Liu Ruojuan's words that seemed to excuse Cai Lian not only did not make Mrs. Liu relax, but made Mrs. Liu frown even deeper.

"What do you mean, what do you take to turn around?" Mrs. Liu frowned and looked at Cailian, and then at Liu Ruojuan.

Cai Lian's face was pale, and when she heard Mrs. Liu ask like this, she couldn't even shout out if she was wronged. Liu Ruojuan made a look of self-remorse, as if she had just realized that she had said something she shouldn't have said.

"Second girl, what are you hiding from me?" Mrs. Liu raised her voice slightly, and this time, she asked Liu Ruojuan directly.

Liu Ruojuan's body trembled, and one hand grabbed the corner of the thin blanket tightly, looking very nervous.

"Mother, there is nothing to hide from my mother. …… Lotus Picking ...... He has served me all these years, and he has been very attentive and thoughtful. Everything I need is in the hands of Cai Lian. She, she sometimes has a little tightness, and she really can't ......" Speaking of this, Liu Ruojuan paused and refused to say any more.

Still, these words are enough.

"You mean, Cailian took your things out to be pawns and exchange money?" Mrs. Liu stared at Liu Ruojuan and asked, her voice becoming more and more sharp.

"Mother, Cailian she, it's just an emergency. In a few days, it will definitely come back. Liu Ruojuan hurriedly explained to Mrs. Liu.

"I didn't even know," Mrs. Liu sneered, her eyes moved away from Liu Ruojuan and fell on Cailian's body, "What the second girl said, but the truth?" ”

"Madam," Cailian's face was pale at the moment, but her forehead was already full of cold sweat, she stepped forward and knelt down and climbed two steps, kowtowing to Mrs. Liu, "...... It's only twice, it's really only twice, and the servant is really out of the way. After that, they all came back in good condition. …… This time, the servant was really wronged. Or did the maid find that the girl's two bracelets were missing, and the jade was not taken by the maid, but ...... Yes, there must be a villain who framed the servant......"

Cai Lian is not afraid of Liu Ruojuan, but she is very afraid of Mrs. Liu.

"That is to say, what the second girl said is the truth, and she has not wronged you." Mrs. Liu asked coldly. At this time, Mrs. Liu remembered the words she had occasionally heard before, talking about lotus picking. Cailian, a girl, has almost no shortcomings, on the one hand, she takes good care of Liu Ruojuan. On the one hand, he is loyal to Mrs. Liu. However, lotus picking has one hobby. When she is fine, Cai Lian loves to play a leaf card with others.

Of course, this is a superficial statement. There is also a news circulating in the private of many girls and servants, and picking lotus is not simply playing leaf cards. Lotus picking is a good bet, and the bet is not small. It's just that this matter can rarely be mentioned to Mrs. Liu. After all, Cai Lian is Liu Ruojuan's big girl, and she is also the person that Mrs. Liu is proud of and valued. Cailian has a pungent personality. It's very hard to offend.

Cai Lian raised her head and glanced at Mrs. Liu, and was immediately frightened by the angry and cold expression on Mrs. Liu's face, and her speech became more and more unfavorable.

"Huh." Mrs. Liu sneered, "What a shameless and bold minion, right under my nose, he bullied the second girl like this." When I'm dead, I can't do it! ”

Mrs. Liu said. When he saw Cailian kneeling at his feet, he raised his foot angrily and kicked Cailian on the heel. Cai Lian was kicked over. He fell down again in a hurry, but he didn't even dare to cry.

"Girl's things, you can just take them out and use them. You are what you are. I lifted you up, and you don't know how thick the sky is! Come on, drag this slave out for me and beat her for twenty boards! ”

As soon as Mrs. Liu gave the order, a mother-in-law stepped forward and dragged Cailian outside, regardless of Cailian's struggle.

Cai Lian begged Mrs. Liu for mercy at the beginning, but soon found that Mrs. Liu would never be soft-hearted, so she turned to Liu Ruojuan.

"Girl, girl, after so many years together, growing up together, the maid no longer dares, begging the girl to intercede with his wife. The maid made a cow and a horse to repay the girl...... "The twenty boards that Mrs. Liu ordered to be beaten in anger were naturally different from the dozens of boards that Mrs. Liu San and others showed last time. Cailian had already realized at this time that if she was dragged out like this, she would never come back.

Liu Ruojuan sat on the kang, but she seemed to be stunned, and she didn't hear Cailian's announcement at all.

Cai Lian saw that it was useless to beg Liu Ruojuan, at this time she had been dragged to the door, and she saw Liu Ruoyuan. Cai Lian hurriedly complained to Liu Ruoyuan again. Although she is the eldest girl who serves Liu Ruojuan, she should be the most loyal to Liu Ruojuan, but Cai Lian is a very eye-catching and scheming girl. She knew that Mrs. Liu was partial to Liu Ruoyuan and only treated Liu Ruojuan lightly, so she usually tried her best to please Liu Ruoyuan, even more so than Liu Ruojuan. The last time Liu Ruoyuan and Liu Ruojuan sisters made trouble at the banquet of Liu Yuwen, Cailian's words and deeds are exactly her consistent performance.

It's just that no matter how pitiful Cailian's mouth is, Liu Ruoyuan is indifferent. But unlike Liu Ruojuan, Liu Ruoyuan did not pretend not to hear Cailian's central notice.

"Such a hateful thing, why don't you drag it out quickly, let her mourn here, what will it become." Liu Ruoyuan frowned.

When those mothers-in-law got Liu Ruoyuan's words, they knew it even more, and they were even more reluctant to Cai Lian, so someone took a rag and plugged Cai Lian's mouth, grabbed Cai Lian's hair at the same time, and dragged Cai Lian out like a dead dog.

“…… It's not like she's been here or twice, why hasn't she ever heard you talk about it? Mrs. Liu asked Liu Ruojuan, her demeanor and tone were quite hateful to iron and steel, "You are a girl, I gave birth to it, how can you be so cowardly, let such a hairy girl bully like this!" You, you, you really have a long face for me! ”

Mrs. Liu shook her hands angrily, and her fingers poked Liu Ruojuan's forehead, leaving a bloody mark. Mrs. Liu is so angry.

Liu Ruojuan hung her head again, covered her face with her hands, her body trembled, and she cried quietly.

Mrs. Liu scolded Liu Ruojuan again, and then slowly calmed down, remembering that Liu Ruoxi and Liu Ruoshan were still present.

"You see, don't talk about your second sister. The rules handed down from our ancestors are the most lenient and merciful to our subordinates, but we can't indulge the minions too much and let them climb on our heads. Mrs. Liu turned around, made a serious look, and said to Liu Ruoxi and Liu Ruoshan, "Your second sister is too generous......

Liu Ruoxi and Liu Ruoshan exchanged glances, and they both said yes. It's just that the two of them don't think so. Liu Ruojuan is like this, where is it considered lenient, it is clearly cowardly, and the rewards and punishments are unknown. Mrs. Liu clearly thinks the same way, but for the sake of looking good, she uses generous words to prevaricate people.

After a while, a mother-in-law came in and whispered a few words in front of Mrs. Liu. It turned out that although Cailian was put on a show last time by the board, after all, she was injured, and now she is injured and injured, and this board is beaten extremely hard, Cailian, as Liu Ruojuan's big girl, usually eats and wears as much as the serious daughters of some rich families, how can she stand such a beating. Therefore, "if you have more air out and less air intake, you will not be able to survive when you see it." ”

After listening to her mother-in-law's report, Mrs. Liu's face changed slightly, and her eyes never blinked.

"Let them go out at once, so that they will not stay in the house and be disgraced. …… Take a few taels of silver and bury them, and don't have to come back to me. Mrs. Liu instructed her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law understood, and hurriedly agreed to quit. This is also a common method used by Mrs. Liu, seeing that people can't survive, they will be sent outside the house, and when people die, they will take a few taels of silver and bury them in a mass grave outside the city, and it will be over. It's just that the people who took the money to do things, many times they were impatient and waited for people to die, and some of them were pulled out of the house and thrown directly into the mass grave, and when they came back, they only said that the matter was done, and they also reaped a few taels of silver in vain.

Liu Ruoxi didn't know about these things, but she gossiped with Mama Chang recently, and Mama Chang told her. Mama Chang knew about these things before, but because Liu Ruoxi was still young and immature, she refused to tell Liu Ruoxi. Now, Mama Chang is also seeing that Liu Ruoxi can do things, so she is willing to talk to her about this, but she is just telling her the cruelty of the back house.

Mrs. Liu casually appeased Liu Ruojuan again, saying that in the past two days, she would choose another loyal and capable girl to serve Liu Ruojuan, and then Mrs. Liu got up.

"Your second sister is not in good health, and this matter is sad again, let her rest first. Tomorrow, you will come and see her. Mrs. Liu said to Liu Ruoxi and Liu Ruoshan.

Liu Ruoxi and Liu Ruoshan also got up to say goodbye.

When everyone left, Liu Ruojuan's trembling shoulders gradually stopped, she slowly raised her head, but the tears on her face had already dried. Liu Ruojuan looked around the room, and then looked out of the door, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Girl, Sister Cailian is dead, and that incident has finally been covered up." I saw a little girl walk in and said in a low voice beside Liu Ruojuan.

"It's her own death, who is to blame." Liu Ruojuan sneered.

The little girl hurriedly agreed, and while raising her eyes to look at Liu Ruojuan, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ruojuan's eyes flashed and asked.

"The wounds on the aunt and girl's faces, there are no traces at all." The little girl had a sudden break in her heart, and she laughed with a smile.

"Bring me the mirror." Liu Ruojuan said busily.

The little girl agreed, and turned to get the mirror. Just now, after glancing at Liu Ruojuan, she suddenly found that the coldness on Liu Ruojuan's face and eyes was exactly the same as that of Mrs. Liu, so she was taken aback. Unexpectedly, Liu Ruojuan discovered her abnormality, and thanks to her cleverness, she passed like this.

The second girl is no better than the eldest girl to serve that, so you have to be careful in the future. The little girl was lightly moved, and she was secretly vigilant in her heart. (To be continued......)