Chapter 56 The Su family’s past
Su Yingxue told Mrs. Su about the incident of Green Plum entering Mantuo Villa.
In the winter 16 years ago, Su Yingxue's master was invited by the owner of Meizhuang to go to "Meizhuang" to enjoy the plum blossoms. On the way back, he saw a woman lying on the snow, and the woman was holding a child over one year old in her arms.
When Su Yingxue's master discovered that the woman and the child were dead, but the child was not frozen to death because the woman was held tightly in her arms, and she still breathed a sigh of relief.
The master buried the woman and brought the child back to Mando Villa.
Because the child had a birthmark of a green plum blossom on his buttocks, the master named her Green Plum.
Mrs. Su wiped her tears.
"It's a blessing to say that, the little girl is still happy. I'm not afraid of you making jokes. It was because the Shangshu Mansion had no family management before, which led to the tragedy..."
Su Shangshu was born into a poor family and grew up with his widowed mother since childhood. However, he showed extraordinary talents since childhood.
Mrs. Su was born into an ordinary military general. She liked to dance with swords and guns since she was a child. She was not good at poetry and books, and had a rough personality, which was very different from the women in the boudoir.
The two families lived in their childhood not far apart, and they knew that there was a family between them.
Mrs. Su’s parents had the only daughter. Seeing that her daughter had such a personality, she was afraid that she would not get married when she grew up, so she came up with an idea.
Mrs. Su's mother found Su Shangshu's family and said that their family agreed to support Su Shangshu's school, but the condition was that he had to become their son-in-law.
Su Shangshu's mother thought about it and agreed.
Later, the two families got engaged, and Mrs. Su's family also began to provide full support for Su Shangshu's scientific research.
Shangshu Su lived up to his expectations and finally passed the exam after getting married to Mrs. Su. From then on, his career was bright.
But after Su Shangshu became more and more thoughtful, he was not satisfied with the only wife, Madam Su, and he also disliked her for being rude and incompetent in poetry and books. So, Su Shangshu took another declining daughter of a scholarly family as his concubine.
Mrs. Su had already given birth to the son of Su Ziyi at that time. She had a bad temper. Although she could not stop Shangshu Su from taking a concubine, she also made things difficult for her after the concubine entered the door.
One winter, she found the concubine's fault and punished her to kneel down in the snow. Unexpectedly, the concubine was more than three months pregnant. After being punished for such a pass, the child could not be saved and she was a boy.
Mrs. Su regretted it since then and no longer made things difficult for this concubine. Shangshu Su was furious and not only seized the right of Mrs. Su as a housekeeper, but also had not entered Mrs. Su's room for several years.
Because of her shame, Mrs. Su endured it. From then on, she not only taught Su Ziyi well, but also cultivated her mind and cultivated her nature and ate vegetarianism and chanted Buddha's name.
A few years later, the concubine gave birth to a daughter, and Su Shangshu calmed down and returned the power of the housekeeper to Mrs. Su.
I originally thought that things about the Su family were gone like this, but I didn’t know that everything was just a manifestation.
The concubine was injured by the miscarriage and could never get pregnant again after giving birth to her daughter, so she hated Mrs. Su.
Seventeen years ago, Mrs. Su gave birth to a pair of twin daughters. It was originally a great event, but who knew that one of the children disappeared after giving birth.
After investigation, the child was kidnapped by a servant in the family. The reason was that Mrs. Su had punished the servant.
Mrs. Su was not very smart at first, but for some reason this time, she always felt that things were not that simple. She dragged her body that had just given birth and knelt in front of Su Shangshu and asked him to investigate thoroughly.
Shangshu Su originally did not believe that there was another hidden truth, but because Mrs. Su was struggling to ask for it, he agreed.
But after some investigation, Su Shangshu had to believe:
It's really chilling for a woman to go crazy. The mastermind behind it turned out to be that concubine.
Shangshu Su was unwilling to believe this fact at that time. He did not believe that the person he had pampered for several years was so cruel. But all the evidence was placed in front of him, forcing him to believe it.
But everything had happened. When the Su family found the missing child, it was a body with an invisible face, but the servant who abducted the child was completely uninformed.
After talking about the past, Mrs. Su said:
"The servant lady was taken by the concubine because she secretly sold property in the mansion to treat her son, so she had to kidnap the little girl.
Originally, the concubine's order was to kill the little girl, but now she thought that she did not destroy her conscience and saved her life."
Su Yingxue also nodded and said:
"According to what you said just now, the woman who died in the snow should be the servant you mentioned. Because the master sent many reward announcements to find Lumei's family but couldn't find it.
However, although the servant was frozen, he still kept the green plum tightly in his arms, and he was not a bad person."
Mrs. Su wiped her tears and looked at Lu Mei, "Child, I have told you the cause and effect of the matter. Although the incident happened because of me, I have already repented. Can you go back to Su Mansion with me?"
Lumei lowered her head and didn't say anything.
Qu Chu is not good at dealing with these things, so she doesn't say a word. But Su Yingxue doesn't care too much.
"Madam Su, Lumei grew up in Mando Villa since she was a child. She is used to being free and has never experienced conspiracies. The situation in your Su family is too complicated. How could Lumei adapt?
"You don't know anything about Master Su."
Mrs. Su turned her gaze to Su Yingxue:
"After the investigation was made clear, my husband sent the concubine to the Taoist temple to practice. He became cold to women and focused on the affairs of the court.
And I no longer show off my strength and competitiveness, concentrate on managing the family and educate my children with peace of mind. Now the Su family can be said to be a quiet family that is rare in the entire Yu capital."
"But isn't there still the daughter of that concubine? The Su family sent her biological mother to the Taoist temple. How do you know that she has no resentment?
She can't deal with others, but it's not easy to deal with Green Plum?"
After listening to Su Yingxue's unreasonable call, Qu Chu couldn't help but look at her.
Although Ying Xue said that Lumei would decide on it herself, she still couldn't bear to leave after following her for many years!
Mrs. Su said:
"Master Su is too worried. Fengxia is a child of duty. Although I hate her mother, I have not been sad for her over the years. She will not make things difficult for her little girl."
Seeing that the two sides were in a stalemate, Qu Chu had to save the scene.
"Madam Su, Lu Mei just learned the truth today. You have to give her some time to consider it, right? Anyway, they want to stay in Yudu for some time, so why not let Lu Mei consider it first?"
What else did Mrs. Su want to say, and Su Ziyi quickly grabbed her.
"General Qu is right. You don't have to worry about having to take care of the general in the general's mansion. Mother can come over at any time if she wants to see her."
Mrs. Su then said, "This is the reason. Then I would like to ask the general and the owner of Su to take care of the little girl Yi Er these days."
Chapter completed!