The daughter of a high-ranking family has probably never seen such a scene.
As soon as Nie Chenyu opened the door, he saw snakes all over the floor and on the table, long and short, red and green, circling and wriggling, spitting out snake cores beside a corpse. Hearing the sound of the door opening, some of them turned their triangular heads and looked over.
"Ah!" With a scream, Nie Chenyu took a few big steps back, and fell to the ground without standing still. Seeing that the door was open, several snakes were still wriggling to crawl out.
Wick hurried over and closed the door again.
Nie Chenyu cried in fright, grabbed Ji Man's hand, and cried while crying: "I knew it was not good for you to call me here, what are the things inside, why is your house like this!"
Ji Man pursed her lips, she was also a little frightened, she thought of many ways for Qian Lianxue to attack her, but she didn't expect that the room would be full of snakes. Originally, she wanted to let Dengxin bring someone to ambush in the yard, and take them down if there was any movement, so she went back with Nie Chenyu and asked Dengxin to play a show for Nie Chenyu, so that Nie Chenyu could also help him. Then talk in front of the old lady.
After all, it is the only two Nie family members who say together, so why should the old lady believe a little bit
Unexpectedly, the play did not use wicks. This was a big move, which scared Nie Chenyu to collapse.
"You must have done it on purpose, I'm going to find the old lady to make the decision!" Nie Chenyu was still weak-kneed, holding the hand of the servant girl behind her, Ze Lan, stood up tremblingly and ran out.
There is also a corpse inside, which is naturally a big deal, not something the backyard can handle. While following Nie Chenyu to the main courtyard, Ji Man asked Deng Xin to inform Mo Yuhou.
The person who died was Xiao Wu from the kitchen, a very honest young man, Ning Yuxuan also came to the main courtyard, and listened to the lamp wick kneeling in the middle of the room and said: "The madam has left the house, and the slaves originally planned to take everyone to the kitchen Make some snacks for Madam, so that Madam can enjoy it when she comes back. Unexpectedly, the kitchen was occupied by people from Rose Garden, so the servants had to take the people back. As soon as they returned, they heard movement in the main house, and the servants went with a few servants. Look. Open the door a crack and saw snakes all over the ground, so I quickly locked the door, and then heard two shouts, and found someone inside."
How could the people in the kitchen carry a cage of snakes to Feiwan Pavilion? The snake even bit people to death, obviously they were all poisonous snakes.
Nie Chenyu was still sitting beside the old lady and crying, her body was still shaking: "That scene was too scary, and the lamp wick lied to Chen Yu that there was a surprise, if it wasn't for my habit of pushing the door to see before entering, I would definitely be bitten by a poisonous snake Understand."
Dim Wick said solemnly: "My servant is not wrong, it is indeed a 'surprise', who treats my master so well, specially asked Xiao Wu to send so many poisonous snakes, this servant only hopes that the old lady will see clearly."
Ning Yuxuan took a deep look at Ji Man, and then said: "Of course, I will let the people from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate this matter personally. Naturally, I will find someone to clean up the snake in Feiwan Pavilion."
"In addition, I went to the street today and asked the price of some things by the way." Ji Man glanced at Qian Lianxue, who had been sitting next to him, who had been sitting unresponsive, and took out the ledger with a flip of his hand, and said with a list: "Xue Song The repair cost of the courtyard is calculated based on the mid-priced materials sold outside, inside and out, the total will not exceed one thousand taels."
"And the person recommended by Lianxue reported a total of more than three thousand taels. This matter has already been reported to the official."
Qian Lianxue finally moved, raised her eyes and took a deep look at Ji Man, then stood up, knelt in front of the old lady and Mo Yuhou and gasped softly: "Lianxue doesn't know about this matter, please ask the old man Ren and Lord Hou forgive me."
She is a person who caters everywhere, and no one knows how many masters are behind her. Qian Lianxue felt that Nie Sangyu's method was too shallow, so what if she was caught? The old lady and Lord Hou believed her, so naturally they wouldn't blame her much. As for the two letters, if they both fall into her hands, that's fine, there are only orders on them, no titles, and she can't prove that the letters are for her.
Qian Lianxue coughed twice, raised her harmless face, and looked pitifully at the two people seated above.
The old lady was silent for a while, but asked: "What do you think is the most appropriate way to deal with it?"
Ji Man closed the account book and said: "Although Lianxue is not at fault, she has caused a bad start to everyone in the mansion. If in the future everyone thinks that they can cheat the Marquis' mansion by making connections, how can they stand up?" Rules? The concubine thought that the punishment should not be too heavy. Lianxue is an indisputable person, and status is not very important to her, so she simply demoted her concubine as a warning to everyone else. no?"
Qian Lianxue's heart tightened, and she looked up at Mo Yuhou. Nie Sangyu's words blocked her, so she naturally couldn't say that she couldn't accept it, so she could only see Mo Yuhou interceding for her.
She has always been low-key and well-behaved in the mansion, and she has helped Ning Yuxuan with a lot of things, so he has no reason not to help her.
But this time, after listening to Ji Man's words, Ning Yuxuan just nodded: "That's fine."
What's the matter? How can it be all right? Qian Lianxue opened her eyes slightly, but she was afraid of losing her composure, so she quickly lowered her head and coughed twice.
Mo Yuhou would know that once she was demoted to a concubine, many of the maids around her would be taken away, and even the yard would have to be moved, how could she agree
She asked herself to be impeccable, and had done so many things that no one could see what she had done. It can be regarded as doing my best for several masters, each accomplishing what they want. Although he kicked the iron plate of Nie Sangyu, it is not impossible to solve it in the future. Why did she suddenly not understand Mo Yuhou's thoughts
Qian Lianxue was reduced to a concubine, and Ji Man picked up and divided half of the maids around her, and all of them were sent to Feiwan Pavilion and Clover's Wenxiangyuan. But the old lady was considerate of Qian Lianxue's poor health, so she was not allowed to move, and she still lived in the Cedar Courtyard, but the cost of food and clothing was not as good as before.
Looking at her somewhat stiff face, Ji Man smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, the days are still long, Sister Lianxue."
It seemed that Liu Hanyun was about to give birth, but such a bloody incident happened in the mansion, which was extremely unlucky. She went out of the yard, and wanted to go to the old lady's Buddhist hall to seek blessings for her unborn child, and happened to meet Wen Wan who came to pray for blessings.
Wen Wan's stomach is smaller than Liu Hanyun's, but not much smaller. Although Liu Hanyun is already an aunt and Wen Wan is just a maid, but seeing Wen Wan, Liu Hanyun still salutes habitually.
"Is Master Yun about to give birth? Why did you come out?" Wen Wan knelt on the futon beside her and asked in a low voice.
Liu Hanyun smiled slightly: "Something happened in the mansion, didn't you come here to seek peace of mind?"
Wen Wan hooked the corners of her lips: "Ever since that lady became a wife, hasn't the affairs in this mansion been interrupted? Today one is burned to death, and the other is poisoned to death tomorrow. I feel really uneasy."
"Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." Liu Hanyun bowed to the Buddha statue, "If your hands are not stained with blood, naturally there will be no smell."
She smiled gently and sarcastically: "What sinful thing have I done? Haven't I fallen to the point where I can't even have a reputation now? It can be seen that only the cruel and merciless people can survive in this yard."
Liu Hanyun opened his mouth, looked at Wen Wan's somewhat ferocious side face, but still didn't say anything.
It's just that her stomach suddenly started to hurt, intermittently, as if she was about to give birth.
"Tsubaki." Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, Liu Hanyun gritted his teeth and shouted. Her belly is almost full term, but she just doesn't want to give birth today.
Chunpi had been watching her carefully, and when she saw this, she quickly shouted: "Come on, Master Yun is about to give birth!"
This Buddhist hall is next to the main courtyard, just a few steps away from the old lady's residence. But Liu Hanyun was already lying on the futon in pain, everyone didn't dare to move her when they saw this, they still said in a gentle and quick manner: "Take off the curtain next to her to cushion her, and she will be born here!"
The news quickly spread to the old lady and Ji Man, the old lady couldn't move, but Ji Man hurried over. Two pregnant women are in the Buddhist hall, and one is about to give birth, which is really messy.
Wen Wan was originally kneeling beside Liu Hanyun, seeing her screaming miserably, her stomach hurt for some reason.
She is only nine months old, so she is not yet ready to give birth, right? Stretching out her hand to grab Sandalwood's skirt, Wen Wan couldn't hold back after all, and let out a cry of pain.
What Ji Man had to face was the fact that two pregnant women were going to give birth in the Buddhist hall at the same time.
One head and two big, Ji Man hurriedly ordered someone to find a midwife, and sent a group of maids down to prepare things for the delivery, and asked Deng Xin to invite Mo Yuhou here by the way.
The sound of the two women screaming at the same time was much more lively than when she gave birth alone. The expression on Ning Yuxuan's face was quite calm, he was just guarding outside the room with her.
There was a screen moved in the middle of the Buddhist hall, all the doors and windows were closed, and the maids carried the quilts, and the midwives shouted to them to use their strength.
Ji Man felt that other women seemed to have an easier time giving birth than her, and within an hour, she heard crying from inside. After a while, there will be a double singing of crying.
Clenching her fingers slightly, she went forward and knelt down to Ning Yuxuan: "Congratulations, Lord Hou."
Mo Yuhou nodded, and the midwife came out with two children in her arms, one in her left hand and the other in her right, and said joyfully, "This is the first time this servant has delivered two wives together. Congratulations to Lord Hou, Master Yun has given birth to a daughter. Master Wan gave birth to a boy."
Ning Yuxuan paused, looked at the two balls wrapped in swaddling clothes that covered their faces, pursed their lips, and there was still some joy in their eyes after all: "It's hard work, you go and receive the reward."
"Hey." The midwife put the baby into the nanny's arms with a smile, one on the left and one on the right, very clearly separated.
Wen Wan gave birth to a son, but Liu Hanyun gave birth to a daughter, Ji Man felt a little pity.