Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 33

[Chapter 33 Punishment]

When Wei Hou left in the morning, it was a little later than usual. Before leaving, he told Chunniang, and only said that there is no need to wake up the lady.

His expression was as cold as usual when he spoke. At that time, Chunniang raised her eyes, and in a flash, she felt that Wei Hou’s eye sockets were slightly sunken than usual, as if she hadn’t slept well last night. However, the spirit did not show the slightest slump, but the eyes became clearer and brighter.

Except that day when he went out too early, Xiao Qiao got up with him and took him outside the Westinghouse. It’s not too early today. Chunniang didn’t see Xiao Qiao at first, and Ben was apprehensive, afraid that she would annoy Wei Hou again because of her negligence. When I heard him say this suddenly before leaving, I was relieved. After he left, he went into the inner room and lifted the curtain, and saw that Xiao Qiao was still sleeping on the pillow, facing inward, with his temples messy and his clothes fading to his shoulders, revealing a snowy back. Several unclean handkerchiefs that were suspected to be used were thrown on the floor in front of the bed. The tent was a little warm and stuffy, and there was a faint smell of a special bedcloth.

Chunniang is a visitor, I understand. Excessive intercourse last night. He was secretly suspicious, and he didn’t know how the young and legitimate Wei Hou was tossing about it last night. Not only did he sunken his own eye sockets, but the female gentleman also became like this. Unable to wake Xiao Qiao, she quietly packed up the things on the ground and backed out. She stayed outside the door the whole time. When Xiao Qiao was full of sleep, she went in to help her get up.

Xiao Qiao usually does not have the habit of getting up and taking a bath. But last night, although I was relieved of suffering, the workload of the replacement was really heavy, and I was sweating all over my body. I woke up feeling sticky and uncomfortable, so I called to prepare water to take a bath. Afraid that Chunniang would see the two pieces of pitiful flesh on her chest that had been pinched and hadn’t lost their red marks until now, she refused to let her serve on the side as usual, so she undressed and went into the bathtub.

It was just that both arms were really sore, and it was a little difficult to lift them up. He was lowering his head to take a shower, when the curtain swayed, he looked up to see Chunniang entering, and hurriedly shrank down a bit.

“There is someone from the old lady’s side, please come over.”

Xiao Qiao immediately guessed that it might be related to what happened last night.

“Got it. Chunniang, go out. I’ll come out right now…”

But Chunniang had already come over, holding Xiao Qiao by her shoulders and pulling her out of the water as if she was carrying a chicken, and said, “It sounds like there is an urgent matter, and the maid will serve you and dress quickly. Some…”

Xiao Qiao hurriedly covered her chest with a bath towel, but she still caught Chunniang’s eyes. She was stunned, took Xiao Qiao’s hand away, took a closer look, frowned, and complained in a low voice, “Men’s attack… It’s too insignificant…” There was distress and dissatisfaction in her tone.

How could Xiao Qiao dare to mention what happened last night, and kept his mouth shut.

“Wait, ma’am.”

Chunniang ran out, came back with a box of ointment in her hand, picked some and gently wiped it on for Xiao Qiao, it was very cool. Finally, after wiping his body and putting on his clothes, Xiao Qiao hurriedly finished grooming and immediately went to the north house. As soon as I entered, I felt a different atmosphere than usual.

Mrs. Xu was sitting on the couch, with Zhong Li by her side, and by the side stood Wang Li who delivered ice from last night. On the ground knelt on the ground a servant girl from the east room, which seemed to be used by Mrs. Zhu outside the room. When we were in the East Room, we had a few face-to-face meetings.

The atmosphere in the room was a little dignified. Xiao Qiao didn’t dare to neglect, knelt before Madam Xu’s couch, greeted her, and pleaded guilty for being late.

Mrs. Xu smiled slightly and said, “It’s okay. Grandma called you here because she wanted to ask you a few questions.”

Zhong Li told Wang Li and the servants of the East House to go out, and went out herself, closing the door.

Only Madam Xu and Xiao Qiao were left in the room. Mrs. Xu waved to Xiao Qiao and asked her to sit beside her, saying: “When I got up in the morning, Zhong Lin looked at me and looked at me well. After saying a few words, I left. I heard that something happened in the east room last night. It was said that he was called by your mother-in-law. It was for dinner, but for some reason, there was a dispute. He even broke the door of the room, and Jiang Li passed out. It seems that Zheng Shu is also involved. I also heard that you asked for a lot of ice cubes in your room last night. What’s the use of so many ice cubes at this time?”

Mrs. Xu paused.

“What happened last night, do you know?”

Xiao Qiao hesitated.

Sure enough, Mrs. Xu knew what happened last night so quickly. It’s just that she didn’t know whether she knew that Zhu Shi gave Wei Shao the love potion.

She immediately remembered that she had mentioned twice in front of Wei Shao last night to tell Mrs. Xu to ask her for help, but he refused.

Although this kind of thing is too private, the grandson naturally does not want to let his grandmother know. But Xiao Qiao always felt that, judging from the tone of his expression last night and his performance in front of Mrs. Xu this morning, Wei Shao still seemed to be a little unwilling to let his grandmother know about Zhu when something like this happened. Shi mean to him to do such a thing.

He still seemed to want to cover up for Madam Zhu in front of his grandmother.

He was reluctant to say, but Mrs. Xu came to ask herself so quickly.

Having said that, to be known by him to come from his own mouth is to avenge his filial heart.

Not to mention… Judging by Madam Xu’s control over this family, she will know sooner or later. At that time, it is not the one who is in front of Mrs. Xu.

Xiao Qiao raised her eyes, saw Madam Xu’s one eye looking at her, thought for a moment, and replied, “Go back to my grandmother, what happened to the east room last night, my grandson-in-law really doesn’t know, and my husband is halfway in front of me when he comes back. I didn’t mention a word. As for taking ice cubes, I knew about it. At that time, he pushed in the door, went straight into the bathroom, and then asked me to take ice. When I hesitated for a while, he hurriedly urged him to use it urgently. I also I didn’t dare to be negligent, and asked someone to bring ice, only to find out…he was going to soak the ice cubes in the water for a bath…”

Madam Xu frowned slightly.

Little Joe lowered his head.

“Why didn’t you say it? What happened later?”

Xiao Qiao whispered: “Later, I was worried that he was freezing, so I went in to see him. He was soaked in ice water and said that he was very thirsty, so I brought him water. And later…”

She lowered her head, looking embarrassed, and stopped talking.

Madam Xu looked at Xiao Qiao, her brows furrowed even tighter.

Although Xiao Qiao only said a few words like this, Madam Xu couldn’t guess that the grandson and the bride were not only confused, but also very unusual last night.

Judging from the description of the bride, the grandson clearly reacted after taking the love potion.

Madam Xu’s heart immediately burst into a trace of anger.

The Wei family was not rich in males, her husband and son were in the same line, and now she has only one grandson like Wei Shao. Not to mention that she regarded it as the flesh of her heart and liver, and asked Mrs. Xu to take her longevity, and even give up all the Wei family’s family business, in exchange for Wei Shao’s safe life, she was also willing.

Never would have thought that someone would have given him such a bad medicine with a black heart!

She immediately asked, “Will Zhonglin be injured later? Tell your grandmother truthfully, there is no need to worry, let alone be ashamed!”

Xiao Qiao was really embarrassed when Mrs. Xu told Mrs. Xu what happened last night. So just now I was so vague, but at this moment I could hear the anxiety and a faint anger in her voice, I stunned, and I didn’t care about my embarrassment, and said: “It should be fine. At first he was very It was uncomfortable, and then… I finally fell asleep.”

Madam Xu pondered for a moment, then slowly let out a sigh of relief and looked at Xiao Qiao. Seeing her drooping eyes, her cheeks were slightly red. I remembered that when my grandson came to see me in the morning, she mentioned a sentence, saying that she was still asleep and didn’t wake up. I must have been tossed by my grandson last night, so I felt pity in my heart, patted the back of her hand lightly, and said softly: “Grandma knows. I’m fine here, you can go back and rest again.”

Xiao Qiao said to Xu The lady bowed and thanked, and withdrew. After she left, Mrs. Xu called Zhong Ni in and told her guess again.

Zhong Nuo was shocked. Seeing Madam Xu’s face sinking like water, she hesitated and said, “Old Madam calm down. The maid will go and call Madam and ask her what’s going on…”

“I may not have been there for a long time. I won’t need her this time. Come, let me see her myself!”

Madam Xu stood up straight from the couch and said coldly.

Zhong Ni helped Mrs. Xu to stay, waited and changed her clothes, and went to the east room.

…

Mrs. Zhu was sleepless last night, and her eyes were puffy when she woke up in the morning. Early in the morning, Wei Shao came. She remembered that her son was angry like never before last night. She was still uneasy in her heart. She managed to calm down and smiled at her son at first. Seeing him, he didn’t sit or speak. He just stood in front of him and stared at himself, and said in a trembling voice, “Zhonglin, my son, what happened last night was indeed not my fault. It’s all my fault as a mother who is confused for a while, to treat you like this. Doing such a thing. After you left last night, I also told you that you will no longer recognize me as a mother! My heart…”

Her eyes flushed, and tears streamed down her cheeks. He choked again: “Your grandmother must have known it… She looked down on me at first, and even more so in the future. Anyway, I only blame myself for being confused. I will go to her today to ask for her guilt. I will admit it. Yes…”

Wei Shao frowned tightly for a while, as if to suppress his emotions, and said slowly: “I didn’t tell my grandmother about what happened last night, and I don’t plan to let my grandmother know, lest she add it out of thin air. No need to bother.”

Madam Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s just that you have two things to do with me.” Wei Shao said coldly.

“Son, just talk!” Mrs. Zhu nodded hurriedly.

“First, send Zheng Shu away, and she will not be allowed to enter my Wei family’s door in the future. Second, mother will not be allowed to communicate with Wu Zhu in the future…”

A shadow passed in his eyes.

“If you let me know, next time you will contract Wu Zhu to do this kind of slanderous and private scandal similar to drug use, and I will immediately let people level the Wu Temple!”

Madam Zhu was startled.

Things didn’t work out last night, and she complained for a while that the medicine given by the witch was not good. I just didn’t expect that how my son knew that the medicine came from Wu Zhu himself. Seeing her son mention this, it was disgraceful after all, and she blushed and said: “I remembered not to communicate with Wu Zhu. This time I regret it very much. My son can rest assured. It’s just the first one…”

She hesitated. Down, looked up at Wei Shao. Seeing him staring at him with a gloomy expression, he sighed, knowing that at this moment, he would not be able to keep his niece no matter what.

“I know. It’s just that you know that Chu Yu’s family has no support. If she is suddenly sent out, where can she go? Son, let me arrange for a few days. I know you don’t like Chu Yu. After this time, I I also learned a lesson, and I will never ask you to accept her again. She has been with me all these years, and now I want to send her away. At least I want to send her a decent gift and prepare some things for her, which can be regarded as fulfilling her all these years to replace you. Filial piety in front of me… I beg you as a mother.”

When Madam Zhu spoke of her sadness, tears flowed down again.

Wei Shao’s brows furrowed again. After a while, he finally said, “Three days. If she’s still here in three days, mother won’t blame me for being unfilial.”

Madam Zhu had no choice but to agree. Choked and said: “Zhonglin, I’m wrong about this, I’m sorry…” Tears dried and wiped, wiped and dried. Wei Shao looked at Madam Zhu, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn’t say anything after all, and finally said: ” I

just ask mother to remember this lesson, and don’t act so confused in the future. It’s a blessing to be a son.” After Shao left, Mrs. Zhu was in a daze by herself for a long time. At noon, she asked the servants and heard that Zheng Shu was still in the room. She got up in the morning without water and rice. Zheng Chuyu’s eyes were red and swollen from crying, and said, “Auntie, I only regret that I shouldn’t have been confused, and I have done such a thing. Even if my cousin didn’t say, I can’t stay in this family. I see. My cousin also resents my aunt, which is not my original intention. I just made up my mind, I will go.” Seeing her thinking about herself so much, Madam Zhu was even more reluctant to give up and comforted her in every possible way, saying: “You can rest assured. Beiwu doesn’t know what happened this time, and Zhonglin also promised not to tell me. I’ll send you out, but it’s only temporarily, and after a while, my aunt will take you back depending on the situation.” Zheng Chuyu slowly withdrew her tears: “Aunt, after I leave, my aunt must not use force with my cousin. My cousin is a filial son, and I am good to my aunt. When my aunt is in trouble, she must be as rational and emotional as before. Brother must soften. As long as my cousin protects my aunt, the old lady also needs to take care of my cousin’s face, so that my aunt will not be too difficult in the future…”

“Chu Yu, you are the only one who thinks about your aunt… That Qiao girl, if I had the slightest bit of care from you, I wouldn’t be so shameless in front of my son!”

“Aunt—

” My nephew! Even my old body is touched!”

Suddenly a calm voice came from behind.

Zhu Shi turned back suddenly, and saw that Mrs. Xu did not know when she came. At this moment, she was standing at the door with a cane in her hand, and her expression seemed to be the same as usual, but the thorns radiated from her unique eye. But he shot straight at himself, startled, and hurriedly let go of Zheng Chuyu, knelt down to greet Madam Xu, and said in a trembling voice, “Why did my mother-in-law come in person? If something happens, you can call me.”

Madam Xu ignored her, and turned her gaze to Zheng Chuyu, who was kneeling behind Madam Zhu.

Zheng Chuyu’s face turned pale and did not dare to look up.

Mrs. Xu looked at Zheng Chuyu for a moment, and said slowly, “Send Zheng Shu out of the house immediately. Don’t let me see her again.”

After she finished speaking, two healthy women came in and took Zheng Chuyu out.

Zheng Chuyu cried.

Madam Xu was immediately confused and hurriedly said, “Mother-in-law…” Before she spoke, Madam Xu’s eyes swept towards her, and she was speechless.

“I know that your aunt and nephew have been with you for many years and are quite affectionate. You can rest assured that you will not treat her badly. Although her parents are dead, she still has an uncle. Send her back and send her dowry together, so that the Zheng family can find a good family. Married, are you dissatisfied with this arrangement?”

Zhu Shi murmured, “Everything is

up to my mother-in-law’s arrangement.” Zheng Chuyu’s voice could no longer be heard outside. The servants in the room also went out. In the end, only Zhu Shi was still kneeling on the ground with his head lowered.

After a long time, when she was slowly looking up, she suddenly heard Mrs. Xu slam her crutches with such force that she even cracked the blue brick in front of her feet. Hearing her stern voice again: “Am I going to let you look up?”

Zhu Shi shuddered, raised his eyes, and saw Madam Xu’s face full of anger, the light that shot from the eye that was looking down at her was as sharp as a knife.

She has been married to the Wei family for 20 or 30 years, and although she has always complained that Mrs. Xu is cold to her, she has never had such a stern look at this moment. Her heart pounded, she managed to calm herself down, and said boldly, “I don’t know what my daughter-in-law did wrong to make her mother-in-law so angry. I beg her mother-in-law to make it clear so that my daughter-in-law can make a change…”

Mrs. Xu spat at her . “Last night, where did you give my grandson the bad medicine? In order to put your good niece in my grandson’s room, how dare you do such a vicious thing? You said it was aphrodisiac! People with ulterior motives will turn what they give you into poison. You stupid woman, why don’t you vote for your son too? Zheng Shu is your niece, so my grandson is not your own son who crawled out of your own belly. ?”

Zhu Shi’s face suddenly paled, her forehead was dripping with sweat, she knew that Mrs. Xu had already known the matter, and she didn’t dare to argue any more, she touched the ground with her forehead, and wept, “My daughter-in-law was confused for a while and made a big mistake. Luckily it didn’t lead to bad results. I beg my mother-in-law to punish me, and I won’t dare to do it again!”

Madam Xu was very angry, and after finishing the sentence just now, she gasped for breath, and she swallowed it after a while, and said coldly: “You communicate frequently with Wu Zhu on weekdays, and I also turn a blind eye. Now you dare to do such a hand to your own son, it shows that your mind is so crooked that you don’t know where! You are my grandson’s biological mother. , I don’t know what to do to you, so as not to fall in the face of my grandson. Anyway, since you punished me, you can go to the ancestral hall and face the wall yourself! When you think clearly, come back! ”

After Madam Xu finished speaking, she turned around and left without looking at Zhu Shi again. When she reached the door, she swayed slightly, and Zhong Li who was waiting hurriedly picked her up and supported her.

Mrs. Xu closed her eyes and calmed down. Seeing Zhong Ni looking at her with a worried expression, she shook her head at her and said, “I’m fine.” Zhong Nuo helped her all the way out and went back to the north house.

“Old lady, when the man came in the morning, he didn’t mention last night’s affairs in front of the old lady. It can be seen that the man didn’t want the old lady to know what the lady did. The old lady punished the lady like this. Lady, if you are angry…”

She stopped.

Mrs. Xu looked forward with one eye and said lightly, “It’s up to Nv Qiao herself. If you can’t even get through this, how can you be married to Zhong Lin in the future?”

Zhong Ni was silent for a moment, then nodded and said yes .

[End of This Chapter]