Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 19
Everyone was startled and turned around.Ouyang Ruo, with slightly disheveled hair on the temples, was standing in front of the door, wearing a crescent white robe with dark patterns, looking at them angrily.Ouyang Ruo has been in a high position for a long time, and he has never seen any formations, and he naturally exudes an awe-inspiring aura.Those maids who were arguing with Wan Xun couldn't help but shut their mouths and lowered their heads unnaturally.

Ouyang Ruo walked over with the support of Mingying, and said coldly: "What is it that makes these mothers so embarrassed?"

The crowd heard her question, so they had to stand up and say: "Go back to Mrs. Seven, Mrs. Xu lost a jade pendant."

Ouyang Ruo snorted coldly: "Is this the way to find things when you lose something? Your wife didn't teach you the rules, did you? Such a noise, is it just to let outsiders know that we Jingyun Pavilion stole your wife's property?" thing?"

Seeing that she was really angry, the nanny quickly knelt down and said, "Go back to Mrs. Seven, the servants are also following orders. If you don't check and go back to Mrs. Xu, if Madam Xu knows, the servants will not escape punishment. Madam also knows my wife's rules. It's very strict." He said with a bitter look on his face, thinking of Xu's greatness, he was terrified in his heart.

"Check, how to check? Could it be that our wife's dormitory is also for you to look through, there is no such reason in the world." Ming Ying couldn't hold back, and said aloud.

The nanny was also in a dilemma, so she had to whisper: "Go back to Mrs. Seven, the servants in the previous yards have all looked for it. If you don't look for the lady's yard, the servants will not be able to answer."

Ouyang Ruo's face was cold, and he just stared at her coldly, his cold eyes stared at her until cold sweat broke out all over his body.She was about to speak, when suddenly a few people came to the gate of the courtyard, Ouyang Ruo looked up.

But she saw Liu walking towards her with a face full of concern: "Sister Ouyang, what's the matter? I heard someone say that it's noisy here, so come and have a look."

Ouyang Ruo pointed angrily at the nanny on the ground, her snow-white fingertips trembling slightly: "Sister Liu came just in time, this nanny said that Mrs. Xu's things were lost and was about to come in and search."

Mrs. Liu walked over with the help of the servant girl, and she was slightly surprised when she heard this: "What, sister Xu lost something? What is it that you want to search for so much?"

The nanny only said with a bitter face: "Madam Liu, the servants are also following orders. My wife said that the jade pendant was a dowry gift given by Lord Hou when he welcomed her a few years ago. Wearing it by her side, Madam also said that without that jade, her life would be tantamount to losing her life. Now Madam got angry and said that she would dig three feet into the Hou’s mansion to find it.”

Mrs. Liu pondered for a while when she heard this: "Since this jade pendant is so important and is worn by your side every day, how can it be gone? I think it is possible that sister Xu left it in a garden. This sister Xu also It was too much of a fuss."

The nanny sighed and said: "Madam Liu doesn't know, she has searched for them all. If my wife has been to all the gardens and pavilions, I have searched, and there is not even a single needle, so my wife has sent a ruthless request for every garden. Check it out."

Liu's expression also changed when she heard this: "What's the matter, do I have to check my yard too?"

The nanny turned pale, gritted her teeth and replied, "Yes. My wife ordered so."

Before Mrs. Liu could speak, Ouyang Ruo helped her and said, "Sister Liu, don't be angry. Why should you be as knowledgeable as they are? Let's go in and have some tea." Then, he turned around and said to the nanny, "Go back and talk to you My wife said that if she wanted to search my Jingyun Pavilion, she came over in person and said that beating a dog is up to the owner. Tell Xu sister how to search."

After Ouyang Ruo finished speaking, she helped Liu Shi into the door, and when she opened the curtain, she turned her head and took a look, but saw the nun gritted her teeth, got up from the ground with a face full of resentment, and limped out the door.Ouyang Ruo smiled coldly in his heart, the show had already started, so the main character Sheng Dan Jing Mo Chou had to appear together, and if there was trouble, it should be bigger.

Liu's face was full of anger, and the jade hairpin on her head trembled a few times, almost falling off.She resentfully said: "That dead woman is so bold that she even wants to search our yard. After this, I have to drive her out of the house, it's really against the sky."

Ouyang Ruo became calm at this moment, turned her head and gave Wan Hui a wink and said, "Hurry up and bring some tea to Mrs. Liu." Wan Hui hurriedly nodded in response, and pulled Ming Ying down.

Seeing that the two of them had left, Ouyang Ruo turned her head and said to Liu Shi: "Sister Ruyu, there are no outsiders here. Tell me, how could this sister Xu treat me like this. That's why I can't live in the mansion." It’s been more than two months. Even if my servant’s hands and feet are not clean, why shouldn’t he say that he wants to search my house.” At the end, his eyes were red, his big eyes were foggy, and his long hair had not yet been combed. With her hair scattered on her shoulders, she looks like a willow, charming and charming.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Liu quickly comforted her: "Good sister, don't be sad, this sister Xu is too ignorant, if she has done too much this time, we will ask the princess to uphold justice for us. Let her know too What are the rules of the Hou Mansion."

Ouyang Ruo nodded aggrievedly.After a while, Wan Hui brought tea in, and when no one was paying attention, she shook her head slightly.Only then did Ouyang Ruo feel relieved.The two drank tea and were speechless for a while.

After half an hour, there was another voice from the door, and Xu's shrill voice was heard first: "I'm really offended, I, Xu Ningshuang, will be a big villain this time."

Ouyang Ruo and Liu Shi stood up at the same time, Liu Shi sneered and said: "The Lord is here, let me see what she says now." After speaking, he walked out of the room first.

Mrs. Xu is wearing a crimson dress with gold and silver silk embroidered colorful butterflies. She wears a smocked robe of the same color. She wears her hair in an upside-down bun. There are two peony gold hairpins inserted on each side. She has a sneer on her pretty face. , is walking quickly into the yard.

Standing in front of the house, Mrs. Liu said with a half-smile: "Sister Xu is very busy, it seems that she is really in a hurry."

Ouyang Ruo went up to meet with Mrs. Xu before saying calmly: "I heard from my sister's nurse that my sister lost her jewelry. I thought I would check it in Jingyun Pavilion. My sister doesn't understand this rule. If my sister later If you lost something, you can also go to my sister's yard to check. I hope my sister can help me."

Mrs. Xu glanced at the two of them. The big and energetic Shan Feng's eyes were full of disdain, and she pursed her red lips: "If you have no ghosts in your heart, why are you afraid of me to investigate? If my sister likes something about me, just say it. As long as I, Xu Ningshuang, have some, so I'll give it to you without further ado. It's just that this jade pendant is the token of love that Hou Ye gave me back then, but it's like my lifeblood. Don't blame me for being rude." Her word "love engagement" The bite is particularly heavy, and it seems to be showing off proudly.

After hearing this, Ouyang Ruo laughed angrily: "Okay! Since my sister said so, how dare my sister stop her. It's just that although my sister entered the mansion late, she is also the same person who serves Lord Hou like my sister. If my sister says search, she will search." , If you want to investigate, just investigate, where do you put your sister's face, how can I, Ouyang Ruo, gain a foothold in the mansion after this?"

Mrs. Xu snorted coldly. Before she could speak, Mrs. Liu suddenly stepped forward: "Well, Sister Ouyang is right. Sister Xu wants to check the lost items, such as jade or something..." She paused, Xu's face was already turning blue and red with anger.

There was a mocking smile on Liu's fan face, and before she could get angry, she continued: "Then sister Xu should go to ask the princess for instructions, and she can search as she says, and search as she wants. Sister, what do you say? no?"

After Liu Shi finished speaking, she took Ouyang Ruo on her arm and entered the room without looking at her again.Xu blushed with anger and stomped out of Jingyun Pavilion resentfully.

Ouyang Ruo said worriedly to Mrs. Liu in the house: "Sister Ruyu, I don't think Sister Xu will let it go. When the concubine is really invited, I will let her search my house. In case it is my servant Dirty hands and feet are not a shame."

Mrs. Liu took a sip of her tea, her delicate and gentle face had returned to her usual expression, and she said calmly, "Sister Ouyang, what are you afraid of? You and I are not the wives of those yards. We were scared by her tigress." , just obediently let her go in and search. Even if your own servants have dirty hands and feet, that's still a servant's business, and it can't involve my sister. If you want to investigate here, you should also investigate me."

Only then did Ouyang Ruo nod reassuringly.When it was nearly evening, Ouyang Ruo asked his servants to present some small dishes for Mrs. Liu to use, and asked Wan Hui to help her change her clothes and freshen up.

The two talked for a while, and Wan Hui suddenly came in and said: "Madam, the eldest maid of the princess came over just now to send a message, saying that the princess said that if you want to check it, you can check it. But if you don't find it, Mrs. Xu We must solemnly apologize to the two wives, and apologize. Please forgive me, the two wives."

When Ouyang Ruo heard this, her complexion became tense and she didn't speak. Liu put down the small ivory-inlaid gold-edged chopsticks with a "slap", and said angrily, "That little hoof is very proud now." Then she turned her head and said to Ouyang Ruo, "Sister Ouyang, I'll go and have a look in my garden, in case some people's hands and feet are not clean, and I can't find my things, so my things are thrown away."

Ouyang Ruo nodded and said, "My sister is right. I should watch my sister closely." After speaking, he sent her out.Looking at the maidservant Hou by the gate of the courtyard, he said coldly: "In this case, let's come in and search, but be careful, you will have to pay for things you break."

As soon as those maids and mothers coaxed into the yard, the whole yard suddenly started to be noisy.Ouyang Ruo sat on the front seat in the main hall, watching their movements with cold eyes.

"How about it, have you really looked for it, haven't you?" Ouyang Ruo asked Wan Hui next to him softly.

Wan Hui changed to soothing lily tea and nodded: "Go back to Ma'am, I've searched through the servants, Ming Ying and Dexuan carefully, but I didn't find any precious jade pendants, and Madam's own makeup box. But if it’s hidden somewhere else, it’s hard to tell.”

Ouyang Ruo pondered for a long while, and a trace of worry flashed across a pair of deep, water-like eyes, as if a pool of water was disturbed with green wrinkles: "If Xu's actions are said to be like this, it should be in this yard. Liu's running is also good. Hurry up, I think it’s because I’m afraid that someone will plant it in my yard. But it’s fine if you don’t find it anywhere, now that something happened, it’s not easy to protect you.”

Wan Hui nodded, looked out worriedly and said, "My servants, go and have a look, don't let them rummage around." She said and walked out of the room.Ouyang Ruo supported his forehead, frowned and remained silent.

Suddenly two nuns walked in, as if they were about to come in to search, Ouyang Ruo just stared at them coldly with big eyes.The two nuns had no choice but to smile and bless them: "Ma'am, the servants have no choice but to... this..."

Ouyang Ruo stood up, walked slowly in front of them, and suddenly said with a smile: "What's the matter, do the two nuns want to come into my room to take a look?"

When the two nuns were asked by her, cold sweat dripped down. Ouyang Ruo's appearance was beautiful, but it was ridiculous but not in sight, as cold as ice and snow in December.They dared not speak any further.

Ouyang Ruo stared at them steadfastly, as if he could see through their hearts: "The two nuns look very familiar, oh, so they are the people who often follow Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu usually lives with two nuns. It's up to Madam. Now Madam Xu has lost everything around her. In my opinion, the two mammies may have to search for it on their own. Yes, I forgot about it for a while."

She spoke slowly, but the faces of the two nuns turned pale with fright, and they looked at each other, unable to say a word.

Ouyang Ruo smiled coldly, and sat back again: "My room is very clean, don't bother looking for the two nuns, if you really want to come in and search, you should first search yourself, is there something shady hidden behind you? It doesn’t matter if it gets dirty in other places, but it doesn’t matter if it gets dirty in my house.”

The two old mothers are usually fine people, and they secretly groaned in their hearts.The two of them exchanged glances, then quickly knelt down and said, "Seventh Madam, calm down, the servants came in to make amends to Madam, this search of the garden was ordered by Madam Xu, the servants dare not disobey as servants, I hope Seventh Madam My lord, don't be as knowledgeable as slaves." After speaking, he hurriedly retreated.

Wan Hui came in, saw them in a hurry, stomped her feet and said, "Madam should really ask someone to look for them, maybe it's on their two wives."

Ouyang Ruo looked at their backs as they left in a hurry, and sighed: "Forget it, even if it's on them, there's nothing I can do. They can be said to have just been found in the yard, and they are about to show it to me."

Wan Hui could only nod her head.After a while, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "I found it!" Ouyang Ruo's face tightened, and Wan Hui also cursed bitterly: "You really are shameless!"

The two went out of the house, and saw two nuns kneeling on the ground with flashing expressions: "Go back to Madam Seven, I found it in the ditch in front of the front hall. I don't know which damn servant stole it and put it there. Let's go back and call Madam Xu."

Ouyang Ruo saw that the green jade in her hand was dirty, so she didn't want to take a closer look, so she nodded: "Okay, you all go back to Mrs. Xu and see how she handles it."

After speaking, without looking at the expressions of the crowd, she helped Wan Hui into the house.

Mrs. Xu took Ouyang Ruo's tricks, and made a fuss in the Summer Palace, took the Fang Yupei, and went to Concubine Chu's side to cry and make a scene that night.Coincidentally, Chu Huotian came back early today and was having dinner with Concubine Chu.When Xu saw Chu Huotian, her eyes were full of tears, and she kept crying while pulling him.

"Master Hou, you have to decide for my concubine's body. This... It's clear that she was jealous when she saw this jade pendant on my concubine's body, so she asked her servants to steal it and throw it in the stinking ditch." Xu said. Zhang Qiao's face was crying pear blossoms and jade, so charming.

Chu Huotian just looked at her with a cold handsome face.Concubine Chu finally had a meal with Chu Huotian, she was overjoyed, but when Xu Shi came to disturb her, she couldn't help being furious.She also turned cold, turned her head and said to the maid next to her, "Go and invite Mrs. Seven to come and talk."

Just as he was about to say a few more words angrily, he suddenly saw Chu Huotian turn his head and look at her. The anger in his heart was immediately drowned out by a basin of cold water, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. If I don't handle it properly, I think I must have been marked as unvirtuous in Master Hou's heart.

Concubine Chu calmed down, and said to Xu, who was crying beside You Zizai: "Don't cry first, Lord Hou is always busy. If you really love him, you should let him have a meal." Xu said Hearing this, she hurriedly suppressed her tears, and obediently retreated to the side.

Chu Huotian put down the silver chopsticks in his hand, and said lightly: "I won't eat. I'm a little full at noon, and I'll eat later."

After speaking, he took the wet handkerchief that Li Jing had handed over, wiped it off, and walked to the front hall.Concubine Chu hurriedly followed.Xu Shi was too frightened to breathe, and followed her.

Concubine Chu saw Chu Huotian's expressionless face, so she had to accompany her with a smile and said, "Master Hou also wants to eat more, why don't I get some supper for Master Hou at night?"

Chu Huotian glanced at her, and his eyes fell on her delicate face covered with thick powder. Suddenly, he felt agitated and waved his hands: "Let's talk about it in the evening."

Concubine Chu hit a soft nail, her heart became more and more unhappy, she turned her head and glared at Xu Shi.Xu calmed down, seeing Chu Huotian ignoring her, felt uneasy.But after thinking about it, if Chu Huotian could just make Chu Huotian hate Ouyang Ruo, it would be worth it.She is so young and beautiful, it is not easy to regain the king's heart in time.

After less than half a cup of tea, Ouyang Ruo came outside the Concubine Chu's hall, and the servant girl led her in.Ouyang Ruo bowed his head and walked in gracefully, raised his head slightly to see Chu Huotian and Concubine Chu in the hall, and bowed gracefully.

(End of this chapter)