Xia Kun nodded yes, "You're right. I've always been very precious about these earrings, they are all locked, and there is no reason why the eighth sister can take them easily......"

I didn't expect to go back to Zhuqingyuan and ask, and I found out how this happened.

Xia Kun's wife took Xue Qing back to her mother's house, and Qiu Yun was the only one left in the yard. The maids of the Qin Mansion also have Yuguo and Tianqing. Xia Kun and Hui Zhi separated from each other after passing Jiamu Hall, and when the door of Zhuqingyuan was closed, Qiu Yun ran to Xia Kun and asked for guilt, and explained the whole thing clearly-

"After noon, the slaves and maids were packing up in the yard, and the grandmother's dowry had not yet been counted, and the treasury was also in the book. The eight girls came over after a break, and ordered two girls named Yuguo and Tianqing to take the newly brewed osmanthus nectar to make a sweet and salty osmanthus rice cake. ”

The osmanthus rice cakes in the Hou Mansion of Cheng'an are not very easy to make- Sweet to the good rice and osmanthus nectar carefully kneaded together, in order to achieve the point that there is osmanthus fragrance inside and outside without drenching osmanthus nectar, this step is very laborious, often have to knead a small half an hour to do well, and then kneaded into various patterns, put in the pot to steam and dry and cut into small pieces; salty is soft fried osmanthus cake, the flavored osmanthus cake is mixed with some lard and kneaded into small pieces, the outside of the fried golden inside is soft and glutinous, and then in the fried spiced nut crushed to roll a circle finely, stick a circle of salty and salty kernel pieces.

Xia Kun knew that this eighth girl obviously had an obvious purpose and went to the people.

Qiuyun continued, "After the eighth girl sat down, she said, 'I remember that the pair of earrings that my sister-in-law brought on the day she recognized her husband was very beautiful, can this sister take out the earrings and ask me to take a look at them again?'

The eighth girl was amazed and said, 'Although I am now raised in front of my grandmother, I have never seen any good objects, but this earring. It's really rare, the craftsmanship is exquisite, it's really amazing. ’

Then I asked the slave and maid, how did I get this earring? It is the marriage of the grandmother's mother, it has been some years, it was originally just a pair of hollow carved pendant earrings, and then the master himself drew the picture, and found a skilled craftsman, it is said that the old filigree craftsman who has served in the palace to do. That's what it looks like now. It was originally Mrs.'s beloved, but now that my grandmother is married, I give it to my grandmother as a self-esteem, which is also a thought. ”

Xia Kun was suspicious in her heart, "Since you have said it so clearly...... Why did she have to steal my earrings?"

Qiuyun continued, "This slave doesn't know... The eighth girl saw the earrings, and then told the slave and maid to put them away, not to lose them. The slave was still grateful for her carefulness, so she put away the earrings - and put them back wherever they were taken, just when they were about to lock the small box of the earrings. A little girl in the tea room in the courtyard suddenly carried a pot of tea into the house, and the slave maid looked around at the maids who were not in the same class, if they were asked to pour tea for the eight girls, it would inevitably appear disrespectful, and the slave maid failed to lock the small box, so she had to buckle the outside dowry box and pour tea for the eight girls in the past. ”

Xia Kun suddenly understood.

Her makeup box has three layers, one for hairpins, one for a pinnacle, and one for earrings and bracelets. There are also small boxes for several valuable pieces of jewelry, which can be used to hold one thing alone.

"After that, did the eighth girl find some reason to send you out?"

Qiu Yun glanced up at her, lowered his eyes and said. Grandma said that was not wrong at all, the eighth girl didn't know how, she spilled the tea cup on her skirt, and the slave saw that the weather was slowly getting colder, so she said that she would help her find a piece of grandma's clothes to change for her, and the eighth girl waved her hand. Good words let the slave and maid go to find clothes......"

Next, even if she doesn't say it, Xia Kunwu can guess a rough idea. The small box with the earrings was not locked, and the big maid next to her in the house went out to look for clothes, and the rest of the little maids usually only dared to look down at the ground, and they didn't have the courage to look at the masters at all - even if there was a little maid in the house, the eighth girl could still find a reason to spend people away.

Then he went into the room and went to get the earrings she had in the box, which was a breeze. And since she had kindly reminded Qiu Yun to take care of it before, Qiu Yun naturally wouldn't be suspicious - only then did she come back in the evening to find that the pair of earrings were missing.

Xia Kun thought carefully in her heart - such thoughts and means... It's really not like an eleven or twelve-year-old girl could think of it.

"Forget it, others have calculations, we are new here...... If you can bear it, bear with it. Xia Kunwu suddenly felt that the second room of the Cheng'an Hou Mansion seemed to be a very strange place, "But you still haven't seen anything good after all... Punish you with a month's worth of wages as an example. ”

Qiuyun kowtowed gratefully and withdrew.

Xue Qing said, "The prince is back." ”

In the morning, Qin Yuan knew that Xia Kun and Hui Zhi would go to Fushoutang, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter, and when he arrived at the gatehouse, he heard the maid who guarded the door say, "Young grandma's things have been found." He thought that the matter was over, but when he came back, he saw that the hesitation and distress between his new wife's eyebrows seemed to be better.

Inevitably, he asked, "Didn't you find the pendant?"

Seeing him coming back, Xia Kun smiled and changed it for him with her own hands, making everything Qiu Yun said clear to him, and then said in confusion, "I saw the eighth sister in Fushoutang today, looking at her appearance, she doesn't look like such a thoughtful person, does the prince know, what does this eighth sister look like in Pingsuri? After all, I am still a newcomer, and I don't know much." ”

When Qin Yuan heard her say this, he was suspicious in his heart, "Seventh sister and eighth sister...... Since Aunt Sun was sent out," turned his head and saw Xia Kun's still puzzled expression, so he told Aunt Sun about the things before and after, and then continued, "Aunt Sun was used as a gun by Aunt Lin, and with such a biological mother, grandmother was afraid that the seventh sister and eighth sister would be taken crooked by her, so she took them to Fushoutang to be raised." It's just that they are not very old, but their hearts have almost settled down, although I have not had much contact with the brothers and sisters in the second room, I also know that the eighth sister has always been a straightforward character..."

Xia Kun nodded, "Eighth sister really likes my pair of earrings, but with her heart, she can't do it like this, there must be someone behind it......" She thought in her heart and said so, and only halfway through saying it did she realize and stopped.

After all, the eighth girl is Qin Yuan's sister, a serious girl in the second room of the Hou Mansion of Cheng'an, and she always looks a little bit like this when she says that there is a villain behind her. Not very safe.

Qin Yuan looked at her cautious appearance and patted her shoulder, "Between you and me, there is nothing to avoid." If it was instigated, it is very likely. This person can't be a maid-in-law, the seventh sister and the eighth sister are by the grandmother's side, and everyone has been picked by the grandmother, so it can only be the master of the second room, or the half-master..."

Qin Yuan pondered for a moment, "Let me tell me, this person is not one of the group of servants raised by the second uncle, or the fifth sister who is still grounded." (To be continued.) )

PS: For the sake of Muzi being so diligent this month (Muzi is abroad, he has just finished the Christmas holiday and started a new semester, and there will be no holiday during the Spring Festival 555 bow and a sour tear) I am happy to see the reward and am willing to reward Thank you for your support~~