Concubine's true colors

Chapter 73
The old lady was taken aback, she didn't expect that someone would dare to stop her leading crutch, and when she saw clearly that it was Qian Shi, the anger in her heart became even higher.

Shi Jin pulled the crutch back, but this time she hit Qian's shoulder with a stick.

"A loving mother is a loser, look at what Jin Ke looks like now, if you dare to stop me from beating her twice, believe it or not, I will beat you both."

Seeing that Qian's face turned pale from the pain from the beating, Xiao Jinke cried "Wow".

"Grandmother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have done that to my fourth sister. I will apologize to her now. If you want to beat me or punish her, come to me and don't beat my mother."

As mentioned before, this Xiao Jinke is an extremely filial child, and now she can't take care of her face, so she has to crawl over and kowtow to Xiao Jinxuan to apologize, just so that her mother won't be punished along with her.

But she was very good at admitting her mistake, but she never thought that the old lady would be even angrier.

A cane blocked Xiao Jinke's crawling forward movement, and the old lady said angrily:
"What is your identity, the only heir of the third house, crawling over to make an apology, you are embarrassing the old lady, it's really disrespectful."

Xiao Jinke was stunned when she heard the words, her grandmother was so angry because she hit Xiao Jinxuan, now she wanted to make amends but the other party refused, this confused her, she couldn't figure out what the old lady was thinking.

And Qian Shi, who was covering his shoulders, also frowned, subconsciously glanced at Xiao Jinxuan, and when she saw the broken Avalokitesvara statue, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Old lady, please calm down. It's my daughter-in-law who didn't teach Ke'er well. She ran into you and destroyed the Guanyin statue. A few days ago, my elder brother got a red coral Guanyin. I will take it in a few days." Here it is, all my filial piety as a daughter-in-law, you should calm down and forgive Ke'er."

It's not unreasonable for Qian to have been favored by the old lady for so many years, at least she has always been able to figure out the other party's thoughts clearly.

Just now, the old lady was angry because Xiao Jinxuan was injured.

The root cause of her anger was still the white jade Guanyin statue.

But as a grandmother, the old lady naturally couldn't care about Xiao Jinxuan's life and death and only care about the Guanyin statue.

That's why it seemed that she was making decisions for Xiao Jinxuan and kept beating Xiao Jinke, but in fact the other party felt sorry for the Guanyin, otherwise Xiao Jinke would not have said that she wanted to apologize, and the old lady would be even more angry.

Probably in the other party's heart, she felt that Xiao Jinxuan, a concubine, could not afford Xiao Jinke's apology at all, so she hurriedly stopped her.

As expected, Mrs. Qian's guess was right. After hearing what she said, the old lady really put away her crutches, but she just snorted and stopped talking, apparently satisfied with the other party's answer and didn't care about it.

Secretly relieved, Qian quickly helped Xiao Jinke up, looking at her daughter's red eyes from crying, her heart throbbed with pain.

Staring angrily, Xiao Jinxuan, who struggled to get up alone, felt that the other party did all of this today. What is her Ke'er's identity? The concubine is simply to be damned.

Knowing that the old lady felt that Xiao Jinxuan was unknown, Qian's eyes flashed a sinister look, and then said:
"Daughter-in-law has long heard people say that broken jade is to prevent disasters for the master. Now that the white jade Guanyin statue is broken, it seems to my daughter-in-law that it is the same reason. There must be something evil and ominous about to collide with you, which makes the statue of Guanyin broken. , This is because the old lady's pious worship to the Buddha moved the Bodhisattva, and she blessed you."

After saying this, Qian looked at Xiao Jinxuan with meaning, obviously she was referring to the other party when she said evil.

The old lady believed in Buddhism in the first place, and Qian's words hit the grudge in her heart, so she looked at Xiao Jinxuan with a bit of boredom.

But at this moment, a humming sound came from behind the crowd, and then the eldest lady Zhao came over leading the accompanying people.

When Mrs. Zhao saw Xiao Jinxuan's embarrassment and the blood on her arm, she frowned and walked over with a pitiful expression.

"Why is your child being bullied so miserably? Some people blame others for their own misbehavior. Madam, Jinxuan has become like this since she came here. If the fourth brother finds out, I'm afraid I will Blame us for criticizing his daughter."

Hearing that her youngest son was mentioned, the old lady's expression changed, she felt that Zhao's words were also reasonable, and she couldn't help but hesitated a bit when she originally wanted to push today's matter to Xiao Jinxuan.

And Xiao Jinxuan has been paying attention to the attitude of the old lady. After all, this Avalokitesvara statue was bestowed by the emperor, and someone must come out to take the blame. She thought of this as early as when the Avalokitesvara statue was shattered.

And the look in the eyes of the old lady clearly let Xiao Jinxuan know that the other party was planning to let her take the blame.

But she is not the soft persimmon in her previous life, don't want her to take the blame for anyone, be punished, and be scorned.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan clenched her right hand suddenly, the white jade shards that she had been holding in her hand were embedded in her palm by more than an inch, and she immediately snorted in pain.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao, who was beside her, also noticed something strange. Under Xiao Jinxuan's intentional guidance, she immediately discovered the wound on the opponent's palm.

"Oh, Jinxuan, why did you get a jade piece embedded in your hand? It must have been made when you fell down. You have to take it out quickly, otherwise it will leave a scar."

The old lady, who was making up her mind to make Xiao Jinxuan the scapegoat, wanted to speak, but she was attracted by Mrs. Zhao's words, and she also looked over at Xiao Jinxuan.

As for Xiao Jinxuan, seeing that everyone was looking at her, she suddenly pushed away Mrs. Zhao's helping hand, stepped forward a few steps, and slowly knelt down with a sad expression.

"Grandmother, please punish Jinxuan. It's all my fault. The third sister threw the candlestick at me. Even if Jinxuan was stabbed to death, she shouldn't have avoided it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have smashed the Guanyin statue. Although I tried my best to protect her Living in the Avalokitesvara statue, but the granddaughter didn’t do anything except cut her own hand, it’s all Jinxuan’s fault and it has nothing to do with the third sister, and I don’t complain if my grandmother beats or kills me.”

May the old lady who was going to reprimand Xiao Jinxuan and ask her to take the blame for Xiao Jinke, but the other party asked her to apologize, instead she can't say a word of reproach.

The other party's words have already reached this point, if she still punishes Xiao Jinxuan and spreads the news afterwards, she will definitely be said to be more concerned about the concubine than the concubine, and she will be portrayed as a cruel grandmother.

Moreover, I heard that the youngest son still dotes on this concubine daughter very much, and because of Xiao Jinxuan, their mother and son will have a grudge, so the loss outweighs the gain.

The old lady who wanted to understand everything immediately glared at Xiao Jinke with a serious expression.

Someone must be responsible for today's matter. Since Xiao Jinxuan can't punish her now, she can only make rules with this third granddaughter.

"Jinke, you acted recklessly, beat your sisters at will, and now you smashed the Guanyin statue bestowed by the emperor. If grandma doesn't punish you, there are no rules in this handsome mansion."

After finishing speaking, the old lady paused for a while, and then continued: "I will punish you for seven days, and copy the women's rules a hundred times. I will give you some pain and let you grow your memory."

Xiao Jinxuan, who was frowning because of the pain in her palm, couldn't help sneering when she heard the old lady's so-called punishment.

If she and Xiao Jinke switched positions today, and it was she who hurt people first and then shattered the White Jade Avalokitesvara, she would probably have to be sent to the family temple.

Looking at Xiao Jinke, who is only copying books with her feet restrained, she is indeed second only to Xiao Jinyu, the granddaughter who is most loved by the old lady. Even if she made a big mistake, this grandmother still can't bear to punish her severely.

But Xiao Jinxuan was very curious, if Xiao Jinyu and Xiao Jinke collided, would this eccentric grandmother let Xiao Jinke go so easily? She was really curious.

Then I saw Xiao Jinxuan, who stood up and suddenly exclaimed "Ah!", as if she just remembered something important, her face was full of anxiety.

"Grandmother, Jinxuan was so timid that she forgot about an important event because of this scare. Sister Jinyu is still locked up in the Small Buddha Hall."

The old lady was puzzled when she heard the words, she subconsciously glanced at the small Buddhist hall, only to find that there was thick smoke on the temple roof over there, she immediately asked in a fright.

"Why is there smoke in Xiao Jinxuan's small Buddhist hall? What's going on? Where is Yu'er?"

It was because Xiao Jinke made too much noise just now, and the shattering of the Avalokitesvara statue attracted everyone's attention. Otherwise, the vision of the small Buddhist hall on the other side across the garden should have been discovered long ago.

Xiao Jinxuan smiled secretly, only now did she realize that something was wrong there, but it is estimated that Xiao Jinyu should have suffered a lot this time.

Then I saw her whispering: "Grandmother, the third sister lit a fire in the small Buddha hall just now. She was going to burn me to death, but the first sister was also resting in the side room. I wanted to call her to run away together, but the third sister My sister locked the door, so now I reckon my sister is still in the small Buddhist hall."

The old lady only felt that her eyes were turning black, and the stimulation she received this day was more than the stimulation she received in a year.

At this moment, a young man who followed Zhao Shi suddenly jumped out to support the old lady, and comforted the old lady repeatedly:
"Grandmother, don't worry. Yi Jun is here. I'm going to rescue Cousin Jinyu right now. Just relax."

This young man is Xiao Yijun, the youngest son of the Zhao family, and now he is training in the Beijing military camp.

After appeasing the old lady, Xiao Yijun rushed to the small Buddha hall, and was stopped by Xiao Jinxuan who was beside him after only two steps.

"Cousin, wait for me. Jinxuan is familiar with the place. If something happens to my sister-in-law, I will feel really uneasy, so I would like to go with my cousin."

No one expected that Xiao Jinxuan would say these words, even the old lady who hated her was moved when she heard these words.

You must know that this trip is taking a great risk, and it is too late for others to hide, but Xiao Jinxuan still volunteers.

For a while, everyone felt that this fourth young lady was really a person of great affection, and she also loved Xiao Jinyu, the first sister, very much, and this kind of courage was even more rare.

And only Xiao Jinxuan knew why she did this. There were actually three reasons.

This is the first time she went there for the sake of fame. After all, she just came to the commander's mansion. If she wants to get a foothold quickly, she must do something that everyone in the mansion knows. Now is a very good opportunity. .

And the second point, she had to go because of Xiao Yijun.Because according to the memory of the previous life, this second elder brother was enthusiastic, but impulsive and reckless in doing things.

Xiao Jinxuan was really afraid that the other party would go, and that no one could save him, and he would be stuck in it.

After all, this second elder brother was the only one who really wanted to see her in the handsome mansion in his previous life, he would not look down on her background, and he loved her like a younger sister.

As long as the other party returns to the mansion, she will definitely get her share of whatever she brings to her sisters. Except for Xiao Yijun who treats her equally, no one has ever treated her like this.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan was grateful for this second cousin, and naturally she was worried that the other party would take risks, so she must follow.

And this last point is that she also wants to see with her own eyes, after being reborn, how the fire she gave to Xiao Jinyu will be treated by the other party.

The hatred that has accumulated for a long time can now be regarded as a little interest, but Xiao Jinyu still owes her a lot, the hatred of killing her son, the hatred of taking her husband, sooner or later she will slowly ask the other party to pay back one by one!

(End of this chapter)