Pulling Mengying's maids along, they saw that Mrs. Andinghou had made a promise, so they did not dare to disobey and let Mengying go.
Mengying took advantage of the situation and knelt down in front of Mrs. Xiao, and said loudly: "If a daughter of the people has been wronged, please wait for me to make the decision!" After saying this, she couldn't kneel down.
"If you have any grievances, tell the truth. If you really have grievances, I will make the decision for you. But if you spread rumors without reason and cause trouble, I will not spare you."
After Mrs. Anding finished speaking, a maid brought a chair over and Mrs. Xiao sat on it. Aunt Ruan stood beside her with her hands down.
Mengying kowtowed and said: "Nanny Zhou from the Xie Mansion went to the embroidery workshop to order a spring shirt. Because the girl was not in the embroidery workshop, the clerk at home didn't know why, so she took her deposit. But I heard from the clerk that this
When I ordered the clothes, I wanted to make sure that I was like a fairy from the Nine Heavens, transcendent and refined, and that my character was noble. I thought about it, but it was hard for me to take it on. So when I came this week, I planned to refund the deposit and gave it to her as a gift.
Tea for ten taels of silver.
But this week, the mother-in-law threatened her in every possible way. When she first came to the capital, she didn't dare to cause trouble, so she took the job. She bought half a piece of cloud brocade, good cloud yarn and silk thread, and worked day and night to make Miss Xie the one she is now.
Wearing this spring shirt.
Aunt Zhou came to pick up the clothes. I begged in every possible way. If the clothes were not as good as what she liked, I would send them back to you and I would deposit money and get the money back. But two days ago, Aunt Zhou said that the clothes were given to someone else and she only gave me fifty taels.
Silver, compensation.
But I don’t want wages for this set of spring clothes. The cost is more than three hundred taels. It would be fine if I really rewarded the servant. But now that Miss Xie has accepted the clothes, she bullied me, a merchant girl, and extorted a set of clothes from me.
, it’s really not what everyone does with their money.”
As soon as Mengying finished speaking, Xie Chunlian stepped forward and cursed: "You are spitting blood, obviously you want to blackmail me, today you are destroying my reputation, if you don't make it clear, I can't leave!"
Mrs. Xie pulled her daughter and signaled her not to say anything, and then gouged out her eyes at Aunt Zhou, who was so frightened that she was shaking like chaff.
Mrs. Xiao asked: "But Miss Xie, did you decide it in person?"
Mengying shook her head, pointed at Aunt Zhou and said, "That's her. She ordered it from me, and she also took the clothes away?"
Mrs. Xie stepped forward and said, "What a eloquent girl. There are so many of the same things in the world. What you say you do is what you do? What evidence do you have?"
Mengying snorted and said: "Of course there is evidence. The brocade used for this horse-faced skirt was purchased from Fulong Satin Shop in the south of the city. Twenty swallows, fifteen kingfishers, and sixty-six flowers were embroidered on it.
Pomegranate flowers, thirty-three peonies, eight small ones, and nineteen rocks.
Eighty-eight magnolia flowers of various shapes are embroidered on the neckline of Bijia, and one hundred and eight twining flowers are embroidered on the pink gauze shirt.
On the skirt belt, I embroidered two birds and embroidered the words "Dengzhi Embroidery Studio" with silver thread. If you don't believe me, please let Miss Xie take off her skirt and have a look."
Everyone then turned their attention to Xie Chunlian, and saw that her face turned red and white for a while. It didn't matter whether she really took off her clothes or not.
Mrs. Xie knew clearly that it would be difficult to get off the tiger, so she pretended to be furious and said: "My daughter has not yet left the cabinet, how can she take off her skirt in front of her? You woman, you really want to be punished!"
At this moment, a young girl's voice was heard and she said loudly: "I can prove that what this embroiderer said is true!"
When everyone saw it, they found that this person was none other than Xiao Mingzhu.
She walked up and said to Mrs. Xiao: "Aunt, this embroiderer and I are old acquaintances. I fell in love with this skirt when she made it. She said it was custom-made for someone else.
I don't want to win people's love. She also embroidered two handkerchiefs, which are made of the same material as the skirt. Please take a look, aunt."
After saying that, he handed the veil over.
Mrs. Andinghou frowned as she took the veil. Although her niece was a little deviant, she was not a liar. What she said was nine out of ten true.
Seeing Xiao Mingzhu come out to testify, Xie Chunlian stood up, pointed at Mingzhu and said loudly: "You are talking nonsense, you and her are obviously in the same group!"
Xiao Mingzhu sneered: "Oh, why are you with her?"
"Because... because you are jealous of me!" Xie Chunlian knew that she had stolen the limelight today, and it was possible that Xiao Mingzhu was jealous of her.
Xiao Mingzhu smiled contemptuously, without replying. She turned to Mrs. Anding and said, "Aunt, this matter is not difficult to verify. Either Miss Xie went to change the skirt, or the embroiderer bought the material from somewhere.
Send it to the shopkeeper and ask him."
Mrs. Xie looked at Aunt Zhou, standing there with cold sweat dripping from her forehead, and knew that she was in the wrong for this matter.
Then he looked at Mrs. Qi Bo, hoping that she would come out to smooth things over.
Mrs. Qi Bo understood that it would be disgraceful to cause such a thing in her garden today, so she stepped forward to question Mengying, saying: "Girl, let me ask you, how did you enter the garden without my post?"
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Mengying explained in detail how to enter the garden, and then Mrs. Qi Bo sent someone to ask the fifth grandmother, and then brought the little maid who led the way and questioned her.
The little maid was so frightened that she cried incessantly, and because of this incident, the Fifth Nanny sent her to the kitchen. Later, because of her good snacks, she was spotted by the Fifth Master, took over the house, and became a serious aunt. It was a blessing in disguise.<
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Knowing that Mengying was not lying, Mrs. Qi Bo told Xi Ni and said: "Oh, according to my words, don't go to so much trouble. It's just a set of clothes. I think the servant must have done something wrong, and it has caused Miss Xie a lot of trouble."
. How much money does the girl’s clothes cost? I am the host today. No matter who is right or wrong, I will pay for the money.”
Mrs. Xiao also nodded. After all, she was not engaged yet. She had nothing to do with Mrs. Xie's good or bad, and she could see through it without telling her. They both looked good, so they nodded and said, "That's very good."
But Xie Chunlian started crying and shouted: "Mrs. Uncle, Chunlian refuses to obey. This matter cannot be settled like this. Even if she made the clothes, giving her one hundred taels for a dress is already a lot."
, and she wants to blackmail three hundred taels, she will explain it clearly to me today!"
Mrs. Xie hurriedly stopped her with words: "Today's spring banquet at my uncle's house, you can't be willful!" She meant to let her daughter accept it as soon as she felt like it.
But Xie Chunlian is used to being domineering. If her reputation spreads today, how will she be able to gain a foothold in front of the noble ladies in the capital in the future? She will just cry and refuse in every possible way.
Mrs. Qi Bo had no choice but to call her servants to call the shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop.
Half an hour later, shopkeeper Gao arrived. He identified on the spot that it was the Yun brocade he had sold to Mengying, and took out the sale document.
In a blink of an eye, Xie Chunlian said that the Yun Brocade was stolen goods and would not let him go, so the housekeeper of Prince Lu's Mansion was invited over again.
It turned out that Princess Lu was a widow with no children. Her annual salary was less than two hundred taels, but she supported nearly a hundred people in the palace. She was really short of money, so she asked the housekeeper to sell the cloth and silk given by the emperor in the warehouse, including
This Yunjin.
Later, Princess Lu heard that she was selling Yun brocade, and everyone knew about it, so she was scared for a while. In the end, the eunuch in the palace passed the Queen Mother's instructions and gave Princess Lu an additional salary of 200 taels per year. Princess Lu was overjoyed. There are not many here.
Elaborate.
Now the whole story is clear, Mengying's three hundred taels was not blackmail, it only left Mrs. Xie speechless.
In order to borrow the donkey from Poxia, someone pulled Aunt Zhou over and said, "You old naughty slave, I asked you to serve a girl, but you actually deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors to do such a thing. We can't keep you in our house. Go back to your family to do something like this."
Serve!"
He went to Mengying's place again, helped Mengying up, and said: "Miss Yao, this is all a misunderstanding. My general's office has improperly appointed people, and our Chun Lian has also been deceived. I will have the remaining two hundred taels sent to me."
In the embroidery workshop, not a penny will be lost."
Mengying replied: "Thank you madam for your generosity, and please help me in the future so as not to embarrass a weak woman like me."
Mrs. Xie suppressed her anger, knowing that Mengying was trying to hit her, but she felt wrong, so she had to answer: "What did the girl say? My general's office is based in the capital, and I don't make a living by bullying the people. This is all a misunderstanding.
Just run your embroidery workshop."
Mrs. Qi Bo also asked Mengying, "Miss Yao, do you have anything else to say?"
Seeing that her goal was achieved, Mengying ducked down and said to Mrs. Qi Bo and Marquis An Ding: "If it weren't for fate, Mengying would not disturb everyone's enjoyment. I also ask all ladies to be considerate. Mengying is resigning." p>
Mrs. Qi Bo nodded, and two women came forward and took Mengying to the second door.