Mingyu was silent the whole way and no longer had the interest she had when she came. Lixiang saw that Mingyu was in a low mood and guessed that she was upset by Miao and Luo during the meal. However, no matter what she said, Mingyu just forced a smile and didn't say a word.
As soon as she returned to Yiqing Courtyard, Mingyu took off her shoes, climbed to the bed, covered her head with the quilt, and refused to come out no matter how much Madam Zou and Lixiang tried to persuade her.
Nanny Zou was very worried and asked Lixiang, but Lixiang couldn't explain it either. She just guessed that she was upset during lunch.
After a long while, Mingyu finally crawled out of the bed, her hair disheveled. Looking at Madam Zou and Lixiang who were surrounding her, Mingyu said with a smile, "Why are you just watching me? I'm hungry. Go get me something to eat. The vegetarian food in the temple has no oil or water at all. It's really disgusting!"
Madam Zou reached out and wiped away the remaining tears from Mingyu's eyes, and said with a sob, "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there's anything to eat."
Lixiang stopped Madam Zou and said, "I'll go, Madam, you can stay with the Second Madam." Lixiang turned her head away and wiped away the tears that she couldn't help but shed.
Mingyu took a deep breath. She was not a stone man and she had her own self-respect. She couldn't stand being scolded mercilessly by Miao in front of all the people in the Sima family.
Madam Zou is old and Lixiang is in her prime. If Mingyu gets angry and can't control her emotions, and talks back to Miao, which annoys Miao, Miao will lock her up in the yard to reflect on herself, sell Madam Zou or force her to do rough labor, and marry Lixiang off to a lowly servant. What can Mingyu do
Nanny Zou is old and has poor eyesight. No matter whether she is sent to do rough labor or sold outside, she will not escape death. As for Lixiang, just look at Sima Xi's maid Bixi. She is a living example. Miao can even humiliate her own maid, let alone the maid of her daughter-in-law whom she has always disliked.
Mingyu was thinking wildly and the more she thought about it, the more uncertain and scared she became. Since she came into this world, only Nanny Zou and Lixiang had stood behind her wholeheartedly. She was not the real Xu Mingyu, nor was she a feudal gentry. If Nanny Zou and Lixiang suffered misfortune because of her, she would live with guilt for the rest of her life.
Madam Zou took a comb, untied Mingyu's bun, and combed her messy hair. Mingyu laughed and said, "Oh, now my hair is all messed up. I'm going to get scolded by Lixiang."
Madam Zou smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait for her, Madam will sweep the bed clean, Lixiang won't do that."
At this time, a voice outside the door called out, "Mingyu, Mingyu?"
In the entire Sima Hou Mansion, only Master Bao calls Mingyu so casually.
Madam Zou was about to leave, but Mingyu grabbed her arm and said, "Madam, just say I'm asleep and let him go."
The nanny nodded, went out and respectfully told Sima Hong that the Second Mistress had gone to bed, and if the Second Master had anything to do, he could come back.
Sima Hong felt very apologetic but didn't want to leave like this. He walked into the outer room and saw Mingyu lying motionless in the quilt with a pale face and closed eyes through the bead curtain. Sima Hong felt unhappy and confused as a mess. It was he who did something today that made Mingyu suffer injustice.
"Mammy, this is Mingyu's cage." Sima Hong asked Baihao to put the cage he brought in the yard and put the two rabbits that were still strolling in the yard in it. "I'm leaving first... Take good care of her."
When Li Xiang came, in addition to snacks, she also brought someone, Tourmaline.
Bixi was wearing a clean blue cloth dress, the same one Mingyu had worn the last time she saw her. She kowtowed to Mingyu respectfully and said that she was here to say goodbye to the Second Mistress.
Mingyu was very surprised, "Where are you going?"
Lixiang smiled and said that Bixi was going to the capital with the young master! "
Seeing Mingyu's surprised expression, Bixi smiled and added that my husband also went with us. The master said that he was in the capital and needed a doorman for him, so he wanted me and my husband. "
Mingyu nodded and smiled sincerely, "Congratulations, the capital must be a good place, it's good to see the world." Sima Xi may not be in need of a servant to look after the house, maybe he just saw the predicament of the maid and wanted to help her.
Bixi smiled shyly, and she didn't seem very proud, but the joy on her face came from the heart. "Second Madam is a kind person." Bixi sighed, "Most of the masters in this mansion are hypocritical, and few are kind."
Mingyu smiled and didn't want to continue discussing this topic with her. Bixi had finally made it and followed the eldest young master to the capital, which was considered a way out of the sea of suffering. Given Sima Xi's character, he would definitely take care of her and her man, while Mingyu had to stay in Sima Hou's mansion and depend on Miao's mood for her food.
"In fact, the eldest young master is also very bitter." Bixi said naggingly. She was familiar with Mingyu, and she was leaving tomorrow, so she had a lot of things to say. "Madam always thought that the eldest young master was not close to her because he was raised by the old lady since he was a child. That's not the case. No matter who raised him, how could he not be close to his mother?"
"Why?" Li Xiang asked.
Bixi sighed, "At that time, the master was only fifteen years old. During a trip, he met a pair of siblings. Of course." Bixi looked at Mingyu and smiled. The second wife was born in Jiangnan. She might not know that we don't have as many rules in the northwest as in Jiangnan. The master fell in love with that girl. After all, that girl was also from an official family, but compared with the Marquis's Mansion, she was not worth mentioning. "
"The madam is stopping the master from marrying that girl?" Lixiang vaguely guessed the truth.
Bixi shook her head, "It's not just that. At that time, the master mentioned this to the old lady. The old lady meant that since the master liked the girl, she could be a concubine, and she would be accepted as a concubine after the main wife came in. Later, the madam told the matter and hired the eldest lady as the eldest son. Before the eldest lady came in, the madam called the girl's mother and said nothing. Within two days, the girl was hastily married to her cousin in Xi'an Prefecture by her family. Later, the master went to inquire about it, and found out that the girl was a glutton, a whore, a gambler, and a bad life."
Mingyu lowered her eyes. Miao was really too overbearing. Even if she was unwilling to let the girl in, she would not have gone to such extremes.
"After this incident, the master has become alienated from his wife. The master is a taciturn person and he never says anything on his mind. The wife has always believed that the master is not close to her and always says that it was the old lady who instigated it..." Bixi said.
Madam Zou sighed and said that it was not the master's fault. Madam's behavior was just to make her feel cold. "It's no wonder that the master left the day after the wedding. Who wouldn't be angry
"Come to think of it." Bixi laughed, "I always feel that my Second Grandma and that girl are somewhat similar. At that time, I was still serving the master, and I met that girl with the master a few times. She was like my Second Grandma, small in stature, with a pointed chin, big, bright eyes, and a pretty face."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Lixiang and Mingyu looked at each other and thought of that night with Sima Xi, who was drunk. He played Mingyu's flute for a while, and the tone was melancholy and helpless.
Mingyu thought again about how Sima Xi had helped her several times in the past two days. Perhaps because he saw that she was somewhat similar to that girl, he unconsciously defended her more.
"Master is also very concerned about you." Mingyu smiled and changed the subject, "That day, Master, for some reason, came into Yiqing Courtyard and asked where you were."
"Is that so?" Bixi's smile grew wider. "Second Madam, you may not. Yiqing Courtyard used to be the eldest young master's courtyard. When the eldest grandma got married, the mistress thought Yiqing Courtyard was too small and was afraid that the new young master would be wronged, so she prepared a larger courtyard for the eldest grandma. Later, when you got married, you couldn't live in the second master's courtyard. It happened that Yiqing Courtyard was vacated after the eldest master got married, so you were arranged to live in this courtyard."
That’s it… Mingyu understood. It turned out that he was occupying someone else’s territory.
Mingyu whispered a few words to Lixiang, and Lixiang turned and went into the inner room. When Lixiang came out again, Mingyu smiled and said, "You are leaving, and I don't have anything good to send you off. I think all the people from the northwest and Jiangnan combined cannot compare to those in the capital, so I might as well give you something real."
Lixiang stepped forward and handed Bixi a purse containing five taels of silver, which was equivalent to Mingyu's monthly salary.
"I can't do that. I have no shortage of money." Bixi declined hurriedly. Mingyu had no money, and so did she.
Mingyu smiled and said, "Take it. It's a long way from here to the capital. A poor family can get rich on the road." Seeing Bixi was about to refuse, Mingyu smiled playfully and said, "If it really doesn't work, just think of it as a loan from you. When you are rich, just return it to me."
It would seem false for Bixi to refuse again, so she took the silver and kowtowed to Mingyu to express her gratitude.
Lixiang reluctantly sent Bixi away, and then said sadly that she finally found a good person in the mansion who could talk to her, but in the end he left again.
Mingyu ate the cakes with a smile and teased Lixiang, "You have something to say, but you can't tell me, the master? Are you complaining to others that I'm hard to serve?"
Lixiang was originally filled with sadness, but Mingyu's words washed away all her sadness, and the two girls started laughing and joking.
In fact, Mingyu didn't understand Miao's behavior. In order not to wrong her niece, she took ruthless action against the girl she liked. If she was angry, how could she be nice to her niece? No wonder she left home the day after the wedding. Or, Miao was just unhappy and didn't want to listen. She was always domineering and didn't allow anything out of control to happen. She was so domineering to eliminate accidents.
Comrade Cuihua's niece Luo Lingxiu is really a bad person who doesn't learn from good things. She only does things that are annoying. Bixi has served Sima Xi for so many years. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. Seeing that Sima Xi fell in love with the little girl when he was young, it shows that he is not a cold-hearted person. He also has feelings for Bixi who has served him for so many years. Of course, it is more likely family affection.
Luo Da*niang sent Bixi, whom she regarded as a relative, to the kitchen, and then randomly assigned her to a servant. Sima Xi may not bear a grudge against you. She is really overbearing and unreasonable, cut from the same mold as Miao.
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