Today, Cheng Sang's madness suddenly recovered, and he returned in full force, giving everyone a warning as the head of the family.
Even Xie Yunhe was shocked.
Xie Yunhe and Cheng Sang have been married for many years. Although he knows Cheng Sang's temperament very well, it's at least similar.
Cheng Sang’s reaction just now… was a little too harsh.
"master."
Manager Cui came in with a bowl of ginseng soup. "You have been busy with the Cheng family's business recently and haven't had a good night's sleep. Drink some ginseng soup to replenish your body."
Xie Yunhe didn't say anything.
The Cheng family has two managers.
Manager Pang is Cheng Lian’s confidant and is in charge of the household.
Manager Cui is Xie Yunhe's confidant and is in charge of external affairs.
The commotion at Cheng Sang's end was so loud that the news spread throughout the entire Cheng family.
"Master, are you thinking about the Madam?" asked Steward Cui, placing the ginseng soup next to Xie Yunhe's hand.
Xie Yunhe looked at the ginseng soup and obviously had no appetite.
Manager Cui said, "If Madam really recovers, Master doesn't need to worry about anything. You have been very considerate to Madam over the years. Apart from marrying her sister, there is no other fault that Madam can find fault with. Besides, marrying a second wife is also for the overall situation. We can't let the Cheng family die without an heir."
Xie Yunhe still had a complicated expression on his face.
Manager Cui continued, "Besides, I see that the Madam treats you a little differently."
Xie Yunhe's expression changed slightly.
Steward Cui said, "She gave the Second Madam a great show of power today, but she was just a little angry with you, Master. I think Madam has you in her heart. She is angry that you married someone else, and it is a mixture of love and hate, but as long as this friendship exists, you and Madam have a chance to make peace."
"master."
The maid outside the house reported, "Madam is not feeling well, please come over."
"Which lady?" asked Steward Cui.
The maid also heard about Cheng Sang's awakening, and reported in a trembling voice: "Second, Second Madam."
Before today, no one dared to put a second word before the name Cheng Lian. At most, they called her Madam Cheng Sang and Cheng Lian Madam.
Xie Yunhe frowned.
No one knew what he was thinking.
Cheng Lian sat in the room waiting, but no one came after waiting for half an hour.
Her heart sank.
"master!"
From outside, a maid's surprised greeting was heard.
The light in her dim eyes regained its luster. She adjusted the silver hairpin on her hair in front of the bronze mirror and stood up to greet him.
She is only two years younger than Cheng Sang, but because she takes good care of herself, she still looks charming.
"Husband."
She looked at Xie Yunhe who came into the room with a pitiful look, and even her eyes were red.
Xie Yunhe glanced at the bright red fingerprints on her cheek and sat down with a complicated expression.
Cheng Lian sat beside him, raised her hand to touch her slapped face, and said aggrievedly: "My husband, is my sister angry with me? If I had known this would happen, I would rather shave my head and become a nun in a nunnery than to implicate my sister and brother-in-law."
"Does it still hurt?" Xie Yunhe asked.
Cheng Lian bit her lip to prevent the tears from falling: "It's okay for me to be in pain, but my sister treated me like that, and I feel bad..."
Xie Yunhe said earnestly: "She also couldn't accept it for a while, don't blame her."
Cheng Lian's eyelashes trembled: "My husband, are you speaking for my sister? Yes, my sister is my husband's original wife, who am I? I just had a one-night stand with my brother-in-law and got pregnant with his child, so my brother-in-law had to give me a status. I will go to my sister tomorrow to apologize and tell her that everything is my fault and has nothing to do with you."
Xie Yunhe frowned: "Don't mess around!"
Cheng Lian smiled bitterly: "Sister, you hit me, that's what I deserve. I went to talk to sister and it was just me who was making trouble..."
Xie Yunhe paused and said, "She just woke up, don't provoke her."
Cheng Lian sneered: "She can't stand being provoked when she's crazy, and she can't stand being provoked when she's sober... But I can stand anything!"
Xie Yunhe frowned even more tightly.
Before he could speak, Cheng Lian changed the subject.
"I'm curious. My sister has been crazy for many years. The Cheng family has consulted many doctors and tried many methods, but her madness has not improved at all. How come my sister has completely recovered after that girl came? Has my sister been pretending to be crazy all these years, or is there something else going on with what happened today?"
…
Whenever Cheng Lian was unhappy, Xie Yunhe would always stay in her yard to comfort her.
Tonight, he left.
Cheng Lian tasted the feeling of being alone in an empty room.
…
Early in the morning, Xie Yunhe came to Cheng Sang's yard.
Cheng Sang didn't see him.
Last night, the servants in the yard were punished to kneel for half the night, and they fully realized the power of Cheng Sang as the head of the family. Now no one dared to break into Cheng Sang's door without permission.
That’s right, if it had happened a few days ago, regardless of whether Cheng Sang was willing or not, if Xie Yunhe wanted to see her, they would have opened the door and brought Cheng Sang out.
At noon, Xie Yunhe came again.
Cheng Sang was still nowhere to be seen.
There's nothing I can do, Cheng Sang is too busy.
Yuchi Xiu had nothing to do, so he taught Tuan Sang how to play mahjong.
He was just teaching blindly, but he never expected that Cheng Sang would be able to learn it so quickly and even win a lot of money from him and Mei Ji.
Cheng Sang can't beat Su Xiaoxiao, and he can't win even if he draws by himself.
Four people were playing mahjong in the yard, while the five working birds went out to earn bird food.
This time, the Five Tigers did not go to the Holy Maiden Temple to gather information, but went to the residence of Wei Ting and others, bringing them a note and asking them to contact Deng Huan and find a man named Quan Youcai.
When Su Xiaoxiao asked Cheng Sang who was the best to her besides Ah Xu, Cheng Sang said Uncle Quan.
Uncle Quan, whose original name was Quan Youcai, was once the steward of the Cheng family. He started running errands for the young Old Master Cheng at the age of ten. Like Ah Xu, he was loyal to Cheng Sang.
Fifteen years ago, he was falsely accused of taking bribes, passing off inferior goods as good ones, and using rotten wood to build an attic, which eventually led to a serious attic collapse accident.
As a result, he was expelled from the Cheng family.
Xie Yunhe did not tell Cheng Sang that Quan Youcai had made a mistake. He only said that Quan Youcai wanted to return to his hometown to be filial to his mother.
Su Xiaoxiao decided to find him.
Deng Huan is Su Xuan's spy left in the capital of Southern Xinjiang. After years of operation, he has already established his own network of relationships.
In addition, Quan Youcai did not hide his real name, so it was not difficult to find him.
Two days later, Uncle Quan was brought to Su Xiaoxiao and Cheng Sang.
Quan Youcai looked at the eldest lady whom he hadn't seen for many years. Her face had aged and there were silver hairs on her temples.
His heart ached, and he knelt down with tears in his eyes and kowtowed: "Miss!"
Cheng Sang tilted his head and looked at him: "Uncle Quan, you are old and have white hair."
Su Xiaoxiao called Quan Youcai to the study and told him about Cheng Sang's situation.
"I have not left the capital for these years, waiting for the day when the eldest lady can regain her sanity... I have actually heard about the young lady coming to the Cheng family to recognize her relatives, but..."
Speaking of this, he smiled awkwardly.
"I thought it was arranged by Xie Yunhe and Cheng Lian again."
Su Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "What do you mean by 'again'?"
Quan Youcai sighed, "Young lady, you don't know that before you returned to the Cheng family, the Cheng family came several times to 'recognize your relatives'. Most of them were infants, disguised as the eldest lady's deceased flesh and blood. On the surface, they said it was to cure the eldest lady's madness, so that the eldest lady would think that her daughter had returned and would no longer be sad... but in fact, they were planning to take over the head of the family."
Su Xiaoxiao suddenly realized: "So that's it."
"I didn't expect it to be true this time!" Quan Youcai looked at Su Xiaoxiao excitedly.
Su Xiaoxin said carefully, no, it’s fake this time too.
She looked at Quan Youcai and said, "I have blocked Xie Yunhe for three days. Tomorrow I will go to the temple to participate in the Holy Election. I can't be with grandma all the time. I'll trouble you to take care of grandma and don't let the people in the mansion see any flaws."
Quan Youcai said seriously: "Don't worry, young lady, I know what to do!"
After coming out of the study, Su Xiaoxiao went to Cheng Sang's room first.
Cheng Sang was tired from playing and fell into a deep sleep.
Meiji was guarding her by the bed.
Yuchi Xiu sat on the beam with one leg bent. Even though he lost money, he had to continue to look cool, handsome and domineering.
Su Xiaoxiao came to the bed, touched Cheng Sang's forehead, and took Cheng Sang's pulse.
"You can make medicine for her tomorrow morning."
These words were said to Meiji.
"oh."
Meiji said she had taken note of it.
"Shh~"
A sneer came from the beams, "Girl, don't you think you're meddling too much?"
Su Xiaoxiao glanced at him calmly: "Do you have any objections?"
Yuchi Xiu held the sword and leaned against the beam behind him.
"The purpose of our trip to Southern Xinjiang is just to find the snake bone flower and Wei Xu. The Cheng family's troubles have nothing to do with us. You'd better be careful not to get into trouble."
Meiji stared at him and laughed sarcastically: "Oh, you just feel unhappy because you lost money!"
Yuchi Xiu: “……!!”
"I agree with Yuchi Xiu."
A familiar voice suddenly appeared outside the door.
"Killer?"
Meiji hurried over and opened the door.
Fortunately, it was just after lunch and all the servants in the yard had returned to their rooms.
She dragged the killer in and closed the door. "Why are you here? And why are you so angry with him?"
The killer said, "I think you guys are a little too nice to her."
It has gone beyond the scope of utilization.
"Meiji, do you still remember what the master told us when we were doing the mission?"
"Don't get emotional."
Mei Ji moved weakly behind Su Xiaoxiao, with an attitude of "I'm just a maid and I'm just following orders."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Cheng Sang who was sleeping soundly on the bed and gently brushed the hair off her cheek.
"I have my own ideas," she said.
The killer felt a firm aura from Su Xiaoxiao.
He had a hunch that she would definitely protect this man named Cheng Sang.
Mei Ji also likes Cheng Sang.
Meiji changed the subject: "You haven't told me what you are here for."
The killer said, "Wei Ting and Gui Bu went to the Saint Maiden Hall."
…
In the past few days, the brothers have been looking for an opportunity to enter the Holy Maiden Temple.
It is too difficult to break in by force and it is also easy to alert the enemy.
So they set their sights on Uncle Han.
After tracking him for a few days, I found out that Uncle Han was going to deliver a batch of clothes to the Holy Maiden Temple this evening.
Wei Ting and Wei Liulang kidnapped Uncle Han and the coachman without saying a word and took them to their residence.
He was blindfolded, put in a sack, and locked in the woodshed.
Wei Ting had come into contact with Uncle Han, so it was easier for him to imitate him, so he disguised himself as Uncle Han.
Gui Bu had a fight with Wei Liulang and finally suppressed him by bloodline, thus obtaining the qualification to be a disguised rickshaw driver.
Both of them were Gu Masters and had no martial arts skills. In order to avoid being noticed by the disciples of the Holy Maiden Hall, the two brothers took the poison pills sent by Deng Huan.
"This is a poison pill unique to Southern Xinjiang. It can suppress a person's power and reduce their five senses. You are now just two ordinary people. Remember to be careful."
"Does it have any effect on the body?" Wei Qing asked.
Deng called out, "You will recover after the effect of the medicine wears off. Oh, I forgot to mention that the effect of the medicine lasts for twelve hours."
Wei Ting smiled and said, "Don't worry, second brother. I will protect you well."
Gui Bu gave him a look that showed he was ignorant of the immensity of the world.
Wei Ting went back to his room to change his appearance.
The three little ones came in gliding.
"Are you going out?" Da Hu asked.
Wei Ting: “Yes.”
Erhu asked, "Are you going to look for mother secretly without us?"
These little brats have been showing off too much recently, and it's rare for Wei Ting to let them suffer a setback.
Wei San Sui said arrogantly, "Yeah, I'm going out to play with your mom! There are only two of us!"
The three little ones went out with gloomy faces.
Stinky daddy! In the yard, Wei Xiyue was pulling the boxes on the carriage.
Li Wan carried her down and said, "Xiyue, don't touch me. Your seventh uncle will take her away soon."
The stinky daddy wants to take it away? The three little ones blinked and crawled in tacitly.
Humph, they are going to look for their mother too! Hahahaha, the four little ones just need to blow up the Saint Maiden Temple!
(End of this chapter)