Zhang Desheng smiled and said: "Madam, have you finished talking to General Lin?"
It's better not to forgive. Only if you don't forgive Your Majesty can you take advantage of it. Your Majesty finally likes someone, but he can't be disturbed.
Yi Huan took Tao Xin's hand, stepped onto the carriage, and said, "Let's go."
Lin Qingpei watched the carriage leave under the escort of the guards.
He turned around and returned to the Lin Mansion full of dejection.
Jingshou Hall.
The old lady who was lying on the bed saw him coming back and asked anxiously: "Erlang, how is it? Do you want Yi Huan to stay? That kid Yi Huan has a soft temper. If you say a few more nice words, she won't blame you." Look, when you let Gu Xiaoniang ride on her head like that before, when did she ever get really angry?"
After saying that, the old lady coughed twice.
Lin Qingpei's face was stern and his body was tense. He asked, "Mom, why did you do that? You knew it was raining outside and you still made her kneel."
The old lady seemed not to have expected that her son would blame herself.
She was stunned.
Lin Qingpei said: "That's good. It's estimated that in a few days, this matter will spread throughout the capital. By then, the entire capital will know that our Lin family was punished by the Holy Emperor for treating the general's orphan poorly."
The old lady said: "It's just a matter of kneeling twice. What's the big deal? It's not like she has never knelt before. Who would have known that she would be bumped into by His Majesty? I had already asked her to go back to Ningxuan Hall when Your Majesty came. I'm afraid she didn't do it on purpose. It’s enough to embarrass yourself in front of His Majesty!”
"Mom, if you didn't do this, would something like this happen today? She is General Yi's daughter. Your Majesty is right. General Yi promoted me so much in the past. I shouldn't be like this... shouldn't be like this... …”
The old lady also became anxious and said: "But now His Majesty is furious and you have been suspended. If you really want her forgiveness before you can return to the court, then my old lady will go kneel in front of her and I will kneel back, okay? Your Majesty." How can you be suspended from your job just because of a woman!"
"Okay, mother, Your Majesty has decided not to allow you and me to comment. Don't say such things in the future. Do you still think that the fall today was not hard enough?"
"Erlang, Erlang, what should we do now?" The old lady asked anxiously while coughing.
"Huan'er blames me. She is currently going to Zangchun Garden to recuperate. When she calms down, mother, you and I will go to Zangchun Garden to apologize to her in a while."
"Okay, okay, it's up to you."
I thought that His Majesty's visit to their Lin Mansion would be a great opportunity for their Lin Mansion, but I never thought that it would cause such a disaster.
"By the way, was the boss instigating this matter?" Lin Qingpei asked.
The old lady sighed and said, "You don't know the character of your brother and sister-in-law. Yi Huan's dowry is not a small sum..."
The Lin Mansion was not short of money, but now it fell into greed.
Lin Qingpei said: "In the future, please don't indulge in the big house anymore. Yi Huan's dowry belongs to her. If her mother and sister-in-law really care about her, they won't be afraid of being laughed at by outsiders in the future."
"I was confused, Erlang!"
Lin Qingpei used to have a bright career and a smooth career, but now everything is ruined, everything is ruined!
Lin Qingpei's eyes darkened and she said: "This power of running the family... I will ask Chu Xue to calculate all the accounts clearly in these days, and I will present them to Huan'er when I go to Zangchun Garden in a few days. I hope Huan'er can calm down." ”
*
While Yi Huan was recuperating in Zangchun Garden, as expected, word spread throughout the capital that Lin Qingpei had been suspended from his job for treating his wife harshly.
Officials are all in danger, especially those with three wives and four concubines at home, who have to check themselves three times a day.
Has the wife ever been wronged?
Can the concubine be domineering?
Do the parents-in-law abuse their wives?
Lin Qingpei was originally a popular person in front of His Majesty. As soon as this incident came out, the Lin Mansion was deserted, and the officials who had been friends with him in the past stopped coming. The officialdom was like a battlefield, and the warmth of human relationships was like drinking water.
After her sister-in-law Cao learned that Yi Huan was punished by her mother-in-law for selling her dowry and became seriously ill because of it, she quickly brought Brother Ming to Zangchun Garden.
Yi Ming felt frightened when he saw Yi Huan now, and the back of his hand hurt.
Yi Huan sat in the yard and asked Yi Ming warmly: "Brother Ming, have you been obedient these days? Have you ever been to a gambling house?"
Yi Ming shook his head quickly and said: "I haven't gone, I haven't gone, my mother can testify! My grandma at home can also testify!"
Yi Huan nodded and felt a little comforted. She said, "Brother Ming is thirteen now. It's time to study. You can't fool around outside all day."
Yi Ming's back suddenly felt cold, and he always had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Yi Huan's next sentence was heard: "I want to send Brother Ming to Baichuan Academy."
Baichuan Academy is currently the best academy in Dayu. Every year, countless people flock to it and pass through various selections before they can enroll.
Yi Ming's face turned pale and he said, "Aunt, I can't do it. I can't get in."
Yi Huan just looked at him lightly.
"Aunt...I can't pass the test."
"In two days I will ask Tao Xin to pick some books and give them to Brother Ming."
Then Yi Ming understood that there was no room for change in this matter.
Yi Ming had a frustrated face. He didn't want to study, just like those nerds who only know how to read!
Cao Yaqin said: "Brother Ming, why don't you thank your aunt quickly?"
Yi Ming lowered his head in frustration and said, "Thank you, aunt."
After talking about brother Ming, Cao Yaqin had something to talk to Yi Huandan, so Tao Xin took Yi Ming out.
Cao Yaqin grabbed Yi Huan's little hand and said, "You kid, no one told me if something happened to you. I didn't know until it was spread outside."
Cao Yaqin's face was full of self-blame.
She took it out from her pocket, took out a land deed, put it into Yi Huan's hand, and said, "Huan'er, this is the land deed of the Cao family's ancestral home. It can be worth the thirty thousand taels. You can take it and sell it, and then you can buy it again." Redeem those dowries."
"Sister-in-law, the dowry has been redeemed." Yi Huan said helplessly in order to reassure her, "This is your ancestral home, how can it be sold? If it is sold, where will the entire Cao family live?" ?”
The Cao family is not a prominent family, and Cao Yaqin married Yi Sheng into a high position.
Cao Yaqin said in surprise: "How did you redeem it? Where did you get so much money?"
Yi Huan said truthfully: "Your Majesty redeemed it and gave it back to me."
Cao Yaqin said anxiously: "Then we have to pay it back. We can't accept this emperor's favor in vain. That's thirty thousand taels, which is not a small amount."
Yi Huan comforted her and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. I'll figure out how to make money myself."
"This is the gambling debt owed by Brother Ming. Huan'er, if you don't accept it, my conscience will be uneasy."
Yi Huan couldn't resist her sister-in-law, so she could only temporarily accept the land deed. She didn't want to owe Jin Yuan, so it just so happened that the next time she went to the palace to return the veil, she would return the thirty thousand taels together, and from then on she would be with that man. The two do not owe each other.
"Sister-in-law, I have a house in my name. If the Cao family is temporarily unable to relocate, they can live in my house first."
Cao Yaqin suddenly smiled. She stretched out her hand to rub Yi Huan's head and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't need your help. Your brother left me a lot when he was alive. The Cao family won't be left with nothing if the ancestral home is sold." A place to live.”
"It's you. This time His Majesty stood up for you. You were relieved for a moment. What will you do in the future? Won't the Lin family have a grudge against you?" Cao Yaqin looked at her worriedly.
According to the selfish nature of the Lin family, they will definitely return to their true nature once the limelight has passed, and when the time comes, Yi Huan will be greeted by intensified torture and ridicule.
A hint of sadness appeared in Yi Huan's eyebrows, and he asked subconsciously: "Sister-in-law, what do you think of my reconciliation with Lin Qingpei?"
