Chapter 252: Trouble

The old lady of Jinhua Hall was still upset that the marriage she had planned could not be negotiated. She was so angry that she felt dizzy and had chest tightness. She took two pills in a row, drove all the maids out, closed her eyes and leaned on the couch, and told Mother Ji:

"Fortunately, this matter has not been decided yet, but it must be kept secret. Whoever dares to mention the Luo family again, sew their mouths shut! The other day, I went to the temple with those old ladies to listen to the Dharma and heard that the sixth son was going to get married. He only said that the young lady was a relative of my mother's family, but he didn't say which family. Now the girls in the manor are still young, and there is no one suitable for the sixth son. I have to look for relatives in the surrounding areas and find someone of the same age. If people outside ask about it in the future, there will be someone to deal with... You are a useless person, you don't know what is good for you!"

Mother Ji knew that the latter part of the curse was naturally directed at the Luo sisters. She didn't know what to say, so she just replied "yes" and told the old lady that the Luo mother and daughter had left the house and left the city.

"Did you shut them up?"

The old lady asked, and Mother Ji quickly answered: "I have told Mrs. Jiang to spread a harsh word. If you dare to say that you are related to the Hou Mansion, you will not be forgiven no matter where you run to!"

The old lady nodded slightly and said nothing more. However, since the idea of ​​using her as a puppet was impossible, then forget it. A relative who is only related to her is not even of this use. What's the point of having her?

"Don't go to Lan'er again. How is Lan'er doing now? She should come visit me in the next few days!"

Mother Ji smiled and said, "My cousin is fine. She sent me a gift before the festival and said she would come to see me after the festival!"

"Well, Lan'er is such a good and filial child! People said she had a weak foundation before, but now she is going to be a mother, right? She is a second-rank imperial lady, and she can handle the whole family of the Shi family. Which girl in the Zhuang family doesn't have some ability? She has been taught by so many mothers since she was a child, so she can't be wrong... Oh, what a pity!"

Mother Ji agreed. As they were talking, the old lady suddenly realized that something was a little strange this morning. None of her children, grandchildren, or daughters-in-law came to greet her. Mother Ji said:

"The eldest master apologized last night, saying that he was accompanying the emperor in the palace and might not be back until late, so he couldn't come to pay his respects this morning. The eldest lady came to the palace with him, so naturally she couldn't come either. The fourth master, the sixth master, and the girls did come, but at that time... I asked Ruiyun and the others to stop them at the gate of the courtyard, saying that the old lady hadn't gotten up yet, and told the men and girls to go back and sleep a little longer! The second master and the second mistress sent someone to reply, saying that the family went back there last night and saw a good moon, and sat and admired it for a while, so they couldn't come too early today."

The old lady was silent and seemed to be asleep. After a while, she said, "It's better not to come. If they knew that Lao Liu's plan was not going to work, they would laugh at me in their hearts again - am I really too old and useless? Now it seems that I can't do anything right. Every time I do something, it's just causing trouble!"

Mother Ji was trying to comfort her when Rui Yu suddenly came in hurriedly. Seeing the old lady lying with her eyes closed, she thought she was taking a nap, so she said to Mother Ji, "Just now the maid came to report: Yuehua Courtyard is going to be in turmoil! The eldest aunt examined all the maids in the courtyard and said that it was the foxy girl who seduced the son-in-law. Even the younger maids were beaten to a pulp. The two little maids that the old lady gave last month, who were renamed by the son-in-law and kept in the study to serve, have now been beaten half to death and locked up in the woodshed!"

Mother Ji turned around and winked at Ruiyu. Ruiyu was stunned for a moment, but the words had already been spoken, so she could only stand there in panic, twisting her sweat towel at a loss.

The old lady coughed once, then twice. Mother Ji quickly helped her up and sat on the couch, coughing continuously until she couldn't breathe and her face turned purple. Ruiyu went to help her, but Mother Ji slapped her and said, "Go and tell the master to come and find the imperial doctor!"

Ruiyu hurried out of the room, and soon Ruiyun, Ruihong and others came in and stood by to help. After a long time, the old lady finally stopped coughing, and said to Mother Ji breathlessly:

"Give it to her! Take the indentures of those two girls. Let her decide whether they live or die... Just kick them out together! They are both worthless. They have been bred and treated like this by the Li family!"

' In Tsinghua Court, Xu Junying took Heng'er to play stone throwing in the courtyard. He would look at the upper door from time to time. If Cuisi didn't come out, it meant that Meimei was still asleep. They could rest for two days during the festival and didn't have to go to court. He didn't want to get up early. He and Meimei came back from the palace last night and were both a little tired. After taking a bath, they lay down in the bedroom and felt full of energy. The couple cuddled together, loving each other, and didn't fall asleep until five o'clock in the morning. He knew it was dawn, so he held the lovely girl in his arms, wanting to sleep with her for a while, and then they would get up together. However, he forgot that Heng'er was an early bird. Although he listened to the nanny's teachings and didn't dare to speak loudly, he was running around in front of the corridor door. Only Meimei didn't care about such a big noise and could continue to sleep soundly, but he couldn't do that. He didn't want to wake her up, so he had to get up first, take a bath, change clothes, and take Heng'er to play somewhere farther away.

Cuixi and Lin Pozi have been sent to Ziyun Hall to listen to the reply on behalf of the grandmother and deal with the relevant matters today. Xu Junying thought about whether he should take Meimei and her daughter out of the house to play when she wakes up. He couldn't be with Meimei for such a long time recently, so he should find something new and fun to make her happy. He took her and Heng'er back to Qin's house when he first came back, and they had fun all day. Where should he go now?

While he was thinking, he saw Ruiyu from Jinhua Hall and two maids hurried over, bowed to him, and said that the old lady had a cough and asthma attack again, and asked the master to find the imperial physician who used to visit the old lady in the palace! Xu Junying naturally knew that the old lady was different from other people. When she got anxious and angry, she would have a cough and asthma attack, or palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and fainting. He frowned and asked:

"But what happened? Who has offended the old lady again?"

Rui Yu lowered her head and said, "To answer your question, something happened in Yuehua Courtyard and the old lady was mad!"

"What is it? Tell me!"

Ruiyu had no choice but to repeat what the old woman had reported to her.

Xu Junying had a gloomy face and pursed his lips. During the time when he was on duty outside under the order of the emperor, he wrote letters to Meimei one after another. Every time she only replied with one sentence, he was very depressed. When he had nothing to do, he thought about that sentence and felt that every word seemed to represent her mood. He was very uneasy at the time. After being away for a few months, with the King of Qi, Zhang Jingyun and others in the capital, would he coax her into changing her mind again? He had done his best before leaving, and it was unlikely that Meimei would change! When he returned to the capital, he asked Bai Zhan in detail and found out what happened in the mansion a few months after he left. No wonder she was uneasy. It turned out that she was not happy at home. As the mistress of the house, she was still restrained by the old lady from time to time. But she was very good and never provoked the old lady head-on. She would rather be unhappy and tolerate Xu Xiaojuan and Luo's relatives. She was sensible and finally willing to let go of her knot and really regard herself as the daughter-in-law of the Xu family. Xu Junying was relieved and thought about finding an opportunity to say a few words for her in front of the old lady. But he couldn't do anything about his grandmother, so he had to find Xu Xiaojuan and scold her severely, warning her that if she didn't know what was good for her, she would be expelled from the mansion, even with the old lady's support!

Before he could move, Xu Xiaojuan bumped into him first.

Cui Xi came back from Ziyun Hall. Xu Junying asked her if there was anything wrong. Cui Xi bowed and said: There is something I can't handle, and I have to go back to the young lady.

"No need to wake up the young lady, just lead the way, I'll go take a look!"

Xu Junying waved Baoju over and said, "I'm at Yuehua Courtyard. Tell Baizhan to go find Doctor Su and bring him to Jinhua Hall to diagnose the old lady!"

After saying this, he bent over and picked up Heng'er, then followed Cui Xi out of Qinghua Courtyard. When Xia Lian and the wet nurse saw that Lord Hou was carrying his son away, they had no choice but to follow behind with their maids and servants.

In Yuehua Courtyard, Li Zhao heard that Xu Xiaojuan had beaten two study-accompanying maids half to death and thrown them in the firewood room. He hurried to see what was happening. He saw two delicate little maids, as fresh as flowers, lying in the firewood pile like blood, dying. He could not help but feel shocked, angry and pitiful. He asked the gatekeeper to carry them out and ask a doctor to treat their injuries. The two maids were servants of the Xu family, but they did not dare to disobey the eldest aunt's words. Li Zhao was so angry that he picked up a wooden stick and beat them. The maids screamed in pain and ran to find Xu Xiaojuan. Xu Xiaojuan asked the reason and saw that Li Zhao dared to protect the two maids. She angrily scolded:

"Why should I punish them? They are just two worthless lives, bought with silver. I own them all. Just go ahead and beat them to death with a stick!"

Li Zhao forced the old woman to leave quickly. Seeing that the old woman really turned around and was about to leave, he got angry, his eyes red as he stepped forward and kicked the old woman down. He pointed at Xu Xiaojuan and said, "You fierce woman, I will definitely divorce you one day!"

Hearing this, Xu Xiaojuan glared at him for a moment, then rushed forward to fight. Li Zhao knocked her to the ground, but Xu Xiaojuan was not to be outdone. She grabbed his clothes and dragged him to the ground. The couple fought back and forth, you slapped me a few times, I kicked you a few times, and they were fighting fiercely when they heard a shout:

"Master Hou is here!"

The two stopped at the same time, but Xu Xiaojuan still held Li Zhao's collar. Li Zhao angrily said, "Crazy woman, let go! Your brother is here!"

Xu Xiaojuan said: "It's just right that you're here, let my brother make the decision for me!"

They got up from the ground and looked at each other, their hair was disheveled, their clothes were messy, and they looked in a miserable state. Li Zhao attached great importance to his appearance, and now he had lost all his charm, and it was too late to change. He kept shouting in hatred. However, Xu Xiaojuan wanted her brother to see his sister's miserable appearance and severely punish Li Zhao. Li Jiao and Li Xu ran out, and were frightened by the sight of their parents' miserable appearance. They started crying, making the scene even more chaotic.

Xu Junying walked in. Heng'er had been handed over to the nurse. He stood there with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at the couple in front of him. What kind of scenes had a person who had returned from the battlefield not seen? But he still didn't quite believe that the crazy woman with disheveled hair and dirty clothes was his father's beloved sister Xu Xiaojuan. When Xu Xiaojuan saw her brother looking at her, she blinked and tears rolled down:

"Brother! You have to make the decision for your sister. Li Zhaota——"

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