Since slapping his mouth and crying and pleading: "The slave maid was blinded by lard for a while, begging Mrs. Fourth Miss and Second Son not to blame Miss, Miss She doesn't know anything, just now the hair ornament on Miss's head is dirty and unsightly, and it is really unsightly to see people with a cloak, and the slave maid then advocated taking Miss Four's hair ornament without authorization, coaxing Miss to say that it was given to her by Miss Four, Miss is stubborn, not her thing, she will never touch it, Mrs. treats our Miss as if she was her own child, Miss Four is a sister with Miss Miss, if it is because of the slave maid has a dislike, Even a hundred deaths of a slave and a maid are not enough to atone for their sins......"

Xiaoqing knelt on the ground, her head banged, and she took all the responsibility on herself, her young lady Meng Zhaoyue was still a white lotus flower with ice and jade.

Sheng Mingzhu hooked her lips and didn't say a word, she didn't find that Meng Zhaoyue had a loyal dog.

Meng Zhaoyue's eyes were red, her teeth were biting her lower lip, her face was struggling and hesitating, and she said in a trembling voice for a long time: "I can't help such a slave who deceives my superiors and subordinates, and I will go back to the courtyard after a while, you can take the deed of sale and leave!" The love of our master and servant is exhausted here. ”

Meng Zhaoyue said, turned around and knelt in front of the Lin family, and said with tears streaming down her face: "Madam, Xiaoqing did such a ridiculous thing, it was all unfavorable to me, the master's teaching, she has followed me since she was a child, and she has done her best to me, for so many years, follow me, from Surabaya County to Beijing, and please don't criticize her too harshly, punish me if you want to!" Zhao Yue is willing to be punished for her. ”

"Miss, how can you be punished for the slave maid, it's the slave who is wrong, Mrs. Fourth Miss, if you want to punish me, punish me! Miss, she doesn't know anything. ”

Xiaoqing knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Sheng Mingzhu, and kowtowed to Lin after kowtowing.

What a pair of master and servant! Sheng Mingzhu's face was silent, but his heart turned over the river and the sea, it was the first time that he really understood Meng Zhaoyue's tricks.

It was expected that Lin was soft-hearted, preemptively cleared the charges, found a scapegoat, and then cried that he was not teaching effectively, and was willing to replace the punishment with his example.

The mother has always been lenient and soft, and she is even more distressed and affectionate to Meng Zhaoyue.

For the sake of a little maid, how could her mother punish her? If it spreads, I don't know what kind of gossip will be arranged by others.

"Good boy, get up quickly, my aunt knows your temperament, and knows that you will never do such a thing, Xiaoqing also has a reason, blame her for being good at advocating, she is used to serving by your side, just teach well, why rush out."

Lin stepped forward and helped Meng Zhaoyue, who was teary-eyed, up.

"Thank you, aunt." Meng Zhaoyue stood up, pulled the handkerchief and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then turned around and scolded Xiaoqing, who was still kneeling on the ground and kowtowing: "If you don't go to your cousin to admit your mistake, if your cousin doesn't forgive you, you don't want to stay in the mansion." ”

When Sheng Mingzhu heard this, he sneered.

"I stole my things without permission, cousin, is this still asking me to forgive her with a smile?"

Sheng Mingzhu hooked his head, the expression on his face seemed to be smiling, as soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room instantly froze again, it seemed that no one expected Sheng Mingzhu to say such a thing, but Sheng Mingyi, who had not spoken next to him, lit up his eyes.

nodded appreciatively at Sheng Mingzhu.

"Cousin, I, I didn't mean that." Meng Zhaoyue's expression was a little cramped, and she wrung her handkerchief and said, "Since she made a mistake, she should be punished and punished, and naturally my cousin has the final say." ”

"My cousin knows, our Sheng family's home of soldiers, the family rules are strict, and the family is also a military rule, anyone who steals is punished with fifty canes, Xiaoqing followed my cousin to come We are the Sheng family for so long, it is impossible not to know the rules of our Sheng family, knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is added to one degree, read its first time, the cane is thirty, cousin, what do you think?"

Sheng Mingzhu's voice was soft, but the words he said were unquestionable.

Thirty canes, not to mention a little girl like Xiaoqing, she is an adult strong man, and if she is beaten with thirty sticks, she will also have more breath and less breath, Meng Zhaoyue stared at Sheng Mingzhu in disbelief, and couldn't believe that the words just now came out of her mouth.

As soon as he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, he was blocked by Sheng Mingzhu, "Cousin, you are just too soft-hearted and kind on weekdays, so that these subordinates around you have no sense of proportion, but fortunately, this time we just stole a small headdress, we know our cousin's character, so naturally we will not wronged my cousin." If you are outside, stealing other people's things, cousin, you can't tell if you have ten mouths, others only say, it's cousin that you have the habit of stealing, you can't tell, find someone to atone, when the time comes, cousin, you will have no reputation for innocence, take advantage of the small punishment and big admonition now, let her learn a lesson, so as not to cause more trouble to your cousin. ”

Sheng Mingzhu stole one by one, and her words were heart-wrenching, which made Meng Zhaoyue's face turn blue, but she couldn't refute a word.

"I think the fourth sister has a point, Miss Biao's matter is big or small, if she doesn't teach her a lesson now, she may not be able to cause any trouble in the future." Xu, who had been sitting next to him and didn't speak, also spoke up.

Lin hesitated and said: "Thirty military sticks, for her little girl, it is a little heavier, for the sake of her loyalty all the time, it is better to be punished with ten strokes of the cane, which will not only teach her a lesson, but also will not hurt her at all." ”

Meng Zhaoyue was speechless, and was about to intercede with the Lin family, but after hearing the Lin family's words, she could only swallow this dumb loss in her stomach.

Seeing that there was no room for turning around in this matter, Meng Zhaoyue was also interested in not saying much, but just cried and acquiesced to Lin's statement.

Xiao Qing, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't expect such an ending at all, his eyes looked at this, he was looking at that, and finally his eyes fell on Meng Zhaoyue's body.

"Miss, save me...... I ......"

Xiaoqing opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but was restrained by Meng Zhaoyue's coquettish reprimand, "If you do something wrong, you do something wrong, and now, what do you want to quibble, my aunt is merciful, and she didn't drive you out, it is already a twelve-point leniency for you." ”

Meng Zhaoyue avoided everyone's gaze and glared at her fiercely.

Xiaoqing trembled, and didn't dare to say anything more.

The servant woman in the courtyard heard the instructions of the house, and soon a few sturdy middle-aged women came in, grabbed Xiaoqing's two arms and dragged them out, worried that she would make the noise and upset the master of the house, and came up with a white cloth to gagged her mouth.

The movements are clean and neat, and at a glance, you can see that you don't do this less on weekdays.

Xiaoqing gagged her mouth, her mouth was whining, she didn't know what she was talking about, and she struggled to be dragged down by the servant woman who came in.