Zhang Fu returned to the courtyard and fell asleep until the setting sun went down.
He didn't have time to clean himself up, so he asked Zhang Jin to bring the box and read the confession inside... The more he read, the more shocked he became, and the last trace of intolerance towards Wu disappeared.
He kept the confession in the box and asked, "How is Jie'er?"
"The third young master smashed up the house and cried for a long time. He wanted to see the madam, but was stopped by someone. He was so angry that he kicked the flowers and plants in the garden to vent his anger. He ran to find the madam again, but the madam didn't see him, so he
I cried and went back to the yard. I never left the house again.”
Zhang Fu sighed, "Keep an eye on him and don't let him leave the house these days."
Then he asked: "Where is Mao'er?"
"The master is referring to... I am afraid that the seventh young master does not know about his biological mother's murder. I heard from my servant that he has been in his courtyard all day today, and even visited the eldest lady and the fifth young master in the evening."
Zhang Fu sighed deeply again, feeling that running a family was more difficult than running an army.
How will three sons get along with each other in the future?
Rubbing the box in his hand, "Where are the witnesses that Nannan invited today, and how did the book of knowledge be handled?"
He did not expect that the maid serving in his study would also be bribed by the Wu family.
"Let the eldest lady take care of it all. The Wu family released the incense maker, the neighbor of the Wu family and the buyer of the Huo family. The eldest lady gave some gold and silver to appease them. They all accepted it happily.
Yinzi left the house. The eldest daughter of the magistrate took away her body deed, saying that she was unfaithful to her master, and refused to allow her to leave the country. She was sent to work as a handyman in the village, saying that if she behaved well,
Let’s consider denationalization again.”
Zhang Fu nodded while listening: "It's hard for her."
"The eldest lady is proficient in general affairs, and the emperor is also capable. Look at the people around her and the prince, they all listen to the eldest lady."
Zhang Fu sighed: "It's because of my incompetence as a father that I forced her to learn these things at a young age."
He looked at the box in his hand and handed it to Zhang Jin: "Give it to my daughter."
"yes."
Huo Xi looked at the returned box, flipped through the confession in his hand, and remained silent.
After a long while, he ordered: "Bring a brazier."
Soon the brazier was brought, and Huo Xi squatted in front of the brazier, turning over the confessions in his hand and throwing them into the brazier one by one.
"Girl!" Xianghua and others hurriedly tried to fish it out, but Huo Xi stopped them.
"It's useless to keep it."
"What if the Duke refuses to deal with the Wu family? These are all clues." Several girls disapproved and burned it.
"He will deal with the Wu family."
But Mother Ma glanced at Huo Xi, sighed, and called several maids out, leaving Huo Xi alone.
Huo Xi was in a fever trance when there was a squeaking sound from behind and he hurriedly turned around to look...
Mu Yan stood tall and straight, standing there quietly.
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment. She was about to get up, but she was still squatting and turned around to look. As she got up, she was unsteady and was about to fall back... Mu Yan took a step forward and held her up with both hands.
"Are you too happy to see me?"
Huo Xi rolled her eyes at him. She felt the burning sensation brought by his fingertips, her face burned and her arms moved.
Mu Yan held on to her and looked at her quietly.
"What are you looking at?" Huo Xi finally broke away from him and turned her back.
"You can sneak into the Duke's Mansion in the middle of the night and you won't be afraid of the guards picking you up."
"Those people are not my opponents yet." If he couldn't avoid people, what else would he do? He wouldn't ruin her reputation.
He looked at his hands again, feeling a little regretful.
"Didn't you alarm Ting Lei?" Huo Xi looked at him.
"He is quite capable. But he dares to stop me?"
"He's mine!"
"Then he wouldn't dare to stop me." He looked confident.
Huo Xi gave him a blank look and threw the last few pieces of paper in the box into the brazier.
Mu Yan looked over... "Why is it burned?"
After a while, "Maybe it's because my surname is Zhang."
She sent people to investigate her concubine, follow her family, and also sent people to keep an eye on her biological father. In the eyes of outsiders, this was all treason. In this society, there are three principles and five permanent principles, strict etiquette and laws, and no transgression is allowed.
Mu Yan felt a little distressed and stared at her: "From now on, when you are by my side, you can do whatever you want. You don't need to care about other people's eyes or the gossip outside. I will handle it."
Huo Xi turned around to look at him and nodded heavily at him.
Mu Yan twitched the corners of his lips towards her and cast his eyes into the brazier again, "Aren't you afraid that the British Lord will not deal with the Wu family?"
"Even if he can't bear it, Mrs. Wu will not keep Wu anymore."
Mu Yan nodded: "Don't worry, the emperor will not send anyone to investigate the matter in Shexian County. In the emperor's heart, the British Duke is still his right-hand man, and he is willing to cover up such small things for his ministers. Therefore, the more this happens, the British Lord
The more Mr. and Mrs. Dare not dare to do anything perfunctory."
"Um."
That's why she burned these confessions. If Wu doesn't get the punishment she deserves, then she has ways to deal with her.
"Why did the emperor come to our house today?"
Mu Yan smiled: "I guess you want to watch the excitement."
In the ancestral hall, the lady recited the sutra for a long time and also asked Zhang Fu why the emperor came to their house? Was it Huo Xi who invited him?
"Mom, you are overthinking it. No matter how talented I am, how can I invite the emperor? And the prince is still in the house." The emperor was afraid that he came to see the fun.
But Zhang Fu did not dare to say this. As a minister, even in front of his own family, he should not guess the emperor's thoughts.
"Then how did she know the emperor was there?"
"It was the guards around the eldest young master of the Duke of Guizhou who alerted Nannan, so she found out."
The madam sighed: "If the emperor doesn't come, with my old face, please ask the prince, he should be willing to help us cover it up. If the emperor hears it now, I'm afraid there will be no room for change."
"Mother," Zhang Fu sat down on the futon, "even if the emperor doesn't come, I will deal with the Wu family."
"What? You want her to die?" The madam was a little surprised.
Seeing that my son has only kept Mrs. Wu in the courtyard these days, I am still wondering if he has feelings for Mrs. Wu. He is just afraid that he will treat her with dignity and let her go. That's it. How could he want her life?
"I really never thought about taking her life before. I just wanted to lock her up until she died." Zhang Fu said calmly.
"Her crime against Rou'er is unforgivable. She harmed Nannan and Nian'er before. I can spare her life, and I will atone for Rou'er and his mother's sins. Nannan is not a cruel child. I thought that
It's time to compensate her and Nian'er well, and she will understand. I never thought about taking Wu's life, I just wanted to lock her up until she died."
"But this time she not only wants to harm me, she also wants to put the blame on Nannan and Nian'er. She wants to step on Nian'er and support Jie'er to seize the title. It involves the inheritance of the title and the lives of other people in She County. This is no longer our family.
It’s something you can decide on your own.”
The madam was silent.
The tone was sad: "Since ancient times, there have been countless cases of brothers fighting against each other and killing each other for the sake of title. I thought that such a thing would not happen in our family..."
He sighed deeply, "She was also responsible for He's death?"
Zhang Fu nodded.
A sense of powerlessness came over the madam, which made her physically and mentally exhausted. "I wanted to save her life, but she couldn't tolerate all these things."
Thinking of Wen Bi's several children, each of whom has a different biological mother, I am afraid that it will be difficult to live in harmony in the future. Now Zhang Mao is afraid that he will also be separated from Jie'er and Yao'er.
The family may be torn apart.
"This is not what I want to see, nor is it what your father wants to see."