The old lady sat upright on the upper seat, wearing a dark red lotus embroidered Baizi cotton robe, leaning on the big red Hunan embroidered blessing word pillow, raising her eyelids to look at the people sitting down.

After the greetings, everyone sat down, and the maids went in and out and added a cup of tea to everyone's table.

"When I got up this morning, I heard that the maid named Zhaolu died in the river, which was not a big deal, but she was used by someone with a heart to pour dirty water on the eldest lady, so my old lady had to be angry!"

Su Yao hurriedly got up, "Mother, even if there are some rumors, no one will believe them, my son will be strictly disciplined when he turns around, and those who talk about these words will not be spared." ”

Cao Qianlian lowered her eyes, still looking delicate and pitiful, the old lady looked at her, then at her son, and sneered in her heart.

"You are in charge of one thing, but that person is using it on the other hand, you are in charge of her and looking for someone to gossip, how many slaves in the house are enough to be punished?"

Su Yao was shocked, knowing what the old lady meant, I was afraid that she would suspect the Cao family again.

But in the past, the Cao family did not go out of the gate, where did he have the ability to kill people in Zhuangzi? Even if she colluded with people outside, Su Yao didn't believe it.

But he was not blinded, he trusted the eldest lady, she would not do such a thing anyway, besides, the matter has passed, and his youngest daughter has regained her innocence, there is no need to do such a thing to cause trouble to himself.

Su Yingxiao rarely came, but the old lady was angry when she saw him, so she simply didn't see her.

But he heard that the old lady meant something, if you want to say who she is the most taboo in this family, I'm afraid it is her mother, right?

"How did Grandmother know that it wasn't the eldest lady who did it? A few days ago, the eleventh sister used a wooden man to kill my mother and almost died, and after being found by Zhaolu, the eldest lady coaxed her father to send Zhaolu to Zhuangzi, and then she died. ”

Su Yingxiao looked at Qin Manhuai with a wicked smile.

The old lady did not say anything, she wanted to hear what the eldest lady herself said.

"Ying Xiao, no matter what you say, you should also call me mother, you have learned the rules in vain all these years?" Qin Manhuai's face straightened, and he didn't look as good at talking as before.

Su Yingxiao turned his face away, now he didn't want to discuss any rules and regulations.

"Everyone is suspicious about the Muren that day, but it can be found that this is the case, your eleventh sister has never done anything like that, if you talk nonsense and ruin her reputation, don't blame me for punishing you! There is also the matter of Zhaolu, I can use her to frame her master to beat her to death or sell her to the tooth shop, but why do I not use so many methods, but I just leave her in the Zhuangzi? You're stupid, don't think everyone is stupid! ”

As soon as Su Yingxiao said the word in his mouth, he saw the old lady kicking him angrily next to him, as if he was going to ask for family law if he said another word.

Su Yao hurriedly came out to play a round: "Why should the eldest lady be angry?" Xiao'er, this child is also worried about his mother, you don't have the same child's general knowledge, mother, don't be angry, such unnecessary things, the left ear listens to the right ear. ”

Qin Manhuai sneered, "Official, am I too weak to speak?" ”

Su Yao didn't expect his wife to ask himself, he was stunned for a while, looked back at Cao, and didn't speak.

"Since my mother's sister came a few days ago, first someone sent a disciple to insult Qianyao's reputation, and then someone designed to frame Yun Yao to use a wooden figure to commit murder, and now there is something I will destroy the witness, official, don't give up your wife and daughter next to you in order to protect one person!"

The people in the room were quiet, and many eyes were staring at Su Yao, as if waiting for him to say something.

Su Yao also understands that since the incident of beating the wooden man wronged Yun Yao, the eldest lady has been lukewarm to herself, and she has gone to Su Ning Yuan several times to find the eldest lady, but she sleeps in separate beds, and when he opens his eyes in the morning, only himself, the eldest lady is either busy with family affairs or goes to Changxi Zhai to serve the old lady, and he doesn't even have a superfluous greeting to him.

He knew that he owed a lot to the eldest lady and his daughters, but the Cao family couldn't do such a thing, so why did they bite it to death?

Before he could speak, he could only cry, and Cao Shi had burst into tears at some point, half-kneeling on the ground and covering his chest.

"Mercy!" Su Yao walked over quickly and helped her up.

"I can hear it, the eldest lady is blaming the concubine..."Cao Qianlian leaned on Su Yao's shoulder, and the words were Qin Manhuai's good words, which were actually hinting to Su Yao, 'Qin Manhuai is framing himself and wronging himself!'

Qin Manhuai felt that her eyes were a little uncomfortable, and she turned her face away from the two of them, and the old lady tightened her sleeves, and her angry face turned a little red.

"You are an Israeli servant, and you are so shameless in front of this family?" The old lady glared at Cao Qianlian, "If you don't take back your tears, you will go to the ancestral hall for me, and kneel and think about it!" ”

Cao Qianlian pretended to wipe away her tears in a hurry, and knelt on the ground, "The daughter-in-law is ashamed of the eldest lady, ashamed of the old lady, please punish the old lady!" It's just that the fault is not with the eldest man and his children, I hope the old lady won't be connected! ”

"My daughter-in-law only has the Tan family and the eldest lady, you are just a concubine, and you dare to call yourself a daughter-in-law here?" The old lady didn't eat this at all, and looked at Su Yao, "I don't care if you are deceived or not, but she has pretended to be wronged for many years, I think you know it in your heart, no one mentioned her name and her surname in this matter today, but she can't sit still crying like this, if you are not a blind person, you should understand!" ”

Su Yao bowed his head.

Cao Qianlian secretly gritted her silver teeth, only feeling that it was not only the old lady who was dealing with herself, but also the eldest lady who was beginning to deal with herself.

Sure enough, her daughter is about to get married, and she Qin Manhuai can't sit still!

"This matter ends here, whether it is you Yu Hongyuan, or Yingxiaju, or Liuyunzhai and Qinzhuxuan, as long as it is the boundary of our Su family, you are not allowed to spread this matter, dare to say a nonsense, no matter how heavy it is, it will be twenty boards, as for those who want to frame the eldest lady, I advise you to put away your thoughts, don't let me be angry and blow you out!"

Qin Manhuai looked down at Cao Qianlian who was kneeling on the ground, and saw a trace of hatred flashing in her eyes.

Kang Jinglan stood up, "What the old lady said is that the eldest lady is an upright person and will never do that kind of thing, if someone really deliberately spreads rumors, then she should be arrested!" ”

The old lady smiled faintly, "You should be so easy to catch?" She was protected by someone behind her, pretending to be innocent on her face, otherwise she wouldn't dare to challenge me again and again! ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Qianlian cried, and the more she cried, the more she cried, the worse she became, "Old lady... It's the concubine's fault, and all the faults are borne by the concubine... The concubine believes that the eldest lady is innocent, and the old lady blames me for everything, just to avoid being angry with the eldest man... The concubine is only left with the love of Dalang, he wants to be good, the children are good, I die without regrets..."

Crying like this, Cao Qianlian fainted in Chang Xizhai, and the frightened Su Huiyao and Su Yuyao got up one after the other, crying and shouting, Su Yingxiao slowed them down, held her hand and turned around and glared at Qin Manhuai fiercely.

And Su Yao didn't expect this, so he quickly called the doctor and found someone to send her back to Yingxiaju.

I heard that Cao Qianlian woke up in the afternoon, but she argued that the eldest lady was innocent, and said that she was guilty of a lot of sin, only one death, the maid refused to give her the knife, so she fought with the maid, and when Su Yao arrived, her arm was cut by the knife, the wound was not long or deep, but the blood flowed a lot, which looked quite scary.

When Su Yunyao heard the news, she asked Huaixiang with a smile, "Hasn't the second lady always liked to hang herself?" Didn't she hang herself with a broken white silk and be dismantled by her aunt, didn't dare this time? ”

Huaixiang is very beautiful, her waist is thin as if she has no bones, her facial features are exquisite, and her height is the highest among ordinary maids of the same age.

She has a good mix with everyone in this house, so it is very convenient to inquire about the news. is also because she is beautiful, so some people especially like to talk to her more.

Naturally, most of the maids over there in Yingxiaju were infected by the jealousy of the master, and when they saw Huaixiang, it was like a flame of jealousy ignited in their chests, and it was very difficult for Huaixiang to inquire about something in front of them, but fortunately, there were still a few young people in Yingxiaju who had a good relationship with Huaixiang and were willing to say a few words, so the news from Yingxiaju was less than that from other places.

"The second-class maid beside the nine girls of Liuyunzhai sighed and went to see the excitement, and the slave maid heard her say that it seemed that the second lady had taken out the white silk, but after thinking about it, she didn't use it anymore, and used a knife instead."

This is not unexpected, Bai Aya really hanged herself if she didn't get this thing right, the last time there was Qin Manliu, Su Yao didn't believe that she would use Bai Aya to commit suicide, so she couldn't use a fake, she could only use a real one, but it really had to be stuck with a good time difference, and she couldn't hang herself before Su Yao came, and it couldn't be too late, otherwise Su Yao would not believe it, and after thinking about it for a long time, Cao Qianlian still felt that the knife was safer.

The knife scratched some wounds on his arms and legs, which was not dangerous to his life, and it could also make Su Yao feel distressed, which was more practical than hanging.

After Huaixiang finished speaking, Su Yunyao couldn't control her laughter, "Thinking about it, her second lady is also a greedy person who is afraid of death, and she doesn't dare to really die, and I'm afraid that my father will not believe her, and she is really tired of living." ”

Lisheng answered, "Who says it's not? Now the words in the house are one-sided, all of them are said that the second lady is wronged, although no one dares to talk about the gossip of the eldest lady, but I don't know what method the second lady used, the maids in this house feel that she is pitiful, and even the porter will say a few words. ”

"After so many years, she has not been in this family for nothing." After Su Yunyao finished speaking, she looked at Lisheng, "Accompany me to the yard for a walk, the peach blossoms are blooming beautifully, fold a few branches and send them to my mother." ”

Lisheng hurriedly took a purple and green slippery thin cloak for the girl to put on, although the day has warmed up a lot, but the spring cold still needs to be guarded against.