Poor Family Laity

  Chapter 64, Unbelievable

  The capital.

  The last day of each month is the day when nobles in the palace receive court wives. As the countess, Mrs. Shi is naturally going to attend.

   Whenever this time is, it is the best opportunity for court wives and nobles in the palace to exchange feelings.

   There are many wives, how to get into the eyes of nobles depends on the ability of the wives and the status of the husband's family.

  Wuchang Bo Mansion, as one of the few surviving founding nobles, should have been treated respectfully by the nobles in the palace and the wives, but the fact is completely opposite.

  Because of the Prince Regent case, Shifu was implicated in it. Although the former emperor did not deprive Shifu of his title, he directly ignored the existence of Shifu.

  Following the example, everyone saw that the late emperor didn't like the Shi family, so they all chose to distance themselves from the Shi family.

  There is no emperor to value, no relatives and friends to help, twenty or thirty years have passed, Shifu has long been far away from the noble circle, and now it is getting worse.

  However, even though every time she worships a nobleman, she will be treated coldly, but Mrs. Shi still came to participate every time.

   There is no way, this is one of the few opportunities for Shifu to show its face among the nobles and make a sense of presence. She can't let the people in the capital completely forget the existence of Wuchangbo Mansion.

  As usual, Mrs. Shi visited the Empress Dowager, Empress, Concubine and others with all the wives. After kowtowing, she waited in the side hall.

  Next, the Empress Dowager and Empress will summon some wives to speak.

  At this time, you can see the favor of each family and government.

  Those who are valued by the emperor and those who are in the eyes of the nobles will be called to speak. Depending on the degree of importance, they will either stay to speak, or get some rewards, or be left in the palace for lunch.

   At that time, the old lady belonged to the group that was treated coldly. As always, she was not summoned, and could only leave the palace and return home with a gloomy expression.

  Wuchang Earl's Mansion.

  When the family saw that Mrs. Shi had returned so early, they immediately guessed what happened to her in the palace.

   Mrs. Shi felt a little heavy. She thought that the suppression of the Shi family would end after the death of the first emperor and the ascension of the new emperor, but she did not expect that the situation would not change at all.

  The title of the Shi family is over when it comes to the father, and now the Shi family still has the name of the uncle's house, but after a hundred years from the father, the Shi family may completely decline.

   "Mother has worked hard!"

   Mrs. Shi did not dare to show her emotions on her face, and eagerly stepped forward to help Mrs. Shi.

   Speaking of her mother-in-law, she admires her from the bottom of her heart.

  It sounds like a great honor to enter the palace to meet the nobles in the palace, but the Shi family is ignored by the superiors, and the people in the capital are all bowing down. She can imagine how embarrassing her mother-in-law will be after entering the palace.

   But the mother-in-law never fails every time, and she never loses her temper with them because of being treated coldly in the palace after returning home. This kind of heart, this ability to bear, is something she will never be able to achieve.

  After tidying up her mood a long time ago, the old lady smiled and shook her head: "You have prepared enough ice cubes in the carriage, as well as refreshments and cakes. I'm not hungry or warm, so it's hard work."

Mrs. Shi caressed Mrs. Shi back to Yixiang Courtyard, and after serving hot tea to Mrs. Shi herself, she smiled and said: "This morning, a letter was sent from the concierge. It was written by the second uncle. It's a thick letter."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shi didn't care about drinking tea, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and bring the letter, the family letters are usually written by the eldest brother, and the second brother hasn't written to me for many years, don't worry about it. Bar?"

Mrs. Shi hurriedly took the bulging envelope from the servant girl's hand, and handed it to Mrs. Shi with both hands: "Mother, don't think too much, if something really happens, it will be a letter from my uncle or aunt. The second uncle wrote a letter, probably because I missed my mother." .”

Speaking of Jiang Anbang, the corners of Madam Shi's mouth turned up, and she opened a letter while laughing and said: "Your uncle is serious. Whenever I got into trouble when I was young, my uncle would scold me severely, but your second uncle is different. He will protect me unconditionally every time, like an old hen guarding her chicks."

  Shi Da Furen smiled and said, "That's because Second Uncle loves you."

  The old lady quickly read the letter. At first, there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth, but slowly, the smile froze.

   When Mrs. Shi looked at Mrs. Shi's eyes, her eyes became wider and wider, and the shock on her face became more and more intense. At the end, the hand holding the letter trembled, and her heart skipped a beat.

   Don’t tell me something really happened to the Jiang family, right?

   "Mother, what did Second Uncle say?"

  Old Madam Shi ignored Da Madam Shi, and quickly flipped through the letter. After reading it once, it was not enough, so she started to read it again, and read it several times, her face was full of disbelief and unacceptable.

"Mother."

   Seeing Mrs. Shi lose her composure like this, Mrs. Shi was a little frightened, thinking in her heart, could it be that her uncle is gone? !

   Mrs. Shi suppressed the shock in her heart, and quickly stepped forward to comfort Mrs. Shi: "Mother, don't worry, no matter what happens, you have to hold on."

   Mrs. Shi's voice made Mrs. Shi, who was extremely incapable of accepting it, recover from the shock, looked at Mrs. Shi in a daze, and then leaned weakly on the chair.

   His complexion was pale, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes were out of focus, and he looked as if he had suffered a huge blow.

  At that time, the eldest lady's complexion also turned pale: "Mother, but the eldest uncle"

  Old Madam Shi was a little absent-minded, and after a while she understood what Madam Shi meant, she shook her head, and reached out to support her swollen and dizzy head, but accidentally knocked over the hot tea on the table.

  The scalding hot tea in the tea bowl was spilled on Mrs. Shi's hands, and in an instant, the back of her hands turned red.

"Mother!"

   Mrs. Shi was taken aback, but Mrs. Shi didn't seem to feel anything.

   Mrs. Shi hurried forward to wipe Mrs. Shi's hands with a handkerchief, and quickly ordered the servant girl to bring cold water.

  After the maid brought cold water, Mrs. Shi put her hot hands into the cold water, and then she said, "Zhihan, go and do your business, I'm fine here."

   Mrs. Shi is not at ease: "Mother, I'd better stay with you."

  Shi the old lady shook her head: "It's really fine, your first uncle and the others are fine, but your second uncle said something, I have to take it easy."

   Mrs. Shi glanced at the letter that Mrs. Shi held tightly in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and told the maids in the room to take good care of her, then nodded and turned to leave.

  As soon as she left, Mrs. Shi picked up the letter with trembling hands, and read it again with tears in her eyes.

How can it be?

   Zhengkun is not her son!

  When the old lady couldn't help but think of the scene when she went back to Rongcheng to attend the funeral, and when Beiyan raided Rongcheng, she was frightened and had to give birth early in the ruined temple by the roadside.

  At that time, not long after she had a seizure, a couple came outside the ruined temple to ask for help. The woman was also pregnant with Liujia. She was also frightened and was about to give birth.

  The husband felt compassionate, so he let the woman into the ruined temple and gave birth with her.

  How could a child be wrong?

  Even if she fell into a coma after giving birth, there are still so many maids and wives around her!

   At that time, the old lady really couldn't accept it, but she also knew her brother, and they would not have sent her a letter unless the investigation was clear.

  Zheng Kun

  When she thought that the child she had single-handedly raised was not her own son, the old lady's heart ached.

  When she saw in Jiang Anbang's letter that Li Changsen suffered a lot of harsh treatment in the Li family, the tears in Mrs. Shi's eyes burst out of the frame.

  Military households, battlefields.

  When she thought of her child growing up under such dangerous conditions, and almost died a few times, the old lady felt a little short of breath.

how so? !

  (end of this chapter)