Seeing that Li Zhien knocked away the lady's bowl, Pearl quickly put down her own bowl and walked over to block it in front of Wei Yingluo. No matter how delicious the mutton was, it was not as important as the lady in Pearl's heart.
"Who are you? Why did you bully us?"
"Ha! Who am I?" Li Zhien stared and said, "You are in my house, how dare you ask me who I am?"
"You lied!" Pearl said angrily: "We just met Mrs. Marquis."
Li Zhien was a little embarrassed. When she first came here, she wanted to ridicule Wei Yingluo and forgot that she was just a concubine. But then she thought about it, what happened to the concubine? She is also Li Mu's woman. In this mansion, isn't it the same?
Are you talking about a unique character?
"I am...I am Zhuluhou's concubine! The master only has me as his concubine!"
"Master? Concubine?" Pearl understood, and said sarcastically: "What kind of person do I think I am? It turns out that I am a concubine? I call you master? Could it be that you were born a slave?"
"You!" Li Zhien gritted his teeth and was about to get angry. He rolled his eyes and suddenly smiled like a flower, and said: "Yes, I am a slave. The master fell in love with me in the West Market and spent fifty coins.
Bought me. Pampered me, loved me, and let me take care of all the affairs of the family. The money passed through my hands every month was not only 50,000 yuan but also 30,000 yuan. He trusted me so much that I was willing to be his
His concubine is willing to be his slave, what’s wrong?”
As he said that, Li Zhien glanced at Wei Yingluo and said sarcastically: "It's better than some people, where the master and the servant come together to have a meal together. There's no shame or shame!"
Pearl frowned and argued: "Your Majesty sent us here, why are we just eating for free?"
"Hey, you don't know?"
Li Zhien raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth and said: "You don't know, your young lady should know. If I were your young lady, I would wish to die. How can I have the dignity to carry this bowl of rice! Little maid, I'll do it.
Let me tell you. Your master falsely accused my master of kidnapping your young lady, and he also joined a group of censors to falsely accuse my master. It is really despicable! My master was already ill, and he was infected with the cold, and his health was even worse.
He is so weak that he was so angry with your master and his lackeys that he vomited blood! With such a huge battle, guess what? They are all false accusations!"
"It's really amazing. Your master almost killed my master, but he sent his daughter to the door, trying to take advantage, right? Miss Wei, if you still have some shame, don't eat from my family, because you don't deserve it!"
Pearl was confused. She turned back to look at her young lady and said nonchalantly: "Miss, is what she said true?"
Wei Yingluo didn't speak for a long time before she nodded.
Pearl was speechless now. If all this was true, then she really had no face to eat this bowl of rice. But she grew up in the Wei Mansion, and Wei Zheng was definitely not such a person in her heart. It was really unacceptable.
While crying, he said: "I don't think the master can do it..."
"What do you think? Humph! What do you know, little girl? Your master is so shameless that he can't defeat my master. He has been holding back and trying to harm him! If I'm not wrong, he must be very angry if the false accusation fails this time.
Right? It must be so, you can tell by the look of your young lady. Otherwise, your master and servant wouldn’t be here!”
"Do you still think that His Majesty has sent you here as a guest? I will tell you what Your Majesty means! Your Majesty sent you here to vent my master's anger. Little maid, you still call me a slave. Now your young lady is my master.
His slave is the same as me... Oh, I almost forgot, it’s different. I am the master’s only concubine, so I have to pamper him. I am in charge of the whole family’s accounts. How can your lady compare to me? Come to
In this mansion, she is just a maid at most."
Speaking of this, Li Zhien suddenly changed his tone and said seductively: "Little maid, this is a good thing for you. Your lady has become a maid, so you don't have to serve her anymore. How can a maid have a maid?
?From now on, you two will be the same. I will be in charge of this house. If you fawn over me and say something nice, I might take care of you. If you mess with me, I will punish you by cleaning the toilet tomorrow!"
Pearl knew she was in the wrong, but Li Zhien's words were too harsh, and she said angrily: "I will not curry favor with you, the lady will always be my lady, and I am happy to serve her!"
"Oh, you are so loyal." Li Zhien smiled and looked nonchalant. Her goal had been achieved. She didn't care what Pearl said. What she cared about was Wei Yingluo's attitude.
"Miss Wei, why are you still acting like a young lady?"
Pearl looked at Wei Yingluo with a worried look on her face and said: "Miss, we don't have the same experience as her..."
Wei Yingluo shook her head and finally said: "Zhenzhu, she is right. Daddy did falsely accuse Mr. Hou, and because of this incident, dad has disowned me as his daughter. I have caused trouble for you and the two of us.
We are all homeless. I was so confused just now that I didn’t have time to tell you, but now you know everything. The eunuch who sent us here has already told me that His Majesty gave us to the Marquis.
, being a slave or a maidservant, it all depends on the wishes of the Marquis. It doesn't make any difference if you say she is a maid. She is right, I am no longer your young lady. We are both servants of the Zhuluhou Mansion.
.”
"It's different, it's different!" Pearl argued urgently: "Miss, it's different! Even if His Majesty gave us two to the Marquis, Miss, you...can't be a servant."
"Okay!" Li Zhien said angrily: "What is it if it's not a servant? Is it a concubine? Do you still want to be a wife? Master only has me as a concubine and only one wife. Don't even think about it! You
This young lady is the daughter of my master’s enemy. If the enemy’s daughter dares to have such delusions, you must be crazy!”
Wei Yingluo lowered her head and pursed her lips tightly. After a while, she raised her head and said: "This 'concubine', we two sisters, what status do we have in Zhuluhou Mansion? It's not your responsibility, right?"
, this meal was given to us by the madam, it has nothing to do with you! If you have the ability, please ask the madam to take this meal back, otherwise, we will invite you out, we are going to eat."
"What a bad temper!" Li Zhien looked at Wei Yingluo with a smile as she bent down, picked up the rice on the ground and put it back into the bowl. If there was any dust on it, she wouldn't throw it away, but put it in her mouth as if she was angry.
plug.
"Miss Wei is indeed Wei Zheng's daughter. She is really hard to fool."
"That's right, I have no right to control the rice rewarded by the madam. Your identities are not something that I, a concubine, can decide. But don't forget that in this mansion, apart from the master and the madam, everything is controlled.
It's me who has the final say. There will be a long time to come, we'll see."
After Li Zhien finished speaking, she turned around and went out. She said she wanted to get chicken legs for Li Mu, so she couldn't wait too long.
The door slammed shut.
Wei Yingluo swallowed the food in her mouth, lay on the table and cried. Pearl was so angry that she shouted: "What the hell! Miss, look at her, she is so arrogant, she thinks she is a lady!"
Wei Yingluo seemed not to hear it and continued to cry.
"Miss, it's okay. Even if we can't go home, Pearl will stay with you. I believe Mr. Marquis is not a heartless person and he won't make things difficult for us."
"Pearl, I regret it so much. I shouldn't have run away from home."
"Oh," Pearl sighed and patted Wei Yingluo's back gently: "It's okay, it's okay..."
Li Mu's situation affects the hearts of many people. They have to be concerned because it is related to their property and even their lives.
Lu Zhilin returned home and locked himself in his study, his face turned ashen.
He knew that he had done a big mistake this time. Not only did he not become famous, but he got involved in it. He also implicated Wei Zheng, the Shandong nobles and his fellow censors.
Outside the door, the soldiers brought by Cheng Yaojin were surrounded. The lives of more than a dozen people in this house were all tied to Li Mu. If Li Mu died, those soldiers rushed in...
Fortunately, his son might be able to escape in Fan Yang's hometown. The news hasn't spread yet, so maybe he still can't escape. But... what should we do?
Lu Zhilin wept silently, feeling bitter and unbearable in his heart. He also regretted it very much. If he hadn't had a hot head and wrote that memorial, perhaps so many things would not have happened. Speaking of which, he and Li Mu had never had any grudges. What's the point of this?
If I die, who will take care of my mother, son, and first wife in my hometown? Do I expect the Fan Yang Lu family to take care of them?
"Ha," Lu Zhilin smiled bitterly. He himself didn't believe that the elder would take care of it.
"Master! Master!!"
Suddenly, the housekeeper's shout came, and Lu Zhilin's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Li Mu was dead? Those soldiers broke in? When death was imminent, Lu Zhilin couldn't control himself and burst into tears.
I don’t want to die!
He wanted to run, but his calf muscles twisted and he couldn't move at all.
The housekeeper ran in and shouted: "Master! Those soldiers have withdrawn!"
"What?!" Lu Zhilin seemed to be re-injected with vitality. He jumped up, grabbed the old butler's arm, stared into his eyes and asked: "What did you say? Evacuated? Really evacuated?" Li Mu is not dead! Hahaha! Great! Li Mu is not dead!!!"
Lu Zhilin was overjoyed that Li Mu was not dead! The housekeeper looked at him blankly, wondering in his heart. He clearly remembered that a few days ago, he passed by the master's study and what he heard was, "This time I will definitely kill Li Mu." "Death", why did you change your tune just a few days ago?
When Lu Zhilin returned home, he did not say what happened today. Anyway, no matter whether he said it or not, if Li Muru died, the people in this house would not survive, so why bother making them panic?
But with so many soldiers coming, it was impossible not to panic. Everyone among the servant girls was whispering, but no one dared to ask. Now that the crisis was over, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly! The smile on Lu Zhilin's face froze. He remembered what Li Mu said in the main hall.
Li Mu said that he would fill the house with manure.
If he was dead, there would be no need to worry, but now that he is not dead, then... Lu Zhilin's stomach was churning, as if he could smell it again.