After a few bites of dinner, Du Rongzhi asked people to clean it up.

…… It was already dark.

Qinghe came in from outside, and saw Du Rongzhi sitting at the table with her cheeks on her back, her eyes fixed on the flickering candle flames, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

She stepped forward and whispered, "Young lady, Mama An is here......

Du Rongzhi came back to her senses blankly and let out an "oh" in a daze.

Qinghe looked at her as if she was out of her mind, knowing that Du Rongzhi didn't listen to what she said just now, and reminded softly, "Young lady, Mama An is still waiting outside...... Do you want to see it? ”

Du Rongzhi remembered it in hindsight and bowed slightly, "Let her come in." ”

………………

Mama An was soon led in by Qinghe. She lowered her head, and without saying a word, she walked to Du Rongzhi and knelt down, "Slave maid...... I came to plead guilty to the young lady. ”

Du Rongzhi looked at her and was silent for a moment, and said lightly, "Mama is old, let's get up and talk." ”

Mama An shook her head, leaned deeply, and said in a dumb voice, "The slave knows that the young lady is angry...... Everything is the slave's fault. Slaves shouldn't make their own decisions and secretly teach Miss Sun those ...... behind your back. Slaves and maids should not take advantage of people's unpreparedness and secretly put seals in them...... The slave and maid have done something wrong and deserve to be punished. No matter what the young lady decides to do, the slave and maid have nothing else to say. Her voice became lower and lower, and she choked up, "The slave maid only begs the young lady, don't take this matter to the eldest young master...... "Mama An burst into tears, "You and the master have finally come to this day, if the slave and maid leave their hearts because of a thought, the slave and maid ...... Even if a slave dies, he can't be excused! With that, he fell to the ground and whimpered quietly.

Du Rongzhi looked at Qinghe on the side with reproachful eyes.

The latter pursed his lips awkwardly and hurriedly lowered his head.

"Mama." After a while, Du Rongzhi slowly spoke, "Why are you doing this?" ”

Mama An cried, "It's all, it's all slaves and maids who have lost their minds...... "The eldest lady is insidious and vicious, if it weren't for her, you wouldn't have suffered so much...... The slave and maid hated her so much that she thought it would be better to teach her some lessons...... It's all slaves and maids who are too confused......"

"That's not right." Du Rongzhi shook her head.

"You're not doing this because you're obsessed, and it's not improvised." She looked into Mama An's eyes and said seriously, "You are for me." ”

"You've heard me mention how you trained Guan'er when you were in Beizhuang, and you probably guessed what my original intention was." She paused, "You know, I've actually given up on my plans at that time. ”

Mama An raised her head with tears in her eyes, "Young lady......"

"I grew up eating my grandmother's milk." Du Rongzhi continued, "When I was sick when I was young, every time my grandmother hugged me, coaxed me, and fed me medicine...... she said softly, "I remember how my grandmother treated me all these years." ”

She is a person who has died once, and after being accustomed to seeing the warmth and coldness of people, and experiencing the betrayal of relatives, she knows better than anyone how precious this kind of unrequited dedication and protection is.

Mama Ann couldn't help but let out a low cry.

Du Rongzhi stretched out her hand to pull her up, and Qinghe also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"I won't punish Mama for today's incident." Du Rongzhi said in a calm tone, "If I hadn't had crooked thoughts and deliberately misled Guan'er first, there would have been no grandma to take advantage of it." In the final analysis, it's my fault. "Keep your books

Mama An shook her head desperately, "No, it's not...... It's the slave's fault, the slave has betrayed the trust of the young lady......"

Du Rongzhi turned a deaf ear and hooked her lips self-deprecatingly, "Actually, the eldest young master is not wrong...... I did scheming against my daughter, and I even wanted to gamble with Sister Guan's reputation just to take revenge on the Shen family......" She took a deep breath, "I'm really, ashamed to be a mother." ”

Mama An burst into tears and shook her head, "No, it's not like that...... It's all slaves and maids......" She said with a flash of hope in her eyes, "Slaves and maids are going to tell the eldest young master, and the eldest young master will believe it!" "I'm going to go out.

"Don't go!" Du Rongzhi stopped coldly, "None of you are allowed to interfere in the matter between me and him." ”

"But, but ......"

"If Mama really knows that she is wrong, she will use the thoughts she used on me to Miss Sun in the future." She looked at Mama An and said slowly, "Guan'er is my life, and it is the only pillar for me to live in this world." If anything really happened to her, I wouldn't be able to live. ”

Mama An's heart trembled, she felt guilty and sad, and said solemnly with tears, "Don't worry, young lady...... If the slave and maid dare to make a wrong step in the future, the young lady will not pursue it, and the slave and maid will no longer have the face to see you! ”

Du Rongzhi saw that Mama An was discouraged, and she couldn't bear it in her heart, so she waved her hand, "Send Mama An back." ”

Mama An snorted and wanted to say something, but in the end she just staggered down and saluted her and retreated.

…… Qinghe sent Mama An back to the house, and then turned back again.

Du Rongzhi's spirit seems to be better than before, and she is holding the book left by Song Zixun and flipping through it. Seeing her come in, he put down the book and asked casually, "Someone sent it back?" ”

"Yes." Qinghe held a bowl of sweet jujube tea and handed it to her, "Mama An is very self-blaming, and she keeps saying that she can't help you......"

Du Rongzhi lowered her head and took a sip of tea, the sweet taste quickly spread between her lips and teeth, and even the low and depressed mood was soothed.

"Mama An has followed the rules all her life, who would have thought that when she came to this country's mansion, not only did she learn to take the medicine of the child, but even such things ......" Du Rongzhi smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"Mama, she also thinks bad...... After this incident, I will not dare to make my own claims in the future. ”

Du Rongzhi nodded and thought for a while, "Don't ask her to come in and serve these days...... The newly assigned little girls also need to be disciplined and disciplined. ”

"Yes, the slave knows."

Qinghe responded while quietly looking at Du Rongzhi's expression, and cautiously tentatively said, "The slave maid heard Yuanyuan outside, and the master has been staying in the study since he came back from the old lady...... It's time to have dinner yet. ”

She paused, and saw that Du Rongzhi didn't mean to say anything at all, so she had to continue, "Look...... Why don't you send some food to you? ”

"If you want to go, you can go." Du Rongzhi lowered her eyes and said lightly, "Anyway, I won't go." Thou shalt not use my name. ”

"Why do you bother?" Qinghe sighed and said helplessly, "Mama An has made such a big mistake, you can't bear to punish it, why can't you talk to your master about it......"

Du Rongzhi was silent for a while before putting down the tea bowl, "You don't understand." ”

She just didn't want to give each other any more illusory hope.