Chapter 240: Accountability (I)
Gu Yutang picked up the tea cup that Ah Hua had rested on top of the high table, took half a sip gently, raised his eyes and glanced at Ah Hua, seeing her looking at herself with an anxious face, presumably her grandmother should be angry.
was so nosy, and helped the Cai family dispose of the Zhao Pozi and Ma Ci. Cai's life is not long gone, and she has indeed done a thankless job to help her like this. And if this matter reaches the ears of Feng Lao'an and Gu Lihua, the sixth master of the Gu family, maybe what should I think of her?
I thought that the Lin family secretly instructed Gu Yutang to help the Cai family, regain the power of the second room, and further check and balance the second room.
"Is Mama Liang here? Can you be out there?" Gu Yutang drank the tea cup in his hand cleanly, placed it in the black lacquered wood tea tray held by Ah Hua, and said lightly.
"Girl, Mama Liang went to the firewood room to see Da Han and lifted Da Han's grounding. Mama Liang also said that if the girl didn't want the old lady to call the tooth woman back and sell Da Hanfa, she would go to the hall quickly! Ah Hua's face was a little more anxious than before.
In addition, Ah Hua would not hide his expression, and the two expressions of anxiety and panic were mixed together, and an extremely ugly look appeared on Ah Hua's face.
"Grandmother called me over, not to invite Ya Po into the house and sell the big cold, but for the words I said for Mrs. Cai in Ruiyue Courtyard, and through Mrs. Cai's hand, I punished the two slaves who deceived and concealed them."
Gu Yutang didn't mean to get up, and still sat on the soft couch under the window.
A strong wind rose outside the courtyard, and all the dead branches and leaves that had not been blown off by the wind a few days ago were blown down.
The golden leaves mixed with a few decaying branches flew up in the yard, forming a small whirlwind.
Seeing that his girl was sitting on the soft couch for a long time without speaking, the anxious look on Ah Hua's face became even stronger, and he put the tea tray in his hand on the round table with sour branches and wood on the side, took Gu Yutang's hand, and began to persuade.
"Actually, not only did the old lady get angry when she heard what the girl did, but I, seeing the girl do that, if it weren't for Mrs. Cai's presence, I would have reprimanded the girl.
The girl is a girl in the long room, and she shouldn't be involved in these bad things in the second room. Mrs. Cai has not much time to live, I inquired, that Ma Ci went to Ruiyue Courtyard, in fact, he went to Mrs. Cai to ask for the house to match the key. ”
Ah Hua said, looked at Gu Yutang as if he didn't listen, and then said a few words, "It was Feng Lao'an who sent Ma Ci, and now Mrs. Cai has disposed of Ma Ci with the girl's hand, maybe there will be a lot of trouble." ”
"Ah Hua, you are waiting by my side, do you think your girl is a scared person?" Gu Yutang said, already standing up from the couch.
Ah Hua took the pair of embroidered shoes with colorful butterflies flying on the small table and helped Gu Yutang put them on. While helping Gu Yutang put on his shoes, Ah Hua said
"The slave maid has been serving the girl for many years, so she naturally knows that the girl is not afraid of things. Although the girl is not afraid, she must also take care of the old lady and the wife! The girl helped Cai's deal with Ma Ci and Mrs. Zhao, and in the end, she didn't need the old lady to end up! ”
"What do I do with my grandmother? And keep those slaves in the house, are you waiting for the New Year? "The reason why Gu Yutang helped Cai's that day was because he saw Cai's mother's shadow.
In this way, my mother was bullied by Diao Nu in her last life, and finally hanged herself. However, those slaves in the house finally continued to work in the house without worry.
She is not reconciled!
How could she be willing?
This is why she wants to speak for Cai this time.
She saw that the Cai family did not have much to live, and in these last days, she still had to keep the dignity of her eldest wife. This time she didn't help Cai, but helped herself.
Gu Yutang's words were so blocked that Ah Hua couldn't say a word, even if he had something to say in his heart, he was stuck in his throat at the moment, and he didn't know how to persuade his own girl.
Ah Hua calmed down, glanced at his girl, and finally couldn't help but persuade a few words.
"Girl, you are the girl in the long room, you really shouldn't be involved in these bad things in the second room. Although you have an old lady by your side to protect you, even if those people in the second room are investigated, they won't blame you, but what about Mrs. Lin? Feng Lao'an will always associate this matter with the old lady. ”
Gu Yutang didn't want to listen to Ah Hua's persuasion, straightened out his clothes, and left the back room without waiting for Ah Hua to react. As soon as I pushed the door open, I saw Mama Liang standing outside with a nervous face, as if she had been waiting outside for a long time.
"Third girl, you have finally come out. The old lady called the old slave to invite you over, and only then did she see Miss Ahua go in and invite you, but you didn't come out for a long time, thinking that something had happened inside, which made the old slave very worried. ”
Mama Liang said, took out the handkerchief in her sleeve, and gently wiped the beads of sweat oozing from her forehead.
Judging by the appearance, she is in a hurry.
Gu Yutang didn't want the Lin family to wait in a hurry, so Ah Hua went to the ear room next door to wash up, then recombed his hair and put on the hairpin ring. Then I went to the hall.
Because it was getting colder and colder these days, the Lin family moved from the main house of the hall to the warm pavilion next door. A thick layer of cashmere carpet was laid in the warm pavilion, three or four stoves were lit, and a silver hanging hung on the stove, and the silver hanging was either boiling water or boiling porridge, and no bite was idle anyway.
Lin sat on a soft pillow covered with a layer of cashmere blanket, combed a simple and neat bun, most of the hairpin rings on his hair were removed, and only a few red gold peony hairpins were left to fix the bun, and a few dazzling rubies were embedded in the hairpins, and the candlelight reflected a faint flush on Lin's face.
Lin took off the several pairs of jade bracelets he wore on his wrist in the past, and hugged a soup woman with a red gold mansion. Afraid of burns, Tang Pozi also wrapped it in cashmere.
Gu Yutang saluted the Lin family according to the rules, and then said, "Grandmother, I don't know what you called Mama Liang to invite me over?"
"Tang'er, grandmother praised you for your intelligence, you should know." Lin held the soup woman in his hand, and his eyes kept falling on Gu Yutang who was sitting on the small stool.
"Grandmother went to Ruiyue Courtyard a few days ago to help Mrs. Cai out?"
Gu Yutang raised his head and looked at Lin's face, which was full of vicissitudes and wrinkled skin.
Seeing that she frowned tightly and stared at herself tightly, she was afraid that she was angry, but now in front of the room full of maids, she didn't have a seizure, right?
When Gu Yutang and Lin were talking, the maid in the house who had already had a spirit retreated, and Mama Liang and Ah Hua were left in the house, two people who Gu Yutang and Lin were waiting for.
Ah Hua looked at the anger on Lin's face and showed it little by little, and hurriedly glanced at his own girl, who knew that Gu Yutang didn't look back at her at all, and looked around the room for a week.
Mama Liang also clearly felt the anger on Lin's face, afraid that Lin would be angry for Gu Yutang and Cai's affairs, and hurriedly came out to ease the atmosphere.
"Old lady, didn't you order the small kitchen to make the three girls' favorite spring rolls and spring cakes today? Do you want the slave to call the maid and bring it to the three girls, so that the three girls can eat a few. ”
Listening to Mama Liang say this, the Lin family also knew that she was here to ease the atmosphere, and gradually disappeared the anger on her face a little, with a faint smile, and took Gu Yutang's hand and said.
"Tang'er, knowing that you were coming over, I instructed the cook in the small kitchen to make your favorite spring rolls and spring cakes, which are to your taste."
"The cook in my grandmother's house is naturally the taste of Hetang'er. So be it! Let Ah Hua also accompany Mama Liang to go down to get it, and our grandparents and grandchildren can talk in the house! Gu Yutang said, and glanced at Ah Hua who was standing next to him.
Ah Hua knew what his girl meant, this was just to say something to the old lady alone after shaking off himself and Mama Liang.
After seeing Mama Liang and Ah Hua go out, Gu Yutang closed the door and returned to Lin's side, and before Lin could react, Gu Yutang knelt down.
"Grandmother, it was Tang'er who went to Mrs. Cai's courtyard by herself to stand up for Mrs. Cai, this incident was committed by Tang'er alone, one person did things and one person was responsible, Tang'er would never affect her grandmother. Grandmother wants to be beaten and punished, and Tang'er has no complaints! ”
Hearing Gu Yutang's words, the anger hidden in Lin's heart suddenly surged up, and he raised his slap and was about to swing towards Gu Yutang's face, but halfway through, Lin suddenly stopped.
turned his face away, no longer looked at Gu Yutang, endured the anger in his heart, and said a few words slowly.
"I often say that you are a smart girl, why are you stupid today? I often warn you not to get involved in those bad things in the second room, but you don't listen! ”
After saying that, Lin still turned his head and looked at Gu Yutang in front of him, seeing that she had lost a lot of weight, thinking that it was autumn, her appetite was not very good.
Somehow, Lin sighed and said lightly.
"Previously, Feng Lao'an called Swift to call me over, I went over, Feng Lao'an said that since the second room and the long room have been separated, then in these matters, the long room should stand in the perspective of outsiders, and should not get involved. Although your grandmother Feng is not angry, who knows? ”