HLnovel Chapter 158: Brother 6 and his maid in Brother 7's new room
Chapter 158: Brother 6 and his maid in Brother 7's new room
Rong was so angry that she was shaking all over. She didn't want to look at her useless son any more. She grabbed the hem of her skirt and stomped out in anger.
Shi Mingchen knelt down and cried, "Mother! Mother, I am not as bad as you think. I have understood what you said today. I will marry the daughter of the Xie family! I will marry her!"
Rong was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Marry?
What to marry?
Is it his condescending attitude or his bad reputation that makes everyone despise him?
Shi Mingchen held his face with both hands, tears squeezing out from between his fingers.
My eighth brother Shi Minghui lived in the next courtyard and went out early in the morning.
He was afraid that Shi Minghui would come back and ask questions when he saw his miserable state, so he staggered to his feet, hid back in his room, threw himself on the bed, and cried bitterly.
Shame, anger, inferiority, arrogance, all kinds of emotions rushed to my mind at once.
How dare the Xie family cancel the engagement?
How dare a small merchant reject the invitation from the Duke's Mansion?
Shouldn't they be crying and begging, sticking to the Shi family, fearing that the Duke's Mansion would cancel the engagement?
Then I thought, it turns out that my mother had always known about this and knew that my grandfather would feel guilty and compensate me, so she acquiesced to this marriage.
It turns out that his mother also had plans for him.
Unfortunately, he failed to live up to his mother's expectations.
After sobbing for a while, he wiped his tears and shouted, "Huai Xi!"
Huai Xi came in through the curtain, stood at the door, and asked through the curtain: "What do you want, sir?"
"Has there been any news from Gan Lu Tang? Why did the Xie family cancel the engagement?"
Huai Xi was cheered up. The Duke's Mansion was very lively today. If he walked a few steps, he would bump into any maid or wife and there would be gossip to be heard.
If Shi Mingchen hadn't been left alone to take care of her, she would have wanted to gossip with her sisters until dark.
Huai Xi's eyes sparkled, but her tone was sad: "Master, do you still remember? After the Chinese New Year, someone from the Xie family came to say that the Xie family's daughter was overworked before the New Year and caught a cold. She fell ill and didn't recover for more than half a month.
A monk came to the door and said that the plague god had taken a liking to Miss Xie’s wisdom, and that Miss Xie must shave her head and become a nun to avoid the plague god, and only then would the disease be cured.”
Shi Mingchen nodded behind the curtain.
At that time, the Xie family was afraid that the wedding would be delayed, so they came to explain that the wedding might be postponed.
This matter was told to the old man by Mr. Xie himself.
The old master called him to the study in the outer courtyard and told him again.
He thought it was nonsense and didn't take it seriously at all.
His grandfather ordered him to deliver some tonic medicine, say hello and comfort them, and tentatively set the wedding date as usual.
He looked down on the Xie family and used the excuse that he was busy at school and only sent an old maid to bring the words and tonic.
Thinking about it now, the Xie family might have already grown cold towards him by then.
Huai Xi paused, but didn't hear him say anything, fearing that he was crying again, and continued: "Not long ago, Miss Xie became more and more ill, and the Xie family had prepared a coffin. The monk came again and wanted to help Miss Xie become a monk to seek refuge.
Mrs. Xie had no other choice but to try her best. She twisted Miss Xie's hair with tears in her eyes and sent her to become a nun. Now Miss Xie is in the nunnery. Although she is still too sick to get up, she can at least swallow the medicine and is still alive.
Mr. Xie was in the capital. When he got the news, he hurried to the house and brought the braids that Miss Xie had braided.
I just said I couldn't guarantee whether the monk's method would work or not. Firstly, my hair had been tangled, and secondly, I was worried that I would die in the future. It would be bad for you to have a bad reputation for being a wife-killer, so I came to cancel the engagement."
After hearing this, Shi Mingchen felt a little comforted. It turned out that the engagement was cancelled because the girl from the Xie family was seriously ill, and it was not due to any other reason.
Maybe my mother was overthinking it.
Even his hair was tangled.
If I cancel the engagement because of him, how can I be so cruel? Will I never get married in the future?
If they were to be deceived, how could the Xie family dare to do that?
Huai Xi asked, "Master, do you have any other instructions? Can I get you some water to bathe, or bring you some tea?"
Shi Mingchen's eyes were swollen from crying. He was in such a state of embarrassment that he could not face anyone. He said, "No need. I'm tired. I'll take a nap and call you when I wake up. You can leave now."
"Yes."
Huai Xi stepped out quietly, closed the curtain, shut the door, lifted her skirt, and ran out to find someone to find out the gossip that the eighth master next door had his engagement broken off!
Such a big melon cannot be missed. Who knows whether the boss will call for it in two days.
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After Rong came out of Shi Mingchen's courtyard, she didn't dare to go to Ganlu Hall to serve the old lady, for fear of making her angry and causing harm. She also didn't want to go back to Fusuiyuan. After being slapped twice, Shi Jian'an must have gone back to hide.
For a moment, I didn't know where to go, so I wandered around the garden.
Before I knew it, I arrived at Shi Mingchen’s new house, Xu Jieyuan.
That day, she personally gave this name to her son's courtyard to encourage him to study hard and wish him a bright future, but -
Suddenly, a woman's laughter was heard from inside, with obscene and filthy voices.
Rong frowned, her eyes flashing with sharpness: "Madame Wang, go and see who's in there."
Nanny Wang called two maids.
Soon, two maids came over with a ladder, climbed over the wall, and pulled the bolt from the inside.
Nanny Wang trotted to the window of the wing room, listened carefully, looked inside, cried out "ouch", and quickly covered her eyes and stepped back.
A woman's scream was heard from the room, followed by a familiar male voice: "You little bitch, where are you running to!"
Rong only felt a surge of evil fire rising from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. Without waiting for Nanny Wang to report, she walked as fast as the wind, taking two steps at a time, stepped into the door and headed straight for the wing room.
With a loud bang, the curtain was thrown open.
There was a man and two women rolling around on the kang that she had specially made for the seventh brother's wedding.
When the two disheveled goblins saw Rong's livid face, they were so frightened that they hurriedly pushed Shi Mingmo away.
Shi Mingmo, however, was like a hungry beast. He grabbed them and pressed them down under him, using extremely obscene actions and uttering crude and obscene words.
Rong was struck by lightning!
I dare not harbor any more hope.
The man who was fooling around with the maid in Shi Mingchen's new room was none other than her good second son!
A maid dodged Shi Mingmo's clutches and screamed, "Sixth Master, Sixth Master! The Madam is here, the Third Madam is here!"
Shi Mingmo laughed, "You little slut, you're playing tricks on me again! I'll kill you!"
Having said that, he was about to pinch the maid's thigh when suddenly, a figure came like the wind and slapped him hard in the face.
He was stunned for a moment, and slowly turned his head. Seeing Rong, he was so frightened that he instantly wilted. Trembling, he pulled the quilt to cover himself: "Mother, mother..."
The two maids' red cheeks turned pale in the blink of an eye. They tore off their clothes to wrap themselves up, knelt on the kang and trembled, "Third Madam..."
"You bastard!" Rong sneered and turned to leave.
She sat in the armchair in the hall, with a splitting headache, sparks in her eyes, stars flying before her eyes, and she felt as if all the strength had been drained from her body, and she leaned limply against the back of the chair.
The usually straight spine bent at this moment.
Nanny Wang said with tears in her eyes, "Madam, you are the backbone of the Third House. You must take care of yourself and don't get too angry. The Sixth and Seventh Masters are still counting on you to make the decision."