First Concubine

Chapter 24 Punishing the brother-in-law (1)

Just when a few people thought that the matter had deteriorated to an unacceptable level, something worse happened: Fu'er sent Shui Lingqing to Fushouyuan, and went to the dining room to get lunch on the way, but accidentally slipped on the sole of his foot and pressed it in with one hand. In the hot oil pan, the spicy oil fried her entire forearm to brown, and now she has been sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate.

 Mother Zhong and others looked at each other, they understood that they said they were recovering from their injuries, but in fact they were waiting for death. The government does not accept people who are unable to work, nor does it keep people who are about to die.

　　Compared to an accident, several people are more inclined to believe that this is a planned conspiracy. Because Fu'er helped Ye Mao, he suffered crazy revenge. Will anyone who is close to Lingxiangyuan in the future be mutilated?

 The room was so quiet that only the sounds of breathing and swallowing were left.

Mother Zhong smiled and said: "It's just an accident, haha, an accident."

After saying that, seeing no one paying attention to her, she lowered her head and put her trembling legs together.

Shui Linglong remembers Fu'er, that very innocent and kind-hearted little girl, with two light dimples on her cheeks when she smiled, very pretty and cute. Last time Fu'er even said with a smile that Li Ji's stinky tofu in the east of the city was delicious and Huang Ji's lanterns in the west of the city were beautiful. In fact, there had been no stinky tofu in the east of the city and there were no lanterns in the west of the city. Fu'er's impression of the market was still there. When I was first sold to Beijing five years ago...

 It’s such a simple little maid who got put into the frying pan!

It was really a big one to go to Malaysia. In the previous life, she was eaten by Qin Fangyi. In addition to giving a little face, this brother was not too embarrassed. In this life, Qin Fangyi and Shui Lingxi stumbled, and Shui Minyu bit her like a lion that suddenly woke up. Qin Fangyi must not be happy for him to cause trouble in the house, so the only one left to stir up dissension and stir up trouble is her sister Shui Lingxi.

Shui Linglong smiled faintly: "I thought it was a big deal, it's just a piece of porcelain. Since I broke his, I'll just give him one as compensation."

Liu Lu lowered her eyes and shook her head in disappointment. No matter how favored the young lady is, she cannot beat the young master...

Zhifan took a fine glass bowl and went to Shui Minyu's yard. At the door, she explained her purpose, and the gatekeeper went in to pass the news. When she came back, she accepted the porcelain bottle. Unexpectedly, she had just taken a few steps when she heard the sound of broken porcelain. She shook her head and smiled coldly, not knowing what it meant! One day, the eldest lady will peel off your skin!

"Brother, you are so kind to me." In the bright hall of Fushouyuan, Shui Lingxi held Shui Minyu's hand, smiling beautifully and looking picturesque.

Shui Minyu touched the necklace hanging on her bun and said with a smile: "You are my sister. If I don't love you, who do you love?" Then, she looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, don't you think so?"

The old lady smiled from ear to ear. She was really happy when her two grandchildren returned home. She said to Mama Wang: "Lingxi has lost weight. I asked the kitchen to stew more soup. I remember I have some." Take some blood swallows."

 Mother Wang answered: “Yes”.

Shui Lingxi hurriedly stood up and bowed, her tears falling down, hitting the ground with an audible sound. She was born extremely beautiful, but now when she cries, she becomes even more soft and drunk, and even more charming.

 The old lady’s gray eyebrows twisted: “Why are you crying?”

Shui Lingxi raised her little face full of tears, and the sunlight hit it, like the light of a lake of pearls: "Lingxi is so happy! Lingxi...Lingxi made an unforgivable mistake and did not expect grandma's love." Forgive...but Lingxi is afraid that her grandmother will be angry and hurt because of this, so Lingxi's heart...is filled with fear every day...Now that her grandmother is so kind to Lingxi regardless of her past grudges...Lingxi is ashamed..." Her words were incoherent, and she showed even more sincerity.

 At any rate, this was a child she had truly loved, and she was also the granddaughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. How had she ever lowered her stance like this? Needless to say, the old lady was a little vain in her heart. The old lady waved to her: "Come here."

Shui Lingxi sniffed and walked towards the old lady. Her skirt was like a cloud, slowly brushing across the smooth and new floor. There was no trace of dragging or floating in her movements. She was very elegant.

The old lady took a deep look at Minhui, then took Shui Lingxi's hand and said, "You are so sensible!"

Shui Minhui sat next to the old lady, looking at them with a smile on his face, but did not speak. He had always been shy, which was not surprising to everyone.

 Suddenly, Jade reported at the door: "Old madam, the eldest lady is here."

Shui Lingxi returned to her seat, her eyes dimmed when she heard the word "eldest lady", and she winked at Shui Minyu. Shui Minyu stood up, sat down next to the old lady, and took up her usual space. Where Linglong was sitting, she asked in surprise: "When did eldest sister return to Zhuangzi? Why didn't I know?"

Shui Linglong happened to hear this sentence when she walked in, and sneered in her heart. You instigated the book boy to bully Ye Mao and Fu'er, and you still said shamelessly that you don't know me? This brother and sister are indeed unusually shameless!

"Is this brother Minyu?" Shui Linglong put on a flawless smile as she spoke, "Greetings to my grandmother, hello brother Minyu, hello brother Minhui."

He doesn’t look very good-looking either! Shui Minyu snorted disdainfully and said reluctantly: "Hello, eldest sister."

 The old lady touched Shui Minyu's face lovingly without blaming her.

Shui Minhui smiled and nodded, politely.

Shui Linglong glanced at it, as if she didn't notice that her seat was taken by Shui Minyu. She went straight to the head of Shui Ling River and sat down. She said with a smile: "You two brothers are tired of traveling and traveling, but it's hard work?"

Shui Minyu was too lazy to answer.

Shui Minhui smiled shyly: "We should have returned home two days earlier, but heavy snow blocked the mountains and delayed the journey. The horses and servants suffered, but we are okay."

Shui Minyu decisively changed the topic: "Grandma, my sister wrote to me saying that you got a pair of cinnabar swords, but you don't have a suitable fish tank. I bought a white jade fish tank from Xishan. It's beautiful! Please come to Mother Wang. Bring the fish tank over."

This matter has always been a thorn in the old lady's heart. Others dare not mention it for fear of offending the old lady. Shui Minyu is different. If he mentions it, it will only make the old lady feel that he really cares about this grandmother, and he also said it in a few words. After sharing some credit with Shui Lingxi, the old lady couldn't help but take another look at Shui Lingxi.

Shui Lingxi smiled shyly, showing how beautiful she is.

Mother Wang bowed and left the yard. After a while, she returned empty-handed and her expression was not very good: "The eldest young master's book boy said...the fish tank was broken by the eldest lady's maid..."

"What?" Shui Minyu looked surprised, "How come the fish tank I bought was broken by the eldest sister's maid? There must be some misunderstanding, right? Call Changfeng and Changan in! Let me see if they are two naughty people. You broke the fish tank and blamed it on someone else!”

Shui Linglong wiped her mouth with a handkerchief. She finally understood where Shui Lingxi's hypocrisy came from.

After a while, Changfeng and Changan walked in with bows. Changfeng pressed his waist with a look of pain on his face. Changan was limping and could not hide his pain. They knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady: "Slave Changfeng. / I met the old lady in Chang’an!”

These two people were Shui Minyu's bookboys selected by the Prime Minister's Palace. This was the first time the old lady saw them. The old lady frowned: "How did you end up like this? Did you fight with someone?"

Changfeng's eyes turned red and he whimpered: "Being... being... being..."

 The old lady pointed to Chang'an: "You tell me!"

Changan wiped his tears, sniffed again, and said: "It's such an old lady. The two of us were holding the fish tank and were going back to the yard. We bumped into a maid on the way, and the three of us fell to the ground at the same time. , the things in her bag were crushed, and she yelled and yelled at us to compensate! We didn’t say we wouldn’t compensate, we just told her to wait and let us take the fish tank back to the yard first. After all, this fish tank was a special trip for the young master. She brought a gift from Xishan to the old lady. She refused and said that who in the yard didn't know that the old lady loved the eldest lady the most? Who didn't know that the eldest lady was going to marry into the Zhenbei Palace and become the crown prince? She said to keep the fish tank? Next, we naturally refused to pay for it. This was the filial piety of the young master. What if it was damaged? During the quarrel, she picked up Changfeng and threw it, breaking the fish tank as well. Then... we... started fighting... but the maid was very strong, and we were scholars, so we couldn't beat her, so we ended up like this... Wuwu..."

The old lady's face became darker and darker during Chang'an's passionate speech. If what the book boy said was true, then this pampered and arrogant granddaughter would be a little annoying! What about the Crown Princess? Neither Shui Lingxi nor the future crown princess dared to be so arrogant! How many colors were given to her and she opened a dyeing room? Of course, the possibility of the scholar lying is not ruled out: "Linglong, are they telling the truth?"

Shui Lingxi spoke in a conciliatory tone and said, "Grandma, some maids act wantonly and pretend to be powerful. I believe that eldest sister will not do such unreasonable things."

Fu'er was the only third-party witness, but was sent out of the house. No matter how Ye Mao told the truth, it was not enough to win the old lady's trust. The old lady favored boys over girls, and was naturally biased towards Shui Minyu in her subconscious. Shui Linglong looked at Shui Lingxi gratefully: "Second sister, I'm sorry you are willing to believe me."

Shui Lingxi smiled sweetly and said, "Sisters should trust each other."

　　Shui Linglong's face remained calm even after such a thing happened. Shui Minyu glanced sideways, pointed at Chang'an, and asked seriously: "Do you know what will happen if you lie and deceive your master?"

Chang'an kowtowed and vowed: "I will never dare to hide anything! If I lie, please ask the old lady to expel the servant from the house!"

 The old lady's expression relaxed. She looked at Shui Linglong, as if waiting for her to give a reasonable explanation.

"The fish tank... is indeed broken." Shui Linglong was silent for a long time and finally said, "Call Ye Mao."

Two-quarters of an hour later, Ye Mao walked into the bright hall of Fushouyuan with heavy steps. Her face was swollen, her forehead was cracked, and her eyes were blood-red. She looked like a soul-stealing demon. As she entered, At that moment, a strong smell of blood filled the room.

Ye Mao knelt down, Changfeng swallowed his saliva, and argued subconsciously: "We...didn't beat you like this! You...you didn't do it deliberately to slander us...right?"

 Ye Mao lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Chang'an echoed: "She is as strong as an ox, we...we really didn't do anything to her, she was the one beating us!" Anyway, no one can accuse her, so they can slander her as much as they like.

At the old lady's suggestion, Mother Wang repeated Chang'an's confession: "...Ye Mao, is it the same as what they said?"

Ye Mao glared at Changfeng and Changan angrily, but he didn't say a word to argue.

 This is...the default? Shui Minyu's heart skipped a beat. She originally thought she would refute, but Changfeng and the two refused to change their words. If he acted coquettishly and acted cutely, his grandmother would still stand by him. But for some reason, Ye Mao suddenly acquiesced, and instead He had an ominous premonition in his heart. Maybe Shui Linglong retreated when she realized the difficulty? right! That must be it! When a concubine fights with a legitimate son, isn't it like beating an egg against a stone?

Thinking of this, Shui Minyu felt comfortable both physically and mentally, and expressed a pity: "Sister, this slave has evil intentions. He is acting arrogant outside because he is your personal maid. The boy who bumped into me today is a young boy. If you become domineering in the future and offend the nobles in the house... it will not only ruin your reputation, but also the entire Shangshu Mansion will be ridiculed for not knowing the rules. In my opinion, it is better to sell such slaves as soon as possible. Don’t confuse the Lord and harm others!”

Ye Mao clenched his fists, his teeth almost biting his lips to bleed.

The old lady took a sip of tea. If this is the case, this maid will definitely not be able to stay.

Shui Linglong smiled: "Thank you Minyu for your concern. If this maid really commits an unforgivable crime, she will be punished as grandma should. I won't disagree with her at all."

As soon as these words came out, the coldness in the old lady's eyes became less cold.

Shui Minyu and Shui Lingxi were both a little shocked. Ye Mao was Shui Linglong's most valued maid, so Shui Linglong was willing to give up?

Shui Linglong ignored the two people's surprise and continued, "Ye Mao came back and told me that the fish tank Minyu gave to the old lady was broken, and she also admitted her mistake. I was really uneasy and didn't want to let the slaves say a few words. The quarrel ruined the sibling relationship between Minyu and I, and I didn’t want Minyu to be accused of disrespecting her grandmother. Therefore, I had someone send a glass fish tank to Minyu, hoping that this matter would be revealed. However, after all, a slap can't make a difference. No matter how powerful Ye Mao is, she is just a maid. The two scholars are not young enough to deal with her. If it doesn't work, you are scholars. One of you will wait there with the fish tank, and the other will run back. Get money or file a lawsuit, it’s not difficult to think of such a way. Don’t tell me that your books have been read into the cow’s belly!”

 The old lady looked at Changfeng and Changan, her brows furrowed even more.

 The faces of the two book boys turned pale and their heads dropped lower.

Shui Linglong sighed slowly: "You don't want to be private anymore, and you insist on bringing the matter to grandma. I have nothing to say. To borrow a word from the second sister, sisters should trust each other, so what about me and Minyu? Shouldn’t it be like this?”

Shui Lingxi was startled. Damn it, he was tricked!

"I believe that Minyu is not that kind of narrow-minded person. If he knew that I sincerely apologized, he would definitely accept it and would never disturb my grandmother's peace." Shui Linglong cast her smiling eyes at Shui Minyu, "Minyu, Is the eldest sister right?”

Shui Minyu had no idea that Shui Linglong not only took this breath, but also sent an apology to her door in such a short period of time. Didn't Lingxi say that she never admits defeat?

And he originally wanted to eliminate the most sincere maid around Shui Linglong and severely dampen Shui Linglong's energy. Unexpectedly, Shui Linglong's eloquent tongue and sharp words turned all unfavorable factors into a winning move. She acquiesced in the fault that Changfeng and the two imposed on Ye Mao, and at the same time stepped them into the whirlpool. If we really need to be held accountable, no one can escape! Shui Minyu cleared her throat and said: "What the eldest sister said is that I have been in Fushouyuan just now. I don't know what happened outside. It is all the fault of the slaves. You and I must not lose our siblings because of this." Friendship.”

 One sentence was vague, and Changfeng and Changan were saved.

Shui Linglong tucked her hair behind her ears, and Yun Juanyun smiled happily: "Then, please, brother, please dedicate the fish tank to grandma, and let this matter go away!"

Changfeng and Changan suddenly changed color, as if there was a big stone stuck in their throats, their faces turned red and their necks became thick.

"Didn't you hear what my eldest sister said? Why don't you go back to the yard to get something?" Shui Minyu shouted sharply.

Changfeng stammered: "The glazed jar...the glazed jar...it..."

“What’s wrong with the glass vat? Tell me!” Shui Linglong urged, “Did you break it?”

 Changfeng and Changan were stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning!

Shui Minyu frowned. Could it be that these two slaves were really arrogant and had tampered with the glass vat? A fool who fails to succeed but fails to succeed! Just as he was about to start talking, the old lady narrowed her eyes and said in a deep voice: "Mother Wang, go ahead."

"Yes!" Mother Wang is a shrewd person and knows how to investigate the truth. She walked around the gate of Shui Minyu's yard and asked the gatekeeper if Zhi Fan had sent her a beautiful fish tank. Zi didn't get instructions from his superiors, and he didn't know what kind of medicine Mrs. Wang was selling in her gourd, so she could only answer truthfully. What Zhifan handed to the maid was an intact fish tank, which was obvious to everyone. Whether the fish tank was broken or cracked, that had nothing to do with Zhifan.

 "Slave...slave...for a moment...my hand slipped..." Changfeng hesitated, unable to form a sentence.

Shui Linglong said disapprovingly: "You have already broken one, but you are still so careless? You know, this is the eldest young master's filial piety towards the old lady! You...is this how you abuse the eldest young master's filial piety?"

The two of them were left speechless by Shui Linglong's question. It was obviously their words that slandered Ye Mao, so why did it come back to them?

Shui Linglong's voice was cold and her words were like ice: "Since it was broken, why didn't you say it at the beginning? Who just swore that he would never hide anything, otherwise he would rather be kicked out of the Shangshu Mansion?"

 “Ah—” Changfeng and Changan were shocked!

Changan gave Changfeng a hard look and told you not to be impulsive. You are fine now. You can't eat anymore and you just have to walk away, right?

 (End of this chapter)