Ruqing blinked, and suddenly felt that her eyes were moist, she sniffed quickly, smiled gratefully at Ruzhen, and said in a low voice: "Big sister thinks about her sister like this, my sister can't repay her, I just ask my big sister to marry into the Hou Mansion as soon as possible, have a smooth wind, and give birth to a noble son early." ”

Ruzhen's face was as red as blood, and he looked at Ruzhen with disgust, and scolded with a smile, "I'll kill your little hoof, and see if you still talk nonsense." ”

Ruqing dodged lightly, and her lips laughed silly.

On the contrary, Rumei, who did not understand what they were talking about, saw that they were laughing happily, jumped among them, and shouted, "What are you laughing at?" What's so funny? ”

Ruzhen pointed to her forehead, "Just laugh at you, laugh at you for being a little fool." ”

Ruqing hurriedly said before Rumei got angry: "Third sister, the eldest sister was talking about you just now, saying that you are so lively and cute, the eldest sister envy you." ”

*

I don't know how Ruzhen said it to Fang Jinglan, anyway, two days later, there was a cry and begging for mercy in Aunt Zhu's yard, Ruqing thought it was Aunt Zhu at first, but then ran over to take a look, only to realize that it was not the case. Instead, a few stout mothers-in-law were pressing the two girls to the ground, while Fang Lin's family was putting on a devil's face and holding a long thick ring ruler in their hands.

Ruqing fixed her eyes and saw that the beatings turned out to be the second-class girls Miaoyue and Miaoyu beside her mother.

Fang Jinglan blushed and kept scolding, "What a slave, who is sick and crooked all day long, stealing and lazy, actually pretending to be sick and avoiding work, what use do I want from you, master?" I bought you to serve your master, but not your master. It is good for you to be a slave and a bully, pretending to be sick all day long, and moaning even if you are not sick. I didn't expect you to be the right and left hand of the master, but I added a lot of chaos. I didn't do much work, and I still received silver every month, do you really think that our government is easy to deceive? ”

Then the more he talked, the more angry he became, and finally he was so angry that he snatched the ring ruler of Fang Lin's house, and beat him down with his head and face, and the poor two girls who were like flowers and jade were beaten and screamed again and again, and kept begging for mercy,

Zhu twisted his handkerchief on the side, wanting to step forward to plead, but he was brushed away by Fang Jinglan, and when he was tired, he lost the ring ruler, and reprimanded Zhu again: "You are really, the minions in your yard are doing such nonsense, you just let them mess around." ”

Zhu's eyes were red aggrieved, his lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he said in a low voice: "It's all the incompetence of the concubine, so that the master is worried." As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Although Fang Jinglan is not as affectionate to the Zhu family as he is to the Zhang family, but the Zhu family has been well-behaved and obedient to his duties over the years, and he has been born beautifully, so he also has a little pity for the Zhu family, and Fang Jinglan is indeed a weak lord, seeing the Zhu family like this, his heart softened, and he softened his tone, "I know that you are kind-hearted, and I can't bear to reprimand them." But such a slave cannot be connived at. If I hadn't found out sooner, you'd have been ridden overhead by them sooner or later. ”

Zhu explained in a whispering manner, "It's all cheap concubines who are incompetent, and they can't even control their subordinates well, which makes trouble for the master." ”

Seeing her so frightened, Fang Jinglan could still be angry, and enlightened her with kind words for the Lord's way. Zhu nodded gently as he listened.

Miaoyue and Miaoyu were beaten to death, dragged down by the mother-in-law, Fang Jinglan coldly ordered, "Lock it in the firewood room first, don't give water and food, go find someone tomorrow, sell it, the farther away the better, out of sight is clean." Then a pair of blood-oozing eyes swept viciously towards the other subordinates, and the subordinates around the Zhu family shrank their heads into their stomachs one by one, and they didn't dare to gasp.

Fang Jinglan snorted coldly and sternly warned a few words, how dare these subordinates make a mistake, and they knelt down one after another to say that they would serve Aunt Zhu carefully in the future, and there must be no more mistakes.

Ruqing saw that it was almost over, so she suddenly appeared, jumped in front of Fang Jinglan, pulled Fang Jinglan's sleeve, and said innocently: "Daddy, don't be angry." Don't punish too much, Aunt Miaoyue and Aunt Miaoyu may be because they are not adapted, just like the bright moon in the daughter's house. ”

Fang Jinglan bent down, hugged Ruqing's small body, looked at Ruqing's face like a white and tender steamed bun with pity, and said softly: "Qing girl, you said, there are girls and Miaoyu in your house, who always love to get sick?" ”

Ruqing looked innocent, "Yes, I always love to get sick, Daddy, do you want to ask the doctor to come over and take a look?" ”

Fang Jinglan gritted her teeth, but her tone was gentle, "My Qing'er is so kind, just like your aunt. Okay, let's go and ask the doctor to come over and have a look. ”

Ruqing looked grateful, "Thank you, Daddy, you're the best." Then the two white and tender little hands hugged Fang Jinglan's face and kissed him left and right.

Fang Jinglan was stunned for a moment, in ancient times, men and women were extremely strict in their precautions, including father and daughter, after a girl reached the age of seven, the father was not allowed to enter his daughter's boudoir, let alone hug and make love like this.

Ruqing was also stunned, screaming in her heart, no, kissing like this shouldn't be out of line, right?

Fang Jinglan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly moved again, he has always insisted on the image of a strict father and mother, and in front of his children, he has always put on the majesty of his father, even if it is his most beloved incorruptibility and kindness, it is also like this. But today, he was ruined by this little daughter, it turned out that holding his own flesh and blood was so satisfied, and his heart seemed to be filled with warmth, especially Ruqing's lovely little hands pulled his face, and the fleshy and soft touch made him strange and moved.

Coupled with Ruqing's deliberately naïve childishness, Fang Jinglan's heart was almost melted. In Ruqing's big eyes, he hugged her small body tightly, and said softly: "Okay, Daddy's good daughter is the most obedient, let's go, let's go and see your girl, and treat the disease if you are sick." If you don't --- sick," Fang Jinglan's eyes suddenly shot out two lines of anger.

Ruqing pretended to be frightened and hurriedly snuggled into his arms, she silently thought in her heart, "I'm sorry, Mingyue, don't blame me for being unkind/heh." ”*

Mingyue, who was lying on the bed sleeping with a big head, immediately covered her head and groaned when she heard the sound of footsteps, but when she found that it was not Shen Pozi, or Linglong and Qingyue, but a familiar but faceless mother-in-law, she was stunned for a while.

Fang Lin's face was expressionless and walked to Mingyue's bed, and said coldly: "Mingyue, our master has always been sympathetic to his subordinates, and I know that you are sick again, no, I came to see you on purpose, and I invited a doctor." ”

Mingyue's face turned pale, and her heart chuckled, and she was about to say, "Let the master worry about it, the slave and maid are fine", but Fang Lin's family had already stood aside, and a half-hundred-year-old man carried the medicine box into the house. In ancient times, although men and women had precautions, Mingyue was only a small person, and she was not very old, so she did not spread a scarf and put a bed curtain like the daughter of the boudoir, and the old doctor touched Mingyue's wrist very casually and gently checked the pulse.

Mingyue's face turned pale, frightened and panicked, and finally, when the old doctor looked at her with pity, then shook his head, got up and walked out, Mingyue knew that she was finished.

Mingyue was ripped down in front of Fang Jinglan by Fang Lin's handful in disheveled clothes, and there was a Li family with an iron face sitting beside her.

Mingyue fell to her knees, ignoring the pain in her knees, and shouted in a trembling mouth, "Master spare your life, Mrs. spare your life." She kowtowed to Ruqing again, "Girl, spare your life." ”

And Ruqing, standing beside Fang Jinglan, looked at the bright moon with pity. Ruqing stood beside Linglong again, looking at her with a sneer and schadenfreude.

Mingyue's heart was gloomy, and she fell to the ground, her body trembling.

Fang Jinglan snorted heavily and glared at Li: "This is what you call considerate Ruqing, you are so considerate, eh?" Take a girl who pretends to be sick everywhere and put it next to the girl. Instead, she became the master, and someone's daughter of ours became a slave. ”

Li's eyes flickered with a weak heart, and he said forcefully: "How can I be blamed for this, it's all this cheap girl who doesn't serve the Qing girl well, this Qing girl is really, Mingyue is so bullying the master, you are the master, and you also take out the master's majesty?" ”

Ruqing lowered her head, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito's groan, "What my mother taught me is that her daughter is incompetent, and she can't even manage her subordinates." ”

Fang Jinglan couldn't see that Ruqing was so aggrieved, and snorted heavily at the Li family, "How old is Ruqing?" If she has the ability to clean up all the subordinates, what else do you want your mother-in-law to do? ”

Li's heart was also angry, and he couldn't help but refute when he heard the words: "The girls in Rumei's house are all obedient and clever, why are they so lazy one by one when Ruqing arrives, can I be blamed for this?" ”

"It's your fault." Fang Jinglan got up angrily and said coldly: "Rumei is your biological daughter, and with you to protect her, of course those girls don't dare to make a mistake, but Ruqing is different." It's not your own, so you let these subordinates belittle her at will. You, you've let me down so much. ”

Li Shi had a nameless anger in his heart, and couldn't help but shoot the case, and hissed: "The surname Fang, don't spray people with blood, you also know that Ruqing is not my own child, why do you want me to treat her as my own child, it's good to give her food, what else do you want me to do?" Is it possible to take her as an ancestor in general? ”

Fang Jinglan shook his head, with a deep disappointment in his eyes, "You finally said what was in your heart." He turned around, took Ruqing's hand, and said in a solemn tone: "Madame is very hard to take care of housework, and she has to take care of Rumei, which is really powerless." It's all mine, and I also worry about Mrs. Qingya. Forget it, let's let Ruqing follow the old lady, which can also reduce the burden on the lady. Fang Jinglan finally felt that Ruzhen's proposal was good, Ruqing was a concubine, no matter how he defended her, she would never enjoy the fair treatment of Rushan Rumei when she followed the Li family. It's better to bring Ruqing to the old lady, and it is best to be raised by the old lady. As soon as she gets married, the old lady will definitely be lonely, and it is not bad to let Ruqing and the old lady be her companion. And the old lady's personality Fang Jinglan couldn't be clearer, although he is not connected to the Fang Mansion by blood, but the morality is there, letting Ruqing follow the old lady is also a relief for the Li family, and it is also beneficial to Ruyan's growth.

Li listened to Fang Jinglan behaving like this, first it was an accident, then relief, and finally a strong sense of unwillingness and grievance, she didn't abuse Ruqing, why did he think she abused Ruqing? It makes no sense.

But Fang Jinglan was really cold to her, for the sake of family peace, he didn't plan to pursue it further, but just lightly praised the Li family, saying that she worked hard to manage the housework and had to raise two children, which was really inadequate, and she couldn't be blamed completely for being snubbed by her subordinates. If you want to blame him, he is a father, and he didn't fulfill his father's responsibilities---

Although Li knew that he was just talking about the scene, he couldn't get angry, so he had to swallow this evil breath. slapped Mingyue, who lost her face, severely. In the end, it was still not enjoyable, so she asked Liu's mother to find a rope, tied her up, and threw her into the village village.

Mingyue, who was beaten and bloodied, screamed and struggled when she heard that she was going to be sent to Zhuangzi in the countryside, and kowtowed to the Li family desperately.

Ruqing knows that the Zhuangzi in the countryside is not more comfortable than the house, it is all about doing rough work all day long, Mingyue was the daughter of the official family before, although she was sold as a slave, but she was also pampered and worried, and she did not do heavy work, if she was sent to the countryside, her life would be over. Not to mention that she is tired and peels off her skin, she will also be worn into a vulgar girl by the rough life in the countryside, and she can only marry a rough man or a tenant farmer in the village in the future, and she will never be able to turn over again in her life.

If you stay in the house, in the future, the master will be gracious, and marrying the subordinates in the house is much better than marrying a tenant farmer, if you are a little luckier and become a girl's dowry, if you are looked down upon by your aunt in the future, maybe you will be raised to be an aunt. If it is sent to Zhuangzi, then only despair remains.

Li kicked her away, and scolded a few more words: "Shameless bitch, why did you go in the first place?" I told you not to wait for Ruqing well, told you to pretend to be sick all day long, and told you to make me embarrassed in front of my lord---"

Poor Mingyue's little body, which was not yet ten years old, was kicked to the point that her bones were almost broken, and she fell to the ground, moving for a long time, and finally she didn't even have the strength to beg for mercy, so she could only let the rough slave brought by Liu's mother drag it down like a rag.

Ruqing's mood was heavy, especially when she came into contact with the bleak and desperate eyes of Mingyue, her heart was twitched hard.

"Mother---" Ruqing wanted to beg Fang Jinglan, but she took care of the Li family, and walked in front of the Li family, gently shaking her sleeve, her eyes were begging.

Li Shi looked at her with complicated eyes, but his tone was awe-inspiring, "Qing girl is kind-hearted, do you want to intercede for this cheap girl?" Such a cheap hoof who doesn't know whether to live or die, I didn't beat her to death, and it can be regarded as a blessing, but she dared to do such a bad thing behind my back. This kind of slave can no longer stay in the house. His face looked extremely angry and painful.

Fang Jinglan snorted lightly, stepped forward to hug Ruqing, patted her on the back, and said softly: "My son is kind-hearted, and he can't see anyone punished." But, girl, your mother is right. You are the master, and they are the subordinate. The slave who dares to bully the head of the master, although the crime will not lead to death, but he will be severely punished. Although Mingyue dealt with it more severely, it was also her own fault and she couldn't complain. I want everyone to see, if anyone dares to snub someone's daughter again, Mingyue's fate is his example. The last sentence was said harshly, and a pair of good-looking single phoenix eyes coldly swept everyone in the room.

The eyes of the subordinates, including Liu's mother, flickered violently, and they stared down again. Li Shi's face was blue, although Fang Jinglan's words were said to her subordinates, how could she not hear it, it was clearly a warning to her, and she couldn't help but be so angry that she almost gritted her silver teeth all over the ground, but she couldn't attack again. The hand hidden under the sleeves of the stone blue and white fox fur hanged the embroidered handkerchief tightly,

This time, under the auspices of Fang Jinglan and with the acquiescence of the old lady, Ruqing finally moved out of the Li family's Wulan Pavilion and lived in the old lady's Songhe Courtyard.

The final reason why Ruqing moved into the old lady Songhe Courtyard was not very glorious, and Li also felt that his face was dull, so when he moved, he was clever and generous, and he made up for everything in Ruqing's house without missing anything, and also prepared all kinds of silk, and even moved the bed that Ruqing slept on before.

Ruqing kowtowed to the old lady in a new dress, her face was timid, a little panicked, a little uneasy, and vaguely ignorant, the old lady saw that her nose was suddenly sour, pulled Ruqing into her arms, patted her back, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, Qing girl, this will be your territory in the future." ”

Ruqing nodded lightly, and thanked her solemnly in a milky voice. She knows very well in her heart that she has no conflict of interest with the old lady, as long as she is well-behaved and does not cause trouble, the old lady will treat her sincerely. Even if it's not sincere, it won't shorten her eating and her wearing.

The news that Ruqing moved to the old lady's courtyard spread throughout the entire Fang Mansion in less than half a day. Li's old unit can be regarded as the best welfare, the best treatment, and the best salary in Fangfu, but unfortunately Ruqing entered a cronyistic family business, and she can't mix with the core layer, and in frustration, the new unit threw an olive branch to her, and the old lady's new unit, as far as the current calculation, is still some distance from Li's oil and water yamen.

Because ---- Li, seeing that the people around her were indeed old and young, they were quite reluctant to go, so they allocated the second-class girl Siyue and the third-class girl Huanyushu to Ruqing.

However, the Li family's oil and water yamen is really nostalgic and forgettable, Siyue knelt down in front of the Li family, saying that she was reluctant to leave the Li family, and she would always wait for his wife and not go anywhere.

Yushu also knelt down in front of Li, crying so much, Li was suddenly very moved.

In this way, the only people who followed Ruqing to Songhe Courtyard were Shen Pozi and Linglong. Qingyue, who was beside Ruqing before, also knelt down and begged Li to stay because she was reluctant to leave.