The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 41

Mrs. Wu just came here, and she still doesn't understand what happened.

Gu Huaishu walked up to salute with a dignified smile, but she just frowned and asked, "What happened?"

Zhang Tingyu said: "Some small things are just to punish some slaves."

The whole courtyard was quiet, Gu Huaishu stood where he was, and gently gathered his cloak, as if it was a little cold.

Huanhua, who had already been slapped in the back, knelt on the ground and wanted to run forward. Ade saw it out of the corner of his eye, and immediately stepped forward and slapped her: "What are you doing! How dare the old lady be here?" rash!"

This slap is different from the previous one.

After all, Ade is a servant, a man has more strength than a woman, and he doesn't know how to strike, he is much more vicious.

Gu Huaishu's two servant girls were so happy that they could hardly hold Huanhua, causing Huanhua to fall to the ground.

Duohuan Duoxi seemed a little frightened, but Huanhua knocked her head on a stone in the snow, her forehead was bleeding, and she was already disfigured.

Suddenly someone screamed.

Wu shi had never used such a cruel method to punish his servants before, let alone mention it.

She just felt dizzy in front of her eyes, this Ade dared to do this in front of her!

"Hengchen! How did you discipline your servant! Huanhua is Ting Yu's maid after all, how could he be the servant to do it?"

Wu asked with a stern voice.

Gu Huaixiu said warmly: "Grandmother, the matter is like this."

Her voice, as clear as spring water, is really indescribably pleasant. It can be seen that those who have seen her face-saving posture just now are as if they were strangled by the neck, and they can't breathe.

The more gentle it looks, the more terrifying it is.

The face of a beauty, the heart of a snake.

Being vicious is also vicious, as long as he can live comfortably, Gu Huaishu actually doesn't care too much.

"Just now my daughter-in-law passed by here, and as a result, a blind boy splashed water on the ground and stained my shoes. Isn't this a crime from the following? I thought that our house is the residence of Lord Shangshu, and the rules are strict. Can the servant below offend the reason of the master? Even if I am kind-hearted and want to let him go, I can’t. I asked one or two servants, and I knew that offending the master above only needs to be punished for forty sticks, so I simply let someone beat him .”

Gu Huaishou twirled her slender fingers and smiled sweetly, "Here, mother-in-law, look, there it is."

Hearing Gu Huaishu's words, Wu Shi felt uncomfortable, but she couldn't find anything wrong after all.

Even if she was walking on the road and was splashed with water, she would still have a seizure.

But Gu Huaishu said that she was a kind-hearted person, and she was punished with a staff of forty if she took a shot, and said it was the rule of the house.

The rules have been brought out to suppress her mother-in-law, is it still unclear whether it is an enemy or a friend?

Wu Shi just wanted to sneer, she inadvertently followed the direction of Gu Huaishu's finger to press there, and the back of the boy lying on the bench was already covered in blood and flesh.

When Wu saw her, she felt terrified.

She is a person who believes in fate, and she hates such a bloody scene the most.

"...You! You are just a servant, why are you so vicious?!"

This directly scolded Gu Huaishu for being vicious, and Gu Huaishu also laughed.

She didn't wait for Zhang Tingyu to speak, so she cut off the conversation: "Mother-in-law is wrong to blame Huaixiu. Huaixiu has always wanted to marry a chicken and follow the chicken and marry a dog as the dog. When I met a good husband like Zhang Ergong, I loved him very much. My daughter-in-law thinks Now, since I am already a member of the Zhang family, I naturally have to do something for our Zhang family. Today, my dowry cook seems to have offended the fourth son because of something, so I personally came to reprimand him and teach him the rules. No Thinking that the Fourth Young Master would appear here as well."

What exactly did Gu Huaixiu want to say?
Wu Shi couldn't bear to listen to her chatter, so she wanted to interrupt her.

But Gu Huaishu was just getting to the crucial point, she glanced at Zhang Tingyu, who was a little blue in the cold wind, "You said, fourth uncle is still young, it's snowing, it's night outside, and it's cold outside. Look, the fourth uncle's face is frozen green! The daughter-in-law is in a hurry when she sees it? This is the first time that the daughter-in-law has seen such a slave in the world. Even if it's something important For things, you should also take care of your master's body, where is it that the cold weather takes the master outside the house?"

When Huanhua listened, she felt her eyes go dark. She wanted to defend herself, but whenever she wanted to open her mouth, Ade's hand would be raised high.

Wu's anger surged, and he almost fainted from the anger.

She hurriedly beckoned Zhang Tingxuan to come, although she knew that there must be exaggeration in Gu Huaishou's words, but she loved him the most, and she was usually afraid of bumping into him.

The Taoist priest has said it before, the fourth son is lucky, and he is the lucky star of the whole family.

"Ting Yu, let mother see..."

Mrs. Wu beckoned Zhang Tingyu over, only to realize that he was wearing the second daughter-in-law's cloak, which she had seen before.Suddenly do not know what to say.

The second daughter-in-law is definitely not a kind person, and she clearly used this incident as an excuse to punish Huanhua.

Mrs. Wu really hated this Gu Huaixiu, but on the other hand, when she touched Zhang Tingyu's cold cheek, she was in a hurry: "What an ignorant girl! Even if it collapsed that day, it shouldn't be called Sigongzi at this time. Come out, I told you to take good care of the Fourth Young Master, what are you doing to eat! Changan, go up and slap her!"

Ade curled his lips and finally got out of the way.

At this time, Huanhua saw Ade leaving, and immediately threw herself on the ground, begging for mercy: "Old lady, old lady, please forgive me! Listen to me! That's not the case, it's the second young lady's cook this evening? Hit the fourth son, four The young master punished him to kneel here to reflect on himself, and now he wants to come out to see what he is like, so the servant brought the fourth young master out. It is really not the fault of the servant!"

Gu Huaishu sneered: "Even if the Fourth Young Master wants to come, you should stop him. As the Fourth Young Master's maid, you are supposed to take care of the Fourth Young Master. He is a ten-year-old child who is not sensible, and you are the same as him." Is it? Even if the master is at fault, you, the servant girl, are the ones instigating! What kind of smart person is our fourth son, who can be as stupid as you?!"

A sharp rhetorical question left Huanhua speechless.

How should she refute?

There is no chance to refute at all, because no matter how you refute, it is wrong!
Gu Huaixiu's words had blocked all her possibilities of defense.

It was her fault that she urged the fourth young master to come out, and it was also her fault that she did not stop the fourth young master from coming out.

As long as the fourth son is standing here now, it means that she is not serious about being a servant.

What's more, Gu Huaishu deliberately said that the fourth son is a smart person, but now he is involved in the muddleheaded account of the servant, how disgraceful?
Mrs. Wu may be a foolish person, but Chang'an and Wang Fushun's family around her are all from Chongming.

Wu's ability to live in the mansion for such a long time has a lot to do with her two outstanding right-hand men.

Chang'an is a shrewd servant girl. She saw the shivering little master Shifang in the snow, and recalled the news she received before, and knew that the fourth son was used by Huanhua, a little hoof, as a gunman.

It can't be the fault of the masters, and the Second Young Mistress can't handle this matter at all, and Huanhua must be sacrificed.

She had just made up her mind when Huanhua yelled, "Second Young Mistress, you are spitting blood! You clearly hate the Fourth Young Master for disposing of Xiao Shifang, so take revenge!"

"Ah……"

Gu Huaishu laughed out loud, turned slightly, and pointed to his forehead, "If you don't tell me, I would have forgotten, there is still my dowry cook here. Qingdai, go and see if she is dead or not."

This cold tone, directly asking "Is he dead or not", is really...

Is Xiao Shifang really the dowry cook brought by the second young mistress, not an enemy?
Many people were secretly startled, but there were also many people who realized at this time why the Second Young Mistress didn't say a word to Xiao Shifang after she called, she turned out to be waiting here!
Huanhua was stunned, she never expected Gu Huaishu to behave like this.

Qingdai patted Xiao Shifang's face, suppressed her tears secretly, and said calmly: "If you go back to Second Young Mistress, you still have a breath, but you are not far from death."

Gu Huaixiu's hands tucked into the sleeves trembled slightly, but her thick eyelashes drooped down, covering the chilly look in her eyes.

The voice was calm and leisurely, as elegant and indifferent as strolling in the garden: "It turns out that you are not dead, you are a hard-fated one. Girl Huanhua, do you really think that a servant has any special meaning to the master? Here I come After this, I originally wanted to teach him a lesson. However, I have been entangled with you all this time, and I haven't had time to talk to my disobedient cook. Who saw me talking to Shi Fang If you have spoken, stand up and speak.”

"Who saw it? Stand up and say it!"

The voice suddenly rose, Gu Huaishu turned sideways, and swept around coldly, all those who watched him bowed their heads.

"Well, no one seems to have seen it... Mother-in-law, you see, I have no selfish intentions, and I'm all for the good of the family."

Huanhua listened and glanced at it like this.

She only felt that everyone was helping Gu Huaixiu, but after thinking about it carefully, Gu Huaixiu had never mentioned the matter of Xiao Shifang at all before, and had nothing to say to others.

Of the people standing here, who has no brain at all?
Huanhua was about to do something bad, and no one dared to risk offending the second young lady by telling lies and helping her as a maid.

Huanhua's face suddenly turned ashen, and she didn't even have the strength to stare at Gu Huaishu.

Gu Huaishu sighed softly: "It's just a cook. Without him, wouldn't I still eat the same? As a human being, you shouldn't take yourself too seriously, thinking that everyone should listen to you and revolve around you. There is a saying The saying goes, don’t take on the porcelain job without the diamond, I’ll give it to you. Fortunately, I saw the Fourth Young Master here today, and when I touched his forehead, my whole body was going to freeze. What should I do……"

"Hey, I'm a kind-hearted person, and I don't see any beatings and killings."

She turned around, gave a blessing to the stunned Wu Shi, and squatted down: "Grandmother, I may not have intentions when I look at the maid. Just now I ordered someone to give her ten ear blows, and she must remember it too." This is a lesson. Why don't you just let her go like this. "

What a "kind heart"!
What kind of kindness is this!
It is clear that the mouth is full of venom, but the words that come out seem to be blooming flowers!
Wu's chest heaved violently, and she raised her finger to Gu Huaisu: "You, you... Second daughter-in-law, your heart is so vicious!"

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't find the fault in her words, Wu Shi would have ordered someone to drag this vicious daughter-in-law down and beat her!
But now, she has this heart, but she can't find any excuse!

You said she was eccentric, but she was telling everyone that she was eccentric to her cook, but she couldn't catch it!When she punished the servant, it was committed by the servant below; when she punished Huanhua, it was because Huanhua didn't take care of her master wholeheartedly.

These two points, even if they were handled by the Wu family, they wouldn't look good to them, let alone Huanhua really deserve to die?
Can take care of sleeves...

Can take care of sleeves...

She wasn't afraid of offending herself at all, so she showed such awe in front of her face.

If she can't suppress this daughter-in-law today, where will her face be placed in the mansion in the future?
Thinking about it, Wu Shi felt dizzy in front of her eyes. She racked her brains and couldn't think of a way to punish Gu Huaishu immediately.

It was Chang An who knew how to change things. Her shiny big braids hung down on her chest, and she bowed slightly: "Old madam, according to my servants, the second young lady is kind-hearted, and it is the second young lady who is kind, but this matter must not be left like this." Let it go."

Wu's biggest problem now is not to hold Gu Huaishu, but to stabilize his prestige in the mansion.

After all, she is the old lady who is now in power in the backyard of the mansion, and she must not lose to Gu Huaishu in handling this matter, so she must find a more shocking method, first let the servants in the mansion see clearly After all, who is the master, it will be easier to determine Gu Huaishu in the future.

She is the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, and if she can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple. What are you afraid of?
Just take it step by step.

Perhaps because of Chang'an's composure, Mrs. Wu also gradually calmed down: "Is there a way for Chang'an?"

Chang An turned his eyes sideways and glanced at Huanhua. He had already seen Huanhua shaking like a sieve, but she pretended not to see it, and still said these words.

"The servant girl in the mansion dares to be so careless, but it's impossible to guarantee that the maidservant below will be more careless. Now that she found out today, she must deal with it properly so that the whole house can be alerted. According to the slaves, the old lady should take care of her. Send these little hoofs away, lest they make a big mistake one day and regret it later."

Take precautions before they happen, come to the police from a young age, take this statement apart, and every sentence is correct.

But together, Gu Huaixiu sounds simple.

She asked someone to slap Huanhua ten times, but she didn't let anyone catch her fault. In order to maintain her right to speak in the mansion, Wu only had two ways.

First, beat Gu Huaishu, obviously, this kind of thing can't be achieved; second, make a decision that is more shocking or frightening than Gu Huaishu, and suppress her arrogance.

Now, Chang'an is obviously taking the second path.

Wu Shi considered it for a while, feeling aggrieved and angry again.

She hated both Gu Huaixiu and Huanhua, and now she couldn't control Gu Huaixiu, it just so happened that Changan came up with such an idea, and she just took her anger out on Huanhua.

She sternly said: "That's exactly what I meant. There are quite a few people coming from the mansion today, and they all looked after me. If you don't care about the master, that's the end! Come on, thirty sticks, Sell ​​it to me!"

Everyone gasped, and some even knelt down when their legs softened.

How scary is it to sell at every turn?
From then on, who would dare not serve the master wholeheartedly?
But the cause of all this...

The arc of smile on Gu Huaishu's lips suddenly widened a little, with slight ripples.

Standing next to her, Zhang Tingyu gently took her hand and breathed: "Is it cold?"

Gu Huaixiu was taken aback for a moment, but said, "It's okay."

The husband and wife showed their affection as if no one was around, but someone on the other side had already pressed the crying Huanhua on the bench and began to beat the stick.

Zhang Tingyu, who was in Wu's arms, was trembling all over, and his face turned greener. He was trembling, and Wu Shi soon noticed the strangeness.

It never occurred to her that Zhang Tingyu was actually intimidated by the successive scenes.Zhang Tingyu was already a little scared when the boy was reprimanded by the stick before. Just now, Gu Huaishu made a sudden move and reprimanded his trusted maid, and now he is listening to his mother wanting to send Huanhua out.

Zhang Tingxuan didn't know what mistake Huanhua made, but he vaguely felt that he had made a mistake.

The cloak on him seemed to be very warm, but Zhang Tingxuan couldn't feel any warmth.

This is what his smiling second sister-in-law took off from him and put it on him.

Cold, bone cold.

Zhang Tingxuan was trembling, trembling...

"Ting Yu, Ting Yu, fourth child, what's wrong with you?"

Wu's face paled in shock, and she quickly shook Zhang Tingyu vigorously.

But Zhang Tingyu was like losing his soul, his eyes were dull, and he didn't respond to him.

Seeing the growing snow around him, Wang Fushun's family stumbled and said, "It's snowing outside, and the Fourth Young Master has been outside for some time. You should hurry back to the house to warm up, and see how dark your face is!"

Only then did Wu come back to his senses, and panicked, he quickly asked someone to pick up Zhang Tingyuan and wanted to go back.

Before leaving, she turned around viciously, "Hit me to death! Break her dog leg, and see who dares to walk around with my buddies at night in the future!"

All the servants shivered in unison, knelt down and said yes.

Gu Huaishu lowered his head and smiled mockingly.

Is this the end?

No, it's just a temporary end.

The days to come are still long.

She is tearing herself apart with her mother-in-law, and she doesn't know how to get along with her in the future.

She raised her eyes to look at Zhang Tingyu, and Zhang Tingyu looked at her with a smile on her face.

Gu Huaishu sighed softly, only to say that the grasshopper on a rope was tied even tighter.

Huanhua had already been sentenced to death by Wu's words when she left, but Gu Huaishu looked at Xiao Shifang, winked at Qingdai and the others, but left again.

She didn't say a word about Xiao Shifang, but after she and Zhang Tingyu left, the maids and servants, including the cooks in the kitchen behind, went up to help Xiao Shifang up.

Who doesn't understand in the future?
Little master Shi Fang couldn't move at all, look at the maddened appearance of the second young lady, how could it be so simple?

The Second Young Mistress has such a unique "royal cook", that is, the face that the Second Young Mistress brought to the Zhang family, and moving a small stone is stepping on the Second Young Mistress' face.

Isn't this courting death?
Even if the second young mistress and the old lady do not get along after all, if their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight, the servants will suffer.

For a while, everyone understood this truth, and made up their minds to be careful in every step.

The commotion here was too big, so it had to be spread to Dafang.

Zhang Tingzan was talking with Mrs. Chen in the room. Not long after dinner, he heard a commotion outside, and he found out what happened when he asked.

"...So the old lady took the fourth son back. Everyone left now, and the little master Shi Fang didn't continue to kneel. He packed up and went back to the house to be watched by others."

The servant next to Zhang Tingzan came to report the news.

He gently put down the jade stalk in his hand, but got up and said: "In the final analysis, this matter came from Huanhua who is next to my fourth brother. It's not that simple. I'll go to my mother to have a look."

"Hey..." Mrs. Chen gave him a hand, "This is muddy water, why do you go?"

Zhang Tingzan sighed: "I am the eldest son of the family, so I should take care of these things. You are recovering from your illness. I will be back in a while."

In fact, this is not the whole reason.

He was afraid that the second brother would be chilled. If the brothers in this family were separated from each other, then...

Well, let's take a look first.

Zhang Tingzan asked someone to carry the lantern and went all the way to the upper room.

Gu Huaixiu went back to the room, but he was sitting opposite Zhang Tingyu on both sides of the chessboard.

Neither of them spoke, and it took about a quarter of an hour before Ade came back to report.

"Second Master, Second Young Mistress, Little Master Shi Fang didn't have any major injuries, but it's just started to burn, and I'm in a daze...I don't know..."

Gu Huaixiu dug his fingernails into the corner of the carved lacquer desk planned on the kang, took a deep breath, and said, "Even if a person walks to the gate of hell, pull him back!"

Ade's heart trembled, and he looked at his grandfather cautiously. Zhang Tingyu sighed, nodded, and waved Ade to go.

There were only these two people left in the room, Zhang Tingyu came over and put his arms around her, saying: "Auspicious people have their own appearance..."

"Heh..." Gu Huaishou put his face against his chest and sneered, "You also believe..."

Zhang Tingyu was just talking to comfort her, but now hearing her sarcasm himself, he didn't say much.

Her slender fingers were twirling on the satin surface of her chest, as if she was thinking about something.

"Do you know why when I said that I was a kind-hearted person, why didn't my face change, and I didn't feel guilty at all. Aren't you afraid that a thunder from the sky will strike me to death?"

Gu Huaishu chuckled selfishly, "Because I saved Xiao Shifang."

Zhang Tingyu was silent, listening to her rare truth.

"I'm a person with a bad temper and few good people. The only kindness I have is spent on Xiao Shifang. Anyone who wants to touch him will not only step on my face, but also dig out my conscience. Do you think I will?"

Strange theory, strange care.

After she finished speaking, she didn't speak for a long time.

The sound of the snow falling outside stopped, and Zhang Tingyu almost fell asleep, but unexpectedly, she felt a sudden pain in her chest.

Zhang Tingyu lowered his head, looked at Gu Huaishu in his arms and looked up at him, but pointed at his heart with his pointed and thin index finger.

Gu Huaishu looked into his eyes: "My second son Zhang, life has passed like this, can you still hide it?"

(End of this chapter)