Zhao Jinyu looked at Xiao Zhenshan with a look of looking at a fool, and felt in his heart that this family, big and small, had some problems with their brains, especially the one in front of them... did they have persecution paranoia? She cleared her throat and said, "Cousin Zhenshan, I really don't know what you mean, please explain."
"In the past few days, you relied on your status as your own granddaughter to prevent Sister Ruizhi from serving the old lady close by," Xiao Zhenshan became angrier as he spoke. If his eyes could breathe fire, Zhao Jinyu would have turned into ashes by now. "Isn't this true? And sister Ruizhi stayed up all night to make white fungus soup, but you didn't let the old lady eat it! I don't care what you think, but sister Ruizhi has been serving the old lady as hard as she can these years. , to fulfill your filial piety on your behalf, this is a very rare thing. You are a latecomer, but you have an advantage in blood, and you are still an illegitimate daughter. What right do you have to bully her? If you dare to bully her in such a way , I will not bypass you first."
Zhao Jinyu pressed her temples, and asked the maid beside her, "Isn't this the Zhao Mansion?"
The servant girl didn't understand what Zhao Jinyu meant, and said in a daze, "Miss... this is the Zhao residence."
Zhao Jinyu's face turned cold, and she said in a cold tone, "Why did a man with a foreign surname break into the inner courtyard of the deep house? Are there any rules in this mansion? Who is on duty?" Zhao Jinyu's adoptive mother is an authentic woman from an aristocratic family Well, she has been obsessed with it since she was a child, and she also knows more or less the rules of the inner courtyard of this deep house, so she is very confident when she explodes.
Zhao Jinyu's tantrum immediately shocked everyone, and the little maid stared blankly for a while before she hurriedly replied, "Miss, I'll call the person on duty right now."
Xiao Zhenshan also knew that he was a bit abrupt, but being humiliated by Zhao Jinyu in front of these servants, his face turned red and he shouted, "What outsider! I am your... uncle."
"Isn't your surname Xiao? Am I mistaken?" Zhao Jinyu asked with squinting eyes.
"You..." Xiao Zhenshan couldn't utter a word when he was blocked. He just thought that he had been refusing to recognize his ancestors for the past few days and felt that he lacked confidence. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't pretend to be confused like this. Who am I? , and what your identity is, everyone knows it well."
Zhao Jinyu smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, and said, "Even if you are my uncle, you would go to the door of your niece without sleeping in the middle of the night to question, and you would call out sister Ruizhi one by one, so affectionate, no People who know it will think that sister Ruizhi is your sweetheart, and you are here to vent your anger on your sweetheart."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you know that saying that will damage sister Ruizhi's reputation?"
"Oh." Zhao Jinyu said with a look of sudden realization, "Uncle, you also know what it means to damage a boudoir's reputation? Then let me ask Uncle, you questioned me in front of many servants today, so that I can't get down. Even saying that I have no tolerance, aren't you afraid of damaging my boudoir's reputation? Sister Ruizhi is your niece, am I not? Or do you underestimate my status as an illegitimate daughter and think you are Zhao? The eldest son of the big family, can do whatever he wants?"
"I don't."
Zhao Jinyu continued to show off her power, looked at Xiao Zhenshan whose face was swollen like a pig's liver, and continued, "Okay, let's not talk about this first, I just ask you, why do you think that I stopped Sister Ruizhi from serving grandma? It was with your own eyes Did you see it?" Zhao Jinyu believed that no matter how daring Zhao Ruizhi was, she would not say it directly in front of Xiao Zhenshan.
"I didn't see it." Xiao Zhenshan's momentum weakened.
"Then how did you say that I bullied Sister Ruizhi?" Zhao Jinyu asked with staring eyes.
"I… "
"I really don't understand, what is wronged by sister Ruizhi? She is very dedicated to the old lady, but didn't the Zhao family give her the rich clothes and food, and didn't give her the decency that Miss Zhao's family deserves? The Zhao family treated her poorly." Have her? Let’s not say that it’s not true that I stopped her from serving her grandfather, even if it is true..., this kind of thing doesn’t happen often in big families? Who hasn’t been wronged? Who hasn’t forbeared? Home is smooth sailing?" Zhao Jinyu's eyes were sharp, as if she could penetrate Xiao Zhenshan's body and see into the depths of his heart, "What is she looking forward to? Go and tell her, some things belong to whomever they belong to." , others can't take it away, so you can't be too greedy!"
When Xiao Zhenshan came back to his senses, Zhao Jinyu had already left, and the servant who followed secretly looked at his face while standing in the wind to shield him from the wind, but a gust of wind still made him feel the chill.
Zhao Ruizhi felt that everything had changed since Zhao Jinyu came. She used to be the first one in the Zhao family's big house. Whoever saw her would respectfully call her "Miss...", but now she is called "Miss" instead of "Miss". Miss became Miss Ruizhi, and those flattering servants flocked to Zhao Jinyu. Although she didn't care about those people who were like grass, the feeling of being ignored was really uncomfortable.
Especially this time the old lady suddenly fell ill. Usually, she was the one who served tea and water, and even the old man would praise her for being filial and well-behaved, but this time, the old lady didn't even mention her, and even blocked her Outside the ward, this gave her a sense of fear of being forgotten.
So when she saw Xiao Zhenshan, it was inevitable that she would feel wronged and complain a few words. Of course she knew Xiao Zhenshan's temper could not be hidden, and she might go back to find Zhao Jinyu right away to argue, which might anger Zhao Jinyu... But she just couldn't bear it. live.
When Zhao Ruizhi came out of the old lady's ward, she happened to see Zhao Jinyu walking towards this side surrounded by a group of maidservants. She was dressed very simply, with only a jade hairpin on her head, and her body was very ordinary. The turquoise blue sleeveless jacket set off her indescribably elegant and dignified, as if she was born with a good background and belonged here.
Zhao Ruizhi squeezed the handkerchief in her sleeve and lowered her head to bless her. She suppressed the soreness in her heart so that the smile on her face would not be so stiff, "Sister."
Zhao Jinyu glanced at Zhao Ruizhi, but without replying, she nodded reservedly and walked in like a noble peacock.
After Zhao Jinyu left, the maid next to Zhao Ruizhi said angrily, "It's only been a few days that you're treating yourself as the eldest lady of the mansion? Bah, just take off a layer of bumpkin skin and treat yourself as a golden phoenix?"
Zhao Ruizhi suppressed her anger and said, "Don't talk nonsense, my sister is the real Miss Zhao Fu, and I'm just an adopted daughter," then walked back with tears in her eyes, making the maid feel so distressed that she didn't know what to do. He followed closely and said, "Girl, don't be discouraged, I see that the old lady still values you very much, besides... In the future, Mr. Xiao will be the one who is in charge of the Zhao family, and Mr. Xiao is so important to you. Girl, naturally I won't wrong you, girl." The servant girl recalled the scene where Zhao Xingkun publicly admitted that Xiao Zhenshan was his son, and thought that even if Xiao Zhenshan didn't admit it now, would he never recognize his ancestor and return to his clan? Sooner or later, the property of the big house of the Zhao family belonged to Xiao Zhenshan, but Xiao Zhenshan valued Zhao Ruizhi the most, so he couldn't help but say it confidently.
After hearing this, Zhao Ruizhi forced a smile, and said, "Stop saying such things, I have nothing wronged, the Zhao family gave me everything."
"But girl, what about everything you have done for the old lady?" The servant girl complained for Zhao Ruizhi, "Even her own granddaughter didn't do her best like Miss."
The two of them talked and went back to the yard, Zhao Ruizhi washed and ate, and when she went to bed, she didn't see Xiao Zhenshan's boy coming to deliver the letter, she couldn't help but started to mutter, just now she heard that Xiao Zhenshan was angry at the yard where Zhao Jinyu lived the past.
Could it be... Xiao Zhenshan was delayed by something
In the large prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the capital, the cell where Zhao Changchun was originally detained was empty, and an acquaintance came to visit him. He walked to the door, took a piece of silver and threw it to the jailer, and asked, "This Mr. Zhao is not..." His face showed A look of panic came.
The jailer smiled, showing a mouthful of black and yellow teeth, and the laughing man panicked and said, "That lord has great luck."
"What kind of luck?"
"Someone moved him to the east room a few days ago." The so-called east room is actually a prison cell, but it is very different from the west side. It is a single small room with a bed, mattress, bookshelf, desk, pen and ink. Calligraphy and painting, everything is available, just like the bedroom you usually live in, it is for those prisoners with very valuable status.
"Whose order?"
"It's our Lord Shangshu." The jailer said a little confused, "I'm more puzzled than you, anyway, this matter is an order from our Lord Shangshu himself. As for who entrusted it, I don't know. .”
There was a look of shock on the man's face. Everyone knew that Zhao Changchun was involved in Yan Shangshu's corruption case. Because the emperor attached great importance to this case and demanded a thorough investigation, many people had already been involved, even Princess Ning's adopted son was not spared. , Said to be beheaded directly by the emperor in the palace.
So no one dared to take care of this matter at all. Who knew that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment would change people to the east room so easily.
He had never heard of any friendship between Zhao Changchun and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice..., the two of them even had a partisan dispute, so it was more appropriate to say they were enemies.
What is the reason for this?