Chapter 36: Rumors
Aunt An looked at the two little maids trembling on the ground, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and she asked, "Xing'er, what's going on?" ”
Xing'er's eyes widened angrily, and she raised her hand and pointed at the two little maids and said coldly: "When the slave went to the clean room, I happened to hear these two things who don't know whether they are alive or dead chewing the root of their tongues there. ”
"Chewing the root of the tongue?" Aunt An glanced at the two little girls with a calm face, and became more and more suspicious in her heart, and said with a turned face: "Say, what's going on?" ”
The two little girls were already frightened, and at this moment they were only crying and kowtowing and begging for mercy. Xing'er raised her eyebrows, glared at the two of them, gritted her teeth and said, "They are chewing on the tongue of our seventh miss." ”
"Fang'er?" Aunt An took a deep breath, but she would not let go of her children lightly. At this moment, when she heard that it was related to her daughter, a cold glint flashed in her eyes, and she took two steps forward and said hatefully: "Since it is about Miss Seven, then I have to listen to it." ”
The two little maids had already weakened their bodies in fright, and they couldn't move on the ground.
Aunt An saw that they didn't speak, so she snorted at Xing'er.
Xing'er nodded slightly, grabbed one of her hairs and said sharply: "Liu'er, you said, what did you just say?" ”
The maid named Liu Er trembled all over, tears flew together, a good face, the fat residue of crying faded, and endured the pain and said: "Auntie spare your life, aunt spare your life, the slave doesn't dare anymore." ”
The corners of Aunt An's lips were fierce: "Don't talk nonsense, you say, what did you say about Miss Seven?" ”
Na Liu'er still gritted her teeth and refused to speak.
Aunt An glanced at Mama Chen, Mama Chen raised her chin and said slowly: "The slave doesn't want to say anything about her, since that's the case, just pull out the green silk and send it to the nunnery to be a sister-in-law, lest she stay in the house in the future to chew her tongue and arrange the master." ”
Hearing this, the other little girl who was kneeling on the ground and called Si'er was so frightened that she cried "wow", walked forward on her knees, hugged Aunt An's legs, and poured beans into the bamboo tube like she heard the rumors about the discord between the sixth miss Lu Shuqing and the seventh miss Lu Shufang for He Tai, and the rumors that Lu Shufang went to inquire about He Tai's preferences.
She cried with red eyes: "The slave maid also heard it, please aunt Mingjian, please aunt Mingjian......"
After hearing this, Aunt An was numb like thunder. Her daughter has not yet reached the age of Jilu, let alone promised to marry someone, with such rumors, how can she find a good mother-in-law?
She can endure anything in this world, but not children......
Aunt An's eyes were red, and she squeezed the handkerchief in her hand fiercely. The body shook slightly, and a pair of red gold hollow earrings on the ears were also like crumbling butterflies, crashing everywhere.
"Say, who spread the rumors?" Aunt An stretched out a finger and asked Si'er in a sharp voice: "I sue you, if you can't tell me why you come today, don't ask for your face." ”
Mama Chen was also shocked, and hurriedly hugged Aunt An: "Don't be angry first, be careful of getting angry." ”
Aunt An blushed and raised her hand to stroke her chest: "How can I not be angry?" These thieves and slaves, it's not good to slander anyone, but they want to slander my Fang'er. ”
Si'er was so frightened that she just cried, and whimpered: "The slave doesn't know who came out of this rumor......"
"You don't know?" Aunt An's tone was cold, and she glanced at Xing'er: "Who is her Lao Tzu Niang?" Are there any of her relatives in this house? ”
Xing'er said: "She bought it from outside, and she has no relatives around. ”
Aunt An let out an "oh", her eyes fell on Si'er, the corners of her mouth hooked up a smile that made people feel cold, and said lightly: "Since I bought it, it is a lot easier." She looked at the dark carved door with a faint gaze, and said in a calm voice: "Didn't a girl drown in the backyard pool last year?" ”
Si'er was covered in cold sweat, as if he had been washed with water, and his face was pale and he cried: "Slave maid...... The slave maid also listened to what Liu Er said, and for the rest, the slave and maid really didn't know anything. ”
Liu Er was already scared half to death, and at this moment she dared not to say anything, but said: "The slave maid listened to Hui'er, the daughter of Li Siniang in the kitchen...... Hui'er ...... Hui'er said that she also heard it......"
Aunt An was shocked when she heard this, and it seemed that there were no more than one or two people who heard this.
She thought about it carefully, and the only people who knew about it that day were a few maids in Lu Shuyi's room, a few maids around Lu Shuqing, and the people around Lu Shufang. In addition, the people who are most likely to know about this are the people around the Santai Pei family. It's just that this matter is also detrimental to Lu Shuqing, and it is absolutely impossible for Pei to do it.
From this point of view, the most likely rumor is Lu Shuyi. But Lu Shuyi has her people by her side, if she really did it, why didn't Huan'er and Xiu'er come to report it?
She looked at her, turned around and sat weakly on the embroidery floor, and looked at the two maids on the ground fiercely with a pair of eyes: "First lock me in the firewood room and starve me for three days, and see if they dare to chew the root of their tongue in the future." ”
Xing'er answered yes, and Fang pulled people down.
Aunt An sat on the couch, her mood couldn't be calm, and she told Mama Chen for a while: "Go, find a reason to quietly call Huan'er and Xiu'er over to me." ”
Mama Chen answered yes and was about to go out to call Huan'er and Xiu'er, but before anyone arrived at the door, Huan'er hurriedly walked in.
"Auntie is looking for you!" Mama Chen quietly pursed her mouth and made an angry expression.
Huan'er understood and walked in cautiously.
Aunt An was the only one in the house, and Aunt An's face was extremely bad, and her eyes were still full of anger, like a raging flame.
Seeing this, Huan'er didn't dare to take a breath of air, so she only bowed timidly, lowered her eyebrows and whispered: "Auntie has something to tell the slave maid?" ”
Aunt An clutched the handkerchief in her hand, forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, raised her eyebrows, and said Fang Cai Si'er's words, she said coldly: "Did you three young ladies do this?" ”
Huan'er actually heard some rumors early in the morning, and she also had her own calculations in her heart.
"The third lady is very peaceful, but it's just ......" She stopped talking and pursed her lips slightly.
Aunt An slapped the corner of the table: "Just what?" Say it? ”
Huan'er pinched her fingers, and Xiu'er's smug expression was in her mind, and she said, "Actually, the slave maid also came because of this matter, because the slave maid found out...... The slave found that Xiu'er was stammering Miss Three and Miss Eight. As soon as she rolled her eyes, she added fuel to Xiu'er's talk about Lu Shujing's contact and Lu Shuyi's reward.
Aunt An was startled, stretched her neck and said, "What do you mean...... The rumors that Xiu'er spread? Is she doing things for Miss Three? ”
Huan'er also learned some shrewdness from Aunt An and knew how to advance and retreat. She also understood the events of the past two days, Lu Shuyi is not just a domineering young lady, maybe she can rely on it in the future!
At this moment, she didn't want to completely offend Lu Shuyi, so she thought about it: "I don't think it's the third lady's support, it's Xiu'er who did it herself in order to please the third miss and win the trust of the third miss." After a pause, he said: "Didn't Fang Cai Si'er say that she listened to Li Siniang's daughter in the kitchen?" That Li Siniang used to be from Xifu......"
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