In just one breath, Chun Tang's face was covered with tears.
She wanted to reach out to grab the hem of Promise's skirt, but she stretched it out halfway and then retracted it, with a sad expression on her face.
When something like this happened today, not only did she become the laughing stock of others before and after tea, but it also hurt the lady and tarnished her reputation. Someone as innocent as she should no longer stay with the lady. .
Xu Nuo didn't look at her, but shouted sharply to the empty yard: "July!"
The door to the east wing slowly opened, Qi Qiyue stretched out her head, and then walked out quickly. She lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Xu Nuo.
Xunuo looked up at Qiyue, his eyes were cold and indifferent, without a trace of warmth, more chilling than the cold wind in winter.
"Kneel down!"
The voice was not loud, but it was full of determination.
Leaving these two words behind, he turned around and left.
Qi Qi held back her tears and knelt beside Chun Tang.
The two of them knelt in the cold winter until the sky turned completely dark.
The wind is getting colder and colder, blowing on my face like a knife.
"Qiyue, it's me who has caused trouble for you." Chun Tang's lips were cracked, her whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and she might fall down at any time.
Qiyue shook her head, tears that had been held in her eyes fell down, and she said with trembling lips: "Sister Chuntang, it's all my fault. My wife didn't let me tell you, but I couldn't hold it back, causing you to be scolded and... …”
Qi Qi felt extremely guilty and afraid.
She understood the seriousness of the matter. Originally, only a few people knew about Chun Tang and Juro Jun of the Qian family. If the two stopped seeing each other, they could just pretend that nothing had happened and let the matter go away.
Now there is a commotion in the Duke's Mansion, and everyone knows that Chuntang's reputation and even innocence have been ruined with today's events.
It’s all her fault, it’s all her talkativeness!
The longer she knelt, the clearer she thought in Qiyue, the more she understood why Xu Nuo was angry, and the angrier she became at herself for telling Chuntang Qian Zhao's true identity.
Chuntang felt equally guilty. Knowing that she was still thinking about Alai in Qiyue, she told her that Alai was the husband of the Qian family, which made her understand the unbridgeable gap between the two and made her stop thinking about him. She should have just stopped thinking about it, but she had to confront him face to face, which led to the situation like this.
On the other side, Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu were unraveling their promises.
"Liu Niang, in such a cold weather, they are both growing up. If it continues like this, they may get frozen." It was the first time that Mrs. Lu saw her daughter getting so angry, and she was very worried.
Xu Nuo shook his head and said, "If you do something wrong, you should be punished. Mom, let's have dinner."
Lu Erniang smiled and glared at Xu Nuo, and said, "How dare you talk back to Mrs. Liu today. No one will dare to offend you in the future. I wonder if any husbands have the guts to come to propose marriage."
"Aunt Twenty-One, I'm still young, so I don't worry about my own marriage. The key is Chuntang. With all the trouble today, how can she get married? I originally wanted to find a successor for her, but she's like this..." Xu Nuo She knew that Aunt Twenty-One wanted to tease her in this way, but when she thought of what happened during the day, she was so angry that she couldn't speak.
"Liu Niang, let me be fair. Chuntang's reputation is now flawed. You'd better find an honest man to marry her off as soon as possible, so as not to affect the outside world's perception of you. I know you two have feelings, but you can't do it for Chuntang sacrifice yourself."
Although Lu Eryi Niang likes Chun Tang very much, she cares more about Xu Nuo. In this case, all her thoughts are to preserve Xu Xu.
Xu Nuo raised her lips, made a smile, and said, "Aunt Twenty-one, I know everything you said, let's have dinner first." There was a trace of helplessness hidden in the seemingly calm face.
Seeing that Xu Nuo refused to talk about the matter, Mrs. Lu looked at each other and asked Nanny Li to serve the meal.
After dinner, I promised to return to Mingjin Pavilion.
As soon as they entered the courtyard gate, they saw two thin figures.
Today was the first time she punished them so severely.
She had been thinking about this all afternoon, trying to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, but now that she was back, she hadn't figured it out yet.
She lifted her feet and walked forward. Every step was extremely heavy, as if there was an iron block weighing a thousand gold tied to her ankle.
Walking to the two of them, Xu Nuo whispered: "Get up and wait for me to rest."
Qi Qi raised her head suddenly, looked at Xu Nuo with wide eyes and was surprised, and choked up: "Madam, I know I was wrong."
Chuntang stood up silently. He knelt on his knees for too long and stumbled before he stood upright. He took the lantern from the hand of the maid who had escorted Xu back to Mingjin Pavilion.
Through the light, she looked at Xu Nuo. She couldn't see Xu Nuo's expression clearly, but she could feel the strong disappointment.
Chuntang's heart suddenly twitched. She thought her wife had forgiven her, but she didn't expect...
She knew that the best way for the lady now was to send her away as soon as possible. It was already a great favor to let her serve and keep her, but now she was risking her reputation by keeping her.
When Chun Tang was dazed, his arm was pulled by someone, and he saw that Xu Nuo was approaching the door, and Qi Qi was running to open the door.
She took a deep breath and followed.
The next day, Lu Jiuniang came to Xu Mansion early in the morning.
When she entered the room, Xu Nuo was still washing, and it was Chun Tang who was waiting on her.
"Liu Niang, where are the other maids in your house? How do you ask her to serve you?" Lu Jiuniang said, opening the door curtain and looking to see if there were other maids in the courtyard.
Xu Nuo wiped his face and said, "It doesn't matter, why are you here."
"If something like this happens and you don't think clearly, why don't I just come over and give you some advice?" Lu Jiuniang was born in the Lu family and knows how to deal with these matters best. Last night, she got the news from Aunt Twenty-one, and this morning He rushed over.
"Sister Jiu, I can handle this matter myself." Xu Nuo understood Lu Jiuniang's good intentions, but Chun Tang was her own maid after all.
Chuntang was about to comb Xunuo's hair, but Lu Jiuniang said, "You go out first, and I'll help Liu Niang."
Chuntang handed the comb to Lu Jiuniang, bowed and left. After going out, he bit his lip to hold back tears. After standing by the wall for a while, he went to prepare breakfast for Xu Nuo.
Lu Jiuniang pulled Xunuo to the mirror and said while combing her hair: "I know that Chuntang is very important to you, and you are reluctant to kick her out or find someone to marry her off, but are you at ease with me? How about you? Let her stay at my house for a few days first, and I just want to ask her some questions about female workers."
"Sister Ninth, do you think that I punished them by kneeling in the courtyard for three hours, which was a bit harsh?" Xu Nuo looked at herself in the mirror, looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar face, and closed her eyes helplessly.
Chuntang's treatment of her can be described as meticulous and loyal.
When faced with an uneducated woman who came back from outside, no one else was willing to serve her. Only Chun Tang gave up the opportunity to serve her mother and instead came to Mingjin Pavilion to serve her wholeheartedly.
Without Chun Tang’s help, Xu Liu Niang would not have been able to survive until February last year.
After she became Xu Liu Niang, she relied on Chun Tang to stand upright at various banquets.
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I want to say Merry Christmas to everyone in advance. I’m going shopping tomorrow. (To be continued.) m.
