Mei Xuanqi looked at her, not knowing how to answer, his heart in a mess.
But Yuan Zhixi had already lowered her head and said, "I understand."
Mei Xuanqi was in a panic. She knew something. It wasn't true, but what could she say?
Mei Xuanqi nervously took the calm Yuan Zhixi back to the Plum Garden.
Sure enough, there was a row of five little heads at the door. Although they had been disappointed every day for the past month, this time was different. They heard that their father had received a handwritten letter from their mother before leaving.
The five children all looked at Mei Xuanqi eagerly. It was the first time that Master Mei dared to meet their gazes openly.
Seeing that the children's eyes were about to reveal disappointment again, Mei Xuanqi quickly pointed towards the car and said, "Your mother is in there!"
The children's faces were filled with moving smiles of surprise and joy. Their cheers resounded throughout the yard. The five children rushed over and climbed onto the carriage. The youngest, Mei Ruolan, had short legs and tried several times but couldn't get on. She anxiously called out, "Third brother, third brother."
Yin Zhou saw her and reached out to lift her up. Everyone was busy lifting the carriage curtains, and Zhi Xi, lying down, saw the little faces she had been thinking about day and night, and she couldn't help but reveal a beautiful smile.
Mei Xuanqi, who was at the back, saw this and felt envious: "If Zhixi could smile like that when she saw me..." Seeing the children about to pounce on him, he hurriedly said, "You can only watch, you can't move!"
This sentence stopped the children, and even Yuan Zhixi couldn't help but glare at Mei Xuanqi: What are you talking about?
Seeing this, Mr. Mei smiled for the first time in many days and explained to the children: "Your mother fell from Meiling Mountain and was seriously injured."
The servants and maids carried Yuan Zhixi to the inner chambers on a stretcher. Mei Xuanqi also invited doctors and nurses to see her. The doctors, upon hearing that she had fallen from Meiling Mountain and survived, all said that the lady was blessed with a long life.
After the female doctor finished the examination and explained the situation to the medical assistants, several medical assistants asked Yuan Zhixi who treated her.
Yuan Zhixi thought that the man did not want anyone to know his whereabouts, so she claimed that he was a traveling doctor who had encountered her by chance while collecting herbs and had saved her. This was basically the truth.
The doctors marveled at the lady's good fortune. This doctor's medical skills were already top-notch in the world, and perhaps only the Guiguzi Doctor and the like could be compared to her.
Otherwise, even if he was saved from such a serious injury, he would only be able to survive for a while and would not be able to make it. This was a blessing in disguise. After falling from Meiling Mountain, he met such a miracle doctor with such amazing medical skills.
After hearing this, Yuan Zhixi glanced at Mei Xuanqi.
After finally persuading the children to leave, Mei Xuanqi said to Yuan Zhixi, "I've ordered Mei Ruolin to be beaten with thirty boards... He's too old to be sent to the government... Send him away immediately to the farm. What do you think?"
Yuan Zhixi thought about the suffering she and her children had endured, and thought that as long as he still had the surname Mei, he would be well taken care of on her farm, so she shook her head and said, "In addition to removing his name from the family tree, let him change to his mother's surname.
If I only give him thirty lashes, I'm afraid he'll do it again. It's only a matter of time before I'm pushed down again.
What good is a punishment if it is no greater than what I have suffered?"
Mei Xuanqi said: "Okay."
Yuan Zhixi, having returned from this near-death experience, had no intention of letting Weng Hui and her son go. She was also afraid that if she acted too harshly all at once, this indecisive man would come out to protect her again, so she decided to proceed step by step.
Since Weng Hui had been sent to the government and punished for multiple crimes, even if he did not die, he would most likely be made a government slave and exiled to do hard labor.
Now Mei Ruolin has been removed from the Mei family and has taken his mother's surname. In the Xuanyuan Dynasty, if parents committed crimes and were exiled or enslaved, their children would be punished with the same punishment.
Mei Ruolin can still live on the farm now, but once Weng Hui is convicted, Mei Ruolin, who has changed his mother's surname and been removed from the family tree, will have to follow. With his heart disease and exile to do hard labor, the mother and son will most likely die on the road or in the place of exile.
In the past, Yuan Zhixi only wanted to run away and never thought about dealing with this mother and son. She didn't want to make it seem like she was competing for favor, but now she doesn't think so. Shuxin, the child, herself, and the old lady, this mother and son should die sooner.
When Old Mrs. Mei learned that Zhixi had returned, her health improved a lot.
The old lady has always valued this daughter-in-law. If something unexpected happens to her and she cannot survive until Mei Yinxi and Mei Yinzhou take over, the old lady has thought that Yuan Zhixi can be entrusted with the responsibility of the current Mei family.
She was a good housekeeper, and she also managed her own dowry shop and farm in an orderly manner. Most importantly, the child had good intentions, but was heartbroken.
Now that Yuan Zhixi had returned safely, the old lady's heart felt relieved. However, they were both lying down to recuperate.
The nanny beside Old Lady Mei and the maid beside Yuan Zhixi passed messages back and forth between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law every day.
When the old lady learned that Yuan Zhixi was going to remove Mei Ruolin from the family tree, she wrote two letters back to the main residence of the Mei family, one to her eldest daughter-in-law and one to the elders of the Mei family. Mei Xuanqi also wrote two letters.
The old lady thought that it would be better to get rid of him so as to avoid trouble for the Mei family in the future.
Ma Jingling quickly replied that the matter had been settled. A second-born illegitimate son had been expelled from the Mei Mansion by his grandmother and father due to his bad behavior.
That day, the nanny brought a message to Yuan Zhixi: Wu Ran from the Wu family found out about Weng Hui's life experience and planned to rescue her.
Yuan Zhixi wondered, how could they be rescued? The most common approach was to pay a large sum of money to the officials escorting the exiles, so that the mother and child could be well fed and well fed along the way, ensuring their safe passage to the place of exile. Then, they could find a way to rescue them.
You wish.
Then Wen Nuan learned about Wu Sheng's identity as his mistress and Weng Hui's life experience.
The warmth that had been hidden from me for nearly twenty years made me feel the blood rushing to my heart. I felt like I was burned by a ball of fire and was furious, but my heart was desolate.
The anger of being deceived and the fact that her twenty years of hard work had been in vain attacked her like ice and fire. She felt hot all over, but her hands were actually cold and her face was pale.
The warm personal maid hurriedly helped her sit down.
Every year, she would go to the memorial service. After Wen Nuan sat down, she closed her eyes and let out a long breath. Her whole family treated her like a fool and kept her in the dark...
Wu Ran's mother has been in a panic these past two days. Someone came out of nowhere to accuse her, saying that she had committed murder and arson, resulting in death.
His own son still wants to save Weng Hui. What is there to save? If the person he wanted to burn to death is still alive and knows that she was the one who did it, can he still do her good?
Rumors were circulating on the streets that both branches of the Wu family suffered from heart disease.
Wu Fei's branch is healthy, and several of Wu Fei's children are currently discussing marriages. When such gossip spreads, Wu Fei's branch is bound to prove the health and innocence of their family.
Someone asked, if your second wife is healthy, then why does Wu Sheng, who was adopted from your second wife, have a heart disease?
The second wife quickly explained that Wu Sheng was actually the eldest wife's concubine's son, and not the second wife's son.
Wen Nuan's heart had been turned cold by Wu Ran and his son, Wu Sheng. After she learned the truth, they were very indifferent to her, urging her to be more magnanimous. Otherwise, what else could she do now? They jokingly asked, "Would you have another child and raise him for another twenty years?"
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