Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Li Zheyan looked at Nie Chengping in plain clothes and couldn't help crying.

Nie Chengping saluted respectfully.

Mrs. Li took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears. Except for calling out "Aning" involuntarily, she didn't say anything else.

Li Zheyan took out a silver note and placed it on the table.

"I know the Nie family is not short of money. This is my sister's dowry. My sister has three children, so she has to leave something for them."

What it means is that if you don’t accept it, you still have younger brothers and sisters, and you can’t replace them.

Nie Chengping said, "I have four siblings. Whatever I do, my sisters and brothers regard me as their leader."

What I mean is that there are four siblings in my Nie family, and I can represent them all.

"My mother didn't like gold and silver jewelry when she was alive. She followed my father in allocating part of the Nie family's income to help the people."

Nie Chengping spoke more tactfully because the man was a member of the Li family and his mother's brother, otherwise he would have directly told her that she could donate it.

Li Zheyan sighed and said, "I understand."

After returning, he donated part of the money to the Big Buddha Temple in his sister's name for annual disaster relief, and the rest for building bridges and roads.

No one in the family asked why Lord Li came to see Nie Chengping, and neither did Doctor An, as it was rumored that Doctor An was a very skilled doctor.

First, Madam Xue asked her daughter-in-law Liao to tell Wang that when her eldest son returned to Beijing, she should ask Doctor An to take his pulse.

Liao was willing to go to the Wang family to meet Wang Huilan in person.

Wang Huilan agreed and asked General Xue when he would return to Beijing.

Liao said, "It's probably the twelfth lunar month. My mother-in-law doesn't go out now and is looking forward to it every day."

Wang Huilan smiled and said, "It's hard for you, sister-in-law."

Liao also smiled. "Fortunately, Madam Zhong is gone. Grandma cried for a few days and then chanted sutras for an hour every day. Regarding the matter of Master Xia, Grandma thought of Xiao Si and finally said that she was the one who harmed Xiao Si."

Wang Huilan smiled mischievously, "You're not scolding me anymore?"

Liao covered her mouth and smiled, "She stopped scolding me a long time ago. My mother-in-law is stubborn. She knows it's her fault. But she can't admit it. If she wants to find someone to blame for this mistake, then she's going to find my sister-in-law, right?"

Wang Huilan said, "From now on you are no longer my sister-in-law. I will call you sister. Are you willing?"

Liao said, "I wish so."

She got along well with Wang Huilan, who was frank in her work. Moreover, ever since Wang Huilan married into the Xue family, her mother-in-law only kept an eye on Wang, which made her feel relaxed for many years.

She was grateful for this, but it was hard to say it out loud, because her mother-in-law targeted her and ignored her, so she suffered less.

Wang Huilan said it herself, "Sister, you have to thank me. Your mother-in-law doesn't like me and always compares me to you. Praise your sister for being virtuous and filial. With me here, your sister won't be bothered by your mother-in-law so much."

Liao smiled and said, "Yes, I am grateful to my sister. I told my mother that if I had known that there was such a talent like my sister in Pingyang Prefecture, I would have married her to my Liao family."

The Liao family was also a family of military generals. Liao said this to praise Wang Huilan, but she didn't expect that her words hit the mark. The matchmaker was her husband, General Xue.

This made Mrs. Xue very angry.

Liao was talking to Wang Huilan when the maid she brought knocked on the door. "Madam, someone from the mansion said the general has returned to the capital."

Liao stood up hurriedly, said goodbye to Wang Huilan in a hurry, and hurried back home.

When she returned home, she heard her mother-in-law crying at the door. After entering, she first looked at her husband and felt heartbroken.

It can be seen that he has been traveling day and night.

Liao straightened her posture, stepped forward and saluted, saying, "The general is back."

General Xue nodded and frowned as he listened to his mother crying and muttering.

Mrs. Xue saw her daughter-in-law come back, then looked at her son with a frown, and explained for her daughter-in-law: "Don't blame her, it was me who asked her to go out and see Xiao Si's wife. I heard that Mrs. Zhong's nephew is a good doctor, so I asked her to tell Xiao Si's wife that I will take your pulse when you come back."

Although Liao sometimes disliked her mother-in-law, she was not like other mothers-in-law who would only make things difficult for their daughters-in-law and never speak for them.

In fact, my mother-in-law is a simple person. If you go along with her, she will think you are filial.

General Xue listened to his mother's explanation for his wife and thought to himself, I am frowning because you are okay, old man. You have been crying for half an hour.

He said to his wife, "You have worked hard."

Liao felt warm in her heart and sat down and said, "It's not hard. It's what I should do."

My husband speaks simply. When he says you’ve worked hard, he means he acknowledges your hard work and he doesn’t just say superficial words.

Madam Xue looked at her daughter-in-law and said, "How did you go about asking? Should we have Doctor An come over tomorrow?"

General Xue said, "Let's talk about it later. I'm busy right now."

Madam Xue grumbled, "Even if you don't have time, you still have to eat. Taking a pulse only takes the time of a meal. How much can it delay you?"

General Xue did not answer his mother. Instead, he said to his wife, "I haven't changed my clothes yet. Go prepare the bath water."

Mrs. Xue then hurriedly asked her daughter-in-law to follow her son back to their yard, and she went to the kitchen herself to prepare her son's favorite dishes.

When General Xue returned to the capital, everyone in the court, including the civil and military officials, knew about it, as did the common people.

The officials didn't know why Queen Mother Wang asked General Xue to return to Beijing at this time. Usually, the Tartars like to invade Liaodong in winter. Was she recalling General Xue to arrange for someone else to go to Liaodong?

Wang Jingye couldn't guess why his cousin was like that. The atmosphere at home hadn't been as lively recently because of the death of Mrs. Zhong, and everyone was nervous about treating Nie Lingxuan, so they didn't care about other things even if they knew about them.

Wang Jingye was selecting people to recreate the accident scene, and he had to arrange it and fake it. He couldn't use real stones to roll down, what if someone got hurt?

Mrs. He pretends to be the mother-in-law, but who is the father-in-law?

He is difficult to replace because there are differences between men and women.

Wang Huilan said she was dressed as a man, which was fine, as she knew martial arts. The lady said she played the maid whose head was separated from the man, so there was also the coachman and another maid.

The Nie brothers all wanted to join in, but their wife said they didn't have time and didn't let them.

Nie Chengping wanted to speak, but Mrs. Wang said, "People who don't have time will only cause trouble. This time, we not only need to treat my younger sister, but also protect Madam He. If you go, you can protect one more person."

The Nie brothers had no choice but to remain silent.

Mrs. Wang asked Sister Gui to pretend to be the coachman. Wang Jingye shook his head and said, "Sister Gui is a woman after all. No matter how strong she is, she can't pull a frightened horse. Besides, she has no experience in accidents. If the horse gets scared, it will be even more dangerous. The lives of the people in the carriage will be at stake."

Mrs. Wang told her junior sister.

Wang Huilan said, "How about I find someone? General Xue is back in Beijing, and the people around him are all veterans of the battlefield and have experience. But I need to explain the reason to General Xue before I can arrange for someone, and that person also needs to understand the reason before I can make the move."

Mrs. Wang discussed with her husband and agreed with what Wang Huilan said, asking her to ask General Xue for help.

Then the couple came to express their gratitude.

Wang Huilan was waiting for a message from the Xue family so that she could go and get the divorce letter. From then on, she would no longer be the widowed fourth wife of the Xue family, but the widowed aunt of the Wang family.