Chapter 173 Jing Wei's Background
Upon hearing this, Cui Qingyi knew that Sister Li’s love for this girl was not in vain.
Sister Li turned around and wiped her eyes. How could she not be worried? Although she said that, she was still afraid that the child would hold a grudge against her.
Cui Qingyi reached out and patted Li Miao's arm. "It's good that you know. Your mother has done everything she could for you. You must treat her well in the future."
Li Miao nodded solemnly. Even if her master didn't say anything, she would still be filial to her mother.
On the other side, in the county government office
When Zhou Wu returned, he told Zhou Yanxiu about something: "Sir, a few days ago I said I saw the young master of Jing, but Zhou Wen and the others said I was mistaken. But guess what, today I saw him riding out of the city."
Hearing the name of Master Jing, Zhou Yanxiu frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "Jing Wei?"
Zhou Wu: "That's right. I asked someone to find out. He came here with a caravan from the north. He got a lot of goods from the foreigners this time. It seems that he is planning to ship them back to the north to sell them."
At this point, Zhou Wu sighed, "I never thought that the eldest son of General Weiyuan's mansion would be reduced to a mere merchant."
It seemed that because of the mention of old friends, Zhou Yanxiu also had some talkativeness. He put down the official business in his hands, closed his eyes, and said after a while: "Don't forget, General Weiyuan's original wife, Jing Wei's biological mother, was born in the north.
When she returned to the capital with Marquis Weiyuan, she had dozens of carriages just for her private property."
The affairs of General Weiyuan's Mansion had long been a hot topic of conversation in the capital, so even Zhou Wu was familiar with them.
"You mean to say that the general's wife left something for her son in the North?"
Zhou Yanxiu didn't say anything, but he thought that based on General Weiyuan's neglect of the mother and son back then, if the lady hadn't made plans in advance, the grass on the mother and son's graves would have been a foot high long ago.
Zhou Wu had no good feelings towards General Weiyuan and muttered, "I don't know what's so good about General Weiyuan. He's just a weakling and yet everyone is fighting over him."
It was fine to chat about old friends, but Zhou Yanxiu had no interest in General Weiyuan's love history, so the topic of Jingwei came to an end.
The atmosphere in General Weiyuan's Mansion, which was casually mentioned by the two, was extremely depressing. A graceful woman sat in front of the bed by the window, crying uncontrollably as she looked at the skinny young man lying on the bed. The imperial doctors in the room looked at each other and finally just shook their heads and sighed.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the man on the bed suddenly began to breathe rapidly, and after a violent gasp, he became completely silent.
The noble lady was so sad that she collapsed without even catching her breath. Fortunately, the maids, the old women and the imperial physician were well prepared and in a blink of an eye, a silver needle was inserted into the woman's philtrum.
General Weiyuan looked at his son lying silent on the bed with a sad face, but he just gave instructions to the housekeeper and went back to his room.
After sending the man off, the imperial doctors packed up their medicine boxes and prepared to leave. When they were alone, they whispered to each other, "This is truly retribution for all the evil they have done."
The young imperial physician traveling with him didn't know much about what was happening in General Weiyuan's Mansion, but gossip is human nature, so he leaned over to listen out of curiosity.
"Hmph, the evil that person did in order to become the general's wife, God sees everything, and finally it all came back to haunt his own son. It's a pity that the eldest son is nowhere to be found now."
A long-bearded imperial physician looked around and saw that the servant leading the way was quite far away. He then said with relief, "I heard that General Weiyuan's first wife also seemed to have an extraordinary background. It is said that she knows a lot about supernatural things..."
Several people quickly exchanged looks that showed you understand, I understand, and everyone understands. As the young doctor was confused, they kept silent in tacit understanding.
As they spoke, the group quickly got on the carriage and left.
In the study of General Weiyuan's mansion, the housekeeper hunched over and looked at his general with an embarrassed expression, "General, if Madam knew that you sent people to look for the eldest son, I'm afraid there would be another disturbance in the mansion."
The Madam had long since blamed the Second Young Master's death on the former Madam and the First Young Master, and wished she could eat the First Young Master alive. Although the First Young Master is now missing, he has escaped from the stagnant General's Mansion. Presumably, thanks to the Madam's previous planning and the First Young Master's abilities, he can live a good life.
Why bother bringing the person back now to face the mess in the mansion?
Although General Weiyuan is old, he was a famous handsome man in the capital when he was young. He has lived a life of luxury for many years. Even though he is old, he does not look like an old man.
"So what? The second son died young because of his disappointment. If he doesn't come back, what will happen to the title and property of General Weiyuan's Mansion? Send someone to find him for me immediately."
The butler has seen clearly over the years how selfish and cold-hearted this man is. Now that he has lost a child and is still only thinking about the mansion's property and title, he feels disheartened.
It’s not worth it for the lady in front, or even the one behind.
The housekeeper turned around and prepared to leave when General Weiyuan seemed to remember something. "Wait, if he marries and has children in the North, remember to send him away. My general's mansion won't accept a young lady from a small place."
housekeeper......
At this moment, Jing Wei, who was riding a horse behind the caravan, could not imagine that even though he had left the capital far away, he still could not escape the entanglement of the previous generation.
His biological father was thinking of finding a woman from a wealthy family in the capital to match him. He even thought of finding a way to kill her or get rid of her if he was already married and had children.
Yuan Ying, the caravan's shopkeeper, looked at his brother's lack of interest and joked, "It's just that the girl rejected you. What's the big deal? If you want to get married, there are so many beautiful girls waiting for you to choose when you get home."
Hearing this, Jing Wei glanced at him coldly, "Yes, you are a good girl, but you can go if you want. I am not interested in being a live-in son-in-law."
“Hahahahahahaha…”
The official road between the two mountains was instantly filled with hearty laughter. Yuan Ying rode his horse forward and didn't forget to tease Jing Wei: "I don't have your good luck. Wherever you go, there are girls rushing to support you. Hahahaha."
Yuan Ying kept bringing up all sorts of issues, which made Jing Wei very angry.
He escaped from the numerous crises in the capital, thinking that nothing in his life would be worth getting angry about again. However, he did not expect that his plans would be shattered within a few days after he arrived at his mother's hometown. One day, three matchmakers came to the door and said that someone had taken a fancy to him and wanted to hire him as a son-in-law.
Jing Wei still remembers what the matchmaker said: "You young men are so shameless and can't think straight. What's so bad about being a live-in son-in-law? Someone will give birth to your children and you don't have to worry about the family's livelihood. I only regret that I'm not a man, otherwise you wouldn't have such a good thing."
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