Chapter XXIII: Accountability and Responsibility

Yun Qing withdrew her arm and said softly, "It's not a big deal, so I didn't let me say it." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The mother-in-law looked at Yingqiao and scolded: "How do you take care of the lady?" Let you take care of it, why don't you even know that the lady has wiped such a big piece of skin and flesh on her hands? ”

Yingqiao looked panicked, hurriedly knelt down, and said, "Slave...... The slave knows her mistakes......"

The mother-in-law pulled Yun Qing's wrist again, calmly looked at it.

Yun Qing comforted: "Don't be angry, mother-in-law, this is really not a big deal, I didn't let Yingqiao say it." ”

The mother-in-law lamented: "It's very painful to make it like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to see water today." He scolded Yingqiao again: "My words don't work?!" I see that you are quite clever on weekdays, so that you can follow Qing'er every step of the way, how do you take care of it? How could Qing'er have such an injury on her hand? ”

I understood seven or eight points in my heart, and guessed that this injury might have been caused by Yun Qing accidentally falling to the ground when he was pulling last night.

Last night, Lan Sheng probably didn't want to worry her mother-in-law so she didn't let us talk about it. I didn't say it last night, if this matter is found out today, what should the mother-in-law think.

I sat on the sidelines in fear, not thinking about what to do for a while.

Yingqiao looked at me helplessly in the face of her mother-in-law's severe reprimand......

I was stunned. What does she see me doing?!

Then I thought that Lan Sheng had entrusted them with this. Now that Lan Sheng is not in the mansion, it seems that he can only use me, the young lady, as a shield.

With a "bang", the mother-in-law waved her right hand, and the teacup shattered to the ground.

Yingqiao's whole body was prostrate on the ground.

The mother-in-law said angrily: "Let you make it clear, what are you going to do when you look around and look ahead?!" ”

My heart was pounding in my chest. Since marrying into the Lan family, it is the first time I have seen my mother-in-law angry.

It seems that this matter cannot be hastily ended, and now I am the only one to take responsibility.

I stood up, knelt down again, hung my head and said to my mother-in-law: "Mother, this matter is really careless, the injury on Yunqing's hand must have been caused last night." ”

The mother-in-law said: "You went out well last night and came back well, how could you get this injury?" ”

"Last night," I muttered for a while, "when I went out to play last night, there were too many people and the ground was too slippery...... She accidentally fell to the ground...... Sook Zhen didn't expect to fall so badly, so she didn't notice that Yun Qing had a bruise on her hand......"

If I tell Lan Sheng and Chang Gongzi what they did, I don't know how much right and wrong will be involved. The key is that these rights and wrongs involve the "fake marriage contract" of the Lan family and the Ge family, which is what I care about the most.

My mother-in-law didn't say anything for a long time, and I couldn't help but raise my eyelids and look, just in time to meet her extremely heavy gaze, which was so heavy that it was almost suffocating.

I had a bad feeling in my heart - could it be that my mother-in-law was doubting what I said?

Worried, Yun Qing suddenly knelt down and begged: "Mother-in-law, this matter is Qing'er's fault, Qing'er did accidentally fall, and at that time, my sister-in-law asked Qing'er if she was injured, but Qing'er ...... Qing'er didn't want to ruin everyone's interest, so she concealed this matter, and her stepmother should not be angry with others......"

The mother-in-law glanced at Yun Qing with a complicated expression, slowly took Yun Qing up with her hand, and said, "The maids didn't take care of you well, what are you doing to intercede for them?" ”

Yun Qing said: "The stepmother is a person who eats fasting and worships the Buddha, and she has cultivated the compassion of the Bodhisattva, so why do you need Qing'er to intercede?" ”

The look on my mother-in-law's face was much more relaxed, she pulled Yun Qing to sit down on the stool, looked at me, and said, "You ......" paused, and then said: "Your temperament is indeed rough, and I have taught you before...... The mind is not quiet, so things are careless. Studying the Buddhist scriptures more often on weekdays will definitely benefit you. ”

"Yes." I lowered my eyebrows and said.

"As for Yingqiao, I will temporarily fine half a month's salary, so that you can learn a long lesson." The mother-in-law said again.

"Yes......" Ying Qiao raised her head with an expression that wanted to say something and stopped.

The mother-in-law said to Mei Xiang again: "You go and get some plasters to apply to Qing'er." ”

"You go back first." My mother-in-law glanced at me and said.

I was stunned for a moment, wondering what else I could do to salvage the situation between me and my mother-in-law.

Justification is certainly not a no-go. Take care of the wounds on Yun Qing's hands...... But Mei Xiang has already brought the ointment.

I knelt for a while, and suddenly felt a little depressed, so I got up and walked out.

Yueying was sent to the kitchen to eat when I came to my mother-in-law's side, and I ended up walking alone from the garden to the yard.

The red plum in the garden was still quietly open, I hooked a branch under my nose and smelled it, the quiet fragrance mixed with the cold air penetrated into the nasal cavity, and a chill spread from the nasal cavity to the internal organs.

I suddenly became extremely calm and rational.

Didn't you already know what it would be like in the future? Aren't you already mentally prepared?

So why should I be discouraged?

I am discouraged as Zhu Shuzhen, as Lan Sheng's wife, and as my mother-in-law's daughter-in-law.

What if I'm nothing? If only I were Wanchun.

How could I just be Wan Chun?!

I live as Zhu Shuzhen, as Lan Sheng's wife, and as my mother-in-law's daughter-in-law. From the moment I traveled to the Southern Song Dynasty, I had already become a character in the story, a character who was getting deeper and deeper into the play, and their joys and angers had affected me.

How can I get out of it?

As soon as the hand holding down the plum branch was released, the red shadow swayed back and forth in front of my eyes. I meditated.

A sweet call interrupted my meditation. I turned around and saw Yun Qing standing behind me, smiling apologetically at me.

Isn't she applying ointment? How did you get here?

Yun Qing walked up to me in a few steps, lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "Today's incident is really sorry for my sister-in-law, and my sister-in-law has been wronged, and Yun Qing can't help it." ”

I smiled kindly and said, "I really should blame you, I didn't think that your hands would be bruised last night, if I had known, I would have someone bring you ointment to put on it, and it will save you pain." ”

Yun Qing's head lowered even lower, and said, "Yun Qing didn't know that the cloak was actually damaged by me, otherwise I wouldn't have let my stepmother know about it." He added: "Fortunately, my sister-in-law came forward to explain and concealed last night's incident." ”

I was silent for a moment and replied, "It's good that we don't make a big deal out of it." ”

I don't care about the cloak, whether she has it or not, and I don't care what she thinks, but at least it gave me a wake-up call.

Yun Qing and I are both women, she has the right to fight for what she wants, and I also have the right to defend what I want to defend.

I folded the red plum in my hand, and said lightly: "I asked your brother-in-law about the marriage contract between you and the Lan family." ”