in spring

Chapter 211
Since Manru was able to serve ginseng tea, and the tea on the table was never cut off, it can be seen that there are people working in the waiter, so what is going on now that the water is running out? !
Chunying's thoughts flashed, and she had already retreated from the window. When she heard An's question: "Where did the water come from?!", she bent her knees and answered, "Madam, please rest assured, it is the water from the waiter. It's still far away." Seeing Manru looking at her pleadingly, she ignored it and turned her gaze away.

An Shi calmed down a little, and then said angrily: "Is someone going to put out the fire? Call someone to see what's going on! Everyone in the waiter has died?!" Madam Shi Lang pressed her hand secretly, Only then did she realize that she had said the wrong thing, so she coughed twice to cover up, and called Manru: "Go and ask, what are the servants in the waiter doing?!" Manru hurriedly responded.

How can this be found out?There was a hint of sarcasm in Chunying's eyes.According to the results reported by Man Ru, the one who made the mistake must be someone else, right?She has done a lot of this kind of thing!

An Shi calmed down a little bit, and felt that she had lost her composure just now. In front of so many female guests, she felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly comforted everyone softly: "It's just a small matter, please don't panic. Autumn nights are long, everyone may as well go some Desserts." He signaled to the housekeeper by the door to bring up fresh dim sums.

The light of the fire disappeared quickly, and the smell of burning was gradually dissipated by the autumn wind.After the servants came to report that the fire had been extinguished, everyone in the hall calmed down, but they lost their interest just now. Several older hall guests were pale and caressed their chests, and the younger ones were also whispering in private, discussing the matter. What happened to the Hou Mansion tonight.The old lady sat at the formal table with a very ugly expression on her face. She glanced at An Shi, dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law's response just now.

After a while, the housekeeper's wife who had just gone out to inquire came back, walked quickly to An Shi's side and whispered: "It's the young master of the Liang family who got drunk, got into an argument with others for some reason, and even dropped the table. The second young master came out After toasting, I tried to persuade him when I saw this, but he scolded me a lot of nasty words, and even got punched, almost turning my face, Hou Ye stepped forward to persuade me."

An glanced at the wives and grandmas who came over to listen, and asked through gritted teeth: "What does the Liang family mean?! Hurry up and beg our family to hold a happy event, and make such a fuss in front of everyone. Do you want to embarrass our An Guohou Mansion?!"

The housekeeper's wife did not dare to answer, and retreated awkwardly.All the people here are people who have some friendship with the Marquis Mansion, so they have naturally heard about the origin of the royal marriage between the groom and the bride, and also heard that the bride was famous for her beauty back then. , the Liang family must have felt that they were at a disadvantage, but Grand Master Liang was at a disadvantage and offered to get married, which is well known.The Marquis of Qingguo's Mansion is somewhat reluctant about this marriage, but it's just hindering the imperial decree.Who is at a disadvantage here, no one can say for sure, what Madam Qing Guohou said just now was just to save face for her family.The female guests exchanged glances with each other, but remained silent.

The uproar at the banquet outside had calmed down, but the Qingguohou's mansion had somewhat lost face. When An shi sent the guests away, she forced a smile, and when the guests left, she turned back to the main hall and asked straight away: "What happened to the fire in the tea room?!"

Manru waited early, and carefully replied: "If you go back to your wife, the people in the waiter don't know how it started, but according to others, the young master of the Liang family once asked the way and said to go The waiter begged for hangover tea for his young master, it must have been caused by the servant's carelessness. Now that the Liang family has left, it is really difficult to find out the details."

An's anger came up immediately: "If you want hangover tea, you won't ask for it from our family?! What are you doing in the waiter by yourself?! All the people guarding the second gate are dead? Put it in?!"

Manru hurriedly knelt down and said: "At that time, there was already a commotion. That young master Liang was very drunk and rushed to the backyard desperately, saying that he wanted to take his sister back. Everyone went to stop him. The boy came in at that time."

At this time, Chen Lang's family brought their daughter-in-law Mei Xiang, and wiped their tears and said back and forth: "Madam, my son was pushed by him in order to stop Mr. Liang, and hit the steps. His head was broken. The servant begged Mrs. Grace, please have a decent doctor with good medical skills come and take a look." Mei Xiang kowtowed beside her.

It was the first time An Shi heard that Ping An had been injured, and she was taken aback: "What do you ask for? Go get a doctor quickly?!" let them go.

Manru rolled her eyes, and stepped forward to persuade softly: "Ma'am, the steward Xiao Chen is in charge of the banquet in front of him. He was seriously injured, which shows how chaotic it was. This is clearly the young master of the Liang family deliberately causing trouble. How dare they stop them? Please ask your wife to spare their lives, if you want to punish them, just let them be dismissed from their jobs."

An Shi sighed: "If you don't stop people, you are negligent! You only dismissed the errand, which is already light! The Liang family is making trouble in the front, and everyone is watching. No wonder our family, it's fine, but the waiter left. Water, however, has greatly disgraced the Hou Mansion! There are obviously people guarding it, and people took advantage of it. Isn’t this making people laugh at my incompetence as a housekeeper?!”

Manru's heart skipped a beat, and she knelt down and begged, "Madam please! The maidservant's mother was working in the waiter, and she was supposed to stay there tonight, because she was accidentally scalded by others this morning. Maidservant." Afraid of delaying the master's business, she replaced her errand and guarded the stove in the tea room. But Mrs. Wang Qi, who was in charge there, said that she didn't need me, so she drove me to the front to do chores. I thought that there were so many people at the banquet, Sister Shaoyao and the others wouldn't It’s so close to serving, the wife has to greet guests and serve the old lady, how can she take care of herself? If you are thirsty, tired, or the food is not good, and you want to try some light dishes, there is no one to serve you. How to make it happen? Therefore, the servant boldly came to see if there is any room for the servant, and only asked the wife to be comfortable. But the servant never imagined that someone would set fire to the tea room, and the servant would die. Please punish the wife! "He said and kowtowed a few times.

An Shi was a little angry when she heard it, but later, it gradually disappeared: "Get up, I know you are an honest boy, how do you know that those people in the waiter are tricky?! Why don't they need you? It is clear that you are deliberately You were kicked out! Poor guy, I don’t know where you got in the way of those people!" When Manru stood up, she said again: "I look at you, I think you're all over? Why didn't you come back? House servants? You are waiting for someone to order you in the children's courtyard. I thought you didn't want to come in! The former girl Huo arranged for her staff, and some of them were from Youge's hospital. Now, the vacancies are full now, why don't you stay in my room for the time being."

Manru was stunned for a moment, and hated secretly, but thinking that the third young master didn't treat him very well, even if he went back, he only needed to kick himself hard again, and he had to go home and idle, so he might as well stay By my wife's side, I will coax my wife to be happy in the future, and give myself to the third young master as a concubine. The so-called elders can't resign, and the third young master will look at his mother's face no matter what, and the third young mistress who will come in in the future cannot dispose of herself at will.She settled down for a while, and saluted happily: "This is the blessing of slaves, thank you Madam for your kindness."

When An Shi saw this, she felt that she was not someone who was greedy for status and power, and just wanted to be a son and aunt, so she looked up to her a bit.

Shao Yao entered the door in a hurry, seeing Man Ru present, with a look of surprise on her face, she reported to An Shi: "Ma'am, there is a message from Master Hou, saying that there is no need to pursue what happened tonight, and the family members who should be dealt with are dealt with. That's all."

An Shi frowned: "What does this mean? Then the Liang family gave us a big embarrassment for the Hou Mansion, so forget it?! His servant set fire to the tea room, and we can't even ask him to teach him a lesson? !"

Shaoyao said in a low voice: "Ma'am, Master Hou has his own ideas. Just now, the third master of the Fan family was in front of him, and he said that he could go to the imperial court to reason. To put it bluntly, it was the fault of the Liang family, but at least it was a marriage bestowed by the emperor. When you grow up, the emperor's face is not good, and in-laws will have to deal with each other in the future."

When it came to business, An knew that she couldn't go against her husband's wishes, so she sulked for a while with a stern face, and then ordered to deal with the waiter and the gatekeeper.Man Ru was worried, and she stepped forward and begged in a low voice: "Ma'am, Sister-in-law Wang didn't do it on purpose, who doesn't have a time to be negligent? She didn't expect that the Liang family would be so malicious, and they ran away to the place where there were few people. She came to the waiter and set it on fire without saying a word, she just walked away in a moment of laziness, please forgive her, Madam."

She didn't talk about You Ke, but when she talked about An Shi, she became even angrier. She sneered and said, "Don't you need to say hello first when you set fire?! She was lazy today, so someone burned down the tea room. My yard is the old lady's yard, so what should I say?!" The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, and seeing that the surname was Wang, I couldn't be more polite, so I ordered Shaoyao: "Ask someone to hit me with forty boards hard! When it's over, throw her out and don't allow her to come in and serve her again!"

Shaoyao couldn't bear to hear this: "Madam, Wang Qi's family has been burned..." Manru hurriedly said: "Yes, Madam, why don't you write it down first? After she recovers from her injuries, she will be beaten. It is Wang's family after all." My daughter-in-law, I think it is for the sake of the second young master and Mr. Wang." An said angrily, "Shut up! What face does the Wang family have? They are nothing but slaves! Beat me hard!"

Shaoyao glanced at Manru coldly, then lowered her head and asked, "Ma'am, there is supposed to be more than one person staying in the waiter. Besides Wang Qi's family, there must be other people, but now they are nowhere to be seen. I find it a bit strange. Do you want to leave?" Go and find out? If the water leakage is related to that person, he should be fined."

Man Ru's heart tightened, and she knelt down on the ground.Seeing this, Shao Yao was taken aback, frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

An naturally understood that she was talking about Manru, so she waved her hand: "I know about this matter, it has nothing to do with that person, it's all the fault of Wang Qi's family! Don't mention it again. Manru will be in the main courtyard from now on. Li is on errand, you have to get along well."

A gleam of ecstasy flashed in Manru's eyes, Shaoyao hesitated, and agreed, but turned her head and stared at Manru for a few times before turning and leaving.

Manru pursed her lips, put on her smile again, and advised An Shi softly: "Madam, don't be angry, your body is important..."

Not to mention how Manru flattered Mrs. An, Chunying and the other maids, after seeing off the guests, hurriedly cleaned up the tables, chairs, dishes, cups and plates in the hall, and did not return panting until midnight. In the residence, Huo Yi, Aunt Qing and others had already gone to bed, the courtyard was silent, and a lamp was lit under the corridors on both sides.

After going back to the room in the dark, and hastily washed, Chunying was so tired that she fell asleep. It was not until the next morning that she had the energy to talk to Shi'er about last night's experience, especially about Manru: "You What the hell is she going to do again? Is it really that important to flatter your wife in front of your wife? Look, this will get you into trouble? I heard that someone was burned, but I don't know who it is and whether the injury is serious or not. With such a big matter, Manru can't escape this time, right?"

Ten'er sneered and said, "Who told her not to be good at learning? She thinks about showing her face in front of the master's house all day long. That's right! This time, she might as well be unlucky with her mother, so that she won't have to pretend to be a good sister all day long in front of my family. !"

Chunying couldn't help but laugh.She once heard that Manru and her daughter moved back to the original compound a few months ago, and they still lived in that small room, and they were not welcomed by the people around them.Shi'er is different from Lu's family. The family has not moved away, so the chances of meeting Manru increase. He knows who she is, but he still has to watch her pretend to be a sister in front of him. It must be very depressing, right?

Ju'er shouted from outside: "Chunying, Shi'er, Miss is going out, hurry up." Chunying agreed, and helped Shi'er tidy up her skirt, and the two went to the upper room together, serving Huo Yi as usual Say hello to the old lady's yard.

When they arrived at the old lady's room, Mrs. Jing, Yijun, and Xijun all arrived. Huo Yi greeted her grandmother, and then greeted them in turn. After everyone sat down, they felt a little strange.

It's already Chen time (seven to nine in the morning), why hasn't the newcomer come to say hello yet?
(To everyone's disappointment, Manru hasn't received her lunch yet...)
(End of this chapter)