"What?!" The bamboo basket hanging on Mrs. Zhang's arm slipped to the ground, and she was speechless in shock.

The woman who sold things couldn't help but laugh when she saw her such a big reaction: "Why did you react so much? The second lady of the Ding family was not a peaceful person, and she made trouble in Youzhou for three days, but the matter of the little boy Ding is really unusual, I heard that he has just finished the township examination, and now it looks like the time for the release of the list is coming, and in addition to such an ugly thing at this juncture." Tsk, it's really my own brother and sister. ”

The woman chatted warmly with the people on the side, and she didn't care about Mrs. Zhang's dejected appearance, and she even forgot things when she left, only saying that she was a strange person.

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Mrs. Zhang was not in the mood to continue shopping, and trotted all the way back to Ding's mansion.

At that time, Zhang was in Ding Xiuxiu's room, eating breakfast with her, Ding Xiuxiu looked much calmer, occasionally chatting and laughing with Zhang, and heard Mrs. Zhang's shout from a distance: "Madam! Madam! Something is wrong!

Zhang frowned, threw the spoon in his hand into the bowl in disappointment, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, glanced at Mrs. Zhang, and said impatiently: "This early in the morning, what nonsense, what's wrong, look at you in a hurry." ”

Mrs. Zhang knelt at Zhang's feet, her wrinkled old face was full of wrinkles, and her expression was indescribable: "The second and second misses' yesterday and yesterday's events were spread out, and now the whole city is going crazy, and the second miss is jealous of the female relatives of the house, and she is scheming behind her back......."

"What! these people!" Ding Xiuxiu glared and patted the table, Zhang attached it to her hand and patted it twice to appease, and said: "It's okay, those people in the city just love to chew people's tongues behind their backs, and they don't have much ability, my daughter is so good-looking, sooner or later someone will come to the door to propose." ”

"It's not all!" Mrs. Zhang said with a bitter face, "The matter of the little young master has also been spread!

"What-" Zhang Shi got up suddenly, and the round stool behind him was kicked to the ground by her, "How can the matter of Ke'er get out! The master clearly said that it has already been tied! Which kind of low-mouthed subordinate spread it!"

Zhang's breathing gradually became heavier, and his head went blank.

They are not afraid of Ding Xiuxiu's affairs being rumored, and her reputation is not very bright, but Ding Ke and Ding Xiuxiu are different!

Ding Ke just finished the township exam a few months ago, and I heard that his strategy writing is remarkable, and it is very likely that he will be selected, and it looks like the list will be released in a few days, how can there be rumors of killing my sister at this time!

"Uh......" Before Zhang hurriedly walked out of the door of Ding Xiuxiu's boudoir, he was so frightened that his eyes rolled and he fainted.

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly took the person into her arms, shouted over and over again to pinch the person, and the subordinates on the side also hurriedly went down to find someone, and there was a chaos.

Ding Xiuxiu sat at the table, her eyes were straight, and she also valued Ding Ke's imperial examination path. Since Emperor Gaozu liberalized the imperial examination system and allowed the sons of merchants to participate in the imperial examination, many merchants wanted to change their status based on this.

If Ding Ke is in the top three, she will be the sister of the official in the future, and there will be many people who will succeed her, Ding Xiuxiu has always wanted to rely on Ding Ke to get ahead, but she didn't expect that because of Shi Qingluo, Ding Ke's imperial examination road would be forced to terminate? !

"Obviously, my father has arranged it, how can it be spread out......" Ding Xiuxiu clenched her fists and got up, "It must be Shi Qingluo!"

Ding Xiuxiu was furious, and rushed out of the boudoir with fast steps, Mrs. Zhang couldn't stop it, and hurriedly urged Yuexing, "Go and stop the second miss!

"Quick, hurry up, stop her. Zhang didn't know when she woke up, she grabbed the placket of Mrs. Zhang's clothes, "You go to stop it, you can't, you can't let her make trouble!" With Ding Xiuxiu's temperament, Yuexing couldn't stop her at all.

Mrs. Zhang handed over Zhang's to Yuexing at the moment, turned around and chased after Ding Xiuxiu.

Zhang's tears flowed, "You go, go and tell the master, stop the news quickly......"

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Mrs. Zhang is obviously not as fast as Ding Xiuxiu's legs.

Agarwood Pavilion

Shi Qingluo was sitting on the small couch in the ear room on the edge of the bedroom, and Zhong Ying was sitting on a round stool, holding a round embroidery in front of her.

Zhong Ying came over early this morning, saying that she had heard that she was injured and came to visit, and after the two finished breakfast together, Zhong Ying said that she would embroider a handkerchief for her.

When Shi Qingluo was in the Yuan Kingdom, the family had invited the grandmother in the palace to teach the female red, her embroidery skills were excellent, and she mentioned Zhong Ying from time to time on the side, and the atmosphere between the two was very harmonious.

I didn't think about it, but I was interrupted by an uninteresting person.

"Shi Qingluo, you slut! villain, get out of here!"

Zhong Ying stabbed his fingertips with a shake.

Shi Qingluo's eyes suddenly darkened.

Red Sleeves stumbled in, shouting as he walked, "Miss, Miss, Second Miss is here!"

She didn't mean to stop at all, but as if she was leading the way for Ding Xiuxiu, she hid in the corner when she entered the house.

Zhong Ying put down the round bandage in his hand, timidly stood next to Shi Qingluo, saw Ding Xiuxiu breaking in violently, moved forward and said: "Second sister is here, Miss Shi, she is injured, it is inconvenient to see you, we are still ......"

"Smack-"

"Get out of here!" Ding Xiuxiu slapped him unceremoniously.

Seeing that Zhong Ying refused to give way, he was about to throw off the second one when he stared.

Shi Qingluo stepped forward quickly, grabbed Ding Xiuxiu's wrist with his right hand, revealing half of the white yarn on his wrist, "Ding Xiuxiu, what are you doing!"

She called him by his name directly, and she couldn't see the meek and respectful appearance before.

Ding Xiuxiu shook her off and sneered: "Finally show your true colors, you villain! It's just enough to frame me, and now you are still spreading the matter of the third brother everywhere, the third brother wants to kill you, you deserve it, our Ding family kindly took in you such a concubine who was driven out, you don't even know the slightest gratitude!"

Shi Qingluo was stunned in his heart, but he replied calmly: "I don't know what you're talking about, it's true that you pushed me into the water, it's also true that Ding Ke wants to kill me, your father has promised me to give an explanation, and I haven't used such means to persecute you." ”

It's just that I don't know who took the lead.

"You still won't admit it, I'll kill you—" Ding Xiuxiu rushed up to fight Shi Qingluo.

Shi Qingluo's shoulder injury was not healed, and Ding Xiuxiu was splashing like a madman, she could only dodge everywhere, and the tinkling things in the house fell all over the ground, and several precious porcelain and vases fell to the ground.

Shi Qingluo was chased by her to the door of the ear room, so she wanted to go out, but Ding Xiuxiu chased after her reluctantly.

She had just stepped out of the threshold of the ear room when she saw an old woman in a gown running towards her.

There was a muffled sound behind him, followed by Ding Xiuxiu's uncontrollable shout-

Shi Qingluo turned his head to look.

I saw Ding Xiuxiu lying on the ground, with a pile of broken vase fragments in front of him, and a few drops of blood dripping on the flawless white porcelain pieces.

Zhong Ying and several maids behind her looked frightened.

Ding Xiuxiu trembled her hands, felt the stinging pain on her face after realizing it, and screamed loudly.