Chapter Eighty-Five: Threats
"Not really." Xin Nian smiled and replied, "It's just that I came in just now, and grandma said that I was late, how should I be punished?" Actually, my punishment is nothing, it's a big deal, the next family dinner, I'll drink a few more glasses. But there is one major event, which really cannot be tolerated, I have been thinking about it for the past two days, and I have finally made up my mind, thinking of coming over and reporting to the ancestral concubine and grandmother."
Concubine Liao and the Liao family raised their eyebrows, but the old lady did not move, and asked with a smile, "Listening to your words, it is a little solemn, what is the matter?" I have rarely gone out and walked around in the past two years, in this Shouning Palace, it is like an ornament, I rarely ask anyone or anything in the house, it is rare for you to talk about it in front of you today, I have to listen to it well."
The faces of the concubine and the Liao family were a little unsightly. Xin Nian was sure in her heart, and sure enough, her judgment was right, the old ancestor supported her to make things bigger.
So he groaned: "If you go back to your ancestors, it is the incident of Liuzai and Yaya falling into the water this time......
Before he finished speaking, he heard Liao's surprise and said, "What about Liuzai and Yaya falling into the water? Didn't they stumble? How? Listening to my sister's meaning, is this someone deliberately murdering them? If this is the case, it must be investigated thoroughly, and such a scourge must not be left in the house."
The implication is clear: unless you have evidence that your two children were assassinated, don't use this as an excuse to eliminate dissenters.
Xin Nian glanced at Liao's family, and said lightly: "Is there someone who has a heart to murder, I can't say, I saw the kite, it is really bright and beautiful, I asked around, no one in the house has seen it, I can't think of such a good kite, how can I not pick it up if it falls in the water, if it is me, I will never be willing to throw it away." But it's all speculation, and I can't produce evidence anyway, but ...... Grandma, don't worry, listen to me."
She waved her hand to stop the Liao family who was about to speak, and said solemnly: "On the day that Liuzai Yaya fell into the water, Aunt Gu went to the lake to check and picked up two lake stones, which were covered with moss, which were extremely slippery. After that, no one answered the call for help, and if it hadn't been for the spring rain in time, even if they climbed ashore, they would have frozen to death."
Speaking of this, he stared at Liao Shi with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Speaking of Chunyu, she was deceived by someone, and the girl who deceived her has not been found until now, and the princess also said that she had never been to the garden that day."
The corners of Liao's mouth twitched twice, and he said angrily, "What do you think I do? Do you suspect that the girl was at my command? Hehe! In this case, I asked you to search in my yard, including in this house, and I still want to find this girl, and if I find it, everything will come to light, and it will save you from suspicion of me, so that I have nowhere to complain."
"Grandma's words are serious, how dare I doubt you? I just suddenly remembered that the people in the house are all in the hands of my grandmother, and this girl can go in and out of the palace at will, and I don't know what the way to come from? Don't grandma was also blinded by her and looked away."
"I've never seen a girl like this."
Liao gritted his teeth. Xin Nian nodded and said, "Yes, I can't find it anywhere, and I can't do anything about it. But this girl can't be found, and the other responsible people are ready-made, and they must not be appeased."
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
Concubine Liao's face was calm, and she picked up a grape and put it in her mouth. I only heard Xin Nian's deep voice and said word by word: "The incident of Liuzai and Yaya falling into the water is finally due to the negligence of the twenty-four sprinkler servants in the garden. What I mean is that we should expel all of them from the government and let them serve as servants in the Zhuangzi, so that we can deter those who come after them to do their duty and do their work in a down-to-earth manner."
Concubine Liao has always been calm, but at this time, she was also shocked by Xin Nian's exposed domineering aura, and the grapes in her hands almost fell. Over there, Liao Shi didn't wait for her to speak, and had already screamed, "No, I don't agree, how can anyone be implicated like this? What is a big sin in a huge garden and not being able to hear cries for help? Why should he be expelled from the house and taken to Zhuangzi? Sister Xin, you're too vicious, I don't agree."
"Am I vicious?"
Xin Nian got up suddenly, stared at Liao Shi with a pair of fiery eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Liuzai and Yaya almost lost their lives, I didn't kill anyone, I was already kind, why did I become vicious?" Compare your heart to your heart, if the eldest young master, the fourth young master, and the eldest girl also fall into the water and no one will save them, what should grandma do? You can be lenient and generous, and allow those minions to succeed
Do you stay in the garden?"
"I ......"
Liao's words: In all fairness, if this happened to her, she would not give up without killing two old people. The rest of the people don't even want to go to Zhuangzi, find someone to sell their teeth cheaply, and don't care whether they are dead or alive in the future.
But this happened to Xin Nian, so naturally it was a different matter. Liao calmed down and snorted coldly, "Sister Xin, don't be angry with me, it's so decent, why are you cursing my child? It's not right for you to implicate people like this, our Duan's palace has always been famous in the capital for its generous and benevolent family style, and if you do this, won't you ruin the reputation of the palace?"
Xin Nian narrowed his eyes slightly, and sneered, "The reputation of the palace has been ruined? What a big hat. Well, since grandma is so kind, I don't want to insist too much, after all, this practice is too vicious in grandma's eyes. But I'll say the ugly things in front, the few young masters and ladies in the house are not very old, this prince's mansion is a huge place, rockeries and pavilions, and the smoke is vast, who knows when it will be like the six boys, what kind of accident will happen? In case the eldest girl, the eldest young master, and the fourth young master will also have three longs and two shorts in the future, grandma, you must remember today's words, be forgiving, generous, and kind. If you act viciously, I will not allow it."
Liao's body trembled, and he got up and said angrily, "Are you threatening me?"
"Then I don't dare." Xin Nian's eyelids drooped, and he said lightly, "I'm just a concubine, how dare I have such a conscience? I'm not like my grandmother, I'm the one who is most afraid of retribution."
After speaking, he looked at the Liao family again, and said leisurely: "I just thought, children, they are all naughty, Liu Zai and Yaya will have such a thing, and one day other young masters and girls will make the same mistakes, and at that time, grandma must remember our generous and benevolent family style of the prince's mansion."
Liao's face was blue and white for a while, and every word in Xin Nian's words was fierce, which made her can't help but be afraid.
It's just that...... If you soften like this, what will the next generation think of you? Will she still be able to respond in the house in the future? How many are there who are truly loyal to themselves? The rest don't all have to become wall-riding.