Aunt Qin jumped out in a hurry, which immediately made Lu Xinran's eyes light up.
【It’s done】
Everyone heard these two words. Mrs. Pei tried her best to suppress the smile on her lips and turned her head to look at Aunt Qin.
The majestic eyes swept over her like an oppressive force, and cold sweat broke out on Nanny Qin's back. She didn't expect that she had just been so impatient that she actually reprimanded Lu Xinran in front of the old lady.
"You can also reprimand the girls in my Shangshu Mansion at will?"
Aunt Qin shrank her neck and smiled with a smile on her face.
"Old madam, please calm down. This slave was in a hurry and said the wrong thing."
I just said the wrong thing, but I didn't realize that there was anything wrong with being disrespectful to the girl in the house.
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Pei believed Lu Xinran's words in her heart.
A servant dared to jump out and accuse her in front of everyone. She had no idea how many stares and grievances she had suffered in this house.
"Qiaozhen, Zhang Zui."
"yes."
When the old lady next to Pei heard this, she immediately stepped forward and had someone hold her while she was slapped ten times.
"Is this the nanny next to you? How do you restrain her from being so disrespectful to the master?"
Ms. Pei had a straight face and glanced at Mr. Zhao with sharp eyes.
At this time, Zhao's mind was filled with the affair between Fang Suxin and Nanny Qin. In the chaos, she felt Pei's sharp gaze, and she hurriedly got up and looked at Pei.
"It's my daughter-in-law who is lax in her duties, please mother to punish her."
Nanny Qin was slapped ten times in a row, and her eyes looking at Lu Xinran seemed to be quenched with poison.
Lu Xinran stared back. Although she was too lazy to fight for her position in the palace, she was not afraid of even a servant.
She hummed in her heart and turned over Nanny Qin's melon again.
[She just entered Zhao's warehouse in the morning, stole a pair of gold and jade bracelets and hid them in her arms, planning to sell them when she left the house. Hey, they are all regular customers of the pawn shop. 】
[Hmm, how can we make this stupid biological mother realize that the private treasury has become the Qin family’s favorite place? 】
Everyone: "..."
Although the word stupid was vivid, she repeatedly mentioned how they would face Zhao in the future.
Mr. Pei coughed lightly, "Qiaozhen?"
Nanny Xu turned around and saw that the eyes of the master and servant touched each other. She immediately understood the master's intention of calling her.
Someone was called to hold Nanny Qin, and she immediately went forward to search her body.
As soon as her skinny hands touched Nanny Qin's body, Nanny Qin's face, which had just been glaring at Lu Xinran hatefully, suddenly changed.
She kept twisting her body back, "Old, old madam, I know I was wrong and I will never dare to be disrespectful to my master again. Please, please forgive me this time."
"It's settled!"
The more she resists, the more it means there is something wrong in her heart.
Aunt Xu roared, and her hand moved a little faster, and within a moment she took out a pair of gold and jade bracelets.
"Old lady."
She held up the bracelet and walked quickly towards Pei, who raised her hand to gesture in Zhao's direction.
"See if this is yours?"
When Zhao saw the pair of bracelets, she realized that what they just heard was true.
This pair of bracelets were her dowry. She wore them for a few days when she was young. Later, she acquired other jewelry. Those from back then were put into the warehouse and rarely touched.
She took the bracelet from Nanny Xu, turned around and saw Nanny Qin's evasive eyes, raised her hand and slapped her.
"We have been masters and servants for many years, and I think I have treated you well. You are just stealing, but you are rebelling..."
Before Zhao could finish her words, her vision went dark, and she just thought it was because she was so angry.
"Take him down!" She calmed down and stared at Nanny Qin like she was eating people: "Mother, my daughter-in-law thought that there must be something inside about the exchange of Xinran and Xinlan back then, and she might be inseparable from this old traitor. Let’s get involved!”
[It has to do with her. I am finally smart for once and not stupid anymore. 】
Everyone: "..."
Mrs. Pei glanced at Lu Xinran, who was focused on watermelons and watching the excitement, and rubbed the center of his brow again due to a headache.
"I will ask someone to investigate this matter. When you go back later, we will also ask someone to count the items that have been stolen over the years. Xin Lan, help your mother."
Zhao, who is so careless, may not have turned a corner yet.
Lu Xinlan responded and turned to look at Lu Xinran, only to see that she had lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking about.
What just happened in the house was unexpected and weird.
Except for Pei and Zhao who heard their voices, no one else knew what happened. They just stared at each other with confusion in their eyes.
Mrs. Pei picked up the tea bowl and took a sip before asking kindly.
"Girl Xinran, are there any servants in your courtyard who can take advantage of me? Why don't you ask Ya Xing to send more servants to the house tomorrow, and you can choose a few who are close to your eyes and keep them."
"No," Lu Xinran regained consciousness and replied subconsciously, and then realized what she was rejecting: "My granddaughter is still suitable for all the servants in the courtyard. After all, they are all old people in the mansion. They know a lot of things and rules. My granddaughter will not know what to do if something happens to her." I’m out of ideas.”
After she finished eating the life-saving melons in the capital, allowing herself to live to the age of forty, she would leave the capital and go to the south to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters.
[When the time comes, I will buy a boy and keep him by my side, and then treat myself as a widow to the outside world, and my life will be more comfortable. 】
Mrs. Pei could no longer express her concern. Why was this girl's mind jumping so fast? She wasn't talking about the servants in the courtyard. Why was she about to... become a widow?
Pei felt that there were more changes and surprises this morning than in the past few years.
She waved her hand: "Then let's do this for now. If anything doesn't satisfy you in the future, just come and find grandma."
Lu Xinran smiled and nodded without understanding. Mrs. Pei wanted to support her, so she had no reason to refuse.
Although she didn't bother to snatch the heroine's status and favor, she might have a better life in the house, so why should she wrong herself.
Pei was already tired and waved his hand to indicate that everyone could leave.
Mrs. Zhao was thinking about Nanny Qin and her warehouse, so she was the first to get up and strode out.
Lu Xinlan hurriedly chased after him, only saying a hasty sentence when passing by Lu Xinran.
"Sister, I'll go look for you later."
Lu Xinran sighed and followed everyone out of Pei's yard.
[There are still letters written by Fang Suxin to her over the years in Aunt Qin’s room. She wanted to use them to save her life. I don’t know if the stupid Mrs. Zhao will let people look through them. The things are in the secret compartment under the bed. , Zhao is so stupid, I probably didn’t expect it. 】
Zhao and Lu Xinlan, who were walking in front of her, heard intermittently. Zhao stopped angrily and wanted to turn around to scold her, but found that as Lu Xinran came closer, her inner voice could be heard more and more clearly.
Lu Xinran passed by the two of them and looked at them strangely, then looked away and continued walking forward.
Lu Xinlan watched her steps, one step, two steps, until she was ten steps away. It was difficult for her to hear Lu Xinran's inner voice.
