"Old lady, the second lady said that she couldn't come because of the wind and cold yesterday, and the third girl made a mistake but the old lady was the main punishment." The maid stepped forward to pray, and the old lady snorted coldly: "Okay, since she doesn't come, don't care whether my punishment is severe or light." ”

Qingzhi lowered her eyes, she was relieved that Zeng's didn't come, otherwise she would not be able to explain the matter of leading the noble girl to meet the little marquis and Xie Qingrui.

Xiang hated and thought, she didn't come if she knew this, she didn't say anything about being scolded in vain, and in front of these girls, she hurriedly said: "This family is naturally still in charge of the mother, the children make mistakes, and the mother should be punished, if there are no rules, there will be a big disaster in the future, who can bear it for them?" ”

The old lady knew that no matter what her two daughters-in-law thought in their hearts, at least the big room had always been respectful and obedient to her on the surface, at least much better than the second room.

At this moment, he also eased his tone: "You don't have to take it to heart, I'm not angry at you." ”

"The mother has tormented her daughter-in-law, but the daughter-in-law doesn't dare."

The old lady looked at the three people kneeling on the ground again, and said coldly: "What can you do if you break the sky in the mansion, but you are all embarrassed and thrown into the Marquis's Mansion, and the loss of the palace is full of Bianjing." If I hadn't heard a few words that day, were you going to keep it a secret from me? It's because I see that I'm old and useless, and one by one I don't take my old thing seriously, right? ”

Xiang Shi was shocked, and only then did he understand the reason why the old lady was angry today, to put it bluntly, no matter how much trouble they made with the old lady, the old lady attached importance to the face of Xie Fu, it was okay to make trouble at home, but it was not okay to make trouble outside.

Xiang Shi hurriedly knelt down: "How can my daughter-in-law bear my mother's words, I shouldn't have hidden it from my mother that time, but my mother was not in good health at that time, and we didn't dare to alarm my mother anymore." Later, the Marquise did not pursue the matter...... It's also light. ”

"Fading?" The old lady sneered: "You guys are light, but people continue to laugh at it, our girls in Xie Mansion are really capable, I haven't seen anything brilliant in the female red poems, but just like those vulgar village women, such rules Xie Fu has not taught, today is the best thing is to break your legs, so that you can never go out again." ”

Xie Qinghan's body trembled, she hadn't eaten for a day, she cried for a long time, and went to Xie Qingrui's house to make a fuss, but at this moment, she was frightened by the old lady, and her body fell down.

The old lady looked at her hatefully and instructed the people beside her: "Help her up, don't think that you can be fine if you pretend to be dizzy, no one can run away today." ”

Xie Qingrui knelt forward two steps and said aggrievedly: "Ask grandmother to make the decision for Rui'er, whether it is in the Marquis Mansion or today, it is the third sister who makes the first move, I should not be the eldest sister to worry about my sisters, but Rui'er is really wronged, and I have to defend myself." ”

"You have always been sensible and obedient, but now even you make me worry and angry with me!"

Everyone likes sweet-mouthed children, Qingzhi understands that the old lady has always favored Xie Qingrui, but she is not afraid of being punished for this matter today, but she can't let Xie Qingrui dodge, so she also said aggrievedly: "Grandmother's lesson is that I shouldn't have beaten my eldest sister in the Marquis Mansion that day, but it was really because I couldn't be angry in my heart." ”

Xie Qingrui was shocked, knowing what she was going to say, and wanted to speak in front of her, but Qingzhi took a step ahead of her and said: "That day, the eldest sister disappeared in the Marquis's Mansion for no reason, and the eldest aunt asked me and the second sister to look for her, but we heard her talking to the girl of the Lin family, the eldest sister said that I was not the daughter of Xie Mansion, and said that my biological mother entered the mansion with a big belly, and scolded any slut with a clean mouth, even I don't know these things, how did the eldest sister know?" And she didn't care if there were others present, so she said that this was an ugly thing that our Xie Fu couldn't say, since she couldn't say it, why did she say it to outsiders? ”

The old lady's face became more and more ugly, and Qing Zhi continued: "Originally, when we were in Jinling, very few people knew about this, and no one knew about it when we came to Bianjing. But now it's good, the big sister's mouth says everything to outsiders, I don't care if it's a concubine or a concubine, anyway, it's my grandmother's own granddaughter, but my granddaughter wants to ...... The grandmother was not allowed to mention this matter, and she had her own grandmother's reasoning, and the granddaughter naturally listened and did not dare to ask more, but she didn't know if the eldest sister had the permission of the grandmother and could talk to outsiders at will. ”

Xie Qingrui's face turned pale, looking at Qingzhi's appearance, he couldn't wait to step forward and strangle her, everyone in Xie Mansion knew that Xie Qingzhi's background and her biological mother couldn't be mentioned in the mansion, let alone to outsiders.

"yes, yes, it's really the opposite." The old lady really opened her eyes today, she didn't know that all these girls were so capable.

Xie Qinghan was supported by the maid, and he was weak, and when he heard this, he suddenly whimpered and cried, and crawled on the ground: "Ask grandmother to be the master, the eldest sister had a private meeting with the little marquis in the bamboo forest, and when I was seen, I was planted on me, and now I am full of rumors in Bianjing, pointing at my nose and scolding me for being shameless." Not to mention in this family, even in this world, what face do I have to live, it is better to die! ”

Xie Qinghan didn't know where he got the strength, he broke free from the handmaiden's hand and slammed the door, Qingzhi and several handmaidens were shocked, even the old lady was stunned, shouting: "Stop her quickly!" Stop her! ”

Xie Qinghan was stopped in the end, but she was paralyzed on the ground, looking like she couldn't survive, and the old lady was a little distressed when she saw it.

"It seems that I'm really old, so many things have happened in the house, and I don't know about it, from now on, you can make your own decisions about this family." The old lady waved her hand, "Go and call the gentlemen in the house, I can't control it." ”

Xiang hurriedly stopped the subordinates who called people, and begged the old lady: "The affairs in the court are enough for them to worry about, the official family has not been in good health recently, and the above things are tense, and my mother is more distressed, so don't bother them about the affairs of the back house." ”

Xiang's is the most observant of words and feelings, and understands that it is impossible for the old lady to let go, and it is just angry words to shout people.

"Your fathers and brothers are busy in the court for this family, but you are causing trouble everywhere, and you don't have a day to worry about. Since everyone is called a grievance, why just fight again? It's the first time that you have fought among the girls of the family! The old lady glanced at Xie Qingrui: "Since everything is caused by you, you will be punished with twenty hands, can you admit the punishment?" ”

Xie Qingrui lowered her head, how dare she say anything more.

The old lady said to Qingzhi again: "Your second sister has been wronged, but you shouldn't have provoked her to beat people, and today you will be punished with ten strokes, can you admit the punishment?" ”

"The granddaughter pleaded guilty." Qingzhi helped Xie Qinghan, this kind of punishment was much better than expected, but Xie Qinghan was upset for Qingzhi: "It's me who did it, it has nothing to do with Qingzhi, grandmother will punish me if she wants to punish her." ”

The old lady frowned, and Qingzhi hurriedly said, "Grandmother is right, this is what I deserve." ”

He whispered to Xie Qinghan again: "Second sister, don't say it, if you talk about it, you can't clean it up, and ten strokes of the board are nothing." ”

Xie Qinghan's eyes were red and swollen, Xie Qingrui had done something wrong on her before, and she had also been beaten, and she knew how painful it hurt to hit her hand at that moment.

"You wait, I won't let you get beaten." Xie Qinghan whispered.

Qingzhi didn't hear too clearly, only to see that the old lady asked Xie Qinghan to go back first, and when the Xiang clan also quietly retreated, the maid took the ring ruler and stood aside, the old lady said: "Don't complain about grandmother's cruelty, the girls in the big family must obey the rules even more, and if you beat you today, you will know what mistakes you can't make on that day." ”

Qingzhi clenched her palms tightly, from childhood to adulthood, she rarely made mistakes, because the old lady and the housewife didn't like her, so she had to be more obedient and sensible.

Xie Qingrui and Xie Qinghan had something to do with her, she was just scolded a few words, or knelt in the ancestral hall for a while, and she had never been beaten.

But she remembered that when the second sister was beaten with a handboard, her palms were swollen and she couldn't hold a pen for several days.

"Old lady, the third brother has come to say goodbye."

Qingzhi raised her eyes, the third brother is here?

The old lady suddenly smiled, "It's Brother Cheng, come and sit in front of my grandmother, I haven't seen you for a few days, why do you seem to have lost weight?" Is the official busy and tired? ”

Xie Jiangcheng stepped forward to salute and said, "I haven't come to ask for peace in the past few days, and I ask my grandmother to forgive me." ”

"Official business is important, please don't ask for peace is a false courtesy, as long as things in the official are smooth."

Xie Jiangcheng sighed: "Grandmother shouldn't be bothered by things outside, but some time ago, my uncle and father suffered a lot because of my grandson, and my grandson was really uneasy." ”

The old lady was surprised, her two sons were not talented, and their official positions in the court stopped there, but she had a good grandson, who became talented as a young man and became famous all over the world.

It was because the old lady would never say a word to Xie Jiangcheng, she understood that the future of the Xie Mansion was on this grandson.

Xie Jiangcheng briefly talked about the enrollment of Guozijian, saying that he had offended many old ministers in the DPRK and China, and had also caused his uncle and father to be ostracized.

The old lady didn't understand those things in officialdom, but listening to what Xie Jiangcheng said, this matter seemed to be quite serious, and she couldn't help but mention it in her heart.

Xie Jiangcheng turned his head again and looked at Qing Zhi: "But fortunately, now that these things have been resolved, I can finally give an explanation to my eldest uncle and father." ”

"Solved?"

"Speaking of which, this is all Qingzhi's idea, this girl is dedicated to the sake of our family, and she has solved problems for her father and brothers, although she occasionally makes mistakes, but her heart is good, this time she solved such a big trouble, grandmother does not reward and punish, and her grandson will lack a good helper in the future."

The old lady was stunned when she heard this, Qingzhi, a little girl who was silent, could have such an idea? But she believed Xie Jiangcheng's words, and in the eyes of the old lady, as long as she could bring a good future to Xie Fu, no matter what mistakes she made, she could be forgiven.

Moreover, the mistakes made by Qingzhi are not worth mentioning compared with the major events in the DPRK and China.

"That'...... The merits and demerits are offset by the demerits. ”

Xie Jiangcheng's face was overjoyed, and he spoke again: "Qingrui, she is also ......."