"Oh! This is not allowed!" Mrs. Liu, who was standing at the kitchen door scooping water, saw Lu Xuer pulling the rabbit's ears carelessly. She hurriedly threw away the scoop and ran over.
Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Miss, this rabbit cannot be killed."
Lu Xuer didn't even look at Mrs. Liu. In her eyes, she was just a rude maid who was not worthy of talking to her, let alone stopping her from doing things.
"Why can't I kill him?" Lu Xuer snorted. She was going to eat roasted rabbit at noon. Let's see what he can do to her.
Mrs. Liu saw that the girl had raised eyebrows and a very fierce tone. The people who came were all well-known generals in the military camp. She didn't know where this girl came from, and she didn't dare to offend her. She smiled and said, "Miss, this rabbit was caught by our master to entertain our wife. You can't kill it."
Lu Xu'er felt annoyed when she heard this, thinking of Mingyu's fair and delicate face, her slow walk, her soft voice as gentle as lukewarm water, her inability to help Sima Hong in anything, and her delicate nature that required coaxing. She called herself a "heroine", and of course what she looked down upon the most were those useless weak "rich girls". However, such a useless Xu occupied the position of Sima Hong's wife.
Lu Xuer snorted coldly, grabbed the rabbit's ears and shook them back and forth a few times, as if she was pulling Mingyu's fair and tender ears, "Brother, you are fighting so hard outside, and you still have to serve a rich lady like her!"
Sister Liu lived with Mingyu for a month and had a rough idea of her temperament. She was quiet and easy to serve, but she had lived for most of her life and knew that such a seemingly good-tempered person could be really scary when she got angry. Seeing that she was too weak to persuade Lu Xuer, she quickly ran to the backyard to find Mingyu.
Mingyu was tidying up cups and wine glasses in the storeroom. Since her wedding day, she had put away all the sets of cups and wine glasses in the house. She didn't expect so many guests to come today, so she took out everything she had put in the cabinet.
"Madam." Sister Liu came in hurriedly, "The girl in red clothes who came to our house today insisted on killing the rabbit that the master brought back. I couldn't persuade her. You should go and take a look."
Mingyu was stunned for a moment, frowning, and stood up from the cabinet. She stuffed the plate in her arms into Sister Liu's hands and said, "Hold it for me first. I'll go take a look."
When Mingyu arrived at the front yard, Lu Xuer was swinging the rabbit by its ears. The rabbit was not very big, otherwise Sima Hong would not have brought it back for Mingyu to play with. At this moment, it was almost exhausted from being swung back and forth by Lu Xuer, and its little paws drooped limply.
"You came just in time!" Lu Xuer smiled when she saw Mingyu, "It's just a rabbit, but that servant refused to let me take it. She's too stingy. If my brother knew about it, he would definitely blame her."
"Miss Lu." Mingyu walked forward, her face as gloomy as water. "My maid must have made it very clear that this rabbit is not for eating. You are a guest here. If you want to eat rabbit, I will ask someone to buy it for you."
Oh! Lu Xuer didn't expect Mingyu to say that. She thought this delicate and weak woman would not dare to offend her, but she didn't expect that she would dare to come and stop her. She was not a poor girl from the countryside who had never eaten meat. How could she care about a rabbit? It was because she knew that this was specially found by Sima Hong for Xu to play with that she insisted on eating it.
Lu Xuer's face also darkened, and she said unhappily: "Why are you so stingy? It's just a rabbit, and you're pulling my hair out like that? Big brother is not such a stingy person!"
Mingyu couldn't help but sneer. Does this imply that Sima Hong still wants to protect her
"What? Does the commander treat you badly in food and drink on a daily basis? Has Miss Lu been starving to the point of having green eyes? You have to eat whatever you see at other people's homes." Mingyu sneered. If she was angered by Lu Xuer's words, she would have lived these two lives in vain.
No matter how casual Lu Xu'er was, she was still a girl. Her cheeks turned red after being ridiculed by Mingyu. She shouted angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about! My father treats me very well, I don't need you to say anything! I'm going to eat this rabbit today. If you say anything, I'll go find my eldest brother and see how he will deal with you!"
Mingyu's face turned cold, "Then I'm afraid Miss Lu won't be able to get what she wants. You can eat anyone's rabbit, but you can't eat my rabbit!"
Lu Xuer stared at Mingyu, full of anger. She had grown up in the northwest for so many years and had never returned to the Lu family in the capital. The emperor was far away and no one could control her. Lu Sheng doted on her and no one dared to give her face. Now that she had hit a wall with Mingyu, she got angry and wanted to throw the rabbit away. However, looking at Mingyu, Lu Xuer clenched the rabbit again. How dare Xu, a weakling, dare to confront her? It was such a weakling who took the position that should have belonged to her. Even if she got married in the future and had the support of her parents, she would still be inferior to Xu in status.
Seeing that Lu Xuer was just staring at him, still holding the dying rabbit in her hand, Mingyu couldn't help but raise her voice, "Put the rabbit down!"
This is her home and she is the mistress of this home. If Lu Xuer wants to act tough, she should consider her own weight first.
"It's just a rabbit..." Lu Xuer laughed sinisterly, "Aren't you girls from the capital all said to be virtuous and generous? Why are you so stingy?"
Mingyu looked at her without saying anything. She just felt sorry for the rabbit, which was a gift from Sima Hong to her. Seeing the poor little rabbit being held by Lu Xuer so tightly that it could only breathe out but not in, she was afraid that it would not survive even if it was let go. She was filled with anger.
Lu Xuer came closer to Mingyu with the rabbit in her hand and said with a smile: "Hey, have you ever been to a battlefield? I'm afraid you haven't even heard of it! There are dead bodies everywhere on the battlefield, some with legs chopped off, some with arms chopped off, some with only half of their bodies left, their intestines spilled all over the ground, and some still crawling on the ground howling..."
Mingyu took a step back, increasing the distance between her and Lu Xuer. She originally thought that Lu Xuer was inexperienced and ignorant, but now she just thought that this girl had low taste. However, Lu Xuer took Mingyu's retreat as Mingyu's timidity, thinking that she had successfully frightened Mingyu, and took another step forward, with an indescribable excitement in her ferocious face, and said: "Do you know how to kill people? See, it's that simple."
As she spoke, Lu Xuer brought the rabbit in her hand in front of Mingyu, held the rabbit in one hand, grabbed the rabbit's head with the other hand, and twisted it hard. Mingyu only heard the sound of bones breaking, and the rabbit closed its eyes and died limply in Lu Xuer's hand.
The April afternoon sun was bright and dazzling. Mingyu stood there, watching Lu Xuer's fingers tightly clenched on the rabbit. She felt uncomfortable in her heart, turned her head away, held onto the door frame and couldn't help retching.
Lu Xuer smiled triumphantly. This was a good show of force. Let's see if she dares to challenge him again.
Mrs. Liu happened to come over and saw this scene. She was so scared that she dropped the basket in her hand and shouted, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Her shout startled Sima Hong, who was talking to his comrades in the backyard. He hurriedly ran to the front and saw Mingyu leaning against the door frame, her face pale. Sister Liu was trying to calm her down. Sima Hong pushed Sister Liu away and supported Mingyu. He asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? You were fine just now!"
Sima Hong's comrades couldn't stay behind anymore, so they hurried over.
"You've come just in time." Sima Hong said, "Linzi, please go to the camp and ask the military doctor to come over."
Lu Xuer was unhappy. Sima Hong didn't even look at her from beginning to end. He couldn't help but mutter, "What's the matter? You're pretending!"
Mingyu held back the discomfort in her heart, helped Sima Hong stand up straight, and said to Lu Xuer: "Miss Lu, you are not welcome in my home, please go back."
When these words were spoken, not only Lu Xuer, but even Sima Hong was stunned and asked in a low voice: "What happened?" Sima Hong knew Mingyu. Although this girl had a bad temper, she never got angry for no reason. When he glanced at Lu Xuer and saw the rabbit in her hand, he understood a little and couldn't help getting angry.
Lu Xuer was annoyed. How dare Xu chase her away in front of so many brothers? "This is my eldest brother's house. Who do you think you are? You want to chase me away? My eldest brother hasn't even spoken yet. Do you have the right to speak?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mingyu took the ladle from Mrs. Liu's hand, bent down, scooped up the dirty water from the slop bucket at the door of the kitchen, and poured it all over Lu Xuer's head and face. The dirty water used to wash meat was greasy and splashed all over Lu Xuer's head and face.
"Who the hell are you?" Mingyu endured the pain in her heart and spoke contemptuously, "I will go to visit Lord Lu later and ask him how he taught the young lady. You came to someone else's house and shouted and killed! Did that rabbit provoke you or offend you? You must crush it to death. You have a vicious heart. I can't afford to entertain you. Otherwise, I don't know if it will be a human neck that Miss Lu will crush next time!"
Logically speaking, if Mingyu wanted to cause trouble for Lu Xuer, she should have visited Madam Lu, but Madam Lu was just a concubine without even a formal status. With Mingyu's status as a fourth-rank official, meeting her once was already enough face for Lu Sheng, and Mingyu didn't want to meet her a second time.
Lu Xuer stamped her feet in anger, and the water kept dripping from her hair and face, emitting a strange smell. She had never been so embarrassed in front of so many people. She wanted to turn around and run, but she was unwilling to leave like this. Lu Xuer bit her lip and looked at Sima Hong, "Brother, you just let her bully me?"
Sima Hong looked indifferent, staring at the rabbit corpse in Lu Xuer's hand, and said, "Miss Lu, she you are talking about is my wife, Sima Hong. If you continue to make trouble, don't blame me for disregarding the commander's face."