Chapter 135: Ginger is still spicier
As soon as Xia Zihan finished speaking, Zeng hugged Xia Zihan and murmured, "I knew there must be some ulterior conspiracy in this matter, and Dai Yumin is not a fool. I would mess around with my cousin at Wu’s house. After thinking about it, I thought of the little maid who knocked over the teapot.”
"A second-class maid who can serve others and has excellent rules is outstanding, but she knocked over the teapot when she was greeting the guests. This is unreasonable, so I guess she must have done it on purpose."
"When a person does something deliberately, there is often a conspiracy behind it. Combined with the news I just got, and the fact that Dai's family regarded you as a thorn in their side three years ago, especially Dai Yumin, they are jealous of you. His status is higher than hers, so grandma guessed that the conspiracy was against you, and the purpose of the conspiracy was self-evident. ”
Mrs. Zeng laid out everything she had guessed in a short period of time in front of Xia Zihan, so Xia Zihan had to say, "Ginger is still hotter when he is old." ’
No matter what it is, as long as her grandmother knows something about it, her grandmother can guess it accurately.
She hugged Mrs. Zeng with a smile and gloated, "Dai Yumin is in trouble this time. Her reputation is completely ruined, but she deserves it. She is full of evil and wants to harm others."
Now that Dai Yumin's innocence is gone, her reputation is gone, and she is infamous. She has no other choice but to marry Dai Shaomin.
And Dai Shaomin is her cousin. If Dai Shaomin really marries her, the Dai family will be looked down upon wherever they go.
But instead of marrying Dai Shaomin, if Dai Yumin wanted to marry another man, she would have to marry a man with no family background. Just like her in the previous life, with her reputation ruined, she had to marry Cao Zian, who was good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, but not A gambler who makes money.
Because no one with any family background would marry a woman who ruined her innocence.
Mrs. Zeng patted her and said, "Fortunately you are okay, otherwise, even if grandma is dead, she would not have the shame to see your grandpa and your mother."
After the fear is gone, it’s time to be happy.
Zeng's face was solemn, and she held Xia Zihan's hand tighter, "I got the news that Dai Yumin returned to the Dai family's ancestral home."
Is grandma worried that Dai Yumin will retaliate against her in the future?
Xia Zihan raised his eyebrows.
Dai Yumin, to be honest, she has never been afraid, not now or in the future.
However, it is reasonable for grandma to be worried.
A few years ago, the Dai family kept a low profile for a while due to accidents. However, in recent years, with the rise of Mr. Dai, the power of the Dai family has also gradually increased. I heard that several of Mr. Dai's brothers have become officials. Although the official He didn't do much, but he finally became an official in the court.
In comparison, the Chu family was in decline.
Apart from the grandmother, an old lady, the Chu family only has a powerless granddaughter. Compared with the Dai family, which is getting prosperous day by day, there is really no comparison.
And the Xia family...
Forget it, the Xia family has never been her Xia Zihan's supporter.
In the past three years, although her grandmother gave her father a ride, she was promoted to a civil servant with little power.
Her grandmother once told her that her grandfather said when he was still alive that her father was soft-tempered and upright, loyal and honest, and was not suitable for the intrigues and intrigues in the court.
If one day her father becomes a powerful official, he will definitely become someone else's pawn and be used by some people with ulterior motives.
This was also one of the reasons why her grandfather never helped her father advance in his career.
Rather than putting her father, a little white sheep, into a pack of wolves, dancing with the wolves and being devoured by them, it would be better for him to be down-to-earth, to be sure of his chances of winning, and to keep him safe and relaxed.
Therefore, although her grandmother helped her father and was promoted from the sixth rank to the full sixth rank, her father was sitting on a chair with little real power.
Although he has no power, the victory is stability.
Of course, such a Xia Shiming cannot compare with or defeat the Dai family, not to mention that the Dai family has the support of a prince and an imperial concubine.
This is what grandma is most worried about, right?
Xia Zihan sighed and told Mrs. Zeng solemnly, "Grandma, I will be careful in the future and will definitely stay far away from the Dai family. They will have no chance to cause trouble for me."
As long as Dai Yumin doesn't cause trouble for her, she will not take the initiative to provoke Dai Yumin.
But if Dai Yumin gets tired of living and seeks death, she will not be lenient.
People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot.
I won’t offend anyone unless they offend me, but if someone offends me, I will pay them back ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.
Zeng patted her hand and made up her mind, "When you return to Beijing, grandma will take you out for a walk and get to know more people."
"Okay." Xia Zihan smiled.
She got off the ground and poured a cup of tea for Mrs. Zeng. "The flavor of the pickled pork elbow at noon was a bit strong. Grandma will drink some tea to avoid having a sore throat." Mrs. Zeng was naturally happy that her granddaughter was filial.
After sipping half a cup of tea, she took Xia Zihan's hand and said in a soft tone, "Fortunately, grandma has you with her. Otherwise, your grandpa would have left me alone early. I really don't know how I would survive." Go down.”
"Grandma, do you miss your grandpa again?" Xia Zihan snuggled into Zeng's arms and said with a joking smile, "How about I recruit a nephew and son-in-law for grandma?"
Mrs. Zeng was so happy that she was coaxed, and tapped her forehead with one finger, "You are saying something stupid. Song Huai is the eldest son and grandson of the Song family. How could he be your husband-in-law?"
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What if I don't marry Song Huai and find another man to be my husband?
Xia Zihan really wanted to ask, but she didn't dare. Song Huai was the fiancé that her grandmother and grandfather had gone to great lengths to get for her. Even if she looked down on Song Huai and didn't want to, she couldn't despise him in front of her grandmother. This marriage.
Ever since the incident with the giant snake, my grandmother had already regretted her decision to marry Song Huai. If she showed any reluctance to come, her grandmother would definitely regret it even more and feel even more guilty towards her, but she still wouldn't let her break off the engagement.
Because in the Dasheng Dynasty, after a man and a woman broke off their engagement, no matter who was right or wrong, it was the woman who suffered the most.
Rather than break off the engagement, suffer public opinion and suppression, and marry a husband who doesn't know his roots, it would be better to marry Song Huai, who knows his roots.
So no matter how regretful her grandmother was, she still wanted her to marry into the Song family.
The next day, Xia Zihan went to Liao Mansion to visit Liao Fangyi.
Liao Fangyi's complexion has improved a lot. When chatting with her, her whole life is full of life and her eyebrows are dancing.
In fact, Liao Fangyi was not seriously injured yesterday. She only scratched a little skin on her hand and shed a lot of blood. It looked scary, but in fact the wound was not big, but she was quite frightened. When she went to bed last night, she was still injured in the middle of the night. Had a nightmare.
Fortunately, Liao Fangyi is a big-hearted person. After waking up from the nightmare, she lay on the bed like a normal person and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.
"I feel relieved to see you lively and active. I have to buy some things for the road tomorrow, so I won't spend much time with you. When you return to Beijing, you must go to Chu House to find me."
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Seeing that Liao Fangyi was well and had a cup of tea, Xia Zihan stood up and left.
Liao Fangyi's eyes were red and she was reluctant to leave, "I can't see you off tomorrow. You should be more careful on the way. Have a safe journey."
"Yes." Xia Zihan was also a little reluctant to leave. He held her hand and warned her carefully, "Before you return to Beijing, remember to send me a letter first. I will pick you up at Shilipu on the outskirts of the city."< br>
Liao Fangyi nodded, and soon she shook her head, "It was almost the twelfth lunar month at that time, so let's forget it. I'll keep you out of the cold, and your grandmother will have to peel off a layer of my skin."
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Xia Zihan pursed her lips and smiled, "My body is much stronger than before. It's okay to go out in the snow."
In the past, she was particularly afraid of the cold. In winter, she liked to sit on the hot kang, read books, play chess, and embroider. She didn't like to go anywhere. Even when eating, she would ask the maid to put the food on the kang. Eat on a few days.
Her grandmother also knew that she was afraid of the cold. Every winter, as soon as the weather turned cold, her grandmother would ask the servants in her house to burn silver frost charcoal early to make the house as hot as in summer.
The amount of silver frost charcoal burned in her house in a year is more than twice as much as the silver frost charcoal used in her grandmother's house.
Fortunately, the Chu family has a small population, so even if she uses more Yinshuangtan, her grandfather's official position will be enough.
In the Dasheng Dynasty, silver frost charcoal was a high-end item controlled by the court. In mid-autumn every year, the court would allocate some silver frost charcoal to each minister based on his official position.
Her maternal grandfather was the chief minister of the cabinet and a first-class minister. He received more silver frost and charcoal than any other minister every year.
Because other families have a large population and a large number of wives, concubines, and children, they need to burn a lot of Yinshuang charcoal. The annual distribution is not enough, and they have to spend an additional sum of money to buy charcoal to burn.
However, her maternal grandfather's family had a small population and could not burn all the Yinshuang charcoal they received every year, but could still save more than half of it.
She remembered that there was a warehouse in the front yard of Chu's house specifically for storing silver frost charcoal. After years of accumulation, it seemed that the warehouse was almost full three years ago.
In the past three years, although my grandfather passed away, I heard that the emperor took pity on them and his grandson, and distributed every pound of silver frost charcoal to the Chu house in previous years.
Coupled with the amount of silver frost charcoal she deserves as the county head, the warehouse is probably full.
Therefore, when I went back this time, my grandmother told Mrs. Liao early that if the Liao family didn't have enough Yin Shuang charcoal to burn, they should go to the Chu family to get it. The Chu family had Yin Shuang charcoal in abundance.
"Sister Chu Yu, have you heard that Dai Yumin seems to have gone to the capital to settle down with her husband's family." Liao Fangyi suddenly smiled and told Xia Zihan mysteriously.
Xia Zihan was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth twitched fiercely, "Who did you listen to?"
She was obviously caught in bed and driven back to her old home by Mr. Dai. Why did it come out that Dai Yumin went to the capital to find her husband's family?
Xia Zihan thought about it and soon understood.
Dai Yumin's mistress was Dai Shaomin, Dai Yumin's cousin. They were caught having sex in bed. It was a red-blooded affair and a shame to the Dai family.
(End of chapter)