"Mingyue, cut the candle flame smaller, just leave one, everyone is tired these days, let's rest early." Also, those third-class little girls have all been sent out, right?" Gu Zhirong commanded as he walked towards the inner room.

Liuyun Courtyard is not a big courtyard, and the arrangement of the Yahuan in the courtyard is also a little different from other courtyards. The wing room in the back lived in Mingyue, Caiqing and other first- and second-class Yahuan, and there was no spare house. So, those third-class girls who cleaned did not live in Liu Yunyuan, but lived in the alley behind Gu's mansion. Every morning, I enter the house from the back door to clean, and then return to the alley through the back door at night.

Mingyue said: "Miss, don't worry, the slave maid has already sent them out." She blew out the other candlesticks in the house, leaving only one, and was about to use a brass ruler to press the small candle flame, when there was a rapid knock on the door outside the courtyard.

"Who will come here at such a late hour?" Mingyue muttered as she stretched out her hand to open the courtyard door.

A figure rushed in, and locked the door as soon as he turned around. Mingyue was startled, took a closer look at the light of the lantern in her hand, was startled again, and said in a lost voice: "Eldest son?"

Gu Jinchun looked flustered, and he didn't care about Mingyue, he took three steps and two steps and went straight into the house, shouting in a low voice: "Fifth sister!

Gu Zhirong walked out of the room and frowned: "Big brother!"

Gu Jinchun rushed to her, grabbed her hand, and said anxiously: "Fifth sister, do you have fifty taels of silver on hand now, my mother said that she would tell my father to go, let my father come back and kill me, I have to go out and avoid it!"

There is nothing to hide in the mansion, the eldest prince and the eldest lady had a dispute, and the matter of pushing down the eldest lady and causing injuries has long been spread throughout the Gu Mansion, and the Liu Yun Courtyard where Gu Zhirong is located also knows a rough idea.

Gu Zhirong said anxiously: "Big brother, where are you going?"

Although I knew that what the eldest lady said that she wanted the eldest master to beat him to death was just angry words, but in the face of this eldest brother who has been very close to her since childhood, she still wanted to protect him in her heart.

"You are a son-in-law, pampered, when you go outside, there is no girl to follow, how can you survive?, besides, it's not very safe outside......" Gu Zhirong said anxiously.

Gu Jinchun shook his head: "Fifth sister, don't worry, some time ago, I hid from my mother to set up a house in the suburbs, bought a few girls and mothers-in-law, and took Xiao Fengxian over, I stayed there when I didn't come back on weekdays, and now I will go there to avoid the limelight!"

I can't imagine that the eldest son, who has always only known eating, drinking and having fun, has such a thoughtful side, maybe he has someone in his heart. Gu Zhirong's heart settled down a little, as for that little phoenix who played it......

People often say that the drama is ruthless, with Gu Jinchun's current downcast situation, coupled with his lavish and squandering on weekdays, fifty taels of silver is tantamount to a drop in the bucket, which is not enough for his daily expenses. But it's okay to do this, just to explore the bottom line of that play, to see if she really wants to follow Gu Jinchun, or if she has other plans.

"Mingyue, go and get fifty taels of silver for the eldest prince. Gu Zhirong commanded.

Mingyue entered the inner room as she said, took out fifty taels of silver, and handed it to Gu Jinchun.

Gu Jinchun put the silver in his arms, looked at Gu Zhirong gratefully and said, "My good sister, thank you, when my brother earns money in the future, I will return it to my sister." ”

Gu Zhirong smiled and put the silver ticket in his pocket for the eldest son, patted the eldest prince's hand, and said softly: "Big brother, if you say this again, you will be divided, how can the feelings of our brothers and sisters be measured by silver? Now that the eldest brother is in trouble, as a younger sister, you should contribute to your brother, isn't it?"

Gu Jinchun was just about to say something, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, he was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Good sister, I'm leaving, if I don't leave, I won't be able to leave." ：

With that, he hurriedly went out through the backyard.

Jade Cicada stumbled in all the way, and shouted as soon as she entered the door: "Miss, it's not good, Mother Cai and a group of people have just sealed all the front and back doors in the house, so they are about to search here." ”

"Search?" Gu Zhirong was slightly stunned, and suddenly thought of Gu Jinchun's escape, what she didn't expect was that the eldest lady was actually searching for the eldest prince in the mansion, and it looked really angry, I don't know how the second lady will ridicule her tomorrow.

"Turn off the lights and go to sleep. Gu Zhirong immediately commanded. At this time, most of the courtyards in the house have turned off the lights and stopped, but their own yards are brightly lit, not harboring criminals, what is it!

Mingyue immediately became clear, immediately locked the courtyard door, and extinguished all the candles.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a lot of noise outside, and the dense torches could be projected even through the thick courtyard wall, illuminating everything in the courtyard clearly.

Smack-smack-smack-smack-s

The brass ring on the door shook the earth.

"It's so late, who is knocking on the door?" Mingyue went to open the door with sleepy eyes, and when she saw Mother Cai, who was the leader, she looked surprised: "Mother Cai, is there something wrong?"

Mother Cai had a cold face and said, "Mrs. Fang Cai's room was robbed, and a red gold phoenix ruby ruby hairpin was missing. This was brought by the lady from her mother's house, and it was very valuable. Someone in the house said, "When you see the thief going toward your courtyard, open the door and let us go in and search." If the thief hides with you and does something, it will be difficult for the lady to explain to the old lady. ”

Mingyue really became nervous, immediately opened the courtyard door, let Cai's mother in, and said vigorously: "Cai's mother, you have to send more people to check carefully, but don't let that thief hurt our fifth miss." ”

"Well, that's nature. Mother Cai nodded, waved her hand, and the servants behind her rushed straight into Liu Yun's courtyard like wolves and tigers.

"Miss, they said they came here to find a thief. Mingyue stood beside Gu Zhirong and said in a low voice.

"Investigating the thieves openly, but secretly they are here to check my bottom, right?" Gu Zhirong sneered, "It seems that the eldest lady is not satisfied with the land that the second lady has equally shared, so she has come to me with the idea, and at the same time, I have also checked whether I have hidden the eldest brother, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Mingyue said in a low voice: "Fortunately, the eldest prince went one step earlier, otherwise, the eldest lady will add another charge to the young lady for teaching the eldest prince." ”

Gu Zhirong said: "A few of you, follow Mother Cai and the people she brought, don't let them run around." One is to see if they have taken anything away, and the other is to see if they have brought anything in. ”

Mingyue immediately nodded in response, learning from the experience of the incident that happened in the princess's mansion last time, they divided into several groups and went separately to monitor Cai's mother and the others.