I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 655 Interrogation
The female relatives suppressed the news of what happened in the back house of the Chang Mansion, so all the guests did not know until they got into the carriage and saw their mothers, wives, and sisters, that King Youba had trespassed on the guest courtyard of the Chang Mansion. Nothing major happened now.

After seeing off the guests, Mrs. Chang's expression was terrifyingly cold, she sat on the main seat, and the more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. These people should never, never should have extended their hands to Chang's mansion.

"Mother, grandma is already asleep." The eldest daughter-in-law entered the room with an unconcealable exhaustion on her face. The birthday party was tiring enough these few days, but such an accident happened. Wei Shi felt a headache just thinking about it .

"You've been tired all day too, go back and rest first, and take care of Taotao." Mrs. Chang waved her hand to signal Wei to go down, involving You Bawang, this is not a matter of the back house.

"Yes, mother also rests earlier, my cousin's daughter-in-law will go over and have a look." After Wei Shi dressed himself up and saluted, he retreated with the help of the maid.

Nanny Lu deliberately brought over the boiled ginseng tea, "Ma'am, this is made by Miss."

Thinking of her daughter's remarkable performance tonight, Mrs. Chang's cold expression finally relaxed a bit, she picked up the cup and took two sips of ginseng tea, "Where's An'an?"

"Miss has a cup of ginseng tea and I'm going to take a bath now, and I'll come back later." Nanny Lu is Madam Chang's confidant, and she grew up watching Chang Ru'an, so she can speak casually when there are no outsiders in the room One point, "Miss, this is grown up, there is no panic at all tonight."

In contrast, Miss Biao, who was frightened by wild cats and cried loudly, is obviously much more immature, and Miss Biao is only one and a half years younger.

"An An shouldn't have known about these dirty things in the back house, but today you have also seen Miss Zhan's performance, she is generous, calm and stable." Mrs. Chang mentioned Zhan Feiyu with full affirmation and appreciation, "An An passed two It's the end of the year, and the capital is not peaceful, so it's good for her to learn more about these schemes in the back house."

Nanny Lu could also see Madam Chang's fatigue, so she stood behind her and rubbed her, "Madam said it was true, Miss Bingxue is smart, but her temper is sweet and romantic, no matter how much Madam said in the past, it is not as good as what Miss said with her own eyes." It's useful to see."

Stiff shoulders will gradually relax, Mrs. Chang picked up the cup again and took two sips of ginseng tea to refresh herself, "How is the front yard?"

"It's already over, and the master will be there in a while." Nanny Lu also knew that today's event was no small matter. You Bawang will still be locked in the guest room in the front yard. Fortunately, the doctor has already seen it, but he drank too much wine. That's why I got drunk and passed out.

If Youbawang really has something wrong, it is estimated that the old lady of the You family, Master Hou, and Mrs. Hou can really lift the roof of Changfu.

Mrs. Chang nodded, half-closed her eyes and waited for Master Chang to come.

In less than a quarter of an hour, when the maid's greeting came from outside the room, Mrs. Chang, who was taking a nap, stood up and greeted the door, "Master."

"It's windy and cold outside, Madam comes in first." Master Chang said in a warm voice, helping Madam Chang to walk into the house.

Chang Ru'an, who was left behind, touched her nose, her father and mother really loved each other deeply, and no one paid any attention to her good daughter.

After Mr. Chang was seated, Mrs. Chang had already explained the matter in detail. As for the servants involved, they were being held alone at the moment, Mrs. Chang would wait for Mr. Chang to come over before interrogating.

"An'an, what do you think?" Master Chang smiled and examined the daughter sitting below. Although the matter involved the front yard, it happened in the back house. An An will take care of the back house in the future and host the middle school. rare.

Twelve or thirteen-year-old girls are at the age of innocence, but Mrs. Chang's teachings let Chang Ru An Ye know a lot of conspiracy and calculations in the back house, "Father, mother, this matter is aimed at sister Zhan, so the behind-the-scenes instigation The person must have enmity with Sister Zhan."

Zhan Feiyu has only been in the capital for half a month, and there are only a few families who have made enemies. Chang Ru'an also came together one by one: "It is reasonable to say that the Zhe family is the most suspected, but the Zhe family is the family of generals, and they have always been direct. Yes, they will not reach out to our Changfu to make arrangements."

No matter who offends Zhe Jing, Zhe Saburo will bring someone directly to the door. Over the years, the Zhe family has offended many people and made a lot of troubles, but the Zhe family's behavior can be regarded as open and aboveboard, so insidious At first glance, the calculation is not the work of Zhejia.

Master Chang and Mrs. Chang smiled and nodded, motioning for Chang Ru'an to continue.

"Secondly, there is Mrs. Bai. Today, sister Zhan had a conflict with Mrs. Bai when she paid her grandma's birthday. Sister Zhan's maid even slapped Mrs. Bai's maid, but if you can arrange for You Haoran to enter the inner courtyard, it must be arranged in advance I think it shouldn't be Madam Bai or the Li family."

From Chang Ru'an's point of view, Zhan Feiyu saved Bai Zhaohui's life in Yufeng Building. Although rumors spread that Miss Zhan wanted to marry Bai Zhaohui later, and Mrs. Bai was also angry because of the rumor, she still It is not possible to do something that will repay kindness and revenge.

Besides, this is the Changfu, as long as Mrs. Bai is concerned about her father's official position, she will not act rashly. Chang Ru'an frowned, "In the end, only Sister Wen is left. In Duobao Pavilion, Sister Zhan extorted 1 taels of Sister Wen. Silver, but money is nothing more than something external to the body, sister Wen and the Wen family will not make calculations for silver, father, I can't think of anyone else who has a grudge against sister Zhan."

"If you can't figure it out, let's listen to how these servants who betrayed the master confessed." Mrs. Chang glanced at Nanny Lu and asked her to bring up all the servants who had collected the money.

There were six servants kneeling in a row, three servant girls, one woman, and two servants.

Master Chang put down his teacup, and looked at the six servants who were kneeling on the ground trembling in a dark and unpredictable manner, his voice was still gentle, "I think you all know what happened in the backyard, and you also know the rules of Changfu. To avoid the suffering of flesh and blood is just to be sold out, if you are stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Master, madam, this servant is innocent." The maid Hongxiu who was kneeling on the far right kowtowed her head, and glanced at her good sister Luxiu hatefully, "It's all because the servant girl believed in Luxiu, so this The bad cousin was almost scratched by a stray cat because she didn't check the guest room."

The red sleeves and the green sleeves are third-class maids. They are responsible for cleaning the Changfu guest house on weekdays. Today is the old lady's birthday, so the guest house must be prepared, after all, there will be female relatives coming to news or change clothes.

Hongxiu is in charge of tea, cakes, charcoal pots, and incense. Green sleeve is in charge of tidying up and arranging. After Hongxiu hangs the clothes in the cabinet, he planned to conduct a final inspection to ensure that there will be no problems. .

But the green sleeve said that he had just wiped the floor of the house and it was still wet, so he didn't let the red sleeve in for fear of stepping on the ground.

"Good sister, I'll clean the yard first, and I'll go in and have a look when the ground in the house is dry. You go back to the house and change into clean clothes, the guests will be coming in a while." Lvxiu smiled and pushed Hongxiu towards her. Walk to the gate of the courtyard, "Today is the old lady's birthday banquet, and I gave my pearl butterfly hairpin to my sister, sister, go back quickly."

Even if he didn't check the closet, it wasn't a big deal, and Hong Xiu really liked that hairpin, so he left without hesitation. "Ma'am, it's all the servant's fault, and the servant didn't check the closet afterwards." Hongxiu cried and sobbed, but she should have stayed in the yard today.

In this way, if the wild cat is locked in the cabinet, there must be a sound, and Hongxiu can also find it.

But she changed her clothes and combed her hair again. After putting on the butterfly hairpin, she went to show off with the other maids, and didn't stay in the yard at all.

It wasn't until the birthday banquet started that Hongxiu finished chatting with the little sisters and hurried back to the yard when he saw Zhan Feiyu and Taotao coming towards the yard from a distance.

"Lu Xiu, what do you have to say?" Mrs. Chang looked coldly at the silent Lu Xiu. She also had a child at home, but it was a pity that she still betrayed the master.

"Slaves have nothing to say." With her head lowered, her green-sleeved face was deathly pale, and it was meaningless to say or not to say anything at this point.

"Damn you bitch, do you think you don't know if you don't mention Madam?" Lu Nanny cursed sharply, looked at Luxiu who was kneeling on the ground and said bitterly: "Your elder brother lost a bet and owed 200 taels Yinzi, your old lady wants to marry you to Butcher Huhu to repay the debt..."

Luxiu is only a third-class maid in the Chang Mansion, and the Chang family's rule is that a man in his forties can only take a concubine if he has no children, so no matter how good-looking Luxiu is, she cannot be accepted by the master as a concubine.

Luxiu is 17 years old after the Chinese New Year. She met Zhong Jin, a clerk from Liji Buzhuang last year. Zhong Jin also wanted to save a sum of money to redeem Luxiu. If the master is kind enough to not want her Redeem the money, and the money will be used as a dowry gift to the parents of the green sleeves.

But who knew that Big Brother Luxiu owed gambling debts, she and Zhong Jin only saved 20 taels of silver, Zhong Jin stole a few bolts of cloth from the cloth shop and wanted to sell them secretly In order to collect money for the green sleeve.

It's a pity that the shopkeeper found out. Although Zhong Jin was not sent to the prison, he was still beaten up. Zhong Jin's right arm was broken, and all the money he saved was sent to the doctor's clinic to see the doctor.

Luxiu was also forced to do nothing. After the old lady's birthday banquet, her mother asked the old lady to redeem her body and marry her to Butcher Hu.

(End of this chapter)