In the dead of night, suddenly a pigeon took advantage of the night to hover over the capital and quietly flew to Jiangzhou.

After another two days, the eldest lady felt that something was wrong. It stands to reason that at this time, the news from Jiangzhou should also be transmitted, if there is such a big thing, the news will definitely spread to the court quickly, so silent, it is too abnormal.

So, when the eldest master came back from the next court, she asked sideways, "Nothing particularly major has happened recently?"

The eldest lord shook his head: "The DPRK has not reported anything particularly important recently." ”

The eldest lady couldn't help but say, "But how did I receive a letter from my brother saying that something big happened in Jiangzhou recently?"

The old man let out an "oh", and there was no particularly surprised expression on his face: "It's this matter, it was just reported, and there is nothing special, it's just that some people died." The government over there has already sent people to deal with it, and the imperial court has also sent officials to appease them, and the frightened people have all registered and distributed a pair of silver taels. ”

"All of them were registered, and the bereavement silver taels were distributed?" said the eldest lady in surprise. She remembers that there seemed to be no such precedent before.

The eldest lord nodded: "That's right." The emperor has not been in good health recently, and this matter will be handled by the prince throughout the process, you know the prince's style, he has always been vigorous and resolute, and it only took a few days to deal with it, and the prince's methods have always been strict, and those officials below know that this time the prince personally supervised, how dare they slacken, I heard that they are all extremely diligent, even the prefect there. Like the sergeants, they watched from the riverside day and night, for fear of making a mistake. Provoked the prince's anger. The matter was quickly reported to the emperor, who was very satisfied and commended a group of officials. ”

The eldest lady's heart became more and more uneasy: "All the registers have been registered, and pensions have been issued, so where are these dead people, have they all been found out?"

The eldest lord glanced at her a little inexplicably: "What's wrong with you today?" Do you think that the prince is like other people, procrastinating, black and white? Don't all the ordinary people and merchants who come and go have customs clearance documents on them? Under this inspection, don't they all understand? It doesn't take much time. ”

A look of embarrassment appeared on the eldest lady's face. Oh, yes. Why did she forget that everyone who went out needed to carry a customs clearance document on her? If she said that, that five girls must have such a certificate on her, why didn't anyone find out? Gu Mansion in the capital, the surname Gu in the capital is such a family, if something really happened to the five girls, the people below would definitely report to their mansion, how could there be no news at all?

The eldest lady was shocked and suddenly remembered. These five girls are going out for the first time and are inexperienced. Could it have been lost on the road, or robbed, or taken away by those thieves?

If that's the case, how can she spread the news of the death of the five girls? She can't say that her eldest brother told her, so that others will inevitably suspect her purpose.

So, how can we let everyone in the whole house know that the girl in the third room is dead?

The eldest lord saw the eldest lady sitting there in a daze, not saying a word, and his face didn't look very good, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?"

Since the eldest lady became pregnant with a child, the eldest lady has been more nervous than anyone else.

The eldest lady may have thought about it for too long, and her heart became more and more depressed, and after the eldest lady asked this, she felt nauseous, and couldn't help but lie on the spittoon and vomit.

Mother Cai hurriedly walked in, patted the eldest lady's back, and helped the eldest lady to calm down: "Madam, the doctor has said that you are pregnant with a child at your age, but you must pay attention, you can't be tired, you can't be angry, look at you, the doctor doesn't listen to it, right?"

The eldest lord looked at the eldest lady worriedly. This time, the eldest lady was pregnant with a child, which was good news for him. Although he also accepted a few concubines, he either gave birth to nothing, or gave birth to daughters, but the eldest lady gave birth to a eldest son and a fourth son for him. But the eldest son has not been very flexible since he was born, but the six-year-old fourth son was not very dexterous because of an accident when he was a child, and he limped when he walked, which really lost his face. And he has always wanted a healthy son to inherit the incense, so he pinned all his hopes on this child in the womb of the eldest lady.

When he learned that the eldest lady had a body, he also went to a fortune teller to calculate, and the fortune teller said that this time, his wife must be pregnant with a baby boy. So he was very happy, went out early and returned early, and accompanied the eldest lady, just thinking that this child could land safely so that he could inherit the incense of his big house.

Hearing Cai's mother say this, the eldest man couldn't help but get anxious: "Is it because the fetus is unstable?"

Cai's mother glanced at the eldest master and nodded perfunctorily. In fact, what she was thinking in her heart was: Master, don't you understand Madame's thoughts? Madame wants to destroy the second room, but you do your best to help the second room; Madame wants to destroy the third room, but you are like a nobody, indifferent to this matter, can this not make Madame angry? Madame does so much, what is it for, isn't it for the prosperity of the big house? You are good, you do everything to make trouble for Madame.

Of course, she naturally didn't dare to say these words as a slave.

The eldest lady vomited for a while, and finally stopped. His face was flushed and he was panting, after all, he was getting older, and when he was pregnant with a child at this time, it was naturally harder than when he was young.

Seeing the worried look on the eldest master's face, the eldest lady took a big breath and said, "The eldest lady doesn't need to worry, this is just a normal reaction when you are pregnant with a child, you go and get busy, I'll sleep for a while." ”

The eldest man looked at her, still worried.

The eldest lady smiled weakly: "Thank you for your concern, the concubine is really fine." Besides, there is Cai's mother by my side to take care of me. ”

The eldest lord nodded, thought about it, and got up to go about his own business.

Seeing the figure of the eldest lord disappearing outside the courtyard, the eldest lady immediately said, "Mother Cai, you go to Liuyun Courtyard to take a look at the situation over there." It stands to reason that after so long without news, the one who can't sit still the most should be Liu Yunyuan. ”

Cai's mother nodded, called Qingju over, and gave her advice, and then hurriedly walked towards Liuyun Courtyard.

Since the third-class girl Xing'er they planted in Liuyun Courtyard was taken away, the eyeliner of their big house has been completely broken. Now that there is any movement in Yunliu Courtyard, they can't find out at all, so they can only go to test it.

Cai's mother was thinking about it while walking, and made up her mind, so she quickened her pace and walked to the door of Liu Yun Courtyard, and when she saw that the courtyard door was closed, she reached out and pulled up the copper ring on the door and knocked it vigorously a few times.

Since Xing'er was driven away, Xue Yan went to the old lady and said that Miss Fifth was far away, and there was no need for so many people to wait in this house. Those third-class girls will be sent to each room to help for the time being, and Liu Yunyuan will just tidy it up by herself.

The old lady thought about it and felt that since the master of Liu Yunyuan was not there, it would be a waste to have too many people, so she agreed.

At this point, Liu Yunyuan left Snow Goose alone. On weekdays, there is nothing to do, and Snow Goose doesn't want other people to bother, and generally closes the courtyard door, which is a well-known thing.

"Who?" said the voice of the snow goose in the courtyard, and the tone was calm, no different from usual.

"Squeak" The courtyard door opened, revealing an apricot face of Snow Goose, and seeing that it was Mother Cai standing at the door, Snow Goose was slightly stunned, and hesitated: "Mother Cai, is there something wrong?" (to be continued......)