Chapter 17
"Have you heard? Yesterday, Dan Shuang in Aunt Wu's courtyard was killed with a living stick... Oh, I heard that the scene was horrible, blood splattered everywhere..."

At the second quarter of Yin time, several young maidservants in the first kitchen gathered to chat while they were working. One of the young maidservants talked about what happened yesterday with a face full of horror, and the rest of the young maidservants followed suit.

"That Danshuang entered the mansion at the same time as us, and she has already climbed to the position of the second-class maidservant, but the result is not as good as it is, and it is better for us to be the third-class maidservant here to live in peace!"

"Who said it wasn't? I heard that a teacup was accidentally dropped while making tea, and the fourth young master who had just fallen asleep was startled and cried. Aunt Wu picked up the long-necked porcelain bottle on the table in a rage and smashed it hard. Danshuang's head, on the spot, Danshuang was bleeding and limp on the ground, but Aunt Wu couldn't help it, so she ordered someone to drag Danshuang out and kill him!"

"If you want me to say that the girl Danshuang's bad luck touched Aunt Wu's bad luck, she died. I heard that the fourth young master was born prematurely and his body was weak. Although he had been raised for a full moon, he often He would cry inexplicably, could not sleep for three hours a day, his voice became hoarse from crying, and he drank less milk. Other people's children are gaining weight now, but Fourth Young Master is still thin and small. Why? , Aunt Wu's temper is becoming more and more capricious, and the Marquis dotes on her, now in this mansion, she counts as this—"

A little maid stopped talking at this point, but gave a thumbs up gesture to several others, and they also nodded to express their deep sympathy.

"I also heard that at the spring banquet this time, Master Hou intends to let the Fourth Young Master show his face in front of the dignitaries in the capital. He has already recorded the Fourth Young Master under Madam's name, which shows how much the Hou Ye valued the Fourth Young Master!"

"That's right, Mr. Hou's heirs are weak. In the past ten years, there is only one son, the young master. This time, Aunt Wu's belly has given birth to sons, so Mr. Hou can't spoil them to heaven!"

"But Fourth Young Master's body..."

"That's why Aunt Wu is in a hurry. I heard that the imperial physician has been going to our Hou's mansion almost every day for the past month, but he can't diagnose anything wrong. All the servants in her yard are trembling. I'm afraid I'll make her angry and lose my life!"

"Oh, that's why Danshuang died..."

A few people were talking in high spirits when they suddenly heard Mammy Mao coughing loudly from behind. They were so frightened that they immediately turned around and saluted Mammy Mao, and then scattered like birds and beasts.

In the second kitchen, Ai Lan and Li Ya are lighting the fire. Except for Bai Nao, the other nuns are busy. Taking the opportunity, he gouged Ai Lan's eyes with a knife.

Ai Lan ignored it, but paid attention to the voices of the little maids in the first kitchen in the courtyard.

Seeing that Ai Lan looked a little absent-minded despite his quick hands and feet and non-stop work, Li Ya intentionally started a conversation with her, and the topic of course couldn't be separated from the maid who was executed with a cane in Aunt Wu's courtyard.

"Erlan, you must be more careful in the future. Look at Shanzao, oh, this is Danshuang's name before she entered Aunt Wu's yard. She and Zaohua are good sisters. They are more lively and smart than Zaohua. It’s also pretty, I just went to Aunt Wu’s yard to serve, but I was beaten to death because I accidentally dropped the teacup, alas, things are so impermanent!”

Ai Lan heard the crackling sound of firewood burning in the stove, and said calmly: "Sister Zaohua is very sad, she hid in bed and cried all night last night, her eyes are swollen like walnuts this morning, and she doesn't seem to be in good spirits. "

(End of this chapter)

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