After rebirth, mother and son are

Si Wei waited for Shaoyao to tidy up for him, then ordered her to carry Zhan'er to Qiao'er's room, and she stayed there to take care of the two children, while he himself sat on the master seat in the outer room and talked silently.

The housekeeper came very quickly, and when he heard the call from the eldest lady who was usually quiet, he hurriedly put on his clothes and came out. If he looked carefully, he would find that he had buttoned the wrong button. "Ma'am, what are your orders?" In the middle of the night, it must be a big deal for the eldest lady to call herself here without being suspicious of a man and a woman. This matter probably has something to do with her master.

"Uncle Qi, please wait first, Haitang is going to invite the young lady, let's talk about it when the young lady comes..." Shaoyao settled the two little ones, and made a pot of strong tea, so no one would want to sleep tonight up.

Except for Zhiqing who was arranged by Shaoyao to watch the two children, the rest of the adults were waiting in the outer room.The bitter taste of tea filled the throat, and every moment was a torment, but no one was willing to open his mouth to break the torment.

Of course, except for Si Wei, the rest of these people were subordinates. They would definitely not open their mouths if the master didn't speak, and Si Wei, who could speak at this time, had no desire to speak at all.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of opening the door sounded in the yard, "Young Madam, watch out!" It was Haitang's voice.

Liu Minyi hurried into the room, saw the housekeeper and Qi Zhong were there, hesitated for a moment, and returned to her usual noble and dignified appearance, walked up to Si Wei, and asked a little anxiously: "Mother, I heard that Haitang said that something happened to my father-in-law. ?what happened?"

Si Wei pointed at Qi Zhong, and Liu Minyi immediately looked at Qi Zhong sternly, "Say, what happened?"

"I, I..." Qi Zhong repeated what he had said to Si Wei.I don't know if I have already said it, but Qi Zhong's emotions are not as excited as before, although he is still a little stuttering, but this is mainly because of the majesty of the young lady.

"How did this happen?" Liu Minyi's feet were weak and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the maid behind her supported her.

"Two, two ladies, what, what should I do?" The butler's legs were also shaking, and the good old man went out but never came back. Will Lord Hou punish him when he comes back?

"Yes, mother, what should I do?" Liu Minyi grabbed Si Wei's robe like grabbing a life-saving straw.If she hadn't had the heart to deal with that concubine named Mei Xiang, that concubine would not have urged her father-in-law to go out to visit the brothel, nor would she... If the husband-in-law found out, what should I do?

Si Wei was caught by Liu Minyi, and only looked at the Four Treasures of the Study on the coffee table. It took a long time before he picked up a pen and wrote: "When married, obey the husband, and when the husband dies, obey the son."

Liu Minyi frowned and looked at it for a long time but couldn't understand Si Wei's meaning, so she asked again: "What does mother mean?"

"Send someone to invite Lord Hou to come back. The family affairs will remain as they are, and we will make a decision when Lord Hou comes back." Si Wei wrote again.

Just as Liu Minyi was about to say something, she heard a commotion in the yard.The sound wasn't too noisy during the day, but it was very clear at night. Several small courtyards around Jinglan Garden lit up their lights one after another. Obviously, what Si Wei wanted to hide could not be concealed.

"Go in!" A big-armed servant woman pushed Mei Xiang into the outer room where Siwei and the others were, "Young master, the servant girl is waiting outside Mrs. Mei Xiang's courtyard according to your instructions. Sure enough, she sneaked to the back door in the middle of the night in an attempt to escape. , This is her burden."

The maid stepped forward and put the bundle on the coffee table and opened it. Except for a few clothes, the rest was a wooden box.The women are no strangers to the kind of box, which they usually use to put their jewelry, and it contains all the gold, silver and jewelry that Mei Xiang has accumulated over the years.

"Where are you going with these?" Liu Minyi sternly asked Mei Xiang.

"Go to the master! You mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are working together. If you have money, you won't buy the master's favorite thing. If you don't want it, I will! I will use these jewelry to top up the master's bill." , Mei Xiang's hair is disheveled and her clothes are messy, but she still looks like she has nothing to do.

"Recharge? You..." Liu Minyi was too angry to speak.Mei Xiang said this about Si Wei, those who didn’t know it heard most about Si Weixian, those who knew would think that Si Wei would run the house, but Liu Minyi was different, whether she knew or not, she would think she was unfilial and deducted her father-in-law’s expenses .In these days, "unfilial piety" is as serious a crime as "adultery".

Si Weishi wrote down: "Although you have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, I'm afraid it's not enough for 1000 taels, right? Don't worry, we have prepared the silver that the master wants, and sent someone to deliver it."

Haitang held the note in front of Mei Xiang.Master Qi would let Mei Xiang be in charge of the family before the sequel, not only because of her skills, but also because of her literacy.Mei Xiang was originally the red card of Tianxiang Building, and she didn't just rely on her appearance, she could also play with those arty men who recite poems and compose rightly.

When Mei Xiang saw the note, her face immediately turned pale, and after a while she suddenly shouted: "This has nothing to do with me!"

"Why did you come back?" Haitang didn't bother to hand over the note this time, and asked instead of Si Wei.

"I served that damn ghost for half my life, and I saved up these little by little! This is mine! I want to get back what belongs to me!" Mei Xiang's pretty face turned grim.

"Drag this crazy woman down, put her in the woodshed, and find someone to guard her. Whoever lets her go will have to sue for her!" Liu Minyi glanced at Mei Xiang in disgust, and ordered the maid who had arrested her earlier.

Watching the maid drag Mei Xiang down who was already a little crazy, Liu Minyi turned to look at Si Wei again, "Mother..."

Si Wei closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, and listed the things that needed to be done: "Immediately send someone to send a message to Lord Hou, asking him to come back quickly. The yamen will come to the door tomorrow, and we will receive you. We must start preparing for the funeral of the master." .And this group of women in the mansion, someone has to watch over them and wait for Lord Hou to come back..."

After all, Liu Minyi was once in charge of the capital's Qi Mansion independently, and she also has the ability and means to be a housekeeper. Just now, it was just because of women's habitual panic when encountering troubles. Now that Si Wei reminded her, she also calmed down and followed Si Weilie's example. to assign tasks to.

"Housekeeper, first find someone safe to report to Lord Hou. Let the porter guard the front and back doors, and no one is allowed to go out without my order! Qi Zhong, you go to another courtyard and ask Lao Zhao to bring everyone here "Liu Minyi thought for a while, "Go and make arrangements first, and call the person who should be called."

She has to figure out the rest with her mother.She used to look down on this country woman, but she didn't expect the village woman to be much calmer than her at the critical moment.Liu Minyi thought of Si Wei differently.

Si Wei also understood what Liu Minyi meant, and wrote down before Liu Minyi could open her mouth: "Tomorrow, the housekeeper will receive people from the yamen, and if necessary, I will take care of them. You take care of the family affairs, and you don't care about the mourning hall." It's time to prepare, let Lao Zhao help you with these. Wait for Lord Hou to come back before the funeral."

It's not good to hide the funeral, but one of the people who can make decisions in the house is a woman and the other is a woman in name, neither of them is suitable for publicity.It would be fine if there were no males in the family. Now that Master Hou is returning home, it is not appropriate to have a funeral before he comes back.

Neither left nor right, Si Wei took out a piece of paper and wrote: "Come back quickly!" and asked the person who reported to Qi Rongxiao to take it with him.Before the pillars come back, they can only take one step forward.Fortunately, although Qi Rongxiao walked for a few days, but because he had to linger for a few days every time he went to a place, he didn't go too far.

Si Wei calculated that it would take three days for Qi Rongxiao to come back, three days was enough for the Qi family to get the news of Master Qi's death, how would they react?As Master Qi's widow, how should he deal with it?Si Wei troubled one head and two big ones.

The next day, the Qi family was put under "martial law". A few concubines wanted to make trouble, but without Mei Xiang who was leading the way, there was only one big-chested and brainless Jin Ping who didn't make much noise.Liu Minyi directly ordered Jin Ping to be locked in the room, since her father-in-law was gone, she didn't need to be polite to these so-called "aunts".

The few remaining concubines followed the crowd, and they didn't dare to make trouble without their backbone, so they obediently went back to their own room to stay.The concubines were honest, and the guards that Si Wei expected also came to the door.

According to the procedure, the guard came to the Qi Mansion to find out the situation, and asked the Qi Mansion to send someone to identify the body and see if it was Master Qi who died.But the steps can basically be turned into reporting a funeral.Because the county magistrate had met Mr. Qi when Zhan'er was catching the Zhou banquet, and he had met several times in the past, so naturally he would not admit his mistake.

This time the guard came to the door as a formality, and came to inform the Qi family to go to the Yamen to collect the body.

It's really not a problem for Mr. Qi to lie in the yamen all the time.Claiming the corpse, since the Qi family is not dead, of course they can't let the servants go, there is no other way, Si Wei has no choice but to go in person as a widow.

Before Si Wei could go out, a tall figure rushed in: "Where is mother going?"

The person who came back wasn't Qi Rongxiao, who was supposed to arrive home three days later, and who was it?Si Wei was startled, and almost said, "Why are you back?" Fortunately, Haitang at the side asked first, "Master Hou is back! Can you see the person sent by the master?"

Qi Rongxiao looked at Si Wei who was dressed in plain clothes, and took out a note from Si Wei that said "Quickly return" from his arms. "See, the note written by mother? What's the matter?" With the last sentence, Qi Rongxiao looked at the two guards waiting aside.

Qi Rongxiao thought that the two guards were here to take his mother away, although in fact they were, but the place he thought was different from the actual place. .

When Si Wei thought about it, he only cared about getting people to come back quickly, and the person who reported the news didn't know what happened, so the young master probably knew that his own father was gone.

Si Wei tilted his head to signal, Haitang understood, and told everything that happened after Lord Qi left home.

"Ridiculous!" Qi Rongxiao couldn't help but patted the table, and the teacups on the table danced high, scaring the two servants. "I'll follow you to identify the corpse, housekeeper, get ready, when I come back... I'll make a funeral...".

Although he was annoyed that his father even gave up his life for a so-called "beauty", but after all, it was the blood of father and son, and Qi Rongxiao was also sad when Master Qi died.

After attending the funerals of two fathers in a row, no one understands the pain of bereavement better than Si Wei, so seeing Qi Rongxiao's appearance, he couldn't help but want to go forward to comfort him, but Haitang and Shaoyao held him back...