HLnovel Chapter 158 Come here
Chapter 158 Come here
Ruiyang lowered his eyes and whispered, "I have never seen it before."
"You are lying! You clearly told me that when you went to the Zhiying Gang, you saw the young master stroking her belly in the car, and she burped in the Zhiying Gang! Isn't it exactly a few months?!" Sen Ying pointed at Rui Yang and yelled.
"Miss Senying, you must have been in a trance after staying in the woodshed. I said I haven't seen it, and I haven't seen it." Ruiyang glared at her, firmly saying.
Cheng Man, however, bowed and said, "In reply to Madam Tai's question, I have seen you."
As soon as he said this, Ruiyang stared at him with wide eyes, as if he wanted to pounce on him and cover his mouth at any time: "Chengman you?! Be careful with your words!"
Cheng Man glanced at him and said, "Although I serve the Second Young Master, I have to report the truth when the Madam asks me. My name is Cheng Man. I was transferred to the Second Young Master's courtyard from Aunt Zhao last month. I have only been in contact with Miss Lanxiang for a few days."
I just watched from the sidelines to see what he could come up with.
"Good! Aunt Zhao finally has a capable and sensible subordinate!" Madam Rui Er glanced at Sen Ying and interrupted hurriedly.
"Madam Rui, I have never been partial to servants and have always taught them to be well-behaved and polite. What do you mean by this? Don't wrongly accuse a good person!" Aunt Zhao, who had been covering her mouth with a handkerchief, frowning and keeping silent, finally couldn't help but speak out.
"Listen to what he has to say first!" Madam Tushan gave her a sidelong glance.
"After the second young master and his party came back on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, he got drunk at the old lady's place that night, and was helped back to the courtyard by Miss Jingye and Ruiyang. I was sorting out New Year's goods near the door, and saw Lanxiang waiting at the door for a long time, stretching her neck eagerly and waiting for a long time. When she saw them coming back, she stepped forward and squeezed Miss Jingye away. The young master embraced her, smiling like anything, pinching her arm and touching her waist. After the two of them entered the room, Ruiyang soon called me to go with him to bring hot water to the young master. Not long after that, I saw the shadows reflected on the window, and the two of them sat and stood together. The young master put his face on her waist, and she touched the young master's face, so affectionate! Then the young master didn't get up the next day, and almost missed the time. We had to call Miss Jingye to open the door and force our way in. We saw that she and the young master were sleeping on the same bed, and the young master hugged her so tightly that neither of us woke up even when we entered--"
"Okay!" Mrs. Tushan couldn't stand it anymore and stopped him.
I sneered, "Cheng Man, you must have been the one telling frivolous jokes in Tianxianglou before, right? How come things are so shameful when you say them? It's true that people with dirty eyes see everything as dirty!"
Madam Rui Er pointed at me and said, "You don't have to point fingers at me here! I'm telling you, I saw it, too! On the night of the first day of the new year, I passed by the gate of your courtyard and saw you took a sip of wine, and then you vomited for a long time! Madam, I gave birth to her, and she looked exactly like that..."
"Madam, Miss Lanxiang is the Second Young Master's maid. It is reasonable for the Young Master to favor her. It does not violate the family rules..." Nan Feng suddenly spoke to comfort me.
"Serving the concubine in the bedchamber is one thing, and being pregnant is another. You know that favoring a concubine over the wife is something that cannot be tolerated in the mansion. What's more, Jing is now engaged to the daughter of Fangfeng's family. The main wife hasn't even married yet, but the maid is pregnant first. If this gets out, aren't you afraid of being laughed at and bringing disgrace to our Tushan family?!" Madam Tushan said sternly.
Nan Feng seemed to be thinking about something, pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Lanxiang, so many people have testified, what else do you have to say? It's good that everyone present can be a witness, don't turn around and blame Jing for punishing his people indiscriminately." Madam Tushan turned to me and said sternly.
Of course I do, there is so much I want to say.
Let’s talk about them one by one.
"Grandma! What are you doing?!" At this time, Tu Shanjing rushed in. Seeing me kneeling on the ground with my hands tied, he frowned.
"You came at the right time. Look at what you have done!" Mrs. Tushan spoke harshly with anger in her eyes.
"Grandma, Jing has checked his conscience and has done nothing wrong. Please look at it carefully!" Tu Shanjing bent his knees, knelt beside me, and bowed.
"Get up. A man's knees are made of gold. How can you kneel for such a small matter?!"
Tushan Jing bit his lip and stood up. Nan Feng hurried out and pulled him over. She turned her back to Madam Tushan and winked at him, saying, "Second Young Master, please be patient and sit down first. It's so cold, why did you come here without even a coat?" Then she led him to the seat of honor.
Tu Shanjing murmured, "I came from Chunming and left in a hurry." Then he turned around and looked at me.
I caught a glimpse of his eyes from the corner of my eye, but it was inconvenient to meet his gaze for the moment, so I just looked at the Madam and asked, "Madam, Lanxiang would like to ask, if a maid secretly gives something to someone, how should the family law deal with it?"
The Madam sneered, "This is a serious matter that will bring disgrace to the family. Some other families would have to file a complaint against the unchaste women, but our family is not that vicious. After we find out about this matter, we can give them a chance to live by giving them thirty lashes of the board and sending them to do rough labor, or expelling them from the family. But if the other party is a young master or old master of the family, then the situation is different. How come you have been in Tushan Mansion for so many years, you wouldn't have forgotten even this important rule, right?"
I smiled and said, "Madam, you know that I had a head injury before. I really wasn't pretending to have lost my memory. Although I forgot the rules, I didn't forget the propriety, righteousness, and honor. Now I want to sue someone too. The witness is Madam Rui Er. I want to sue Sen Ying for having an affair with Jiang Chuanfu from the firewood room and for defiling Tushan Mansion!"
I spoke so smoothly that I almost said "the crime is unforgivable", but fortunately I braked in time and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
"Alas, Miss Lanxiang, you don't know that this matter is a bit difficult to handle. Although Senying was caught red-handed by Madam Rui Er today, she had already been punished for the same reason last time. The same crime cannot be punished twice, as written in the family rules." Butler Hu suddenly spoke up, interrupting my accusation.
"Butler Hu, what do you mean? Could it be that Sen Ying was convicted and exiled to the woodshed because she had an affair with Jiang Chuanfu?" Tu Shanjing asked in surprise.
"Oh, that's right. Second Young Master, you may not know this because you are away from home. That day, Sen Ying was helping Aunt Zhao, and someone reported to Second Madam Rui that she was not decent. Second Madam took her away and reported to me. After we examined her, we found that she had indeed lost her virginity. She refused to reveal the other party's identity, but fortunately she pleaded guilty sincerely and had never done anything wrong in her daily life. She was also a distant relative of Aunt Zhao's bird clan, so she was not expelled from the mansion, but was only beaten with thirty boards and sent to the woodshed. But this matter was not glorious, and Aunt Zhao and Second Young Master would not look good if we told them about it, so we decided not to tell anyone on the same day and just got rid of it quietly." Butler Hu said helplessly.