The Xie family's happy event turned into a funeral overnight. Mrs. Xie sadly lost her eldest son. Mrs. Xie, who was already very old, suddenly collapsed and became bedridden and groggy.
Mrs. Xie finally woke up for a while in the afternoon. Aunt Lu ordered the kitchen to prepare good medicinal food and went to supervise the cooking in person.
But when it was time to serve dinner, Aunt Lu was late in coming. Mrs. Xie knew that Miss Lu was careful and cautious, and she wouldn't be like this if nothing had happened. But now she didn't have the energy to ask anymore questions, and she closed her eyes tiredly to prepare. Take a break.
Lu Jinxiu is currently wandering in the courtyard of Songhe Hall.
This morning was really strange. The female envoy who came as a dowry from the Qin family suddenly knelt down in her courtyard with a bruised nose and face, and told her everything about the replacement marriage of the Qin family's illegitimate daughter.
The maid looked like she was forced to do so, but when asked who beat her like this, she refused to reveal a word.
But it's too late to pursue these matters. The matter is serious. Now that the master of the house is away, she has only been the head of the family for a few years. How can she dare to make the decision?
The only person in the house who can cause trouble is the madam.
Thinking of this, Aunt Lu felt cruel and was about to push the door open and enter the room. But as soon as her hand reached the door frame, she hesitated again. Madam Mrs., if she was irritated after hearing this...
While she was wandering, someone passed him and pushed the door open first to enter the dowager's room.
She subconsciously opened her mouth to scold him, but when she saw clearly that the person coming was Xie Queshan, she swallowed the words on her lips.
Lu Jinxiu looked back and saw that the helpless servant girl could not stop Xie Queshan and did not dare to stop him. She looked at Lu Jinxiu for help.
Lu Jinxiu was already a shrewd, capable, and resourceful woman from the backyard. She was annulled when she was young, and she didn't marry into the Xie family as a concubine until she was twenty-two years old. Lu Jinxiu knew that her congenital conditions were average, and her age was even more of a disadvantage. She would not be able to serve others with her appearance, so she worked harder and more diligently than the other women, serving her husband and his parents-in-law, and carefully assisting his wife to take care of the backyard.
She has a good temper and quick movements. She knows how to observe people's words and emotions, and knows how to give kindness and power at the bottom. She is very popular among the Xie family. After his wife passed away, her grandmother gave her the entire Wangxuewu to take care of.
But after all, she is a backyard woman, and she will be frightened when facing a demon like Xie Queshan. She knew that Xie Queshan must hate the Xie family.
More than ten years ago, Lanzhou fell and when the Xie family fled south in a hurry, they forgot to inform the mother and son who were not favored, leaving them in the flames of war.
But things in the backyard are complicated. Whether they forgot it or deliberately forgot it is impossible to find out.
From that time on, there was a gap between Xie Queshan and the Xie family, and the seeds of hatred were sown in his heart.
Xie Queshan wanted to see his wife, but Lu Jinxiu couldn't stop him and was afraid of something happening, so he could only carefully lean on the door and listen to what was going on inside.
Xie Queshan entered his grandmother's room holding the gift box and bowed respectfully.
"Grandma, my grandson is here to say hello to you."
Mrs. Xie sat half-sitting, closing her eyes to rest, as if she had not heard Xie Queshan's words, and did not respond for a long time.
Xie Queshan handed over the brocade box in his hand and continued: "Grandma, my eldest brother has passed away. I hope that you will be considerate and take care of yourself. This box contains Siamese rhinoceros horns, which are precious medicinal materials that are hard to find."
Mrs. Xie finally opened her eyes, but she didn't even look at Xie Queshan.
"Take it away, I won't take the medicine Qi Ren brought."
"Grandma, you don't look down on your grandson, but there is no need to be angry with your own body. Siamese rhinoceros horns can be decoctioned into medicine to cure emergencies and save critical moments."
Xie Queshan took it upon himself to hand the brocade box to the maid aside. The maid did not dare to resist Xie Queshan and could only accept it.
"Whether I live or die has nothing to do with you. Now that you have surrendered to Daqi, you are no longer a member of the Xie family."
"Grandma," he paused, his expression still normal, "when you threw my mother and me into the flames of Lanzhou, did you think of us as your Xie family?"
He spoke calmly, as if he was describing an ordinary thing, but it was particularly harsh in the ears of the listener.
"Your father, your aunt, your brother, and the entire Xie family have already apologized to you for what happened back then, but you insist on going astray! Ahem..."
"Grandma, you are so good at apologizing, then why don't you apologize to my mother?"
"She committed suicide and disgraced her family. How can she apologize?"
"The lintel?" Xie Queshan sneered with the utmost coldness, "Since the Xie family's lintel is so important, even if you apologized insincerely, you might not have given birth to a rebellious minister like me who ruined the reputation of the Xie family."
"Haotian is extremely grateful for the kindness of your parents. No matter what, you should not feel resentful towards your family!"
"That's what my mother said," Xie Queshan stared into his grandmother's eyes. "Women from aristocratic families are really strange. They are willing to put their lives in the hands of others and let them be slaughtered. They have obviously been wronged, but they still want to be grateful. , and even feel guilty, fearing that I will trouble others."
"This is a gift passed down from our ancestors!"
"Such a ritual won't work in this world."
The room was extremely silent for a moment, Mrs. Xie's chest was heaving, and she was obviously angry.
Lu Jinxiu heard something was wrong outside and hurriedly opened the door and went in.
"Mother, I have something important to discuss with you."
Lu Jinxiu walked in, breaking the tense atmosphere between Xie Queshan and her grandmother. Her eyes fell on Xie Queshan and she saluted as usual.
"Thank you, envoy. Excuse me, but things in the backyard are really urgent..."
With the words "Thank you, envoy," the identities of Xie Queshan and the Xie Mansion were completely wiped out, and an eviction order was issued. The affairs in the Xie family's backyard have nothing to do with you, an outside envoy.
Xie Queshan took a step back knowingly and bowed his hands.
"Grandma, my eldest brother is dead. I am the eldest son of the Xie family. I should return to the Xie family to fulfill my filial piety. I will stay in Wangxuewu from now on. I hope you take care of yourself. My grandson will take leave now."
"Treason, you, you -"
Lu Jinxiu quickly stepped forward to comfort the old lady and calmed her down.
"Mother, don't argue with that traitor and hurt your body. Now that the master has not returned home, we have to look at Qiren's eyes. When the master comes back, we will have a way to deal with this traitor."
As Lu Jinxiu spoke, she patted Mrs. Xie's back gently to help her calm down.
After finally taking a breath, Mrs. Xie's face regained some color. She patted the back of Lu Jinxiu's hand and asked tiredly: "Aunt Lu, what do you want to discuss with me?"
Lu Jinxiu's heart skipped a beat and she spoke out.
"Mom, it's all my fault that I was careless and didn't check it out beforehand. Now I've made a big mistake. Please punish me..."
Mrs. Xie was a little tired and didn't want to go around in circles anymore: "Hasn't the biggest mistake already been made? There are any ups and downs in the Xie family that I haven't seen yet, so just say it."
"The one who got married to Brother Heng yesterday was actually the illegitimate daughter of the Qin family's aunt. It is reasonable to say that Brother Heng has passed away and there is no need to pursue this matter anymore, but... the person who was originally married to the eldest son was There is nothing wrong with the legitimate daughter of the Qin family, but the illegitimate daughter she married has a lone star in her destiny, and is extremely evil. Wu Zuo said that the eldest son had no external injuries, but died of illness, so the concubine could not help but wonder in her heart, could it be that this woman is going to kill Brother Heng's son? Killed to death?"
After listening to the conversation, Mrs. Xie's expression became worse and worse. Before she could say a word, she vomited out a mouthful of bruises.
"Mother, mother!" Lu Jinxiu panicked and hurriedly supported the old lady's body and served her a cup of tea, "You must take care of yourself."
Mrs. Xie drank a cup of hot tea to regain her composure. Lu Jinxiu looked at the old lady nervously. She knew clearly that what the old lady said next would determine the fate of the illegitimate daughter.
