"What should we do?
Xiao Cui has been arrested. "Tian Xiang came to Hong Xiu to discuss countermeasures.
Thinking of Xiao Cui's confident look before, Tian Xiang only felt that it was ironic.
Sure enough, one had to leave some leeway as a person.
"Useless, that woman.
Sure enough, she's a slut.
She's only worthy of the life of a servant.
She didn't even grasp such a good opportunity.
She was full of confidence before. It seems that the method she said was fake.
I'm not easy to fool. "Hong Xiu was very disdainful.
Although she was disdainful,
She still frowned. Although Xiao Cui didn't succeed,
If it were her, she might not succeed. She was so old, and in the future,
She would only get older.
By then, she would be old and yellow.
Who would support her if she didn't even have a child? She didn't want to be like the concubines who didn't have children by the old master's side. Although they were supported by the manor and had a monthly salary of two taels of silver, that was not the life she wanted.
"Indeed, she only has the life of a servant. She didn't grasp such a good opportunity. If Sister took action … Back then, when the old madam was still alive, Sister was the most important person in Master's heart. Now that Master has married a new madam, not only have we forgotten about the old madam, but even Sister has to stand aside. To be honest, the new madam is indeed good-looking, but compared to Sister, she's not good enough. Sister, tell me, what on earth does the new madam attract Master that he won't even want to leave her room?" Tian Xiang asked.
"The way to attract a man is either her face or her skills in bed. What else can it be? She's a vixen." Hong Xiu was very angry. Even if Xiao Cui was arrested, the two of them were not worried at all. The trap had been set. Even if Xiao Cui betrayed them, it didn't matter because Xiao Cui had no evidence at all. The two of them could completely say that Xiao Cui framed them. In the end, the results of the investigation would only fall on Madam You.
For the two of them, the most important thing was how to attract the Jia Zhen to their house.
"Master, according to the evidence provided by Xiao Cui, these things belong to Concubine You. They have nothing to do with the Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang concubines." Chen Er came over to report. He was speechless. This setup was too perfect. He now believed that Concubine You was definitely not the one who did this. No matter how stupid Concubine You was, she would not give away her personal belongings so casually. Speaking of which, the power of the two concubines really could not be underestimated.
"Don't act rashly and alert the enemy. I want to see if there are any demons in this mansion that haven't shown up yet." The Jia Zhen narrowed his eyes. The mansion really needed to be reorganized. If there were too many children in the mansion, it would be easy to take advantage of the seniority. Moreover, these servants were related by marriage. They were like vines clinging to the big tree in Ningguo Province. This made the Jia Zhen have to be vigilant.
Chen Er received the Jia Zhen's order and sent Xiao Cui to Zhuangzi. The Sakura Temple seemed to have returned to its former peace. As for the position of head maidservant that was vacated by Xiao Cui, it was given to Zi Yuan and Zi Jing. Now, there were a total of five head maidservants in the entire Sakura Temple.
Regarding this, Xia Lu did not mind. Originally, the second-class maidservants were to supplement the first-class maidservants. Although there was one more, it was not a big deal. After she finished her confinement, it was time to marry the head maidservants around her. Originally, she had planned to start arranging when she returned from Jinling. However, she suddenly became pregnant, so this matter could only be postponed. Perhaps Xiao Cui's ending would not be like this after a while.
After Zi Yuan and Zi Jing became head maidservants, they thought that the previous three head maidservants would ostracize them. In fact, they did not. Instead, they took care of them in every way. This finally made them feel at ease.
It seemed that nothing had happened in the mansion. After half a month of silence, rumors finally appeared in the mansion again. They said that the madam was a vixen who specialized in seducing the master. Some said that the madam was jealous and controlled the master well. She did not allow the master to go to other women's rooms. Some said that the madam was not virtuous at all. She was pregnant, but she did not find a concubine for the master. She even occupied the master during the confinement period.
If someone had extinguished the rumors as soon as they appeared, the rumors would naturally not have spread. However, when no one cared, the rumors spread very quickly. In just three days, everyone in the mansion knew about it. It even spread to Xi Province. Because of this, Jia Xie specially looked for Jia Zhen.
"Don't worry, Uncle She. I know what I'm doing." Jia Zhen did not take it seriously. He just wanted to use this rumor to lure the snake out of its hole.
Seeing Jia Zhen's confident look, Jia Xie understood that Jia Zhen wanted to use this matter to achieve something. "It's good that you know what you're doing. Your wife is still in confinement. Don't let her hear this, in case she gets angry. It's easy to get disease during confinement."
"Uncle She, don't worry." Jia Zhen thought to himself. That woman would not be angry. After hearing this, she even laughed out loud and deliberately teased him. She pressed him on the bed and pretended to be a vixen to seduce him. Jia Zhen blushed and decided not to think about the previous erotic matter. He decided to clean up the mansion during his wife's confinement period.
After reminding Jia Zhen, Jia Xie went back. Now that Master had given him everything, he was still very busy.
Jia Xie went to Jia Zhen, while Jia Zhen's old man also went to Jia Jing.
"Old Master, the rumors in the mansion are getting worse and worse. It's time to shut these people's mouths. It's a good thing that Master and Madam have a deep affection for each other. However, in the end, you'll end up with a reputation of being henpecked. Why don't Old Master bestow two maidservants to Master, or let Master go to those concubines?
"Zheng 'er is already in charge of the mansion. This matter was caused by Zheng' er himself. Let him deal with it. It has nothing to do with me." Jia Jing refused to listen. Jia Zhen had already told Jia Jing when he was doing this. Jia Jing did not support or object. He only said to Jia Zhen, "You're already in charge of the mansion. You can do whatever you want. You don't need to care about whether I agree or not. No matter what the result is, it's your responsibility."
After hearing Jia Jing's words, Jia Zhen directly went to do it. He felt that his Master was also dissatisfied with the servants in the mansion. They always acted as if they had served someone before. They always felt that they had worked hard and performed meritorious deeds. Moreover, those servants were deeply entangled and should have been cleaned up long ago.
When the rumors were getting worse, Jia Zhen finally took action. He directly arrested all the servants who were involved in spreading the rumors. He also arrested several stewards, such as the steward of the kitchen, the steward of the sewing room, and so on. The families of the two concubines, Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang, and even Xiao Fei's family were arrested.
Jia Zhen looked at the courtyard full of servants who were arrested. There were more than a hundred servants in Ningguo Province. Now, more than fifty of them were arrested. The courtyard was full of servants who were kneeling outside. Jia Zhen looked at the people kneeling below and sneered in his heart. These were the vermin who had been gnawing at the big tree that was Ningguo Province. Now that things had come to this, they should have been dealt with long ago.
"Master, I'm innocent …"
"Master, I've served the old Duke before …"
"…"
These people were kneeling in the courtyard. Some were crying, some were talking about their identities, and some were crying. Every face showed a different expression. However, no matter what kind of face they had, the Jia Zhen felt disgusted.
Soon, Madam You, Hong Xiu, and Tian Xiang were invited over. When they arrived at the Sakura Temple, they saw the Jia Zhen sitting in the corridor of the courtyard. Many servants were kneeling outside the courtyard. Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang even found their own family members among these servants. Their hearts tightened and they had a bad feeling in their hearts.
"Master." Madam You and the other two concubines came to the Jia Zhen's side and bowed to the Jia Zhen.
"Oh, you may all rise." Jia Zhen slowly picked up the teacup on the table beside him and slowly took a sip.
The three of them slowly stood up and stood aside. Xiao Fei, who was next to the Jia Zhen, looked at her family members and closed her eyes. Looking at today's situation, she understood everything. Young Master was starting to settle the score. No wonder the Young Master and Madam were so loving, but he didn't care about the rumors in the mansion. It turned out that he wanted to catch all of them in one fell swoop. Although her family members didn't help to spread the rumors, her mother was the supervisor of the sewing room and often did things. Xiao Fei had tried to persuade her before, but her mother said that even if she didn't take it, someone else would. It would be a waste if she didn't take it. Ningguo Province was big and had a big business. Losing something like this was nothing. Xiao Fei had spent a lot of money to be able to serve Madam in the courtyard back then. What was the use of that little monthly allowance?
"Now that everyone is here, it's time to deal with them all together." Chen Er came and read them out one by one. What exactly did they do wrong? Starting from … Jia Zhen looked around, then turned her head and looked at the three concubines standing to the side. "Start with them." Jia Zhen reached out and pointed in the direction of Madam You and the other two concubines.
Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang were frightened. At this time, Chen Er took out a book and began to read. It recorded many years ago what things Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang had embezzled when they were housekeepers. In the end, Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang allied themselves with Xiao Cui and then framed Madam You. After making such a big mistake, they still didn't know how to repent. In the end, they used their status as children to spread rumors that the master's wife was unkind and so on.
"Master, we've been wronged." Hong Xiu and Tian Xiang were frightened and hurriedly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.
"Oh, tell me, how did we wrongly accuse you?" Jia Zhen asked with interest.
"We're definitely not in cahoots with Xiao Cui, and we didn't wrongly accuse Madam." Hong Xiu trembled and said.
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