Sweet Beauty Chapter 37: What good fortune

Jing Shu's face changed greatly after hearing Winter Shadow's report.

She has always been pure-hearted, and she can't be said to be so kind-hearted, but because of her past life, she hates this kind of tricking women into the fire pit the most.

She touched the ring on her hand subconsciously, and after pondering for a while, she asked Dongying, "Where's Zhou Lanyue? Does she really have feelings for that Zhong surnamed Juzi?"

At Wen's house that day, she saw that Zhou Lanyue seemed to be very concerned about the marriage contract with Wen Xiyuan, wouldn't she suddenly "get in love" with others?

Winter Shadow smiled, showing some playfulness, and said: "Of course not, it's just that Zhou Lanyue has a very bad life in the Wen family, the mother and daughter of the Wen family are just like servants, she probably knows that Mrs. Wen is impossible. Agreeing her to marry Wen Xiyuan, and with the Wen family's mother and daughter using both hard and soft means, I feel that marrying an ordinary and honest son is better than being sparred to death in the Wen family."

Jing Shu asked: "Have you met Zhou Lanyue?"

Winter Shadow nodded and said: "But without your order, Miss, the slave didn't say anything to her, just like an old friend reminiscing about the old."

When she came all the way from the Northland, Dongying rescued Zhou Lanyue many times and later escorted her to Changzhou City. Zhou Lanyue trusted and relied on Dongying very much.

She is about to marry that Zhong Juren in the next day, and she is actually very anxious in her heart. Seeing the winter shadow who has been protecting her, she naturally told her everything.

Jing Shu bowed her head and said nothing, she is not a bodhisattva, but if Zhou Lanyue wanted to live a peaceful life, but she would be tricked into becoming a concubine in Fujian, she would not bear it, but felt resentful.

And if the matter of the Wen family is not revealed, then Wen Xiyuan is still making up her own mind, which makes her feel really disgusting, so she will not be soft on the Wen family.

The difference between Zhou Lanyue and her is only the difference in identity, background and wealth.

And the difference between her and the daughter of the previous princess is still the difference in identity and background.

Could it be that just because of the selfishness and interests of these people, they can arbitrarily harm and sacrifice another woman?

She stroked the ring for a while, thinking about possible solutions, and after a long time raised her eyes and glanced at Dongying, and said, "Winterying, do you know what skills Zhou Lanyue has? Reading, literacy, embroidery, etc., can you? And about what extent?"

The advantage of Winter Shadow is that, no matter what Jing Shu has, she will not question it, but she will carefully think about it and then give the most accurate answer.

She said: "Yes, Zhou Lanyue was originally from a good family and was brought up like a wealthy lady. She is good at painting and calligraphy, and she has been reading and writing every day since she was a child. Because her family is also in business, she even learns arithmetic and accounting. Yes, but the embroidery skills are inferior, so I can only embroider some handkerchiefs and purses for my own use.”

Jing Shu nodded, "um", and asked again, "What is her character? If there is a chance to leave the Wen family, do you think she will make compromises, submit to adversity, or resist?"

Winter Shadow blinked and said with a smile: "Zhou Lanyue looks weak and weak, but she is actually very resilient. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for her to bring her old servant all the way to the north to find her relatives after her family was destroyed."

Jing Shu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. If Zhou Lanyue couldn't stand by herself, she could attack the Wen family, but Zhou Lanyue would definitely be ruined.

She said to Dongying: "That's good, you go to find Zhou Lanyue, and then find a witness to tell her about the Zhong family. If she is willing to leave the Wen family, let her sue the official, and then I will Arrange her to go to a women's sanctuary, and depending on her ability, she can be a teacher or a teaching assistant."

Women's Shantang was proposed by Empress Hua, the founding queen of this dynasty, at the beginning of the new dynasty. At that time, the war had been chaotic for decades, and the number of war orphans was unknown. This women's shantang was built to raise those war orphans. The women raised by the church later either entered the palace or married, or continued to teach in the shantang, which was always a way out.

Now that there are less wars, the women's shantang is gradually taking in some ordinary orphans, teaching them some basic skills, and then they can go to work in some official workshops. Those with clean backgrounds and young people can also if they want. Entering the palace as a maid, etc., there are still many ways out.

Jing Shu escaped from the remote village in her previous life. On the way, she received the favor of a senior steward of a women's shantang. Knowing her character, she met her at Chiba Temple a few days ago, so she made a special friendship. In Zhou Lanyue's situation, she could go to the Women's Shantang to teach.

Winter Shadow promised, although the master had already made arrangements for this matter, but ordered her to obey the young lady and do what she ordered, only to do extra work secretly when necessary, so as not to make things go wrong or to make things more effective with half the effort. .

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Let's also say that after Bai Jingyan and Bai Jingrou lived in Zhuangzi for three days, Bai Jingyan finally couldn't stand Zhuangzi's life and cried and begged Jingshu to let her send someone to send them back to Baifu.

Jing Shu naturally wouldn't respond, and it wasn't that she wanted them to stay there. She immediately borrowed a more comfortable carriage from the Chen family next door, and even sent her own steward, Aunt Zhu, to deliver it in person Sister Bai Jingyan and Bai Jingrou go back to the White House.

Of course, at the same time, she also sent someone back to the White House to inform her sister-in-law Li Shi and her sister Bai Jingyu to "act by chance".

As soon as the carriage for the two sisters stopped at the Bai Mansion, Bai Jingyan ignored Bai Jingrou and rushed out of the carriage first, heading straight to the old lady's Shouxinyuan.

The maids and maids in the yard saw that she was the fourth young lady who was the old lady's favorite. Although they felt that she appeared suddenly and described her in a hurry, it was very strange, but they were only surprised in their hearts and would not stop her. Moreover, at this time, everyone in each room was talking about the old lady's birthday in the old lady's courtyard, and there was nothing wrong with the fourth young lady's passing.

Bai Jingyan rushed straight to the old lady's courtyard and saw her grandmother sitting on the throne talking to her aunt and her mother.

Sister Wei in the lobby of the big room, Mrs. Li in the second room in the second room, and two cousins ​​Bai Jingyu and Bai Jingyi were also below.

Bai Jingyan swept around and saw that there were no outsiders, so she went straight forward, rushed in front of the old lady, knelt on the old lady's lap, and cried a lot, it was a heartbreaker absolutely.

Let's not talk about the old lady, everyone in the hall was also shocked. Weiss didn't know what was going on. Seeing that the mother-in-law was busy holding her daughter in her arms, she couldn't intervene. When he opened his mouth, he turned his attention to Bai Jingrou, the prostitute who came up behind with drooping head, and asked silently.

Bai Jingrou shrank a little, then stepped forward a little and stood next to Bai Jingyi, stood down where she usually stood, then shrank back, lowered her eyebrows and did not dare to look back at her own mother.

The old lady had been screaming "Sister Yan, my sister Yan" for a long time, and she was surprised and distressed, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Ouch, my son, why are you like this? already?"

Bai Jingyan's appearance is not very miserable now. I saw her eyes were red and swollen, her eyes were dark, her hair was messy, and her clothes were wrinkled, as if she had escaped from somewhere.

Bai Jingyan choked and called "grandmother" several times before she was able to say some complete words intermittently. She choked and said, "Grandmother, grandmother, you have to decide for your granddaughter!"

"My son, speak slowly, speak slowly, what the **** is going on with you, grandmother will be your master."

Then Bai Jingyan began to complain about her tragic "abuse" at her fifth cousin, Bai Jingshu...

She said that since she and the sixth sister lived in the village, the fifth sister had let them eat things that pigs and dogs would not be able to eat, such as boiled cabbage, boiled tofu, boiled potatoes, boiled water. Cooking... Both the aunt and the second sister-in-law can attest to this. When the aunt, mother and the others went there that day, she also served them with that kind of thing!

The old lady turned her attention to the eldest daughter-in-law and the younger daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law looked a little embarrassed but did not say anything.

The old lady's face was ugly, and Bai Jingyan in her arms continued...

That's not enough, every meal must be served with a bowl of terrifying things boiled with scorpions, venomous snakes, venomous centipedes, etc. on the table, forcing them to drink, and hypocritically saying that if you don't drink your body, Can't stand the clouds.

Then the room for them was shabby and shabby, covered with rough quilts that would suffocate people. At night, they could hear the whistling wind and the roaring of wolves and tigers on the mountain.

That's not all, the most terrifying thing is that there will be snakes, worms, ants and ants in the room at night. As soon as the lights are turned off, I hear the sound of rustling. Where can I sleep well?

Then every morning at 90:00, a servant girl, Lord Yama, forced them to get up, copying scriptures in the morning, and chanting scriptures in the afternoon, or they would be asked to carve Buddhist beads with carving knives.

Bai Jingyan stretched out her hand to Madam Bai with tears in her eyes and said, "Grandmother, look, it's only been a few days, and my hands are already scarred. I, I didn't do this even when I first learned embroidery. Son, but, but this is the case, the fifth sister didn't let me rest, and let my granddaughter copy the scriptures..."

Everyone looked at her scallion-like fingers, and saw that there were some scars on them. They had heard all kinds of subtleties on Bai Jingyan's words, and now they showed all kinds of strange colors.

But, this is too strange. Your cousin Bai Jingshu asked you to copy it and you copied it? On weekdays, looking at your clever appearance coaxing the old lady, it doesn't seem like it will be a disadvantage.

Everyone has doubts in their hearts, and Mrs. Bai naturally has this question too.

She listened to Bai Jingyan's words, her face sank long ago, she held her little hand that was really scarred, and said distressedly: "It's so unreasonable, it's so unreasonable, it's the other way around, it doesn't matter if you are young or old! Sister Yan! Son, you are my elder sister, go there to visit her, she doesn't want to greet you, how dare she treat you like this?"

"But so are you, Sister Yan. Since you're a sister, she doesn't act well, so you should teach her a lesson. How can you let her act like this, and you can do whatever you want?"

Bai Jingyan's mouth was deflated when she heard the words, and her tears couldn't help flowing down.

She groaned in grievance: "There, the people in the village only listen to her alone, everyone is black and black, like a yaksha, and they don't pay attention to us at all. If we don't eat those things, we have to keep going. If you are hungry, you can’t stand it, so you can only eat, otherwise, grandma, you are afraid that you will not see your granddaughter now!”

"In addition, she uses some plausible principles to oppress people every day, saying that chanting sutras and worshiping Buddha must be sincere, or if you offend the Buddha, the Buddha will punish the grandmother, just like last time. Grandmother is sick! As soon as she said that, for the sake of grandmother's health, granddaughter, no matter how hard or tired the granddaughter is, she will have to rely on her!"

And in fact, Bai Jingyan is not for "Mrs. Bai's body". In fact, when Jingshu asked her to copy and recite sutras at the beginning, she would not be able to sit still. When she wanted to go out for a walk, Jingshu didn't care about her. She said she was going to Zhuangzi for a walk, so she asked Biman and Qiu Rui to accompany them with their little maid.

It's just that they are only allowed to walk in the former village, and they can't get out of the village, let alone the village on the Chen family's side and the real Yingmei Villa in the back.

Those maids and maids are useless no matter how you coerce. You just follow whatever you say with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye. If you say that you are not allowed to go out of this former village, you are not allowed to go out of this former village. gas.

And I don't know if it's because of poor diet or poor sleep at night, they often feel weak, dizzy and stuffy. Spiritual and submissive.

Later, when she saw Jingshu carving Buddha beads, she wanted to carve together. It was Jingshu's daily practice of hidden weapon blade techniques. Sister Bai Jingyan was here these few days, and it was inconvenient for her to do other things during the day. , then simply spend more time practicing this.

But since Bai Jingyan wants to play with her, she can play with her. As a result, Bai Jingyan suffered a lot of injuries on her hands in a few moments.

Old Madam Bai didn't know the inside story, but when she heard Bai Jingyan's words, her face turned black, like the bottom of a pot.

Last time, Mrs. Bai still remembered the painful experience of sudden illness because of Jingshu and her "fate conflict". At this time, she heard Jingshu dare to use her body as a raft, talk nonsense, and say Whatever the Buddha blames, he punishes himself. It's really deplorable!

Old Mrs. Bai's face was darkened, and she didn't have the intention to comfort Bai Jingyan any more, her voice was also cold, and she only said slightly to Bai Jingyan: "Okay, don't cry anymore, since you're back, that's all. , I will be the master of this matter for you."

While she was talking, she looked down at the hall with eyes like a knife, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to come out.

Facing Mammy Zhu, the coldness was no longer suppressed in the slightest, and her voice was like ice: "It's really against the sky, what is the origin of your eldest lady, if you want to abuse your sister, you will abuse your sister, if you want to let it go When the Buddha punished me, he punished me? Ah? Could it be that she cursed me last time I got sick? She is not praying for me, but cursing me when she recites scriptures there every day?"

Mother Zhu is the maid next to Jing Shu, and the old lady knows it.

Mother Zhu was so frightened that she knelt on the ground with a "thump", dripping with cold sweat, she hurriedly said: "Old lady, misunderstanding, this is really a misunderstanding, we miss her, she will never abuse her... With the heart of the fourth lady, I dare not even be disrespectful to the old lady."

"We miss her, she has a sincere heart, and she lived a life of asceticism in Zhuangzi. The lady once promised the Buddha that she would practice such asceticism before her wife gave birth, to help her and her family. The fetus in Madam's womb prayed for blessings. Later, she found out about the conflict between your fate and the old Madam. She did not dare to slack off at all, thinking that it was necessary and sincere to serve the Buddha in order to resolve this conflict and bless the old Madam. Longevity and health.”

"When the fourth and sixth young ladies arrived at Zhuangshang, our young lady also felt that it was inappropriate. After all, Zhuangzi was simple and the life of asceticism was boring, but it was also the third lady and the fourth young lady who repeatedly promised that they would not dislike it, and that the fourth young lady must be the one. Miss Six accompanies us to pray for blessings, and our young lady dares to let them live together. I really can't think that Miss Four and Miss Six are not used to this kind of ascetic life."

"Our lady..."

"Shut up!"

Bai Jingyan couldn't listen anymore and shouted angrily.

"You old pious woman, it's clear that the fifth sister is deliberately making things difficult, torturing our sisters in this way, forcing us to leave, she must live in the Chen Mansion next door on weekdays, not..."

"Hmph, what kind of master has what kind of servant, and articulate..." Wei Shi, who had not spoken for a while, also snorted coldly.

"Enough!"

A cold and stern voice with some majesty shouted, everyone was startled, and looked to the place where the voice was made, but saw that the side door curtain in the hall was opened, and walked out the frost-faced old master Bai and the gloomy second master Bai .

Mr. Bai entered the hall, without even looking at Bai Jingyan, who had lost her arrogance because of his appearance and then shrank back, she only said coldly to the third daughter-in-law Wei Shi with a dark face: "Wei Shi, you Go and take Sister Yan down to freshen up and tidy up her appearance. At a young age, in front of the elders, her clothes are disheveled and she speaks foul language, which is really a fault of education."

Mr. Bai doesn't come out often, but he is very authoritative at home. He usually doesn't pay much attention to the affairs of his granddaughters. At this time, it is extremely rare to talk like this. It can be seen that it is serious. Shi also didn't dare to say a word, hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Bai Jingyan, who was slightly frightened by the old man, and with a pale face, and retreated.

Old Madam Bai heard the old man's words. Although she was not happy, she didn't refute it, she just snorted coldly.

Old Mrs. Bai sat on the throne beside Mrs. Bai, and Mr. Bai stepped forward to greet the old lady with a sullen face and called "Mother".

The old lady was even more displeased when she saw him with such a dark face. She wouldn't directly refute Mrs. Bai, but it didn't mean that the matter was over.

She looked at Mr. Bai Er and said, "Second brother, you also heard the good deeds your wicked girl did!"

Master Bai pursed his lips, and refuted Madam Bai for the first time, saying: "Mother, you also heard what Zhu Ma said, Shu'er is devoted to the Buddha, and the conditions are simple but not afraid at all. It's Sister Yan herself. I wanted to live in the past, but I couldn't stand the hardships of Zhuangzi, so I ran back, how can I blame Shu'er for this?"

Old Mrs. Bai didn't expect her son to be biased and refuted her. Thinking of her son's repeated disobedience to her for the Chen family's mother and daughter, she was even more displeased. The chest tightness that she often suffered these days began to faint again.

I should have insisted on not letting the Chen family enter, and the thing born by the temptress is really not a good thing!

Old Mrs. Bai was about to reprimand her son, but Mrs. Bai coughed again and spoke.

Old Master Bai said: "Madam, I think this is because Sister Yan can't bear the hardship, but she still wants to go to Sister Shu's Zhuangzi to worship the Buddha together with Sister Shu. I'm too embarrassed to file a complaint! It's a shame! I won't bring this up again in the future. As for Sister Shu..."

He softened his voice, and he could even say gently to Mr. Bai Er: "It will be my birthday soon, second child, prepare to bring Sister Shu back to live in the next few days, this is my birthday. The child is full of filial piety, but she should not be too demanding of herself at a young age. After my birthday, it will not be too late to send it back to Zhuangzi or put a small house next door for her to live in."

Master Bai Er was neither surprised nor surprised when he heard this, he just responded with a sullen face.

Old Mrs. Bai's face sank when she heard this. The old man not only refuted her words, but even wanted to take the evildoer back to the mansion, so what should I do? Thinking of the severe pain, she...

Old Master Bai naturally noticed his old wife's face, he sighed, turned to her, and said in a low voice that only the two of them could hear: "That's it, I'll tell you about Sister Shu later. If there is something to discuss with you, please be patient. Sister Shu, this child, is a standout among sisters, and there is no great fortune in it, why do you hold her back? Speaking of which, she is also your granddaughter. "

Without waiting for Old Madam Bai's complexion to change suddenly, she turned around and waved her hand, ordering the following sons, daughters-in-law, granddaughters and granddaughters to retire.

Everyone left, except for a few little maids standing in the hall, soon only Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai were left.

Old Mrs. Bai looked at Mrs. Bai with a gloomy expression and said coldly, "Old man, what do you mean by that? What kind of luck did Sister Shu have to let you take her home regardless of my body? "

Old Mrs. Bai glanced at the old lady, stretched out his hand and waved away the people who were standing, and said helplessly: "It's hard to say whether you can do it or not when the fates are in conflict with each other, you may be in a bad mood when you fell ill. I'm sick, so why keep holding on to it. And I'll just let Sister Shu come back for a few days, and I'll send it off after my birthday, isn't it alright?"

Old Madam Bai snorted coldly, but she no longer bothered about the matter, but asked, "Then what do you mean by good fortune?"

Old Master Bai frowned, but he still shook his head when he wanted to open his mouth and said, "There are a lot of people here, so let's talk about it in the study in our courtyard."

Old Mrs. Bai's heart sank, she actually needed to go to the small yard where he lived, presumably the matter must be not simple, she even vaguely felt that it was related to the old affairs of the year, so she didn't say anything, but was silent and obedient He got up and followed the old man to his small courtyard.

Since Mr. Bai retired from the Hanlin Academy, he has been living in a small remote courtyard in the backyard of the Bai Mansion. , On weekdays, it is rare for others to come and go here, and there are only two confidants who serve him.