Chapter 5 Fame
The teacup came towards him, and his movements were one step faster than his thoughts. Feng Cheng sideways and avoids it.
Seeing that he didn't hit him, Mrs. Niu became even more angry. She snatched the teacup from her second wife's hand and smashed it over.
Feng Cheng avoided it sideways again.
Two tea cups fell to the ground and fell to pieces. The sound made the people serving in the house frightened.
Looking at Mrs. Niu's gloomy face, Feng Cheng wanted to sigh.
She hid so quickly that her grandmother seemed even more angry.
Thinking of this, the girl quickly walked forward and knelt down: "Grandmother, granddaughter is back."
Mrs. Niu stared at the girl on the ground with a condescending face, with no expression on her face.
After a suffocating silence, she asked: "Feng Cheng, do you have such a shameful act of elopement with others, and you still have the face to come back?"
At first, Feng Cheng disappeared, but the Shangshu Mansion was anxious but did not think about this. Soon, news came that the second son of Duke Cheng's mansion was also missing. As the two mansions searched for people, passers-by said that he saw a young man and a woman going out of the city together. After listening to the description, he was the eldest girl of the Feng family of the Shangshu Mansion and the second son of Duke Cheng's mansion.
The two disappeared on the same day, and some people saw one out of the city. Isn’t this just elopement?
When rumors arose, they would be like sparks, and immediately spread.
Mrs. Niu didn't want to believe it, but then there were rumors that during the Lantern Festival, Miss Feng fell in front of the second son of Duke Cheng's mansion. The two must have seen each other at that time, but Miss Feng had already had an engagement, so she had to plan to elope.
Feng Cheng looked up and looked surprised: "What did grandmother say? I'm elopement with someone?"
She was in a hurry to come back, just to wash away the sewage that was pouring on her body, but now she can't show any knowledge.
Seeing Feng Cheng's expression was confused, Mrs. Niu sneered: "You are still pretending to be confused. Do you know that you have eloped with the second son of Duke Cheng's mansion? It has been known to everyone!"
The girl kneeling on the ground was shocked and her eyes were full of disbelief: "Grandmother, my granddaughter can't understand what you said at all. I have never known the second son of Duke Cheng's Mansion, so why did I elope with him?"
Mrs. Niu slapped the table: "On the Lantern Festival, how dare you say you have never met Mr. Lu?"
"Shangyuan Festival?" Feng Cheng murmured, his eyebrows getting deeper and deeper, "Shangyuan Festival, I went to the lantern festival with my second sister and the third sister. When the fireworks were set, the crowd was crowded and I accidentally fell... At that time, there were several young masters not far away, and Mr. Lu was also among them, but there were many people who saw his granddaughter fall, and Mr. Lu was just one of them. The third sister who helped me up was the third sister. You can't just say that your granddaughter got to know him and still elope with him just because Mr. Lu was there?"
Mrs. Niu sneered: "My evil, don't argue anymore. When the family is looking for you everywhere, someone will see you and Mr. Lu come out of the city with their own eyes!"
The second wife, Liu, who had just been snatched the teacup by Mrs. Niu, pressed her mouth with contempt in her eyes.
It’s a good thing that the big girl still has the face to mention Meier. If she had known that this girl could do such a shameless thing, she should have kept Meier away from her.
Feng Mei is the second girl in the house and the only girl in the second room.
Feng Cheng was silent for a moment, his eyes were calm and he looked at Mrs. Niu: "Grandma, how dare you ask who is the one who saw me elope with Mr. Lu?"
"The peddler near the city gate." Mrs. Niu said coldly.
Feng Cheng chuckled: "If you talk about the shops, shopkeepers and shopkeepers that my granddaughter often go to, it's not surprising that my friend knows me, but how could a peddler near the city gate know me?"
Seeing that Feng Cheng was still stubborn at this time, Mrs. Niu was so angry that her face shook.
Liu hurriedly advised: "Old lady, you can't be anxious. You haven't had a good meal for the sake of the eldest girl these two days. How can you bear it if you are anxious or angry?"
She said, looking at Feng Cheng and sighed: "Grand girl, my family didn't want to believe it, but the height and appearance of the merchant described and the bun and clothes are no different from the day you disappeared..."
Feng Cheng sorted out his scattered hair and asked Liu: "Does Second Aunt think I'm stupid?"
Liu was stunned and subconsciously denied: "How could it be that the big girl was smart since she was a child..."
Even if she thinks the big girl is stupid, she will not reveal it in front of the old lady.
Feng Cheng straightened his back and said loudly: "Since I'm not stupid, if I really elope with Mr. Lu Er, why didn't I even have a basic disguise? Are you afraid that I won't be found with this face?"
Liu's family was stunned.
The eldest girl looks very outstanding. Even if she loses her father early and her mother is not favored by the old lady, she can still feel the old lady's preference for this granddaughter.
Now that I heard this, I feel that the big girl’s refutation is reasonable.
Liu was unwilling to be asked by his younger generation, and twisted his handkerchief and said, "The old lady ordered someone to go to the eldest girl's residence to check it. Some of the eldest girl's jewelry and silver were gone."
As the words meant, Feng Cheng ran away with these money and goods in order to elope.
Feng Cheng's heart was thrilled.
Did she lose some silver in jewelry?
When she was a cat, she knew some big things, but she didn't know such details.
"After I disappeared, the whole mansion was naturally busy, and it was unknown if someone took advantage of the chaos to stumble onto the scattered fish." Feng Cheng looked at Liu with red eyes and felt aggrievedly, "What are the benefits for our Shangshu Mansion if the second aunt insisted on pouring the sewage of elopement on her niece?"
Liu's expression changed slightly: "What are the words of the big girl-"
She just said a few words, and it was the old lady who questioned the eldest girl.
Feng Cheng lowered his eyes and waited.
Of course I couldn't ask my grandmother directly, but by asking my second aunt, I reminded my grandmother that she calmed down and weighed the gains and losses, and she should be able to listen to her explanation.
Sure enough, Mrs. Niu felt a little moved after hearing this, and frowned and asked Feng Cheng: "Then tell me, why is he missing?"
This granddaughter must have been deposed, and the reputation of the Shangshu Mansion may be restored. No matter what the reason for the disappearance is, it sounds better than elopement with others.
Feng Cheng trembled his eyelashes and burst into tears: "The granddaughter met a kidnapper..."
After listening to Feng Cheng's speech, Mrs. Niu had the heart to pay attention to the cat in her arms: "Are you saying that this wild cat saved you and let you escape the clutches of the kidnapper by chance?"
Feng Cheng nodded vigorously, hugging Lai Fu and shed tears.
Mrs. Niu looked at the kneeling girl for a long time and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they all lose their reputation, it is much better to meet a kidnapper than to elope with others.
Of course, for the sake of the reputation of the Shangshu Mansion, things must not be forgotten like this.
Mrs. Niu called out Madam Hu and whispered in her ear.
Madam Hu's expression was tense and her hands shook.
Mrs. Niu nodded to Feng Cheng: "You go to the compartment with Madam Hu and ask Madam Hu to check it out for you."
After hearing this, Liu immediately went to see Feng Cheng's reaction.
Tsk, the old lady is asking Madam Hu to check the eldest girl's innocence. This is really embarrassing.
Unexpectedly, Feng Cheng just bent his knees at Mrs. Niu and followed Madam Hu to the compartment.
Mrs. Niu stared at the door of the room with a look of unpredictability. She reached out to get the teacup, and then she remembered that she had smashed it just now.
In the compartment, seeing Madam Hu's expression strange, Feng Cheng asked softly: "How do I plan to check it out?"
Madam Hu sighed at the flower-like girl and her voice was light: "Does the big girl really not understand?"
"What do you understand?"
Madam Hu was silent for a moment and whispered: "The eldest girl did not elope with someone, but encountered a kidnapper. After escaping by chance, she rushed back to the mansion and told the elders the truth, and committed suicide by hitting a wall to express her innocence..."
Feng Cheng pursed his lips and finally understood.
It turned out that grandmother ordered Madam Hu to check it out was just a cover. The real purpose was to let her "death herself" and leave a reputation for being virtuous.
Chapter completed!