Chapter Seventy-Seven: Mulberry Paper Punishment
Wanyu and Xue Fei heard Chunxi inform the summons of the admonition room, they didn't dare to delay, and they were extremely worried, Wanyu attached to Xue Fei's ear and said, "We don't know anything, we haven't seen anything, and there is nothing else to say." β
"I remember, Sister Wanyu. Xue Fei took a deep breath and entered the admonition room with Wanyu.
Seeing the two come in, Granny Li glanced at the two executioners and said, "Separate them and execute them alone." β
Wanyu and Xue Fei were taken into the closed torture room by their mother-in-law, and Wanyu had an ominous premonition in her heart, and she asked uneasily: "Auntie, we are just a hand, why do we have to be so cumbersome, Sister Chunxi also ordered that if you go back early after being punished, you still have to listen to the errand?"
Mother-in-law smiled and said, "It's not cumbersome, Granny Li will ask a few words, you can lie down on the bamboo bed first." The mother-in-law pointed to a small bamboo bed in the room, with a bundle of rope at the head of the bed, and a large wooden basin under the bed, and a stack of brown mulberry paper soaked in the wooden basin.
Wanyu thought that if she was dead horizontally and vertically, if she had no choice, it would be useless to struggle, neither she nor Xue Fei could escape from Dongfang Huafu, and now she could only resist death, otherwise her mother and aunt would not be able to live, Wanyu made up her mind to die to protect her mother, so she lay on the bamboo bed, not crying, not making trouble, and not struggling.
The mother-in-law used the hemp rope to fix Wanyu's hands and feet on the legs of the bed, Wanyu felt the straw rope into her skin, and bursts of stinging pain invaded her whole body, she closed her eyes and breathed deeply, ready to meet death. She had died once, and the feeling of near-death was not as terrifying as she imagined, and the real fear was by no means death, but the fear of death.
Granny Li observed Wanyu's reaction, and said in her heart, what a calm little girl, I'm afraid I can't ask anything, this looks like I'd rather die than give in, she walked to Wanyu's side, sat at the head of her bed, picked up a piece of mulberry paper from the wooden basin and said: "Wanyu, Changqing is afraid of death, and refuses to give yourself a chance to defend herself, I hope you are a smart girl." Who are the men in black who went to your room, and why did they take Ruoruo?"
Wanyu didn't know. Wanyu felt a chill in her heart, her mother and aunt were indeed discovered, is this Dongfang Huafu really transparent? Wanyu felt that her face was cold for a while, and the wet mulberry paper was pasted on her face, she felt a suffocation, the air was thin, death was approaching, and every step was imminent.
Granny Li took out another one from the wooden basin and said, "If I post ten sheets, you will suffocate to death, think about it clearly." β
Wanyu didn't know. Wanyu breathed rapidly, her chest rose and fell violently, and she said urgently: "In addition to seeing this black shadow, Wanyu also saw Gongsun Qi's head, and he also poisoned the slave and maid, Granny Li's eyes are like torches, and she is the master for Wanyu!" Wanyu knew that she would definitely die, so she made up her mind to die and not admit it, so as not to implicate her mother.
Granny Li's paper was pasted again, Wanyu felt that the air was about to be completely blocked, there was darkness in front of her, her body quieted down, only to hear her use the last bit of strength in her body, and said: "Wanyu has a request when she is dying, please fulfill Granny Li." β
Granny Li picked up the fourth piece of paper and said, "Do you have any last words?"
Wanyu said with a faint breath: "Please tell the second young master that if there is an afterlife, Wanyu is willing to block another sword for him." β
"Are you the girl who blocked the knife for Yichen?" Aren't you dead?" Granny Li took off the paper, touched Wanyuyintang with her index finger, and said, "Sure enough, you are the one who came back to life." She stared at Wanyu and said, "You are smarter than Changqing, get up." Yichen's favor, I paid him back today, spare your sisters' lives, you are so self-conscious, if you have half a bad heart, take a minute, take down the head of you and other places like a bag. β
Granny Li glanced at the executed mother-in-law and said, "You can beat the board, and let them go back after the beating." β
"Didn't Xue Fei ask over there?" the mother-in-law looked at the figure of Granny Li walking out and said in a loud voice.
"Leave it to Yixian to ask, what can my wife ask? After the fight, let them go to the eldest young master's room to wash their feet. Granny Li commanded.
Wanyu heard Xue Fei's hoarse screams, they had already learned the power of the hand board before, but compared to death, it was really not enough to be afraid, Wanyu gritted her teeth and endured the severe pain, wrapped the medicine yarn on her hand, and came out of the admonition room with Xue Fei in shock.
Chunxi, Wuyou, and Xing'er were already anxiously waiting outside the admonishment room, and when they came out intact, Chunxi patted his chest and said, "I'm scared to death, you finally came back safely, I'm thinking, if something happens to the two of you, how should I explain to Brother Ruo." β
Xue Fei cried: "It hurts to death, Sister Chunxi, my hand is broken again." β
"Hey, silly girl, it's all a small thing. Chunxi said: "Other things, Chunxi can't help, you two are all responsible for the work, you and Xing'er, I will let you take care of your injuries." β
Wanyu said: "However, Granny Li asked the two of us to go and wait for the eldest young master to wash his feet." Let the eldest young master ask us. β
"Ah, did Granny Li really say that? today?" Chunxi's face suddenly turned pale, very ugly, she was more afraid of Dongfang Yixian than Granny Li.
"Yes, please take us over to Sister Chunxi. Wanyu smiled miserably and said, "If you are fortunate not to be here, otherwise I don't know what it will be like to be in a hurry." β
Chunxi was even more sad when she heard Wanyu mention Ruoruo, and she said: "Sister Chunxi, today's temper of the eldest young master is unprecedentedly irritable, let's go in first instead of them, it's really not good, let them go in again, what if they get mixed up?"
"Okay, that's it. Let's go. Saying that, Chunxi took Xue Fei, Wanyu, Wu You, and Xing'er through a moon gate, bypassed the pond, and saw three or four maids kneeling by the pond, with a panicked and aggrieved face, and said when they saw Chunxi: "Sister Chunxi, you better not go over, I have never seen the eldest young master lose such a big temper, I don't know what happened outside." β
Chunxi said: "It's a knife in the sky, and we have to take it as a slave." Kneel in peace. Big deal, I'll be there for you in a moment. β
Xue Fei was surprised: "Isn't the eldest young master very good-tempered?"
Chunxi said: "It's very good on weekdays, it's the first time I'm so irritable like today, and after I come back in the evening, just for eating, the maids have scolded me a few times." Plates and bowls smashed to the ground, and those kneeling outside were all delivering food. β
"What's wrong? Make the eldest young master so irritable?" Wanyu thought to herself, if it was just for the disappearance of a little guy, the eldest young master would not be so gaffe.
"I heard that the cemetery had collapsed out of the sinkhole, and many of the villagers who were digging the pit had fallen, and their lives were uncertain. When Chunxi said this, seeing Wanyu and Xuefei's frightened expressions, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, you two, I inquired with Brother Asu, your family is fine, don't worry." β
"Thank you, Sister Chunxi, for thinking of us everywhere. When Wanyu heard the news, she really wanted to kneel down for Chunxi, but when she heard about the collapse just now, she thought that her father and mother were in the cemetery, and she almost didn't scare her soul.
"Scared me to death, Sister Chunxi. Xue Fei said: "It's difficult to serve today, such a big thing, if you put it on me, you will be irritable." Can't we not go in? The eldest young master is upset, so wouldn't it be good for him to calm himself down?"
"How can that work?" Chun Xi said: "Our weekday service as a slave is a punching bag at this time, the rules of the house, we can't miss one thing every day, you wait at the door first, I will go in to serve, if the eldest young master doesn't name you, even if he escapes today." β
When Haruki went in with the rose footbasin, Aso was also scolded and was rubbing his hands in the corridor and walking around. Seeing Chunxi go in to serve, she whispered, "What about Wanyu and Xuefei?" Granny Li just came and said that they will serve tonight, so you can go in and scold?"
Chunxi smiled and said, "Their hands are broken, they are injured, and they can't get wet." β
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. Asu glared at Chunxi and said, "If you find a scolding yourself, no one can do anything." β
Chunxi didn't listen to what Asu said, so he went in with a basin of water, and as soon as Chunxi stepped into the room, he heard Dongfang Yixian say coldly: "What Asu told you, don't you have long ears?"
"Wanyu and Xue Fei have just been tortured, and their hands are still bleeding. Chunxi is willing to serve the eldest young master on their behalf. Chunxi put down the footbasin and knelt on the ground to take off Dongfang Yixian's shoes.
Dongfang Yixian stared at Chunxi and said, "What do you want to hide for the two of them?"
"The slave and the maid did not dare, so the slave and the maid went to call them. Chunxi was so frightened that she ran out with a gray face, Wanyu and Xue Fei knew that it was impossible to escape, Xue Fei was also pasted in the torture room of the admonition room, she was more ruthless than Wanyu, the woman only asked her once, what is the relationship with the black shadow, Xue Fei said, "I haven't seen it, I don't know." The woman pasted five of them for her, and she almost suffocated to death. This belly is on fire, and the depressed head is about to explode.
As soon as Chunxi came out, he hurriedly prepared a shallow copper basin for Xue Fei to entangle the branches and cloisonnΓ© golden orchids, made hot water, tested the water temperature, took a white scarf, put it on Xue Fei's neck, and said: "The foot basin is already inside, Wanyu massages better than you, you serve and wash, everything is careful." β
Xue Fei took the basin of water and went in with Wanyu.
The room is brightly lit, the room is elegant and orderly, and everything is spotless, Dongfang Yixian's face is pale, his brows are furrowed, and he is pacing around the room, the admonishment room has collected information about the intruder, the black shadow has been to Wanyu's room, stayed for a while, and Wanyu and Xue Feining's performance of refusing to reveal it proves Dongfang Yixian's judgment.
As soon as Xue Fei entered the door, she put on an ancient plum branch and said loudly: "Xue Fei is waiting for the eldest young master to wash his face." She spoke so loudly that the maids outside the house could hear her clearly. Chunxi, Wuyou and the others were all startled, and secretly complained in their hearts, did this little ancestor not want to live anymore, or took the wrong medicine.
"No one teaches you, aren't you allowed to raise your voice?" Dongfang Yixian was also taken aback by her, and said angrily: "I've been here for many days, don't you even understand the most basic rules?"
"The slave knows that she is wrong, young master, you can wash it quickly. Xue Fei had a fire in her stomach, and she had nowhere to vent, her hands were still hurting terribly, and the most tired thing about Gumei Panzhi was that her arms were holding the basin on her back, but Dongfang Yixian had no intention of washing.
Xue Fei could only endure it, Wanyu looked at it and was sweating anxiously, she saw Xue Fei's arms and legs trembling, time passed minute by minute, Xue Fei's whole person was shaking like chaff, and finally Xue Fei couldn't bear it, she couldn't hold on, I saw her put down the basin all of a sudden, pointed at Dongfang Yixian, and said indignantly: "I thought that your Dongfang family was a great family of goodness, everyone was kind and polite, I didn't think about it in vain, I just thought about it, I tried to find a way when something happened, my sister never got angry with others, what a hard job, Isn't it sad and ridiculous that you can carry difficult things on your own shoulders, and to punish slaves is that only people like you can do it, and a dignified husband is not as good as a woman? Isn't it sad and ridiculous?"