Before you know it, the footsteps of autumn have completely gone away, and the last bit of warmth has disappeared. Xia Xue'er sat quietly in the blue water pavilion and looked at the bleak scenery of the garden unconsciously sad, sighed the changes of the years, sighed the ruthlessness of time, how the scenery used to be infinite, and now there are only a few dead branches and leaves left, no matter how beautiful it is, it can't help but forget, and it can't withstand time in sadness. A gust of north wind came howling, the water in Qinglian Pond rippled, and the wind brought a burst of cold air to Xia Xue'er accurately, and her thin body couldn't help but shiver, it was already winter.

Dongmei, who was standing behind her, saw Xia Xue'er shivering in the cold wind, and hurriedly wrapped her thin body with the light blue Su embroidered fur collar cloak in her hand, and said distressedly: "It's already the depths of winter, and the weather is getting colder, so Miss better dress warmer, so as not to suffer from frostbite." ”

Xia Xue'er took off her cloak and returned it to Dongmei, and said with a faint smile: "I'm fine." She can still stand this little wind, winter makes people weak, and if you wear too warm, it will make people lazy. It's been more than three months since I came back from the Netherworld Valley, and I've been drinking bowls of bitter medicine all at once, and I've been cultivating all day after day at noon and sub-hour, but for some reason I have little effect, and the situation of losing my strength can be said to have not improved at all, so Xia Xue'er is extremely depressed.

Dongmei hesitated to take the cloak, and still tried her best to persuade her: "Miss has been sitting in this blue water pavilion since the morning, and after sitting for a long time, she is worried about the cold invading her body, and besides, you are wearing such a thin clothes, it is really not suitable to stay here for a long time, so Miss should go back to the house!" ”

Xia Xue'er was already in a bad mood and wanted to be alone for a while, but when she heard Dongmei chattering in her ears all the time, she couldn't help but sink her face, frowned and said coldly: "If you can't stand it, go back!" ”

When Dongmei heard Xia Xue'er's angry tone, her back felt cold for a while, and she hurriedly explained: "Miss, don't be angry, the slave doesn't mean that, I'm just worried about Miss's body." Besides, it's already winter, and the flowers are withering, so why should the young lady be sad to see this depressed scene in the garden? ”

Xia Xue'er didn't know that Dongmei was worried about herself, and she wasn't really angry with Dongmei, she was just angry that she was useless, angry at herself for being stupid and ignorant, angry at herself Whether it was finding the murderer or recovering her skills, she hadn't made any progress for so long!

"The slave maid begs the young lady to feel sorry for herself, your body is thin and the cold wind is howling here, it is really not suitable to stay for a long time!" Dongmei's voice was already crying, so she almost knelt down for Xia Xue'er.

Xia Xue'er sighed and withdrew her gaze. That's it, why embarrass her, if they really get frostbite because of their willfulness, they will inevitably fall into the charge of poor service and be scolded by their mother in vain. She doesn't want to be a scourge to others, she doesn't want to be a drag on others, she is not a good-for-nothing person!

Shaking his head, he stood up and said, "Let's go." ”

Dongmei smiled happily, hurriedly stepped forward to support Xia Xue'er, put the cloak back on her, and carefully tied a beautiful bow at her collarbone before smiling and walking behind Xia Xue'er towards Tingyuxuan.

Before entering Tingyuxuan, I heard a noisy sound from a distance, one female voice couldn't tell who it was, but the other she was very familiar with, but the words were ugly, and it was really unbearable. Xia Xue'er was puzzled, in the past few months, she has devoted herself to practicing, never going out lightly, and never clashing with anyone, who dares to stir up trouble in the General's Mansion, and who dares to be so presumptuous in her courtyard?

"Dongmei, go and see who is arguing in the courtyard?"

Dongmei received the order and sped up her pace and walked towards Listening to Yuxuan, she was also trying to see which one had eaten the courage of the ambitious leopard to listen to Yuxuan! After a while, he ran back panting and said, "Miss is not good, it was Aunt Shen who made a lot of noise in the yard and smashed a lot of things, and Cuizhu suffered a lot of grievances!" ”

Xia Xue'er frowned after hearing this, according to her opinion, although Shen Ruyi was a little rude and domineering in the mansion on weekdays with the favor of the master, but she only dared to play tricks on other aunts and subordinates, she never dared to go against Mrs. Xia openly, let alone offend Xia Xue'er, could it be that she took the wrong medicine today and dared to run to Tingyu Xuan to play tricks?

"Do you know what's going on?"

"The slave just pushed open the door and took a look at it and came back to report to the young lady, but she didn't listen carefully, so I don't know why."

No matter what the secret is in this, it must be clarified first, besides, people are listening to Yuxuan now, Xia Xue'er always has to go to the meeting.

"Let's go! Check it out. After speaking, Xia Xue'er lifted the corner of her skirt and strode towards Tingyuxuan.

Pushing open the door, I saw the mess in the courtyard, and listened to the people in Yuxuan, whether it was a girl or a little girl, they all trembled and knelt in the courtyard, not that they were too afraid of Shen Ruyi, just because they were only wearing a thin middle coat. And the culprit Shen Ruyi stood in the courtyard with his waist crossed, holding a soft whip in his right hand, and was arrogantly insulting the subordinates in the Yuxuan, kneeling at the head of the subordinates was Cuizhu, crying pear blossoms with rain, and shocking blood marks were printed on the emerald green dress. The anger in Xia Xue'er's chest was rising slowly, and her own girl was reluctant to beat and scold, but now she was humiliated like this by a humble aunt, and her distress and anger were conceivable! When Aunt Shen's whip was about to fall on Cuizhu again, Xia Xue'er shouted: "Stop!" Everyone in the courtyard was startled by this sudden voice, Aunt Shen turned her head and saw that it was Xia Xue'er, and she put down her raised arms tremblingly, while her girls trembled and retreated behind Shen Ruyi because they were afraid. Cuizhu and the kneeling group of subordinates looked up and saw that it was their own young lady who had returned, and their eyes showed great joy, as if the ants that fell into the lake had grasped the last straw!

Xia Xue'er walked quickly into the courtyard under the gaze of everyone, leaned over to help the weak green bamboo, and instructed Dongmei: "Take her into the house to take medicine." Then he said to the rest of the people kneeling in the courtyard: "You all get up for me, remember, no one in this Tingyu Xuan except Miss Ben has the right to make you kneel!" Got it? ”

"Yes!" The subordinates responded in unison, supporting each other to get up.

"Go back to your room and put on your clothes, so you don't have to come and serve today." Xia Xue'er looked at the backs of those who were helping to leave, and breathed a sigh of relief, but the monstrous anger still could not be calmed down. straightened up, looked at Aunt Shen with sharp eyes, and said, "I don't know how the subordinates in Yuxuan rushed into Aunt Shen and made you make such a big move, and you want to beat them to death one by one!" ”

Hearing this, Aunt Shen came back to her senses, although she was dressed extremely warmly, her back was still in a cold sweat, and she cleared her voice with some embarrassment before saying: "The little girl next to Miss San doesn't understand the rules, I'm just teaching you a lesson, not beating to death as Miss San said." ”

Xia Xue'er took a step forward, her eyes fixed on Aunt Shen's face and said, "So I have to thank Aunt Shen for her discipline?" ”

Aunt Shen hurriedly avoided Xia Xue'er's fierce gaze, and the corners of her mouth pulled a smile and replied, "It's just a gesture, thank you?" Naturally, I don't dare to take this seriously. ”

Xia Xue'er glanced at the smiling face in front of her, which was even more ugly than cool, and said while slowly pacing behind Aunt Shen: "Aunt reads poetry and books widely and knows things, don't you even understand the simple truth that this dog has to look at the owner?" ”

Aunt Shen turned around tremblingly and said, "Third Miss is really good at laughing, you are the baby of the house, I am just disciplining and disciplining people for you, where is it to fight dogs without looking at the master?" ”

Xia Xue'er looked at her like this, and felt a little funny in her heart, the person in front of her probably still relied on herself as the general's favored aunt, thinking that she didn't dare to do anything to her, but if she couldn't say anything about her today, she would have to do something to her, listening to Yuxuan can't let people see jokes in vain, and Cuizhu can't be wronged in vain! I only heard her sneer for a while before she said lightly: "Yes, since my aunt knows that I am a baby, why do I want to destroy the heavens?" ”

Shen Ruyi had already regretted it, and her heart was frightened, and when she heard Xia Xue'er's sneer, she couldn't stop trembling, and she was speechless for a while.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Xia Xue'er said in a cold voice: "Discipline people? My aunt doesn't care about the people in her yard, but she brings her own people to take care of me and listen to the people in Yuxuan, I have always been the only one who can say a word or two about the housewife, I don't know when my aunt has such a big power in her hands, it's really clumsy! ”

Before Shen Ruyi could explain, Xia Xue'er continued: "I remember that I didn't have any grudges with Aunt Shen, and I didn't get angry with you when Xia Qiaoyun was planning to harm me before, but today my aunt made a big fuss about me, and I can't see the reason why I play this little Tingyuxuan today!" ”

Aunt Shen was so shocked when she heard this that she almost didn't kneel, and reached out to grab the wrist of the maidservant behind her and barely supported her trembling body, feeling very remorseful, she knew that the third lady was not a person to be messed with, but she rushed here to listen to Yuxuan to make a fuss. Forget about the trouble, but I didn't have the strength to hurt the third lady's personal maid. Who in the house doesn't know that the four girls in Yuxuan and Xia Xue'er are like sisters, except for people with heads and faces, others can't blame! In the past, I only thought that Xia Xueer was kind, simple and easy to bully, but I never thought that this sick cat could become a tiger that could bite after it became powerful! It's a good thing now, and my poor daughter who is suffering far away from the family temple can't come back! I really shouldn't have listened to Bai Yining's slut's instigation!

Thinking of this, Shen Ruyi had no choice but to shamelessly flatter: "Third Miss dissipates her anger, I was just confused and bewitched by a slut to do such a stupid thing, not to mention Cuizhu, she is just a little girl, not in the way." ”

Xia Xue'er became a little more angry when she heard this, what happened to the girl? Isn't the girl human? Should the girl be beaten and humiliated by others?

"The maid is also a human being, if Aunt Shen can't say a reason today, then I'm afraid I will have to treat others in the way of others! If my father asks, I can explain to him that you're just an aunt and don't get in the way. ”

Aunt Shen lost her frightened soul when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "I was wrong, Third Miss, I was wrong, you let me go this time regardless of the villain!" ”

Xia Xue'er didn't bother to pay attention to her, and said sharply: "Say!" ”

When Shen Ruyi heard this, he gritted his teeth and explained: "The second lady is out alone, without the love of her family, without the care of the girl, and I don't know how to eat, whether she sleeps well or not, and now it is almost the end of the year, I think if I can take the second lady back to the house for the New Year, but I begged the lady many times, and the lady kept silent about it, and went to ask the master, the master only said that the affairs in the house were all decided by the lady, and he didn't want to intervene." Today I ate at Mrs. again, I was already depressed, but at this time I met Bai Yining, not only sarcastically ridiculed me, but also said that this is the third miss's thoughts, the third miss will not agree to take the second miss home for the New Year, and also said that the third miss is planning to remove the second miss from the family tree, and she will never be allowed to step into the gate of the summer mansion! You say how can I not be in a hurry, how can I not be angry! ”

Xia Xue'er looked at Shen Ruyi crying while talking, and she couldn't bear it for a while, pity the hearts of parents all over the world! She didn't doubt the truth of Shen Ruyi's words, what she suspected was Bai Yining's purpose in doing this, did she want to get rid of Shen Ruyi with her own hands and subtract her opponents who were competing for favor in the mansion? But after thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible, this Bai Yining seemed to be indisputable with the world, and his personality was withdrawn and arrogant, not like a person who would do anything for the favor of a man. This woman is always covered with a veil, which makes people can't see through it, and can't guess who she is? Xia Xue'er felt faintly uneasy in her heart, she always felt that this Bai Yining was inextricably linked with herself.

"Third Miss, I beg you to have a lot, forgive the second miss for her ignorance, how can you say that she is also the master's own flesh and blood and your second sister!"

"Don't say it, I don't want to pursue this matter today, you go back, Xia Qiaofeng's matter depends on how her mother makes up her mind, I didn't intervene before, and I won't intervene in the future!" After saying that, he walked straight into the house.

Dongmei had already helped Cuizhu with gold sore medicine, bandaged the wound, sat on the edge of the bed and held Cuizhu's hand and wept, and when she saw Xia Xue'er entering the house, she hurriedly stood up and wiped her tears with her sleeves and asked, "Did Miss just let her go so lightly?" ”

Xia Xue'er looked at Cuizhu's pale little face, and said distressedly: "It's a pity that she has suffered such a big grievance, but that Aunt Shen is also a poor person, this time, if there is a next time, I will never let her go!" ”

Dongmei hurriedly said: "But Miss, could it be that Cuizhu was beaten in vain?" ”

Xia Xue'er bent down to smooth out Cuizhu's frowning brows that were still frowning in the coma, and said in a firm tone: "Only by being beaten can we learn a lesson!" Someone has been trying to put me to death, and after this incident, I can no longer be in a passive perspective, in the past, I was a human sword, I was a fish, and now it is time to change it! ”