Chapter 283: Aunt Zhou Goes on the Road
On the pineapple wood case, wisps of light smoke wafted from the incense burner in the lion button beast earring, and a collection of famous poems was placed on the bookcase, Fan Anlan sat in front of the desk, holding a book of poems and was looking at it intently, and there seemed to be a terrible woman's cry from a distance, which disturbed her to calm down, so she simply put down the book and got up.
"What's going on outside?" When the maid outside heard the question, she hurriedly replied, "It seems to be a voice from my aunt's yard."
When Mrs. Fan arranged the residence of the concubines, she deliberately separated their yard from the courtyard of the aunts, the courtyard of the aunts was in the west of Mrs. Fan's main house, which used to be entered and exited from the moon cave door of the main courtyard, and after the renovation, another door was opened, forming two sets of courtyards adjacent to the main courtyard, but the main courtyard had three entrances, and the courtyards of the aunts had to enter only two, Aunt Zhou believed that she was the first concubine room in the family, and lived in the three main rooms of the second courtyard, Aunt Jiang was the concubine given by the old lady, and lived in the east chamber of the courtyard, and Aunt Fang lived in the west chamber, Two new entrants live in the east and west compartments of the second courtyard.
In addition to the courtyard gate, there are east and west corner doors or back doors, but when Mrs. Fan ordered someone to repair the courtyard of her aunt, she specially kept an eye on it, except for the courtyard gate, there is no other door to enter and exit, if Fan Anlan wants to go to see Aunt Zhou, she has to enter from the courtyard gate, pass through the doors of Jiang and Fang, enter the second entrance, and have to pass through the door of the two new aunts before she can go to Aunt Zhou's house.
For a long time, Aunt Zhou has told her daughter that she and her father are a couple! She should be the wife, do her best to slander Mrs. Fan, when she was in office, Aunt Zhou lived in a courtyard no less than the main room, full of people waiting inside and out, she and her brother also lived next to her aunt, she never felt that what her aunt said was wrong.
Until she grew up, she and her second sister each lived in a courtyard, the yard was not big, only one size, but the grandmother let them take care of themselves, but the aunts lived in a large yard. There were so many people waiting around her aunt, she couldn't live at all, and her aunt went to make trouble, she thought that her father would scold her mother. Then she complied with her aunt's wishes.
Unexpectedly, it was her aunt who was left out in the cold, but her aunt finally managed to live in the main room of the second courtyard, and the people who waited for her aunt were extremely reluctant to squeeze into the east and west compartments of the second entrance.
But from then on, she also hated to set foot in her aunt's residence, which always seemed to remind her that she was a concubine, born to an aunt.
However, my grandmother went south to visit relatives and handed over the housework to the third sister-in-law, the head of the inner courtyard and Mama Ding. The two minions are in front of the master, no matter how powerful they are, they are just minions, so her aunt has begun to publicize these days.
Since this noise came from the side of her aunt's yard, maybe her aunt punished the two new aunts. Her two big maids glanced at each other, and then began to flatter Fan Anlan, and then arranged for the next two new aunts to have a few words with Aunt Fang, who had not given birth for many years after entering the door, and said that Fan Anlan felt comfortable, but a little maid rushed in out of breath, she was anxious to speak, but she was so anxious that she couldn't speak.
Fan Anlan didn't like her when she looked like that. scolded, "No rules, are you from that yard?"
The little maid was speechless, and the big maids knew that she was a rough maid in her aunt's yard, so they asked, "What's the matter?" My aunt has punished her, so you came to intercede with the girl?"
The little maid was anxious. Waved his hand again and again, "Isn't it?" What's going on here?"
Another big girl poured a cup of tea for the little girl, and the little girl drank it dry, took a rough breath, and then said, "Girl." Auntie, Aunt Zhou was escorted away by Xu's steward. ”
"What's going on? On the contrary! When Fan Anlan heard this, she rushed out, and after scolding, she asked suspiciously, "Who is Steward Xu?"
The big and small girls looked at each other, I don't know who Steward Xu is, who is the third girl scolding? The eldest girl was busy popularizing science for her own girl, and Fan Anlan knew that this Xu steward was the person in charge of punishment in the family, and he was his grandfather's henchman.
"Good manner, what did grandfather do when he asked his aunt to take him away?"
Of course everyone doesn't know, Fan Anlan led people to find her grandfather to ask for clarification, she didn't want the yard to be sealed from the outside, Fan Anlan jumped inside, and a little maid in the courtyard remembered it in time, and there was a back door! Fan Anlan hurriedly asked her to lead the way, but the back door was locked by her mother-in-law, Fan Anlan was about to go out with a hard temper, and her mother-in-law glanced at her coldly and said: "This is the order of the old lady and the eldest master, if the girl has any questions, when the old lady lets you go out, go and ask again!"
The eldest girl hurriedly took out the silver money and wanted to buy her mother-in-law, but she didn't want her to shake her head and refuse, so she didn't even say a word to her.
Fan Anlan had to go back to the room anxiously, and as soon as the morning dawned, she asked the third brother and his wife to meet his grandfather and father.
In the big study, Mrs. Fan glanced coldly at Aunt Zhou, who was stunned on the ground, and then waved her hand to let her go down, Aunt Zhou didn't know why, her brain turned quickly and wanted to find clues from the old lady's questioning to save herself, she didn't want him to even ask, she was going to pull her out, she hurriedly turned around and tried to break free from the hands of her mother-in-law.
"Old lady, old lady, I know that you have always looked at me unpleasantly, but if you want to deal with me, you must always give me an explanation! You're going to dispose of me indiscriminately, my lord, how do you explain it! Old gentleman! Even if you want me to die, ......"
"Confess? Why should I give him an account? He understands very well in his heart, do you think I want to deal with a cheap concubine who colluded with outsiders to murder the heirs of the Fan family, who else do I need to explain? Hum! If it weren't for the fear of embarrassing the Fan family and the Zhou family, I would have thrown you to Dali Temple! ”
Hearing that she colluded with outsiders and murdered the heirs of the Fan family, Aunt Zhou was shocked, and she didn't understand how it could suddenly be revealed after many years, and her mind was in a flash, she thought of Mrs. Fan's attitude towards herself before she went out, and thought of Fan Anju's wedding date, why Mrs. Fan suddenly went south to visit relatives.
"Madam, this is Madame framing me, old lady, old lady!" Aunt Zhou shouted, and said in her heart, just plant a qiē on Mrs. Fan's head, and get out first.
Mrs. Fan waved her hand disdainfully, and asked Steward Xu to escort Aunt Zhou down, and Aunt Zhou was still waiting to shout again, but Steward Xu lowered her head slightly, and held Aunt Zhou's mother-in-law to pinch Aunt Zhou's chin neatly, and directly removed her chin, so that she could no longer shout.
Aunt Zhou burst into tears in fright, she has always been able to speak kindly, but Mrs. Fan didn't let her speak, how could she say that this old immortal would let herself go?
Glance at the eye. She saw behind the ebony screen in the old lady's room, and there seemed to be a person standing there, and she wanted to call out the person, it must be the old man. It must be him, it can't be someone else, but why didn't he come out and speak for himself?
"You've seen the testimonies yourself, you've questioned the witnesses, and she still pleaded not guilty." Mrs. Fan shook his head and sighed, Master Fan's face was ashamed, and his whole personality was sluggish, he seemed to whisper something, Aunt Zhou didn't hear it, but Steward Xu got instructions. Let someone drag Aunt Zhou out.
Out of the big study, she was dragged away, and one of the embroidered shoes on her feet fell off at some point, and another was worn on her feet, but the pearls on the tips of her feet had been worn off at some point. The tip of her shoe was torn in a hole, and her white toes were rubbed by the rough stones, and the blood flowed, but the mother-in-law who was holding her turned a blind eye.
The servants of the family were tied with ribbons, and the maids and mothers-in-law who were waiting beside the six girls back then had their relatives, and they were all killed by this poisonous woman. Now rubbing her like this, they think Aunt Zhou deserves it.
The mother-in-law deliberately dragged her on the path paved with small stones, turned left and right, and came to a deserted courtyard, Steward Xu took the key to open the door lock of a room, and the mother-in-law threw Aunt Zhou in. Aunt Zhou didn't care about the pain, and she was about to rush out when she pulled out her legs, but several mothers-in-law were busy grabbing her, and in the chaos, someone took the opportunity to pinch her. After pushing and shoving a few times, seeing that Steward Xu didn't stop them, everyone became more and more bold, and directly kicked her down, followed by a fight.
Aunt Zhou was born pampered, that is, after her father broke up, she became a bad gambler, and her mother did not let the girls suffer a little, and did rough work, after entering the Fan family, because she was favored, she did not touch the spring water with her fingers, and she had never washed a handkerchief by herself, how many times had she been beaten by someone? She was so anxious that she wanted to cry and beg for mercy, but her chin was removed and she didn't put it back, and she couldn't speak!
"Steward Xu, okay! Let them vent, that's it! Otherwise, you won't be able to explain it when you go back to the master. Mama Ding said softly.
Steward Xu knew that Mama Ding was reminding herself, the old lady was old after all, and once she went, they old people would have to stand aside! Although the Zhou family committed their own crimes this time, giving her a decent way to die is very different from being beaten to death, and Steward Xu doesn't want to be settled by the eldest master.
So he nodded, left a lamp, and retreated outside the house with the mother-in-law who beat people.
Aunt Zhou endured the pain and wanted to pounce on Mama Ding, wanting to ask her for help, Mama Ding flashed lightly, avoided her, and let her fall to the ground, Mama Ding's voice sounded a little eerie in the empty room.
"Aunt Zhou, the slave maid is on the order of the old lady to send you on your way."
Aunt Zhou whimpered, originally wanting Mama Ding to save her life, but now she wanted to dodge her.
"Aunt Zhou, you're looking forward to the eldest master coming to save you!" Seeing Aunt Zhou's eyes looking out of the door from time to time, Mama Ding couldn't help but sneer, "The maids who waited for you in the past are honest!" Tell the master how you used to talk from my wife, know the lord's preferences, and then do what he likes to deceive him! ”
No way!
"What the slave said is naturally not the big maids who were killed by you, but the little maids and rough mother-in-law around you at that time, you went out of the cabinet as a concubine, and they couldn't get along well in the Hou Mansion, this time Mrs. ordered me to investigate thoroughly, it just so happened that your eldest aunt wanted to sell them, I spent a sum of money to buy them, and finally pry open the mouths of those people, and told the eldest master how you calculated my wife, and how you later connected with the Yang family through your eldest uncle, and hooked up with the Yang family's calculation of the sixth girl and the seventh young master."
Glancing at Aunt Zhou, whose face was like gold paper, Mama Ding laughed softly, "Aunt Zhou! The slave is waiting for you on your way! You've had a good journey! If you want to come to Huangquan Road, there are already many people waiting to settle accounts with you! Don't worry, the third young master and the third girl will be fine, but they are no longer children in your name! ”
Aunt Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, she didn't want to, but Mama Ding said, "The old lady is merciful, I can't bear to have such a ruthless biological mother for the two young masters and young lady, so I make the decision and record the third girl in Aunt Fang's name, and the third young master in Aunt Jiang's name. You can go with confidence! ”
Feel relieved? How can you rest assured! If you want to erase her Zhou, why not record her child in the name of Ding? It's the same as changing an aunt! Aunt Jiang is an honest man, even if she has a son, she will not find trouble for the Ding family!
Her Lan'er, Aunt Fang doesn't get along with her, how can she treat her Lan'er well? No, no! No! I confess my sins, I confess them all! Please, help me plead with the old lady and be merciful, and record Lan'er to the Ding family, no, to the name of the lady! Please!
Aunt Zhou was speechless, so anxious that tears and snot were all pasted on her face, that delicate and beautiful face was no longer noble and cold, Mama Ding squatted beside her, raised her hand and fed her a medicine, the pungent smell of medicine was disgusting, Aunt Zhou instinctively wanted to spit it out, but her jaw was closed by Mama Ding, the pill slowly melted in her mouth, and when her consciousness dissipated, she heard Mama Ding whisper: "In the next life, don't think about other people's husbands anymore!"
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