"Ms. Qin! Do you think that since Hongxiu didn't confess you, I don't know what you did?" Luo Rui said angrily to Qin Mei, "Do you think others are blind and blind? Hongxiu is just a little maid. , without your instructions, would she have the money to bribe the people in the kitchen? Do you think I am a fool? "
"I didn't, sir, please don't accuse me unjustly!" Qin Mei still refused to give up before reaching the Yellow River and refused to admit it.
Seeing this, Luo Rui said directly to Shu Qi: "Execute Hong Xiu to see if she is not afraid of death."
Shu Qi immediately dragged Hong Xiu down to hit the board.
Hongxiu was so frightened that she just shouted: "Miss, help me!"
It's a pity that Qin Mei didn't dare to speak out.
Not long after, Hongxiu's mournful wails were heard outside the hospital. In the end, Qin Mei's previous verbal threats were not worth the severe pain of being hit with a board, and she finally confessed:
"Stop it! Stop it! I'm going to do it! I'm going to do it! It was the young lady who gave the slave the money to buy off Nanny Zhang!"
When Shu Qi saw her move, he dragged her back to the front hall.
Hongxiu was covered in blood and couldn't even kneel down on the ground. When Qin Mei saw her miserable state, she screamed in fright and hid behind Luo Rui.
Luo Rui pulled her out without mercy: "Why, do you have the guts to do it but don't have the guts to admit it? It's you, the master, who caused Hong Xiu to be beaten like this!"
"My slave, I've done anything. I just ask the master and the young master to spare this slave's life... The idea of treating the step-wife harshly was the young lady's idea. The young lady hated the step-wife for refusing to send her flowers and even kicked her out of the yard. I just wanted to use the power of housekeeping to humiliate her..." Hongxiu made a move before the gate of hell, and said everything in one breath.
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Because of Hongxiu's confession, it didn't take long for Qin Mei to be unable to withstand Luo Rui's interrogation and admitted that she really wanted to treat Xu Shichu harshly.
After hearing his wife's confession, Luo Rui had to apologize to Xu Shichu again and again.
Xu Shichu waved his hand, pretending to be generous and said: "Forget it, after all, you and her are a real family. My stepmother in name only is an outsider to the prime minister's house. It doesn't matter if I feel a little wronged. After all, I can still Living in this mansion, I have to be grateful to you, right? At least you didn't kick me out of the mansion."
Xu Shichu said this lightly, but the two men who heard it in the hall felt a chill go down their backs. Although her words were soft, the meaning behind them was very serious. Luo Rui was He must never dare to agree with her words, otherwise wouldn't he become a hypocrite who is unfilial and unfaithful and treats his stepmother harshly?
Luo Ruigang said: "No, step-wife, you are the legitimate wife of the house, and it is natural for you to live here. Who dares to kick you out? Besides..."
Xu Shichu waved his hand to stop what he was saying: "No need to say more, I will build a wall and a door where my yard is connected to the Prime Minister's Mansion. I will not be able to enter or leave the Prime Minister's Mansion casually. Of course, neither can the people in your mansion. Comes in and out of my yard at will.
Also, I will build another small kitchen in my yard, and I will no longer take meals from the prime minister's big kitchen. Of course, I will be responsible for the ingredients, rice, grain and other things myself, and will not spend any more of your money.
Also, I will open another outer door on the west side and leave the house directly. In the future, I will not need to pass by your house when I go out, so as not to disturb you.
That's all. The best situation for us is to stay on the same page and contact each other when we need to cooperate. Then your daughter-in-law won't look at me as an eyesore, and I don't need to be disliked anymore. What do you think? "
At the end of her sentence, she turned to ask Luo Changqing for his opinion.
When Luo Changqing heard her words, his eyes were deep and his face was cold. He pursed his lips and then asked: "Do you have to be so clearly distinguished from me?"
"It's not that I have to make a clear distinction with you, but if I don't make a clear distinction, I'm afraid I'll get into trouble. I'm most afraid of trouble. I don't want to waste my time and energy on fighting with others. Do you understand?
Because it's not worth it, and I don't covet your money and wealth. Of course, I still have to covet some power. However, the relationship between you and me is that you use me as a shield and tool, and I use you as a shield and a fox to fake the power of a tiger. It kills two birds with one stone. You A good thing that I wish for. Since it is related to interests rather than emotions, it would be better for each other if we make a clear distinction, what do you think? "
Xu Shichu said frankly. When Luo Changqing heard what she said later, his face became more and more cold and expressionless. After a long time, he sighed: "You are really smart."
Xu Shichu smiled and said: "Thank you, I'm just self-aware. Now that I've agreed, I'll leave."
After she finished speaking, she took her maids and servants and left in a grand manner.
Luo Changqing looked at her unrestrained back, resolute and unrestrained, with a rawness and alienation from him. He felt inexplicable discomfort, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.
Why can this woman be so unique, not like an ordinary woman at all, who regards her husband as her first priority and wants to be favored by her husband? He just distances himself from himself all the time, and wishes he could live apart from him?
No, in fact, they were already living in separate houses. After all, if she followed her words, her yard would be a house within a house isolated from them.
With a trace of reluctance that he didn't notice, Luo Changqing glanced at Qin Mei and then looked at his son:
"Rui'er, our Luo family is a pure family. We pay attention to the cultivation of family tradition and moral conduct. We cannot do things that corrupt the family tradition. You should educate your wife well. As your stepmother said, she will be the mistress of the Luo family in the future, representing The Luo family must not have bad character, otherwise, it will harm not only herself, but also future generations."
Luo Changqing's words were very serious. After hearing this, Luo Rui was ashamed and his face turned red. For the first time, he regretted marrying this wife.
"Yes, father, I will punish Qin well." He lowered his head and said, but Qin Mei had already shrunk like a quail, not daring to make any sound, hoping that the two father and son would ignore her.
"The housekeeping rights are returned to Nanny Liu, and the Qin family will be grounded for three months and the family rules will be copied three hundred times." Luo Changqing said the punishment for Qin Mei in an understatement.
Luo Rui thought of the long Luo family rules, and his heart instantly felt sympathy for his wife, but he did not plead for his wife. After all, Qin Mei was too willful and unruly, and she really needed to be punished so that she would not dare to do it again in the future. Make trouble.
After Luo Changqing returned, he found a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and precious fabrics from the warehouse and gave them to Xu Shichu as an apology, and then sat quietly in the study all afternoon.
He called Luo Rui over again and said, "Then Mrs. Qin is the person you want to marry. She may do more wrong things and bad things in the future, and as her husband, you have to clean up her mess. Take responsibility for what she did."
Luo Rui complained in her heart, but she could no longer regret it.
