Because of Shen's mother's words, there seemed to be no sound of breathing in the room suddenly.
Everyone's eyes fell on the old lady, waiting for her next words.
The old lady's eyes were still gloomy, like the drooping lead clouds before a storm. This was the first time that Xie Songhua saw this old lady showing her fierce methods, which was far from the kind appearance he had seen in the past.
The setting sun coated the old lady's body with a layer of gold, but no one could notice the slightest warmth. Instead, it added a bit of sharp coldness.
At this moment, she suddenly realized her innocence and simplicity.
Even if Aunt Zhang died in front of her, even if Qiu Shuang jumped into the well, Mrs. Liu wanted to kill her, and then Zhou Ruyi, Nanny Ying...
In fact, if you think about it carefully, each of these incidents is dangerous, and the price is too high for her to bear.
But none of this was as big as the impact in front of me.
No young girl was beaten to death with a stick in front of her eyes, which made her feel chills down her spine.
A maid's life was taken away in front of everyone. This was the old lady's method.
Xie Songhua heard her voice with almost no fluctuation, "Weigh five taels of silver and ask someone to take it away."
Mother Shen bowed calmly and waved to others to carry Qiu Shuang away, who was almost dead.
After being beaten like this, he was sent to the Yazi without any treatment, which meant he would die. The five taels of silver were just for someone to help collect the body, and not to die in the Xie family.
As soon as the people were dragged away, a frightened maid came immediately to fetch water and clean the ground in the yard outside.
In the boxwood basin, bright red blood...
Until the outside was cleaned, no one in the house made a sound. The smell of blood blew into the house with the evening breeze and hit people, clinging like a spider web and lingering.
Mrs. Xie finally turned around, but towards Xie Shuhua.
Just one look made Xie Shuhua's legs and feet weak, and she leaned on Qi's side.
Mrs. Qi wanted to say a few words for her daughter, but the old lady did not give her a chance.
Her eyes were heavy and her tone was solemn, "Put away your petty thoughts, there are some things you can't touch."
Xie Shuhua's lips turned white with fear, she was trembling and speechless.
The old lady snorted coldly, "We admit that you are the girl of the Xie family. If we don't admit it, which one do you think, the prince or the third prince, is willing to marry the daughter of a farmer?"
Xie Shuhua's cold sweat suddenly fell down. She looked at Mrs. Xie in horror and reached out to pull her sleeves, "Grandma...grandma, I..."
"I may not be worthy of your call as a grandmother," the old lady pulled back her sleeves forcefully, "You have the ability to scheme against your aunt and control your father, but do you really think that I can't do anything to you?"
"No... no!" Xie Shuhua knelt down quickly, "Grandma, you have to let your granddaughter say something! What the hell is going on today? I... I..."
She couldn't say what she said next, because under the old lady's sneer eyes, she found that all the excuses she thought of were extremely pale.
Sure enough, she heard the old lady snort coldly, "Don't judge others as fools. It's not your turn to confuse right and wrong in this family yet! Let me give you a word, people should cherish their blessings."
After she finished speaking, she held Mother Shen's hand and walked inside, as if she had no intention of pursuing it further.
Xie Shuhua tightly grasped Mrs. Qi's hand next to her, still unable to stand on her own legs.
The hearts of everyone in the room had been falling heavily, and it was only now that they could barely breathe out secretly.
But just halfway through the sigh, the old lady's cool voice came out from behind the bead curtain that was still swinging, "From today on, if anything happens to the fourth girl, I will only settle the account with you. Whoever did it,
It’s all done by you!”
After saying this, she entered the inner room and ignored the group of people outside.
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but in the end their eyes only turned to Xie Songhua and Xie Shuhua.
Today, the old lady obviously didn't say anything, she just beat a girl to death in front of everyone, but she clearly convicted Xie Shuhua and confirmed that she had harmed Xie Songhua.
No one knows what exactly happened, but it is precisely because of this that it makes people imagine.
After all, Xie Shuhua couldn't help but ran away crying. Qi was ashamed and annoyed, so she quickly chased after her.
Xie Songhua ignored the looks of others and left with the maid.
The news that a maid was beaten to death in public in Shouan Hall immediately spread throughout the house.
It's just different from other rumors. Although everyone knows it, no one dares to talk about it outside. We can only close the door and talk to the people we are very close to.
Therefore, the entire Xie Mansion fell into a strange depression after the two girls' beauty and hairstyle.
Ding Xiang was very excited. She closed the door and told the others what the old lady said to Xie Shuhua today word for word.
Xie Songhua could not help but see her beaming outside, so he turned around and entered the living room. He walked directly to the desk, added water to the inkstone, took out the ink stick, and began to study the ink and practice calligraphy meticulously.
Now she has begun to try to practice calligraphy with her elbows hanging, but her skills are too shallow and she has to be very focused to write smoothly. For her, it is easy to meditate.
Within half a page of paper, a thin layer of sweat broke out on my forehead.
At this time, Aunt Lan came in with tea, quickly helped her light all the lamps in the room, and twisted the handkerchief and handed it to her, "Girl, take a break."
There was a smile on her eyes and brows, "It's better now. After the old lady said those words, Yilanyuan won't dare to do anything to us, and the girl can feel at ease."
Xie Songhua hesitated for a moment, then finally smiled and said, "That's what my aunt said."
Then I started grinding ink again, and simply changed to a pen.
Aunt Lan just thought she was diligent and wouldn't bother her anymore.
Even Aunt Lan felt that the old lady was trying to suppress Xie Shuhua on her behalf today, and others must have thought so too.
But in fact, is this really the case?
When thoughts come together, the mind becomes confused.
If your mind is confused, you won't be able to write the word well.
"Afraid?"
Xie Songhua has long been used to Yu Ruzhuo's sudden appearance, and even acquiesces that he is right opposite him.
Therefore, not only was she not frightened at this time, but she also became a little irritable because of his words, "What do I have to be afraid of? I didn't kill her, and I didn't harm anyone... I...
…”
Her words stopped suddenly, and the hand holding the pen was grabbed by Yu Ruzhuo's invisible hand.
Xie Songhua watched as his hand moved the pen very smoothly under his control.
The delicate and thick ink slowly flowed out from the tip of the pen, gently but not softly, each stroke was very serious. The rustling sound of the tip of the hair walking on the rice paper and the sound of the wind leaking in from the window were intertwined with each other, making her
The restlessness slowly calmed down.
She couldn't see him, but she knew he was next to her.
She didn't know what this person looked like or how tall he was, but at this moment, because of this silence, she actually felt an inexplicable dependence on him from the bottom of her heart.
After writing a big character, it was the character "quiet". The handwriting looked like hers, but not exactly like hers. It was much better than hers.
Xie Songhua put down the pen, finally sighed and sat down.
"I'm scared." She took a long breath and said this quietly.
But he was answering what he just said.
Yu Ruzhuo said nothing, but Xie Songhua knew that he must be sitting opposite and listening.
"This is not a world I am familiar with. I have been working hard to adapt to it and integrate into it. I know that when the environment cannot be changed, the only way to survive is to adapt to the environment.
But now I'm scared, and I'm starting to wonder, is this really an environment I want to adapt to and be willing to assimilate to?"
Even the kind-hearted old lady can be so cruel. Who is clean in this place?
She doesn't even know what it means to be clean.
"You won't."
Xie Songhua was stunned. She didn't know where Yu Ruzhuo came to this conclusion, but when she listened to it, she just felt it was ridiculous.
She shook her head slightly, with a look of complete frustration on her face, "Sooner or later I will do it too."
It can even be said that she has begun to behave like the people here, such as what happened today.
If Bitao is not successfully stopped and the incident is revealed, what will Bitao face?