Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 33
When they arrived, the old lady finally breathed out, the fire was not that big, and it was even extinguished before they came.The second girl was surrounded and stood outside the yard, she seemed frightened.

"Grandmother..." The second girl rushed towards the old lady as soon as she saw her, and cried aggrievedly.

"Old lady, why don't you go back to Rongshou hall first." Mother Wang suggested, because of the fire fighting, many servants gathered around, it was very messy and noisy.

"Yes, mother... let's go back first."

"No..." The old lady said with a serious face, "I'll just watch it here, Mama Wang, go and have a look and tell me what's going on inside."

Mother Wang should be, and she walked in with a few maidservants.

At this time, the eldest wife who met Cui's mother on the way also arrived.

"My Xi'er... are you alright?" The eldest lady ran in a hurry on the road, and couldn't help but feel a little weak when she saw the second girl, but she still ran to the second girl with the help of Cui's mother.

"What are you talking about... isn't there an old lady and me here?" The fire is gone, and the second girl is fine.The anger he showed towards Cui's mother just now made the Elder Master feel uncomfortable seeing the Eldest Wife.

"What nonsense..." The eldest lady shouted loudly: "You have always been in pain, not Qian Huan, so I won't bother with you. Why did this happen, I, as a mother, should care about my own daughter. Can't you?" The eldest wife deliberately bit down on the word "bi-sheng".

The old man's face was ugly, and when he was about to scold the old lady, he was interrupted by the old lady: "Don't you think today is not lively enough? Are you a master and a housewife wanting to quarrel like shrews in front of so many scary people?" ?”

Hearing the words, the Elder Master also thought of the current situation, and cast an annoyed look at the Eldest Wife.

The eldest lady opened her mouth, and just as she was about to say more, there was another one in her arms, Qian Huan, who was pushed by the old lady.The eldest wife immediately forgot about the quarrel and began to greet Qian Huan.

When Qing Huan waited for the group to arrive, all the masters and masters in the mansion had already arrived.

The old lady was staring at the second girl's yard with a serious face.

Qing Huan glanced at Xue Zhu standing aside, seeing her nodding slightly, felt relieved, but the accompanying high tension made Qing Huan calmer than usual.

Prepare yourself for so long, don't make mistakes.

When Ms. Wang came out of the yard, her complexion was very bad, almost to the point of being very ugly.

"Old lady..." Ms. Wang opened her mouth, a little hesitant.

"What are you hesitating for? Say..." The old lady who was familiar with Mrs. Wang secretly cried out, but she still asked seriously.

"Nowhere else in the second girl's yard was burned, and the house where the girl lives is still in good condition. But..." Mother Wang thought of what she saw, and said angrily: "The girl's ready-made bedding, handkerchiefs, etc. Things like female red embroidery were all burned."

"What...? What about the other things?" This is the second girl's dowry, and the eldest wife couldn't help asking loudly: "Then what about the other things, where are the rosewood furniture I sent her?"

As soon as the eldest lady said this, many people's eyes flickered.

It's just that the eldest lady didn't care about these anymore, she was looking at Mama Wang, asking her to answer.

Ms. Wang shook her head: "Those are all good." Although she was surprised when she saw these, after all, the furniture was not brought by the eldest wife as a dowry, and the furniture for the second girl was placed in another room. yard.

"You mean... only those embroidered quilts were burned?" asked the old lady.

Mama Wang nodded.

"Mother..."

As soon as the old man opened his mouth, the old lady nodded: "You go back first, this place is not suitable for you as an old man, by the way... take Wei'er and the others away."

Because of the fire, several young masters in the mansion also followed, and the uncle Yan Wei was also among them. Hearing what the old lady said, he couldn't help but look at the elder.

"Yes." The old man nodded without looking at him, and went to the second room to say something.

Then the elder master and the second master were about to leave.

Yan Wei had no choice but to leave with his second and third brothers.

"Mother Xia..."

Xia's mother heard the cry and walked over.

"Mother Xia, I'm afraid what happened today was not an accident, so please help me." The old lady said politely.

Mama Xia glanced at the people around her lightly, and said, "This is what it should be."

Seeing this, the old lady nodded with satisfaction.

"Anyone who lives next to the burning house should stand up," the old lady asked.

Xuezhu lowered her head and walked out quickly.

Seeing her coming out, Ruizhu gritted her teeth and walked out too.

"It's you two?" the eldest lady asked fiercely.

"Impossible." The second girl nestled in the eldest wife's arms said firmly: "The two of them stayed in the same room with me before the fire."

After the fire broke out, the second girl panicked, and it was Xuezhu and Ruizhu who helped her out.Miss Gu Er was very sure that it would be fine to shut these two people.

"Old lady, let me try if you don't come in." Mama Xia suggested.

Seeing that Mama Xia was willing to help, the old lady's expression softened, and she said with a smile: "Mama Xia is willing to help, that is the best." Although she mentioned it just now, it was only because she wanted Mama Xia to be a witness.

After all, with so many people present today, there might be rumors about the fire in the yard of the second girl who is about to marry in Yan's residence.No matter what the facts are, there will definitely be things that will slander Er Yatou's reputation.If there is Mama Xia from the Princess Mansion present, it may not be necessary. I will invite Mama Xia to go out and talk about it.Even if those people want to continue to slander, they still have to evaluate the prestige of Mama Xia as a nurturing mother.

Mama Xia took a few steps forward.

"All those serving in the second girl's yard stood up, of course including those who are in the second girl's yard today, and stood in front of me."

Hearing this, Xuezhu followed Ruizhu and stood out again.

Someone took the lead, and others stepped forward one after another.

"Let's talk, take a look at the people around you. Think about who is not around today, and point them out."

Maids and women, look at me and I look at you, no one stood up.

"You guys are still not telling the truth, carefully I peeled your skin." Cui's mother scolded.

Mother Xia frowned when she saw this.

Mother Wang smiled and said: "Think about it carefully, the old lady will be rewarded for what you say. If you don't say something about protecting her, it will be difficult to say where you will be sold in the future."

Mama Wang's words scare the maids even more than Mama Cui's.

Maids, look at me and I look at you,
Xiang Xian and Xiang Mo walked out.

One said: "Old lady, madam. It's not that we want to cover up, but we really don't know."

Another echoed: "Today is also a coincidence, all the maids in our yard are together. Everyone is talking and eating fruit in the side room."

Xiangxian also glanced at Ruizhu and said: "Sister Ruizhu said that it would be good if the girl would serve her. Let us eat some fruits, and said that these are rewarded by the girl."

"Women are also together." Hearing that one of the women also said.

"Are you the one Ruizhu told you to eat fruit?" Mama Wang asked.

"That's not true." The woman shook her head, thought about the possible punishments for the two things, and said after a moment of deliberation: "We women are drinking a little wine, and the weather is a bit cold today."

In the courtyard, there is an order that the subordinates are not allowed to drink alcohol when they are at work, just because they are afraid of making mistakes.It's no wonder the women didn't dare to speak before, but there are quite a few people drinking wine behind their backs. They didn't expect to be caught because of the fire today.

Speaking of the cold weather, the old lady took a special look at the second girl, and found that they were all wearing a thick cloak, and she was too anxious to see clearly just now.

"This is from Xuezhu." The second girl said hurriedly when she saw the old lady paying attention to her cloak.

Hearing this, the old lady nodded.

"It's impossible for the women who guard the door to drink and not go to work." Qing Huan whispered.

This muttering was heard by the sharp-eared third girl

The third girl immediately shouted: "Who is guarding the gate in the second sister's yard? They can't all go drinking too. Hahaha."

The third girl smiled gloatingly.

Before the old lady and the others spoke, Xia's mother said to her indifferently: "Miss San, remember to hand in the copy of the Four Books for Women before tomorrow."

"Is this too strict?" Aunt Qing said as she dragged the third girl behind her.

Mother Xia glanced at her attire and ignored her.

Mama Xia's actions pleased the eldest wife, and naturally also displeased Aunt Qing.

It's just that there is an old lady in front of them, and neither of them dare to make a scene.

Aunt Qing secretly glanced at Mother Xia, and pulled the third girl to stand back.The old lady and the eldest lady are probably in a bad mood today, and the master is not here, so it's better to avoid it.

Aunt Qing led the third girl to be honest.

But what the third girl said just now was heard by the old lady.

Mother Wang, who was signaled by the old lady, asked again.

After a while, the figure swayed, and two people walked out from behind the women.

Mama Wang wrinkled her nose when she walked in, and the two of them also smelled of alcohol, probably because they drank a lot.Thinking of this, Mother Wang glared at the two of them.

The two women said with a smile on their faces: "At night, we both watched, and no one came in or out."

"Yes, during the daytime today, only Miss Seven came here once. No one else came here today."

Seeing that someone's eyes were on her, Qing Huan said unhurriedly: "During the day, I delivered makeup to my second sister. I'll go back after delivering the makeup."

"Why did you come to deliver it suddenly today, didn't you come with the sisters?" The eldest lady looked at Qing Huan suspiciously.

"This..." Qing Huan's face suddenly turned red, and she looked at the girl in the arms of the eldest wife for help.

The second girl went to the eldest lady's ear and whispered a few words, and the old lady heard it when she stood close.

The things to add makeup are relatively simple, so I secretly brought them over by myself for fear of embarrassment.

Just because of this, the old lady still had some doubts.

After all, according to the two women, she was the only one who came to the second girl's yard today, and no one else came.

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