Sweet Beauty Chapter 38: Private twins

The two entered Mrs. Bai's study one after another, and the servant brought tea and then left.

Mr. Bai glanced at the silent old lady sitting on the carved chair, sighed, and turned her eyes to the window. After a while, she slowly opened her mouth and said, "I know that you have been worried about Zhong Qian's affairs all these years. Huai, you may even wonder if Zhong Qian was born outside but forced you to raise him as your own son.”

"No, I didn't doubt it."

The old lady interrupted the old man Bai and said coldly.

She has no doubts, and she has a clear conscience in raising her second son over the past few years.

"If you doubt, I wouldn't have done my best to educate him in the past few years. How difficult it was when we first arrived in Beijing, did I treat him harshly at all? Since you said that he was the son of a benefactor, you only entrusted him as a last resort. , I have been nurturing and raising him like his own son. But it is you who treat him more than parent-child, and raise him more carefully..."

So, among several sons, he was the only one who became a talent, and he was the only one in the top two, and then the official fortune was prosperous.

Although she married her maiden niece, she was indifferent to her, and then the niece died of dystocia due to depression, and finally married the businesswoman regardless of her wishes...

She taught him to have a clear conscience, but he kept her heartbroken.

Among several sons, only this second son had the best and smoothest life. On the contrary, her eldest son and youngest son slowly turned to him, and his children were able to marry more than hers. A better marriage for grandchildren.

Her grandchildren even have to be careful to please him for better protection.

This is different from the infant child who was sent to me and had to rely on her for charity and care, which made her mentality change unknowingly.

The original intention will always change slowly with the hardships and complexity of life, and this time it seems to be completely out of control, making her emotions even more out of control.

Old Master Bai looked back at his wife's gloomy eyes, and sighed slightly. After all these years, how could he not know her thoughts?

But the second son is better than the other two, not because of his different upbringing, but because people have different talents and temperaments, how can this be forced? Moreover, the wife spoiled the young son without knowing it, and raised him to be weak and highly dependent, so who could blame him?

But his wife followed her to escape the war from the south of the Yangtze River with several children and went all the way to Beijing. Over the years, she managed the housework, raised her children, and had to figure out a way to make a living. She was also a lady of everyone, how could she ever eat like this How painful? Therefore, in many things at home, he can just turn one eye and close one eye.

He shook his head and said, "I haven't told you about Zhongqian's background all these years. I'm afraid that you will only add to your troubles. Now...that's all."

"In those days when the city of Wenzhou was destroyed, General Rong evacuated with the remaining troops, but Mrs. Rong died in childbirth in the General's Mansion after hearing the news of the defeat of the army, and left this child behind. The child was only a few days old at that time, it was impossible I followed General Rong to evacuate, so I entrusted it to me."

"General Rong has a great favor to my Bai family, otherwise the Bai family would have been destroyed by gangsters in the chaos that year, so General Rong is entrusted, and I will do my best. It happened that our child was gone at that time, and we hugged him. If you have him to raise him, I think it will also comfort you in the pain of losing a child."

He has never stated these old things, but Mrs. Bai probably knows about them.

At that time, the Bai family was a prominent family in Wenzhou City, and they had a good relationship with the General's Mansion. She and Mrs. Rong from the General's Mansion could also be regarded as handkerchiefs. The second son had the characteristics of both the Rong family and Mrs. Rong. Growing up, she looks more and more like them, how could she not guess? So she really never doubted Mrs. Bai.

There are many survivors who are familiar with the general's mansion in the Jiangnan area. The older the second son is, the more he looks like General Rong and Mrs. Rong. This is one of the reasons why their family left Jiangnan. Of course, the primary reason is to avoid the war. After the establishment of the new dynasty, Beijing and China will have a lot of stability, and they will be able to better their future.

Of course, the old lady Bai in the middle had also secretly angered her second son because of her family's hardships and a bad life, but it's hard to explain this situation.

The old lady Bai listened to the old man talking about the old things and didn't say a word. At this time, he ignored the taboos and suddenly mentioned the old things frankly. There must be a reason.

Sure enough, Mr. Bai paused for a while, and then continued: "A few days ago, the grandfather of Lingguo's mansion once approached me, saying that he knew the identity of Zhongqian, and on this basis, he wanted to ask me for help. thing."

Old Madam Bai's face changed suddenly.

The ancestors of Duke Ling's mansion were also former ministers of the previous dynasty, but they were even more distinguished in the dynasty. Mrs. Zhou, the wife of Duke Ling, was also the aunt and cousin of Queen Hua, the queen of the dynasty.

At that time, the Queen's natal family, the Hua family, was a big family of military generals in the north. Work together to annihilate the remnants of the previous dynasty in Weidi, and kill all the descendants of the previous imperial family who fled the capital in Weidi.

Old Madam Bai's lips trembled, her face was ugly, but she said with fear: "What do they want to do? I don't know how many old officials and clans in the middle and former dynasties, and there are also a lot of old officials and descendants, even if..."

"You don't have to worry."

Grandpa Bai interrupted her, "The previous dynasty was destroyed, and although there are no descendants of the Rong family left, it was not ordered to destroy the family by today's order. We adopted Zhong Qian more than ten years before the establishment of the new dynasty. , even if Zhong Qian's identity is revealed, it may only be taboo for some people and affect his career. And we concealed Zhong Qian's identity at the beginning, not to conceal the present, when the world was undecided, and there was a melee, General Rong For the generals of the old dynasty, whoever falls into the hands of this child will be restrained by General Rong.”

"Since Ling Guogong told me about this, he didn't mean to threaten me. His purpose is not this, but there is one thing that really has something to do with Zhong Qian."

"Ling Guogong is his wife's maiden family. The Zhou family once adopted a daughter in Weidi and brought her to Beijing not long ago. Madam Ling Guogong had always loved the child very much when she was in Weidi, and he didn't pay too much attention to it at first. It was only when he happened to see Sister Shu at Chiba Temple a few days ago that he was surprised that the two were very similar and felt strange, so he specially searched for the Zhou family and the old servant of the child, only to find out that the child was It was the descendants of General Rong's family who knew Zhong Qian's identity from the old servant's mouth."

"The child is from the Rong family, and there are old servants around her who know that it is not surprising that we took in Zhong Qian back then. It must have been a last resort for the old general Rong to tell his granddaughter about this. I hope that if the child really needs it, he will turn to him. The meaning of Zhong Qian's only uncle."

"Ling Guogong felt that since the woman was related to Zhong Qian and was so similar to our sister Shu, he hoped that we could give the child an identity, and said that the child was originally sister Shu's twin sister, but she was just Shu's sister. There has always been a saying in the land that the twins were raised differently, so they sent the child away, and now that the child is older, they have brought it back.”

"Right now, the Zhou family member who adopted her is just a side member with a low status, and if Mrs. Ling Guogong often takes her to live in the Guogong's mansion, she will be born so similar to our sister in the future, which will arouse caring people. Watch out, it's always a hassle."

Old Madam Bai's complexion also changed again and again according to the old man's words. After listening to it, she was not happy because she was able to have a relationship with Duke Ling's mansion, but her expression became even more gloomy.

Just now, Mrs. Bai recited the words of Duke Ling's mansion. Except for the matter of asking them and the fact that the woman was a descendant of General Rong's family, the other members of Mrs. Ling's family were adopted. Before Mr. Ling met Sister Shu She doesn't know anything about the identity of the woman, etc. She doesn't believe a word,

Her first reaction was that Ling Guogong found out that his wife's family had adopted the descendants of the loyal ministers of the previous dynasty. He was thinking about how to get rid of the trouble, and then happened to meet Sister Shu by accident and checked them out of surprise. The bottom line of the family, I just want to put this trouble on them!

She felt that this granddaughter was a monster, troublesome, and really good!

It's just because of her appearance that this disaster happened! What master said that she was in conflict with her own destiny, and she was right! No, she is not only at odds with her own destiny, she is at odds with their White House!

However, she was a little puzzled. If it was just an ordinary descendant of the Rong family, it would be raised. With the power of the Duke Ling's mansion... She suddenly thought of something, and her face changed greatly!

She stared at Grandpa Bai, her voice trembling a little: "General Rong's mansion, the granddaughter of General Rong and the old lady, the eldest son of General Rong, General Zhongyong, who knows? Ling Guogong. If you care so much about the identity of that woman, I am afraid that others will be suspicious, does that woman have anything to do with the princess from the previous dynasty?"

In fact, even if the identity of the descendants of the Rong family is revealed, it will not be a big problem. Many of the officials in the current dynasty are from the great family of the former ministers of the previous dynasty, and there are many adopted by the sons and daughters of the former ministers of the previous dynasty. relationship.

Even the current royal family was also a feudal lord with different surnames in the previous dynasty, and has inextricable ties with the major families in the dynasty, not to mention that the current queen, Empress Hua, comes from a family of military generals in Weidi in the previous dynasty. The old ministers have all kinds of marriage relationships.

Those old things really don't really matter.

However, who does not know that the current emperor hated the royal family of the old dynasty because of his revenge for killing his father, mother, and brother. If, if that woman was actually the daughter of the loyal and brave general, that is, the daughter of the princess... /

Old Master Bai nodded solemnly and said, "Even though Duke Ling didn't say it clearly, I guessed it. General Rong's family was not rich. Besides Zhong Qian, Mrs. Rong had only one eldest son, who was the loyal and brave Lord Shang later. General. Since that woman can be very similar to Sister Shu, she must be very close by blood, and cannot be a distant clan."

"And let General Rong tell the woman's old servant about such important things as we adopted Zhong Qian. Her identity must not be simple."

As soon as Mrs. Bai heard this, she said firmly: "No, since this is the case, we must not agree to this matter. Thanks to the Rong family, we have raised Zhongqian for so many years, taught him to be an adult, and married him and gave birth to children. , this grace has already been repaid. But we must not be involved in the relationship with the previous royal family, this matter broke out, and with today's temperament, it cannot be said that it is the crime of genocide!"

Old Master Bai glanced at his wife and said with a gloomy expression: "I don't know about this. But since that woman knew that Zhong Qian was her uncle, if she had the heart, it would not be easy to refuse this matter. And..."

"And Ling Guogong hinted that the main reason why Ling Guogong's mansion wanted to give her a dignified identity is that Mrs. Ling and the prince liked this woman very much, and Mrs. Ling intends to hire her as a daughter-in-law for the prince."

"But according to Ling Guogong, when he adopted the child, in order not to be too dazzling, he chose only a distant side branch of the Zhou clan, and his status was really too low. If Ling Guogong's government directly hired her as his daughter-in-law, it would be very important. It is eye-catching, and if that woman will be the wife of the prince in the future, she will definitely be walking around the capital, and her appearance will definitely arouse the suspicion of those who care."

"And there are not a few old families in the dynasty. There are always people who have some impressions of General Zhongyong and Mrs. Rong. At that time...and she and Sister Shu look so similar, I am afraid that even our family will be provoked by that time. Trouble..."

"But if you recognize now that it is Zhong Qian's child, sister Shu's sister, she and Sister Shu are born alike, and both inherit some of Zhong Qian's appearance. The background is not involved, so there is nothing to doubt.”

Old Madam Bai still had a sullen face after hearing this, and was not very moved. Compared to the benefits, the risks are simply too great.

And she doubted whether the Duke Ling's mansion would really hire that woman as the wife of the prince.

Old Master Bai sighed, how could he not know that this was too risky, but he adopted Zhong Qian back then, and then the woman knew about the existence of such an uncle, she had the heart to get involved, and it was not a problem to get away easy thing.

He could only continue to persuade: "Yourong, the Duke of Ling's government directly wants to hire that woman as the wife of the prince. It is indeed very risky, but if we recognize the woman, the risk will be very small. Because everyone knows Shu The elder sister is Zhong Qian's own daughter. No matter how much we investigate this matter, we can't find any problems. It's the matter of Zhong Qian. Who can find it?"

"You don't have to doubt the sincerity of Duke Ling's mansion to hire that woman. Think carefully, which princess was the one who married General Zhongyong? That's Princess Yonghui. Her mother-in-law is Zhou. The concubine came from the Zhou family in Weidi, the aunt of Mrs. Ling Guogong, so it is true that Mrs. Ling Guogong loves the child. It is said that when the Ling Guogong family was in Weidi, the child lived in the Ling residence in Weidi, and so did the prince. We grew up together as childhood sweethearts..."

"We recognized the woman, and she married into Duke Ling's mansion, which is a very good thing for our family. Ling Guo has a great power and is a relative of the royal family, and Mrs. Ling Guo has a close relationship with Queen Hua. In the future, the official career of the descendants, as well as the marriage of Sister Shu and other sisters, can't be worse."

Old Madam Bai listened to this and said after a long while, "This matter, I'm still allowed to think about it."

Although I know that the old man told me so carefully, the Duke Ling's mansion is very powerful, I'm afraid I can't refuse this.

She only felt a dull pain in her temples, she stretched out her hand and rubbed it slowly, suddenly remembered something, raised her head slowly, stared at Mrs. Bai, and said, "Have you told Zhong Qian about this? Have you thought about it? However, such a woman suddenly appeared, and everyone else, how should Zhong Qian explain it? And Chen's side, will there be any mistakes?"

As soon as this happened, it was impossible for the second son not to doubt the identity of the woman. If he did something wrong, he would know that he was not his own flesh and blood. She had worked so hard to support him for so many years. son's!

In addition, Mrs. Chen would have thought that this woman was Zhong Qian's illegitimate daughter... The illegitimate daughter, but Mrs. Bai was moved.

She thought that the unspoken words of Mrs. Bai must also include that even if outsiders doubt the identity of the woman, they will only regard her as Zhong Qian's illegitimate daughter, and even the Chen family and the Chen family must think so. So this matter is really not a big risk for their Bai family.

The old man shook his head and said, "I only mentioned this to Zhong Qian briefly, so that he could prepare himself mentally. I just said that the grandfather of Ling Guo's mansion met Sister Shu at Qianye Temple, and he met with them. The adopted orphan girl looks a bit similar, so I want to put her in his name to get an identity, so that I can get married in the future."

"We won't mention this matter. Zhong Qian is filial. Even if he has doubts in his heart, he will never mention it. You just don't know. How to arrange it will make him believe it."

"As for Sister Shu, I think that the child was born very well. If that woman is married to the Prince's wife of Ling Guogong's mansion in the future, she will be the younger sister of the Prince's wife of Lingguo Gong's mansion, and her identity will naturally follow. Marrying will definitely not be bad."

"Ling Guogong also said it himself, if we recognize that woman, we will not treat the Bai family lightly in the future, even if it is Sister Shu's marriage, we will definitely help her choose the top one in the family... and I also I vaguely heard that the royal family seems to be preparing for the draft. Today, it intends to give marriages to the princes of the feudal lords. The princes and concubines are selected from the daughters of officials who are above the fifth rank in Beijing... Our family is currently also the sister. One is just enough..."

Speaking of this, the old lady's face changed again. How could he not know her thoughts? He just hoped that his granddaughter's marriage would be better than that of Sister Shu. But she didn't think about it, what point are they better than Sister Shu?

Old Master Bai sighed and said, "Sister Shu is still the daughter of the Bai family. She is good, and the Bai family is as good. If she is not good, can the Bai family be better? And she is just a granddaughter, you treat her well. It's better, so what? Her marriage doesn't require you to put on makeup at all, so why do you make it difficult for her?"

Old Mrs. Bai had a lot of feelings in her heart when she heard it. She, she didn't want to be nice to that girl at first, but for some reason, she felt uncomfortable when she saw her. I was so suffocated that I was afraid that this was a natural conflict, and the Buddha would never be wrong.

However, that's all, she has already started to think about what will happen to the second room after this incident, and how can she win over her son and take care of Chen's side, which is the best thing for them in the White House.

Old Mr. Bai watched his wife's complexion change, he was silent, and he was actually a little uneasy in his heart.

This matter is of great importance. The reason why he told his wife in such a detailed manner was because he knew that the second son's sudden addition of a daughter would definitely arouse many suspicions from the people in the house. After all, the child will live in the house after all. I told my wife so that she could properly handle the matter and settle the complicated voices of all parties, and she must not treat her as slowly as she did to Sister Shu.