097 A tooth for a tooth
How quickly did you find out?
The actions of the Dingguo Mansion are not slow.
"Who did it?" Zhang Meishou asked Aunt Lian.
She was also curious about the answer to this previous life that had not been revealed.
Aunt Lian lowered her voice and replied to her: "It's Yuan Tang, the third lady of the Yuan family." β
Zhang Meishou was stunned when she heard it, because she felt that this name was familiar, but she couldn't think of who it was for a whileβand this familiarity was not because she was in the same Yongfang when she was a child, but it seemed to be a name that she would often hear later.
Zhang Meishou thought all the way, until he came to the door of Dingguo Mansion, looked up and saw the four-character plaque of "Dingguo Mansion", and suddenly realized!
Yuan Tang ...... It is the future lady of the Dingguo Mansion!
is Xu Yongning's future wife, Wanxi's sister-in-law.
It's just that at that time, he was only called Yuan and title, so it's no wonder that Zhang Meishou couldn't remember which Yuan Tang was for a while.
In the last life, when Xu Yongning was still the son, Xu Wanxi often went back to the Dingguo Mansion to live for a long time because of the discord between Xu Wanxi and Zhu Xizhou, and this Yuan family often muttered in secret.
Later, after Xu Wanxi's father Xu Mingyun passed away, the Yuan family's dissatisfaction and targeting of Xu Wanxi were even more undisguised.
Later, Xu Wanxi's brother Xu Yongning also gave up, Yuan's own son inherited the title of Duke of Dingguo, and Xu Wanxi, who was getting old and arrogant all his life, had a very difficult time in the Dingguo Mansion. If it weren't for the fact that she was able to enter the palace often to accompany the queen mother, the Yuan family would still be a little jealous of her, just as Xu Wanxi herself laughed at herself - I was afraid that the Yuan family would have finished her with a bowl of poison.
Thinking of these pasts, Zhang Meishou didn't dare to think about what Xu Wanxi's life would be like after he died.
And when she came to Xu Wanxi's courtyard and saw a vibrant, dazzling girl like a pearl waving to her, the depression dissipated completely.
"You're here, you'll miss the show later!"
Xu Wanxi naturally grabbed Zhang Meishou's arm, and her tone was also intimate, less of the high-mindedness that she deliberately piled up or unintentionally showed on weekdays.
"What's the show?" Zhang Meishou looked at the corners of her eyes that were slightly raised because of pride, and knew that she must be playing tricks again.
Sure enough, Xu Wanxi did not take her to the hall or the boudoir, but pulled her to the outskirts of an ear room.
Before Zhang Meishou got closer, he heard the girl's out-of-control scream.
Someone was apparently locked in the locked earroom.
At this point, Zhang Meishou couldn't stop thinking about it, and he could guess that the girl in it must be Yuan Tang.
But why was she scared like this?
When Zhang Meishou was about to ask a question, Xu Wanxi had already taken her to the carved window lattice with a small gap on the side, and whispered: "Look, isn't it very relieving?" β
Zhang Meishou looked through the gap, and saw that in the dim earroom with the doors and windows closed, a little girl in a purple dress was hiding behind a screen with a picture of a lady, trembling all over, crying miserably.
And on a comb-backed chair not far away, there was a large flower snake the thickness of an adult's arm!
The flower snake was motionless, and there seemed to be no sign of harm, but it still frightened Yuan Tang, who was locked in the room, into a fright.
Xu Wanxi snorted and shouted into the room: "Yuan San, why didn't you think of this fate when you scared me in the first place? I'm not as vicious as you, and before I sprinkled snake powder on you, you're scared like this! Otherwise, I'll let you taste what it's like to be chased and bitten by a snake, how about it? β
The girl who was locked in the room hurriedly cried and shook her head.
"Don't, don't! Spare me, spare me! Miss Xu Er, I beg you! You let me out, except for this one...... You can punish me as much as you want! Woowoo woo ......"
"I really can't think of any other way to punish you. Let's wait, when Miss Ben and the third girl of the Zhang family are discouraged, they will naturally let you out. β
Xu Wanxi raised her chin, her eyes were sly: "But I can advise you, if you keep shouting like this, you will wake up the snake if you can't keep it!" Yuan San, you better be quiet, so let's reflect! β
Yuan Tang shouted a few words, his voice was really weak, and he only dared to cover his mouth and sob.
Xu Wanxi took Zhang Meishou to the hall to speak.
As soon as Zhang Meishou sat down, he asked her: "Miss Yuansan is here with you, does the Yuan family know?" β
"It was the Yuan family who sent her to me for disposal." A look of disdain flashed in Xu Wanxi's eyes: "They are full of words - it is up to me to beat, scold, and punish, as long as I am relieved." β
After the matter was investigated, Yuan Tang's father and mother hurriedly brought their daughter to the door to make amends.
This matter can be big or small, it can be said to be a farce between children, but Xu Wanxi is the most noble girl in the Dingguo Mansion, and this time it is not just a snake catch, but also a snake trap, which gives the Dingguo Mansion a reason to pursue it wantonly.
Therefore, the Yuan family, who was not compensated by the prince of Dingguo in the front yard, panicked, and hoped that their daughter could make Miss Xu Er dissipate her anger, and this matter could barely be good, and if not, what was waiting for them was really big trouble.
"The snake was raised by someone else, and it would not attack anyone easily. I'm different from Yuan San, I just use the way of others to govern others. Otherwise, I would have rewarded her with a hundred and ten slaps, and her face would be swollen, and the Yuan family would not dare to say anything. I am tolerant and merciful, and give them the steps of the Yuan family......"
Xu Wanxi was afraid that the new girl would misunderstand her and scare people away, so she pretended to talk casually.
In fact, if she didn't explain, Zhang Meishou, who had been a good friend with her for life, would not have thought of it.
Although Wanxi's personality is a little more flamboyant and proud, and occasionally seems arrogant, she has never had any real bad intentions.
Seeing Zhang Meishou nodding with a smile, Xu Wanxi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and added: "It was so thrilling at the time, I'm afraid when I think about it-I'm also angry with you." β
Zhang Meishou smiled, but asked her, "Can you find out why she did this?" β
She didn't know that Yuan Tang had been so incompatible with Wanxi since she was a child?
"The Yuan family said that it was a misunderstanding, saying that the snake trap powder was somehow taken by the maid at home, and there were many mosquitoes in summer, and the maid wanted to bring Yuan San with the powder to repel mosquitoes."
Zhang Meishou felt that this didn't make sense at all.
"I'm afraid this is made up." She got straight to the point.
Hearing this, Xu Wanxi suddenly turned her head and said to the big girl Aunt Yinggu beside her: "Look, how can I say it, this is at most a deception to a three-year-old child, and we will not be deceived by seven or eight years old!" β
Aunt Ying smiled helplessly.
At this time, a little maid suddenly came in to spread the word, saying that Jiang Lingyi, the watch lady of the Zhong family, was here.