Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: A Concubine in Power
It turned out that Qiu Yuchan's husband's family was the only son of Wan Yuanwai in the west of the city. Wan Yuan Hu's family owned land and opened a silk and satin shop in the capital. They were from a wealthy businessman family. After Wan Yuan Hu married Qiu Yuchan, he was infertile for many years and married a concubine.
, I gave birth to a daughter, who is now six years old
The year before last, Qiu Yuqi became pregnant and got a boy. Naturally, the Wan family was happy, and Wan Yuan was even more happy to hand over the family to Qiu Yuqi.
Wan Yuanhu is a scholar. He studied hard in his humble life. Of course he hopes to be successful and enter the imperial court. When he hears that there are test questions for sale, he will naturally go home immediately and ask for money to buy test questions. Qiu Yuji is an upright woman. Of course she will not buy or sell test questions.
He did it, but he didn't dare to go against his husband's wishes, so he secretly informed his father-in-law about the matter. Wan Yuanwai was innocent all his life, and naturally he would not do such a thing. Once he was found out, it would be a matter of losing his head, so he ruthlessly
He scolded Wan Yuan and asked him to study hard and try his best to succeed.
If Wan Yuanhu had followed his father's wishes and worked hard, there would have been no tragedy later.
Something happened to Wan Yuan Wai's family. He and his wife rushed back to their hometown to tell Qiu Yuji that they were in charge. Qiu Yuji naturally fulfilled his responsibilities and did not dare to make any mistakes.
When Wan Yuanhu saw that his parents had returned to their parents' home, he asked his concubine to lure Qiu Yuji away and steal money from the accounting room. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yujiu had deposited all the remaining money into the bank account a day earlier, leaving only the remaining money in the accounting room.
I earned dozens of taels of silver for daily expenses.
Wan Yuanhu was furious, but it was his wife who was in charge of the house. Even if he was angry, he would not get any money.
When he was bored, he went out to have a drink with someone, and then went to the casino with dozens of taels of silver. As a result, he lost all the dozens of taels and borrowed hundreds of taels of debt. With the alcohol in his head and the encouragement of his harmful friends, he went to the casino again.
I borrowed two thousand taels from a gambling house, but lost it all overnight.
The gambling house owner had been coveting Qiu Yuchi for a long time and took the opportunity to force him to sell Qiu Yuchi to him. Let me talk about this gambling house owner. He was over fifty years old and had numerous wives and concubines at home, but he still had no offspring. Of course, this gambling house owner had no children.
He told Wan Yuanhu that as long as he sold his wife and children to him, he could pay another five thousand taels of silver. Giving him five thousand taels was a temptation. The test questions were three thousand taels. With the test questions, he still worried about not being able to get the title on the gold list.
?When he became an official, he would snatch his wife and children back and become a scholar. How simple was it? Just like that, Qiu Yujiao and his son were sold by him with a contract.
The owner of the gambling house came to ask for someone. Qiu Yujiao was informed by the maid in advance. She hugged the child and fled in a hurry. However, she was chased to the river. She could not bear the humiliation and jumped into the river with the child in her arms. The gambling owner saw that the person was alive and quickly took the people away.
After Wan Yuanhu learned about it, he said that Qiu Yujiao had slipped and fell into the river, and ordered him to have a hasty burial.
After Wan Yuanwai and his wife came back, they learned that their daughter-in-law and grandson had slipped and fallen into a river and died. They were extremely sad and both fell ill. Qiu Yuchi was buried in a mess. This was all because of the concubine's words, saying that he killed Qiu Yuchi and the child by mistake, and they wanted to be buried in the underworld.
The cold land made her unable to come back to take revenge. The concubine had been at odds with Qiu Yuji for a long time, and she wanted to replace her. Now that she was dead, she got what she wanted. Naturally, she didn't want to give her too much grief and honor, and because she knew that her husband was a deaf man.
Being a weak-minded person, he came up with a plan to bury Qiu Yujiao in a bitter cold place, which was regarded as revenge for being governed by her in the past.
Wan Yuanwai and his wife are old people who don't go to the grave, so they will not go there to see it in person. The concubine said in front of the two elders that they spent a lot of money to find a good hole for Qiu Yujiao and their child. Naturally, Wan Yuanwai and his wife were very angry with the concubine.
A bit of love and care
These things were only learned after Qiu Yujiu died and returned to Wanfu on the night of Huihun. Unfortunately, he did not have the ability to take revenge, so he had to leave depressedly.
After listening to Qiu Yujiao's narration, Long Chuxia said calmly: "It's not a pity for your husband to die!" Although she was angry in her heart, the angrier she became, the more she stored up her thoughts.
Qiu Yujiao said painfully: "I have no sympathy for him. It's just that my parents-in-law have always treated me very well. Now that they know that the child is gone, they are heartbroken and fall ill in bed. The concubine doesn't know how to take care of her. It seems that she can't survive."
It won’t be long”
"I'll go over right away. You stay here and take care of the children. Remember to feed me the food I prepared at noon!"
"Yes, I understand!" Qiu Yujiao said gratefully
Long Chuxia came to Wanfu in the west of the city. Wanfu is not very big and is very simple in construction. It is much shabbier than ordinary mansions. At least from the outside, among the row of houses, this one is the most inconspicuous.
Long Chuxia knocked on the door of Wan Mansion. The person who opened the door was an old man in his sixties. Judging from his attire, he must be a housekeeper. She asked politely: "Old man, is Wan Yuan outside?"
The old man looked at her for a few times and asked: "Girl, what do you want from my master?"
Long Chuxia said with a sad face: "That's right, I am your eldest mistress's sister from the countryside. I heard that something happened to her, so I came to ask what happened!"
The old man quickly opened the door and said, "It turns out you are a relative of the eldest mistress, please come in quickly!" Even a stranger who had never met him immediately treated him with great courtesy when he heard that he was Qiu Yuji's mother-in-law. This shows that this eldest mistress spends a lot of time on weekdays.
popular
"Thank you, old man!" Long Chuxia stepped into the house. The decoration inside was nothing special. It was a courtyard-style house, although there were pavilions and rockeries, but there were many kinds of vegetables in the open space, and there were not many flowers and plants to make people feel comfortable.
Farmhouse feel
The old man said: "Since the young mistress and the young master Sun left, the madam has been sick, and the master has become a lot worse. Oh, God is really blind, how could such a thing happen?"
Long Chuxia remained silent and followed the old man.
When I walked to the front of the court, I saw two girls hugging a woman wearing purple embroidered orchids and satin walking towards her. She had fair skin, exquisite makeup, eyebrows flying slanting into her temples, and her eyes were rather sharp.
She said coldly: "Steward Wan, this young lady died not long ago, and she has been bringing women home. Do you think I am dead too?"
The old housekeeper hurriedly saluted and said: "Second Grandma, no, the one from last time is indeed Dr. Li's daughter. She is here to deliver medicine, and this one is the eldest mistress's natal sister, here to see the master!"
"Hmph, how can your young master hide his charlatanity from me? He is clearly unwilling to be left alone. He wants to have another concubine. No matter who he is, no one is allowed in!" The woman said coldly and looked at Long Chuxia with disdain. "See?
You are pretty and pretty, wouldn't it be better to marry a good family than to be their concubine?"
Long Chuxia pretended to be confused and asked the housekeeper: "Old man, which family's mistress is this?"
The old housekeeper said: "This is the young master's second grandmother!"
"Second Grandma?" Long Chuxia asked in confusion, "Is Second Grandma the principal wife?"
The second mistress frowned coldly and sneered: "What a sharp-tongued person. Yes, I am indeed a concubine, but I will become the main wife soon. It is up to me to decide whether you can get married. I advise you not to do so."
Offend me!"
Long Chuxia said calmly: "Really? Then I won't offend you. However, you are still a concubine at the moment. I am the sister of your eldest grandmother. You treat me with such sarcastic words. It seems that you don't treat Qiu Yujiao as well as you did in the past.
There is so much respect, not to mention much friendship. I really doubt whether Sister Qiu Yuchao was killed by you!"
The second grandma’s face changed, “What nonsense are you talking about?”
Long Chuxia smiled slightly: "Joking, why be nervous!" She looked at the housekeeper and said: "Old man, please lead the way!"
The housekeeper was also very dissatisfied with this second mistress. Now that he heard Long Chuxia bury her like this, he felt very happy and said with a smile: "Okay, girl, please come with me!"