Chapter 97
The room suddenly fell into silence, but it didn't last long. It was just a cup of tea when I heard the noisy voice outside. Lu Mingmei couldn't help stretching her neck to look, only to see the bright torches outside and Du The figure of mother bringing in a bag of things.

"Ma'am, the old slave has already searched."

Mother Du presented the package in her hand respectfully, Shen Bixiang ordered someone to open it, and inside was a pile of white taels, about one or two hundred taels.There were still a few sheets of paper under the silver tael, Shen Bixiang took it out to look at it and sneered: "I don't know, it's just a purchase, how can I be greedy for so much silver!"

"Madam, please forgive me, please forgive me!" Mama Sun kowtowed when she saw this.If it was possible to deny it just now, it would be a bit too stupid to deny it now.

This afternoon, when Mother Sun and Sun Qionghe came back from outside, Shen Bixiang called them over.Unprepared, he asked how things in these Tianfu had deteriorated.Mother Sun naturally has a way to deal with it. Looking at the cotton padded jacket that Yu'er took out, she exclaimed that she didn't know, but when she talked about the sour oranges, she said that she was cheated by unscrupulous profiteers.

"Cheated?" Shen Bixiang sneered, pointing at the tangerines on the table and said, "Mother Sun, you haven't been with me for long, maybe you don't know my temper?"

"Ma'am, I am wronged. Even if the old slave is wrong, he is still being deceived. It is not as serious as what Madam said about being greedy for Mr. Mo's money." Mother Sun sneered at Shen Bixiang, knelt down and cried with snot and tears I got up, "Ma'am, I'm an old man in the house. I used to serve Madam when Madam was here. Later Madam passed away, so I was free. When you came, Mama Du saw that my hands and feet were neat and then sent Serve in front of Madam. This old slave is innocent, but after staying in the mansion for a long time, it is inevitable that he does not know what is going on outside the window, why does Madam say such things about this old slave!"

"Huh? Being deceived? Mama Sun, I don't say anything to you, just kneel down and wait for Mama Du to come back, let's have a good talk." Shen Bixiang had asked Mama Du to search in various yards, and it was the first time she came back. At that time, I brought all the stewards back and talked about the problems with the things I bought recently.As for Sun's mother, Shen Bixiang didn't want to hear her crying there, so Yu'er gagged her and tied her up in the corner.

When Mama Du went out for the second time, everyone knew what Mama Du had done without asking.

Now, this is the second time Mama Du came back, and she really brought stolen goods.

"Forgive me?" Shen Bixiang sneered, looked at Mama Sun on the ground and asked, "Aren't you deceived by those profiteers, why did you ask me to spare your life?"

"Madam, Madam, I..." Mother Sun took a peek at Sun Qionghe, saw her sitting there with a dark face, hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether she should speak out.When she was hesitating, Shen Bixiang said, "Since Mama Sun doesn't want to talk about it, Mama Du can tell."

Mama Du took the order and asked some old men to come up and bowed to the hall, "You are all old shopkeepers who have cooperated with our Weiyuan Marquis Mansion many times. Let our wife let the past go, if you want to hide it for the mice in our house, then please shopkeepers find new customers next year."

When all the stewards heard this, they nodded quickly. The shopkeeper of Changping Cloth Village said first, and glanced at Mama Sun on the ground. Well, this Mama Sun has indeed been to our cloth village. Weiyuan Hou Mansion is our regular customer, so naturally I dare not pretend to be a fool, but a few days ago, this Mama Sun from the mansion came over and said that Madam was nothing more than a servant You don’t need to take too much trouble, you just need to look good. So, the little one tampered with the cotton inside the cotton padded jacket according to Mama Sun’s instructions! Ma’am, the little one can use my Changping cloth shop for a hundred years We swear by the signboard, we really don’t mean to use it for our own good.”

"Oh, is that so? Then there will definitely be a balance of the silver taels we paid in advance. What about the remaining silver taels?" Shen Bixiang looked coldly at the shopkeeper Cui of Changping Buzhuang, "If you tell a lie, I will definitely not forgive you!"

"If the little one lied about one sentence, you can send someone to pick up the signboard of my Changping Cloth Shop!" Cui shopkeeper bowed his head, and said in a neither humble nor overbearing way, "Let the little one in the store send someone to pay for the remaining silver. I sent it over, and what I got back was a note with Mama Sun's handprint, here is the note, Madam please take a look at it."

Shopkeeper Cui took out the note from his bosom, and passed it to Mama Du, who took it and handed it to Shen Bixiang.

Taking it over and taking a look, Shen Bixiang smiled instead of anger, "Mother Sun, with five hundred coins deducted from one person, and hundreds of people in the mansion, you can steal dozens of taels!"

Shen Bixiang asked the shopkeepers of several shops, and the shopkeepers all told the same story, and also took out corresponding notes.

Things are pretty much clear here.Mama Sun went to buy good things first, and then asked the store to give back a list that had been printed in the store, but she turned around and ran to the store, saying that it doesn't need to be so good, just replace it with ordinary goods, Then the store sent the price difference over, and she secretly accepted it, so as to fill her own pocket.

"Ma'am, it's all because of the old slave's infatuation. I was bewitched by others. The old slave..." Mama Sun was determined. It wasn't her fault in the first place. , maybe he can avoid the death penalty.

In the big family, the slaves were greedy for money and silver, and at the slightest they were sold, and at worst they were beaten to death. The silver taels found in her room were enough to be beaten to death many times.However, before Mother Sun could say who did it, Sun Qionghe spoke up.

"Ma'am, this Mama Sun is too hateful, why not drag her out and beat her to death so you don't have to worry about it."

Mother Sun looked at Sun Qionghe dumbfounded, unable to say a word.Just now she was thinking whether to save her some face, but in the end, she was so preemptive!
Asking the shopkeepers to leave notes and go back first, Shen Bixiang listened to Sun Qionghe's words and looked at Mama Sun expressionlessly on the ground, "Mama Sun, it's not a loss to kill you."

"Ma'am! Let me tell you!" Mama Sun is going all out this time, and nothing really comes down to her own life. If Sun Qionghe is unkind, don't blame her Mama Sun for being unrighteous.

"It was Aunt Sun's idea. When Madam ordered the old servant to go shopping with Aunt Sun, Aunt Sun approached me in private and said that if the two of us could do some tricks together, there would be endless money. The old slave was infatuated for a while, and he actually listened to Aunt Sun's words, Madam, please spare the old slave's life for the sake of the old slave who has been in the mansion for many years."

Lu Hengtao was also in the hall. Hearing what Sun's mother said, he frowned and wanted to refute this tricky slave, but Lu Mingmei was one step ahead of him, and stood up before he could speak, and kicked Sun. The mother scolded on her shoulder: "You scumbag, you turned black and white, and dared to pour dirty water on my mother!"

Mother Sun was kicked by Lu Mingmei and fell to the ground. She looked at the evil star with a pale face and quickly hid back, "Second Miss, Second Miss, this old slave did not frame her, and this old slave is telling the truth!"

Seeing that Mama Sun was still slandering Sun Qionghe, Lu Mingmei became even angrier. She reached out and grabbed Mama Sun's hair and grabbed her. It was the second young lady, she didn't dare to fight back, so she had to go to her side with all her strength.Unexpectedly, as soon as the eyes were dark, Lu Mingmei kicked and beat her chest and abdomen continuously.

"I let you splash my mother's dirty water, I let you splash my mother's dirty water!"

"Mother Du!"

Shen Bixiang couldn't bear it anymore, it was the first time she saw her as the mistress of the house beating someone like this, her face was livid with anger, and she quickly asked Madam Du to pull her away.Mama Du and a few wives pulled Lu Mingmei aside, but Lu Mingmei was still cursing dirtyly, "You old bastards, please let me go! "

Mama Du asked Mama Cheng and the other wives to hold Lu Mingmei down, stood behind Shen Bixiang and asked, "Ma'am, the second miss is so noisy, is it..."

"Come on, shut up the second lady first!" Shen Bixiang said, and the women said sorry, and Cheng's mother took the cloth towel that she didn't know where she came from, and went to Lu Mingmei. stuffed in his mouth.

When the matter got to this point, Lu Hengtao couldn't sit still, "Ma'am, there is some misunderstanding in this that hasn't been investigated clearly. I come from a concubine's house, and I am not a person with shallow eyesight. Why did I fall in love with such a little money?" ?”

"The facts are in front of you, but Lu Shilang thinks that I am unfair?" Shen Bixiang was annoyed by the noise, and glanced at Lu Hengtao, looking very angry.

"Auntie, don't be angry. I think my aunt also said something. If you only listen to one side of the story, I'm afraid it will be biased."

Chu Lingyue finally spoke, but as soon as she spoke, Lu Hengtao scolded her.

"Shut up! Today's matter cannot do without your handwriting!"

Ever since what happened last time, Lu Hengtao had been displeased with Chu Lingyue for a while, thinking that she was turning her elbows outward. Even if Chu Lingyue said so now, he didn't think that Chu Lingyue really wanted to give Sun Qionghe a step. Instead of trying to help her.

"Why did the father think it was the daughter's fault!" Chu Lingyue looked at Lu Hengtao coldly, his heart skipped a beat when he saw that Chu Lingyue already had a backer, and he couldn't just bully him.

"My lord, shut up your kid!" It took Lu Hengtao a while to find such a sentence, and Chu Lingyue just smiled when he heard it.

"Oh, I didn't know that I was a child in the eyes of my father, but my sister was already an adult. I couldn't even say a word, but my sister could beat and scold servants at will here."

Mama Sun was lying on the ground breathing in but not breathing out. She was kicked so hard by Lu Mingmei just now. She couldn't take it anymore as she was getting older, and she was lying on the ground and fainted for a long time.

(End of this chapter)

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