Song Yin married into the Xie family at the age of sixteen.
At that time, Xie Shi'anji was a well-known talent in the capital. He was just waiting for the last hurdle to become an official in the court.
I heard that many ladies in charge in the capital wanted to marry their daughters into the Xie family, but their husbands asked their mothers to ask matchmakers to come to the Song family to propose marriage.
At that time, the Song family was just an ordinary family in Jizhou. Her father was a scholar. He was admitted as a scholar more than ten years ago. His qualifications were limited and he could not pass the examination, so he devoted himself to teaching.
And Xie Shian is one of her father's students.
After teaching for a few years, Xie Shian went to the capital with his family.
This farewell was never seen again.
She never expected that Xie Shi'an would still remember her and ask someone to come to the Song family to propose marriage.
You know, with a family like the Song family, it would be embarrassing for her to marry the legitimate son of a seventh-rank Zhima official, let alone the eldest son of a Western-rank official in the household department of the capital.
But it just happened.
She married into the Xie family.
Not long after she got married, her husband became the number one scholar, then he became an official in the court, and then he was promoted step by step. Now he is the first minister, and she has become the most envied person by all the women in the capital.
She also asked Xie Shi'an why he married her, and why he didn't marry a woman of similar family status, which could also be used as a boost.
But he didn't answer her, just hugged her tightly.
Just like now, she asked him: "Why did my mother commit suicide?"
He just hugged her and hugged her waist tightly: "Don't listen to this, Yin Yin, you don't need to know those things."
From the time he was sensible, he took advantage of everyone around him.
He heard from his tribe that his great-grandfather was an excellent scholar and became a minister of the dynasty. He knew that only by studying could one be successful.
In order to study, he sneaked into a private school, met Song Xiucai, studied and wrote with Song Xiucai, and benefited a lot.
But his identity was not glamorous, and he was always ridiculed and ridiculed. Some people even beat him, scolded him, and pushed him into a swill bucket. He almost drowned.
At that time, Song Yin appeared and saved him.
He was so embarrassed that day that he didn't want Song Yin to know that he was the child who pushed the slop bucket into the water.
Song Yin was too innocent and kind, and he didn't want her to know the dirty things he had done.
"I am a member of the Xie family, why don't I need to know." Song Yin pushed him away, her eyes full of questions, "Did you force your mother to death?"
"Why do you think so?" Xie Shi'an lowered his eyes, "My mother chose such a path in order to preserve the Xie family and to preserve her own dignity."
"Really?" Song Yin's eyes were filled with disappointment, "That's all, I'll go see my mother."
She strode out and walked to the front yard, just in time to see the servants collecting the body. Her mother-in-law, whom she had always respected, was carried into the coffin.
She was a little afraid to approach, so she took a step back, turned around and walked towards Xie Xian's yard. When she got there, she heard someone said that Xie Xian had angered her father-in-law and was imprisoned in the Xie family ancestral hall for self-reflection. No one was allowed to go near the ancestral hall. .
She went to find Aunt Jiang, but learned that Aunt Jiang was imprisoned in the woodshed by her father-in-law.
Song Yin opened her eyes wide, and the more she thought about it, the scarier she felt. She slowly walked to Xie Shiyun's yard...
That night, Song Yin did not dare to go back to her yard, but was busy in the front yard. She could only do her best to let her mother-in-law go in a dignified manner.
The sky is getting brighter. The Xie family has been decorated with white lanterns, white sails are floating in the west, the servants have small white flowers on their heads, and the sky is covered with dark clouds.
The door of Xie's house was wide open, but no one came to express condolences.
Yes, early this morning, the charges against the Yun family were confirmed. The imperial court ordered everyone to be executed. Qiu Hou asked to be executed. The eldest daughter of the Yun family, Yun Chu, died. Who cares?
At such a sensitive time, if you come to express condolences, you will easily be labeled as a traitor.
Song Yin knelt in front of the soul, lowered her head and burned the paper.
Next to her was Xie Shiwei's wife, Mrs. Gao, who muttered to herself: "Hey, she's not my husband's biological mother, so why bother with a grand burial? I heard it would cost more than 10,000 taels of silver. What can I do wrong with this money? Why not spend it on a child?" The daughter of a sinner is too much wasted..."
"That's enough." Song Yin said coldly, "It's not your money that was spent. Why do you feel bad?"
"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong." Mrs. Gao said coldly, "I am the wife of the Xie family who has been brought into the house by the Xie family. Even a penny of the Xie family has my share. Why can't I feel sorry for my mother-in-law now?" If you die, your sister-in-law will soon be in charge of the house. You are obviously happy, but you are crying like this. You are really good at pretending!"
The Gao family was the concubine of a Chinese and Western official. Although she was a concubine, her background was much nobler than that of Song Yin, a scholar's daughter. Therefore, she often looked down on Song Yin.
She often secretly mocked Song Yin. She found that Song Yin would not complain to a man, so she became more and more unscrupulous.
Just when she was about to continue speaking, a shadow hit her. She looked up and saw Xie Shi'an, whose eyes were full of broken ice. She couldn't help but be frightened. She immediately turned her head and continued to burn paper, pretending that nothing happened. Pass.
Xie Shi'an bent down and helped Song Yin up: "You haven't eaten a bite since last night. Let's go and eat something first."
Song Yin lowered her eyes: "I have no appetite, husband, don't worry about me, just go and do your work."
Xie Shian clearly felt his wife's alienation.
He pulled her outside and whispered: "If you don't eat, the children have to eat too. They haven't seen you all night and are crying."
Speaking of children, Song Yin sighed.
She gave birth to two children to Xie Shi'an. The eldest was twelve years old, the second was eight, the third was eight, and the youngest was only one year old. It was the time when she needed a mother.
But she didn't have the energy to take care of the children.
For some reason, she always thought of her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law had taken care of the Xie family all her life and raised so many children, but she died at the hands of her children in the end.
Will her children, for the sake of their own future, treat her as their own mother...
She would also wonder if Xie Shi'an would force her to death if her presence blocked the Xie family's way...
There are some things that cannot be thought about. The more you think about them, the more terrifying they become and make you shudder.
Xie Shi'an has always been smart, and he has already guessed her thoughts from her expression.
He stretched out his hand and put his hand on her shoulder: "Yinyin, for so many years, I haven't kept any concubines and I haven't had any women around me. Can't you still feel how I treat you? No matter how deep I am outside, But I am completely sincere to you..."
Song Yin lowered her eyes.
Yes, he was extremely kind to her. They had been married for more than ten years, but there was no woman around him, and the people who served him were all servants.
But before what happened to the Yun family, wasn't he also a filial son praised by everyone in the capital? She also saw with her own eyes how filial he was to his mother-in-law... But it was such a person who took the decision and forced her mother-in-law to death...
horrible.
terrible.
Song Yin pursed her lips and said nothing.
Xie Shian is very patient, and he is willing to spend all his patience on Song Yin.
At this moment, the servant hurriedly came to report: "Young Master, someone has come to express condolences to Madam. It is the heir apparent of Prince Pingxi..."
