Liu Shihan was sick, and after talking and laughing with Xia Mengning for a while, she was a little physically exhausted, Xia Mengning saw the fatigue between her eyebrows, so she got up to say goodbye, and promised to come to see her often in the future.

On the carriage back to the house, Jiu'er looked at the expression on Xia Mengning's face and asked, "Miss, is Miss Liu's illness very serious?" ”

Xia Mengning nodded, "I don't know how to persuade her, Han'er, she seems to be really moved by Xia Zhihan, if it was in the past, I could still say a few words, or simply make a way to let Han'er see Xia Zhihan's true face clearly, but now Han'er's body is so bad, I don't dare to do anything, in case it stimulates her, I'm afraid it will affect her condition." ”

When Jiu'er heard this, she also frowned, "It's really urgent, we know that the eldest young master is uneasy and kind to Miss Liu, but we can't say it." ”

Xia Mengning sighed, feeling a long-lost sense of powerlessness, lowered her head, patted Jiu'er's hand lightly and said, "Life has to go on, since things have happened, all we can do is to work hard to keep things from getting worse." ”

Jiu'er nodded, and her expression was also very solemn.

At this moment, the carriage had stopped, Jiu'er got out of the carriage, helped Xia Mengning down, and walked into the house.

As soon as the two of them walked to the front of the Bamboo Branch Garden, they heard a burst of noisy sounds from inside, and Jiu'er frowned, "Who is making noise in the Bamboo Branch Garden!" ”

Xia Mengning pursed her lips and walked in quickly.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Chen's mother standing in the yard, and there was a middle-aged woman with eyes beside her, Chen's mother was standing aside, and the woman was cross-legging, pointing at Zhulian on the opposite side and scolding: "Little hooves without eyesight, the family is all raised by a bitch, why don't you let my baby daughter go and release ......"

Xia Mengning frowned, Jiu'er on the side couldn't bear it anymore, and walked forward in a few steps to pull Zhulian's body, and said with a puffed chest: "Where did you come from, you dare to come to the third lady's bamboo branch garden to sprinkle, this prime minister's mansion, is it you who you can enter?" ”

Mother Chen didn't seem to see Xia Mengning who was still outside the gate, but she just saw Jiu'er in front of her, remembering the scene of being ridiculed by Jiu'er last time, Mother Chen gritted her teeth and said: "Miss Jiu'er hasn't come out of the cabinet yet, how can you open your mouth and close your mouth to shrew, our Prime Minister's Mansion has always been a place to abide by the rules, and you are also a girl who follows the third lady, why are you so unruly?" ”

This insinuation is saying that Xia Mengning's rules are not good.

Jiu'er heard this, but she was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Mother Chen is so strange to speak, when did the rules in the Prime Minister's Mansion become an old Diao slave who doesn't know the height of the sky, forget it, the third lady is not in the yard, you brought this cheap embryo from nowhere to find us unhappy, what kind of rules is this?" ”

Jiu'er spoke very quickly, but she pronounced the words very clearly, this voice of finger Sang scolding Huai really made Chen's mother angry, and she raised her hand without thinking about it, and she was about to hit Jiu'er, "You shameless little prostitute, you dare to talk like this, I will teach you a good lesson for the third lady today......

As he spoke, this slap was about to hit Jiu'er's face, Xia Mengning's eyes darkened, and a familiar murderous aura gathered in his eyes, and with a flick of his hand, Chen's mother's arm was extremely sore, and she couldn't use her strength.

"Oops!" Chen's mother was in pain, and hurriedly bent down, her face distorted into an inhuman shape, "It hurts me to death......

The woman beside Chen's mother hurriedly reached out to support her, looking left and right, "Who, who?" ”

Xia Mengning slowly walked in from the door, and looked at the two people squatting on the ground with clear eyes, "Mother Chen, I don't know when you will need to worry about this matter in the Bamboo Branch Garden." ”

Xia Mengning walked in front of her and looked at Mother Chen, who was still squatting on the ground, her eyes were cold to the bone, almost making Mother Chen almost oppressed, and at this moment, Mother Chen seemed to feel that she shouldn't come here to ask Xia Mengning Xingshi for her guilt, she was just a slave, even if she was favored by the old lady, she was just a slave.

Jiu'er and Zhulian both stepped forward and stood around Xia Mengning on the left and right, Xia Mengning looked at Chen's mother and said, "Doesn't Chen's mother have something to say to me?" Then come in. ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked into the house, Chen's mother and her daughter-in-law Yang, who were squatting on the ground, looked at each other, and they also helped each other to stand up and walked into the house.

There are two little girls in Zhuzhiyuan who sprinkle and sweep and two errand boys, and now these people are gathered under the porch to watch, Jiu'er entered the house with his front foot, and retreated with his back foot, and said loudly: "What do you see, don't go to work quickly, if you delay Miss's business, be careful of your skin." ”

When a few people heard this, they all retracted their eyes in cringe, and scattered to work.

Xia Mengning entered the room, first took off her cloak, and then sat on the chair at the top, Chen's mother and Yang's walked in, looked around, Yang was about to speak, but was dragged by Chen's mother's hand, the two knelt down together, Chen's mother said: "The old slave offended the third miss today, and asked the third miss to forgive me." ”

Xia Mengning covered her mouth with a handkerchief, this Mother Chen is the old man in front of the Xie family, she still has a sense of proportion, she can take the initiative to admit her mistakes and gag herself before she gets into trouble.

Xia Mengning didn't make a sound, just looked at it coldly, at this moment, Zhu Lian walked up with hot tea, Xia Mengning reached out to pick it up, but saw the red marks on Zhu Lian's wrist, Xia Mengning put down the teacup, grabbed Zhu Lian's hand suddenly, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhu Lian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly retracted her hand, Xia Mengning understood Zhu Lian's temperament, her eyes darkened, and she swept over the two kneeling below, and said softly: "Go down." ”

Zhu Lian stepped aside and stood with Jiu'er, Xia Mengning picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea and said, "Mother Chen, what are you talking about when you came to me, I don't know when I offended you, and let you spread all your anger on my personal maid." ”

Mother Chen raised her head and touched Xia Mengning's cold eyes, her heart sank, and she said: "Third Miss, the old slave came here today for the granddaughter of the old slave, Cai Wei has always been well-behaved and filial, even the old lady is boasting, so she made an exception to take her to serve, today I don't know why the third miss punished Cai Wei in the plum garden to practice saluting, the old slave saw that it was cold and snowy outside, Cai Wei was very thin, so she came to ask the third lady." ”

Xia Mengning narrowed her eyes, what Mother Chen said, but she deliberately made it clear to herself that Cai Wei's etiquette was affirmed by the old lady, and now he punished her for her poor etiquette, purely to settle some false charges.

Xia Mengning took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Jiu'er, you tell Mother Chen about today's matter." ”

When Jiu'er heard this, she immediately stood up and saluted Xia Mengning: "The slave obeys the order." Then he turned around and said to Chen's mother: "Today, the slave maid and the third lady met Cai Wei in the plum garden together, Cai Wei saw that the third lady not only did not salute unruly, but also did not call herself a slave when she replied, Mother Chen, you know, even if this person is favored by the master, he is also a subordinate, this person replied, how can he be so frivolous and presumptuous?" ”

Mother Chen was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when she heard Xia Mengning say: "Mother Chen can hear clearly, this gift cannot be abolished, and I can't be blamed." Well, I'm tired, so go down first. ”

As he spoke, he was about to stand up and go to the back room, but when Chen's mother and Yang saw each other, they immediately said, "Third Miss ......"

Xia Mengning stopped his steps, "Anything else?" ”

Mother Chen looked at Xia Mengning and said, "Third Miss, it's cold and snowy outside, if Cai Wei stays in the plum garden for a while, I'm afraid that something will freeze out, the old slave begged the third lady to be kind and let Cai Wei go this time." ”

Xia Mengning sat back in the chair, looked at Chen's mother and said with a smile: "What are you doing to me when you freeze your body, a girl who doesn't know the height of the sky, she will die." ”

Chen's mother didn't expect Xia Mengning to say such a thing, and immediately became very angry, her granddaughter, who had been precious for more than ten years, was treated like this by Xia Mengning, Chen's mother couldn't help but be angry, and said: "Third Miss, don't deceive people too much......

When Xia Mengning heard this, she turned her head sharply to look at Chen's mother, and said sharply: "Am I excessive? Mother Chen is afraid that she has forgotten, I am now the person in charge of the house here, this person is disobedient, it is reasonable to punish him, but Mother Chen, you ......"

Saying that, Xia Mengning changed her sitting posture, and looked at the two people below with a pair of sharp eyes, "Broke into my yard to make a big noise, full of foul language, and injured my personal maid, these crimes, I don't know if you can afford it, Mother Chen?" ”

As he spoke, he said to Jiu'er on the side: "Take the two of them out for me, kneel in the courtyard, when do you reflect, when do you get up again." ”

Chen's mother and Yang were stunned, I don't know why they were also punished for kneeling, Chen's mother is an old man, and she has experience in errands, but Yang is young after all, and now when she heard this, she hurriedly said loudly: "Why do you let us kneel, we didn't do anything wrong, who do you think you are, don't you know that Cai Wei is the old lady's person, you are ignoring the old lady's face, what are you......?"

Xia Mengning turned her head violently and looked at the Yang family who was chattering, her eyes were cold, "What a boldness, you dare to speak to me like this, come on, drag the two of them out for me and kneel, no one can let them get up without my order." ”

Jiu'er called the little guy outside the door, and the two little guys got Xia Mengning's order, and hurriedly stepped forward and dragged the two of them away one by one, and forced themselves to kneel in the snow, unable to even lift their heads.

Xia Mengning took a look, sat on the chair and watched, and said to Jiu'er: "You go to the plum garden to see, is that girl still there?" ”

Jiu'er nodded yes, turned around and walked out, Xia Mengning ordered Zhulian to continue with hot tea and snacks, watching with interest while eating, occasionally bowing his head to take a sip of tea, as if waiting for something.