In the middle of the night, Li's mother was caught by several mothers-in-law who patrolled the night, tied up and threw it in the firewood room as a flower thief.

After Mrs. Shen got up the next day, someone came to report the matter.

Mrs. Shen fiddled with the Buddha beads, at first she thought it was an ordinary mother-in-law who wanted to steal some flowers in the courtyard to sell, and she didn't take it seriously, and complained that the housekeeper was becoming more and more careless, and she also reported a little theft.

With three points of sleepiness, she sat on the lacquered Luohan chair and yawned lazily.

Until the kneeling housekeeper said the word "champion red".

"What." She screamed out of her temper and was directly frightened awake.

Champion red is the usual name of Cao Nan peony, Shen Mansion has a few kinds of champion red peony in the best, palm flower case.

Peony is the king of flowers, and the flowers are delicate, but Shenfu does not plant peonies for the sake of looking good.

Shen Mansion is like many official eunuchs have planted peonies, in addition to peonies, but also planted magnolias, osmanthus, begonias. Take the meaning of Yutang wealth.

But the reason for Mrs. Shen's gaffe is not here.

These flowers and trees in the Shen Mansion in Beijing are all done by the masters, and they are buried by the Feng Shui Bureau.

"Quickly bring someone to me, I want to see who has bear bile and dares to damage my Shen family's feng shui." Old Mrs. Shen smoked angrily, and the roots of her teeth itched with hatred. The frightened maid in the room didn't dare to make a sound.

And Li's mother, who was locked up in the firewood room, didn't know that disaster was coming, and she was still dreaming of her own yellow sorghum.

But as for stealing flowers, there are too many flowers and trees in the Shen Mansion, what's the big deal about stealing one, and besides, she hasn't succeeded yet.

When the two stout mothers-in-law opened the door of the firewood room, she smiled a little proudly.

"You know who I am, why don't you let me out."

The two mothers-in-law laughed at her and didn't know that she was dying, so they dragged her out and left.

"Hey." Mother Li was a little panicked, "Where are you taking me?" ”

A mother-in-law with a spotted face glared at her fiercely, "You'll know when you get there, be honest with me." ”

No matter how stupid Li's mother is, she knows that something big is wrong, she stared at the red lantern on the beam, and thought about it in a panic, but she still couldn't think of what big thing she had done.

Could it be!

But it can't be!

She shook her head, and in an instant, her mind turned a thousand times.

"Grandma, I call you Grandma, please let me go, I haven't done anything bad, this overnight is not enough." She began to beg her grandfather to tell her grandmother for crying.

The two mothers-in-law just ignored her by crying wolf howls, although they dragged her to Songhe Hall.

Mother Li saw that the two people were unmoved, and after thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and spit out her last old bottom, "Aunt and grandma, I'm here, in the mezzanine of my clothes, there is a silver ticket of fifty taels, you see, you see, ah, this." ”

Usually, maybe the two mothers-in-law will show Mother Li a clear way for the sake of the silver, but now they think of the angry appearance of Mrs. Shen, they don't dare to get up with that heart and want silver? That also has to have a life flower.

For a moment, the eyes of Li's mother turned to pity.

Mother Li saw that all the tricks she could use didn't work, so she turned her heart sideways, turned around and hit a mother-in-law on the end, and turned around and ran away when the mother-in-law was in pain and let go.

How could the other mother-in-law let her run away, so she chased her life.

Mother Li is usually pampered in the Blowing Snow Courtyard, how can she be more powerful than these mothers-in-law, and she was caught up by the mother-in-law when she ran out of a section.

The woman lifted her neck and slapped her twice in the face, "I'll let you run, let you run." ”

Mother Li's mother was dizzy and her ears were ringing when she was fanned, her head was buzzing, and she couldn't even hear the mother-in-law scolding her clearly.

The woman cursed her and carried her away like a chicken.

The mother-in-law who had been hit by Li's mother before also walked up to her, rubbing her sore chest while kicking Li's mother twice.

If it weren't for the fact that he would have to send Li's mother for questioning, he would have to cripple Li's mother on the spot.

When the person was sent to Mrs. Shen, Mother Li collapsed to the ground, her face swollen eight feet high, and she looked half-dead.

Old Lady Shen frowned.

Mother Zhu, who was standing beside her, stepped forward to ask.

"What's going on?"

This is to ask the two mothers-in-law who brought Li's mother up.

The two mothers-in-law hurriedly knelt down and said, "We went to invite this Li's mother over, but she was full of swearing, beat people, and finally ran away, and we couldn't help it." ”

Old Lady Shen twisted her head to the side.

Mother Zhu sent the two mothers-in-law away, and she walked up to Mrs. Shen and whispered, "This person is the Mother Li who I mentioned to you yesterday." ”

Old Mrs. Shen was full of anger, "What a dog who will take revenge, my Shen family supports her well, and the second child specially asked the kitchen to prepare a birthday banquet for her yesterday, she is good!"

"The old lady is angry." Mother Zhu calmed Mrs. Shen's anger and persuaded her: "Why do you bother to be angry with such things, if you hurt your body, it's not worth it." ”

Mrs. Shen was angry and asked Zhu's mother, "Can you call someone to inform the people over there in the Blowing Snow Courtyard." ”

Mother Zhu hung her head respectfully, "I have already ordered someone to go." ”

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she leaned on the brocade mat with half-squinted eyes to recuperate.

Songhetang made such a big disturbance early in the morning, how did this hide from the people in the courtyard.

Therefore, the hall of Songhedo Hall sat or stood, and in addition to the people of Fuyuki-in, people from other courtyards also arrived.

Old Lady Shen was in the first place, with a cold star in her eyes, "Aunt Zhao, look at what good things the people in your courtyard have done." ”

Aunt Zhao, who was named and knelt quietly on the ground, always hung her head and did not say a word, neither defending herself nor pleading for Mother Li.

The beginning and end of the matter before everyone entered the Songhe Hall let people inquire clearly, if you want to say that Aunt Zhao is wronged, she is really wronged, after all, that Mother Li was stuffed by the old lady in her courtyard, and she is a noble maid who can't be punished, and whoever puts it is a hot potato. If you want to say that she is wronged, she is not wronged, who called that Mother Li was born as a person from the Blowing Snow Courtyard, and she didn't have the eyesight to dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

There was silence underneath, and the pin drop could be heard.

Mother Li raised her head with a pig-like face and exclaimed, "The old lady spares her life." ”

Mrs. Shen didn't take Mother Li in her eyes directly, and she felt that her eyes were dirty even when she looked at her.

Mother Zhu on the side frowned when she saw Mrs. Shen, and glanced at the two mothers-in-law waiting in the corner of the hall.

The two mothers-in-law quickly stuffed a rag into Li's mother's mouth and gagged her.

At this point, there was only a whining sound left in Li's mother's mouth.

Shen Qinya, who was standing beside Old Lady Shen, stole a glance at Aunt Zhao who was kneeling on the ground, and walked up to Old Lady Shen with a sigh in her heart.

"Grandmother, this mother-in-law made a mistake, you dealt with it according to the family law, why be so angry with her, you have a bad stomach, now it is already past the time to have breakfast, and if you delay it any longer, I am really worried that your body will not be able to stand it."

Old Mrs. Shen was angry with Shen Erye last night, and then she reluctantly used a small bowl of rice when her anger subsided, such as listening to Shen Qinya today, she really felt a little hungry.

Besides, it's not a problem to let this go on.

She nodded, and glanced coldly at Mother Li, who was dirty.

"Pull it out and beat a hundred sticks, and then drive it out of the house." Her words were as cold as her eyes.

Everyone gasped.

The stick of the execution of the Shen Mansion is a jujube wooden stick as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and if a few sticks go down, the skin will be opened, and the average person can't hold fifty sticks, and if a hundred sticks go down, it is not a cane to kill, it is simply a whipping corpse!

The two mothers-in-law in charge of the execution also broke out in a cold sweat.

Mother Li's head swished and sobered.

She doesn't want to die, she doesn't want to die yet.

She pushed out the rags from her mouth with all her strength and shouted, "Aunt Zhou, save me, save me." ”

The two mothers-in-law quickly pressed her down again and shoved the rag into their mouths.

But if you shout out, you can't swallow it back, Mother Li is a person from the Blowing Snow Courtyard, and at the threshold of death, she also asks Aunt Zhao, how can she ask Aunt Zhou.

Yes, a pair of puzzled eyes brushed at Aunt Zhou.

Old Lady Shen also frowned and called Aunt Zhou to ask, "What's the matter?" ”

Aunt Zhou's steps were steady, she straightened her back and knelt on the ground, her eyes were sincere, "Old lady, in fact, I was going to do this matter in private, after all, it is also an ugly thing in the courtyard, since you asked, then I will tell the truth." She sighed deeply, "Poor Aunt Zhao met Mother Li, I also used people inappropriately, and I was not ladylike when I met people." ”

"A few days ago, I found that there were fewer things in my dresser, and I asked the big girl next to me, and she said that she didn't know, one day I saw that she secretly took a hairpin from me, I was silent, and followed her all the way, wanting to see what she was doing, but I didn't expect that she actually took it to gamble."

"Among the people who gambled with her was Mother Li, Cuihuan followed my maid when she was a child, I wanted to keep her privately, and I ordered her not to go again, and she agreed."

"I didn't expect that Mother Li came to the door in a few days, she came to ask for debts, saying that Cuihuan owed her fifty taels of silver, if I didn't pay it back for her, she would poke the matter out, I wanted to settle the matter, and gave her the silver, but I didn't expect this person to be greedy enough, and he actually wanted to bite me."

Aunt Zhou cried low after speaking.

Although she was the maid she used to love the most, Mrs. Shen would not believe Aunt Zhou's words so lightly, so she asked people to verify.

The maid Cuihuan who was brought admitted to the crime and begged Aunt Zhou to forgive her, but the old lady let her go.

Aunt Zhou only hung her head and wept, "What else can I do now?" ”

Cuihuan saw that Aunt Zhou didn't protect her, so she began to turn her face and scold.

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she felt that her ears were dirty, so she asked her to tie up Cuihuan and lock her up in the firewood room.

And the fifty taels of silver that Aunt Zhou said were also searched from Li's mother's bed splints.

There are both human and material evidence.

Aunt Zhou is innocent.

Old Mrs. Shen's face turned a little pale, and Aunt Zhou got up, "You too, your temperament is so good." ”

"Old lady Xie has mercy." Aunt Zhou looked up.

When Mrs. Shen saw that her makeup was crying, she pointed to two maids and led her to the east to freshen up.

As for Mother Li, who was paralyzed on the ground, because of her dishonesty just now, she was punched and kicked a few more times and fainted.

"Grandmother." Shen Qinrou, who was silent and unknown, suddenly shouted.

Old Lady Shen glanced at her with an impatient expression.

"Auntie, she." Shen Qinrou's shoulders shook, like an overly frightened rabbit.

Old Mrs. Shen snorted, "She went back and thought about it behind closed doors, and waited until the day the peony flowers bloomed before she was allowed to go out." ”

April peony, May peony.

Aunt Zhao was grounded in disguise.

It's only the end of February, and it's still early for May.

"Old lady Xie." Aunt Zhao was helped up by Bi'e.

Although the red thick carpet of five bats was laid on the ground, after kneeling for a long time, Aunt Zhao couldn't even stand on her feet.