Chapter 49: Who Said I Was Gone
Lu and Bai Yunxi were both slightly stunned, and the two little monks immediately clasped their hands together and said in unison: "Amitabha, good, good!"
When the Lu family heard this, they immediately replied loudly: "But Zen Master Mingyuan's concubine's husband's family Ningguo Mansion is not intended to disturb the tranquility of the Zen master, but he is just worried about the eldest daughter who has disappeared overnight, and wants to see the old lady!"
The people inside were silent for a moment, and then the door was opened, but when they saw Bai Muhibiscus holding the old lady inside, Lu and Bai Yunxi were dumbfounded.
Bai Muhibiscus, who had thought that she had disappeared, and several of her servants were all in the ranks, and the old lady had a hidden anger on her face, almost erupting out, if it weren't for the Mingyuan Zen Master inside, I am afraid that she would have a seizure now.
"It's really embarrassing, don't you leave quickly, are you going to lose the face of the Ningguo Mansion, are you mother and daughter willing?" Old Madam Bai almost gritted her teeth and said this, and then pulled Bai Hibiscus out without looking back.
Mama Sun and Mama Rui were on both sides, mandarin ducks and magpies followed behind, leaving Lu and Bai Yunxi at a loss for what to do, looking at each other, and they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes.
After all, Lu had seen a big scene, so he quickly adjusted his emotions, and Bai Yunxi, who was still in shock, also followed.
As soon as she arrived at the old lady's courtyard, the old lady smashed the teacup and scolded angrily: "You kneel down for me!"
"Grandmother, what mistake did Xi'er make, why did she kneel?" Bai Yunxi said unconvinced, not knowing what was wrong with him at all, but he felt that Bai Mujian appeared inexplicably, so he should ask carefully.
Old Madam Bai stared at her deadly, smashed the Buddha beads in her hand fiercely, and scolded: "Evil obstacles, you dare to confront your grandmother in person, Lu, you teach your daughter like this? Sure enough, there is a mother and a daughter, they are all the same cheap embryos!"
Lu's heart was angry, and he forcibly pulled Bai Yunxi to kneel, but he stiffened his neck and said: "The concubine really doesn't know what mistakes she made, which made the old lady so angry, the concubine knows that because she is a concubine, she has not been favored by the old lady, but she can't be so insulted by the old lady, I am also the daughter of the prime minister, is it a cheap embryo?"
Seeing this, Bai Hibiscus hurriedly changed the herbal tea, handed it over, and comforted softly: "Grandmother is angry, don't be angry and hurt your body, you must take care of yourself for the Guogong Mansion, Jin'er and Chen'er rely on their grandmother's protection!"
Only then did Mrs. Bai suppress her anger, took a sip of tea, smoothed her breath, and handed Bai Mujin a reassuring look, but she also sincerely sighed that her eldest granddaughter's good cultivation was so slandered by her stepmother and stepsister, and she could still calm down, not cry or make trouble, but to comfort her. This is the good granddaughter in her heart!
Looking at Bai Mujian, Old Lady Bai finally felt a little comforted, so she held back her anger and said: "You still dare to say that you are right? Jin'er is in the monastery well, but she got up early, you led people to rush into her courtyard, and slandered her in front of the public, what kind of heart do you have? How can she never return all night, which eye have you seen? I have seen something vicious, but I have never seen you so vicious!"
Lu Shi blinked his eyes, full of tears, looked at Bai Mujian, shook his head and said: "Old lady, I really don't know, I just saw that Jin'er was not in the room early in the morning, the bedding was neat, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door said that she had never seen her leave, and ...... And...... Yesterday someone did see Jin'er go to the back mountain, and I thought ......"
"Do you think? You wish she went into the bamboo forest and was trapped inside, think about it, those gangsters are also inside, if Jin'er is really trapped there, will she still have a life? You are also a human mother, why don't you want to think about the fact that if Xi'er is framed and does not return overnight, and her reputation is damaged, will your heart ache? Jin'er is your sister's daughter, how can you be so ruthless?"
Although Old Madam Bai didn't mention it on the surface, how could she not know that this bureau was set up by the Lu family, and those few gangsters who died were probably also invited by her, when she thought that Bai Mu Hibiscus was really fooled into the bamboo forest, I am afraid that what she saw this morning would be a corpse.
Lu burst into tears, and denied it again and again: "The concubine has never thought of slandering Jin'er's innocence, just like the old lady said, I am her own aunt, how can I harm her?
She hated it so much, why was it so exquisitely laid out, it didn't even make Bai Mu Hibiscus say, why did she stand here unharmed, without a trace of fright and injury, and her face was calm as if she was a spectator outside the matter.
Bai Yunxi looked at Bai Mujian with a puzzled expression and asked, "Sister was really in the room last night, who can prove that you didn't come back to the temple in the morning?"
Bai Mujian glanced at Bai Yunxi calmly, and asked rhetorically: "Why does my sister have to think that I was not there last night? What evidence does my sister have? Yesterday you dragged me to the back mountain to enjoy the scenery, but you left us and ran back, if it weren't for my alertness, maybe I would really be trapped in the maze of the bamboo forest, and I can't come back, sister, what kind of heart do you have?"
Bai Yunxi was asked like this, and she was speechless for a moment, her face was blue and white, she wanted to explain, but she couldn't explain, it was indeed she who led Bai Hibiscus into the battle.
"Okay, it turns out that you want to harm Jin'er, you are sisters, at a young age, you are so vicious, it is really insulting!" Old Madam Bai's gloomy face, like a sky full of dark clouds, pressed everyone to dare not breathe.
The people in the room also looked at Bai Yunxi with a strange look, obviously accusing the second young lady of being uneasy and kind, and actually wanting to harm her own sister.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yunxi explained in a panic: "No, I didn't ...... Bai Hibiscus, you don't want to slander me, you ...... You're spewing blood!"
Bai Mujin looked at her lightly, her eyes were faint, but it made Bai Yunxi shudder, she sighed softly, making the listener stunned, and then said: "That's it, we are sisters after all, you are young, no matter what you do wrong, you can't be blamed for being a sister! I just hope you can understand my hard work!"
As soon as these words came out, even Old Madam Bai couldn't help but admire in her heart, she was really a knowledgeable person. Just look at everyone's eyes, everyone thinks that the eldest lady can endure it if she is wronged, but excuses her sister who has the intention of harming her.
Old Madam Bai sighed heavily, and then said: "Lu Clan, Lu Clan, you have disappointed me too much, Jin'er is the blood and blood of the ancestors, you have been forced to do evil again and again, how can I allow you to do evil again!"
Lu was shocked, knowing that Old Madam Bai must have seen through her plan, although she didn't say it explicitly, but her eyes were clearly cold, she couldn't help but shiver, crying and begging: "Old Madam, the concubine is just confused for a while, and Jin'er is also safe and sound, what does it have to do with me? Why do you say that I am struggling?"
"Do you want me to make everything clear, don't you? I care about you and the face of the Guogong Mansion, do you have to force me?" asked Old Madam Bai in a deep voice.
Seeing that Old Madam Bai was like this, Bai Yunxi immediately panicked, protected the Lu family, and said: "Grandmother, mother is not wrong, we don't want to harm her, it is she who wants to slander us, grandmother, you can't be deceived by her!"
"You can't get out of it, you want to lead your sister into the maze, you know that the bamboo forest is dangerous, and you still pull her over at dusk, and escape by yourself, if Jin'er's pace is slower, I'm afraid she won't be able to get out, and then meet those gangsters, how can she be good? You are sisters!" Old Madam Bai said sadly, Bai Yunxi was just a ten-year-old child, and he was so ruthless at the instigation of the Lu family, it was terrible.
"I didn't, grandmother, you can't wronged me, how could I want to hurt my sister!" Bai Yunxi refused to admit it, and stubbornly denied it.
Bai Mujian held the hand of the old lady Bai, and seemed to tighten it inadvertently, and when the old lady looked sideways, she saw the pain and sadness in her eyes, so obvious, so helpless, that her heart, which had already experienced vicissitudes, also hurt.
Bai Mu Hibiscus lowered her eyes slightly, her voice was neither high nor low, and she was faintly sad, and said, "Grandmother, forget it, Jin'er has not been hurt after all, and I don't want to make the house uneasy because of this!"
Old Madam Bai shook her hand and said solemnly: "This time, grandmother must not spare them lightly, otherwise it will become even worse in the future, you can hide once, you can hide twice, can you be so lucky every time?"
"Grandmother forgot, what Zen Master Mingyuan just said? He said that I will be rich and noble in the future, and my life will be safe and joyful, although there are some ups and downs in front of me, but after all, I will be in trouble and turn into good fortune!" Bai Mu Hibiscus smiled lightly, although there was still sadness between his eyebrows, but he tried his best to hide, and he still wanted to comfort the old lady.
Old Madam Bai shook her head and said, "Despite this, you can't stand the villain, grandmother will definitely get rid of these shady things for your future wealth!"
When Bai Yunxi heard that Zen Master Mingyuan had approved Bai Muhibiscus's life, or the life of a rich and noble person, he was immediately a little unhappy, and said with displeasure: "Grandmother, since Zen Master Mingyuan has approved my sister's life, can he also approve my life?" Maybe Xi'er's life is also excellent!"
Old Madam Bai felt ridiculous, looking at Bai Yunxi as if she was looking at a big joke, she shook her head and said, "You are also worthy of the Zen master's approval?"
Bai Yunxi heard that Old Madam Bai looked down on herself like this, her face turned red, and she said unconvinced: "Why does grandmother say that Xi'er is not self-sufficient, could it be that grandmother only has a sister in her eyes? I am also a young lady from the Guogong Mansion!"
"What is your identity? It's just a concubine, and you're still a stepdaughter, and the difference between your identity and Jin'er's is 108,000 miles, what kind of great thing do you really think you are?"
She doesn't pay much attention to Bai Hibiscus, but only to the future of the Bai family, with Bai Hibiscus's beauty and talent, she will definitely be a big help to the Guogong Mansion in the future, and she will never allow others to destroy her plans.
Bai Yunxi's face turned blue and white for a while, and her heart was full of anger and unwillingness, and she suddenly lost her senses, and said angrily: "Why? What is her white hibiscus, doesn't she occupy the identity of the eldest daughter, where am I worse than her, in terms of beauty and talent, I will not lose to her, my mother is also a daughter of a family, just because of the concubine, I can't compare to Bai Hibiscus's mother? Hmph, I don't believe that I will lose to her, grandmother, you must have looked away, you will believe that she is better than me, you will regret it!"
Old Madam Bai's eyes were red at her words, and she reprimanded angrily: "What a shameless thing, you don't look in the mirror, how can you compare to Jin'er?
"Ah...... You talk nonsense, nonsense, you will regret it, in the future, I will soar, you will definitely regret it!" Bai Yunxi couldn't hear others say that Bai Muhiscus was better than her, so at this time she had fallen into a state of madness, screaming and jumping vigorously, pointing to the nose of Old Madam Bai and saying that she would regret it, but suddenly her foot hurt and she fell.
Bai Mujin hurriedly walked over, pulled her up, and asked with concern: "Sister, what's wrong with you? You quickly admit your mistake, don't make your grandmother angry again!"
On the surface, he said this, but he leaned into Bai Yunxi's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear clearly: "You will never be as good as me, just like your cheap mother, you will never be able to compare to my mother!"
When Bai Yunxi heard this, where could she bear it, she suddenly roared, overturned the white hibiscus who was holding her to the ground, and wanted to step forward to beat someone, but fortunately she was quickly blocked by Mama Rui, and helped the fallen white hibiscus up.
Bai Mujin looked at Old Madam Bai with an innocent face, and then said, "Grandmother, my sister looks so terrible, she doesn't look like her at all!"
Because Bai Yunxi didn't hit Bai Hibiscus, her red eyes were like a demon, and she desperately wanted to pounce and hit someone, and the mother-in-law next to her came up to stop her and scratched her hands.
Seeing this, the Lu family knew that the big thing was not good, so he also hugged Bai Yunxi tightly and persuaded him: "Xi'er, don't make any more trouble, let's admit our mistakes to your grandmother!"
"Why should I admit my mistake, they are wrong, it is Bai Muhibiscus who is wrong! This, why didn't she die, mother, why didn't you kill her, ah...... When I saw her, I wanted to tear her face, why didn't I let those thieves kill her yesterday......" Bai Yunxi began to yell like a madman, and Lu Shi saw that she had even said some shady things, and covered her mouth in a panic.
"Old lady, Xi'er must be so angry that she will talk nonsense, don't take it seriously! She's still a child!" Lu reluctantly explained, but not only did Old Madam Lu not believe it, everyone present felt that this excuse was too untenable.
Old Madam Bai was angry and frightened, seeing that Bai Yunxi's eyes were red, and her shape was crazy, she really looked like she was colliding with evil spirits, and hurriedly pulled Grandma Sun's hand and said, "Is she stunned?"
Grandma Sun glanced at it and said, "Xu Yes, didn't the eldest lady say that she disappeared in the bamboo forest for a while yesterday, it is an evil place, she is alone, maybe she really ran into something dirty!"
Old Madam Bai has always worshiped ghosts and gods, and when she heard this, she immediately said: "Don't tie up the second lady yet, lest she continue to go crazy, and talk about it when she returns home!"
"Yes!" Several old mothers hurriedly went up to tie Bai Yunxi, but she kicked and beaten, shouting indiscriminately: "What are you going to do, don't touch me, I don't have a demon, it's Bai Hibiscus, she is a demon, she can still come out after entering the maze, maybe those people were also killed by her, she is a devil!"
It's okay not to say this, but the more she says it, the more people think she's crazy, the eldest lady is so weak, how can she kill eight big men, it's just crazy.
Seeing his daughter suffering, Lu hurriedly came to stop him, and said: "Old lady, please be merciful to your subordinates, Xi'er is just confused for a while, she is not stunned, you must not listen to slander and harm your granddaughter!"
"Look at her like that, is she still a normal person? She must be stunned, hurry up and tie me up, if it spreads, my Baifu's face will really be lost, hurry up and tie it up!"