boudoir

Chapter 68

Mrs. Li has been tormented from the evening till now, she has long been complaining in secret, she only wished that the night was not over, she hurriedly crawled to Rui'er, kowtowed three times, and slapped herself four or five times, saying : "Miss Rui'er sees that the old woman has already been beaten, please spare me!"

Rui'er has always been soft-hearted, seeing that her face is bloody and her clothes are ripped apart, she can't bear it anymore.Going to see Liuli, Liuli glared at her as if he had seen through her long ago.

Liuli let out the anger in her heart and was not so unkind anymore, so she said: "Since you want to go back to the Duke's mansion, I agree with you. But you have to say goodbye to the old lady, and say that you know you broke the rules, You have lost face to He Fu, so you take the initiative to leave. If you let me know that you are gossiping, then I will keep you and pay the debt every day!"

Mrs. Li was startled by her last words, and immediately kowtowed: "Old slave, I dare not talk nonsense!"

Liuli took a sip of tea, "Go down! Get the hell out of me tomorrow morning!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li immediately got up on the ground and limped out.

Laurel Haitang lowered her head, and stood silently close together.

Liuli glanced at them both, and said, "Have you all seen what happens when you don't keep your duty?"

Yue Gui was startled, and nodded emphatically.Liuli said again: "Then what do you think?"

Haitang held back for a while, and said, "This servant thinks Li Nanny deserves to die!"

Yue Gui was also filled with righteous indignation: "This old thing dares to hit the girl, speaks disrespectfully to the girl, and even dares to steal the girl's food, the servant thinks that the girl's beating is not wrong at all! If it is a servant, I can't stand it for so long! "

Liuli smiled: "I believe you are telling the truth, but I also know that you are also afraid in your heart. The reason why I taught her in front of you tonight is to let you know that you are under my command and only To have me as a master, the second is to tell you that I will not beat people for no reason. Maybe I cannot give you glory and wealth, but as long as you are loyal to me, I will definitely push you to a higher and more dignified place. .”

She glanced at the two of them, and softened her tone: "If you have something that you can't be completely loyal to, you can say it now, and I will never make things difficult for you."

Yuegui Begonia looked at each other, opened their mouths, and closed them again.

Seeing this, Rui'er said: "Just say what you want to say, the girl is not unreasonable."

The two men pursed their lips, then knelt down, and Yuegui murmured: "Sister Hongxiu told us before coming in that we must follow Ninth Girl wholeheartedly. The slaves know that they are stupid, so it is a great thing to come to Hefu to serve the master." Fufen, we can't play with bad thoughts, and we can't play with them. In addition, I have heard Sister Rui'er mentioning the girl's character from time to time in the past few days, and I have seen it with my own eyes. She is even more determined to serve a good girl. ...begging for a girl..."

Rui'er hurriedly said: "What's the matter, tell me quickly!"

Yuegui blushed, and said: "That's right, I have a three-year-old brother who is staying at my uncle's house. I want to ask the girl to let the servant go back to visit after a while..."

Ruier breathed a sigh of relief, went to look at Liuli, Liuli said: "Where are your parents?"

Yuegui burst into tears: "They're all dead. My brother and I are the only ones at home. When I come to He Mansion, he won't be taken care of. He has to be placed at my uncle's house."

Looking at the scene, Liuli also guessed that the life of the younger brother living in his uncle's house would not be easy.Immediately said: "I will arrange this. What about you?" She turned to Haitang.

Haitang raised her head, and said naively: "The servant's parents are gone, and there is no younger brother."

Liu Li said: "Then what are you doing kneeling down?"

She said: "My servant is begging for Yuegui! From now on, the two of us will serve the girl together. If I have nothing to ask for now, I will help her together. If I have something to ask for in the future, I will also bring Yuegui together." beg."

Ruier's head was full of black lines, but Liuli couldn't help laughing out loud.

Shuangxi went to the front yard to look for the golden lock for a long time but couldn't find it. Just as she was about to instruct the woman who swept the yard, Rui'er rushed over panting and said, "You don't need to look for it, the golden lock fell off and hung on the girl's clothes." , just now when Yuegui went to collect her clothes, she found it."

Shuangxi did half-day free work, so she scolded Ruier a few words and left the hospital.But because he didn't lose it at last, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and when he returned to Xiaokuayuan, it was already time.

Because she was rushing to pay New Year's greetings in Shangzhengyuan, Liuli got up at Maoshi, and Shuangxi got up next to the bed and closed her eyes. When she fetched water, she said, "It's strange, Mother Li is packing her luggage."

Liu Li said: "She felt that she had lost face yesterday, so it's not good for her to stay any longer."

Shuangxi didn't feel suspicious, so she called Rui'er to wait on her, and went to the next door to Nanny Li's room.After a while, he turned back and sighed: "It's true that misfortunes never come singly. Why did you hit a rock when you came back? The whole face was covered with wound medicine."

Rui'er looks at Liuli in the mirror and combs her bun.Liuli said: "Isn't it? Tell her to send Rui'er back, wouldn't it be fine? I have to be greedy for the rewards from the maids!"

Shuangxi shook her head and went out.

Rui'er immediately lowered her voice and said: "Miss said this, if she really sent the servants back, wouldn't we start fighting sooner? The girl plotted against her, where is there any place for her to escape?"

Liuli smiled without saying a word.

Ruier said again: "But what I don't understand is, why did the girl have to wait until last night to teach her? If the beating started earlier, maybe she wouldn't have to be whipped."

Liuli said: "Because I have to be sure how useful she is to the old lady and the others. If she is still useful, we will hurt her in the end. When I am sure that the county lord of Chunyang has agreed to come to watch the ceremony, I will know that I can do it." Let's do it."

Rui'er smiled and said: "So the girl made her suffer a lot in front of the old lady yesterday. She offended the old lady, and it is useless, so the old lady must want her to get out immediately."

Ryu nodded.

After finishing her makeup, Liuli came out of the door, just in time, Nanny Li also came out with a bundle in her arms, her face was red and swollen, and she was still wearing the ragged cotton jacket that had been ripped apart by the whip, and the cotton wool inside was protruding like a flower. Come, put your hands in your sleeves, and when the cold wind blows, it is very miserable.Seeing Liuli, those two legs bent down involuntarily, compared to the previous majesty, they were like two different people.

When she came, she only had a burden, which couldn't hold a few clothes.Liuli sighed and asked Rui'er to find an old cotton coat and put it on for her.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was another whole-day family banquet. After Liuli paid New Year's greetings to the old lady and all the lords and wives, when she was having breakfast, Ruier suddenly came over and said, "Miss, the old man is outside the door. I want to pay New Year's greetings to the old lady! I also took off the padded coat given by the girl, and just wore the rags!"

Liuli frowned, this old man doesn't cry when he sees the coffin, he is wearing ragged clothes on purpose to shake her out!So he said: "Go and take off the clothes, take them to a place where there is no one and burn them!"

Ruier said hello and left quickly.

Huanhua saw that Liuli's expression was unkind, and asked, "What happened?"

Liuli took a breath, and smiled slowly: "Madam Li in my room was punished by the old lady to kneel yesterday, she was not convinced, she was threatening to leave early in the morning."

After hearing this, Huanhua hummed: "That old woman, is she still dissatisfied? I'll tell the old lady!" After speaking, he climbed off the table and quickly ran to the old lady's table.

As soon as Huanhua finished gesturing with the old lady, the old lady said with a dark face: "It's the New Year's Eve, this old thing is deliberately embarrassing me! Go, give her two pennies, follow her wishes, and drive her out !"

Liuli ate in silence.After a while, Rui'er came back, and she beckoned her to listen to her: "I still have a foreign debt of one tael of silver! Go and get it back with interest!"

Nanny Li held the two slings of money thrown by the maidservant, knowing that there was no hope of turning around at all, so she had no choice but to get up, and walked towards the west corner gate.

Just as he was about to walk to the door, a person jumped out from behind the screen wall, and said with a smile, "Mother is leaving now?"

Seeing that it was Rui'er, Nanny Li's eyes suddenly burst into flames: "Damn girl, what are you doing here?"

Rui'er laughed and said: "Mommy still owed my girl a tael of silver when she bought the tea, since I'm leaving today, let's pay off the principal and interest!"

Nanny Li was stunned, subconsciously protecting the copper coins in her arms.But at this time she was still Rui'er's opponent, she staggered and fell to the ground during the pushing, and the two hanging copper coins also rolled in the snow.

Rui'er picked up the money and said: "It stands to reason that you are so pitiful, I should leave you some money, but you are destined to be a poisonous snake that cannot be warmed, and Miss Nine kindly gave you clothes, you think She has a guilty conscience and wants to run to the old lady to make a fuss, if I feel pity for people like you again, I will be asking for trouble!"

After saying that, Rui'er put the money into her sleeves and didn't look away.

Nanny Li grabbed a large ball of snow and threw it at her back, and sat down in the snow.

The first day of the first day is still a full-day family banquet. From the second day, meals return to normal, but the front yard has become lively, not only to receive guests, but also to go out to visit, but the bustle does not spread to the back garden Now, apart from the big problem of Nanny Li, Liuli has felt more at ease than ever, and even the existence of Shuangxi is not a problem at all.

On this day, someone came from the long room to spread the word that Mrs. Guo, Guo Xia, has set a date to come to the mansion to take office, and she wants to hold a welcome wine for Mrs. Guo on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and let every young master and girl in the mansion Make a pair of lanterns for fun, it doesn't matter if they look good or not, the important thing is that the lantern riddles should be cleverly set up and have a good meaning.

Yuegui Haitang urinated and made these handicrafts for money, and was very excited when she heard that, so Shuangxi entrusted them with making lanterns.Because Liuli didn't have to be forced to embroider day and night to set the rules, when she became interested, she asked Ruier to take the money and go out to the street to buy some beautiful flower paper to make lanterns.

In the morning of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the sky cleared, Liuli was wandering in the garden accompanied by Begonia, and saw someone standing on the small stone bridge in front of him, looking down at the stream under the bridge, and there was another person beside him who seemed to be persuading something.

Liuli was very interested in watching the excitement, and walked around behind the camellia tree, Haitang suddenly exclaimed: "Eight girls?!" She and Yuegui went to the front yard on the first day of the new year, and they recognized the only girl who would smile at them Eight Girls.

(End of this chapter)