Chapter 16: Confrontation
You Tingrong and Chi Qinglang stood side by side on the steps, looking at You Guitai, who was dressed in an official robe, standing straight at the bottom of the steps, already tense at this time. A pair of eyes full of ferocity, staring at You Tingrong deadly.
You Tingrong looked at him calmly, she only found out today that the corners of her father's eyes were drooping, because he had a straight face all the year round, and there were deep wrinkles at the corners of his mouth, he was over forty years old, and he was old.
You Guitai has been transferred to the capital for less than two years, but he is just a civil official, doing some unnecessary paperwork every day, and he has not even touched the edge of the capital's power officialdom, and he has only heard of Chi Qinglang's name.
You Tingrong thought of this, and couldn't help but feel ironic, if his father recognized Master Chi, he was afraid that he would laugh out loud at this time, and he would like to push her out.
After a while, a bunch of people gathered at the door of the study to watch the excitement. Even the guy from the teahouse across the street leaned against the door, stretching his neck to see the freshness.
The third aunt obviously knew that You Guitai loved face the most, so she opened her mouth and stepped on his sore feet, "What nonsense!" The eldest lady is so well-behaved and sensible, the lord is loving, even if she really has a sweetheart, it is impossible to do such a thing as a private meeting! ”
"Slaves don't dare to talk nonsense." Liu Er looked around at the passers-by, "Not only slaves and maids, but many people have seen it coming and going!" ”
With her aggrieved rebuttal, the people around her also became louder.
"The girl's family is so shameless."
"Yes, the elders in the family have been found, what a shame! If it were my daughter, I wouldn't have the face to see anyone. ”
"It's still a young lady with status!"
……
You Guitai's shoulders were trembling, trying his best to restrain his angry self, and word by word popped out of his mouth, "Listen to Rong, you say it yourself!" ”
"My daughter is just looking for a chess game." You listen calmly and calmly.
"Miss, you'd better tell the master the truth." The third aunt stepped forward with her skirt lifted, her face full of concern, "If it is really a good match, it will become a good thing, and it will also save the ......face of the two families."
"The third aunt is very well-informed, I just came on the front foot, and your maid on the back foot arrived." You Tingrong raised his eyebrows slightly, and stabbed: "The third aunt came out to check the accounts, and she had to send someone to follow me, which is really well-intentioned." ”
You Guitai's eyes also turned to the third aunt, causing her to hurriedly argue, "Why does the eldest lady guess me so much?" Aunts are all for the safety of the eldest lady! ”
Chi Qinglang sneered, "In this world, there is an aunt who sent someone to follow the young lady, and the girl sent is so open-mouthed, which shows that she has bad intentions." ”
The third aunt didn't take him seriously at all, and said to You Guitai: "Master, if it weren't for the concubine to pay more attention, and wait until something irreparable ugly happened, it would be too late to remedy it......
The third aunt only listened to a word and a half, but she knew everything about things. I don't know, I thought you taught her. ”
The third aunt's expression was stunned, and she said with a smile: "The eldest lady said that she was joking, Liu Er has been serving me for a long time, and she is the most stable and proper, she doesn't dare to talk nonsense." ”
You Guitai can't stay anymore, no matter what happens, he shouldn't become the laughing stock of others in public, "Enough!" Since it's just a misunderstanding, why don't you hurry back home? ”
The third aunt clenched her veil tightly and persuaded: "Since it is a misunderstanding, it is good to make it clear on the spot, otherwise people will think that our You family is sorry!" ”
You Guitai is not a fool, the third aunt brought him over on the grounds that You Tingrong was gone, and let Liu Er make a fuss on the street, just to ruin You Tingrong's reputation and pressure him to agree to this ridiculous marriage.
Thinking of this, You Guitai almost crushed his back molars. His daughter-in-law, who has a great future, is going to fold here!
"What the third aunt said is that since she hasn't done anything wrong, she is not afraid of being watched!"
You Tingrong looked at Liu Er sharply, "Let me ask you, have you seen Miss Ben having a private meeting with someone?" ”
Liu Er nodded, "It's true!" ”
"Then how do you know about my affair with him?" The corners of You Tingrong's mouth hooked slightly, "No, because we happened to come out of the same study, right?" If that's the case, then the onlookers can't explain it clearly! ”
The crowd nodded their heads, and the crowd burst into laughter.
Liu Er looked around nervously and said hurriedly: "You came to this study to have a private meeting with him, it's not a coincidence at all." ”
"Oh?" You Tingrong sneered, "So, do you know him?" ”
Liu Er choked and looked at the third aunt.
"Since you don't know each other, I just happened to take a fancy to the same book as this son, so I gossiped a few words." You Tingrong was calm and calm, "Father, such a subordinate who has ulterior motives and frames his master will definitely be tied up and beaten and sold to set an example!" ”
The third aunt's face sank and nodded at Liu'er.
"I know!" Liu Er hurriedly said: "It is because the master does not approve of this marriage that the eldest lady and him make a tune." ”
You Tingrong smiled, "Then you say, who is he?" ”
The third aunt faintly felt that it was not good, and just wanted to open her mouth to vaguely convey the question, but Liu Er blurted out, "This is Xue Shanli, the young owner of Qianyi Study." ”
Not to mention that You Tingrong felt funny this time, the regulars of the study all laughed, and even Xue Shanli poked his head out of the counter, "Who called me?" ”
All of a sudden, everyone was talking, pointing at Liu Er and saying anything.
"This girl is clearly talking nonsense, and she is so arrogant."
"She said that she was her aunt's maid, and she must have been instructed to frame Miss......"
"Yes, I don't even know anyone and dare to come out and identify it."
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The third aunt's face changed suddenly, her eyes were flustered for a moment, and she pointed at Liu Er and said angrily: "Good you bold girl!" How dare you fool your master!? ”
Liu Er's face was full of horror, and she waved her hand again and again, "Auntie, the slave has no ......"
"You don't have ...... Did I wronged you? The third aunt glared at her fiercely, "It's a shame that I take special care of your old son, you are so bold!?" ”
Liu Er was stunned for a moment, trembling her lips and not daring to distinguish anymore.
The third aunt breathed a sigh of relief, looked at You Tingrong with shame on her face, and said softly: "Miss, it's my aunt who doesn't know people clearly, and she has wronged you......"
As the third aunt spoke, she reached over to shake You Tingrong's hand, patted the back of her hand gently, and her eyes inadvertently swept to the handkerchief in Chi Qinglang's hand, "But you are also ...... is so dignified, why give his own veil to a man he doesn't know, isn't it remarkable? ”
Liu Er also came back to her senses, and was reminded by the third aunt, and hurriedly testified, "Even if the slave doesn't know him, the slave and maid watched the eldest lady take out the handkerchief from her arms and give it to this son!" ”
Liu Er specially emphasized "in the arms", and the words were ambiguous.
You Tingrong stared at her expressionlessly, Liu Er was exposed, and she still refused to let go.
You Tingrong pulled her hand out of the third aunt's hand, grabbed it before Liu Er, and asked: "Liu Er is such a girl who is full of lies and has ulterior motives, would the third aunt rather trust her than believe me?" ”
"This ......," the third aunt was thinking about how to speak.
"It seems that Liu'er has indeed won your trust, but I'm afraid, some things are also instructed by you, right?" You Tingrong tilted his head playfully and looked at her with a smile.
The third aunt pursed her lips unconsciously, the corners of her mouth twitched twice, and she looked at Liu'er's pleading eyes again, knowing that this matter was planned in vain.
"Auntie is naturally Miss Xin's." The third aunt doesn't smile at her.
The third aunt turned to look at the onlookers, and bowed on her knees and said, "It's just a misunderstanding, let you see the joke." "Thoughtful.
You Guitai saw that things had finally come back, his face looked a little better, and the corners of his mouth were still tight. Whether it is his daughter's corrupt personal morality or his aunt's framing of his daughter-in-law, he can't afford to lose this person, he just wants to make a big thing a small thing.
The third aunt grasped You Guitai's thoughts, and opened her mouth at him pitifully, "Master, you're tired for a day, let's go back to the house first?" ”
You Guitai nodded, and the third aunt naturally supported him, and whispered to Zhang's mother, "Hurry up and bring Liu'er back." ”
"Wait!" You Tingrong stopped in a loud voice, "Is the third aunt planning to do something hastily like this?" ”