CHAPTER XIII

Yan Zhaohua changed his clothes and got up, stood at the window and looked at the fire in the southeast corner of Qingqueju, Qingzhu and Dye Xiang took turns to go outside to see the situation, and after a while came back to tell Yan Zhaohua, the fire had stopped, but the entire embroidery room had almost been destroyed.

Yan Xiu and Xie came together, and when they saw Yan Zhaohua, Xie hurriedly walked over, took Yan Zhaohua's hand, and asked kindly: "It's okay, I'm scared." ”

Yan Zhaohua shook his head, looked at Xie Shi, who pretended to be distressed, and shook his head for a while, the chief manager Zhang Ping had already taken people to extinguish the fire in the courtyard, Yan Xiu couldn't sit still in the house, and went out to see, and heard Zhang Ping report the situation to Yan Xiu in the courtyard, when the fire caught fire, it should be when all the lanterns in the house were extinguished, and I didn't know what the cause of the fire was.

Yan Xiu asked Zhang Ping to investigate, walked in, and said to Yan Zhaohua:

"It's okay if people are fine, I've already asked Zhang Ping to check, is there anything important in the embroidery room?"

Yan Zhaohua glanced at Xie Shi, bowed his head and said, "A birthday gift for my grandmother." I embroidered a few screens for my grandmother, and now they're all burning. ”

"Birthday gift?" Yan Xiu said regretfully: "That's a pity, but there is no way, your grandmother's birthday is coming, you just can't embroider anymore, or prepare something else." ”

Yan Zhaohua's face was full of loneliness, and he didn't answer, Xie Shi stood up and said: "Alas, I don't blame the eldest lady for being distressed, after all, it is something that has been embroidered for several months, or not, I will go to the Dingguo Mansion the day after tomorrow, I will prepare some generous gifts for you, I think that as long as it is something sent by Sister Hua, the old lady will definitely like it." ”

Xie Shi had a motherly tone, and when he heard Yan Zhaohua, his teeth were itching, but his face was not revealed, and he lowered his eyes and said:

"Yes, thank you, ma'am."

As soon as Xie Shi took Yan Zhaohua's hand, Yan Xiu said: "Okay, the family doesn't need to be polite, it's not too early, if you feel that this courtyard is not safe, move to the main courtyard to live for a while, and let your wife make you your favorite gold silk roll tomorrow." ”

"Yes, it's better to go back to the main courtyard with us, your father and I are not at ease if you live here alone." Seeing that Yan Zhaohua didn't speak, Xie Shi continued: "If you don't want to live in the main courtyard, you can go and live with Sister Ning, it's all up to you." ”

Yan Zhaohua lowered a pair of cut pupils, shook his head weakly, and said, "No, I don't want to toss and change places so late, I let Dye Xiang and Qingzhu stay by the bedside, and there will be no problem." It's not too early, so my wife and father should go back and rest early. ”

Yan Xiu didn't force her to say this, nodded and said, "It's okay." Something to ask the maids to pass the word. ”

After saying this, Yan Xiu took Xie Shi to leave Qingqueju, and some of Zhang Ping's firefighters also left one after another, leaving only two mothers-in-law to guard outside the embroidery room, for fear that the flames would come out again, after closing the door, Dye Xiang and Qing Zhu followed Yan Zhaohua to the inner room, the two made the bed, and brought a soup woman to Yan Zhaohua and put it in the futon, Dye Xiang said:

"This fire is so strange today, it's a pity that those embroideries have been burned."

Qingzhu continued: "Where is the matter of a few embroideries, the whole embroidery room is gone, fortunately, the place where Miss embroidered and the dormitory are not in the same place, otherwise this fire may not be where it will burn, the people behind it are too vicious." ”

Yan Zhaohua sat on the bed, did not speak, looked at the patterns on the satin futon, and suddenly asked Qingzhu:

"Did you get the little cube of the futon I cut last time?"

The small square is naturally the fabric on the futon that Zhaohua felt was problematic from the foreword, after Hongqu left, Qingzhu helped her change the bed and mattress into a new one, but the old ones were not thrown away, they were hidden in the cabinet.

Qingzhu was stunned for a moment before he realized what Yan Zhaohua was talking about, only to feel that Miss's thinking was beating too fast, so he hurriedly nodded and said, "It's done, it's already loaded with a box." ”

Yan Zhaohua nodded, ripped off the coat on her shoulders, and Dye Xiang waited for her to lie down, and asked again uneasily: "Miss, is this the matter of the embroidery room?" If Manager Zhang goes to investigate, he will definitely not find out anything in the end, so we won't do anything? ”

Yan Zhaohua exhaled, closed his eyes, and said, "The burn has been burned, what can I do if I find out?" ”

Dye Xiang wanted to ask, but Qingzhu pulled her aside and said, "Don't ask, Miss has her own opinions." After speaking, she glanced at Dye Xiang, and Dye Xiang understood Qingzhu's hint, although she had been recuperating for many days, but after coming back, Qingzhu told her what had happened these days, and she and Qingzhu both understood, their eldest lady was sick, and the whole person was sober, and they were no longer as weak and confused as before, as long as Miss was sober, what did they have to worry about, after all, as soon as Miss made a move, she got rid of most of the dark stakes in the center of Qingque, although there was still a small part, but Qingzhu and she analyzed, I think it was deliberately kept by the young lady.

The two put down Yan Zhaohua's tent from the finch hook, and after tucking it under the mattress, the two took the futon from the cage, and after laying it out, the green bamboo blew out the candle, and the two fell asleep on the low couch outside the screen.

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was woken up by a fire, Yan Xiu didn't feel sleepy for the time being, and simply went to the study to read the official documents. There was only one candle lit in the bedroom, the light was a little dim and blurred, Xie sat in front of the dresser, did not let anyone turn on the lamp, combed his hair in this dim light, and after a while, Wang walked in from outside, with a cold air on his body, Xie Shi couldn't care about it, stood up and asked Wang:

"How?"

Wang nodded to Xie and said, "It's done, Caixia has already taken out the things in advance, and the slave maid asked the embroidery girl to change the line overnight, I believe that it will be made before the old lady's birthday." ”

Xie Shi exhaled with confidence, and then said softly and angrily: "Alas, I don't have to spend all these twists and turns, I just blame Sister Ning for being unstable, and I made a promise to the old lady early on, saying that I would embroider a screen for her with my own hands, if I don't fulfill it, it will definitely damage my image, so I can only make this decision." ”

It turned out that after Yan Zhaoning saw Yan Zhaohua's embroidery earlier, he moved his mind, and was determined to let Yan Zhaohua give her things, when he was in the Dingguo Mansion that day, he quickly said it to the old lady and the ladies who were guests, it was not a big deal, according to the previous Yan Zhaohua's deference to Xie's Cheng dù, as long as Xie opened his mouth to Yan Zhaohua, let alone a few embroideries, it was her net worth, it is estimated that Yan Zhaohua could give it to her, but who knows, that girl was sick, and the whole person came to her senses, and then refuses to listen to her, and still fights with each other everywhere, how can Xie swallow this breath? Only then did she buy Caixia, steal the embroidery in advance, and then burn down the Qingqueju embroidery room, so that Yan Zhaohua thought that the things had been burned, and on the day of the old lady's birthday banquet, as long as she took Sister Ning to the Dingguo Mansion to give a gift earlier, without waiting for Yan Zhaohua to arrive, she would send the congratulatory gift, where did Yan Zhaohua know what Sister Ning sent?

Wang's mind is still quite clear, after listening to what Xie said, he hesitated: "Madam, say something that the slave maid should not say, in fact, why does the wife have to ask the eldest lady to embroider the few pieces, there is no ready-made purchase in the shop outside, and if it is not successful, it can also be embroidered by the embroidery lady in the house. ”

Xie Shi snorted coldly: "There is no shortage of people around the old lady who are good at embroidery, if the embroidery products sold on the market are distinguished, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?" Besides, if you don't ruin Yan Zhaohua's embroidery, and let her take it to please the old lady? The old lady was looking forward to Yan Zhaohua, in the final analysis, in the old lady's heart, Yan Zhaohua was the granddaughter born to her baby daughter, Sister Ning is certainly favored, but in the end, it is separated by a layer, not so close, do I still want to see the old lady like Yan Zhaohua? ”

Xie's words couldn't be clearer, even though the Wang family was still a little worried in his heart, but he also knew that his wife was not easy, the Duchess of Dingguo was just the wife's mother-in-law, and she had never been close, if it wasn't for the wife's intention to block the eldest lady from getting close to that over the years, where would there be anything wrong with the second lady, so the wife would never see the eldest lady show her face over there, so she remembered to use this method to let the eldest lady know that things were ruined, and to avenge the eldest lady for losing so many of them last time.

Although Wang is narrow-minded, he still has a little brain, and he is still not at ease:

"Now the Hou Ye has ordered the slave and maid to investigate, and finally if he doesn't investigate what happened, I'm afraid that the master will not be able to explain to the Hou Ye, and I ask my wife to reply to me about this matter. Is it dragging, or is it ......"

Wang didn't say the latter words, but Xie understood it, paced two steps in the room where the earth dragon was burning, and said after hesitating for a moment:

"Don't drag it out, he can't lose his ability in front of the Hou Ye, just find a substitute for the dead ghost." After making a decision, Xie Shi turned around and looked at Wang Shi with a fierce look in his eyes and said.

Wang thought for a while: "What does Mrs. mean, to push everything onto Caixia?" ”

"Before pushing, deal with it first, don't give her a chance to stand up and bite." The meaning of Xie's words is to kill people and kill their mouths, where will Wang not understand, and nodded with his eyes:

"Yes, the slave knows how to do it."

Subsequently, the Wang family stayed and discussed with the Xie family about going to the Dingguo Mansion to pay homage to his birthday the day after tomorrow, and it was not until Yan Xiu returned to the room that the Wang family secretly retreated.

After Yan Xiu came back, he asked Xie, "It's so late, how can I see that Mother Wang has just left?" While undressing, he asked Xie Shi.

Xie replied calmly: "I called her here, Master Hou went to the study to deal with the official documents, and I couldn't sleep alone, so I simply called Mother Wang to come over to discuss the birthday visit the day after tomorrow." Last time I was in the Guogong Mansion, the third lady told me that she would go over to help a day in advance, and Sister Ning and Sister Yue also seemed to have made an appointment, and they would go with me tomorrow, and they would rest in the Guogong Mansion at night, so as not to delay the affairs of the main day. ”

Yan Xiu opened his hand and asked Xie Shi to remove his coat for him, nodded, and said:

"Yes, let Sister Hua go with her, she and Sister Yue, Sister Rou haven't seen each other for a while, usually you go back to ask An and don't see her, the relationship between cousins is rusty, this time let Sister Ning take her well, in the end, it is the eldest daughter."

Yan Xiu's words made Xie Shi panic, but he quickly calmed down and said softly: "Yes, then I will go and ask the eldest lady tomorrow, if she is free, she will go with us." ”

After Xie Shi's words, Yan Xiu climbed into the inner bed, lay down with his back to Xie, Xie looked at Yan Xiu's back, his eyes were cold, he took off his coat, walked to the candlestick and blew out the lights, and fell asleep in the night light.