Chapter 067 There are so many princesses

Zhao Yanniang retreated from the two little maids guarding the door, and came in from outside with a daughter-in-law in her thirties, and walked straight towards Mrs. Zhao who was sitting in the courtyard:

"Madam, I heard that Aunt Su had a miscarriage? Or is it a formed brother? Hey, God really doesn't open his eyes, our Erlang is already having a hard time, and it's easy for the people in the house to get pregnant, and Mrs., you have been carefully taking care of it for six or seven months, and it's still hurting people......"

"You've 'heard' too?" Mrs. Zhao sighed helplessly, raised her face, and said to Zhao Yanniang lightly, "Thank you for your concern, but the matter has been investigated, and I am dealing with it."

The implication is very simple, that is, this is the housework of the second room, and other people should do what they should do, and don't mess around.

"Oh, thank you, I'm also from the Zhao family, right?" Zhao Yanniang didn't seem to understand Mrs. Zhao's deep meaning, she shook the handkerchief in her hand indifferently, and didn't wait for anyone to say hello, so she sat on the stone bench next to Mrs. Zhao, "Although I am a daughter of the Zhao family who married out a long time ago, I also live in the Zhao family now, right?" Besides, Erlang is my sister-in-law's nephew, and now seeing such a thing happen in his yard, this is really too anxious......" The slender eyes swept over the Amethyst and Zhao Erlang's family who were pressed to the ground, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly, "Is it that these two things that don't have a master in their eyes have poisoned Aunt Su in a frenzy?" ”

“…… It's not certain yet, it's just that it's suspicious," Mrs. Zhao was thinking about the defense of the two people just now, and thought about this matter from beginning to end, always feeling that something seemed to be missing there, and there was a feeling of being calculated, which made Mrs. Zhao, who was used to being in control of everything, very uncomfortable.

"Madam, there are all human and physical evidence, why are you still unsure?"

Zhao Tianqing saw that Mrs. Zhao was speaking vaguely, as if she was shirking something for the two cheap maids, so she took a few steps to her mother's side and reminded in a low voice.

"Human witnesses? Evidence? Hmph" Mrs. Zhao's sharp gaze swept over the kneeling cooks on the ground, and said coldly: "Who saw it with their own eyes?" Also, didn't you hear the words of those two people shouting just now? You know, the imperial doctor didn't say that Aunt Su's miscarriage was due to ingesting safflower by mistake."

“…… That," was ruthlessly dismissed by his wife, Zhao Tianqing was a little sneering, and the anger just now subsided a lot unconsciously, he rubbed his nose and asked hesitantly: "Then according to Mrs. Wang, how should these two black-hearted slaves be handled?" ”

"Diao slave?" Mrs. Zhao slowly flicked the rosary in her hand and said softly, "Where are the slaves?" Kindness? One is the bookkeeper who has left his nationality, the other is the mother of the housekeeper of the inner courtyard who has not signed the deed of sale, which one is 'your' slave? ”

"Oh, what is the deed of sale that doesn't get out of citizenship, and the deed of sale doesn't sell the deed? A girl is a girl, and a subordinate is a subordinate, since she is on an errand in our Zhao family, eats our Zhao family's rice and grain, and takes our Zhao family's share of silver, then let us dispose of it...... Mrs., I know that you are taking care of the face of the second young grandmother and don't want to dispose of her subordinates at will, but who is the second young grandmother, she is your daughter-in-law, Erlang's mother-in-law, and the young grandmother of the Zhao family," Zhao Yanniang saw that Mrs. Zhao seemed to want to turn a big thing into a small matter, thinking of the red gold and ruby-inlaid arm that Aunt Su promised her, she secretly gritted her teeth and continued to provoke fire.

"Mrs. Auntie, you are wrong, these two people don't receive our Zhao family's money and food," Grandma Sun saw that Zhao Tianqing's anger had decreased, and she was secretly anxious in her heart, thinking that since she had already led the disaster to the peony garden, it would be a matter of time before she offended the second young grandmother, rather than waiting for people to come back to her to settle accounts, it was better to simply make things upside down without doing anything, and it was best to directly pull the second young grandmother into the water.

When the time comes, the matter will be done, the son's errand will be gone, and his pension money will also be obtained, so why bother to continue to be a slave in the Zhao Mansion?

Now that I saw that my aunt and wife were also helping to pick it up, she pretended to be jealous on the surface and said with a vicious 'reminder' in her heart: "You may not know it, our second young grandmother is a rare generous person, but all the subordinates and slaves she brought in from outside who were not born to the Zhao family, all of them were all made by her own money, not to mention rice and grain, even if she set up an account of every piece of paper and grass." ”

"Hmph, what second young grandmother? Although they are the descendants of the Wang family, the Wang family is first of all my Zhao Tianqing's wife, is it possible that as the male master of the family, I don't have the right to dispose of a subordinate person? ”

I have to say that Mama Sun's words are very poisonous, at least to Zhao Tianqing's ears, this sentence seems to be saying that he is a waste material who can't even afford his wife - even the share of the subordinates has to be paid out of his own pocket, does she Wang Qifang regard herself as the second young grandmother of the Zhao family?

Zhao Tianqing finished shouting this sentence with a red face, and an unintentional sentence from the third lady of the Zheng family suddenly flashed in his mind, "...... I don't know if Sanniang is too careful, why do I see that my brother-in-law and Seventh Sister don't look like husband and wife? It's like a pair of business partners."

That's right, at that time, Zhao Tianqing still thought that Zheng Sanniang was joking, but now he calmed down and thought about it carefully, only to suddenly realize that since Wang Qifang came back from Qingzhou Zhuangzi, they have not even had sex with each other, but they haven't even pulled a hand - this, this is not as good as a partner, two people do business together, how can they be close to each other, right?

In fact, if Wang Qifang was at the scene, she really wanted to shout a few wrongs. She paid out of her own pocket to give Amethyst and them a share of silver, which was by no means money to burn, let alone save money for the Zhao family, but she didn't want to stay in the Zhao family at all.

There are two ways to hire people in the Great Zhou: either sign a death deed, that is, sell it for life, and live or die is decided by the master; Either sign a living deed, the subordinate has personal freedom, and is also subject to the rules of the lord's house during the agreed period, and the period can be as short as three or five years, and as long as twenty or thirty years.

Amethyst is a girl who has long been out of slavery, and Zhao Erlang's family is a people, they are all Wang Qifang's most trusted and close people, that is, if they want to sign a deed of sale to show their loyalty, Wang Qifang will not allow it. Therefore, Amethyst and the others signed a living deed when they entered the house.

And the shortest term of the living deed is also three years, three years? Wang Qifang laughed secretly at the time, not to mention staying in the Zhao family for three years, even if it was a year, she couldn't stand it.

In order to reconcile and leave in the future, not to be subject to the Zhao family because of these trivial things, Wang Qifang simply hired Amethyst and others in the name of a private person, since they were hired by themselves and had nothing to do with the Zhao family, then these people's shares and rice grains naturally could not be paid by the Zhao family, but Wang Qifang paid for them herself.

"That's it, Erlang, it's not my aunt who said you, you see that your lady is too, too disrespectful to the Zhao family, and takes you as a Langjun in her eyes," Zhao Yanniang heard this, the curvature of the corners of her mouth was even more curved, she covered the smile on her lips with a handkerchief, and continued to add fuel to the fire, "Mrs. pity her, Erlang, you trust her again, so she handed over the inner courtyard of the Zhao family to her to take care of." But what about her? Look at it, what has she taken care of the Zhao family? A good concubine who is pregnant with a child, saying that a miscarriage is a miscarriage, hum, if this matter is put on hold, it is impossible at all? Don't say it, look at our wife, who has been in the Zhao family for nearly 30 years, if you are a little selfish, where is there any eldest young master, three mothers and four mothers in our Zhao family? ”

What the?

Amethyst listened to Zhao Yanniang's pretended words, raised her head suddenly, her eyes stared at the sour woman who was still talking energetically, she bit her lip, and secretly hated in her heart - this aunt and wife who had nothing to do with it wanted to splash dirty water on the second young grandmother.

"Amethyst, don't be impulsive"

Zhao Erlang's family found Amethyst kneeling beside her, struggling hard, and seemed to be very angry with the words of the aunt's wife, she hurriedly turned sideways and bumped Amethyst, and persuaded in a low voice: "Don't worry, take a look and talk about it."

But ...... "You can't let those people splash dirty water on the second young grandmother, framing her amethyst, it's nothing, it's not a big deal, it's just a violent beating, originally her life was given by the second young grandmother, and it was worth it to die if she could block the disaster for the second young grandmother."

It's a pity that the main purpose of the aunt's wife is to drag Wang Qifang into the water, and a pawn like Amethyst ignores it

"Hehe, what's the matter, Amethyst 'girl', are you not convinced?" Regarding Amethyst's movements, Zhao Yanniang, who had been staring at them, looked at them carefully, she played with the handkerchief in her hand, and said coolly, "Or have you finally figured it out and want to expose the mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

The aunt laughed, the slave had never done such a bad thing, let alone an instigator. Mrs. and Second Young Master Mingjian, the slave and maid are wronged"

Xu was persuaded by Zhao Erlang's family, and Amethyst said with a particularly calm expression.

"Hmph, I can't see the coffin and don't shed tears, come here, the family law will serve"

Zhao Yanniang saw that Amethyst didn't take herself seriously, the corners of her lips that were originally raised suddenly collapsed, and she scolded in her heart: Sure enough, there are no good people in the Wang family, either a fox spirit or a cheap embryo slammed the veil, Zhao Yanniang shouted viciously.

The people in the courtyard, seeing that the master of the Eight Classics was still speaking, but a 'splashed water' was shouting here, and they all pouted secretly, and their eyes and noses were silent.

"......" Zhao Yanniang was severely choked by everyone, she patted her chest hard, and was just about to open her mouth to 'pull' Mrs. Zhao, but Zhao Tianqing on the side finally gave her aunt a step down-

"What? Didn't hear what Mrs. Auntie said? Girl Amethyst, the crazy dare to murder the master, oh, no, murder the future little master, give me a heavy hit with thirty boards first"

almost blurted out the word "master", Zhao Tianqing shouted to the little guys who were waiting on the side with a little weakness.

"Yes"

The two servants found two arm-thick wooden sticks from the garden of the peony garden, and the kitchen ladies actively dragged stools from the kitchen.

"The slave is wronged"

Although he hadn't been beaten for a long time, the bone-eating pain in the depths of his memory made Amethyst tremble a little when she saw the 'torture instrument'. However, when she was dragged to the bench and held down, she made up her mind - fighting to the death, she couldn't let people frame the second young grandmother

"Wronged? I see if your mouth is hard, or my board is hard"

After thinking about it just now, Zhao Tianqing's dissatisfaction with Wang Qifang in his heart has reached the extreme, and now his eyes are ruthless when he looks at Amethyst. With a cold smile, he waved his hand and motioned for the little guys to do it.

"Tom tom"

Through the wall, the muffled sound of wooden sticks hitting the flesh was faintly heard with the sound of forbearance moaning. Zizhu covered his mouth tightly, for fear of making a little noise, but his face was already full of tears.

Woo, Sister Amethyst, Sister Amethyst

Zizhu trembled his petite body, and shouted Amethyst over and over again in his heart.

To tell the truth, since Amethyst was taken in by the second young grandmother, she has been following Sister Amethyst to learn rules and settle accounts. After a few months of getting along, although Amethyst treats people coldly, she takes good care of Zizhu, not only giving her knowledge and skills to Zizhu without reservation, but also mentioning some rules for her from time to time.

In Zizhu's heart, he has long regarded Amethyst as his own sister

Now, her sister is being tortured inside, but she can't help anything...... The letter has been sent to the uncle's wife, but Zizhu is not sure that the person must be in the house, even if it is in the house, who can guarantee that the uncle's wife will come immediately?

Woo, it would be nice if the second young grandmother was here, she has Sister Qingfeng by her side, and Captain Liu's women's army...... Wait, Girl Scouts? Yes, there are still four women's troops in the capital

Thinking of this, Zizhu's eyes lit up, and she wiped the tears on her cheeks with her sleeve, revealing her face full of perseverance.

“…… What do you think? Who told you to drug Aunt Su and poison the little master? ”

After hitting more than a dozen boards, Zhao Tianqing raised his hand slightly and shouted, 'Slow'. He asked as he paced up to Amethyst, leaned down condescendingly, and asked.

"Hui, Hui Second Young Master, slave maid, slave maid did not take the drug, let alone no one instructed it, slave maid, slave maid wronged, wronged"

Amethyst heard the voice above her head, raised her head with difficulty, sweat dripping down her cheeks, and her lower lip was oozing blood because of desperate biting.

"Hehe, what a loyal girl, in order not to implicate the master, the bones that were scared of the beating have hardened" Zhao Yanniang lowered her head, rubbing her inch-long nails as if she was bored, "However, even if you don't say anything, we can't find out who is behind the scenes?" Oh, our wife is a good person who believes in Buddhism, and I can't see anyone suffering and being tortured...... I think you still recruit honestly, don't worry, as long as you are willing to tell who the real murderer is, my aunt and wife will not only ensure that you are okay, but also find you a wishful husband and marry in style. ”

"Cough, cough," Amethyst coughed weakly, and her newly recovered body almost fell off the bench, "Mrs. is naturally a kind-hearted person, and she will never be wronged or wronged anyone, begging, begging Mrs. to be the master, Amethyst is wronged"

"Hmph, toast and don't eat and drink, Mrs. Bengu originally wanted to ask you for a favor and make a living, but I didn't expect you to be shameless. Since you want to be a faithful servant, we will fulfill you. Hmph, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, your loyal servant didn't make it, and your life was taken first."

For the sake of that set of red gold and ruby jewelry, and for the grievances with the girl surnamed Wang for many years, Zhao Yanniang was determined to muddy things this time.

“…… That's right, keep beating me, hit hard, I don't believe you can be hard over the board"

Somehow, seeing Amethyst being beaten and screaming in pain just now made Zhao Tianqing's mood very comfortable. Hmm, how to describe it, it's like a mouthful of turbid air blocked in the chest, and finally spit it out freely.

"Mrs. Qiyu, the eldest lady of Li Shilang's mansion is visiting"

At this moment, Zhao Er's housekeeper hurriedly trotted in from outside, entered the open door of the cave, and didn't bother to greet Mrs. Zhao, so he hurriedly whispered beside her and replied.

"Who? Mrs. Li? ”

When she was practicing the Fa just now, Mrs. Zhao narrowed her eyes, looking like she couldn't bear to see people being tortured, and the Buddhist beads in her hand were also counted slowly and rhythmically.

At first glance, when she heard that a visitor was coming, and the visitor was quite unkind, she suddenly opened her eyes, and there was a lack of heart in her tone that she had not noticed.

"That's right, it's the second young grandmother's aunt, Mrs. Li, who visited, she, she ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Er's always calm face flashed a little embarrassed. However, before he finished his word 'she', he saw a middle-aged lady wearing a brown and yellow Luo inlaid gold painted lace wide-sleeved robe and skirt, leading several maids and several strong ladies to walk in.

Mrs. Zhao saw that Zhao Er's housekeeper had a different complexion, so she followed his line of sight and found that the gorgeously dressed lady was none other than Li Shilang's wife, the eldest lady of the Li family

"I take the liberty to visit, and I hope Mrs. Zhao will forgive me"

The eldest lady was obviously called out in a hurry, and her steps were a little hurried, and she walked a few quick steps to the courtyard, just in time to see the two little servants picking up the boards high, ready to continue the execution of the family law.

"Where, where is we, we are in-laws, how can there be so many politeness," Mrs. Zhao saw that Mrs. Li was coming straight at her, and she couldn't sit there anymore, so she quickly stood up and greeted her.

"Hey, she also said that she was the daughter of the clan's family, I don't think it's just that, I don't even understand the basic etiquette of being a guest, it's the most vulgar woman in the world, and there is no reason to go to other people's homes uninvited."

Seeing that someone came to stir up the situation, Zhao Yanniang was naturally angry, and the words she said were not very good.

"Hehe, Mrs. Zhou, is this talking to me?"

Hearing this, the eldest lady turned her head, glanced at Zhao Yanniang lightly, and gently spit out a title that Zhao Yanniang loved and hated both 'Mrs. Zhou'.

"You? Don't deceive people too much."

When Zhao Yanniang heard this, she jumped up like an old cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Mrs. Zhou's words are so strange, you just pointed out that Sang scolded Huai and scolded me, I didn't say anything, why did I deceive people too much." After the eldest lady stabbed Zhao Yanniang a little, she no longer looked at her, but turned to look at Zhao Tianqing, who looked a little panicked on the side, "Heh, Tianqing is also here, what's wrong?" Who broke the rules and made the second young master so unhappy? ”

As she spoke, the eldest lady took a few steps forward, as if she was identifying who was beaten, and after looking at it for a while, she was surprised: "Huh? Isn't this the amethyst next to Qi Niang? What are you doing wrong? Provoked the second young master to be so angry? Kindness? Did you rely on Qi Niang not to be at home and do something arrogant? ”

The moment they heard the eldest lady's voice, Amethyst and Zhao Erlang's family breathed a sigh of relief. Amethyst took a deep breath and said in an extremely weak voice: "Slave, slave Amethyst has seen the big and big wife, and the slave and maid don't know what they did wrong, which makes the second and second young masters so angry."

"Huh? Mrs. Zhao, what's going on? The eldest lady saw a lot of blood spilled under the bench where Amethyst was lying on her stomach, and she knew that this girl had been beaten badly, thinking of the Zhao family's rude behavior, she really couldn't help it, "If there is anything wrong with Amethyst, you will directly tie her up, and deal with her fiercely when Qi Niang comes back." Why bother with the cold heavenly guard in the courtyard, tired and tired? ”

This is already very unpleasant, and the eldest lady only pointed to Mrs. Zhao's nose and asked: Amethyst is Wang Qifang's person, what right do you have to deal with it?

"Aunt, forgive me, this matter is Tianqing's idea, not his wife's business," Zhao Tianqing also knew that it was a little disgraceful to do this, he swallowed his saliva and defended his mother.

"Alas...... What the eldest lady said was that I was negligent," Mrs. Zhao was very depressed, this was the second time she was questioned by someone pointing her nose, and even more depressed, both times it was the same person. She tugged at the corners of her mouth, revealing a reluctant smile, "Come on, invite a doctor for Amethyst first, and when the second young grandmother comes back, she will be punished by her."

"Wait," the eldest lady Xingshi personally came to the Zhao family, not just to save an amethyst. When she saw that the little maids were about to drag the amethyst into the house, she waved her hand and said, "Mrs. Zhao hasn't said anything wrong with this girl." If she really made a big mistake, she didn't have to wait for Qi Niang to come back, I, as an aunt, would help her clean up the portal."

"What did she do wrong? Hmph, it's nothing, it's just a little red flower for Aunt Su in the Azure House, a good brother, it's gone"

Zhao Yanniang was trampled on by the eldest lady, and her heart was awkward, and now she saw her arrogantly questioning Mrs. Zhao and scolding Zhao Tianqing, she couldn't help it anymore, and responded in a weird way.

"Oh? Is there any evidence? Where to buy amethyst safflower, can the pharmacy have a witness to identify? Who saw amethyst drugged, did they see it with their own eyes? Is there safflower residue in the bowl? Can the doctor have a diagnosis? ”

When the eldest lady heard this, she suddenly came to her senses, and asked a lot of questions. But Zhao Tianqing and Zhao Yanniang have no answers to these questions at all.

"This, this ......" Zhao Tianqing opened his mouth and said 'this' for a long time, but there was still no 'this' out of four, five or six.

There was an awkward silence in the courtyard.

"Hey, what's going on, is it that all the people in the capital are gathered in the Zhao family?"

At this moment, there was a coquettish laugh at the door, and I saw two women in gorgeous palace clothes, surrounded by maids and servants, talking and laughing into the courtyard.

"The concubine has seen the eldest princess and Princess Jingwei"

"Zhao Tianqing meets the eldest princess and princess Jingwei"

The sound of salutes has not stopped, and a porter came outside,

"Mrs. Qiyu, the second young master, the ninth and ninth princesses have arrived"

P: Er, make up for yesterday's drops