Chapter 3: Avoiding it
She gritted her teeth and wanted to go out, but the girl in the courtyard suddenly shouted: "See Prince An!"
It's getting dark, how could Prince An, who is married to her, suddenly appear?
Zhen Chutian listened to his stepmother's chattering accusations, and left quietly thoughtfully.
She walked out of the corner under the corridor, and Gu Mo also entered the main hall with a gloomy face: "This king heard that the eldest lady hasn't returned to the house yet, what is going on?"
"The eldest lady eloped with a lame man, and now she is out of the city!" Ju Xiang hurriedly explained, for fear that he would not know the truth.
Seeing Gu Mo's face even more ugly, a touch of pride flashed in Zhen Yue's eyes: "How many women in the capital dream of marrying the prince, but the eldest sister is in the midst of happiness and doesn't know the blessings, and she ran away with such a lowly man." ”
Ju Xiang immediately echoed: "Miss is arrogant and willful, and she has made trouble for this family affair a few times in private, saying that the prince is not allowed to be reused by the emperor, and she is not worthy of her at all!"
Hearing this, Gu Mo was so angry that his face turned crooked.
He was almost punished for being greedy for the official silver of the court, and then he repeatedly failed to handle the errands assigned by the emperor, and was secretly ridiculed and ridiculed by the ministers, but what kind of thing is she Zhen Chutian, she dares to look down on him!
Zhen Yuanshan was afraid of offending the royal noble, so he smiled and played a round game: "What the maid said nonsense, Tian'er is her blessing to be able to marry you, how can it..."
"You don't have to explain, your daughter is ugly like a ghost, and this Wang Yuan didn't take a fancy to it, so it's better to retire!" Gu Mo flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.
Zhen Yue smiled triumphantly, and the next moment she froze her expression.
"Oh no, something happened to the eldest lady!"
There was a stir in the courtyard, and Tang Meihua frowned in disbelief: "Tian'er is back?"
"Where's the eldest lady!"
Zhen Yuanshan walked out with a cold face, and was thinking about how to catch the eldest daughter who made him lose face, but she poured it back by herself.
Gu Mo was even more annoyed, and followed him out, frowning with disgust as soon as he came to the courtyard: "What is this?"
In the cold wind, Zhen Chutian was lying on the maid's body shivering, the mud on his whole body exuded a faint fishy smell, and his already terrifying face was covered in muddy water, like a terrible ghost crawling out of the ground.
She looked around at everyone's stunned expressions, and hurriedly wiped the muddy water from her face with her wet sleeves, putting on a pitiful expression.
"Daddy..... I accidentally fell into the garden pond this morning, and I fainted by the pond for seven or eight hours without anyone paying attention, why didn't you let the maid look for me?"
Zhen Yue pursed her lips in displeasure, and glanced behind her slightly.
Ju Xiang hurriedly stepped forward: "Miss is obviously playing with someone privately, you...."
Syllable!
Before she could finish her sentence, she was slapped firmly in the face, and the striking mud handprints made her even more ridiculous.
Zhen Chutian glared at her fiercely and asked, "Do you know how important the word elopement is to a woman's name?" How dare you slander me!"
Ju Xiang clenched her fists and hid the jealousy in her eyes: "The slave saw you get into the lame man's carriage with her own eyes, Miss, don't blame the slave and the maid for confiding the truth, the slave and maid can't have a conscience in front of the prince!"
"Say, did you follow the man out of the city?" Zhen Yuanshan put his hands behind his back and looked at his daughter sharply.
Today, Prince An learned about this matter, and he has to deal with it no matter what.
Zhen Chutian pouted aggrievedly, and pulled his wet sleeves: "My daughter fell into the pond and fainted, and she didn't leave the house at all today, this maid deliberately didn't care about me and still told nonsense, I hope my father will investigate it strictly!"
Hearing this, Zhen Yue looked at her seriously in surprise.
Embarrassed but calm, Zhen Chutian is very different from Zhen Chutian on weekdays.
Seeing that everyone was a little loose, Ju Xiang said firmly: "The slave maid is the personal maid of the young lady, how can she talk nonsense if she doesn't see it with her own eyes?" The lord must believe in the slave and the maid. ”
"Huh."
Zhen Chutian's red lips opened lightly, and he sneered: "Since I saw it with my own eyes, then you can tell me where I got into the carriage?" Let's send someone to the city gate and ask the guards, have they seen me out of the city today?"
The two questions made Ju Xiang a little overwhelmed.
The eldest lady on weekdays can't beat a fart with three sticks, how can she be so sharp now!
Zhen Chutian hooked his lips playfully: "If you want to frame me, you have to have some physical evidence, right?" It's better to call the guards at the gate of the mansion and ask me if I have taken a step out of the gate today. ”
drugged her and secretly sent it out, and she had to try to hide it from the eyes of the little guy at the mansion.
She was sure that Zhen Yue would not be so publicized that it would be known.
Hearing this question, everyone was a little stunned.
Who would have thought that the eldest lady, who is as weak as a mute on weekdays, would speak with reason and evidence at this moment, and she was neither humble nor arrogant.
Ju Xiang's face turned blue and white, and she knew that the little guy at the mansion didn't see Zhen Chutian leave the mansion at all.
She wrung her hands for a moment, and finally gave up under the scrutinizing gaze of everyone.
Zhen Chutian didn't intend to stop there, but instead glanced at the straw bale prince next to him: "You also said that I don't like Prince An?"
Juxiang wanted to cry without tears, so she had to nod and admit it.
"Ridiculous!"
Zhen Chutian sneered, cleared his throat and began to perform: "The prince looks like Pan An, talented and outstanding, he is the best man in the capital, he can marry an ugly girl like me, I can't wait to burn high incense for the Buddha every day, is it a brain to elope with a lame man?!"
Everyone looked at each other, Gu Mo stared even more, she was happy to be praised by her, and surprised that she dared to say anything.
Zhen Chutian took a breath and raised his chin contemptuously: "Next time you want to slander me, you should think of a good explanation, such a trap full of loopholes, I don't know which fool taught you!"
As soon as the words fell, she found that Tang Meihua and Zhen Yue were frozen in place, their faces smelling worse than what they had eaten.
Without waiting for the two of them to come to their senses, she strolled to the other maid: "You say... I sent a oleander cake to Aunt Hua?"
Haitang shrank and nodded stubbornly: "It was the slave who said it." ”
Syllable! Another slap fell.
Zhen Chutian looked at her coldly: "I can't even make tea, and I can make oleander cakes?" There is no small kitchen in the house, I drink white porridge every day, this cake is conjured out of thin air? What's more, there are no oleanders in Zhen's house. ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Zhen family were a little hot.
The concubines of the dignified prime minister can only drink white porridge, and there is no small kitchen in the courtyard, which makes people know that sooner or later they will be drowned by the spitting stars!
"Hugh is going to talk nonsense, why do you only eat white porridge on weekdays?" Zhen Yuanshan asked angrily, and she deliberately sold it miserably.
Tang Meihua looked away uncomfortably, obviously a little weak-hearted.
Zhen Chutian glanced at them deeply, only to feel ridiculous.
The original owner's father is like being blind, she has been abused for so many years without realizing it, and at this moment, she feels that she is talking nonsense, and she has never thought to ask her how she used to live.
Anyway, why should she have expectations.
Zhen Chutian put away his thoughts, desperately squeezed out two tears, knelt down and grabbed the edge of his father's robe: "Daddy, today the two maids suddenly framed me, there must be someone behind the instigation, and ask Daddy to administer justice for his daughter!"
Zhen Yuanshan watched his robe being printed with mud, and his face became stiff.
"The two maids don't know what to do, where is someone to instruct." Tang Meihua said vaguely, her eyes full of fear.
Zhen Chutian wiped her tears, and then pulled her sleeve instead: "Mother Ming Cha, they slandered me today at the same time, if it wasn't colluded by someone, how could it be such a coincidence?"
As she spoke, she secretly smeared mud on Tang Meihua's body with her hands.
Tang Meihua was so angry that her hands were trembling, but she couldn't shake her off in public: "You think too much, it must be that these two maids agreed to frame you at the same time, and my mother will punish them for you." ”
"Nope! None of them are maids in the same hospital, it is impossible for them to suddenly collude to harm me, someone must be jealous of my marriage with the prince, and came up with this vicious method to ruin the family affairs. ”
Zhen Chutian deliberately raised his head and glanced at Zhen Yue.
Seeing her like this, Zhen Yue's eyes flashed with panic, only to feel that her eyes were as sharp as knives, and all the secrets were nowhere to hide.
Tang Meihua's face changed slightly, and she smiled quietly: "You can marry the prince, the whole family is very happy, especially your sister also specially made acacia candy, it must be that the two maids held a grudge against you before, and they are waiting for an opportunity to retaliate today." ”
She was afraid that Zhen Yuanshan would think too much, so she immediately asked: "Master, these two maids will be handed over to me for punishment, and I will definitely give Tian'er a good breath." ”
"Daddy, they're being instructed." Zhen Chutian's eyes were red with grievances, and he refused to let go of his stepmother.
Zhen Yuanshan looked at Tang Meihua, and then lowered his head to look at his daughter, his heart was like a mirror.
Zhen Yuanshan has been an official for many years, and he has seen a lot of treachery and deceit in Vanity Fair, so he can easily see what everyone in the house is thinking.
Even if the original owner is not welcomed in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is also Master Zhen's own daughter, and she has been bullied to this extent, so her father can't be indifferent, right?
Thinking of this, Zhen Chutian gradually looked forward to it.
Hurry up and punish this vicious mother and daughter, and it is not a loss of her intention to roll in the pond on a cold day.
But when she heard what Zhen Yuanshan said, she only felt that a basin of cold water had been poured on her head, and her heart was cold.
"It's all these two maids and ghosts who are obsessed with something, and they also ask the prince to run in person in the middle of the night, don't worry, I will punish them later and relieve the prince's anger."
Zhen Chutian stared at his apricot eyes in disbelief.
That's it?
He gave up his hand and gave Prince An enough face.
Prince An knew that there was no splash in this matter, and he glanced at the clay figure with disgust, so he left in a hurry.
Is she so avoided?
Zhen Chutian took a deep breath and continued to persuade unwillingly.
"Don't worry, daughter, let their legs be broken for the sake of their father, and sell them all to the black kiln!" Zhen Yuanshan deliberately interrupted her words, and then waved his hand at a few little guys.
The little ones rushed up and dragged down the crying maids who begged for mercy.
As soon as Zhen Chutian was about to speak, he was gently held by his arm.
She turned her head and was stunned when she saw someone coming.
What a cute maid!
Pei'er worriedly put on her cloak, not disgusted with the mud all over her body, even when she frowned, there were shallow dimples: "The slave is late, is the young lady okay?"
Zhen Chutian searched for the memory of the original owner and recognized that this was the personal maid who was really serving her, so she relaxed her vigilance.
"Tian'er, you go back with Pei'er to rest first, and I'll have someone bring you ginger soup, so that you don't get cold."
Tang Meihuapi smiled and showed goodwill, wanting to step forward and pretend to be close, but disgusted with her stinky muddy smell.
"Daddy, are you going to let the people behind the maid go unpunished?" Zhen Chutian didn't even look at her, and asked straight away.
Zhen Yuanshan's eyes flashed slightly, and he waved his hand impatiently: "The maid has bad intentions, where is there anyone behind it, you go back quickly!"
Just when Tang Meihua thought that Zhen Chutian would chase after her, she just frowned, turned around and left with the maid, leaving a few people a little confused in the cold wind.
Zhen Chutian is not a silent character, and he is also anxious to solve the vicious mother and daughter for the original owner.
It's just that Zhen Yuanshan's attitude chilled her heart, and it made her realize that this is a protracted battle, and with her current situation, she can't be in a hurry at all.
"Miss was wronged today, the slave maid boiled some hot water for you to bathe, and drank ginger soup to cover your sweat." Pell wrapped her tightly around her cloak and half-wrapped her arms around her.