The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 50: Kick Su Cheng

After leaving the palace, Jingyi and Gu said goodbye to her aunt and Gu Yu before getting on the carriage.

Jingyi got on the carriage and was surprisingly quiet. Why didn't she see Cui Xixi from the Duke of Dingguo's mansion today? It shouldn't make sense for her not to come to such a palace banquet. Did something happen in the mansion?

"Yiyi, it's a good thing that you received the emperor's praise and reward in the hall. However, the emperor's heart is unpredictable, and there are already many powerful people in the capital." Gu looked at Jingyi with some concern.

Jingyi looked up and saw Gu's worried eyes, and smiled: "Mother, don't worry. In fact, Yiyi also knows that the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. But in the hall, mother didn't notice the emperor's attitude?"

"Oh?" Gu was shocked, "You mean this is the emperor's intention?"

Jingyi smiled faintly, "Mother, this world belongs to the Li family after all. The emperor is the emperor, who dares to disobey his will?"

Gu nodded, but there was still worry between her eyebrows.

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, Jingyi just helped Gu get off the carriage, and saw several maids and stewards guarding the gate of the mansion reporting something to Su Wei.

Gu asked: "What happened? Why are you all here?"

Madam He in Jingyi's yard had tears on her face, "Madam, this matter is really hard to talk about, please let the master and the lady go in first and talk about it."

Su Wei and Gu looked at each other, with doubts on their faces, and then they both went into the mansion and closed the door.

After entering the middle door, the old man was sitting in the flower hall with an angry look on his face. The old lady was sitting beside him, with tears on her old face, looking very sad. Su Cheng's family was also standing in the hall, including Liu, who was specially released from the family temple by the old lady because it was Mid-Autumn Festival.

Su Wei and others entered the flower hall. After paying their respects, Su Wei asked, "What happened to father?"

The old man snorted heavily and said, "It's all because of your good brother! He really made me proud! You gave him a few shops to manage, do you know what he did to you?"

Su Wei was stunned and looked at Su Cheng. He saw that Su Cheng's face was pale. Did he embezzle the money from the shops? "Father, this is the first time for my third brother to manage these chores. I think he has no experience. Maybe he will be better in time."

Gu listened and looked at Su Wei disapprovingly, but still didn't say anything.

When the old master heard this, he slapped the table hard, "What do you mean by inexperienced? He wants to lose our entire Su Mansion! What does it mean to be ambitious? I have seen it today!" Seeing this, Gu said lightly, "Father, what happened? Let's figure it out first." The old master snorted, glanced at Gu, pointed at the housekeeper and said, "You tell me! Tell me the whole story! Otherwise, someone will say that I wronged him!" The housekeeper bent down and hurriedly told the cause and effect of the matter. It turned out that Su Wei had handed over several shops under his name to Su Cheng to manage, including a restaurant and a jewelry store. But Su Cheng entertained some friends in the restaurant all day long. Not only that, he also took back the gold and silver jewelry in the jewelry store and gave them to Aunt Lan, who had just been promoted to a concubine. The shopkeepers of the two shops knew about this and refused to give up. However, Su Cheng would never take the two servants seriously. Today, he found a reason and said that they had embezzled the silver and jewelry of the shops and drove them out.

These two old servants have been with Su Wei for more than ten years. How could they give up? They have been looking for an opportunity to see Su Wei, but Su Cheng secretly sent someone to beat them up. The two dragged their wounds until the evening when they found an opportunity to see the housekeeper of the mansion and told him about it. But at that time, Su Wei's family had entered the palace, so the housekeeper reported the matter to the old man. The old man saw the two shopkeepers being beaten beyond recognition, and he was furious!

As soon as he finished speaking, let alone the old man, Su Wei and Gu were all very angry! Especially Gu, these shops were under Su Wei's name, and they were bought by Su Wei himself after he became famous, and they had nothing to do with the old man! This is too much!

Gu pointed at Su Cheng with a trembling hand and said, "Third brother, you are too much! Not to mention that these properties are not left by my father to my husband, even if they are, you can't do this!"

Gu's words pointed out that this is Su Wei's property, and you can't ruin it! Even though Su Cheng is thick-skinned, his face turned red with shame at this time, and he didn't dare to raise his head.

The old lady wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, pointed at Aunt Lan who was shrinking her head, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's all because of you, a b***h, who instigated your master to do things that ruin the family reputation! I had the intention to raise you as a concubine, but you are such a good wife?" Aunt Lan heard it and retorted hastily: "I didn't, absolutely not! Master, please say something, Master!" Su Cheng glanced at Aunt Lan who was crying and felt a little bit reluctant in his heart. After all, she was his beloved concubine. Su Cheng was about to say something for her, but he noticed his mother's glare, and his heart skipped a beat. For such a big thing, someone must be found to take the blame. If it wasn't her, could it be him? At that moment, his face became cold, and he glanced at Aunt Lan and said, "b***h, if you hadn't been whispering in my ear all day, how could I have done such a stupid thing? Come on, drag this b***h down, beat her with twenty boards first, lock her in the woodshed, and find a trafficker to sell her tomorrow!" When Aunt Lan heard this, she collapsed on the ground and cried miserably. The old man glanced at Gongcheng and became more disappointed! It doesn't matter if you do something wrong, as long as you have the courage to take responsibility and are willing to change, you must be a promising person. But this Su Cheng? The old man closed his eyes with a little reluctance and sighed softly. Jingyi saw the old man's reaction, but she was even more disdainful of Su Cheng and the old lady in her heart! If you sincerely admit your mistakes, it's fine! But now you want a woman to take these responsibilities? Jingyi shook her head. I'm afraid that the old man is extremely disappointed with Su Cheng, so he is like this! No one from Su Wei and Gu spoke up to stop them. Aunt Lan, who had been in the limelight for a few days, stepped down so quickly. Liu had a smug look in her eyes. Getting rid of a concubine was a good thing for her!

Gu took a deep breath, bowed to Su Wei, and said loudly: "Master, I have no objection to your support for my third brother! But what my third brother did is really unacceptable. Master, I dare to ask you to take back the shops that my third brother managed."

Su Cheng's face changed when he heard it, and he said anxiously: "Sister-in-law, it was all that b***h's fault. Now I have dealt with her. Calm down!"

Gu looked at Su Cheng with a serious face when she heard it.

Su Cheng was already guilty, and now he was even more insecure when she looked at him. He lowered his head in a hurry and dared not look at her again.

The old lady looked unhappy and said in a deep voice: "My eldest daughter-in-law, he is Wei'er's younger brother after all. Are you going to watch him starve to death? Besides, we women just need to take care of the backyard for the master. We should not cause trouble for things outside that are not our business."

The old lady's words were sharp, and every word pierced Gu's heart like a sharp knife. Gu was heartbroken for a while, thinking that they had not given enough money to Su Cheng over the years? How did he become a fourth-rank official? Without Su Wei's help and money, how could he have taken office?

Gu thought of what her sister-in-law said to her in the hall today, and she couldn't help but become more determined to let Su Cheng leave. She bowed to the old master and the old lady and said, "Father, old lady, it's not that I can't tolerate my third brother. It's that my third brother's behavior is too hateful!" After that, she took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Su Wei: "Master Hou, take a look for yourself."

This time, Gu called him "Master Hou" instead of "Master", and the old master and the old lady's expressions changed. This Gu only called him like this when talking about something that would affect the reputation and future of the Hou Mansion. Could it be?

After Su Wei took it, he took a quick look and was furious! He stepped forward and kicked Su Cheng to the ground!

The old lady stood up suddenly in shock, staring at Su Wei with angry eyes, but she didn't say a word.

Su Wei shouted, "Since you came back, I have always been thinking about you, and this is how you repay me? You are going to force me to a dead end!"

After that, after taking two deep breaths, he turned around and showed the paper in his hand to the old master.

The old man was also extremely angry after reading it. The veins on his forehead bulged, and his hands holding the paper trembled slightly. It was obvious that he was extremely angry!

"Evil son! Come, drag him down and beat him with forty boards first! Beat him hard!"