Chapter 95: Three Women, One Play
When Aunt Lin retreated to Haitang's side, Mrs. Li's face softened a little, and then she deliberately put on the score of being the housewife and said, "If you all have anything to say, you can continue to say it now." With Master and I here, you don't need to worry about no one making decisions for you. ”
Seeing this scene, the corners of Su Wen's mouth hooked up with a mocking arc. Depriving Aunt Lin of the initiative in her hands, this is the purpose of what she said just now, and now it seems that the expected effect has been achieved.
Hearing Mrs. Li's question, one of the older maids immediately replied, "Back to the old lady, the slave maid is the eldest maid who serves Aunt Liu, named Vanilla. Next to her is the slave's sister, named Sicao, who has been serving in Aunt Lin's room, doing some sprinkling and sweeping work on weekdays. ”
After listening to her introduction, Mrs. Li immediately asked with a serious face: "You were arrested by the Lin family today, do you know what the reason is?" ”
Hearing this question, Vanilla showed a hint of hesitation on her face, and only after a moment did she reply with a resolute face: "The reason why Aunt Lin brought the slave maid sister over, the slave maid knows it in her heart. If the slave and maid expected it to be good, it should be that Aunt Liu explained that the slave and maid had completed the matter that was revealed, which caused this disaster. ”
At first, when I heard Vanilla say Aunt Liu, Su Wen still had doubts for a while. She knew that there was an Aunt Lin in the Li Mansion, but when did there be an extra Aunt Liu?
After the initial doubts, Su Wen immediately came back to his senses. If you guess correctly, the Aunt Liu in Vanilla's mouth should be Begonia. I only knew her name was Haitang before, but I didn't know that her original surname was Liu. It turned out that when she was a maid, no one cared about her surname. Now that she has become an aunt, it is different from before.
Thinking about this, Su Wen immediately set his eyes on Begonia's body. Maybe I felt the pressure of the mountain rain coming. Her face was a little pale at this moment, and it was obvious that she was suffering a lot in her heart.
Just when Su Wen secretly looked at the begonia. Mrs. Li did not stop interrogating, but continued Vanilla's words and asked carefully: "You just said that this disaster may have been caused by the revelation of the matter handed over to you by Aunt Liu. Then Mrs. Ben wants to ask, what is the important thing that Aunt Liu has entrusted you to do? ”
Questioned by Mrs. Li, Vanilla immediately threw an apologetic look at Haitang, then lowered her head and said in a muffled voice: "Aunt Liu, although you treat the slave and maid well, the slave and maid still have a sister to take care of, and the kindness in this life can only be repaid in the next life." ”
Hear her say so. Begonia's complexion became even paler. So far, there is something she doesn't understand. I don't know when, the personal maid she has been trying to envelop has already taken refuge in the Lin family. In this unforeseen situation, she colluded with outsiders to drive her, the so-called master, to a dead end, which is really vicious.
Facing the suspicious eyes of everyone in the room, Haitang forced herself to calm down, and then said with a sad face: "Vanilla, I treat you well on weekdays. At this point, I just want to ask why you are colluding with outsiders to frame me? ”
The voice did not fall. Begonia's tears have fallen. Compared with her current appearance of pity, Aunt Lin's tear offensive just now seemed a bit fake. I have to say that Begonia played this hand very beautifully, taking advantage of almost all the advantages she has.
In such extremely unfavorable conditions. The only thing Begonia can do is to avoid the heavy and light. She didn't have any evidence in her hands to prove her innocence, so she could only use Chu Chu to win Li Chen's favoritism.
As the male host of the Li Mansion, Li Chen's attitude plays a decisive role. As long as he is moved by compassion. Begonias can be considered to have escaped. Mo said that this matter was purely wronged, even if it was really her who did it. As long as Li Chen is protected, she can also get out of this house fight.
See the performance of begonias. Su Wen couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. can quickly make the most correct choice, she is really not a simple character.
Seeing Begonia crying sadly, Li Chen really felt sorry for the fragrance and jade, and immediately said with a concerned face: "Don't cry, it won't look good if your eyes are swollen from crying." Besides, this matter hasn't been clarified yet, so how can I take the maid's one-sided words seriously? ”
Hearing his consolation, Haitang's tears really stopped, and then he looked up at Li Chen with teary eyes, and asked in a choked voice: "Master, do you believe that the concubine is innocent?" ”
Hearing her ask, a trace of hesitation flashed on Li Chen's face, but after seeing Haitang's crying appearance, he immediately spoke: "Faith, I believe in your innocence." It's just a maidservant, how can what she says be taken seriously. What kind of person are you, no one in the house knows it, you are very kind-hearted, how can you do things that are not good for others? ”
After getting the answer she wanted, Haitang completely stopped her tears and smiled at Li Chen. This smile was like a hibiscus out of the water, and in an instant, Li Chen only felt that the spring flowers were blooming in front of him, and he didn't look charming.
Seeing Li Chen's reaction, Su Wen's eyes showed a thick look of mockery. She really didn't misunderstand him, he was a womanizer in his bones. This kind of man only has lust/affection in his eyes, and there is no love at all. As for his thoughts about Yunzhi, it's just a regret that he couldn't get.
Seeing that Li Chen had the intention of letting go of Begonia, Aunt Lin couldn't bear it anymore. The trap she had worked so hard to create, how could she allow Begonia to get out so easily?
Thinking of this, Aunt Lin immediately lowered her head, and said with a choked voice in her mouth at the same time; "Master, the concubine has heard of a generation of new people replacing old people before, and I didn't think so at the time, I felt that the old man was a common feeling. It's just today's thing, you make the concubine feel good in body and mind, could it be that you have forgotten the time when you were accompanied by your concubine? ”
Hearing her say this, Li Chen's face showed a hint of embarrassment. In retrospect, he found that he did seem to be a little too partial to Begonia. In this matter, it seems that the Lin family is the one who has been wronged.
Seeing this scene, Aunt Lin knew that it had worked, and immediately made persistent efforts and said; "Master, the concubine and our children were almost calculated. If it weren't for the immediate discovery, I'm afraid our children wouldn't have been saved. If that's the case, what else does the concubine have to live, she can't even protect her own children, it's better to be killed head-on. ”
After speaking, Aunt Lin began to hide her face with a handkerchief and sobbed in a low voice. She was quite clever in this move, posing as a victim to win Li Chen's sympathy.
Growing up in an ordinary family, where did Li Chen understand the struggle between women. Facing Aunt Lin's little wrist, he immediately softened his heart. Especially after listening to her crying, he felt even more indebted to Aunt Lin. Under the influence of this psychology, the balance in his heart quickly tilted towards Aunt Lin's side.
Seeing his reaction, Begonia secretly hated in his heart. She was already about to achieve her goal, but she was disrupted by the slut of the Lin family, which made her previous efforts in vain.
Thinking of this, Begonia immediately asked with a sad face; "Sister Lin, I have always had no quarrel with the world, why are you always targeting me? The old lady is in the eyes, since I came to the house, I have always been a responsible person, and I dare not exceed the slightest on weekdays. Even to greet my wife, I don't send maids for three days and two days like my sister. ”
When these words came out, Aunt Lin hid her face and cried. She really didn't expect that Begonia would mention this matter at this time, and she couldn't help but feel a panic in her heart.
Contrary to Aunt Lin, Mrs. Li was quite happy in her heart. For so many years, she has been suppressed by Aunt Lin, and she has long accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction in her heart. Today, she was able to confide through Begonia's mouth, and she finally had a bad breath in her heart. Taking advantage of the presence of outsiders, she wanted to see how Li Chen would respond?
Li Chen asked Aunt Lin with a gloomy face, "What Liu said is true?" When it comes to asking your wife for peace, you actually send a maid to go for you for three days and two days? ”
After the initial panic, Aunt Lin immediately calmed down and said with a look of grievance: "Master, where can a concubine have such courage?" It's just that during this period of time, the concubine's actions became more and more inconvenient, so she couldn't go to Mrs. every day to say goodbye, and ask the master to be considerate. ”
Hearing this explanation, Li Chen immediately turned to Mrs. Li and asked, "Is what the Lin family said true?" You can answer truthfully, and what to do with everything is according to the rules. ”
When Mrs. Li heard this, she sighed softly, and said with a generous face: "It's just a trivial matter, why take it too seriously?" The Lin family has indeed been a little worse in terms of rules for so many years, but now the situation is special, so I won't care about it for the time being. When the child is born, it's not too late to take care of it. ”
Hearing her say this, Li Chen showed a look of relief, and couldn't help but praise him: "You are just too kind-hearted, and you are always used to these people." As the head of the Li Mansion, they should use the family law, and they can't be spoiled. ”
Although the words had the meaning of dissatisfaction, Li Chen's attitude was very different from the content of the words. Looking at his very satisfied look, he should have appreciated Mrs. Li's performance. It seems that Li Chen, like most men, likes this kind of virtuous and virtuous wives, and likes them to be quite generous in the dispute between wives and concubines.
Witnessing the performance of the master of the Li Mansion throughout the whole process, Su Wen was almost dying of laughter. She really doubted that with Li Chen's IQ, would she be played to death by the three women of Li Mansion one day?
I thought that Mrs. Li was a brainless person, but now it seems that not everything is so confused. At least in the matter of currying favor with Li Chen, her performance is quite remarkable. From this point of view, her ability to sit firmly in the position of the official hostess of the Li Mansion is not due to Aunt Lin's incompetence. (To be continued......)
PS: There's an exam tomorrow, hopefully everything goes well.