The female family members suppressed the news about what happened in the back house of the Chang Mansion, so all the guests didn't know until they got on the carriage and saw their mothers, wives, and sisters that King You Ba Wang had trespassed into the guest house of the Chang Mansion.
Nothing big happened.
After seeing off the guests, Mrs. Chang had a frighteningly cold expression on her face. She sat on the main seat. The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. These people should never have reached out to the Chang Mansion.
"Mom, grandma has gone to bed." The eldest daughter-in-law came into the house, her face was full of exhaustion. The birthday banquet was already tiring in the past few days, but such an accident happened. Mrs. Wei had a headache just thinking about it.
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"You've been tired for the whole day. Go back and rest first. You can take care of Taotao." Mrs. Chang waved her hand to signal Wei to go down. It involves King Youba, so this is not a matter in the back house.
"Yes, mother should go to bed early. My cousin's daughter-in-law will go over and have a look right now." Mrs. Wei bowed and then withdrew with the help of the maid.
Aunt Lu specially brought over the brewed ginseng tea, "Madam, the lady asked me to cook this."
Thinking of her daughter's remarkable performance tonight, Mrs. Chang's cold expression finally relaxed a little. She picked up the cup and took two sips of ginseng tea, "Where's An'an?"
"Miss has a cup of ginseng tea and is going to take a bath now. She will come back later." Aunt Lu is Mrs. Chang's confidant and has watched Chang Ru'an grow up. At this moment, there are no outsiders in the room to talk, so it is casual.
One point, "Miss, you have grown up, and you are not panicking at all tonight."
In contrast, the cousin who was scared by the wild cat and cried loudly was obviously much more immature. Speaking of which, the cousin was only one and a half years younger.
"An An shouldn't let An An know about these dirty things in the back house, but today you also saw Miss Zhan's performance, elegant, calm and stable." Mrs. Chang mentioned Zhan Feiyu with full affirmation and appreciation, "An An has passed two years.
The year is approaching, and the capital is not at peace, so it would be good for her to learn more about these schemes in the back house."
Aunt Lu also noticed Mrs. Chang's tiredness. She stood behind her and began to massage her, "What the madam said is true. The young lady is ice-snowy and smart, but she has a sweet and romantic temperament. No matter how much the madam said in the past, it is not as good as what the young lady said with her own eyes."
Seems useful."
The stiff shoulders gradually relaxed. Mrs. Chang picked up the cup again and took two sips of ginseng tea to refresh herself. "How's it going in the front yard?"
"The show has ended. The master will be here in a moment." Aunt Lu also knew that what happened today was not a trivial matter. You Bawang was still locked up in the guest room in the front yard. Fortunately, the doctor had already seen it, but he just drank too much.
That's why I was drunk and unconscious.
If King You Ba really has a good thing and a bad one, I guess the old lady of the You family, Mr. Hou, and Mrs. Hou can really lift the roof of the Chang Mansion.
Mrs. Chang nodded and half-closed her eyes waiting for Mr. Chang to come over.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, when the maid's greeting came from outside the house, Mrs. Chang, who was taking a nap, couldn't help but stood up and walked towards the door to greet her, "Master."
"It's cold outside, Madam, please go inside first." Master Chang said warmly, and helped Mrs. Chang to walk into the house.
Chang Ru'an, who was left behind, touched his nose and realized that his parents were really deeply in love as a couple, and no one cared about his good daughter.
After Master Chang sat down, Mrs. Chang had already explained the matter in detail. As for the servants involved, they were all being held in solitary confinement at the moment. Mrs. Chang was also waiting for Master Chang to come over before interrogating them.
"An'an, what do you think?" Mr. Chang smiled at his daughter sitting below who was taking the exam. Although this matter involved the front yard, it happened in the back house. An An will take care of the back house and host the middle school in the future. This will not happen
Rare.
The twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was innocent and innocent, but Mrs. Chang's teachings made Chang Ru'an know a lot of the conspiracies and calculations of the back house, "Mom and Dad, this matter is for Sister Zhan, so what is behind the scenes?"
The person must have a grudge against Sister Zhan."
Zhan Feiyu has only been in the capital for half a month, and there are only a few families who have made enemies. Chang Ru'an also came one by one: "It stands to reason that the Zhe family is the most suspicious, but the Zhe family is the home of a military general, and they always go straight to each other.
Yes, he will not reach out to our Changfu to arrange things."
No matter who offends Zhe Jing, Zhe Sanlang will bring someone to knock on her door directly. Over the years, the Zhe family has offended many people and made many enemies, but the Zhe family can be considered aboveboard in their actions, so insidious.
The calculations at first glance were not the work of the Origami family.
Mr. Chang and Mrs. Chang smiled and nodded, signaling Chang Ru'an to continue.
"Next is Mrs. Bai. Today, Sister Zhan had a conflict with Mrs. Bai when she paid her grandmother's birthday. Sister Zhan's maid even slapped Mrs. Bai's maid. However, it must have been arranged in advance for You Haoran to enter the inner courtyard.
Well, thinking about it, it shouldn’t be Mrs. Bai or the Li family."
In Chang Ru'an's view, Zhan Feiyu saved Bai Zhaohui's life in Yufeng Tower. Although there was a repayment later, rumors spread that Miss Zhan wanted to marry Bai Zhaohui. Mrs. Bai was also angry because of this rumor, but she still
Don't do anything to repay kindness with hatred.
Besides, this is the Chang Mansion. As long as Mrs. Bai is concerned about her father's official position, she will not act rashly. Chang Ru'an frowned and said, "In the end, Sister Wen is the only one left. In Duobao Pavilion, Sister Zhan blackmailed Sister Wen for 10,000 taels."
Money, but money is nothing more than external possessions. Sister Wen and the Wen family will not plot for money. Dad, I can't think of anyone else who has a grudge against Sister Zhan."
"If you can't think of anything, let's first listen to how these servants who betrayed their master confessed." Mrs. Chang glanced at Grandma Lu and asked her to bring up all the servants who had accepted the money.
Six servants knelt down in a row, three maids, a mother-in-law, and two boys.
Master Chang put down his tea cup and looked at the six servants kneeling on the ground shivering with a dark look. His voice was still gentle, "I think you all know what happened in the backyard, and you also know the rules of the Chang Mansion. I said it now.
If you are not spared the pain of flesh and blood, you are just being sold out. If you are stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Master, madam, this slave is innocent." Hong Xiu, the maid kneeling on the far right, kowtowed and glanced at her good sister Lu Xiu next to her with hatred, "It's all my fault that I trusted Lu Xiu.
My cousin was almost scratched by a wild cat because she didn't check the guest room."
Hong Xiu and Green Xiu are both third-class maids. They are usually responsible for cleaning the guest house of the Chang Mansion. Today is the old lady's birthday, so the guest house must be prepared as well. After all, there will be female relatives coming to message or change clothes.
Hongxiu is responsible for tea, cakes, charcoal pots, and incense, while Luxiu is responsible for cleaning and arranging the decorations. After Hongxiu hung the clothes in the cabinet, he planned to check them one last time to ensure that there would be no problems.
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But Lu Xiu said that they had just wiped the floor in the house and it was still wet, so they didn't let Hong Xiu in for fear of dirtying the floor.
"Good sister, I'll clean the yard first. When the ground in the house is dry, I'll go in and take a look. You go back to the house and change into clean clothes. The guests will be coming soon." Lu Xiu smiled and pushed Hong Xiu towards him.
Walking to the door of the yard, "Today is my birthday party, I will give my pearl butterfly hairpin to my sister. Sister, please go back quickly."
Even if she didn't check the wardrobe, it wasn't a big deal. Plus, Hong Xiu really liked that hairpin, so she left half-heartedly. "Madam, it's all my fault. I didn't check the wardrobe after that." Hong Xiu cried.
She was sobbing. In fact, she should have been staying in the yard today.
In this case, if a wild cat is locked in the cabinet, there will definitely be a noise, and Hongxiu will be able to detect it.
But after she changed her clothes, combed her hair again, and put on her butterfly hairpin, she went to show off to the other maids, not staying in the yard at all.
It wasn't until the birthday banquet started, and she saw Zhan Feiyu and Taotao coming into the yard from a distance that Hong Xiu ended her chat with the little sisters and hurried back to the yard.
"Luxiu, what do you have to say?" Mrs. Chang looked coldly at Luxiu who said nothing. She also gave birth to a child at home, but unfortunately she betrayed the master.
"This slave has nothing to say." He lowered his head, his green-sleeved face looked as if he was dead. At this point, it was meaningless to say anything or not.
"Damn you bitch, do you think you won't know if you don't tell me about Madam?" Aunt Lu cursed sternly, looked at Luxiu kneeling on the ground and said bitterly: "Your elder brother lost the bet and owed two hundred
For two pieces of silver, your mother will marry you to the Huhu butcher to pay off the debt..."
Luxiu was only a third-class maid in the Chang Mansion, and the Chang family's rule was that a man in his forties could only take a concubine if he had no children, so no matter how good-looking she was, there was no way that Luxiu would be taken into the master's concubine.
Lu Xiu is already seventeen years old after the Chinese New Year. Last year, she fell in love with Zhong Jin, the clerk of Liji Clothing Store. Zhong Jin originally wanted to save a sum of money to redeem Lu Xiu's life. If the master was merciful and didn't want her,
The money he received to redeem himself was used as betrothal gift for Luxiu’s parents.
But who knew that Luxiu's eldest brother had a gambling debt, and she and Zhong Jin had only saved twenty taels of silver. In order to prevent Luxiu from paying off the debt to Butcher Hu, Zhong Jin stole several pieces of cloth from the cloth shop and wanted to secretly
Sold it to Luxiu to raise money.
Unfortunately, the shopkeeper discovered it. Although Zhong Jin was not sent to jail, he was still beaten severely. Zhong Jin's right arm was broken, and the little money he had saved was sent to the hospital to see a doctor for medicine.
Lu Xiu was forced to have no choice. After the old lady's birthday party, her mother asked the old lady to redeem her body and marry her to Butcher Hu.