klisemfg Chapter 979 Chapter 979
Chapter 979 Chapter 979
When Honeysuckle heard this, her eyes suddenly widened.
"Mrs. Liu, you really saw it clearly. Is it the Princess of Ming County who is here?"
Old Lady Liu nodded repeatedly, "No matter how poor my eyesight is, I won't be wrong. A talent like the Princess of the County, standing next to the Crown Prince's wife, it's hard for anyone to say that they can't see her."
Honeysuckle felt a pang in her heart.
If Pei Qiuyun returned to the mansion, how could Qi Yueniang not know?
But the eldest young lady had been sitting in Shaohua Garden for about half an hour and had not mentioned the matter of the Princess going back to her parents' home. Instead, she talked about her concerns with the fourth young lady.
It turned out that Qi Yue Niang had a half-born brother who also had a miserable life.
He was completely different from Qi Yue Niang, but this illegitimate brother had an even worse fate. He lost his mother when he was six or seven years old. Qi Yue Niang's stepmother was a strong-willed and fierce person. She always looked down on the son born to the singer her master married.
The old man of the Qi family was not good at managing household affairs. After the singer died, the boy was sent to be raised by his stepmother Qi Yueniang.
He did gain a good reputation, but his life was difficult.
"Guan Zhou, this half-brother is about the same age as my brother Qin. Last time I went back to my mother's house, I felt heartbroken just by looking at him."
It was the coldest time of the year, but he was wearing gorgeous brocade robes outside, but they were empty. I called him over and touched his inner garments, which were thin and old. I looked at his shoes and found that Qin Ge'er was wearing deerskin boots and two pairs of thick socks, which could be lifted up to reveal his brocade robes. However, this illegitimate brother was still wearing summer silk shoes.
That would be fine, the exposed skin all over the body is relatively normal, but when you lift up the clothes, most of the scars are as wide as fingers.
You can tell at a glance that he has been tortured!
Song Guanzhou found it incredible, "But you get punished for doing something wrong?"
Qi Yueniang shook her head. "I also asked Lanxiang to find out privately. If she did something wrong, she did something wrong, but the child cannot be blamed. She is young and hungry. She couldn't get anything from the kitchen, so she went to the ancestral hall to find some tributes—"
"Is that why you're fighting?"
"Guan Zhou also finds it incredible, right?"
Qi Yuenniang's face was full of bitterness. "When I was punished, they said that my younger brother was disrespectful to our ancestors and stole things, so he was beaten with a cane. His old wounds haven't healed yet, and now he has new wounds. He is not much older than Qin Ge'er. My Qin Ge'er has never been beaten up since he was a child..."
When talking about sad things, tears welled up in my eyes.
Song Guanzhou listened carefully and asked Qi Yueniang what she thought.
Qi Yueniang sighed, "I am a married girl, how can I interfere in my parents' affairs? Besides, if my father didn't value me now, the Qi family would have had little contact with me since your eldest brother passed away."
That is to say, on grand festivals, they would send some simple New Year gifts and barely use the title of in-laws.
Just to avoid gossip.
Song Guanzhou raised his eyes from the account book and said, "Is it not possible to talk to your old man?"
Qi Yueniang shook her head repeatedly.
"My father's second wife is a powerful person. She has already made my old man obedient. Not to mention that I went to my father to tell my younger brother that life was difficult, even if I sat with my stepmother on weekdays, and didn't greet her or call her Madam, my father would scold me and say I was disrespectful to my elders."
After listening to this, Song Guanzhou put down his pen and paper with great interest.
He held his chin with one hand and looked at Qi Yueniang, "The old man listens to your wife about everything, so it's really hard for a girl like you who married out."
You see, this is smart people chatting.
It's clear at once.
The longer Qi Yueniang spent with Song Guanzhou, the more she liked him. When she heard what Song Guanzhou said, she nodded heavily and said, "Guanzhou, you really understand me. Not to mention that I gave money and food to my younger brother, he is still young and it won't fall into his hands. Even if the lady saw it, she would turn around and report it to my old man, saying that I slandered her for mistreating my younger brother."
"Preemptive strike, sister-in-law, have you tried other methods?"
Qi Yueniang shook her head in disappointment.
"Now I have some face, and I can take Qin back with me, and I won't be hated like before. But Qin played with this uncle, and that day, the old man called me to talk to him, and criticized me for not educating Qin properly, and for not being close to the uncle born by my wife, but instead playing with the uncle born out of wedlock..."
Song Guanzhou raised his eyebrows, "Does the old man have to control who Lian Qin is close to?"
"It's my stepmother who doesn't like it."
The wife that the Qi family married later also gave birth to children, the youngest of whom was only three or four years older than Qin Ge'er.
"After all, there is a three to five year age difference between us. Qin Ge'er was not close to him before. Who would have thought that this woman was narrow-minded? Before Qin Ge'er and I even stepped out of the Qi family, she complained to my father... Oh!"
Qi Yueniang wanted to help this younger brother, but he was so young, probably only in his teens, and he couldn't just be tortured by the mistress.
When she talked to Lanxiang and others around her, most of them advised her to give some money and clothes, and not to interfere with other things.
She always felt guilty. It wasn't because the singer had been very close to her when she was alive, but they were brothers after all.
I've been thinking about it over and over again, but I can't find the solution.
He just came to find Song Guanzhou. After listening to him, Song Guanzhou did not give any solution immediately, but asked a few more questions about the situation of the Qi family.
"Is there any clan study?"
Qi Yueniang shook her head. "The Qi family is not as good as other families in terms of education. We did set up a clan school at first, but when it came to my father, he didn't like it, and the clan school was not very successful, so it was disbanded."
"How do the gentlemen study?"
"When I was just starting to learn, I invited a teacher to come to my house. After I turned ten, I was sent to the Zhou family's clan school."
Anyway, it's just knowing a few words and understanding a few more principles, and by chance, a few talented people have emerged.
Unfortunately……
When it comes to the imperial examination, there are more than ten or twenty men in a family, but not one of them can pass.
Hey!
Everyone in the Qi family was disheartened, but fortunately the family was wealthy and knew that one did not have to become an official to have a bright future in life.
As time went by, Qi Jia focused on studying and was no longer obsessed with the imperial examination.
This is the first point. Song Guanzhou then asked Qi Yueniang about the moral character and hobbies of his stepmother. Qi Yueniang hesitated and said, "As for moral character, how should I put it? People outside say that she has a bit of a temper and is not a very virtuous and gentle person..."
"Tell me about your hobbies, the things you like to do, and the things you avoid. I want to hear them and see if I can give you any ideas."
Qi Yueniang frowned and rubbed the soft handkerchief in her hand. After thinking for a while, her eyes suddenly lit up. "She has never believed in fate. She has said many times that my younger brother has a strong destiny. We invited some fortune tellers to tell our fortunes. Most of them said that my younger brother will have a promising future, but she doesn't think so..."
"How does sister-in-law look?"
Qi Yueniang sighed, "If a bastard whose father didn't love him and whose mother died early could study hard like Ling Bai and pass the imperial examination, it wouldn't be a bad thing. But the Qi family's feng shui is not good, which conflicts with the imperial examination. In addition, with his personality, I don't think he is cut out for studying."
"Can't read?"