Erfu slowly walked to the official hat chair by the window, sat down calmly, his eyes fell on Xiumei and Xiujuan calmly, and asked with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Don't be nervous, in fact, I just came here to ask you a little thing." ”

"Fu Jin, you command!" Xiu Mei replied in a tremolo.

Hearing this, Erfu nodded slightly, raised her hand and pointed to the embroidery pier on the side, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, sit down and talk!" At the same time, she also gave Shiqing a look, signaling Shiqing to go over to help appease Xiumei and Xiujuan, lest these two girls be too nervous.

Under Erfu's gentle gaze and Shiqing's whispered comfort, Xiumei and Xiujuan finally relaxed.

I saw the two of them sitting on the embroidery pier a little restrainedly, twisting their sleeves with their hands helplessly, so nervous that they were like children who had been invited into the head teacher's office, and their eyes didn't know where to look.

Seeing this, Erfu knew that no matter how gentle and kind she was, she was afraid that she would not be able to appease the emotions of the two of them, so she no longer detoured, not to mention the excuses she casually talked with Mama Song at the gate of the courtyard, and directly picked out the problem with Xiumei and Xiujuan, and asked whether the small seven-grid clothes that were sent back to Tingyu Pavilion this morning were cleaned and ironed by the two of them, and whether they were sent back to Tingyu Pavilion by the two of them.

Xiumei and Xiujuan glanced at each other, and Xiujuan replied nervously: "If you go back to Fujin, it is the slave maid and sister." ”

"You two have been serving in the Huan Washroom for many years, and you should know the most about the Huan Washroom, so can you tell me about the process of delivering laundry in your Huan Washroom?"

This time it was Xiumei who answered, she was calmer than Xiujuan, and when she talked about the things in the Huan bathroom, she was also the first to say.

According to the rules, every morning, the palace maids of each courtyard in the house need to send the dirty clothes changed by the masters of each courtyard to the inverted room of the Huan Washroom, where there are maids who are specially responsible for registration records, and the palace maids who deliver the laundry leave their names and surnames on the register to prove that the laundry is handed over to the Huan Washroom in good condition.

When the day dawns, the maidservants who are guarding the inverted room that day will hand over the laundry sent by each courtyard to the maidservants in charge of pulping, and these rough maidservants will carefully check to make sure that there are no scratches and slips, and then leave their names and surnames in the register to prove that the laundry in their hands is intact.

These clothes that need to be washed and ironed are sent to the maid in charge of pulping, and no one else will handle them.

Because the clothes of the masters of each courtyard in the house are very valuable, they are generally handled by two pulp washing maids together, that is, in the drying process after cleaning, it is also necessary to leave at least one person to guard, in case someone takes the opportunity to destroy, ironing, you need to be more careful, because you need to use charcoal fire, a little carelessness may burn some relatively light clothes, when returning the clothes, you also need to be responsible for the pulp washing maids to send them to each courtyard in person, and do not handle others.

"Then can you tell me if you ever left when you were dealing with those clothes in the Little Seventh Courtyard?"

When Xiujuan and Xiumei heard this, their faces changed slightly, and they nodded a little uneasily.

Yes, they were negligent in their duties when they handled the clothes sent over from the Little Seventh Courtyard.

Because the weather is cold now, the clothes sent by each hospital are relatively thick, and it is not easy to dry in the sun, so it is necessary to dry some thicker clothes in the room that specializes in drying clothes, but the room is too stuffy and not suitable for people to stay in it for a long time, so Xiumei and Xiujuan left after drying the clothes.

"This is also a reasonable thing, and you can't be blamed. Seeing that the two of them were nervous again, Erfu hurriedly reassured.

Seeing that the two of them were relaxed, she continued to ask: "So who went in to take out the clothes that were sent to Xiaoqi Courtyard today and ironed them, and who was responsible for the final stacking in the tray?"

"It's my sister!"

"It's my sister!" replied almost in unison.

Erfu felt as if she had found a breakthrough, she looked at Xiumei and Xiujuan with a smile, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Xiumei replied again: "If you go back to Fujin, because Xiao Qigege doesn't like to iron the clothes too neatly, so when the slaves and maids deal with the clothes sent by Tingyu Pavilion, they are different from the clothes sent by other courtyards, except for some big dresses worn on formal occasions, they are generally ironed directly after washing, and after the clothes are dried, they are directly stacked on the tray and sent back to Tingyu Pavilion."

This morning, the slave maid went to bake the clothes in the room to clean up, but when the slave maid went to collect the clothes, those clothes were already neatly stacked in the tray marked with the words Tingyu Pavilion, if it weren't for Fujin You asked, the slave maid thought that Xiujuan had gone over to clean it up before the slave maid!"

Xiujuan also replied in a timely manner: "The slave maid has never been to the room where the clothes are baked today, and I always thought that my sister did these errands for me, so I sent the clothes back to Tingyu Pavilion with my sister!"

Hearing this, Erfu nodded with a smile, and said softly: "This morning, you sent it back to Tingyu Pavilion's clothes, mixed with dirty things, fortunately found in time, these dirty things did not hurt Xiao Qi's body, but this matter cannot be left unchecked." ”

Speaking of this, she paused slightly and carefully observed Xiumei and Xiujuan's expressions.

I saw that the two of them were all terrified, and their bodies sitting on the embroidery pier were soft, if it weren't for Shiqing supporting them next to them, they would have slipped and fallen to the ground, obviously afraid that the black pot would be buckled on their heads like this.

Seeing this, Erfu smiled and waved his hand and said: "Don't be afraid, I don't doubt your intentions, because I believe that you are not so stupid as to dare to do something that harms the body of the little master in the house, but if I let it go so easily, I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to pour sewage on your body, so I have to wronged your sisters for a few days, and your sisters will go back to the main courtyard with me for a few days." ”

After saying that, she asked Shilan and Shiqing to accompany them back to pack their luggage.

Seeing this, Xiumei and Xiujuan had to obediently follow Shilan and Shiqing back to the Chase Shop where they lived to pack their few luggage, while Erfu stayed in Mama Song's room and chatted with Mama Song, she wanted to get to know the other people in the Huan bathroom with Mama Song.

Because she learned from Xiujuan and Xiumei that they only left the room where the clothes were baked in the evening.

Before that, although the two of them felt that the room where the clothes were baked was too stuffy, because there were people going in and out of the room where the clothes were baked, they were afraid that someone would do something harmful to others and themselves, so they dutifully stayed next to the clothes, until in the evening, when no one was in or out of the room, they returned to the room to rest.

If the possibility of Xiumei and Xiujuan lying is excluded, it means that the person who stuffed the whistleblower letter into Xiaoqi's clothes must have done it between the evening and the dawn of the next day, and the time when the courtyard door of the Huan Washroom was locked was in the evening, which means that it could not be done by outsiders.

Erfu chatted with Mama Song for a long time, and when Shiqing and Shilan led Xiumei and Xiujuan back to herself, she left Mama Song's room without finding anything, because Mama Song is the kind of old fritter who has been mixed for too long, no matter what Erfu asks her, she can give a panacea answer very happily, you feel that she answered very sincerely, but after a little reflection, I found that she did not answer any questions, and she kept going around the corner.

However, compared to Mama Song's cunning and cunning, Xiujuan and Xiumei seem to be very honest.

They answered whatever Elof asked, and told them secrets that Elof never knew.

For example, the sewing room, the washroom, the miscellaneous room and other courtyards in the house, because there are a lot of servants and miscellaneous servants on errands, and there are many palace maids and servants who come and go, in order to facilitate the palace maids and servants who are on errands with the masters of each courtyard and the palace servants who are on errands at any time, and in order to be able to make friends with the palace maids and servants who are on errands in front of the masters of each courtyard, so the courtyards such as the needlework room, the washroom, and the miscellaneous room never lock the courtyard door.

"Do many of the palace servants who are on errands in the various courtyards come over often?" Erph asked with a curious expression when she heard this.

Xiumei nodded very seriously and explained softly: "Fujin Mingjian, this is served on errands in various courtyards, and it looks more beautiful and decent, but the real scenery and decency are the few people who serve in front of the masters, and most of the palace maids and servants are the same as the slaves and maids, and they are not as comfortable as the slaves and maids."

After all, there are no masters staring at the Huan Washroom, and you can be more comfortable in your words and deeds.

Because of this, when they are not on duty, they will come to the slaves and maids to stay for a while, and sometimes they will buy a few side dishes and rice wine from the kitchen, and the big ones will be relaxed together. ”

After saying that, she smiled a little shyly, as if she was embarrassed to reveal the secret between their servants to herself.

Erfu doesn't care about these small problems, because the servants and servants are also human beings, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, who can tense their nerves like robots every day, and always need to find a place to relax, such as the Huan Bathroom, which is far away from the master's rule, has become a place for them to vent their emotions.

She smiled and looked at Shilan and Shiqing who were following beside her, and asked softly, "There are also people in the main courtyard who will go to your place to play?"

Seeing this, Xiumei also smiled a little and relaxed a lot.

She cautiously glanced at Shi Lan and Shi Qing's faces, and replied in a low voice: "There are two or three palace maids and servants who serve in the main courtyard who will go over to play, but they rarely go, even if they go to play, they can't resist the invitation of fellow villagers and friends, and they don't drink alcohol, they just sit for a while, and they don't even say anything." ”

"Don't say nice things for them, I'm not going to care about these things. Seeing this, Erf said with a smile.

Xiumei and Xiujuan heard this, and finally put their minds at ease, after all, this is the secret between their low-level servants and miscellaneous servants, not to mention that masters like Erfu don't know, even the big palace maids who are favored by the masters of each courtyard don't know, if they gossip about it, they will provoke Erfu, the concubine, to blame, then they are really sorry for those friends who often buy wine and food and come to the Huan Wash to tell them new things.

Elder gossiped with them again, and returned to the main courtyard with some laughter.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, she paused slightly, turned her head to look at Shilan, and commanded in a low voice: "You arrange a place for them to live, let them live in the main courtyard first, don't let people contact them, don't let people pay too much attention to them, take care of them, they eat and drink every day, you work hard to send them over, and when this matter is over, I am arranging them!" After speaking, Erfu smiled lightly at Xiumei and Xiujuan, and then walked to his own room.

Xiumei and Xiujuan were led by Shilan to live in an empty room on the other side of the back room.

Erf went back to the room and found out the whistleblower letter that had been placed in the secret again, she really couldn't think of who had mastered such a big secret of the Ulanala clan, and revealed the whole thing to herself, what was the purpose of it......

It stands to reason that a person who can understand that the Ulanala clan is so secretive should be a person trusted by the Ulanala clan, so why would such a person betray the Ulanala clan, and use such a covert way to inform, play people in Cao Ying's heart, and play lurking!

She couldn't guess the informant's thoughts, so she had to hide the informant letter in the secret again.

"Shiqing, you ask Zhao Dezhu to send a message to the front yard steward, and ask the front yard steward to hand over a sign to the palace, I will enter the palace in a while to ask Concubine De Niangniang to say goodbye, I must let Concubine De Niangniang make the decision for me, I dare to attack Xiao Qi, this time I will definitely not be merciful!" She sat alone in the warm pavilion, the more she thought about it, the more she felt uneasy, and finally had to use Xiao Qi as an excuse to shout out the window at the top of her voice.

The Fourth Master's Mansion is the same as the palace, it is also a place with many people, and if you are not careful, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of others.

Because of this, even the informant Aoyagi, who had been paying attention to the movement of the main courtyard, did not find any clues, she was worried for two days, and thought that the whistleblower letter had not been delivered to Erfu's hands, until three days later, she accidentally found that Erfu had entered the palace one after another not long ago to ask for peace, and then she realized that the whistleblower letter was already in Erfu's hands, and at the same time, her heart finally fell to the ground.

But these are all later words, so don't mention them at this time.

Because Erfu entered the palace to complain, that is, someone in the house heard the rumors, and no one came to join in the excitement, unlike when she entered the palace the day before yesterday to ask Concubine De Niangniang to say goodbye, when she left the house, there was no one to send her, which is exactly what she wanted, she was not good at acting, and she was really afraid that she would not be able to hide from these rivals who were most familiar with her.

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