Chapter 53: Catching the Thief
When Mingyue came back from dinner, she didn't know that there had been another quarrel in the house.
Put the food on the table and wait for Jiang Mengyun to sit down to eat, only to find that there seemed to be one less person around.
"Where's the peony?" Walking to Zi'er with a lunch box, Mingyue said strangely, "Why haven't I seen it for a while." ”
Zi'er snorted coldly and ignored her.
Mingyue knew that the other party didn't like her, so she didn't care, and just put down the lunch box: "This is our meal, I'll serve the girl first, you go and shout a peony, let her come quickly." ”
Zi'er put down the iron in her hand and pouted, "I'm not going." ”
"Why?" Mingyue was a little strange.
Although they belong to different camps, since they have all been arranged to serve Miss Jiang, at least there is still some superficial harmony, and when Peony came in the evening, the two of them shouted to my sister and sister for a long time, and I don't know why they changed their faces again.
This time, Zi'er didn't ignore people, but snorted coldly, and spewed out two breaths from her nostrils.
"Peony is the old man in front of the girl, I can't shout. She just broke the girl's strawberries, and the girl didn't punish her, and asked her to help clean them up. ”
She raised her eyes and looked at Mingyue, and couldn't help but have a sneer on her face: "Don't look at you as the leading palace maid now, in the end you are not as strong as the one who has been serving in the past, not to mention that people still have the support of the queen's mother, I advise you not to provoke her, save yourself from asking for hardship." ”
It is blatant to sow discord.
If you are an ordinary girl, even if you know that the other party is deliberately provoking, in order to consolidate your position in front of the master, you will inevitably fall into the trap.
Even if you don't stand up immediately, you will definitely hold a grudge in your heart.
Zi'er's trick seems simple and crude, but it is very useful.
But Mingyue frowned and glanced at her disapprovingly: "The girl said before, no matter where we were in the past, now that we are with her, we are all her people." I've brought it all for dinner, and I'm just going to let you call her, how can you talk about any provocation. ”
"I'm not going," Zi'er was impatient with her, and angrily hung the clothes in her hand on the shelf, shook her face and raised her voice, "Whoever likes to go, who goes." ”
The two of them muttered before, Jiang Mengyun didn't seem to care, but he didn't hear it right at the moment, so he poked his head out again and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Because of Fang Cai's incident, of course Zi'er didn't want to pay attention to her.
Mingyue was a little funny, and slowly walked to Jiang Mengyun's side to give her vegetables, and said: "The slave maid saw that Peony was not there, and wanted Zi'er to call her to eat, she really ......."
If she really doesn't go, I'll go and see for myself, Mingyue wants to say.
"Ah, yes," but Jiang Mengyun didn't wait for her to finish, and had already taken over the conversation naturally, "It's not too early, Zi'er, you can go and take a look, and see if the strawberries of Peony have been picked." If there is any leftover, try it as much as you want, and you can also try it together, this strawberry is not common on weekdays. ”
What's more, it was sent by His Royal Highness King Qi.
She didn't say this, but Zi'er had obviously thought of it, and heard her say that no matter how much of the rest was, everyone could taste it together, and all the anger and dissatisfaction of Fang Cai disappeared without a trace in an instant at this moment.
She was meant to have a taste.
It's just that later, when I saw that the peony had broken so much at once, I guessed that even if there were a few good ones left, it would definitely be only for Jiang Mengyun to enjoy alone, and she didn't have her share at all.
Unexpectedly, this Jiang girl has a good heart, and treats her subordinates like her own sisters.
Because she was still gloomy just now, Zi'er didn't want to show her willingness immediately, she stood in place and hesitated for a moment, and was urged by Mingyue before she "reluctantly" went out.
It's easy to quiet down in the room.
Mingyue didn't ask much, just stood aside and gave Jiang Mengyun vegetables.
I only ate a few bites, but I heard a woman screaming and making noise not far from the house.
What's wrong with that? Mingyue was slightly surprised, and subconsciously looked at Jiang Mengyun.
Jiang Mengyun was tasting a piece of tender beef, chewing it slowly, with a calm face.
This movement is really big, so big that the concubines who endured and endured it secretly cursed and came out with people.
It's been a whole day, and Jiang Mengyun's house hasn't stopped.
But although she lives in Yuqi Pavilion, she is the queen's relative and the emperor's advisor, and she is not under the control of the concubine, so no matter how she can't get used to the two new girls around her, the concubine is not good at overstepping her responsibilities.
Mingyue and Zi'er smashed a vase before, and the vase was something from Yuqi Pavilion, so she seized the opportunity to come over and scold her.
Later, no matter how noisy her house was, the concubine couldn't take care of it.
After listening to the corner of the wall for an afternoon, she really didn't understand how Jiang Mengyun's temper could be so good, the people had climbed on her head, she was not angry, everything was only thinking about "harmony is precious".
It's one thing for this person to be smart or not, and it's another thing to be ruthless in his means.
Jiang Mengyun can persuade the bandits of the enemy country without blood, but it does not mean that she can easily handle this palace infighting, sometimes the affairs between women are much more complicated than on the battlefield.
At this time, the voice obviously came from outside the house, and the concubine's rights came in handy again, and she rushed to the front with a cold face and Xiaoxing's momentum.
Zi'er was standing in the courtyard, looking eagerly and dissatisfiedly at the peony that was holding the pot tightly.
"What are you doing? The girl believes that you will use your guess to let you clean up and pick, you are good," she couldn't control her emotions, and stepped forward to grab it, "You are secretly hiding here, and you actually ate it yourself!" Look at your mouth! ”
She rushed forward in three steps and two steps to identify her, but when Peony saw this, she quickly covered her mouth with her arm, and was pulled away by her.
Concubine Xi had already walked up, and when Zi'er saw the biggest master of Yuqi Pavilion, she became more and more energetic: "Niangniang, look at it, the red on her mouth hasn't had time to wipe it!" The girl's things, when will it be her turn to steal them like this! ”
Zi'er was angry and anxious, and the anger in her stomach was nowhere to be sprinkled, so she pulled the peony and threw it in front of the concubine: "Our girl hasn't tasted any of them, she deliberately broke a lot first, the girl didn't care, but she was good!" ”
She was panting, unaware that she thought she was eating hers.
Zi'er was filled with righteous indignation, pointed directly at the head of the peony and said: "Not only is she not grateful, but she also steals food outside like a thief, a whole pot, Niangniang, look at it, there are a few left!" ”
Peony held the basin and lowered her head, trembling slightly.
She just wanted to take the fruits that were bad and the master couldn't eat them and eat them herself, which was not small in the first place, but not big in big terms.
The master's things, even if they don't want them, say that they want to throw them away, as a minion, she should immediately execute them, but then again, the things are no longer wanted, and throwing them in the garbage heap is not much different from throwing them in her stomach.
This was originally a tacit thing for the subordinates, but she was just a little greedy.
Anyway, Jiang Mengyun said that she wanted her to pick up the bad ones, but she didn't say what the bad things were, so she made her own opinions, and regarded those that were even a little bit bad as bad.
She had never eaten this strawberry before, not to mention that it was sent by His Royal Highness King Qi.
She tasted the first bite and felt sweet, and then she ate one after another, and every time she thought that this was a little bad, this was the last one, and when she came back to her senses, there were seven or eight left in the basin......
Before she could wipe her mouth, Zi'er suddenly came running.
She was taken aback, and she was a little panicked in her heart, but she still had to shout for wrongdoing.
"Niangniang, the slave and maid are looking at those who are broken, but it is a pity to throw them away, so they ate them, and the slave and maid really didn't mean to eat them."
Hurriedly wiped her mouth, Peony shouted aggrievedly: "Zi'er is deliberately framing me, she was about to frame the slave maid in the house, the girl didn't listen to her, let the slave maid clean up the fruit, she couldn't see it, she must have guessed that the slave maid would be reluctant to throw it, so she deliberately came to find the slave's stubble." ”
"What nonsense are you talking about!" As soon as she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Zi'er, "Niangniang knows that the slave maid came out to find her because of the girl's orders." ”
"How is that possible?" Peony obviously didn't believe it, "The girl asked me to come out to pick the fruit, and when I'm done picking, I will naturally go back, how can I let you come out to look for me again, you don't have a good heart!" ”
"You're less self-indulgent, do you think anyone wants to watch you?" Zi'er also became angry, scolded her, turned to look at the concubine, and swore to the sky: "Niangniang, it is really the girl who ordered the slave to come out, if you don't believe it, you can ask the girl, if the slave and the maid have a sentence that is false, the sky will hit five thunders!" ”
Concubine Xi was originally angry, but at this moment, her head was a little swollen when they said a word.
She suddenly understood why every time they quarreled, the emperor's and queen's faces were so strange.
Subconsciously looked to the side, Jiang Mengyun led Mingyue out as well.
Although Zi'er had already sworn by the sky, after all, God was ethereal, and the person who could testify was in front of her, and everyone's eyes naturally stayed on Jiang Mengyun.
"Yes, Mingyue just brought back the dinner of the three of them, I saw that the time was not early, and Mingyue was helping me to prepare the dishes again, so I asked Zi'er to shout, finish it early and go back early." Jiang Mengyun nodded, his expression was very dazed, "What's wrong?" ”
The girl who naturally had good things next to her hurriedly told her what Fang Cai said.
Jiang Mengyun was stunned for a moment before looking at the peony: "You ate it?" How much did you eat? ”
This point seems to be different from others, Zi'er's face changed again, and Peony quickly knelt on the ground, and said hesitantly: "Slave, slave and maid can't remember clearly, because Fang just fell very hard, and the slave and maid looked at everything that was broken, and they all ate it......"
Zi'er couldn't help but scold beside her: "Stealing food is stealing food, and you dare to quibble!" ”
Jiang Mengyun didn't scold, but asked again: "How many are left?" ”
Peony put the basin forward and said nothing, but everyone could see it, and there were only seven or eight left, and they were not very big.
Just when everyone thought that the peony was going to be punished this time, Jiang Mengyun suddenly laughed: "There are several more, then take it back and divide one point, and each of us can still eat two." ”