Chapter Eighty-Five: Slander
Seeing Lan Xin coming over, Lumei lowered her head weakly and avoided her eyes. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info body kept trembling, I don't know if it was frozen by the cold rain, or because of excessive tension.
After tossing in the rain for so long, Lan Xin felt as if his nose was plugged by something, and it was a little difficult to breathe. She sniffed and looked at her with a blank and curious look in her eyes, wondering how she knew about the purse.
"Lumei!" Lumei heard Liu's angry voice above her head. Lu Mei's body trembled, and the situation of that night couldn't help flashing in front of her eyes: Liu shook the silver ticket in his hand, and his gloomy tone was full of temptation: "These are ten silver tickets, and the face value of each one is ten taels." She took out one and put it in front of her sister, who looked at the silver ticket timidly, wanting to take it but not daring to take it, and staring at the silver ticket in front of her without answering.
The corners of Liu's mouth raised a haughty smile, she stuffed the silver ticket into her sister's hand like a charity, looked at her face with both joy and apprehension, and said softly, "Take it!" She looked down on those who wagged their tails and begged in front of them for money, but she liked to look at them with a blank look, because at this time, her vanity could be satisfied.
Liu handed over a silver ticket to Lumei Niang. Lu Mei Niang wiped her hands on her clothes, happily took the silver ticket, and said flatteringly: "Thank you, madam! Thank you, Madame, for the reward, you are really a good person!"
"Humph!" Liu snorted with his nose and ignored her. slapped the remaining silver tickets on the table, and said to Lumei with a smile: "Lumei, although you are a first-class maid in the house, but the monthly silver is only one or two pieces of silver every month, plus the Four Seasons Mansion and bits and pieces of rewards, when will you be able to save enough silver, believe me if I don't say it, you also know it in your heart." Liu pointed to the silver tickets on the table and said, "As for whether you can take all these silver tickets, it's up to you." ”
"I wonder what Madame wants the slave to do?" asked Lumei in a worried whisper with her head down. She is not stupid, she can let her wife come up with so much money to find herself at once, this matter is definitely not simple.
"Hehe, you don't have to be nervous. You've been around Big Girl for so long, and I want you to tell you a little bit about Big Girl. Liu said slowly.
"Big girl?" Lu Mei raised her head suspiciously, "The big girl lives in the mansion, what does she have to talk about?"
Liu didn't speak, just lowered his head and looked at the nails that had just been dyed red by impatiens juice, and looked at them one by one. After a while, she lifted her eyelids and said faintly: "Lumei, you are a smart child, you don't need me to speak thoroughly, you also understand what I mean." Seeing that Lumei was about to speak, she glared at her with disgust, and coaxed in a low voice: "Don't worry, think about it." ”
"Madam!" Lumei pleaded, and knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Madam, the slave maid has been following the girl for a short time, I really don't know what you want the slave to say." ”
Liu Shi smiled and pulled back a silver ticket, and kindly reminded: "Lumei, if you want to talk about the length of time, Qinghe has been by her side for the longest, and the time for Ziyi is not short. But I'm not going to her, I'm going to give you this opportunity. Do you know the reason for this?" Lumei seemed to understand, but she didn't seem to understand, and finally she shook her head blankly, and Liu smiled and continued: "Isn't it because I brought you into the mansion?
Lumei shook the one or two pieces of silver in her sleeve, shook her head and said, "The eldest girl has a very regular daily life and rest, and she never goes out of the house without permission. Every day, I read and write, and sometimes embroidered handkerchiefs and purses. She ・・・・・・"
"Okay!" Liu interrupted her and took a silver ticket away, "I said you were clever just now, why did you say something stupid." Looking at Lumei, she shook her head, a picture of hating iron but not steel.
Lumei knew what the Liu family wanted to hear, although she didn't understand the reason why Madame did this, but she really didn't want to betray the girl, and she didn't want to slander the girl with some nonsense. And after the matter is completed, the girl will definitely not be able to stay around, and it is uncertain whether the lady will let herself go. She touched her head to the ground, and pleaded in a sad voice: "Madam, the slave begs you, let the slave go!"
Liu squinted his eyes and looked coldly at the person kneeling at his feet, until the person's body couldn't help but tremble. She suddenly laughed and said angrily: "This kid, why did he suddenly talk nonsense." Could it be that I sent the wrong silver?" Liu Shi took out a silver ticket and rubbed it vigorously in his hand, "Lumei, you want to be a loving and righteous person, have you ever thought about your sister and mother?" Liu's voice was very soft, as light as hell.
Lumei raised her head in panic and looked at her sister and mother who were kneeling on the ground with her. The two thin bodies trembled, and their eyes were full of fear and longing. Lu Mei met their eyes, her nose was sour, and a line of hot tears flowed out of her eyes. Stiffly looked away, met Liu's cold eyes, and sat down on the ground dejectedly.
Lan Xin stared at Lumei through the rain and mist, although he couldn't really see it, he still stared hard. The raindrops that fell from time to time fell into her eyes, Chong's eyes were astringent and painful, tears couldn't help but flow down her cheeks, tears rolled to her mouth, she gritted her teeth and swallowed the saltiness.
"Last year, I went to the plum blossom banquet of the Rong family. Lumei said in a trembling voice. Lan Xin's doubts in her heart became even greater, but after hearing Lu Mei's words, her heart calmed down. I only heard Lumei continue: "The slave maid accompanied the girl to the Rong family, and the people around the Rong family's cousin, Young Master Lu, came to look for the girl, saying that Young Master Lu wanted to see the girl. The slave and maid followed the girl to a pavilion and was left outside the pavilion. After the girl and Young Master Lu talked alone for a while, Young Master Lu personally sent the girl out of the pavilion. Slave maid, slave maid saw the girl holding a box in her hand and held it tightly in her hand, as if she cherished it very much, and it seemed to be seen by others. ”
"What you said is the truth?" Zhou Dahai was so angry that the green tendons on his head jumped violently, and there was a faint threat in his cold eyes.
Lu Mei was suffocated by Zhou Dahai's cold eyes, gritted her teeth tightly and said: "Yes, the slave maid's words are true, and she will never lie at all." The box had been carefully kept away by the girl, in the third cage in the corner, pressed to the bottom. The master only needs to send someone to search. ”
Zhou Dahai squinted his eyes, and looked at Lan Xin, who was kneeling there in a daze, with a complicated look. I looked at the other people in the room again, and my hands were tightly gripping the armrests of the chairs, and I felt like I was riding a tiger. No matter what the outcome of today's events is, it is the Zhou family who will lose face. He glared at Liu angrily, and scolded in his heart: "It's really stupid, stupid!