Noble Lady

Chapter 241 Matricide

"This He Hanlin is so arrogant. He's just a seventh-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy, but he's only being called Hanlin out of respect. Could it be that he knew the Jingzhao Yin had summoned him and was deliberately refusing to appear?"

Lord Mei looked at Xue Chenyu's calm appearance, and when he thought about He Minzhi's cunning behavior of having three burrows, he made the inevitable association.

Master Chen hesitated for a moment, "What do you mean, sir?"

"Take him to the He family. If you see him show up, bring him here immediately!"

"Yes!"

Master Chen came back in a hurry and left in a hurry without even having a chance to drink a sip of water.

Yuzhu had just excused herself to go to the bathroom and was waiting outside. She took the opportunity to hand Master Chen a small purse and said, "Master Chen, you've worked so hard running around in this hot weather. This is for you and the other officers to drink tea with."

Master Chen weighed the silver in his hand. It was not light, but not too much either.

There is really nothing wrong with them accepting it and having tea with it.

"Thank you very much, Aunt Xue."

……

at this time.

He Minzhi also spent all his money again and returned to the He family with little money.

As soon as I entered the door, I ran into Mrs. Huang, who was also in a hurry and had just returned from outside.

"Sir, I have finally found you! Please come with me to see the old lady. The rumors outside can no longer be concealed."

Can't hide it?

He Minzhi drank some wine, and his mind was in a mess. It took him a while to understand, "What did you say? You can't hide it anymore? Who should I go see?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Mother Huang was almost knocked unconscious by the smell of alcohol in his mouth, and she quickly took two steps back.

She looked around but didn't see Shitou following He Minzhi. She became more and more anxious. "Sir, why are you drinking in broad daylight? If the old lady saw this, she would definitely be sad."

"What you just said can no longer be concealed. What happened to the old lady?" He Minzhi shook his head and asked.

Mother Huang could only patiently say, "What's going on outside about you, your cousin, and your child can no longer be concealed!"

"Who is so blind as to talk nonsense in front of the old lady?!" He Minzhi was filled with anger.

Mother Huang thought to herself, if you hadn't done that to Second Aunt, how could things have turned out like this?!

People who drink a lot of alcohol already have red faces, and when they are angry, their faces become even redder, and their eyes are also frighteningly red.

Then he ran quickly towards Ciwenyuan.

"Sir!" Mother Huang stamped her feet anxiously and quickly chased after him.

He Minzhi entered Ciwenyuan and felt a cool breeze blowing towards him, which sobered him up for a moment. He didn't care about anything else and went into the house drunkenly.

"Mother, mother, did you hear someone gossiping about you? Was it the Xue family?!"

Mrs. Liu waited and waited in the house, but Mother Huang didn't bring He Minzhi over. She was already extremely anxious.

As the sun grew hotter, she felt more and more tired, so she propped up her arms and took a nap.

Who knew that just as I closed my eyes to rest, I heard a noise like thunder, and then a strong smell of alcohol filled the whole room.

"What's all the fussing about? Why does it smell so alcoholic?"

Liu opened her eyes impatiently and almost fainted when she saw the drunken man in front of her.

"He Minzhi, you're so drunk in broad daylight, what do you want to do?"

"Mother, did you hear someone gossiping about you? Was it Mrs. Xue? She must be jealous of me!"

He Minzhi cursed angrily, then took Liu's hand and complained, "Mother, you don't know how difficult my situation is now. Everyone outside is targeting me, and they all scold me. They say I have betrayed the good reputation of my ancestors."

"How much have you drunk?" Liu tried to pull her hand back, but He Minzhi held it tighter. "Mother, do you dislike your son too? Just because he has no money, right?"

"He Minzhi, what nonsense are you talking about?!" Liu said in a deep voice, and then shouted towards the door, "Mother Huang, Mother Huang——"

"Madam!" Mother Huang hurried and finally arrived.

Then he started talking about the way He Minzhi was pulling Liu, which was simply inappropriate, so he quickly stepped forward and tried to pull them apart.

"Go away!"

He Min slapped Huang's mother to the ground.

Mrs. Huang, who was a little older, was unable to dodge and fell heavily on her buttocks, causing her tailbone to become numb with pain.

She covered her tailbone and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Pa!" The slap was loud.

Liu slapped him angrily, "He, Min, Zhi! How long are you going to make trouble? Look at what you've become, kneel down!"

Perhaps the threat of the slap was too shocking, or perhaps Mrs. Liu was really angry. After being yelled at by her, He Minzhi finally regained some reason and knelt down.

"Mother, mother, my child has lost his composure."

Liu took a deep breath and said, "I won't ask you anything else. I only want to ask one thing."

"...Mother, please speak." He Minzhi acted like a child who had done something wrong.

"Did you destroy Cui's son-in-law's yard?"

He Minzhi nodded reluctantly, "He Ruyi deserves to die, but I didn't touch her. I just taught her a lesson."

"I think you're crazy. Do you know that she's not only your sister now, but also the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, and she's pregnant with the Cui family's grandson!"

"If anything happens to the child in her belly, the Cui family will not let you go!"

"So what? She deserves to die for being such a traitor. I only scared her a few times because she and I are sisters from the same mother. Why does mother always defend her?"

"Hasn't mother told me since childhood that Ruyi is a money-loser, and that even if she grows up, she'll just be sent out to pave the way for me? Now mother is actually scolding her son for a stepping stone. Why?"

"You, you stubborn blockhead, you are so stupid! I, Liu Nuanxi, have been smart my whole life, how could I give birth to such a hopelessly stupid son like you!"

He Minzhi shook his head, and the person who was pointing at his nose and scolding him suddenly turned into the person in Zuixianlou who laughed at him for being poor but pretending to be rich. He immediately became angry and embarrassed.

"How dare you! I'm an official appointed by the imperial court, a seventh-rank Hanlin Academy editor. How dare you, a lowly creature, speak in front of me?"

"You, you rebellious son—"

Liu covered her chest tightly, her eyes went dark, and she fainted again.

He Minzhi was drunk and didn't see his mother lying on the ground at all. He walked out of the door in a crooked way.

"My Lord, my Lord——"

No matter how much Mrs. Huang called out, she could not get up. She could only endure the pain and struggle to get up to check on Mrs. Liu.

At this moment, a commotion was heard outside, saying something like, "The Jingzhao Yin is handling the case, and those who are not involved should stay away."

Mother Huang was no longer able to care and could only shout helplessly, "Come, come and save the old lady. The old lady——"

Just as he was howling, a petite shadow came in from outside.

Seeing Liu lying unconscious on the ground, the little girl's lively features were filled with disdain. "If word gets out that his own son is pissing his own mother off to death, He Hanlin's career will be over, and of course, his life will be over too."

"This dynasty places great emphasis on filial piety, and matricide is a serious crime."

Moreover, this time no one would kneel at the gate of Jishan Hall for three days and three nights to beg Doctor Xu to come for the old lady.

“…” Mother Huang wished she could faint.

If anything happens to He Minzhi, it will implicate the entire He family.

……

"Wow!"

After a basin of cold water was poured on him, He Minzhi, who was drunk and talking nonsense, shuddered and sobered up.

He looked closely and saw Xue Chenyu sitting beside him. He rushed over angrily, "Xue, you..."

Before he could get three steps close to Xue Chenyu, Qiuhua "pushed" him away with his foot.

However, He Minzhi did not fall down, nor was he injured. He stood there for a moment, then began to curse again: "Xue, you have such a heavy burden. You ran to my mother and talked nonsense. You even dared to let the slave commit violence."

"Sir, he was about to attack me, and my maidservant only intervened. Doesn't that count as disturbing the court?"

"No, no." Lord Mei denied repeatedly.

He Hanlin was so confident in scolding people, it was obvious that he was not injured. The maid just pushed him away.

Disrupting the court?

He Minzhi's confused mind seemed to be pulled back by these words. Looking up, he saw a bright mirror hanging high in the lobby of Jingzhao Prefecture, with Lord Mei, the Jingzhao Yin, sitting high on it.

Didn’t everyone see his misconduct just now?