One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-Four: Nansheng, the Autumn of Troubled Times (10)

Madam Han's eyes were filled with disbelief.

This woman with disheveled temple hair and pale cheeks, who seems to have aged in her teens overnight, is really her mother?

In Mrs. Han's memory, her mother was majestic and gentle, dignified and generous to the outside, but virtuous and prudent to the inside. She took care of the Tao family in an orderly manner, from her father to the servants, and no one dared to respect her mother. My mother also lived glamorously for most of her life. Wherever she went, she was a model praised by others, no matter her background, appearance, knowledge, self-cultivation... everything was wrong!

Her sideburns are always combed meticulously, with emerald emerald tortoise shell embellished in her hair, and she is the most eye-catching focus wherever she goes.

Under the teaching and nurturing of her mother, Mrs. Han unconsciously integrated the other party's demeanor into her bones.

Now, the always perfect mother rushed up to slap her like a shrew in the market, which undoubtedly shattered her perfect image in Mrs. Han's mind. Because she was too horrified, she didn't recover for a while, but raised her hand to cover half of her swollen face.

"Mother, mother—" Madam Han took two steps back, looking at Madam Tao sadly, "When did your daughter do such a thing?"

Mrs. Han felt that she had been wronged extremely. She, who had always been arrogant, appeared fragile and helpless in front of her mother.

Mrs. Tao also slapped that slap out of rage, and regretted it on the spur of the moment, but how could she apologize to her daughter?

In addition, she also believed in her heart that Mrs. Han was the one who ate inside and outside.

Otherwise, why didn't the other party reconcile at other times, but at this sensitive juncture?

Mrs. Tao's cheekbones are relatively high, her forehead is slightly narrow, her skin is not very plump, and her whole face looks a little harsh.

Normally, she could still cover up her flaws with paint and makeup, but now she didn't have this condition, and Madam Tao's face was so ferocious, she looked very strange.

Hearing Mrs. Han's aggrieved excuse, before Mrs. Tao could speak, the daughter-in-law had something to say.

"You mean your mother wronged you?"

Mrs. Tao is very capable in the inner house. The children of the concubine live one by one, and although there are children of the concubine, they have to live on her breath.

The daughter-in-law who spoke at this moment is the daughter-in-law of the youngest son, and the other party has been married for less than half a year.

She thought that she could support her natal relatives when she entered the mansion,

I didn't expect the husband's family to be so unsatisfactory, and it was only half a year before a catastrophe came.

Not only is the wealth gone, but he is also a prisoner at this time, so don't mention how angry he is.

She would not blame Dow for being greedy and occupying the salt business, so she could only target Mrs. Han at Heli's home.

Before Mrs. Han came, their sister-in-law pushed all the anger on Mrs. Han with a few words.

If not, Mrs. Tao would not have stepped forward as soon as she saw her daughter, and slapped her in the face in public.

"I am innocent." Mrs. Han said, "What does Liu Xi's actions have to do with me?"

"It's unknown." A certain sister-in-law said, "Isn't it because you went back to your natal family that you brought trouble to your natal family?"

Mrs. Han was also angry, and she blurted out, "You guys are simply making excuses. Isn't it because of the salt affairs that Liu Xi dealt with Tao Mansion?"

Although she is a woman in the inner house, Mrs. Han is not really ignorant.

She knew why Jiang Pengji dealt with the Tao Mansion, and wasn't it for the salt affairs occupied by Tao Mansion and other gentry? However, Jiang Pengji didn't dare to tell the real reason, so she pretended to be "conspiring to rebel" and other false charges. As everyone knows, Jiang Pengji's accusations of punishing Dow and the others are real. Mrs. Han is a woman in the inner house, so she has no way to know what other clansmen are doing.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Tao, who had calmed down a bit, slapped Mrs. Han loudly again.

"Naughty girl!" Mrs. Tao gritted her teeth and said, "Sure enough, she is eating something crawling inside and out."

The Tao family and other gentry have occupied the salt business for too long, so long that they regard this industry as private property.

Mrs. Han's words undoubtedly exposed the ambition and greed of the Tao family and other gentry. How could it be possible that Mrs. Tao was not angry?

With two slaps in a row, Mrs. Han's mouth was bleeding, her cheeks on both sides were swollen, and she looked extremely embarrassed.

"Mother...why is this? What did the daughter do wrong?"

Mrs. Han finally couldn't hold back her tears, and the smell of iron in her mouth made her feel nauseous.

These people in front of her are her relatives, and her mother is the elder she relies on and respects, and now she can't even recognize this face.

Tao Shi was still angry and shouted angrily, "Get out, Tao Shi doesn't have such an unfilial daughter like you!"

The movement of the female relatives here alarmed the female soldiers guarding them. They came in to take a look and immediately reported the matter.

Xie brought people over, and dozens of female relatives in the prison saw the opposite sex, and they all felt like they were facing a big enemy.

In ancient times, once a woman entered a prison, she could hardly keep her innocence. Many jail guards behaved evilly and bullied female prisoners.

However, this time the jailer guarding them was temporarily played by a female soldier, which somewhat gave everyone a sense of security.

At this time, seeing a group of men again, his relaxed nerves tensed up instantly.

Xie brought people over, looked around and found Mrs. Han who was in a mess, and felt embarrassed.

"Come on, open the door."

Xie then said to Mrs. Han, "Just now, the last general didn't think carefully and let his wife share the same room with such troublesome people. Please forgive me."

I thought that Mrs. Han was a daughter of the Tao family, and she should be fine if she was left together, but who knew that she would be beaten as soon as she came up.

Even if Mrs. Han and Han Yu reconcile, her face is not something anyone can lose.

Mrs. Han stared at Xie Ze, glanced at the other female relatives in the prison from the corner of her eye, and saw her mother's expression of gritted teeth, she quickly raised her hand to cover her face, and ran out sobbing. Xie Ze looked embarrassed, and sent someone to arrange a clean single cell for Mrs. Han.

Xie then asked Mrs. Han, "After this matter is over, will you escort Madam back?"

Mrs. Han said, "With the current situation, it's a joke to go back?"

Xie said, "Although Madam and Husband are not destined to be together, she is still the biological mother of the two young gentlemen."

After he finished speaking, Mrs. Han cried even more sadly, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered these days.

According to the audience in the live broadcast room, Mrs. Han should have played a hand of Wang Bo's good cards to a pulp, so who can blame it?

Xie was worried that Mrs. Han would not be able to figure it out, so she specially arranged for a special female soldier to guard her, lest she commit suicide.

Xie arrested all the people and confiscated all the property of each family.

When he saw the account books of various salt companies every year, and only looked at the approximate figures, he couldn't help but gasped.

My lord is extremely tolerant and generous to the soldiers of the military camp, and the military expenditures allocated every year can be called astronomical figures, and this is not counting the pensions and settlements for the soldiers who died in battle. If the princes of each family make a ranking list of military expenditures, their lord will definitely be at the top of the list, far away from the second largest.

After he looked at the account book, he knew what the meaning of the Tucson Po which the Lord always talked about.

He was still too young indeed.