Chapter 078: The Brocade Box
Mrs. Li has been a little tired these days, and she got up half an hour later than usual today.
Hongzhu waited to freshen up, and Grandma Sun came in with a tight face, and whispered a few words in Mrs. Li's ear, Mrs. Li's face sank suddenly, and she was speechless in surprise:
"This ...... How could this be ......"
Mama Sun said to Mrs. Li with an embarrassed face:
"Miss Xue is kneeling in the inner hall right now, it's been an hour......"
Old Madam Li's face turned blue with anger, slapped the table with hatred, and said:
"It's a shame that she's done such a ridiculous thing! And they still have the face to beg me! I was really blind and blind at the beginning, so I fell in love with the Xue family! It's a shame that he didn't ask San Lang to carry him into the door, if this is spread out, and he is called a dignified prime minister, how can he have the face to gain a foothold in the court? ”
When Mama Sun saw that Mrs. Li had cursed herself in the morning, she hurriedly said:
"The old lady is angry!"
"Although this matter is not born in our long house at the moment, it is a matter of the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion, how should the old lady deal with it? Tomorrow, the Xue family will enter Beijing...... If you call someone out at this time, I'm afraid that our second master's official reputation will not be guaranteed......"
Old Madam Li's heart sank, opened her mouth, and asked:
"What did the second room say? What about Hui Niang? This is a matter of her inner yard, what does she think? ”
Mama Sun sighed and said:
"The slave maid asked someone to inquire in the Qiutang Courtyard, and Mama Qin said that the second master was furious yesterday, and he refused to let Miss Xue enter the door......
The second lady didn't sleep all night, worried that this matter would not only lose the face of the Prime Minister's house, but also make it difficult for the second master to be a man in the future, so she wanted to knock out her teeth and swallow blood...... Mama Qin persuaded her for a night, and the second lady was willing to sleep. ”
Mrs. Li's eyes showed distress:
"Hui Niang is really virtuous, this thing...... It's really embarrassing for her......"
Grandma Sun bowed and nodded in agreement.
"Let's go out and have a look...... I'd like to see what this shameless begging has to say before me! ”
"If she really doesn't know what to do, I will give up this face, and I will also ask the Xue family to take people away! We must not make it difficult for Hui Niang to be a person in the future! ”
Grandma Sun whispered a few words of persuasion, and then helped Mrs. Li out of the bedroom.
Xue knelt for an hour, his body was a little unbearable, and he still tried his best to maintain a deferential appearance. Seeing Mrs. Li coming out of the back room, she was busy kowtowing to Mrs. Li with teary eyes, crying out that she had been wronged.
Old Madam Li asked Hong Zhuping to retreat, looked coldly at the decently cleaned Xue family, and her eyes were a little angry, and said:
"What are you calling wrong? With so many people here yesterday, can you still be wrong? I didn't know you could go so far without regard for your face! ”
With tears in his eyes, Xue Shi said with a sad expression:
"Back to the old lady, the concubine is wronged, and the concubine doesn't dare to act like this even if she has a hundred dares!"
Mrs. Li sat down and motioned for her to continue.
Xue Shi kowtowed again, and then said:
"I committed a foolish thing with the second master that day, and the second lady had a knot, and the second master never returned home for many days...... The concubine knew that she was guilty, so she thought that she could talk to the second master and ask for forgiveness from his wife. ”
"When the concubine entered the study, she met the second son, and she couldn't help but say that she misunderstood that the concubine's mind was not pure...... Concubine...... The concubine is really indisputable......"
After that, Xue covered his face and cried bitterly, sobbing and said:
"Madame had already promoted the concubine the day before yesterday...... How dare a concubine think of non-division at this time? I hope the old lady will see ...... Be the master of the concubine......"
When Mrs. Li heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Grandma Sun, and her eyes were a little hesitant.
There is some truth in what the Xue family said, since the Bai family should carry her into the door to be a noble concubine, seeing that the Xue family will come tomorrow to settle this family matter, what else is the Xue family dissatisfied with, dare to make trouble at this moment?
It stands to reason that it shouldn't......
Hearing this, Old Madam Li's face softened a little, but if this matter was really as Xue said, how could it provoke Li Qin to be so angry?
Mrs. Li was a little uncertain in her heart.
Hong Zhu quietly glanced at Old Madam Li, stepped forward and bowed and said:
"Old lady...... It's not good to ask the second lady to ask about this matter, but the old lady wants to ask the lady to discuss one or two? ”
When Mrs. Li heard this, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said:
"It's okay, you can go to Yunshui Juli to take a look, and see if Mrs. got up and didn't ......"
Hongzhu saluted, bowed and exited the courtyard.
.................
Li Taiwei has something on her mind, but she got up early today and came to Yunshuiju to have breakfast with Showa.
When Hongzhu came to invite Showa, he saw that Li Taiwei was also there, and he thought that it was a little difficult to speak.
Seeing this, Li Taiwei had a sloppy look with Showa, saying that the four girls of the Jin family should send a chess game to the next day yesterday, and they would go to Fangfei Garden to find it at this time.
Showa didn't think much about it, nodded in response, and then called Hongzhu to come in and ask.
Li Taiwei went out of Yunshui Residence, did not go far, and sat down in Langxin Pavilion.
She knew that Hongzhu must have come for the Xue family last night, and she was vaguely unsteady in her heart, so she said to Dafu:
"You take a few sachets from yesterday's Jinsi girl to Qiutang Courtyard, see if Biyun is in the north wing, look for her and ask quietly, see if the Bai family has told the Xue family anything? If someone asks, you say that I want you to go to the second room to deliver sachets......"
Daifuku answered, turned around and walked out of the spring garden.
Li Taiwei was a little drumming in her heart, she didn't know that Lu Xiao was going well at the moment, so she turned around and asked Huayan.
Huayan's expression did not change, and he said firmly:
"The county lord doesn't have to worry, since the prince should go down, there will be no mistakes."
Li Taiwei heard this, and answered vaguely twice, feeling a little pantothenic acid in her heart, is there someone in this hand who is different......
"You go to the porter to keep an eye on it, if Lu Shizi has any reply, you can also report it to me in time."
Huayan listened to Li Taiwei's instructions, so she naturally bowed down and responded.
After a while, Showa dressed up and took people out of Yunshuiju.
Li Taiwei watched Tian's mother and her party go out after her in Langxin Pavilion, and she was faintly uneasy for some reason.
About an hour later, Daifuku trotted all the way over, his face flushed, and his forehead was covered with sweat.
"County Lord......"
Mrs. Li handed her a cup of tea and said:
"Drink your saliva and speak slowly...... But what did you find? ”
Daifuku took the tea bowl, drank it all, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said:
"Biyun said that the second lady asked Mama Qin to send a set of pearl noodles early in the morning, and told the Xue family to pack up and then go to the old woman to kowtow......"
"Give her a pearl head?"
Mrs. Li tilted her head slightly and looked over, her face full of surprise.
"Hmm!"
Daifuku nodded, frowned again, and said:
"But...... Biyun showed me the brocade box with the noodles on the other side, and I looked a little familiar...... As if I've seen ...... somewhere."
Mrs. Li's eyes lit up and asked:
"Think about it, when have you ever seen something from the Bai Clan?"
Daifuku sat on the stone bench, thought about it for a moment, suddenly patted his head, got up and said:
"I remember!"
"That day, the young grandmother called Bai Tao to invite the county lord to go to the eldest prince, I saw Mama Qin from a distance when I was under the weeping flower gate, she was in a hurry that day, her expression was very nervous, and she was holding such a brocade box in her arms at that time......"
After Dafu said this, Li Taiwei remembered it, but unfortunately she was a step slower that day, and only saw the corner of Mama Qin's clothes, but she didn't see the things in her arms clearly, and couldn't help but think about it for a while.
"Not good——!"
Mrs. Li got up slightly, her eyes panicked:
"Go and ask Rong Zhi! Tell her to come to Hua'an Hall quickly! ”