Chapter 105 Xiu'er is under house arrest
Xiu'er's carefully designed series of schemes completely failed with Erye's sudden fainting, shattering her beautiful dreams of the past few days. At this moment, she was smashing things frantically, even tearing the pink bed curtains to pieces. Xiu'er smashed things frantically, as if she wanted to smash the whole world to bury her broken dreams.
Seeing the usually gentle lady now almost crazy, not looking like a lady from a noble family at all, Bing Xinyu knelt there in fear and trepidation, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Xiu'er was tired, so she came to Bingxin Yuxin and said:
"Tell me, why is this happening? Why did the old lady ban me from entering Xiaoxiang Courtyard? My aunt didn't even say a word to help me!"
Seeing that the two were silent, Xiuer walked over and kicked Bingxin, shouting:
"Speak up! You're speechless! Why? Why is my horoscope incompatible with my cousin's? Who told the old lady this?"
"I heard from the maidservant beside the old lady that it seemed to be said by the Third Master that when the Second Madam was getting married, the fortune teller said that the Second Madam was the Second Master's benefactor and that her fate was very compatible with the Second Master's. The young lady's fate was in conflict with the Second Madam, and naturally with the Second Master."
Xiu'er threw the pillow on the bed at Yuxin:
"My cousin and I grew up together and never had any problems. Why are they in conflict now? It must be that vixen who used some seductive tricks to seduce Third Master to speak for her. I heard that she was flirting with other men all day long before she got married. Even after she married my cousin, she still didn't stop and flirted with Third Master again. What do you think, is that right?"
"Yes, yes, Miss, I also think that there is something wrong with the way the Third Master looks at the Second Madam."
How could Bingxin and Yuxin dare to say "no" at this time? They responded with trembling bodies. The frightened slaves were better than dogs. Even if the young lady said that there were two moons in the sky, they would agree and say, "Yes, we saw it, one in the east and one in the west."
Xiu Er got even angrier after hearing this, and went forward to punch and kick the two again:
"Useless servants, you can't even complete the well-arranged tasks. When you saw that things were not going well in the east wing, you didn't hurry back to find aunt. If aunt had gone there, that vixen would have dared to beat aunt. You stood there stubbornly, and let people beat you enough and ran back. Why don't you just let her be beaten to death there? It's better for me to collect your bodies than to be confined now. I heard that the old lady actually ordered the vixen to move back to the upper room. It's all your useless servants' fault!"
Bingxin and Yuxin felt so wronged at this moment. They also wanted to come back. They were not idiots. Who would be willing to be beaten there when nothing happened? But they had to come back. At that time, they hated those servants for not sending a message to the first wife. Later, they learned that the second wife had ordered people to lock the second door of Xiaoxiang Courtyard. But they didn't dare to argue with the young lady at this time, so they nodded in response.
"Yes, young lady, it's all my fault. I deserve to die. I messed up your job. Young lady, the old lady ordered the second mistress to move back to the upper room, but I heard from the maidservants around the second master that the second mistress was chased back to the east wing in the middle of the night when the second master woke up. She is still living in the east wing now. The second master never let the second mistress stay in the upper room."
After hearing this, Xiu'er's anger eased a little. She said:
"My cousin has always been thinking about me. He doesn't like that vixen. This time, my cousin must have known that he had wronged me. As soon as he woke up, he chased that vixen away and kept her body for me. I must find a way to help my cousin get rid of that vixen. Do you have any ideas?"
Bing Xin and Yu Xin looked at each other, and both of them touched the face that was swollen like a pumpkin. Still coming? I shouted desperately in my heart:
"No, miss, if you fail to kill the Second Madam, we will be killed first!"
Seeing that the two were silent, Xiu'er asked again:
"Tell me quickly, is there any solution?"
The two of them shuddered again and kowtowed repeatedly:
"I am stupid and haven't figured it out yet. Miss, please let me think about it slowly. I will definitely find a way."
"You useless slaves, I have raised you in vain. Listen, from now on, you are not allowed to call that vixen the Second Madam. There is only one Second Madam in the Xiao Mansion, and that is me. I am the Second Madam of this mansion. Do you listen to me? If you call her like that again, I will tear your mouths apart!"
"Yes, Miss, I know."
Xiu'er had smashed enough, thrown enough, and scolded enough. Finally, she sat down on the bed powerlessly, picked up the silver hairpin that her cousin had bought for her and placed it beside her pillow, and stroked it, just like gently stroking her cousin's face. With infinite tenderness in her eyes, she murmured:
"Cousin, the old lady doesn't allow Xiu'er to go to Xiaoxiangyuan. Xiu'er knows that cousin will be sad and miss her if he can't see her. Xiu'er will definitely find a way to ask aunt to invite cousin to Yangxin Garden often."
After saying this, the gentleness in Xiu'er's eyes suddenly turned into a sinister look:
"Li Mengxi, Xiu'er will find a way to drive a vixen like you out of the Xiao Mansion sooner or later!"
Bing Xin and Yu Xin couldn't help feeling frightened when they saw this young lady who loved the Second Master to the point of being crazy.
As the Second Master's health gradually improved, Xiaoxiang Courtyard returned to peace, and the old lady issued a house arrest order:
"Miss Xiu is not allowed to enter Xiaoxiang Courtyard anymore!"
The happiest people were the Second Master's concubines. Aunt Li began to dress up and smile again, and was not as diligent in coming to the upper room to pay her respects to Mengxi every day. But she learned her lesson. Although Aunt Li was arrogant, she dared not offend Mengxi again. The fact that Miss Xiu could not enter Xiaoxiang Courtyard did not mean that the threat did not exist. She knew that this unfavored Second Wife was a powerful weapon against Miss Xiu. Although she could not lift her hand or use it, it was always good to show some respect to her.
After the Second Master recovered from his illness this time, he seemed to have changed his personality. Although he was no longer bothered by his cousin, he only stayed in the study and the main room and seldom went to the backyard. This made Aunt Zhang and Aunt Li's hearts, which had just been excited, fall again. But when they saw that the Second Master still never set foot in the East Wing, they felt relieved. As long as the Second Master didn't go to anyone else's room, they would not fall out of favor.
Only Xiao Xia, the personal servant who took care of affairs for the Second Master in the inner study, knew that when the Second Master was in the inner study, he would often stand at the window and stare at the East Wing in a daze. As a result, Xiao Xia became interested in the owner of the East Wing.
The only person who felt unhappy in Xiaoxiang Courtyard was Mengxi. In her words, she lost both the wife and the army by beating someone this time. Not only did Zhiqiu get beaten, but the eldest wife treated her even more harshly. Every day, the eldest wife was like a clock with a string tightened, always alert and ready to find fault with her, which made Mengxi feel like she was walking on thin ice every day in the upper room.
Ever since Miss Xiu was put under house arrest, no one was around to bother the Second Master all day long, and Mengxi's quiet days were over. Except for having breakfast at the Old Lady's house and being occasionally invited over by the First Lady, the Second Master mostly ate in the main room. This was hard for Mengxi, as she had to serve him every day.
Lian Zhiqiu felt that the Second Master's temper was getting worse and worse. He would be fine with one sentence and angry with the next. He would always finish his meal with a gloomy face. The maids in the Second Master's room all thought that the Second Master and the Second Mistress were incompatible. As long as the Second Mistress stood there, the Second Master would lose his temper. As long as the Second Mistress opened her mouth, the Second Master would frown. The two of them were truly enemies in their previous life and debts owed to each other in this life.
This made Hongzhu and other maids tremble in fear at every meal, as if they were facing a great enemy. They almost knelt down and kowtowed to the Second Madam, calling her "mother" and "grandmother" and begging her to do what the Second Master wanted.
Mengxi was even more wronged. She looked only thirteen years old, but her age in two lives was over 40. In her words, in this era, it was not an exaggeration for Erye to call her "Mom". In her eyes, Erye was just a little kid. She also felt more and more that Erye's pestering was unreasonable, just like a child who couldn't get candy and was feeling awkward.
