After Shen Zhonglei went back, he still couldn't let go of the matter. After thinking about it again and again, he planned to go to Mrs. Shen to talk.
The only person who can persuade my eldest brother now is probably my mother.
The eldest brother is usually the most filial, and it will definitely be more effective if the mother comes forward to say something than the younger brother.
Thinking of this, he got up and went straight to Mrs. Shen's room.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Old Mrs. Shen's face sinking with a thud.
She turned around and handed the baby she was teasing in her arms to the wet nurse and said, "Take it down and breastfeed!"
The wet nurse quickly hugged the baby and left.
The other servants in the room were all gone in an instant.
Before Shen Zhonglei could speak, Mrs. Shen shouted: "Kneel down yet!"
Shen Zhonglei was used to being filial and always responded to Mrs. Shen's requests. After hearing these words, his first reaction was to kneel in front of Mrs. Shen.
After he knelt down, he remembered and asked, "Mom, did my son do something wrong?"
"How dare you ask!" Old Mrs. Shen slapped the table angrily and said, "What did you say when you went to your eldest brother's room today to talk nonsense? Your eldest brother was so angry that he fell ill!"
"Ah? Brother is sick?" Shen Zhonglei was startled when he heard this, "Mother, I just found out..."
"Okay, you don't need to say anything." Old Mrs. Shen interrupted him rudely, "Isn't it just that your elder brother used some aphrodisiac!
"Although this substance is said to be a banned drug, the people have never stopped using it. It is just something that the people do not take action against and officials do not investigate.
"Why, you still want to kill your relatives and send your eldest brother to prison?"
"Mother, my son has absolutely no intention of doing this." Shen Zhonglei hurriedly explained, "It's just that this drug has been used for a long time, and it does all harm to the body without any benefit. My son is just worried about his elder brother."
"Since you were a child, your mother has asked you to focus on your studies, and you don't have to worry about anything at home. Later, when you became an official, you knew even less about the situation at home.
"You say it so easily because you don't know how much your elder brother has suffered and suffered?
"Don't I know that using that thing is poisonous to quench thirst? But are you just going to let me watch your elder brother in pain every day?
"Second brother, I'm not afraid to tell you that I bought the opium used by the boss for him. If you want to pursue it, be the first one to pursue it, an old woman like me!
"If you want to catch me, I'll leave this old bone at your disposal!"
Mrs. Shen simply pretended to be a rogue.
"Mom, it's all my son's fault." Shen Zhonglei had no choice but to admit his mistake in front of the old lady, "I will go and apologize to my eldest brother in a moment, and I will not bother my eldest brother about this matter again in the future."
After hearing what he said, Mrs. Shen finally softened her expression.
Before leaving, Shen Zhonglei still refused to give up and said: "Mom, forget about other things. Bao'er is still young, so he must not be exposed to these!"
Mrs. Shen was shocked when she heard this. She had indeed neglected this point.
However, she still said stubbornly: "What do you mean by this? Bao'er is your son, isn't he my grandson? Do you still need to say these things?"
"It was my son who was abrupt."
After watching Shen Zhonglei leave, Mrs. Shen let out a sigh of relief and couldn't help but think about it in her heart.
She didn't believe any nonsense about being discovered by chance. Shen Zhonglei was her son, and she knew it best.
As long as there is nothing serious, he will definitely not leave before he is released from office.
He must have received the news in advance and specifically chose this time to block people.
Thinking of this, she called out: "Mother Jiang?"
Unexpectedly, it was Grandma Liu who came in.
"Old lady, Grandma Jiang is resting today. If anything happens to you, I will send someone to call her."
"Forget it, the same goes for you."
After hearing this, Grandma Liu couldn't help but lower her eyes.
I think back then, she and Grandma Jiang were always on equal terms in front of the old lady. I couldn't say who was more respected.
But ever since she was sent to serve Hanqiao by the old lady, and something happened to Hanqiao again, when she returned to the old lady's house, her treatment was not as good as before.
Old Mrs. Shen thought for a moment and said, "You can quietly go and ask around. Anyone has seen or spoken to the master yesterday?"
Aunt Liu took the order and left. She came back not long after and whispered to Mrs. Shen: "Old lady, after the eldest daughter came back from here last night, she went to the master's room again and talked for a while before leaving. After that, the master
So I called a few more confidants to go in."
"Tianshu?" Old Mrs. Shen frowned, "But how did she know about the boss's use of afurong?"
Aunt Liu rolled her eyes and said: "Old lady, I discovered something a few days ago and I have been keeping it in my heart. I don't know whether to talk about it or not.
"Now that I think about it, maybe the two things are related!"
"Speak quickly!" Old Mrs. Shen said.
"A few days ago, I saw Grandma Jiang waiting for the eldest girl in the garden. Then the eldest girl followed her behind the rockery and said something unknown, and then the two of them left one after the other."
Mrs. Shen frowned when she heard this and said nothing. She looked like she didn't believe it.
Seeing this, Grandma Liu hurriedly said: "I'm not saying that Grandma Jiang must have revealed something to the eldest lady. It's just that when the old lady asked, she suddenly thought of this."
"Okay, you go down first!" Mrs. Shen waved her hand.
When Grandma Liu saw this, she felt secretly resentful. Old Mrs. Shen also trusted Grandma Jiang too much. It seemed that she had to think of ways to add fuel to the fire.
By coincidence, as soon as she came out of the house, she saw Chunlan coming back from outside with a few scraps of materials.
Nanny Liu was overjoyed and immediately went up to her and said, "Chunlan, where have you been?"
"Mother Liu, I just went to Mingxiu to get some scrap materials, enough to make several purses."
"I keep seeing you running over there lately. Why are there so many leftover materials in Mingxiu?" Grandma Liu said and stepped forward, "Let me take a look, yo, these are all good materials!"
"Isn't the eldest daughter about to enter her filial piety period? She has grown taller and slimmer compared to last year. Mingxiu has been busy making new autumn clothes for the eldest daughter these days, and has no time to make a purse or anything.
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"I'll just bring over all the rags she's cut out, and I'll give her some of the ready-made purses."
Aunt Liu smiled with a crumpled face and said, "It's good. I made these purses and kept them for the old lady to use during the Chinese New Year."
"If you hadn't told me that the old lady loves you, you would have thought of others before everything else."
The conversation between the two people in the corridor was listened to by Mrs. Shen in the room.
Old Mrs. Shen knew before that Chunlan liked to go to Mingxiu, but she didn't take it seriously. After all, both of them were good at needlework, so it was normal for them to like to work together.
But hearing these words at this moment made her have to think more.
Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, where is the need to start preparing purses for giving gifts during the New Year?
Mother Jiang and Chunlan, mother and daughter, seem to be too close to Shen Tianshu, right?
Mrs. Shen didn't show it on her face, but the thorn in her heart was felt.