Chapter 42 Severe Punishment (III)
We are not Zhou Xuenniang, and we do not know whether her relationship with Lin Qinshuang is really deep, but isn’t it human nature that if you do not do things for your own benefit, you will be punished by heaven and earth? Maybe this Zhou Mama really saw that Lin Xiaoniang had lost power, and she was jealous of the kindness that the master had shown to Lin Xiaoniang before, and she also wanted to try to get the upper hand. The more absurd, the more real it is.
Molan did not know how to react. She thought of how Zhou Mama had taken care of her since she was a child, and she also thought of the anxiety of Zhou Mama asking her to pretend to be sick and take her father back yesterday. Finally, the picture in her mind froze on her mother's sleeping face.
"Mo'er, were you really feeling unwell yesterday?" Sheng Hong's voice came clearly from high above her head. This voice was neither hurried nor slow, but it contained infinite power and majesty, echoing in every corner of Molan's mind, shaking her heart.
Facing this voice, Molan couldn't say anything false, she stood there for a long time without saying a word. Sheng Hong closed his eyes in disappointment, "Mo'er, did she ask you to pretend to be sick?" Sheng Hong pointed at Zhou Xuenniang and asked Molan. Molan stared at Zhou Xuenniang and still didn't speak.
Zhou Xuenniang couldn't bear it after all, "Master, please don't embarrass the girl anymore. I asked the girl to pretend to be sick to trick the master to come to the west courtyard!" Zhou Xuenniang shouted, and the world immediately became quiet. Meng was relieved and finally admitted it.
Molan thought she was still a dishonest person.
Sheng Hong got the answer he wanted and asked someone to send the fourth girl back. Molan wanted to stay and continue listening, but Sheng Hong did not allow it.
After Molan left, Zhou Xuenniang no longer had to hide anything, so she told everything and explained what she had done.
Sheng Hong asked her, "Does your young lady know what you did?"
Zhou Xuenniang shook her head repeatedly, "My young lady doesn't know. I saw my young lady drinking alone, and I knew that she was thinking about the master in her heart, so I wanted to drug you, the master, and then trick you here, so that you can help each other get things done, and the master will no longer think about sending my young lady back to Youyang."
Sheng Hong didn't say anything more after listening. It didn't matter whether the truth was Zhou Xuenniang's own idea or Lin Qinshuang's idea. Zhou Xuenniang must be severely punished! On the first day of the new year, blood should not be seen in the mansion, so it would not be too late to deal with it after the first month of the lunar year. Sheng Hong ordered people to lock up Zhou Xueniang and strictly guard her, not allowing anyone to approach her. Just give her some food every day to keep her alive.
When Lin Qinshuang woke up, everything had been settled.
Lin Qinshuang rubbed her swollen head and woke up to see Molan sitting at the head of her bed with red eyes from crying. Lin Qinshuang's dizzy mind was instantly clear, "Moer, what's wrong with you? Tell mother quickly, has anyone bullied you?"
Molan heard Lin Qinshuang's voice and threw herself into her arms and cried, "Mother, I'm a bad child. I'm neither honest nor trustworthy. I can't be the good daughter in my father's heart!"
Lin Qinshuang felt distressed and wanted to comfort her, but she heard her say, "I can't do anything well. I can't save Mother Zhou. Will Mother Zhou be beaten to death by my father?"
"Mother Zhou? Xue Niang! What happened to Xue Niang?" Lin Qinshuang didn't know why she felt like she had been awake for several days. She felt that many things had happened that she didn't know about.
Molan told her the story again. Although Molan didn't know some details, Lin Qinshuang could figure out the crux of the matter at once. Xue Niang wanted to help her, but last night, after Xue Niang left, she felt annoyed and drank a lot of wine, emptied the wine bottle, and then went to bed. She didn't know anything about what happened afterwards. Xue Niang was exposed. I don't know how Sheng Hong will deal with Xue Niang.
"Mo'er, do you know how your father plans to deal with your mother Zhou?"
"I asked Yunzai to find out the news. Yunzai came back and said that they locked her up and sent people to guard her. No one was allowed to see her or send anything in. Yunzai heard that they would deal with her later. Today is New Year's Day and we can't see blood. Mother, do you think father will beat Mother Zhou to death? Shouldn't I have said at that time that I was really unwell, and Mother Zhou would be fine."
Lin Qinshuang knew that if Xuenniang dared to drug Sheng Hong, Sheng Hong would not let Xuenniang go. No matter what Molan said, she could not deceive him. Xuenniang wanted to protect Molan. As long as she admitted it and didn't involve Molan anymore, Sheng Hong would not blame Molan. But Lin Qinshuang couldn't bear to leave Zhou Xuenniang. The two of them had come this far from humble beginnings, and Xuenniang had always helped her a lot. Now she had done something wrong because of her. She should save her, but what should she do if Sheng Hong refused to see her?
The situation remained at a stalemate until the other masters in the mansion gradually learned what had happened. "Is Zhou Xuenniang so bold as to give the master some strong and dangerous medicine? It's harmful to his body. No wonder he couldn't get up until noon. He must have been exhausted. We must find some good herbs to nourish the master as soon as we have time."
"Like master, like servant. This is what is meant by "the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too." Judging from the master's attitude, this matter will not end well. We can't keep Zhou Xuenniang!" Mother Liu concluded.
"The cycle of cause and effect lasts forever. Everything in this world is illusory, only cause and effect will come true. My son was determined to marry Lin Qinshuang, and was afraid that she and her son would be bullied, so he gave her money, land, and pampering, which made her unruly and caused her to commit a big mistake. The punishment has not been completed yet, and her people have started to harm the master again. Our old man has a good foundation and was not damaged. If his foundation was really damaged, could he bear the consequences? This person should think twice before doing anything. Once a choice is made, the corresponding result will appear. This is cause and effect. Every choice will sow the corresponding cause and eventually produce the corresponding result."
"After what happened to Lin Qinshuang and Zhou Xueniang, the master must have made up his mind and will not indulge anyone so much anymore. This is a good thing and the old lady doesn't have to worry too much." Fang Mama saw it more clearly.
"Children have their own blessings. I hope he can learn from this!"
"Little lady, I heard that little lady Lin in the west courtyard has been making a fuss to see the master. I begged the master to give Zhou Xueniang a break because she had served her for many years. The master only replied with seven words." The parrot deliberately kept the secret. "
Sister Parrot, don't keep us in suspense. Tell me quickly."
The parrot smiled and imitated Sheng Hong's tone, "If you make a fuss again, you will be punished more severely!"
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
"It's as it should be. Let's see if she dares to make trouble again?"
"That's right. She has done a lot of trouble for our young lady in the past and withheld our things. This is retribution!" "
That Zhou Xuenniang dared to complain first. Fortunately, the master believes in our young lady and is willing to see through everything. Otherwise, she would have bitten back and it would have been really disgusting!" "
It's just that the fourth young lady looks a little pitiful. I don't know what Lin Xiaoniang and Zhou Xuenniang think. They seem to love the fourth young lady very much, but they always let the fourth young lady get involved in these adults' affairs."
"I mean, seeing that a delicate young lady is almost being tortured into a woman, I've seen the fourth young lady lose her vitality several times, and she looks old-fashioned. She doesn't have half the cleverness of our young lady."
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