The guests dispersed.
In the huge courtyard, only the Xie family was left.
Although Mrs. Xie is old, she is usually in good health and rarely gets sick, but this time she was paralyzed on the recliner.
"You bastard, you bastard!"
The old lady looked at the two people kneeling in front of her, picked up the tea cup and smashed it down.
The splashing porcelain fragments scratched the side of Xie Jingyu's face. He seemed to wake up just now, and the memories before his consciousness suddenly returned.
He clenched his fists suddenly: "Grandma, I have been plotted."
He Shi also slowly woke up. She only remembered that she was pulled by Xie Jingyu to a small courtyard next to the rockery to talk. The two of them started to quarrel as they talked.
She didn't want to have a fight with Xie Jingyu, so she poured a cup from the pot of tea on the table and handed it to Xie Jingyu.
The two sat opposite each other and drank tea, and then... and then they didn't know anything else... I only vaguely remembered that she and Xie Jingyu seemed to be inseparable, and they were watched by the guests at the birthday banquet...
She still remembered that she was called Aunt He.
"Plot?" The old lady sat up straight, "Who would plot against you?"
"Of course it's Mama He." Aunt Tao held her belly and said in a cold voice, "Who doesn't know that our Mama He has some inappropriate thoughts about adults? To drug adults on such an occasion, isn't it because she wants to make a fool of herself? After cooking, do you want to fly up a branch and become your master?"
He opened his mouth and said: "It's not me. I have no plot against you, nor have I ever thought about becoming an aunt..."
"If it's not you, who else could it be?" The old lady's eyes seemed to be spitting fire. Although she knew that He had no intention of becoming an aunt, the reason why the Xie family was so embarrassed this time was not because of He's restlessness. If we just stayed in the small temple, would there be so many bad things?
Xie Jingyu pursed his lips and said after a long time, "It's the Yuan family."
He and Mr. Yuan are both fifth-grade household doctors. Mr. Yuan has been in this position for more than ten years. He is almost forty years old this year and has never had the opportunity to be promoted.
This time there is a chance to become a fifth-ranker. It turns out that it is 100% Xie Jingyu, but for some reason Lord Yu suddenly doesn’t want to see him. In addition, rumors about the Xie Jiayun family spread throughout the capital a while ago, so this position is suddenly available. Many possibilities.
If the news of his secret affair with the maid in the back house were spread to the court, he would probably not be able to get promoted in the next five or six years.
Master Yuan must have wanted to take the opportunity to step on him and make him lose the opportunity completely.
He pursed his lips.
She always felt that the Yuan family's hands couldn't be stretched so far. She felt that people from the Xie family were plotting against her.
There are only a few aunts and wives who have the ability to do this, but these few probably don't want to have more women around you, and have no motive to plot against her.
After thinking about it, she didn't know whose hands she had fallen into.
"There is no point in finding out who is behind the scheme now. We should find ways to minimize the impact." Yun Chu said slowly, "At that time, the officials of the court and the maids in the mansion had an affair at my grandmother's birthday banquet. If this matter spread to the imperial court, In Master Shi's ears, it is not only difficult for a husband to be promoted, but he may also be demoted and deprived of his real power... It is precisely because of this thought that I congratulated my mother in front of those ladies. In order not to follow the truth, now You have to enter Aunt He’s name into the Xie family’s booklet..."
Yuanshi breathed a sigh of relief: "Chu'er, you are still thoughtful."
"No, I won't be an aunt." He said with a pale face, "Madam, I have never thought about being an aunt."
Aunt Tao looked panicked and opened her mouth: "Ms. He once harmed the child in my belly. If she becomes an aunt, the child in my belly will be in danger."
Xie Jingyu said, "Ms. He cannot be my aunt."
Aunt Tao, Aunt Jiang, and Ting Yu all had happy looks on their faces.
They knew that Mr. He was old and frail, and it was impossible for the adults to take notice of him. Even if he recommended himself as a pillow, he would not get the slightest pity from the adults.
Yun Chu was even more convinced that He's identity might have some origins.
The less willing she is to be an aunt, then she must promote He to the position of aunt. Otherwise, why would she design this drama?
She said, "Does your husband have any better ideas?"
Xie Jingyu pursed his lips.
He couldn't think of a second solution.
"I have another idea." Yun Chu paused, "Let Mama He die with a glass of poisoned wine, and this matter will be over naturally."
He immediately collapsed on the ground.
Xie Jingyu's lips tightened into a straight line, and he was deeply entangled.
Old lady Xie said sternly: "Auntie and poisonous wine, you choose."
Yuan really didn't understand: "He, you love Jingyu, but you don't want to be Jingyu's aunt. Is it so painful to be an aunt?"
He Shi was trembling all over, tears appeared in her eyes, and she looked at Xie Jingyu.
Xie Jingyu closed his eyes and said softly: "Then let Aunt He enter the Xie family tree."
Women in this dynasty can be included in the family tree even if they are concubines, because a lady who ruled the country hundreds of years ago greatly improved the status of women.
Yun Chu stepped forward and helped Mr. He up: "Aunt He, from now on we will serve our husband together and we will be a family. What is your real name?"
He was still in a panicked mood. Hearing this, he instinctively said, "He Lingying."
There was a light smile on Yun Chu's face: "My father-in-law is busy on weekdays, so I won't invite him to come back for a special trip. Husband, why are you kneeling down? Let's go to the ancestral hall first, ask for the genealogy, and register Aunt He."
Xie Jingyu got up from the ground with difficulty.
His figure staggered a little and he was unsteady.
Yun Chu moved to the side, mainly because she was afraid that Xie Jingyu would lean on top of her, and she didn't want to take multiple extra showers at night.
She turned around and walked out first.
Looking at her figure, Aunt Tao sighed, why couldn't she be as free and easy as Madam? Whenever she thought of someone else beside you, her heart felt like needles pricking her heart. The only good thing was that she Being pregnant with a child can be regarded as having someone to rely on, and since He is so old, it is probably difficult to be pregnant. As time goes by, adults will probably completely forget about He...
Yun Chu and Xie Jingyu took He Shi away from the courtyard.
As soon as they left, the old lady said sternly: "Bring the steward named He here!"
Zhou's mother had been waiting with He Xu at the side for a long time. After the masters' matters were settled, it was naturally He Xu's turn.
Mother Zhou pushed He Xu to his knees on the ground and presented a large bundle: "Old lady, this was found from He Xu's room."
The old lady took a look and saw that there were hundreds of taels of snowy silver in white flowers.
"You are so brave!" The old lady kicked him hard in anger.
This He Xu was originally brought into the Xie Mansion by the He family. He was said to be an elder brother of the same clan, so he took care of him.
Because of this relationship, He Xu has only been in the government for four or five years and has become a well-spoken manager in the outer courtyard. The Xie family is extremely kind to the two brothers and sisters, but these two people dig holes for the Xie family together, and one of them makes the Xie family suffer. What a shame and humiliation, someone secretly embezzling money from the Xie family!
Mother Zhou continued: "I just checked a few shops and found out that the shops managed by Manager He have been unable to make ends meet for half a month."
Those shops were right on the main street, and there was no way they could make ends meet. It was obvious that He Xu had taken advantage of them.
"Hit him twenty times and throw him out!" The old lady's head was about to explode. "He will not be allowed to enter Xie's house in the future!"
He Xu was gagged, whining and trying to explain something, but he was held down by four tall and thick women, who slapped him with twenty pieces of wood. He, an adult man, fainted from the pain and was thrown in the He arrived at the gate of a ruined temple on the outskirts of Beijing where beggars gathered.
