Chapter 29 Singing, Reciting, Acting, and Fighting
When she arrived in front of Pei Yu's yard, Luo Zhen had already adjusted her expression.
"Aunt, you, what are you doing..." Luo Zhen looked at the scene in the yard and said in surprise.
In the yard, a maid was lying face down on the ground.
Pei Yuze stepped on her back.
There was only one other old woman standing aside with her head bowed.
When Pei Yu saw her coming, he took his foot off the maid's back, ran over, and pulled Luo Zhen's hand: "Sister-in-law, you're here! I didn't know what to do!"
The women of the Pei family loved to push and pull, and Luo Zhen was already numb. She pretended to be confused and asked, "I heard from the maid sent by my aunt that you caught the stolen goods. What does my aunt mean? Is it related to my stolen dowry?"
Pei Yu said, "That's right! Sister-in-law, listen to me. Yesterday, sister-in-law and second brother got married. I was so happy that I drank a few more glasses of wine. Thinking that this was a happy day, I also gave everyone in my courtyard a holiday. Therefore, I couldn't get up this morning to see sister-in-law.
When I woke up, I heard a commotion in the front hall. The mother next to me told me that my sister-in-law's dowry had been stolen. I was worried about my sister-in-law and wanted to take people to the front to help. However, I was drunk last night and didn't know who else was in my yard. I went in one by one to look for them, but who knew..."
She told a lie she had already made up, pointed at the maid still lying on the ground, and continued angrily, "Who knew that when I entered this girl's room, I ran into her holding a precious hairpin and putting it in her hair. When I came in, she was so startled that she dropped the hairpin and broke it. Look, sister-in-law."
She handed the wrapped cloisonné peony hairpin to Luo Zhen to see.
Luo Zhen took it and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "This, this is my dowry hairpin!"
"That's right!" Pei Yu's lies became smoother and smoother, and he continued with a beaming expression, "Although I don't know what my sister-in-law's dowry was, I know that such a fine hairpin is beyond the reach of a maid like her. I became suspicious at the time, and after searching with my mother, we found a box under her bed. Sister-in-law, come and see."
She pulled Luo Zhen into the maid's room again.
In the center of the small, dim room stood a sandalwood box with gold horns.
The lid of the box was open, and the head ornaments inside emitted a precious light mixed with gold and pearls, which was out of place in the room.
Cai Lu, who was beside Luo Zhen, exclaimed, "Miss, this is the dowry you lost!"
"Of course it's my sister-in-law's dowry. How could a bald-haired girl like her get so many good things? She must have secretly dragged them back last night when there were few people in the yard and the front hall was relaxed. She also took advantage of my power and knew that my sister-in-law would not come here to search, so she hid them in the room." Pei Yu became even more excited and pulled Luo Zhen to cry, "Sister-in-law, you don't know how I felt when I saw these things. My eyes went dark. If my mother hadn't been quick to hold me up, I would have fallen down and hit my forehead and bled!
She is my maid. My sister-in-law just came into the house, and she did such a shameless thing, which made me lose face. I really don’t have the face to see my sister-in-law, ah wuwuwu..."
Luo Zhen watched her singing, reciting, acting and fighting, and couldn't help but sigh. It was indeed the child of her mother-in-law. Although her power was not as good as the old one, she had already taken shape.
She endured the frustration and made herself look stupid. She held Pei Yu's hand tightly and comforted her, "Don't blame yourself, little aunt. It was that girl who had evil intentions and implicated me. She should be severely punished. It has nothing to do with me!"
Pei Yu was howling without tears in his eyes, but when he heard what Luo Zhen said, he stopped howling immediately. He felt relieved and almost laughed.
At this time, Zhou came over with Xu.
The only person around him was the old woman who had just passed on the message.
These two people know Pei Yu's character better than Luo Zhen.
After hearing what the old woman said, they understood everything clearly.
Xu was afraid that Luo Zhen would investigate further and ruin her daughter's reputation, so she ran all the way here, sweating and panting. Even a strand of her hair, which she had combed neatly in the morning, fell down.
The first thing he said when he walked in was: "Wife, it's that girl who has evil intentions. It has nothing to do with my son. You can't just accuse her without knowing the truth!"
Luo Zhen felt nauseous after hearing this.
Her earlier prediction turned out to be correct.
If the truth is revealed, Xu will protect Pei Yu.
But I didn't expect that she would come up with just these words.
If she hadn't thought it through, wouldn't she have really lost her dowry, and not only would she have been bullied and ostracized by the mother and daughter?
"Mother." Pei Yu called out to Xu, letting go of Luo Zhen and walking up to her. He hugged her arm and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law wouldn't be that bad. She's already said that this has nothing to do with me, right, sister-in-law?"
Luo Zhen tried hard to smile and nodded.
Xu heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this, but then her face darkened and she cursed, "Where is that son of a bitch!"
Pei Yu said, "She's lying outside. My daughter was so angry that she beat her up a long time ago."
Mrs. Xu arrived in such a hurry that she didn't notice there was a person lying in the yard. Upon hearing this, she walked out and kicked the maidservant hard on the head, cursing, "You son of a bitch! You are well-fed and well-fed by my son, and it's ok that you don't even think about repaying your master's kindness. You even dared to steal the bride's dowry and bring shame to my son's reputation! Let me see how I will deal with you! Come, drag this thief away and beat him to death! Let the servants see, whoever dares to steal again will end up like this!"
Now, apart from Cai Lu who was beside Luo Zhen, there were the two old women.
The two men responded, walked up to the maid and lifted her up.
The maid had been lying on the ground without saying a word. Even when Xu kicked her in the head, she just hugged her head and shrank back without even a groan.
Now she was being held up by two maids and was about to be beaten to death. Only then did she raise her scarred face and say, "I stole Second Madam's dowry and deserve death. Not to mention beating me to death, even if they pull out my tendons and break my bones, I won't say a word. I only beg Madam not to let anyone see it, not even my mother and sister..."
Talking about her mother and sister, she finally sobbed, tears rolling down her cheeks. "If that's the case, even if I were to go downstairs, I would kowtow and thank you, Madam, for your kindness."
"You thief, you're dreaming!" Xu spat. "I wouldn't have thought of it if you hadn't told me. To raise a thief like you, your mother and sister must be bad people too. Go, take her mother and sister over there and beat them up together, then find a human trafficker to sell them off to!"
The maid opened her eyes wide when she heard that and suddenly looked at Pei Yu.
That look was terrifying.
Pei Yu shrank back, and was afraid that she would yell and ruin her reputation, so she quickly pulled Xu and persuaded her, "Forget it, mother. Her mother and sister are quite honest. Don't beat them. Just give them the indenture and send them out.
Alas, she has served me well after all, and now she is about to die, so I should listen to her and let her mother and sister go first, and give her some respect."
Xu said with a stern face, "You are so kindhearted. This thief almost ruined your reputation, yet you still care about her so much."
Pei Yu felt that he was truly kind after hearing this, and raised his chin: "Mom, do you agree?"
Xu also didn't want to keep the maid's mother and sister, fearing that they would wait for an opportunity to take revenge.
Seeing his daughter say this, he didn't want to offend her, so he nodded and said, "Then go to my courtyard and find the indentures of her mother and sister, and get them out of here quickly."
Although the Pei family is the Zhou family's housekeeper.
However, all the important things such as money, property deeds, land and shops were still in Xu's hands.
Zhou could only be considered a steward who followed orders.
Xu looked at those things as if they were her eyeballs, and only Pei Yu knew where they were.
Pei Yu immediately responded and went.
As he passed by the maid, he glared at her warningly.
The maid knew she could not escape death.
I can't just die in vain. After agreeing to Pei Yu, I negotiated conditions with her.
That is to take out the indentures of her mother and sister and let them go.
When she was being framed by the old woman, she brought it up because she was afraid that Pei Yu would go back on her word.
Fortunately, she was afraid and did not dare to break her promise.
This way she would have no regrets.
The maid smiled and lowered her head again.
The two women holding her had different thoughts.
Everyone knew exactly who stole Luo Zhen's dowry.
The masters are all acting to save face.
But this girl is in trouble.
I would sacrifice my life for the sake of my masters' dignity.
The only consolation is that this girl used her life to earn a way out for her mother and sister.
As servants, we are bound to feel grief for each other.
An old woman felt sad.
The other one was the old woman who went out to deliver the message, but her mind was turned to Luo Zhen.
She still remembered being slapped in the face in public.
This old woman is narrow-minded. If she doesn't vent her anger, she will feel upset and unable to eat.
The current situation gave her different thoughts.
Don't these masters all care about their face?
Then she would tear their faces off!
The maid was so bold as to steal her master's dowry and hide it in her own room. No one except a fool would believe this.
She has no other serious skills, but she has a unique trick, which is to imitate people's tone and intonation of speech perfectly.
As long as she imitated the voice of that Cai Lu girl, told the truth, complained on behalf of her master, the Second Mistress, and let others hear and spread it...
Tsk tsk.
The old woman laughed heartily in her heart.
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