Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 165

"Yes! The Xie family does have such a rule. Gong Shi, you are also an old man in the Duke's Mansion. Even a girl with a different surname knows something. Why don't you know? If you knew, why didn't you tell me? Your younger brother? Guogong has already shown great love for you by allowing him to walk in the mansion, but you are so arrogant that you are so spoiled that your younger brother has no sense of propriety and breaks the rules again and again. If I don’t punish him, how will he manage the house in the future? "

Liu Shi naturally spoke on Yan Zhaohua's side, even if Gong Ruquan hadn't made a mistake, she would not let him go, not to mention that after Yan Zhaohua reminded her, she found out that Gong Ruquan did have a problem.

"Come here, tie me up and hit me with [-] boards."

Mrs. Liu was not ambiguous at all, and gave such orders to Nanny Gui, and Nanny Gui naturally obeyed. She called for someone to tie up Gong Ruquan. road:
"Who dares! As long as I'm here, no one can touch him! Red Ginseng, what is Red Ginseng still doing in a daze? Go invite the Duke, please come here, someone is going to kill someone here, she wants to Killed me! Go tell the Duke, I will be beaten to death here!"

This time, Mrs. Gong learned how to be smart, and asked the red ginseng to wait outside the Qingcang courtyard. With her greeting, the red ginseng could rush to sue Xie Guozhang.

Mrs. Liu was not afraid of Xie Guozhang in the first place, but she was too lazy to argue with him, but this did not mean that she could tolerate Mrs. Gong's spoiling on her head. With just one look, Nanny Gui called four or five tall and strong women, one of them The other four lifted Gong Ruquan's hands and feet and tied them to the execution platform. The two held down his back and feet, each with a stick, and all the movements were done in one go, taking turns up and down. The fight started, and for a while, Gong's screams and Gong Ruquan's screams were heard all over the Qingcang courtyard.

Yan Zhaohua glanced at Mrs. Liu, and always felt that Mrs. Liu was very straightforward when dealing with Gong Ruquan today. In the past, she would give Aunt Gong a little face. ... Ever since Gong Ruquan got drunk and went to the Huxin Pavilion to make trouble, Yan Zhaohua felt that something was wrong, and always felt that something was going on that she couldn't see.

Xie Guozhang heard that Red Ginseng said that Mrs. Liu was going to beat Mrs. Gong, so he put down the wine that the beautiful maid had just brought and rushed over.

There was a roar in front of the Chuihua Gate, and the people in Qingcang Courtyard heard it and knew that the Duke was coming. Nanny Gui came to Mrs. Liu and asked Mrs. Liu for instructions: "Madam, do you want to continue beating? The Duke is here." .”

Liu's expression did not change, her heart did not beat, she said coldly: "Keep beating! Don't stop!"

With Liu Shi's order, Nanny Gui still hesitated. After a warrant was issued, the beating woman saw it and beat her harder.

Mrs. Gong also heard Xie Guozhang's voice, and with a strong foot, she broke away from the woman who was holding her back, rushed to the place where Gong Ruquan was beaten, ran under the woman's stick, and beat Gong Ruquan forcefully. Stick, suddenly wailed.

As soon as Xie Guozhang entered the door, he saw Mrs. Gong being hit by a stick, and he was furious. He strode up to the woman who was executing the execution. As soon as he lifted his foot, he kicked the woman who beat Aunt Gong to the ground. He continued to hit Gong Ruquan, but was frightened away by Xie Guozhang's look, and helped Aunt Gong, Xie Guozhang was not polite at all, walked up to Liu Shi, raised his hand and slapped Liu Shi.

Yan Zhaohua and Mrs. Gu were terrified, and hurriedly stood in the middle. Mrs. Gu supported Mrs. Liu and dared not speak, but Zhaohua dared to say: "Grandpa, for a thing that eats inside and out, actually treats grandma like this. Aren't you afraid that people in the world will point at your spine and scold you for pampering your concubine and killing your wife?"

Xie Guozhang looked down at his own hand, then at Liu Shi, and saw Liu Shi covering his cheek with one hand, and gouging out his eyes coldly, Xie Guozhang also panicked, looked at Liu Shi with a guilty conscience, put down his hand, With a dry cough, he glared at Yan Zhaohua again, and said sharply:
"How many times have I told you? What is your identity? Why do you always want to meddle in my Xie family's affairs? Today's matter, needless to say, must be you, a girl, who is soliciting right and wrong again. Go back to me, and don't come here in the future." Thank you, you are not welcome here!"

Yan Zhaohua snorted coldly, not afraid in the slightest: "What my grandfather said was right and wrong, how can you conclude that I'm the one who provoked right and wrong today? You dote on Aunt Gong, but you can't turn right and wrong. It's her younger brother who did something wrong. You indiscriminately attacked your grandmother, I don't understand what this means, but the rules of the aristocratic family, I don't know, in the grandmother's heart, it is actually a concubine who is more important than the mistress?"

"What nonsense! I don't know what it means!"

Xie Guozhang's ears felt hot from Yan Zhaohua's words, and he knew he was impulsive, so he didn't dare to look at Liu's eyes at the moment, so he could only be stern, and asked Aunt Gong in a rough voice:

"What are you doing in a daze, it's all because of you! Come here and kneel down for the mistress."

Mrs. Gong was also taken aback. Yan Zhaohua and Mrs. Gu looked at each other. Both of them were speechless towards Xie Guozhang. Mrs. Gong didn't say anything. He kowtowed to Mrs. Liu, and said softly: "Mistress, forgive me, everything is my fault. I kneel down for you, and beg you to forgive me."

Gong knew that the more obedient she was, the more Xie Guozhang's love would be aroused, so no matter what happened to Xie Guozhang, she would follow his request.

Xie Guozhang looked at Mrs. Gong, and sure enough, after she finished kowtowing, he helped her up, leaned sideways and said to Mrs. Liu: "Okay, okay, what's the matter, the whole Tianfu has been so noisy, I can't help it." An Ning, it's all gone."

After finishing speaking, he wanted to make the big thing into a small one, and let people take Gong Shi and Gong Ruquan away. Liu Shi's voice came calmly:
"I see who dares to take people away today!"

When Xie Guozhang turned his head, he saw Mrs. Liu walking down the stone steps of the corridor with a blank face, staring at him without squinting. Xie Guozhang hurriedly avoided his eyes, glanced at Mrs. Gong, then turned back to Mrs. Liu, and said: "What else do you want? In this mansion, I can't talk anymore?"

Mrs. Liu was calm and calm, and was not disturbed by Xie Guozhang's slap at all: "The Duke really can't talk, no matter what, these are all things in the back house, and the things in the back house are all women's things. It doesn't make sense for the Duke to take care of it. Unless the Duke divorces me, the Duke's wife, I will deal with Mrs. Gong and her younger brother today. How about it, Duke, do you want to write a letter of divorce? what?"

Mrs. Liu actually offered to ask for a divorce letter... Xie Guozhang couldn't help but, even Yan Zhaohua and Mrs. Gu were stunned. Yan Zhaohua wanted to speak up, but Mrs. Gu stopped him. He shook his head, meaning he couldn't go.

Xie Guozhang naturally didn't expect Liu Shi to dare to say such a thing, and his usual persuasive tone, as if he would be a coward if he disagreed, but in fact, he really didn't dare to agree, and said in a deep voice:
"What do you mean? Do you have to fight against me?"

If he dared to quit, he would have done so decades ago, but it was because he didn't dare that it was only today.From his point of view, Liu Shi has never thought highly of him in his life. He has always been high above him, never looked down on him, and never liked to give him face.

"I'm not trying to oppose the Duke, I'm just exercising the rights of the Duke's wife. As an aunt, Mrs. Gong has enjoyed everything that an aunt should not enjoy. If she keeps her own place and serves the Duke well, that's fine, but It's something to send people away, who would care about anything with it? It's just that her younger brother was drinking and making trouble in the mansion today, breaking into the garden and arguing with the girls. Do I still want to see such evil deeds? In the name of a bastard, shield him? Since the Duke is here, let's talk about it. Gong Ruquan should be punished for doing something wrong today. If the Duke is willing, stay and watch them be punished, if the Duke is unwilling, then leave the Qingcang Courtyard and wait in the front yard, I will send someone to report to the Duke after I have dealt with them."

Liu's logic is clear, when he said these words to Xie Guozhang, Xie Guozhang's ears turned red with anger, pointed at Liu's and said:

"Don't even think about it! As long as I'm here, you'll never want to touch Xiu'er!"

Xiu'er is Aunt Gong's boudoir name, and Liu Shi sneered: "Since the Duke wants to protect her no matter what, well, I will give the Duke a face, you take Aunt Gong away, and Gong Ruquan stays. There is nothing less than a board."

Mrs. Liu looked at Aunt Gong with sharp eyes. Sure enough, Aunt Gong shouted on the spot: "No, you can hit me, but you can't hit Brother Quan. Duke, Xiu'er has never begged you several times, but Brother Quan can't hit you." , She is my only younger brother, if there is something wrong with him, let me have no face to see my old parents in Quanxia, ​​Duke, you should pity me."

Xie Guozhang was in a dilemma. He glanced at Gong Ruquan, then at Aunt Gong who was kneeling down, and said to Liu Shi: "Are you trying to save me? If you want to let them go, let them go! Since I said I want to protect them, Then you must not break your promise to them! If you deliberately oppose me, don't think that I dare not divorce you!"

Liu's lips curled up and snorted coldly: "I've asked myself to give up. Does the Duke think I'm just talking casually? Come here! Bring a pen and paper!"

After giving an order, Nanny Gui really came over with a brush, ink, paper and inkstone. Liu dipped the brush in the ink and handed it to Xie Guozhang. There was a blank piece of rice paper on the tray, waiting for Xie Guozhang to write and sign. Seeing this, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Gong couldn't help but reach out and hug the Duke's arm, and said hypocritically:
"Duke, think twice! Although the wife of the Duke has never put the Duke in her eyes, she has been married to the Duke for many years. What happened today is the fault of the concubine. The concubine is willing to accept the punishment. Duke and Madam, let Brother Quan go, Mrs. Guo doesn’t have to use such aggressive methods to threaten the Duke anymore, I just plead guilty.”

Who would not be able to tell that her persuasion was not righteous? She wished that Xie Guozhang would write a letter of divorce to Mrs. Liu right now.

Fortunately, Xie Guozhang was not too confused. After listening to Gong's words, he raised his hand and knocked the tray in Nanny Gui's hand to the ground.

(End of this chapter)