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"I also heard that the Duke of Qi's palace beat a female envoy to death. Wasn't it because the female envoy stole the property from the palace?" Mrs. Wang said in surprise.

"How can we talk about this kind of thing to the outside world? It's hard to explain it to the Kaifeng Mansion. Such a life like a flower was lost like this. Oh, it's really a sin, a sin." Mrs. Wu sighed.

Even if a servant signs a deed of sale and becomes a slave, he will not be beaten to death. If there is no legitimate reason, the government will still intervene.

This kind of thing also has a bad reputation for the Qi family, and they claim to the outside world that they have stolen their property.

According to the law, if the master steals his property and beats his slave to death, he only needs to be fined a small amount of money.

"Oh, that sounds scary."

Old Mrs. Sheng said: "Madam, let's talk to the Earl's wife. I'm old and can't stand it anymore, so I'll excuse you now."

"Haha, look at me, it's true. As soon as I saw the old lady and Liu Yatou, I was so happy that I forgot everything, and even kept you talking here for a long time. I won't bother you to go to the incense burner. I'll go there in a few days. Visiting at the mansion." Mrs. Wu smiled.

"Then when I get back, I'll have the house cleaned to prepare for the distinguished guests." Madam Wang said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, old lady, walk slowly."

Mrs. Wu watched the old lady and her entourage enter the Taoist temple, and murmured: "I have said everything that needs to be said. If you are a smart person, you should know whether the Duke of Qi's Mansion is a sword volcano, or the door of my Earl of Yongchang's Mansion. It’s better to advance.”

……

The old lady and her group entered the Taoist temple and went to the main hall to burn incense. Minglan saluted and said, "Grandma, madam, I want to go and add incense to my little mother."

"Go." The old lady nodded.

"Girl Ming, when I add the money for sesame oil later, I'll give you more, too." Madam Wang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Madam." Ming Lan bowed and left with Xiao Tao and Dan Ju.

"Mom, let's go shopping elsewhere." Mrs. Wang smiled.

"No, I'm getting old and my body is a little tired. I asked Fang's mother to ask for a wing room to have a rest. You can go." Old Mrs. Sheng said.

"Grandma, let me accompany you." Hua Lan said.

"No need, you didn't even say a few words to your mother when you came back a few days ago, so today I'm going to go shopping with your mother and talk." The old lady waved her hand.

The old lady and Mrs. Wang separated and came to the wing. As soon as they entered the door, they said to the room's mother: "I'll call my little girl over after I finish offering her incense."

"Yes." Fang's mother responded.

Minglan took Xiaotao and Danju out of the main hall and went to the side hall where the tablets were enshrined.

When she reached a deserted place, Minglan stopped, looked at Danju and asked, "Why did the Duke of Qi kill the female envoy?"

Danju hesitated for a moment and said, "That's what happened. She was a newly bought female servant named Tan Yun who was serving in the young master's room. She was beaten to death by Princess Pingning a few days ago. She said He stole the property from the house."

Seeing Dan Ju's expression, Minglan said, "It shouldn't be that simple. Do you know something?"

"I received the news that the girl was coming back a few days ago. When I went out to buy, I found the slave. I heard from nowhere that the female servant looked like a girl. When I was choosing the girl, the young master could see it at a glance. I went up to him and asked for it, but the young master refused to eat, so it was only the female envoy who tried to persuade him that would help. Later, he offended the princess for some reason and was beaten to death by the princess," Dan Ju said.

Minglan was stunned for a long time after hearing this.

"Girl, this shows that the young master still cares about the girl." Xiao Tao said.

Minglan came back to her senses and said, "Don't say these words again in the future. Let's go and offer incense to my little lady."

"Yes."

Minglan put incense sticks on her mother's face, knelt on the futon, and stayed with her mother for a long time before getting up and leaving with Xiao Tao and Dan Ju.

"Mother Fang, why are you here?"

As soon as Minglan came out, she saw Fang's mother waiting at the door of the side hall, and she was a little surprised.

"The old lady asked Miss Six to come over." Fang's mother saluted.

"Excuse me, Mom, please lead the way." Minglan said.

"Sixth Miss, please come this way."

Fang's mother led the way and led Minglan to the wing where the old lady was.

"Grandma." Minglan saluted.

The old lady waved, asked Minglan to sit down next to her, and asked Fang's mother and the others to go out. Then she said, "You should have heard what Mrs. Wu just said. I thought about it carefully later, and what she said , I guess I’m attracted to you.”

"Have you fallen in love with me?" Minglan was stunned and said, "Grandma, Mrs. Wu just chatted for a few words and didn't say anything."

The old lady shook her head and said: "Then Mrs. Wu is not a gossip. How could she gossip about the Duke of Qi's house for no reason? She must have known about you and the young master."

Minglan said in a panic: "It's impossible. Only my grandmother, me, and Xiao Tao know about this matter. How could Mrs. Wu know about it?"

"There is no airtight wall in the world. The Qi family and the Sheng family are not relatives. On the day of Changbai's wedding, Princess Pingning came to the house with her young master. After that day, the young master continued to visit Princess Pingning. Madam Wu is very shrewd when it comes to conflicts, so it’s not difficult to guess something.” said the old lady.

"Then what was her intention when she said those words before?" Minglan asked doubtfully.

"She wants to tell you that the Qi family is a mountain of swords and fire and make you give up," the old lady said.

The old lady pondered for a while and said: "Speaking of which, the legitimate son of the Earl's Mansion is getting married high. What do you think?"

Minglan lowered her head when she heard this and fell silent.

The old lady hated the iron and said: "You haven't given up until now? No matter how good the young master is, there is no way he can enter the Duke of Qi's mansion."

"The reason why I agreed in the first place was because I felt that if you marry me, even if Princess Pingning makes things difficult for you, life will not be too difficult with the young master protecting you."

"But now it seems that I was wrong. The young master can't even keep a female envoy. If you get married, will An be able to protect you?"

"Ming'er, you are smart. You must know that there are some things that you either have to do or cannot do."

The old lady spoke earnestly for a long time. Seeing that Minglan still lowered her head and said nothing, she sighed and said, "That's all, all my teachings over the years have been in vain. You are so obsessed with a man that you don't want to do anything." I remember, and I’m not afraid of anything anymore. In that case, what am I doing with all my talk?”

"Grandma, my granddaughter has not forgotten. My granddaughter knows that I shouldn't think about it and can't think about it. It's just..."

When Minglan was in Youyang, she decided to forget Qi Heng.

But when she found out that Qi Heng had chosen a female envoy who looked somewhat similar to her and refused to eat due to a fight with her mother, the envoy was willing to eat after the envoy persuaded her.

Her heart was shaken again.

"Ming'er, are you really determined and don't regret it?" the old lady said.

"Grandma, my granddaughter has never had any delusions, nor has she imagined how good the future officials will be to me. She only thinks that she can treat me with respect and treat me like a guest, and she is already satisfied. But now that the young master is willing to give me a chance, he Such a man with piles of gold and jade, a proud man of heaven, who has never suffered at all, is now fighting against the princess for me, and even going to the point of not eating or drinking. If I retreat at this time, I am afraid. I How can I live up to his friendship with me?"

Minglan took her grandmother's hand and said: "Grandma, I know that the Qi family is like a dragon's den and a tiger's den. The princess has a strong character and the prince holds a high position. I am a soft-spoken person. After marrying her, I will inevitably suffer a lot of difficulties. But the young master treats me like this. Me, I’m willing to risk it all, I’m willing grandmother.”

After Minglan finished speaking, she stood up, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the old lady, and said, "Grandma, please forgive my granddaughter for her unfilial piety. Please punish me."

The old lady pulled Minglan up and said, "Then you will have to suffer countless hardships in the future. I won't be able to help you then. You have to face these by yourself." "Yes." Minglan nodded.

The old lady sighed and said, "That's all. It's your choice, and it's up to you to walk on it. I won't say more. Then we'll see if the young master can make Princess Pingning change his mind."

……

"Yun Qi, after the Chinese New Year, one of my younger sisters will come here to study. I will introduce you to her then."

At Haijia Private School, after the teacher left after class, Sister Wen took her to a good friend she had met in school and told her about her trip to Youyang during this time.

Suddenly she remembered that Sister Rong would come to school next year and said happily.

The little girl named Yun Qi said timidly when she heard this: "Then will she not like me and stop playing with me?"

Yunqi's full name is Lu Yunqi. She is the second daughter of the Earl of Dongchang's Palace. She was frightened as a child and has a somewhat autistic personality.

Normally, no one in the school would play with her. On the contrary, Sister Wen was very interested in this little girl who didn't like to talk much. She would come to talk to her after class every day.

At first, Lu Yunqi lowered her head and ignored her, but later she was moved by Sister Wen and slowly accepted Sister Wen as her friend.

"No, Sister Rong has a very good personality." Sister Wen said with a smile.

The two were chatting seriously when they suddenly felt someone tapping their shoulders. When they turned around, they saw a little girl making a grimace.

"what!"

It's okay for Sister Wen to be brave, but Lu Yunqi was timid. She turned pale with fright, screamed, and hid behind Sister Wen, trembling.

"Pei Hongyu, what are you doing?" Seeing her friend being frightened like this, Sister Wen glared angrily at the grimacing little girl.

"It's really boring to be so careless."

Pei Hongyu originally wanted to scare Sister Wen, but when she saw that Sister Wen was not scared, she curled her lips, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Stop, you scared Yun Qi, you have to apologize to her before leaving." Sister Wen shouted.

Pei Hongyu turned around and glanced at Lu Yunqi who was hiding behind Sister Wen.

Lu Yunqi shrank her head in fear and hid behind Sister Wen, not daring to show her head.

"You want me to apologize to a little mute? Impossible." Pei Hongyu said.

Sister Wen said angrily: "Yunqi is not mute."

"Not a mute? What does it mean to be a mute if you can't speak? Are you right?"

Pei Hongyu said to the little girls who were watching.

"Yes, she is mute if she doesn't speak."

A few people who were close to Pei Hongyu walked up to Pei Hongyu and echoed.

"Yun Qi can talk, but she doesn't like to talk." Sister Wen said loudly.

"That's not the same. I'm going to play. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Pei Hongyu said and was about to leave with a few friends.

"You are not allowed to go!"

Sister Wen stepped forward and grabbed Pei Hongyu's clothes. Unexpectedly, because the force was too strong, Pei Hongyu was unprepared and fell down.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to."

Sister Wen didn't expect this, so she apologized quickly.

Pei Hongyu was a little confused after falling, and came back to her senses when she heard Sister Wen's apology.

"How dare you hit me? I'll fight you."

With that said, he got up and went to fight Sister Wen.

"I told you I didn't mean it, and I apologized to you."

Sister Wen nimbly dodged and explained.

Pei Hongyu was not willing to give up, and insisted on beating Sister Wen.

While Sister Wen was dodging, she was still slapped on the arm by Pei Hongyu.

It's cold now and I'm wearing thick clothes, but it doesn't hurt.

However, Sister Wen was a little annoyed by Pei Hongyu, so she slapped her back.

It was Pei Hongyu who was wrong in the first place, scaring them first, and now he beat her.

Pei Hongyu was not at all prepared for Sister Wen to fight back. In addition, she was a little fat and wore a lot of clothes. She was not as flexible as Sister Wen, so she was slapped firmly in the face by Sister Wen.

Pei Hongyu was stunned at first, feeling the pain on her face, her eyes turned red, and she started crying.

Those girls who were watching the excitement saw that something was wrong, and some of them had already run out to look for Mrs. Zhou.

Sister Wen just counterattacked subconsciously in anger. She didn't expect that Pei Hongyu didn't hide and was a little confused.

Hearing Pei Hongyu's cry, she panicked, felt aggrieved, and started crying too.

After receiving the news, Mrs. Zhou hurried over and saw Sister Wen and Pei Hongyu crying there, one louder than the other, as if they were competing to see whose cry was louder.

"Okay, everyone will sit down in their seats. Pei Hongyu and Yuan Siwen are coming with me." Ms. Zhou said.

Mrs. Zhou took the two people to the office and comforted them for a while. After they stopped crying, she started to ask about the reason.

The two of them didn't dare to lie and told the story.

After listening to this, Mrs. Zhou knew roughly what happened, and said with a straight face: "Pei Hongyu, you start by scaring people, and you also insult others. Is this how I usually teach you?"

"Teacher, I know I was wrong." Pei Hongyu said with red eyes and lowered head.

"Acknowledging your mistakes can greatly improve things. Go back and apologize to Lu Yunqi later, you know?" Zhou said.

"I know." Pei Hongyu said.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Sister Wen again and said, "Although Pei Hongyu was at fault first, you shouldn't hit someone. You are both young ladies from aristocratic families. If you have conflicts, how can you do the same thing as a country girl?"

"Teacher, I asked her to apologize to Yun Qi. Not only did she not apologize, she also laughed at Yun Qi as a little mute. When I saw her about to leave, I wanted to hold her, but I didn't expect that she would fall. I apologized, and she But he wanted to hit me, so I fought back." Sister Wen said aggrievedly.

"Next time something like this happens, you can come and tell me, and I will punish her. No matter what, it is wrong to hit someone. You are both wrong in this matter. Go back and each copy two articles about women. , give it to me when you come to school tomorrow. If anyone hasn’t finished copying it, don’t come." Zhou said.

(End of this chapter)