Chapter 11: Third Brother Gambling
Xu couldn't swallow this humiliation.
"Delay?" Xu laughed softly and put down the teacup in her hand.
"In order to save her, Yanshu fell into the water due to exhaustion. After she was rescued, she hid in the rockery, delaying Yanshu. When Yanshu was rescued, he was already dead. Although he was barely saved, he suffered brain damage. He became disabled. My lord, Yanshu was such a smart child. How could you say such things? He was a brilliant man back then, and everyone in Beijing praised him!" Xu felt sorry for her son.
"The little girl didn't fall into the water on purpose. She hid because she was afraid. The matter of Yanshu is a foregone conclusion. Could it be that she would create a rift with her colleagues because of this matter? Yunniang, I have a hard time in the court. Please think about me."
After getting married, she felt neglected by Lu Yuanze, so she often forced Yanshu to study.
Yanshu felt sorry for his mother when he was a few years old. He read books all night long, until his eyes were red, just to save face for her in front of his father.
Xu's lips drooped: "No one is qualified to ask for forgiveness on behalf of Yanshu."
"Whoever says forgiveness has to go and drown in the pond. Only those who are in the same situation as my son can empathize with him." Xu said in a calm tone.
Lu Yuanze frowned slightly, feeling that his gentle and virtuous wife had changed.
No longer respect him in everything.
I guess she must be angry because I have neglected her for some time, so she wanted to attract my attention on purpose.
Lu Yuanze glanced at his angry mother and shook his head slightly.
"Okay, if Yunniang doesn't forgive me, then I won't forgive her." He patted Xu's hand gently.
After a while, Xu left on the pretext of feeding Chaochao milk.
When I was about to leave, I heard someone speaking softly from inside the house.
"I had to ask you to go there, and you made such a fool of yourself. Are you okay now? Is your dear grandson scared?" The old lady spoke with intimacy and concern.
It's rare to see a hint of dissatisfaction.
Xu paused slightly, and Dengzhi also heard this, and his eyes turned red with anger.
"The eldest master is still lying in bed at home, but they are still worried about the people outside..."
"Be careful with your words!" Xu glanced around, and Dengzhi shut up sullenly.
"Where is the young master?" Xu pinched her eyes and asked.
The maid beside her came out to report, "It's a rest day today. The young master must be reading in Tinglan Garden."
Xu then took a few people to Tinglan Garden.
There was a servant standing outside the hanging flower gate. He saw a group of people coming in from afar and immediately ran into the house.
[The servant is going to report the news]
[My good brother is doing good things...] Xiao Chaochao waved his paws with excitement on his face.
Xu's pace quickened instantly: "Stop the servant." As soon as she finished speaking, someone rushed up and kicked the servant to the ground, holding him down so that he could not move.
"Look, madam, why are you running away in such a hurry?" Dengzhi said angrily.
The servant was trembling and looked anxious. Xu didn't say anything and rushed inside.
Walking outside the door, you can hear suppressed rustling sounds.
"Open it up, open it up..."
"Big big big!"
The escorted servant's face turned pale and his calves were trembling.
Dengzhi was about to knock on the door, but Xu raised her hand to stop him, not caring about the demeanor of a lady from an aristocratic family. She is now just a mad mother.
He raised his foot and kicked the door open.
"You're going to die! You're going to be in trouble for scaring me!"
"Who is looking for death? Be careful..." Lu Yuanxiao held the dice in one hand and the money in the other, his eyes were red, and he looked like a gambler.
When he looked up, he saw Xu, with a gloomy face, looking at him coldly.
Click.
The dice rolled to the ground.
Lu Yuanxiao was obsessed with gambling, but when he saw Xu, he immediately regained his senses. I felt a chill rushing to the top of my head and my face turned pale.
Lu Yuanxiao's knees went weak and he knelt on the ground.
The body trembled slightly.
There were servants kneeling on the ground behind him.
Xu was gasping for breath, and the air was almost sucked out of her body, as if someone was strangling her throat.
"You...you..." Xu felt dizzy.
If it weren't for Chao Chao, how long would she have been kept in the dark?
"Madam..." Dengzhi was frightened.
"Young master, you are confused." Even Yingxue was shocked. A child of only eight years old was so obsessed with gambling.
"How long have you been gambling?" Xu's voice was shaking. Dengzhi supported her and she reluctantly sat down.
Lu Yuanxiao had never seen his mother like this before. His mother's disappointed and shocked eyes made it almost impossible for him to hide.
He spoke in a crying voice: "Mother, it's my fault. I only learned it for three days." Three days ago, the little boy with a rosy complexion now had dark eye sockets, dry and chapped corners of his mouth, and even his usually neat hair had a grey color.
"You love to play and have fun, and you are very naughty. Mother never cares about you because you are young. But how can you get involved in gambling at such a young age?"
"How dare you do this harmful thing!" Xu almost gritted her teeth.
"Who taught you that?" Xu was so angry that her heart was numb. The two servants and two book boys beside him were all carefully selected.
In the corner, a tied-up little book boy whimpered.
There was still a towel stuffed in his mouth, and Juexia immediately went forward to untie him.
The little book boy had messy hair and knelt on the ground immediately: "Madam, it's Qingyu and Qingyan."
"That day, the young master came back to study with great enthusiasm, but he was quite tired until late at night. Qingyu taught him how to gamble under the pretext of relaxing him."
"Qing Yan said that small gambling is good for your mood, but big gambling is harmful to your health. I'm not gambling for money, I'm just having fun to relax."
"I tried to comfort the young master, Qingyu Qingyan deceived the young master and tied up the servant."
Lu Yuanxiao was accompanied by two book boys and two servants.
Qingyu and Qingyan were eloquent and literate, so they stayed with Lu Yuanxiao as his servant and guided him in his studies.
The two servants Qingfeng and Qingshu took care of his daily life and served him personally.
These two book boys were given by the old lady!
"Come here, beat these two traitors to death as a warning to others! Let all the servants in the mansion watch the whole process before leaving!" Xu was furious, she had never been so angry before.
The two servant boys had their mouths gagged and were dragged out. He could only look at Lu Yuanxiao with pleading eyes.
Lu Yuanxiao wanted to beg for mercy. These two servants had been following him since he was three years old and had become his indispensable playmates.
[These two people are not innocent at all. I came to my third brother with a mission since I was young, all just to make him useless. 】
[I took him to gamble, took him to skip school, took him to insult the teacher, and pushed the third brother to the forefront. 】
Lu Yuanxiao was stunned, as if stupid. After hearing these words, he swallowed the plea for mercy on his lips instantly.
Xu purged all the servants around Lu Yuanxiao.
"Qingshu, Qingfeng, you did a great job this time. Starting from this month, your monthly salary will be doubled. Please take good care of the Lantern Festival for me." Xu asked someone to bring another fifty taels of silver as a reward.
Lu Yuanxiao was in a daze, and Xu didn't even look at him.
"Let all the servants go outside Deshan Hall to watch the beating." Xu's eyes were slightly cold.
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