Cai's mother said: "The slave maid just took a special look at Miss Five's shoes, Miss Five has four pairs of shoes, three pairs of old and one pair of new, which are placed very neatly. When the slave and maid were not paying attention, they looked through the soles of their shoes, and they were all clean and not stained with red mud. ”

The eldest lady tightened her brows, a little puzzled: "The fields over there in Bitan Village are all red mud, and her shoes are not stained at all, is it really not her?"

Cai's mother said again: "The slave maid also thought about whether it would be her who instructed the girl in the house to do it, so I knocked on the side, and I heard them say that Miss Wu suddenly fell ill last night, broke out in a cold sweat, and her clothes were soaked, so she went to the big kitchen early this morning to ask for water and bathe, and changed into clean clothes again." From last night to today, the girl in the house has been busy all night, and her eyes are red. ”

The more the eldest lady listened, the more shaken she became, and she asked again: "Then who was on duty at the north gate last night?"

The inner house of Yuanning Hou is quite large, divided into four back door exits in the southeast, northwest and northwest, each back door is guarded by a mother-in-law, and the scheduling of these mothers-in-law is all under the management of the eldest lady.

Cai's mother said: "The slave maid has already asked, it was Mrs. Zhou who was on duty last night, our people." I heard her say that she contracted a cold last night and coughed and didn't sleep all night, and if anyone went out the back door, she would have known. And last night, no one went out the back door. The slave was not at ease, and asked the other three back door guards, and also said that no one had gone out last night. ”

"What about the carriage?" asked the eldest lady again. Even if the five girls bribed someone else to go out, such a long journey, you always have to use a carriage, right?

Cai's mother shook her head: "This slave also asked, except for the second master, who had something to do last night and took a carriage out, none of the other carriages went out." ”

The eldest lady thought about it, but couldn't find any evidence, so she had to say: "It really didn't look like that five girls did it." As for that Abi, for the sake of what she once heard from us, let's give her brother and sister-in-law fifty taels of silver, which can be regarded as a little pension to compensate them. ”

Cai's mother glanced at the eldest lady: "But Abi's brother and sister-in-law said that they wanted to ask the eldest lady to come forward to intercede......"

The eldest lady snorted coldly and said, "Let me intercede? I can't afford to lose this face." It's just a slave and maid, and if she dies, she will die, so what else can she do? Blame her for her own indiscretion and doing all these things that are immoral! Moreover, in my opinion, her brother and sister-in-law are not good things, and they only come to the door for some money. Didn't you give enough money last time, and now you have to think about some more silver, obviously it is the kind of greed that is not enough to swallow the elephant, if you let them go again, you will say that I am afraid of them! You just go and tell them, just give fifty taels of silver, take it or not, and give me as far as you want, and never come to the door to make trouble. ”

Mother Cai knew that the temperament of the eldest lady was the most intolerant of others pinching the handle and constantly blackmailing, so she nodded hurriedly.

The eldest lady said again: "The note from Imperial Doctor Hu in the Fangcai Palace said that in order to cure the illness of the five girls, you must go to the country doctor of Wu Yang, you go and prepare a carriage and accompany the five girls together." I've been preparing for so long, and I don't want her illness to disrupt the whole plan. ”

Cai's mother thought for a while and said, "Could the fifth miss be pretending to be sick?" The slave maid listened to the girls below say that the fifth lady had learned some medical skills in the Xuanji Temple, and some medicinal herbs were planted in the backyard, like dendrobium or something, and when the old lady was sick in the past, it seemed that she had also sent some ......."

The eldest lady said coldly: "Even if that fifth girl learns a little medical skills, it is only three years, what can she learn? If she pretends to be sick, why can't the respected Imperial Doctor Hu in the palace see it? This disease is mostly real, and it is really such a coincidence." I don't believe that I can't cure her, so I won't let her avoid the birthday banquet of the concubine!"

Cai's mother bowed down and said, "The slave will go down and prepare now." ”

On the other side, in Liu Yun's courtyard, Gu Zhirong was really a little anxious. She made an appointment with Baojiantang to inspect the goods on the dock tomorrow afternoon, and also received other people's jade pendants as vouchers.

She called all the green water jade cicadas and snow geese Mu Jin into the inner room, and everyone worked together to figure out a way. It is often said that three stinkers are worth one Zhuge Liang, and now they add up to six people, which is enough to be worth two Zhuge Liang.

"Miss, do you think this is good?" Lu Shui said first, "When I go out tomorrow, the slave maid puts a small amount of croton in Cai's mother's tea cup to make her stomach uncomfortable, so she can't go, so the slave and maid accompany the young lady to go out, can't the young lady go to the dock?"

Jade Chan also said: "The slave also has a trick, tomorrow the slave and the maid will volunteer to be a groom, and then pretend that the horse is crazy, desperately drive the horse, and get rid of Cai's mother, isn't that okay?"

Gu Zhirong shook his head: "No, these are too obvious." Today, the eldest lady came to visit me for no reason, obviously suspecting something, she brought Cai's mother here to find evidence. If she can't find any evidence, of course she is not reconciled, and will definitely monitor us closely. Now that such a thing is happening in the limelight, it will make her even more suspicious. ”

Lu Shui hurriedly said: "Then what should I do, Mother Cai is always staring at us, and Miss can't do anything if she wants to go out." ”

Gu Zhirong thought about it, but couldn't come up with a foolproof plan, so he asked casually: "How can you be so decent, and suddenly propose to find a country doctor to see a doctor? ”

Mu Jin thought for a while and said, "The slave also felt strange about this, and asked Cai's mother when she was about to go out." Listening to Cai's mother, this was not the eldest lady's idea, but the imperial physician Hu in the palace advocated that the young lady's illness was urgent, and the country doctor could cure it. Now it seems that the eldest lady is anxious, and she is afraid that if the young lady's illness is not good, she will delay going to the banquet of the concubine, so she will let Cai's mother accompany her and give it a try. ”

Gu Zhirong said with emotion: "The eldest lady is really concerned about my illness...... Wait, what did you just say, Imperial Doctor Hu?"

Mu Jin nodded vigorously: "Yes, Cai's mother said that it was asked by Imperial Doctor Hu to find it." ”

Gu Zhirong finally laughed. If it is really Dr. Hu's opinion, then it is really great. It's just that what she really didn't expect was that the hall master of the Baojian Hall was so capable that even the Taiyi Hall had arranged for his people.

If it was possible, she really wanted to know what the identity of that fancy mask boy was.

"It's all gone. Gu Zhirong said lightly, "It's been a tired day, everyone will go to eat first, fill their stomachs, and then sleep well, there will be a tough battle to fight tomorrow." ”