Chapter 6: The Sad Cui's Daughter (4)
There are only two concubines in the Cui family, which looks simple, but there are three women in one play, and there will be a lot of fun watching every once in a while.
Aunt Li has been serving Mr. Cui since she was a girl. Don’t you know what kind of temper he has? Cui Yuwei, Cui Yuzhen is now the legitimate daughter. Doesn’t she know that the marriage is under the jurisdiction of Wang and has nothing to do with the two concubines?
Aunt Li has been secretly plotting, making Aunt Yun less and less popular with Mr. Cui. If she really makes trouble for the marriage, it will be a trivial matter, and she may even be injured, disabled or sold to the mansion.
Meng Hui glanced at Aunt Yun, wondering why she persisted for so many episodes... Maybe it's a fool who is lucky!
"My aunt, don't cry. If you go to your father's place to make trouble, you can't change this matter at all, and you will still be implicated."
"They are so cruel--" Aunt Yun cried even more happily when she heard this, and the tears as big as beans fell down. "Madam snatched you away, why don't you tell me to kiss you? Marrying an honest and motivated white body is better than going to fill in a house for a half-dead ghost--"
Meng Hui was wrinkled in her heart by her crying. Aunt Yun really cared about Cui Yuzhen, otherwise she would not have said such things for her.
Meng Hui, who had long forgotten what family affection was, suddenly felt a little soft-hearted and his tone softened unconsciously. "Don't worry, aunt, I will find a way myself."
Aunt Yun rarely sees her daughter, and is afraid that Wang will know that she will be bad for her daughter. Today she is really angry and afraid, so she plucked up the courage to rush over. She didn't understand Cui Yuzhen's true nature, and was not surprised by Meng Hui's confident tone, but she was a little confused.
"What can a girl think of? Don't do stupid things!"
"I know, please don't worry, aunt."
Meng Hui felt a little uncomfortable if he occupied someone's body for so long and didn't help him do something. Besides, Cui Yuying and Cui Yuzhen have a deep sisterhood. If Cui Yuzhen is allowed to marry Lord Zheng, how could she have the attitude to persuade Cui Yuying to be reborn with peace of mind?
If you want to help others fulfill their wishes, you have to help them to the end.
"Auntie, don't get involved in the yard. If Aunt Li looks for you, you will say you have suffered a cold and are afraid that it will be passed on to her and will not be able to see guests."
Aunt Yun hesitated and refused to agree, and seemed to trust Aunt Li quite.
She had a pack of tears in her eyes. Seeing Meng Hui staring at her without stopping, she nodded. "Okay, okay, I listen to you. When I go back, I say I'm sick and I won't see anyone again! Even if... even if the master comes, I won't see you!"
Meng Hui was quite resentful when she heard her talk about Mr. Cui, and silently laid a wax for her in her heart to commemorate her dead love...
"Then the aunt will go back first, and you must pretend not to know about this marriage."
"It's about the girl's reputation, how could I talk nonsense-" Aunt Yun wiped away her tears in a few seconds and said shyly, "They just started crying when they walked into your yard!"
After seeing off Aunt Yun, Meng Hui slept unconsciously and woke up again. It was already midnight outside. Her throat was dry and she got up and planned to pour some herbal tea for drinking. As she walked to the outside, she heard a creaking sound of the wooden door, and a gray figure came in from outside.
"Ah--" The person who came was shocked, the candlelight in his hand was flashing, revealing a beautiful face, "Miss is not sleeping! I'm scared to death!"
"Ningzhu?" Meng Hui recognized that this was exactly Ningzhu who was sent to Cui Yuying's tomb. His fists were loosened, "I'm thirsty, so I'm up and pour some tea."
"Girl, lie down. I'll heat the tea and bring it over." Ningzhu quickly put down the candlestick, picked up the teapot and walked out.
Meng Hui stopped her indifferently and said, "No need, drink a little and go to bed."
Ningzhu has always been obedient to her, and the weather has not been cold recently, so she nodded and poured a cup and handed it to her.
"Girl, I just heard Ninglu say that the second girl is here to make trouble again? Did the lady punish the girl?"
"That's right, I'm not allowed to go to the Wenfu Flower Fair."
Fourteen-year-old Ningzhu and twelve-year-old Ninglu grew up with Cui Yuzhen. The three of them depend on each other and their relationship is better than that of ordinary masters and servants.
Cui Yuzhen usually talks to them without caring about the superiority and inferiority, and she doesn't need to continue to pretend.
Ningzhu was a little regretful when she heard this and sighed: "Every time there is anything that can show her face, it's all for the second girl to disturb her! The girl is about to get her hair done, and there is no handkerchief outside yet!"
In the past, when there was the opportunity to go out to make friends with ladies, Cui Yuying and Cui Yuzhen could only serve as foils. First, because Cui Yuwei liked to show off, and second, because they were not interested in socializing.
Meng Hui said carelessly: "If there is no, there is no, Cui Yuwei has a lot of 'handkerchiefs', and she is still gaying with each other. By the way, did you pass by the fish pond in the garden when you came back?"
"I passed by," Ningzhu thought that her girl was worried that she was afraid, so she proudly raised her chest, "I'm not afraid! The eldest girl was kind when she was alive, let alone I had a clear conscience, why did she hide like Madam Li? It's so unbelievable that people can't be doubted!" Ningzhu hummed twice after saying that to express her disdain.
"Did you see Madam Li avoiding her?"
"Yes, before dawn this morning, I saw Madam Li sneaking over quickly, running and looking back at the direction of the bamboo forest."
Meng Hui quickly asked, "Then have you seen what's in the bamboo forest?"
Ningzhu thought about it and said uncertainly: "It seems that there is something going on, but it was still dark at that time. There should be no one. I can't say it's the wind?"
Meng Hui shook her head, feeling that there must be someone there. And she was also someone who frightened Madam Li, so she had to escape from the scene and run back to report to Wang.
It can not only make Madam Li turn around and run away, but also make Mrs. Wang cry after hearing this. The person on the scene is probably Mr. Cui, right?
What is Mr. Cui doing there? Could it be that his suspicion was ruled out too early?
Meng Hui's mind was in a mess, so she had to overturn the whole story she had analyzed before. She looked at the dark night outside the window and said to Ningzhu with heart: "I want to go to the fish pond, you have to help me watch the wind!"
Ningzhu responded like a conditioned reflex: "Yes!" After saying that, he realized that this kind of thing was clearly not the style of his own girl. "What are you doing now when you go to the fish pond? Although we are not afraid, it is the place where the big girl was killed, and it is inevitable..."
After saying that, she lowered her head, thinking of Cui Yuying's goodness, and did not express the word "unlucky".
Meng Hui knew that she was trustworthy, so she did not hide her plans and told her bluntly: "The master's wife plans to marry me to an old widower. The big sister's mystery may be my turn."
Chapter completed!