strictlysupreme Chapter 124 It’s better not to have such relatives
Chapter 124 It’s better not to have such relatives
After the court session ended at noon, the palace sent someone to deliver a message to Gu Shaoyu at the palace gate, saying that the old lady was ill and asked him to return home quickly.
Gu Shaoyu returned home and did not return to Qingpu Courtyard. Nanxing asked, "Lord, do you want to tell Madam?"
Gu Shaoyu: "No need. Don't bother the Madam."
Gu Boyu, Gu Zhongyu and Gu Shaoyu, the three brothers are all present.
The old lady said with tears in her eyes: "You three brothers, come up with an idea. What should we do with your uncle's family?"
Gu Shaoyu was so busy that he was exhausted. He said, "Please explain everything clearly. What happened?"
The old lady ignored the fact that Second Uncle Zhi and Zhi Baicheng almost ruined the two granddaughters of the second house, and only said that Chunling seduced Second Uncle Zhi and wanted to be his aunt, and also harmed Xia Hua.
When Gu Zhongyu heard this, he jumped up immediately.
I already knew what happened last night. Although family disgrace should not be made public, if he doesn't say it, it will definitely affect my third brother's judgment of the matter.
Maybe my third brother will be forced by my mother to find jobs for those people out of filial piety. Wouldn't this disgust the second wife for the rest of her life?
"Mother, I know you are on my uncle's side, but have you ever thought about this? Huanhuan and Xiaoxiao are your granddaughters. They are my biological daughters. How can your uncle and cousin do such a thing? And you still want me to divorce them? Mother, you might as well give your son a rope and let him hang himself in front of you."
He was a military official, so he naturally didn't speak in a roundabout way. Although his daughter was not as precious as his son, she was also his biological daughter. She was thirteen or fourteen years old. It was the right time for her to find a good marriage and help his son, but she was almost ruined by her own uncle. No one could tolerate this.
He was very patient by not killing his second uncle.
"What? Are you still thinking of forcing my third brother to find them a job and move out to avoid disgrace?" Gu Zhongyu said bluntly, "Mother, if you really want my third brother to settle them, then don't think your son is unfilial. Since you don't want us to live, I will kill them all with one knife, and the entire Zhi family will disappear from now on!"
Gu Boyu shouted, "Second brother, how can you talk to mother? Mother didn't say anything, can't you wait a moment?"
Gu Shaoyu looked at Gu Zhongyu and Gu Boyu: "What's going on? Explain it clearly."
Gu Zhongyu told the whole story without caring about anything else. With red eyes, he said, "Third brother, please judge this. Am I being unfilial? This is a great shame and humiliation. How can Lu and I watch our enemy wandering around in front of us and remain indifferent?"
The old lady said, "Second brother, your second uncle and cousin must have done something wrong, and they are very regretful. They were deceived, otherwise how could they do such a thing? Besides, didn't they do anything to Huanhuan and Xiaoxiao?"
Gu Zhongyu jumped up and shouted angrily: "I, I want to split up the family!"
Gu Boyu slapped him: "Second brother, sit down. What are you arguing about? Can't you see that Third Brother hasn't spoken yet? Why are you so anxious?"
Gu Shaoyu listened to Gu Zhongyu's story and said to Gu Boyu, "Brother, call my uncle's family over. I have something to say."
Gu Boyu quickly agreed: "Okay, I'll call someone... I'll go and call them myself."
The old lady was very worried because the second son had gone mad and she could no longer make the decision.
After a while, the heads of the branch families all arrived.
Gu Shaoyu still said politely: "Uncle, please sit down."
Several people were uneasy and looked at the old lady, whose expression was unclear.
Gu Shaoyu said: "There are no outsiders now, so let's put everything on the table."
Ask Gu Zhongyu to tell what happened again.
Uncle Zhi argued back and Gu Zhongyu almost got into a fight with him.
In the end, everyone admitted a fact: Zhi Erjiu and Zhi Baicheng were deceived by the silly girl and went to the theater, where they did make physical advances towards Gu Huanhuan and Gu Xixi, and also defamed the maid Yuyan's innocence.
Gu Shaoyu sorted out the matter clearly, and regardless of the old lady's expression, he said to his uncles: "Uncles, you should leave the Marquis' Mansion today, and never come to the Marquis' Mansion again!"
The uncles of the Zhi family were stunned: "What about the jobs of your cousins and nephews?"
"Uncle, do you think I will find you a job? When the court recruits people, moral character is the most important. Your behavior will not only not be assigned a job, but even if I send you to see the officials and put you in jail, it will not be a loss."
Several uncles shouted, "You are such a high-ranking official, but not only do you not promote your own people, but you also suppress them? You have such great power? The old marquis dotes on you so much, and you hurt your mother's heart like this?"
"It is precisely because my father loved me so much when he was alive that I must put my family first. You bullied my brother, how could I turn my elbow outward?"
After hearing this, several uncles scolded him for being heartless. When the old marquis was fighting in the army and did not return home, it was the Zhi family who took care of the old lady, Gu Boyu and Gu Zhongyu. It was a great thing for Gu Shaoyu to become a cabinet minister, but he stepped on his own relatives?
Gu Shaoyu said calmly: "Uncle, don't you know why you came to Kyoto? Even if there is nothing to do in the Marquis' Mansion, I will not use you!"
After Mo Yan's report that day, Xie Zhaozhao immediately sent someone to Ouyang to investigate the reason why the Zhi family came to Beijing. Now the person who checked the letter has sent back the news.
The uncles of the Zhi family all widened their eyes. Is this a warning?
Gu Boyu and Gu Zhongyu both asked, "What happened? What did they do in their hometown?"
The old lady was also kept in the dark and asked, "What's going on?"
Gu Shaoyu did not answer them, but looked at his uncles and said, "You guys go back and handle the local lawsuit. Whether you pay money or go to jail, it's all up to the local government. I'm only loyal to the court, and I won't do anything that's against the law for personal gain."
The three uncles of the Zhi family looked at each other, and the second uncle suddenly knelt down in front of Gu Shaoyu, crying and saying, "No matter how many mistakes I made, it's all my fault. Third nephew, you must help your cousin. Baiju has loved reading since he was young. He is the hope of our Zhi family. I will go back and accept all the punishments. You should keep Baiju and give him a chance. Ask him to take the imperial examination."
"You don't have to beg me. His future has been ruined by you." Gu Shaoyu said again, "Please all of you leave the mansion immediately. If you say anything more, I will hand you over to the Dali Temple for handling."
The eldest uncle and aunt of the Zhi family scolded Gu Shaoyu for being heartless and the old lady for being ungrateful.
Gu Shaoyu waved his hand, and Nanxing and Beichen jumped out and slapped Uncle Zhi and Aunt Zhi in the face.
"If you insult an official of the imperial court, you will be slapped in the face!"
"This cabinet will issue an order to Ouyang County to strictly investigate the illegal and disorderly activities of the Zhi family."
The old lady began to sob.
On that day, the Zhi family left quietly with their tails between their legs, but before leaving, they went to the old lady's Ci'enyuan, where the old lady gave Zhi Baiju some silver bills.
Xie Xiangxiang was put under house arrest, and the two newly bought maids, Chunling and Xiahua, were "sold" again.
The Marquis's Mansion did not buy any new maids from outside, but promoted the two second-class maids, Baoxiu and Baowen, to first-class maids.
Baoxiu and Baowen were promoted, but they were not happy at all.
The two were packing up in the servants' room. The other little maids looked at them with sad faces and said, "Sister Baoxiu, please persuade the prince's wife to try not to do certain things."
"The Lord is a first-rank official, and the Third Madam is a first-rank imperial concubine. The Crown Prince's wife always provokes such powerful people and implicates us servants. She must be crazy."
Baoxiu nodded their heads and said, "Shut up, we are servants, how can we talk about our masters?"
That day Baoxiu and Baowen were transferred to Xie Xiangxiang's side.
At noon the next day, the doorman brought a letter to Xie Xiangxiang.
There was no name on the letter.
There is only one line of text on the content: No. 3, Tianhou Lane, South City.