Although Shen Tianshu felt some pain in his upper abdomen, fatigue and sleepiness covered up many of his feelings. He did not expect it to be so serious.
"I accidentally knocked it last night. Just find a bottle of medicated oil and rub it for me..."
As soon as Shen Tianshu lay on the bed, he immediately fell asleep.
Mingyu looked at Shen Tianshu's tired sleeping face with distress, and said to Minghui: "You stay here and take care of her. I'll go next door to find a bottle of medicated oil."
The two people immediately divided their work and got busy. They had no idea that the main room of Shen's mansion was already in trouble.
When it was time to say goodbye in the morning, Mrs. Xu came out of the inner room and found that only Ping Niang and Shen Yunhui were waiting in the main room to say hello.
"Why isn't the eldest lady here today?" Mrs. Xu asked with a frown, "Send someone to go and see what's going on."
Hanqiao hurriedly sent the little maid away, and not long after, the little maid came back and said, "In reply to Madam, the people in Shuangtangyuan said that the eldest daughter left by car early in the morning."
"Going out? Where did you go?" Mrs. Xu raised her eyebrows in surprise.
If the girl at home wants to go out, she must get back to her and get her permission.
Shen Tianshu is so brave now that he went out early in the morning without saying a word?
"My servant asked, but everyone in Shuangtang Courtyard said they didn't know."
Hearing this, Shen Yunhui looked up worriedly at Ping Niang, who was standing behind Mrs. Xu.
Ping Niang winked at her, signaling her not to come forward rashly.
"What a nonsense! It's hard for a girl to stay at home and run out every once in a while." Mrs. Xu said angrily, "Usually when I go out, I still know how to come and tell me, but now it's better, I'm getting more and more ideas, and all of a sudden... Going out so early in the morning without even knowing where you are going is going to turn the world upside down!"
The more Xu thought about it, the harder it was to swallow her breath.
In fact, she didn't pay much attention to the rules of dawn and dusk in the past, because at that time, Shen Zhonglei had a good relationship with her husband and wife, and their children were also around.
But now, my son is studying abroad and only comes back once every two months.
The daughter was sent back to her hometown by Shen Zhonglei.
Her relationship with Shen Zhonglei has dropped to a freezing point, and they haven't seen each other for some days.
She had even had to hand over her housekeeping rights because of illness.
Therefore, since she regained the power of housekeeping this time, Mrs. Xu has paid more and more attention to the matter of greeting her in the morning and evening. No matter whether it is windy or rainy, it cannot fall down in one day.
It seemed that only in this way could she feel that she was still the unshakable matron of the house.
So now she found out that Shen Tianshu had challenged her authority on this matter, which made her furious.
"Come here, bring everyone from Shuangtangyuan here. I want to ask if it's the eldest girl who did something inappropriate, or whether the servants like them are also cheating!"
Soon, Nanny Yang, Mingxiu, Mi'er and Rui'er were all brought to the main hall.
Mrs. Xu sat on top, glanced at the four people, and asked, "Who knows where the eldest girl has gone?"
Aunt Yang was the first to speak: "In reply to Madam, the old slave really didn't know that Minghui was on duty in the room last night. When the old slave got up in the morning and went to the room to prepare to serve the girl, he realized that the girl had already brought her with her People have gone out.
"But the girl always respects the madam, and she never dares to delay her daily routine. There must be something urgent this time, otherwise the girl would not be able to leave in such a hurry, without even having time to leave a message. Madam, it is better to wait for the girl to come back before asking Just ask."
Mingxiu was mainly responsible for the female celebrities in the room, and rarely followed Shen Tianshu around. It was normal for him not to know.
Mi'er and Rui'er were just little maids. They usually did errands like setting up curtains at the door and running errands to deliver messages. They didn't even go into the back room, and they didn't know anything about it.
Mrs. Xu could tell that none of the following people were lying, but it made her so angry that she had nowhere to vent.
So she said solemnly: "You are all in the girl's room, especially Grandma Yang. You usually don't know how to persuade girls to learn well. Now a living person has disappeared and you still don't know where he is. Do you know your mistake?"
Although Aunt Yang didn't want to see Mrs. Xu, she was the mistress of the house after all. In line with the principle of not suffering any immediate losses, she admitted her mistake very graciously and said: "It was the old slave who made an oversight. I will definitely try to persuade the girl in the future. I hope Madam can forgive me." crime."
Naturally, Mingxiu and the two little maids only followed Nanny Yang's lead, and they all followed suit and admitted their mistake.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu did not follow common sense and said directly: "It's good to know your mistake. Come here, drag four people out and give each of them twenty big blows. They will punish you with small punishments and big warnings, so as to set an example for others!"
Everyone in the room was immediately stunned.
Twenty boards is not a small punishment, especially these four people, old and young. If they were beaten freely, it would be enough to kill someone directly.
Shen Yunhui now admires Shen Tianshu very much. When she saw that the people in her room were about to be beaten, her eyes were red with anxiety.
She kept looking at Ping Niang, hoping to get some hints or help from Ping Niang.
Ping Niang had finally regained Mrs. Xu's trust recently, and she didn't dare to act rashly for a while, let alone plead for the people in Shen Tianshu's room.
But if he just sits idly by like this, he will really be ashamed of the help Shen Tianshu has given to his mother and daughter these days.
Ping Niang hesitated again and again, and finally took advantage of Mrs. Xu's call for someone to come and chop the boards. She quietly gave Yimei a few words and asked her to sneak out of the main room in the chaos.
Naturally, Yimei did not dare to go directly to the Yamen to find Shen Zhonglei, otherwise Xu would soon find out, and then Pingniang and she would both be dead.
Fortunately, she and Mo Ze, who was next to Shen Zhonglei, entered the mansion together. The two of them had a good relationship, and they thought they were siblings at first.
Mo Ze was not on duty today and was sleeping in his room. He was woken up by the knocking on the door outside. He asked impatiently: "Who is it? It's disturbing your dreams so early in the morning!"
"Oze, it's me!" Yi Mei's voice was very nervous, "Hurry up, I'm looking for you in an emergency!"
When Mo Ze heard that it was Yimei's voice, he quickly stood up, put on some clothes and went to open the door and said, "Sister Mei, what's wrong?"
"The eldest girl went out early this morning without asking the madam for permission. Now the madam is very angry. She called all the maids and maids in the eldest girl's room to question her, and ordered them to give each of them twenty blows.
"There are old ones and young ones, among them, Nanny Yang is the eldest girl's wet nurse. She was brought over by the late Madam from her natal family.
"But Madam is so angry that we don't dare to persuade her. Aunt Ping took advantage of the chaos and asked me to come out to report the news. I don't dare to go to the master, so I can only come to you!"
In fact, beating and punishing a few servants in the back house is not a big deal, but as Yi Mei said, the key to this matter lies in the identity of Grandma Yang.
My uncle just came here a year ago, and now everyone in the family doesn't know that the eldest girl's maternal family is here again.
At this time, Mrs. Xu actually wanted to beat the eldest girl's wet nurse. It would be outrageous if word spread.
"Sister Mei, don't worry, go back first, don't let anyone find you, I'll go find the master right now."
