Splendid Book

Chapter 32
"Girl, you clearly ordered the old slave like this a few days ago," Madam Xu shouted, her face turned pale, as if she didn't expect her to suddenly deny it.

And Shen Changle frowned, looked at Shen Lingcheng innocently, and said, "Daddy, I really don't."

Shen Lingcheng was naturally furious, in his opinion, Shen Changle would not lie.So it can only be that Nanny Xu lied. The master valued her and asked her to look after such an important place as the warehouse, but who knew that she had neglected her duty and even pushed it to the master when something happened.

"You naughty slave, I always saw that you came from Zhang's house, but I didn't expect you to be so hateful." Shen Lingcheng stood up. If the child was not still here, he might have already kicked him.

As soon as Mother Xu heard it, she knew that if she couldn't speak clearly today, it would be a trivial matter to lose her errand, and she was afraid that she would lose her life later.So she knelt on the ground and begged: "Master, I dare not lie every single word. When Miss said this, Chunliu and Luwu were both by her side. Miss is young, maybe she can't remember clearly." , maybe forget it.”

Because Madam Xu was an old man who had been serving her for many years, and she was someone Zhang Rong trusted during her lifetime, Shen Lingcheng was also a little puzzled.

Shen Changle sat on the Luohan bed with his head down, expressionless on his face.At this time, Chunliu, who was standing on the right side of the Arhat's bed, knelt down before Shen Lingcheng's gaze could be seen when she heard this. That's what the girl said."

Mother Xu looked at Chunliu in shock, her eyes were full of disbelief, and then her face turned pale.

Seeing this, Shen Rufan at the side immediately scolded: "I said, why is there so much less of this thing? Tell me, did you, an old slave, steal it?"

When he said this, Shen Lingcheng's eyes became deeper.At this time, Mrs. Lin happened to bring Shen Jin over, and as soon as she came in, she saw Madam Xu kneeling on the ground, and there was a spring willow kneeling beside Luohan's bed.These two are servants around Shen Changle, she thought it was Shen Changle who made a mistake, and immediately asked with a smile: "What's the matter?"

"You came just in time," Shen Lingcheng asked immediately when she saw her coming, "This Madam Xu is ineffective in managing the warehouse, and even made a mistake and blamed it on the master. Why didn't you know that there was such a mistake in Changle's yard."

Lin blinked her eyes, with a ignorant expression on her face.And Shen Yue, who followed her, looked down at Nanny Xu who was kneeling on the ground, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

At this time, Shen Jin shook off her hand, ran to Luohan's bed, raised her head and said to Shen Changle: "Third sister, what did your servant do wrong?"

"Kids, don't ask random questions," Shen Changle said softly.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Shen Jin snorted and said triumphantly, "If you don't tell me, I'll let my mother interrogate her."

At this time, Mrs. Lin also happened to hear Shen Changle's words, looked at Mother Xu who had been looking at her on the ground, and immediately said in a low voice: "Since the master said so, why don't you hand him over to me for interrogation."

Shen Changle raised his eyebrows, if he handed over the person to Lin, wouldn't it be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain.She has been pampering Madam Xu all this time, not just to make Lin Shi feel fishy all over her body.

"What's there to interrogate? I think it's because this old slave has embezzled something for himself. Now that he can't handle the matter, he actually wants to blame the third sister." Shen Rufan frowned, snorted, and said directly: "I think I'll send someone to search her house, and I'm sure they can find the stolen goods."

Lin's eyelids twitched suddenly, she didn't expect Shen Ruan to say that.She, who was still watching from the sidelines, immediately became flustered. If Madam Xu's house was really stolen, the fire would have to be burned on herself.

"We're going to have a banquet in two days. It's a good day for our elder brother. I don't think there's any need to stir up the crowd. Besides, this Madam Xu has done something wrong, and it must be because she is old. After all, she was my sister before she was alive. The old man who serves is gone, if the house is really stolen, others will say that our Duke's mansion is unkind," Lin said softly.

What she said naturally made sense, even the old lady above nodded her head straight after hearing it.In the eyes of the old lady, she was nothing but a slave. How could she deserve such a mobilizing confiscation of the house? There was no need to praise her.

Shen Changle pursed his lips, and was about to speak, when a maid came in from outside to report, and the young master came over.

As soon as Shen Ruhui came in, before he could stand still, Shen Rufan babbled about what happened today.Of course, the important point is how abominable this Madam Xu is, she clearly did not register the things in the warehouse, but it was Shen Changle who ordered the false accusation.Moreover, he also stole the items rewarded to Shen Changle from the treasury.

After he finished speaking, he saw that the elder brother was still calm and calm, and immediately said anxiously: "Elder brother, this old slave almost broke the brother-sister relationship between my third sister and me, you should say something."

Shen Ruhui turned her head and glanced at him, that look made Shen Ruhui tremble.

Don't think I don't know what you're thinking.

Shen Ruan was seen through, smiled embarrassingly, and immediately stood up straight, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

But Shen Lingcheng looked at the eldest son, and found that Nanny Xu was nothing more than an insignificant slave.It's just that she served Zhang Rong in the past, so there must be a reasonable reason to punish her.Otherwise, if the Marquis of Jining knew about it, I'm afraid he would still feel that he, the father, treated his children badly.

For some reason, after Shen Ruhui came in, Shen Changle became less nervous.There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she was waiting for Shen Ruhui to speak.

"Since this is the case, let's send a few people to Madam Xu's house, so as not to wrong the good people," Shen Ruhui said calmly with her eyebrows frowned.

And he didn't even look at the person kneeling on the ground, instead he glanced at Shen Changle who was sitting on the Arhat's bed.At this moment, the little guy suddenly raised his head and made a grimace at him.

It's a good reason to wrong a good person.

Shen Changle laughed silently from behind, although Shen Ruan saw it, but the expression on his face was calm as if he didn't see it.Shen Lingcheng glanced back at the old lady. He had never liked to interfere with the affairs of the back house, but now that his two sons agreed to search, he hesitated.

"Since brother Huo said so, let's check it out, so as not to make any mistakes," the old lady also got cold feet now.

So Nanny Xu was escorted to the side to watch, while the old lady asked Nanny Qin to find the woman in the yard, and without making a fuss, she went over to search quietly.

After such a farce, everyone was hungry.So the old lady ordered the servant girl to pass the meal quickly.

During the meal, Mrs. Lin was so restless that the dishes caught by the chopsticks accidentally fell on her dress.After pleading guilty, she immediately got up and went to the side to rearrange her dress.Nanny Zhang waited beside her, and when the servant girl brought the water basin, she waved her hand to let them out.

Nanny Zhang carefully wiped off the stains on her skirt with a cloth towel, then took a look outside and said softly, "Madam, what should I do?"

"What are you panicking about? Nothing has happened yet," Lin said with a sullen face, but his eyes had already become confused, and now he was just pretending to be calm.

Nanny Zhang was much more flustered than Lin's. She had seen the things her man gave Xu Fu earlier.If this thing is really discovered, let alone the wife can't afford to walk around, her man might lose his life.

"Okay, don't worry, just as usual, and don't let people see that something is wrong." After all, Mrs. Lin is still more calm than Madam Zhang, and she can still say such words at this time.

After the two went back, the table was full of laughter.Although there are many rules in a big family, how could such a big family eat together and not talk at the table.This meeting Shen Ruan was talking about his academy, which made the old lady laugh from ear to ear.

After she sat down, she saw that Shen Jin next to her was a little sullen.She immediately asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?"

Shen Jin glanced at Shen Lingcheng, sitting next to him was Shen Changle, and at this time he was serving vegetables to Shen Changle, asking her to eat more.Obviously both are daughters, but Shen Jin is obviously not as favored as Shen Changle. Now that everyone is together, the contrast is even more obvious.

Lin's heart was also distressed, so she whispered: "You talk to daddy too."

But Shen Jin was too awkward to open her mouth, at this moment Shen Yue who was beside her suddenly said, "Fifth Sister, you don't like to eat that crispy quail the most."

Her voice was not too loud, just enough for everyone at the table to hear.At this moment, Shen Lingcheng glanced at the crispy quail in front of him, and said with a light smile, "So Miss Jin likes to eat this."

He then ordered this dish to be served in front of Shen Jin, which made Shen Jin happy, her little face was flushed.

Lin looked at Shen Yue with satisfaction, but she didn't expect this concubine to be discerning.Seeing Lin Shi looking at her, Shen Yue immediately showed a sweet smile.

"Thank you, Daddy," Lin said softly to her daughter.

Shen Jin immediately raised his head, smiled at Shen Lingcheng, and said with some embarrassment, "Thank you, Daddy."

"If there is something you like to eat, tell the servant girl," Shen Lingcheng said softly when he saw his little daughter say this.

Shen Changle glanced at Shen Yue from the side, she really didn't expect that she would speak like this.She turned her head to look at Shen Jin next to her. In this life, she really never thought that this fifth younger sister would be close to her.I'm afraid that after today, the two of them will slowly turn into a tense look like in the previous life.Although the peace between the sisters is maintained on the surface, in private, no one is convinced.

It was rare for Shen Jin to get such a gentle look from Shen Lingcheng, and for a moment he was overjoyed and didn't know what to do.

But at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and it was the women sent by the old lady who had returned.

After the meal was removed, Shen Lingcheng personally helped the old lady back to sit in the east room, and Nanny Qin was about to go out to call for someone.Shen Lingcheng then ordered people to take all the gangsters out, but who knew that Shen Rujiao sat there as if he didn't hear it, and Shen Rufan also followed suit.

Shen Lingcheng immediately waved his hand and said, "These things are not for you children to listen to, so why don't you go back quickly."

"Father, I should know who stole this thing, after all, it was given to me by my third sister," Shen Ruyan laughed, playing a rogue in a serious manner.

As for Shen Changle, she didn't move, after all this matter happened in her yard, even if others shouldn't listen, she should listen.So she also looked at Shen Lingcheng pitifully, and said: "This matter is in my yard, I should know whether I have wronged Mother Xu."

So the final result became that Lin took the two smaller ones back.

As soon as they went out, they saw a lot of aggressive nuns in the yard. After taking a look, Mrs. Lin led them away.Along the way, the two little maids in front led the way with hexagonal beauty palace lanterns.

Shen Jin was held in the arms of the servant girl, while Lin Shi supported Nanny Zhang's hand, her palm shrank slightly, which made Nanny Zhang feel pain.

After the leader came in, the old lady sat on the arhat bed in the middle, separated by a red lacquered bed, and Shen Lingcheng was sitting opposite.And the three little ones sat down obediently.The woman who led the search this time was named Tian. Because she was married to the steward of the mansion, everyone called her, Zhang's family.

At this time, the whole family of Zhang greeted the old lady and Shen Lingchengfu, and said, "Old lady, let's go there secretly. Originally, Madam Xu's son was desperately not allowed to search. But fortunately, the ones who brought them were all from the yard. good hands."

"Okay, just tell me if you found it," the old lady asked impatiently after listening to her words of credit.

Zhang's family laughed awkwardly, and immediately said: "I couldn't find it anywhere, but I finally found it in the kitchen of her house. It turned out that they were almost finished eating. If it wasn't for Xu Mama's daughter-in-law who couldn't bear it, she kept it." I have eaten a little tonight, I'm afraid we will go to look for it later, and even this little evidence will be gone."

Good guy, the whole family of Zhang was afraid that his words would be unfounded, so he even brought the pot over.What was stewed in the pot was chicken soup, but it could be seen that among the cooking ingredients, the dark lump was the tonic given to Shen Changle by the old lady.

I was just skeptical before, but now I really saw the evidence, even the old lady was furious, she slapped the table and cursed: "What a slave, you are so bold, not only stole the master's things, but also framed the master. I think she is full of courage..."

"Not only that, the servant also found a small piece of ginseng in Madam Xu's house. Although Xu Fu insisted that he bought it himself, this kind of ginseng can only be used by the master in our house, so The servant guessed that Madam Xu must have secretly taken it from the third girl's storeroom." Zhang's family took out a small cloth bag from their sleeves, and when they opened it, it was indeed a small piece of ginseng.

Even Shen Lingcheng frowned at this meeting. It seems that Xu Mama stole like this not once or twice.If it wasn't for this being smashed by Ruan, I'm afraid that if Changle's warehouse was emptied, no one would know.

"Judgment, give me a good interrogation and see what else she stole." Although the old lady is kind-hearted now, when she was young, she was also the wife of a country who was decisive.

So she knew very well that once such a slave was caught, she should make an example of it and let the rest of them see it.If you dare to covet the things of Master Mo's house, even the old nanny who has been around for many years, you will be completely humiliated.

Shen Lingcheng also nodded, and said: "Take care of the Xu family first, and send people to search tomorrow. I think she stole more than just such a small piece of ginseng."

At this point, the three little ones are not fit to listen anymore.

Shen Lingcheng asked the servant girl to take Shen Changle back, but Shen Ruwen insisted on sending his sister off in person.He said that he had wrongly blamed his good sister, and he wanted to apologize to her sister.

As for the end, they even took Shen Ruhui to see off Shen Changle.The three of them went out together, Shen Ruhui took the hexagonal palace lantern from the servant girl, Shen Changle stood beside him, and he stretched out his hand to hold her soft little hand.

Standing on the other side of her was Shen Ruwen, who was blowing a loud whistle at the small room that took care of Madam Xu.

The maids followed behind them, the distance was neither close nor far, which just cut off their words.

"You two..." Shen Ruhui sighed and looked down at the little guy beside him.

Shen Changle raised his head, held his palm, and asked softly, "Is brother angry?"

"Why is brother angry?" Shen Ruhui asked back, she was choked by the question, and couldn't speak for a long time.

On the other hand, Shen Ruwen, seeing them playing riddles, said impatiently: "It's just a slave."

"Yeah, just a slave," Shen Ruhui's voice was filled with repressed anger, he was not angry with Shen Changle and the others.He was just angry that his sister had to go around such a big circle and be so cautious when she wanted to punish a servant.

He was distressed.

The moonlight is clear tonight, and the silver light is sprinkled all over the land. The breeze swayed gently, and there is a wave of silver light on the lake not far away.Such a beautiful moonlight could not hide the distress in his eyes.

"Big Brother," Shen Changle couldn't help pulling his sleeve.

"Don't be angry, I'm just worried that she was my mother's slave before she was alive." Shen Changle looked at the silver lake in the distance, and said that there is a Milky Way above the sky, would her mother look down from the side of the Milky Way?Will look at her?

She didn't care about a slave, she just didn't want her mother to be stained with a little flaw.

"Don't do this again in the future." Shen Ruhui looked at her and said softly, "If there are servants who are careless in serving you again, you can just tell your big brother. I will protect you."

Shen Changle pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes were full of joy.

Shen Ruan who was on the side didn't want him to be alone, so he patted his chest and said, "You can also come and tell the second elder brother that the second elder brother will cooperate with you, okay?"

"Nonsense," Shen Ruhui glared at him, obviously blaming him, and shouldn't have kept it from himself, such things should have been told to him early on.

But Shen Rufan and Shen Changle finally had a little secret that belonged to them, so how could they be willing to tell him.

When Shen Changle returned to the yard, the whole yard was so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw someone from the opposite main room lift the curtain and come out.

Caiwei was the first one to come out of the house, she rushed up to greet her, smiled and greeted her, and said, "Young lady is back, the servant has just boiled hot water, so let's make tea for the young lady."

"It's so late, don't make any more tea," Shen Ruhui said with a frown before Shen Changle could speak.

The tea is refreshing, if I drink it again, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night.Shen Ruhui took a critical look at Caiwei, since what happened to Madam Xu, he now thinks that the people in Shen Changle's yard are all so unwitty.

Caiwei originally wanted to please her, but instead she was reprimanded and stood aside trembling in fright.

Xu Mama's matter is not something hidden, it is estimated that the entire Shen family knows about it.When she was in glory, she offended many people because she was the old nanny next to the girl.Everyone knows that such a thing will be found out. I'm afraid her family will be in bad luck.

And in this yard, Caiwei, who walked closest to Madam Xu, was naturally frightened.

Shen Ruhui sent Shen Changle in, and asked her to go to rest early.

The next day, it really happened. The grandma who went to search found a lot of things in Grandma Xu's house.These things were buried on the ground, and the people who went to search didn't know it. Later, it was Mammy Xu's daughter-in-law who couldn't stand the scare, so she did it all at once.

When a group of women dug it out, no one dared to look at it, and handed it directly to the old lady.

Shen Lingcheng was found outside, but when he saw the things on the table, there was a pair of gold bracelets, which were not expensive.The old lady's face was livid, as if she was very angry.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Shen Lingcheng asked immediately.

The old lady slammed the table and said, "I thought she was just small-minded, but I didn't expect to have such vicious thoughts. It's a shame."

Shen Lingcheng didn't know why, but he still stepped forward to open the brocade box, which contained something like spices.Shen Lingcheng didn't know why this piece of spice annoyed the old lady, and immediately said with a smile: "What are these, it makes my mother so angry."

"Sit down," said the old lady seriously.

Shen Lingcheng didn't dare to say anything, just sat down, and the old lady said softly: "I didn't know that there was such a person in our family. A dignified main room, who is actually a junior who stares at me everywhere, I don't know." Seeing that she is shameless, I will simply not give her any face."

Shen Lingcheng had a strange expression on his face.

"This kind of spice looks no different from ordinary spices, and it's not harmful to adults, but if children smell it too much, I'm afraid they will become dwarves," the old lady's eyes flashed a trace of hatred, Lin asked people to put this I'm afraid everyone will know what kind of intentions they have in handing over this harmful spice to Madam Xu.

Shen Lingcheng was shocked, and immediately said: "Is this found from Mother Xu's house?"

"This Diao Nu has already confessed, and it was given to her by Mrs. Zhang next to Mrs. Lin," the old lady said angrily.

Shen Lingcheng took a deep breath. If he didn't find out this time, his Changle, his daughter...

"This poisonous woman."

(End of this chapter)