Shou'an Hall.
"The son has met his mother."
"Is mother okay on this journey?"
Sheng Hong, who had hurried over from Zeyu Hall, sat at the foot of the main seat, bowed and greeted an old woman in the hall.
The old woman has gray hair and simple clothes. She has an awe-inspiring and cold look all over her body. She is also dressed coldly and coldly. She looks simple and elegant, which is quite incompatible with the wealth and splendor around her.
This person is clearly the only daughter of Yongyi Hou, the old lady of the Sheng family.
Likewise, she is Sheng Hong's aunt.
Seeing Sheng Hong's greetings, Mrs. Sheng didn't answer. She just turned the rosary beads in her hand and muttered something, as if she was silently reciting blessing scriptures.
for a long time.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was really awkward, Sheng Hong couldn't sit still anymore. He immediately stood up and stood in front of Mrs. Sheng. He clasped his hands and bowed down, saying, "Mother!"
"Everything is my son's fault. If anything happens, mother, just scold me!"
Sheng Hong bowed and stood still, respectfully standing in front of Mrs. Sheng, with a look of "sincerity" and anxiety.
"Snapped!"
Mrs. Sheng finally stopped holding the rosary beads in her hand and said with a slight ups and downs in her tone: "I don't dare to scold you!"
"I'm not sure why you are scolding me in your belly!"
"I don't know where I got the ear-repairing god, so I hurried down the mountain and came back, leaving you with a lawsuit on your head!"
Sheng Hong was anxious and his body slumped even more: "My son doesn't dare! My son is ashamed!"
The imperial court at that time had always governed the world with filial piety. Regardless of the way things were in this world, Mrs. Sheng's kindness to the Sheng family and to him, Sheng Hong, was enough to stop Sheng Hong from making any mistakes!
Sheng Hong was originally a concubine, but he lost his father when he was young, and his family was about to decline. It was Mrs. Sheng who shouldered the responsibility. As a widow, she took care of all the family affairs, recorded him in her name, and granted Sheng Hong's direct lineage. After decades of careful teaching, Sheng Hong passed the Jinshi examination and became an official.
Later, Mrs. Sheng relied on her own face to get Wang Ruofu, the legitimate daughter of the Wang University scholar's family, as his wife. With the secret help of the Yue family, Sheng Hong had a prosperous official career. , has skyrocketed all the way to its current status.
Therefore, why don't Sheng Hong become like this at this moment?
Seeing Sheng Hong's attitude of accepting punishment, Mrs. Sheng also felt a sigh of relief in her heart.
"He's not his biological son after all!"
Mrs. Sheng felt sad.
After breathing for a while, Mrs. Sheng finally calmed down and said, "Do you still remember how your brother died?"
"Um?"
Sheng Hong was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and glanced quietly at the old lady above, and whispered: "Remember!"
After finishing speaking, Sheng Hong also stopped talking and could not continue talking.
After all, a son never speaks up about his father's faults, and Sheng Hong didn't want to say more about those scandalous things that happened decades ago.
Who would have expected!
"I'm just such a son!"
Sheng Hong didn't say anything, but Mrs. Sheng did.
She spoke in a hurry, and said sternly with some difficulty in breathing: "I lost my life in the hands of that bitch!"
"Mother!"
Sheng Hong wanted to step forward to comfort him, but was stopped by Mrs. Sheng.
"But now, your son..."
"Your son!!"
Mrs. Sheng emphasized it emphatically and said, "I was almost killed by someone exactly like this..."
"Don't you have any reaction?!"
Old Mrs. Sheng slapped the table, with a look of hatred on her face!
"ah!"
Seeing the old lady getting angry, Sheng Hong quickly lifted up his clothes and knelt down hastily.
"Mother, it's all the son's... son's fault!"
"It's all useless for my son!"
"No!"
"You are useful!"
Mrs. Sheng was upset and continued: "You are so useful!"
Sheng Hong, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't even raise his head. He just knelt nervously on the ground and grabbed the ground with his head, not daring to move.
"If you are useless, then you should follow the rules, the first wife is the first, and the direct line is the first!"
"You won't spoil your concubine, destroy your wife, and make the family uneasy!"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Sheng also thought of something, and secretly sighed: "I know!"
"It's not easy for your biological mother, Miss Chun, to take care of you."
"Although I am your legitimate wife, I couldn't protect myself at that time and couldn't take care of you."
Mrs. Sheng carefully analyzed Sheng Hong's thoughts and began to reason: "So, you are afraid that Lin Sushuang will take the child and suffer the same hardship as you did before."
"He gave me land and shops, and made a concubine who can live a more dignified life than the eldest lady!"
"yes!"
Sheng Hong knelt on the ground and defended in a low voice: "Mother cares about her son, and everything she says goes to her heart!"
Suddenly, he continued: "Mother!"
"The eldest lady is a person with a hot temper, and my son is afraid..."
"This...this is..."
At this point, Sheng Hong couldn't go on.
After all, the way of the world is to take advantage of direct descendants. Even though he had various reasons, he was still wrong after all!
"Get up!"
When Mrs. Sheng saw Sheng Hong's posture, Jie'er also remembered the pitiful look of his mother and son back then, and felt a little pity in her heart.
"Everything has its own plan. If you are worried about the madam's temper, there should be something to do!"
Mrs. Sheng's tone was soothing and she said patiently: "Either coaxing, persuading, or scaring..."
“After all, we have to follow the rules!”
"But how do you do these things?"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Sheng was also a little disappointed.
"Originally, everyone in the house performs their own duties. Ever since you pampered the concubine and despised the eldest lady, you have become a mess of superiority and inferiority, and there is no distinction between concubine and concubine!"
Sheng Hong slowly stood up from the ground, glanced at the old lady's face, then sat down and said: "Mother!"
"These are unscrupulous servants, they just bully the young ones and they don't know how to manage the housekeeper."
"They spent the whole day either having fun together or working around as foreign workers. I beat them up hard and sold them out!"
"snort!"
Mrs. Sheng knew what Sheng Hong meant, which was to take the blame for Lin Sushuang, so she couldn't help but put down the rosary in her hand and put it on the table.
"You either really don't know what I mean, or you just don't want to accept my words!"
"I don't even care!"
Mrs. Sheng discovered that the father and son were shaped by the same mold from old to young. They both loved doting on concubines and destroying their wives. They didn’t know what to say!
"A living human life! Just gone!"
Mrs. Sheng looked at Sheng Hong and said in a serious tone: "There are some things I will say even if I try to offend you!"
"Whatever the mother says, the son will obey everything." Sheng Hong lowered his head with some guilt.
"snort!"
Mrs. Sheng snorted coldly.
"This is all your Miss Lin's errand, and she did it like this!"
"It can be seen that he is not a director."
Sheng Hong glanced at the old lady above him and said with unclear meaning: "Yes!"
"After all, only the mother can take care of this family."
"You don't have to stop me with this!"
Mrs. Sheng said angrily: "At my age and recovering from illness, how can I have the energy to take care of the house?"
"You'd better let me live a few more years!"
