Luo Yining's tone was still worried: "Qingqu, stop talking nonsense and wake up Sixth Sister as soon as possible."
Qingqu was about to insert the needle when he took a step forward and accidentally stepped on Luo Yilian's delicate hand.
Who was Qingqu? Working in the fields was no problem for her. She handled all the heavy labor in Yining's room with ease. Her impact was like a thunderbolt, so powerful that Luo Yilian screamed and opened her eyes.
She quickly held up her hands to look at them. Her delicate hands were already red and swollen, and there were shoe prints on them with two grains of mud on them.
"You little girl, why did you step on the Sixth Miss?" The eldest maid who followed Luo Yilian felt extremely distressed. Seeing Qingqu's plain clothes, she immediately scolded her.
Qingqu smiled embarrassedly: "I didn't notice it, I'm sorry Sixth Miss. But it's a blessing in disguise, Sixth Miss was stepped on like this, didn't she wake up!"
Luo Yilian's face turned red and white.
This is a revelation.
Luo Chengzhang's face turned ugly too. What did this mean? It meant that Luo Yilian was not sick from the beginning to the end, or was she lying to him.
He let go of her hand and walked back to his seat with a gloomy face.
Luo Yilian and Aunt Qiao were scolded for a full quarter of an hour. Yining kept trying to calm Luo Chengzhang down, saying, "Sixth sister didn't mean to do that. She often faints before. It must have been an accident." Or, "Sixth sister fainted because of Xuan Ge'er. She meant well!"
It was like adding fuel to the fire, making it burn even more fiercely. Luo Chengzhang was both sad and angry this time.
The final result was announced. All the maids and servants in Concubine Qiao's room were replaced. Luo Yilian was ordered to copy the female instructions twenty times and was not allowed to leave the house until she had finished. Concubine Qiao was also required to reflect on her mistakes, as she had not raised her daughter well.
At the same time, Luo Chengzhang began to think about a question: a child will resemble the person who raises him. The two children raised by Aunt Qiao were not very good. Lian Jie made him sad today. What will happen to Xuan Ge'er when he grows up?
It's fine if a girl is raised astray, but if a boy is raised astray, the consequences are horrific. At best, the brothers will quarrel, bringing disgrace to the family; at worst, he will be uneducated and unskilled, ruining the ancestral foundation. The second branch has Luo Shenyuan, and there is a bright future ahead of them. It cannot be ruined by Xuan Ge'er.
It would be better to wait until the child is older and let Lin Hairu raise him. As long as the child has no problems with his behavior, he will naturally take care of his studies.
Luo Chengzhang had a vague idea.
The main room was also bustling with activity that night. It was only in the middle of the night that Aunt Qiao came over with a pale face to take Xuan Ge'er back home. She saw Luo Yining standing at the door waiting for her. She stood taller than her and said calmly, "Aunt, you must take good care of Xuan Ge'er in the future."
Aunt Qiao looked at Luo Yining and thought she had seen a ghost. How could Gu Minglan, who was so gentle, have two daughters who were more troublesome than the other? Luo Yining was so young, but she had a dagger hidden in her smile. Compared with her sister, she was even more terrifying.
"Seventh Miss has a good heart. I appreciate your kindness." Aunt Qiao bowed to the eight-year-old child.
"I'll just learn from you," Yi Ning said softly with a smile, "My mother is simple-minded. If you try to hurt her again, I won't let you go. Auntie, do you know what's most important to a concubine?"
"Being law-abiding is the most important thing." Yi Ning didn't even wait for her to answer. After saying the last sentence indifferently, she stepped into the west room.
Aunt Qiao held the sleeping Xuan Ge'er in her arms and saw that he was white and plump. Her nails pinched her palms so hard that they hurt, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Luo Shenyuan was writing in the study with a candle lit late at night. Songzhi came over in the middle of the night and told him what had happened in the main room that day.
Luo Shenyuan had never imagined that the floppy little ball could actually show its teeth and claws. The thought of that scene made him feel adorable. Fortunately, he had told his father in advance, otherwise he didn't know if the little girl could handle it. He leaned against the desk and asked Song Zhi, "Did Yi Ning notice that you were sending me a message now?"
"Miss Seven trusts me and has no doubts about me." Songzhi said softly.
"That's good." Luo Shenyuan turned around and said calmly, "If anything happens to her in the future, you must report it to me in detail. You can go back first."
Songzhi looked at Luo Shenyuan's tall and straight figure, and suddenly felt that the third young master was indeed scary, because others could not guess what he was thinking, which made her feel a chill in her back.
She retreated quietly.
*
Yi Ning wrote a letter in childish language about what had happened recently and sent it to her elder sister in the capital.
Heavy snow fell for several days in a row. Aunt Qiao was well behaved, and Luo Yilian was still copying the women's training. Apart from Luo Yiyu who often came to her house and gave her the cold shoulder, everything else was fine.
Yining was also helpless. If she didn't like her, she would just not come. Every time Luo Yiyu came with Luo Yixiu, she would eat a lot of her food before leaving.
Could it be that he came here with the intention of eating her out of money?
Yining suddenly had this idea when he looked at the fruits, candies and cakes that had been newly added to the house during the New Year.
It was also when the Chinese New Year was approaching that Luo Chengzhang finally forgave Luo Yilian and let her copy the remaining ten recitations of the female training.
After offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God and sweeping the dust, it was soon New Year's Eve. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, Xuezhi combed Yining's hair and said to her with a smile, "Sister, do you want to make some noise?"
Nao Rao Rao is a grass insect made of gold foil inserted into the head, just for festive occasions.
Yining still shook her head and refused. Outside, the heavy snow had stopped. Under the open blue sky, thick snow piled up on the eaves and branches of the trees. There were no lanterns in the yard, but the maids and servants were all in high spirits. Since the separation, the second branch of the family had become much more affluent, and Lin Hairu took advantage of the New Year to increase everyone's monthly salary. This was Qingqu's first time receiving monthly salary. Last time, she had made a contribution, and Lin Hairu gave her three times the monthly salary. She secretly hid the money deep in the cabinet. Every night, she couldn't sleep well, staring at the wardrobe for fear that the money was lost.
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