When everyone was fighting in full swing, the previous group of people escorted Liu Rong back.
Except that her clothes were a little messy, Liu Rong didn't suffer any injuries, and her treatment was obviously much better than that of Su Qingping.
"Stop beating!" Liu Rong immediately panicked when he saw Su Qingping being beaten by women, "That's my girl."
All the women were startled when they heard the words, stopped their hands together, and looked at the woman who was bruised by them.
The woman's face was beyond recognition, but after careful identification, she could still vaguely see the shadow of Su Qingping.
Granny Yu's legs went limp, she collapsed on the ground, patted her thighs and exclaimed: "Oh, my mother, it really is Miss Pingbiao, this is really a big flood that rushed into the Dragon King Temple."
The women looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do for a moment, and the timid ones started to retreat again and again, thinking that it would be the best policy to walk.
Miss Biao was brutally beaten by servants in the backyard of Nangong Mansion, it is naturally impossible to hide this matter so quietly, even Su Shi was alarmed.
No, the sky was just showing a fish belly, and the Rong'an hall was already very lively.
Su's eyes glanced sharply at the women who were kneeling on the ground, and said without anger: "Thinking of you, there is a reason for the incident, and each of you will be punished with five boards."
"Thank you, Madam, for your kindness." The women kowtowed their heads to thank them, and obediently went out to receive the punishment, but each of them gritted their teeth with hatred for Su Qingping.
After finishing cleaning up the wives, Su turned her head to look at Su Qingping who was crying beside her, and raised her voice with displeasure, "Crying, you know how to cry! I'm going to lose all my face! "
This was the first time Su Shi spoke to Su Qingping in this tone, and Su Qingping cried.
Su continued: "Tell me, you are a lady in the boudoir, why don't you stay in your own room well, why are you wandering outside in the middle of the night? And you are mistaken for a thief by the women!"
Su Qingping opened her mouth to explain: "Auntie..."
But was interrupted by Su Shi: "Don't say it, let her talk." Su Shi's cold gaze fell on Liu Rong who was kneeling beside her.
Liu Rong shivered, and answered bravely: "I tell you, Madam, my girl can't sleep at night, so she went out for a walk."
"Can't sleep again? Is it possible that you have nightmares again?" Su Shi laughed back angrily, and threw a tea gu in front of Liurong with a "snap", and it fell to pieces, "You bitch, this is to kill me. You're fooling me! Why don't you say that your girl suffers from sleepwalking?"
Su Qingping turned pale with shock, how could her aunt say such things about herself, if this was spread, what good reputation would she have, and what kind of good marriage could she talk about!
Liu Rong was so frightened that she kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Old lady, calm down, old lady, please. This servant dare not lie to old lady, and this servant will say anything, everything."
Su Qingping's heart was pounding, and she suddenly felt uneasy, she stood up abruptly, and reprimanded: "Shut up." As she spoke, she wailed towards Su Shi, "Auntie, don't listen to that lowly maid talking nonsense. .”
Su's eyes turned cold, "So, there really is no inside story."
"Yes, old madam." Liu Rong kowtowed, Qi Qi said, "I don't know if old madam still remembers my girl's biological mother, the late Mrs. Xun?"
"Ms. Xun? What does this have to do with her?" Mrs. Su raised her eyebrows.
"In a short time, it will be the birthday of the late Mrs. Xun. My girl is because she misses her first wife..."
Su Qingping's eyes were slightly dazed. After Liurong said this, she remembered that the birthday of her biological mother Xun Shi was indeed coming soon.
It turned out to be because of Missing Mother! Su's eyes warmed up, and she accepted Liu Rong's explanation. "Since that's the case..." Su Shi looked at Su Qingping with a still serious expression, "It's always wrong for you, a boudoir girl, to go out in the middle of the night, and you must not do this in the future."
"Yes." Su Qingping responded meekly.
Su looked at her bruised and swollen face, frowned and said: "Hey, with your current state, it seems that the meeting with the Wang family can only be postponed."
When Su Qingping heard the words, there were mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know what it was like. She always hoped in her heart that she could cancel or delay the meeting with the Wang family. Now it has been done, but at such a painful price, and it is only postponed, it is really not reconciled to think about it.
"As for you..." Su Shi looked at Liu Rong's eyes and suddenly became a little fierce, "Master's words and deeds have been wrong, and as a slave girl, he didn't know how to dissuade you. You should have been punished severely, but your girl needs someone to take care of her when she is injured. , this punishment will be postponed for the time being, and you will be punished after your girl recovers from her injuries."
"Yes." Liu Rong replied palely. In his heart, he was relieved, Su Shi didn't say what the punishment was, as long as he was smarter, took good care of his daughter, and asked her to intercede after her injury recovered, maybe she would be exempted from punishment or just lightly punished.
The fact that Su Qingping was misunderstood by the night patrol woman as a beating by a thief in the middle of the night was not a trivial matter, even if the Su family wanted to conceal it, it would not be able to hide it, and it eventually spread to the ears of all the houses.
When Nangong Yue received the news, she sneered at Su Qingping's words that she couldn't fall asleep because of missing her mother, and was distracted in the middle of the night. There was no such thing in her previous life, and Su Qingping never mentioned her biological mother. talk.
Regardless of the reason for Su Qingping wandering around in the middle of the night, the Su family has already accepted the reason given by Su Qingping's master and servant on the surface. Naturally, everyone in the house did not dare to question it casually, but murmured a few words behind their backs, mocking secretly Let's talk about Su Qingping.
Only those wives who were punished because of Su Qingping's affairs had Su Qingping in mind.
**◆**
A few days later, Nangong Mu picked a sunny day suitable for traveling, and he fulfilled his promise to his wife and children. He persuaded Mrs. Su, and planned to take Mrs. Lin, Nangong Xin and Nangong Yue away from the capital to relax in the nearby Zhuangzi.
On the Wangdu Street in the morning, there are people coming and going, the traffic is busy, and it is very lively. Vendors are selling their goods on both sides of the street.
Suddenly, there was a noise on the street, and pedestrians, vehicles and those hawkers gave way one after another.
A disgraced soldier rode on a strong red horse, drove the horse and whipped it, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up for three thousand miles, pedestrians should give way! Hurry up for three thousand miles, pedestrians should give way!" A cloud of fire rose where the horse's hooves fell. Gray dust.
Nangong Yue in the carriage raised the corner of the curtain, looked at the soldiers leaving in the dust, and tried to recall what was the reason for the three thousand li rush at this time in her previous life... It's just that she was still young at that time, and the house was in chaos, but But no one would specifically talk to her about this. She thought and thought, but didn't struggle anymore.
"Sister Yue, be careful to be blinded by the wind and sand." Mrs. Lin carefully pulled back the car curtain again.
Amidst the family's chatter and jokes, the carriage continued on its way, leaving the capital unimpeded all the way, and it took another quarter of an hour to reach the western suburbs.
As the saying goes, "when the night comes and the south wind blows, the wheat is covered with yellow." From time to time in the western suburbs of June, golden ears of wheat can be seen dancing in the fields. In the warm south wind, birds were singing and frogs were singing, and the fresh air was mixed with a faint fragrance of flowers, which drifted in through the car window, gently stirring Nangong Yue's heartstrings.
"Sister!" Nangong Xin was so excited that his eyes sparkled and his cheeks were extraordinarily rosy, "Look at that bird, it's so beautiful! That tree is so tall! Look at that flower, and there's a cow there..." He Talking endlessly, Nangong Yue could only stand aside, following his hand to look east and west for a while, her eyes were really busy, but she was happy.
Nangong Mu and his wife have been looking at the pair of children, smiling at each other from time to time.
After a while, the carriage finally arrived at Zhuangzi. This Zhuangzi was Lin's dowry, and the person in charge of Zhuangzi was an old Zhuangtou surnamed Gao, who had already heard that the master was coming. Seeing Nangong Yue and his party arrive, Lao Zhuangtou hurriedly brought a few people to welcome them.
After the carriage entered the gate, Nangong Yue and his party got out of the carriage one by one and looked around.
Although this Zhuangzi is not big, it is kept very clean. Nangong Mu is very satisfied with this. After a tiring journey, he was afraid that his wife and children would be tired, so he asked them to take a rest first, while he himself was accompanied by the old village head, saying that he was going to see the fishing pond.
Regarding Nangong Mu's arrangement, Lin and Nangong Yue did not raise any objections, but Nangong Xin looked like she wanted to go to the fish pond, but she was persuaded by her mother and sister in the end. The mother and son were led by Zhuangtou Niangzi all the way into the inner courtyard, and went to their respective rooms to rest for a while.
As soon as Nangong Yue entered the room and sat down, a maid with a round face in the Zhuangzi brought in hot water. She had obviously never served anyone before, and she looked cramped. Yimei immediately took over, and Hou Nangongyue washed her hands and face, changed her clothes again, and combed her hair.
When Nangong Yue came to the manor this time, she only brought first-class maid Yimei, second-class maid Yan'er, and third-class maid Huamei, and Que'er was specially left by her to keep an eye on the movement in the mansion.
After Nangong Yue finished washing and washing, she took a few sips of hot tea and took a short rest. Nangong Xin couldn't wait to find her, and dragged her to walk around the yard. Two willow trees were planted in the yard, and two plots of land were cut and planted. Vegetables such as rapeseed and leeks.
Nangong Xin ran around for a while, and found everything in Zhuangzi to be fresh and interesting.
"Brother Xin, sister Yue, why don't you pick some vegetables yourself, and mother will cook them for you later." At this time, Mrs. Lin also walked over slowly and said with a smile. In Zhuangzi, there is no need to be taboo about all kinds of things in the mansion. Even Mrs. Lin has relaxed a lot. It seems that she is not tired, but radiant.
"Okay, okay." Nangong Xin looked left and right, picked the rapeseed that he thought was the best, and handed it to Lin. Nangong Yue picked a handful of leeks.
Lin accepted it with a smile, and said: "Your father said he was going to Yuyong to have a look, but he hasn't come back yet, maybe he was fishing there, maybe we can have fish to eat later."
Nangong Xin immediately smiled and said: "Sister, let's go find daddy for fish together." After saying that, he dragged Nangong Yue away in a hurry.
"Second son..."
"Three girls..."
"Run slowly, be careful not to fall."
Several servant girls hurriedly followed.
Lin shook her head with a smile, but she didn't dissuade her. She also hoped that her children could enjoy the rare pastoral time. She handed the dishes to the third-class maid beside her, and chased after them with Liu Mama and Ruyi.