Foster son and husband

Chapter 240
In the afternoon in Yuehua Courtyard, in the wing room, Luo Xiangying wept over the three or two dishes of meat and vegetables on the table, and the old woman Zeng who was assigned to her room persuaded: "It's good, grandpa and grandma haven't moved." A few chopsticks, brothers and sisters don’t like to eat, now my aunt is no better than being a girl at home, so just use some!”

Luo Xiangying said: "I'm not hungry, mom take it!"

Mrs. Zeng shook her head and sighed: "Then the old slave will go to the kitchen and ask someone to make a bowl of bird's nest porridge. After all, it's my sister. The girl next door Luo gave some money for the old slave to hold, saying that I can't wrong my aunt. Go to the kitchen and make some of my aunt's favorite food. Grandpa...Although he can't enter my aunt's room, he is really kind to my aunt. He secretly bought bird's nest from outside and gave it to the old slave. He cooks a bowl every day for my aunt to replenish her body. , I feel sorry for my aunt, just be content!"

After finishing speaking, he brought out those few dishes together with the small table.

Luo Xiangying burst into tears, who loves her?Her mother forced her to be a concubine, and that slap was like sending her into hell. She fainted and woke up, only to feel her hands and feet were limp, and her whole body was burning. When she became a husband and wife with Li Zhao in a blur, she knew that she had been force-fed. Emotional drugs are irresistible, even letting her cry and make her voice hoarse is useless, and even if she wants to die, Jinhuatang sent a few strong women to guard her exclusively. Where is my sister at this time?Under Li Zhao's pitiful gaze, she was dragged to bow down to the main room, and when serving tea, her cousin kept humiliating her, splashing hot tea on her face, if Li Zhao hadn't stopped her, the golden hairpin on Xu Xiaojuan's head would have scratched her face. Face!From then on, Xu Xiaojuan called her around every day, as a maid, and if she refused, she would be beaten. She really couldn't survive, she couldn't die, and the cousin who greeted people with a smiling face in the past wished she could swallow her alive. Xiangying ate the leftover food of their family, and Li Zhao was not allowed to spend the night in the new house. Li Zhao quarreled with her, and Xu Xiaojuan said: "The wife is the eldest, and the concubine just reserves me to serve you when I am not in season. If you don't listen to me If you go to her, the only one who suffers is her!"
Li Zhao was afraid that Xiangying would suffer a dark loss, so he had to endure it, thinking about comforting the new couple when Xu Xiaojuan's menstrual period came on those few days every month.

Although Luo Xiangying is newly married, she sleeps alone in an empty room every day, crying in front of the red candle, hoping that the sister next door can come to see her, but that is just a fantasy, she has never seen the shadow of her sister and mother in her dreams .

Bai Jingyu knew all of this well, and she also taught people to stare at Luo Zhaoying. After Luo Xiangying was framed into Yuehua Courtyard, Luo Zhaoying followed her mother to Jinhua Hall. The wife thumped her legs and said, "Brother-in-law of the Li family is very knowledgeable and has a great reputation for raising a son. In the future, he will definitely be able to be listed on the emperor's list and become an official. It is her blessing that my younger sister can serve my brother-in-law and eldest cousin. But my younger sister has a strong personality, she is cautious and unwilling to tame easily, I am afraid that she will not be able to figure it out for a while, and do something that is against filial piety. , especially right now, when the sixth master's happy event is approaching..."

After hearing this, the old lady repeatedly praised her for her thoughtfulness, and immediately sent a few more strong women to guard Xiangying to prevent her from having any accidents.

Bai Jingyu sneered when she heard the news from Ms. Huang from Ruiyun: cooperating with Luo Xiangying, did you do a good thing for this Luo Zhaoying?
She knew that the eldest sister-in-law and the sixth master would not give in to the old lady. The elder sister-in-law was hindered by the elder brother and could not freely confront the old lady. I don't have the slightest respect for it, but with my parents-in-law in the hall, my husband-in-law has just reconciled with her, the love between husband and wife is as good as before, I don't want to destroy these, I can only do superficial work, but seeing that this is not going well, I like to mess with my sister-in-law Anyway, she is idle anyway, she used to mess up a pool of spring water, she used to do it from time to time in the White House, it was nothing difficult, this time the sister-in-law and the sixth son came to her, there was nothing to say, let them wait and watch the show
After Li Zhao drank tea, he read a few words with his daughter Li Jiao on the couch, then got up and went to the academy, Xu Xiaojuan said beside him: "You are not allowed to go to the wing room!"

"Unreasonable!"

Li Zhao stopped staring at her, and left in a huff: This shrew doesn't give him any face now, and when he has a bright future, he must punish her well!

Li Zhaogang went, when the mother-in-law came to report: "The eldest grandma and the second grandma in the mansion are here!"

Xu Xiaojuan was taken aback: Second Grandma came right after she came, Eldest Grandma, what is she doing here?She doesn't agree with me!

She suddenly remembered: what happened yesterday, she came here because of what happened yesterday, and she is going to settle accounts with her, and she is about to scold her, remembering the words that her sister-in-law said were like knives, Xu Xiaojuan had a headache, oh my god, what should I do?No, I can't see her, hide!
Meimei went to the corridor and did not enter the house: "Why is there no one who is breathing? Where is the eldest aunt?"

Mama Zheng came out with a smile on her face: "Oh, it's the eldest grandma and the second grandma who are here! This old slave greets the two grandmas! The eldest grandma just got dizzy and took a rest with her brothers and sisters in the back!"

Bai Jingyu said: "Hey, your grandpa and grandma in the Li family are so arrogant! They live in their mother's house, and they don't even welcome their uncles and sisters-in-law when they come-ah! Speaking of it, I can't blame others. My girl learned the rules like this, and even treated her like this! Marrying out is simply disgraceful to our ancestors!"

Mama Zheng's face was flushed, and she didn't know what to answer, but Meimei said, "People in this house tend to suffer from dizziness, but most of them don't matter. I know about it. I called your grandma here, wanting to hide? No way! Dare?" If you don’t come to see me, wait until I go in and catch her myself, and give her a few big slaps!”

Zheng's mother hurried into the bedroom to call Xu Xiaojuan, Meimei and Bai Jingyu entered the room and sat at the main seats, and said to the Shuixiang who brought the tea:
"Didn't you just accept a good concubine? Ask the newcomer to serve tea to my uncle and grandma!"

Shui Xiang hurriedly went down to invite Luo Xiangying, Luo Xiangying followed Shui Xiang out without saying a word, she had seen Grandma before, she respected Grandma's style of acting, her openness, if it wasn't for Xu Xiaojuan who made her look like She was imprisoned in the room like a prisoner, and she wanted to run out to salute the grandma herself.

After serving tea one by one, Bai Jingyu saw that Mei Mei took off a jade bracelet in her hand and gave it to Luo Xiangying in a serious manner. After thinking about it, she took a pearl-encrusted silver hairpin from her head and put it on Luo Xiangying's tea tray. .

Luo Xiangying looked at the two valuable items on the tea tray. The jade bracelet came from the palace, not to mention the high quality, just this honor is enough for her to show off. , when she was not Li Zhao’s concubine, my cousin took the two of them to visit. I watched it for a long time and liked it very much. I didn’t expect it to be my own now!

The two valuable items seemed to increase her worth, and Luo Xiangying showed a smile that she hadn't seen for many days, and kowtowed:
"Thank you two grandmas for the reward!"

Meimei said indifferently: "Thank you? Since you have become Uncle Li's concubine and become sisters with the eldest aunt, you also respect us as uncle and sister-in-law. This is due to you! You are a good concubine, and you are a good concubine in our house." As a guest, according to the rules, you should have your own share, and my aunt didn't take it for you in a daze, so I'll give it to you, and Cuixi will bring it!"

Cuixi led the two women over, each holding a mahogany tray with many items listed on it, Cuixi counted the same for Luo Xiangying:

"Example silver, silk, satin, cloud brocade and soft gauze, multicolored silk chenille for tying netting, rouge, gouache and face powder, pearl flower pile yarn, all kinds of beads, jade flakes and crystal grains... are all here, Auntie please." Check!"

Luo Xiangying thanked her again, and two women behind her came up to pick her up.

Bai Jingyu said: "You are a good concubine, only a head shorter than the mistress, what is there to be afraid of? You dodge every day and don't go out. If you don't know, you will think that our eldest girl is oppressing you! You can walk around in the mansion as you like, Next door is my natal family, go and see what's going on? It's a good thing, and I don't see you going to thank the old lady, too little etiquette!"

Luo Xiangying lowered her head, and Shaoqing raised her head, with tears streaming down her face: "It's my eldest cousin who forbids me to go out!"

When Xu Xiaojuan came out, she bowed anxiously to the two sister-in-laws. Looking back, she saw that Luo Xiangying had obtained many good things for no reason, and couldn't help but become jealous: "What do you mean? The sister-in-laws spent money on her instead?"

Meimei slapped the table suddenly: "Xu Xiaojuan! You are so courageous! I am your sister-in-law after all, the mistress in charge of the Hou Mansion. I took you in and tolerated your rudeness and shamelessness. You treat me as weak and bullying. I can't do anything to you, can I? I went to the old lady to sue me yesterday. The old lady was dizzy. The second uncle and aunt, all the brothers and sisters-in-law of the two houses were tired and guarded all night. Do you want to harm me? Hmph ! Wait until I drive you out of the waiting mansion first! You slowly pack your luggage. Ten days later, the second day when the sixth younger brother Xu Junxuan married the eldest cousin of the Luo family, it will be the time when your family gets out of the waiting mansion. Do you understand? You are allowed to stay in the waiting room for ten days, and you will not stay for another day!"

Xu Xiaojuan was dumbfounded, while Luo Xiangying, who was kneeling underneath, was trembling all over. Hearing the words "sixth younger brother Xu Junxuan married Luo's cousin", it was as if she was in an ice cellar, and it was as if someone had taken a knife to stir her heart. A kind of pain, unbearable!

The two grandmas got up and left, Bai Jingyu was kind enough to ask Xiangyun to help Luo Xiangying up, took her hand and comforted her: "Come to Jinhuatang tomorrow, thanks to the old lady, you will get more benefits Who dares to bully you, and you are not allowed to go out again, tell me, I will scold her for you! Remember that you are free, not anyone's slave, you can go wherever you want, do whatever you want, slave If you dare to stop her, if you kick her and beat her, she will not dare to fight back! Even the mistress can't dispose of concubines arbitrarily, besides, you were personally instructed by the old lady, and your natal sister is about to become our sixth master's marriage. The decision was made in two days, even our aunt would not dare to bully you!"

Meimei also said: "If my aunt doesn't follow the rules, if she beats you and scolds you, just go to Jinhua Hall and sue her! You are a relative of the old lady's natal family. If the aunt looks down on you, she looks down on the old lady!" "

Xu Xiaojuan was so angry that she couldn't speak, but she had to bow down and send the two sister-in-laws away respectfully. Seeing Meimei and Bai Jingyu walk up the Chaoshou corridor and go far away, she couldn't help cursing angrily:
"Did you take the wrong medicine? Instead of helping your family, you help outsiders to bully your aunt?"

Luo Xiangying stood aside and looked at her sideways: "The two uncles and grandmothers are helping the manager and not helping the relatives, so you are taking the wrong medicine!"

Xu Xiaojuan was so startled that she opened her mouth so that she could stuff an egg, and she pointed at Luo Xiangying and scolded: "Shameless little whore who only seduces men! You are dying? Kneel down for me, and give yourself twenty ear blows!"

Luo Xiangying sneered: "Why? I'm not a lowly concubine made by your girl, I'm a good concubine! I was also the daughter of an official family, and you are the mistress, so you can't order me around to beat and scold me arbitrarily to prevent my freedom. I'm going back to my mother's house over there now, what can you do to me?"

As she said, she stepped down the steps and walked away. Xu Xiaojuan was so angry that she slapped her when she caught up with her. Luo Xiangying quickly dodged and pulled a servant woman to block her:

"If you don't hit me, I will respect you as a sister and grandma. If you dare to hit me again, you will go to Jinhua Hall immediately! The second uncle and grandma are right. I was pointed out to you by the old lady anyway. It is the old lady. Relatives of my mother's family, if she doesn't protect me, I will cry and make a fuss in front of her, and then faint her!"

Xu Xiaojuan stayed for a while, watching Luo Xiangying run away and went to Chaoshou veranda, and turned her head to give her a charming smile, couldn't help jumping into a rage, yelling:

"Little whore! Will you come back? Let's wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)