The old lady sighed deeply: "I think, did I create too many sins in my previous life, so this retribution fell on the head of the Yuanning Hou Mansion, and I want to bury the entire Yuanning Hou Mansion into my hands?"

Du's mother also felt panicked, so she had to comfort: "Old lady, don't say that, and relax." Although it is an eventful time in the current mansion, and accidents are continuous, the emperor's grace is still immense. Take the performance of Sister Fang at the Queen Mother's banquet, although the second lady's performance is not good, which is disappointing, but the emperor has not reduced a trace of grace, isn't the position of this crown princess still falling firmly in our Yuanning Marquis Mansion?"

The old lady glanced back at Du's mother, only to feel a little relieved.

Mother Du then said: "There is another thing, has the old lady forgotten? Just yesterday, when we came back, didn't Sister Fang and the others arrive at the mansion a little later? The extremely luxurious carriage that sent them back, the old lady must have already known who specially ordered it, right?"

The old lady's eyes lit up instantly.

Mother Du smiled: "Old lady, this is really a good thing." The slave maid thought that the prince was indifferent and arrogant by nature, and was not close to women, but she was afraid that Sister Fang would be wronged if she married him. Now it seems that there is no need to worry about this. The prince, who has always been cold and arrogant, actually changed his temper and cared about Sister Fang, doesn't this just show Sister Fang'er's status in the prince's heart? After this period of time, Sister Fang'er's position as the crown princess has been decided, and our Yuanning Marquis Mansion is the icing on the cake. It has become a big family that everyone in the capital admires. ”

The old lady pondered for a while, and finally showed a smile for the first time in two days: "You're right, why didn't I think of it? Let's talk about this torturous time, and when Sister Fang'er's status as the crown princess must come down, life will be better. ”

Mother Du nodded with a smile. Although she said these words of comfort to the old lady, she didn't have any bottom in her own heart. Look at the performance of the second lady over the past few days. Unsettled and unsettled, she expected something to happen. Really. Something happened at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.

But why is the second lady so upset? What is bothering her? This is what Mother Du wants to know. She didn't plan to tell the old lady these doubts in her heart, she wanted to observe them secretly first, and solve the troublesome doubts of the second young lady.

If the worries in the second lady's heart can't be solved. The position of this crown princess will definitely be variable. And this crown princess is tied to the future and fate of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion. So, she had to be cautious.

The old lady was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she fell on the couch. Du's mother was completely sleepy, and after putting down the curtain, she retreated lightly and went to Mrs. Jiang at the east back door.

Mrs. Jiang is good friends with Du's mother. Mrs. Jiang relied on Du's mother's relationship to get this errand to guard the east back door. His daughter also helps in the big kitchen, which is the credit of Du's mother.

As soon as Mrs. Jiang finished washing, as soon as she opened the door, she saw Mother Du coming over, and she hurriedly put on a smile on her face, and greeted her: "Mother Du, what kind of wind blew you over here?" It's cold outside, come in and sit." ”

As he spoke, he let Du's mother come to the back room.

There was a charcoal fire in the back room, and it was very warm. Mrs. Jiang dragged out a low stool and wiped it again and again, so that Mother Du sat down. brought another cup of hot tea and personally delivered it to Du's mother.

Du's mother didn't dislike it, she sat down on the spot, and overheated the tea, not in a hurry to drink it, but warmed it in her hand.

Anyway, there was nothing special to be busy with, Mother Jiang moved a stool over, sat opposite Mother Du, looked at Mother Du with a smile and said, "Why are you so free today? After tossing all night, you should also go to make up for sleep." ”

Mother Du is also familiar with this Jiang mother-in-law, and she has long regarded her as her intimate person, and she does not hide it from her, so she sighed and said: "Recently, there have been frequent accidents in the house, and I just feel that my heart is blocked, so I came to sit here with my old sister." ”

Speaking of which, Mrs. Jiang is more than fifty years old, and Mother Du is only forty-five or sixteen years old.

So Mrs. Jiang smiled and said: "You are a celebrity next to the old lady, look at this worry, you have nothing to do but come and sit with me, I will tell you jokes to relieve your boredom." ”

"I'm afraid your joke won't solve my troubles. Mother Du shook her head slightly, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Old sister, what did you tell me a few days ago, that you saw Sister Fang'er's maid ring wandering outside the back door of Wumuhou Mansion?"

Mrs. Jiang looked at Mother Du a little blankly, and Mother Du knew that she had forgotten at a glance, so she reminded: "On the ninth day ......of the first month of last month, I came to talk to you, and it happened that your daughter-in-law brought her home-made sesame cake, and you gave me a few pieces, which is what you said that time."

"Sesame cake?" Mrs. Jiang thought about it very seriously, and then suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes, the last time you came to sit, I once said that it has been so long, do you remember?" She smiled and said, "That's my daughter-in-law happened to pass by Zhongshun Street, so I happened to see Cuihuan standing outside the back door, my daughter-in-law often comes to the house to deliver clothes and food, and she also recognizes Cuihuan, and she thinks it's a little strange, so she casually told me." Actually, it's not a big deal, maybe Cuihuan is passing by there......"

Mrs. Jiang said casually, and when she looked up, she saw that Mother Du's expression was a little wrong, and she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" she immediately reviewed herself, "Did I say something wrong?"

"You're not wrong. Mother Du had huge doubts in her heart, but there were some things that she couldn't say in front of Mrs. Jiang, so she only softened her tone and said, "You are not wrong, I just thought about something to scare the old sister." I just think it's strange, most of the houses in the area around Chung Shun Street are big families, and there are not necessarily any shops and restaurants or anything like that, what is Cuihuan going to do there?"

Mrs. Jiang thought about it seriously: "It's really a little strange." If the second lady instructed her to go there, and there was no shop selling pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, nor some snacks and snacks and antiques, what did the second miss tell her to do there? If she went by herself, why not find a good ......?"

The more she thought about it, the more scared she became: "Could it be that Cuihuan, the dead girl, sneaked out of the house with the second lady behind her back and went to find a tryst with the little guys in other mansions?

As everyone knows, the second lady is the hope of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion to climb to the peak of wealth again, and she is also the most high-profile figure in the capital. (To be continued......)