Chapter 116: The Mysterious Family Letter
"You girl, I asked Ruyu to cook meals and send them to the front yard every day, but you didn't eat them once.
I'm going to come over today and see if you're stealing feed from the horses in this stable every day......"
The second lady asked.
"Every day, I ask the money to finish eating and bring me some ......."
Firecrackers are holding the rice bowl, and Pear Blossom sits on the side to serve her vegetables.
"Look! It's your favorite dish, are you cheap, don't eat the dishes carefully prepared for you!
Do you have to bring back leftovers to you? The second lady was domineering: "But when you go out of the South Park, you are crazy, and you will not come back to see it once." ”
Looking at the resentful woman in front of her, Firecracker helplessly put down the dishes and chopsticks.
"It's not that I don't go back, I leave the stable every day, and the moon is on the clouds......"
"Don't say that if you step on the clouds, it will step on your head, and you should come back and see...... Look at the big guys, right? ”
"Yes, yes, I will often go back to South Park in the future."
"Who wants you to go back? I just want you not to forget who you are. ”
The second lady stroked her hair arrogantly.
A few people chatted and laughed as if no one was around, completely ignoring the three maids who were standing on the side basking in the sun.
Finally, Aunt Xin, who had watched the play for a long time, couldn't help but walk out from behind the banyan tree.
"I've seen the second lady......"
The second lady turned a deaf ear and continued to denounce all kinds of dissatisfaction with firecrackers.
Seeing that the other party didn't seem to hear it, Aunt Xin asked in a low voice: "Have you seen the second lady......"
"Yo, scare me, who do I think?"
"Second lady, I don't know what these maids in our garden have done wrong?" Aunt Xin pointed to the three maids on the side.
"How many of them? Heh, I'm teaching Aunt Xin a lesson. ”
"For slaves? How do you say this, Second Lady? Aunt Xin asked with a smile.
"These maids, they don't understand the rules too much, they don't stay in the West Garden to work, they actually wander around the house, and they also affect other people's work.
You say, should we teach a lesson? The second lady said righteously.
"Well, that's it, the three of them were sent by me to the backyard to do errands, and they didn't run out without permission......"
"Running errands in the backyard? Good! Pear blossoms are like jade, come here! ”
The second lady greeted.
"Yes, ma'am." The two stood up and walked over.
"Separate them for us, pull them aside and stand."
"Yes!" Ruyu and Pear Blossom grabbed one and stood aside.
"Now, tell me quietly, what did Aunt Xin send you to do? If you shout loudly, be careful that I cut out your tongue. ”
"......" was alone, Feng Yue's frightened hands were shaking.
"Speak quickly!" The second lady stood in front of her and stared at her viciously.
"Aunt Xin sent us to the backyard to pick some wild vegetables."
"Oh!"
"What about you? What did Aunt Xin send you for? The second lady walked towards Feng Yao.
"Pie.... Send us to move things. ”
"Oh!"
"You're the only one left, say, what's the task?"
The second lady stood in front of Feng Rong.
Firecracker looked at her fighting against her back, and whispered something to Feng Rong, only to see that half of Feng Rong's face became whiter and whiter, and her eyes became more and more flustered.
"Deliver a letter?"
The second lady suddenly sharpened her voice.
"Aunt Xin sent you"
"Yes......"
Feng Rong nodded in fear.
"What letter to send? Aunt Xin's letter? ”
"Yes...... Aunt Xin handhands me a ......."
Feng Rong's answer was a bit surprising, it turned out that Aunt Xin really had something to do with her.
"Aunt Xin! You actually sent someone to do your personal business? ”
The second lady turned her head and shouted.
"No..... It's not ......"
Aunt Xin hurriedly stepped forward to explain.
"That's not ......"
"Isn't it? That's not your letter? Whose is that? The second lady asked.
"Yes!" Aunt Xin suddenly changed her words: "It's the slave maid who wants Feng Rong to help me deliver the letter to the family." ”
Aunt Xin knelt on the ground, her body trembling slightly.
"Do you know that it is taboo to exchange letters with the outside world privately? Isn't your annual home leave enough? ”
"Slave .... The slave knows! It's just that the slave's son is sick, and the slave and maid are really ......."
"Bring the letter!" The second lady stretched out her hand towards Feng Rong.
Feng Rong glanced at Aunt Xin, and then at the second lady.
"What are you waiting for? Want to get beaten? The second lady asked sharply.
Although she is a maid in the West Garden, who doesn't know that the longest arm in this house is the second lady in front of her.
It's not once or twice that she has taught the people of Xiyuan in private, and if she really offends her, I'm afraid she won't be able to eat and walk around.
Feng Rong trembled and took out the letter from his sleeve pocket.
"Firecrackers, take it apart! Read it to me. ”
The second lady waved her hand.
Firecracker stepped forward to take the letter, and as soon as he opened the envelope, he was snatched by Aunt Xin on the side.
During the argument, the letter slipped to the ground, and the firecracker reached out, and the letter had been grabbed by Aunt Xin and stuffed into her mouth.
A few people were dumbfounded, just a letter from home, why is it so.
"You..... What are you doing here? The second lady asked angrily.
There must be something greasy, otherwise why would this old thing bother to eat the letter?
"Ma'am..... Second Lady ..... Although the slave is a subordinate, she also has her own dignity, how can she allow her family letter to be ridiculed in public? ”
"Teasing? Who made fun of your family letter? I'm just not looking very well lately, so I want the most literate firecracker to help me identify whether it's a family letter.
You're making such a fuss, but it's made me lose trust. ”
"Yes! It was the slave and the maid who made a fuss and asked the second lady to punish the slave and maid. ”
Aunt Xin had just swallowed the letter, and her voice was still a little hoarse.
"You're from the West Garden, how can I go over it? Whether it is a beating or a punishment, you have to ask your master. ”
“......”
"But ah, this should be punished or punished! Together with the few maids who helped you deliver the letter, you can't let any of them go! ”
"Second lady! We don't! Feng Yue suddenly knelt down and begged: "Aunt Xin didn't send me and my sister to deliver the letter at all, she only asked us to follow Feng Rong to the stable, saying that the firecrackers were punished so far.
Call us ..... Tell us to kill her majesty! ”
"So, you're here specifically for me?"
Firecracker pointed at himself in disbelief.
When did you become so hated?
"Yes......"
Feng Yue lowered her head.
Feng Yao and Feng Rong also knelt down, it seems that the second lady is really going to kill a hundred people.
"Ruyu, go to the front yard and call Steward Li over."
"Yes......" Ruyu responded and walked to the front yard.
Si Yanjin had lunch, and he brought some food for firecrackers, but he saw a maid kneeling next to the stable from a distance.
"You're back?" Firecracker turned his head and saw him approaching.
"Hmm."
"You brought me food?" Firecracker took the food box in his hand.
Seeing him staring at the kneeling maids in front of him suspiciously.
"It's okay, you can go in first."
She nudged him gently.
Si Yanjin glanced at her and went back to the stable alone.
"Hey!" The second lady waved at the firecrackers: "Come here!" ”
"What's the matter, ma'am?"
"No wonder you can't get sick? It turned out that he was hanging out with this handsome little groom every day......"
Second Lady Qi asked in her ear.
"No, it's not! Madame, don't talk nonsense. ”
"If you are afraid of anything, tell me if you like, and I will fulfill you."
"Alas!" Firecracker sighed deeply, there is really nothing to do with this self-righteous second lady.
"However, now I can't fulfill you, when you help me bring down Cheng Nianxi, I will go freely with you."
“......”
I'd better stay in the house for the rest of my life.
Firecrackers thought in their hearts.
After a while, Steward Li hurried behind Ruyu.
"Second lady, what's the matter with calling a minion?"
"See? Today, Aunt Xin in Xiyuan sent a maid to deliver a letter privately, and I caught it, but the letter has been swallowed by her.
But everyone present can testify, huh! I don't know what is unseemly, so I have to desperately destroy the evidence of the crime. ”
The second lady glanced at Aunt Xin, who was kneeling on the ground: "It's not good for me to meddle in the affairs of the West Garden, but the eldest lady has been unwell recently, so I won't send them back to the West Garden for trial.
Save her from worrying! Steward Li, you do it for you, drag it to the front yard and whip it for a few whips! ”
"Second lady..... Second Lady ...... The slave and maid are just messengers, and they don't know anything else! ”
Feng Rong knelt on the ground and rubbed a few steps, stepped forward and grabbed the corner of the second lady's skirt and begged.
"Sending a letter can get away with it? Is Aunt Xin your master? She sent you a letter and you didn't ask? ”
The second lady snatched back her skirt and asked sharply.
"As for those two maids, do you really don't know, and you're tired of Steward Li to ask!"
"Yes...... Leave this matter to the minions. ”
Steward Li happily agreed: "Let's go, you guys, what are you still doing on your knees?" ”
Aunt Xin and the three maids silently got up from the ground, their fingers tightly gripping the hem of their skirts, and the green tendons on their foreheads were exposed.
"Aunt Xin? Very unconvinced, huh? ”
The second lady called her and said leisurely.
"No.... No.... The slave is ashamed....."
Aunt Xin lowered her head and replied indignantly.
"It's good to be ashamed, and it's not in vain that I have worked hard to teach you earnestly."
"Yes..... Slave and maid, thank you Second Lady......"
"Let's go, let's get punished!" The second lady glanced at her lightly and turned away.
When a few people walked away, Ruyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Madame is really good eyesight, Aunt Xin, she is really tired."
"It's not just a cat, if that letter is really a family letter, I'll gnaw all the grass near this stable,
You're really useless! Can't even hold a piece of paper! The second lady poked the firecracker's temple:
"Kill that old witch and destroy the evidence."
"So you're not here to see me, but to catch turtles in the urn?"
Firecrackers understood the meaning of the three of them.