Chapter 16 A Weak Mother, a Strong Daughter
According to Qiuyue's point of view, grounding and copying scriptures are not punishment at all, Sanniang first spoke ill of each other, and then hurt people - if it wasn't for Qiushuang blocking it, the paperweight hit Wu Niang, and he couldn't break his head and bleed, this is simply vicious and ruthless, even if he was beaten and rushed to Zhuangzi, it was not too much!
Now it's just a contemplation of one's own grounding, and it's impossible to even starve, what kind of punishment is it?
Can Aunt Cui come to cry and cry in the morning?
What's more, when she came on the front foot, Grandpa Guo arrived on the back foot, and she didn't let the slaves and maids enter to report it, and stood under the window edge and listened to the words of Wu Niang and Aunt Cui completely!
It is said that Aunt Cui is docile and virtuous, honest and honest, and she didn't expect to have such intentions - she brought Grandpa Guo to come, and cried in front of Wu Niang, as if someone had bullied her.
Qiu Yue was so angry that she glared at Aunt Cui a few times in a row, and almost didn't drop her eyeballs on the floor.
Wei Guogong came suddenly, Yijing was a little surprised, glanced at Aunt Cui, who got up in a hurry and wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, and couldn't help but think of one thing with Qiu Yue in her heart, but she was not flustered, stepped forward and blessed her body steadily, and looked up slightly with a smile: "Why is my father here?" Don't you have to go to court today? ”
"Today, I went to Yuanying Hall, I heard that you were wronged yesterday, so I made a special trip to take a look." Wei Guogong was wearing a dark cyan round-necked regular suit, with one hand behind him, and then looked at Aunt Cui, and the two thick ink-like sword eyebrows frowned slightly: "Yi Luo is too much this time, and I blame you for being too indulgent in her usually, you are her biological mother, and you should have disciplined her temperament." ”
From this point of view, my father's visit this time is not like Aunt Cui's design, and the scenery is dark.
Aunt Cui really didn't expect the Weiguo Guild to come here suddenly, she heard about Sanniang being punished and grounded last night, and inquired, only to know that Sanniang had made such a big mistake, and she was guilty and worried, and she didn't close her eyes all night, and she went to the Duchess of Guo this morning to say hello, and begged for a while, and finally got permission to visit her daughter, who would have thought that Sanniang didn't want to see her, so she only let a little maid block the door, and sent her out in a few words.
Aunt Cui knew that Sanniang was wronged, and she was afraid that she would get more and more into the horns after being grounded, so she came up to ask Wuniang......
I don't want to be met by Wei Guogong.
Thinking that Wei Guogong also loved Sanniang very much in the past, maybe you can beg him...... Aunt Cui opened her mouth, but she heard Wei Guogong say again: "You are an elder, what do you look like crying in front of the juniors?" Yiluo was just grounded for a few days, in order to make her reflect on her mistakes, where is worthy of your appearance. ”
Although Wei Guogong used to love Aunt Cui very much, he never indulged her, seeing that she looked at a loss, although she also had a little pity in her heart, she always felt that such a behavior was not beautiful, so she reprimanded her.
Aunt Cui hurriedly made a mistake, avoided the side and didn't even dare to raise her head, which made Yijing feel a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Father, don't be annoyed with Auntie, she is also worried about the third sister." ”
Wei Guogong said: "If you are worried about your daughter, you should persuade her well, let her change her left-mindedness, you go to Yanting Garden first, and I will go later." ”
Aunt Cui didn't dare to stay any longer, so she withdrew respectfully, held the maid's arm in a panic, and walked to Yanting Garden, where Sanniang lived.
All the little ladies in the Guogong Mansion have an independent yard when they are ten years old, in addition to the six mothers and eight mothers, the ladies in front of them have their own courtyards, and the Yanting Garden of Sanniang is close to the Zhilanxuan of the eldest mother, and the jade egg path is in front of the door, winding through the shade of the acacia flowers.
Aunt Cui stopped and stopped, hesitating all the way, and when she stood outside the Gongyue Gate of Yanting Garden, a sigh came out of her throat, and the palm holding the maid Jixue tightened a little, looking more and more hesitant.
The earlier time she came, she didn't even get in, and a little maid of eight or nine years old crossed her waist and turned her nostrils to the sky.
"If you want me to say that my aunt's temperament is too soft, but she is just a little maid who is a janitor, she should be slapped away, look at Aunt Zhang, Grandpa Guo usually doesn't care much about her, but who dares to be arrogant in front of her, Auntie now has the favor of Grandpa Guo, and she is guilty of soft-talking to a little maid?" Ji Xue has obviously accumulated resentment in her belly, and she can't wait to make a scene.
"Why bother with people, they are all acting according to orders." Aunt Cui was uneasy, Ying Yingqiu's eyes stared at the indifferent and closed vermilion lacquer door, and there was a bit of helpless bitterness in her soft tone.
"After all, Sanniang was born in October when her aunt was pregnant, don't indulge her temperament too much, look at Banniang, how does Aunt Zhang treat her? Sanniang and Banniang can be regarded as born in a blessed nest, but she still doesn't respect her aunt...... "Ji Xue was very upset for Aunt Cui, and as she spoke, her depression in her heart had a tendency to erupt, so she simply stepped forward in a few steps, and raised her hand to slap the vermilion door a few times.
The two little maids in the door were sitting in the porch and turning over the flower rope, and when they heard the knock on the door, they didn't even raise their eyes-Heng and Zhi Sanniang just ordered, she was thinking about it behind closed doors, and no one was seen.
Of course, this made Ji Xue even more annoyed, and she slammed the door harder at once.
The loud knock on the door alarmed the second-class maid Caixia beside Sanniang, twisted her waist and walked a few steps into the yard, glared at her apricot eyes, raised her willow eyebrows, and opened her mouth to scold: "Dead little hooves, can you be deaf?" I didn't hear the door being slammed, and I didn't go to take a look, I carefully alarmed Sanniang and smoked your lazy tendons! ”
The two little maids went to open the door in a panic.
Seeing that Aunt Cui was the master and servant again, she couldn't help but be full of resentment, one of them crossed her waist, and scolded, "Auntie, you can't understand people's words?" Or do you have a heart to make Sanniang unable to calm down? ”
Before the words fell, her face was hit hard, and before the little girl could come back to her senses, she was pushed to the ground by Ji Xue: "But a third-class maid who guards the door, how dare she be disrespectful to her aunt?" I think you have itchy skin, believe it or not, I'll take off a layer for you? ”
How could the maids of Yan Tingyuan ever want to be slapped in the face by the people around Aunt Cui, you must know that usually Aunt Cui didn't even dare to straighten her waist in front of Sanniang, and the little maid who was beaten bit her silver teeth, turned over, jumped up like a wild cat, and hit Ji Xue without a head or brain, while crying and scolding: "This is Yan Tingyuan, and the master I am waiting for is not an aunt, so I can respect her like a bodhisattva?" I don't pee and take pictures, I am not qualified enough to come here to go wild. ”
Ji Xue's depression for many years finally got vented, where can she still bear it, immediately grabbed the little girl's collar, and hit her a few times, wave after wave of scolding attracted several maids, seeing this, they hugged Ji Xue in a nest, and the nail powder fists all greeted Ji Xue, and the cry became louder.
Aunt Cui was in a hurry, and drank softly a few times to stop, but there was no deterrence at all, so she had to step forward to dissuade her, but she was beaten a few times by a few little maids and shook off her full of tears and snot.
It took a lot of tea to make a fuss before a big girl came out and scolded: "What are you doing, a few little hooves who don't know anything, and they are so noisy that Sanniang is not quiet when copying scriptures." Pretending not to see Aunt Cui, he put her within the range of his little hooves.
Ji Xue was already wearing a cloak at this time, so she relied on her height and did not have any injuries on her face, but the placket had been torn open, and then she looked at Aunt Cui, she was also embarrassed, at this time she was tearing down her eyes, and she was aggrieved to tidy up her clothes, Ji Xue only felt a bad breath blocked in her chest, and she couldn't care about her appearance, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help Aunt Cui tidy up, twisted her face and said to the big girl: "Sister is so patient, why can't I help these lawless hooves beat my aunt to death!" ”
Caixia, who had been watching for a while, stepped forward and said with a smile: "If I see it right, the first to do it is Ji Xue, you are alone, look at Yan Ling's face, there is still a slap print on your hand, and Sa Po also has to look at the place, half a master plus a slave, and he is not a complete master, so he dares to come to Yanting Garden to make trouble." ”
Ji Xue rolled her eyes in anger, but Aunt Cui still said softly: "Let's say a few words less, Sanniang is still being punished now, if it is spread out, won't it be annoying Mrs. Tai and Duchess again." ”
Hearing only a sneer, Sanniang came out of the house, stood outside the door with her head held high, and stared at Aunt Cui coldly: "Isn't this the purpose of Auntie?" Otherwise, what is the purpose of coming to my yard early in the morning to cry and make trouble? ”
As soon as she saw her daughter, Aunt Cui's eyes turned a little red, and when she was about to step forward, her steps seemed to be frozen by Sanniang's gaze, hesitating in place, muttering and unable to say a complete sentence, the maids gathered around, all of them had a look of waiting to see a good show, Ji Xue couldn't help it, and said to Sanniang: "Aunt heard that you were punished, and you didn't sleep well all night last night, and I asked the Duchess to call me this morning, and I got permission to visit Sanniang, I'm afraid that you will be wrong......ed."
Before Ji Xue finished speaking, Sanniang had already stepped on a strong and powerful step, and raised her hand to slap her: "A cheap maid dares to talk too much in front of her master." He flicked his sleeves and glanced at Aunt Cui: "If my aunt is so idle, she should also restrain her maid, I have parents to teach me to feel distressed, and I don't need my aunt to worry." ”
Aunt Cui only felt that her heart was sour, and her tears couldn't stop pouring out, and the persuasions she had thought of along the way were squeezed in her throat, and she subconsciously pulled Sanniang's hand...... But she was thrown off fiercely, Sanniang looked at her biological mother with disgust, her eyes seemed to contain the wind and frost sword, and the words she said naturally did not have any temperature: "If my aunt has anything to say, just say it well, and she can't do anything with her hands and feet." ”
Aunt Cui's arm stiffened in mid-air, and it took a while before she retracted it in embarrassment, choked up and said, "I know you blame me...... But I can't complain to Wu Niang, I've already begged her......"
"Eventful!" Sanniang mercilessly interrupted Aunt Cui's words, and asked in a loud voice: "I made a mistake, admitting punishment is enough, can you go around begging?" Isn't it enough to be ashamed? Afraid that people will forget that I am raised by a little woman? I know that I am a concubine, and I dare not complain to my daughter-in-law, and I still have to remind me of you? Or do you think that if you go to the fifth sister to intercede, I should be grateful to you? She is a concubine, I am a concubine, if I don't ask for her understanding, I won't have a place to stand in the Guogong Mansion? ! ”
Aunt Cui subconsciously retreated step by step, her cheeks were even more mournful like a white pear flower, so pale that there was no blood, and the slender eyelids of the mother and daughter, which were very similar, were flushed, but one pair was dyed with tears and the other was dyed with hatred.
The maids of Yan Tingyuan were obviously very familiar with this kind of scene, and they all stared at Aunt Cui with mockery.
Especially Caixia, I can't wait to show my "loyalty" in front of Sanniang, I was about to follow the master's words and then fall into the well for a few words, my eyes turned, but I suddenly saw a tall figure standing in front of the door, I was scared into a cold sweat, and I sneered in my throat into my stomach, pulled Sanniang's sleeve, and reminded in a trembling voice: "Sanniang, Grandpa Guo is here......"
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Wei Guogong really didn't expect that a good day off, a routine greeting to Yuanying Hall would lead to so many accidents.
As the head of the family, and the Son of Heaven's close ministers, holding the Beijing Guard, shouldering the safety of the imperial city and Kyoto, busy with official affairs, needless to say, can not take too much care of family affairs, fortunately, Mrs. Huang is a virtuous person, and there is a mother eldest princess in charge, although there is a more domineering Aunt Zhang, but it is also in front of the next person to be majestic, and there is nothing big to do, among the three sons, the eldest son has always been calm and motivated, although the second son is silent, he is also obedient to the governor, the younger son is the age of naughty, just enlightened, has Huang and Mr. to discipline him, and he doesn't worry about Weiguogong, and he won't take it to heart when his daughters have occasional disputes.
Therefore, although he heard Huang mention the dispute between Sanniang and Wuniang last night, he was as unconcerned as ever.
I went to Yuanying Hall this morning, and the mother who was still angry told me in detail about why the two daughters were arguing, and between the words, there seemed to be a hidden responsibility for him - Aunt Cui is beautiful and weak, with a gentle temperament, and Wei Guogong is an iron-clad hero, and he has a little bit of love for the weak in his bones, Aunt Cui's grace and weakness can just trigger the strong spirit in his bones, and Aunt Cui is not a pampered and coquettish person, he only thinks that even if he favors the mother and daughter, it will not make the inner house chaotic.
But what did my mother say......
seems to implicitly accuse him of being too partial to Sanniang, but it makes Huang's mother-in-law have scruples, and it is difficult to blame Sanniang for many things, so that Sanniang is getting older but more and more arrogant.
Thinking of Wu Niang's grievances, Wei Guogong felt a little guilty.
In fact, among several daughters, his favorite is Sanniang and Wu Niang, in front of him, Sanniang has always been obedient, and there is Aunt Cui in it, and he has repeatedly told the Huang family not to treat her badly because of Sanniang's identity, and Wu Niang is really sparse, even if Wei Guogong holds the "strict father" shelf, whenever his daughter is coquettish and naughty in front of his knees, it can also touch the softness in the depths of his heart, but compared with the two - Wei Guogong pities Sanniang more or less, after all, Wu Niang is a concubine, and she has the care and love of the eldest princess, No one in the house dares to give her grievances and slackness, Sanniang is a concubine, and her biological mother has such a temperament, how much will she take care of, if his father is not favored, I am afraid that some of the subordinates who are afraid of the soft and afraid will give Sanniang a look.
I didn't expect my mother to blame her for this, saying that although Sanniang was a concubine, the Huang family had always treated her well, although Aunt Cui was weak, but according to Sanniang's temperament, where did she need to be taken care of by her biological mother? Now that she is only thirteen years old, she dares to speak ill of her sister, and even ...... her paperweight, but it smashed straight into Wu Niang's forehead!" It can be seen how ruthless it is, if you indulge it without restraint, it will only hurt her in the future! ”
The harsh words made Wei Guogong sweat coldly, reflected on his own mistakes, and knew how powerful they were.
At that time, the British prince also had a favorite concubine under his knees, and later married the son of the household Shangshu, because he was used to being rude in the boudoir, and after getting married, he became even worse, not to mention that he didn't know how to restrain in front of his husband, and even changed his outspoken confrontation in front of his mother-in-law, and the sister-in-law didn't like it, but after saying a few words to her, she was scratched by this with a hairpin on the spot!
Such evil deeds were naturally not tolerated by the husband's family, but the British public power was strong back then, and Concubine Hui "interceded" for her sister, and Hubu Shangshu had to suffer this dumb loss.
Later, there was a Jiao Yue rebellion case, Concubine Hui was given to death, the third prince and the fourth prince she gave birth to were shot, the British soldiers were defeated and fled, and they were also betrayed by their subordinates and beheaded and sacrificed to Jinyang, the Liu family was wiped out, and the concubine lost her mother's protection, and soon got a "sudden illness", and even her body was cremated.
As soon as Wei Guogong thought of this, he also secretly determined that he could no longer be arrogant to Sanniang.
Coming out of Yuanying Hall, thinking of Wu Niang's grievances, Wei Guogong unconsciously walked to Lvqing Garden, not wanting to meet Aunt Cui's crying, this time he didn't feel pity, but added a bit of annoyance - Sanniang made a mistake, but her mother personally ordered a grounding, Aunt Cui didn't persuade Sanniang, but ran to Wu Niang to beg, isn't it a secret blame mother for being punished too severely? It's Wu Niang, who can say such things at a young age, which is the demeanor of everyone's ladies.
The weighing pole in Wei Guogong's heart was seriously tilted, and he scolded Aunt Cui in a few words, and comforted Wu Niang with warm words.
He knew that Wu Niang liked piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since he was a child, especially rare books such as poetry and miscellaneous notes, and planned to compensate for a set of words and scripts copied by famous calligraphers collected in the early years as long as Wu Niang opened his mouth.
Wei Guogong was puzzled, but looking at Wu Niang's glittering expectant eyes, he really didn't want to ask too much, so he agreed.
But I couldn't help but feel puzzled in my heart, and when I came out of Lvqing Garden, I was thinking about what Wu Niang wanted for silver, and buried my head in Sanniang's Yanting Garden, and I didn't want to hear Sanniang's righteous questioning.
It turned out that the daughter who had always been obedient in front of him really became so public.
The maids followed Sanniang's gaze, and saw the male owner standing with a black face in front of the door, and they all felt that their knees were weak, and several big girls took the lead, and knelt silently on the local area one after another, even Aunt Cui was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, crying while stepping forward with small broken steps, kneeling on the ground and pulling the corner of Wei Guogong's robe and begging: "It's all to blame for the concubine who can't speak, don't annoy Sanniang." ”
When Sanniang saw her father at the beginning of the year, her heart also shrank a little, but when she saw Aunt Cui's actions, she suddenly burst into a nameless fire in her heart, bit her lip, carefully restrained the hatred in her eyes, unyieldingly half-tilted her cheeks, walked to the unhappy Yan father, and straightened her body: "Father, please go to the teahouse and sit down." ”
Looking at the favorite concubine who was crying like pear blossoms and rain, and his stubborn daughter, Wei Guogong sighed in his bowels, and finally resisted the urge to reprimand in front of his subordinates, brushed the corners of his robe, stared at Aunt Cui seriously, and took the lead in entering the house.