After saying these two things, Mrs. Xiang stopped crying immediately, but her face darkened almost instantly. Her eyes were fixed on the maid like a knife. The maid who looked straight at her fell to her knees with a "plop" and kowtowed. She begged for mercy with tears, but still grabbed a whisk from the side and whipped it towards her without thinking.
While slapping, he scolded: "What a disgrace! I have only been away from home for a few hours, and all the stinky people are kicking my nose and face to take advantage of my servants! You don't even know how to help me! It's better for you to look at it carefully." Those little things have a bright future, and they all worked together to fool me?!"
Everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to speak. In the end, Meng Sian, the youngest son and tenth son of the Meng family who was left behind by Aunt Jiaoyu, rushed to the scene after receiving the news. He said sarcastically: "Mother is so majestic! Who doesn't know what this sister is like on weekdays? Are you the most diligent and honest person in your work? I just want to give you a nice reply now, but my mother is so harsh. I don’t know what my aunt in the palace will think if she finds out."
Because after Jiaoyu and his daughter passed away, Zheng Guogong was particularly fond of his younger son, and even let him move to a wing in the courtyard where he lived, for fear that he would do something bad again and follow in the footsteps of Jiaoyu and his daughter.
Even though Mrs. Xiang wanted to peel off Meng Sian's skin and cramp her, she didn't dare to be harsh on him for no reason.
At this moment, when he heard the words, he took a sharp look and said to Meng Si'an first: "You also know that I am your mother!? When you are cooperating with your mother to teach others, children can interrupt?! It's useless for you to study every day. I don’t know what I’m reading about in this book! I still want good ink like this. You know, if there is ink in my stomach, it’s all from drinking it?!”
If Jiaoyu was still here, Meng Sian would have continued to fight without mercy. But after all, Jiaoyu was no longer there. She persuaded Meng Sian many times to be patient, so as not to ask Zheng Guogong to make the decision again and again, which would wear away his passion. One day, Duke Zheng got tired of caring for his young son. At that time, he would fall into the hands of Mrs. Xiang, and he would regret it.
Moreover, although Zheng Guogong doted on his youngest son, the one he relied on most was his first wife's legitimate son Meng Boqin.
Except for the daughter Meng Shuangxiao, Meng Boqin's family is all far away in northern Xinjiang. Even though Empress Dowager Meng and Duke Zheng have always shown special kindness and attention to him, the late emperor of this dynasty disliked Emperor Xuanjing and favored the two kings of Gaomi and Guangling. For example, after Meng Sian was too favored by Zheng Guogong, Meng Boqin, the elder brother, had no idea... It is really impossible.
He offended Mrs. Xiang and was protected by Duke Zheng; he became a thorn in Meng Boqin's side, which even Duke Zheng might not be able to protect.
Although Meng Sian had not yet tied his hair, he was twelve years old and already a governor.
Therefore, even though he was angry in his heart, he still lowered his head to accept the lesson: "Mom is teaching me a lesson! I also feel that this sister is pitiful, so I want to give you a few words of advice. If the child is stupid and can't speak, please give me some advice. Mother, please forgive me!"
Madam Xiang loves to see the way he swallows his anger and bows his head in front of her. It will make her feel that the anger she suffered at the hands of Jiaoyu, mother and son has finally come back one by one.
So he looked at Meng Sian coldly for a while, bowing his head, and then sneered and said: "Sure enough, this thing that killed my own mother is uneducated. Do you think this maid is pitiful? Then why don't you feel that the things that are put in front of you every day are How pitiful are the chickens, ducks, fish and meat?! They are all alive, this maid was just not clever in what she did and got punished, not to mention her life is safe, she should have been!"
"Chickens, ducks, fish, etc., they were eaten without offending you, and I didn't see you shed any tears for them?!"
"Don't show off this fake compassion from now on. People who don't know it will think that our Duke Zheng's mansion will be doing these ridiculous tricks all day long!"
Meng Sian's body trembled when he heard this. He was obviously very angry. He managed to hold it back and gritted his teeth and said, "I know I'm wrong!"
"Come on, go down!" Mrs. Xiang looked at him like this and felt that she was in a much better mood. Thinking that Zheng Guogong still loved her young son very much, she secretly cursed "old man", but she didn't dare to argue with him. He was annoyed, so he just waved his hand in frustration, "Read more books when you have time, don't worry about the maid all day long... How old are you? You are so unruly, do you want to learn from your dead mother? No. You will lose all the dignity of our government!"
Seeing Meng Si'an trembling and walking away, she narrowed her eyes, sneered, slapped a big maid on the face, and shouted sternly: "The news is reported so fast in this house, are you a dead person?!"
... After beating and scolding the maid for a long time, Mrs. Xiang remembered Zheng Guogong's new love. For fear of another coquettish talk, she found out that Zheng Guogong was not in the house at the moment, so she called her new love to her and looked at her for a while. She saw that she was beautiful. The voluptuous looking beauty became more and more unhappy in her heart. She beat her up with a sullen face, and even deliberately vaguely hinted that Jiao Yu's death was caused by her own hands, making Xin Huan, who was only fifteen years old, trembling with fear. , just pretending to express condolences, and waved to let people leave.
Even so, Mrs. Xiang was still worried and called someone to come over: "This aunt was sent here by someone else. She doesn't seem to have any luggage? Go inside and open the red sandalwood covered with gold and engraved Liuyun Wubat. Box, and send the crimson bedding scented with jasmine flowers for her to use. After all, she is a serious aunt and cannot even have a decent bedding."
Of course, this set of bedding is very decent, and any layman will know that it is of good quality.
Of course, the main reason why Mrs. Xiang wanted to give it to her husband's new love was because the red color of this bedding was actually dyed with a lot of abortion medicinal materials. Because the medicine was heavy, in order to cover up the smell of the medicine, it was specially smoked with jasmine. .Floral.
The reason why Madam Xiang dared to send it out openly was because she did not make this bedding herself, but found it from the room where Jiaoyu died.
Jiao Yu most likely had uneasy intentions when she made the quilt like this. As for who she was trying to deal with, no one knows now.
However, Mrs. Xiang secretly hid this bedding set in her box. At first, she did not think that it was for her husband's concubine. Instead, she thought that if the daughter-in-law was disobedient in the future, she would try to send the bedding there so that the daughter-in-law would not be able to give birth. When a child comes, it is natural for him to feel guilty and short of breath, allowing himself to be ridiculed.
Unexpectedly, Meng Boheng has not married yet, but Zheng Guogong has found a new love who is younger than Queen Meng!
After sending someone to send away the bedding, Mrs. Xiang still felt resentful for a long time. She also found faults and beat and scolded several rough messengers who were waiting in the courtyard. Fang coldly asked someone to take off the clothes before entering the palace.
She was so happy that she had an attack at this time. In the evening, Zheng Guogong came back to the house and asked about the two things she had told her. Meng Sian was as obedient as ever, and had picked everything up and said it was fine, but there was an old man in Zheng Guogong's own yard, and Not afraid of Mrs. Xiang, he whispered about how Mrs. Xiang beat and scolded the maid, and how Meng Sian went to stop Mrs. Xiang and was teased by the deceased's coquettish words twice.
After hearing this, Duke Zheng's face became ashen as water, and he just waved his hand to let Meng Si'an go down, and then summoned Xin Huan. Xin Huan burst into tears as soon as they met. When asked about Mrs. Xiang, she just cried and didn't speak. In this situation, she looked like she had been wronged.
Although Zheng Guogong knew that Xin Huan was not pretending, he also knew about Mrs. Xiang's personality. He had really given this new love some power, and he was so angry that he wanted to go to Mrs. Xiang to settle the score.
Fortunately, everyone persuaded me: "Although Madam is remarried, she is still the wife after all! You just don't look at the face of the Queen in the palace, at least take a look at the face of the Queen Mother! After all, she is the one who came out in front of the Queen Mother!"
"The reason why I married her earlier was because she was good to Boqin." Zheng Guogong also knew this truth in his heart. At present, the battle between the Meng family and the King of Gaomi was raging, and Rong Shuihe, who was far away in Western Xinjiang, showed up again. Guanlan's backer came from the fact that King Gaomi and Rong Suihe were both biological father and son. Even if Rong Suihe didn't like King Gaomi, there was no way he could kill his biological father after he gained power.
It is even possible that the father and son will join forces to deal with the Meng family... In short, although the Meng family is still strong now, it is also in danger.
At this time, Duke Zheng was so busy that he was exhausted mentally and physically. If he went to Madam Xiang again for such trivial matters in the backyard, not to mention whether it would cause any trouble if he turned around, he would feel a little lacking in energy.
At this moment, she was being pulled from left to right, but she didn't persist in the end. She just cursed, "Who knew that my secret would be exposed as soon as I entered the door! I really thought I was dead. Is it her turn to make the decision in such a huge Zhengguo Duke's mansion?!"
He ordered someone to say, "Go over there and tell her that I sympathize with her recent poor health and tell her to have a good rest and let the doctor prescribe some nourishing prescriptions to eat. If nothing happens, she doesn't have to go out! As for the Duke of the State, From top to bottom in the house, just let the senior manager look over it in advance. Anyway, he is not the only person in the house who can take charge of the overall situation!"
This is a disguised form of seizing power and putting Mrs. Xiang under house arrest to prevent her from coming in and out freely. One moment, she runs to the palace to talk to the Queen Mother and Queen, and the next moment, she makes things difficult for his concubine and concubine.
When Mrs. Xiang found out, of course she cried and made a fuss, shouting that she wanted to go into the palace to find the Queen Mother and the Empress to make decisions for her.
It's just that she had been squeezed out by Jiaoyu for many years. Although she had been a serious wife in the Duke's palace for decades, she had no foundation.
Now that Duke Zheng was speaking in person, who dared to send her a private message
So he made a big fuss, but in the final analysis he was locked up in the yard where he lived.
Originally, when Jiao Yu was around, Mrs. Xiang was very embarrassed because she was often tormented by this concubine, so she naturally had little prestige in the minds of the Duke's servants. After being put under house arrest this time, news came from the palace that the queen was tired of her biological mother and had personally given orders that she no longer wanted to see her in the future.
The servants immediately felt that it would be difficult for Mrs. Xiang to stand up, not to mention that the hostess was really not nice to the servants.
At this moment, everyone couldn't wait to add insult to injury. Whether it was serving or providing daily food, they unexpectedly slackened off.
After Mrs. Xiang found out, of course she was making trouble, and then she beat and scolded the people around her, threatening to drive them away.
If she is still in charge of Zheng Guogong's palace, the attendants must be worried, because if she is driven to a corner to serve, it will be fine. What if she is sold, especially to such a shameful place? good
But now that Mrs. Xiang has lost her power and is still under house arrest, the servant is actually eager to leave. Instead of changing her ways, he intensifies his opposition to her.
In anger, Mrs. Xiang simply told them all: "Get out! Get out! Don't appear in front of me in this life!!!"
So the attendants happily left together, leaving her alone in the courtyard, asking the two women sent by the chief steward outside on the order of Zheng Guogong to stop her from getting out!
Mrs. Xiang was dumbfounded at this time, but she couldn't help but ask the attendants to come back. She had no choice but to mess around at the door for a while. When she got tired, she wiped her tears and cursed up and down and went back to the house to rest for a while. .
After a while, the servants in the kitchen brought the food on time. When they arrived at the door, the servants waiting for Mrs. Xiang were not there, so they were confused.
The woman guarding the door whispered to her: "You have been scolded and left, so you can leave it at the door! Anyway, the person inside is probably like this, and I can't punish you."
"After all, Madam, even if the Eighth Young Master is not successful, isn't there still a Queen in the palace?" The servant hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "Mom, you two are highly respected and have different statuses in the palace. You are so casual about the one inside. That’s all. But I’m just a little maid under the stove, how can I dare to do this? I’d better send it in to her!”
Because of Zheng Guogong's order, the mother-in-law mainly prevents Mrs. Xiang from going out to cause trouble. As for the subordinates who go in and seek trouble without listening to the advice, it does not conflict with Zheng Guogong's order. Moreover, although Mrs. Xiang cannot regain her favor in front of Zheng Guogong, Her biological son Meng Boheng was not worthy of fear, and the mother-in-law was still a little afraid of the queen in the palace.
Hearing this, he nodded and said: "But you also know that person's temper. If something goes wrong when he is sent in... don't blame us for not warning you!"
The servant agreed and said: "This slave was born with a low life. I am used to being beaten and scolded. It's nothing."
She sent it in, and sure enough, Mrs. Xiang saw someone coming in with a food box. She thought it was her valet who had returned. She was secretly relieved. She was still thinking about getting a shelf or something. When she turned around and saw a strange maid, she was startled at first. Hou was angry: "Who are you!? Why are you here to deliver the food?!"
This time the man spoke carefully, Mrs. Xiang became furious and raised her hand. When she was about to strike, she saw the empty room and finally became wiser. She thought to herself: "These cheap maids are looking at me right now." I was in trouble, and yet I walked away so neatly! If I had beaten the little maid in front of me, she would have refused to bring her food, or would have just thrown it at the door and made it difficult for my noble lady to go and pick it up herself. A food box isn’t enough?!”
She hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out her other arm, pretending to stretch. While observing the person's face, she angrily shouted: "Lazy girl, you are so slow! You are so clumsy... If you hadn't met me, carefully Your skin!”
The servant looked timid and did not refute. He took out the dishes for her one by one and said carefully: "Madam, the dishes are all here. Please use them slowly!"
I just want to resign, but Mrs. Xiang has no one to help me at the moment. How can I let her go so easily
He immediately said with a stern face: "Do you understand the rules? The dishes are all here, why don't you serve me! What's the matter? Do you want to be lazy?!"
This person was probably used to being submissive. Hearing this, she didn't even refute that she was from the kitchen, not Mrs. Xiang's personal attendant, but came up to serve her docilely.
When Mrs. Xiang saw this, she felt that the depression in her chest had dissipated a lot, but...
After the servant left, Mrs. Xiang suddenly noticed that a paper ball was thrown on the ground.