Chapter 188 Vulnerable Sun Meiniang
Huai Hua opened her mouth widely and said in surprise, “You are known to be kind-hearted normally. You had not even punished me in recent decades. Why is you so cruel this time? Severely punished the bitch who had a miscarriage, which is not like your style.”
He Danggui was wrapped in the quilt, like a caterpillar. She moved a little and smiled. She said, “It has nothing to do with personal style. Domestic discipline must be strictly enforced. If outsiders hear that one of my maids who was pregnant before she got married still cleaned the yard, they will think how filthy Tao Yao Yard and Luo’s Mansion are. If so, I can’t rest assured even I die. Thinking it, I don’t care about the relationship between her and me. I must finish this before I die.”
“But you have different attitude.” Bai Yangbai, who disguised as Huai Hua, said on purpose, “Last night, you asked me to cook chicken soup for the bitch.” Bai Yangbai thought, “I will see how you explain it. He-he.”
He Danggui secretly rolled her eyes and thought, “Brother Qianjun, this time we let Sun Meiniang and others dominate at first. It is not easy for us to win steadily, but you always improvised. Just now, you almost gave the game away when you disguised as Biddy Wen. You should reflect on yourself after this event.”
Under the teasing gaze of Huai Hua, He Danggui explained calmly, “I was not familiar with the family rules before, so I was moved when I saw Shu Qin cry sadly. But today, I heard that Run Xiang, a maid of Second Aunt, made the same mistake. She is now stripped of her clothes and hanged in the woodshed hungrily. It is the fourth day. Only her belly is bulging. At first, I didn’t know why Second Aunt is so cruel. But when I heard about the family rules, I realized that I have wronged Second Aunt. If the wife in charge of the family cannot give orders, our family rules will exist in name only. Right?”
Sun Meiniang’s face changed a lot, and her shoulders trembled slightly when she heard the second sentence. Except herself, only a few trusted maids knew that Run Xiang was pregnant. Even if someone had perception of it, who dare to say that on such an occasion? “Is this your last declaration and a parting gift to me before you die? Do you really think that you can take me down with a few words? I’m not a pushover!” Sun Meiniang thought.
Sun Meiniang looked at He Danggui, who also looked up at her. What wild and warlike eyes were, which were not like a dying person’s eyes at all. Sun Meiniang couldn’t imagine that He Danggui was treacherous, who revealed before she died. But it was too late. Sun Meiniang gritted her teeth and sneered. She said, “He Danggui, since your brain has been invaded by poison, you should close your mouth and wait for rescue. These slanderous words you said…”
“What’s the matter?” Luo Chuangu suddenly pounded the table and stood up. He looked at Sun Meiniang, as if she were a ghost. He asked with a hoarse voice, “What on earth is the matter?!”
Sun Meiniang’s face turned ashen after she heard what Luo Chuangu said. Luo Chuangu thought that no wonder he didn’t see Run Xiang these days. It turned out that she had his child. But Sun Meiniang killed the child! A pregnant woman was hanged for four or five days in winter. How could she survive? How could this child in the abdomen be kept? Sun Meiniang killed his unborn child!
Before Sun Meiniang answered Luo Chuangu, He Danggui and Huai Hua ignored others and had the conversation with interest.
“Which family rules did Run Xiang violate?” Huai Hua humbly asked, “Miss, please tell me. In case I offend it accidentally, will we have to enforce the tragedy ‘Kong Ming killed Ma Su with tears’?”
“Don’t talk nonsense,” He Danggui objected, “I will die soon. And even if I’m alive, you won’t make mistakes in this kind of affairs.”
“Why?” Huai Hua abased herself, “Because no man is willing to look at my ugly face?”
“Because...you are a man.” He Danggui thought. But she comforted Huai Hua, “You are not ugly. What you don’t know is that although the family rules strictly forbid maids’ misconduct, it also depends on the situation. If the man is a servant, the maid will be tortured directly. If the man is a master, she only needs to report to my grandmother, and then she can become a concubine.”
“So good!” Huai Hua’s eyes turned bright, and she swallowed saliva.
Seeing that, He Danggui wanted to kick her and thought, “Bai Yangbai, can you retain a little good image for the real Huai Hua? She doesn’t have such indecent expression like you.” He Danggui snorted as a warning, and then her voice became mysterious. She said, “However, someone exploited the loophole of family rules. For example, a maid, like Shu Qin, lied that her lover is childe. Humph, she just attempted to avoid punishment.”
Guan Mo stared at He Danggui on the other side of main hall, as if he wanted to see 2 holes on her face and to judge whether her words were true or false.
If what she said was false, how would she know that Shu Qin was his woman? Even if she had guessed that Shu Qin was a spy, she could not have asserted so firmly that Shu Qin and he often had clandestine meetings. Shu Qin was a reliable person and would never show off. If it was true, why had he never heard that Shu Qin was pregnant? She was fine just now. How could she suddenly miscarry? Did He Danggui sent people to harm Shu Qin? Or... Did he hurt the fetus when he made out with Shu Qin just now? Thinking that, Guan Mo really wanted to see what happened in Tao Yao Yard.
He Danggui smiled and talked with Huai Hua in a whisper which all the people in the house could hear, “For another example, when a female master heard that a humble maid was pregnant with her husband’s child, she will punish the maid directly and let the maid miscarry. She doesn’t be afraid when someone exposes. She only needs to say that the maid has made out with a servant, and she is only enforcing the family rules. As soon as she said that, there would be ‘witnesses’ to testify. So, no one can blame the female master for any mistakes.”
“Crack!”
Sun Meiniang broke the beautiful bloodstone jade bracelet on her wrist. Her beautiful face turned into a cannibal expression. Her lips trembled twice, but her voice could not be heard.
Luo Chuangu’s lips trembled too. He looked straight into Sun Meiniang’s eyes and asked slowly, “Sun Meiniang, why did you torture Run Xiang? Didn’t she say that she was pregnant with my child?”
Sun Meiniang had intended to explain that someone had come across Run Xiang’s affair with a servant and sent Run Xiang to Bao Qin Ge. So, she acted in accordance with family rules. She broke the servant’s leg and threw him out of the mansion. Then she hanged up Run Xiang in order to warn other maids. After she said this, a succession of people would surely come forward and said that they were the witnesses, and they could prove that Run Xiang was a sinful whore indeed.
In this way, even Luo Chuangu had nothing to say. Even if he had made out with Run Xiang, Run Xiang had another adulterer at the same time. How could be sure that the child in Run Xiang’s belly belonged to Luo Chuangu?
After years of managing, Sun Meiniang had built a deep and extensive connections in Luo’s Family. No matter what she said or did, even if there was no prior arrangement and it just played on the spot, there were many people waited for such an opportunity to flatter her. They cooperated with her and testified for her. Ha-ha. She was so popular. A daughter of a concubine, like He Danggui, could never get these forces and power she cultivated.
But now, the most difficult thing had happened. He Danggui took the first step to point out the excuse that she intended to say, as if He Danggui had written the words for her and her flatterers, waiting for them.
Luo Chuangu was gloomy. He had been angry with her for the third time in these years, so Sun Meiniang couldn’t help hesitating. Should she play according to He Danggui’s script? Or should she act like a jealous woman and call him “Brother Chuangu” to soften his heart like many years ago.
At the moment of Sun Meiniang’s consideration, Ding Rong’s wife rushed into the main hall. Just now, she saw that Second Lord had paid attention to the matter of Biddy Wen all the time, and she was framed by Biddy Wen. So, she summoned the guards to beat Biddy Wen away. When she calmed down, she intended to confront Biddy Wen, so she left for a while.
Before Ding Rong’s wife came in, she heard Second Lord asking, “Why did you punish Run Xiang? Didn’t the child in her belly is mine?” As soon as entering the main hall, she saw Second Madam drooping her head and frowning tightly.
Although Ding Rong’s wife only heard that, she immediately understood that the affair of Run Xiang had been exposed! So, she walked quickly and bowed her head to reply, “Second Lord, please calm down. Run Xiang is a wicked adulteress. A few days ago, I saw her having an affair with the servant Wu Jiu, who is from the outside yard, in the firewood room in broad daylight. It is shameless extremely. Second Mistress Luo has always been impartial and selfless, so I take them to Bao Qin Ge. Although Run Xiang is in charge of Second Mistress Luo’s storehouse, Second Mistress Luo still imitated the play of ‘Kong Ming killed Ma Su with tears’, and locked Run Xiang in the firewood room to let her reflect on herself. And then Second Mistress Luo threw Wu Jiu to the street and let him be a beggar. Second Mistress Luo has not done anything wrong.” Fortunately, Ding Rong’s wife knew that Wu Jiu returned home two days ago. Now he could be the adulterer. She would give some money to Wu Jiu and let him never enter the Luo’s Mansion again.
A bunch of muscles on Sun Meiniang’s face twitched uncontrollably. She felt that things were not going well, as if she had accidentally stepped on a cliff.
Luo Chuangu stared at Ding Rong’s wife. He gritted his teeth and asked, “Is it true?”
Ding Rong’s wife kowtowed solemnly and said earnestly, “I dare not to lie to you, Master. The affair of Run Xiang and Wu Jiu was witnessed by me. It was a terrible scene. After this affair, Run Xiang just kowtowed and begged for mercy. She didn’t mention that she was your waiting-maid. As soon as Run Xiang heard that Second Mistress Luo was going to lock her up and reveal her to public as a warning to others, she was so ashamed that she ran into the pillar. She knocked out a mouthful of blood and several teeth. Second Mistress Luo was sad when she saw that, so Second Mistress Luo promised to keep Run Xiang’s secret and not to reveal her scandal to public. Therefore, it was not heard of by you, Master.” In fact, this was a lie. Run Xiang’s teeth had been pulled out by Sun Meiniang when she asked others to press Run Xiang tightly.
Run Xiang was Sun Meiniang’s trusted subordinate and usually gave advice to Sun Meiniang to impeach Luo Chuangu’s concubines. She was the second popular maid of Sun Meiniang. But other maids said that Run Xiang seduced Second Lord while Sun Meiniang returned her natal family those days. Now Run Xiang was even pregnant. As soon as Sun Meiniang heard that, she immediately got angry. She hated that someone betrayed her most in her whole life. She was so good to Run Xiang and gave her dignity, but the bitch Run Xiang wanted to give birth to a son of Luo Chuangu and then become a master of Luo’s Mansion!
Luo Chuangu stood up and paced forward. He confirmed, “Run Xiang hit the pillar and knocked out the teeth by herself?”
Ding Rong’s wife kowtowed again and said certainly, “Second Lord, I dare not to deceive you…” At this time, Luo Chuangu kicked her chest and continuously trampled dozens of times. He sneered and said, “You knock the teeth off to show me. You show me!”
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