him.

    He stood up abruptly and gave a deep bow to King Ping, so scared that King Ping jumped up from his chair and hurriedly avoided.

    “Father-in-law, what are you doing?! Please get up quickly! My son-in-law can’t bear it!” He was in a hurry to help him, but Zhou Mao insisted on giving him a big gift.

     A place to stay.”

    “The minister must wear a grass ring to repay His Highness!”

    After speaking, he respectfully bowed to King Ping once again, and King Ping hurriedly tried to help him, never thinking that the other party was insistent, he couldn’t help it, and watched helplessly He salutes himself again.

      Tone, but a little uneasy in my heart.

    What is ‘there is no return period’? Could it be that this trip is dangerous, and there will even be fear of life?

    In fact, he also asked this question.

    Zhou Mao took a breath, and then calmly said: “Kengshan County has a hundred wastes waiting to be rebuilt, how can it be seen in a short period of time, I am afraid it will take ten or eight years, the minister is no longer confused, and the birth, old age, sickness and death are again It’s human nature, how can you be sure of what will happen in the future.”

    Listening to his explanation, King Ping finally understood, and then said with a smile: “My father-in-law is in his prime, and he is more likely to live a long life. It is indeed too early to worry about this.”

    Zhou Mao smiled and did not explain further.

    “I still have something to deal with, so I won’t disturb Your Highness.”

    Seeing that he was going to leave, King Ping hurriedly held him back: “Won’t your father-in-law go to see Wanning? She just learned that you are leaving Beijing, so she is very worried.”

    Zhou Mao lowered his eyes, and after a while, slowly said: “Gone…”

     After speaking, she turned and strode away.

    Ping Wang frowned, staring blankly at the back of his departure.

    Father-in-law, what happened? What the **** is going on?

    He is not a fool, he will not feel the strangeness of Zhou Mao, how can someone who loves his daughter so much know that his daughter is worried about his own affairs, but he does not go to see her!

    Is Daddy still mad at her? When he arrived at the palace, he didn’t even want to see her.

    “Father-in-law… he has some urgent matters, so he can’t stay for a long time. But before he left, he asked me to take care of you.” King Ping scratched his ears and tried to explain.

    Zhou Wanning looked lonely, sat back slowly, lowered her head and said nothing.

    No matter how anxious you are, you won’t even have time to meet. Daddy must still be annoyed at himself.

    There was a sense of daze in her heart, father refused to see her, what about mother? What about the two brothers? Are you also annoying yourself?

    Is she really wrong?

    “Princess…” King Ping hesitated for a long time, but finally summoned up the courage to sit beside her and wanted to hold her hand to comfort her, but he was afraid of making her unhappy. sit.

    Zhou Wanning turned her head and looked at him blankly.

    The person in front of her is her husband. She doesn’t like it much, but she doesn’t hate it either. After all, no one can really hate someone who is really good to them.

    Unfortunately, he appeared too late.

    Seeing that she was just looking at him quietly, and her expression was not as indifferent as before, King Ping was overjoyed, and couldn’t help but secretly sat closer to her.

    “Actually, you don’t have to worry, my father-in-law must have made up his mind, and the father has praised his talent many times, and it must be the same, so he will let him go to Xiyan.” He cleared his throat, More and more softly persuaded.

    “Why did you marry me back then? Could it be because you saved me once?” Zhou Wanning asked suddenly.

    Ping Wang was stunned, as if she did not expect that she would ask such a question, but she was a little excited. This was the first time she asked about the relationship between the two.

    He scratched his ears again, and after a while he whispered: “No, it’s not because of that. If I don’t like it, how could I marry him back just because I saved him? .”

    Seeing her as if not believing, he quickly continued: “Actually, in fact, before that time, I, I have seen you.”

    Jun’s face was slightly red, but he still mustered up his courage and said: “That year, the empress, the empress, was not the current queen, but the previous queen of Zhou. You, you entered the palace to congratulate me, I , I have seen you from a distance in Fengkun Palace.”

    His voice became lower and lower, and in the end it was almost like a whisper, but Zhou Wanning could still hear it clearly.

    She was stunned and entered the palace to congratulate her aunt Qianqiu? That must have been years ago, how old was she then?

    Looking at his slightly red ears, for some reason, her heart softened and she was about to say a few words when she heard the words of Concubine Kong Side.

    “His Royal Highness was here with my sister…”

     Her face sank all of a sudden, and she stood up indifferently and entered the room.

    Ping Wang has already felt her sudden softening attitude, seeing that the husband and wife can take this opportunity to mend their relationship, but she never thought it would come to nothing.

    This woman is really hateful! In addition to using the mother and concubine to press yourself from time to time, what else?

    Dignified and gentle? Generous and decent? What a joke!

    ***

    At this moment Wei Junhang came in, and the two hurriedly called him forward again, intending to ask for his opinion.

    When Wei Junhang heard this, the smile on his face gradually faded, and after a while, he sighed: “Chenglin’s marriage, let’s delay it for a few more years!”