The old lady's eyes widened and looked at Mama Tang in surprise, because in the old lady's impression, Mama Tang rarely spoke ill of her master, and she had never said such fierce and decisive words.

"Red ginger, what the hell are you talking about? What does it mean to 'destroy' Sister Yi'er's 'reputation', and what does it mean to 'work in a scheming' for Sister Shao'er? How can you open your mouth to say this! The old lady raised her eyebrows with a little displeasure, "I know that you have also suffered some hardships this time, but you can't say that about Sister Shao'er?" You see, isn't Sister Yi herself already angry? The implication is that Mama Tang is too cautious.

Mama Tang shook her head firmly and said, "Old lady, forgive the old slave for trespassing, but there are some things that the old slave has to say, as for the third lady, she is still young and doesn't understand anything, so her opinion can't be included in the reference scope of this matter." When He Angelica heard this, he lowered his head with a slight shame on his face, and then heard Mama Tang continue, "Besides, the old slave didn't say this because she was angry with Miss Four, on the contrary, the old slave planned to spit out the truth in his chest for the sake of Miss Four!" Old lady, is it for her sake that you protect Miss Fourth like this? Fourth Miss, she will marry sooner or later, and after she gets married, she will not have the protection of her elders, and if she continues like this, she will put herself in danger! ”

The old lady was silent for a long time, and then bowed her head and said, "Then you can tell me, Sister Shao'er, what big mistake did she make?" Why did she deliberately harm Sister Yi'er? ”

Mama Tang sighed, and revealed to the old lady in a deep voice: "In the set of clothes that the old slave sent to the third lady, the white magnolia gown worn outside was put on the cactus spikes by the fourth lady, even if the third miss was punctured in the body, it was only a temporary pain, and no actual damage was caused. But there is one more thing that the old slave has not had time to tell the old lady, that is, all the itchy powder called 'Diao Yam' is sprinkled on the third lady's most intimate ivory silk coat and dirty pants! The old lady asks you to think about it, if we didn't find the medicinal powder on the clothes yesterday, if the third lady was the new set of clothes that she put on before she got into the sedan chair, then ...... She will inevitably be attacked by a strange itch on the sedan chair! ”

Speaking of this, Mama Tang raised her eyes and looked at the old lady's surprised phoenix eyes, and then spread out her palm, which was red and swollen from scratching, and said: "How difficult is this Yam, how painful is this itching that penetrates deep into the bone marrow, the old slave's vocabulary is poor, and it is really impossible to describe it." However, the old slave's calloused thick palms only became like this after a little bit of it, and if the delicate girl's skin of the third lady was stained with Diao Yam all over her body through the fabric of her small clothes, no matter how good her concentration was, she would definitely itch to take off all the most intimate clothes! Old lady wow, this time the escort of the third lady is safe is the eight guards in our house, once they hear the cry of the third miss from the sedan chair, they will definitely come forward to check, won't the third miss let them see the light? Do you still have a reputation for innocence? ”

The old lady was so frightened that she opened her lips and opened her mouth, wanting to say something but unable to organize the language. He Angelica was even more frightened, covering his mouth tightly with his right hand, and his whole body trembled slightly like a sifting chaff, so the old lady hurriedly patted her head to show comfort.

"The old slave followed Miss when he beat the child, and he originally planned to serve you for a lifetime, but if such an unimaginable thing happens, then the old slave who made a big mistake because of carelessness, how can he still have the face to continue to live in Luofu?" Mama Tang said to the old lady sadly, "Miss, the old slave knows that you like the fourth miss more than the second miss, but the old slave thinks that this time you should really open your eyes and distinguish between right and wrong!" Even if it's not to seek justice for the third lady, it's also for the sake of the reputation of our Luodong Mansion! ”

"What do you mean by that?" The old lady clutched the soft cushion of Kira, and her eyebrows were tightly knit together...... Hongjiang, she said it well, if such an ugly thing really happened, it would be difficult for her to explain it to Chuanxiong! Sister Yi is the only seedling of Chuanxiong, if her innocence is destroyed, it is better not to send someone to take her home before!

The old slave thought that the second wife was the head of the house in Luofu, and the affairs of the family were usually complicated, and the second wife inevitably neglected to teach the fourth lady, so that those Diao slaves took advantage of the loopholes in the middle, so that the fourth lady learned a lot of harmful tricks. And the most sad thing is that the fourth miss has become like this, and it is not a matter of a day or two. According to the confession of the maid who was detained from the fourth lady's room, one time - that is, when the third lady just moved in half a year ago - one night, the fourth lady found a housekeeper who could write, and then the fourth lady dictated, and the old woman wrote an article insulting the female gentleman Wang Xianli, which alluded to Wang Xianli's disobedience to women's morals and was not worthy of being a teacher. Then the next day, the fourth lady took this article to Wang Xianli in the name of the third miss, which made Wang Xianli leave angrily! ”

The old lady couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Didn't you mean...... Was Wang Xianli angry with Sister Yi? After that, she turned her head to look at He Angelica and asked, "Sister Yi, is there such a thing?" At that time, everyone said that you were angry with Mr., why didn't you distinguish it yourself? ”

"This is exactly what the old slave is going to say next," Mama Tang no longer had any hope for He Angelica, who was also "stunned" over there, so she simply took the old lady's question and replied to He Angelica, "The fourth miss's 'scheming' is also reflected here - just the day before she showed the article to Wang Xianli, she poisoned the third miss and made the third miss take dumb medicine!" And the third lady, she can't even write a few words, and she was poured into her throat by poison, how can she tell clearly? ”

The old lady's eyes widened in disbelief, shook He Angelica's slender shoulders vigorously, and asked, "Is what Hongjiang said true?" Did Sister Shao'er really give you dumb medicine? ”

He Angelica seemed to remember something unbearable from the past, and a pair of big black and white eyes flashed a little like horror, and it took a long time for her to shake her head and whisper intermittently: "I, I don't know...... However, since the first day of school, I have been speechless for more than ten days, and I don't know why, but I thought I had a cold...... Actually, it's nothing, anyway, I don't talk much, and it doesn't get in the way if I can't speak......"

"Silly boy, what are you talking about!" The old lady hugged her into her arms in distress and blamed herself, "It's all because I didn't send someone to ask Wang Xianli again why she left the Luo family suddenly, otherwise as long as we understand that it was because of an article, then we will know that it doesn't matter to Sister Yi'er, because you can't write an article at all!" ”

Mama Tang took the opportunity to add: "In addition to doing tricks on the third lady's clothes this time, as well as acting in the name of the third lady and angry many female gentlemen, the fourth miss has also repeatedly applied that sinister yam to the third miss's body, the third miss's comb grate and hairpin, as well as the third lady's desk, brush, rice paper, textbooks, etc. in the study, so that the third miss is frequently hit without knowing it!" These are not counted, the fourth lady often adds croton and undercooked green beans and soybeans to the food, and then sends the food to the third lady to eat, until she eats it until she vomits and diarrhea, and her face is yellow and thin! After that, Mama Tang raised her hand and nodded at He Angelica's little yellow face.

"Sister Yi! Is all of what Red Ginger said true? The old lady blackened her face, grabbed the villain under her and asked sharply, "Sister Yi, has Sister Shao'er ever hurt you like this?" ”

He Angelica blinked his eyes twice, swallowed his saliva in Mama Tang's expectant gaze, and replied timidly, "Actually...... It's not as exaggerated as Mama said, I only had diarrhea two or three times, and later, I picked up crotons, green beans and soybeans before eating them, so that I wouldn't have a stomachache! In fact, I also know that the fourth sister is just too naughty, and these are just playing around with me! That innocent expression made Mama Tang so angry that she wanted to reach out and pinch her, only to hear He Angelica then said, "Ancestor, don't blame the fourth sister, her heart is still very good, she often shush me and ask for warmth, care, when I can't eat, I rely on her to help me!" ”

"Eat, can't eat?!" The old lady's eyes bulged, "What's going on?" ”

Mama Tang patted her head and said, "Ah! Because of the sudden incident of Brother Zhu before, the old slave actually forgot about this for a while! Old lady, the kitchen steward Wang Qi's family has not delivered food to the third lady's West Cross Courtyard for half a year, and in the past six months, the total amount of silver allocated to the third lady by the public middle school is about 400 taels, and the money has been used to open an underground gambling house in our house! In addition, they are also greedy for a lot of people's public food! ”

The old lady's eyes almost fell out in surprise, and she said in a lost voice: "Wang Qi's family?!" She has been greedy for half a year, why hasn't anyone come to tell me?! And opened an underground gambling house?! Our family banned gambling many years ago, and it was written into the new family rules! How dare they be so blatant! ”

Mama Tang sighed and said: "According to the old slave's investigation, Wang Qi's family and her nephew Wang Xiaoda set up the gambling house in the abandoned cellar behind the West Cross Courtyard, and they called almost all the subordinates in the house to gamble, even if the other party can't pay after losing, they are not afraid that the other party will repay the debt, as long as the other party's daily public meal is removed from the list of servants, then the share of public money will belong to them." ”

Because the time was too rushed, Mama Tang hadn't spared time to investigate this matter in detail, and the so-called "as far as the old slave found out" was actually all heard from the mouth of the third lady. It's not that she wants to rob Miss San's report, but that Miss San's child is too unhelpful, and she always drops the chain at the critical moment of reporting to the old lady, which really disappoints her, so she has to support the situation alone and tell the old lady the truth of the matter. Mama Tang glanced at the third lady, and when she saw her hanging her head and fiddling with the corners of her clothes, she seemed to be annoyed that she was not angry and couldn't stand up and tell the truth...... Alas, children just can't be entrusted with big things.

Mama Tang said again: "Because most of the subordinates are bored at night, they have gambled at least once or twice, and they are the eldest brother and the second brother of Mo Xiao, since they got on the thief ship for the first time, they have the handle of gambling in the hands of Wang Qijia and others, where do they dare to run to the master to complain?" The first time they lost a lot, and after two months, they received a lot of monthly silver, and they would be tricked by Wang Qijia and others to continue gambling, hoping to turn over, but where can they turn over? That underground gambling house is dedicated to making money by selling thousands of money! In the long run, many of the subordinates had no spare money to supplement their families, and they had nothing to eat in the public meal, so they could only hit the idea on the master's head. It's good that Mingli opened his mouth to beg for money and borrow money, but I'm afraid that some Diao slaves who are secretly playing with some ghost ideas, thinking that the masters of the family are all fools......"

The old lady was so angry that she patted the carriage and said, "Yes, that's good! I've only been in charge for a few years, and there was such a big event in the house, and I didn't know until half a year later! ”

Seeing that the old lady looked very angry, Mama Tang hurriedly turned her head and comforted: "This matter of black-hearted minions, we can deal with it slowly after we go home, as long as the old lady opens your mouth, then none of them can escape, and those dog minions who bully the master will never end well!" The old slave secretly thought that the most important thing at present was how to control the fourth miss, and for the sake of the fourth miss herself, the old slave thought that she had to be punished. Old lady, you know the old slave, if there is no better way, I don't want to expose the bad behavior of the fourth lady to you, the fourth miss has been pampered since she was a child, and the most painful thing in the whole house except for the second miss is her, which has developed her unruly character, fortunately she is only nine years old now, as long as she is disciplined in time, she can still be corrected. ”

The old lady took a deep breath and gradually calmed down. After all these years of peace and happiness, she had not heard of so many sensational incidents at one time for a long time, and all of them happened under her nose, which made her feel frightened. After a moment of silence, the old lady looked at Mama Tang and asked, "Hongjiang, then in your opinion, how should I discipline Sister Shao'er?" ”