in spring

Chapter 66

Chun Ying didn't know how long she cried before she gradually calmed down, but her heart seemed to be empty, and she looked up at the sky, but she was also at a loss.

Will Qing'er die?Judging from the current situation, it is absolutely certain, but at first she was just trying to gain the affection of the third young master.The person leading this conspiracy behind the scenes should be the perverted Second Young Master, right?Will he be punished?

Chunying knew very well in her heart that even if the second young master was really punished, it would be nothing more than an understatement of scolding, at most a beating, but he would still live a good life in the future. After inheriting the family business, he will not be able to continue to be prosperous, but since he has to take the imperial examination, once he is in high school, he will have a bright future.No one would blame him because he once used a little maidservant, and the poisoning incident, the several heads of the Hou's mansion must have concealed it, right?It's not a good reputation for brothers to kill each other.

Chunying gritted her teeth secretly, deeply hating Er Young Master and Duo Miss, a couple of men and women who are sinister and vicious, and they will have their retribution sooner or later!

After she calmed down, she began to pay attention to the surrounding environment, and found that she was standing at the corner where Zhou Nian's sigh was heard. Not far ahead was the aisle leading to the garden, and through the hollowed-out carvings on the wall, one could see To the bamboo forest on the other side.

She ran in the garden a few days ago and always took this route, probably because she was used to running, so she subconsciously walked here, and looking at the food boxes in her hand, she also organized them subconsciously.Thinking that she hadn't been to Zhumeng Villa for a few days, and she didn't want to go back to Huanhuaxuan, she simply decided to take a walk in the garden.

Anyway, my wife is busy dealing with many girls now, and has no time to take care of other things.

About ten meters away from the entrance of the garden, she saw five or six women gathered at the door, and among them was the woman whose niece was working for the second young master.They were whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about, Chunying walked lightly to the nearby bushes, only to hear the woman called "Sister-in-law Zhu" say proudly: "...It's finally unlucky! That The goblin, who has been arrogant in front of us all day long, has finally received her retribution!"

The old woman next to her also echoed: "Isn't it? It's just a second-class girl who always calls us around because she waits in front of the young master. What's the matter now? As soon as the wife speaks, she is beaten half to death and thrown away." I went out. It's a pity that she was the only one punished, and it would be a relief if my wife beat up all those goblins!"

Chunying gritted her teeth secretly.No wonder Jia Baoyu in Dream of the Red Chamber would say that when a girl marries someone, she becomes a fish-eye. Qing'er is so miserable, and these women are still gloating, it's really abominable!

Not only did she get angry when she heard it, but the other woman standing by the door also had an ugly expression on her face, and interjected with a fake smile: "You two sisters-in-law, I advise you to keep your words to a minimum. Not only the people from Huanhuaxuan, but the wife is asking someone to take the girl from Yingyuetang, Zhu sister-in-law is not worried about her niece?"

The "Sister-in-law Zhu" immediately raised her face: "Nonsense! It's obvious that the third young master's girl has dirty hands and feet, so what does it have to do with the second young master?!"

The woman glanced at her contemptuously, sneered at the corner of her mouth, and put on a face of "I know but I just won't tell you", which made the "sister-in-law Zhu" flush with anger.

A strange daughter-in-law walked over from afar and said loudly, "What are you doing here? My wife is calling for someone to go, so be quicker!"

Then a woman asked curiously: "Didn't you say that the wife is interrogating the house thief? What are you calling someone for?"

The daughter-in-law said impatiently: "Are you the only one who is a house thief?! Everyone can't escape the suspicion! The wife is waiting to be questioned, why don't you go quickly?!"

"Sister-in-law Zhu" said with an ugly face, "Who's looking for the thief in such a big way? Could it be that the madam is confused? The old lady will definitely not follow her!"

"The old lady has gone to Prince Jing's mansion. The Marquis is not at home. Only the wife is in the mansion now." The wife glanced at her, "Auntie, be quicker. If you are innocent, take it out early, and you will look better. no?"

The women had different expressions, and the daughter-in-law knew it when she saw it, and went away with a sneer. The women looked at each other, and walked slowly towards the main courtyard, leaving only a younger one behind.

Chunying watched them leave from the corner before she came out, feeling angry and sad at the same time, just about to enter the garden, but saw the woman who stayed behind came out of the vigil hut, looked left and right, then sneaked away up.

Chunying was a little puzzled, where is this woman going?But she quickly put the idea aside and went into the garden.It happened that no one was guarding her, and she saved herself the trouble of making excuses.

The bamboo forest in the garden is still there, maybe because the weather is too cold, the masters of the Hou Mansion are not interested in visiting the garden, so the servants who sweep the garden are lazy, the dead leaves have accumulated a thick layer, mixed with snow and mud , and no one cleans up.Chunying walked forward on the dead leaves, only feeling that she was in a bleak mood.

Five or sixty meters away from Zhumengshanju, Sanqing appeared in front of her like a ghost, with a straight face and a sudden grin.Normally, Chunying would have jumped up in fright, but today she waved to him listlessly and forced the corners of her mouth: "I'm here..."

Sanqing blinked, watching her walk towards the mountain residence, with a look of incomprehension in his eyes.

Chunying walked into the room and saw Zhou Nian sitting behind the desk reading a book, so she put the food box on the chair beside her and whispered, "I brought some steamed buns here today, young master Nian, let's treat it as dry food... "

Zhou Nian raised his head from the book, surprise flashed in his eyes: "Chun'er? You haven't come for several days. Didn't you say you won't be here for a while?"

"I'm afraid you will go hungry. My wife has something to do today, so I took the opportunity to come here." Chunying kept her head down, trying to boil water to make tea as usual, but found that there was still hot water in the pot. Taking a closer look, the pot is no longer the original white porcelain one, but now it is made of blue and white, which is obviously more advanced.

Zhou Nian came over and said with a smile: "Thank you for thinking about it, now three meals a day are delivered on time, I can't be hungry. The utensils in the house have also been replaced with new ones. Master Hou personally watched the replacements. I used It went smoothly, but I always feel that it is not as good as the original habit. Did Brother You ask you to come here today? He hasn’t come to see me for a few days, what are you doing?”

When Chunying heard this question, she felt uncomfortable for a while.Zhou Nian noticed the change in her expression and paused: "What's wrong? But what happened?"

Chunying shook her head: "No..." She felt as if her throat was blocked by something, and she couldn't continue talking.

Zhou Nian hurriedly approached a few steps, looked sideways, and saw Chunying's red and swollen eyes, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Are you crying? What's the reason? Something happened to Brother You?!"

"Third...Third young master...very good..." Chunying reluctantly replied, but tears fell uncontrollably, "It's someone else..." She couldn't continue, she knelt down and hugged her knees and wept.

A Supa was handed to her, she raised her head, saw Zhou Nian looking at her gently, and said, "Come on, if you have any sad things, you might as well tell me."

Chunying took the veil, and suddenly felt an urge to confide, but she also had some scruples in her heart: "Third young master... I said it, don't tell... others..."

Zhou Nian smiled wryly: "Don't worry, even if I want to say it, there's nowhere to say it? But... If it's Brother You's private matter..."

"It's not a personal matter!" Chunying interrupted him, feeling that she really needed to vent a bit, otherwise she would be overwhelmed by regret.

She took a few deep breaths, and realized that she had accidentally discovered that Qing'er had a secret meeting with many girls. Qiuyu took her to tell Lan Xiang about the incident. After going through it all, when the matter was over, tears were all over her face: "I didn't know it would happen. I thought Qing'er was going to harm the third young master, so I told the story, but Qing'er didn't harm the third young master. She She was also punished and was about to be kicked out. The matter should be over here? But suddenly...the wife came and said she was poisoned, and asked someone to beat her half to death, maybe she is dead now It's...why is it like this? She is obviously a victim too...she was just being used..." She raised her sleeves and wiped her tears, "Master Nian, tell me...if it wasn't for me, wouldn't she be It will be so miserable..."

Zhou Nian pondered for a moment, sighed, and said, "Chun'er... I don't quite understand, what are you regretting? If you hadn't told that Lanxiang girl, Brother You might have been killed. You saved her." Brother You's life, why should you regret it? That Qing'er, although not fatal, is not innocent. It is because of her delusions that she was taken advantage of by others, isn't she? Didn't she come to this end by herself? "

"But she shouldn't have died in the first place?!" Chunying retorted, "It's a girl who lied to her, and she has been punished! And... even if I didn't tell the truth... the third young master may not be poisoned... that The poisonous ash is mixed into the tea, and he only needs to take a sip to find out the problem, and he will definitely not continue to drink it!"

"How do you know that he won't drink?" Zhou Nian moved a chair and sat down, "Maybe he was thirsty and drank it inadvertently? Maybe the poison is so powerful that it only takes one sip to take effect." What? In the final analysis, instead of taking this risk, it is better to take precautions in advance, you know that someone is going to harm Brother You, so there is nothing wrong with telling the story."

Chunying felt better, but when she thought about something, her mood became depressed again: "Actually, I told the third young master... That's why he would take Qing'er lightly later... If I told him from the beginning , maybe there will be nothing later..." She wiped her face again, "It was because I told Lan Xiang that the matter became a big deal... If I only told the third young master, he would not be poisoned, and Qing'er would not be poisoned. nothing will happen..."

Zhou Nian smiled lightly, pointed to another round stool, and signaled Chunying to sit down. After Chunying sat down, he said: "Chun'er, you are a good boy. I understand what happened. Actually You don't need to be so guilty." Chun Ying wanted to refute, but he raised his hand to block it, and said, "Listen to me carefully."

Chunying bowed her head obediently, sat upright and listened to his words.

"As I said just now, it is your duty to report the matter to the maid in charge when you discover that someone is trying to harm Brother You. As for how the maid will deal with it, it has nothing to do with you. She will make things worse , That's her responsibility, no matter what her purpose is, it's a shame for Brother You after all. It's because you secretly told Brother You that he can stop the situation in time and save Qing'er. So, you actually did a good thing."

Chunying thought about it carefully, he seemed to be right, so was she right in telling the secret?

Zhou Nian saw that she gradually calmed down, and continued: "My wife will take over this matter. According to your words, it is because someone has informed you. And no matter who that person is, and why he would rather violate Brother You's strict order, this is all It has nothing to do with you. After Madam knows the truth, it is not up to you as a little girl to intervene in whether to punish Qing'er lightly or to execute him severely, so why do you regret it?"

"But……"

"You child, why do you put other people's responsibility on yourself? Instead of blaming yourself for not telling the truth, it's better to blame the person behind the scenes, or the person who secretly informed the wife, or even Qing'er himself. After all, They are the root cause of this, aren't they?"

Chunying smiled a little embarrassedly: "Am I... a dead end?"

Zhou Nian smiled at her, she lowered her head in shame, remembering that she had lost her composure and cried into tears in front of him just now, she felt her face was hot, she hurriedly wiped the handkerchief, and suddenly caught a glimpse of small characters embroidered on the handkerchief After a closer look, it turned out to be "Zisi". Remembering that the calligraphy and painting on the wall also had this inscription, she asked casually, "Whose name is this Zisi?"

Zhou Nian smiled and said, "This was originally my writing." After a pause, his expression became surprised: "You can read?"

(Late again, sorry!!! >_< )

(End of this chapter)