The officials in the lobby were all members of the two groups. Seeing that the person in charge had said this, there was no need to continue the quarrel. They all apologized to Bai Qiaoqiao, then left the gifts they brought and left.
Changsun Wuji and Wang asked Bai Qiaoqiao what else Li Mu said. Bai Qiaoqiao only said that he had nothing else to say, and the two of them left without asking any more questions.
The lobby was empty in an instant. Tang Jian looked at Bai Qiaoqiao and said apologetically: "Yesterday, there was a lot of chaos in the court. I didn't know what happened, so I didn't say anything. When Li Mu vomited blood, I will say more
It was too late to do anything, and I feel really ashamed to say it."
Bai Qiaoqiao originally complained a little, but Li Mu had already told him that he did not expect Tang Jian to help him in anything. Bai Qiaoqiao suppressed the complaints in her heart and said: "This happened suddenly, I can't blame you."
At this time, Zhao Youcai brought in the people from the Ministry of Industry who were squatting outside. When Tang Jian saw this, he said: "I'm going to see Li Mu." After saying that, he slipped out of the side door of the lobby. I think Wang's words also stimulated him.
, making him lose face to see others.
When receiving people from the Ministry of Industry, Bai Qiaoqiao had a different attitude. Because Li Mu had said that people from the Ministry of Industry had no shares in the two major companies. When they came to visit, they must be sincere and should be treated kindly. But because
Bai Qiaoqiao was not familiar with everyone, and had nothing to talk about. After a few small talk, everyone left gifts and left.
Bai Qiaoqiao let out a sigh of relief.
In the past, Li Mu would come forward whenever anyone came to the house. Now that Li Mu cannot come forward, it is up to her as a wife to come forward. She has never done anything similar and is really not used to it. It is not easy to persevere.
At this time, two maids came to remove the tea cups. Bai Qiaoqiao was about to go back to the backyard when she suddenly saw that these two maids looked a little unfamiliar. She couldn't help but stop. There were four maids in the mansion. She didn't recognize any of them? Why?
Two new faces suddenly appeared? Could it be that Zhien, the girl, thought that there were not enough people in the house, so she bought two more maids to serve her? That shouldn't be the case, she couldn't possibly make her own decision on such a big matter.
Bai Qiaoqiao curiously walked in and took a look, and recognized them. Aren't these two 'maids' the same two that were sent from the palace last night? Why did Wei Zheng's daughter and her maid wear the clothes of the maid in the palace?
Yishang, have you started working as a servant?
Wei Yingluo felt Bai Qiaoqiao's gaze, as if being burned by charcoal fire, her cheeks were burning, and her whole body was trembling uncontrollably. She felt that her self-esteem was rapidly disappearing because of what she had done. The dignified Zheng Guogong Mansion
The young lady is now working as a maid in a county prince's mansion. Such a gap is really hard for her to accept.
"Miss Wei, how come you put on these clothes and do the work of a maid? Who asked you to do it?"
Wei Yingluo lowered her head and said nothing. Pearl couldn't help but said, "Madam, who else could it be..."
"Zhenzhu, stop talking." Wei Yingluo was afraid that Zhenzhu would offend others, so she stopped her. She put down the tray in her hand, saluted Bai Qiaoqiao, and said: "Madam, please don't call me Miss Wei anymore. Now
What kind of young lady is Yingluo? His Majesty has given us master and servant to the Marquis, and from now on we will be the maids of the Marquis. The Second Madam has just given instructions, and we understand the rules. Madam, just call me Xiaoying."
"Second Madam?" Bai Qiaoqiao frowned slightly. She knew who Wei Yingluo was talking about. But the title 'Second Madam' still made her a little unhappy. There was only one lady in this house, and that was herself. She could
Li Zhien is nice, but she won't give in on the matter of status.
Before she could say anything, Li Zhien walked in from the side door of the lobby holding a ruler and said angrily: "You Xiaoying, how dare you sow discord between me and my wife? How often did I say that I was
"Second Madam". In our house, there is only one madam, our Madam Qiaoqiao, and only one concubine, that is me. I have always said that I am the master's concubine. In front of Madam, I
That’s what I said, and I said the same behind my wife’s back. Why are you like your father, slandering people for nothing?”
When it comes to words, Li Zhien is not afraid of Wei Yingluo. He will prick her wherever it hurts her. She insists on saying what Wei Yingluo doesn't like to hear.
When Wei Zheng was mentioned, both Wei Yingluo and Pearl looked ashamed. They were not shameless officials and would say anything for their own benefit. A few days ago, the two of them were still carefree ladies and maids, but now
The changes they suffered were also unexpected. They couldn't deny what Wei Zheng did. Li Mu was so angry that he vomited blood. In their eyes, it was the truth and they couldn't argue with it.
But Wei Zheng was her father after all, and Wei Yingluo couldn't help but said: "I don't know how to address you, so I call you Second Madam. I am definitely not deliberately provoking it. Even if my father does something wrong, it will be dealt with by the Marquis. Can you
You can’t stop talking about it all the time, no matter how bad my dad is, it’s not your turn to judge!”
"Ouch! You are such a polite lady! It seems that I am going too far. Don't forget, my master is still in a coma. But you are standing in Zhuluhou Mansion, complaining about your father.
You don’t want me to judge, right? I’m going to judge! Wei Zheng bullies my master, he’s not a good person! What’s going on? What’s going on?!”
"you!"
Wei Yingluo's eyes turned red and she couldn't help but shed tears. Bai Qiaoqiao looked on, although she felt that Li Zhien was a little too much. But thinking that the person she was talking about was Wei Zheng, she didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Li Zhien felt more confident. He shook the ruler in his hand and said: "You slandered me behind my back, which is the first mistake. You are in Zhuluhou Mansion, and you are complaining about your father, a bad guy. This is the second mistake. Stretch out your hand.
, I’m going to punish you!”
Pearl stretched out her hand and said: "I will take the punishment for my lady!"
"There's no need for you to replace me. I haven't talked about you yet." Li Zhien pinched his waist and stared at Pearl, saying: "Are the rules I just told you all in vain? You are now the maids of the house, and everything you do is done.
We must start from the four words 'Zhuluhou Mansion'. Forget your previous identities, can't you remember them?"
Li Zhien pointed at Wei Yingluo and said: "You are no longer her maid, and she is not your lady. You are all maids, why should she be punished for doing something wrong? Why do you live so spinelessly?
?”
"Don't I like it?"
"Still stubborn?!" Li Zhien said angrily: "I tell you, no! This is Zhuluhou Mansion, I will set the rules!" After finishing speaking, he remembered that Bai Qiaoqiao was beside him, and quickly added: "I set the rules.
If the rules are wrong, Madam will correct me. But before Madam says anything, you have to listen to me!"
Pearl was indignant and turned her face to one side in protest.
Li Zhien ignored her and continued: "After talking about her, let's talk about you. You don't distinguish between right and wrong and just help her. This is the first mistake. You are disobedient and contradicts the discipline. The second mistake is that you ignore the rules and have to be punished for others. This is the second mistake.
Wrong three. You will also be punished!"
"I didn't say I wouldn't be punished. Why don't you hit me five times? Don't hit my lady!"
"You still call me miss, you still call me miss?" Li Zhien glared and said, "You broke the rules again, do you want to get beaten four times?"
"I……"
"Zhenzhu, please stop talking!" Wei Yingluo finally couldn't help it, stopped Zhenzhu and whispered: "You have to lower your head when you are under the eaves. The Marquis is not awake now, we can only listen to her and don't follow her.
If she fights, she can be punished."
With that said, Wei Yingluo stretched out her hand and closed her eyes, as if accepting punishment.
Li Zhien took her hand and said: "I know you are not convinced, but it doesn't matter. I don't need you to be convinced, as long as you obey the rules!"
"Snapped!"
one time.
Wei Yingluo frowned, but when the ruler fell, it didn't hurt as she imagined. She couldn't help but open her eyes and thought to herself, Li Mu's concubine looked fierce, but in fact she wasn't that cruel...
"Snapped!"
The pain was excruciating! Wei Yingluo couldn't help but scream softly, and when she looked at her palms, they were already red.
Li Zhien showed a sly look and said, "When I'm making a prototype, depending on my mood, sometimes it's light, sometimes it's heavy, and I don't know which one will be heavy. You can't blame me."
Wei Yingluo pursed her lips tightly, trying not to cry out in pain, and said nothing. She turned around to pick up the tray and said, "Please tell me, my maid, how should I address you? I'm afraid that if I call you the wrong name, I'll be insulted by others."
It was a deliberate provocation."
"Sharp teeth and a sharp mouth." Li Zhien chuckled and said, "How about you call me...well, call me housekeeper. You won't be able to take advantage of it, right?"
"My maid will remember it." Wei Yingluo made a blessing ceremony, bowed slightly and said, "If Madam and the housekeeper have no other instructions, my maid will go down first."
"Let's go, let's go." Li Zhien waved her hand and said. She glanced at Zhenzhu who stretched out her hand to receive the punishment and said, "I am in a good mood suddenly. I won't punish you anymore. Let's go."
But Pearl didn't appreciate it and said: "To tell the housekeeper, the maid made a mistake and deserves to be punished. It doesn't make sense to just punish... Xiaoying doesn't punish the maid. Please treat the housekeeper fairly and punish the maid as well."
"Ha! Go against me, right? Okay!" Li Zhien snorted fiercely, took Pearl's hand, waved the ruler, and slapped it hard. Wei Yingluo looked on, worried for Pearl, so cruel
It was so painful when the ground was swung down! Pearl was also startled and closed her eyes tightly, not daring to open them.
Unexpectedly, the ruler was swung down fiercely. When it was about to touch, the force suddenly slowed down, and the sound of the four swipes was almost inaudible. Pearl opened her eyes, looked at Li Zhien, and asked: "Butler
What does this mean?"
"The punishment has been passed." Li Zhien blinked and said, "Didn't I tell you, my butler, when I hit someone on the hand, it depends on my mood. When I hit you just now, I was in a good mood and was a little lighter. But in order to show fairness, since
Once the punishment is over, it must be counted. You are lucky, why don't you go down and clean the tea cup?"
Pearl didn't know that Li Zhien did this on purpose, but she had no choice but to follow Wei Yingluo's example, salute Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien, and the two of them carried the tray down together.
Watching the two people walking away, Li Zhien said hurriedly: "Madam, you must not believe what they say. I have never called myself madam. I scolded them just to vent my anger on my master's behalf. If madam feels inappropriate, I will go and apologize."
Already."
"I know what you're thinking. There's no need to apologize, but don't be too harsh. They are all miserable people. Didn't you hear what Eunuch Gao said yesterday? Her father no longer wants her."
"Oh..." Li Zhien pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice: "But I still think she is not worthy of pity. If it weren't for her, there wouldn't be so many things happening. Her father was also tricked by her."
"Oh, I can't tell who is who. It won't hurt if we are kind-hearted. My husband is fine, which is better than anything else. It is up to my husband to make the decision on how to deal with them. Come on, let's go back and see what we have prepared for lunch.
Order something to eat so that you can entertain your mother-in-law."
"Oops!" Li Zhien suddenly called out and said, "I was busy dealing with the two of them just now, and I forgot about important matters! Madam, it's not good. Madam Peony is here, and she is here with Mr. Su Guo. I came here just to tell you
You, you were interrupted by the two of them, hurry up, let’s go back to the backyard!"
When Bai Qiaoqiao heard this, she also panicked. She was not worried about what Wang Ou would do, but she was worried that Li Mu would reveal his secrets. You must know that those orange peels were still under Li Mu's pillow. If Cheng Yaojin and Wang Ou saw them, Li Mu could
It's about to be exposed!
The two girls ran back to the backyard panting, and when they entered the house, they saw that, fortunately, Li Mu was still lying there, Sun was sitting by the bed, and Wang Ou, Cheng Yaojin, and Tang Jian were all sitting a little further away.
Although Ou's eyes were staring at Li Mu, he didn't seem to see anything.
Seeing the two girls entering the room, Wang Ou turned his eyes from Li Mu, paused, and nodded slightly to Bai Qiaoqiao as a greeting. They both knew what each other was thinking, so there was no need to say anything more.
Although Li Zhien hated Wang Ou and wanted to argue with her about the store expansion, she did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Mrs. Sun and turned her eyes away from her.
But Mrs. Sun refused to give her such a chance. When she saw the two girls coming in, Ms. Sun introduced them and said: "Come here Qiaoqiao, come here Zhien. This is Duke Su, you both recognize him."
This is Mrs. Peony, the sister-in-law of Su Guogong, and also one of my sisters. Please call me aunt."
"..."/"..."
Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien looked at each other and saw the embarrassment in each other's eyes. Li Zhien hated Wang Ou to the extreme, how could he be called "aunt", and Wang Ou did not want to bear this seniority.
What happened between her and Li Mu was unclear to others, but Bai Qiaoqiao knew it best. If Bai Qiaoqiao could call her sister, she would be very happy, but this aunt would only embarrass her.
Sun didn't know why. Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien were silent, she was a little unhappy and said, "Why, didn't you hear what I said?"
When Li Mu, who was in a coma, heard this, he knew that he had to wake up, otherwise there might be a fire in the backyard.
"Well……"
Li Mu groaned, and it worked. Everyone's eyes instantly turned to him, and no one cared about the title anymore.