Li Jinyao refused to give up and said: "That's why you deliberately designed me to go and see your necklace!" Otherwise, where would I borrow your things! If it weren't for your necklace, if it weren't for the fact that the queen didn't like the chain, it was just a necklace, a trivial matter, how could I be punished today! You ......"

"Enough!" The old lady shouted impatiently, "It's because I spoil you too much on weekdays that I make you so pampered!" Do you really think you can be my old lady's master? Can you influence my wishes? Let the whole family listen to you? ”

Li Jinyao shook her head and said, "Grandmother, I didn't mean that, I said this because I heard that I was going to give the second sister to ......."

"That's it!" The third lady interrupted her, "Now that Yao'er's disaster has been broken, finding a way to make up for it is that I am willing to choose some suitable gifts from my private use and send them to the masters of the official family tomorrow, so that they can help our Li family talk!" ”

Li Chenghuai of the third room has been in the business of sending medicinal materials to the army, and the family in the house is quite rich, if he can come up with some generous gifts and give them to the officials and lords in Kyoto, it will indeed help his career, and the second master Li Chengqi saw this, and no longer spoke.

The old lady said to the third lady: "As a mother, you must strictly control this girl in the future, so as not to cause another big disaster!" ”

The third lady should get down and reach out to help Li Jinyao.

Li Jinshu said slowly on the side: "That's it, it's not appropriate!" The Li family is afraid that it will lead to a catastrophe! ”

The second lady standing next to her changed her face: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”

Li Jinshu sighed and said: "Fourth sister, after you return home, you will kill yourself, just now you kept saying that the queen punished you for a trivial matter, if it spreads, it will be clear that the Li family is dissatisfied with the punishment and dissatisfied with the queen." What's more, the young lady of the Su family who was punished together today was because the young lady of the Su family recited poetry and music regardless of the suffering of the people. ”

At the same time, the queen also punished all the sons who were present to intercede, and asked them to go back to the house and think about it behind closed doors. Today's four sisters' uproar, if it reaches the ears of people with hearts, go to the saint to criticize the second master, saying that the second master's family education is not strict, he does not care about the disaster victims in the south, and he has no virtue as an official. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole family was silent, only Li Jinyao shouted: "I didn't mean this, you framed me!" ”

"It doesn't matter if I frame you or not, what matters is what the queen thinks and what the emperor thinks." Li Jinshu's voice was not loud, but it was clearly audible in the room.

When the second master Li Chengqi heard this, his eyes immediately widened, "Now the saint is worried about the affairs of southern Xinjiang, if there is really a book to participate in me at this time, my official career will be ruined!" The future of the Li family has also been ruined! ”

The old lady's face also changed when she heard this: "How is this good?" What a good thing that is! ”

The second lady said on the side: "Yao'er is a child after all, as long as she ...... As long as the master severely punishes her, it means that these are just children's nonsense, and the master cannot be implicated. ”

Li Chengqi nodded when he listened, looked at Li Jinyao and said, "You are indeed messing around today, so I will punish you for kneeling in the ancestral hall for seven days, think about it." ”

When the third lady heard this, she quickly shook her head: "No, seven days is too long, Yao'er will not be able to stand it." ”

The second lady persuaded on the side: "Third daughter-in-law, this is not the time to feel sorry for the child, if you don't punish it severely, how can you reflect the master's strict management of the family, if it really reaches the ears of the saint, if it is not handled well, it will implicate the entire Li family!" ”

The old lady also nodded and said, "What I said is that it must be severely punished at this time." ”

He said to the third lady again: "It is because of your pampering that she has cultivated this character, take advantage of this time, take advantage of it, take care of it, and avoid greater disasters in the future!" ”

The third lady could only watch as the two mothers-in-law pulled Li Jinyao out of the old lady's courtyard and walked in the direction of the ancestral hall.

The matter finally came to an end, and everyone dispersed.

The third lady returned to the courtyard, looked at Li Chenghuai's sinking face, pulled his sleeve and couldn't help crying again: "Master, Yao'er has been punished in the palace, and she has been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, she will not be able to stand it." If Li'er knew, how sorry she would be for her sister! ”

"Master, Yao'er is your own flesh and blood after all, you can't ignore it! For the sake of the second master's career, they were not punished by their own daughter, of course they were not distressed. Master, look at Yao'er's appearance, her face is swollen, and her knees are full of bruises, if you really kneel for another seven days, you will have to peel off the skin if you don't die! ”

Li Chenghuai broke free of the third lady's hand and snorted angrily: "I said? Do they listen to what I say in the second room? Give me half a chance to speak today! His second child feels that he is an official and the future of the Li family, I bah! His future is not paved by me with real money! Without my money, he's a fart! I paved the way for him in vain, but he looked down on me in his heart! I think I've lost his face as an imperial businessman, right? I think my daughter is delaying his future, right? ”

"Master, you have to think of a way, think of a way to get Yao'er out!"

Li Chenghuai was already in a bad mood, and he was even more annoyed when he saw the third lady crying, so he went directly to the concubine's house.