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

"Xiangma, bring the child here." Mrs. Cheng ordered the women beside her.

Nanny Xiang served Mrs. Cheng since she was a child, and she also watched Cheng Wan grow up, so she was very angry at the Lu family's behavior, and went directly to take the child from Granny Wen's arms.

Mrs. Lu asked Mrs. Cheng: "What does my wife mean?"

Mrs. Cheng said coldly: "Of course I took my daughter's child away."

"This is a child of my Lu family!" Mrs. Lu said.

"A child from the Lu family?" Mrs. Cheng was furious. "My daughter gave birth to a child after a narrow escape, how could it become your Lu family's? You only want to hold your great-grandson, but have you ever cared about my daughter's life?"

She was anxious to see Cheng Wan, not wanting to waste time with Mrs. Lu, "Nurse Xiang, protect the child."

Mrs. Lu wanted to go over to hold the baby, but was stopped by several strong men.

She knocked on her crutch anxiously, "How unreasonable, how unreasonable!"

However, no one paid attention to her, even Mrs. Lu pretended not to see her, and followed Mrs. Cheng into the delivery room.

When Shiyi and the others saw Mrs. Cheng, they immediately knelt down on the ground, "Madam, it's not good to be a servant, you didn't protect the girl well."

Mrs. Cheng said: "I've heard from Miss Gu San about everything, and there's nothing you can do about it."

Then, she went straight to Cheng Wan's bed.Seeing her daughter's pale face, she wept silently.

Not knowing if she had a premonition that Mrs. Cheng would come, Cheng Wan opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a familiar face in a daze.Her breath was weak, "Mother?"

Seeing that she woke up, Mrs. Cheng wept with joy, "Yes, it's my mother. With me here, no one would dare to harm you. How do you feel now? Does it still hurt?"

To Cheng Wan, she was already numb from the pain, and now she only felt a chill in her heart.

She shook her head and said, "Mother, I want to go home."

Madam Cheng wiped her tears and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, let's go home, we'll go home now."

As he said that, he asked someone to come in and take Cheng Wan away.

Mrs. Lu originally thought that Mrs. Cheng would blame her. This matter was the fault of the Lu family. Even if Mrs. Cheng beat her and scolded her, she would admit it.But I didn't expect Madam Cheng to take Cheng Wan away without saying anything.

She looked at the mother-in-law who came in, and subconsciously stopped her, "Mrs. Cheng, I know this is the Lu family's fault, but you can't take Wan'er away like this. If outsiders see it, they will definitely be laughed at."

The mother-in-law paused and looked at Mrs. Cheng.

Mrs. Cheng sneered and said: "You Lu family are ungrateful and ungrateful, are you still afraid of being laughed at? If you don't leave now, will you kill me later?"

"Mrs. Cheng, now Wan'er has just given birth, so it's not appropriate to blow the wind."

"That doesn't bother Mrs. Lu, you'd better appease your old lady first." Mrs. Cheng sneered.

"Madam Cheng, I assure you that I will treat Wan'er well in the future and love her as my own daughter. Don't take her away. If she leaves, she and Lu Li..."

Mrs. Cheng was unmoved, and said to the mother-in-law: "Don't delay, take the girl away quickly."

Then she sighed and said to Mrs. Lu: "When I knew this matter had nothing to do with you, you never thought of harming Wan'er. Originally, the master and I were willing to marry Wan'er into your family, and we didn't want to marry the Lu family at all. Because of Lu Li's gentle personality, we thought he would accommodate Wan'er and treat Wan'er well. But now we find out that we were wrong, Lu Li is not someone worthy of entrusting him for life."

Saying this, the mother-in-law had already wrapped Cheng Wan tightly, and carried her out of the delivery room.

Lu Li sat on the ground with his head in his arms, his clothes were messed up, and he was haggard.

Seeing this scene, he stood up suddenly, as if his chest was pressed by a big rock and he couldn't breathe, "Mother-in-law, Wan'er..."

Mrs. Cheng said: "For the sake of their respective faces, it is better for Lu Shizi to write Zhang Heli's letter as soon as possible, otherwise, I don't mind suing the government and let the government sentence you to death. It's just that your Lu family's face will be disrespectful at that time." nice."

Lu Xin was shocked, "No, I don't make peace, I don't make peace."

Mrs. Cheng said: "If that's the case, let's meet at the Yamen of Tianfu."

After all, Lu Sirou didn't want Lu Li and Cheng Wan to be separated, and said, "Madam Cheng, do our two families have to make trouble like this?"

Mrs. Cheng said solemnly: "I gave you a choice, either write and leave the book obediently, or go to the Yamen, you don't want the former, you can't blame us."

"They already have a child. Do you have the heart to separate their family? A child cannot live without a father. The second sister-in-law is alone with a child. How can outsiders talk about it?"

Mrs. Cheng looked at the baby in Xiangmao's arms, "Even if our family is ruined, we can still afford to raise a child. The daughter we raised as the apple of your eye, is not to be spoiled by you. If outsiders want to discuss it, we can discuss it. It is better to be willing to raise Wan'er for a lifetime than to be wronged in the Lu family."

Seeing Cheng Wan's weak appearance, Nanny Xiang also burst into tears, and said, "Madam, don't waste your time talking with them, let's take the girl and the young master home quickly."

Mrs. Lu wanted to persuade her again, but Mrs. Cheng had already stepped down.

Lu Sirou hated that iron could not be made into steel, and said to Lu Li: "Is it useful for you to be so despondent, is it useful for you to feel guilty, don't you hurry up and follow?"

Madam Lu said: "Madam Cheng, this matter is a misunderstanding, someone is plotting against Lu Li..."

Mrs. Cheng interrupted, and said as she walked: "The last time I slept in the room, I was calculated by someone. This time, I was calculated by someone to have sex with my cousin during the day. A woman is always calculated by a woman and can't protect his wife well, let alone have the slightest idea." I don’t feel worried about continuing to hand Wan’er over to him.”

Mrs. Lu was taken away before she even took a look at her great-grandson, feeling unhappy, she said angrily, "You can take Cheng Wan away, but this child is the flesh and blood of the Lu family, so you can't take it away."

Mrs. Cheng turned around, as if she had heard some joke, "Why? What do you think of my daughter? Your daughter is a human being, but other people's daughters are not human. Why should you spoil me like this? Mrs. Lu, you are quite old, let it go when you should let it go. Wouldn’t it be good to live your life and enjoy the blessings like other old ladies? I advise you to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. Maybe one day you will go, and you lest you go to the eighteenth floor of hell."

Then, he said to Gu Qionghua, Daiyu, Xia Yanqi and Gu Qiongju: "Thank you very much today, and I will come to the door to thank you in person someday."

Gu Qiongju said: "We just saw a rough road, you don't have to take it to heart, just send Cheng Wan to the carriage first."

Mrs. Lu saw that her family was getting farther and farther away, she was not reconciled, so she asked someone to stop them, Lu Li heard Lu Sirou's words and hurried to catch up, but was stopped by the guards of Prince Qing's Mansion.

Mrs. Lu's eyelids kept twitching, "Princess, are you satisfied now?"

Gu Qionghua stood up and smiled faintly: "I am not only satisfied but also very happy to have saved an innocent life. Mrs. Lu, after this incident, I hope you can remember my identity."

"I……"

"If you want to complain to the concubine Xian, go ahead, but our Gu family is not easy to bully. If you don't believe me, try it." No longer looking at Mrs. Lu's frightened eyes, she said to Gu Qiongju, "Go back Jing'an Hou Mansion, let's talk to grandma and third brother, and ask them if I did anything wrong."

Gu Qiongju secretly laughed, the second sister has now learned to use the third brother to threaten people.

She turned her head and said: "Discipline the cousin girl in your house well. If the girl has a big heart, she will be out of control. This time, I will spare her first. Doesn't Mrs. Lu love her very much, anyway, they are husband and wife. Seriously, let her be the wife of the eldest son of the Lu family."

The mighty crowd left the courtyard, Mrs. Lu pointed at Lin Suxian and said, "Kneel down!"

Lin Suxian shuddered, bit her lip and knelt down.

"I see that you mother and daughter are pitiful, and you kindly took you in. This is how you repay me. How dare you plot against me, ungrateful, and audacious!"

Lin Suxian no longer pretended to be pitiful, and raised her head to look at Mrs. Lu, "You said you took me in with good intentions, didn't you just want to take advantage of me? You wanted me to seduce Prince Qing and enter Prince Qing's mansion to compete with Princess Qing for favor. Keqing The king only has Princess Qing in his heart, I can't compete with her at all, and I don't want to be a concubine."

Madam Lu gritted her teeth, "So you focused on Lu Li."

Lin Suxian mocked with a smile, "Didn't you teach me that, I have to fight for what I want, and I listened to you, so I did that."

Mrs. Lu felt tight in her chest, "You are wishful thinking, you don't want to marry into the Lu family in this life."

Wei said: "Old Madam, these two children are already husband and wife. If Lu Li starts to mess up and ends up abandoning them, and outsiders know about it, it will not be good for Su Xian or Lu Li."

What, she wants to spread the word?

Mrs. Lu felt dizzy, her eyes went dark, and she passed out all of a sudden.

You don't have to wait until the next day, soon rumors will spread in the capital.

Everyone knows that Mrs. Lu despises the decline of Marquis Wuding's mansion, and even considered Cheng Wan as displeasing, so she intentionally frightened Cheng Wan into giving birth prematurely, and bought Wen Po, saying to the outside world that it was a dystocia, one dead body and two lives, waiting for Cheng Wan to die Then, let Lu Li marry a noble daughter from another family as his successor.Fortunately, with the help of the Gu family and Princess Qing, Mrs. Lu's plan did not succeed.Mrs. Cheng did not want her daughter to continue to suffer in the Lu family, so she asked Cheng Wan to reconcile with Lu Li.

After some people deliberately added fuel and jealousy, everyone hated the Lu family and pointed fingers at them.The censor who likes to impeach others will naturally not miss this opportunity, regardless of whether this matter is true or not, they have impeached the Lu family for their lack of cultivation and lax family tradition.

The emperor specially summoned Gu Qionghua and King Qing into the palace to inquire about this matter.Gu Qionghua didn't deliberately exaggerate, and told the truth about the situation that day.Although the rumors are not true, it is true that Mrs. Lu imprisoned Cheng Wan's dowry maid and wasted Gu Cheng Wan's life.

The emperor thought about it for a while, then called the Marquis of Nanning and Lu Li into the palace, reprimanded them, and fined them one year's salary.As for Mrs. Lu, she has changed from a lady of the first rank to a lady of the third rank.

Mrs. Lu found out about this as soon as she woke up, and fainted again from excitement.

Gu Qiongju said: "I only thought that I could ruin the reputation of the Lu family, so that His Majesty could punish the Lu family a little bit, but I didn't expect that His Majesty's slap was too harsh. From a lady of the first rank to a lady of the third rank, Mrs. Lu How can such a proud person bear it? How can she show her face among a group of wives in the future? If you don't know that His Majesty has rejected the married couple, I would think that your majesty is deliberately venting his anger for the married couple."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Anyway, let the Lu family be punished. Mrs. Lu is used to domineering, so it's time for her to suffer some setbacks."

"Sister-in-law San is right, but I'm worried that King Qing will blame my sister. After all, Mrs. Lu is his grandmother, and I'm even more worried that Concubine Xian will be dissatisfied with my sister."

Sister Feng was not too worried about Gu Qionghua, "Don't worry, since Qionghua did this, she naturally expected the consequences. Besides, as Princess Qing, is she going to put up with unreasonable people just because she cares about Concubine Xian and Prince Qing? Qionghua is just right. Take this opportunity to express your attitude to Concubine Xian and the Lu family, even if Concubine Xian is unhappy, it was Mrs. Lu who made a mistake first and almost lost a life. Concubine Xian can protect her mother, but Qionghua can't do it for her. Do your friends seek justice? Too much concession will only make people think you are weak and deceitful. Besides, our Gu family is no worse than the Lu family at all, Qionghua can act arbitrarily and willfully, why should you be afraid of this? "

Gu Qiongju opened her mouth, "I didn't think of this, the third sister-in-law is right, the elder sister is the daughter of the Gu family, there is no need to act according to other people's faces."

Although the weather was still cold, Sister Feng covered herself tightly during the confinement period. After a long time, she felt uncomfortable. She always felt that her body stinks and her hair was greasy.

But Sister Qiao didn't dislike her at all, she would look for Sister Feng every day when she woke up, and what she liked the most was being in Sister Feng's arms, she was too clingy.But Sister Feng couldn't bear to refuse her, every time her mouth deflated, Sister Feng felt distressed.

Sometimes Sister Feng wondered if Sister Qiao did it on purpose, fearing that Brother Ting would snatch her away?

Sister Feng wiped the corners of her mouth for her, and fed her a mouthful of fish porridge, "Did you go to Chengjia to see Wan in the past two days?"

Gu Qiongju nodded and said: "But Cheng Wan is still depressed. This childbirth has damaged her body, and now she can only lie on the bed every day. Mrs. Cheng sends people to Lu's house every day to ask for peace. Li Shu, but Lu Li refused to write. Whenever he had time, he would go to the gate of Marquis Wuding's mansion. Perhaps he knew that Mrs. Cheng would not see him, and he didn't ask to see Cheng Wan. He just stayed at night and returned to the mansion by himself. Young master of the family, you are in a terrible embarrassment now."

Sister Feng was a little surprised by Lu Li's behavior, "Do you sympathize with him?"

"No, no." Gu Qiongju said, "Cheng Wan has suffered so many grievances, and he cannot make up for it with these superficial efforts. I am just worried that Cheng Wan will be shaken. But Mrs. Cheng has already given orders, and no one can make up for it." Tell Cheng Wan about Lu Li."

Sister Feng said: "If I knew today, why bother to repent now, it's too late."

"It's a pity that I thought Lu Li was a good person before." Gu Qiongju sneered, "It's a good thing my sister didn't marry him back then, otherwise I would be even more angry."

"Isn't Lu Li a good person?" Sister Feng asked suddenly.

Gu Qiongju was stunned for a while, but was at a loss for words.

She couldn't think of a reason why Lu Li was not a good person.

Sister Feng smiled lightly, and said: "Is he not filial to his parents and elders enough, is he not caring enough for his family, or is he bullying others, taking bribes?"

Gu Qiongju's lips moved, "It seems...not at all."

"That's it." Sister Feng straightened Qiao's hair. "Why did Marquis Wu Ding marry Cheng Wan to Lu Li? Talent may be secondary. The most important thing is that Lu Li has a gentle personality, good conduct, and is a good person, so I think Such a person will treat his wife very well. Regardless of whether he treats Cheng Wan well or not, we have to admit that he cannot protect his wife. In the face of filial piety, he has compromised and can only make his wife compromise."

Just like back then, he clearly had a crush on Gu Qionghua, but with Mrs. Lu's obstruction, he never thought of fighting for it.

He could obviously refuse the room-sharing offer from Mrs. Lu, but he didn't, he didn't dare, he could only ask his wife to bear it, and in the end he was tricked into sleeping in the room.

He could also clearly tell Mrs. Lu that Cheng Wan had a difficult delivery and he wanted Cheng Wan to live, but when Mrs. Lu overwhelmed her with 'filial piety', he gave up.

He could obviously treat Lin Suxian indifferently, but he finally softened his heart towards Lin Suxian's weakness.Maybe he never thought of having an affair with Lin Suxian, but Lin Suxian successfully took advantage of his soft heart and became a husband and wife with him.

"There are many people like Lu Li in this world. They respect their elders, love their brothers, and love their sisters. They have a good heart. When they see beggars on the street, they can't help but impeach them when they see someone bullying others. They never bully the people. Don't be corrupt and pervert the law. When you see someone falling down, you can't help but help. When you see a crying girl with pear blossoms and rain, you are soft-hearted. Can you say that they are not good people?

On the contrary, everyone who mentions him will praise him for his gentle nature, pure kindness and kindness.Like everyone else, Marquis Wu Ding felt that Lu Li was a good person, so he took it for granted that his daughter would be able to live well after marrying.But in fact, he can't protect his wife at all. His so-called gentleness and kindness will only become a sharp knife that hurts his wife. "

Sister Feng smiled, "So, if a woman wants to live a comfortable life, it is best not to marry such a good man, otherwise she will just swallow her anger. If you complain to others, they will not believe you at all, they will only think that you are greedy, To have such a good man as a husband is actually not satisfied."

Gu Qiongju sighed, "Lin Suxian just took advantage of Lu Li's kindness to give her a chance to plot against Wan. But this matter is so big, the mother and daughter haven't left yet."

Sister Feng said: "If you didn't get what you wanted, how could you leave so easily. If the Lu family drives them away, they will go to the street and yell, then the Lu family will attract more people's ridicule."

"Wicked people will be punished by wicked people. Now I hope that the mother and daughter will stay in Lu's house and add trouble to Mrs. Lu."

Half a month has passed, Madam Cheng's attitude has not softened, and she still goes to Lu's house every day to ask for He Lishu.Mrs. Lu wanted Mrs. Cheng to think about it again, but Mrs. Cheng looked indifferent and didn't want to listen at all.

The last time Lu Li went to the door of the married family, this time he knocked on the door of the married family, asking to see Mrs. Cheng, and write a letter of reconciliation in person.

Lu Li looked at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, and didn't pick up his pen for a long time, "I want to see Wan'er."

Mrs. Cheng said with a sullen face: "Wan'er doesn't want to see you. After writing and leaving the book, you can continue to be your filial son and grandson, and it will not prevent you from marrying another noble daughter, and Wan'er will not be affected again." Wronged, it's good for you and her."

Lu Li didn't dare to ask to see his son, he hesitated for a while, and finally took up his pen.

A moment later, Mrs. Cheng took He Lishu into her hand, and gave the order to evict the guests.After Lu Li left the courtyard, he looked back at the closed door before leaving reluctantly.

Through the window, Cheng Wan saw Xiao Suo's back when Lu Li left, and felt bitter in her heart, but she would not look back.

Madam Cheng opened the curtain and went in, and handed the He Li book to her, "That's it, you have nothing to do with the Lu family at all. Lu Li still has a conscience, and didn't propose to take the child away."

Cheng Wan didn't speak, but looked back and forth at the contents of Heli's book.

Mrs. Cheng tucked the quilt up for her, "I blame us for being bad. If I knew he was such an uninitiated person, I shouldn't have let you marry him and let you suffer so much for nothing. From now on, your father and I will , Brother will take care of you mother and child, and no one will bully you again."

Cheng Wan finally put He Li Shu away, "Mother, when will father and elder brother come back? Will His Majesty let them come back?"

In the blink of an eye, one month passed, and the weather became warmer and warmer. Sister Feng also had her confinement period. She was a daily housekeeper, took care of her two children, and lived a fulfilling life.

But she heard that the emperor's illness didn't get better. Fortunately, the doctor Xia was there, so he wouldn't fall down.

Gu Xingchi has been getting busier recently, he leaves early and returns late every day, often when he returns, Sister Feng is already asleep, and when Sister Feng opens her eyes in the morning, he has already left the house, and he doesn't even have a chance to hug the child.

On this day, Sister Feng woke up and found that there was someone beside her, she couldn't help being surprised.

Gu Xingchi pinched her face, "Why are you looking at me like this, don't you know your husband?"

Sister Feng was suddenly a little unhappy, and opened his hand, "I almost don't know you anymore. Not only me, but even Sister Qiao almost doesn't know who you are, Brother Ting doesn't remember you at all."

Say, get up.

Gu Xingchi turned over, put his arms on his sides, and smiled softly, "Are you angry?"

Sister Feng turned her head and ignored him.

Gu Xingchi bent his affectionate peach blossom eyes and bent down.

Sister Feng hurriedly pushed him away, "It's too annoying, hurry up, it's time to get up."

Gu Xingchi was afraid that she would be really annoyed, so he hugged her and sat up.After washing and dressing, he also had breakfast with her, and also took care of sister Qiao.

No matter how he talks to Sister Feng, Sister Feng ignores him.

"Are you leaving the residence today?" After a while, Sister Feng still couldn't help asking him.

Gu Xingchi's smile became more and more gentle, like a gust of spring breeze blowing, "I'll leave the house in the afternoon, and I will spend time with you today."

He was inherently handsome, and his smile was extraordinarily provocative.Sister Feng suppressed her smile, "I don't need you to accompany me, it's enough for me to have Sister Qiao and Brother Ting."

Gu Xingchi tugged at her hand, seeing that she still didn't smile, he tickled her palm again, "But I need you."

Sister Feng didn't hold back, she still smiled, "I hate it to death."

After breakfast, he went to sit in Ning Xintang again, and Gu Xingchi took a walk with her in the garden.

"Someone accused the prince of colluding with merchants and officials to sell private salt. The prince took advantage of his status to shield the lawless and seek ill-gotten gains." Gu Xingchi said, "So, the prince was reprimanded by His Majesty again."

Sister Feng said: "Did King Ning's people do it?"

Gu Xingchi said: "Apart from His Majesty, King Ning is the one who wants the prince to fall the most. He will seize every opportunity to attack the prince."

"What a shrewd person Your Majesty is, wouldn't you doubt King Ning's purpose? You don't intend to remind him?"

Gu Xingchi pulled her to sit in the gazebo, "Why should I remind him at this time? In His Majesty's eyes, the Crown Prince is no different from King Ning, they are both aiming at his throne. Even if His Majesty has already seen Knowing the true face of King Ning, we will not expose him now, but only use him to deal with the prince. We will naturally do our best to help King Ning collect evidence of the prince's crimes."

Sister Feng understood, "Aren't you afraid that King Ning will hate you in the end?"

"Do you really believe his promise to us? He won't get rid of us when he ascends to the throne? Everyone is just using each other. It's just to see who is more clever. I don't feel sorry for him."

Sister Feng sighed with a smile.

Gu Xingchi said, "What's wrong?"

"Suddenly feel that the prince is a little pitiful."

Gu Xingchi snorted softly, "The poor man must be hated, doesn't he do too many stupid things?"