Everyone looked back and saw Ning Zu'an with a livid face standing outside the crowd accompanied by an old eunuch.
"Master Hou, I didn't expect that the eldest lady of your mansion is really powerful. After disposing of a slave, she even deliberately sent it to the door of the concubine's courtyard to demonstrate. A slave dares to shout at the master. It is really an eye-opener for our family! The old eunuch smiled, looked Ning Xueyan up and down, turned to Ning Zuan and said with a smile.
He spoke directly and did not show Ning Zu'an any affection.
Ning Zu'an's face turned blue and then purple, and finally turned black. He was so taunted by the chief eunuch of Yiwang's mansion, he dared not confront him, and he vented all his anger on the old woman, and came here without saying a word. The son fell to the ground, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and couldn't stand up: "You dog slave, how dare you bully the master!"
Such a thing happened just before, the impeachment papers in the court all piled up a case of the emperor, if it is rumored that the Ling family bullies weak women again, the people in the mansion are not masters, servants are not servants, this one is not strict in family management, connivance I can't escape the accusation of a vicious woman committing a murder. Maybe someone will find out what happened back then and say that I spoiled my concubine and killed my wife, which would cause even bigger troubles!
In the past two days, because of his marriage, he kept the funeral a secret, and he kept his steps in the Feichao Hall, and now such things can't be spread anymore! What's more, this person in front of him is still the housekeeper of King Yi who has great power, and he can't afford to offend him. In the mourning hall, King Yi knew that Ming Ming died of poisoning.
So it must be kept a secret!
At this moment, Ning Zu'an had come to a conclusion in his mind, looked at the woman who was still lying on the ground, not knowing that her death was coming, and said coldly: "Don't drag this crazy slave who bullied the master down, and hit him thirty times hard."
Thirty boards, how can an old woman like this be able to stand it? The old woman was shocked, she didn't care about the blood on her lips, and raised her head to argue: "Master Hou, it's the eldest lady..."
"The eldest lady asked you to kill the maid who killed the second lady. Come and tell the fifth girl, you are kind. You actually brought the dead to the Mingshuang courtyard. Whose order is this! You even acted on your own Advocate, come here, pull it down!" Ning Zu'an waved his hand, and the two people who came over pulled the old woman down.
The other maids and women saw that the situation was not good, so they rushed away immediately!
But I also understand that this Qingrui killed the second lady, no wonder she wanted to be killed with a stick, the reason why she dragged her here was also the meaning of the eldest lady, the meaning in it, when I think about it, is not just one or two points...
Ning Xueyan stood quietly on the side, lowered her head, and hid the sneer in her eyes. Ning Zuan was indeed protecting Ling Shi. Although she had to say a few words about Qingrui harming Ming Shi, He also picked Ling Shi out, saying that Ling Shi was just avenging Ming Shi, and it was just this woman who made her own decisions and made it like this.
"This is the fifth girl of your mansion, she really is a pearl-like person." The old eunuch smiled, and a pair of narrow eyes swept over Ning Xueyan with a bit of gloom, pointing out.
"Eunuch Ling, you are being polite. This is my little girl. Yan'er, do you still have your mother's nameplate here?" After such a thing happened, Ning Zu'an was also quite embarrassed by the people of King Yi. Open the topic.
"I have one right here, father, please wait a moment, bring it right away." Ning Xueyan nodded, and turned back to let Qingyu go into the yard to get it.
The name and taboo sign is a sign that is inserted on top of the sacrificial ceremony when other families send it. The name of the dead person is written on the snow-white cloth cover. In order to show respect for the host family, this sign is very delicate.
Of course, the Hou Mansion also prepared some of its own, in case other places needed workers to insert nameplates.
But Ning Xueyan is the only one in the entire Hou Mansion who really puts all his heart into making such a famous brand for the Ming family.
The sign was brought over in a short while. The bamboo sign was covered with snow-white cloth. Both the material and the stitches were extremely fine. One could tell that the person who made it took care of it. The name of the Ming family was written on it, although the handwriting was tiny. But very beautiful.
"Good job!" Eunuch Ling nodded in satisfaction, pushed away the gloom on his face, glanced at Nanny Han who was shivering behind him, turned around and strode away.
"The palace wants to send a sacrificial ceremony, why is there no one to pick it up?" Ning Zu'an didn't leave, instead he frowned and asked Ning Xueyan displeased.
If he had known that Prince Yi's mansion was coming to deliver the sacrificial ceremony, he would have sent someone to greet him at the door, so he wouldn't have knocked over the sacrificial offering in a panic, and he wouldn't have knocked the name plate on it onto the muddy ground, making it mess up. Dirty the white cloth on it made the butler feel unhappy.
If it wasn't for finding an exquisite taboo name plate to appease Eunuch Ling's anger, Ning Zu'an would bring Eunuch Ling to Mingshuang Courtyard under anxiety and panic. Who would have thought that such a scene would come across.
"Just now when my father asked my mother-in-law to notify me, I already asked my mother-in-law to tell my father that the palace's sacrifice is coming, and I asked you to send someone to pick it up first." Ning Xueyan said calmly.
Just now that woman, Ning Zu'an thought about it, and then realized that she was from the Ling family's courtyard, and now she must report to Ling family, but she didn't care about herself, she only came to Ling family to flatter her, and didn't take herself seriously at all .
How did Ling's discipline his servants? A gloomy look of anger could not help but flash across his face.
She didn't talk to Ning Xueyan any more, she flung her sleeves and rushed away angrily. The direction was Ling's Mingxia Courtyard...
Seeing him leaving in disregard, Ning Xueyan sneered in her heart, this cheap father is really not a good thing, Ling threw the person who was beaten to death to herself, and he just ignored it, and even let herself suffer from being dumb, Fortunately, I have already figured out how to deal with it.
So the reason why he was so ashamed today was because of Ling Shi.
Ning Zu'an would never blame the Ling family for being wronged by an unfavored daughter, but if his official reputation and the reputation of the Hou family are all threatened...
For the funeral of the Hou Mansion, those who greeted and sent away were not all the people of the Hou Mansion itself!
Ling's only thought about rectifying herself, but she forgot that there are too many people talking, and it is the reputation of the Hou family that is bad!
Things have happened one after another these days, Ning Xueyan reckoned that Ning Zuan was already very irritable, and this kind of thing happened again, and his mood was even worse, even if he believed in Ling again, the facts were in front of him, The Ling family will not have "good fruit" to eat!
Sure enough, in the evening, Nanny Han sent the news that there was a commotion in Yunxia Courtyard, and that there was a quarrel between the Ling family and Ning Zuan, and Ning Zuan smashed several pieces of porcelain angrily. Went to Aunt Ma's yard, Ling was crying and making noise in the yard, and didn't eat dinner.
"Miss, Da Furen is still crying in Mingxia Courtyard. I heard that some things were broken inside." Nanny Han lowered her voice and said softly.
"Really, you're still crying!" Ning Xueyan smiled slightly, took off her coat, and walked to the inner room, where Qing Yu had prepared hot water for her.
Ling Shi, I'm afraid you won't be able to cry in the days to come.
I don't know why, although it was just a faint smile, Nanny Han felt a little cold...
There was only Ning Xueyan in the inner room, and the steaming water vapor permeated the air, reflecting Ning Xueyan's face as pure white and crystal clear as snow, and her black eyes were even darker because of her shirt.
She stood in front of the bronze mirror, pulled down the sleeves of her obscene clothes, and turned sideways. Through the bronze mirror, she could clearly see the white shoulders. The different place was subconsciously covered by her white and tender little hands. The pupils of the mirror, showing slight condensation and contemplation, were reborn on Ning Xueyan's body. She never thought that she would see this "pattern" again!
That imprint, when I was still Ning Ziying, my mother told her thousands of times, never to let others know, so every time she took a bath, she was alone, and even Xiang'er, a close maid, didn't know her secret. , but now, she saw this mark on another person who had nothing to do with her previous self.
How could this be, how could this be...
The same part, the same pattern, subconsciously reached out to cover it, as if it could cover everything up.
The terrified heart that didn't come for a long time, it's hard to calm down for a long time!
This should be Ning Xueyan's secret, as well as her own secret. She thought that in her previous life, she went to the underworld with this secret that could never be solved, but it turned out that the secret was still with her. Why not? Surprise her!
She will never forget that when her mother in the previous life told her about this matter, she couldn't stop the shock on her face.
It seems that there is God's will in the dark. At the beginning, she was suppressed by Ling's mother and daughter and drowned in the lotus pond. The original Ning Xueyan also cried to death in the mourning hall. Then she was reborn on Ning Xueyan, but found Ning Xueyan's secret.
All of this indicates that this matter is by no means simple!
Putting down her hands, her immature face has regained her composure, and she has an idea in her heart. Before everything comes to light, she will definitely keep this secret...
"Girl, is the water hot? Would you like me to add some more?" Sapphire's voice came from outside the room.
"No, that's just right." Ning Xueyan said lightly, turned around and stepped into the tub, the warm water entered into her body from her limbs and bones, making her feel like she was really alive, but even looking at such warm water, There was still tension in her heart, and the feeling of being drowned in the water that day rushed to her heart instantly.
The bright red blood, the feeling of suffocation and bursting in the chest, struggling feebly, a few hands pulled her fiercely and pressed her into the water!
Subconsciously covering her chest with her hands, her face became pale, and her white and tender forehead was slightly sweaty, but she was still sitting in the bathtub, gritting her teeth, without making a sound, the corners of her clenched lips turned white first, then faded of blood.
Because she died by drowning, after she was reborn, she was inexplicably a little more afraid of water. Even if it was the water in the bathtub, after she entered it, she also felt a sense of suffocation as if she had been drowned.
However, she didn't want this to become her weakness, so she had to overcome it, leaning against the tub, trying to ignore the turbulent feeling of the water around her, slowly regaining consciousness through the pain at the corners of her lips, she It was Ning Xueyan now, not the drowned Ning Ziying.
She is taking a bath now, not being suppressed in the lotus pond...
"Mother Han, why hasn't the girl come out yet, do you want to go in and have a look?" Seeing that there was no sound in the inner room for a long time, Qingyu asked worriedly.
"It's okay, the girl always likes to take a bath alone, maybe I'm too tired today, wait a minute, if you still don't come out, it's not too late to ask!" Nanny Han sighed, thinking of her young girl, she was gone Supporting her, her eyes turned red.
The girl is very tired these days...