Ansou Hall.
Old Mrs. Xie sat on the main seat, with the red-cheeked Xie Shi'an sitting at the bottom, surrounded by a group of grannies and maids.
"Mother."
Xie Shi An stood up and saluted Yun Chou.
"Ange'er is a good child, filial piety to you as a mother in every way." The old lady opened her mouth to blame, "Such a good child, how can you bear to slap him, how can you bear to let him kneel in the ancestral hall ... Look at this little face, it is swollen into what kind of face, the doctor said that it will take three days to go down ... "
"So the old madam found me for this." An inexplicable smile floats on Yun Chou's lips, "An Ge'er, didn't you tell the old madam why I punished you?"
Xie Shi'an lowered his head, "My son does not know."
Yunchu's voice was a bit cold: "Kneeling in the ancestral hall is for you to think about where you went wrong, and if you don't think clearly, then continue to go and kneel."
"Chu'er, you have always been generous and gentle, why are you so harsh today?" The old madam frowns, "What exactly did An Ge'er do?"
Yunchu laughed.
Yes, she was gentle with the common people's sons and daughters, generous to the aunts and concubines, in charge of the common people's affairs, and made connections outside, holding up half of the Xie family.
But all this time, how these people have been treating her.
The old lady and madam, as well as Xie Jingyu, respected her on the surface, but in reality, they used her to milk the Yun family clean.
Those commoners' sons and daughters called her mother with every breath, but in fact, they never really put her as their mother in their hearts.
So many aunts, including her maiden companion Aunt Rain, which is not secretly mocking her inability to give birth ...
The so-called tolerance is the Xie family's hold on her, but also her own oppression of herself.
She spoke in a faint voice, "Listening Frost, go to the Green Pine Pavilion and fetch the Grand Young Master's recent calligraphy and paintings."
Listening to Frost lead the order to go immediately.
Old Mrs. Xie frowned, since she was going to pick up the calligraphy and paintings, it meant it was something related to reading.
An Ge'er had been smart since he was a child and was extremely well read, everyone praised him, she really couldn't think of anything that could go wrong in this regard.
Not long after, Hearing Frost returned with the calligraphy and painting.
Yunchu flipped through it and took out one of the words and handed it to Xie Shi'an, "Read it yourself."
Xie Shian's face has changed, his lips pursed into a straight line, spoke slowly: "Those who seek the length of the wood must fix its root, and those who wish to flow far away ..."
Old Mrs. Xie was not a crone who knew nothing; her husband was a Xiu Cai, her son was a lifer, and her grandson, Xie Jingyu, was a Scholar.
Her old man often boasted of his bookish family, and having been inculcated for many years, she naturally understood that this was a sonnet written by a minister to the emperor hundreds of years ago, intended to exhort the emperor to think of danger in times of peace, and to build up his virtue and righteousness.
She frowned, "What's wrong with this admonition?"
"This admonishing article is naturally nothing." Yun Chu coldly said, "But at the end of the article, he wrote words of treason."
The old lady snatched the word away with a split hand.
"... Sui molten stripped of profit, the fate of the sky is difficult to Cham, into the medicine of His Majesty, loan bribes do not invade ..." read here, the old lady was alarmed, "Angele, you wrote What are you writing this for?"
Yun Chou sneered.
In Xie Shi'an's study, such words could be seen everywhere, enough to show that he had a great opinion of the present saint.
So the first thing he did after joining the cabinet was to try to get rid of the loyalist Yun family and cluster the royal son to force the palace ...
She hadn't been able to figure out how a twelve year old could be disgruntled with His Holiness.
"An Ge'er, do you know what will happen if this kind of thing is seen by outsiders?" Yun Chu snapped, "If you are credited under my name, then you are the firstborn son of the Xie family, your every word and action represents the Xie family!"
A powerful aura suddenly emanated from her body, "You deplore the current saint for being desolate and gullible and trusting the treacherous ministers ..."
Xie Shian's face was ugly, "I didn't ..."
"This is not something that you can deny by saying I don't have it!" Yun Chu's face became even more stern, "Black and white is evidence, if it is reported, if it is light, your father will be demoted, if it is heavy, the Xie family will be convicted and imprisoned, no matter whether it is light or heavy, you can't afford it! The Xie family's ancestors have been studying for three generations, and finally in your father's generation, he entered the dynasty as an official, and these few lines of words of yours will make the efforts of several generations go down the drain, and you will become the sinner of the entire Xie family!"
She slammed the piece of paper in Xie Shi'an's face with a split hand.
Xie old lady seemed to be struck by lightning as if sitting in a chair, she really did not expect the consequences to be so serious.
No wonder the mild-mannered grandson-in-law suddenly lashed out, so it turned out that An Ge'er had really made a big mistake.
Yunchu lowered her eyelids.
This is a serious matter, but in fact, even if it becomes a big deal, it will only result in a fine of a few months' salary at most.
Moreover, her husband, Xie Jingyu, was so smart that he had more than enough ways to bring this matter to light.
Being reborn and back, many things have to be carefully planned.
She said softly, ''Since Ange'er recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan, I have raised him with incomparable finesse, and in four years only this one time of moving, it has come to the old lady, it seems to be that, I, a mother, can't discipline my own child ... Or do you mean that, even if Ange'er is credited to me, I have no severe discipline I'm not qualified to do so. In that case, I wouldn't dare to have this son."
She was thunderstruck just now, but this time she looked sad, like she was sad.
The old lady was immediately anxious, "Chou Er, I didn't mean to blame you."
If Yunchu doesn't want An Ge'er, then An Ge'er will be a commoner's son, and commoner's sons are despised everywhere, and it's hard for them to go to the government.
Although it has been on the genealogy, it is not something that Yun Chou said he didn't want, but, only if Yun Chou sincerely accepts it, will the Yun family accept it.
The Yun family is a first-ranking general's residence, not a fifth-ranking Xie family like them ...
The old lady turned her head, "An Ge'er, what are you still standing around for."
Xie Shi An walked over, "The book says that a strict mother produces talented sons, and a loving mother loses many children, a mother's strict discipline of her son is in the hope that her son will have great success, but I didn't know that my mother had a lot of hard work to do, I was wrong, I'll continue to go and kneel at the ancestral hall."
Yunchu pulled her lips.
Xie Shi An was not convinced of her punishment from the start, so he pulled the old lady out.
It wasn't until the evidence was in front of him, until it was irrefutable, that he bowed his head and did what was best for him.
This child is like Xie Jingyu, the mind of the city is deep, will read books, otherwise it will not be even three yuan, young age into the cabinet.
She spoke in a faint voice, "Ange'er should stop kneeling, the old madam will be heartbroken."
The old lady was indeed heartbroken.
You should know that since the Xie family started, there was no precedent of kneeling at the ancestral hall.
But it was only natural for a mother to educate her son, and wouldn't it be chilling if she, as a great-grandmother, interfered?
Her old man could only say against his will, "It is time to kneel or to kneel."
"Since the old lady has said so." Yunchu sighed, "Spring is cold, you don't need to kneel for too long, two days is about right."
The old lady's eyes were glazed over.
Kneeling for two hours is too much for her, but kneeling for two days will kill someone!
But Xie Shi'an had already answered, "Yes, I'll go back in two days to greet mother."
Yun Chou's eyes were bottomless.
It's only been two days ...
Before dying, she knelt for more than two full months, did not beg to come to the Xie family to play for the cloud family, but a cup of hemlock ...
Walking out of Anshou Hall, Hearing Frost spoke with worry: "If the Lady punishes the Eldest Young Master like this, I'm afraid that it will make the Eldest Young Master and the Lady centrifugal."
Yunchu laughed.
Xie Shian has never been on the same page with her, so where is the centrifugal aspect?
Why give your heart and soul when what you got in return for it in your last life was calculation and betrayal.