Chapter 210: Punishing the Heart
"What are you doing!"
Seeing that Li Zhien knocked off the lady's bowl, Zhenzhu quickly put down her bowl and walked over to block Wei Yingluo. No matter how delicious the mutton was, it was not as important as the lady in Zhenzhu's heart.
"Who are you? Why are you bullying us."
"Ha! Who am I?" Li Zhien glared and said, "You are at my house, how dare you ask who I am?"
"You are lying!" Zhenzhu said angrily: "We just met the Marquis's wife."
Li Zhien was a little embarrassed. When she just came here, she wanted to ridicule Wei Yingluo and forgot that she was just a concubine. But then she thought, what happened to the concubine? She was also Li Mu's woman. Isn't it a perfect role in this mansion?
"I am...I am the concubine of Zhulu Hou! I am the only concubine of the master!"
"Master? Concubine?" Zhenzhu understood and said sarcastically: "Who do I still think of it? It turns out that he is a concubine? He called him a master? Could it be a slave?"
"You!" Li Zhien gritted his teeth and was about to get angry. When his eyes rolled, he suddenly smiled like a flower and said, "Yes, I am a slave. The master fell in love with me at the mouth of the West Market and spent fifty cents of money to buy me. He spoiled me, loved me, and asked me to take charge of all the affairs of this family. The money I spent from me every month was 50,000 cents of money, and I had no 50,000 cents of money. I trusted me so much. I was willing to be his concubine and 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, master and servant come together to have a free meal, you're shameless!"
Pearl argued with her neck, "We were sent by His Majesty, why did we just have a free meal!"
"Yo, you don't know?"
Li Zhien curled a sneer on the corner of his mouth and said, "You don't know, your lady should know. If I were your lady, I would want to die. How could I have the face to pick up this bowl of rice! Little maid, let me tell you. Your master falsely accused my master of kidnapping your lady and joining a group of censors to falsely accusing my master of the family. It's so despicable! My master was already sick, and he was infected with wind and cold, and his body was even weak. He was so angry that he vomited blood by your master and his lackeys! Such a big formation, guess what? It's all false accusations!"
"It's so amazing. Your master almost killed my master, but he brought his daughter to the door. Do you want to take advantage of it? Miss Wei, right? If you have a little shame, don't eat my food, because you are not worthy!"
Pearl was stunned and looked back at her lady and said, "Miss, is what she said true?"
Wei Yingluo didn't say anything and nodded for a long time.
Pearl has nothing to say now. If all this is true, then this bowl of rice is indeed not as good as it is. But she grew up in the Wei Mansion. Wei Zheng was definitely not such a person in her heart. She couldn't accept it. She cried and said, "I think the master can't..."
"Do you think? Humph! What do you know, little girl? Your master is shameless and can't beat my master. He keeps trying to hurt him! If I guess correctly, if this false accusation fails, he will definitely be very angry, right? It must be yes, you will know it by your lady's appearance. Otherwise, your master and servant will not be here either!"
"Do you still think that Your Majesty sent you to visit? I will tell you what Your Majesty mean! Your Majesty sent you here to vent anger for my master. Little maid, you also said that I am a slave. Now your lady is all slaves of my master, the same as me... Haha, I almost forgot, it's different. I am the master's only concubine, I am favored, and I take charge of the whole family. Why is your lady comparing to me? When you come to this mansion, you will be a maid at most."
Speaking of this, Li Zhien suddenly changed his tone and tempted: "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? You will be the same in the future. I will keep this family in mind. You can flatter me and say something nice. I may take care of you. If you provoke me, I will punish you to clean the toilet tomorrow!"
Pearl knew that he was in the wrong, but Li Zhien said too badly, and said angrily: "I won't curry favor with you. The lady will always be my lady. I am happy to serve her!"
"Oh, I'm so loyal." Li Zhien smiled, looking indifferent. Her purpose had been achieved. She didn't care what Zhenzhu said, but she cared about Wei Yingluo's attitude.
"Miss Wei, why are you still holding a lady's airs?"
Zhenzhu looked at Wei Yingluo with a worried look and said, "Miss, we don't have the same knowledge as her..."
Wei Yingluo shook her head and finally said, "Zezhu, she is right. Dad did falsely accuse the Marquis. Moreover, because of this, Dad no longer recognizes me as his daughter. I have implicated you, and we are both homeless. I was very confused just now and didn't have time to tell you that you know everything. The eunuch who sent us here has told me that Your Majesty gave us to the Marquis, as slaves and maids, all based on the Marquis' wishes. He said he was a maid, and there was no difference. She was right. I am no longer your lady. We are both servants of the Marquis' Mansion."
"Different, different!" Pearl argued anxiously: "Miss, different! Even if His Majesty gives us to the Marquis, you... can't be a servant."
"Okay!" Li Zhien said furiously: "What is it not a servant? Is it a concubine? Do you still want to be a wife? The master is only me, and there is only one wife. Don't think about it! Your lady is the daughter of my master's enemy, and her enemy's daughter dares to think about it. You are crazy about gaining and losing your heart!"
Wei Yingluo lowered her head, pursed her lips tightly, and after a while, she raised her head and said, "This 'concubine', the two of us sisters, are in the Zhulu Marquis Mansion? You shouldn't have the final say. This meal was given to us by the wife and it has nothing to do with you! If you have the ability, please invite the wife to take back the meal, otherwise, you will be invited out and we will have a meal."
"What a big temper!" Li Zhien smiled and watched Wei Yingluo bent down, picked up the rice on the ground and put it back into the bowl. She didn't throw it away if there was any dust, and stuffed it into her mouth like anger.
"Ms. Wei is indeed worthy of being Wei Zheng's daughter. It's really hard to fool."
"That's right, I don't have the power to take care of the food my wife rewards. The status of you two is not something that I can decide by a concubine. But don't forget that in this mansion, I have the final say in everything except the master and the wife. The days ahead will be long, so let's take a look."
After Li Zhien said that, she turned around and went out. She said that she could get chicken legs for Li Mu, so she couldn't wait too long.
The door closed with a bang.
Wei Yingluo swallowed the food in her mouth and cried on the table. Pearl shouted in anger: "What's the matter! Miss, look at her appearance, she is showing off her power and treats herself as her wife!"
Wei Yingluo continued to cry as if she didn't hear it.
"Miss, it's okay. Even if we can't go home, Pearl will accompany you. I believe that the Marquis is not a person without pride, so he will not make things difficult for us."
"Pearl, I regret it so much. I shouldn't have run away from home."
"Oh," Zhenzhu sighed and gently patted Wei Yingluo's back: "It's okay, it's okay..."
Li Mu's situation touched the hearts of many people. They had to care because it was related to their property and even their lives.
When Lu Zhilin returned home, locked himself in the study, his face as if dead.
He knew that he did something big wrong this time. Not only did he not become famous, but he turned himself in. He also implicated Wei Zheng, implicated Shandong gentry and colleagues of the censors.
Outside the door, they were surrounded by soldiers brought by Cheng Yaojin. The lives of more than a dozen people in the house were all tied to Li Mu. When Li Muruo died, the soldiers rushed in...
Fortunately, my son may be able to escape the disaster in his hometown of Fanyang? The news cannot be spread, and maybe he may still be able to escape the disaster. This is what... what should I do!
Lu Zhilin shed tears silently, and his heart was bitter and hard to bear. He also regretted that if he had not written that memorial without a fever, he might not have had so many things. Speaking of which, he had no grudges with Li Mu, so why bother with others?
If I die, who will take care of my mother, son and wife in my hometown? Do you expect the Lu family in Fanyang to be the eldest son?
"Haha," Lu Zhilin smiled bitterly. He himself didn't believe that the eldest son would take care of him.
"Master!Master!!"
Suddenly, the shouts of the housekeeper came, and Lu Zhilin felt a thrill in his heart. Could it be that Li Mu was dead? The soldiers broke in? When death was about to come, Lu Zhilin could not control himself and tears flowed.
Don't want to die!
He wanted to run, but his calves were swelling and he couldn't move at all.
The butler ran in and shouted, "Master! Those soldiers are withdrawing!"
"What?!" Lu Zhilin seemed to be re-injected with vitality, jumped up suddenly, grabbed the old housekeeper's arm, stared at his eyes and asked, "What did you say? Removed? Really withdrew? Li Mu was not dead! Hahaha! That's great! Li Mu was not dead!!!"
Li Mu was not dead, and Lu Zhilin was ecstatic! The housekeeper looked at him blankly, wondering. He clearly remembered that a few days ago, he passed by the master's study and heard "I will kill Li Mu this time." Why did he change his words in just a few days?
When Lu Zhilin returned home, he did not say what happened today. Anyway, whether it was said or not, Li Muruo died and the people in the house could not survive. Why bother to panic?
But with so many soldiers coming, it is impossible not to panic. The maids and servants were whispering, but no one dared to ask. Now that the crisis has been lifted, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly! The smile on Lu Zhilin's face froze. He remembered what Li Mu said in the hall.
Li Mu said that he wanted to fill the house with manure.
If he died, there was no need to worry, but now he was not dead, then... Lu Zhilin's stomach churned, as if he was smelling it again.
Chapter completed!