Mrs. Xu took her maid to the front office. She was holding back her anger and was going to have an attack.
But in the process of going to the front office, my anger gradually dropped a little, and I also had some other concerns in my heart.
In this situation, if I still cause trouble, I might be punished by Mrs. Shen and Shen Zhonglei again...
Thinking of this, she thought for a moment and said to the two maids behind her: "You two, remember, we are not going to make trouble, we are going to take the master's new favorite back to the back house and settle it, do you hear that?"
"Yes." Manqing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although it would be best not to do anything, having a better attitude would be much better than just going there and causing trouble.
Mancui said: "Madam is very considerate. The man was put in the front office by the master. It is inconvenient for us to do anything. If we bring him to the back house, we will not let the madam make him round and flat in the future."
Hearing this, Mrs. Xu turned her head and glanced at Mancui. Unexpectedly, this little maid still had some brains. She nodded with a smile and said: "It's good that you can think of these, but remember them in the future. It's okay if you understand these words in your heart. It's not necessary."
Speak out, but beware the walls have ears.”
"This slave is careless. I must be careful in the future." Mancui was so happy when she saw Xu's eyes looking at her with some approval.
Madam finally feels that she is more useful than Manqing!
Manqing couldn't help frowning as she listened to the conversation between Xu and Mancui, but she didn't dare to speak out to dissuade them, so she could only follow them worriedly.
Mrs. Xu came here specifically to find out that Shen Zhonglei was not at home. Unexpectedly, she was stopped by Rong An as soon as she arrived at the door of the study.
All her words were useless. Finally, Mrs. Xu was so angry that she asked Mancui to go up and slap Rongan twenty times.
"If you don't want to be beaten again, get out of my way!" Mrs. Xu stood at the door of the study. Looking at Rongan, whose face was swollen but still kneeling at the door and refused to get up, she asked with a dark face, "You must
Did I ask someone to drag you down?"
"The master has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the study and backyard. Please forgive me, madam."
Rongan's cheeks were red and swollen, and his mouth was full of blood. His words were somewhat slurred, but his tone was firm.
"What if I have to go in?" Ms. Xu's eyebrows were raised high, and her voice was already anxious.
"Young ones can only boldly disobey Madam's orders." Although Rong An was kneeling, his back was straight.
"You..." Mrs. Xu was already very angry, and now she was even more frustrated by Rongan. So even though she knew it was too much, she had to grit her teeth and say, "Someone, drag him away!"
Rongan held on to the door frame with both hands, trying hard to resist the pull of the two stout women.
"Unless Madam steps over Xiao Xiao's body today, even if he only has one breath left, Xiao Xiao must guard this door."
"Then let me see how hard your bones can be!" Xu ordered, "Hit me!"
The stout woman held a wooden stick in her hand, went up and hit Rongan's right arm hard.
"Well -" Rongan gritted his teeth, but still couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, and his right hand immediately dropped weakly, obviously being interrupted.
Xie Tong and Xie Qi had been listening to the noise in the back yard. They were still hesitating whether they should go out or whether they would ruin Xie Yan's arrangements, but after hearing this, they finally couldn't help it.
"I can't control that much anymore. If anything happens, I'll be responsible for it. Just let the boss punish me." Xie Qi said, opening the door and walking out quickly.
Xie Tong turned his head and glanced at the door of the inner room, not daring to leave the sleeping Zhao Haijun alone in the room, and said: "Brother Qi, go ahead, I'm here to look after Xie. But we have to say
Well, today’s matter must be considered my brother’s fault.”
Rong An could only use one arm at this time, and his strength was immediately reduced by half. He held on to the crack of the door with all his strength, but was gradually pulled away from the door by the sturdy woman.
Just when Mrs. Xu finally showed a victorious look, a sudden shout came from behind: "Stop it!"
The familiar voice made Xu tremble all over, and the others all retracted their hands angrily.
Only the old lady, who was still holding the wooden stick in her hand, reacted slowly and had nowhere to hide the stick in her hand. She stood there blankly and was caught by Shen Zhonglei.
"What are you doing with the stick?" Shen Zhonglei narrowed his eyes and looked at her, "While I'm not at home, are you guys going to rebel?"
The woman was so frightened that she suddenly let go, and the wooden stick fell to the ground with a "clang" sound, which was particularly obvious and harsh when everyone was as quiet as a chicken.
"Old slave...Old slave just obeys Madam's orders..."
"Madam?" Shen Zhonglei snorted coldly and looked at Mrs. Xu, with a strange tone in his tone.
Mrs. Xu's back was numb by his shouting. She glared at the stout old woman and said bravely: "I heard that the master has brought back a new sister and placed her in the front office. I think there are many people in front of me."
Some men came in, so my sister must not be comfortable living there, so I came here specially and planned to invite my sister to live in the back house..."
When Shen Zhonglei heard this, he felt it was extremely ridiculous and said coldly: "There's no need to put it in such a nice way. You just listened to the rumors and wanted to come here to catch me, right?"
"How can the master say that?" Mrs. Xu naturally refused to admit it. "I even accepted Aunt Guo, can't I accommodate one more person?"
Shen Zhonglei looked at Rong An, whose cheeks were red and swollen, and whose arms were bent and hanging, and said: "Come here, please ask the doctor to come over and see Rong An's injuries, and reward him with twenty taels of silver."
In front of many servants, Shen Zhonglei did this, which was tantamount to a slap in Xu's face.
"Master, what do you mean?" Xu said trying hard to maintain her manners.
"I've always known rewards and punishments clearly!"
"The reward has been given, who do you want to punish now?"
Based on Xu's understanding of Shen Zhonglei, he always wanted to save face the most in front of outsiders.
Rewarding Rongan in public was already the limit. It was impossible to really punish her for being a servant.
That's why she said this deliberately, hoping to regain some face for herself.
As for whether doing this would anger Shen Zhonglei even more, she couldn't care less at this time.
Shen Zhonglei suddenly asked: "Madam, do you really want to know who is living in the yard behind the study now?"
Xu thought to herself, aren't you talking nonsense?
I brought people here, scolded and beat your people, could it be that they had nothing to do after they were full?
"In that case, Madam, please come with me to find out what's going on!" Shen Zhonglei suddenly took the initiative to invite Mrs. Xu in, "But Madam, don't regret it if you go in."
"As long as you don't regret it, Master, I have nothing to regret." Although Mrs. Xu's mouth was so thin, there was a suspicious look in her eyes.
She looked at Shen Zhonglei, as if she wanted to find out what kind of medicine he was selling.
However, Shen Zhonglei grabbed Xu's wrist and pulled her inside.
Mrs. Xu was dragged by him and staggered, and in the blink of an eye, the door was already close at hand.
The doorway she had been desperately trying to enter just now was now like a devil's cave that was about to swallow people, making her feel cold all over.