Sun Meiniang cried out, “I treat my sister-in-law Chuanxiong with kindness. When she was sent back to our house by He’s Family, I was afraid that she was living in another yard and there would be a shortage of food and clothing, so I kept her here. She lived in Bao Qin Ge for a period of time. I didn’t expect that she was such a vicious person. She was jealous of seeing her second brother and I being very much in love, so she harmed our whole family in such a way. She dug and buried evil things in our courtyard! Madam! The note is attached to a cursed puppet. In addition to the horoscope of my husband, there were mine and Qiong’s. Those puppets were stuck by so many needles!”
Madam Luo held the note in meditation for a while, and couldn’t believe it. She walked to a half-person-high standing lantern under the porch and looked at it twice. She was the most familiar with Chuanxiong’s characters. When Chuanxiong was a child, she supervised her practice of calligraphy. Late
Madam Luo was elderly. Although she used lifesaving prescription all the year round to keep her body strong, her spirit was aged. At this moment, upon hearing “rebel” and “It’s on fire”, her two eyes twitched together immediately. She asked in a panic, “What’s the matter? Tell me clearly!”When Ding Rong’s wife saw that the person standing in front of the corridor was Madam Luo, she immediately changed from running to walking with a limp. She called for help while hobbling, “Help! Madam! Third Miss is planning to rebel! I was ordered by Second Mistress to call her back from Tao Yao Yard. However, as soon as I entered Tao Yao Yard, I was beaten savagely and almost killed half of my life! That’s not enough. The people in Tao Yao Yard also rebelled together. They threw out all the people I took to escort Third Miss, and latched the door. Tao Yao Yard is going to rebel, and be independent from Luo’s Mansion!”Before Madam Luo made any response, a low chuckle so
Luo Baiqiong wanted to say something, but the words wouldn’t come out of her mouth. Sun Meiniang came up and moved away the hands of the two servants who were holding her daughter. While untying Luo Baiqiong, she pointed with her polished fair finger at the two servants and the woman servant who beat Luo Baiqiong, and screamed, “You are blind. How dare you be disrespectful to the Miss? Do you want to live or not? Come on, drag them out and throw the book at them!”The servants were scared and knelt down to beg for mercy. One of them kowtowed and said, “Second Mistress Luo, forgive us. We are all directly under Bao Qin Ge. We have always been diligent and conscientious, and we never made any mistakes. We are innocent! Just now, Administrator Ding ran away and asked us to rush to the ancestral hall. He said that if we see a suspicious woman, we should immediately gag her and pinned her on the spot, so we come here and asked the guardian of the ancestral hall. He said that
Across the cold rain, everyone could not see the girl’s face clearly, but could see that she was wearing the uniform of a maid in Luo’s Mansion. It was a maid who set the fire. Some people suddenly lost interest and felt disappointed. Madam Luo walked forward to look at the maid standing behind Pu Gongying. And then, she turned around and walked towards the ancestral hall. She ordered, “Come on! Invite the three guests in and get some tea for them! Let’s go into the hall.”For a while, everyone flocked into the ancestral hall. The servants opened the cellar in the backyard and took out all the tables, chairs and benches inside, but there were still not enough seats, so Luo Baiying and Luo Baiji only got a small futon for worship. After serving the tea, someone took the medicine box to deal with the scratches on Luo Baiqian’s face. Qi Chuan, who possessed the body of Luo Baiqian, grinned with pain. He stared at Luo Baiqiong and said with anger, “You are so fierce and dom
Sun Meiniang wanted to set off fireworks as she was gloating over He Danggui’ embarrassment. Suddenly, she shouted to the servants, “Come on! Tie up this siren!” The servants around her gathered immediately, and one of them was holding the rope that had just been untied from Luo Baiqiong.Luo Baiji rushed forward to protect He Danggui, and yelled at the crowd in exasperation, “The one who hurts her will be killed!” Seeing that the servants were frightened and stopped temporarily, he turned around and said to He Danggui, “Get out of here, Third Sister. Leave Luo’s Mansion and go to find your mother! I’ll send someone to escort you, and I’m here to stop the pursuing forces!” As he spoke, he showed his weapon—a pair of silver chopsticks. He said to the servants, “Come on, you all have signed an indenture with Luo’s Family. It stated that there is no blame for life or death. Are you ready to die?”He Danggui knew that his habitual weapon was a pair of Emei Thor
Seeing Sun Meiniang’s look of surprise, the others didn’t understand what had happened, so they also came to look at it.Previously, Sun Meiniang ordered people to take out a pile of joss paper used to worship ancestors as a proof to frame He Danggui. She also asked maids to cut a gap of the joss paper, which meant to leak wealth and yang, and the top stack was printed with cinnabar “Luo’s Mansion Ancestor Worship”, which was the superb joss paper made for Luo’s Mansion by joss paper shop. Sun Meiniang threw the two above into the trash basket and hurried out to direct the treasure digging action.He Danggui on the roof caught the opportunity. While no one was there as maids were looking for paper to wrap the joss paper, she put the joss paper with the word written on it back into the pile of joss paper.Therefore, Madam Luo, Luo Baiying, Luo Baiji, Meng Ying and others who were looking closer now all saw a piece of paper printed with red lette
The scene became embarrassing for a while. Although it didn’t matter what to do with an insignificant foster granddaughter and Madam Luo could sell her if the price was reasonable, Luo’s Family was a scholarly family, and now everyone was in Luo’s Family’s ancestral hall. How could the population transaction be conducted? Madam Luo secretly blamed Ning Yuan for speaking regardless of the occasion, and guessed that he might be disappointed with her granddaughter’s conduct, so that he treated them in this way. Madam Luo was in a dilemma. She didn’t know whether to make this deal or make another appointment to discuss the matter.Maybe it was because that Ning Yuan wore a mask that covered his face, he was so shameless. He said, “I haven’t seen Miss He for three years. She has grown into a big girl. I can see her beauty through a veil. I come here this time unaccompanied by my wife and concubines. I feel lonely during these days. If Madam Luo is not satisfied with selling
Feng Yang grabbed Ning Yuan’s collar and pulled him into the forest behind the ancestral hall. Then he shook off Ning Yuan’s collar and asked in a deep voice, “Are you crazy or I’m crazy? How could you say that? You love her, don’t you?”Ning Yuan slowly smoothed the wrinkles of his collar. Then he chuckled, and looked up at Feng Yang, “That girl is so capable that she gets your support. I just teased her. Why are you angry? Chang Nuo, won’t you like her either?”Feng Yang waved his fan to make himself sober. He took a deep breath and asked, “You teased her? You asked to buy her as your concubine in front of the Luo’s Family, and then asked her to stay with you for the night. You even offered such a high price. Are you sure that this is a trivial joke? What if the Luo’s Family agrees to you for profit? You said that she is your beloved person and you must marry her. Or Am I wrong about your thoughts? And what I have done for three years is not helping?”
This abnormal celestial phenomenon shocked everyone, and Madam Luo could not care about Luo Baiqiong. She left her on the ground and ran up to ask He Danggui in a panic, “Yi, what’s the matter? How is the sky clearing up? Is this celestial phenomenon good or bad?”Although Sun Meiniang was frightened, she reminded Madam Luo, “How does she know? She is only a young girl. Fortune-teller Li is waiting in the outer courtyard, let’s ask him to make a divination!”Luo Baiying looked at the bright white sky outside. Although it was no different from daylight, it was more dazzling than the normal daytime sun. She expressed a more sensible thought, “Look at the sky. The sun suddenly brightened is not only in Luo’s Mansion, but the whole Yangzhou City. We don’t have to panic. This strange astronomical phenomenon will definitely attract the astronomy master of the Imperial Court to Yangzhou City and give an official statement. As for the sunny doll in front of the cor