Chapter 115 The Second Master's Method
When Zhiqiu helped the Second Madam into the hall, he saw Cuiping also sitting in the hall. He glanced around and found that the hall was full of maids and old women. He thought to himself, this Second Master must have moved all the servants of Xiaoxiang Courtyard here. He let a concubine sit on the same level with him in public. It was obviously supporting Cuiping and embarrassing the Second Madam. His face flushed red. Now he saw the Second Madam coming in again, but Cuiping was still sitting there calmly. He really wanted to go up and tear Cuiping's smug face apart.
This time, Zhiqiu really wronged the Second Master. There was nothing she could do about it. It was because the Second Master was always a bastard in Zhiqiu's mind and she never had a good impression of him. Of course, she didn't think that he would do something unbecoming of a family head out of good intentions.
It turned out that when the Second Mistress ordered someone to send the unconscious Cuiping to Xiao Jun's room, looking at Cuiping's bloody calves, Xiao Jun was shocked and terrified. This Mengxi was really courting death. This Cuiping was hated, not only by her, but also by him. But no matter how much he hated her, he could not do such a thing at this time. After he had just stayed in Cuiping's room for 7 consecutive days, the Second Mistress did this. Everyone would think that the mistress of the house was jealous. If Cuiping was just an ordinary maid, her mother would at most punish her and force him to write a letter of divorce, and then the matter would be over. At least Mengxi would keep her life.
But Cuiping happened to be his mother's person, and was given by the old lady. Witnessing with his own eyes his mother punished Mengxi, he was shocked to realize his mother's hatred for Mengxi. Mengxi once again went against his mother desperately, which was clearly trampling on his mother's dignity.
When the Second Master thought of this, he secretly blamed Meng Xi for being too arrogant. He didn't know that in a family like theirs, the mistress of the house defended her dignity to an almost crazy degree. At the beginning, Second Uncle's first legitimate wife relied on Second Uncle 's favor and the power of her mother's family to disobey her grandmother. In the end, she was beaten to death by her grandmother in front of Second Uncle. In the end, it was announced to the public that she died of a sudden illness. So what if her mother's family was powerful? Under the pressure of the aristocratic family, how could she ask for justice from the aristocratic family for a married daughter? She just accepted the several properties given by the Xiao family and was content.
Xiao Jun felt that his grandmother was almost crazy when she executed the second wife. From then on, Xiao Jun developed a deep fear of this loving grandmother in his heart. He knew that his grandmother's words should not be disobeyed.
Xiao Jun even suspected that his second uncle disregarded the ancestral precepts of the Xiao family, secretly colluded with the prince, asked to be exiled, and left his hometown because of the hatred and rebellion he harbored towards his grandmother in his heart.
The last time Mengxi beat Bingxin and Yuxin, he was protected by his grandmother, and coincidentally he fell ill for unknown reasons. His grandmother believed in the fortune teller's words, so the matter was left unresolved. But good luck will not always be with a person. Mengxi has repeatedly challenged his mother's authority. Although his mother does not have the means of his grandmother, with her mother's determination, she will never let her leave the Xiao Mansion alive.
Thinking that Mengxi would be secretly assassinated by his mother, Xiao Jun could not help but feel distressed, and a layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. Just as his mind was racing, thinking about how to protect Mengxi from his mother this time, he saw a little maid named Si'er who was temporarily assigned to serve Cuiping kneeling down and asking the second master to report the matter to the first wife and let the first wife make the decision.
Si'er's words reminded Xiao Jun that he must not let anyone leak this news to his mother before he could come up with a good plan. So he yelled at Si'er, saying, "Is it possible that I can't make the decision in this courtyard?" At the same time, he ordered all the servants in Xiaoxiang Courtyard to come to the hall to wait for a lecture. This is why Zhiqiu saw a room full of servants when she entered the hall. Xiao Jun was afraid that they would go out to pass on the message to the eldest wife, so he gathered them together.
Xiao Jun asked Cuiping to sit down, which was really a trap for the ignorant Cuiping. All the servants in Xiaoxiangyuan were watching. It was against the rules for Cuiping to sit on the same level with him. In this way, it was natural for the Second Grandma to punish her. Last time, Cuiping was able to turn white into black in front of your mother, and today I, Xiao Jun, will turn black into white in front of your mother. After all, the door of the east wing was locked in the morning, and no one knew what was going on in the east wing. Even the maid who carried Cuiping back didn't know anything. Cuiping couldn't find a second witness. As long as Xiao Jun admitted that he was present when the Second Grandma punished Cuiping, the crime would not fall on the Second Grandma.
Xiao Jun was also watching. He saw that the four maids in the east wing were absolutely loyal to the Second Mistress and would not fail to help her.
Xiao Jun had thought of everything. After Cuiping woke up, he applied medicine to her and coaxed her with kind words. He vowed to let her get revenge. Then he coaxed Cuiping to the hall and said worriedly that she was injured and should not stand but sit down. He and she were inseparable, and this also allowed the servants in Xiao Xiangyuan to see clearly how much he doted on her.
It stands to reason that with Cuiping's intelligence, she would not carelessly do such an unruly thing, but who said that a woman in love has an IQ of 0? Cuiping was intoxicated by the sweet words of the Second Master, and never thought that the Second Master would harm her for the Second Wife.
Firstly, she had an injury on her leg and really couldn't stand up. Secondly, she thought that her injury was well known in Xiaoxiangyuan. It was understandable that her master gave up his seat to her because she was injured and couldn't stand up. It didn't violate the rules.
What she could never have dreamed was that the tender-looking Second Master had already concealed the fact that she was injured for the sake of Second Mistress's life. Among the servants standing in the hall, except for the old woman who carried her back and Fourth Son who served her, no one else knew that her legs were injured. They only saw her sitting with the Second Master in a proper manner.
The Second Master was really ruthless this time, and thought to himself: Cuiping, for mother's sake, I have honored you this time, so it's fine if you behave yourself. But if you don't behave yourself and must show your injuries to mother, and if you harm the Second Master, don't blame me for being merciless. First, I will accuse you of disrespecting the master and then falsely accusing the mistress, and then I will kill you.
After arranging everything, the Second Master waited for the Second Mistress in the hall. The longer he waited, the more anxious he became. This Second Mistress was really courageous. She had caused such a big disaster, but she didn't even come to ask him to find a way to solve it. He was already extremely anxious, but she was still as unmoved as ever .
Seeing that Second Mistress had finally arrived, she was also annoyed by her irritability. Without waiting for her to come forward to greet him, she said coldly:
"It's getting harder and harder to invite the Second Madam. It's really been a long wait, huh!"
"I didn't know you were calling me, I was having dinner, so I'm late, please punish me, sir."
After hearing this, Xiao Jun felt sorry for Mengxi for not having a good lunch. But when he thought about how she was almost dead and still caring about a meal, he felt really "strong". His brows were furrowed into a shape of "川".
Mengxi stood there and looked at Erye, thinking: Erye, you have this expression every day, aren't you afraid of aging prematurely? If you continue like this, when your son is still breastfeeding, you may have wrinkles all over your forehead and become a real old man. She stood there and imagined what it would look like if this person sitting on the iceberg turned into an old man.
