nycdaug Chapter 279 Su Zhiwen is back
Chapter 279 Su Zhiwen is back
The second house was busy, and Su Yueqi and others wanted to persuade Xiaokang not to wait for people at the gate, but Xiaokang insisted on going, so in the end they had to arrange for people to take turns carrying her to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
Rong'an Hall was also bustling with activity. Upon hearing that her second son was coming back, old Mrs. Kang immediately sent someone to inform the old marquis and the eldest son. She even changed into new clothes right away, thinking that her son would be happy to see it.
"Madam, after the Second Master comes back this time, he probably won't go around everywhere." Aunt Xu said with a smile.
"Yes! In two months he will take the National Examination. If he runs around again, I'll break his legs."
Old Kang said, pretending to be angry.
Nanny Xu had been with her for most of her life and knew her temper very well. She knew that she was just talking and would never really bear to hurt the Second Master.
"That won't do. Second Master said he would take the imperial examination and come back with a top scholar, to make you happy, old lady."
These words put old Kang in a very good mood, and even his previous gloomy mood disappeared.
At Helin Courtyard, Su Qingwan accompanied Jiang to check the account book sent from the farm. She was getting angrier and angrier when she heard Aunt Rong come back and say:
"Third Madam, Fourth Miss, I just heard that the Second Master of the Marquisate has returned, and the Second Madam, despite her sick body, has come to the door to greet him personally."
"Oh? Are you back?" Su Qingwan looked up instantly.
"Mom, I'll go check at the door."
"I'll go with you." Jiang also felt a headache looking at these accounts, so she wanted to go with Su Qingwan.
"By the way, send someone to call Yue Wen and Yue Wu. Their second uncle has returned, and they have to go to the door to greet him." Jiang said again.
The mother and her two children quickly walked towards the main gate of the mansion. When Su Zhiru heard the news that Su Zhiwen had returned, he was about to call Jiang and the three children, but was told that they had already gone there.
"Didn't they think of calling me when they passed by? I am the head of the family." Su Zhiru was dissatisfied.
The person who served him only pursed his lips slightly behind him, thinking: "The Madam doesn't even mention you now, how can she still remember you!
At the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, almost all the people from the three branches had arrived.
However, Su Zhiyi's face did not look very good. Before his second brother left, he was an official, but now he has become a commoner like him. He didn't know how happy Su Zhiwen would be after knowing this.
"I say, second brother's wife, you can't walk well now, so you shouldn't come out. If you bump into something, then Doctor Wang's work will be in vain." Liu teased.
Unfortunately, the person who treated Xiaokang was an imperial physician, and he had no way of using any tricks, otherwise Xiaokang would have died long ago.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. The people who serve me are very careful. The situation you mentioned will never happen." Xiaokang retorted coldly.
When she woke up this morning, she was still wondering how the ninth girl could have fallen into the water at such a coincidence. Maybe it was arranged by Liu, who then framed her and spread the story everywhere, saying that she could not tolerate illegitimate sons and daughters and wanted to kill them all.
Liu did this simply for the sake of that illusory art of exorcism. She was just taking revenge on herself.
Su Qingwan just thought it was a dog-fight between the two and just watched the fun.
The carriages arrived very quickly, with nearly six carriages in total, twice as many as when the people from their third room returned.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a middle-aged man with an elegant figure and a beard stepped down from it. He was wearing a pig-blood-colored long gown with a round blessing pattern and a black jade hairpin on his head. He looked like a scholar.
"Brother, sister-in-law, why are you all here at the door? It really bothers me." Su Zhiwen hurriedly saluted to them.
After exchanging greetings with the people from the big house, he looked at Su Zhiru and others.
"Are you the third brother, Su Zhiru?"
Su Zhiwen looked at Su Zhiru in disbelief.
Su Zhiru immediately cupped his hands, "It's me, second brother."
"The families of the first and third wives are here, it's really..." Su Zhiwen looked at Jiang and others with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Let's go in first. Father and mother are waiting for you." Su Zhiyi said hurriedly.
Su Zhiwen naturally agreed. He looked at Xiaokang and saw that she was sitting. He frowned unconsciously.
"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am. Let's go in."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came forward and lifted up Xiao Kangshi. He asked in confusion, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
This question made Xiaokang's eyes well up with tears. She had so many things she wanted to say to her husband, but now was obviously not the time to speak. She was about to ask him to talk after he went back, but she heard a harsh voice behind her.
"Hey, hey! That woman sitting on the chair must be the vicious second wife of the Marquis's mansion, right? She is so cruel that she even drowned her own concubine's daughter and set fire to her aunt! If you cut open her heart and liver, it will definitely be black!"
"I heard that the concubine who died was only five or six years old. How could she have the heart to do that?"
"Most likely she hated the concubine's mother, so she just killed them all, and killed the child first, so that her biological mother would have more heartache before she died!"
The sound was neither loud nor soft, but everyone at the door of the mansion could hear it clearly.
Liu was so happy that she wanted to applaud on the spot. What these people said was very good. It was worth it for her to send people out to spread rumors about the second branch of the Marquis' Mansion.
Look, someone has already come to the door to make fun of Xiaokang!
Xiao Kang's face was ugly. Madam Ji didn't wait for him to get angry and said quickly, "Quickly drive these people who are talking nonsense away. How can we let them talk nonsense about something that didn't happen at all?"
The gatekeeper ran over to chase them away, but these people were tactful and when they saw someone coming, they ran away.
However, Su Zhiwen's brows furrowed even more tightly, and he stared at Xiaokang with a gloomy face.
"The ninth girl drowned?"
Xiaokang's heart skipped a beat, thinking that the Second Master wouldn't really believe what those people outside said.
"Second Master, let's go inside and talk about this. The matter with Ninth Girl was an accident."
She must explain this matter clearly, it was not her who did it at all.
Su Zhiwen was filled with anger. He knew very well what kind of person Xiaokang was. It was not surprising that she would do something like drowning his concubine's daughter.
"Brother Zhiwen, I see that your house is not very convenient, so I'd better find an inn to stay in first."
The voice came from a carriage behind, and then the curtain was lifted, revealing a well-mannered man.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Brother Maonian! It's just that it's so late, and it's not convenient to find an inn. So, please stay at my house for a while. I'll find you a quiet courtyard and promise not to disturb you." Su Zhiwen had finally managed to invite him back, so he was reluctant to let him leave like that.
"In that case, I'm sorry to bother you."
After he finished speaking, he got off the carriage and followed Su Zhiwen into the marquis's mansion.
Su Qingwan didn't know who this person was, but she inadvertently noticed a strange excitement flash across Liu's face.