Chapter VIII: Punishment of Diao Slaves (1)
Although Xiao Shi issued a gag order, as soon as everyone arrived at the Mu Mansion, the news suddenly flew all over the sky. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Luo's mother didn't dare to go out for several days with an old face, and she complained about Linglong with anger. But I don't want to think about it, I was looking for someone to tarnish Linglong's innocence.
Although Mu Shichang bought the finished cotton clothes for Aunt Yue, there is still an explanation for the few pieces sent by the Xiao family after all.
Inspired by the temple, Linglong had an idea. Let Aunt Yue set up a table in the house, and put the three clothes sent by Xiao Shi on the stage respectfully, and three incense sticks a day, which can be regarded as a gratitude for Xiao Shi's kindness.
After Xiao learned about it, he was so angry that he threw something in the house for a long time! really underestimated this mother and daughter.
The days passed in pieces, and the weather gradually warmed up day by day, and I saw that the willow branches were about to sprout.
Lingyu was busy preparing for the banquet to be held in the palace in the near future, and she didn't care about rectifying Linglong, and she encountered a ridicule that was just arrogant.
Linglong thought she was a mad dog barking and ignored it.
The concubine is not qualified to participate in the banquet in the palace, she understands. What's more, she really has no interest in such activities. At the moment, I am thinking about buying a shop and earning some subsidies.
"Miss, just now Mother Xue seems to have a few words with Mother Dou, and the slave secretly listens to it as if Mother Dou is secretly moving things from our yard, so that Mother Xue finds out, Mother Dou thinks she is nosy or something." Ziyue came in with a box of honey osmanthus cake, put down the pastry, and muttered while changing the hot tea for Linglong.
"What about Mother Xue?" Linglong put down the embroidery work in her hand and asked.
Ziyue sighed and put the poured tea in front of Linglong, "Where can Mother Xue compare to Mother Dou's mouth, saying that she is just comfortable in the house." ”
Mother Xue can do this, it seems that she has indeed not been bought.
Finally, Annai can't live it? If you don't move, how can I tidy up the yard!
"Don't make a noise, you don't know, just be careful for the next day or two." Linglong instructed Ziyue, just say it, thought about it and said, "After a while, when Mother Xue is smooth, you can find a reason to talk to her." ”
"The slave understands." Ziyue said with a smile: "This time, let them know how powerful Miss is, and see if they dare to hit Miss in the future." ”
Having said that, Linglong also understands that the people in this courtyard can be sorted out this time and a half.
In the evening, when the lamp was in charge, Mother Xue came in with a food box.
"Why did Mother Xue send it in person, my mother is worried about the big and small things in the yard, it's tiring enough, just let the girls do this little thing, and they don't have to be idle in vain." Linglong hurriedly asked Ziyue to take the food box, and asked Ziyue to move an embroidery pier to Xue's mother, "Mom, sit down and rest your legs, I also know that you have an old problem with your legs." ”
In her early years, Xue's mother followed people to the cold and snowy Xiahe Huanyi, and fell into the root of the disease of the old cold legs. Now that Danfan has walked more roads or changed the sky, his legs are like pins and needles.
Mother Xue trembled the corners of her eyes, and sat down with her thighs propped up, "Miss embroiders these things and costs her eyes, the slave maid boiled some pork liver and wolfberry soup for Miss, Miss drinks some every day, it's good for your eyes." Saying that, Mother Xue smiled slightly awkwardly, "This is also a little bit of the slave's mind, and it is not easy for people to know." ”
She had never served in the room, and she had no skill at all in turning around.
Linglong couldn't help but smile when she heard this, "Linglong will understand Mother Xue's heart." As he spoke, he took out the pork liver soup from the food box that night, and drank it spoon by spoon, "Mom is a good craft, this pork liver soup has no fishy smell." ”
Watching Linglong drink clean, Mother Xue's heart was also steady.
"Miss can trust Mother Xue wholeheartedly, and she doesn't even suspect that this soup is poisonous." Ziyue poured a cup of strong tea for Linglong to rinse her mouth and quipped.
Mother Xue listened, her face turned pale, and she stammered: "Little, Miss, slave, no, no ......"
Linglong looked at Mother Xue's anxious appearance, and her heart was relieved, but she sneered on her face, "Dead hoof, an honest person like Mother Xue, where can you stop you from making fun of her, and don't hurry up to make amends to Mother Xue." ”
Ziyue yelled at Xue's mother, "Mom forgives me, Ziyue is joking with you, Mom don't take it seriously." ”
Where did Mother Xue dare to accept the Purple Moon gift, her face was flushed for a while, and she didn't know what to do with her sweaty hands, but she kept saying: "Girl, don't be like this, girl, don't be like this, don't be so ......."
In the bottom of her heart, when Ziyue said this, she was grateful to Linglong, and the young lady really didn't doubt herself at all. Miss can trust herself so much, and she can't live up to Miss is it. "The slave maid has another thing to tell the young lady."
Linglong's heart lit up, and Mother Xue was willing to say that she was the best. "Mom has anything to say."
Mother Xue carefully told Linglong about the day when she found that Mother Dou had secretly transported out the vase from the Shanghao official kiln in the bamboo garden.
After that, I couldn't help sighing, "Over the years, Mother Dou has been following her wife to do things, and she has received a lot of rewards, but I didn't think that she was still not satisfied, so she had to do these things." I couldn't get used to seeing her, so I said a few words, but it stabbed me coldly. Thinking of the ugly words that Mother Dou said during the day, Mother Xue's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"Maybe someone assigned her to do that." Linglong looked at Mother Xue meaningfully and said.
Mother Xue was startled, and raised her eyes to look at Linglong, if someone assigned it, then the person who assigned her must have a plan......
"If someone wants to use Mother Dou's hand to harm me, will Mother Xue be on my side?" Seeing Mother Xue's expression change, Linglong knew that she had figured it out.
"The slave maid is the mother of the young lady's housekeeper, so she is naturally with the young lady." Mother Xue said firmly, if it is really Mother Dou who wants to frame Miss, then it is even more unforgiving, Miss is so kind, she still has to do this black-hearted thing.
"Now for a while, I don't know if Mother Dou is blindly greedy or instigated, but it's just ......" Linglong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Mother Xue, do you know who Mother Dou has always been more close to?" ”
Mother Xue said without thinking: "Everyone in the family knows that she is close to Mrs. Liu in the old lady's yard, they are all born in the family, and they have all served in the old mansion together. But in recent days, the slave maid has seen that Mother Dou and the Peach Girl are also getting closer, and the Peach Girl also gave Dou's mother several purses, saying that she asked her to help embroider. ”
"Mother Xue has to pay more attention to this matter, if she really wants to harm me, when the time comes, my mother will also know that I will not spare her." Although Linglong still spoke slowly, her tone was heavier.
Although she was only fourteen years old, her cruel tone still made Xue's mother tremble. I can't help but hope that Mother Dou is just greedy for money, otherwise, I am afraid that her life will not be able to be saved this time. "The slave knows."
After Xue's mother left, Linglong and Ziyue carefully counted it up again before falling asleep.
On the second day, Linglong rubbed her sore eyes and sore shoulders, struggled to get up, freshened up, changed into a light green cotton dress, and took Ziyue to Cijing Garden to say goodbye.
Before entering the door, I heard the voices of Xiao Shi and Lingyu inside. The two of them came early today, and just as they were thinking about it, they suddenly heard Mu Shichang's voice again.
Daddy is also ...... A bad premonition came to my heart. Linglong took a deep breath and lifted her foot inside.
"Grandmother Wan An." Linglong was deeply blessed by the old lady, and then turned around and saluted Mu Shichang and Xiao Shi respectively, "Daddy Ann, Mother Ann." ”
Xiao Shi smiled, "Sit down." "A motherly look.
Mu Shichang snorted coldly and did not speak. His expression made Linglong even more convinced that the bad premonition was true, and she couldn't help but cheer up to speak.
"Don't do that, after all, you haven't asked clearly." The old lady glanced at her son reproachfully, "Linglong hasn't said anything." ”
Mu Shichang sneered: "The human and material evidence are all there, what else is she saying." Saying that, Mu Shichang scolded: "Evil obstacles, you still don't kneel." ”
Linglong was startled and knelt down with a shudder. The thumping of knees against the floor made the old lady's heart tremble. "She's your daughter, not a prisoner in the court." Slapped the table and shouted at Mu Shichang.
"Mother, son is also anxious for her." Mu Shichang and Yan said to their mother, turning their faces to Linglong but they were cold, "Tell me yourself, what have you done!" ”
Linglong looked up blankly, choked the tears in her eyes, pursed her mouth, and shook her head, "My daughter doesn't know what Daddy wants to ask." ”
Still pretending to be confused, Mu Shichang was even more angry in his heart, and put the teacup in his hand on the table with a snap, letting the water splash, "If you don't know, then let the one who knows say it for you." Bring people up. ”
Linglong turned around, and a mother-in-law pressed Dou's mother in.
Mother Dou glanced at Linglong and knelt down, "Miss, don't blame the slave, the slave and maid really can't bear Miss to go all the way." Said earnestly.
"What did Mother Dou say? Linglong didn't understand. Linglong asked, frowning, tears rolling in her eyes.
"So far, don't hide it, the slave has already told the old lady and the old lady, the old lady is kind, and the young lady is young, so she won't do anything." Mother Dou still has a bitter face.
Linglong looked at the heart and felt a wave of nausea, "What does Mother Dou want to say?" As he spoke, he raised his eyes to look at Xiao, "Mother, Dou's mother doesn't understand what her daughter is saying." ”
Xiao Shi sighed helplessly: "Linglong, it was my mother's inconsiderate thinking that made you do such a foolish thing." As he spoke, a line of tears remained.
Mu Shichang said angrily: "It's none of your business, it's all this evil obstacle that is unconscious, and if you do such a thing that corrupts the family style, you will be punished heavily today." Come on, take the third lady down, and hit ten boards first. ”
Linglong knelt there, endured the tears in her eyes, and said stubbornly with a straight waist: "Linglong did something wrong, Daddy wants to punish Linglong, Linglong admits punishment, but today Linglong doesn't know what she did wrong, Daddy made it clear, and then punished Linglong, if Linglong is really wrong, ruining the Mu family's style, don't say ten boards, even if you kill Linglong, Linglong also admits it." ”
"Grandmother asked you, did you take out the things from the bamboo garden and sell them?" The old lady was so angry with her son's temper that her face turned ugly, so she simply asked herself. She didn't believe that Linglong could do such a thing.
Linglong's eyes widened, and her face was inexplicable, "Why did grandmother say that?" What does Linglong do when she sells things? ”
"It's my mother's inconsiderate thinking," Xiao paused, wiped his tears and said, "That's why you and Aunt Yue have this undeserved thought." ”
Linglong sneered in her heart, she really made a good calculation, and she even implicated her mother. If I hadn't known in advance, I was afraid that I and my mother would be doomed today.
"Miss and aunt asked the slave maid to sell the porcelain in Zhuyuan and exchange it for silver to give to Miss, and the old lady, master, and wife all know about it." Mother Dou said with a face full of shame: "It was the slave maid who was confused for a while, and she didn't stand up to Miss's ** and intimidation, so that Miss made a big mistake." ”
After hearing this, Linglong said with a serious face: "Mother Dou, I don't offend you on weekdays, why do you want to plant me and my aunt, why have I ever asked you to sell your things at home?" Since my aunt and I entered the house, my mother has treated me and my aunt very well, and there is no shortage of food and clothing, what do I want to do with silver! As he spoke, he solemnly kowtowed to the old lady and said, "Grandmother, Linglong has been wronged." ”
"Wronged?" Before others could speak, Mu Shichang said angrily: "I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin, let Xiao Er of Heyuntang come in." ”