Agarwood Temple.

"Ziyan, what you said is true?" The second lady jumped off the couch with joy, "The old lady really said that I should preside over all the affairs of the mansion?"

Ziyan smiled and said, "It's true, congratulations to Madame." ”

The second lady's eyes lit up, and she imagined a group of people around the room, all bowed down and hung their heads for her disposal. She sat in the top position, slowly turning the pages of the account, looking at the detailed records on it, and wondering how to get more silver taels for the second room. She also imagined herself going out to her mother's house like a queen, throwing a bag of silver in front of her, who stared at her in disbelief in front of her, and she smiled indifferently: "Are these enough? If it's not enough, I'll give you more." The two sisters-in-law in the room, who usually spoke ill of her, looked at them timidly with a sneer......

Thinking of this, the second lady couldn't hold back any longer and laughed to herself.

The fourth lady glanced at the second lady angrily, as if she had seen through the latter's thoughts: "Don't daydream, can you manage this huge mansion?"

"Daughter, what are you talking about? The second lady did not give up, "Look down on me, do you look down on me? I can tell you, when your wife was in my mother's house, I have been housekeepers since I was a child, and I have been in good order at home." What's wrong with this house being bigger than my mother's house, aren't all the affairs under its control the same? Don't worry, daughter, your mother and I can handle it. ”

The fourth lady adjusted the rouge gouache without raising her head and said, "Don't come to me when the time comes." ”

The second lady crossed her waist and said: "If you don't look for you, you won't look for you, is there anything else in this mansion that can stump your mother and me?"

The fourth lady smiled. didn't speak, she also knew that her mother had been angry with the big house for so many years, and finally looked forward to the sunrise and the moon. There is such an opportunity to be in charge. Then let her go home, maybe she can do a good job.

The second lady was happy for a while, and suddenly remembered something: "Good daughter, this thing is really strange to say." Why didn't those tenant farmers come early or late, but at this time?"

The fourth lady raised her head: "Mother thinks those people came by coincidence?"

The second lady nodded: "Yes, those tenant farmers don't make trouble in the morning, and they don't make trouble in the evening." It's just that making trouble at this juncture, will it have something to do with the third room?"

The fourth lady was silent.

The second lady has a bad brain, and she can't guess it herself. She said to herself: "Those tenant farmers are really smart, they know how to find someone from the Ministry of Industry to identify fake grain seeds, this thing seems to be a bit mysterious, but the Gu Xiaowu in the third room is just a boudoir lady." Stay at home on weekdays. I didn't meet the tenant farmers at all, let alone the officials of the Ministry of Industry. No matter how much she thinks about it, this matter can't be counted on her head......"

The fourth lady couldn't think of a reason.

These days, she guessed that Gu Zhirong might make a move, so she sent Guixiang to secretly pay attention to Liu Yunyuan's movements. But nothing was found, according to Du Xiang's report, these days, Miss Gu Wu is sick and has never even gone out. And Liu Yunyuan was also deadly silent, and he didn't even make a sound. There were no strange faces coming in and out.

As for the movements of other maids in Liuyun Academy, she also sent second-class maid rings to follow Hua Hao and the full moon. There was no change at all. The maid of Liu Yun Courtyard has been very well-behaved recently, and when she went to the big kitchen to pick up the food box, she went back to the yard, tightly chaining the gate, looking like she didn't want to contact outsiders. In this way, it seems unlikely that the news will be spread outside.

"If this matter has nothing to do with Gu Xiaowu, then, she resigned herself to her fate?" the fourth lady shook her head, "Impossible." I remember when she was a child, she was pushed into the pond and soaked for so long, and she didn't die, which proves that her life is quite hard. In the past few years in the Hanging Ji Temple, she has eaten vegetarian food, and she has never complained about it, so it seems that she is also quite hard. Is such a person so quick to accept his fate?"

The second lady said: "What's impossible about this! She is a powerful person, even if she wants to turn over and overthrow the big house, is it so easy? Now she has killed the girl next to her, Cai Qing, so she is so scared that she can't get out. ”

She didn't care about Gu Zhirong's closed-door affairs anymore, thinking that she could actually be the head of the Yuanning Hou Mansion, she couldn't help but dance with joy.

After dancing for a while, she remembered something: "Good daughter, I heard the old lady talk about something some time ago, saying that the queen mother's birthday is coming, and now I am in charge of this house, so I will organize the matter of this congratulatory gift, you give your mother an idea, and see what congratulatory gifts should be prepared to send to the palace." ”

The fourth lady frowned: "The queen mother's birthday has arrived?" These days, she has been busy calculating Gu Xiaoer and Gu Xiaowu, as well as helping the second lady deal with the big house, but she forgot such an important matter.

Now that his mother is in charge, and the congratulatory gift is also headed by his mother, so of course, what the queen mother sees is her mother's mind, maybe she will make the queen mother happy, and she will have a door to plan the position of the crown princess.

So she looked at the second lady very seriously and said, "Mother, this is your first time in charge, you have to be serious about this congratulatory gift, don't lose your face." ”

The second lady raised her eyebrows and said: "How can this be, I can't smash my own rice bowl by myself, right? Besides, this congratulatory gift is well given, it is very beneficial to our mother, in addition to your mother and my status in this mansion, there is also your position as the crown princess." ”

As soon as she heard the second lady say this, the fourth lady's face immediately turned red, and she glared at the second lady angrily: "Mother, where did you go?

The second lady looked at the fourth lady and smiled: "Okay, it's for the sake of your second brother's future, your second brother reads well, and he will definitely be able to go to high school this autumn." In this way, this congratulatory gift will be extraordinarily exquisite, as soon as the Queen Mother is happy, let's mention your second brother's name in front of the Queen Mother, so that the Queen Mother will mention it in front of the Emperor. In that case, when the time comes to the palace test, the emperor will remember your second brother's name, and this champion will be lost. ”

The second lady is not wrong, the last level of the scientific examination is the palace examination, and all along, the emperor has been the main exam, and he personally approves the champion. If the appearance is high enough, the talent is good, and he can get into the eyes of the emperor, then this champion will be stable.

It goes without saying that Gu Ergongzi's talent is needless to say, and even the gentlemen of the academy have to praise a few words. And this appearance, the Yuanning Marquis Mansion not only produces beautiful women, but also handsome guys, even if the eldest son is not very bright, he is also a talent, and at first glance it is impossible to see that his mind is inflexible.

Therefore, the second lady said to go to the queen mother, and the queen mother blew the wind in the emperor's ear. In the final analysis, the second lady is full of confidence in her son.

"Then mother, have you thought of giving any congratulatory gifts?" The fourth lady tinkered with rouge for a while, and then raised her head and asked.

"What about this congratulatory gift...... the second lady had a headache when she thought of the congratulatory gift, she didn't grow up in a big family since she was a child, and this person didn't pay so much attention to what she came to send. She also doesn't know what to send and what not to send, what is good and what is bad. So, she raised her head and looked at the fourth lady pleadingly: "Good daughter, you have given an idea, what should I give......?"

The fourth lady glared at the second lady impatiently: "Mother, the queen mother lives in the palace, I haven't seen any rare treasures, how cheesy the gold and silver you sent." ”

"Cheesy. The second lady frowned, now she was out of line. She has always thought that giving away things, of course, is to give money, how valuable it is.

The fourth lady thought for a while and said, "Mother, this congratulatory gift should vary from person to person, if it is given to you, of course, it is the best gold or silver, it is because you like it." So, if you want to send a congratulatory gift to the Queen Mother, you have to give her what she likes, so you have to understand what she likes, so that you can please her with what you give. ”

"Is it so troublesome?" the second lady wilted, "then what is it good to give?"

The fourth lady simply said: "Mother, don't worry, anyway, there is still such a long time before the birthday of the Queen Mother, let's find someone to inquire in the palace first, and see what the Queen Mother likes, then we can do what she likes and give her what she likes." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The second lady nodded hurriedly and said, "Then do what the good daughter says." (To be continued......)