Summer afternoons are the most easy to get sleepy, and several mothers-in-law in the backyard of the General's Mansion gather together to eat melon seeds and chat while the masters and stewards are napping.

"Hey, have you heard?" a woman who was serving in the main house couldn't wait to share the latest news she had heard today with her companions.

"What did you hear?" the other mothers-in-law immediately came over with excited faces.

The mother-in-law smiled proudly, and deliberately betrayed Guan Zi and said: "The third girl of my sister-in-law's cousin's family is on an errand in Mingzhu Garden, and I heard her say that yesterday Mrs. Xue called Mama Xue, the steward of Mingzhu Garden, and told her to clean up and down Mingzhu Garden, and prepare a list of items that should be replaced and hand them to Mama Xing next to Mrs. Xing. ”

"What's this?" a mother-in-law said disappointedly: "Although there is no master in this Pearl Garden, there is no shortage of mother-in-law and maids, and the lady is always staring, which day is not clean and clean, this time it is just to add some objects and it is worth your fuss?"

The mother-in-law who said the news glared fiercely at the mother-in-law who spoke, "What do you know! Mingzhu Garden is cleaned every day, but when has there been such a big movement? It's been ten years, and a yard lady who has no master doesn't need to spend this spare money to change things, right?"

"Then tell me why?" the other woman couldn't help but ask, hearing her say it clearly.

"Needless to say, I don't know what's going on!" the mother-in-law proudly announced the new news she had heard, "The eldest lady is coming back!"

The other mothers-in-law were shocked at first, and then they discussed it with nonsense, "Is it really fake? I heard that the eldest lady was taken overseas by immortals to cultivate immortals, did she also become immortals?"

"Look at what you said, why did you come back when you became an immortal?"

"Don't talk about you, the eldest lady is going to heal the disease, and she will naturally come back when she recovers. ”

"Didn't you say that your whole face was burned?

"You stupid, what can't be cured by immortals!"

“……”

Not to mention that these broken-mouthed mothers-in-law are getting more and more outrageous, there are also a few good little girls in Mingzhu Garden who are surrounding Mama Xue to inquire about the master who is about to return home.

"Mama, what does the young lady look like, is she as good-looking as the lady?"

"Is Miss's temperament good, is it difficult to serve?"

"When will Miss come back?"

“……”

Mama Xue had a little headache when she asked, so she had to put up her face and say, "What are you doing with so many words?"

The little girls have been in the Pearl Garden for a long time, and they also know that although Mama Xue has a good temperament, they can't tolerate them being presumptuous, so they shrank their necks and didn't dare to ask any more, and they scattered to work.

The two big girls in Mingzhu Garden, Bi Yuan and Hong Luan, saw that the little girls were cleaning up with their heads, so they glanced at each other, Bi Yuan went to stare at the little girls working, and Hong Luan quietly came to Xue Mama's side and whispered: "Since Miss is coming back, others will just let me and Bi Yuan serve each other closely, how can I know first, knowing Miss's temperament and preferences, it's good to be prepared, isn't it?"

Mama Xue poked her forehead with a smile and scolded, "You ghost spirit!"

Hongluan didn't hide, but smiled and said, "Good mamma, just mention me." ”

Mama Xue looked around the room, and saw that although the little girls looked like they were working hard, they actually pricked up their ears and listened to their words with Hongluan, so she simply raised her voice and said: "Miss's temperament is excellent, gentle and submissive, never beating and scolding people, even if you really do something wrong, she will not punish her too much, she is a very good master." ”

The maids couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this, after all, most of them only entered the house on an errand after the young lady left, and they had never even seen the face of the young lady, and they were both happy and nervous when they heard that the master was coming back, for fear that they would accidentally not serve and annoy the master, and now they were relieved to hear Mama Xue say this.

"It's just one thing, you all have to keep it in mind!" Mama Xue suddenly became stern as soon as her words turned, "Miss has a good temperament, but she is extremely shrewd, and she can't tolerate a slave who betrays her master and deceives her master, if you think that Miss will forget her identity and do something against her duty if she treats Kuanren, no one can save you if she provokes Miss to be angry!"

Seeing that several little girls nodded in a daze, Mama Xue's voice softened, "I didn't deliberately beat you, there was a big girl named Huang Ying next to Miss back then, and she has been serving by her side since Miss was sensible, and she has been in love for a few years, and she is smart and clever and steady, and Mrs. and Miss like her very much." However, this girl took advantage of her master's favor to steal a mutton fat white jade bracelet from the young lady and put it in another big girl's magpie house, and framed her for stealing. The magpie is a wooden girl who can't speak but has a pair of skillful hands, good needlework, hair combing, and making snacks, although the young lady treats her as close as Huang Ying, but she also didn't listen to the words of one side and wronged her, only said that the bracelet was rewarded by herself, but privately asked me to quietly inquire about Huang Ying and the magpie what is the holiday, this inquiry really inquired about one thing......"

Mama Xue paused, looked at the little girls who listened attentively, and sighed softly, "Huang Ying and Magpie have reached the age of marriage, Huang Ying's parents fell in love with the youngest son of the manager Liu of the outer courtyard account room, so they came to the door to propose, but they didn't want to be rejected. A few days later, the daughter-in-law of Liu's steward begged Mrs. to ask the magpie to be the daughter-in-law of her youngest son. Huang Ying looks good and is also a standout among the maids in the house, and she is favored in front of her master, but she loses to a magpie who looks mediocre and doesn't know how to please her master, where can she swallow this breath? I can't think about it for a while, so I did such a foolish thing. After the young lady found out, she didn't say a word, and directly ordered the housekeeper to drag Huang Ying out and sell it, Huang Ying desperately begged for mercy and cried to death, and finally even the lady was alarmed, and sent the grandmother next to her to come over and spread the word that the girl made a mistake and beat it, and there was no need to sell it, so that the outside could see the jokes in our house. I don't want the young lady who has always been docile and obedient, but this time she is unusual, and she is determined to sell Huang Ying, and no one can stop her. ”

Mama Xue squinted her eyes and looked at a tall camphor tree outside the house, and said with emotion: "I also persuaded Miss at the beginning, but a girl doesn't like to be sent to the laundry room to do rough work, so why refute Mrs.'s face? But Miss said to me with a stern face, she was going to sell Huang Ying not to annoy her for framing the magpie, she was annoyed that Huang Ying thought she was young and fooled, and used her as a knife to eradicate dissidents!" If such a person is put in the army, he will delay the military aircraft and destroy the whole army, and if he is put in the temple, he will use power for personal gain, and if he is heavy, he will bring disaster to the country and the people, and he will not be able to stay at all! If it weren't for the love of many years of service, he would have dragged him out and beat him to death!

"Don't be afraid. Seeing that the little girls were frightened, Mama Xue comforted softly: "As long as you keep your duty, Miss is very good to serve." That being said, the little girls still left a shadow in their hearts.

Within a few days, the eldest lady who was about to return formed a shrewd and ruthless image in the minds of the next people. The days passed quietly in their heated discussions......