"What happened? Why did the ancestral hall leak?"
Hearing that there was a fire in the ancestral hall, Ling Mao hurried over with his sons and saw the wife and several daughters-in-law standing aside, questioning with a dark face.
However, no one answered his words.
Seeing the fire getting bigger and bigger, knowing that the fire could no longer be extinguished, Ling Mao's heart became more and more angry, "Who set the ancestral hall on fire?"
Although Ling Mao had been dismissed from his official position by the emperor, he had been in a high position for many years, and his aura was still as strong as before.
Ling Chu raised her eyes and glanced at her grandfather lightly. She was not frightened by his aura, but she didn't want to open her mouth and bear the anger.
But the second lady Xu was frightened by this momentum, and blurted out, "The ancestral hall was burned down by fire from heaven."
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, the Second Madam was instantly annoyed that she had accidentally spoken out what she was muttering in her heart.
But then she was stunned. How did her voice recover?
However, before it was too late, Ling Mao shouted angrily at him, "What did you say?"
Facing her father-in-law's cannibalistic gaze, the second lady trembled in her heart. She subconsciously reached out and pointed at Ling Chu, "It's the eldest girl. It was the eldest girl who caused the thunder and fire."
The second master, Ling Yao, was shocked when he heard his wife's words. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the dark faces of his father and elder brother, and couldn't help but shout angrily, "Ms. Yang, what are you talking about!"
Ling Yao knew that his wife, like everyone else in the family, was not happy with his niece, but he did not expect that his wife could say such ridiculous things.
The niece just has a bad destiny and is not a god with great supernatural powers, so how could she attract thunder and fire to burn down the ancestral hall.
Perhaps seeing her husband and children coming, the second lady felt confident, and stimulated by the sarcastic smile on Ling Chu's face, the second lady's courage returned.
"I'm not talking nonsense. It was the madam who called the eldest girl to the ancestral hall and asked her to burn incense to worship her ancestors. But the eldest girl lit three sticks of incense, and as soon as they were lit, they suddenly disappeared without saying anything, and The incense was cut off in the middle.
The madam asked the eldest girl to kneel down and kowtow to her ancestors. Unexpectedly, as soon as the eldest girl knelt down on the futon, not only did all the spiritual tablets on the altar table fall over, but there was also a sudden thunder in the sky.
The second time Mrs. Tai asked the eldest girl to kneel down, the ancestral hall was struck by thunder. If the eldest girl had not done something outrageous, the ancestors of the Ling family would not have refused her incense, and the ancestral hall would not have been burned down by thunder and fire. "
Ling Chu listened silently and did not speak to stop the second lady.
Because this matter cannot be hidden at all, and there is no need to hide it.
Ling Chu waited for the second lady to explain everything clearly, and then quietly used a gag spell on her.
The second lady didn't know that she couldn't speak again. She finished telling what happened, and all she could think of was gloating.
This damn girl will have to shed a layer of skin even if she doesn't die this time.
If she hadn't helped Jin Yiwei to copy out the corrupt money, my father-in-law would not have been fired from his official position by the emperor. Now that the ancestral hall has been burned down again, I don't believe that this disaster star can still be safe.
After hearing what the second lady said, Ling Mao frowned and asked the lady beside him, "Is what Yang said true?"
The madam didn't speak, she just nodded silently.
Originally, she saw that Ling Chu had contradicted her many times, and without her consent, she proposed to break off the engagement in front of Grandma Wang. The wife felt that she was really disrespectful, so she called her to the ancestral hall.
The purpose was to teach her a lesson in front of the spiritual tablets of her ancestors, and then make her kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect, as a punishment.
Who knew it would lead to such an unreasonable disaster.
Although Mrs. Tai did not say that Ling Chu caused the thunder and fire, she could not help but feel suspicious at this time. If she had not called Ling Chu to the ancestral hall, wouldn't there have been a fire?
Ling Mao looked at Ling Chu with complicated eyes, "Sister Chu, what do you have to say?"
Ling Mao really didn't like this granddaughter.
He thought that the money was hidden well enough that even the Jin Yiwei couldn't find it.
Unexpectedly, he was slapped hard by this granddaughter who had just returned to Beijing.
Because of that money, he was demoted to a commoner by the emperor and treated as an outcast there.
His career was ruined in this way.
It is naturally impossible to say that there is no resentment in my heart.
Ling Chu had not grown up in the mansion since she was a child. Although Ling Zong didn't have much affection for her, he saw that the second wife blamed her for the fire in the ancestral hall, and his wife was silent about it.
Ling Zong couldn't help but frown, "Father, what did you ask Chu Jie'er to say? What my siblings said is just nonsense. Even though Chu Jie'er has a bad fate, she has never done anything wrong. .
It was just a coincidence that the ancestral hall was burned down by thunder and fire. How could we blame Chu Jie'er for this? "
Ling Chu was surprised. She really didn't expect that her cheap father would speak out to defend her.
Ling Mao was unmoved and scolded in a cold voice, "You still have rules in your eyes? My father didn't ask you anything. Just stand aside."
Ling Zong frowned, as he couldn't contradict his father in public anymore, so he had to secretly wink at Dong, gesturing for her to speak for Ling Chu.
However, Mrs. Dong turned a blind eye to his hint, holding the handkerchief in her hands and lowering her eyes in silence.
Ling Chu saw this in his eyes and felt no disturbance in his heart. He raised his head and looked directly at Ling Mao, "Father is right, what the second aunt said is just nonsense.
If the ancestral hall was struck by thunder because the ancestors of the Ling family were dissatisfied, thus leading to punishment from heaven, and the second aunt became mute, was it also a punishment from the ancestors of the Ling family for her bad words and deeds? "
The expression of gloating on the second lady's face froze, and she subconsciously wanted to retort.
But what frightened her was that she couldn't speak again.
Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they saw the second lady opening and closing her mouth for a long time without making any sound.
Brother and sister Ling Luo and Ling walked quickly to the second lady, pulled her sleeves and shouted, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing their anxious faces, the second lady subconsciously wanted to speak to comfort them, but she couldn't make a sound at all.
At this moment, everyone present changed their expressions.
Ling Mao was so angry that his vision went dark, and he no longer bothered to question Ling Chu, "Everyone should keep their mouths shut about what happened today. If anyone dares to leak even a single word, get out of the Ling family."
As soon as the Ling Mansion fell, the ancestral hall was destroyed by thunder and fire, and the daughter-in-law became mute. If even the slightest bit of news about this matter spreads, the Ling family will really have no foothold in the capital.
Ling Mao threw up his sleeves and walked away. The wife could only look down and ordered her three sons to clean up the ruins of the ancestral hall by herself, and then hire craftsmen to rebuild the ancestral hall.
The second lady covered her neck with her hands and stared at Ling Chu with a look of resentment. She didn't expect that this disaster star would escape the disaster, and she would become mute.
Where is the ticket? Come to the bowl!
Will there be ten monthly passes today?
If not, I'll ask again later.
