Who Cares - Chapter 179
When Minglan and Mingfang returned to the main room after dinner, they saw the master with disheveled heads, his face was pale, holding a **** jade pillow in his hand, looking at the bed with wide eyes. The two followed her gaze, and then one was sluggish, the other turned and ran away, “It’s not good! Madam injured Master Hou! Go call the doctor, go!”
Guan Suyi returned to her senses. It was too late to stop Mingfang, so she could only throw away the jade pillow and laughed at herself, “Good girl, she is really focused on Zhao Luli.”
Minglan knew that the situation was not good, she twisted her veil to wipe the blood-stained face of Master Hou, and said in a low voice, “Miss, don’t panic, you said it was the slave who smashed Master Hou. The slave and maid would be beaten. Nothing.”
“Don’t move him, lest you get hurt, just wipe off the blood.” Guan Suyi’s icy heart surged with warmth, and he sighed, “Silly girl, I’m doing things all by myself, why should you do it for me? The crime? If Zhao Luli is smashed, I will be sent to another hospital at most. It doesn’t matter. If he can’t wake up, I will pay for his life. The old lady is soft-hearted, and I beg her to let her let you go home.”
Seeing that her face had changed from panic to numbness, her eyes showed a sense of death and stillness, and she couldn’t help but cry in a low voice, “Where the maid goes, the slave and maid will go wherever she goes, to live together, to die together to die. Miss, why are you going to beat Lord Hou? Is he bullying you?”
Guan Suyi didn’t want to recall the disgusting scene just now, so she avoided, “Okay, let’s live and die together, and leave Mingfang. She wants to climb Gaozhi with all her heart, and how can she know what Zhao Luli is? I originally returned it. I plan to find a steward to marry her so that she won’t jump into the fire pit. She doesn’t appreciate it at all. Seeing that she has just been waiting, she obviously doesn’t recognize me as the master. If this is the case, let her go.”
Minglan had a simple mind, and immediately forgot the doubts in front of him, and gritted his teeth, “Bah, Xiaolang hoof! All day long I only know how to hook up Master Hou, and it is not rare for Master Hou to even give her a straight eye. Miss, let’s not treat her like her in the future. This number! Don’t panic, Master Hou is still breathing and can’t die.”
Guan Suyi rubbed Minglan’s head affectionately, only then began to tidy up her appearance. Half a quarter of an hour later, the old lady hurried to with a group of people, including Zhao Luli’s children, Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu, and his concubine, who was raised in the backyard. Even if the old lady hates this son any more, it is a piece of flesh that fell from her body after all, and there is no reason to feel distressed.
The doctor then rushed to diagnose Zhao Houye’s injury and told everyone that the situation was serious. He took two bowls of medicine and waited until tomorrow. If you can wake up tomorrow, everything will be fine. If you don’t wake up tomorrow, it will be bad.
The old lady pityed the daughter-in-law after all, and did not reprimand her in front of everyone, but her face was extremely ugly. Everyone stayed in the house all night. The next day, Zhao Luli still didn’t wake up. His children and Ji concubine all gathered around the bed, calling out one after another, but he couldn’t open his eyes.
The old lady looked at the people who were crying out of breath, and looked at the dull-looking daughter-in-law, she couldn’t help but said coldly, “Suyi, you follow me out.”
The two went to the side hall to talk.
“Su Yi, you have been living for four years. The whole house is up and down by you. Wang Shu and Xi’er are also raised under your knees. Now they look a little bit. At first I was very satisfied with you, but in recent years, I have seen that even Ye It’s not as complicated as that. It’s okay that you are the mistress, and it’s okay that you should do housework, but you are Lu Li’s wife first, you can’t even keep his people, why are you staying in Zhao’s house? Husband and wife Dun Lun Shinai It’s just right, you don’t want it, why do you hit him with a jade pillow? If you plan to stay a widow for the rest of your life, then go to other places to watch, don’t stay in the house to get in my eyes. Look at Ye Fan, then look at you, I am so disappointed in you!”
The old lady closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.
Guan Suyi didn’t say a word of rebuttal. Why didn’t she want to keep her husband? But Zhao Luli must give her a chance! She has an upright character and can’t speak soft words, so she eagerly treats him well, but unexpectedly he avoids her like a snake and speaks coldly. She is also human, with dignity, flesh and blood, and can feel shame and pain. She couldn’t do it when he called another woman’s name and was forced to endure the humiliation she shouldn’t have endured. She doesn’t have the same appearance as Ye Zhenxiao, and can’t substitute for Zhao Luli like Ye Fan did. Is this her fault?
Forget it, this family really can’t stay any longer. Thinking about this, she squatted her head heavily, “Old lady, I am sorry for Master Hou. If you want to send me away, I will pack my things and leave immediately.”
The old lady thought she could wake her up, but she didn’t expect that she would be so reluctant and mad. At this moment, Mingfang knocked on the door of the room and said loudly, “Madam, someone from Guan’s family is here, saying that the old man is very sick, please help.”
Guan Suyi’s numb expression faded instantly, and immediately opened the door and asked, “Who is here? My mother? What’s wrong with grandfather?”
The husband was lying on the bed without knowing his life and death, and did not see her shed any tears, she was confused when Guan Jia shouted casually. Well, it’s also an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf! The old lady became more and more angry, and said coldly, “I borrowed a hundred taels of silver last time, and after half a month, I came back to beat the autumn wind, and it was endless.”
Guan Suyi knelt down with a puff, crying, “Old lady, my grandfather is really seriously ill, please be mercy and save him!” The old man’s body can only be supported by precious medicinal materials such as ginseng and ganoderma for one day. The expenses are as high as tens of liang. If it is not really desperate, where will the family beg to the Hou Mansion? No amount of arrogance is worth mentioning in the face of grandfather’s safety. Guan Suyi kowtowed while begging, and soon knocked his forehead and shed a lot of blood.
The old lady was not hard-hearted. Although she was annoyed by her severely hurting her son, she would not die. She was paid a hundred taels of silver and sent the Zhong clan away. Then she waved her hand and said, “You go to the ancestral hall and kneel, if tomorrow Lu Li is not awake, you can go to Cangzhou. Helping you to raise the Guan family for four years, can you tell how much money you spent up and down? Our Hou Mansion has done everything to you.”
Guan Suyi is not an ungrateful person, so why can’t I remember the silver dollars that Hou Mansion spent on his grandfather? She originally wanted to take good care of Zhao Luli’s sons and daughters, take care of the old lady’s retirement, and take care of the housework, but now it seems that people can no longer tolerate her.
She banged her head three times and said sincerely, “Thank you, old lady, I dare not forget your great kindness. I have no repayment in this life. I only hope to be a cow and a horse for you in the next life. If there is anything good or bad about Lord Hou, I’m in Cangzhou, you can pay me for your life at any time, please look at your past love, don’t involve my mother’s family.”
The old lady knew that this daughter-in-law had a good heart, but she was too straightforward, unlike Ye Fan, who could please her son with that face. She didn’t want to tolerate her, but she shouldn’t do anything wrong, she shouldn’t ruin her son and make him know his life or death. If she doesn’t discipline her, how can she explain it to others? Besides, if his son really can’t wake up, Ye Fanshao must not make a big fuss, or send the culprit to the government, or kill him on the spot. In short, he won’t be good.
The old lady hated her and didn’t want to take two lives, so she simply sent the person away and let her fend for herself.
“You don’t need to be a cow and a horse. You will do it yourself in the future. You also know that my temper will never involve innocent people. Go.” The old lady wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and opened the door to go out.
Guan Suyi slowly stood up with the help of Minglan, and caught sight of Mingfang hiding behind the window, and sighed, “If Master Hou can’t wake up tomorrow, Minglan and I will go to Cangzhou. You stay and take care of him.”
Mingfang resented, “A slave servant will take care of Lord Hou. Madam, why did you hit him with a jade pillow? Do you want to kill him?” If something happened to Lord Hou, what is the point of her staying?
Guan Suyi didn’t reply, and walked out without squinting, and caught a glimpse of Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Chunxi standing on the corridor, unavoidably showing a look of guilt. She bent down and bowed deeply, but the two stared with hatred. Ye Fan held up his pregnant belly in August and September, and said cruelly, “Guan Suyi, if Master Hou has any shortcomings, I want you to pay for it!”
“My life is here, waiting for you to come and get it at any time.” Guan Suyi bowed again and again before turning away.
The next day, Zhao Luli still did not wake up, but his pulse phase improved slightly. Seeing Ye Fan jumping up and down trying to kill Guan Suyi, the old lady had to stuff people into the carriage and send them to Cangzhou far away. Less than half a day after she had been away, Zhao Luli woke up, and his expression couldn’t help being stunned when he saw his sleepy son and daughter by the bed.
How could Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu be so young? Isn’t he dying of illness? He sat up slowly and touched his painful forehead, his memory surged like a tide, and he almost fainted.
Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu were awakened by a groan. When they saw their painful father, one hurried to help, and the other ran out and shouted, “Daddy is awake! Go call the doctor!”
The old lady slept next door, and immediately rushed to check after hearing the noise. As she faced the midair, she thanked God for her kindness. And Zhao Luli was suffering from the erosion of memory, and soon realized that he was reborn. This is Zhenbeihoufu. His wife is still in Suyi, but the rest of the matter is completely different from the previous life. Grandfather-in-law and father-in-law were not reused by the court. Instead, Xu Guangzhi used them as a stepping stone in that debate and completely suppressed them. The Guan family is now destitute, and grandfather-in-law is seriously ill, so he can only hang himself with medicinal materials; his father-in-law has a small job as a knife and pen in Facao, and his life is extremely difficult; and his wife has married him for four years, diligent and conscientious. Working hard, he turned a blind eye to her, and even humiliated her everywhere.
“Madam,” he shouted silently, “Where is the madam? I want to see her!” Whether you dream or reincarnate, as long as you can see Madam again and make up for her, everything is worth it!
“Is Lord Hou okay?” An anxious female voice came from outside the door, causing Zhao Luli to hold his breath and look at it, but he saw Ye Fan stiff his belly and stepped into the interior in two steps. Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Chunxi hurriedly greeted her, holding her from left to right, their expressions nervous.
Ye Fan? pregnant? Zhao Luli was in ecstasy, as if being poured down by a bucket of ice water, his blood was instantly cold.
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Guan Suyi and Minglan packed up some softness and swayed to Cangzhou in a carriage. In addition to the coachman, there was an old lady who was in charge of escorting. The two probably knew that the wife had fallen out of favor and had a bad attitude towards her. At first, they wanted to swindle a few money, but they found out that she was really penniless, so they gave up, but the words were swearing and it was very unclean.
Ming Lan kept holding her breath, but she was stopped by Guan Suyi for several seizures. The journey of Cangzhou is far away. If the **** is offended, it is unknown whether he can arrive alive, so if he can bear it, he will bear it.
The old woman is used to sneaking and rape. When she left the house, the old lady gave her a hundred taels of silver, saying that it was an **** to the wife. She secretly concealed it, then teased the driver to send herself home, intending to give the silver to her children and grandchildren. In fact, how can Guan Suyi know? It’s just that people have to bow their heads under the eaves. If Zhao Luli couldn’t wake up, she was ready to lose one life, so naturally she wouldn’t care about these trivial matters.
The coachman parked the car by the pond at the entrance of the village and followed the old woman back to eat. He asked his wife before leaving, and ignored her when she shook her head.
“Huh, these dogs look at people low!” Ming Lan sipped.
“Don’t breathe with them,” Guan Suyi rubbed Minglan’s head and comforted, “For a few irrelevant people, why bother to hurt the liver and lungs? We only need to reach Cangzhou safely.” She couldn’t arrive alive, even she herself didn’t know. The old lady wanted to let her go, but when Zhao Luli had an accident, she might change her mind.
Minglan was very depressed, and whispered, “I don’t know what’s going on with Lord Hou, I hope he won’t die.”
Guan Suyi’s eyes dimmed slightly, but he didn’t answer the words. Of course she hoped that Zhao Luli would wake up, but she didn’t regret the injury to him. If she did it again, she would still resist desperately.
Both the master and the servant were a little bit unconscious, but at this moment, a large group of villagers clamored across the pond. The leader was a gray-haired old man with a piece of paper in his hand, seeming to announce something. Because of the distance and the noisy environment, Guan Suyi couldn’t hear clearly, and only vaguely caught a few words, such as “Don’t obey women’s way, **** it”. When his words were over, the crowd separated left and right, and a woman trapped in a bamboo cage was brought up. The surrounding villagers frantically threw rotten vegetables and stones at her, and some people spit.
The woman was very frightened. First she verbally insulted these people. Seeing that they were indifferent, she cried in despair. Even after a long distance, she could feel the despair and grief in her voice.
“Oh, it’s not good, this woman is going to be caught in Shentang!” Minglan shouted with a pale face.
Since the Empress Empress wrote “The Ring of Women” and publicized it in Beijing, Shentang is no longer a novelty. Any woman who is defined as “not observing women’s way” will either end up in her home or drown in Shentang, and will end up miserably one by one.
Guan Suyi had suppressed countless angry chests, and he was ups and downs violently because of this sentence. Why should a woman suffer these tortures? Men are humans, but women are not humans? Can they let them fight and kill, and treat them like livestock?
She quickly took off her shoes and socks and heavy robe, chose a place full of bushes and reeds, and went into the water quietly.
“Miss, what are you doing? It’s cold now, so be careful of freezing.” Minglan realized something, and quickly lowered her voice, “Miss, you must be careful not to be discovered by those people!”
Guan Suyi traveled around with her grandfather since she was a child, not to mention that a pond that is several tens of meters square can be waded through even the rivers and lakes. She swam slowly along the reeds, and after a while, she held her breath and dived into the bottom of the water. After a while, she quietly emerged again, and unknowingly, she reached the other side.
The villagers were all fighting against the woman, and no one looked into the water. The old man seemed to be fed up with the woman’s crying and yelling, and raised his hand, “Throw her down!”
The villagers who had something good had long been ready to move, and immediately stepped forward to lift the woman, took a boat to the center of the pond, and threw her down. The pond was very turbid, and because it was too deep, it was impossible to ascertain what was underneath. Only a few blisters came up and burst on the surface of the water.
“Patriarch, it’s over.” They shouted and rowed the boat to the shore. The villagers stood on tiptoes and craned their necks, but they couldn’t see anything, and because of the cold winter, it was too cold, so they stood for a while and went home one after another.
Li Su’e, who was **** in a bamboo cage by the Big Five Flowers, struggled for a while, but finally had to admit her fate. She tried her best to hold her last breath, and quickly recalled the little uncle’s companionship and shared joys and sorrows, but there was no regret in her heart. If you do it again, she will still take care of him, follow him, and fall in love with him. She only hated that she resuscitated herself too late and resisted too deeply, not being able to spend more time with him, and leaving him more happiness.
I hope that in the next life, you and I can meet sooner. Thinking about this, she exhaled one last breath, letting the cold liquid pour her nose into her mouth. At this moment, a hazy figure swam over in the turbid waters. Her white single clothes floated up and down, her long black hair spread out like algae, and then drifted backward with the water, revealing a beautiful face.
Li Su’e opened her eyes wide, thinking that she was in the middle of a ghost, but found that the other party grabbed the bamboo cage and swam to the other side, worried that she would drown, and came over to give her a sigh of relief.
Lips are soft and hot, so she is a human, not a ghost. Li Su’e was in a trance, sorrowful and joyful. When she returned to her senses, the bamboo cage had surfaced and was hidden in the dense reeds. Fortunately, her hands and feet were tied tightly and could not struggle, so she was rescued smoothly. Otherwise, with the current temperature, if the two of them were entangled and pulled together, they might be dead.
“Are you okay?” She heard the woman ask with concern.
“I’m fine,” Li Su’e burst into tears at the moment he spoke, and said excitedly, “Thank you for saving me, thank you!”
The woman shook her head and said nothing, tore open the bamboo cage with her bare hands, untied the rope, and hugged her ashore. Li Su’e was stupid, she never expected that the other party was so petite and petite, so powerful. No wonder she dared to jump into the water to save people in the twelfth lunar month of winter.
Thinking of the kiss in the water, and thinking of the woman’s calm and calm behavior, Li Su’e’s pale cheeks were flushed, feeling a bit shy. Who is this woman? She is so chivalrous, she must let her uncle thank him after returning home!
“Why, scared?” After getting on the carriage, the woman handed her a veil and comforted her softly, “Don’t be afraid, you are safe now, quickly put on dry clothes to avoid frostbite. Can you trust me? And those who are running away? I’ll take you there now if I have.” He changed his clothes and walked outside to take the reins.
Minglan handed Li Su’e the skirt she had prepared a long time ago, and said anxiously, “Miss, will it be bad for you to leave those two dog things in Lijiacun?”
“It’s nothing bad. I don’t say anything, it doesn’t mean I’m afraid of them, but I’m too lazy to care about it.” Guan Suyi was full of disapproval. The two changed their itinerary privately and hid the owner’s belongings. When they discovered that the carriage was missing, they would definitely run back to the house to arrange their own guilt and escape. When I finished sending the woman home, I confessed the crime to the old lady, saying only that I was worried that the two would take them to a strange place and murder, so I drove away and took refuge temporarily.
The old lady is a bright eye and sends someone to investigate it, just to see who is unlucky in the end.
Minglan has always obeyed the young lady’s words, and when she saw that she was confident, she stopped talking, and silently helped Li Su’e wipe her hair. Li Su’e was very grateful to the two of them. Knowing that they were inconvenient to ask why they were killed, she took the initiative to talk, “Thank you for your help. My last name is Li and my name is Su’e, and I am the sister-in-law of Zhenxihou. Excuse me for sending me back to Zhenxihou. Thank you very much!”
“It turned out to be Mrs. Li, it’s a good time to meet.” Guan Suyi seldom goes out to socialize because of his low family background, and he doesn’t know many ladies. But this Mrs. Li has heard about her. The other party seems to be from a poor family, but because of Zhenxihou’s affection and righteousness, she is grateful for her many years of care and respects her very much.
Why was the sister-in-law of Xihou in Tangtang Town arrested to Shentang? Guan Suyi didn’t want to know the secret inside, and would never inquire. However, she did not ask, but Li Su’e took the initiative to frankly, “I think my sister is chivalrous hearted, so I won’t lie to you. My uncle and I discussed that we will get married in the spring of the coming year. Somehow the clansmen know about it. The patriarch is a Confucian student and follows the Xu family. That kind of rhetoric tricked me back into Shentang. Fortunately, I met my sister, otherwise I would not be able to go back alive today.”
After talking about this, she was terrified, and her eyes started to flush again.
It turned out that it was the sister-in-law who remarried the uncle, and it was considered a mess of ethics, no wonder the old people couldn’t bear it. Guan Suyi thought to herself, but she didn’t show any surprise or contempt on her face, which made Li Su’e more relieved.
Perhaps it was because the other party saved her at the most desperate moment. Li Su’e trusted her very much and was very close. After changing clothes, she sat beside her and asked with a smile, “Which sister does my sister belong to? Can you tell me? It looks like you are going to travel a long distance? There are two diao slaves by your side? Don’t be afraid, when you arrive at Zhenxihou Mansion, I will ask Ling Yun to send a guard to **** you, and then send a letter to your house.”
Seeing that she recovered so quickly, Guan Suyi felt a lot more relaxed, and replied, “I am Guan Suyi, Mrs. Zhenbeihou. Don’t bother my sister to send me off. I’ll go back and explain why later. Of course, I don’t. Will reveal anything to my sister, this is our secret.”
Li Su’e opened her mouth in surprise, “You, you are Mrs. Zhenbeihou? Oh, it’s a fate to meet each other for thousands of miles! We have a Zhenbei and a Zhenxi, and we have the word’su’ in our names. We should be married. Sister Jinlan is!”
Is it used like this? Guan Suyi smiled and drove back to the capital while talking and laughing with Li Su’e.
The coachman and the old woman came out of the house after lunch, and after walking around the village for a few laps, they didn’t find the carriage. It felt that something was not good, so they hired an ox cart and hurried back home. When Zhao Luli learned that his wife had been sent to Cangzhou, Ye Fan, who had a big belly, immediately dispatched people to intercept it. The old lady repeatedly ordered him to stay in bed to recuperate. Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Chunxi cried and stood in the way, and a group of concubines all went up and hugged his legs, making it hard for him to move.
At this moment, how much he missed the clean and quiet Zhao family, which was neatly organized by his wife, instead of this seemingly bell-ringing, but in fact, filthy and chaotic Hou Mansion. At this moment, the coachman and the old woman hurried over, knelt down and shouted, “It’s not good, Madam, she absconded in fear of sin!”