Chapter XVIII
On the way to the Zhusheng Courtyard, Mrs. Mu asked someone to invite the eldest lady to go with her.
The eldest lady had actually received the letter a long time ago, but she kept holding on and didn't go to the bamboo fungus courtyard.
Mother Qin is her person, whether Mu Xiao provoked the trouble first or not, it is Mother Qin's fault, and she is not strict under her rule.
Now that she saw the old lady, she naturally couldn't hold it on her face, pinched her handkerchief and lowered her eyebrows and said, "It's all my daughter-in-law's negligence......"
The old lady's face was gloomy, and she didn't say anything serious to the eldest lady at the moment, but said: "Fortunately, no one died, if there was a human life, the reputation that our Mu family had accumulated for hundreds of years would be completely ruined." At the same time, he commanded in a deep voice, "This matter must not be spread, if anyone dares to spread half a word, cut off her tongue first." ”
The maids who followed immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and their expressions became more cautious.
The eldest lady hurriedly nodded yes.
A group of people gathered around the old lady and went to the bamboo sheng courtyard.
At this time, the twilight was four, the red lanterns in the bamboo fungus courtyard were swaying with the wind, casting messy light, everything was a mess, Qin's mother was escorted by four mothers-in-law with big shoulders and round waists, and she let go of the old cry and cried out for injustice.
Aunt Chen was more concerned about the wound on her daughter's hand, comforting Mu Xiao with pity on the one hand, and scolding Qin's mother on the other.
When the old lady stepped into the bamboo fungus courtyard, everyone immediately froze in place.
Aunt Chen rushed forward in a panic to salute, the old lady was expressionless, didn't even look at her, and strode straight into the inner room past everyone.
Only a broken candle was lit in the room, and the light was unusually dim, and there was a sound of crying, and the peach and green were already crying red eyes.
Although Mu Yan's injuries were not serious, he shed a lot of blood, and it was the first time for these two girls to see so much blood, and they were a little frightened.
Mu Yan sat on the couch with her hair scattered, I don't know if it was because she was bleeding too much or because she was scared, her face was pale, and even her lips lost their color.
Seeing the old lady, Mu Yan instinctively got up and wanted to salute, but who knew that he stumbled when he stood up and almost fell to the ground.
"You don't have to get up, sit down." From the moment Mrs. Mu saw Mu Yan, her face became heavier and her eyes deepened.
Everyone held their breath, for fear of harming themselves.
“…… Mrs. Xie. Mu Yan even said that his voice was a little weak.
Mother Hu helped the old lady sit on the couch.
The eldest lady glanced at it obliquely, and saw that the clothes Mu Yan was wearing were all stained with blood, and the blood in the injured area almost stained the entire sleeve, and it was even more miserable under the candlelight.
She grinned softly and asked symbolically, "Are you seriously injured?" ”
Mu Yan looked at the eldest lady in pain, "Mrs. Hui, the injury is ...... It's not ...... heavy."
Pink suddenly cried.
Mother Hu immediately glared at her, "It's really unruly, the old lady is here, how can she scream." ”
Peach tried hard to cover her mouth, and after a long time, she knelt on the ground and choked up, "It's really ...... to ask the old lady to atone for her sins." It's really that the slave and maid feel too sorry for my girl, this injury is ...... The injury was by no means as minor as she had suggested. ”
The old lady frowned, "What did the say?" ”
Aunt Chen was already covered in cold sweat, and she squeezed Mu Xiao's hand tightly.
Mother Qin also shrunk into a ball outside.
Peach said: "The said, if the scissors are a little deeper, the girl's arm ...... I'm afraid it's gone. ”
Mu Yan immediately yelled at Taohong, "...... Shut up. I'm fine. ”
Pink immediately covered her mouth and lowered her eyebrows.
In this way, the injury can be described as very severe.
Old Madam Mu frowned again, her expression became even colder, and everyone didn't even dare to make a sound.
"What the hell is going on?" The old lady's voice fell down like an ice pick, and her eyes turned to Aunt Chen's mother and daughter, and said coldly: "Aunt Chen, don't you go back to your room to rest this big night, what are you doing here?" ”
The eldest lady listened to the old lady's lecture to Aunt Chen, and her heart was indescribably happy.
Aunt Chen's palms were sweaty, her heart was beating drums, but she pretended to be aggrieved on her face, and said with red eyes, "Back to the old lady, I heard that the concubine is getting better in the past few days, so I thought about coming to see her today, who knows......" Her eyes were cold, and she cried again, "Who knew that she was humiliated by Diao Nu in public, and she also stabbed Sister Xiao'er and hurt Yan Ya's head......"
Aunt Chen is the best at acting, especially crying, when she closes her eyes, she cries, and even the eldest man is afraid of her trick.
Aunt Chen's pear blossoms were crying with rain, and she grabbed Mu Xiao's injured hand for the old lady to see.
Mu Xiao's fair fingers were wrapped in several layers of gauze, and traces of blood oozed from them, which was indeed injured.
The eldest lady coughed dryly and said slowly: "Mother Qin has always understood the rules best, how can she stab someone with scissors for no reason?" ”
Aunt Chen snorted lightly, and said in a strange manner, "Don't you know that a dog will bite people, not to mention that she is a mad dog......"
"You ......" The eldest lady's eyes were red with anger, and she couldn't lose her sense of proportion in front of the old lady, so she had to suppress it, and she didn't smile and said, "Mad dog is not mad dog, then you have to ask to know." ”
The old lady was too lazy to listen to their entanglement, her face was calm, and she said sharply: "Bring Mother Qin in." ”
The four mothers-in-law walked in with Qin's mother, Qin's mother was disheveled, and there were a few slap marks on her face, when she saw the old lady, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "The old lady atonements, the old lady atonements, the slave really didn't hurt anyone......"
Aunt Chen's face changed and changed, she bit her lip fiercely, and cried: "Old lady, listen to her, if she didn't hurt anyone, then Sister Xiao hurt herself?" Co-authored Sister Xiao hurt the girl? This...... How is this possible? He gritted his teeth and looked at Qin's mother and said, "It's really hateful that you hurt someone and refuse to admit your guilt." ”
Of course, Qin's mother didn't want to admit this crime, and immediately kowtowed to justify: "Everyone saw that it was the third lady who took the scissors first to hurt the slave maid, and the slave maid really didn't hurt her." ”
The eldest lady immediately grabbed the handle, her pupils narrowed into a line, and she said in a deep voice: "Mother Qin, you mean, it was Sister Xiao who took the scissors first?" ”
When Mother Qin saw the eldest lady asking, she immediately nodded like pounding garlic, and said with great certainty: "Yes, the slave will never dare to say anything." He glanced at Mu Yan and the peach red again, and said in a horizontal heart, "At that time, Miss Yan, the peach and green were all in the room, if the wife didn't believe it, you could ask them." ”
Mother Qin looked at Mu Yan earnestly for the first time, and the eldest lady also set her eyes on Mu Yan.
Aunt Chen also looked at Mu Yan, her eyes were unusually low.
The old lady turned her face and asked Mu Yan in a deep voice, "Yan girl, what Mother Qin said is the truth?" ”
Mu Yan pursed his lips, "I...... I ......"
"I" for a long time, and finally she simply lowered her head and did not speak.
At this time, the eldest lady was a little proud, raised her eyebrows and said to the old lady, "Can't you see this?" Yan Ya is afraid of offending people, so she doesn't dare to tell the truth. As she spoke, the eldest lady looked at Aunt Chen several times.
Aunt Chen hated even more in her heart, and was about to open her mouth, but she heard Mu Yan say in a low voice, "At that time...... It was indeed the scissors that the third lady took first......"
Aunt Chen's face was as dead as ashes all of a sudden, but her eyes looked at Mu Yan with hatred.
Mu Yan's next sentence was, "Although the scissors were taken by the third lady first, I don't know if the third miss is the one who pierced the people, after all...... The third lady was also injured, and I dare not jump to conclusions......"
Aunt Chen's heart immediately relaxed again, she almost thought that Mu Yan was going to push their mother and daughter into the fire pit, but now it seems that Mu Yan has no such intention.