Chapter 63
Xue Shiyi's reaction was really eye-catching.
If Xue Lang didn't know that he was a fool, he would have thought that he was just pretending.
How could you suspect your own mother of harming someone and then say it out loud?
Zheng Xiaoniang was so angry that she couldn't suppress it. She roared fiercely, "What do you know with your pig-head? You only grow taller but not smarter. I...!"
She raised her hand and looked at the people around her, then put it down awkwardly and whispered, "Shut up! I'll deal with you when we get back."
Xue Shiyi's bloody face showed a look of grievance, and he subconsciously shrank his neck.
Everyone pretended not to hear or see anything.
Only Xue Wuliang sighed and said, "The child is grown up now, don't beat him at every turn."
Luo Wendi said rudely: "If you don't care, then don't talk nonsense."
Xue Wuliang was flexible and said, "I was worried that she might hurt her hand."
No one paid any attention to him.
Luo Wendi decisively asked Nanny Zhang to take people with her.
Xue Lang's face darkened for a moment, then he remembered something and raised his head to complain: "My son didn't do it, why did you, Zheng Xiaoniang...ah..."
His gaze fell on Xue Shiyi, then he retracted it, shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "It's only right that Zheng Xiaoniang hates me, but with such a crime, I... I really can't admit it..."
You dare to do it, why are you afraid to admit it? It's as if I deliberately framed you for my son!
Didn't you see I was afraid to speak just now? Everyone knows you're my wife's biological child.
Zheng Xiaoniang's handkerchief was nearly clenched into a rag as she wept, "Sixth Young Master, where did you get that from? I'm only telling the truth. I didn't say it was definitely you who ordered it. The servants may have gossiped, but the Hammerhead bit himself to death because he lost a bet and deliberately told Eleventh about it. I have to find out who's so bold... I can't just be harmed and still be confused..."
Xue Shiyi is a fool, and the hammer in the martial arts training ground who can play with him is not much better.
It is easy to be instigated to do bad things, but the good thing is that he is honest and tells everything when asked.
He made a bet with a boy working in the kitchen, saying that he would tell the Eleventh Young Master about Mr. Song to see if he would vent his anger on the Sixth Young Master's behalf.
The kid said no, and Hammer said yes.
The loser has to give a leg of lamb.
Hammer still felt aggrieved when talking about this: "I went to him, but he refused to admit it."
The boy knelt on the side. He only spoke to Hammer after receiving the money.
The two of them were acquaintances. Hammer had a big appetite and was always hungry, while this kid worked in the big kitchen and could get leftovers. By giving him some money, he could buy a lot of food.
Hammer thought he was his friend, so he never suspected that he was doing bad things on purpose.
The boy replied, "I didn't think too much about it. I just...just wanted to have some fun and get some money. I didn't expect it to become such a big deal."
The one who gave him the money was a maid, a familiar maid, the same Tongbao who had been kicked out of Liao'e Courtyard and then kicked out again when she went to Hechun Courtyard.
At first glance, it seems to have nothing to do with Xue Lang.
But she said that she did this because she listened to Liannu.
This has something to do with Xue Lang. Liannu is a maid in his courtyard.
When I asked Lian Nu again, she denied it and asked in surprise, "When did I ever ask you to do such a thing?"
"You, you didn't say it explicitly, but what you meant at that time was clearly..." Tongbao remembered something and knelt there as if struck by lightning.
"It's clearly something like that!" Lian Nu complained. "Master, Madam, I've never spoken to her. Everyone in the kitchen can vouch for me. I mentioned this matter in the kitchen, but at the time I was just gossiping with the sisters I knew well. I also told them not to talk about it, lest it get out. If the Eleventh Young Master knew about it, it would be a disaster. How can this be considered my instigation? Young Master, please believe me. I have never done such a thing!"
Xue Lang glanced at her and said, "Of course I believe it, but you..."
He said dejectedly, "In the final analysis, it's all because my son failed to control his servants. Even if it's just gossip, it shouldn't be said. If Zheng Xiaoniang says that this was my fault, then I... then I'll admit it..."
He lowered his head dejectedly, looking somewhat guilty.
Lian Nu was so eager to protect her master that she couldn't help but mutter, "How can this be the Master's fault? Everyone in the village knows that the Master got beaten for standing up for the Seventeenth Master. Even if I don't tell others, they will."
"Okay, stop talking. I've always been too lenient with you guys, and I've let you be so careless."
Xue Lang scolded lightly.
Liannu shut her mouth in dissatisfaction.
It's a very clean skim.
Zheng Xiaoniang forced a smile. "Look at what Sixth Young Master said. If it's just a misunderstanding, why not just clear it up? I didn't say it was definitely Sixth Young Master, didn't I? I've already said it, and the servants may have made up some stories. So it seems to be true... In the end, it was Eleventh who was too impulsive..."
She wiped her tears and looked at the expressions of Xue Wuliang and Luo Wendi.
Xue Shiyi, the fool, still didn't realize how dire his situation was, nor did he care how dire his situation was. He breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "I told you! How could Sixth Brother possibly harm me? If you ask me, it's not this servant's fault. I should know about family matters. Hey, little girl, why are you pinching me?"
"Me!" Zheng Xiaoniang was really mad. "I can't stop itching. Can you please shut up?"
How could such a good son have no brains at all?
Xue Shiyi was frustrated: "Everyone can speak, why can't I speak?"
Zheng Xiaoniang was in despair.
Luo Wendi comforted him, "Eleven, don't be sad. Doctor Wei also suffered this misfortune for no apparent reason, and he didn't say anything.
It's really boring... Having these little bastards is not enough to cause trouble. It turns out that it's a group of servants playing tricks on their masters. Old man, do you believe it?"
She looked at her husband Xue Wuliang.
"Ah? Asking me?" He blinked as if he had dozed off and said, "What's the point? That girl is asking you."
He pointed at Tongbao and said, "Even if Lao Liu deliberately told someone to tell you this, what do you want?"
Xue Lang did not defend himself, but just listened quietly.
Tong Bao said in a daze: "This servant... This servant can't stand the smell of cooking fumes and so much work in the kitchen. I want to go back to Hechunyuan to work."
"You want to use this as a token of your loyalty, right? That's quite clever," Xue Wuliang said, not only not angry, but also praised him. He then asked kindly, "But why do you think that Eleven and Seventeen's quarrel is a credit? Isn't Sixth Brother usually cares about these brothers? If you do this, he should be angry, right? Aren't you afraid?"
"Your servant..."
Tongbao stammered, not knowing what to say.
She didn't think so much at all. She just felt that the expression and actions of Liannu when she said those words implied that she wanted people to do so, so she did it. If she really wanted to explain it, she couldn't explain it.
Maybe because she had been to Hechunyuan before, she felt that this Sixth Young Master was not the one she had heard of.
She was at Hechunyuan at the time and actually didn't slack off much.
That's why she was noticed. When the Sixth Young Master heard that she was a maid who was kicked out of Liao'e Courtyard, his expression changed. She repeatedly said that it was an unintentional mistake and she would definitely change.
He didn't say anything, but then the maids in the courtyard began to exclude her, not telling her anything, and finally drove her away on the charge of being lazy, and the Sixth Young Master turned a blind eye.
She felt that...some things might be different from what she thought.
I really can't say anything.
Lian Nu lost her temper and said angrily, "Master, please allow me to report this maidservant to you. She was kicked out of Hechun Courtyard in the first place. She must be holding a grudge against my young master, so she is deliberately using this kind of thing to take revenge and frame him..."
"I don't think I asked you to speak?" Xue Wuliang looked at Liannu doubtfully, then sighed and said, "Forget it, this is all I have to ask about this."
He cleared his throat, and spoke gently as if to let him go, but his words were filled with murderous intent: "If it were up to me, I would drag these maids and servants out and beat them to death. Eleven... give him fifty strokes of the cane, and it's up to him whether he lives or not. Sixth Old Man is not a good person either. Since he said he was wrong, he will be confined to his home for six months and moved to the ancestral hall to live. No maids or servants are allowed to come with him. He can only eat some porridge and some vegetables and pray for Seventeenth Old Man's blessing.
The Zhongyuan Festival has become so chaotic that it makes our ancestors laugh. These bastards should also kneel in the ancestral hall for ten days or half a month. Don't think you can stay out of it."
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