Ordinary clear day

Chapter 58
Zhang Bao brought his wife and children to see Zhou's family off, and he couldn't say enough to bid farewell.

Zhou Yinlan pulled Shuning aside and said, "I'm going to leave now. I don't know when I will see my sister again. My sister should take care of herself. If you have anything to say to me, feel free to write a letter and send it to my aunt's house." , she will write letters to my parents regularly, and then we can send someone to send them together." Shuning asked: "Your aunt's house..." Zhou Yinlan smiled: "My father has talked with Uncle Li, and we will send them over in the future." I often communicate with each other, my uncle is really looking forward to it, look at the new carriage we are riding in, he specially asked someone to make it." Shu Ning smiled knowingly, and said: "Okay, then I will have to trouble their family. I will go and get it for your aunt. Let's meet and say hello, shall we?"

"Don't be busy yet." Zhou Yinlan held her back, "Didn't I say last time that I sent several letters to Prince Kang's mansion, asking to see the sister of the Su family, but nothing worked?" Shu Ning nodded, and she continued. "That's why I was confused. Thanks to Ying'er's reminder, I got the news by passing the letter to her maid instead. I heard that her situation is not very good. The rules in the palace are very strict, and she is not used to it, but the prince treats her well." It's okay. She asked the servant girl to deliver the message for her, telling us not to worry, and we will meet again in the future."

Shu Ning nodded silently, in fact, they all expected this to happen.Zhou Yinlan sighed and said, "Sister Su has such a temperament, it's hard for her to be trapped in a deep house for the rest of her life."

Mrs. Zhou called her daughter over, and they walked back to their elders.Shuning greeted Mrs. Li, and made an appointment to entrust her to deliver a letter to Zhou Yinlan in the future, and Mrs. Li agreed with a smile.

The Zhou family left.Tong Shi was a little tired, so she stayed in her carriage to rest for a while before going back to Earl's Mansion with her husband and children.On the way, Mrs. Tong asked Zhang Bao: "Is the husband's vacancy settled?" Zhang Bao replied: "I will choose two vacancies, one is under Master Yuheng, and the other is just five. I think it’s better to be a fourth-rank, but the current Shuntian Fu Cheng is still there, and I will take office directly when he retires next spring.”

Mrs. Tong remained silent, Zhang Bao said softly: "It's only half a year's work, and it will be here in a blink of an eye. Besides, you still have to give birth. Give birth at home, and everything is complete. You can also invite the imperial doctor to sit in the battle. " Tong forced a smile, but did not speak.

The family entered the Earl's Mansion and got out of the car, only to find that the servants gathered in a pile and whispered, not knowing what happened.Tong's heart was suspicious, but it was difficult to ask those rough envoys and servants.Zhang Bao ordered the maids to take good care of Mrs. Tong, and then took Duanning to the big study in front.Mrs. Tong took her daughter back to Huaiyuan, but saw a girl in the old lady's room waiting at the gate of the courtyard. As soon as she saw them, she greeted them and said, "The third lady, the old lady asks you to go to her room with the third girl." Woolen cloth."

Tong Shi agreed, and led Shuning to the main courtyard, but she was even more puzzled.Shuning supported her mother, thinking: Could it be that something serious happened to this posture?
When I arrived at the old lady's house in the main courtyard, I saw a large group of black people kneeling on the porch, and upon closer inspection, they were all servants of the big house.Entering the upper room, the old lady sat upright, the uncle Jinbao and the aunt Nala stood on each side, and a woman in her 30s followed behind Nala, wiping her tears with a handkerchief. Ning recognized her as Fang Ning's biological mother, Aunt Chen.And Fang Ning was kneeling in the middle of the room at this time, with her head lowered, trembling slightly.Although the second uncle Xingbao was not there, the second aunt Suo Chuoluo was there, Wanning Yuanning and the lobby sister-in-law Li were standing next to her.

Could it be that the matter between Fang Ning and Fan Jinchun was discovered?

Seeing Tong's coming in, the old lady said, "Are you here? Third girl, go and stand with your sisters."

Tong Shi went to Suo Chuo Luo Shi and stood up, and Shu Ning walked to Wan Ning's side, Leng might as well be stared at by her, the hatred in her eyes made one's heart tremble.

What are you staring at me for?Although I told your mother indirectly about the matter, it is obvious that she did not intend to let others know, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for her big wife.Now that the incident happened, I must not have stabbed it out.

Jin Bao coughed and attracted everyone's attention. He said to his mother: "This matter is a matter of the inner court, and the son will be handed over to Er Niang. Please also ask Er Niang to help him discipline this unsatisfactory daughter." .”

The old lady gave a stern "hmm", and Jin Bao left.

The old lady shifted her gaze to Fang Ning: "Shameless thing!" Fang Ning's body trembled even more.When Aunt Chen heard it, she cried more and more sadly, but she didn't dare to make too much noise, so she could only sob and cry.

"Why are you crying?!" the old lady yelled sharply, "You can only cry when things happen! You are mourning! Why don't you discipline your daughter well?! Let her know what a girl should and should not do, You will not do such a thing that insults the family tradition! What kind of family are we? Lords of generations! The daughter who was born actually went to hook up with a brat from a merchant’s family! You have completely disgraced your ancestors! !!"

Aunt Chen suppressed her crying, choking with sobs as if she was about to die.Fang Ning's face was pale and pale, and she quickly glanced at Wan Ning.

Wanning hesitated for a moment, forced a smile and said coquettishly to her grandmother who always loved her: "Grandma—" "Shut up!" The old lady yelled, which shocked her, "I haven't said you yet! Don't talk yet!"

Wanning was frightened. In her memory, her grandmother had never spoken to her in such a harsh tone, which made her hesitate.

Seeing that even Wanning had been scolded back, Fang Ning's face became even uglier, and her body trembled more and more.

Shuning watched this scene with cold eyes.Yuanning's children are simple-minded, seeing Wanning eating soft-shelled turtles, they couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths.

The old lady's anger has not dissipated, and now she turns to Nalashi: "And you! I still count on you to be in charge of the house, but let this kind of thing happen under your nose! Are you a log?!"

Nala lowered his head and remained silent.Suo Chuoluo could no longer hide the smug expression on his face.

The old lady turned her attention back to Fang Ning: "You don't obey the rules and insult the family style. According to my opinion, you should be beaten to death directly! But you are our daughter after all, and your name is already in the draft next year. Reported to the household department, your death is a trivial matter, but it is difficult to answer when asked. Since your mother doesn't know how to discipline you, I will take care of it myself!"

She glanced at the people in the room, and said the punishment for the eldest granddaughter: "You kneel in front of the ancestral tablet. If I don't nod, you are not allowed to get up! From now on, you move me to the back of the main courtyard." I will send someone to teach you. You are not allowed to step out of the room before entering the palace for a draft! If there is any rash action, those nuns have plenty of strength!"

Two strong and powerful daughter-in-laws came up and took the trembling Fangning down, and Aunt Chen followed behind, crying, and the scene turned cold for a while.

Wanning twisted her fingers in fear, and when she saw her grandmother's gaze shifted to her, she rushed over and knelt down, hugged her grandmother's legs, looked at her pitifully with wide eyes, and said, "Grandma, Wan'er knows she was wrong, don't be angry... Wan'er is young and doesn't know the depth, grandma taught me, I will never do it again."

Although the old lady was a little soft-hearted, she still did not change her stern attitude: "I used to spoil you too much. Seeing that you are naturally smart, I thought that you would be sensible without being too strict with you. But you actually don't even have these rules. I understand, that's why I did such a stupid thing! Do you know that your sister will be drafted next year, if she is selected, but she is found to have such a scandal, then our whole family will suffer!" See Wanning obediently He lowered his head to listen to the training, and then slowed down his tone, "Take a ten thousand step back and say, even if we are not selected, we can let our family choose a match by ourselves. At that time, the one who will marry us must be an official family. Once it is known, What face does our family have?! I'm afraid even the reputation of your sisters will be affected!"

Wanning was about to cry: "I was confused for a while, I really didn't know it would happen, grandma, don't be angry."

The old lady's face became better, and she was about to help her granddaughter up, when Yuan Ning said from the side: "Second sister is lying, she already knew about these things!"

The old lady's face changed suddenly, and she stared at Yuanning closely.Suo Chuoluo was stunned for a while, and quickly stopped his daughter, saying: "You girl, why are you crazy, why don't you back down!"

Yuanning shook off her hand and said loudly: "I went to look for the eldest sister that day and heard the three sisters talking in the room with my own ears. The third sister said that the eldest sister will be drafted next year and told them not to see that person again. But two My sister didn't listen, and even scolded my third sister for meddling in her own business."

Oops.Shu Ning had a bad premonition, worried that the fire would burn herself.

Sure enough, the old lady shifted her gaze to her and asked, "Third girl, is this true?"

Shu Ning saw a trace of sharpness and disappointment in her eyes, and in an instant, her thoughts changed.

She knelt down and replied: "Back to my grandmother, my granddaughter only knows that the two elder sisters often go to a teahouse to drink tea. Because she feels that it is inappropriate to always meet the young people of that family, she persuades the two elder sisters. As for the elder sister What kind of inside story with that person, my granddaughter will not know."

She could feel Yuanning's disappointment and resentment in her eyes, but she could only say in her heart: "Little sister, I haven't blamed you for drawing fire on me, why are you so angry?"

The old lady snorted: "So, you already knew about it, but you didn't report it, it's all worrying!" She glanced at Mrs. Tong, "You are also confused as a mother-in-law, you If you have time to eat those scumbags, you might as well spend more time disciplining your daughter."

Tong's face turned pale.Shuning looked at her worriedly.On the contrary, Wanning's expression was a little strange, but soon she had no time to think about other things, because the grandmother turned her eyes back to her, and her face became more and more ugly.

Wanning whispered in fear: "Grandma..."

"Don't call me grandma! How dare you even lie to me? Do you still see me as a grandma?!"

Wanning couldn't help but drop the golden beans, she grew up so big, she was always doted on, where did she receive such harsh words?
Isn't this nothing serious?Why is everyone blaming her?She felt wronged.

Nala said softly to her mother-in-law: "Emiang let my daughter-in-law say something, this matter is the second girl's mistake, she must be punished, and it is up to Emiang to decide how to punish." She skipped her daughter's resentful words Looking at it, he continued: "It's just that this matter is disgraceful after all, it's better not to make a big fuss. If some talkative servant is called to leak it, I'm afraid it will hinder Yu Jiasheng."

The old lady was reminded by her, and quickly said: "This is true, pass on my words, and everyone is not allowed to spread this matter today. If I hear a gossip, no matter who it is, it will be found out and dealt with according to the family law." !” Everyone answered in unison.

Then the old lady said: "The second girl is reckless, and I will punish you to copy "Women's Training" and "Women's Commandments" five times!" Seeing Wanning's reluctance, she gave her a look, "In the future, there will be no me or you! With my mother's permission, you are not allowed to step out of the house! Even if you want to go out, there must be at least two people with you. I will check with those who serve the girl at any time. If there is any negligence, watch your skin carefully!" The last sentence came out of the door All the servants, male and female, were silent.

She continued to punish: "The third girl didn't report her knowledge, stay in her room for ten days to reflect on me, and no one is allowed to see her except the girl I sent to deliver food and water!"

Then he said "I'm tired, let's go", then ignored everyone and went to the back room.

Everyone dispersed, Shu Ning hurriedly got up to support her mother, only to find that the back of her clothes was almost soaked and her face was pale.

(End of this chapter)