Concubine's true colors

Chapter 79

Let alone Zhu Xin, who is afraid of ghosts, even Bai Shu screamed in fright, and kept backing away, breaking out in cold sweat.

The only one who remained calm was Xiao Jinxuan. She herself had been a ghost before. How could she be afraid of these monsters? After a closer look, she could also see that the ghost outside had disheveled hair and blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. female ghost.

After recovering from the shock, Xiao Jinxuan pushed Zhu Xin away in front of her, squinted her eyes, and walked towards the window ghost with a cold expression.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan's action, Zhu Xin and Bai Shu were terrified, they stepped forward to stop her regardless of fear.

But at this moment, both of them were so frightened that their limbs were weak. Xiao Jinxuan quickly pulled them together with each hand. During this period, her eyes were fixed on the female ghost from the beginning to the end without blinking. .

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan was not afraid, the female ghost in front of the window had a look of surprise in her eyes, and Xiao Jinxuan captured this slight change in her expression.

Looking at the ghost, the corners of Xiao Jinxuan's mouth curled up, revealing a sneer of contempt.

What kind of ghosts, as expected, was not what she expected, they were people pretending to be. It seemed that some people had been quiet for a while, and they were about to come out to make trouble again.

Thinking like this, Xiao Jinxuan stepped forward quickly, and came to the window, and came face to face with the scary-looking female ghost.

The female ghost outside the window didn't expect Xiao Jinxuan to make such a move. She was supposed to be scary, but she was forced to take a few steps back by the other party. The panic expression on her face also showed no intention.

Xiao Jinxuan likes to drink tea and read books by the window, so the tea table is placed next to the window.

So this time, her expression remained unchanged, and she continued to stare at the female ghost, but her right hand held a cup on the tea table.

The next moment, without any warning, she threw the teacup out the window and hit the female ghost on the head.

The female ghost said "Ouch", unable to pretend anymore, she glanced at Xiao Jinxuan in horror, and immediately turned her head and ran away.

How could Xiao Jinxuan let the other party go like this, and immediately chased her out, but after running out of the room a few steps, she was hugged by someone around the waist.

Then the person hugging her said tremblingly and crying: "Help, it's so scary, there are ghosts, there are ghosts."

Xiao Jinxuan lowered her head annoyed, and saw that the one hugging her was Xiaoling, the maid who was newly assigned to Lianqiaoyuan.

Seeing the so-called female ghost running away without a trace, Xiao Jinxuan was still held tightly by Xiaoling, unable to move at all.

A stern look flashed in her eyes, Xiao Jinxuan stepped on Xiaoling's foot directly, and the other party let out a painful cry, and her hands were finally loosened.

But when Xiaoling stood firm, she wanted to rush towards Xiao Jinxuan again, snorting coldly, Xiao Jinxuan slapped Xiao Jinxuan directly on the face with one hand.

Xiao Ling, who was stunned by the beating, was stunned on the ground, and now she was no longer messing around and rushed forward, even forgot to cry.

But at this moment, a slightly mocking laughter came from the west side of the main courtyard.

"Miss Jinxuan has such a big temper. You didn't take a quick rest in the middle of the night, but ran out to punish a little girl. Even if you didn't live in the handsome mansion since you were young and have poor manners, you shouldn't be so barbaric. Embarrass us to the commander-in-chief."

As soon as the words fell, I saw seven or eight servants walking from the west wing of the servant's residence, the leader was a woman in her 40s, she was the one who said the words just now.

This woman's surname is Tian, ​​she was originally from the old lady's courtyard, but now she is assigned to the Forsythia courtyard as the aunt in charge of the courtyard.

Before coming, the old lady specifically asked her to keep a close eye on Xiao Jinxuan, so with the old lady as her backer, Aunt Tian was naturally very tough when she spoke.

At this moment, Xiao Jinxuan naturally saw who it was, and immediately said coldly:
"This girl makes people quiet in the middle of the night. How can she still sleep soundly? I came out to check, but she was rude to me. Such a maid should be punished. It is really not my job to punish a servant, but Aunt Tian has too many things to worry about, so she has no choice but to do it herself."

Aunt Tian, ​​who had a smile on her face before, couldn't laugh anymore.

Why couldn't she hear that Xiao Jinxuan was talking about her, she was in her position, she didn't care about politics, and she didn't fulfill her duty as head of the courtyard, so she couldn't help it immediately.

"Miss Si's words are really too chilling. Sitting in the boudoir every day, how can you know the hard work of taking care of a courtyard, and the slaves don't take good care of them? It's justifiable. What's more, Xiaoling really made a mistake. You You can wait until I come to punish you, and no one is forcing the young lady to do it herself."

Xiao Jinxuan snorted when she heard this.

"It turns out that my aunt also knows that she is not capable enough to take care of this yard. No wonder you screamed and rang for a long time tonight, and you rushed over. Fortunately, it was just Xiaoling shouting. If you really broke in What a villain, I'm afraid this lady has died ten times already."

Mother Tian's face was flushed red by these words, but she couldn't get angry because of her dereliction of duty.

Because Aunt Tian did not take Xiao Jinxuan seriously at all on weekdays, and since she came to the Forsythia Courtyard, the other party was always quiet and rarely even came out of the room, which led her to identify Xiao Jinxuan as a bully.

So even tonight, when the weird cry sounded, Aunt Tian took her time, drank half a cup of tea, calmed down, and then brought people over.

But how could she have imagined that, in her impression, Xiao Jinxuan, who had always been reticent, said nothing when she didn't speak, but when she really spoke, every sentence was like a knife, which made people feel uncomfortable and couldn't stand it.

Looking at Aunt Tian, ​​her arrogance was suppressed a lot, Xiao Jinxuan raised her eyebrows, and looked around at everyone present.

Then, with an unquestionable tone, he said in a deep voice:

"My master's safety is threatened, and you came out later than me. Everyone will be fined for three months as a warning. As for the servants who haven't come yet, get out of the Forsythia Court immediately tomorrow morning." , about Aunt Tian, ​​don't tell me, you will never be able to handle it well."

When Aunt Tian saw Xiao Jinxuan, she punished him neatly, her face was cold, her heart trembled for no reason, and she felt a little scared.

But she was in Lianqiao Courtyard, and she was used to monopolizing power in the past half a month. If she is suppressed by Xiao Jinxuan now, it means that in the future, she may not be able to be as comfortable and comfortable as usual in this courtyard.

Thinking about it this way, and with the old lady backing her up, Aunt Tian became more courageous.

"Miss Si, in our yard, apart from the two maids you brought, the rest are also called, four second-class maids, six third-class maids, four errand servants, and four guards."

Then Aunt Tian looked around, and then said: "In our courtyard, if you exclude you and I have a total of 21 servants, there are only nine people here, including the two maids you brought. There are a total of 11 people present, what Miss means is to expel all of these people."

Looking at Aunt Tian who looked at her with a provocative face, the coldness in Xiao Jinxuan's eyes deepened.

The other party clearly knew that Zhu Xin and Bai Shu would not be included here if she wanted to drive people out of the yard, but the other party wanted to include them in the number of people, and they really didn't take her as the master seriously at all. .

Xiao Jinxuan sneered, and said mockingly:
"Aunt Tian, ​​you are stretching your arms too far. You can't mobilize the servants in the yard well, but now you have to take care of the maids in my room. After a while, do you even care about me? You are an old man who came out of the grandmother's courtyard, so you don't know the rules, and you are not afraid of embarrassing your grandmother."

She has always been a first-class personal maid, and her status is relatively high, comparable to that of the aunt in charge of the courtyard. No one can punish her except the master.

Aunt Tian heard about Xiao Jinxuan, and carried the old lady out, and she said everything in a reasonable way, knowing what happened today, she would not take it for granted wherever she got stabbed, so she dared not speak immediately.

Moreover, the old lady wants face most, if she really loses the other party's face, then Xiao Jinxuan doesn't need to make a move, the old lady will have to make it difficult for her.

Aunt Tian, ​​who was beaten by Xiao Jinxuan repeatedly, and her body was badly damaged, in order to avoid embarrassment, she hurriedly glared at Xiao Ling who was kneeling on the ground.

Then he said sharply: "You girl, why are you screaming and screaming in the middle of the night, disturbing Miss Jinxuan, your skin is tight."

When Xiaoling heard this, she immediately started crying again, with a look of panic all over her face.

"Auntie, Xiaoling doesn't want to either. It's my turn to watch the night today, but suddenly a female ghost with disheveled hair suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. I was scared for a moment, and then I screamed."

Hearing that Xiaoling had seen a ghost, everyone around became uneasy.

Aunt Tian is an old man in the house, and she also knows about the fact that people were hanged in the Lisanqiao Courtyard, so she inevitably felt a chill down her back.

Immediately she said: "It's over, it's over, I'm afraid it disturbed something unclean, this Forsythia Courtyard shouldn't be opened, and now we people, I'm afraid it will be unlucky."

Looking at Aunt Tian's terrified look, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flashed with thought, and then said comfortingly:
"Stop arguing, Xiaoling is just too tired to watch the night, and she is dazzled. When I came out, I didn't see anything here except her. They all dispersed. Let's go back to rest."

When everyone heard this, some breathed a sigh of relief, and some still frowned, but they finally calmed down.

But this time Xiaoling continued to say, "Miss Si, you obviously saw it too, why don't you tell the truth, if the female ghost comes out once, she will come out a second time, you should make it clear to everyone, everyone has something in their hearts." It’s always good to be on guard.”

After taking a deep look at Xiaoling, Xiao Jinxuan suddenly smiled.

"This is very interesting. I was in the room before, and you were not by my side, Xiao Ling, and as soon as I came out, you hugged me by the waist. How can you be so sure? I also saw what you said , what about that so-called female ghost?"

Glancing at Xiaoling, who was obviously flustered, Xiao Jinxuan murmured, and suddenly said:
"In other words, this so-called female ghost, you knew that I was bound to see it early in the morning, am I right Xiao Ling!"

The gloomy light in her eyes darkened a bit, watching Xiaoling open her mouth to explain something, but Xiao Jinxuan stretched out her hand to stop her.

"Okay, it's all a misunderstanding. I'm tired, so I have to go back to rest. Xiaoling, you don't have to watch the night tonight. I'm so scared. Go back and have a good sleep."

After finishing speaking, she smiled meaningfully at Xiaoling, then turned around directly, and walked back to the room without looking at everyone.

(End of this chapter)