Mr. Zheng looked gloomy and looked at Mrs. Zheng coldly.
After being married to the Zheng family for many years, Mrs. Zheng had never seen her husband look like this. Her heart tightened and she turned to look for her mother who was in charge.
"Stop looking," Mr. Zheng said, "I have imprisoned your people. After the trial is completed, they will be sent to the Yamen. Naturally, there will be laws of Zhou Dynasty waiting for them."
Mrs. Zheng had been frightened at the Song family, but now that she heard these words, the blood in her body seemed to have been drained.
Mr. Zheng clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
"Old... Master," Mrs. Zheng said tremblingly, "don't scare me like this... What did I do wrong to make you so angry? What happened? I went to the Song family for our Brother Zhi. I don't care.
You are shameless and offended the Xu family, all for the sake of our children. Don’t you want to save Brother Zhi? You really can’t bear to see Brother Zhi being imprisoned like this. Then Song Chengxuan can do anything. I’ll beg him.
You even threatened me with military law. Master, please think of a way.
Nothing can compare to Brother Zhi's life now.
As long as Brother Zhi can come back safe and sound, I can do anything you ask me to do.
This is your flesh and blood."
Mr. Zheng punched the low table hard: "Brother Qian is also my flesh and blood, so what's wrong with that child? Brother Zhi should feel bad, but should Brother Qian deserve to die? Do you know how much Brother Qian has suffered in these years?
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Mrs. Zheng's eyes widened, and tears kept pouring out, running down her cheeks. She was stunned for a long time and said: "Brother Zhi is a legitimate son, but he is just a concubine. Isn't a legitimate son as important as a concubine?"
Master, don't you always say you're sorry for me, for letting your aunt get pregnant so easily, and for letting your bastard child die before the birth of your eldest son? You always said you would make it up to me.
Then I have to make amends now, and you are the one who compensated me for saving my Brother Zhi."
Mr. Zheng could no longer suppress his anger: "You have admitted that Brother Qian was not lost back then, but you bribed someone to take him away."
Mrs. Zheng wanted to deny or beg, but she opened her mouth and finally raised her face: "Did Master go to Anshan Temple? Did he meet Haruzhi?"
Mr. Zheng said coldly: "If I had gone a step later, you would have had Chun Zhi killed, and I would have been kept in the dark from now on. How vicious are you to do such a thing."
Mrs. Zheng didn't seem to be so scared anymore. Her whole body was occupied by hatred and she gained strength again: "I will accept whatever concubine I say, but I don't dare to take the word 'vicious' as a concubine. If I am really vicious, I will accept it."
Today will never happen again. From the beginning, I should have allowed that bastard to die young in the belly of that bitch.
I believed the bitch's words and thought that she would just become a concubine and let her give birth to the child, but it turned out that I was wrong.
That bitch used this child to make me turn away from me. If this continues, I'm afraid that I will lose my title as the main wife. The same is true for me. Through the bitch's painstaking arrangements, I like the bastard more and more.
The concubine held him in his arms and said that he would be able to shine in the family in the future.
The master feels that the concubine is like the ancestor of the Zheng family. The children of the Zheng family have finally got rid of their weak appearance and may be able to make achievements in the army in the future. When you said those words proudly, did you think about how I feel?"
Mr. Zheng said bitterly: "The child is innocent."
"No one is innocent," Mrs. Zheng said, "Everything in the world has a cause and effect, and no one can escape. I am so innocent, and I am loved in every possible way at home. Why do I have to fall into this quagmire? If I can live peacefully,
Who wants to be that bad person for the rest of their lives?
Brother Zhi is the same. He was born a soft ball. I am very happy, but the master thinks that he is not as good as the concubine. Brother Zhi is a legitimate son, but he has lived in the shadow of the concubine for so many years. The same is true for me, I will think of him every night.
I want to forget the appearance of that concubine, but I remember it so clearly.
I remember how the master praised the concubine, and I remember every word clearly, so I taught Brother Zhi carefully, hoping that Brother Zhi would be able to succeed one day.
It's a pity that Brother Zhi never succeeded, so I had to ask someone to buy him military honors so that he could use his military honors to become an official in time. What did I do wrong? I have a loving mother's heart.
When Brother Zhi achieved military exploits, wasn't the master happy in his heart? Now that something happened, the master got rid of it completely and went to investigate the concubine's affairs again. Is he ready to abandon his concubine and mother-in-law?
Although Cui Hao holds a small position in Yanshan Guard, he must be the master's son-in-law. If he is not, the master will be thrown into pieces."
When Mrs. Zheng said this, the expression on her face was distorted, and her eyes seemed to pop out of their sockets. She stared at Mr. Zheng: "Then Mr. Zheng has no heirs. I am confident that I can do more for the rest of my life."
Are you adding a boy to the Zheng family? I still have such a chance, but everything in the world may not be as you wish..."
Before Mrs. Zheng finished speaking, she felt pain in her shoulder and was kicked to the ground.
"At this point, you still don't know how to repent. Things in the world may not always be as you wish, so you will use any means to rob them?" Mr. Zheng looked at the door and ordered, "Come in!"
The housekeeper took Chun Zhi through the door. Chun Zhi glanced at Mrs. Zheng on the ground and took a step back in fright at Mrs. Zheng's fierce look.
The housekeeper said in a low voice: "Sir, many things Chun Zhi said cannot be verified, but what Chun Zhi said is very similar to what Cui... Cui Hao said about the appearance of the person who took the uncle away back then.
The servant also asked the servants in the house who had taken care of the uncle if there was anything on the uncle that was easy to identify. The servants all said that the uncle had a black mole on his leg when he was born, which was very obvious.
The slave asked someone to take a look. Although there is no mole on Cui Hao's leg, there is a scar in the same position. This scar was obviously left many years ago..."
The housekeeper did not continue, but Mr. Zheng already understood the meaning of these words.
Maybe those people were afraid that the Zheng family would find Brother Qian through the mole, so they deliberately destroyed the mole.
The housekeeper continued: "Cui Hao also has some impressions of our ancestral home. He said that there was an osmanthus tree in the yard where my aunt lived. My aunt's name was Gui Niang."
Mr. Zheng had heard these words before, but he refused to believe them at the time. Now that he heard them again, he only felt a burst of tightness in his chest.
Harnzhi said: "Aunt Gui once said that my uncle's hands and feet are very big, and he will definitely look like me in the future. I can take a closer look at that person. There will always be similarities between father and son."
Mr. Zheng's heart felt heavy as he thought about the times he saw Cui Hao several times. He took a deep breath and was about to walk out when Mrs. Zheng shouted sadly: "Master, you
Are you really unwilling to save Brother Zhi?"
"It's not that I don't want to save him," Mr. Zheng looked at Mrs. Zheng, "it was you who pushed him to a dead end. I was confused and allowed you to coax him, unable to distinguish right from wrong. But Song Chengxuan is not confused. You
He tried his best to ruin the reputation of the Xu family and destroy the marriage between the two families, hoping to influence Song Chengxuan's decision, making the entire Jiangyin Mansion aware of it.
Maybe Song Chengxuan was worried about the relationship between the in-laws of the Zheng family and the Xu family before, but now he just wants to take action on Brother Zhi.
You harmed your concubine back then, and now you are harming your biological son, you are more vicious than anyone else."
After Master Zheng finished speaking, he ordered the steward: "Find the people from the yamen. There is no need to hide those dirty things." After saying this, he walked out of the room.
Mrs. Zheng's shrill screams came from behind.
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Mr. Zheng stopped staying and walked towards Gui Niang's yard. When he entered the yard, he saw a figure sitting under the osmanthus tree. That person was Cui Hao.
Cui Hao raised his head and stared at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, wondering what he was thinking.
