Yutai Bi

Chapter 42
"Old lady, Mrs. Xu does not confess. It will be the same when Baicao confesses." Mama Tian looked at Cen Sanniang with pity, and said softly.

"San Niang, you are still pleading for the two of them because of your love. But you don't know that the two masters and servants deceived you when you were young, and have long been in collusion. When you entered Cen's house, you only had a suitcase and two bags with you. Your private property has long been confiscated. The two of them kept it a secret. You value love and not money, but my Cen family can't tolerate such a slave!" After the old lady Cen finished speaking, she shouted, "Beat!"

"Don't!" Cen Sanniang turned around and threw herself on Mrs. Xu, and said hurriedly, "Grandmother, can you listen to Sanniang before you deal with them?"

The old lady Cen frowned, with disapproval all over her face: "Is there any inside story? Well, I'll listen to you and deal with these two slaves!"

Mother Tian helped Mrs. Cen back to her room.

"Third lady, don't..." Xu said with difficulty, bloody froth came out of his mouth.

Cen Sanniang said softly: "Don't worry. My cousin misunderstood you. Listen to me and you'll be fine."

She stood up and said sharply to the woman holding the bamboo board: "Whoever dares to touch a hair of the two of them while I'm not around, I'll make you regret that you shouldn't have been born in this world!"

For the first time in three years, Cen Sanniang showed her sharpness.The maids and women in the yard who were used to seeing her weak and gentle opened their mouths in shock.

After entering the inner hall, Mother Tian lowered her head knowingly and went out, closing the door behind her.

The old lady Cen seemed to be still angry, and sat on the bamboo couch with a straight face.Knowing that Sanniang came in, she didn't raise her head and reprimanded: "Sanniang, don't plead for that old slave."

Cen Sanniang had already discovered it when she came in again.The back hall where the old lady lived was quieter than usual.With the front and back courtyard doors closed, there are two courtyards separated, not to mention killing one Mrs. Xu, even if the three of them, master and servant, die here silently, no one will hear the slightest bit of news.

What's ridiculous is that two days ago, the young master and girl of the Cen family hosted a banquet, and she said she was sick and absent.Tell the outside world that he is seriously ill, and every ten days and a half months, let out the news of his death, reward the coffin and bury him, and go up and down, who else will dig a grave and do an autopsy?
What is Mrs. Cen most afraid of?He was most afraid that he would go all out and talk nonsense, which would ruin the reputation of the Cen family.It's true that she wants money, but in the old lady's mind, the reputation of the Cen family is more important than the dowry gift of the Fan family.

She wanted to find a way to get the best of both worlds.Cen Sanniang walked slowly in front of Old Madam Cen without kneeling.

Meaning she didn't bow her head.There was a glimmer of haze in Old Madam Cen's eyes.

"Grandmother, you are in charge of father's funeral, it is a great kindness to Sanniang. Sanniang will never forget it." Cen Sanniang said softly.

It's okay to be grateful.Old Madam Cen's face softened a little.

"If my grandma hadn't found a famous doctor for treatment, Sanniang might have gone with my father three years ago. This life-saving grace, Sanniang will never forget."

Old lady Cen no longer had a straight face.

"In the past three years, with the protection of my cousin's grandmother, I lived in the mansion, and there was no shortage of food, clothing and shelter. Sanniang will always feel the love of nurturing."

The old lady Cen sighed: "Your grandfather called me third sister-in-law, you are my own grandniece. Grandmother will not harm you. Are you going to disobey me because of those two slaves who bully the master?"

Cen Sanniang knelt down on the ground, lying on the old lady's lap and began to cry: "Grandmother, Sanniang is ashamed of you! Sanniang has kept a lot of things from you in private!"

Saying so, Tao burst into tears.

The old lady Cen was stunned, and gently patted her on the back and said in harmony: "Grandmother knows you are kind. Usually Xu and that little girl seem to be loyal. But you are young after all, you know people, you know your face, you don't know your heart. Three Mother, my cousin doesn't blame you for pleading for them."

Still can't make the old lady soft-hearted.Cen Sanniang sighed secretly, and raised her face: "Grandmother, let Xu be free, let her set up a female household, and buy a house in her name, it's just one thing that Sanniang kept from you. I, I still hide it from you. Focus on your other business."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head, showing an extremely ashamed expression.

The old lady Cen looked at her calmly, without asking any questions.

"Grandmother, can I ask Mother Tian to go to the waterside to collect samples. The key is with the nanny." Cen Sanniang said with tears, "Grandmother closed the courtyard door, thinking of Sanniang wholeheartedly, and does not want to let this matter spread. Grandmother stands for Sanniang Mother is worried, but Sanniang is acting without telling you, she is extremely ashamed."

Mrs. Cen picked up a golden bell on the desk and shook it.Mother Tian pushed the door open and walked in.

"...a red sandalwood box at the bottom of the box." Cen Sanniang made it clear.

This is paying for yourself.The old lady Cen didn't want to kill them all, so she reached out to support Cen Sanniang, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said with emotion: "Is it your mother's private house? It's not on the fourth house account book, and it's not included in the dowry. You should keep it." .”

Cen Sanniang lowered her head: "It's not the private money left by my mother... Wait a minute, grandma, Sanniang must tell the truth."

The old lady Cen sighed, "You child."

After a while, Mother Tian came in with the box in her hands, and walked out lightly.

Cen Sanniang took the small key from her neck and opened the box.

The old lady Cen glanced at it, and saw that the Diancui hairpin had another hairpin, and there was a stack of thin silver notes underneath.

Cen Sanniang put the box on the case table: "Grandmother, take a look at these two hairpins."

A green butterfly hairpin, a gold and silver flower moth distracts.

The old lady Cen picked up some green hairpins and glanced at them: "That nobleman gave you this. Well, it's an inner craftsmanship."

She picked up the branch and said distractedly, "This is your mother's jewelry? It seems to be an in-house craft..."

Old Madam Cen's heart shuddered, Cen Sanniang's mother also had in-house jewelry?

"Grandmother, this hairpin was sent by my grandfather." Cen Sanniang lowered her head even more while her tears were still wet.

"Your grandfather sent it?" Mrs. Cen asked in surprise. Seeing Cen Sanniang's expression, she felt a little doubt in her heart, "When your mother passed away, your grandfather's family took away all the dowry according to the dowry list. .When will he send this hairpin..."

Cen Sanniang bit her lip and said in a voice like a gnat: "Grandfather doesn't like my father, and he doesn't like me either. But because I am his granddaughter and the reputation of the Li family in Longxi, I gave this hairpin privately and there are still 1 yuan left. Two silver bills here. That nobleman also passed through Longzhou to visit Sanniang because of his close relationship with his grandfather."

Longxi Li family!The four words sounded like thunder in Old Madam Cen's heart.

Why didn't she think of it?Cen Sanniang's mother's surname is Li!The nobleman who passed by Longzhou was of course related to Cen Sanniang, so he also gave her a Diancui hairpin made in China.Old Mrs. Cen's hands subconsciously grasped the armrest, relying on decades of experience to force herself to suppress the shock in her heart.

"Grandfather, he...he hates his mother for insisting on marrying away from Chang'an and coming to Longzhou. He doesn't like the Cen family. He decided to let the nanny's life deed go. It was also his idea to let the nanny buy another house with money. He said, Said..." Cen Sanniang was extremely embarrassed, and after a long rest, she mustered up the courage to say, "Grandfather asked Sanniang...to guard against the Cen family."

"How unreasonable!" The old lady Cen was furious, "You are his granddaughter, but you are the daughter of my Cen family, and my own grandniece. Could it be that I will harm you!"

Cen Sanniang left her seat and knelt down, covered her face and cried, "On one side is my grandfather, and on the other is my cousin who has been kind to Sanniang. How can Sanniang dare to say this. So the matter of Xu's establishment of a female household to buy a house is very important. She kept it from her cousin. If it hadn't been for this point, Sanniang wouldn't have dared to tell you what my grandfather said."

Old Madam Cen said with a sullen face: "Sanniang, you should know that the current emperor is from the Li family in Longxi, so you may not talk nonsense."

Cen Sanniang said: "Grandmother called the nanny to come, and she will know when she asks."

Old Madam Cen rang the golden bell, and told Mother Tian who was standing at the door, "Bring Mrs. Xu in."

The two women carried Mrs. Xu into the house.Cen Sanniang kept her head down, not even looking at her.

When there were only three people left in the room, the old lady Cen shouted sharply: "Mr. Xu, you are so bold, how dare you coax Sanniang to let go of your body deed, and even concealed a large sum of money to buy a house! Come from the truth!"

Cen Sanniang sighed in her heart, the old lady is so old-fashioned, she didn't ask Xu's mother's background at all, and insisted on asking the original question.

Xu's hair was scattered at the temples, with half of his face swollen, he knelt on the ground but struggled to straighten his waist and replied: "Back to the old lady, the servant girl did not deceive the third lady, this is what the old lady meant. The servant girl is the wife's dowry girl, although she is released With a deed of birth and a female household, she is still a slave of the Li family. Therefore, she has always stayed by Sanniangzi's side to serve her."

Old Madam Cen stared at her, seeing Xu's appearance of being neither humble nor overbearing despite being embarrassed, she already believed it in her heart.

Mrs. Xu continued: "If the old lady doesn't believe it, you can ask the second master to go to Chang'an Shengyefang to inquire. Mrs. Li has no title, and the mansion he lives in is the former prince's mansion of Xiangwu County. Now it is renamed Lianju Chiyuan."

Chang'an is rich in the east and rich in the west, and Shengyefang is close to the palace, where the royal palaces gather.Mrs. Cen fully believed that Mrs. Xu could report the name of Mrs. Li's residence and the mansion.

A warm smile appeared on her face: "I have wronged you."

Mrs. Xu kowtowed heavily and said: "The old lady is only thinking of the third lady, and the slaves dare not complain."

The old lady Cen sighed, and helped Cen Sanniang up: "Good boy, my cousin doesn't blame you for not telling me about it. It's a pity that your grandfather was of noble birth, but he ignored you. If I pick you up, I will make an appointment for you in Chang'an." Family marriage is better than this remote Longzhou. Don't worry, my cousin will not ignore you. He is dissatisfied with my Cen family, but you are the daughter of my Cen family. My cousin will definitely find you a good family of."

(End of this chapter)