Chapter 12
The old mother was so frightened that she quickly grabbed her arm.
"Madam, what nonsense are you talking about again!"
As soon as she was interrupted by her words, Mrs. Zheng suddenly woke up and shut her mouth abruptly. She was afraid that the wall had ears, so she kept silent and looked out the door.
"Madam, the accounts in the uncle's house are in a mess. Even if the master checks it out, it has nothing to do with you. Why do you need to mess up and draw attention to yourself? When the master asks about it someday, why not pretend to be nonchalant and insist on it? The accounts have been in a mess since you took over, and my father-in-law has already lost much of his money. You have used your dowry to support your family these years."
As she spoke, the old mother held Mrs. Zheng's hand and said earnestly: "At that time, you are crying and complaining about the difficulty of being a housekeeper. You are short of dowry to supplement the uncle's house, making the master feel sorry for you. In this way, you are pushing the boat with the flow of the master. Isn’t it a matter of course to add the dowry of the first lady to the third girl?”
Zheng nodded, her eyes brightening: "Yes, that's what I'll say when the time comes. After all, the mage will never say anything to the officials, and no one will know about our dealings with the mage."
As she spoke, she rolled her eyes in a circle: "If it doesn't work out, I'll blame it on the dead man and say that my sister lost all the money."
The master and servant were thinking in low voices when Su Che, who had just gone to the concubine's room, suddenly came back and started shouting before he even entered the door.
"Zheng Xiurong, come out!"
Su Che rushed into the yard aggressively and kicked the door.
One wave after another, Zheng was frightened and walked out of the door: "Officer, what's going on?"
As soon as she went out, she saw Su Yining following Su Che with an indifferent expression, while Su Yiru followed behind the two of them, crying so hard that when he saw her going out, he immediately ran towards her and threw himself into her. In my arms, I shouted, "Mother."
"Look at the good child you educated. The legitimate daughter of a noble family is worse than a commoner. She actually went to steal from her biological sister's room!" Su Che said angrily, hating that iron is not as good as steel.
"Even if you don't have money, you can talk to me, your mother, or even if it doesn't work, you can talk to your sister! You must steal!"
Mrs. Zheng hugged the panicked Su Yiru and cried quickly: "Master, is there any misunderstanding here? Ru'er grew up under your nose. Don't you know what her temper is like? She will never do anything Aren't you going to commit theft?"
After saying that, Mrs. Zheng looked at Su Yining viciously, gritted her teeth and said: "Second girl, is there any misunderstanding here? Stealing is not a trivial matter. If this gets out, your sister will not be able to behave. Ru'er I have been timid since I was a child, how could I dare to do such a thing? There must be a misunderstanding."
Although she was asking Su Yining, she was saying that Su Yining deliberately framed her sister.
Su Yining walked aside. She was afraid that Mrs. Zheng would try his old trick again and faint at her feet, making her unable to get off the stage.
"Madam, if it is an ordinary object, as a sister, I will naturally not care about it. At most, I will just tell you. It has been the same in the past."
In the past, if Su Yiru liked something from her, she would always take it away without saying a word. When she finds out and asks for it, Mrs. Zheng will always say that she is still young and not sensible, so as a sister, you should let her go.
However, they are obviously only one year apart.
What's more, even if the age difference is a hundred or a thousand years, it doesn't make sense. Why can she take other people's things as her own at such a young age? Su Yining has endured it for many years, but now she doesn't want to endure it anymore.
She no longer wanted to stay in this family any longer, so she might as well break the pot and tear her face apart to see who was being embarrassed.
"What nonsense are you talking about again?" Su Yiru, who was still crying and crying as if she was about to die, suddenly became energetic and rushed toward her when she suddenly mentioned the past events intentionally, "It's nothing!"
Su Che stopped Su Yiru who was rushing towards Su Yining, frowned, and asked seriously: "Have you taken anything from her before?"
Su Yiru immediately retracted into Zheng's arms and shook her head: "No, my sister always said that she and the eldest sister are the legitimate children. My mother is just the daughter of a concubine of the Zheng family. She got an advantage and got married into the uncle's house. I'm not worthy of calling them sisters, so I'm not allowed to enter her house. I never even set foot in her yard."
She actually knows how to tell the truth, and the things she says that are not true seem to be true.
Su Yining sneered, raised her eyelids, and glanced at her.
Her eyes were very sharp. Although she said nothing, Su Yiru couldn't help but tremble.
"I just said, if it is an ordinary object, then forget it. Unfortunately, what my sister took away this time is a pair of Dongzhu headbands given to me by the old lady of the Yang family today. It is inlaid with twelve high-grade Dongzhu. A single Dongzhu is worth a hundred taels."
When they met for the first time, the Yang family was so polite, they must have taken a liking to Su Yining.
Hearing what she said, Su Che's eyes lit up. He looked at Su Yiru and asked her to return the things without asking.
"Where are the things? Take them out and return them to your sister."
Su Yiru shook her head violently and bit her to death without seeing it.
Knowing that she had a tough talk, Su Yining ignored her and said directly: "I ordered someone to keep such a valuable thing in the secret box of Duobao Pavilion. No one has been to my house today except my sister."
She originally refused to accept such an expensive gift, but the old lady of the Yang family insisted on her accepting it. Su Yining couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it and keep it safe, hoping that she would find a good opportunity to return it in the future.
Who would have thought that she just went to have dinner with her grandmother and her things disappeared.
Su Yiru suddenly took a step forward from Zheng's arms, intending to tear Su Yining apart: "Why do you want to grab me when you can't take care of things yourself? Go talk to daddy! You are the same, daddy, If you are going to wrongly accuse your daughter indiscriminately, why not just die?"
After saying that, she was about to pull Su Yining and hit the wall together. Su Yining turned to dodge, but Su Yiru's feet were unsteady and she slipped to the side. This time, she cried louder.
"Look, Dad, she dared to push me down in front of you. In the past, she even sat on my head and insulted me. How dare I go to her room! Let alone take her things!"
Su Che couldn't stand the crying things between women, and was a little impatient. He planned to turn a blind eye: "Second girl, you are the same. If you don't take care of your own things, there are many people in the yard, maybe someone is being taken care of." The blind bitch was taken away, don't think you have wronged my sister."
His words were vague, but he was indeed relieved. He seemed to be trying to help Su Yiru, so Zheng immediately pounced on Su Yiru. The mother and daughter were better at acting than the other, and they cried on the spot. got up.
Su Che had a headache from their crying and immediately rolled his sleeves: "That's it for now. You can spend a hundred taels from the public account and buy a similar pair. Don't mention it again in the future."
I had never thought that Su Che would be like this. He never asked about the affairs in the back house. In the past, several concubines and the Zheng family fought to the death. He was also like this. He picked it up and put it down gently.
Even if there was a life-and-life lawsuit, as long as it didn't affect his ability to eat, sleep, and drink, he would make it a big deal and make it a trivial matter.
"Dad, don't you believe your daughter? It's no coincidence that I received such a valuable thing today, so I thought that when we meet again one day, I would have to pay a generous gift to Mrs. Yang, so I sent Wen Yuan to buy it."
"When Wen Yuan went there, he happened to bump into the third sister in disguise at the street corner entering the pawn shop."
"If dad doesn't believe it, you can send someone to the pawnshop now to ask and find out who is lying? Even if you sue the Yamen and ask in the court of Tingwei Mansion, my daughter will not be afraid."
She said this with so much confidence that Su Yiru immediately wilted and immediately changed her tune.
"I remembered, Daddy, that noodle was given to me by my second sister today. My personal maid can testify. I saw that the noodle was really expensive and not worthy of me, so I wanted to exchange it for some money. Buy a few more items and share them equally with your sisters.”
Seeing that Su Yining changed from her normal behavior and insisted on clinging to her, Su Yiru suddenly lost her mind, and even lying was no longer that clever.
"Second sister is really eloquent. I'm afraid none of the lawyers in the yamen can speak well like you."
When things got to this point, Su Che had nothing to understand anymore. He glanced at Su Yiru with disgust, and then looked at Su Yining with even more disgust: "What are you doing and mentioning the Yamen again! You are getting more powerful now. You have to go to the Yamen at every turn, you are shameless, my Earl's Mansion still wants it! Your sister wants it too!"
While he was speaking, Mrs. Zheng pinched Su Yiru calmly and winked at her.
Su Yiru understood immediately and fainted from crying.
"Second girl, my mother can't apologize to you. It may be that your sister really did something wrong. You gave her such a valuable thing, but she pawned it. It's really wrong. However, she has been weak since she was a child. She couldn't stand the fright and has fainted now, please forgive her for this unintentional mistake."
Seeing Su Yiru fainting in Zheng's arms, Su Yining still looked unmoved. Su Che became furious and said fiercely: "You three sisters, all kneel down in the ancestral hall. Stay!"
"Go and order someone to send the eldest girl to you too. It's lawless. Three little girls are getting together and causing trouble in the house."
Su Yining stood still and clenched her fists. She should have known that even if she told everything, even if her evidence was conclusive, her father would still be like this, peaceful and afraid of trouble in everything.
There is no fairness and justice in this family at all.
Except for her grandmother, she has no memory of this family at all.
What's more, it is no longer suitable for my grandmother to stay in this home.
Thinking of this, the idea that Su Yining had been thinking about for a long time came up again. She didn't want to stay in the Su family anymore, and it didn't matter whether she married or not. Anyway, she had money and some connections in Jinling City. If she was an independent female household, it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out with her grandmother to live alone.
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The night is already deep.
Princess Qin sent someone to the study to urge her over and over again.
Lin Wenqing had a headache and looked at Xie Yu, who was stuck in his own house because of the marriage, and shook his head helplessly.
"You win this round."
The two of them have been playing the chess game for almost three hours. If it continues, Lin Wenqing may have to sleep in the study tonight.
Xie Yu raised his eyebrows: "If I win, I win. Do you need to count?"
Lin Wenqing's face darkened: "Originally, I have some big news to tell you, but it seems you don't want to know."
Intuiting that something was wrong with him, Xie Yu immediately gave in: "You win. Just tell me."
Lin Wenqing breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to see off the guests quickly: "A few days ago, the second girl of the Su family invited my princess to visit and said that she wanted to set up a female household and asked me to help clear the door at the household department."
"I think you should be familiar with the establishment of a female household."
A glimmer of light flashed through Xie Yu's eyes. He squeezed Heizi's hand, moved it, and opened his thin lips slightly: "There is really no need to bother the prince with such a trivial matter. It should be a matter for us subordinates."
