The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 60: Demoted to Concubine

Before Jingyi arrived at the old man's room, she shouted loudly: "Grandpa, Yiyi is here to pay her respects to you."

As soon as the voice fell, someone lifted the door curtain and Jingyi ran in from outside.

The old man was sitting on the main seat and talking to Su Wei. When he saw Jingyi coming in, he laughed a few times, "Yiyi is here? Come, come to grandpa!"

Jingyi went over and Su Wei scolded her lightly: "You child, you are getting more and more unruly. How can you shout and yell in the yard of your elders?"

Jingyi stuck out her tongue, lowered her head, and snuggled in the old man's arms.

The old man waved his hand at Su Wei and said, "Okay, little kid, why should you have so many rules in your own home?"

Su Wei shook his head and said, "Father, you just spoil her too much! She is already seven years old, and she has learned all the etiquette she should learn. How can she act like a fool again?"

The old man smiled, but ignored his advice, and asked Jingyi with a smile, "Yiyi, why did you think of coming to Grandpa today?"

Jingyi smiled sweetly, then climbed onto the soft stool behind the old man and knelt down, gently patting the old man's back and said, "Yesterday, I heard from my mother that Grandpa's old illness recurred, so Yiyi came to supervise whether Grandpa took the medicine on time?"

The old man laughed, "Grandpa is fine, the medicine has been used. With Yiyi accompanying him, Grandpa doesn't feel any pain anywhere."

Jingyi kept moving her hands and said softly, "Grandpa is old, he should be open-minded and not get too happy or angry, it's not good for his health. Yiyi has seen a lot of prescriptions about health preservation in medical books. I will discuss it with Brother Qingtian later and ask him to check your pulse and take good care of you."

"Okay, okay! I will listen to Yiyi." The old man stroked his beard with his right hand and smiled with satisfaction.

Su Wei smiled with relief. His father was stubborn, but he only listened to Yiyi's words. It was also because Yiyi was sensible and could talk. Seeing how filial she was to the old man, it was not in vain that he loved her.

Su Wei nodded and got back to the point, "Father, will you let my third brother demote Liu to a concubine?"

The old man snorted after hearing this, "He can make his own decisions about his own affairs. I am old and can't care about so many things."

Su Wei looked worried, "But I haven't heard that Liu has made any big mistakes? In this way, her two children will become illegitimate children, and my third brother will no longer have a legitimate son."

The old man leaned back, closed his eyes and said, "Let him go! Is he planning to marry another wife?"

Su Wei shook his head: "From what my third brother said, he intends to make Liu his wife."

"Humph! Let him do whatever he wants! I am old and can't care about so many things. As long as he doesn't want to tarnish the reputation of my Su family, let him go."

Su Wei hesitated, "Father, what about mother."

The old man waved his hand at him, "Don't pay attention to her. You have done your best! As a brother, you have not done anything to let down the third brother. It's his own fault, don't blame others!"

Su Wei saw that the old man was in a bad mood, so he changed the subject and said, "Father, I went to the two shops two days ago and saw that the business was not bad. It seems that the third brother is also a good businessman."

The old man's face eased a little, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, if you have time, let someone watch his shop more, don't let anything go wrong! I'm old and can't stand his repeated tossing."

Su Wei said respectfully, "Yes. I will. Father, I will accompany my mother to persuade the third brother. If Liu is really demoted to a concubine, the third brother's family will not even have a legitimate son. Whether Liu can get pregnant again in the future is one thing, and even if she is pregnant, it may not be a son."

After Su Wei finished speaking, he looked at the old man. Waiting to see his attitude.

The old man shook his head slightly, "It's up to you."

Jingyi listened to the conversation between the two from behind, thinking to herself, after all, he is her own son, how can she really say she doesn't care. Fortunately, her father is sincere about the brotherhood, otherwise, if he really lets go, I'm afraid the old man will be really angry!

Jingyi rubbed the old man's shoulders again before climbing down from the soft stool. After eating some snacks and staying with Su Wei for a while, she retreated.

Jingyi came to the yard and took a few deep breaths. Liu, this time, I'm afraid that even the old lady can't save you. Liu, you really didn't disappoint me, you really have some tricks. You can actually persuade the third uncle to make you the main wife?

However, the old lady and my father will not let it go as they wish. Although the old man said that he didn't care, he would never let the third uncle really make a concubine of humble origin the main wife. In that case, not only Su Cheng would lose face, but the old man and his father would also feel ashamed.

Unexpectedly, before Su Wei and the old lady had time to go, news came from the old house that night: Liu had committed a******y and was caught by Su Cheng, but Liu refused to admit it. Su Cheng was furious and beat Liu severely, and wrote a letter of demotion, demoting her to a concubine. After hearing about what happened, Liu's brother only asked him not to divorce Liu. In this way, Liu's family could not be counted on.

After such a commotion, the old lady and Su Wei could not stop it anymore. But they all disagreed with making a concubine the main wife, which was against etiquette! Although Liu's background was innocent, her family was humble. If she was really promoted to the main wife, wouldn't it be a joke!

Su Cheng had no choice but to stop insisting.

Two days later, Jingyi brought Haitang and others to Jingwei's yard again.

"Sister is still busy?" As soon as Jingyi entered the door, she saw Jingwei embroidering something.

When Jingwei saw Jingyi coming in, she quickly put down the things in her hands and said with a smile: "Sister, how come you have time to come here today? Ning'er, go and make a pot of good tea."

Jingyi smiled and said: "Sister, don't bother me. I came to see if the things you embroidered for me are done?"

"I feel a little uncomfortable these days. So, you are anxious when you just start embroidering?"

"No hurry. Alas, no matter how beautiful this pattern is, it is not as beautiful as the real thing."

Jingwei's face changed, and soon returned to normal. She looked at Jingyi and asked: "Sister, have you seen something with this pattern, so you want to embroider it?" After saying that, she carefully looked at Jingyi's expression.

Jingyi nodded: "Yes. Isn't it just a bracelet?"

Jingwei paused and looked at Jingyi. Seeing that she was staring at the pattern, she was relieved.

"By the way, sister, I heard that there will be many guests coming to the mansion tomorrow!"

"Yes. Mother said that she would hold a chrysanthemum banquet in the chrysanthemum garden, but everyone in the mansion knows that this is what grandma wants. I'm afraid she wants to find another aunt for Uncle San." Jingwei said thoughtfully.

Jingyi nodded, "I wonder what kind of person she will find to be our aunt, and whether she is easy to get along with?"

"What does it have to do with us whether she is easy to get along with or not? Anyway, she doesn't live in the Hou Mansion. But I'm afraid Liu's life will be miserable."

Jingyi smiled lightly and said nothing, just staring at the needlework on Jingwei's table. But in her heart, she secretly thought: I'm afraid tomorrow will be more lively.