I stood at her door for a long time, and even the doorkeepers who were guarding outside were surprised, and looked in. I thought about it, walked out slowly, and as soon as I walked to the door, I saw them standing up straight and nodding to me: "Miss." ”

I stopped and said, "Let the kitchen make the old lady a soothing decoction at once." ”

Those people were a little puzzled: "It's so late, does the old lady still want to drink the decoction?"

I frowned: "Didn't you see the old lady's room with the lights on all night? The old man is old, how can she stay up so late? How can her body stand it? Why don't you know how to persuade her?"

Listening to my series of questions, those people were also stunned, not expecting me to have a sudden seizure.

I said coldly, "You people, do you just do a little bit of what you do?"

"This—"

"If the old lady's body is broken, can you have a good life?"

Although my relationship with Xue Qian is well known to the Yan family, but now that I am so "righteous and strict", these subordinates have nothing to say, so they hurriedly agreed, and someone went down to prepare.

I glanced back at the flickering candlelight in the room, turned and walked out.

I didn't go back to my room, though.

The night was still as dark as a black curtain, I followed the light under the porch and walked forward, and after a while, I walked outside Yan Qingchen's residence, and the people guarding the door were startled when they saw me coming in the middle of the night, and hurriedly came forward and asked, "Miss, why are you here so late?"

I said, "I've come to discuss something with the head of the house." ”

"This—"

The man hesitated a little, and immediately, a maid came out from the side, who was serving Yan Qingchen closely, she came up to me and saluted, and said softly: "Miss, in the middle of the night, can't you talk to the head of the house tomorrow?"

I said, "No, I'm going to see him now." ”

"However, the head of the house only gave the needle during the day and needed to rest. ”

“……”

"Miss, you are going to disturb him now, just afraid of the body of the head of the family-"

Her words were sincere, if I usually wouldn't come over in the middle of the night to embarrass them, but at this moment, I was determined to see Yan Qingchen, and I was talking to them, when I heard a sound from the house, and then Yan Qingchen said inside: "Is it sister?"

I hurriedly said, "Light dust, it's me!"

As soon as I heard that he had woken up, a few of us hurriedly walked in, and the maid went to light the candlesticks in the room, and saw Yan Qingchen's pale face, wearing a close-fitting little coat, trying to support himself to sit up, he looked up at me, and barely made a little smile on his face: "Sister." ”

As soon as I saw his face, I felt a little distressed in my heart, and I didn't speak for a while, and the maid had already stepped forward: "The master of the house-"

Yan Qingchen glanced at her, then turned his head and instructed the attendant: "Pull her down, scold her for thirty years, expel her from the Yan family, and never hire her." ”

When the maid heard this, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees, and I was stupid: "Why?"

He didn't give an explanation at all, and the attendants around him didn't ask much, so he went over and dragged the maid out and walked out, the maid was still crying and begging for mercy, Yan Qingchen glanced at her coldly: "If you speak again, you will be punished with fifty rods!"

This time, she didn't even dare to cry, so she was dragged out.

I was standing beside his bed, and I was going to talk to him about it, but I was also stunned by this, and I looked back at him when another attendant came forward and closed the door from the outside, and I looked back at him: "Why did you do it for no reason-"

"Not for nothing. ”

He flicked the thin quilt on his body with his hand, and said coldly: "Everyone knows what's going on at home now, my sister came to me late at night, there must be something very important, otherwise you wouldn't come; ”

As soon as he said that, I couldn't say anything more.

Yan Qingchen raised his head and looked at me: "So, what's the matter with my sister?"

I came back to my senses, walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, lowered my voice and told him what happened today, Yan Qingchen listened to my words, his face became more and more ugly, his brows were tightened, and when he heard me finally say that Xue Qian had asked Pei Yuanxiu to go directly to Yan Gang, he said fiercely: "I should let them scold her fifty!"

Indeed, if this matter cannot be reported to him overnight, we will discuss a way, even if we kill the maid, we will not be able to save the situation.

I hurriedly said, "Don't worry about getting angry yet, we have to find a way!"

Yan Qingchen frowned.

I said, "It's been too long since I've been away from Xichuan, and I don't know much about my fifth uncle. What do you think is the chance that if Pei Yuanxiu really goes to him, what are the chances that he will be moved?"

Yan Qingchen almost didn't think about it, so he said: "There is no need for him to say anything at all." ”

"What?"

"Pei Yuanxiu is a very shrewd person, if he meets the fifth uncle, after three or two sentences, he will know what kind of person the other party is. ”

“……”

"He doesn't have to talk about him at all, just incite it. ”

"What do you mean?"

Yan Qingchen's eyes flashed with a little cold light: "Who is the fifth uncle, maybe we may not know, but I can understand his attitude towards this matter now." ”

"Why?"

"He asked Yan Zicong and Yan Ruoyu to come over in advance, and he was also on the way, so he said that he wanted to participate in this matter, with his status and status, if he wants to participate in one thing, can he not find out clearly in advance?"

“……”

"Now that he has found out, he is sending someone over, and the meaning is very clear. ”

I said, "Won't he be on our side?"

Yan Qingchen sneered: "On our side, the most direct way is not to participate." ”

“……”

This time, I don't have anything to say.

Although Yan Qingchen's words were harsh, they were not bad, and they knew the whole leopard at a glance, and from the fact that Yan Gang asked Yan Zicong and them to come over, he could indeed judge his attitude.

It's no wonder that Xue Qian would let Pei Yuanxiu meet him halfway.

This makes the problem even more tricky.

All I felt was a headache: "So what now? I can't just sit still." ”

Yan Qingchen thought only for a moment, then raised his head and looked at me: "What is my sister going to do?"

I thought about it, and then said: "If the old lady has already thought about using the fifth uncle to put pressure on you, then all I can think of at present is to find someone who is about the same status as the fifth uncle, or who can overpower him." ”

Yan Qingchen glanced at me: "Auntie?"

“……”

Although I brought up the topic, I also found it ridiculous.

In fact, grandpa and their generation are still alive, in addition to the fifth uncle Yan Gang, there is another person who may be alive, that is, the eldest lady of the Yan family back then, grandfather and their eldest sister - Yan Yi.

However, this aunt seems to have left the Yan family at a very young age, and I don't know if it was because she was married or what the reason was, I haven't heard of her in the Yan family for decades.

Yan Qingchen shook his head: "Where is she now, I don't know if she is dead or alive, how can I find her for a while?"

I was also a little discouraged: "Then, can there be such a person?"

Yan Qingchen thought about it, and nodded almost immediately: "Yes." ”

When I heard this, I hurriedly asked, "Who?"

He said: "You know, this time Mother is going to gather all the people to the ancestral hall, and on the ancestral hall, of course, there are people who have been guarding it. ”

I nodded, it's natural. Xichuan retains many customs that have been passed down from ancient times to the present day, including that the ancestral halls of all large families will not be built in the place where the main family house is located, but will be built in the place where the family arose, and although the family does not live there, some people will be hired to guard it. The caretaker lived for many years, constantly multiplied, and over time, another big family was often formed, and the whole family was the guardian of the family ancestral hall.

Yan Qingchen asked me, "Do you know who the guards are?"

I shook my head.

This kind of thing, generally speaking, I won't sue the daughter of the family, and I don't even have the qualifications to enter the ancestral hall, since Yan Qingchen inherited the head of the family, he naturally wants to sue him.

He said: "The people who guard the ancestral hall are the people around Grandpa. ”

"Grandpa ......"

When I heard this, I was immediately refreshed.

The people around Grandpa Tai are older than the fifth uncle's age and generation.

Although the identity of that person is only the servant next to the grandfather, there are such unwritten rules in the big family, the servants around the elders have a higher status than the young master, and when they are there, even the young master must give up three points.

If that's the case, then there may be a glimmer of hope.

Yan Qingchen said: "Actually, I originally wanted people to go to the ancestral hall in advance to prepare. No matter what the fifth uncle has to say, in the end, it is impossible to solve this matter with his mouth. ”

As soon as I heard it, I understood: "You're going to-"

He nodded silently.

I couldn't help but sigh lightly, thinking that he was too sick to get out of bed these days, so he couldn't do anything, but I didn't expect that even if he was sick like this, he still didn't relax about things in the slightest.

He said, "In that case, it's better to-tomorrow—"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, I hurriedly said, "It's too late tomorrow." ”

"......!" Yan Qingchen looked at me with slightly wide eyes.

I said: "I calculated Pei Yuanxiu's footsteps, Yan Ruoyu said, the fifth uncle is almost two days later than them, if Pei Yuanxiu is added to instigate, I estimate that they will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest." ”

Yan Qingchen looked at me: "Then what do you mean-"

I said, "I'll leave now." ”

"Now?"

"Yes, now," although it was only a decision made by the lightning and the fire, at this moment I calmed down and said, "I just asked the old lady to send a contemplative decoction to the past, and she stayed up all night, and she will not wake up until at least tomorrow at noon." I'm going now, so no one can catch up with me. ”