[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

Mother Feng hurriedly persuaded: "Madam, don't be angry. The fourth brother is the only son of the master, and he will rely on the fourth brother in the future. How can he be compared to Aunt You's child? Besides, Aunt You just I'm pregnant soon, and I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, so don't worry too much."

Feng Shi said: "How can we not be in a hurry, it will not be easy to abort the baby after the baby is stable."

Nanny Feng didn't dare to persuade her anymore, she said: "Since Madam has made up her mind, let's think of a solution quickly."

Feng waved his hand, "Forget it, let's think about the big house first, why worry about one thing after another!"

Mrs. Feng is staring at Aunt You, and so is Sister Feng.

Sister Feng almost spit out her tea and coughed a few times, "What did you say?"

Gu Xingchi patted her on the back and said with a smile: "Seeing that you are surprised, is this something unusual?"

Sister Feng was startled, then smiled suddenly, "It's really not unusual."

People say that the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked, and that like a father, like a son, it seems to be true now, the father and son are both so greedy for beauty.As for Second Sister You - she didn't think it was strange anymore, she could only explain it by saying that the country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change. For a person who can hang out with Jia Zhen and his son at the same time, it is not a big deal for her to get mixed up with Gu Yanwen again.

Gu Xingchi smiled faintly, "As the saying goes, people of a feather flock together, and things are divided into groups. My fourth brother and Aunt You are a good match. If you want, I will arrange to let the second uncle and the second aunt know about it. Anyway, the second aunt We are already planning to let Aunt You have a miscarriage, so we might as well get rid of Aunt You for her, and it will be a big gift for her as a junior."

Sister Feng said with a smile, "I'm afraid that this gift of yours will make her vomit blood." After laughing for a while, she continued, "Let's pretend we don't know about this, anyway, Aunt You won't show up in front of me now, Don't do anything that harms our interests, let her live in peace for the time being."

Sister Feng thought too much this time, but Second Sister You was always worried and frightened.

"I think Mrs. Feng must be thinking of ways to harm us. I don't want to endure her for a moment now, how about..."

Gu Xingchi looked at her deep and clear eyes, and knew in his heart, "You want to put her to death directly?"

Sister Feng smiled slightly, "Although she has already dealt with all the evidence and people, there is still one person available."

"You're talking about Nanny Feng?" Gu Xingchi said with a smile, "She's Feng's confidant, she's been with her for many years, how could she betray her?"

Sister Feng smiled meaningfully, "I heard that Nanny Feng has a son who is also working as an errand in the house now, and also has a little grandson."

The two looked at each other and smiled, Gu Xingchi said: "I understand, don't worry, I'll let Gu go in and do it."

After a while, Gu Xingchi talked about something else, "I heard that the incident of Cheng Yan's falling from the horse has been found out. Guess who did it?"

Sister Feng asked curiously, "Who?"

Gu Xingchi stared at her, "The youngest brother of the princess, Chen Ziyu."

"The Chen family?" Sister Feng couldn't believe it, "Is there any enmity between the Chen family and the Cheng family? Why did Cheng Yan do this?"

"It is said that at the racecourse, a group of children from aristocratic families gathered together to race horses and have fun. Some people made a fuss, saying that Chen Ziyu was delicate and weak like a woman, and he was on the same level as Cheng Yan. Chen Ziyu was either out of jealousy or out of anger. , secretly put a needle on the back of Cheng Yan's horse. When Cheng Yan was racing horses with others, the horse suffered from pain and lost control, so it would naturally throw Cheng Yan off the horse."

After a while, Sister Feng calmed down from the shock, "Teacher Chen is a rigid and upright man, with many disciples and old officials, and peaches and plums all over the world. How can his youngest son be so narrow-minded?"

Gu Xingchi said: "I don't know about that. But I'm sure of one thing, the Cheng family and the Chen family have become enemies, and the Xu family has a close relationship with the Chen family, so they will naturally stand in the same camp as the Chen family. In the hall, Marquis Wu Ding participated in Chen Taifu's lax teaching of his son, allowing his son to commit murder and murder, and asked His Majesty to severely punish Chen Ziyu."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Then Chen Ziyu is in prison? What did Taifu Chen say?"

"Teacher Chen was ashamed and said to let His Majesty deal with it. When the governor of Shuntian Prefecture sent someone to the Chen family to fetch someone, Mrs. Chen was not happy, and insisted that Chen Ziyu was framed."

Sister Feng nodded, "Although Mrs. Chen's move is a bit selfish, it is also out of a love of her son."

"Madam Chen insisted on not allowing the officials to take Chen Ziyu away, and the officials refused to leave. The stalemate like this naturally alarmed many people. It must be that the capital will be full of uproar the next day." Gu Xingchi said, "Shuntian Mansion Yin Helpless, I had no choice but to go to the palace to see His Majesty, and with His Majesty's decree, I reluctantly took Chen Ziyu away from Mrs. Chen."

Sister Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong, and felt that this happened too suddenly, so she couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Why, you don't believe it?"

Sister Feng shook her head, "Since it has already happened, I have to believe it even if I can't believe it. But why do I feel that this matter is not over yet?"

Gu Xingchi said leisurely, "Then we will wait and see."

Sure enough, on the second day, news about the Cheng family and the Chen family spread in the capital, and the two families were still at a stalemate.One said that Chen Taifu and his wife allowed their son to commit murder and shielded the murderer, and the other said that the married family deliberately framed the murderer.In short, the two families insisted on their own opinions, and it was very lively.

Mrs. Chen firmly believed that the mastermind was not Chen Ziyu. The so-called evidence was nothing more than someone deliberately framing Chen Ziyu. Someone must have bought the servant who served Chen Ziyu. Maybe someone deliberately provoked the relationship between the two families.

When everyone heard Mrs. Chen's words, they felt that it was not unreasonable. Maybe someone wanted to sow discord and kill someone with a knife?

Under the pressure, Yin Shuntian had no choice but to try the case again. Mrs. Chen also bought time for Chen Ziyu to exonerate him, and for this she asked the Xu family.

Within a few days, Xu Lingzhe claimed to have found evidence that Chen Ziyu was framed.

Yin Shengtang of Shuntian Prefecture interrogated the case, and brought Chen Ziyu's servant to the hall to confront him again.This time, the boy actually retracted his confession.He admitted that someone bought him, let him murder Cheng Yan and frame Chen Ziyu, in order to provoke the relationship between the two families.

Shun Tian Fu Yin specially sent someone to search the boy's residence, and sure enough, he found a lot of gold and silver jewelry and tens of thousands of taels of silver bills, and brought them to the boy for identification.The boy admitted that this was money given to him by the people behind it in order to bribe him.

As for who was behind the scenes, he refused to say even if he was killed.

At this point, Chen Ziyu could only be acquitted.

After listening, Sister Feng smiled and said, "Do you believe this?"

"It doesn't matter whether we believe it or not, as long as the people believe it. As far as the Chen family is concerned, it doesn't matter what methods Xu Lingzhe used to get the boy to confess, as long as Chen Ziyu can escape from prison."

"But in this way, the Cheng family, the Chen family, and the Xu family are completely enmity?"

Gu Xingchi smiled playfully, "Above the court, there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. It doesn't matter if you have an enemy now, maybe you can become a collaborator in the future?"

Sister Feng looked up at him, "From what you said, it seems that you know something that I don't?"

Gu Xingchi chuckled, "I'm not so smart, I'm just talking casually."

Sister Feng looked at her suspiciously, "Really?"

Gu Xingchi smiled and kissed her, "Do you think I dare to lie to you?"

After a few days, Gu Jin told Gu Xingchi that everything was done.

Sister Feng smiled, "Alright, we'll meet her tonight."

Nanny Feng is not one of those little girls, so after serving Mrs. Feng, she can go back to her small yard at night, and Mrs. Feng has her own little maid on duty at night.

As Feng's accompanying room, Nanny Feng has been in the house for so many years, so she is naturally a bit respectable. Not only that, her son has also gained a lot of glory.She has saved a lot of money over the years, and she begged Feng to release her grandson from slavery earlier, in order to let his grandson study hard and take the imperial examination to become a high official in the future. She can also be like those old lords, Enjoy the happiness.As long as she serves Feng Shi well, all these will come true.

Thinking of this, the corners of her lips could not help but curl up, and she arrived at the small yard by the back door in a while.

"Hey, why is it so dark in the yard?" Mother Feng muttered.

She walked to the door and called the names of the two little girls, but no one responded.She gritted her teeth and said, "Where are these two little hooves going? I won't break their legs when they come back!"

While speaking, he took out the key and opened the door.

She was old and her eyes were not very good, so she could only walk to the table by the moonlight and light the candles.

A candle gave off a dim yellow light, illuminating a corner. Mother Feng held the candlestick and wanted to light other candles, but when she looked up, she saw a figure projected on the wall. She was startled and subconsciously screamed .

However, after only one syllable was uttered, her mouth was blocked, she could only groan, and looked back with a pair of cloudy eyes, intending to see the appearance of the person behind her clearly.

At this time, someone who did not know lit two more candles, and the room was much brighter than before.

Due to panic, Nanny Feng's eyes were wide open, struggling constantly, trying to attract the attention of the outside world.

"Don't struggle, your son Diao Tong is not here anymore, you know that just now, he went to the Yihong Building, and he got into a big disaster." A clear and melodious female voice came from behind.

She leaned back, this time Gu Jin didn't stop her, she turned around successfully.

She widened her eyes, and saw under the light of the candle, a beautiful woman in purple clothes was looking at her with a smile, followed by a handsome man, it was Sister Feng and Gu Xingchi.

Nanny Feng made a whining sound, and looked at the two of them resentfully with her eyes, as if saying, it's you!

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Nurse Feng is right, it is indeed us. But, don't rush to hate us, just listen to your son's affairs first."

As she spoke, she waved her hand and sat on the chair with Gu Xingchi, and Gu Jin pushed her to the ground.

Gu Jin patted the dust off his clothes, and said: "According to Madam's order, this subordinate has been following Diao Tong. I saw him go to Yihonglou at night, and went to find Liniang, the most popular girl in Yihonglou."

In the dark night, Sister Feng's smile was particularly treacherous, and she said softly: "As far as I know, going to Yihonglou for a meal is very expensive, and it's even more expensive if you invite a popular girl to accompany you, and it's common to spend a lot of money. Diao Tong is just the son of a companion, how can he afford to go to that kind of place?"

Gu Jin laughed and said: "This subordinate has no way of knowing, he just stared at Diao Tong wholeheartedly, unexpectedly, just now, a major event happened."

Sister Feng looked very interested and asked, "What's the matter?"

Gu Jindao: "Because the girl named Liniang is too popular, not only the sons of ordinary people, but also many high-ranking dignitaries are after her. I heard that they have to queue up when they see her. Originally, Liniang shouldn't accompany her today. Diao Tong, for some reason, the procuress agreed. But Liniang was so arrogant that she looked down on such a vulgar person as Diao Tong, so she taunted him and walked away. Diao Tong was hurt, and she didn't want to be a The women in the brothel despised her, so they stopped Liniang from letting her go, and even ridiculed her for being aloof.

When Liniang got angry, she quarreled with Diao Tong, but Diao Tong missed and killed Liniang.One must know that Liniang is a celebrity who leans on the red building, and she is even a celebrity of the nobles in the capital.If someone found out that he had killed Liniang, would he still be alive, so he ran away quickly.But just happened to be encountered by his subordinates, so he could naturally let the murderer escape, so that he could be arrested, thinking that he would be sent to the yamen tomorrow, which would be considered as doing justice for the heavens. As if afraid that Mother Feng would not believe it, Gu Jin threw Diao Tong's belt in front of her.

Nanny Feng's eyes seemed to be able to shoot fire, which was clearly planned by Gu Xingchi and Sister Feng in advance!

The bustard must have seen Liniang's death the next day.Because the person Liniang accompanied was Diao Tong, if he didn't doubt who else he could suspect, he would definitely go to the Yamen to report the case.Those high-ranking officials were filled with righteous indignation, why don't they pick Diao Tong's skin?

Sister Feng smiled and said: "You did a good job, so that you don't violate the chivalrous way of martial arts practitioners."

Gu Jin said: "This is what subordinates should do."

Sister Feng said to Nanny Feng: "Why, do you still dare to yell now?"

Nanny Feng trembled with anger, but she had to worry about Diao Tong's life, so she could only nod stiffly.

Sister Feng gave Gu Jin a wink, and Gu Jin immediately tore off the cloth from Nanny Feng's mouth.

Nanny Feng's mouth was dry and she gasped for breath, "What exactly is Mrs. Hou going to do?"

Sister Feng smiled faintly, "I just want to catch up with the mother."

Nanny Feng moved her sore body, reminiscing about the past, is there such a thing as reminiscing about the past?This is clearly a threat!

"I have nothing to say to Mrs. Hou." Mother Feng said with her neck stuck.

Sister Feng sneered, "Could it be that you still count on Second Aunt to save you? You know so many secrets about her, and now that it falls into my hands, I'm afraid the first one will kill you."

Mother Feng was afraid, but she still said sternly: "Don't try to scare me, I am loyal to the second lady, and I will never be instigated by you to betray her!"

Sister Feng sighed, "Nurse Feng's loyalty is really touching. I don't know if Diao Tong will blame you if he finds out?"

When Diao Tong was mentioned, Nanny Feng's face changed drastically, "What are you going to do?"

"Don't you know what I'm going to do? Couldn't the murder case of Diao Tong be exchanged for your truth?" After saying that, he gave Gu Jin a wink.

Gu Jin understood, and said: "The subordinates have already investigated all the affairs of the Diao family. Diao Tong is just a servant in charge, but he has privately purchased dozens of acres of land, several real estates, and privately hidden money. It’s more than [-] taels, and I can spend a lot of money every month in Yihonglou, spending money like running water, it’s very enjoyable.”

Sister Feng raised her eyes, her eyes were sharp and charming, "Oh, a steward of the Hou's mansion can have so much property and live as luxuriously as his master. I would like to ask, where did the money come from? Don't you It is said that it was rewarded by the master, but I have never seen any master who is so generous. In my opinion, this is the private greed of you and your son who have been the housekeeper of the second aunt for so many years? It is true that if there is a master, there must be a servant. The master is greedy, and the subordinates are greedy together. Do you think the Gu family is your family, and you can take the things of the master's house to your own house at will? The old lady is generous and doesn't like to be a director of the family. But I am different, I can't rub the sand in my eyes. Now Since I am the head of the Gu family, I will never allow you to exist as a slave. You say, do you want me to send you to the Yamen as a companion to your son? But even if I am a companion, I'm afraid it won't be too long. You can't die , but your son committed the crime of murder. When you go to jail, your son will be executed, and your little grandson will be left to fend for himself.”

Nanny Feng scolded Sister Feng thousands of times in her heart, but she still couldn't change the fact that she was panicking.She knew very well that if she dared to disobey Sister Feng's wishes, her whole family would die without a place to bury her.It's fine if she dies, nothing will happen to her son and grandson.

"You can say whatever you want, as long as you are willing to let my son and grandson go." After a long time, Mother Feng said dejectedly.

Sister Feng laughed and said, "There are not many cheerful people like Nanny."

Mother Feng said: "You can ask if you have anything to say, but you must keep what you say, the fate of my son and my grandson..."

"Since I promised you, I will never break my promise. After the matter is completed, I will give them a sum of money and send them to live elsewhere."

Of course, she will take back what Diao Tong has embezzled from the Gu family over the years.

Nanny Feng compromised.

Sister Feng asked, "What did Second Aunt think about harming me recently?"

Mother Feng trembling, glanced at the silent Gu Xingchi and said: "Second Madam wants Aunt You to seduce Lord Hou, and then frame you to cause Aunt You to have a miscarriage, and then lead out that Master Hou has an affair with Aunt You The thing about saying that the child in Aunt You's womb belongs to Lord Hou will not only provoke the relationship between you and the old lady, but also ruin your reputation..."

Before Sister Feng could speak, Gu Xingchi said in a cold voice: "It's really a fool's dream, whimsical, poisonous and stupid."

Nanny Feng said: "But now that Master Hou and Mrs. Hou know about it, the Second Madam's plan will naturally not succeed."

Sister Feng asked other questions, and Nanny Feng revealed all the evil things Feng had done in these years.

Sister Feng half smiled, "Nurse Feng, is it time to say one last thing?"

Nanny Feng knew that she couldn't escape, so she sighed and said slowly, "It was not an accident that the eldest son fell off his horse and died. There was some hostility in the eldest house, but later she became more and more jealous of the eldest lady. The second lady felt that the eldest lady came from the Duke's mansion, so the old lady was partial to her, and thought that the eldest lady was lucky enough to become Mrs. Hou, while the second master was only the second son, so he could not Inheriting the title. I am even more jealous of the First Marquis for his dedication to the Eldest Madam. Even the Eldest Son is talented in both civil and martial arts.

Later, the second son fell ill and went away, and the second wife was distraught.Seeing that the eldest son is alive and well, she felt that it was the eldest son who took away her son's blessing, and that it was the eldest lady who took away her share of glory, so she planned to kill the eldest son so that she could hit the first marquis. And Da Furen, if the first Marquis no longer has a son, then the title will belong to the Second Widow.Later, until the late Marquis passed away, the first wife did not have any more sons. The second wife was very happy, thinking that the title belonged to the second wife. Unexpectedly, the first lady became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was the Marquis. Now her dream came to nothing.

Originally, her second master wanted to ask the old lady to take the initiative to ask His Majesty to give the title to the second bedroom on the grounds that Lord Hou is young, but the old lady firmly disagreed.In order to protect Lord Hou, the old lady hugged Lord Hou to her side to raise him personally. The second wife and the second master tried to attack Lord Hou several times, but failed.When Lord Hou grows up, there is actually no chance at all, but the second wife still doesn't want to give up, so she planned to deal with Mrs. Hou several times before. "

Because of jealousy, they regard others as enemies. Because of greed, they try their best to take things that don't belong to them. Because their own son is gone, they will kill other people's sons.How could there be such a vicious and selfish person in the world?

Gu Xingchi was calm on the surface, but his heart was already turbulent.He asked coldly, "How did my elder brother fall off the horse?"

Nanny Feng's expression changed a few times, and she let out a sigh of relief, "Madam bought the eldest son's entourage, Fu Qing, and used Fu Qing's younger sister as a threat to make Fu Qing work for him. The first marquis wanted to experience and train the eldest son, so So he sent the eldest son out to do errands, and when he came back, Fuqing fed the eldest son's horse with medicine that could make the horse go crazy. Passing through the rugged mountain road, the horse started to go crazy and threw the eldest son off. The stone, the eldest son's head hit him hard, and he was killed in a short while. Fuqing followed the second wife's instructions and pretended to fall off the cliff, so that no one would find the second wife's head if there was no proof of death. "

Sister Feng felt cold all over, "Where are Fuqing and his sister?"

"In order to avoid future troubles, when Fuqing secretly went back to report to the second wife and planned to take the money to fly away, the second wife went back on her word and poisoned him and his sister to death."

It was pitch black in the courtyard, and the moon and stars were hidden at some point, and only the candles in the house gave off a faint light.There was a sudden dead silence in the room, as if the wind outside made people feel creepy.

After a long time, Sister Feng couldn't help but look back at Gu Xingchi.Suddenly hearing a 'click', Gu Xingchi threw the broken corner of the table on the ground, making a muffled sound, and Nanny Feng's heart trembled suddenly.

Sister Feng held his hand, "Zhaohua..."

Gu Xingchi held her hand, stood up and said, "Gu Jin, keep her and Diao Tong under strict guard, don't forget about her grandson."

Gu Jin nodded, "This subordinate takes orders." Then he looked at Nanny Feng coldly and said, "You'd better tell the truth tomorrow, otherwise, your family will die."

Nanny Feng is not worthy of sympathy for helping the evildoers, and it is impossible for them to sympathize with Nanny Feng's grandson.

They were silent until they returned to Yushengju. Sister Qiao seemed to know that her father and mother were in a bad mood, so she didn't cry all night.Although the first marquis and his wife were not Gu Xingchi's biological parents, and Gu Xingchi had never met Gu Jingyan, but he was able to live until now thanks to the protection of the Gu family, so how could there be no disturbances in his heart?

Silent all night.

The next day, Gu Xingchi and Sister Feng went to Ning Xin Tang.

When Mrs. Gu saw the two coming, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Zhaohua has no business to do today, why did you think of accompanying your wife to visit me?"

Gu Xingchi did not joke with Mrs. Gu as usual, but instead had a serious face.

Mrs. Gu wondered: "What happened today, who made you angry?"

Gu Xingchi said: "Grandmother, please turn away from the left and right, the grandson has something important to report to grandma."

Old Madam Gu looked at Gu Xingchi with a stern look on her face, she also put away her jokes, and said to Nanny Qian: "Let everyone go down, and no one is allowed to come in."

Nanny Qian agreed and called people down.

"Now we can talk." The old lady said.