Chapter Twenty-Three: Removal of Tumors

The slanting sun hangs in the west, stretching the shadows of pedestrians on the road to a slender length.

The two of them walked on the stone steps in the courtyard, and they felt more and more that there was a strange image in the house that was different from usual.

"Miss, it's so quiet in the house today, where have everyone gone?" Looking around, no one moved, and Xiao Xiang couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Xiao Huang was also in a fog, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Although they had entered through the back door through the back door, the court could not have been so deserted, and the broom that had fallen crookedly by the wall had obviously been dropped in a panic.

……

"Please be careful, Madame, the minions really didn't steal the things in the storehouse!"

"Yes, madam, the slave really doesn't dare to ......"

Standing outside the porch, the sound of scrambling arguments in the room still came to Xiao Huang's ears in a steady stream.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

Glancing at the little maids who were kneeling on the ground and crying, she couldn't help but be a little confused.

Seeing the person coming, the anger on Lian Huaying's face immediately became a little kind, "Xiao'er is back, can you have fun leaving the house?" ”

"Well, there are a lot of interesting arts in the market, and Xiao Erchang has seen a lot." Xiao Huang stepped in, and Yu Guang looked at his feet and wondered, "They are?" ”

"Humph! Speaking of this, my mother was angry. ”

Seeing that Lian Huaying sat back on the chair angrily, Lian Mama hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss Hui's words, these minions are restless. ”

"This morning, Madame's set of white jade ring hairpins disappeared, and then the old slave searched the house, but finally found it in the room on the fifth day of the evening."

She said and glanced at the maid, as if her heart was angry, and she couldn't help but increase her tone, "But in the process of searching, I also found things from other people's houses that should have been in the storeroom......"

As far as the eye can see, almost all of the little maids suspected of stealing are part of those "rewards", but surprisingly, there is still Steward Wu kneeling in the hall.

It is not difficult to understand that the food and clothing in the general's mansion, large and small, almost all have to pass through the hands of Steward Wu, and someone takes things from the treasury, how can he not know?

But...... It's all too much of a coincidence, isn't it? It seems that the third princess's mother's bold move this time is determined to change the blood in the house.

It's just that the attitude of the general and his wife has always been to avoid it, and today they have solved these "rewards" clearly, aren't they afraid that the one in the palace will be unhappy?

Even if the reason is right, I'm afraid ...... Xiao Huang couldn't help but feel a little worried.

If you make a big fuss about the word "stealing", presumably the people behind the scenes will not pull down their faces to embarrass their parents on the bright side, besides, it would be good if these tumors were pulled out earlier, but who should be the right person for this white-faced horn......

Thinking of this, "Humph! It's really a slave who doesn't know what to do, how can the general's mansion ever treat you badly, even if you don't be grateful, you dare to steal your family's property! ”

Xiao Huang suddenly opened his mouth angrily, and his words were "ironclad evidence" to confirm his crimes, and his eyebrows showed the temperament of a brutal lady, "Mother, what should I do with them?" ”

Hearing this, Lian Huaying couldn't help but smile, but she could only keep a cold face, so as to live up to her daughter's wishes, "Mama Lian, what is the law of the Xia Yu Dynasty?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, Xia Yu's law is there, if there are slaves in the portal who steal the property of the master's family, they will all cut off their hands and sell them into the bitter kiln to fend for themselves."

As soon as Mama's words were finished, the people kneeling in the hall couldn't refute and explain, but just wailed and begged for mercy, "Spare your life, madam, the slaves (slaves) don't dare anymore!" Don't dare to ...... anymore."

That bitter kiln is a place where people go, not to mention the sin slaves with incomplete limbs, who can't even take care of themselves, and as soon as they enter, they can only be thrown into the underground mass grave where there is no light of day all year round.

I don't know when I hear that my companion died next to him and turned into pus, just because there is the same smell of corpse rot, and the rumor of people who have not seen it is already terrifying.

"Madame, ma'am, I beg you, don't sell your slaves." Xi Wu's cheeks were red, she knelt in front of Lian Huaying, and couldn't stop saluting and kowtowing, "The slave doesn't want to go to the bitter kiln, I don't want to go, I don't want to go......"

Lian Huaying pursed her eyebrows, and finally felt a little unbearable, "For the sake of you, you were also from the General's Mansion, your hands, Mrs. Ben will keep them for the time being, Mama, you give each of them ten taels of silver, and send them out of the mansion." ”

"What are you doing in a daze, don't you leave quickly!"

Even Mama suddenly screamed, waking up the room full of people, and realized that she didn't have to be left with a lifelong disability, and she wouldn't go to that dark place, and they all buckled their heads one after another to thank them.

After the people dispersed, seeing the slight tiredness on Lian Huaying's face, Xiao Huang couldn't help but care: "Mother, Xiao Er has grown up, and she can also help you deal with the affairs of the house." ”

Lian Huaying took her hand when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Yes, my Xiao'er has also grown into a big girl, sensible, and I know that I feel sorry for my mother, but in the eyes of my mother, Xiao'er will always be a child." ”

Seeing that she didn't take her words seriously at all, Xiao Huang was helpless, but also had an inexplicable feeling in her heart, like a fire set up in the barren grass, although it would be extinguished sooner or later, there would still be a little spark left.

"By the way, what is my mother going to do with the dusty wind? This time, there were no of them. When the words fell, she didn't forget to wink at her mother slightly mischievously.

After getting along with each other these days, she found that she had more and more of the "Xiao Er" in the mouth of the general and his wife, but what puzzled Xiao Huang herself was that she did not hate or reject such a change.

"You, ghost elf." pinched the moist face in front of him, and even Huaying said indifferently: "They? Let's expel them as well. ”

Xiao Huang hesitated: "Mother, why don't you keep Ruochen and Ruofeng first?" Xiao Er felt that if the people were taken away at one time, they would all be ...... Then anyone will doubt it, after all, those people were 'rewarded' by the palace with great fanfare. ”

"It's okay, it's up to you, but Xiao Er also has to pay attention, if it doesn't go well, just send it away." Lian Huaying's eyes sank, thoughtful.

Xiao Huang nodded when he heard this, and responded, "Well, Xiao Er will." ”