Xie Zhang's question, Zhu's face sank, and then he put on an ignorant look, and asked with a smile: "What is Ah Jia talking about, what kind of man?" Can't the wife understand? ”

"You really don't understand?" Xie Zhang glanced at her coldly, and then turned his gaze to Qiu Shi, who was kneeling on the side.

Qiu Shi understood what he meant, and immediately replied: "Today, the eldest lady was deceived into going to the Hongdou Nunnery, where the prince used to study, and met a man disguised as the prince to deceive and bewitch the eldest lady, and wanted to do bad things to the eldest lady, fortunately, Lang Jun arrived in time to save the eldest lady, and the eldest lady was rescued, and the eldest lady rushed over with the eldest lady of the Zhu family, the eldest lady of the Lu family and Cai Wen's wife, and the eldest lady also asked Lang Jun why he was here...... said that she was hanging out with her wives and was looking for the eldest lady......"

As soon as Qiu Shi finished speaking, Xie Zhang looked at Zhu: "Do you understand what I mean by asking you now?" ”

Zhu still feigned puzzlement.

Xie Zhang shouted angrily with his crutches: "Stupid! Ignorant woman, you are being taken advantage of, and you don't know what is wrong with you? Why did you take those ladies to Hongdouan, is it really such a coincidence?

You don't want to think about it, Ah Yun's reputation is ruined, what good will it do you, and you will also be ridiculed by thousands of people for not having enough upbringing, and being unkind to your mother.

Or is it someone who has given you some advantage to do it at the cost of ruining your reputation?

Is it Mrs. Zhu, or Mrs. Cai, or even that man? ”

When Xie Zhang asked, he paid attention to Zhu's face, but when she saw Mrs. Cai and the man, there was obvious panic in her expression.

"Say it! Who is that man? Xie Zhang asked again.

Zhu shook his head and denied it: "Ah Jia, I really don't know what you're talking about, even if what Qiu Shi said is true, but what does this have to do with the son-in-law, can't I just happen to go there?" ”

"Is the Red Bean Nunnery nominated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a place where you women can go, and you still don't admit it?" Xie Zhang's looked at Zhu and felt a little sad, "In vain, my Xie family has been widowed for many years, and has been treating you like your own daughter, but I didn't think that you would eat inside and out, and help outsiders to calculate my Xie family's daughter, if you don't admit it, my wife doesn't want to talk to you more, in the future, you will stay in the Buddhist hall and meditate for a while, learn how to be a person, how to be a mother?" ”

"Someone—"

Xie Zhang was about to order Wu Yu beside him to take Zhu away, when a coquettish cry suddenly came from outside the door:

"Grandmother, please let go of my mother, my mother worked hard to raise me and my sister, taught us piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, taught us how to dress up, how to be a good lady of the family, she has never done anything wrong! Sister Ah Yun made a name for herself in Jiankang City at the age of thirteen, isn't this the credit of her mother?

What's more, this incident, my grandmother didn't have clear evidence, but only suspicion, and she couldn't blame her mother for all the misfortunes that happened to her sister because of suspicion, right? ”

Xie Zhang looked at his ten-year-old granddaughter, who had become so eloquent, that he couldn't react for a while, and was dumbfounded.

Xie Hanyan kowtowed to Xie Zhang's again, raised a little face like a lotus in the wind, and pleaded repeatedly: "Grandmother, please, Ah Yan has no father since he was a child, but he knows that his mother is alone with us to grow up in the inner pain, and my mother often misses my father alone, crying alone, and often hugs me to tell the story of my father's life, she loves her father so much, how can she help outsiders to harm our Xie family?" ”

Xie Zhang's heart couldn't help but get up again, although his heart was like a mirror, he couldn't be ruthless to this granddaughter, and after secretly soothing her tears for a while, she beckoned to Xie Hanyan: "Ah Yan, come here." ”

Xie Hanyan was overjoyed, got up hurriedly, and walked in front of Xie Zhang's family, Xie Zhang's looked at her with a loving face, and suddenly asked: "Ah Yan, do you like your brother Xie Ling?" ”

Xie Hanyan pursed his lips, flashed his eyes and replied: "Brother is witty and has the demeanor of an adult, and Ah Yan likes it." ”

"Well, your brother has also mentioned that let your grandmother invite you to ask a talented and virtuous teacher, there are many talented people in this Jiankang City, there are many wise people, and there are not a few virtuous people, but grandmother is still not at ease to hand you over to outsiders, it is better to do this, in the future, you will follow your grandmother, and your grandmother will teach you benevolence in person, as for the talent, you can learn more from your brother and sister. What do you think? ”

As soon as Xie Zhang's words were finished, Zhu's face changed in shock, this was to take Ah Yan away from her, she hurriedly pleaded: "Ah Jia, Ah Yan is innocent, you can't anger Ah Yan because you don't like me, right?" ”

At this time, Wu Yu continued: "Big lady, in this Xie Mansion, there are not many girls who are raised under the knees of the old lady, and it is her blessing to be taught by the old lady herself, maybe in the near future, the old lady will be happy, and she will ask the little girl for an excellent family business, the big lady will not even have this bit of foresight, right?" ”

Zhu's voice was choked, and he couldn't speak, so he set his eyes on Xie Hanyan, but seeing that Xie Hanyan's eyes were shining, he was also full of hesitation.

"Okay, this matter is settled, Ah Yan will follow me in the future, and I won't punish you for anything, but if you dare to commit it again in the future and let people catch the evidence, don't blame me for not caring about you anymore."

Zhu's face turned pale, and he wanted to argue something, but he saw Xie Zhang's hand raised, and ordered impatiently: "I'm tired, go down, Ah Yan stay." ”

"Yes!"

After Wu Yu answered, she asked Zhu to leave, and at this time, Xie Zhang added: "By the way, in the future, Ah Yun's Lanxin Courtyard, you don't want to go in casually, now Ah Ling takes care of Ah Yun, and you don't need to take care of it." In addition, I will send a few more maids to the Orchid Temple. ”

As soon as he heard that a few more handmaidens would be sent to Lanxin Courtyard, Zhu still didn't understand something, and his face turned even paler: "Ah Jia, why is this?" ”

Xie Zhang didn't answer, so Wu Yu answered: "Big lady, let's go quickly!" The old lady is going to rest now, so don't make the old lady unhappy again. ”

Zhu's body stiffened, and he was speechless, and Qiu Shi's eyes on the side showed joy.

As soon as the Zhu family left, Qiu Shi quickly reported the matter to Xie Ling.

"Lang Jun, as you expected, although the old lady did not punish the eldest lady, she has ordered the eldest lady not to set foot in the Lanxin Courtyard of the eldest lady from now on, and the old lady will also ask the little lady to be personally raised by her side, and said that she will send a few more maids to the eldest lady!"

Xie Ling smiled heartily: "Grandmother can always communicate with me, it's good to call a few maids over, and Sister's yard should indeed be cleared." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a handmaid standing at the corner of the door wringing her handkerchief very uneasily, and her face was also changed.

This handmaid is called Zhengfen, one of Xie Hanyun's four handmaidens, named after Tao Gong's "Idle Fu", Xie Hanyun's four handmaidens Mingyu, Youlan, Zhengfen, and Bijie, only this Zhengfen is the most clever and well-behaved, and Xie Hanyun loves the most.

After Xie Ling glanced at her, he quickly withdrew his gaze and landed on Xie Hanyun's sleeping face again.

"By the way, Lang Jun, why don't you let me tell the old lady about that too?"

Before Qiu finished speaking, Xie Ling showed her a look, and Zhengfen on the side opened his ears more curiously, Xie Ling only said: "As long as the Zhu family no longer sets foot in Lanxin Courtyard and no longer approaches the eldest sister, I can keep the eldest sister safe, as for what she wants to do in the future, I will wait for her to come, invite her into the urn, and find out who the man behind her is by the way?" ”

"It turns out that Lang Jun meant this." Qiu Shi said happily, "I don't know if the eldest lady will be stupid?" Will you go looking for that man? ”

When he said this, Qiu Shi also looked at Zhengfen who was standing on the side with his spare eyes, but saw that Zhengfen's face really showed a little nervousness and excitement.

At night, Na Zheng Fenguo quietly left the Lanxin Courtyard as expected, but she didn't know that there were also two maids quietly following behind her.

As soon as Zhengfen entered the Qiushui Pavilion, the two maids took one of her arms, gagged her at the same time, and dragged her to the Lanxin Courtyard.

until it was dragged in front of Xie Ling.

Seeing Xie Ling standing in front of Xie Hanyun's collapse, Zhengfen's eyes also showed a bit of panic.

"Get on your knees!" The two maids took off the silk cloth from her mouth and shouted.

That Zhengfen's legs were weak and he knelt down early.

"Lang...... Why did Lang Jun arrest me? Zhengfen asked with a trembling lip.

Qiu Shi said: "Lang Jun only asks you one word, when did you start to send the news of the eldest lady to the eldest lady repeatedly?" ”

Zhengfen said: "I ...... I don't understand what you're talking about? ”

"Don't pretend not to understand, my family Langjun doesn't have the good temper of the eldest lady, if you don't understand, we will have a way to make you understand!" After Qiu Shi said this, he glanced at the two maids.

One of the two handmaidens wiped a dagger or scissors from his bosom.

"My family Langjun doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, if you tell a lie again, they will scratch your face or cut off one of your fingers, a sentence and a knife, can you remember?"

Na Zhengfen was still hesitating, Qiu Shi lowered his face, and gave the two handmaidens a fierce look, the two handmaidens nodded, each holding a knife and an arrow, one slashed at Zhengfen's face, and the other grabbed one of her fingers.

As soon as the cold light flashed, Na Zhengfen shouted: "I said, I said, Lang Jun spared his life, it started five years ago, five years ago, the eldest lady promoted me to a first-class maid, and working beside the eldest lady was to ask me to report all the news of the eldest lady to the eldest lady." ”

"And what news did you spread?"

"In the past, it was just some trivial things about diet and daily life, and there was nothing, and the eldest lady was also very interested when she heard it, and then she didn't let me deliver those useless news, until today, the eldest lady was led to the red bean hermitage, and I was ready to inform the eldest lady of what Lang Jun Shicai said." Speaking of this, she said again, "But the slave didn't say anything, and the slave really didn't say anything, so he was brought by the two of them." ”

Qiu asked so far, and asked Xie Ling for instructions: "Lang Jun, how to deal with this Zhengfen?" ”

Xie Ling turned to look at Zhengfen and said, "Go and tell the eldest lady what I said, and tell her without revealing a word." ”

Zhengfen's face changed, thinking that Xie Ling wanted to punish her more heavily, and begged for mercy again and again: "Lang Jun, the slave knows that he is wrong, the slave really knows that he is wrong, he will not dare in the future, he will not dare!" ”

"This is a chance I gave you, are you obeying my orders, or are you obeying the orders of the eldest lady?" Xie Ling asked coldly.

Zhengfen kowtowed again and again: "The slave obeys Lang Jun's orders, and the slave is willing to swear allegiance to Lang Jun in the future." ”

"Then go and tell her what I said!"