Chapter 736: Fell
At noon, Xia Shiming and his family of three were left to have lunch at home. Just in time, Chu Jingqi came back from the palace, had a few drinks with his father-in-law, and told him some things in the court.
After seeing off Xia Shiming's family of three, Chu Jingqi frowned and said to Xia Zihan in private, "My father-in-law has scars on his face. Although it is covered by something, I have seen many scars." If you go, you can’t hide it from my eyes even if you cover it.”
"The scars look like scratches, they should have been scratched by someone," he said.
Xia Zihan was surprised, "My father just returned to Beijing yesterday morning, why was he arrested?"
Her first reaction was that the scratches were definitely not the work of her new stepmother. "Guo has a gentle temperament, and our relationship has been very good since we got married to my father. She would not do something like that."
Especially doing things that would make her father look embarrassed.
"I have people in the Xia family, so I asked Chu Lin to go over and check." Xia Zihan said.
She called Chu Lin and told her to go to Xia's house.
Chu Lin said, "No need to check, I know."
"You know?"
Chu Lin hummed, "Old Mrs. Xia caught her." Then she told everything that happened to the Xia family throughout the whole day yesterday. ”
"Why didn't you tell me earlier when such a big thing happened?" Xia Zihan's face was stern and full of vigor. Chu Lin was so frightened that Chu Lin shrank her neck and said aggrievedly, "Master, look at your belly, it's so big. Come on, how dare you let your master worry about the Xia family’s bad things?”
"Master, please don't worry about the Xia family's affairs. Although the second master suffered a little loss, he finally recognized the facts. According to my slave, in the future, the second master will not continue to be foolish and filial like before. This can be considered a hard-earned lesson, and it’s worth it.”
Chu Lin said carelessly.
Xia Zihan calmed down and said, "It seems that the old godly woman has not learned enough lessons. She can't even curse, so she dares to take action."
"Ayu, let your father-in-law handle the Xia family's affairs by himself." Chu Jingqi didn't want her to continue to take care of the Xia family's bad affairs. He said, "After all, Mrs. Xia is the father-in-law's relative." Mom, she’s your grandmother , Even if she treats you badly, where is the blood relationship? In the future, if your father-in-law finds out that you have done something to your grandmother, do you think the relationship between your father and daughter will still be as close as it is now? "< br>
"It's not worth it to ruin the relationship between your father and daughter for an unworthy person."
"Then let my father be beaten like this in vain?" Xia Zihan felt sorry for Xia Shiming and didn't want to let Mrs. Xia go like this.
"How could the beating be in vain? My father-in-law came to visit you at Prince An's Mansion today instead of coaxing Mrs. Xia. This shows that his mother's status in his heart has been slipping."
Otherwise, if Mrs. Xia was so seriously ill, Xia Shiming, the filial son, would have persuaded Xia Zihan to go to Xia's house to visit Mrs. Xia no matter what.
Xia Zihan is pregnant, but it's not like she can't walk. Now that the weather is getting warmer and the snow on the ground outside has melted, Xia Zihan can go out for a walk. It's still okay to go to Xia's house, but Xia Shiming The fact that he didn't even mention it showed that in his heart, Xia Zihan's status was more important than Mrs. Xia's.
After Chu Jingqi persuaded her for a long time, and Chu Lin also added fuel to the flames, Xia Zihan finally agreed not to care about the Xia family's affairs.
However, she didn't care, and Chu Lin didn't say she didn't care.
The next night, when Mrs. Xia was taking a bath, she tripped on something and fell backwards.
Along with it, the two maids who were supporting her also fell to the ground.
Mrs. Xia had two teeth knocked out, her right hand was broken, her knees were covered in bruises, her ankles were sprained, and she was in terrible pain.
The maids and women in the room suddenly rushed over in shock, helped the old lady up, and put her on the hot bed. They saw that she had lost two front teeth and her mouth was bleeding. All the maids and women in the room were frightened. Yes, hurry up and report it to the first and second masters. Mr. Xia was still busy in the study. After hearing this, he hurried to Mrs. Xia's yard without paying attention to the official documents that were half processed.
After Xia Shiming learned the news, he also rushed over.
Although I feel sorry for Mrs. Xia, she is my mother who I have respected for decades.
The filial piety in his bones is innate and unbreakable.
His mother fell, how could he not be anxious.
However, he was just anxious and no longer distressed. If in the past, his mother's teeth were broken and her mouth was full of blood, he didn't know how distressed he would be.
Nowadays, it is anxious.
He went with Mrs. Xia Er, but when he saw that the house was in a mess and Mrs. Xia was lying on the kang and screaming, he didn't let Mrs. Xia Er get close.
"You are here, I will go over and take a look." He asked Mrs. Xia Er.
Mrs. Xia Er hummed, but she didn't want to lean over.
Old Mrs. Xia's character and style, she has been Xia Shiming's aunt for several years, and she has already seen clearly from the sidelines. Old Mrs. Xia is the kind of person who gets more and more aggressive the more you give her face.
He is just messy, arrogant and unreasonable. Moreover, he doesn't recognize his relatives and shows no humanity to the people in his second wife's house.
Mrs. Xia Er would hide as far as she could from such a person who was not good at caring for her. Even if she couldn't hide, she would only do what a daughter-in-law should do, and there would be no more. Don't even think about it.
Even if I think about it, given Mrs. Xia's attitude towards her second wife, I'm afraid I can't even think about it.
Mrs. Xia Er sees things more clearly than Xia Shiming, so Xia Shiming's request is exactly what she wants.
She stood by the door without leaning in. When she saw Xia Shiming walking over, she asked the maid next to Mrs. Xia a few words, and then asked Mrs. Xia's personal mother-in-law, "Have you asked for a doctor?"
"Go back to the Second Master, I've already gone to invite you."
Xia Shiming didn't speak anymore. It was always the eldest son of the Xia family who was calming Mrs. Xia's emotions, while Xia Shiming stood aside, as if he was a superfluous person.
Soon, the doctor came.
The doctor checked Old Mrs. Xia's wrists and ankles, took her pulse, and finally said, "The bones in her right hand are broken. She is so old, even if the bones are reattached, she may not be able to use her hand in the future."
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This means that Mrs. Xia's right hand is useless.
Mr. Xia was stunned on the spot, "Doctor, is there no other way? As long as it can cure my mother's hand, no matter what medicinal materials are needed, as long as they are available in the world, I will send people to find them."
The doctor said in embarrassment, "This is not about the medicinal materials, but because the old lady is old and her bones are not as good as those of young people. She is like a tree that suddenly broke, and the trunk is empty. Even if the skin is repaired, it will still be damaged." It’s empty inside, connected only by a layer of skin on the surface. If the wind blows, the tree will still fall.”
(End of chapter)