Concubine's true colors

Chapter 23
Standing up and sitting at the tea table, Xiao Jinxuan was holding a cup of eight-treasure tea, drinking it leisurely, waiting for Mama Bai to be ushered in.

After waiting for a long time, the door of the attic was opened, and then Mama Bai walked in with a smile on her face.

As soon as she entered the room, Mama Bai didn't speak, but stood there and looked at Xiao Jinxuan carefully for a long time, as if flowers had grown on her face.

Xiao Jinxuan smiled slightly, put down the teacup, and asked softly: "Mother Bai looks at me like this, so it's so hard that she doesn't recognize me."

Upon hearing this, Mother Bai waved her hands again and again, and said with a pleasant smile: "I have served you for 11 years, how could I not recognize Miss Fourth, but I feel that you are a bit different now."

Glancing at Mama Bai, Xiao Jinxuan asked with a smile, "Oh? Then Mama thinks, is my change good or bad."

Mother Bai chuckled, and said cautiously: "Miss Fourth has grown up, and she thinks differently, which is naturally good."

Xiao Jinxuan fiddled with the white jade bracelet on her lower wrist, and said with a deeper smile: "Yes, you have never been so cautious in your words and deeds when I was ignorant before, but now I am different. Mom, your attitude is indeed true. It's changed."

Both of them are well aware of the relationship between the two of them in the past ten years. No matter why Mama Bai came here today, Xiao Jinxuan does not suggest reminding the other party. She thinks she is not the same as yesterday, so if she softens with a few words, don't think about fooling her. she.

But who knows, upon hearing this, Bai's mother didn't care and knelt down on the ground.

Tears still flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he said in a sad tone: "Miss Si, this old slave knows that I was wrong before, and today I am here to ask for punishment. Your lord has a lot, don't worry about it with me."

Xiao Jinxuan looked coldly at Mother Bai, who was kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly. She didn't say anything, and let her continue to repent there.

It wasn't that she was cold-hearted, or that she insisted on being fussy, but that the other party had caused her too much harm.

As long as she can remember, heavy labor, insults and beatings day and night, have grown up with her childhood.

I remember when she was three years old, she lit a fire to cook for the first time, because she didn't understand anything, and the black smoke was billowing when she lit the fire, so Mama Bai stuffed her head into the pit in a hurry. The second time was that there was no open flame, she just scratched the skin, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

And when she was seven years old, she went to the river to fetch water. That winter was too cold, and the river was frozen solid. At that time, she was still a child, and she couldn't dig at all.

As a result, when she returned to the Zhuangzi with the empty wooden barrel, Mother Bai actually stripped her clothes off and poured the remaining water in the barrel on her body.

And if Mother Bai wanted to do this, she just wanted to see if the weather was cold enough to freeze people's bodies. If it could be done, she believed Xiao Jinxuan's words and allowed her not to carry water.

At that time, Xiao Jinxuan was only seven years old. This seven-year-old child also cried and begged, but all she got in exchange was playful laughter and endless ice water. No one helped her, no one understood her, and even more Nobody forgives her!

So now, just a few tears, just a few confessions, why should she soften her heart, why should she ignore the past, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't do it.

Mother Bai cried on the ground for a full quarter of an hour, but when she saw Xiao Jinxuan, she just looked at her calmly, and didn't even let her get up. She hated in her heart, knowing that bitter tricks might not work.

When one plan failed, another plan was made, and Mama Bai stopped her tears quickly, and suddenly looked at Xiao Jinxuan with a mysterious expression on her face.

The voice was also very low and said: "Miss Si, I saw Ping'er, just last night."

Xiao Jinxuan raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "She is your niece, why is it strange for you to see her?"

But Mother Bai sighed, and said in a low voice: "Miss Si, you personally ordered Ping'er to be punished that day. Fifty Dabanna, there is no chance of this girl's life. I saw her, but not in reality. , but in a dream."

When Mama Bai said this, the expression on her face suddenly became gloomy for some reason.

Lifting the teacup, Xiao Jinxuan lowered her head and took another sip of tea. A hint of cunning flashed across her eyes blocked by the teacup, and she returned to normal in an instant.

When she put down the cup again, the expression on her face was already panicked and forced to calm down.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan, she asked with a trembling voice: "Mother Bai, what do you mean? Could it be that Ping'er gave you a dream."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to be frightened by her own words. She clasped her hands together and kept rubbing each other, looking terrified.

A look of joy flashed in Bai's mother's eyes. Sure enough, this Fourth Young Lady's temperament has changed. This scary ghost's habit is still the same as before. She just mentioned a few words, but she didn't expect the other party to be so frightened.

Satisfied in her heart, Mother Bai said with an even more gloomy face: "Miss Si said that my niece died miserably. She asked me to bring you something."

Xiao Jinxuan was too scared, and said with a frightened face: "What did she want to tell me? Could it be that I caused her to lose her life? Tell her not to come to me, and I will burn paper money for her in the future."

But Bai's mother shook her head, sighed and said: "Ping'er, she also said in her dream that she was all to blame. Now she feels so guilty. If Miss forgives her, she can't go to reincarnation with peace of mind."

Then Mama Bai didn't think it was enough, and quickly added: "This time, she is the old slave who came to look for it. I'm afraid she is not fulfilling her last wish. Next time, I will come to look for you personally, Miss."

Xiao Jinxuan stood up from the chair at once, walked to Mama Bai in a few steps, pulled her and said anxiously: "Don't come to me, Mom, I'm afraid, I forgive her, tell her to go away quickly. Don't let her come. "

Looking at Xiao Jinxuan, who had become cowardly and cowardly again, Mama Bai snorted. It really is easy to change, nature is hard to change, waste is waste, pretending to be like a rich lady, and now she is beaten back to her original shape after being scared.

But regardless of despising Xiao Jinxuan, Mama Bai remembered the purpose of her visit, so she comforted her with words: "Don't worry, there is an old saying that there is no basis for saying it. If you want Ping'er to believe it, you really forgive me." She died, and you still need to write a letter of forgiveness yourself, and the old slave will burn it to Ping'er, and she will naturally be willing to reincarnate after reading it."

After hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan quickly got up and came to the desk, and wrote without hesitation. After a while, according to Mother Bai's wishes, a letter of forgiveness was written.

After handing the letter to Mama Bai, Xiao Jinxuan still asked anxiously: "Is this really all right? Mom, don't lie to me."

Mama Bai achieved her goal, so she will not have the time to talk to Xiao Jinxuan, she said very perfunctorily: "Mmm, um, I'll go burn it to Ping'er right now, and I have to leave for the Fourth Miss."

Before Xiao Jinxuan could speak, Mama Bai walked out anxiously.

When the door was opened, a gust of cold wind blew in, the candles in the room flickered twice, and the candles in the room immediately became flickering.

This time, Lan Zhi and Zhuzi who were in the house were frightened. Thinking of what Mama Bai said just now, both of them felt their necks were cold. Under the flickering candlelight, it seemed that something invisible was quietly entering. out of the house.

Especially Zhuzi, who was so frightened that he yelled "Ah", and reported to Lan Zhi who was on the side, his eyes were tightly closed, and he didn't dare to open them again, as if he would see something terrible when he opened his eyes.

Xiao Jinxuan looked at Zhuzi amusedly, and asked teasingly: "Zhuzi, you dare to stop the fourth-rank county lord, what's the matter now, the candlelight flickered a few times, and you were afraid that this would happen."

Hugging the bamboo tightly, Lan Zhi, who was in a slightly stronger mood, said in a trembling tone: "Miss, don't talk about bamboo, I'm afraid too, that Ping'er won't come to you."

With a sneer, Xiao Jinxuan sat down calmly, took a sip of tea and said, "That woman is just talking nonsense, I didn't expect to scare you two."

With Ping'er's temperament, if she really becomes a ghost after death, she won't reflect on her remorse, so I beg her for forgiveness?From Xiao Jinxuan's point of view, turning into a ghost to seek her life is something Ping'er can do.

What's more, she herself has been a ghost, how can she be afraid of these ghosts and ghosts, it's really funny.

Zhu Zi has a straight temper, hiding in Lan Zhi's arms, and said fearfully: "Miss, you are stubborn, just now you were quite frightened yourself."

Lan Zhi quietly pinched the bamboo, this silly girl, who can't think too much about her words, just spread Xiao Jinxuan, this kind of bamboo who doesn't like to care, otherwise she would be fined.

Sure enough, Xiao Jinxuan was not annoyed, instead she said with a smile: "If I don't show a little fear, how can I make that wicked woman believe it?"

Lan Zhi's head was flexible, and she immediately heard that something was wrong. She frowned and asked, "Miss is saying that Mama Bai has an impure purpose, so why did she do this?"

Xiao Jinxuan shook her head and said: "Why, I don't know for the time being. I wanted Zhuzi to follow Mama Bai to see what kind of plans she was up to, but now that she is so frightened, Lan Zhi can only go with you."

In fact, Lan Zhi was also afraid, but Xiao Jinxuan had already given orders, so she could only bite the bullet and go out.

Half an hour later, Lan Zhi came back with a pale face, and she entered the room with help, looking quite frightened.

After watching it, Xiao Jinxuan asked suspiciously: "Lan Zhi, what happened to you, did you see clearly where Mother Bai went after she left?"

Lan Zhi was supported by the bamboo and sat down. When she heard the question, she nodded quickly and said: "Miss, what Mama Bai said is true, I hurried behind her, and then I saw her approaching the small garden, behind the rockery She muttered for a long time, I was afraid of being discovered and dared not approach, but I vaguely heard her mention Ping'er."

Although Lan Zhi was not as unbearable as Zhu Zi was frightened, she was a 13-year-old girl after all. Walking around at night was already scary enough. Looking at the scene where Mama Bai seemed to be communicating with dead souls, she did not It was already powerful enough to be able to walk back after being directly frightened.

Xiao Jinxuan comforted her a few words, and then asked suspiciously: "Then did you see, did she really burn that letter to Ping'er?"

Hesitation flashed in Lan Zhi's eyes, but she immediately said: "It's burning, I can see it with my own eyes, miss, don't think so much, don't say these things again in the middle of the night, if you really attract unclean things, you may How come."

After Xiao Jinxuan listened, she lowered her head with frowning eyebrows, but said nothing.

Could it be that she was thinking too much, Mama Bai came here tonight, and she was really asked to write that letter just for peace of mind?
She originally wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, and use Mama Bai to find out the ghost behind her, but Lan Zhi's words made her confused, it seemed that she was really worrying too much.

But instinctively, Xiao Jinxuan just felt that this matter was not so simple, as if in the invisible dark place, a pair of scarlet eyes were staring at her, leading her into the depths of the death swamp.

(End of this chapter)