Chapter 172

A middle-aged man wearing royal blue twill embroidered thin silk quickly walked to the back room. All the maids in the courtyard showed surprised expressions: Over the years, the master would never step into the main house unless his wife invited him.

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Aunt Kang was sitting in the hall talking to her son Kang Jin, with a kind look on her face: "You do your job well, I have told your uncle that when your term is over, I will find you a job." Kang Jin was nearly thirty years old.

His face was fair and honest. When he heard the words, he persuaded in a low voice: "Mom, please don't beg your uncle again. Yuan'er wrote a letter a while ago saying that your aunt was wrong. If you keep doing this, your uncle will be in trouble again."

"Don't worry about it. As long as your grandmother is here, it won't be your aunt's turn to make the decision in the Wang family."

Aunt Kang was about to say a few more words when she unexpectedly saw her husband standing at the door. She was stunned for a moment. Kang Jin quickly bowed and saluted, respectfully saying: "Dad is here." Mr. Kang glanced at him for a long time and said coldly: "You go out first.

, I have something to say with your mother."

Kang Jin had always been in awe of his father, so he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, turned around and went out.

What a rare visitor, some gust of wind brought me here."

Aunt Kang looked coldly at her husband, who was as straight as a stranger. She saw that he was clearly in his fifties, but he was only as elegant and elegant as in his thirties. She couldn't help but think about how she worried about the family day and night, but she had long hair and old age.

Stuffy.

Mr. Kang walked in in a few steps, waved his hand to push away the maids on his left and right, and his face immediately darkened: "If I don't come, I'm afraid you'll sell all my children without knowing it!"

Aunt Kang's heart skipped a beat, but she managed to hold on and said, "It's not uncommon for families with poor financial resources to sell their sons and daughters."

Speaking of silver, Mr. Kang couldn't help but sneered, and then shouted: "Where did you do Zhao'er?"

"She was in poor health and had been ill for several days. It was hot now. I was afraid that she was infected with the epidemic and would endanger her family, so I sent her to the village to recuperate." Aunt Kang was well prepared and did not blush when she spoke.

Out of breath.

"Fart!" Mr. Kang couldn't help but cursed, "Today, you are still full of lies. You, a serious girl from the Kang family, think you are a slave girl. You will sell it when you are told, and you will be a concubine when you are told! You still have something in your eyes.

Me?!"

Aunt Kang's governor had been exposed, she was heartbroken, and said sarcastically: "I look like a father now, and I know I care about my daughter, but I don't know how many times I have seen Zhao'er in the past ten years."

, I’m afraid that if the father and daughter walked past each other, the master might not be able to recognize them!"

"Don't bother talking about him!" Mr. Kang's eyes were fierce, "You just said, where did Zhao'er go?"

"I think the master already knows, so why ask more! I have found a good future for Zhao'er."

"You, you..." Mr. Kang pointed at his wife, the three long beards under his chin could not help but tremble, and he was very angry, "You actually asked Zhao'er to be your concubine! You have brought shame on our Kang family!"

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"Disgraceful?" Aunt Kang snorted coldly and raised her voice, "I'm afraid it's not me who disgraces the Kang family's face! My dear second brother, you gave the daughter of your concubine the year before last to be a slave. Why don't you show off to your eldest brother?

Son, go and blame them for their shame?"

Thinking of several younger brothers who disrespected his eldest brother, Master Kang felt angry again. "Besides..." Aunt Kang changed her tone and softened her tone, "I am doing this for the Kang family. Isn't Master planning to retaliate in the front line?"

What? If Gu Hou can help me, wouldn’t it be possible to get twice the result with half the effort!"

As early as she decided to wade into this troubled water, she had already prepared her words, "In the past, we only had a temporary relationship with the Gu family, and we had to look at my sister-in-law's face. Don't you always look down on your brother-in-law, saying that he is smooth?

Blindly pursuing business has lost the character of a scholar. Now, as long as the Gu family accepts Zhao'er, although it has a bad reputation, it will get benefits. The niece will not treat Zhao'er badly for the sake of her relatives, as long as Zhao'er can give birth to a son.

Half-girl, we can also communicate directly with the Gu family, wouldn’t we get the best of both worlds?”

In fact, this was only half of the reason, and the other half was deliberately to make Minglan look bad. Seeing the arrogant look on the little concubine now made her angry, and she vented her anger at the same time.

As Mr. Kang listened from beginning to end, his face turned blue and white, then red and purple. He seemed to be a little moved, but also seemed to be very angry. He shook his beard and stopped. "You, you did a good thing!" He held it in for a long time before he could hold back these words.

Come, and then threw a piece of paper in front of Aunt Kang, "See for yourself!" Aunt Kang was full of doubts, and slowly picked up the paper and read it. After reading a few lines, her expression changed drastically.

"If you fail to succeed, you will fail!" Mr. Kang kept walking around the room, cursing, "I asked my brother-in-law to take care of him at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he wouldn't write another impeachment paper like last time.

Bad thing! It was originally good, but a few days ago someone accused me of refusing to do anything, and yesterday the officials refuted my statement."

Aunt Kang's heart was in a mess, and she said in a panic: "Didn't you say that my brother-in-law has been transferred to the Ministry of War to take charge of the food road? Maybe the matter in the Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot be suppressed, and that is possible. [Ye*] [*]" This is the first thing in her life

Once I spoke for the Sheng family.

"What transfer? It's a promotion!" Mr. Kang was jealous and resentful, and his anger was rising. "As usual, the assistant ministers need to be of the third rank to hold office. Sheng Hong has only been promoted to the fourth rank for one year! He is also in charge of military affairs and food supply.

The fat difference is going to be bad again, do you know what this means?"

He took a deep breath, jealousy burning in his chest, "This is because the superiors want to reuse him! The emperor regards him as one of his own, so he is put in an important position!" As for the question of why the emperor regarded Sheng Hong as one of his own,

Aunt Kang didn't ask.

"Everyone in the officialdom is jealous. Now that Sheng Hong is gaining momentum and has just left the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who wouldn't give him some respect? If he had the intention to suppress him, how could anything happen?!"

The more Mr. Kang talked, the angrier he became. He walked up to his wife and said bitterly: "The Sheng family is so proud of having this noble relationship. How can they be willing to share a piece of the pie with others! Why don't you rush to give a noble concubine to share it with others?"

Pampered? Isn’t this poaching someone else’s corner? He stole the chicken but lost the rice. He didn’t eat the mutton, but instead he made himself look like a sheep!"

Aunt Kang was frightened and frightened. The paper she held in her hand could not help but tremble. She had nothing to say and could only say: "You, why didn't you tell me earlier? You only said you asked your family friend, but you didn't ask your brother-in-law."

!" If she had known earlier, she would not have hit the gun at this time.

Mr. Kang was suffocated. He always couldn't bear to see that Sheng Hong was not as good as him in the imperial examinations, but his official career was better than his. In addition, the Kang family liked to show off and win over others, so he was extremely reluctant to tell his wife that he had something to ask of Sheng Hong.

Aunt Kang took a few heavy breaths, and the evil look in her eyes became even stronger. She gritted her teeth and said: "This is what happened. Since I have offended my brother-in-law, if I just don't do anything, this will definitely happen!" She suddenly remembered.

Mrs. Tai’s promise was that as long as Zhao’er came in, she would help her become a favored child. Recalling this, it was like a drowning person grasping a life-saving straw. Aunt Kang murmured and kept convincing herself: “Don’t be afraid.

Don’t be afraid. It’s just that it’s difficult right now. You can just wait a few years and it will be fine.”

Anyway, her husband and she are not of the same mind. If her husband gets promoted and gets rich, it will only fuel the arrogance of those little goblins. It is not as good as planning and waiting for Zhao'er to gain a foothold and benefit his own children.

Bang! A slap fell hard, and a mark quickly appeared on the fair cheek.

Aunt Kang covered her face, looked at Mr. Kang in disbelief, and said hoarsely: "You, you dare to hit me?!"

"Unbelievably stupid!"

Mr. Kang's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he put down his palm, "How do you think I know about this! Your proud son-in-law came here just now and said that he can't bear his wife and sister as a concubine. If you get my permission, Zhao'er The marriage will be arranged by the couple. I am so ashamed that I have nowhere to put my old face." He finally understood why Sheng Hong suddenly refused to help, and it was really hateful to think that the career he had worked so hard to plan for was once again ruined. !

"If it weren't for the fact that you have served your parents-in-law for three years, I would have given you a divorce certificate!" Mr. Kang gritted his teeth.

"Stop laughing so hard!" Aunt Kang turned over and stood up, screaming, "If you have the guts, you will divorce me now! Don't be reluctant to give up the help of our Wang family. You think I am willing to live this day ?! You are begging for a little wife endlessly, and the big house can hardly accommodate it! Get rid of our wives as soon as possible, and you and your little goblins can live a good life!"

Mr. Kang was furious: "It is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. You are jealous and vicious, so don't talk about this or that! A good wife has few troubles. It's because of you that I have been depressed for half my life! If it weren't for this, How can I marry you despite my parents’ orders?”

"Kang Haifeng! You only have three wives and four concubines!" Aunt Kang looked like a crazy woman. She stepped forward and pulled Mr. Kang's sleeve, "You lecherous person, don't you think others can see your evil heart? If you are a If you are motivated and can take charge of the family, I can live a peaceful life and don't worry about the future of my children and my money. Even if you ask for hundreds of wives, I will never say a word! But you are pretending to be sanctimonious and completely incompetent. Today Please beg my brother, he will entrust my brother-in-law tomorrow and he will use my dowry to fill the hole!"

She beat her husband hard, crying and cursing, "You are really worthless, just treat us ladies better! You are on the same side at least! You will only make a big fight, and see that God is planning my dowry, I This whole generation is ruined!"

"Incomprehensible!"

Mr. Kang was upset and disgusted with her crying, so he threw her away and strode out of the house without looking back.

Aunt Kang collapsed on the ground, covering her face and crying. She didn't know who to blame.

My father was kind and never insisted on marrying into the Kang family. My mother had never looked down on the arrogant Kang family. She had taken a fancy to the Kang family from behind the screen. Sheng Hong, who she had scorned at the beginning, had become increasingly outstanding and stupid. The capable sister is becoming more and more popular; the brother who loves his sister gradually becomes less responsive after he has a wife and children. ~

She felt that there was no eye in the world. She was obviously beautiful and capable, but her life was so miserable. She cried alone for a long time. Suddenly she remembered an important matter, so she quickly put away her tears, endured the sadness, straightened her makeup, and asked someone to prepare the car. Going out.

The car drove north, and after about half an hour, we arrived in front of a clean mansion; the small and exquisite third-entry courtyard was elegantly and cleanly decorated, with green willows and red flowers, a perfect scene in midsummer.

"Madam, even if you don't come, I will go look for you." A woman led Aunt Kang inside, "But something big has happened. Our grandma has been crying since this morning and hasn't eaten anything. .”

Aunt Kang was so anxious that she didn't want to say a word, so she walked quickly inside. As soon as she entered the back room, she saw Kang Yuner's expression was sluggish, and her eyes were as red and swollen as big peaches.

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"Since I received the letter from Youyang at midnight yesterday, he has refused to talk to me. He went out early this morning. Only after I read the letter did I know what was going on." Kang Yuner burst into tears.

, crying and panting, "Mom, why are you doing this!"

Aunt Kang said angrily: "This confused little kid doesn't know how to be familiar with us! You are his bedside person and have given birth to his children, yet he wants to annoy you because of your cousins?! Let me scold him to wake him up!"

Yoona has a gentle and kind nature. She knew clearly that it was her mother's fault, but she did not dare to blame her too much. She just cried: "I told you before, the two brothers in the Sheng family are better than the direct brothers in ordinary families. They are even better."

Don't say that my great-uncle is kind to my uncle. I asked the servant who reported the news this morning and said that my father-in-law was furious as soon as he received the letter from my great-uncle. Aunt Yu even scolded me! How filial your son-in-law is.

How could you go against the wishes of your parents!"

Aunt Kang knew that this was absolutely true, but she couldn't help but yelled: "It's just a businessman's family. If it weren't for your age and the delay, it would be your turn to go to his family! Don't be afraid, I don't think anyone in the Sheng family would dare to

Looking to take it out on you!"

"Mother~~~!" Yoon'er cried out sadly, choked with sobs for a moment, and then said, "The letter said that my mother-in-law asked me to go back to Youyang!"

Aunt Kang didn't react for a moment and said blankly: "Why are you being asked to go back? Who will take care of Changwu's daily life, and who will organize the visits of officials and family members in the capital?"

Yoona cried: "The letter said that my hometown will send another useful girl to serve. It asked me to take the child back, firstly to fulfill my filial piety, secondly to let my parents-in-law see the grandchildren, and thirdly, if the father agrees,

, I also want to propose marriage to sister Zhaoer. My parents-in-law said that they are separated by a layer, and they want me, my biological sister, to come over so that I can find an in-law for my sister..."

"You are not the eldest daughter-in-law, why should you serve your parents-in-law!" Aunt Kang herself felt that these words were unreasonable.

Yoona's tears were like beads, one after another, and her eyes were full of tears: "Mom, since I got married, I have been in charge of my own family. Originally, my mother-in-law wanted me to stay in my hometown and behave myself for a few years, not to mention the officials who are working abroad.

, it turns out that the daughter-in-law serves the parents-in-law at home, and the man takes the concubine to take office. It was the intercession of my great-uncle and my great-uncle that made me so comfortable and able to have a son and a daughter. Now that my mother-in-law has spoken, how dare I disobey? I am not married to my husband after all.

Let’s spend a few days as filial piety to our parents!”

Aunt Kang's world was spinning for a moment, and after a while of dizziness, she gradually regained her composure: "The son-in-law didn't say anything?"
To be continued...