Why cry? She didn't know it herself, but the tears seemed to have a consciousness of their own. They kept streaming down her face, and she couldn't stop them.
After crying for who knows how long, he suddenly felt something warm licking his eyes. She opened her eyes in surprise as the snowball stared at her with its pair of unusual eyes, its gaze as pure as glass.
Xu Mingwei reached out and grabbed it, forcefully hugging it to her chest, her chin pressing onto the snowball's head, stopping her tears.
Xu Mingwei had been waiting for the other slippers to fall, but there was no news from the palace. Even Lady Ji from the second house did not show any signs of looking for her.
What Xu Mingwei did not know was that Xu Mingmei was afraid that Lady Ji would be so anxious that she used her womb energy, so she let the butler cover the servants' mouths.
Just like that, another night passed, and only then did someone come to the palace on the second day. Coincidentally, it was the Senior Servant Liu. Instead of punishing them, they just conveyed a message to Eldest Princess that they were unable to attend class for the time being because of the cold, so after the family members finished reading Mu Xiu, they didn't need to go back to the palace. They could decide when to return to class and had to wait for Eldest Princess to recover.
The boulder that was hanging over Xu Mingwei's heart finally fell. After sending off the Senior Servant Liu, she returned to her small study and wrote a letter to the Lady Helan, detailing the recent events that had occurred. She sealed it in wax and was just about to ask Wan Rong to find someone to send it out when she realized that Wan Rong had already left for home today. With a bitter smile, she called Wan Rou in and sent him away with the letter.
Instead of being punished, she felt a bit disheartened. Xu Mingwei thought to herself, wasn't this just a scumbag? She looked for a book and didn't manage to turn the page even after a long time. She did not know what was wrong with her, she could not sit in her room, so she went out to wander around, and then she accidentally walked into the courtyard of Master Fang.
Master Fang used a handkerchief to wipe the zither, raised his eyes and looked at her, then said indifferently, "Yesterday's matter? What did the palace say? "
Xu Mingwei knew that she could not hide it from her, and said respectfully: "Eldest Princess is sick, someone from the palace told us to stay at home, and wait for Eldest Princess to recover before entering the palace to accompany him."
The Master Fang nodded. Seeing that there was a hint of dark green in her eyes, he smiled and said, "In the end, you're still too young. Yesterday, when Eldest Princess returned to the palace, there was no one in the palace.
Xu Mingwei was shocked in her heart, she became even more respectful: "I ask for Mister's pointers."
The Master Fang said, "You delayed an entire night before sending people over to your own homes. You did not punish yourselves. You, on the other hand, are not even here, and when you return to the capital, the Eldest Princess will probably have passed the forbidden period. Since you are about to enter the palace to accompany me, I believe that Old Master Xu will not punish you too severely, and escape this calamity. The other families were probably being punished at this time. Although the palace doesn't blame them, as officials, they have to put on airs. "
"I'm afraid that you will be staying at the mansion for the entire April. No one has the time to treat you."
Xu Mingwei wanted to laugh, but was unable to.
The Master Fang comforted her, "There's no need to feel sad for them, it's just a method to punish them to copy the scriptures, and they will be released in a short period of time."
Perhaps because he felt that he had said all that he needed to say, the Master Fang drove her away as usual. Xu Mingwei laughed bitterly, only Master Fang would dare to treat her like this in this family.
Just as Xu Mingwei was about to leave, Master Fang seemed to have thought of something and stopped her.
Xu Mingwei turned her head in confusion, hearing her laugh, "Since you and Ming Lan can't enter the palace for the time being, the school will be opened tomorrow. Remember to tell your two elder sisters."
Xu Mingwei moaned in her heart for Xu Mingmei as she walked away quickly.
As expected, after Xu Mingmei heard the news that the Master Fang was going to start a lesson, she wailed for a long time.
"Why are Master Fang so diligent? He should be paid well if he doesn't attend class." After ridiculing Master Fang, Xu Mingmei grabbed Xu Mingwei again, "Why do you have to tell me now, and why don't you tell me at night?"
How could he continue to play happily for the rest of the day?
Xu Mingwei deeply experienced what it meant by "happiness is seeing people who are worse off than me". After stimulating Xu Mingmei, she went to the courtyard of the fourth wife and saw Xu Minglan.
Who would have thought that Xu Minglan would actually be so scared that she became sick? When Xu Mingwei went there, she was still sleeping, and did not see anyone.
"Last night the girl woke up several times, sweated and caught cold, in the morning she had already asked for a doctor, causing people to grind some pearl powder to quell their shock, and opened up two sets of medicine to eat first. The doctor said that he was mainly frightened and needed rest. " Xi Shi whispered to Xu Mingwei outside the door in detail, when he heard her call out, he immediately smiled at her apologetically, and said, "When Miss is awake, call me servant. This servant will remember to tell Miss about the lessons, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to go over there in the next two days.
Xu Mingwei nodded in agreement. Seeing that Xi Shi had entered the room with the curtain, he heard a coughing sound from inside, then left with a sigh.
At that age, it should be normal for people like Xu Minglan to have such reactions, right? Xu Mingwei squatted at the edge of the Mirror Lake and watched the fish for a long time. Only until her legs turned numb did she get up and return to moon-nesting.
Along the way, they passed by the courtyard of Lady Helan. When the old gatekeeper saw that it was Xu Mingwei, he gave him a long blessings. If only Lady Helan and the rest were home, Xu Mingwei missed her family's days more and more. Suddenly, she felt a shadow flash past him. Focusing her gaze, it was Xu Tianze coming out from Lady Helan's room. Relying on his small size, he actually entered through the window while the old woman guarding the door wasn't paying attention.
Xu Mingwei was furious in her heart, and shouted loudly, "Where did this little thief come from, to actually steal things to my mother's house. Men, catch him and beat him up ruthlessly!"
When the old gatekeeper heard that someone had snuck into the house, she was also shocked. Afraid that Xu Mingwei would blame her for being incompetent, she grabbed a small stool and rushed forward.
Xu Mingwei's shout not only startled the servants outside, but also frightened Xu Tianze, who had just climbed out of the window. Seeing the group of servants shouting and shouting as they charged at him, she was so scared that she even forgot to dodge.
At this time, the old granny guarding the door saw Xu Tianze's face clearly, and turned her head to face him, "Miss, it seems to be the young master."
Hearing her words, the others also stopped moving. Looking carefully, it was indeed the young master in Aunt Xiang's courtyard who stopped moving.
Xu Mingwei scoffed, "The Xu family did not have a young master who would steal from their mother's yard, catch this little thief and beat him up!"
Hearing that, everyone immediately understood what was going on, but they did not dare to use their deadly techniques, so they feigned as if they were holding Xu Tianze and beating him up.
Although Xu Tianze's body did not suffer much, he was still quite frightened. He had more or less reacted to it and shouted, "Audacious! "I'm the young lord, whoever dares to hit me, I'll destroy his entire family …"
In their hearts, they despised this young master very much. Not only did he refuse to serve as a good master, he even stole everything from his first wife to become a thief. They felt that it wasn't shameful at all! You even destroyed a whole family, what a big tone, do you think you are the god of the old man?!
The servants and maids sighed in their hearts and used more strength to attack. This time, Xu Tianze was really beaten up to the point of crying for his parents, crying non-stop in pain.
Xu Mingwei saw that the fight was almost over, she called for the rest of the people, and slowly walked to Xu Tianze who was in a sorry state, and looked at him as though he was looking at trash, and ridiculed him, and instructed the old gatekeeper: "Search through his clothes, and remember to lock the doors and windows, otherwise all sorts of things like cats and dogs will be able to enter my mother's room!"
The old granny neglected her duties, she did not dare delay, and immediately searched up and down of Xu Tianze, and only found a half empty bag, the stitches on it did not look like it was made by the little girl in Lady Helan. Xu Mingwei let them take a look, there were only two taels of silver and a few tens of coins, nothing more.
Just when everyone thought that they had captured the wrong person, Xu Mingwei once again told the woman to look inside the house, if there was anything that was broken.
The old woman hurriedly unlocked the door and went in. She turned pale with fright as she screamed all the way out. "Bad news, bad news! The box in my wife's room was knocked over and the vase of jade was broken into pieces …"
Hearing that, Xu Mingwei's heart was enraged, she immediately slapped Xu Tianze's face hard, with a force of her palm,'s left cheek immediately swelled up.
Xu Tianze had been held in the Aunt Xiang's hands since he was young, and had never seen this before. He knew that she was born from this woman in the courtyard of the house, and he hated her even more. After wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his wolf-like eyes firmly stared at Xu Mingwei.