Chapter 142: Forcefully Holding Back the Furious Waves

  Chapter 142: Forcefully Holding Back the Furious Waves

  The Liang family had sent a letter to Liang Yuan, but it was only mentioned in passing in the New Year's greetings on the 15th of the first month that Liang Jiming was disobedient and wanted to take Feng Wanqing as his concubine, which made Shen Muqing so angry that she returned to her mother's home. By the time Liang Yuan received the letter, it was already the 28th of the first month. As soon as he saw it, he kicked over the desk on the spot and immediately called his eldest son Liang Bogong to come and hand him the letter, saying: "You hurry back now, first give your third brother forty strokes of the rod, and then go discuss with your uncle what to do about this matter - whether to protect his legitimate nephew or his illegitimate niece? If you protect his illegitimate niece, you can only let his legitimate nephew take her as a concubine, but this will ruin his future; if you protect his legitimate nephew, you have to kill his illegitimate niece... But no matter what, you go to the Shen family to apologize and bring your third brother's wife back!"

  Liang Bogong's eyelids drooped lightly, and he didn't dare to speak up.

  Although Father had never considered himself an outsider, he found it difficult to handle this matter.

  Liáng Yuān saw that his son was motionless and also understood.

  He coldly let out a "hmm" and had someone help him straighten up the desk, then wrote one letter each to his uncle, mother, and wife.

  Liang Bogong took over the letter and let out a big sigh of relief.

  "You'll know what to do when the time comes!" Liang Yuan's tone was hesitant, "Whatever happens, we mustn't offend the Shen family. We're on the outside, they're on the inside... it's terrifying not knowing their intentions..."

  Liang Bo Kong nodded: "Dad rest assured, I know what's important."

  Liáng Yuān's face was slightly cloudy, and after a moment of thought, he still couldn't help but remind his most trusted son again: "Shěn Jiàn is a man with extraordinary courage and cunning, even the king is wary of him - otherwise, he wouldn't have been framed and nearly killed while in prison... This kind of person may rise up again at any time, so it's absolutely not permissible to offend him."

  Liang Bogong responded with a serious "yes".

  He hastened his pace and arrived at Nanxunfang in the early evening of February 5th.

  The gatekeeper of the Liang manor was shocked to see Liang Bo Kung and hastily reported inside. Therefore, when he walked to the second door, he ran into Zi Juan leading several maidservants hurrying towards him.

  From afar, Zi Juan hastily said: "Young Master, the Old Madam has summoned you to her quarters at once!"

  In this way, there is naturally no time for grooming either.

  Liáng Bó Gōng, covered in dust and dirt, followed Zi Juān to meet Tai Fū Rén.

  Old Mrs. Tao stood anxiously in the middle of the house and hastily asked, "What's happened to your father?" before Liang Boju could even pay his respects.

  Li Bokang wouldn't speak carelessly without understanding the attitude of the people in the mansion.

  He smiled and saluted the old lady, handing over a letter written by Liang Yuan to the old lady to Ziyuan beside him: "Father has nothing! He received Mother's letter and ordered me to deliver a letter back to you personally."

  Madam Ta looked at Liang Bogong with some confusion, then took the letter from Zi Juan's hand, had someone light a lamp, and sat down beside the kang table to read it.

  Liang Bogong stood quietly there, carefully observing Madame's expression.

  From initial bewilderment to current astonishment, Mrs. Ta spent less than a cup of tea's worth of effort.

  She held the letter in her hand for a long time, then dismissed the servants by her side and stared at Liang Bogong, asking: "Don't you really know what your father wrote in the letter?"

  Liang Bogong sincerely replied: "As for Grandma's words, I really don't know!"

  The madam's mouth was pursed into a tight line.

  After a long while, she finally said: "...... Your third brother has taken in a small concubine, who is your mother's niece and also the fifth daughter of the Feng family. Your father's intention was to have us discuss this with the Feng family and settle the matter... But now, Miss Feng has already been brought into the household..."

  Or perhaps it was the same words in the letter from father to mother!

  Feng also received the letter and would have had similar doubts!

  Liang Bogong really wanted to ask: Now that the Feng family is dominated by his uncle, will he favor his own nephew who became a Sheng Jishi or will he favor his niece who committed an ugly deed?

  But he could say nothing else, and smiled: "Father has always been thoughtful and cautious in his actions, and I shouldn't be rash either."

  ".... What does the Shen family want to do? I've already let Uncle Xin and Ji Min apologize, but he still doesn't give us any face... Don't think it's just our Liang family losing face, in the end everyone's face will be affected..."

  He stared at his grandmother's angry face and couldn't help but be stunned.

  To be honest, he has been thinking about this all along.

  What does Shen's family want?

  Only by clarifying this issue can the matter be fully resolved.

  Liang Bo-gong was just about to ask a question when the sound of horseshoes came from outside, and Liang Shu-xin burst in without being announced.

  "Big brother, I heard you're back, but what's wrong with Father?" Liang Shu's expression was somewhat flustered.

  "Nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong. Father asked me to come back and deliver a message to Grandmother and Mother."

  There was a deep confusion in Liang Shu's eyes.

  Liang Bogong hastily gave him a signal with his eyes, but said: "It's been several years since we last met, and you've lost your former composure. When you see your grandmother, you don't even know to pay your respects!"

  Liang Shu Xin listened and hastily paid his respects to Tai Fu Ren, smiling: "It's been a long time since I've seen Big Brother..."

  "I know you brothers are close." The old lady chuckled, "Your big brother has been through a lot of hardships on the way. You take him down to clean up and rest! As for your father's letter, I need to think carefully about it."

  Liang Shu nodded repeatedly and said "yes", the two brothers paid their respects to Tai Furen and went to the flower hall.

  After the maidservant in the flower hall was dismissed, Liang Bo-gong hastily said: "How could Third Brother do such a thing? And you, as his elder brother, didn't even try to control him? What's the situation now?"

  Liang Shu Xin also looked wronged: "Third brother's temper, big brother doesn't know, when he starts to get mixed up, how can I control him? Moreover, it's a cousin who has been growing up since childhood... and Uncle's face... I'm also not pleasing either side!"

  The elder lady had liked to read good books since she was a child, that is herself, separated by birth order and status, wasn't it also not good to interfere with this matter?

  Thinking of this, he couldn't help but soften in his heart and said softly to his younger brother: "Don't worry, tell me carefully about what happened, and see how the Shen family reacts!"

  Liang Shu had always believed in his brother since he was a child. When he saw him, it was as if he had seen the mastermind behind everything, and he recounted the whole story from start to finish.

  Liang Bogong was more and more shocked as he listened.

  "It's absurd... How can we invite a royal physician... Even if we did invite one, they should have been allowed to treat him on the spot..."

  Liang Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "At that time everyone was in a panic, no one had thought of it."

  Liang Bogong's expression was slightly surprised: "What about your elder sister? Didn't she think of it either?"

  Liang Shu Xin shook his head: "At that time, the situation was chaotic. I went to find San Di, Shuang Rui went to the princess's mansion, Da Sao had to comfort relatives and take care of the heartbroken San Di Mei and You Hui... By the time we came back to our senses, things had already gotten out of hand."

  Liang Bogong sighed: "After you're done, can you go to Xu Taigong's place?"

  Liang Shu nodded: "I've been. Not only did I go to Xu Taigong's place, but also to the Ducha Yuan Da Ren's place and the Shuntian Fu Yin Gong Da Ren's place, all of them have been taken care of. Otherwise, when Shen Jia's complaint is submitted, this matter will not be able to be covered up."

  "What did you say?" Liang Bogong was shocked, "The Shen family has submitted a complaint to the Shuntian Prefecture?"

  Liang Shu sighed bitterly and smiled: "I have written twenty-seven articles of impeachment... it's absolutely hopeless!"

  "Who wrote it?"

  "It was written by Old Master Shen himself!"

  Liang Bogong took a deep breath: "Shen Zhen's writing talent was even recognized by the Empress Dowager, who had previously selected and praised his work... how could he have written such a thing?"

  "Filial piety!" Liang Shu sighed softly: "Unfilial!"

  Although Liang Bogong had guessed it, when he heard his younger brother say so, his body still couldn't help but tremble slightly.

  "His Majesty governs the world with filial piety... If this were to be investigated, Third Brother would probably..."

  "So I'm anxious! But I don't dare tell Father, afraid he'll get angry..."

  What's the point of investigating now? The incident has already occurred.

  "Grandmother and mother, what do they mean?"

  Li Shu said in a low voice: "Grandma's intention is that it would be best to find an opportunity to die suddenly... Mother did not make a sound..."

  Liang Bogong nodded and said: "Since that's the case, let's go see Lord Gong of Shuntian Prefecture - first stabilize things over there before doing anything else."

  Liang Shu saw Liang Bo's stern and confident expression, his hesitant heart finally settled down.

  He smiled and said: "Big brother has had a hard journey, we can go again tomorrow, it's not late!"

  Liang Bogong shook his head: "No, let's go now! You wait for me to change into another set of clothes, we're going right away!"

  Liang Bogong returned home and found that Wang Wenxian had already prepared wine and dishes, leading the three children to wait for him with joy.

  The three children hadn't seen their father in a long time and looked at him timidly, stiffly greeting him under Wang Wenxiu's gentle words.

  Liang Bogong had more important things to attend to, and he told his mother to take the child down. As soon as he opened his mouth, he questioned Wang Wenxuan: "I entrusted this family to you, what have you done? Others may not know, but don't you know how serious this is? Father and I were being pursued by Zeng Ju at the border, and yet you people are still causing trouble at home. Where has your usual cleverness and competence gone?"

  "Can I even speak? Can Grandma really listen to me?" Wang Wenxi sobbed: "I, I didn't expect the Shen family to be so tough... Third Brother insists on marrying Aunt Feng..."

  Liáng Bó Gōng's hand slapped heavily on the kang table, a good black lacquer inlaid kang table was slapped into pieces: "What about Fèng Yí Niáng? She has neither served tea to Third Brother and Sister, nor has she been formally betrothed, what kind of Yí Niáng is she? Grandmother is old, the mistress is muddled, how can you also become unclear?"

  Wang Wenxi remained silent, but in her mind, she suddenly thought of Shen Muqing's determined face... Why could she be so confident? Why did the Liang family want her to apologize? After scolding the Liang family's elder, beating the dowager's confidant, and causing trouble for her own husband, why should everyone beg her...

  "No, no, no!" She turned pale, "It won't be, it won't be..."

  Liāng Bó Gōng stared at her with a frown: "What are you talking about?"

  Wang Wenxiu looked up at the tall and handsome man, her husband whom she had fallen in love with at first sight at the temple fair... a faint smile floated to the corner of her mouth.

  Originally, Shen Muqing's goal was not to give Feng Wanqing a chance to start anew, but rather she had made up her mind not to be with Liang Jimin anymore... That's why she could be so fearless, that's why she could be so ruthless and heartless... Unlike her, Liang Bocong's lingering affection for her was like an invisible net, and she was the small fly caught in it, struggling desperately but ultimately unable to escape the fate of being devoured.

  "You'd better find a way to meet with Lord Shen as soon as possible!" Wang Wenxiu's face revealed an enigmatic smile, "If it's delayed any further and someone with ill intentions spreads the news about Third Brother, not only will his future be ruined, but our family's reputation will also be irreparably damaged... Our Liang family might even have to lower its head in shame from now on!"

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  Chapter 142: Forcefully Holding Back the Furious Waves