Glory all the way

Chapter 153 Counterattack
"Grandmother, this is Chen Xiang's belongings. She dare not take it back, but she dare not return it, so she gave it to her granddaughter and let me keep it for her. If there is any trouble in the future, I can explain it clearly."

Bai Yingluo met the surprised gazes of Mrs. Xue and the Second Madam without any timidity and smiled, and said to Old Madam Bai.

"Agarwood?"

Frowning, the old lady Bai looked back at Chen Xiang and asked: "Chen Xiang, what's going on, tell me."

"Old lady, servant..."

Chen Xiang hesitated for a moment, didn't know what to say, then looked up, and saw that the second lady seemed to be in a daze, her eyes were fixed on the royal blue sweat scarf, and fire seemed to burst out of her eyes. , Chen Xiang knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and kowtowed repeatedly: "Old lady, although I know this is wrong, I can't do anything about it. These things are all given by the second master, and I don't want to accept them. If you don't accept it, you have to go to the second master to return it to him, and the servant is afraid that it will become more unclear after coming and going, so she tells Miss Six, and Miss Six will take it for the servant."

Seemingly feeling that this move was very inappropriate, Chen Xiang turned around and kowtowed to Bai Yingluo, "Miss's kindness is great, even slaves and servants will repay Miss."

The second master's concern about Chen Xiang is something that everyone in Jing'an Hou's mansion knows except the second wife and Bai Yingyun, but after all, Bai Yingluo is a daughter's family who has not left the court. It is really inappropriate for Bai Yingluo to handle such a matter.

But then again, Bai Yingluo is Chen Xiang's master, the only person Chen Xiang can seek shelter from, and Chen Xiang can only ask her.

After Chen Xiang's words finished, the second lady's face turned ashen, while Bai Yingyun's face turned red, and she couldn't lift her head in embarrassment.

Her own father actually missed the maid in her younger sister's house, and now, being placed in front of everyone in such a grandiose manner, for a moment, Bai Yingyun wished to dig a crack in the ground to get in, so as to escape the shame of this moment.

"What a clever mouth, you lowly maid, I searched the whole Chenghuanju, but I can't find the figure of that lowly maid, so it's you? Why, it's not enough to seduce Mr. Du, but now, I've been found out The men's clothes are going to pour sewage on the second master? You don't even look at your coquettish appearance, even if the second master is blind, he may not necessarily like you."

Said in a hateful voice, the second lady stood up, rushed forward and stretched out her hand to fan Chen Xiang.

Bai Yingluo was standing in front of Chen Xiang, seeing the second lady taking a step forward, Bai Yingluo stepped forward to protect Chen Xiang, the second lady's hands stopped abruptly, and her eyes stared angrily, like fish eyes bulging She came out, "Sister Luo, since you can't manage the maids in your room well, then I will discipline them for you, get out of the way..."

Bai Yingluo smiled slightly, "Second Aunt, you have violated the rules. Even if Yingluo can't manage the servants in the house well, there is a grandmother who can take care of Yingluo, or else, the eldest aunt is the mistress of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, and The rules she made."

The implication is that even if Chen Xiang is wrong, it is not the second lady's turn to teach her a lesson.

The second lady was panting heavily, and her arms trembled slightly because of anger. She just stared at Bai Yingluo angrily, but seeing the smile in the other party's eyes, the second lady became more and more angry, and her posture seemed to be about to pounce on her. It's like tearing up the white gemstones and agarwood.

"Second brother and sister, please sit down first. The old lady is here. Whether what Chen Xiang said is true or not is up to the old lady. You'd better stay calm."

Xue said slowly.

Looking up, the old lady Bai at the top was as upright as an old Buddha, fiddled with a string of beads in her hand, her eyes also fell on the carpet on the ground, she didn't look at any of them at all.

As for Xue Shi, she also had a calm face.

It was as if everything Chen Xiang said just now was true, and they didn't doubt it.

The second lady's heart felt cold, and when she looked at the mahogany box again, she felt even more glaring.

The sapphire blue sweat towel was embroidered by Aunt Zhao. I still remember that when some aunts came to say hello that morning, Aunt Zhao took it in front of herself and the second master, saying that it was for the master and brought it together. Yes, and a handkerchief I made for myself.

Aunt Zhao is dexterous, and often makes some clothes, sweat towels, shoes and socks to honor herself and the second master, and the second master has praised her ingenuity in front of her more than once.

She was displeased in her heart, but the second lady was unwilling to show it in front of the second master and his concubines, so, of course, she became more magnanimous and virtuous on the face, and took the sapphire blue sweat towel to the second master with her own hands. Change clothes.

Since then, the second wife has never seen that sweat towel again.

It wasn't a valuable thing at all, so she didn't take it to heart.But at this moment, it appeared at Chen Xiang's place.

The second lady only felt that the blood on her body was rushing to her head, which made her a little bit furious, as if she saw the second master and Chen Xiang hiding in the study or some place that she didn't know.

Holding the armrests of the chair tightly with both hands, the second lady stared fiercely at Chen Xiang's back, as if she wanted to dig out a few holes in her body.

"What's going on? When the second master gave it to you, and through whom, and who knows, you must make it clear, otherwise, you know how the Jing'an Hou Mansion punished the maid. .”

Glancing at old lady Bai and seeing that she was silent, Mrs. Xue exercised her power.

"The servant knows..."

After answering in a low voice, Chen Xiang kowtowed to the old lady Bai, and Fang said softly: "On the Qixi Festival of last year, the slave servant was ordered by the young lady to send the two sachets that he had prepared to Miss Seven and Miss Eight. On the way back from Chenxi Pavilion, I met the second master in the veranda, at that time, the second master was accompanied by his servant Wei An, but when the second master was talking to the servant, Wei An walked away far away."

Whether it's shame or anger, Chen Xiang's face flushed with a layer of blush, "The second master said that in recent years, he begged the old lady several times, but the old lady didn't let go, but he couldn't wait any longer. Seeing that the servant girl is about to be released, instead of being married to a servant, it is better to be an aunt from him, wearing gold and silver, and spending a lifetime of fine clothes and food. The servant girl did not agree, but was anxious to return to Lan Xin The pavilion returned, but unexpectedly, the second master swears, saying that he is sincere to the servant, and wants to send a token to the servant. But after turning around, there is nothing else on his body except the snuff bottle, the second master He gave it to his servant."

As if recalling the scene at that time, Chen Xiang's eyes were filled with tears, "Fortunately, the second master let go when he heard voices in the distance, and the servant hurried back to the Lanxin Pavilion. The next day, Aunt Qiu came Yes, I brought this sweat towel, saying it is the second master's personal belongings, and I want to be a lobbyist for the second master. Aunt Qiu also asked for a slave girl's personal belongings to the second master. The slave would rather die than never .In those few days, the servants were having trouble sleeping and eating, and Miss Six saw this and thought that something had happened to the servants' house, so she asked the servants to ask questions, but the servants thought that they would not be able to escape, so they told Miss Six."

The old lady Bai and Mrs. Xue both listened calmly, but the second lady, with a face ashen, already believed it a little bit. Only now did she know that the scandal of the second master, the whole family, was afraid that only herself and her daughter were kept in the dark. In the dark, everyone else already knew about it.

"After Miss Six knew about it, she sent a message. In the future, all the errands to go to other houses will be handed over to Liu Su and Liu Ying. The servants only focus on the affairs of Lanxin Pavilion, and occasionally follow Miss Six to celebrate. An Tang greeted the old lady. Therefore, since that time, the servant has never met the second master alone in the mansion. However, Wei An came a few more times, and they all brought gadgets for the second master. The servant could not shirk, Then I took them all, and handed them over to Miss Six for safekeeping."

In the past, she was only grateful to Bai Yingluo for protecting her, but now that she is talking about it, she realizes that Bai Yingluo has taken care of her too much, and she is still a girl who is not as good as she is, so spreading the word will definitely have a great impact on her reputation. When Chen Xiang spoke, he choked up with more emotion.

Weeping a few times, Chen Xiang kowtowed a few times and said nothing, the room suddenly fell into a deadly silence.

"Nonsense, it's all nonsense..."

Talking in confusion, the second lady shook her head again and again, holding the back of her hand on the armrest, her veins were all over the place.

"The second child came to me to beg for agarwood. In the past few years, there have been three or two times a year. If you don't believe me, go back to the house and ask him. This is a matter in your house. You can deal with it yourself. Aunt Qiu and Wei An can check it out. For now, let's just talk about today's events..."

The conclusion was general, the old lady Bai waved her hand in disgust, and beside her, a daughter-in-law who was good at observing words and expressions stepped forward and closed the mahogany box, and placed it on the brocade table next to the second lady.

"Today's matter, yes, today's matter."

After hearing the old lady Bai's words, the slack eyes slowly regained their spirits. The second lady raised her eyes to look at the old lady Bai, and said in an unquestionable tone: "The maid who came out of Mr. Du's room, I saw with my own eyes that she entered Cheng Huan's house." The door of Juju, now, no matter what, there must be an explanation."

"enough……"

She said sharply, and the old lady Bai had enough anger on her face, "It's you who said it all, but you, did anyone else see it? Because of you, Chenghuan Residence has been searched twice, and there are no people or things. Why? , Is it necessary to dig three feet into the ground? I see that you are in a daze, and this is all your imagination, right?"

With an understatement of conjecture, she wanted to overthrow everything that she had carefully planned for a long time, and the second lady couldn't believe it.

With a trace of desperate resistance, the second lady said unwillingly: "Even if there is no problem with Cheng Huanju, then Mr. Du can always find clues? I saw with my own eyes that maid came out of the house with a look of love. out of..."

"No tears without seeing the coffin."

With a snort in her nostrils, the old lady Bai turned her head to look at the second wife and said, "You are shameless, Sister Luo is shameless, then Du Xuan is a guest of Jing'an Houfu, you want to throw the face of Jing'an Houfu outside go?"

It has been more than 20 years since she married into the Hou's mansion, and she is already the mother of three children, but she was said to be shameless by the old lady Bai. In just a moment, the second wife burst into tears with shock on her face.

(End of this chapter)