Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 27

Mrs. Guogong’s birthday is today, the front yard is full of guests, and there is no need to alarm the master if something happens to the servants in the back yard. As for the adulterer, it’s fine if it’s someone else in the mansion, but this adulterer’s identity is very special. He is Mr. Xixi from Changninghou’s mansion. If you didn't do anything, then you can say something else. Just grab the person and send him to the steward. After the old lady's birthday is over, you can report back and deal with it. But the two stewards love their wives madly. Xinyi's little wife, he is so fond of her all day long, and everyone in the house knows that she is holding it in her hand for fear of falling, and holding it in her mouth for fear of melting, even if she is scolded by Feng'er He wasn't angry either, he pampered her like a fairy girl to the horizon, he didn't realize it, this is still an unfamiliar fairy who treats her so well, yet she still has another heart, no, outsiders agreed to her casually A little promise, a little bit of sesame sweetness, she actually believed it, and couldn't wait to get on her body, such a woman who doesn't love herself, how can the second manager swallow this breath? After seeing it with his own eyes in the firewood room, he took a hatchet and chopped at the adulterer who hooked up with his wife, that is, Sun Chong.

It was only after the second steward killed the man that he realized that the adulterer had a different identity. I have read it in my dog's stomach, and actually cheated a good woman. The second manager is an honest man, and he can bear anything, but he can't bear the hatred of cheating his wife!The most important thing is that Sun Chong was slashed by the second steward. Instead of running away with his tail between his legs, he actually got into a fight with the second shopkeeper, because according to his past experience, the sufferer would not dare to do this kind of thing if it happened. To make a statement, I was afraid that others would know the joke, thinking that the second steward was doing the same thing, and wanted to save some face, but I didn't expect that the boat would capsize in the gutter and fall.Not only did the second steward not forbear, but he grabbed him and went to the steward of Xie's family. Sun Chong was afraid. You know, he was caught and raped by other men. If he was convicted, he would be punished for adultery As for the punishment, he understands the law, but his mind is dizzy, and he talks badly, and even proposes to pay some money to settle the matter. The housekeeper and the second steward of the Xie family refused to be private, and the steward has no friendship with Sun Chong. , I went back to the nanny in charge next to the old lady and the daughter-in-law in charge next to Mrs. Shizi. Now the old lady is still in charge of the Duke's Mansion, and Mrs. Shizi is in charge, so both sides must be notified.

Not long after, the nanny in charge of the old lady's yard and the daughter-in-law in charge of Mrs. Shizi's yard each came out to listen to the matter. The second steward brought people to arrest and rape, so the evidence is conclusive. Sun Chong couldn't argue, he just gritted his teeth and wanted to see Mrs. Xie, the Marquis of Changning. Mrs. Gu and Liu were already sitting together. It was time for dinner. Free up time to deal with things.

Xie Xinrou, Xie Xinyuan, Yan Zhaohua and Yan Zhaoning knew what happened in the Duke's mansion, so they stayed, but they only dared to hide in the West Wing and listen to the maidservant's message, and they didn't dare to let Liu Shi and Gu Shi know .

Because it was related to Chang Ninghou's Mansion, both Mrs. Xie and Yan Xiu were called to the backyard. However, the master would not let the hostess personally interrogate this kind of messy matter, but ordered the nuns to interrogate it.

Xie's and Yan Xiu's faces were a little livid, after all, it was the people brought by their own family who caused such shameless things, no matter what the truth is, they are equally ashamed.

Mrs. Liu sat on the main seat, Mrs. Gu stood beside her to serve her, looking at Mrs. Xie with her eyes from time to time, seeming a little curious.

Mother Zhao opened the cotton curtain and came in to report to Mrs. Liu: "Old Madam, the gentleman denies it, saying that the second steward planned to wrong him, and he has not yet confessed."

Before Mrs. Liu opened her mouth, Mrs. Gu stepped forward and said, "It's not that you caught him face to face, why did you plan to wrong him? Who is this gentleman? He sounds like a scholar, but how can he act like this? What about the scandal, such a person still teaches and becomes a teacher? Don’t mislead your disciples.”

Gu's voice is gentle, and he speaks with a correct tone. He has been coordinating major and minor matters in the mansion for so many years, and has never made a mistake. He is smart and capable, but what he said at this moment seems to hit Xie Xie with a knife and a stick. On Shi's face, the painful facial features were almost out of place. Yan Xiu put down the teacup heavily. For such a big commotion, no matter how you say it, Mrs. Xie cannot absolve herself of the blame.

Mrs. Xie was a little nervous, licked her lips, and asked the nanny bravely: "I still can't believe that Mr. Sun would do such a thing. Didn't he himself admit it? You can ask again." , Maybe there is some hidden secret behind this matter."

He said so, but in his heart, Mrs. Xie was sure that Sun Chong had returned to his old ways. His lustful nature would not repent even if the coffin was placed in front of him. When Mrs. Xie heard Zhang Ping's introduction, she felt that such a superficial and sanctimonious person should A person who is so rotten in his bones came to teach Yan Ruiqian, and brought Yan Ruiqian, the eldest son, from the bottom up. Then he would not have to worry about having a pigtail caught by her. Over the past few years, although Sun Chong had little He did evil, but he only dared to make mistakes in the Marquis of Changning. Although she had cleaned up a lot of troubles for him over the years, she didn't cause such a big event like today, so that Mrs. Xie even neglected his conduct, which made him even more so. What Mrs. Xie didn't expect was that he would make a fuss when she was just punished by the old lady today. At this moment, Mrs. Xie wanted to kill Sun Chong, but it didn't happen in Changning Hou She can wipe it out for him in private. What she can do now is to keep it as long as she can. It would be even better if he can be cleared of his crimes. At least Yanxiu can't let Yanxiu suspect that she deliberately asked Sun Chong to teach him. Yan Ruiqian will be fine.

The nanny who talked to Mrs. Xie was transferred and taught by Mrs. Gui herself. How could she be fooled by Mrs. Xie's few words, and said directly:
"Mrs. Hou, forgive me. Although Mr. Sun didn't admit it, but the second steward took several people to the firewood shed, and everyone else saw it. The gentleman just didn't admit it. He also said a lot of nonsense, it's not that the slaves are exaggerating, this gentleman in your mansion is no different from the local hooligans on the street, it's really embarrassing for scholars to act like a rascal."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xie was really angry and didn't dare to get angry with others, so she said angrily to the nun:

"Okay, okay, who asked you this?"

Mrs. Xie has nothing to say. Sun Chong was personally caught by her husband and raped on the bed. Under the eyes of everyone, he still wanted to make fun of sophistry. How much Mrs. Xie hoped that this matter would be left alone, even if they directly put Sun Chong on the bed. Chong was killed, or the second steward directly hacked Sun Chong to death, but he was spared to drag her down here.Mrs. Xie raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Gu, hoping that Mrs. Gu would be a little more open when she received her pleading eyes, but Mrs. Gu didn't even give the chance to meet Mrs. Xie, and stood aside and waited for Mrs. Liu as if it had nothing to do with her. speak.

Mrs. Xie stared at her with hatred in her heart. She just felt that today was too evil. First, she was punished by Mrs. Liu for beating her hands, and she hadn't recovered yet, and now this happened again. I wonder if it's God I was joking with her, and within a day, I killed her steadily and retreated, and I had nothing to say.

Zhao Momo glanced at Mrs. Xie, took a step forward in Mrs. Liu's direction, and said:

"Old madam, that gentleman is such a jerk! Not only was he being sarcastic, but he also said brazenly that he asked the servants to ask Mrs. Hou, saying that Mrs. Hou would not just ignore him and would avenge him or something. Son, the slaves are waiting outside, and I don’t know what the old lady’s regulations are, so the slaves can go on and deal with it.”

Mrs. Xie jumped up when she heard it, pointed at Zhao Momo and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean I will definitely avenge him? What does this matter have to do with me? Now I will tell the old lady in front of you." , Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me, if the old lady sentenced him to death, if I beg for him, I will die a bad death."

Xie's temper is actually very strong, but she has been suppressed all the year round and does not show it on the outside, so few people know her temper, including Liu and Yanxiu, who have never noticed before that Xie's actually has such a big temper .

Yan Xiu slapped the table and said angrily, "That's enough! Listen to what you're talking about. How is it different from that shrew in the market? When things happen, they happen. What are you doing so nervous? I'm afraid others won't know what you're doing. Is it a good thing? Get out of here."

Yan Xiu is Marquis of Changning, and he has the responsibility to discipline Mrs. Xie. Mrs. Xie dared to be cruel to Mrs. Zhao, but she didn't dare to do anything to Yan Xiu. When she was scolded, she had to hold her breath. Yan Xiu came to Mrs. Liu , arched his hands and said:

"Mother-in-law, it's because I'm not good at supervising this matter today, which caused that ugly dog ​​to make a scandal. I didn't know that the gentleman had such a character. I thought he was well-educated and good-natured." It must be good, but it was wrong, mother-in-law, don't worry, no matter how we deal with it, we will have no objection, and I will send someone to apologize to the second steward of the house."

Mrs. Liu has been silent just now, but in fact, she was waiting for Yanxiu. After all, the one who committed the crime was the gentleman of the Marquis of Changning.

Mrs. Liu had no intention of embarrassing Xiu. After getting his permission, she nodded and said to Mother Zhao who was waiting for the order:
"Let the second manager go to Shuntian Mansion to play the drums. What kind of crime is adultery with a wife? Let's not decide it in private. Let Shuntian Mansion have a trial. The matter will be clear. When the time comes, how should the sentence be? Come back and tell me."

Zhao Nanny nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Then how should Feng'er be dealt with?"

After Mother Zhao finished asking, she glanced at Mrs. Gu, only then remembered that Feng'er was the maidservant in the flower room in her yard. She stepped down and said to Mrs. Liu: "The people in my yard, I will go and see them myself. Look."

Mrs. Liu waved her hand, and Mrs. Gu led Madam Zhao out.In the huge hall, only Yan Xiu, Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Liu and Nanny Gui were left.

In the west wing room, several girls listened attentively to the report from the servants. Yan Zhaoning heard that Mrs. Xie was being scolded by Yan Xiu, and immediately jumped up and asked, "How is my mother? Is she okay?"

After all, Yan Zhaoning is still young, so he doesn't understand the vital relationship. He only knows that the Xie family seems to have suffered a little bit again, because his father scolded his mother because the people from Changning Hou's mansion did something bad, and he really didn't feel well. Delighted, he glared at Yan Zhaohua who was sitting beside him drinking tea, and the flames of anger in his heart grew higher and higher.

"Don't worry, Miss. Mrs. Hou is fine. Today is considered an innocent disaster. How could I have imagined that the gentleman who is a teacher is actually a beast with evil intentions. Fortunately, he has been caught now. Otherwise, I don't know how many girls will be harmed."

It was a daughter-in-law who came to pass the message, and her words were a little off the table, Xie Xinrou stopped her and said: "Okay, okay, go and watch again, there is no need to serve here."

After the man left, Xie Xinrou originally wanted to be beside Yan Zhaoning to say a few words of comfort to her, but seeing Yan Zhaoning's furious appearance, she lost interest and sat next to Yan Zhaohua, saying:
"I don't know why this kind of thing happened suddenly. It's just a coincidence." Xie Xinrou said, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and added: "Oh, what I mean is that Mr. Today, and how the second steward, who was supposed to be busy reconciling accounts in the accounting room, suddenly appeared in the firewood room, is really a coincidence."

Yan Zhaohua handed her a glass of water and said, "Let the wicked take it for themselves, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence."

Her voice was steady, so that no one could hear any emotional fluctuations, it was soft and sweet, so that people couldn't help but want to quiet down after hearing it.

Xie Xinrou took the teacup, and after thinking for a while, she nodded, expressing her agreement with Yan Zhaohua's words. Yan Zhaoning couldn't think of the impact this incident would have on her mother for the time being, but felt that the husband was extremely ashamed. Unhappy, she was humiliated by Yan Zhaohua for no reason, let everyone watch her jokes for a long time, now that something happened, Yan Zhaohua was not worried at all, and drank tea leisurely, with that demure posture, It's really annoying.

Walking over to Yan Zhaohua, he said, "Why is Big Sister so calm? Don't you feel embarrassed at all when something happens to the people in the house? You're still the eldest daughter, why are you so ignorant?"

Yan Zhaohua smiled at the corner of his mouth and didn't speak, but Xie Xinyuan who was beside him couldn't help but said: "Sister Ning, how can you talk to your eldest cousin with such an attitude? How can you forget that seniors and young are in order?"

Xie Xinrou now has a complete understanding of Yan Zhaoning's face. In the past, there was no incident. After meeting each other, everyone smiled and said a few festive greetings. But once something happened, she could see it more clearly. What's wrong with a person's nature? Yan Zhaoning's quality is not as good as she showed in front of others. She is unruly and self-willed, especially for Yan Zhaohua. It is conceivable that she must be the only one in Changning Hou Mansion, so that Yan Zhaohua can't say a word or do a thing wrong. It can be seen that she is used to facing her sister in front of everyone. Pointing fingers shows that she has never recognized her sister from the bottom of her heart. She did not expect to be deceived by her for so many years.

Xie Xinyuan pulled Yan Zhaoning to sit down. Although Yan Zhaoning's face was still not good, he didn't dare to be rude to Yan Zhaohua outside again and again. He only made up his mind in his heart and waited until he returned to Changning. After the house, she must tell her mother that Yan Zhaohua and the outsiders bullied her today, so that her mother can teach her a good lesson.

Hmph, Yan Zhaohua, don't be complacent!

I don't know what happened in the West Wing, but the atmosphere in the main hall of Qingcang Courtyard is also very solemn at the moment, just because of a question from Mrs. Liu.

"Sun Chong, it is said that you traveled thousands of miles to welcome him back to the mansion, and specially invited him for Brother Qian?"

With regard to this question, Mrs. Xie didn't even dare to sit down, so she directly bowed her head and stood in front of Mrs. Liu, tremblingly replied: "Well, Sun Chong is indeed famous for his talent. I didn't know he was such a person. The same thing has never happened in the mansion these years. If I knew that he was like this, how could I, how could I have given Brother Qian a husband. The question of my mother really hurt my heart. It sounds like you still don't know how to doubt me."

Mrs. Xie pushed everything clean, and if Sun Chong couldn't save him, then let him die, as long as she doesn't get hurt.At this moment, Mrs. Xie really didn't dare to look at Yan Xiu's face, for fear of seeing an angry and suspicious face.

"I don't want to make people doubt you, but your behavior really makes people have to doubt. You have been the wife of Changning Hou all these years, and the house is really well-organized, but only for sister Hua and brother Qian, It seems that there is always something missing, let me ask you, sister Hua began to learn female workers at the age of three, was this arranged by you? It was also arranged by you that she started teaching at the age of eight or nine?"

Mrs. Xie was shocked, her face remained calm, and she replied smoothly: "Yes, my daughter has been a maid since she was a child, and my aunt also let me learn to be a worker first, so I think there is nothing wrong with making sister Hua a girl worker from elementary school. As for eight or nine She started enlightenment at the age of five or six, which was requested by Sister Hua herself. When she was five or six years old, I hired a husband for her, but Sister Hua didn’t want to learn, and she only wanted to embroider all day long. I couldn’t help it, because I wasn’t myself Born in the stomach, you can't be beaten or scolded, how difficult it is for my stepmother, Master Hou also sees it, so mother, don't say these words to hurt me."

Mrs. Liu patted the chair and said, "Hmph, you're going to argue, Sister Hua is the eldest daughter of the Changning Hou Mansion, and her status is comparable to that of a concubine like you? The eldest daughter has too much responsibility on her shoulders, don't you?" Cultivated from an early age, but let it go, regardless of whether you are true or false, your approach alone is wrong!"

Mrs. Xie blushed. She didn't expect Mrs. Liu to show no face to herself in front of Yan Xiu. She directly used her status as a concubine as an issue, so she was very angry, but Mrs. Liu was a concubine. I have made a lot of mistakes today, if I talk back to Mrs. Liu, I am afraid that there will be another charge of 'disrespecting my aunt'. Mrs. Xie was exhausted, and was crushed by Mrs. Liu's words, so she simply lowered her head and stopped talking.

Mrs. Liu stood up from her seat, brushed her sleeves which were not dirty, and said seemingly unintentionally:

"I also heard that you are in charge of Sister Wei's dowry now?"

(End of this chapter)