Song Heng simply responded with a mocking laugh, then stood aside with his arms folded, looking like he was just watching the fun.
When the people in the room saw Su Yao and Song Heng come in together, their expressions were a little subtle.
Especially Su Rong, who rushed over after hearing the news, raised his eyebrows and looked at Song Heng sharply. Seeing that Song Heng was nonchalant, his eyes darkened slightly.
Mrs. He opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end she just lowered her head with a complicated look to hide the emotions in her eyes, and did not speak again.
The noise outside was getting louder and louder. At first, one could hear Mrs. Pang San's restrained complaints and intermittent explanations, but later, one could only hear Mrs. Tian's voice, which was getting louder and louder.
Mrs. Pang San was so ashamed at this moment, and Mrs. Tian seized on the incident and made a big fuss about it, and wouldn't let it go. Even after she had humbly admitted her fault, Mrs. Tian still insisted on the matter.
She was immediately annoyed and sneered in embarrassment: "Mrs. Tian! After all, you have nothing to lose. It's just a girl... What do you want? Why don't you just say it directly? Why don't you make a fuss about it like this?"
Master Pang San hesitated to speak and glared at her with dissatisfaction.
Madam Tian saw it clearly, and immediately laughed exaggeratedly: "Oh my God, how fresh! This man did something bad, but just because he didn't succeed, he didn't do anything bad?! If he really succeeded, do you think I can still stand here and talk to you?!" She looked at Madam Pang San mercilessly, her face gloomy: "I can tear you to pieces alive!"
Master Pang San thought of the atmosphere at home when he came out, and his father's expression, and he immediately became a little irritated. He pulled his wife who wanted to argue, and politely admitted his fault to Mrs. Tian: "After all, this matter is our fault for not disciplining him strictly. Mrs. Tian, what do you want to do to satisfy us? Why don't you speak frankly? I can't speak, but no matter what you want, as long as we can do it, we will do it without hesitation."
Mrs. Tian snorted.
This is what human beings say.
Without even looking at Madam Pang San, she frowned and said, "That's our daughter's personal maid. She has been with A Rui since she was a child. Now that something like this has happened, she can't serve her anymore. We have to send her to the farm. The expense..."
It turned out to be for money, Mrs. Pang San felt disdainful.
She knew that Mrs. Tian was just like that. She wanted to use chicken feathers as a token of authority. It really brought shame to the noble family!
But Master Pang San had no such idea at all. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and nodded hurriedly: "This is what we should share. We will pay for it. Besides, Miss Tian must have been quite frightened by such an incident. I will give her an extra 2,000 taels of silver to buy her a pearl flower belt as a token of our appreciation."
Two thousand taels!
Mrs. Tian was a little surprised.
Two thousand taels of silver is certainly not a lot for a family, but for a girl from an ordinary noble family, it would be considered acceptable if she could have a dowry of three thousand taels of silver in total when she got married.
Master Pang San asked for two thousand taels right away, and it seemed that he was really sincere in resolving the matter.
Mrs. Tian's mind moved, and after a moment's silence, she said, "If this matter gets out... I won't allow it."
The implication is that the Wang family must also ask the Pang family to keep their mouths shut, otherwise if any unpleasant words spread, it would be the Pang family's responsibility.
Master Pang San agreed immediately, and then without any hesitation, he called his housekeeper in front of Mrs. Tian and said, "Go home later, go to the account office and get a silver note of three thousand taels, and send it to the mansion of Duke Cheng'en."
A maid could at most be sold for a few dozen taels of silver, but now Master Pang San gave her a thousand taels without thinking too much.
Mrs. Tian finally did not pursue the matter any further and just added: "When the time comes, just give me this companion room." As she spoke, she also called in a woman in her forties or fifties from outside and gestured to Master Pang San and his wife.
Master Pang San agreed, apologized a few times, and then personally escorted Mrs. Tian out of the flower hall.
As soon as she went out, Mrs. Wang was already waiting in the corridor. When she saw her come out, she hurriedly came forward to apologize.
Mrs. Tian had already gotten the result she wanted, so she didn't act as aggressively as she did to Mrs. Pang San before. She let Mrs. Wang see her out the second door, and then she said in a deep voice, "No need to see me off."
Mrs. Wang smiled bitterly, held Tian Rui's hand and said a few more words, and then asked with some embarrassment: "Fang Fei is too seriously injured to be moved now. When she is better, we will send her to your house?"
Mrs. Tian didn't care much about the life or death of a maid and had no opinion.
Tian Rui frowned. She was not worried about Fang Fei's injury, but she had instructed Fang Fei to lead Su Yao out of the garden. The task failed, and Fang Fei herself suffered the consequences. She was worried that Fang Fei had some resentment in her heart.
But she soon felt relieved again. Fangfei's family was a servant of the mansion, and all the family members were slaves. Their lives and deaths were in her hands. Even if Fangfei had some courage, she would not dare to say anything. Therefore, she nodded in agreement.
She was more concerned about something else. As soon as the curtain was lowered and the carriage left the second gate, she could not wait to scold Mrs. Tian: "Mother, why didn't you let me go and listen?"
Mrs. Tian glanced at her daughter in anger and said, "What are you listening to? How can you say those things in front of an unmarried girl like you? Do you still want a good reputation?"
Tian Rui snorted, and held the handkerchief tightly for a while, very unwilling and unconvinced: "Then... how did it go? That fat guy, he won't get involved with me, right?"
"He dares!" Madam Tian raised her eyebrows and sneered exaggeratedly: "Even if he really dares, will the Pang family let him have the life to say it out loud?! Don't worry, the guests outside only know that he was drunk and behaved inappropriately, and caught a lone girl and caused trouble. No matter how hard they try, they can't blame us. The Wang family and the Pang family will handle it."
Tian Rui wasn't worried about this. She frowned and finally asked, "Then, what about Su Yao?"
Su Yao
Mrs. Tian raised her eyebrows in surprise: "What Su Yao?"
Tian Rui was suddenly furious.
Fang Fei, that damned girl, actually didn't accomplish anything at all. Now it seems that the fact that the Su family wasn't there at that time was not related to this matter. She shook her head gloomily: "Forget it, it's nothing."
Mrs. Tian glanced at her daughter sharply and asked, "Did you instruct Fangfei to go to the garden?"
She knew what kind of person her daughter was, and what happened today was indeed a little strange.