The lights in the Rose Garden are gradually extinguished, but the lights in the Heyan Hall are still brightly lit.
When the old lady saw her eldest son coming, she was overflowing with surprise. She hurriedly asked, "Can we have dinner? Why are you back so early today, but all the annoying business in the Yamen has been taken care of?"
Shen Tingjun sat down under his mother, took the wet towel handed over by the maid and wiped his hands, then picked up the tea cup and took two sips of tea to moisten his lips. "There are so many case files in Dali Temple. I am afraid that my son will not be able to deal with them all in his lifetime. I just picked up the most important ones and will review the rest tomorrow. Official matters are important, and it is human ethics to perform filial piety under the mother's knees. , can’t be negligent.”
The old lady was coaxed into laughing loudly, and she nodded to her son and said, "Try to say nice things to coax me. If you use this sweet talk on women, I'm afraid even the best noble girl will get married." Okay, okay, okay, I know you don’t like to hear this, just don’t say it, mother. Have you eaten yet?”
"I haven't eaten yet. I wanted to come over and have dinner with my mother. When I came back from the clinker office, I met Hao Sheng on the way, so I was delayed."
The Liang family has been in trouble recently, because the case of Liang's mother's death in her early years has been uncovered again. With all the witnesses and material evidence, Liang's mother died unexpectedly. As a son, Liang Haosheng wanted to seek justice for his mother, but the Liang family wanted to settle the matter, so Liang Haosheng came to seek his advice.
Because of this, the two talked for a while, and it was already dark when they came back.
When the old lady heard her son talking about "Haosheng", she couldn't help but sigh.
Although the old lady lives in the inner house all year round, no disturbance in the capital can escape her eyes and ears.
Not to mention that Liang Haosheng and Xu Zhijun were both studying with the prince, so it was difficult for the old lady not to pay more attention to those two families.
Compared to the Xu family in the Xinchang Marquis Mansion, the Liang family is a bit more chaotic.
Liang Haosheng's mother was Taifu Liang's first wife. Unfortunately, she was short-lived and died of illness early. The Liang Mansion is now headed by the step-sibling, who is not an outsider, but Liang Haosheng's aunt.
Some time ago, I heard news coming from the Liang Mansion, saying that Liang Haosheng's mother did not die of illness, but that the step-in-law had the intention to murder her, and Liang's mother died unexpectedly.
This incident didn't happen openly, but people with good eyes and ears in the capital probably got wind of it.
The old lady thought of Haosheng, a boy who was honest and upright and always treated people sincerely. He was over fifteen when his stepmother got married, and he already knew right from wrong. He had no complaints about his father marrying his aunt three years later. Instead, he was grateful because his aunt took good care of his biological siblings.
The step-sibling also gained a great reputation in the capital, but who would have thought that all of this was planned carefully by her. For the sake of this overwhelming wealth, she even murdered her eldest sister.
The old lady sighed and said to her son, "When this matter is over, you invite Haosheng to come to your house for a drink so that you can untie him. The child is also pitiful. She is grateful to her aunt for taking care of her two younger siblings and serving them all these years." An aunt is like a real mother, and the clinker comes with such a blow."
Then he sighed, "His aunt is also a snake-hearted person and can do all kinds of evil things. But after all, she has been married to Taifu Liang for more than ten years and has given birth to a pair of children. I am afraid that Taifu Liang will not care about this little friendship. I am willing to send her to the official. Hao Sheng wants to redress his mother's grievance, but I'm afraid it will be difficult. If he and Taifu Liang continue to argue over this, there will be discord between father and son, which will not be worthwhile."
The affairs of the Liang family really worried the old lady, but after all, they were other people's affairs, and she couldn't care about them even if she wanted to. When the old lady saw that her son was listening to her quietly, she finally came to her senses and said suddenly, "Look at mother, she won't stop nagging her once she starts nagging her. The man hasn't eaten yet, so the mother has asked someone to cook something you like to eat." Come on up, can you eat something with me, mother?"
Shen Tingjun nodded, "Mother, let's make arrangements."
The old lady happily gave a series of instructions.
In fact, there was no need for her to open her mouth. Even before Shen Tingjun said that she had not eaten yet, Grandma Cui went down to make arrangements. When the old lady opened her mouth, the servants quickly brought the prepared meals over, and within a short time half of the round table was filled.
The old lady had already eaten, but in order to accompany her son, she had another bowl of bird's nest soup, which made the smile on Grandma Cui's face grow wider.
The weather has already entered autumn, and the old lady's appetite should have been good, but for some reason, she has eaten less than usual in the past two days.
I had no choice but to invite Dr. Wu to check her pulse today, but the old lady was not sick, so Dr. Wu could only prescribe some medicine to strengthen the spleen and stomach.
It was probably the Marquis who found out about this, so he went to work early today and came back to have dinner with the old lady.
Every time she dines with Mr. Marquis, the old lady is in a particularly happy mood and always eats more than usual.
Shen Tingjun behaves elegantly but eats very quickly. When the old lady saw that her son was enjoying the meal, she took her chopsticks and kept putting vegetables into his bowl. Until the end, not only did Shen Tingjun eat half a bowl of rice more than usual, but the old lady also ate a lot.
After the meal, Shen Tingjun took the old lady out for a walk to eat. During the period, when she talked about her aunt, the old lady felt pity for her, so she told her son, "Send something over when you have time, as a token of filial piety."
Shen Tingjun didn't respond, and the old lady tried to persuade her, "I know you are impatient with your aunt repeatedly pushing her, but if you think about it from her position, don't you think your aunt is not so hateful after all?"
"She was raised in a noble family since she was little. Later, she married into the Wang family, and it was a good match for her. However, who could have expected that his father-in-law was so heartless that he even dared to embezzle money for building dams. As a result, After a flood, hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the Yangtze River were killed or injured. Your Majesty did not behead him directly because the ancestors of the Wang family followed Taizu in conquering the world. All the descendants of the family were almost dead, so this was just a simple dismissal from office."
"Your aunt was also a golden phoenix earlier, but she fell directly into the mud after this experience. Her former friends have become nobles, the imperial tribute's brocade phoenix hairpin can no longer be worn, the wealthy and illustrious family can no longer enter, and the children and grandchildren within three generations can no longer wear it. They have no future either..."
"When things have come to this point, what can your aunt do? She is so arrogant that she was so angry that she was bedridden and couldn't get up for several years. She couldn't accept such a gap and wanted to die. But she If she can die, what about her children and grandchildren? The children are pitiful, she is a mother, she just wants to die, and she cannot find a way out or a shelter for her children in advance? "
And her husband is undoubtedly what the aunt thinks is the best protective umbrella.
Unfortunately, Dalang is not the type to be manipulated by others. He is stubborn and stubborn. No one can force him to bow his head if he doesn't want to do anything.
"Your aunt has not come out since the last time you took a break to stir things up." On normal days, Xiuwen's child would come here to pay her respects every day, not every other day. The result is good now. There was a drama of suicide, and the person is too sick to go out.
The old lady kept talking, but seeing that her son's expression did not loosen at all, she knew that his son had no intention of taking the matter lightly. But it's also my fault that my aunt has done everything right. If she could have turned around earlier and not taken Dalang's attitude so seriously, she would have never come to this point anyway.
The old lady didn't want to upset her son. Since the son didn't want to talk about his aunt, he stopped talking about her.
But when I say hello, I can't help but think of the beautiful face with jade face I saw in the morning.
Although Sang Nianyue married young, her eyes were clear and translucent, but there was nothing flattering about her. It may be that she has never given birth, or she has been sick for a long time, which has caused her body to be weak and thin. Her figure also looks very beautiful and slender.
She's just too thin... If she could be more plump, how plump and mature would she be?
This kind of talent, whether it is temperament or appearance, the old lady likes and loves him. If she hadn't been a daughter of a good family and Zhou Baolu's direct cousin, she would have been taken as a concubine to serve the elder...
The old lady quickly shook off this thought, but when she mentioned Sang Nianyue, she also had many kind words in her mouth.
Although it is difficult to compare her with Zhou Baolu, she is a direct cousin and grew up together, so why are their temperaments so different?
The old lady wondered, "That Miss Sang is very well behaved. She also knows etiquette, advances and retreats, speaks in a meaningful way, is neither humble nor arrogant, and he has a bookish air about him. Not only me, but even your sister fell in love with her right away." That girl, she looks like the daughter of a good family at first glance, but I don’t know what sins she did in her previous life, so her life is so miserable in this life.”
The old lady loves to chatter as she gets older. Especially in front of her dear son, in order to spend more time with her son, the old lady would inevitably talk more.
While Shen Tingjun supported his mother for a leisurely walk, the face that had just entered his sight unexpectedly appeared in his mind.
The corners of her eyes were reddish, and the corners of her lips were smiling. Looking back at that moment, the water in her eyes slowly rolled down, and her expression was both happy and sad, like a goddess weeping.
