19, Truth and Twist
Gu Nian looked at Gu Ci's smug smile, and said with a serious face, "Grandmother, I invited my eldest sister to tea, she didn't know if she disliked my tea here, or if the fire was too big in the morning, so she knocked down the teacup in my hand, and it was smashed ......."
"Dead girl, what nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Ci blushed and shouted loudly.
Gu Nian hooked the corners of his lips, his expression was calm, and said, "Eldest sister, there is a god three feet above your head, do I have any nonsense, God knows, the earth knows, you know, I know ......"
Gu Ci raised his hand and cried, "Grandmother, look, I was scratched after I fell, who would ask for hardship?" ”
She was brought up by Mrs. Yu, and she didn't show it on her face, but in fact, Mrs. Yu was distressed.
Gu Nian looked at Mrs. Yu with clear eyes, "The eldest sister knocked down the teacup, and she slipped her hand because she slipped and fell, and when she got up, she was embarrassed and angry, and she wanted to slap me......"
"Shut up!" Yang couldn't help but shout, and said to the old lady, "Mother, Xiao Wu has ruined Xiao Ci's reputation like this, you have to be the master, it doesn't make sense that she has no reputation herself, so let us follow, right?" ”
"Fifth sister, you have hurt me so badly, is it so difficult to admit your mistake in front of the elders? The matter has passed, that is, it is over, it is okay to apologize, it is all your own family, who still blames you for your mistakes? A girl's home, reputation is the most important ......"
After Gu Ci finished speaking, he deliberately added.
Gu Nian said calmly, "I still say the same thing, what is the truth, God knows, the earth knows, you know, I know, why don't we ask your maid what the truth is, right?" ”
Gu Nian has experienced so many things, and this little thing in front of him can't be called a thing.
She looked at the maid beside Gu Ci and asked with a smile, "Do you really see that it was me who made the eldest girl fall?" ”
Gu Nian retracted his smile and said in a flat tone, "What the eldest sister said is very right, reputation and a girl's family are really important, especially for someone like me who has lost his reputation." ”
She paused and said, "So, the eldest aunt is in charge of the feed, and she is really strict with the people in the house, once the master does something wrong, it is the fault ......of the subordinates, and the light is to sell it to people's teeth, and the heavy is to chop off hands and feet, and then throw it out."
Gu Ci's intuition told her that something was wrong, and she preemptively said, "Fifth sister, I said I forgave you, and you still ask the girl what to do." ”
The maid behind Gu Ci is a child of the family, so she naturally knows the rules of the house, even if she helps the eldest girl today, if the lady knows that she helped the eldest girl hide it, she will definitely be cut off by the lady and thrown out.
If she wants to save her life, she can only tell the truth, maybe she will be rejected by the big girl, but it is better than losing her life when the time comes.
When Old Madam Yu and Yang heard the maid's tears and snot flowing together, trembling and trembling, when she said the same thing as Gu Nian said, the blood of qi surged up on the top of their heads.
The blood on Gu Ci's face faded cleanly, and he was suddenly exposed as a lie, and he was a little stunned for a while.
For so many years, except for the eldest sister who got married, she was the first among the girls, and she had never been forced into such an aggrieved situation.
She said sharply to the maid, ", what are you talking nonsense? Who is your master? Who are you heading for? ”
"Shut up." Old Madam Yu shouted.
Gu Ci looked at Old Madam Yu and shouted aggrievedly, "Grandmother......"
She grew up beside the old lady since she was a child, and naturally understood that although the old lady loved her, if she lost face to the old man, it would not end well.
Gu Nian was neither humble nor arrogant, and looked directly at the old lady's gloomy gaze.
Old Madam Yu suddenly instructed the maid beside her, "Go, let Wan'er prepare, the eldest girl can't go to the eldest princess's mansion with the fifth girl, let her follow." ”
When the Yang mother and daughter heard this, they were immediately anxious, but they didn't expect the old lady to still think about Du Wan'er at this time, instead of helping them get justice.
Gu Ci stood up anxiously, a heart-piercing pain came from her feet, and she endured the pain and said, "Grandmother, granddaughter can go." ”
Yang knew the old lady a little better, she stopped Gu Ci, "Mother, this kid is stupid, he is hurt like this, where can he go?" ”
At this time, a report came from outside, "Old lady, the carriage from the eldest princess's mansion outside has come to pick up the five girls." ”
Old Madam Yu stood up and said, "Let the eldest girl carry me on your back." ”
After saying that, he took the lead and walked out.
Gu Nian followed behind to the flower hall where the guests were entertained, and when Mrs. Yu saw the grandmother sitting on the top, she said with a smile, "Mama has been waiting for a long time, it's just that the fifth girl is ready, but the granddaughter of the old body is not ready, so please wait." ”
After speaking, she pointed out Gu Nian to Mama.
"Old lady, is this?" The grandmother was surprised.
"Xiao Wu accompanies the eldest princess in Jinling all the year round, and she doesn't know much about the rules of Beijing, so the old man asked her granddaughter who grew up next to me to mention Xiao Wu, saving her from being reckless and bumping into the nobles."
Old Madam Yu smiled and naturally explained.
"The old lady forgives her sins." The grandmother looked at Mrs. Yu and said,
"The old lady of our princess's temper knows best, but whenever there is an explanation, there can be no mistakes.
Today, the princess has only invited five girls to come over, and if your granddaughter wants to see our princess, let me ask our princess to show her first. ”
Old Madam Yu's old face suddenly flushed, this grandmother used the eldest princess to talk about things, where did she have the courage to say half a 'no'?
This eldest princess is the treasure in the hands of the emperor, not to mention her, no one dares to provoke even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
She apologized embarrassedly, "As soon as people get old, they get confused, in this case, then Xiao Wu, you have to listen to Mama's teachings well, don't bump into the nobles, otherwise I won't be able to spare you." ”
Subsequently, I ordered a big girl next to me to follow Gu Nian to the eldest princess's mansion, saying that she was persuading the waiter, but in fact she was surveilling.
Gu Nian blessed his body, lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, and then followed the grandmother out of the flower hall, got into the carriage, and went towards the princess's mansion.
Old Madam Yu watched the carriage go away, endured her anger and returned to Songhe Hall, and when she saw Gu Ci waiting, she immediately slapped the table, "Bastard, kneel down for me." ”
Gu Ci didn't dare not listen to Old Madam Yu's words, endured the pain, and knelt on the ground in embarrassment.
Yang's heart was very distressed when he watched from the side, and as soon as he wanted to speak, he heard the old lady Yu angrily reprimand, "Your daughter, taught like this, do you still have the face to intercede for her?" ”
"The daughter-in-law doesn't dare." Yang knelt down, but scolded the old lady in his heart. 'Gu Ci has grown up beside the old lady since he was a child, why is it wrong, it has become his own?
Old Madam Yu looked condescendingly at the two mothers and daughters kneeling on the ground, and said, "Did I teach you this before?" ”
She was deflated by Gu Nian, and when she went to the grandmother of the eldest princess's mansion, she was dismissed again, and now she is full of anger and can only vent on Gu Ci.
She put the teacup handed over by the maid next to her on the side of the small table,
"If you make a mistake today, don't dig a hole for others if you don't have that brain, since you dig it, you must let the other party never turn over, instead of smashing your own feet like now!"
"The second mistake is that since it has been revealed, then simply admit the mistake, instead of cursing the maid somewhere, you can't even hold a maid, what can you do?"
Originally, she could let Xiao Wu go to the Princess's Mansion today, but she didn't expect that Xiao Wu would scare Xiao Ci's maid with a few words of threat, and she couldn't help but blame the Yang housekeeper for being too strict at the moment.
Gu Ci listened to Old Madam Yu's words and thought thoughtfully.
And after Gu Nian arrived at the eldest princess's mansion, he didn't see the eldest princess yet, but first saw Xiao Yue, who was dressed as a scholar in a moon-white robe.