As soon as Zhou Bi and Ruan Di heard Ruan Tao's words, they shut up one after another, no longer defended, and before they could speak, Ruan Tao spoke again.

"It's also wrong for the second girl to go out of the house over the wall, so I'll punish you for being grounded in the house for three months, think about it."

"And you, if you don't handle the affairs of the family well, you will make chickens and dogs jump, and you will take someone to play Ruan Di, you also go back to the house to reflect on yourself, you are not allowed to come out without my order."

"Sir..."

As soon as she heard Ruan Tao's words, Zhou Bi suddenly became anxious, reached out and pulled Ruan Tao's sleeve, her eyes were red, and she almost didn't cry.

"Shut up, as for the few of you, no matter whether you are right or wrong, you dare to attack the second lady. Come on, drag them out, and each person will play twenty boards. ”

Ruan Tao ordered, and immediately a family member walked into the living room, ready to drag the four female envoys down to receive the punishment.

"Master spare your life, Aunt Zhou, you speak, we are all following your orders, Aunt Zhou."

The four female envoys immediately cried and shouted for mercy from their mothers, pinning all their hopes on Zhou Bi.

But who knows, Zhou Bi just sat motionless in her position, didn't care about their lives or deaths, and didn't beg for mercy for them. The four female envoys were quickly dragged down by the householders, and soon their screams like pigs sounded in the courtyard outside.

Ruan Di stood on the side, listening to their crying fathers and mothers, twisted her eyebrows, and helped Xiaowan to prepare to go back to her yard, when her grandmother Yuan Kailan walked into the living room with the support of the maid.

Originally, she thought, let's forget about this matter, anyway, being grounded for three months is nothing to her, who knows that Yuan Kailan will come again at this time.

"What's going on? One or two? ”

As soon as Yuan Kailan entered the living room, she looked at Ruan Tao and Zhou Bi, as well as Ruan Di and the injured maid Xiaowan who were standing aside, with a slight anger on her old-fashioned face.

The four female envoys outside were beaten and cried for their mothers, and the appearance in this room didn't seem to be much better, and it was impossible to tell what the two girls had done.

As soon as Yuan Kailan entered the living room, the maid immediately moved a chair for her, and then helped her sit down.

"Mother, it's like this..."

When Ruan Tao saw that it was Yuan Kailan, he spoke softly, and when he was about to explain to her, Zhou Bi next to him suddenly got up from his seat, and then ran to Yuan Kailan's side, knelt down directly in front of her, hugged her thighs, and cried vigorously.

"Mother, do you want to be the master of the concubine? The second girl didn't listen to the advice, didn't follow the house rules, and ran out over the wall. The concubine was just bringing someone to bring her back, but she didn't expect to be beaten by the second girl. ”

"I also said that I hit her maid, and the lord was eccentric, but he just punished the second girl for grounding, and ordered me not to go out of the room for half a step in the future, and I was not allowed to take care of the family's affairs anymore."

"You said that there are so many things in this backyard, the lord has to go to court every day, and when you are old, you have to worship the Buddha in the Buddhist hall, and no one can take care of the affairs of the family? I feel sorry for the second girl who has no mother since she was a child, and treat her like her own child, but I didn't expect the second girl to frame me like this. ”

Zhou Bi said a lot of things by herself, crying and shouting, saying how wronged and pitiful she was, so much so that it seemed that Ruan Di had done something wrong.

"Master Ruan, you are in charge of this family, but you can't be so partial, right? The second girl has to be punished for making a mistake. This week, my aunt has been taking care of the backyard for so many years, and she has taken care of the affairs up and down the Ruan Mansion in an orderly manner, and there is no credit and hard work, you still want to confine her in the room? ”

"Come on, take the second girl down and teach her well."

As soon as Yuan Kailan said this, two old mothers immediately stepped forward and prepared to drag Ruan Di down.

Ruan Tao listened to the old mother's words, but he didn't know how to refute for a while.

Ruan Di is not a vegetarian, and she feels that they all want to bully her alone? I don't look at whether she says yes or not.

"Grandmother, what are you talking about? I don't know if my granddaughter did something wrong in that place, and you want to hit me in every possible way? ”

"What did you say?"

Yuan Kailan looked at Ruan Di not only without a trace of repentance, but also talked back to her, and suddenly became angry.

was about to ask someone to take her down, but was stopped by Ruan Di.

"I climbed over the wall, it was my fault, and my father punished me for three months at home. But before that, it was Aunt Zhou who brought someone to beat me first, so I had to run over the wall. ”

"And Aunt Zhou also asked someone to hurt my maid, look at Xiaowan's injuries."

After Ruan Di finished speaking, she ripped off Xiao Wan's sleeves, and suddenly revealed the whip marks on her arms, which were blue and purple, and in some places the skin was broken, and blood beads came out.

"Is there such a thing?"

Yuan Kailan looked at Ruan Di and Xiao Wan, and pushed Zhou Bi away as she spoke, the expression on her face was white for a while and blue for a while.

"Okay, you Zhou Bi, dare to lie to me?"

"No, mother, you listen to me."

As soon as Zhou Bi saw that the matter was revealed, she immediately explained, but Yuan Kailan didn't want to hear her explain at the moment.

"Also, Aunt Zhou does more than this, although she manages the backyard and handles the affairs of the family well, she is extremely harsh on Di'er."

"There is only one steamed bun for three meals a day, a bowl of chaos and a bowl of porridge. Di'er has been hungry and thin recently, if it weren't for Xiaowan to protect me today, then the person who was beaten would be me. ”

"Although I haven't married yet, but my father has raised me with one more, so I should still have a bite to eat, right? Her mother died early, but Di'er was bullied every day because she didn't have enough to eat, why? Grandmother, is it because Di'er has no mother that she should be bullied? ”

Ruan Di looked pitiful, telling about her grievances, while saying that her eyes were red, and her tears fell straight down, crying out of breath.

"I, I, I..."

Zhou Bi even said a few words, but she still couldn't say clearly, Yuan Kailan saw her like this, and she was even more convinced that Ruan Di was not lying.

"Master Ruan, you are a family member, you are in charge. My wife is old, and I don't want to get involved in your affairs. ”

After Yuan Kailan finished speaking, she got up from her seat and left the living room with the support of the maids.

Looking at the back of Yuan Kailan leaving, Ruan Di shouted at her, "Grandmother go slowly." ”

After speaking, he wiped the tears on his face, and immediately smiled, where was there still half a sad look.

"From now on, all of Di'er's food and clothing will be the same as that of other children, and if I find out next time, I will not spare it."

Looking at Zhou Bi, Ruan Tao spoke coldly, he frowned, a little angry.

After that, he was ready to leave and go back to his room.

"Master, I know it's wrong, master..."

Zhou Bi followed behind him, constantly explaining to himself, and the two left the house after a while, and their figures disappeared into the courtyard.