Chapter Forty-Eight: One Loses Everything

"Already gone?" Rong Changning asked anxiously.

"Yes, Lord Mu also entered the palace this morning, and there is no news of General Bai for the time being."

Rong Changning always felt that his father was too partial, and he fought silently because he had the intention of correcting Aunt Xu, and he never thought that his father would cut his palm to take blood to express his feelings.

It seems that my father does not intend to let go of Mu Wangfu easily.

Thinking of this, Rong Changning got up and walked to the window and looked out of the window. Xiao Dong followed aside: "Steward Yang said that Master Hou had a big fire, and he didn't use it for dinner." This morning, I put on my official uniform and entered the palace. only said, 'The son is not the fault of the father', either Xiao Zhengyu will be dealt with, or Prince Mu will be guilty of it. ”

"Do you want Lord Mu to wear his hair and ask for sin?!" Rong Changning almost thought that he was overly frightened, and his ears and eyes were not bright, so he heard it wrong.

But Xiaodong nodded like this and told Rong Changning: "That's it. ”

Rong Changning couldn't help but hold on to the window frame: "Father is confused. How much face does the Hou Mansion have to make Prince Mu show his face and go to the Hou Mansion to ask for guilt?! ”

"Steward Yang also thought that the Hou Ye would settle the matter, after all, it was about the face of the Hou Mansion of the Miss...... But Hou Ye was very resolute. ”

"It doesn't matter, the eldest sister has never married into the East Palace, and Ah Ruo is still young. If the Mu Wangfu is forced to be anxious because of this incident, I am afraid that the entire Hou Mansion will not have a good life. ”

"But after all, it was General Bai who hurt people."

"This incident started because of me, how can I blame the Bai family for all the troubles?" The more Rong Changning thought about it, the more uneasy he became: "Is my father back?" ”

"I said that after I came back, I went to visit Mrs. Ying Guo in Baifu."

Rong Changning was silent, looking out of the window worriedly, and Xiao Dong reminded: "Miss, Aunt Lin has been kneeling for an hour. ”

Rong Changning then remembered this stubble, and asked in a blink of an eye: "Haven't you seen the one surnamed Cen?" ”

Xiao Dong shook his head and asked, "Are you still kneeling?" ”

Rong Changning looked in the direction of Aunt Lin and breathed a sigh of relief: "Kneel." ”

"Yes."

Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, Rong Changning sat down in front of the dressing table and picked up the hairpin in his hand and scratched the box next to his hand, not knowing if Bai Chuxi was in trouble.

There was a faint movement of Rongxin at the door, as if he was coming to visit him and was stopped.

She came to the left just to see if there was a joke in the Wanqing Courtyard, Rong Changning waved his hand and motioned for Xiao Dong to ask her to invite people away.

Waiting for the twilight to be dull, waiting for the moonlight to be dark, Rong Changning still sat in front of the dressing table and waited.

She seemed to be waiting for Bai Chuxi to tell her that he was safe. But Bai Chuxi didn't come today, maybe he was in some trouble, maybe he felt that it was too much to climb into the wall of Baining Houfu like this.

Rong Changning sat here thinking wildly, and did not forget to call Aunt Lin in the courtyard to get up.

Aunt Lin knelt so that her knees were swollen as big as a bun, and she was carried back to the house by two rough girls, who carried Aunt Lin while saying, "How big a grudge does my aunt have with Miss?" If this leg kneels down again, I'm afraid it will be useless. ”

Aunt Lin sneered and did not speak.

The two little girls put her in the lower room, lifted her clothes, and saw the blood on her knees, and shouted in fright: "Ah! This ......"

Another girl who helped Aunt Lin make the mattress heard the voice and glanced at Aunt Lin: "Auntie's knee has to call the doctor to take a look!" ”

"Forget it." Aunt Lin leaned on the pillow: "In the middle of the night, I was not treated by the young lady." Don't mess with it. ”

"I'm going to find Aunt Cen!" The little girl ran out of the door.

Everyone thinks Mrs. Lin is pitiful, but they don't know why Rong Changning, who has always been generous, is embarrassed by her alone.

Not only did the people in the Wanqing Yuan feel strange, but even the people in the Lugasa Temple were confused. Fortunately, Aunt Cen got this opportunity to get close to her, and invited the doctor to come and see her with the posture of a savior, looking like she was doing her best.

Waiting for the doctor to take a look at the medicine and learn that Aunt Lin was a real new injury, Aunt Cen thanked the doctor with her own money and asked someone to send her out of the door.

When everyone left, Aunt Lin threw down the pillow and looked like she was about to rest, she looked angry, and squeezed a sentence in her throat: "Thank you." ”

"What?"

"I said thank you!"

Aunt Cen looked at Aunt Lin with strange eyes as if she was looking at the sun coming out of the west: "It's not easy to hear a 'thank you' from your mouth." "I love Search.com

"I know you don't want to see me, so since you don't want to see me, let's get out quickly. You will deduct all the money for the medicine you have taken from my wages today. Just about to lie down, Aunt Lin seemed to remember something: "Where did you invite this doctor?" ”

Aunt Cen folded her arms and looked down at Aunt Lin on the bed: "What?" Afraid that I will drug you to death? ”

Aunt Lin lifted the quilt: "I don't need you to put so much effort into my life." It's just that the second lady has always looked at me unpleasantly, not to mention the doctor at such a late hour, and she can't wait to trouble me when the movement is bigger. ”

"I also wonder, no matter how annoying your mouth is, the second miss won't trouble you every day."

“……”

"If you don't say it, don't ask me where the doctor got it from. Fortunately, you are not a dead contract, you will live by the day, and when the time comes, you will just leave. ”

After saying that, Aunt Cen turned around and was about to leave.

Listening to the footsteps at the door, she was about to push the door and leave, but Aunt Lin suddenly said: "My family's ancestral property is held in the hands of the second lady." ”

Seeing that Mrs. Lin had the meaning of speaking, Aunt Cen raised the corner of her mouth and chuckled, turned back to the bed and sat down and waited for her to say the second half of the sentence.

Aunt Lin raised her eyes and looked at her: "I said it, I'm afraid you won't believe it." ”

"Then tell me about it."

"Then tell me, how did the doctor get it?"

Seeing that this person insisted, Aunt Cen had to take a deep breath and turn her eyes to look outside, and saw that it was quiet outside the window, and she couldn't even see a figure: "Lujiayuan, Aunt Xu." Now the backyard of the Hou Mansion is Aunt Xu's housekeeper, and the next person is injured, so it's not too much to ask her to ask for a doctor, right? Aunt Suo Xing Xu has always been sympathetic to her subordinates......"

"Alright, alright." Aunt Lin waved her hand: "Miss has already seen the greasy things between you and Aunt Xu, and I can see it clearly." Why bother to cover it up? ”

“……”

"I might as well tell you that the reason why Miss punishes me every day is to bring down Aunt Xu."

"How?"

"Bitter Meat Trick, close to you. I am a man with rough skin and thick flesh, but I am also made of meat. If it goes on like this day by day, I'm afraid this leg will be useless. In a few days, he will be whipped again. ”

Aunt Lin looked like she was out of the realm of life and death, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes: "Do you know why I have to endure it?" ”

Aunt Cen shook her head puzzled.

"I am from Lingxi, my father is a tea merchant, and my family is quite rich. When he was seventeen years old, his family fell into the middle of the road, and he relied on work to get to this day. Our second lady with great powers doesn't know where to find out my details, and she also found the ancestral property of my old house, and bought it and held me hostage in her hands. If I don't accept it, my old house will be turned into a place of fireworks for people to enjoy every day, the ancestral hall will be changed into a bedroom for the guest officials to rest, and even the ancestral tomb will be razed to the ground, disturbing the peace of the ancestors......"

Saying that, Aunt Lin's eyes turned red, and she said strongly: "You can't let her defile the lintel of the Lin family...... I'm also afraid of being tossed to death by her. ”

"And what do you want?"

"You have a backer." Aunt Lin's eyes were never more earnest: "The second lady has always looked calm on the surface, but secretly competed. Since the second lady went to Haihui Temple to incense and came back, she was depressed, and I was afraid that I would not have a good life. ”

After listening to her words, Aunt Cen's expression became heavy, and she thought about it before she said, "You rest first." ”

After speaking, she turned around to leave, but Aunt Lin suddenly grabbed her sleeve: "I want to live, and I also want the old house in Lingxi." If my aunt has a way, please help me! I'm at my point! ”

"I know." Aunt Cen pulled off her hand: "You can't walk on this leg, you have to rest for a while." I'll take you off these days, and the second lady can't say anything. ”

Then Aunt Lin could only watch the person push open the door and walk away, and she picked up the quilt and covered her body, and as soon as the quilt rubbed against the wound on her knee, she grinned in pain.

Fortunately, she was able to rest for a few days in the future, and Aunt Lin went to recuperate from her knee injury with peace of mind. I couldn't see her for a few days, Rong Changning didn't seem to think about it, he didn't mention it or read it, at most he asked about the movement in Xiaodong's front yard.

Mu Wangfu and the Bai family are in dispute, and the Hou Mansion is entangled in it, and after a long time, not only Rong Changning is drumming in his heart, but Rong Xin is also feeling uneasy.

Originally, this matter was very clear, but I don't know why the saint has not made a decision until now, is there still a change in it?

Thinking of this, Rong Xin didn't have the heart to eat, and Aunt Xu didn't realize how unnatural her daughter's expression was, and she only thought about the news from Wanqing Courtyard: "Little hoof, you really want to harm me." At such a young age, I can only look at such thoughts and means. I also have to ask someone to go to Lingxi to investigate, I can't say what Mrs. Lin says. ”

Rong Xin held the chopsticks in his hand with a wooden expression: "Mother, you said that my father fought with Mu Wangfu, can you fight for it?" Why don't you persuade your father, and he won't come out in this matter, right? The Bai family can fight with him as much as they want, let's just wait and see what happens. If you are less than nine out of ten, you should not meddle in this hand. ”

Aunt Xu raised her eyes and looked at Rong Xin: "What?" You want to take care of the front yard too? Didn't you hear? Rong Changning has already started to compete with us. ”

"Mother!" Rong Xin put down the dishes and chopsticks: "Xiao Zhengyu is not successful, and Rong Changning alone is not enough to ask the saint to dispose of the entire Mu Wangfu." Father insisted on turning his face with Mu Wangfu, and Prince Mu settled accounts after the autumn, and it was our entire Hou Mansion that was unlucky. ”

Aunt Xu was still holding the chopsticks carved with silver plum blossoms in her hand, and she looked at Rong Xin with round eyes, obviously her mind was all in the Wanqing Courtyard, if it wasn't for Rong Xin's reminder, she wouldn't have thought of these things at all.

The mother and daughter looked at each other for a long time, and Rong Xin reminded in a low voice: "Mother, how the Wanqing Courtyard makes trouble is a matter of the courtyard, if the disaster comes from outside, we will lose everything." ”