The Lady of the Big House in the Red House

Asked Aunt Zhou, she was virtuous and gentle. Aunt Zhou responded docilely on the surface, but in fact she was just ready to make a big fuss. Her body was close to exhaustion, so she It's just lingering on her last breath if she continues to take care of her. It's better to expose the true face of this "kind" second wife, not to ask the second master to divorce her, but also to let her have no place in the mansion.

"Why did Auntie get up so early?" Guilan saw Aunt Zhou sitting in front of the vanity mirror early in the morning, so she quickly put down the things in her hands and walked over early.

"I can't sleep, so I got up earlier." Aunt Zhou said lightly, "Do my makeup for me."

Aunt Zhou was wearing an eight-panel Hunan skirt in pine-colored white butterflies, her upper body was a light green blouse with silver patterns embroidered with white butterflies, and her long hair was scattered behind her head.Guilan took the comb and combed her hair. After combing, she only decorated it with two silver hairpins inlaid with precious stones.A little rouge on her face was useless, and there were only plain silver pearl earrings hanging on her earballs.

"Okay, I'm going to the old lady's." Aunt Zhou said, "I have accumulated some money here, and you have been by my side for so many years, so I will give you all the money."

"Auntie..." Guilan looked at the small box of broken silver and jewelry, gritted her teeth and blushed her eyes.

"You are a caring girl. It just so happens that Su Jin from Sister Zhao's place is about to be released. I have asked her to ask you to go there after she understands the matter." Aunt Zhou has already made up her mind, "You can go kneel outside for an hour now. , in the future, if someone asks you about it, you will say that you don’t know anything about it, so you can wash away the relationship.”

"...Yes." Guilan wiped the tears from her face, put away her things, and went out to kneel for punishment.

As soon as Xu Hui stepped into Rongqing Hall, she felt a tense atmosphere in the courtyard.Walking along the way, I saw the girls serving in the house in a hurry, and when I walked to the gate of Jiamu's yard, I saw Jiamu's confidant Lai Nanny standing at the door, with a solemn face.Seeing Xu Hui approaching, Nanny Lai stepped forward and said, "Greetings to the eldest lady, the old lady is angry inside, the eldest lady should come in later." Xu Hui has always been very kind to these nuns, So Nanny Lai was also happy to sell a favor to Xu Hui.

Xu Hui glanced at the tightly closed door, and asked softly, "What's going on?"

"The old slave doesn't know either, but Aunt Zhou next to the second master came to say a few words to the old lady, and the old lady has been angry until now." Nanny Lai replied in a low voice, "Aunt Zhou is still kneeling in the room It's on."

Aunt Zhou?Xu Hui raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "Isn't she still taking care of herself, why did she come to the old lady?"

"The old lady drove the old slave out a long time ago, and the old slave didn't know much about it." In fact, Mammy Lai had also heard about it, but it was so important that she didn't want to say much.

When she waited for Mother Jia's voice to come from inside, Xu Hui finally pulled back her sleeves, adjusted her expression before walking in.Sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Aunt Zhou kneeling on the ground, with tears running down her face, making her look extraordinarily weak against her pale face.Mother Jia was also so angry that her chest heaved, and the veins on the back of the hand holding the cloud pattern crutch were obvious, and she seemed very angry.

What the hell is going on?Xu Hui sat down after greeting Mother Jia, and soon saw Mrs. Wang walking in.

Mrs. Wang didn't seem to expect that Aunt Zhou was there, so she was taken aback for a moment before greeting Mother Jia.Jia Mu didn't cry out either, but stomped on her crutches and said coldly, "Mr. Zhou, repeat what you just said to me!"

An ominous premonition gradually emerged in Wang's heart, and if Aunt Zhou got what Jia Mu said, she repeated it for every reason.

Xu Hui's heart turned cold when she heard this.Mrs. Wang was also a girl brought up by a wealthy family in the past. She didn't expect her methods to be so ruthless. She couldn't see that Aunt Zhou was pregnant earlier than her, so she planned to cause Aunt Zhou to have a miscarriage, and then took advantage of Aunt Zhou's first confinement. Drugged her.She probably didn't expect that Aunt Zhou's body would recover and become pregnant again, and then mixed the drug-soaked cloth with the government's order and sent it to Aunt Zhou, which caused Aunt Zhou's second miscarriage.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang quickly knelt down and said, "Old lady, don't listen to Mrs. Zhou's nonsense, my daughter-in-law has never done such a thing!"

"Second Wife won't admit it!" Aunt Zhou cried, "If jealousy murders a concubine, she will be dismissed. The Second Wife thinks that she has done a perfect job, but she doesn't want to leave evidence of her crimes so that the servants will be caught! Back then, the servants around the maidservant were scattered and scattered, so no evidence could be found; but this time, the maidservant saw it for real! The coral in the second wife’s room was very close to Gui Xi in the maidservant’s room , Just imagine how two girls who have never met before could suddenly become so close, isn’t there something wrong with it? The servant then ordered someone to watch Gui Xi secretly, and saw that she stole her away while others were not paying attention after the slave gave birth. I bought a set of clothes from the servant, which was newly made by the servant, and was only worn a few days before the miscarriage. If Guixi had no orders from others, how would she dare to do such a stealthy thing?"

"Thank you, everyone, go and call me Guixi and Shanshan!" Mother Jia hurriedly ordered.

When Guixi and Shanshan were brought in, they both looked uneasy. Seeing that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Zhou were kneeling on the ground, their hearts were even more thumping, and they knelt down to say hello, their voices trembling.

Xu Hui glanced at Mrs. Wang, and saw that her face was paler, while Aunt Zhou's face showed a winning expression. She had to suspect that Aunt Zhou had come prepared this time, and the clothes that were stolen were probably fake. of.

Of course the two girls didn't agree with Aunt Zhou's words, the clothes on the left and right were all burned, so what's the use of Aunt Zhou being suspicious?Wang also thought of this, so she quickly concealed the panic on her face.Xu Hui looked at it coldly, and there was no hesitation on Zhou's face. It seemed that there was a trick.

"Naturally, the two of them won't admit it, after all, those clothes are gone." Aunt Zhou glanced at Mrs. Wang, "It's just that the slave girl had a miscarriage that day, and all the clothes on her body were changed, and the clothes were taken away. After going to wash it, it has been locked in the servant's cabinet, and the key is kept by the servant. After Guixi stole the clothes, the servant felt that it was inappropriate, so he asked Dr. Zhang to have a look, and only then did he discover the "mystery" of the clothes The servants have been serving the second master and the second wife for so many years, and they have never said anything out of line. I don’t know why the second wife hates the slaves so much, even the blood of the second master! If the old lady doesn’t believe it, just send someone Go and invite Dr. Zhang, and the servants will hand over the keys and ask the old lady's people to bring the clothes."

When Jia's mother was young, she could not see the concubines in the mansion giving birth to Jia Daishan's children, but once she became a mother, she hoped that her sons would flourish.Aunt Zhou was given to Jia Zheng by her, and she lost two boys in the two miscarriages. How can Jia's mother not be angry!Lai everyone hurriedly brought all the personal and material evidence from Aunt Zhou's mouth, and asked Jia Mu to interrogate her carefully.

"Back to the old lady, the clothes are indeed soaked in safflower, saffron and other fetal-injury medicines for a long time. Even after washing with starch, the medicines are still effective. Ordinary pregnant women only need to touch them for a few days to cause restlessness in the fetus and even miscarriage. .” Dr. Zhang replied.

The material used to make clothes is inherent to the aunt's status, and it seems that there is nothing beyond the rules.The more Wang thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she hurriedly said: "Old lady, all the distributions in the mansion are handled by the eldest wife. It is normal for the eldest wife to do anything! The daughter-in-law knows that the management of the house is not effective, so she came out of the coral." This kind of servant girl, but the old lady can't just listen to Zhou's one-sided words and blame her daughter-in-law, but let others benefit!"

This is a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, and even climbed onto her head!Xu Hui's face turned cold, and she said: "The second wife's words mean that I deliberately killed Aunt Zhou's child! I don't know what grievances I have with Aunt Zhou and the second master, I have to kill their children But in order to prove my innocence, so what if I ask someone to show you this month's accounting book!" After finishing speaking, he ordered Pianran to get it, pointing to the strokes on it and said, "I'm thinking Zhu'er died of illness, and the second wife was afraid that people in her yard would not want to wear red and green, so Aunt Zhou's orders in the past few months have been sent to light blue and water green materials, not pink. The old lady asked someone to check the fabrics, and then she would know."

Lai everyone took the account book to Aunt Zhou to check it one by one, and confirmed that Xu Hui's words were correct.Jia Mu pointed at Wang and said angrily: "What a daughter of the Wang family, she is so vicious, go to the yamen and call Zheng'er for me!"

"Yes." Nanny Lai hurried out to tell her son.

The Wang family felt that the situation was over, if she was dismissed because of this matter, then the face of the Wang family would be lost by her!There are also Baoyu and Yuanchun in the palace. If there is such a biological mother, their future will be ruined!Guixi and Shanhu, the two girls, had already pleaded guilty after taking out the clothes because of everyone. Wang's fingernails dug into the flesh of the palm, but there was nothing they could do.

However, at this moment Lai Mammy hurried in again and whispered a few words in Jia Mu's ear.Jiamu's expression changed several times, and she suddenly said, "Press Guixi and Shanshan to the firewood room and lock them up. Both Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Zhou are locked up in the yard."

Aunt Zhou was close, and she heard the words "Wang's family" and "promotion" that Mammy Lai said, and she probably understood that someone in the Wang family had been promoted, so the old lady was afraid of the power of the Wang family and did not dare to act rashly.She laughed a few times with half bitterness and half relief, and said sharply: "The old lady is afraid of Wang Ziteng! It's ridiculous that the dignified old lady of Rongguo Mansion is afraid of the Wang family!" Turning again