Chapter 192 Ill breeding
When Madam Luo heard that He Danggui mentioned painstaking management of Sun Meiniang, her eyes twitched. She didn’t know when more than half of the servants were loyal to Sun Meiniang. They even disobeyed her, the only senior elder, while Ding Rong’s wife, one of Sun Meiniang’s servants, could command them at will… What did that mean?
Why was Sun Meiniang so persistent in cultivating her loyal servants? As the wife of Second Branch, as long as something was owned by the Luo’s Family, Sun Meiniang had never been short of it. But she was not satisfied and had to make some trouble secretly… Although Madam Luo was old, her eyes were still clear, and she could see the truth. With the connivance of her, how many tricks did Sun Meiniang play?
Luo Chuangu was Madam Luo most beloved son, who was not good at communication, language appropriate to the occasion and finance since he was young. On that year, Luo Chuanxiong mentioned that there was a talented girl named Sun Meiniang in Chengxu Academy, who was exquisite, clever, good at poetry and articles, and skilled in accounting. It made Madam Luo feel that Sun Meiniang was like herself when she was young. Madam Luo thought that such a daughter-in-law would help Luo Chuangu. Moreover, the daughter-in-law Zhao of the First Branch was very stupid. She couldn’t even sort out the list of servants, let alone the accounts. Luo’s Mansion needed a smart daughter-in-law. If this smart daughter-in-law was the wife of Madam Luo’s beloved son, Luo Chuangu, when Madam Luo was not in charge of the mansion, it would be no different than the past…
She was wrong, quite wrong!
Sun Meiniang was not united with Madam Luo or Luo’s Mansion. On the surface, she was in charge of East Yard, but secretly she built an independent kingdom of her own!
She also cruelly killed Run Xiang’s unborn child, who was Madam Luo’s grandson!
Thinking of it, Madam Luo shook her head and sighed, “Is there any misunderstanding about this thing? I think it’s a hard fact! Judging from Luo Chuangu’s reaction just now, we can know that Sun Meiniang’s leg clearly has the red flower. In addition, there is the dead Biddy Wen as a witness. Can her last words be false? Now there are all kinds of evidence. I didn’t expect that the Sun’s Family taught such a daughter! It disgraces Sun’s family!”
Madam Luo coughed repeatedly after saying this. Shi Liu clapped her back in a hurry. He Danggui said softly, “Don’t be angry, Madam. Nothing is more important than your health. As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own lives. You should be more open-minded.” This was just the beginning. Now you were so angry. What could you do in the future? When Sun Meiniang’s hypocritical veil was gradually exposed, you would sincerely feel that how unlucky Luo’s Family was. Such a poisonous woman should marry into Luo’s Family! Ho-ho.
“Madam, it’s wrong. Second Mistress Luo is really wronged!”
Ding Rong’s wife, who was knocked by Luo Chuangu just now, woke up and heard Madam Luo say, “There are all kinds of evidence.” Then she immediately explained, “All the evidence is false. Second Mistress Luo is absolutely innocent. She is in charge of the chores of East Yard diligently. She doesn’t even have time to take a nap, let alone go to find a servant!” Hearing it, He Danggui smiled. It meant that Sun Meiniang just didn’t have time to carry on a clandestine love affair. If she got free one day, she might go to find a servant.
In fact, what Ding Rong’s wife said was true. There were hundreds of things in the Luo’s Family every day. Sun Meiniang was not willing to let go of her power, so she had to deal with everything personally. Dong Xinlan of First Branch had contended with Sun Meiniang for 3 years, but Dong Xinlan only got a construction project of Luo’s Mansion, Xiao Bi Bo Tian. The rest of the good things which people could get fringe benefits and miscellaneous things, Sun Meiniang was fully responsible, as if she did not want to be idle for a moment.
There were two people who could make Sun Meiniang take time off. One was her daughter, Luo Baiqiong. She took her daughter as her embodiment, and she was determined to train her daughter to be a master and could trample others. The other was her niece, He Danggui. Sun Meiniang poured all her hatred for He Jingxian on this girl.
In fact, Sun Meiniang’s enemy lived in the capital aboveboard. He rode up to the Imperial Court every day. After the morning meeting broke up, he usually went to buy soybean milk and fried bread sticks for his wife. His life was happiness and comfortable. Zeng Yuelian, Sun Meiniang’s informer, lived a luxurious life in He’s Mansion and got along with her enemy day and night. As long as Sun Meiniang took a gharry for a day and a night, she could go to the capital to see her enemy. She could kill her enemy by using Zeng Yuelian’s 2 sisters as a threat. However, Sun Meiniang did nothing.
Hating that man for a long time, she couldn’t get rid of the hatred and live plain in the world. As long as He Jingxian lived, she could always hate him and spend a happy day in Luo’s Mansion. Therefore, He Jingxian couldn’t die.
Sun Meiniang did not dare to go to the capital to see He Jingxian. Every time when she remembered that evil but beautiful face, she could not help trembling. So, she really didn’t have courage to see him again. As the saying went, when you were about to see someone you had complex feelings, you would be timid. Sometimes, when she was hating He Jingxian, she would suddenly find that she seemed to have loved him, especially when she compared him with the loser Luo Chuangu.
The culprit was the father of Luo Chuanxiong and Luo Chuangu. Why they want to connect through marriages!
Luo Chuanxiong should not exist in this world. Before they got married, Sun Meiniang felt inferior when she compared with Luo Chuanxiong. Luo Chuanxiong was the only miss in the magnificent East Yard of Luo’s Mansion. She was a legitimate daughter and was favored by her father, mother and aunt. She was even happier than the princess in the imperial city. While Sun Meiniang was a daughter of the concubine of Sun’s Mansion. Her mother was old, ugly, and stupid. Her father had forgotten about them for a long time. Even if they wanted to die together, her father would not shed a tear.
Why were their lives so different? Luo Chuanxiong was stupid. Her poems and articles were not good, but there were still people who praised her poems. They even said that Luo Chuanxiong was better than Li Qingzhao. Sun Meiniang made more efforts than Luo Chuanxiong, but Sun Meiniang could only become the focus of the public occasionally.
Destiny was not fair! Luo Chuanxiong didn’t need to do anything but got He Jingxian to be her husband, who was excellent. Why? She didn’t deserve it!
Humph. Now Sun Meiniang’s enemy He Jingxian and her rival Luo Chuanxiong’s daughter was by her side. She didn’t have to deal with those directly. As long as she trampled their daughter and let the girl experience the pain, she would be happier than directly dealing with the two enemies.
He Danggui, you should repent of being born in this world!
“He Danggui!”
Sun Meiniang, who passed out just now, suddenly woke up and looked at He Danggui, who looked like a red lotus swaying in the night wind. When Sun Meiniang looked at the cold eyes of He Danggui, Sun Meiniang gnashed the teeth in anger and said, “I know. This is a trap that you set. You are secretly setting me up! You’re uncultivated, vicious and treacherous. You will not have a good end!”
Madam Luo was so surprised that she couldn’t speak. It was the first time that she had seen Sun Meiniang speak like that, which made her feel so strange. Sun Meiniang told a lot of nonsense and used the most vicious curses to vent her emotions, just like a shrew. Where was the virtuous second daughter-in-law?
Ding Rong’s wife struggled to get up from the ground. She moved to Sun Meiniang’s side while kneeling. Then she embraced Sun Meiniang’s waist and cried, “Miss, you are innocent. Immortal knows. Immortal, open your eyes! What a mean and dirty bitch He Danggui was. She must have bought Biddy Wen over and conspired to against you. She will not have a good end!” She looked up to see Madam Luo and exclaimed sadly, “Madam, since Miss married into Luo’s Family, she has been diligent and dedicated to serving her parents-in-law. She not only takes care of the housework, handles everything for Second Lord and selects beautiful women to serve him, but also gave birth to Second Miss and Fourth Miss. She has not made any mistakes! Don’t you know what kind of person she is? How can you wrong her and wipe out her 10-year hard work by listening to the instigation of outsiders?”
Hearing it, Madam Luo was a little moved. Sun Meiniang had been doing housework for the Luo’s Family for more than 10 years. Did such a virtuous woman from an official family really have an affair with a servant? Before today, if someone told her that Sun Meiniang was unchaste, she would not believe it. But…
“However, the fact is so strong that you can’t quibble!” Madam Luo said coldly, “Sun Meiniang, do you really have a red flower tattoo on your leg? How can drunk Wu Jiu know about it? Even if I give you a chance to let you defend yourself because of your past hard work, how can you explain it?”
Sun Meiniang got up from the ground with drooping eyelids and kowtowed to Madam Luo 3 times with tears. She said, “Thank you for giving me a chance to defend myself. I’m wronged. Don’t you know what kind of person I am? I swear that I have never done anything sorry to Luo Chuangu. I am innocent! Madam, please think about it. The dark-faced Biddy Wen’s origin is unknown. She said that I framed He Danggui and wanted to kill her. In my opinion, she and He Danggui are accomplices!”
Ding Rong’s wife knelt down straight with tears in her eyes and said, “What Second Mistress Luo said is right. I fell into the treacherous plot of that poisonous woman because I was negligent! Madam Luo, I am a superior servant. I went to the torture room to take a tool. How would I talk to an inferior servant like Biddy Wen? I just said, ‘Madam Luo needs a small lock of more than 10 jin’. That 100 jin lock was brought out by her own will!”
Madam Luo said in a deep voice, “Biddy Wen is dead, so we can’t verify. What’s the use of what you said? Although your words are reasonable…”
“Madam, I can guarantee it with my life.” Ding Rong’s wife said and kowtowed with tears. She intercepted Madam Luo’s words, and said tragically and decisively, “If I lied, I would knock to death on the threshold on the spot!” She raised her hand and pointed to the threshold under the foot of He Danggui. Then she looked at He Danggui with a resentful look and said angrily, “Even if you bribed Biddy Wen to frame us, there are so many people in the Luo’s Family. Someone will stand up and uphold justice for us. We all know what kind of person you are and what kind of person Second Mistress Luo is. We are just embarrassed to say it. Justice naturally exists in people’s hearts!”
He Danggui stood by the door in silence like a silent ghost in the night wind. Madam Luo couldn’t stand it. She frowned and scolded, “Ding Rong’s wife, don’t be disrespectful to Yi, even you have some dignity. She is a master of the Luo’s Family and also a child. Why do you have to say such harsh words to scare her.”
Pan Jingyang couldn’t stand it, and his gentle voice became cold. He said, “Biddy Wen was chased and killed by a group of people sent by Administrator Ding, and then disappeared. When she was found again, she became a charred corpse. Isn’t this very suspicious? Now Biddy Wen is dead, there’s no testimony. Do you have any evidence that the Third Miss bribed her to frame Second Mistress Luo? When the matter is urgent, everyone can make a vicious oath. These oaths are not convincing.”
Sun Meiniang’s sharp eyes slowly crossed Pan Jingyang’s handsome side face. In the past, she only thought that he was dull. Today, she realized that he was stupid. He was confused by He Danggui and united with her. Sun Meiniang thought that when she bobbed up like a cork in the future, she would get even with Pan Jingyang.
“Of course, I have the evidence.” Sun Meiniang sneered and said, “Biddy Wen is an inferior servant and has never dealt with Ding Rong’s wife. If I really want to kill He Danggui and order Ding Rong’s wife to get the biggest stone lock to crush He Danggui, how can Ding Rong’s wife, such a smart and prudent person, tell all our secrets to a person who met for the first time? Madam, have you ever seen such a fool?”
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