Chapter 33: The Complaint
"How so?"
Wanyi sneered: "And I know!" Our uncle's mansion has been criticized because of the matter of the concubine's daughter! At this time, if Wanyi disappears out of thin air, I'm afraid that Yanguan will be the first to disobey. ”
Today's emperor favors the official and also attaches great importance to merit, and although the Bofu is hereditary, these three generations of uncles have no merit.
In the eyes of the emperor, that title already seemed a little redundant.
And Bofu was in the matter of Du Wanxuan, and he was a concubine, and he had already been ordained by the emperor once.
If there is any more criticism of favoring and destroying the heirs, and it falls into the ears of the officials, I am afraid that the Nabo Mansion will be completely decayed.
After thinking about it, the Yuan family had no choice but to stop fighting, but he was still angry:
"Then according to you, you will be charged with not respecting the master mother this time?"
"Of course not!" Wanyi said: "Mother wants to go to grandmother and say, Wanyi will accompany you!" Let's just talk to my grandmother, is it true that Bofu really wants to force Wanyi to tear her face before giving up? ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"Humph! Bofu has taken away my identity as a sister-in-law, and I am self-aware, so I don't care about him;
But why is Bofu still deducting the things that belong to me? Not only do I not have enough to eat and wear, but I also have to deduct my monthly money? ”
Seeing that Wanyi's eyes revealed a resolute look, Yuan was a little scared and coaxed:
"How did my mother not know about this? Don't worry, your mother will give you justice! There's no need to ask your grandmother. ”
"Then I'll wait for news from Madame!" Wanyi then looked at Liu Wu: "Liu Wu, send Mrs. for me!" ”
After giving the order, she went straight back to bed.
When Yuan Shi walked to the door of the room, he suddenly turned around and looked at Wanyi: "Mother suddenly remembered that our uncle's mansion was robbed, and we have to search everywhere." ”
"Liu Wu, accompany Madame and let them search Qiuhua Courtyard."
Wanyi said, already lying on the bed and covering it with a quilt.
Seeing this scene, Yuan almost crushed a mouthful of silver teeth.
She simply asked people to turn the Qiuhua Courtyard into a mess, but she hated that she didn't dig three feet into the ground.
This is a bitter pain for all the maids and wives in Qiuhua Courtyard.
After the Yuan family left, everyone was just about to tidy up, when they saw Wanyi coming out in a praise dress, and reprimanded:
"Let's all go to sleep! Don't clean up this yard without my orders! ”
With that, she lifted her foot and kicked it away, sweeping up a pile of dirt that had gathered together.
It's a pity for her, she's been busy working for days, and she wants to renovate Qiuhuayuan wholeheartedly!
Wanyi's eyes darkened, and then she turned back to her room.
Early the next morning, Wanyi went to Songhetang to find the old lady.
The old lady had just gotten up, and when she heard the movement outside, she called the little maid out to ask.
Wanyi said eagerly: "Please let this sister tell the old lady that my Qiuhua Courtyard has been robbed!" I was so frightened that I came to ask the old lady. ”
The old lady didn't know about the theft in the kitchen last night, and when she heard the rumors, she hurriedly ordered someone to call Wanyi in.
Wanyi pulled the placket of the old lady's clothes, with a panicked face:
"When I got up in the morning, I saw that the yard was in a mess, and I was so frightened that I forgot to call the maid, and hurriedly came to ask my grandmother for help!"
When the old lady heard this, she hurriedly got up, put on her clothes and went to Qiuhua Courtyard.
In the Qiuhua Courtyard, although Wanyi ordered not to clean up, there were still a few mothers-in-law, afraid of punishment, who were quietly cleaning up the broken flower pots.
The old lady had nowhere to put her feet, so she had to ask, "What's the matter?" ”
The mothers-in-law who were buried in cleaning up had already gotten up, and when they heard the question, they hurriedly asked:
"Last night, Bofu was robbed, and Mrs. brought people to search Qiuhua Courtyard, but nothing was found. After the lady left, Qiuhuayuan became like this. ”
"Bofu is being robbed? How did I not know? The old lady was a little surprised.
Wanyi took the old lady's hand and asked pitifully, "Grandmother, why did my mother treat me like this?" I've been thinking about it behind closed doors in Qiuhua Courtyard these days, and I haven't even left the gate of Bofu, how can I recruit thieves?
Grandmother, my father is usually busy, and I only have my grandmother to make decisions for me! ”
In the end, it is the granddaughter who grew up by her side, no matter how much she doesn't like it, she is also the granddaughter of her own relatives! Especially against the Yuan family.
"Don't be afraid, Grandmother is here." The old lady patted Wanyi's hand, and then looked at her mother-in-law: "Go and ask Mrs. Uncle to come over!" ”
Yuan rushed over for some reason.
The old lady pointed to the mess in the courtyard and asked her what was the matter?
Yuan hurriedly replied: "There was a thief in the big kitchen last night, and my daughter-in-law took people to search everywhere. I don't know how that eyeless subordinate made this Qiuhua Courtyard like this? ”
She immediately faced Wanyi and asked with anger: "When your mother brought someone to search, you didn't know, why did you alarm your grandmother?" ”
Wanyi pulled the old lady's shirt tightly, and her face showed fear:
"When my mother came last night, Wanyi didn't get up because she wasn't feeling well. The mother wanted to beat and kill Wanyi's maid, and Wanyi only thought that her mother was here to stand up. How would you think that there was really a thief in the house? ”
"Sister Yi is not afraid!" The old lady patted Wanyi's hand, and then asked Yuan, "What have you lost?" ”
Yuan suppressed his anger and replied again: "It's weird! The thief ransacked the kitchen, but nothing else! ”
"Go and call the second child in and ask him how the safety of this mansion is done?" The old lady shouted repeatedly.
Just because the second room is a concubine, the old lady detains the second room in the house and lets him manage the affairs of the house. But the chief steward in the Bofu is still in the hands of the old lady.
The second room also relied on the meager income of the Bofu and the harvest of the Zhuangzi and the shop.
Although this day is tight, the old lady is sincere and does not let the second master go out to do things, and others are helpless.
Yes, the second master who has suffered from the master's mother, and now, even a girl in the room has been confiscated, let alone a concubine.
Here, Wanyi asked the old lady curiously: "Grandmother, my mother is in charge of the feed, and the things in the kitchen are all handled by my mother, how can I get involved with my second uncle?" ”
The old lady glared: "He is responsible for everything on the periphery of the Bofu!" Now that something has happened, who will he not look for? ”
The second master Du Pengguang came over soon, and his wife Jiao came with him, and as soon as the husband and wife came, they all knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty!
The old lady was so angry: "When I called you a housekeeper, you still didn't want to!" Now, what do you look at? ”
Du Pengguang said: "My son doesn't know what's going on? The kitchen has always been the sister-in-law's decision. ”
"You, you're still shirking responsibility?" The old lady was so angry that she struck her crutches the ground.
Du Pengguang replied calmly: "My son didn't dare to shirk his responsibility, he just talked about things. ”
The old lady didn't care about this, but just asked: "I don't care who did this?" Anyway, there was a thief in the kitchen, and you are not the one in charge.
You are smashing the pot and selling iron now, and you have to make up for the deficit for me! Otherwise, I'll hand it over to you! ”