Rong Ze's words shocked everyone in the room for a moment.

Everyone's eyes suddenly fell on this gentle young man.

Rong Shu subconsciously squeezed the letter in his hand.

Mrs. Zhong frowned tightly, and even Mrs. Rong on the high seat looked at her eldest grandson in disbelief, who was not related to her by blood but was accustomed to respecting her.

"Nonsense-"

Unexpectedly, this angry shout came not from Mr. Zhu, but from Mrs. Rong on the high seat.

Rong Ze looked at the silver-haired Mrs. Rong and said warmly: "Grandma, this is all my fault. My second uncle and I were unwilling to let the third uncle take away the Rong family's title, so we planned everything and joined the Qi family. "Xiao Yu and Zhao Zhao are right, I shouldn't involve innocent people just for revenge, and I shouldn't blame my father's death on my third uncle."

The color on Zhu's face faded away in an instant. All the composure was shattered at this moment.

Yes, she taught Rong Ze to take responsibility for his own mistakes, but she also taught him not to accept the mistakes of others.

When he was seven or eight years old, a boy broke the inkstone in his study. He was afraid that the boy would be punished, so he said that he had broken the inkstone and took the initiative to go to her room to collect the punishment.

At that time, she was worried that the child would be harmed by his gentleness sooner or later.

Zhu shook his head and said, "Da Lang, this is not your fault -"

"Auntie, you don't have to cover this up for me." Rong Ze cut off Zhu's words, his face calm and firm, "My child would rather kill himself. I don't want to hurt my mother."

Tears rolled down Zhu's eyes. She knew Rong Ze, so how could she not hear the threat in his words.

Is this kid blaming her?

She whispered softly: "Brother Ze, your father was killed. It's not Dafang's fault!"

After saying this, she raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Rong and Rong Xun with eyes full of hatred.

"It's their mother and son! In order to get the title that should have fallen on your father, he killed your father!"

Rong Xun was stunned by her look and said blankly: "What do you mean by this, sister-in-law? I have never " I have harmed my brother."

"You don't have to be hypocritical here! Your brother treats you badly. When you had to break into Ye Ting to save Pei Yun, your brother took you to save people without saying a word, risking his life for you. He even got injured because of it. If he hadn't gone to Ye Ting that day, he wouldn't have gotten sick, and your mother wouldn't have found the opportunity to poison him!"

Rong Xun's face suddenly turned pale, and he twisted in confusion. Turning his head, he looked at Mrs. Rong.

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Rong slapped her hard, stood up tremblingly, and said, "I never poisoned Brother Jun! The doctor said that Brother Jun died of an acute illness!"

"It was not an emergency!" Mrs. Zhu burst into tears, gnashing her teeth and cursed: "I personally opened the coffin to find a corpse for autopsy, and Rong Jun died of poisoning! The night he was poisoned, you and I were the only ones who entered his house. How can you be so cruel? He has always regarded you as his biological mother!"

Mrs. Rong's chest heaved violently and her face turned red as she said, "I also regard you as my biological son! When I married into the Rong family, I swore before my sister's bedside that I would marry you. Treat Brother Jun as your own, otherwise I, Liang Yutong, will be struck by lightning and die!"

As she finished her words, the corners of Old Madam Rong's lips twitched slightly, and the loose flesh on her face trembled violently. There are signs of a stroke.

"Auntie!"

Rong Xun hurriedly stepped forward and supported Mrs. Rong.

Mrs. Rong grabbed Rong Xun's arms with her hands like dead branches, her eyes still stared at Zhu, trembling her lips and said: "I didn't... harm... brother Jun."

She was a peasant girl who had been in the toilet since she was a child. He has to do all kinds of heavy work to help support the family.

But the father and the mother-in-law only clung to their two younger brothers. In order to get Shu Xiu to study for the younger brother, they even betrothed her to a businessman in his fifties as a concubine. If Sister A hadn't sent someone to pick her up and ask her to fill in the house for Mr. Rong, she would have been tortured to death by the old man.

She is not a kind person, but her gratitude to her sister and Mr. Rong comes from the bottom of her heart. Before my sister died of illness, she made a poisonous oath. How could she harm Rong Jun?

She has never harmed Rong Jun!

Mrs. Rong's eyes were so red when she looked at Mr. Zhu that she almost shed tears. The veins on her neck were bursting out, as if blood-colored earthworms were squirming in the wrinkled skin. This terrifying and ferocious look made Mr. Zhu's heart break. "Pumping".

Mrs. Rong slowly looked at Rong Xun, "Aunt... no!"

Rong Xun nodded in panic, tears rolling down with his movements.

He supported the old lady's shaky body with all his strength, looked at Mrs. Zhu and choked with sobs: "Sister-in-law, do you know why I don't want to record Si Lang in Zhen Niang's name? Because I have long planned to leave the title to Da Lang. This idea between me and A My mother mentioned it, and my mother-in-law has never objected. Sister-in-law, I will never harm my eldest brother!" Mrs.

Zhu wanted to say, "I don't believe it," but she choked on her words when she saw Rong Xun's confused look. In my throat, I couldn't spit out a single word.

Rong Xun wiped the tears from his face and said, "Auntie, I will send someone to call the doctor now."

After saying that, he carried Mrs. Rong on his back.

At this moment, two figures walked towards him quickly.

Rong Ze held Mrs. Rong's other arm and said warmly: "Third uncle, it's inconvenient to move grandma at this moment. You and your nephew put grandma on the Arhat couch."

Rong Xun was in a state of despair. After hearing this, He nodded unconsciously, and together with Rong Ze, put Mrs. Rong, whose eyes were white, on the couch.

Taking advantage of the moment when Rong Ze and Rong Xun were released, Rong Shu took out a medicine from his waistband, crushed it and mixed it into the tea. He immediately unbuttoned the top placket of Mrs. Rong's clothes and took the medicine bit by bit. Feed it into Mrs. Rong's mouth.

"This is the medicine given by Dr. Sun. It has the effect of alleviating my grandmother's illness."

Rong Shu explained softly, looking at Mrs. Rong whose eyes were gradually closing with complicated eyes.

She originally thought that her grandmother was related to her uncle's death, but just like her grandmother did, it didn't seem like she was being fake. Rong Xun looked at Rong Shu, then at Rong Ze, and said

, "Your grandmother would never murder anyone else. When her eldest brother died, she went to the ancestral hall and kowtowed to the memorial tablet of her aunt's mother-in-law." Standing up slumped, he added: "As for why I know, it's because besides my sister-in-law and my mother-in- law

, I went to see my eldest brother that night. Besides, there was another person who accompanied me."

Xun paused after saying this, his eyes swept over Rong Shu, landed on Zhu, and said, "It's my uncle, Shen Zhi."

Shen Zhi?

Mrs. Zhu recalled that when Rong Jun was seriously ill, Shen Zhi brought a large box of rare medicinal materials to Shenyin Hospital. There was a "bang" in her head and she almost lost her breath.

Seeing this, Ms. Zhong stepped forward to support her with a cold face and said word by word: "You can't faint, I have something to ask you!"

He said it rudely, but the hands holding her up were very serious. stable.

Zhu slowly turned his head and whispered: "You have guessed it in your heart, right? You have probably heard from the second brother that Qiu Shiyang is called Qiu Shiyang. He has always been the second brother's person, and he was the one who saved him in Qingzhou." Shen Zhi. As for why the second brother wants to hide it from you, maybe he and your father don’t want you to be distracted and just want you to take care of a few children in Cheng’an Marquis Mansion.”

"You are trying to please everyone in the Marquis' Mansion, not only to please the old lady, but also to go to Qiuyuntang to establish a good relationship with Aunt Pei. Isn't it just so that the three children can have a good future? The second brother said that if the two If the prince succeeds in great things, he will earn the title of general for you and your children, and you will be the wife of Emperor Gaoming in the future."

After saying this, Mr. Zhu looked at Rong Ze and said with a smile: "Da Lang, you don't have to take the blame for my mother. "A-niang said that if you do something wrong, you have to stand up and bear the consequences. If you do it, I will admit it."

Then she looked at Rong Xun and said, "Rong Xun, separate the family." Come on! I admit these crimes!"

"No one needs to plead guilty or leave Cheng'an Hou Mansion. These are clearly misunderstandings!" Rong Xun said loudly, then looked at Rong Shu and said softly: "Zhao Zhao, Your eldest aunt and second uncle are also your elders. Please hand over the manor and the evidence in your hand to me. My father will handle these matters. "

In this age, Rong Shu saw Rong Xun in such a mess for the first time. With tears streaming down his face and his eyes filled with sadness, he looked at Rong Shu like he was looking at a life-saving straw.

She took out the letters and documents from her arms and said softly: "Father, does he know where this letter came from? It was found from the former Second Prince's Mansion. It was not only the secret letter, but also the secret secrets of Shen Zhi over the years. All the money that was transported to Beijing and sent to the Second Prince's Mansion through the hands of Qiu Shiyang and his eldest aunt has been found out. These letters have not yet been handed over to Dali Temple

. The account books were delivered to Rong Shu by someone sent by Gu Changjin. With Qiu Shiyang's confession and these letters and account books, how could the Marquis of Cheng'an escape the crime?

Rong Xun knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"In addition, Shen Zhi also colluded with the pirates from Sifang Island and purchased a large number of firearms, hoping to hide them in the eldest aunt's village. If the imperial court found these firearms in the village, would my father know what would happen to the Cheng'an Marquis Mansion? Crime? It's rebellion!" Rong Shu paused and said with a solemn expression: "When the emperor granted the title of Marquis to the Rong family, he gave the title of imperial edict. Use the certificates and titles to pay off the crime."

In this life, Shen Zhi has not had time to hide the firearms in his aunt's village, and Cheng'an Houdu's crime will be much lighter. After his father confessed in his previous life, he probably returned the certificate, which reduced the Rong family's crime by one degree and only sentenced him to exile.

If the Rong family was willing to give up everything and go to Dali Temple to surrender, Emperor Jiayou would probably be given a lighter sentence given his generous temper.

She won't and can't interfere in what to do.

Half an hour later, Rong Xun sent an imperial doctor from Tai Hospital to arrive at He'an Hall to treat Mrs. Rong.

Rong Xun stayed with Mrs. Rong in the main room until the imperial doctor gave Mrs. Rong the injection and gave her medicine before she came out of the inner room. He raised his eyes and caught a glimpse of Rong Shu standing in the corridor. He paused and said in a hoarse voice: "Why don't you go back to Qinghengyuan?"

"I will leave the Cheng'an Marquis Mansion tomorrow. Before I leave, I have one more thing to ask my father. Help. Auntie was dealing with her uncle's affairs in Yangzhou and had no time to spare, so she asked her daughter to go there for her. This is the letter of divorce. Auntie has already signed it. After her father signed it, her daughter will go to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow. Stamped with official seal." Rong Shu opened the seal of the wooden mailbox and took out a letter of divorce.

Rong Xun was startled: "What do you think this is?"

"Heli Shu, a letter of harmony between grandma and father." Rong Shu said calmly.

"Shen Yizhen wants to make peace with me? Why doesn't she come back and tell me in person?" Rong Xun's tired face flashed with shock and anger, and he raised his voice.

"Because A Niang has a family that she wants to protect, and she has responsibilities as a member of the Shen family." Rong Shu looked at Rong Xun with disappointment in his eyes and said, "My father has been married to A Niang for so many years, but he still doesn't understand A Niang. As a human being. My mother-in-law not only wants to find out the evidence of my uncle's crime and hand him over to the government for questioning, but I also want to find out the batch of firearms that my uncle secretly bought and present them to the court to prevent anyone from using them to cause trouble.

" Just wait for her here, wait for her to come and tell me in person!" Rong Xun's jaw tightened, as if there was no room for negotiation.

Rong Shu never understood why his father was still unwilling to let his mother go. This was the case in the previous life, and it is the same in this life.

Is it because he knows that his uncle poisoned him, and he wants his mother-in-law to atone for his uncle's sins, or is it because of other reasons?

"Does my father hate my mother-in-law? It was in order to give my mother-in-law a dowry that my uncle stayed in the Marquis of Cheng'an Mansion and waited for an opportunity to poison my uncle." Rong Shu stared at Rong Xun's bloodshot eyes and said : "Is it because my father hates my mother that he is unwilling to reconcile with her?"

Rong Xun rubbed his face hard as the snow mozi was stained by the wind.

Within half a day, the elegant temperament on his body disappeared, replaced by decadence and confusion.

"I don't hate her." He said, "If I hate her, wouldn't I also hate myself? It was I who married her, and it was I who took Shen Zhi to see my eldest brother."

The words stopped for a moment, and Rong Xun continued: "It is right for my eldest sister-in-law and my eldest son to hate me."

"The eldest brother will not hate my father. Just now when the eldest brother carried his eldest aunt back to Shenyin Courtyard, he asked me to tell my father that their eldest brother was willing to separate the family. I hope my father will leave a way out for the Rong family. "

Brother Ze doesn't hate him?"

Snowflakes fell rustlingly.

Rong Xun raised his head and stared blankly at the dark sky.

His father and his eldest brother fought with their lives to earn the next title. Will this title be lost in his hands now?

Thinking of the way his father looked forward to the future of the Rong family when he persuaded him to get married to Zhen Niang, Rong Xun's heart sank in this snowy winter.

"I was very unwilling to marry your mother, but now I am even more unwilling to reconcile with her." Rong Xun raised his hand and waved away the snowflakes that fell on his face, "I know she doesn't like me, but it doesn't matter. , As long as she bears my surname, we will be husband and wife in this life, and we can still be husband and wife in the next life. Zhaozhao, I will not divorce your mother."

Rong Shu was not surprised, and just said calmly: "I will still be married tomorrow. I will go to Shuntian Mansion. If I cannot stamp the official seal on this letter of separation, then I will sue my father for spoiling his concubine and killing his wife, and I implore the Shuntian Mansion to rule that you and your mother are separated."

Rong Xun lowered his eyelashes and said. She looked at each other.

Her eyes were calm and unavoidable. There was no resentment or hatred in her eyes, only determination and determination.

Doting on concubines and destroying wives...

Rong Xun never thought that one day he would be threatened by his eldest daughter.

"My father has not been able to understand the importance for so many years. Can't he understand it this time and be a responsible Marquis of Cheng'an, cutting off when it is necessary and letting go when it is necessary? Why don't you want to? Have you ever done this? Be a good husband and father? No! Auntie doesn’t owe you, and I don’t owe you either. Why can’t we leave this place that doesn’t bring any happiness? Instead of sending the evidence to Dali Temple, You guys, give the Rong family time to make a decision. The kindness has been repaid! If my father doesn't want to, you can go to court tomorrow in Shuntian Mansion. After all, no one in Shangjing knows about the fact that Marquis Chengan spoiled his concubine and killed his wife. Such a joke."

Really unwilling to listen to Rong Xun's selfish words, Rong Shu turned around and left after saying this.

Looking at her figure submerged in the heavy snow, Rong Xun squeezed the He Li Shu in his hand, feeling a huge sense of exhaustion coming over him like a tide.

The fine white snow velvet blew bigger and bigger, Rong Shu tightened his cloak and walked towards Qinghengyuan.

Tonight, the Cheng'an Marquis Mansion was extremely quiet, with only the whistling wind making the world even more quiet.

Halfway through the journey, a figure slowly approached from behind, and the next moment, an oil-paper umbrella embroidered with green bamboo was held above her head.

Rong Shu slowed down his steps, looked sideways at Rong Ze, and called softly: "Brother."

Rong Ze said a gentle "hmm".

The two of them were speechless all the way. When they arrived at Qinghengyuan, Rong Shu couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, are you okay?"

Rong Ze turned around slightly, shook off the snow on the umbrella, and said with a smile. : "My grandma is fine. She has let go of all the worries she had for many years. She said she can finally have a peaceful sleep today."

Rong Shu said "Yes".

Rong Ze lowered his eyes to look at her and said, "Zhaozhao did a great job."

Rong Shu raised his eyes.

Before coming to Cheng'an Marquis' Mansion, she had long been mentally prepared to be scolded and resented by everyone here. Therefore, she was always calm and never let her mood get disturbed in the slightest.

But at this moment Rongze's words "Zhaozhao did a good job" actually made her eyes turn red instantly.

"If you hadn't come today, I might never have known the truth about my father's murder. Shen Zhi would have continued to take advantage of me, and I don't know how many mistakes I would have made. Everything I did was for revenge, and for my future. "Rong Ze said: "In the final analysis, I was at fault. It was because of the Qi family that I was able to enter the Imperial College. I should have noticed something was wrong at that time."

Rong Shu interrupted him. "If brother is at fault, then I am also at fault. I have lived in Yangzhou Mansion for so long, and I should have noticed something wrong with my uncle."

The grudges of the previous generation should not have been extended to the next generation, and neither should they. It’s time to blame yourself for the mistakes of your parents.

Rong Ze's delicate eyebrows slowly opened, and he nodded and said, "Zhaozhao is right, we are not wrong."

The sky was dimmed by the wind and snow, and Rong Shu stood in the corridor, looking at Rong Ze's departure. The figure from behind blinked slowly, forcing back the tears in his eyes.

At night, Rong Shu wrote back to Shen Yizhen, and suddenly she heard Yingque hurried in and said: "Girl, the Marquis is waiting outside."

Rong Shu lowered his eyes, washed the hair in the brush wash, hung it up, and then put on his cloak. Went out.

The lights in the corridor were dim, and Rong Xun's handsome face seemed to have aged many years in half a day.

"Zhaozhao, take this Heli document and get it stamped with the official seal tomorrow." Rong Xun whispered, "When I see your mother, I will tell her that everything I did in the past was all my fault. Now I can resolve the grievances." Release the knot and tell her not to read it."

Rong Shu took it and opened his lips, wanting to ask Rong Xun why he changed his mind.

But then I thought about it, what’s the use of knowing the reason?

She nodded gently and bowed politely.

Early the next morning, a green-covered carriage drove from Qilin East Street to Shuntian Mansion.

The yamen opened early in the morning, and several yamen servants were sitting in the corridor, hunching their shoulders and yawning in boredom. When they saw a woman with a graceful figure and picturesque features walking in front of them, they hurriedly roused themselves, stood up and greeted: "But Miss Rong?"

Rong Shu was slightly surprised and said subconsciously: "Yes, how many officials know me?"

A leading yamen servant said respectfully: "Everyone knows about Miss Rong's righteous deeds in Yangzhou Mansion. How could you not know?"

He waved his hand vigorously and called to the people around him: "Hurry up and prepare tea!" After

the order was completed, he bowed again and said to Rong Shu: "Ms. Rong, follow me to the main room. , There are few people here today, and the Fu Cheng is busy." The

Fu Cheng who handled the property separation was more attentive than the government servants. In less than a quarter of an hour, he stamped the letter and said with a smile: "Miss Rong, today's marriage between your father and your father has been registered with the government. In the future, the marriage of men and women will have nothing to do with each other."

"Thank you, sir."

A big stone finally fell firmly in Rong Shu's heart.

Yingque and Yingyue were waiting next to the two stone beasts in Shuntian Mansion. When they saw Rong Shu coming out, they hurriedly greeted him with a smile and said: "Girl, you are famous in Shangjing!"

Rong Shu couldn't help but think of the "righteous deed" mentioned by the Yamen servant just now. , thought about it, and then said: "But the news about me opening the Shen family's granary in Yangzhou came out?"

"Not only that!" Yingque raised her chin and said proudly: "And you borrowed grain to prepare medicine for Mr. Liang and rescued Yangzhou The common people in Beijing all know that you have the character of Mr. Shen!"

Rong Shu's eyes flashed.

How could her affairs in Yangzhou Prefecture become so widespread at this time?

Is this someone trying to build momentum for her?