Chapter 19: The Willing One Takes the Bait
Half a month should be enough for her to find out and resolve everything.
At this time, everyone saw Mengxi blushing, and they all thought she was shy, but she was actually holding back her laughter and was excited. At the moment when the old lady called her, she had a flash of inspiration and finally came up with this brilliant idea. She secretly thought that she was a genius and boasted a lot.
Normally, no one would believe this, but it happened that when Mengxi said this, Xiao Jun had indeed contracted an incurable disease, and even the imperial physician was helpless, and his illness was inexplicable; the most important thing was that Xiao Jun's illness was miraculously cured after the wedding. Last night, the second master happened to be not in Mengxi's house, and he got sick again for no reason. This time the doctor didn't even prescribe medicine and left directly. It stands to reason that the Xiao family is a great Qi family. If they stomped their feet casually, Pingyang City would tremble three times, and if they coughed, Pingyang City would catch a cold. Who dared to be so rude? The doctor did this, which only showed that he was really helpless. The people present, including the old lady and the eldest master, actually believed Mengxi's nonsense. This was really a case of Taigong fishing, and those who were willing to take the bait took the bait.
"Nonsense, if the fortune teller said that Jun'er must stay in the upper room for half a month, why did you let Jun'er go to Aunt Li's room last night? You bitch, do you want to kill Jun'er?"
There really was someone who didn't believe this, and that was the eldest wife, Cui. She thought that Mengxi couldn't hold Jun'er's heart, so she resorted to this method. She took advantage of Jun'er's illness and the old lady's eagerness to love her grandson, and used mysterious things to tie Jun'er up in her room. She thought to herself: Jun'er's life or death is uncertain now, and as his legal wife, you don't think about how to save him, but are still arguing here. She hated Mengxi even more in her heart, but she couldn't explain why Jun'er's illness was sometimes better and sometimes worse, so she had to question Mengxi like this, hoping to make it difficult for her to justify herself and make her lies fall apart.
After hearing the eldest lady's question, Mengxi raised her head slightly, her bright eyes moved slightly, and she looked at the old lady, her red lips slightly opened:
"My granddaughter-in-law begged the old lady and the first wife to punish me. I didn't believe it at first. The fortune teller's nonsense is not accurate. There is no such coincidence in the world. What's more, this will hurt my dignity. That's why I didn't dare to say it. Since I married into the Xiao family, I have been thinking about the recovery of the Second Master. The Second Master is my husband. I respect him so much that I don't dare to murder him. Yesterday, it was indeed not my granddaughter-in-law who asked the Second Master to go to Aunt Li's room. It was the Second Master who insisted on going. I didn't dare to stop him. I beg the old lady to investigate it clearly."
The voice was light, but seemed to reveal a great deal of grievance, as if there was an invisible tension that softly pushed the eldest wife back.
"Grandma, father, mother, maybe my sister-in-law is really my second brother's destined benefactor. Since there is no other way now, let's give it a try."
Master Xiao Qing looked at his sister-in-law with pity and said to the old lady.
He looked at the beautiful woman in front of him with fair skin, beautiful face, quiet and dignified manner, and thought that he was already being unfair to her by using such a beauty to bring good luck to his second brother. If it were him, he would have held her in his hands and treated her like a treasure. How could his second brother be so unsympathetic that he went to the concubine's room to make trouble on the second night of his marriage? He didn't even think about whether it was appropriate for him to speak now. After hearing this, Grandma Zhang looked at the master expressionlessly.
The third master looked at his second sister-in-law with a complicated expression and said nothing.
The eldest master glared at the eldest wife, and looked at this daughter-in-law, thinking, this daughter-in-law is good in every way, why can't she win Jun'er's heart? On the second night of the wedding, she let Jun'er stay at the concubine's place. Not only is it unreasonable, but it's also not acceptable in terms of face! He was also angry with his son, but his son was always his best. Now that he was sick and his life was uncertain, he blamed this daughter-in-law for being incompetent. In the end, he had to step in as a father and tie his son to her room. It was really shameful.
Thinking of this, he said to the eldest wife:
"Tell Jun'er not to leave the upper room for half a month. Tell the four concubines that anyone who dares to seduce the Second Master to leave the upper room within half a month will be expelled from the Xiao Mansion."
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Seeing that the master was unhappy, the eldest wife dared not say anything and responded respectfully.
"Everyone, go back. Don't just stay here and disturb Jun'er's rest. Xi'er, you don't have to go to the upper room to pay respects these days. Just stay in the room and serve Jun'er well."
The old lady thought even more. She saw Mengxi blushing, but she didn't know that Mengxi was holding back her smile and was excited. She thought that she was shy, so she naturally thought of having sex. On the wedding night, according to Jun'er's physique, it was impossible to have sex, but the two of them did the Zhougong ceremony, and Jun'er's illness was strangely cured. Maybe Mengxi listened to her mother and the Taoist priest and took the initiative while Xiao Jun was asleep. Only in this way could she save Jun'er. The old lady guessed that she didn't expect that a woman could take the initiative in this matter. Thinking this way, she could understand why Xiao Jun went to the concubine's room on the second night of his marriage. No man could accept such a woman.
It's hard for the granddaughter-in-law. Thinking of how she was covering up for Jun'er this morning and how she was wholeheartedly thinking about her grandson, he felt more pity for her.
