in spring

Chapter 49

A few thoughts flashed through Chunying's mind, thinking about what to do, the scene hadn't been dealt with, and the confession hadn't been made, the two masters who fought were still covered in muddy water, at this time Lan Xiang caught him If you are doing it, will you hurt yourself?
Manru turned around in silence and walked towards the backyard, casually picked up a sewing basket from the porch railing, it was unknown which girl put it there.Chunying was a little stunned and didn't understand what she meant, but Shi'er cleverly pulled her up and trotted back to the room, and she finally came to her senses.

Leaving the scene as soon as possible after the crime happened, is this counted as avoiding suspicion?
The courtyard door knocked loudly, and Lan Xiang raised her voice: "Open the door for me quickly! What are you doing inside?!"

The remaining woman and Aunt Li looked at each other, opened the door slowly, Lan Xiang came in, and immediately scolded: "Where did you go?! Why did you come to open the door at this time?!"

The mother-in-law apologized and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, girl, we went to relieve ourselves just now, but we didn't hear a sound." Aunt Li also echoed.Lan Xiang glanced suspiciously at the muddy water on their clothes, looked around the courtyard, and saw that there was no one else there except the three of them, but there were many little girls in the wing rooms on both sides secretly looking at her, and at the same time could vaguely see Went to Manru and took a few girls to do needlework in the backyard.

She asked in a deep voice: "Just now I heard outside that the girls in the courtyard were fighting, but it's true?!"

The woman quickly shook her hands: "How can such a thing happen? It's just the little girls arguing a few words. We have already taught you the lesson, girl, don't listen to other people's nonsense." Aunt Li stepped forward and whispered: "There is something urgent I want to ask the girl for instructions. Just now, the people in the big kitchen came to pass the news that our food will be delivered late, but they didn’t say why. What should we do? Everyone has to be on duty at night. It’s cold and hungry. But how do you do it? Do you want to cook some in the small kitchen? There are still meat dishes left at noon."

Lan Xiang stared at them coldly for a while, then walked towards the backyard without saying anything, walked around, only stood outside Qing'er and Chen'er's room for a while, and already guessed in her heart, seeing Man Ru Still sitting there calmly teaching the little girls how to embroider, she sneered and went to the kitchen first.

Chunying watched her leave from the window, she was immediately relieved, and turned her head to Shi'er with a wry smile: "I thought I would definitely go out of my way!"

Ten'er silently got up and sat back on the bed, bit his lips, and said, "This matter...someone outside has already seen it, so we can't hide it. If Sister Lan Xiang favors Chen'er, maybe she will blame her on the other side. Sister Qing'er and I are fighting, I'm afraid even Sister Manru can't escape."

Chunying was taken aback: "How is this possible?! So many people saw it. It was Chen'er and Qing'er who were fighting. What does it have to do with us? Even if they are punished, they should be punished!"

Shi'er shook his head and said: "Just wait and see, it's probably like this. I've been in this courtyard for a while, and I know the temperament of the sisters above. Sister Lan Xiang is the most strict, but she also protects her weaknesses. It's credit to Chen'er to inform her. If we scold Chen'er for this, we'll embarrass her. She doesn't like Sister Qing'er and Sister Manru, so she will definitely favor Chen'er. If you help fight, you should It will be fine, but I will definitely be scolded."

Chunying felt very aggrieved: "Is there any reason for this?! Chen'er framed you, but you neither scolded her nor beat her, why are you still being scolded?!"

"It depends on what Chen'er says. It might be better if Sister Mei Xiang is here."

Both of them stopped talking, Shi'er was worrying about how to make the punishment lighter, and Chunying wondered if he could help Shi'er.

After a while, Xia He came back, and said excitedly as soon as he entered the door: "I heard that the courtyard is very lively today! If I had known, I wouldn't have gone out to play!"

Shi'er smiled wryly, Chunying hurriedly grabbed Xia He, explained the matter briefly, and asked again: "What rumors did you hear outside? Do many people know?"

Xia He was feeling aggrieved about Shi'er, and hurriedly said: "I heard someone outside saying that the girls in our yard were fighting, and someone recognized one of them as Qing'er, and they were all secretly joking! I sent things to the backyard just now Go, I also heard Sister Lanxiang say that she wants to investigate personally, let her know who is instigating troubles, no matter how decent she is, she will never let her go lightly! Now Qing'er and Chen'er will both Bad luck!"

Shi'er fell on the bed: "No, I'm going to be unlucky this time!" Chunying hurriedly said: "Don't be discouraged, let's go to sister Mei Xiang, she will definitely listen to your explanation!"

Shi'er bit her lip: "No, I want to listen first!" After saying that, she quickly got up and ran to the backyard. Chun Ying and Xia He hurriedly followed, and when they arrived at the second gate, they just heard Lan Xiang interrogating her. Qing'er and Chen'er.

Qing'er had already changed into clean clothes, and she was fairly neatly dressed, but she didn't have time to comb her hair, so she just tied it up loosely, holding a silver-gilt earring hairpin.No makeup was applied on his face, and there was a large bruise on the left side of his face. Against the pair of dark circles under his eyes, he added a bit of horror.

Chen'er was wearing a thick cloak, revealing her dirty clothes still stained with muddy water, her hair was a mess, and two bright red scars on her face were shocking.She cried to Lan Xiang with snot and tears, saying that Qing'er beat her for no reason and made her lose her appearance.

Qing'er looked sideways with mocking eyes, and when Lan Xiang asked her why she beat someone, she sneered and said, "Ask someone, who is causing trouble? She filed a complaint by herself, but she went around talking about others and yelling at me. You are mean and black-hearted, if it were you, you would have kicked her out long ago, and it would be a serious crime if I beat and scolded her a few times? Could it be that I can't even teach a little girl a lesson?!"

Lan Xiang was at a loss for words for a while, because of Qing'er's status in Huanhuaxuan, she was indeed qualified to beat and scold Chen'er, but the other party was punished and still so arrogant, if she couldn't suppress the other party's bad temper, what prestige would she have in the future?

So she said: "There should be a reason for the lesson! You did something wrong, and Chen'er was just doing her duty, why should I be taught by you?! What's more, you are in front of everyone, and you have become one with her." You don't feel ashamed of hurting her face like this, I'll blush for you!"

"Duty? So it's the duty to frame others at will?!" Qing'er suddenly laughed, "Sister Lan Xiang must be the most responsible?" Seeing that Lan Xiang's face was dark, she felt extremely happy: " Just ask anyone! Why did I hit her? Don't pretend not to hear! It's her duty to complain, but she dare not admit it openly, but she bites others, first me, then Shier, you Go ask, see if I'm telling the truth!" After saying that, she spat at Chen'er: "Don't pretend to be so pitiful! The scent of rouge on your face can't cover it! If it was blood, it would have dried up long ago , how can it be so fresh!"

Chen'er was still sobbing at first, but after hearing the words, she hid her face and hugged Lan Xiang's leg and cried loudly, "Sister, you want to be the master for me!" A little girl: "Call Shi'er over here!"

Shi'er pulled Chunying up, ran back to the room quickly, closed the door, gasped for a few times, and said, "It can't be done, I will definitely take the blame for this today."

"Nonsense!" Chun Ying retorted, "Just tell the truth honestly. In front of so many people, I don't believe that Lan Xiang can cover the sky with one hand! There are more than half of the maids and women in Huanhuaxuan who can be ours. Witness, unless Lan Xiang wants to lose her reputation, how can Chen Er turn black and white?"

Shi'er smiled wryly: "Didn't you see it just now? The other little girls all had ugly expressions on their faces. Who would have expected that Sister Lan Xiang would really stand up for Chen'er? And who would have expected that Sister Lan Xiang would pursue other People? Seriously speaking about today's matter, it was Rong'er and the others who provoked me first, and I went to question Chen'er before letting sister Qing'er hear. Sister Qing'er spoke, and it got involved again. If you pursue the matter further, you will inevitably mention that Sister Qing'er has a bad reputation, but no one speaks for her. This is not because of the third young master and Mei Xianglanxiang's sisters Face? Thinking about it, what happened in the yard, sister Meixiang and the others were not at home, sister Manru and sister Yanzhi were the biggest, but one of them didn’t take care of it, and the other simply hid in the house and pretended to listen It's gone, if Sister Lanxiang wants to get angry with them, the third young master will definitely get angry and make outsiders see the joke. How many people will be involved for a trivial matter?"

Chunying thought about what she said, and it really spread widely, but she still didn't want to see Shi'er suffer a disadvantage: "If Sister Lanxiang punishes you, what should I do? Isn't that too unfair?"

Shi'er smiled and said, "She knows it well, it's just that she can't face it, and she won't really do anything to me. If she wants to beat me, she will ask her wife to nod, how can she make a fuss about it? If she wants to kick me out Well, the person in charge of the population in the inner courtyard is my aunt, where can she drive me? At most, she will be beaten by her a few feet. Everyone in this courtyard knows what is going on, and will love me in the future. Turn back three If the young master knows, he won't treat me badly."

Chunying understood: "This is what the saying goes - to lose is to take advantage?"

"Is there such a saying? It's the first time I've heard of it." Ten'er listened to the outside, "The person who called me has arrived."

There was a sobbing voice outside the door, and then I heard Dong'er hesitantly say: "Shi'er... Shi'er, are you there? Well... Sister Lan Xiang has something to ask you..."

Shi'er opened the door, and saw Dong'er Rong'er and several other little girls crowded around the door tremblingly, looking at her timidly.She smiled faintly: "Don't worry, I won't make you suffer." She lifted her foot and left, Chunying was worried, so she hurriedly followed and returned to the backyard.

The situation in the backyard has changed again. Almost all the girls, big and small, are here, even Aunt Li and the two mothers-in-law are there. A dozen or so lanterns are set up under the corridors around, illuminating the courtyard like daytime.Lan Xiang lifted out from nowhere a bright red lacquered gold tray, and there was a copper ruler in the tray, faintly glowing red.Shi'er paused when he saw his feet, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Oh no, that thing is going to hurt people to death!" Rolling his eyes, he had changed his mind.

Chunying was also shocked, looking at Shi'er's back worriedly.

Shi'er stepped forward and knelt down, but didn't speak.Lan Xiang said indifferently: "Chen'er said, today you scolded her for no reason, and provoked Qing'er to beat her, that's why you made such a fuss, but the truth?" threaten.

Shi'er bowed his head and said, "I'm wronged, sister Lan Xiang, because Chen'er laughed at me, I quarreled with her because of Chen'er's reconciliation, but for some reason, sister Qing'er suddenly ran out and got into a fight with Chen'er. I was also terrified, and finally pulled them away. I don't know how Chen'er would say that, but she was wrong."

Lan Xiang was stunned, and turned to look at Chen'er, who was also stunned.This kind of statement separated the two conflicts, and Shi'er was picked out, and Chen'er also lost the crime of "framing".Lan Xiang pondered for a moment, then made a decision: "In that case, I will punish you three feet, and you are not allowed to quarrel with others in the future!"

Shi'er gritted his teeth and agreed, and stretched out his hands. Lan Xiang picked up the copper ruler and hit her. Before the copper ruler fell down, someone shouted: "Stop!" up.

Li You frowned and looked at the copper ruler, and said coldly: "Didn't I tell you to put it away? What are you taking it out for?! Do you want others to praise you for being a good housekeeper, or do you want others to call you cruel behind your back?!" After all, he ignored it and went straight into the main room.Luer pulled Manru who was standing beside her, and followed her.

Lan Xiang's face turned red and white, white and red again, Mei Xiang secretly sighed in her heart, and greeted the people present to move to the front yard, and asked carefully, only to find out what was going on, she was a little annoyed: "Qing'er and Chen I got into a fight, and both of them made a mistake, so I’m grounded for three days and not allowed to leave the house, and I’m defeated for two more meals! Half a month’s money will be deducted from each, and the second time, I’ll be kicked out directly!" Then he said to Chen Er scolded: "You still haven't gone back to the house to wash up? What do you look like?!"

"Mei Xiang!" Lan Xiang yelled angrily, but Mei Xiang ignored it: "Everyone should break up! Stop chewing your tongue with outsiders, or be careful with your skin!"

Chunying hurriedly pulled up Shi'er who was still in a daze and quickly retreated, only to see Mei Xiang dragging Lan Xiang into the room, not knowing what to say.Everyone in the courtyard dispersed, only Qing'er was left standing there in a daze, facing Chen'er who was also in a daze.

The two girls glared at each other, Qing'er took a step forward, Chen'er was so frightened that she ran back to the room and quickly locked the doors and windows.

Chunying saw Qing'er standing alone in the courtyard through the window, and suddenly felt that he was a little pitiful. She turned to look at Shi'er: "Is this okay? It seems that the responsibility has been pushed on her."

Shi'er was patting his chest, and heard the words: "What's wrong? People don't do it for themselves, and heaven and earth will destroy it. She fought with others herself, and she should be punished. If the third young master hadn't come back just now, she would only I'm afraid my back will be broken by Sister Lanxiang!"

Chunying thinks about it too, although she feels guilty for misunderstanding Qing'er at the beginning, she still puts the matter aside.

Mei Xiang approached her privately afterwards to find out the ins and outs of the matter. Chunying wanted to tell the truth, but she remembered Shi'er's words, and only reasoned that Shi'er had a small argument with Chen'er. I don't know why Qing'er hit Chen'er. Son, it also implied that the maids and women in the courtyard helped to pull the fight, but the battle was fierce at the time, and occasionally they didn't pull it, which caused both parties to be injured.

Mei Xiang was annoyed and funny: "You girl, you even kept it from me? Do you think I don't know? Someone already told me what happened that day, but I don't know the details, so I had to come to you. Hurry up Tell me the truth!"

Chunying looked embarrassed, but she just rolled her eyes, and doubts arose in her heart: Anyone with a brain knows what to say according to Shi'er, so as not to be charged by Lan Xiang as the "root of the disaster". scam her?She hurriedly apologized with a smile: "This is really the truth! Sister Mei Xiang, I didn't lie to you."

Mei Xiang pressed her questions again and again, using both soft and hard methods, but she insisted on refusing to let go. In the end, she had no choice but to let her go back.

Watching Chunying leave, Mei Xiang stood where she was, gritted her teeth, and thought it was a little funny, went back to the main room, saw Lan Xiang going out with a snack box, and then went to Li You, and whispered what happened just now .

She had some doubts in her heart, what was the reason for the third young master paying so much attention to Chun Ying?
Li You didn't say anything, just finished the calligraphy slowly, and then looked at it with a satisfied smile.

(Chapter 1 for the New Year! Another increase, Chun’er’s happy time is coming~~~Happy New Year everyone~~~~~)
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