That person can’t afford to offend

Author: Silent

That person can’t afford to offend

The little maid was quarreling with Ning Tong earlier, trying to get some advantage.

But when Mrs. Cheng Guotai, Zhu Hu, threatened her like this, she showed a defiant attitude. Even if she was pinned down and about to be beaten, she would not say a word.

It's obvious that even if you tell the old lady, I know, but I won't tell you even if you kill me.

This made Zhu Hu very angry: "Drag him out and beat him!"

The little maid didn't beg for mercy, so she was dragged out of the door by the two women. Then there was a muffled sound outside. At first, the little maid could hold it back, but later she screamed out because of the pain.

"Grandma, why bother with a little girl?" Zhu Lin couldn't stand it.

Mrs. Zhu Hu was still looking through the books, and was so angry that she said: "It is because these ignorant girls brought such unsightly things to my mistress that my mistress's mind went astray.

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Just as he was talking, the mother-in-law came in and said, "Madam, the Second Young Madam wants to tell you something."

"Hmph! Let her come in, and then let her see what the girl she made looks like!"

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Ning Tong was brought into the back hall.

When Ning Tong saw that her little maid had been beaten until she fainted, but still did not betray herself, she felt angry in her heart, and she did not even kneel down after entering the back hall.

"Mrs. Madam, you are the matron of the house, and you bully a little maid next to me like this? What kind of skill do you think you have?" Ning Tong also stepped forward.

Can't make peace.

It's better to just die.

Give face to Zhu Hu? Then who will give me face?

Mrs. Zhu Hu was furious. The old woman next to her wanted to push Ning Tong down, but she still didn't dare to be cruel. In the eyes of servants like them, they wanted to beat the little maid until she was not afraid of anything, but the second young lady

Although she is not sensible, she is An Bianbo's wife and his mistress.

"Where did these books come from? Also, who are you outside?" Zhu Hu held back his anger and asked sternly.

Ning Tong said: "This has nothing to do with you, Mrs. Tai. Zhu Feng has already given me He Li's letter and asked me to take it to the government. I have nothing to do with your Zhu family! I don't need to tell you this!"

"you!"

Although Mrs. Zhu Hu was angry, she couldn't really do anything to her granddaughter-in-law.

She quickly made a plan: "Take this unruly master and servant to the woodshed and keep them in custody. They will not be released until the master and servant reflect on their past!"

"Mrs. Madam, what's the point of bullying a woman? It's better to kill me and let me guard your grandson's life than to kill me! Anyway, your family has great achievements, so you don't have to pay with your life if you kill someone!"

Ning Tong's stubbornness also caught Zhu Hu off guard.

At this point, an ordinary woman would have begged her hard, but Ning Tong seemed not even afraid of death and would fight her to the end.

Originally, according to Zhu Hu's temperament, it would be fine to just find someone to beat Ning Tong and then imprison him. But now that Sun Tong is still leading troops in Liaodong, what if he keeps Sun Tong's wife in the capital... If this affects Sun Tong's ability to lead troops in the war,

mentality, then the responsibility is huge.

After all, Zhu Hu is the daughter of a minister. She looks fierce, but in fact she is very talented and resourceful, and she will not do anything to Ning Tong just for the sake of a momentary whim.

"Take it down!"

Mrs. Zhu Hu was too lazy to say anything else.

As the master and servant Ning Tong were taken away by the mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhu Hu should be angry.

Zhu Lin said from the side: "Grandma, this matter...forget it?"

You old lady and your granddaughter-in-law had such a quarrel, but in the end it ended amicably? And what about me? I am obviously an outsider, but you, old lady, criticized me completely?

Who did I provoke?

Mrs. Zhu Hu glared at her grandson and said, "If anything happens in the house and affects your brother's leadership of the army, let's see how I deal with you!"

After speaking, Mrs. Zhu Hu stood up and said, "Are all the gifts ready?"

"Yes, Madam." the servant replied.

Zhu Lin asked: "Grandma, what are you..."

Mrs. Zhu Hu glanced at him and said: "I will go to Zhang Zhou's house with you. Don't let people think that we don't understand the rules in Chengguo's house."

After settling the matters in the inner courtyard in advance, the old lady has to complete the friendship with people outside the courtyard. It is also because Zhu Fu and Zhu Feng, two of the family members with titles, are not in the capital. This time it is her turn, the old lady, to take action.

Already.

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"Miss...I...I didn't say."

Inside the woodshed.

After the little maid woke up and saw her young lady hugging her and crying, she couldn't help but say something pitiful.

Ning Tong wiped her tears and said, "You silly girl, you should tell me, this is not worth keeping a secret."

The little maid asked: "Did the lady say it?"

"I didn't say anything either." Ning Tong said bitterly, "They can torture me however they want. I have nothing to do with this family."

The little maid pouted and said, "Then I won't tell you either."

The master and servant have been dependent on each other for many years, but they hugged each other tightly at this time.

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Zhang Zhou returned home and was still sorting out his court clothes.

Others were issued one court uniform at a time and had to order the rest by themselves, but Zhang Zhou had several sets of official uniforms and regular uniforms. The emperor was afraid that his clothes would not fit him, so he had them custom-made in advance.

Cut out.

Here, Wang Mingshan, who was still trying on clothes one by one and helping him put on clothes behind her, had already been taken advantage of by him several times.

After all, it’s going to be tonight...

At this moment, Xia Zhi came in and announced: "Sir, there are guests outside. They say they are from Duke Chengguo's mansion. They also brought gifts."

Jiang Pingyu came out of the inner room and asked curiously: "Is it from the Duke's Mansion?"

Jiang Pingyu had heard about her father doing business with the British government before, and also heard about old Jiang being detained by the British government, so she was still very wary of the government.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's okay, this is the home of Zhu Zhijie, and is different from the British one."

joke.

Zhang Mao has a "cooperative" relationship with him at best, and now Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Fu and Zhu Feng are counting on him for food. If they don't mention Zhu Feng, let's talk about Zhu Fu... The ministers in the DPRK have so many impeachments against him.

, if it hadn't been for his help, Zhu Fu might have been dismissed from his post and taken back to the capital to live leisurely.

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Zhangjia Zhengtang.

Zhang Zhou met Zhu Hu, and Zhu Lin was followed behind him. Zhang Zhou did not expect this.

The Zhu family had done quite well in terms of etiquette, and he was also thinking, finally he no longer sent someone to notify me to come over for a banquet, but he knew he was sending something to my house, and why did he come in person?

"Madam, you are so polite, why are you so embarrassed?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile.

Zhu Hu said with a smile on his face: "Both Quanzi and Zhijie are under the care of Mr. Zhang. Although I am not in the capital, I have heard many stories about Mr. Zhang when I was in Nanjing. Mr. Zhang won the top prize in high school and will be a general in the future.

It’s easy to fall in love.”

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, these words sounded familiar.

Zhu Lin also smiled and said: "In his letter to the capital, my father also mentioned that he should thank Mr. Zhang for his cultivation, especially for those who know integrity..."

Zhang Zhou asked the two of them to sit down.

He then said politely: "Zhijie and I are friends. He took the trouble to come to the capital to offer medicine to the princess. When I was young, he also took good care of me. This is just a relationship between friends.

It’s just a moral obligation.”

While talking, Zhang Zhou was actually curious.

Didn't it mean that Zhu Feng had already sent the documents of peace and separation to the capital? Aren't you, the Zhu family, restless at home now? Looking at you like this, you can't tell at all.

Then Zhu Hu asked someone to bring the gifts in.

The items in each box were obviously much richer than when I gave Zhang Zhou gifts in Nanjing before, but they were only worth four or five hundred taels.
To be continued...