It was already dark when Su Nianyun returned to the Chen Mansion after watching a good show on the street.
Because it was the mourning period, the house was quieter than usual.
Not long after Qianjiu heard back from Feng Yuan, Su Ming asked Su Da to bring a letter into the house.
Then Chunhua lit the candle and saw that it was an autographed letter from Chen Shaoan.
This letter was written by him to the old lady.
After being brought back to the broken hospital, Chen Shaoan, who was sober, completely despaired of Zhou Yao.
But this was not the time for him to feel sad. The three kidnappers kept looking at him fiercely, as if they were about to break his neck at the next moment.
Chen Shaoan, who was extremely frightened, finally decided to confess everything to his mother and begged her to redeem him.
Naturally, knowing his true identity, the kidnappers were extremely happy, and the ransom suddenly increased from 30,000 taels to 300,000 taels.
Upon hearing this number, Chen Shaoan was immediately frightened.
He knew best what the Chen family was like. How could his mother spend so much money?
"Are you lying? The Chen family is one of the eight aristocratic families in Beijing. You told me that I have no money? Who will believe you?"
Su Ming suddenly thrust the dagger at his waist onto the table.
That force caused the entire dagger to sink into the table, leaving only the handle outside.
Seeing the other party's move, Chen Shaoan was so frightened that he almost peed. Naturally, he did not dare to bargain any more, so he could only bite the bullet and write 300,000 taels.
He can only rely on his mother. His mother is very capable and will definitely raise 300,000 taels.
What he actually didn't know was that the old lady could still afford one-third of the money, but in order to give him a glorious funeral, her family's resources were completely exhausted this time.
If the old lady is determined to save him, I'm afraid she will have to sell off the Chen family's ancestral property.
Of course, he always only has himself in his heart. Even if he knows that the old lady has these difficulties, he feels that he has completed what his mother asked him to do.
He has reached this stage because of his mother's failure to fulfill her promise.
If his mother had been willing to let him bring Zhou Yao into the house after he married the princess, none of this would have happened.
After reading Chen Shaoan's tearful letter asking for help, Su Nianyun sneered again and again.
"It's really like Chen Shaoan's style. All the faults are put on Zhou Yao."
She resealed the letter and handed it to Su Da again, "Just find a time when no one is around and throw the letter into the old lady's room."
Su Da nodded, took the letter and turned it into the old lady's courtyard.
However, instead of throwing the letter into the old lady's room as the princess said, he took out a dagger from his waist and inserted the letter directly into the pillar at the door.
"ah!"
Bai He walked to the door carrying the old lady's medicine. When he saw the letter on the pillar and the gleaming dagger, he screamed in fright.
"What are you shouting for in the middle of the night?" Zhao Ma opened the door.
"Zhao, Zhao Ma, look quickly..." Bai He pointed to the direction of Zhao Ma's head.
Zhao's mother hurriedly turned around, and she also lost her voice, "What is this?"
At this time, many servants also gathered around and started talking.
"What's going on outside?" Hearing the noise outside, the old lady got a headache.
At this time, she was talking to Chen Shaokang.
The eldest son was gone. Originally, according to mourning customs, the marriage of the second son should have been postponed.
However, there have been many changes in the house recently, and the old lady was afraid of long nights and dreams, so she became more committed to the marriage of Count Guangyu's family.
So she asked her son to stabilize his relationship with Ding Minru as soon as possible.
Facing his mother's urging, Chen Shaokang also had a headache. He didn't know anything about Ding Minru and didn't know where to start.
However, facing his mother who was bedridden, he couldn't bear to make her sicker, so he could only nod.
"Mother, my son knows, don't worry, he will do what you want."
"Kang'er, you are better than your elder brother in this regard. You are always willing to listen to your mother in everything and think about her."
"Your elder brother is just too stubborn. Whose fault is it that you have gotten to this point..."
As she spoke, the old lady couldn't help but shed tears again.
"Mother, stop thinking about it. This is my eldest brother's fate too. That's all..." Let's get over it!
"Old Madam, Old Madam!" Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhao Ma, who walked in with a dagger and a letter.
"Mother Zhao, what made you, a supervisor, start yelling at you?"
"Old madam, what's wrong, someone inserted a letter on the pillar outside your door!" This was the first time Zhao's mother encountered such a situation.
"Letter, what kind of letter? Bring it to me to see?" Chen Shaokang snatched the letter from Zhao's mother's hand.
When he saw the handwriting on it, he was shocked at first, "Mom, this seems to be my elder brother's handwriting."
"Your eldest brother?" The old lady was stunned. "Who is playing a prank? Read what is written on it."
Chen Shaokang had already glanced at the letter in general. At this time, he didn't know how to describe his expression. After hearing his mother's repeated urging, he began to read it.
"My mother is in good health, An'er pays my respects. My son foolishly listened to Zhou Yao's instigation and faked his death on the battlefield so that he could stay with her. He didn't want an accident to happen just after he returned to Beijing..."
"... After my son did such a stupid thing, he shouldn't bother his mother anymore. However, he wrote several letters, but Zhou Yao ignored them and refused to pay the ransom. When his son was desperate, he cried and asked his mother for help..."
After hearing the content of the letter, the old lady's eyes widened, and then everything went dark.
"Mother!" Chen Shaokang exclaimed.
"Old lady!"
Zhao Ma and Bai He also rushed over, pressing the philtrum and stroking the breasts. The old lady finally got over it after holding back her breath.
However, when she regained consciousness, she howled again.
"Ah, An'er, mother told you a long time ago, that kind of woman is full of calculations..."
Thinking about how she came to ask for help while holding her son in her arms, she didn't mention that Shao An was still alive. This woman was so scheming.
"Mother, please don't cry first..."
Chen Shaokang calmed down at this time. He looked at the other two people in the room and said, "Mama Zhao, Bai He, what is mentioned in the letter, you have to keep it a secret after leaving this door. Do you understand?"
"It's a good thing that An'er is still alive, why don't you let them tell you?" After becoming ill, the old lady's brain was not as good as before.
In addition, her mother Wen, who was always so handy, was not around, and now she could not figure out her second son's intentions.
"Mother, it is well known throughout the city that my eldest brother died in battle, and the imperial court has also commended me. If it is suddenly said that my eldest brother is not dead, how are we going to explain it to the imperial court?"
"If the imperial court knows that my eldest brother faked his death and did not die in battle at all, then we are deceiving the imperial court."
"Then it won't be a matter of whether the eldest brother lives or dies alone, but that our whole family will die together with him!"
"So, regardless of whether the situation described in this letter is true or not, whether it is really the elder brother who wrote to us..."
Chen Shaokang looked at the old lady warningly, "This matter must not be spread, mother, do you know?!"
After understanding what Chen Shaokang meant, the old lady's already ugly face became even more ugly!