This night, Gu Sanniang stayed outside all night, and when the day was about to break, Youwang and Youwang's family came out of the inside, and he endured his grief and said to Gu Sanniang: "The master is gone." ”

Gu Sanniang was silent for a long time, and she said to Youwang's family: "Are the master's clothes ready?" ”

Youwang nodded with tears, and Gu Sanniang said: "Don't cry, let's change the old man's clothes and let him go on the road decently." ”

Youwang's family paused for a moment, and she whispered: "Grandma is pregnant, so she should have avoided it." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head, Jiang Zhongming is gone, she has to guard the main courtyard from time to time, where can she avoid it, she didn't say a word, lit the lamp and entered the house with Youwang's family, and said to Youwang: "Shou coffin and ice cubes, you find two reliable people to carry it in quickly." ”

Youwang agreed, he didn't care about being sad anymore, and turned around and walked out of the main courtyard.

Entering the inner room, Gu Sanniang looked at Jiang Zhongming on the couch, he seemed to be asleep under the candlelight, and his face was still as serious and rigid as usual, as if he would wake up again in the next moment.

It didn't take long for the Wang family to take Jiang Zhongming's longevity clothes, Gu Sanniang and her two changed into clean clothes for Jiang Zhongming, and after a while, Youwang and a few henchmen brought the longevity coffin, and everyone worked together to place him in the coffin and put ice cubes to prevent the corpse from rotting.

By the time she finished doing this, Gu Sanniang was already sweating, and the Wang family saw that her face was pale, and she said worriedly: "Grandma, you are tired all night, so the slave will send you back to the house to rest." ”

Gu Sanniang really couldn't support it, at this time, the sky was slightly bright, she nodded, and with the explanation of the Wang family, she helped Gu Sanniang out of the main courtyard.

Gu Sanniang walked out of the courtyard gate, she looked at the sky in the distance, the huge mansion was silent, most of the people were still sleeping, many people still didn't know that something big happened in the house last night, Jiang Zhongming's life was over, Gu Sanniang had no right to comment on his merits and demerits, throw these away, she only sighed in her heart.

"Grandma, let's go." Youwang said softly.

Gu Sanniang came back to her senses, she held the hand of Youwang's family and walked towards the east courtyard.

Gu Sanniang didn't return overnight, only Liu Wupo knew the truth, the yard was quiet, a rough mother-in-law was sweeping the floor, she saw a few of them taking advantage of the morning light to return, she didn't ask anything superfluous, just lowered her hands and watched Gu Sanniang enter the house, and then continued to work.

After a while, the servants brought hot water, and Liu Wupo waited for Gu Sanniang to wash, and when she came out, she saw that Youwang's family was still waiting in the house, and she said: "Sister-in-law, you go back, and the rest of the things will be said after I take a break." ”

There was ginseng soup from the Wang family, and she said: "The slave will go back to the main courtyard, and the grandmother just has to rest more, if there is something to command, the grandmother will send someone to call me over." ”

After the Wang family left, Gu Sanniang drank two sips of a bowl of ginseng soup, then leaned on the kang and closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Let's say that Gu Sanniang didn't wake up until late afternoon when she slept deeply, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Xiao Yezi and Caixia sitting under the west window, Xiao Yezi looked up and saw that she woke up, and said happily: "Mother, are you hungry, there is simmering hot porridge in the small kitchen." ”

Liu Wupo, who was outside the house, heard the sound, she came in and saw Gu Sanniang looking around, and said in a low voice: "Everything in the house is very good, and the mother-in-law in the princess's courtyard sent all kinds of silk patterns at noon, saying that she asked the grandmother to choose her favorite, and the autumn clothes should also be cut." ”

Liu Wupo meant to tell Gu Sanniang to relax, everything was good in the main courtyard, and no one noticed the abnormality for the time being.

Gu Sanniang nodded silently twice, Caixia specially brought the simmered hot porridge from the small kitchen, Gu Sanniang was hungry for a day, and ate it all in one go, then Liu Wupo had a smile on her face and said: "This is like what a pregnancy should look like, earlier the grandmother couldn't eat a few bites of food all day, and she always had insomnia at night, how can the child in this belly grow well." ”

After talking for a long time, Gu Sanniang only felt that her body was lazy, and the whole person was crooked on the kang and was stunned, Xiao Yezi was considerate of her mother, and guarded her obediently, and it didn't take long for Liu Wupo to come in and reply, she said: "Grandma, Youwang is coming." ”

Gu Sanniang raised her eyelids, if there was something in the main courtyard, the back and forth conversation had always been from the Wang family, so she heard that Youwang had come over in person, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised, she pondered for a moment and said, "Please let him in." ”

Liu Wupo turned around and called Youwang into the house, and took Xiao Yezi and the maids out by the way, for a while, only Wang and Gu Sanniang were left in the house, Youwang bowed down to Gu Sanniang and replied, he said in a mournful voice: "Grandma, the master is leaving, and the news should be passed on to several masters as soon as possible, so that they can have a plan in time." ”

There is no need for him to remind her of this, Gu Sanniang has already thought of it, she said: "Yes, you write a letter and pass it to the uncle, just remember to be cautious, don't leak the news." ”

Youwang knew what was at stake, and he replied: "The slave can be saved, the Jiang family has a special servant to deliver letters, and there is no need to go to the official post station." ”

Gu Sanniang thought for a while, she was not at ease, and said: "It's better for me to write a letter to the uncle, and then you can ask someone to send it out." ”

At first, Gu Sanniang only talked about a few small things in the house, and told him to pay attention to his body outside, and at the end of the family writing, Gu Sanniang read again: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I don't know when you will be able to come back, and when you return to Beijing, I hope you have a free day, my ex-husband's death day is coming, and then please accompany me to the temple to give him Jiao and pray for blessings." ”

After she finished reading, Youwang paused, this time has not fallen, their grandmother is married to the uncle, but she still remembers the death date of her late husband, the uncle read this book, and if it is not good, he has to be angry with her.

Gu Sanniang saw that he didn't use his pen, and said, "It's okay, you can write according to my words." ”

This is a tacit understanding between her and Shen Zhuo, a few years ago, she locked up the mourning period for Zhang Yin for three years, and since then, she will burn some paper money every year except for her birthday and death day, and she will not make a special trip to do things again, secondly, her family letters are usually written by Xiao Yezi, but this time someone else will write it, Shen Zhuo will understand at a glance.

Youwang wrote it down and read it to Gu Sanniang again, until he confirmed that there was nothing wrong, and then put it away.

The only important thing in front of them now is to strictly guard against the news of Jiang Zhongming's death, Youwang and Youwang's family are both stable people, and the main courtyard can't be spilled with oil, but even so, Gu Sanniang is always hanging in her heart, she is afraid that this matter will be noticed by the An family, but her mind can't be seen by Youwang and them, if she messes up, they don't have a backbone, wouldn't it be easier to make mistakes.

Taking advantage of the prosperity, Gu Sanniang carefully inquired about the affairs of the main courtyard, and now he and a few reliable henchmen took turns to stay in the main courtyard, although the subordinates in the house were strictly disciplined, in order not to let people see the clues, Li Langzhong would go to the main courtyard twice a day, pretending to be to check Jiang Zhongming's pulse, and even the medicine residue was sent away on time and in accordance with the amount before.

When Gu Sanniang heard that the arrangements were all in place, she asked him to send the letter to Shen Zhuo as soon as possible.

After a few days like this, Gu Sanniang lived tremblingly every day, afraid that something would go wrong, just because the main courtyard urgently needed a large amount of ice, and the ice stored in the ice cellar was consumed very quickly, Youwang went to the treasury for several days to withdraw a large amount of silver, and privately purchased ice, Jichang Gong was in charge of the family's accounts, she looked at the approval of these days, and was very suspicious, but Youwang was the first person around Jiang Zhongming after all, and Princess Jichang did not refute his words, who knew that today, Youwang came to support a thousand taels of silver, and the reason was still to buy ice.

Princess Jichang thought that Jiang Zhongming had clearly said that day that the affairs of the main courtyard would be handed over to Gu Sanniang to take care of, so after thinking about it, she didn't go to look for Youwang, but went directly to the east courtyard to find Gu Sanniang, and asked straight to the point: "What's going on with Youwang, there are only a few people in our family, and there is an ice cellar at home, how much ice can be used together?" He approved a lot of silver to buy ice, and this month's ledger can't be filled. ”

After that, she said: "Besides, since there is so much ice, why did the third daughter-in-law ask for a few pieces of ice a few days ago, but the steward of the ice cellar rejected it, she is a master and grandmother, I don't know that even a steward dares not to put her in my eyes?" ”

Gu Sanniang couldn't say anything, and she couldn't tell Princess Jichang the truth, so she had to take her hand and said in a good voice: "Yuehua wants ice to use, I'll talk to Youwang later, and ask him to send it to Yuehua's yard, but you still have to open it for Youwang to buy ice." ”

Princess Jichang glanced at her suspiciously and said, "Sister-in-law, do you have something to hide from me?" ”

She is not stupid, several masters of the Jiang family are not extravagant and hedonistic people, besides, how much can ice cubes be used every day? Youwang kept buying ice cubes in the house, and she didn't explain the reason, she was in charge of the general affairs of the Jiang Mansion, if she didn't ask clearly, when she went on a business trip, this large amount of silver could not be made up in two or three days.

Gu Sanniang was anxious to be asked, cold sweat broke out on her back, Princess Jichang looked at her as if she had something unspeakable, and asked: "They are all members of the same family, is it possible that my sister-in-law can't even say anything to me?" ”

Gu Sanniang grabbed Princess Jichang's hand, and she said urgently: "I only ask you, do you believe in my character." ”

Princess Jichang nodded and said, "Although I have not known you for a long time, I know that you are frank and sincere, and you are a person worthy of deep friendship. ”

Gu Sanniang looked at her eyes and said sincerely: "Then you can open this article, I guarantee with my own character, everything I did today is for the Jiang family, and you will naturally understand it in the future." 166 Reading Network