Mrs. Fang San's chest heaved violently, thinking about it, she was so angry that she stammered and pointed at Nangong Yue and said in a trembling voice: "You...you..." Her mind was blank, she wanted to argue but she didn't know what to say, as if she didn't care what to say It's all wrong.
Nangong Yue looked at King Zhennan, blessed her body and said, "Father, please decide."
Zhennan Wang is a little confused and a little soft-hearted, but he is not really stupid. At this time, seeing Mrs. Fang San's demeanor, what else can't be guessed. This Fang family is simply too bold, dare to pretend to be the eldest daughter of the palace, how unreasonable!
The King of Zhennan couldn't help thinking that last time he managed to snatch the good job of Fumin in the Southwest from Xiao Yi's hands and give it to Fang Shilei, but he would rather pretend to be sick and make out with his concubine than go, making himself a slave in Southern Xinjiang. A laughing stock, how can such a worthless person be worthy of Sister Fei? !
Speaking of which, the Fang family once came to propose marriage, but luckily I was wise and didn't agree!
Presumably the Fang family also knew that their marriage with Sister Fei would not work out, so they wanted to take the opportunity to ruin Sister Fei's reputation. The unhappiness on Zhennan Wang's face became more and more serious, and the atmosphere in the study also became more and more serious. dignified.
Nangong Yue took advantage of the situation and said: "Father, everyone knows that the Fang family is the in-laws of the palace. It is our palace's face that they have acted so inappropriately. According to my daughter-in-law, this matter cannot be tolerated."
King Zhennan asked subconsciously: "What does the princess think should be done?"
Nangong Yue said sternly: "Father, the state owns the state laws, and the family has family rules. If you deliberately break into the inner house and offend the female relatives, you should deal with it according to the family law."
Mrs. Fang San hurriedly said: "My lord, after returning to the mansion, I will definitely discipline Brother Lei well..."
Nangong Yue raised the corners of her lips. This Third Mrs. Fang thought beautifully, but how could she let them take her away so easily!
Nangong Yue continued: "Father, the third house of the Fang family behaves like this, do you still trust them?"
King Zhennan was extremely disappointed with this family, and shook his head slightly upon hearing this.
"Master Fang San and his wife must not be able to discipline their son well. The daughter-in-law was thinking about whether to bother the father and the king, but it is Fang's business, and it is not appropriate for the father and the king to take care of it." Speaking of this, Nangong Yue glanced at her. She glanced at Mrs. Fang San who was breathing a sigh of relief, then changed the subject, and said, "However, when it comes to the descendants of the Fang family, the father can't take care of them, and the grandfather, Mrs. Fang, can take care of them! If the father gives permission, the daughter-in-law will order others to trouble you." Grandpa is coming over."
King Zhennan nodded and said, "Then please trouble your grandfather."
What? !
Hearing this, Mrs. Fang's face turned blue, and she felt a roar in her ears. Mrs. Fang hated their third wife deeply. If this gave him a chance, how could he easily let Brother Lei go
It's all Aunt Niu's fault, she has long since given up letting Brother Lei marry that ungrateful Xiao Fei, but Aunt Niu thinks that it will be better for Brother Lei's future if the two families get married again, so she insists on doing so.
And they didn't think about what to do, brother Lei's leg was injured like this, what can they do to Xiao Fei? !
Even if he saw Xiao Fei changing clothes and ruining her reputation, Brother Lei would be responsible to her for marrying her. Is it worthwhile to take the law against Brother Lei
"My lord!... Please, for Madam's sake, please spare Brother Lei this time." Mrs. Fang San begged, while hurriedly winking at her mother-in-law who had been left aside by her long ago, wanting her to help Ask together.
But before Chu could speak, King Zhennan slapped the table impatiently and said, "That's enough, shut up for me."
Mrs. Fang San shrank her neck in fright, not daring to make another sound.
And Fang Shilei, who was kneeling on the ground, was trembling even more. He originally thought that he was just here to kneel today, how could he develop to the point where he wanted to deal with him
There was a chilling silence in the study, and after a while, Mrs. Fang, who was in a wheelchair, was pushed in.
King Zhennan took Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei to salute.
Nangong Yue explained the matter in detail, and said respectfully: "Grandfather and grandson-in-law don't know the rules of the Fang family, so I can only trouble you to come over."
The old man Fang had been listening silently until this moment when he opened his mouth and said: "The son does not teach his father his faults. According to the family rules, the son and the father share twenty lashes. My lord, please help me carry out the execution." The old man Fang is also a shrewd person. He knew in his heart that if they were allowed to go back to the residence, the law of the family would probably be nothing.
"Yes. Father."
The king of Zhennan agreed, and as soon as he gave an order, guards came in from the outside, and after receiving the order, they went to fetch the rattan whip.
Fang Shilei collapsed on the ground. Seeing the guard approaching at this moment, he snapped back to his senses and shouted loudly, "Uncle, please forgive me! Uncle... it was my father and mother's idea, it's none of my nephew's business, uncle..."
"Snapped-"
A heavy blow of the whip interrupted his voice, and the five-strand rattan whip twisted into the thickness of a thumb fell heavily on Fang Shilei's left shoulder, leaving a deep red mark.
"Brother Lei." Mrs. Fang San yelled in pain, and wanted to rush over, but was stopped by Baihui.
"ah!"
Fang Shilei's left shoulder was in burning pain, his body trembled violently, and he let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered. If there were not two guards holding him down, he might have jumped up.
One of the guards simply reported: "One!"
"Snapped-"
The second whip followed and landed on Fang Shilei's right shoulder, causing him to scream again. At the same time, the guard continued to count indifferently.
"Papa papa..."
"Three, four, five..."
The cane whip hit Fang Shilei's back viciously, and after a while, bright red blood dripped from the clothes on his back, which was shocking.
Amidst Fang Shilei's screams that became more and more shrill, Mrs. Fang San had already fainted, but Fang Shilei couldn't faint from the pain. Gradually, his screams became weaker and weaker, his face was pale, and the sweat on his forehead The beads kept falling like raindrops... In the end, his expression was already dull, as if he had lost his soul.
The rattan whip is a family law, although it hurts the flesh, it will not hurt the muscles and bones, let alone kill him, but Fang Shilei has been pampered since he was a child, even the pain of the flesh is painful.
Twenty whips stopped, and the guards returned to the king of Zhennan.
The King of Zhennan waved his hand and said, "Send Master Biao and the others back. Pass on the king's order, Fang Chengling is not strict with his son, and you can be punished twenty times. The three of you go to execute." The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Chu family said, "This time, I will personally teach you the rules. If there is another time, I will not forgive you lightly.... I am tired, you all go back!"
The final word!
Fang Shilei, who had collapsed on the ground, was dragged out by the guards. Nangong Yue ordered someone to summon the rough envoy, and even dragged Mrs. Fang San who had fainted. Although Chu, who sat and watched the play, was not affected What crime, also hastily followed.
Nangong Yue then took Xiao Fei to bid farewell to King Zhennan.
After leaving the study, Xiao Fei went back to Yuebiju first, while Nangong Yue pushed old master Fang back to Tingyu Pavilion with a wheelchair.
Old Master Fang said with some emotion: "That girl Xiao Fei is really not easy."
Yes, it's not easy.
Thinking of Xiao Fei, Nangong Yue couldn't help but sighed softly.
Knowing that she was worried about Xiao Fei, Old Master Fang didn't keep her any longer, and just sent her away.
So, Nangong Yue hurried to Yuebiju again.
As soon as she entered the yard, Nangong Yue raised her eyes and met a pair of golden eyes. A chubby, limp orange cat was lying leisurely on a branch next to the main entrance of the house.
Nangong Yue entered the room and whispered instructions to Baihui.
Baihui laughed immediately, she went to the yard, jumped and stretched, and climbed up the tree lightly. Xiaoju and Baihui were also familiar, and they still lay there calmly and motionless.
Baihui copied it casually, and hugged Xiaoju...
After a while, Nangong Yue stuffed it into Xiao Fei's arms again.
After being turned twice by someone, Xiaoju still looked as if the mountain had collapsed and her face remained unchanged. She yawned lazily and rubbed against Xiao Fei's palm, as if saying, touch me quickly. !
Xiao Fei moved her fingers subconsciously, stroking the top of its head, stroking its back, hooking its chin, and after a while, Xiaoju purred contentedly and squinted her eyes intoxicated.
Xiao Fei only felt that her knees were warm and heavy, and she definitely didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing Xiaoju's good sleep, and put away all the troubles of today from her thoughts.
The night is getting deeper, quietly.
Nangong Yue watched this scene with a smile, and planned to ask Taoyao to add a fish to Xiaoju tomorrow, and...
She glanced at Baihui thoughtfully, it seems that it would be better to give Xiao Fei a maid who knows martial arts.
Nangong Yue secretly had a plan in her heart, and she said: "Sister Fei, how about we go out for a walk tomorrow?" Then, she told Xiao Fei that someone came to sell heat-relief medicine in the tea shop today.
Xiao Fei happily said: "Sister-in-law, let's go together tomorrow."
Seeing that Xiao Fei was in a much better mood, Nangong Yue didn't stay any longer and went back to Bixiao Hall.
Before Nangong Yue summoned her, the clever Que'er took the initiative to report the investigation results of the other party's third bedroom in the past few days.
Nangong Yue was drinking tea leisurely, while Que'er was chattering on the sidelines: "When I was in the capital, I have heard many things about mansions that do not distinguish between concubines and concubines, doting concubines and destroying wives, but like the third house of the Fang family This is really the first one that has never been heard of, and it is no wonder that Aunt Niu is so arrogant... "
Que'er articulated all kinds of absurd things, such as Aunt Niu's status was higher than that of the main family Chu; It was Aunt Niu, and even the nuns in charge of the mansion only listened to Aunt Niu's orders; for example, Mrs. Fang San and other female relatives only gave Aunt Niu morning and evening appointments...
Nangong Yue thought for a moment, then ordered: "Que'er, find a way to put someone beside Aunt Niu, or buy off Aunt Niu and Mrs. Fang Santai's cronies."
"Yes, Shi Zifei." Que Er replied respectfully with her face lowered halfway.
She quickly glanced at Nangong Yue, and seeing her face sinking like water, she knew that the master was really angry this time.
The night passed, and the next afternoon, Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei went to the tea shop outside the city. Last time, because of Zhennan Wang and Ye Yili, their identities had been found out, so in order to deceive others, they simply changed into men's clothes.
Xiao Fei was a little restrained when she wore men's clothing for the first time, but now she is very comfortable.
The two entered the tea shop, found a seat at random, sat down, drank herbal tea leisurely, and waited for someone by the way.
Unexpectedly, the expected person did not come, but an unexpected guest was ushered in.
A woman wearing a water-green veil skirt and a white gauze veil covering her face stepped gracefully into the tea shed and came up to the two of them. The white gauze on the edge of the veil danced with her steps. A kind of aesthetic feeling of "still holding the pipa and half covering the face".
Young women in the royal capital are fashionable to wear veiled hats. Southern Xinjiang doesn't have this habit, but I don't know if the sun has been too strong recently. In order to avoid sunburn, more women are wearing veiled hats when traveling on the road.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei didn't recognize the person for a while, but fortunately, the other party was wearing a veiled hat, but her maid was not. Seeing the familiar faces of the two maids behind the girl, Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei immediately recognized that the girl was Qiao Ruolan.
This is really a coincidence! Actually met Qiao Ruolan here by chance.
"Cousin sister, cousin Fei, what a coincidence." Qiao Ruolan said with a smile, the translucent white gauze covered her beautiful appearance, but she couldn't hide her good mood.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei also greeted politely.
Xiao Fei didn't think it was wrong, but Nangong Yue felt a little strange. Last time, Qiao Ruolan lost to Xiao Fei at the show, and she lost face. With Qiao Ruolan's penny-pinching temperament, it is very likely that she would pretend to be when she sees them. Tsukuru didn't see it, how could he come over to say hello to them in such a good mood? !
"Cousin-in-law, cousin Fei, do you mind if I sit down?" Qiao Ruolan asked, and sat down unceremoniously, then suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed, flaunting, "By the way, I have something to do with cousin Sister-in-law and Cousin Fei said that just now someone came to sell heat-relief medicines, and I saw that the heat-relief medicines were of good quality, so I bought them all, and I made an appointment to pick them up early tomorrow morning." She sighed on purpose. "Hey, it's such a hot day, my cousin and cousin Fei are so tired."
Qiao Ruolan raised her chin slightly and looked at Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei provocatively, thinking: Xiao Fei deliberately humiliated her in the promotion meeting, making her lose face among the ladies in southern Xinjiang, but she gained a good reputation by using medicine. Hmph, no one knows how to apply medicine, it just costs some money!
Nangong Yue couldn't help feeling a little funny, guessing in her heart that Qiao Ruolan might have bought the helpers in the shop, and when she learned that someone came to sell heat-relief medicine, she bought it all before they did.
These are just some commonly used medicines, more of this is not much, and less of this is not too much. Nangong Yue smiled and said, "It's okay, Cousin Lan doesn't have to take it to heart. Sister Fei and I also went out of the house to get some fresh air."
Seeing Nangong Yue's nonchalant expression, Qiao Ruolan felt a punch on the cotton, and her heart was a little panicked.
She took a deep breath, smiled and said: "Cousin-in-law, Cousin Fei, I am planning to set up a medicine dispensing shop near here. I will start dispensing medicine when I get the medicine tomorrow." It will spread throughout Luoyue City, not only can he restore his reputation, but also can kill two birds with one stone and teach Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei a lesson, letting them know that they are not easy to be bullied.
"Cousin Lan, it's so good." Xiao Fei nodded slightly, with a teachable expression, "Cousin Lan can do her part for the people of Luoyue City, and it is also a blessing for the people."
Seeing the indifference of these two people, Qiao Ruolan's heart burst into flames for a moment, and she thought unwillingly: I robbed them of their medicine and let them go for nothing, shouldn't they be angry? ! ... They must have deliberately pretended not to care!
Qiao Ruolan said to herself, Huo Di stood up, and said forcefully: "Cousin, Cousin Fei, I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first." After she finished speaking, she left without looking back.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei looked at each other again, and quickly forgot about Qiao Ruolan.
Nangong Yue took Xiao Fei out to relax, and she was not in a hurry to go back, so she suggested: "Sister Fei, it's hard to come out of the house, how about we go for a stroll? Is there any place you want to go?"
Xiao Fei thought for a while, then blurted out: "Zhuli Zhai! Sister-in-law, I haven't been to Zhuli Zhai for a long time."
Speaking of Zhulizhai, Nangong Yue's interest also came. That's right, I haven't been to Zhulizhai for a long time, maybe I can find some good rare ancient books there again.
After drinking the herbal tea, the two immediately got into the carriage and set off.
After spending the whole afternoon in Zhuli Zhai, Xiao Fei searched for some chess records, poetry collections, and essays, and Nan Gongyue selected a few copybooks, history books, and copied a few music scores back there. Both of them returned with a full load.
Back at Bixiao Hall, Nangong Yue smiled and asked Xiao Fei to have dinner together: "Sister Fei, I specially prepared a table of sweet-scented osmanthus feast tonight, we will go to Tingyu Pavilion to pick up grandfather, and then we will share the sweet-scented osmanthus feast under the moon together, how?"
Xiao Fei's eyes lit up, she clapped her palms and praised: "It's really wonderful to appreciate the moon, appreciate the osmanthus, eat the osmanthus and sing the osmanthus!"
Taoyao and Baizhou behind saw their girl back to normal, and smiled at each other.
Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Fei with a smile on her face. Originally, her sweet-scented osmanthus banquet was mainly for Mrs. Fang. When she accompanied Mrs. Fang to enjoy the moon on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, Nangong Yue saw that Mrs. Fang liked the osmanthus wine she brewed very much, so she wanted to Trying to make a sweet-scented osmanthus banquet to amuse his old man. Unexpectedly, killing two birds with one stone also made Xiao Fei happy.
At this time, it was almost dusk, and the sky had not completely darkened yet. Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei joined hands and went to the place where Mu Xiju chose dinner. Osmanthus fragrans is also known as Osmanthus fragrans. As the name suggests, Osmanthus fragrans is named after a lot of osmanthus flowers are planted in the yard.
From a distance, you can smell the tangy scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, which is refreshing.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei walked around the Osmanthus Osmanthus Residence, and finally chose the place for dinner under the two Four Seasons Osmanthus trees in the courtyard. stuffy.
Then, they went to pick up Mrs. Fang in person, and the maids set up a table full of sweet-scented osmanthus feast, including osmanthus flower carving duck, osmanthus braised beef, osmanthus shrimp, osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root, osmanthus glutinous rice jujube, osmanthus tea, osmanthus wine... The rice is also decorated with osmanthus flowers.
Looking at this table full of sweet-scented osmanthus feasts, Mrs. Fang couldn't understand Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei's intentions. Since Xiao Yi went to war, these two girls came more often than before, as if they were afraid that they would feel lonely, and they would play some new tricks to please themselves from time to time...
There was a warm current in Mrs. Fang's heart, and she was about to call Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei to sit down, when there was a rustling sound from above, and then the golden osmanthus rain fell from the sky.
At first, Mrs. Fang thought it was another trick played by two girls, but unexpectedly saw Xiao Fei looking up at the top with a strange expression.
Following Xiao Fei's gaze, Mrs. Fang saw a chubby orange cat lying on a branch, clawing at the branch with its paws, making a "cracking" sound, and shaking off a rain of petals.
"Xiaoju!" Xiao Fei frowned angrily, her voice raised unconsciously, Xiaoju on the tree stopped, and looked at Xiao Fei innocently, as if asking, what's the matter
Seeing the person and the cat looking at each other, Mrs. Fang suddenly burst into laughter, leaning forward and backward, and Nangong Yue also covered her mouth and laughed.
Xiao Fei looked at Old Master Fang in a daze, she didn't know what they were laughing at, but she was also infected, the corners of her mouth raised unconsciously, and the laughter echoed in Bixiao Hall...
The night is warm and beautiful, and the blink of an eye passes by...
After only one day of peaceful days, there will be waves again.
The next day, just as Nangong Yue had finished her dinner, Jugeng suddenly came and led her to Zhennan Wang's outer study.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Mrs. Qiao, who was wearing an ocher-colored dark gold silk-patterned beanie, walking back and forth anxiously in the study, looking worried, as if the sky was about to fall.
Nangong Yue had known for a long time that Mrs. Qiao was coming, but she didn't expect the other party to have such an expression and fixed eyes. What happened
"Concubine Shizi!" Mrs. Qiao stepped forward as soon as she saw Nangong Yue, and before Nangong Yue saluted King Zhennan, she couldn't wait to say, "Did Sister Lan go to your place today?"
Qiao Ruolan... Nangong Yue was stunned for a moment, shook her head and said, "Auntie, I haven't seen Cousin Lan today."
Mrs. Qiao's face was completely pale, she swayed slightly, looked at King Zhennan, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, what should I do? Sister Lan hasn't been back since she went out this morning. She usually I've searched all over the place I went... Sister Lan, she... she's gone!"