Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 57
"Your maidservant knows that she is wrong, please punish me, and I will definitely work with full energy in the future, so that this kind of thing will never happen again."

Lu'er solemnly swears.

Xiangtao also said earnestly: "This servant only knows that Miss is the best master in the world. It is my blessing that Xiangtao can meet such a good master as you in this life. From now on, Xiangtao will not be joking and laughing anymore, and I will follow you. Sister Lu'er studies."

Murong Wei was silent for a moment, the silence was like a taut string, making the two of them dare not breathe.

"Okay." Her eyes returned to calm and gentle: "I know the loyalty of the two of you. It's just that the rules should be established in the future, and only when they are followed by others can they be upright. I don't want this kind of thing to happen again. Do you understand?"

"The servant can save it."

She waved her hand, leaned on the armchair covered with gorilla felt, and drank a cup of almond tea: "Okay, you can go to Yuegu to receive the punishment for this matter, and you will be fined for another three months, are you not satisfied?"

Lu'er knew that this was something the young lady only did because of their loyalty, so she didn't dare to have any opinions.

Xiang Tao complied, and suddenly said: "This servant looks at Qiu Fang and Qiu Wen's appearance today, it seems that there is something wrong..."

How could Murong Wei not have noticed?
"Observe Qiu Wen and see what she said. As for Lu'er, you and Aunt Yue should think about it carefully to see what happened. Xiangyu and Dongfang must have been there at the time. Tell them the rules later. Listen. There's no room for sloppy living here."

The two agreed, and then retreated to find Yuegu to receive the punishment.

Murong Wei sighed.

It doesn't matter if she is a master and loose, but if these servant girls are also like this, she will suffer from it sooner or later.

There can be no ups and downs in the mansion, no respect and no humbleness.

This is not modern, what kind of warmth does the company talk about.

This is the ancient times with strict hierarchy, and the levels are so clear from top to bottom, she never wants to tell people that everyone is equal.

That would just make people think she was an idiot.

Murong Wei regards the maids as subordinates, anyone who gets along for a long time has feelings, let alone her?

It's just that those who should be ruthless must also be ruthless.

Renshan was bullied by others, she didn't want to manipulate others in the end, but hurt herself instead.

Over there, Aunt Xiangyue recruited maidservants of the third class and above in the yard, and said coldly: "This is interesting, all the personal belongings in the girl's house have been left outside the house. Our house has suffered Thief!"

Everyone bowed their heads and flinched.

Aunt Yue really loves Murong Wei very much. Murong Wei was raised by her grandmother. When she was young, she didn't have a daughter, so she regarded her as her own.

This meeting with Murong Wei almost ruined her reputation, how can she still be as kind as usual?
"I don't know who here is so bold as to steal the things in the master's house and go out. Selling the master for glory, no one can escape the master's eyes. It's best for you to say it yourself, otherwise if you are found out , when the time comes, you will not be yourself, and your whole family will not even think about staying in this mansion. These days, you have been sold into the hands of people, and the beautiful women will go to that despicable place, and the men will go to the salt mine Coolies. You better think about it!"

Xiangtao lowered her head while paying attention to the expressions of Qiufang and the sisters.

Qiu Fang lowered her head, showing no expression, she just wrapped her hand around the handkerchief and rubbed it back and forth.

Qiuwen was a little surprised, looking at her sister annoyed, not knowing what she was thinking.

Lu'er said at this time: "This matter is indeed my fault, and I did not fulfill my responsibility. Aunt Yue, please punish me according to the rules. And I also admit that I have been a little lax recently, not only me, but also the other maids. Because the young lady is very lax about getting married, and she has lost all precautions. The young lady is right, just like us, it's better not to stay by her side to be ashamed!"

Lu'er's words surprised everyone.

"Sister Lu'er, isn't Missy going to take us to the palace?" Xiangyu asked worriedly.

Dongfang didn't care, she didn't want to go to another mansion, because her father and mother were all in this mansion, and her family also made a marriage arrangement for her.

She had already told Murong Wei that she would stay.

Xiangtao looked dejected: "That's not true, I'm afraid that Miss thinks we're useless, I'm such a useless person, I let Miss suffer for us..."

After that, he cried with red eyes.

Yuegu frowned, and said seriously: "Okay, there are punishments and rewards, there are always rules. Lu'er, you are negligent of your duties, you didn't do your job well, come here, beat her ten times, and treat her as a miss." You said three months of salary. As for Xiangtao, you are negligent in taking care of the cleaning personnel in the house, and you have been punished five times. The rest of the maids who are on duty today will all be handcuffed. I think the lady is right, she is too indulgent. Set up rules, since some people don't want to admit it, just wait and see!"

No, a lot of people were fined all at once, and Lu'er was hit by the board, although it looked like bleeding was actually not serious, it was just a flesh injury, and it would be fine after seven or eight days of care.

Xiangtao also got a board, only five boards, just swollen, just apply some medicine for a day or two.

The others were punished, but they didn't dare to say anything more.

Those who wanted to go to the palace with them had little calculations in their hearts, especially when they heard that Murong Wei would enter the people sent by the old lady, they were even more worried, fearing that they would be squeezed out of the quota.

Lu'er needs to recuperate, Xiangtao is fine, she applied medicine in the room, and was thinking about something, when she saw Qiuwen coming with a gift box.

"Sister, this is a piece of my heart, a dessert made by myself."

Xiangtao thought to herself, she is just waiting for you to come to the door.

"Come on, why don't you bring some snacks? Your hand is hurt too. I still have some good medicine here. You can wipe it off."

Xiang Tao sighed and said while lying on the soft couch.

Qiu Wen sat down next to Jin Wu, seeing her like this, I wonder if Miss really doesn't want them anymore?
Sighed: "I don't know why this happened. Look at the two sisters who were beaten, and my palms hurt too. It was my elder sister who brought me the medicine. I don't know where I got it. It's expensive."

Xiangtao's eyes twitched, this Qiuwen's words are interesting.

"Really, Sister Qiufang has been with the young lady for so many years, she must have received many rewards. Our young lady is not stingy. Now I think it is better to be a second-class maid." Xiangtao said with emotion.

"Sister, why do you say that? My eldest sister was punished for committing a mistake before. She committed suicide herself, so I can't blame Miss. It's just that she has always been confused. I'm worried about her."

Qiuwen said calmly.

Xiangtao seemed not to understand: "Why do you say that, after all, she is your sister. I don't know whether to stay or leave now. Thinking about staying, there is also my mother, and it is hard to say when I go out." .”

Seeing that she didn't answer, Qiu Wen smiled and said: "I don't know either. But my sister, I don't know what parents mean. Seeing her spend a lot of time with Liu Er's family at the incident office, I thought she fell in love with her family." I have a son. I don’t know if she meant that, but my sister is not young anymore, so it’s better to get married early.”

Xiangtao blinked her eyes, "That's good. It's not like me, it will take a few years. Oh, why are you talking about this? Do you remember what happened this morning? I can't remember what happened. It’s not like a mouse stole it. The lady told me when she came back, if that person is smart, go find her by herself, maybe she will give her a way out, or else it will be very miserable. Xiaolan in our mansion, you know , who made a mistake and was sold, and is now in the Goulan. I’m afraid when I think about it, it’s better to die. Think about it, if your family fell to this point, how terrible would it be?”

Qiuwen clenched her fists tightly, and after a long while, she reluctantly said: "No, I don't want to live anymore. Sister Xiangtao, I think I have something to do, so I'll go back first."

Xiangtao said enthusiastically: "Okay, come and visit me when you have time."

Qiu Wen hurriedly said: "Okay, my sister will go back first."

When Qiu Wen left, Xiang Tao rolled her eyes and snorted.

"Okay, I didn't suffer this beating for nothing. It's from Liu Er's family, okay, fine. I'll have to find out how I hooked up with outside the house."

Thinking about it, Xiangtao got up and went to report the matter to Murong Wei.

Murong Wei had already guessed in her mind, but now it is only confirmed.

There was a cold smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's really interesting, let me wait with you."

"Wait for what?"

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "If you say you're smart, sometimes you're really a little clever, but if you say you're stupid, sometimes your brain really doesn't get the hang of it, so naturally you just sit on the sidelines."

She doesn't need to do anything, just wait for someone to come to her and give her an explanation.

As for the affairs outside the mansion, Luo Wang will definitely find out.

She just needs to get things done in the mansion, and check to see if she has anything to do with the masters in the mansion.

On this side, Murong Wei seemed to be standing still on Mount Tai, while on the other side, Qiuwen went back to her own home in Datongyuan, and when she saw her sister Qiufang, she became very angry.

Seeing her, Qiu Fang choked and said, "Why are you rushing to curry favor with that little hoof again? She can still give you great benefits?"

"Shut up!" Qiu Wen grabbed her wrist and entered the room, closing the door with a bang.

"What are you doing, I'm your elder sister, have you behaved yet?" Qiufang pointed at her nose and cursed.

Qiu Wen sneered and said: "Etiquette? You still know what etiquette is. Since you know it, you are so bold to give someone the lady's handkerchief, do you know that if the lady's reputation is ruined today, the old lady will be the first to clean it up later. It's us who are serving as maids!"

Qiu Fang's complexion changed, she stepped forward and covered her mouth and said, "My little aunt, don't talk about it, it's over if people hear about it."

Qiuwen was so angry that she didn't want to talk to her, but the situation was too much for her to ignore her.

"Don't tell me, do you know that you will kill our whole family like this? As long as the lady says that you did it, the old lady will definitely not spare our family. If she sells it directly... I will not be sold into that place even if I die. Kind of place. Do you want to implicate the whole family in death by yourself?"

If Qiu Wen hadn't seen it by chance this morning, and later heard that Lu'er was looking for handkerchiefs, she only suspected that Qiu Fang had stolen Miss's handkerchiefs and sold them to others, but she didn't expect it to be such a serious matter.

She was terrified, she didn't dare to think about Miss's cleverness, and looking at Xiang Tao's appearance, she seemed to have known that she would go.

Qiuwen didn't want to take the whole family into it.

Qiu Fang said angrily: "I don't want to die? Ah, you are talking about it, brother is gambling outside, and he is being held by the casino. If I don't help, do you want elder brother to wait for his death?"

"You still say this, you can't see such an obvious trick? Now you can save the eldest brother? When the young lady finds out, the whole family will be dead by then? Why didn't you see me when the accident happened? Ask me , Discuss with Miss?"

"It's easy for you to say, if I dare to find anyone, the elder brother will die..."

"Then why don't you ask me? And how many chances do you have to tell the lady? If she knows that someone arranged to deal with her, what does the master of our family do? He is in the punishment department. You are out of your mind and self-righteous. Do you really think that you can save people? I think you are resenting Miss in your heart, and you want to see her suffer, don't you?"

Qiuwen's face turned red, and she looked at her sister with hatred.

She doesn't do bad things if she doesn't discuss with others when something happens.

Now that the eldest brother has not been rescued, what's the use of taking the whole family in?

The mastermind was not at ease.

Qiu Fang was immediately speechless by what she said.

In fact, she might really have a little bit of jealousy in her heart. For a while, she had evil thoughts in her heart, and she wanted to save her eldest brother, so...

"Brother is still locked up right now?" Qiuwen said coldly.

"Yeah, they agreed that Brother Fang would come back..." Qiu Fang also hated this brother.

If it wasn't for this unworthy thing who dared to lose such a large amount of money in the casino and was arrested, how could she be like this.

The other party is not afraid of the power of the Murong family at all.

Qiuwen gritted her teeth: "Follow me quickly and confess to Miss, maybe big brother is still alive, otherwise I'm afraid someone will silence him."

"What, let me surrender? I won't do it."

Qiu Fang sneered: "Don't do it? I'm afraid the lady is waiting for us. Who do you think you are, even that little trick is not enough for the lady to look at."

She saw that the young lady already knew who it was.

But they were arguing at the door today, how could the lady not doubt it.

Now only the young lady can save their family.

Qiuwen hoped that the lady would see that they would be lenient in their confession and that they were being coerced, even if they sent their family members to Zhuangzi.

It's better than being sold outside.

Murong Wei hadn't even read a few lines of the book when Qiu Fang and Qiu Wen came to see her.

Xiangtao smiled and said, "Miss is really clever."

"Okay, if it wasn't for you playing side drums, it wouldn't be so easy for them to come." Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "Let them come in."

She wanted to hear what it said.

That girl Qiufang, who gave her the courage to treat her like this.

As soon as the two came in, they knelt down and pleaded guilty.

With a lazy expression, Murong Wei fiddled with the tassels of the round fan, and said with a smile, "Which show is this from?"

Qiu Wen said: "Miss, the servant girl and elder sister are here to plead guilty."

Seeing Murong Wei's expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and those clear but penetrating eyes seemed to have seen through everything about her, she immediately lost any confidence and said tremblingly: "Slave, this slave is held hostage by someone else, so I can't help you." I took the lady's handkerchief and gave it to Liu Er's family in the incident department."

Murong Wei said calmly, "Oh, is that so?"

Seeing Murong Wei's appearance, Qiu Fang became more and more frightened, and shouted: "Yes, miss, this servant knows that I'm wrong. But this servant can't do anything about it. The elder brother of this servant went out to gamble and owed a large sum of money, and was arrested by the casino and refused to let him go. Tell the servants that if they don’t do what they say, they will kill my brother, the servants are talented, but the servants don’t know that they are planning to do this, the servants deserve to die!”

When Murong Wei heard this, she had a slight expression on her face.

After a long time, it turned out to be the case.

This Qiufang, what should I say about her.

Such an obvious trick, how could she not know?

I insisted on not looking for her as my master, but helping others to do things, hmph, do you think you are a Bodhisattva?
But since she didn't take the initiative to do this matter, the seriousness is a little less than before.

Since she took the initiative to confess, Murong Wei didn't mind letting her live.

"Your brother didn't come back."

Qiu Wen nodded: "Yes, this servant only found out about this today. I thought that my brother was out to do something, but I didn't expect that something happened to him, and I didn't expect that my elder sister was so confused. I was too anxious to save my elder brother, so I did this Waiting for the betrayal of the master. Nubi's sister is also very regretful now, Nubi..."

Murong Wei raised her hand, and said coldly: "Qiu Fang, speaking of which, I'm pretty good to you."

Qiu Fang lowered her head: "Your servant knows, I deserve to die, but miss, please don't implicate your family, they don't know anything."

Murong Wei thought for a while, and said: "For the sake of your filial piety to your family, I won't argue with you anymore."

After all, he got up and left the two of them to go out.

Qiu Fang raised her head in a daze: "What is this..."

Qiuwen shook her head: "Wait, Miss is looking for the old lady."

Now Qiuwen has no hope of finding her brother back.

Murong Wei did go to the old lady's place and told the story, but the old lady didn't expect this to happen.

She immediately sent her family's guards to the gambling house to find someone.

I didn't expect to wait for someone to come back and report to them that the gambling house was empty when I went there, and only brother Qiufang's body was found.

People really died.

Although Murong Wei had already thought of this, her heart still trembled when she heard it.

These people did not hesitate to go to such lengths just to deal with her, and now that the matter has failed, they even killed her directly to silence her.

The old lady's face was not very good-looking.

"Hmph, these people don't care about my Murong family at all! I wish I could meet this god, if it's really King Qi, I'm going to fight this old bone, it's too much!"

Seeing that her grandmother was getting very angry, Murong Wei quickly rubbed her back to calm her down, and it took a while for the old lady to return to normal.

"Grandmother, don't be angry. King Luo also knows about this matter. He said he will deal with it. King Qi is asking for trouble now."

The old lady snorted: "Don't be afraid, you will be the daughter of our Murong family until now, who would dare to deal with you? Remember that you are backed by your natal family. What's so great about King Qi that he dares to deal with you again and again? us?"

Murong Wei was a little ashamed: "Speaking of which, my granddaughter provoked this matter, King Qi just can't get used to her granddaughter."

The old lady sneered and said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Didn't Zhou Fang's family go to find that Liu Er's family, but it happened that he disappeared early in the morning. Zhao Er's fellow also escaped unexpectedly. I'm not afraid that the arrest is either bold or dead. .Do some people really think that Murong's house is his backyard? Come here whenever you want."

Murong Wei fell silent. To some people, it means that they don't take these servants seriously?
It's just that it's not allowed to collude with the people in the mansion in this matter, it's normal to be silenced.

"That maid of yours helped outsiders harm you, what are you going to do?"

Murong Wei sighed: "Death is like a lamp going out. She is indeed a brainless person, and now her brother is gone. She also confessed that her grandmother will spare their lives, and beat them according to family law. The family sent it to Zhuangzi."

It's better than losing your life.

She doesn't keep people with grudges around her, and she doesn't have the selfless idea of ​​repaying grudges with kindness.

As for the unstable factors, it is better to nip them in the bud.

And for Qiufang, she has done her best.

The old lady shook her head: "You girl... Forget it, you can make up your own mind."

"In any case, it's a relationship between master and servant, even if it's a good deed for myself."

The old lady agreed, and turned around to talk about sending two maids to Murong Wei and choosing a capable nanny.

Murong Wei said that the old lady had full power to choose, and she believed in the old lady's vision.

No matter how you say it, you won't be ignorant of people.

When Murong Wei returned to the ink garden, Qiu Fang and Qiu Wen sisters were still kneeling on the ground, and Xiang Tao greeted them from the door, "Miss, I just heard that the family of Zhao Er's is no longer found, but is it true? It's really evil."

Murong Wei said lightly: "That's what happens to those who betray the Lord. Qiu Fang, when the people in the house went to the gambling house, your brother had already gone. It was too late for us to rescue him. I heard that he passed away yesterday. .”

Qiu Fang was shocked when she heard this, Qiu Wen's face was pale, and she cried: "Brother, he... these people who kill thousands of swords..."

Murong Wei closed her eyes, and sat down on one side: "Master and servant, your brother is gone. According to what you did, you deserve to be beaten to death. Now I only make you subject to family law. As for your whole family, Let's all go to Zhuangzi."

Qiu Wen was still awake, so she went up to thank Murong Wei for her kindness.

She knew it, the master was already kind.

Otherwise, let alone her sister, even their whole family would have to be sold to human teeth.

Going to Zhuangzi, it's just that I don't have a good life now, but it's better than losing my life.

"Okay, don't kneel in front of me and bother me anymore, Xiangtao, take Qiufang out, punish me as you like, and call the people in the courtyard to watch the punishment."

At this moment, Murong Wei is deserted, no matter how she acts or looks, she looks like a high-ranking person.

Xiangtao only felt that the majesty of the young lady was getting deeper, and hurriedly pushed the bewildered Qiufang out.

But for a while, Yuegu called someone to watch the execution.

Qiufang was beaten fifty times, and her skin was torn apart, but no one was killed.

The maids watching the execution felt chills when they heard the screams and saw the bloody scene.

This trick of killing chickens and monkeys is really useful after all.

Now seeing everyone's expression towards Murong Wei is even more respectful, it can be seen.

The next day, Qiufang's family was driven to Zhuangzi.

Xiangtao checked some things the next day, "Miss, this servant asked someone, the Zhao Er family who left here seems to be cousins ​​with the eldest daughter-in-law's family of the eldest daughter's nanny. The servant remembers that the eldest daughter's nanny returned home that day. When I delivered things, I was still talking to her."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "What is eldest sister's nanny doing back home?"

"It was said that the eldest lady brought something to the madam, so the nanny stopped by to look at the old sisters who passed by. But the slave girl saw the nanny and Zhao's family sneaking around the other day, so she didn't know what to say, so she stuffed a gold bracelet for her. Zhao Er's family. Could it be..."

The corner of Murong Wei's mouth turned up, "It's really interesting. Big sister, big sister..."

How can I tell her to entertain her?

She's all married, and she still reaches into the house to deal with her?
"Eldest sister should not be instigating the scoundrel, but how did she get involved with this matter?"

Or did King Qi know that their sisters were at odds, so he somehow instigated her elder sister to help her find someone in the mansion to contact Qiu Fang?

It is impossible for Murong Lan to arrange the people in the gambling shop outside. This matter is very likely to be what she guessed.

She just said, how did King Qi make the servants of their family work for him.

"Miss isn't angry? The maidservant is very angry. Why does the eldest miss always bully the young lady? Now that she is married, it's too much to still be like this." Xiangtao said angrily.

A cold light flashed in Murong Wei's eyes.

Not to be angry is not to be angry, it is not worth it for that kind of person.

Since she was always so ignorant of flattery and insisted on going against her, how could Murong Wei let it go so easily?
Naturally, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Seeing that the wedding date is approaching, Murong Wei embroiders and trims what should be embroidered and trimmed. At this time, she is looking at the person sent by the old lady.

The two maids, about 12 years old, are the third-class maids in the old lady's courtyard. They look ordinary and not outstanding.

One of them is a girl who wears green bijia and combs double rings, her eyes are very flexible, her name is Lu Shao, and the other girl who is slightly dull is called Dong Yu.

(End of this chapter)