Chapter 157 The Secret of the Qu Family's Backyard
Qu Quanwei was filled with anger: "The third brother brought the people back to the Chu family. Doctor Du saved them and their son. I just asked you to say thank you to them. How could you still quarrel with them? Listen to the cries of two or three hundred night cats on the roof. Isn't it miserable?"
"Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow!"
“Meow! Meow! Meow!”
“…!”
The sound of cats meowing came from the roof, which sounded heart-wrenching, miserable and tragic to people's ears.
It was a mournful cry like a baby's, making one's ears explode and their hair stand on end.
Mrs. Qu was frightened. There was a "boom" in her head, her eyes went dark, and she slid off the chair to the ground.
Qu Quanwei looked at them coldly, his face expressionless: "Jin! Why did all these wild cats come to our roof and howl?"
Madam Qu got up from the ground in a panic and sat back in her chair: "Master! That may not be caused by what I did. Could it be that the three concubines have never done anything wrong in all these years?"
The three concubines who were named immediately began to examine themselves, and then spoke one after another.
Aunt: "I swear, I haven't done anything to harm the world, and I haven't even had such a thought."
The second aunt expressed her opinion: "I don't have it either."
The Third Aunt hesitated for a moment and said, "I have only been in the family for a few years, so it is impossible for anything to happen."
"Really?" Madam Qu glanced at them one by one, "Maybe your memory is not good. How did your maid Dongmei die two years ago?"
The eldest aunt's face turned pale, and she clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves. She subconsciously looked at Qu Quanwei, and saw him staring at her coldly. Her body shook involuntarily.
"Tell me, what happened? How did Dongmei die?"
There was an expression of disbelief in the eyes of the eldest aunt's son. Dongmei was the woman he liked. Although she was a maidservant of the eldest aunt, they had already had physical contact, and Dongmei was pregnant with his child.
Later, for unknown reasons, he was drowned in the lotus pond. He was depressed for two years, and still could not forget how kind Dongmei was to him.
Even after getting married, I still often think of her gentle and sweet smile.
"Dongmei! Dongmei! Dongmei!" The eldest aunt looked anxious and didn't know how to explain.
Mrs. Qu smiled faintly: "Let me tell you! Dongmei and the fourth son had an affair and she was pregnant with his child. The eldest aunt couldn't tolerate it, so she had Dongmei pushed into the lotus pond."
"What?" Qu Quanwei never dreamed that the daughter of a scholar, the well-educated and well-mannered aunt would do such a cruel thing. "Aunt! What the madam said is true."
The eldest aunt's son looked at him in disbelief: "Aunt! Is it really you? Did you kill Dongmei? Kill my child?"
At this point, the aunt could not deny that she was guilty of her crime and she regretted it the moment she did it.
After all, that was the woman her son liked. Even if she was pregnant, as long as he married his wife, it would not matter if the eldest son from the concubine was born first. Why would he force her to death?
"Yes!" The eldest aunt knelt down at Qu Quanwei's feet with a plop. "Master! I am also thinking about my son. He hasn't even got married yet, and I've given birth to a bastard. Who will be willing to marry him in the future?"
After hearing this, the Fourth Young Master fell to the ground and fainted.
The frightened aunt hugged her and cried, while Madam Qu sat on top of her with a sneer on her face.
The others hurried to call for a doctor.
Looking at the victorious smile on Mrs. Qu's face, Qu Quanwei felt even angrier. He actually didn't know that there were so many secrets in his backyard.
Looking at the Second and Third Aunts coldly, he asked coldly: "Tell me, what evil things have you done? If you don't tell me everything today, and I find out, I will definitely send you all away."
The Second and Third Aunts thought carefully and really couldn't remember anything, so they shook their heads to indicate that they had nothing.
Madam Qu looked at Third Aunt and said calmly, "Third Aunt! Has your cousin Wenhua left? Is he still living in the back street?"
The Third Aunt looked at Madam Qu, her eyes slightly red. "Madam, just say whatever you want to say! My cousin and I are innocent. My cousin has not left yet and is still living in the back street. It was Madam who slapped my child away without knowing the truth."
Before she could finish her words, Third Aunt burst into tears.
The third concubine that Qu Quanwei married was the daughter of an old scholar, and she was only twenty-two years old this year.
Originally, Qu Quanwei didn't want to marry her, but the third aunt felt that he had paid for his father's funeral, had no brothers or sisters at home, and was helpless, so she voluntarily sold herself into the mansion as a slave.
In order to show off her own virtue, Mrs. Qu thought that the boy's daughter was pretty, had no family background and would be easy to control, so she urged Qu Quanwei to take her as his wife.
Qu Quanwei couldn't resist and finally accepted the room.
The third concubine had always stayed quietly in the backyard, never causing any trouble. She had a cousin, Qu Quanwei, who was also a student, but never passed the imperial examination.
Last year, her aunt passed away and her uncle was killed while repairing the city wall, so they came to Liangjun City to seek refuge with her. Qu Quanwei thought of the hardships he had experienced when he was young, so he asked his third aunt to rent him a house in the back street so that he could study and prepare for the exam.
But how come he didn’t know that Third Aunt was beaten because she was pregnant?
"Jin! I know Third Aunt's cousin. I was the one who found that place. Tell me! Why did you hit Third Aunt?" Qu Quanwei's tone was filled with serious impatience.
When Mrs. Qu heard that Third Aunt's cousin not only knew about it but also arranged a house for her, she knew that she had made a mistake.
Then he laughed: "It was actually a misunderstanding. I saw Third Auntie going out to meet a man secretly, so I slapped her. Who knew she got pregnant and didn't tell me, so the child was killed."
Second Aunt sighed bitterly: "When Madam gets angry, will she listen to explanations? Didn't Madam kick me and kill a child that year? The master never had a daughter in his life. If Madam wasn't so cruel, maybe we would have a girl too."
The third aunt cried for a while, and then she dared not cry anymore. After all, Mrs. Qu's tyranny was still there, and they were all afraid.
Today, she dared to speak out because the master asked her to. Otherwise, she would never dare to say it even if she was beaten to death.
After all, the master’s days at home are limited, and she makes a living under the mistress’s care. What else can she do if the mistress doesn’t let her speak?
Looking at the Third Aunt with red eyes from crying, and then looking at Madam Qu who didn't care at all, Qu Quanwei just felt a headache.
"Jin! Starting tomorrow, you and your aunt will go to the Buddhist temple in the backyard to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures! Because of your evil thoughts, such strange phenomena have appeared in the house. You two must be punished.
Starting tomorrow, the management of the household will be handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law. You are too old to worry about it."
After saying this, he took Third Aunt's hand and left.
(End of this chapter)
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