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Chapter 221 Wife's Disposal

When Chunying came home, Lu's mother had already received the news and rushed back. She wandered around her daughter distressedly, and scolded her for being disobedient and annoyed her wife for doing something wrong.Unconvinced, Chunying argued that she was wronged, but Lu's mother just didn't believe it, but she still searched through the boxes and chests to find out the medicine for trauma that had been left before, and applied it to her daughter.

Lu Yougui also rushed back soon, and when he learned that his daughter was only slightly injured, he turned to ask her what wrong she had done.Chunying was very angry in her heart, she just felt that she had done nothing wrong at all, why didn't her parents believe her?
The wife even scolded the manager Chen, who was still injured, and forced him to work while injured, which shows how mean and unkind.Besides, my wife is fooled by Man Ru one after another, she is a fool at all!Knowing that it was Manru who was lying, and even beating himself and Shi'er, the two whistleblowers, this is simply unclear rewards and punishments!Such a hostess, it stands to reason that her father should have a deep understanding of her character, why should she doubt herself first? !

Chunying sneered in her heart, but felt a little discouraged, looked up at her parents' staring eyes, turned her head away, and said, "It was Manru who spoke ill of me and Shi'er in front of my wife, and wanted to harm us."

Lu's mother was dubious: "Why is Cui girl trying to harm you?!" Chunying twitched her lips: "She has a secret for us to know. I'm afraid we will report it, so we should act first." "Secret? What secret?"

Just as Chunying was about to say something, she heard someone knocking on the door.Lu's mother went out to see, but it was a seven or eight-year-old boy who said it belonged to the Wang family and was ordered to send a bottle of trauma medicine.Mother Lu knew that Shi'er was on good terms with her daughter, thanked him, and gave the boy some fruit, then let him go, took the medicine bottle into the house, and said, "This is his family's ancestral prescription. I have seen it before, the medicine is very effective, head of the family, you go out, I will change the medicine for my daughter."

Lu Yougui had no choice but to go out when he heard the words. Chunying was about to untie her skirt, but she heard someone knocking on the door again, and it was Manager Xiao Chen and Mei Xiang who came back.

Manager Xiao Chen was still on crutches, his face was still blue and tired.He is Lu Yougui's old boss. The latter hurriedly welcomed him and his wife into the house, and asked his wife to pour tea. Mei Xiang smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, just sit down and have something to say." Sister Chunying is in the back room? I'll go talk to her." Then he lifted the curtain and came to Chunying's room.

Chunying tidied up her clothes, managed to get up, stood on the ground, and smiled at her, blessing her body: "Sister Mei Xiang." Mei Xiang quickly helped her up, and carefully looked at her face: "How bad is it today? Does it matter? Have you taken any medicine?"

"It's been taken, and someone sent another bottle of medicine just now, and I'm planning to take some more."

Mei Xiang sighed: "You girl, you are not usually stupid, why are you so confused today? Different medicines are mixed together, how do you know if it will cause bad symptoms?" She took out the medicine from her sleeve. A palm-high small porcelain bottle came and said: "This is the medicine that mothers and sisters-in-law always prepared in the old years. It is the best for treating stick injuries. Just take a pill and mix it with rice wine every day before going to bed at night, and apply it In the wound, the pain will be gone within three to five days, which is more effective than other medicines." After a pause, he added, "If you don't have rice wine, you can use warm white medicine, as long as it is clean."

Chunying thanked her, took it and put it away, then turned around and asked Mei Xiang to sit on the kang, seeing that she was hesitant to speak, she asked, "What's the matter, sister? But do you have something to say?"

Mei Xiang sighed, and said: "I have a word, I want to tell you, you must remember it. Today you said that Manru left his post without authorization and caused the teahouse to catch fire, just forget it, and don't talk to me again. Someone else mentioned it!"

Chunying thought it was a little funny: "Why? Could it be that the wife believed her like this? Didn't she also hit her just now? Could it be that Manru said something nice again to convince the wife?!" It was really possible At the beginning, the wife knew that Manru had left her job in the waiter to flatter her, wasn't she also angry?
Mei Xiang sighed: "Why are you so confused? Our husband and wife are bored at home these days, so it's okay if we don't know much about it. You are outside, so you should have heard other people's discussions. The fire at the wedding banquet was not all legends. Was it the uncle of the Liang family who ordered the boy to vent his anger? No one will admit it! The lawsuit is now in front of the current emperor!"

Chunying gasped, and couldn't help but feel great regret in her heart. She had forgotten this for a while in order to expose Manru. If the matter really got out, it would be considered a slap in the face of the Houfu, right?But... Chunying thought about it carefully, and she didn't take it seriously: Even if the Hou Fu was really caught by someone, so what?At most, it's just a loss of face, and the relationship with the Liang family has become worse.The Li and Liang families were rivals to begin with, so how bad could the relationship be? !

Of course, she knew very well that those high-ranking nobles would vent their anger on the servants below when they were in a bad mood. There was an excellent example, so she stopped talking and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on here. The depth of the head, at that time, I just yelled because I couldn't get angry with Manru's face." After a pause, he was a little puzzled: "There were a lot of people present at that time, right? Can you all shut up?"

"Who said it can be sealed?" Mei Xiang didn't seem confident, "I just told people not to talk about it outside. This happened in the inner court today, and it's only that one who needs to be guarded." She stretched out her two arms. He shook his finger, and took Chunying's hand, "My good sister, I'm afraid you and Shi'er will be wronged today. The Marquis has sent a message about this matter, saying that we must not leak the slightest bit to the outside world." Er, in a few days, when the matter calms down, it will be fine. Therefore...you and Shi'er, take refuge in Zhuangzi for a few days."

Chunying stood up abruptly, touched the wound, gasped for air-conditioning in pain, carefully helped her to sit down, and then asked angrily: "Is it over if I don't say anything?! I usually live at home, and the back streets are full of Li Clan, or someone from the Marquis’s Mansion, how can I tell outsiders?! I’m not that picky, so why should I be driven to the village?! My slave release document will come down soon!”

"It's because of this that I want you to go!" Mei Xiang concealed the unbearable look in her eyes, and persuaded, "If I let you out, who can guarantee that you won't say anything? Of course I trust you, but Lord Hou doesn't recognize you. Madam...you also know that instead of breaking their taboo, it's better to be wronged for a while, and when the lawsuit comes to a conclusion, everything will be fine. "

How could Chunying be willing?The bribes have been given to others, and the quasi-trust has been obtained. Could it be that because of Manru's few words, he forced himself to be unable to escape? !She gritted her teeth and said, "Why don't you give me the documents first, and I will obediently go to the village and hide until you say you can leave! How many times a year are there opportunities to release people? If I miss this time, how long will my documents be?" To get it?!"

Mei Xiang rubbed the handkerchief in embarrassment, and shook her head.Chunying was discouraged, and sat for a while with a long face, before asking sullenly: "Then how long will I live in the village?! When I come back, can I still get the slave release document?!"

Mei Xiang gritted her teeth, and said: "A year and a half is not long, and there are a few months, just wait until the matter calms down. It was the old lady who decided to let you go out. Are you afraid that the wife will not nod?" ?”

Chunying sneered, and sighed: "My sister must have figured out the sudden disaster today, right? What is it called?!" He took a sip of the cold tea on the kang table, and put it back again, "Tangtang Mrs. Hou Ye has a lot of money in her family, and she also has ideas about her relatives. She fights every now and then, anyway, this kind of thing is not new, but now the rumors circulating outside are so nasty, the old lady and Lord Hou talked again, she Quietly smoothed things out, that's all, after hearing a few slanderous words from others, they mobilized us to take a bunch of girls, beat and scolded, afraid that others would not know?!"

After venting, she thought of her current status. It might be a bit exaggerated to say such a thing, and Mei Xiang and his wife are also An's confidantes, so she turned her head and stared at Mei Xiang: "We have suffered a few boards, and we think we are unlucky, but sister You and Mrs. Chen, the steward, are too wronged, right? What do those things have to do with you?! After a few years, you will be summoned to scold me! You know, steward Xiao Chen is the most proud person in front of Master Hou Now she is in charge of most of the affairs of the outer court, and she is more respectable than the older generation of housekeepers. She casually scolded her head bloody, and the injury has not healed yet, and she has to go out to run errands. Don’t you feel wronged?! "

There was already annoyance on Mei Xiang's face, but she just held back and said lightly: "That's our fate too." After hesitating for a while, she asked again: "So... is it really for the Huo family's affairs? I heard Mrs. I ordered you and Shi'er to be charged with lying to the master and being unfaithful to the master, what a great crime! It can be seen that my wife hates you very much, and you really lied to her? Isn't that too bold?! "

Chunying sneered: "It's really a big crime!" The more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became, "Sister Meixiang, please judge us. She said that we lied to the master and betrayed the master, because she suspected that Shi'er and I accepted Miss Cousin. Therefore, she knew that the Huo family was rich, but did not tell her, so that she only knew that the Huo family was rich after Miss Biao got married and left Beijing. This is too unreasonable! The so-called benefits of Miss Biao are just rewards It's a bit richer, but when I was in Huanhuaxuan, I saw that the third young master rewarded my sister with more things than this. It's just that Miss Biao has a strong temper, and the house has already distributed monthly money to the girls and women in the yard. , she still wants to send another copy from the Huo family. Each of us has a double share of the monthly money, which makes us more beneficial than others. But we are not fools, how could we disobey our master for a few taels of silver? Besides, no one asked me and Shi'er to report the Huo family's affairs to my wife?! If my wife wants to ask someone, just ask Sonny directly. I ran to tell my wife about the matter, how much money did Miss Biao spend? How rich?! Maybe my wife would be interested to hear, if it was someone else, wouldn’t you beat me right away?! Let the old lady know, we are in the mansion There is no place to stand here!" This lady, don't you think that she is the only one in the Hou's mansion?How ridiculous!
Mei Xiang said lightly: "Who says it's not? It's a pity that my wife has become less and less able to listen to other people's persuasion in recent years..." Opening her mouth, she felt that she had talked too much, so she hurriedly took Chunying's hand and said: " This time it is you who have been wronged, so bear with it if you have to. When you arrive at the village, wait quietly for a message from the mansion. If someone from the mansion comes looking for it, please ignore it! Even if it is not from a stranger, if someone asks about it, you I also have to say I don’t know. When I met Shi’er later, I reminded her the same way. I was afraid that the Wang family would get angry and forget to tell her.”

Chunying nodded sullenly, and then thought of another person: "Where is Manru? Shi'er and I are going to the village, so what about her?"

Mei Xiang withdrew her hand a little uncomfortably, and said embarrassingly: "She is the real master, it's better than you just knowing... She has bad intentions, if she is sent out of the mansion, it's not good if she talks outside and asks someone to investigate, so It is only locked in the mansion, and I heard that it is in the back room of the wife's yard, and Ding Xiang personally guards it, and I will deal with it when the matter calms down."

Chunying gritted her teeth secretly, how could that bastard Manru be so lucky? !She and Shi'er are going to the countryside to endure hardships, but it's good for her, not only can she stay in the mansion, but now she doesn't even have to do the work? !She sneered and said, "If it wasn't for Manru speaking ill of us behind our backs for personal gain, Manager Chen and sister would not be scolded by his wife, let alone the people she has harmed in the past few years! Such a villain , if you don't get retribution, I'm afraid God will not see it!"

Mei Xiang smiled, knowing that the origin of the matter lies in An's greed, but criticizing the master, spreading it out is not good for her husband and wife, so she didn't say much, just said: "You can rest assured about this, my wife hates others to hide Lie to her, don't take her seriously, now that Manru has offended everyone, and no one pleads for her, what will happen to you when she is her?"

After hearing this, Chunying felt a little better, and was about to ask herself when to leave again. It would be best if she could leave after her injury was healed, when she suddenly heard her father exclaiming from outside: "What?!" Then came The sound of the chair falling to the ground made me startled, thinking that my father might have fought with the steward Xiao Chen, right?It's hard for me to get closer, but don't make any enemies.

While thinking about it, she endured the pain and followed Mei Xiang out of the room. Then she saw her father standing at the table with a pale face, and her mother leaning against the door with a pale face, her hands were still shaking. It was that tired face who sighed: "Lu Da, I know you have been wronged. This was originally instigated by the villain behind the scenes, and the wife is also confused. She has already accumulated a lot of anger in her these days, so she can just find someone to do it." Send it out, but don't care what others say!"

Chunying asked anxiously: "What's wrong?! What happened?!"

Mother Lu burst into tears, rushed over and beat her: "It's all your fault! Madam is going to fire your father!"

Chunying didn't care about the pain, and hurried forward to ask: "There is no reason for this?! Dad has always done a good job, why should he be punished?!" Unless it is a huge mistake, otherwise the family who works as a servant in the house rarely has children. Parents and relatives will be punished because their children are not good.Since Master Hou had said that she only had to go out of the city for a few months, why should her father be punished? !
Mei Xiang hurriedly stopped Lu's mother, and said, "Don't do anything about my sister, someone put eye drops in front of my wife! Auntie, stop beating me!"

Lu Yougui yelled: "Stop beating!" Lu's mother stopped, ran to the door in a daze, sat down on the threshold, and then howled loudly.Lu Yougui panted heavily, staring at Manager Chen, "Where is the villain from?!"

Manager Xiao Chen was a little embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and then sighed: "I can't tell you clearly, you will know when the new shopkeeper takes office. To tell you the truth, because I persuaded my wife in front of me, I didn't know what to do. After eating and hanging up, what do you say is a decent companion? The old face of several lifetimes is gone!" After a pause, he said: "My wife told me not to tell Lord Hou, and it is inconvenient for me to say good things for you. I have always been in this mansion. If the internal affairs are not related to serious matters, Master Hou will not care about them. I can only say that we have been friends for many years. If I can still make decisions in the future, I will definitely find another good job for you, but it may not be as good as this One."

Lu Yougui remained silent, leaning against the table in a daze.Chunying sniffed, and asked in a trembling voice: "Is that how we recognize it?! My father has spent so much time in the past few years in order to run a good shop... There is no credit but hard work?! Just wipe it away with this sentence. ?! What did I do wrong again? My wife didn’t ask me to do something, and she blamed me, now even my family will not let it go?!”

Manager Chen sighed a few more times: "It's not your fault, and it's not your fault that you punished your father. It's really because someone spoke ill of your father in front of your wife. My wife heard that you are a family, so we came together. You will be fined." He stood up on crutches, "I know your father well, so I came here to tell you. If there is anything valuable, I will pack it up as soon as possible. Didn't your sister marry outside? Give her the things Otherwise, when someone comes to escort you out of the city tomorrow, I don’t know who will take it.”

Chunying only felt her chest tight and panicked: "What does this mean? I'll just go to the village, why even my father is going?! What about this house?!"

"My wife wants your whole family to go to the village, so the house won't be left to you. But don't worry, I will try not to let others move in." Manager Xiao Chen gave his wife a wink and signaled her to come. Help yourself, "Ten'er's family is going too, the Wang family knows a lot of people, you can discuss it with them, with them, you will have a better life in the village." Mei Xiang helped him go out, passed by the door and persuaded Lu's mother One sentence: "Don't cry, auntie, pack your things quickly." Then he left.

Lu's mother stopped her tears, sobbed and glared at Chunying: "Come and help soon?!"

Chunying wiped the tears off her face, gritted her teeth, and looked back at her father, only to see him slowly sitting on the chair with no expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)