Wishing You Eternal Happiness - Chapter 64

The second wife was also invited by Madam Liu. She came in and saw Jiafu standing in the room. She didn’t see Madam Xin. She thought that Madam Xin called her and herself, and said with a smile: “What is your mother-in-law doing? Call me too, the three-counseling will not be successful?”

Jiafu bowed to her: “Auntie, it’s no wonder, it was the niece who was the master and aunty who invited her.”

The second wife was startled slightly and glanced at her. Mrs. Xin also came in at this time, saw Meng’s presence, glanced at her, then looked at Jiafu, and said indifferently: “The girl said you are looking for me? What’s the matter?”

Gaffer asked her to send out all the girls and servants who were accompanying them first. The second wife responded immediately, and sent the person out with a smile. Madam Xin showed a slight displeasure, and finally sent the person away. Jiafu thanked her two people, and then went to Madam Xin, without saying anything, then knelt down to her and bowed her head with a solemn expression. .

Mrs. Xin stayed for a while.

This kind of gift, last time was the morning of the wedding the next day, when I met Weng Gu. On weekdays, it’s just a courtesy.

“What do you mean?”

Mrs. Xin seemed to have finally noticed Gaffer’s abnormality and frowned slightly.

Jiafu raised her head and said, “There are no idlers here. The aunt is her own, so the daughter-in-law will just say something if she has something to say. The daughter-in-law came over for nothing else, but asked her mother-in-law. When the husband was 16 years old, he was accused of filial piety. How does the mother-in-law treat Xianweng’s disrespect?”

Madam Xin’s face became stiff, and she froze on the spot, and the second wife slowly reduced her smile, staring at Jia Fu without saying a word.

Jiafu continued: “The daughter-in-law knows that there was a lot of noise in the past. Now that it has been rioted and everyone knows it, now it is not a taboo that cannot be said. His character, why would he have done such a shameful thing back then? The daughter-in-law was puzzled, the so-called knowing the son is more than the mother, so the daughter-in-law really can’t bear it.

After Jiafu finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Xin in front of him.

Mrs. Xin looked down at her at first, and looked at her for a moment. Seeing that she hadn’t retreated at all, her eyes gradually flickered, and she wandered to the left and right, and said unhappily, “It’s been so long, why did you mention this again?”

“For outsiders, the past has passed, but for a wife, we share weal and woe. The glory of the husband is the glory of the daughter-in-law, and the fault of the husband is the fault of the daughter-in-law. Not only the daughter-in-law, but the mother-in-law, and even the daughter-in-law. This is the case in the entire Guogong Mansion. So the daughter-in-law asked her mother-in-law to know what to say.”

Mrs. Xin said vaguely: “I naturally don’t believe that You’an will be such a person…”

She coughed slightly and stopped.

“With the words of the mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law is relieved!”

Gaffer knocked her head again.

“Why did the aunt and grandma hang in front of the husband’s residence back then, so that the husband was stigmatized? It’s not what I asked for today. What I asked for was something like the mother-in-law. I beg the mother-in-law to find out and dare to discuss it today. The person in this matter shall be dealt with according to family law.”

Mrs. Xin reluctantly said: “What do you mean by this?”

Jiafu’s eyes were reddish: “It’s only a few days after the husband left. Recently, there has been a rumor in the family, saying that there was a cry in the middle of the night in the house where my aunt used to live, and why someone saw the husband’s youth outside the home. Hanging the ghost and wandering. The mother-in-law has experienced the old things of the year and should hate the rumors more than the daughter-in-law. The husband is in danger this time and is ordered to share the worries about the deacon for Long live. This is a crucial point. The same, if you spread it out, the husband’s reputation will be defaced again, and it will be a small matter. If you reuse the husband’s long live, I am afraid that it will not be easy to confess!”

Mrs. Xin paused.

“Unreasonable! There is such a thing? I have to check it out!” The tone was angry, and he walked over to Jia Fu, comforting: “Your grandmother is in poor health. I am busy serving these days, plus other things. I stumbled, and I don’t know how lawlessness has reached this point. Don’t worry, now that I know, I’m going to chase down and find the person who spread the rumor!” The servants, together with the big and small stewards, all summoned at once.

Jiafu turned to Meng’s: “Just now I invited her aunt together, but also wanted to ask her. It’s best if no one on your side spread rumors. If there is also rumors, ask her aunt to call the shots together to take precautions.”

The second lady said awe-inspiringly: “Afu, why didn’t you say it earlier? Blame me, I didn’t notice it for a while. Don’t worry, I will call all the people here and ask one by one! The grasshoppers on the rope are all one by one. You can’t run away with your legs tied!” He said, he ordered everyone to call all his servants.

Jiafu wiped away the tears, and thanked Mrs. Xin and the second wife again: “Regardless of whether someone can be found, when the husband returns home, I will tell the matter as it is, and then, together with the husband, thank the mother-in-law and aunt. “

Mrs. Xin showed a slightly awkward expression: “You Anben is my son. How can I tolerate the next person being so presumptuous. Get up.”

Only then did Jia Fu got up from the ground.

The house girl in Pei’s family, who was in charge of various places, and more than a hundred people, were called to Mrs. Xin’s courtyard one after another, rubbing their shoulders, squeezing each other, and standing in a large courtyard. At first everyone didn’t know what was going on, and they were whispering there, waiting for Mrs. Xin with a cold face and telling the story again, ordering to find out the person who spread the rumor, and the yard became silent.

You pass this to me, I pass it to you, whoever is willing to admit to themselves, those who have been spotted, identify each other, and some who want to show their faces and do meritorious services, they point out someone, and even those who are at odds on weekdays, who are taking the opportunity to retaliate privately at this moment. Duck-like naming and surnames, those who have been pointed out, how can they be willing to admit it, naturally call out the injustice, and then pull out someone else. For a while, the yard cried and cried, and the yelling was awkward. Madam Xin gave her life to slap her mouth again. The trial lasted until midnight. In the end, there were more than ten people left. Madam Xin and the second wife were exhausted. They ordered the steward to continue the trial overnight. Be sure to ask tomorrow morning. The results.

Jiafu had already left before Madam Xin and the second wife. One night, the next morning, I learned the news and said that I finally found out that the first to spread the rumor was actually the girl Xiangmei in Zhou Jiao’e’s house.

It is said that Xiangmei was quietly called over that night, and Zhou Jiao’e didn’t know it at the time. Xiangmei learned that she had been accused and defended herself in every possible way, but the lady in charge was like a wolf and tiger. After several rounds of interrogation, Xiangmei confessed and detained on the spot, saying that she had listened to Zhou Jiao’e’s instructions. Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Xin got up overnight and called Zhou Jiao’e to confront her. Zhou Jiao’e naturally denied it. Mrs. Xin didn’t say anything at the time, but just calmed her a few words. By the morning of the next day, all the servants were summoned again, and the people dragged Xiangmei out, tearing off her pants and hitting her. board. There are two crimes, one is spreading rumors, causing trouble to people’s hearts, and the other is false accusation of the master, which adds to the crime.

The girl servant woman, some have suffered last night, and her mouth was still swollen this morning. At this moment, she saw the shape of a fragrant plum, and everyone was silent. Zhou Jiao’e was also faceless, and went into hiding, saying only that it was best to kill her.

When she heard the news, Mother Liu was filled with indignation, and she wished she would go up and hit the fragrant plum in person, but Jiafu was nothing more than a smile.

She rushed in front of Madam Xin yesterday, called the second madam as well, forcing her to interrogate, and she never thought of actually finding out the person who started the rumor.

Where did this rumor originate from? It looks confused, but in reality it is either one or the other. There are just a few people in the Pei family, and it’s just a bad account that outsiders don’t know.

What she wants is to stop the wind in time, cut off the hidden dangers before eliciting more rumors, and at the same time show the attitude of her own hospital, and let the other party know that what happened in the past is not unknown, but Pei Youan recognized it back then. , Now he will no longer be held accountable, but he will never tolerate anyone wanting to secretly make things happen while Pei Youan is away.

Her goal was achieved.

Just yesterday, the rumors of haunting people in the lower population were still said to have been stunned, but after one night, the girl, no one dared to say a word, the whole Guogong Mansion completely stopped.

The next day, when Mrs. Xin was attending the illness, she told Mrs. Pei about the matter she had dealt with. The old lady was silent for a moment, and nodded: “You did a good job. When a family member is treated like this, take precautions as soon as possible. The so-called three people become tigers, everyone talks about gold, and Youan is doing things for Long live. Now, there can be no such disorder at home.”

Mrs. Xin said yes.

Mrs. Pei never mentioned this matter again, and Jiafu still served her as before, and stayed by the bed all day long.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and in a blink of an eye, late autumn has passed, and it has entered the midwinter of this year. Except for that incident, there hasn’t been any trouble in the Guogong Mansion, but the atmosphere in the rooms has become more and more depressing.

The old lady’s spirit is getting worse and worse, and sometimes she doesn’t wake up all day long. The imperial doctor came to see him the day before yesterday, and listened to his tone, it seemed that the oil lamp was exhausted and he was unable to recover. It should be this winter. Pei Quan took leave and waited on the couch.

Gaffer moved the bedclothes to the old lady, and served in morning and evening, undressed. At night that day, she asked Yuzhu, who had been with her the whole night, to go to bed, and she would stay with her tonight.

Yuzhu went, and Jiafu asked the remaining girls to rest separately, and sat with the old lady’s couch by herself.

The room is quiet and silent. After a while, the old lady slowly opened her eyes. Seeing this, Jia Fu hurriedly got up, took a cup of warm water, and fed her a few sips.

The old lady had been dizzy a few days ago, but now she seemed to be getting better. She ordered Jiafu to help herself sit up, leaned on the pillow, patted her hand gently, and sighed: “Youan is gone. It’s only been a while since you took care of me, and your face became thinner. When he comes back, I’m afraid I’ll feel distressed when I see him.”

Gaffer looked at holding her skinny hand, resisting the sadness in her heart, and said: “As long as the grandmother is well, the granddaughter-in-law is not tired.”

The old lady smiled slightly: “What’s going on with You An, do you have any news?”

Four or five months have passed since Pei Youan left Beijing. When he got there, he first subdued the turbulent refugee leader, and then went deep into the field. After investigating the local population and current situation, Shangshu suggested that the imperial court stop forcibly moving out the refugees who had already settled, set up a county on the spot, and include the refugees. Huang Ce, acknowledging the land that has been reclaimed, allowing them to pay taxes and granting them the status of formal benefactors, stabilized. Xiao Lie allowed him to go on sparse, and now he should be busy with the aftermath.

Gaffer said the situation again.

The old lady nodded: “I knew You’an would take care of it…”

She stopped and stared at Gaffer, as if thinking about something on her mind, and stopped talking.

Jiafu gradually became a little uneasy when he was seen by Mrs. Pei, and said softly: “Does grandma have something to say?”

The old lady seemed to have regained her consciousness, and slowly said: “Last time you forced your mother-in-law to do the thing, grandma knows about it. You did a good job. Grandma remembers that when you passed her birthday, you met outside your home in You’an. When the two women broke their mouths, you were annoyed and spoke for You An. Grandma was a little puzzled. At that time, you and You An should not have much contact with each other. How could you believe that You An was innocent and spoke for him? “

Jiafu said: “Afu met his eldest cousin when he was young. Although he had no contact with him later, he believed that his eldest cousin was a gentleman and he was definitely not the one who did that kind of thing. Now Afu is fortunate to be his wife. No matter how incompetent, when encountering this kind of thing, we can’t allow others to slander him any more.”

The old lady stared at her, stopped talking, held her five fingers, and gradually tightened.

“Old lady, long live with the imperial physician, come to visit in person, the holy driver is already at the door.”

There was a sudden sound of rapid footsteps outside, and Yuzhu’s voice came in.

Jiafu was taken aback, just about to get up, and suddenly felt that his hands were tight again, but Mrs. Pei held on tightly.

Gaffer was puzzled, looked at the old lady, and saw her eyes moved slightly, as if she was making some decision. After a while, she said, “You don’t have to avoid it. Go to the green cupboard behind my bed and don’t show up.”

Gaffer was taken aback.

“Go.” The old lady’s expression turned calm.

“Remember, no matter what you hear, keep it in your heart, this is my grandmother’s order.”

Mrs. Pei looked at her, every word.