bestfiction Chapter 177 The third aunt goes south
Chapter 177 The third aunt goes south
The inner courtyard of Lin Mansion.
The ninth princess, Li Wei, leaned on the bed, gently touching her belly which had not yet bulged.
Mrs. Lin sat beside her and comforted her:
"Wei'er, don't worry. The doctor said that the baby in your belly is fine. It's just that you are a little weak, so you need to take good care of yourself."
Li Wei burst into tears.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin panicked and quickly picked up a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
"Okay, it's all over. Just think of it as a nightmare, and everything will be fine once you wake up. Fortunately, Madam Pei rescued you in time, otherwise, Grandma can't even imagine what kind of suffering you would have endured being locked up in that dark place."
Mrs. Lin herself began to cry.
Speaking of Su Li, the Lin family really owes her a big favor this time.
"Someday, grandma will personally go to the General's Mansion with gifts to thank Madam Pei. Hey, they both have the surname Pei, so how can they be so different! That damned Pei Yan is not even one ten-thousandth as good as his eldest brother! Don't let us Lin family run into this little bastard. We'll beat him up every time we do!"
Madam Lin became angrier and angrier as she spoke.
"Sister Su is always nice." Li Wei suddenly said softly.
Mrs. Lin was very happy to see that she was finally willing to speak, and she said repeatedly:
"Yes, yes, she is the most generous person I have ever met. My dear, you must learn from her. A good woman should be strong and unyielding. What was General Pei's situation like back then? What a filthy and stinking place the Marquis' Mansion was, but Madam Pei was able to live the glorious life she has today. My dear, we women must be strong on our own. We can't rely on anyone else!"
Yes!
Li Wei thought that she was arrogant and domineering in the past only because she relied on the favor of her father, the imperial concubine, and her mother. Everyone obeyed her and tried their best to curry favor with her. She got whatever she wanted, and even if she slapped someone in the face, they would be grateful.
But once she loses her father's protection, what else will she have?
That beast Pei Yan should have ridden on her head and pissed and shit on her, and killed everyone around her, even her.
Everything she has is given by her identity as a princess.
Without this identity, she is nothing.
"Grandma, please help me get a doctor."
Li Wei finally made up her mind.
"Why? Didn't the doctor just leave?"
Li Wei touched her belly and said resolutely:
"Grandma, I don't want this child anymore. I want to say goodbye to the past completely. I don't want to keep anything related to the past, including this child!"
"what?!"
Old Madam Lin was shocked, but then she thought that her granddaughter had finally opened her eyes this time.
"Good! Good boy! This time, grandma will agree with you!"
In less than half a day, the abortion pills were delivered.
Li Wei picked up the medicine expressionlessly and drank it all in one gulp.
……
"Madam! Madam! Here we go again!"
Nanny Qian crawled into the inner courtyard, opened the door and shouted at the Marquis' wife who was taking a nap.
"What's going on again?! Stop getting so startled, okay?! I just lay down and took a nap!"
The Marquis's wife was exhausted, with dark circles under her eyes.
First, Su Li set fire to Fangfei Garden, causing a commotion and kidnapping the Ninth Princess. Then, General Lin and his men arrived, threatening to beat and kill her. She was so frightened that she fainted and lay in bed for the entire day. Just when she thought things were about to calm down, someone threw feces at the front door. She spent ages cleaning it up, and it still stank.
What happened this time?
"Madam, the man who threw dung is here again! This time, two large carts are dumped in front of the door!" Nanny Qian couldn't dodge in time, and a lot of it was stuck on her shoes and skirt. Now her whole body is smelly.
"This is outrageous! Is there any law or order in Shengjing City? Go, have someone follow them and see which bastard is so desperate to run wild in the Marquis' Mansion!"
"Yes!"
Aunt Qian covered her nose and ran away again. After a long while, she came back and said with a sad face:
"My dear lady, the servants of the mansion had just reached the corner of the mansion gate when they were beaten back with clubs. The people on the other side are from the Lin family, and they said that from now on, if they see anyone from our mansion, they will beat them one by one, and if they see two people, they will beat them up!"
"Ah!? Report to the police! Report to the police!" The Marquis's wife was furious.
"Madam, you have to be able to go out!"
……
The marquis's mansion was in chaos.
The transfer order for the third uncle from the third room also came down.
Uncle San, wearing a black cloak, sneaked in through an inconspicuous dog hole at the back wall of the mansion. In the past two days, the men in the family went in and out through this dog hole when they went to court or the government office.
"What a sin! I have to sneak back to my own home."
When Uncle San lifted his hat, his beard flew in anger.
The accompanying servant complained, "It's all because of the Third Young Master's affair!"
"I can't even get through this day!"
Back in the third room, Uncle San said to Aunt San, "Pack up and we'll say goodbye to Mother tonight. We'll leave early tomorrow morning."
"So soon?" Third Aunt was both surprised and melancholy.
The surprise was that the transfer order had come, and their family could finally escape this dangerous place. The melancholy was that after living in Shengjing City for half of their lives, they had to flee with their family, and in such a humiliating situation.
"It has to be fast. I don't want to go in and out of my house every day like a thief." Uncle San looked angry.
Third aunt thought so too.
It’s just that the situation was urgent and many people didn’t say goodbye!
Thinking of this, he quickly wrote a letter and asked someone to secretly go out through the dog hole at the back door and deliver it to the general's mansion.
"Third aunt and her family are leaving?"
Su Li read the letter and was shocked.
The servant looked helpless and replied, "The Third Master and his wife will leave for the south tomorrow morning and are already packing tonight."
Although it was very sudden and urgent, Su Li was happy for her third aunt's family.
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go faster!"
"Ah?" The servant couldn't believe it. Why would the general's wife say that?
"Tell your third aunt that I will send her off tomorrow."
"Yes." The servant left puzzled.
Su Li quickly called Song Zhi:
"Go to the storehouse and find some supplies for the journey, especially things to keep warm, and medicinal herbs are essential. Pack five hundred taels of silver and divide them into several pockets. Also, send ten guards who know martial arts. Third Aunt and her family are in a hurry to travel south, so they'll need food and supplies for the journey. And someone needs to keep them safe."
"Yes!" Songzhi hurried to prepare.
That night, Pei Heng still didn't return. Instead, he sent Qin Chuan back with a letter saying that he had summoned the army's craftsmen to work overnight on a repeating crossbow, and that he would be overseeing it personally, so he wouldn't be back for the next few days.
Su Li personally packed his personal clothes and necessary items. Feeling uneasy, she asked Nanny Li to sew a pair of knee pads for Qin Chuan to take with him.
When Pei Heng didn't come back, Su Li always felt that the room was empty. She had been here for so long, but she had never been separated from Pei Heng for so many days.
I can't help but miss you.
Especially when sleeping at night, without a big stove next to me, the bed suddenly felt big and cold.
After tossing and turning all night, he sent Huan'er off to school in the morning. He then boarded the carriage with Xi'er and headed to the South Gate to see off his third aunt and her family.