The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(4)

But it was Hui Niang's man Yao Cheng who came back.

Yao Cheng was a constable in the county government of Linyun County under Jinzhou. The Lin family had been officials for generations, and the position of constable was passed down to him by Yao's father. Although his status was lower, he was a royal salary, and the constables had always had a lot of gray income, so the Yao family was not bad, otherwise Su Xiucai would not have married his eldest daughter to the Yao family.

Although the Su family had a scholar, their family was not well off. Su Xiucai taught in a private school, with only two taels of silver per month, but he had to support dozens of people in the family. In the past, the family had few people and lived a tight life, but they could get by. But since Su Hui Niang's brother Su Yucheng got married and gave birth to three children in a row, the Su family's life became more and more stretched.

The reason why Su Hui Niang married to the Yao family was because the betrothal gifts given by the Yao family were the largest among all the marriage proposals, and these betrothal gifts were just enough to arrange Su Yucheng's marriage. Su Huiniang was reluctant to marry into the Yao family, but she couldn't stand her parents' sad faces, her eldest brother was still unmarried at such an old age, and she thought Yao Cheng was a good man after meeting him, so she married him.

After the marriage, Yao Cheng loved his wife and was considerate. The couple loved each other and lived a happy life. The only bad thing was that Yao Cheng's mother, Li, was not easy to get along with.

However, Yao Cheng was always there to support her, so Su Huiniang lived a happy life. In addition, she was pregnant and gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Yao family the year she married. Last year, she got pregnant again and gave birth to a boy, which made her position in the Yao family more stable.

Occasionally, Li wanted to do something, but she would endure it for the sake of her son and grandson.

It happened that the Su family, since the eldest sister-in-law Zhu came into the family, had been thinking about the younger sister-in-law Su Yaoniang all day long. After two incidents, it became more and more outrageous. Hui Niang felt sorry for her sister and thought that her family was not well-off, so she took her sister to her side.

The excuse was to let her sister help take care of the nephew. Anyway, with the family conditions of the Yao family, one more person to eat was nothing.

Li was happy to see this happen.

She has always been lazy and spoiled her daughter. She thought it would be good to have someone to help her daughter-in-law with housework. Since Yao Cheng became the head of the class, Li has been acting like an official's wife, but she can't stand the fact that people are used to being superficial and reluctant to spend money to buy a maid. Now there is a maid who doesn't charge money to serve, isn't it just right.

When Yao Niang came to the Yao family, she was diligent and could help a lot inside and outside, and really shared a lot of housework with Hui Niang.

In theory, this is a good thing with the best of both worlds, but Yan Jie'er, this girl, ruined it.

Yan Jie'er is Li's youngest daughter, who has always been favored by him. The girl, who is about fourteen or fifteen years old, is always not good at her job and has a very unruly and willful personality. Yao Cheng became the leader of the express team, and it was inevitable that his subordinates would come to his house for official business. Among them was a constable named Chen An, who was handsome and elegant, and had a good appearance. If he was not a constable, others would only think he was a scholar.

Chen An only came twice, and Yan Jie'er secretly fell in love with him.

But who would have thought that the concubine had feelings, but the man had no feelings. The reason why Chen An came to Yao's house repeatedly was that he saw Yao Niang at Yao's house and fell in love with her, so he came here on the pretext of something.

And Yan Jie'er somehow knew about this.

Yan Jie'er was a vicious person. She had been exposed to the business of constables since she was a child, and she knew all the tricks of the three religions and nine classes. So she came up with a plan to trick Yao Niang to the willow alley where good women would not set foot, hoping to take the opportunity to ruin Yao Niang's reputation.

The tragedy happened from this. Yao Niang was broken by an unknown strongman, and then everything happened.

The reason why the Yao family knew the truth was that after Yao Niang had this incident, Yao Cheng had to ask Yan Jie'er, and she told it herself.

But she insisted that she was just teasing Yao Niang and did not intend to harm her.

But the question is who believes it?

Yan Jie'er has her mother Li as a backer, but she was scolded a few times and the matter was over. Hui Niang was angry, but she couldn't eat her sister-in-law. She was so angry that she went back to her parents' home, but Yao Cheng came to beg again and again, and thinking of Ming Ge'er who cried for his mother all day, Hui Niang gritted her teeth and came back.

Because of the guilt for her sister, and the fact that her sister-in-law was making trouble at home, she insisted on taking Yao Niang to her side. But there is no place that is quiet. The Su family can't stay, and the Yao family is not a good place either.

Originally, Li was still guilty and acquiesced to Yao Niang staying at home, but she didn't know what Yan Jie'er instigated. She couldn't tolerate Yao Niang more and more, always saying that such a person staying at home ruined the Yao family's family style.

But the question is, does the Yao family still have family style?

Yao Niang in the house, listening to the quarrel outside, thought so expressionlessly.

Chapter 3

Since the incident with Yao Niang, Yao Cheng has not been as obedient to Li as before.

When he came back from the government office, he saw his wife trembling with anger and tears all over her face. He got very angry and yelled at Li to go out.

But the problem is that it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

As long as Yan Jie'er is still at home, as long as Yao Niang is still in the Yao family, as long as Li is still there, she will always make trouble.

Hui Niang sat on the bed and cried, crying for her grievances, crying for her mean mother-in-law, and crying for her poor sister.

Yao Cheng stood aside, at a loss. He felt sorry for his wife and sister-in-law, but he couldn't just kick his mother and sister out. He was the only son in the Yao family, and before his father died, he repeatedly told him to be filial to his mother and marry his sister off.

"Hui Niang, beat me up, beat me up hard, don't get angry with yourself. It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

The big man squatted there, holding his head and sighing. He was a majestic constable outside, but now he is like this. Seriously speaking, Yao Cheng has always treated Hui Niang very well, otherwise Hui Niang and him would have been unable to live together.

"Your mother has lost her conscience, and your sister is also a black-hearted person. How can they do this..." Hui Niang cried heartbrokenly.

Her sister, her obedient and sensible sister since she was a child, followed her around and called her sister since she was a child. When she was sensible, she would give her any delicious food first. In order to embroider a veil for her when she got married, she secretly made a purse for two months without telling her family before exchanging it for a piece of good silk.

It was obvious that her elder sister-in-law always made things difficult for her, but she kept it a secret from her family. If she hadn't heard Aunt Man from the neighboring house say something when she went back to her parents' home that day, she wouldn't have known that her elder sister-in-law was trying to sell her sister for a good price every day.

"Hui Niang, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, don't cry..."

Outside the house, Hui Niang burst into tears.

In the house, Yao Niang burst into tears.

It took Yao Cheng a long time to coax Hui Niang.

He went to fetch water for Hui Niang to wash. Hui Niang washed her face and combed her hair again. Except for her red and swollen eyes, her mood was much calmer, but her eyebrows were not raised. It was obvious that Yao Niang's matter was still on her mind.

Yao Cheng sighed and went outside.

It was getting late, and the house was still cold. He never felt it before he got married, but after getting married, the gentle and virtuous Hui Niang prepared meals for him every day, and Yao Cheng found this scene particularly unbearable.

Thinking about what just happened, he was annoyed.

Li was his mother, and no matter how annoyed his son was, he couldn't boss her around, but Yan Jie'er...

Yao Cheng remembered that when he entered the courtyard just now, he saw the door curtain of the west wing move.

At such a young age, he had a vicious mind. How could he have such a good sister?

He walked to the window of the west wing and knocked on the window, saying, "Come out and cook!"

The room was very quiet. After a while, Yan Jie'er came out of the door reluctantly.

"Brother, sister-in-law is not idle."

Yao Cheng sneered: "Your sister-in-law is taking care of Ming Ge'er and nursing Hong Ge'er. Both children depend on her. You, as a younger sister-in-law, have to wait for your sister-in-law to prepare meals for you every day?"

Yan Jie'er's face was not very good: "Isn't there Yao Niang..."

Yao Cheng yelled: "Shut up, go cook if I tell you to!"

Seeing her brother so angry, Yan Jie'er didn't dare to say anything and went to the kitchen to cook honestly.

Li was so angry that she kept knocking on the window in the upper room. It was better to say that her son was talking to her than to her daughter.

But it was useless to be angry. Yao Cheng was always filial, but when he was really angry, Li didn't dare to provoke him.

Yan Jie'er grabbed the vegetables in her hand one by one, and the good vegetables were torn to pieces by her. Seeing Yao Cheng went into the house, Li secretly went to the kitchen and saw her daughter was eating vegetables as soon as she entered the door.

"Your brother really scolded you right. A grown-up girl can't even pick vegetables properly. What can you do!" Li scolded while walking over and driving her aside.

Yan Jie'er threw away the rotten vegetable leaves in her hand and said with a wronged face: "Mother, look at how my brother yelled at me just now. I said I shouldn't have married Su Huiniang in the first place. Look at what my brother has become since she came into the house. It's okay that he is fierce to me, but he also yells at you, mother."

Li was also angry. Her good son now sided with his wife, which would make anyone angry. But she would not tell her daughter even if she was angry, that would make her look particularly shameless.

"None of the daughters of the Su family is good. If mother does not divorce Su Hui Niang and marry another wife for my brother, our family will not lack the betrothal money. At that time, I will definitely not know how to be filial to you and serve you as an old lord, which is better than Su Hui Niang not being nice to you all day long."

Li glanced at her daughter: "Don't have such thoughts. Even if I don't like Su Hui Niang, I still have to take care of my two grandsons. If I marry a stepmother, where will my brother Ming and brother Hong stand? You girl just need a stepmother to take care of you. You are always in trouble."

Yan Jie'er pursed her lips: "This is not okay, that is not okay, then when will you get Su Yao Niang away? If these two people are at home, how much food will they have to eat in our family. The most important thing is, with her in this house, how can I let brother Chen An marry me?"