Steward Xue stood at the door of the master's study and sighed, the young master really gave him a problem, tidied up his clothes and said, "Master, the old slave has something to say." ”

Master Xue likes to play chess recently, and when he has nothing to do, he hides in the study to study the chess game, and today is no exception, he is holding the chess game in the study and watching it carefully, and when he hears Steward Xue outside have something to say, he doesn't raise his head and says: "Come in." ”

Steward Xue smiled and said to the master: "The master has not rested at this hour, how can he watch the chess game here?" ”

Master Xue smiled and said: "I used to ignore it, but now I am fascinated, I heard that Xun'er likes to play chess, and when I learn it, I will find him to play with me, but now it is still a stinky chess basket, and I don't dare to let him play with me, for fear that he will laugh at me." ”

Steward Xue could hear from the master's words that the master had a tendency to reconcile with the young master, so he said: "Master, in fact, the old slave specially came to tell you that Qin Bo, who was guarding the back door, found that the back door was opened by someone and picked up this hairpin underground. ”

This is a trivial matter, and there is no need to alarm Master Xue at all, but Steward Xue actually came over with a hairpin, and Master Xue couldn't help but look up at the hairpin and said, "This hairpin is Ning'er's, and I gave it to her on her birthday." ”

Steward Xue said: "Master, I also recognized that this was bought by the old slave with the old lady to the eldest lady, so I brought it to you to see, the old slave guessed whether someone stole the young lady's hairpin and sold it outside." "I have to admire the young master's intelligence, I actually got this hairpin from the eldest lady, this hairpin is when the master went to the capital to see the second master, walked past a jewelry store, thought that the eldest lady was about to reach her birthday, and deliberately got out of the car to buy it for her.

"What! There are people in the house who deceive the upper and lower levels and do things like chickens and dogs. Master Xue put down the hairpin, and said angrily at Steward Xue with a bad face.

"The old slave also guessed, otherwise, the master should go to the young lady to have a look! If so, the old slave began to investigate. Steward Xue hurriedly took the opportunity to say.

"Huh? At this time, Ning'er should have rested, so let's go again tomorrow! Master Xue took a few steps, looked at the hour, and turned to Steward Xue.

Steward Xue's mouth was bitter, the young master asked him to take the master to the eldest lady's room now, but if he was too active in promoting this matter, the master would definitely be able to see some clues from his behavior, and he was sweating on his forehead in the back, and Steward Xue couldn't do it, so he could only say: "What the master said is true." ”

Master Xue said again: "You accompany me to Guo's to have a look, I haven't been to see her for a few days, and now that she is pregnant, let's go and see her!" ”

Steward Xue said: "It's good, the old slave will go with the master." ”

Master Xue walked towards Guo's house, saw that her room was brightly lit, and went in with a smile: "Do you know that I came and deliberately lit all the lights in the house." ”

Aunt Guo saw that the master's face was pale, and her body was a little shaky and said: "The master is here, and the concubine can't sleep, so she asked her subordinates to light the lamp." ”

"Oh, that's it," Master Xue said again when he saw the broken teacups all over the ground: "The child has troubled you and made you unhappy." ”

Guo Shi smiled and said: "No, as soon as I let go of my hand when I was drinking tea just now, the teacup fell to the ground and broke, Ling'er quickly cleaned up the teacup on the ground." ”

Standing on the side, Ling'er hurriedly lowered her head and responded tremblingly.

Master Xue was surprised: "This is not the maid by Ning'er's side, how can you serve by your side, Xiaoju's girl?" ”

Guo's face stiffened, and he explained a little messily: "I think Xiao Ju is in the way, Ling'er, this girl is ingenious and quick, Ning'er saw that I really like this girl, so she asked her to serve me, and Xiao Ju went to serve her." ”

How could Master Xue not see the panic that Guo Shi had appeared after he entered the house, and said unhappily: "What happened?" "Thinking of what Steward Xue just told him, could it be that something really happened to Ning'er?

Turning to Steward Xue, he said, "You go to the eldest lady's house and call her, I have something to ask her." ”

When Steward Xue saw Aunt Guo giving him a look, he pretended not to see it and said, "Yes, master." ”

Aunt Guo saw that Steward Xue didn't pay attention to her, and went to Ning'er's room to let her come over, her face became more and more pale, and when Steward Xue hurriedly came back and said to the master: "The eldest lady is no longer in the house,"

Master Xue slapped the table vigorously with his hand, and said angrily at Guo: "Say, where did Ning'er go." ”

Guo's legs were weak and he was about to sit on the ground, but Steward Xue's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly went over to support her and said, "Madame is offended," and let go of her arm after speaking.

Guo Shi said weakly: "Master, the concubine doesn't know where Lu Dao Ning'er went." ”

Master Xue walked up to her and said, "You are her aunt, and you live so close to her, you don't know where she went, what is your aunt doing every day." ”

Aunt Guo said with tears in her eyes: "Master, the concubine knows that she is wrong. ”

Master Xue hurriedly said to Steward Xue: "What are you doing here, don't go and get the young lady back." ”

Steward Xue hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Yes." "Then he went out and gathered all the people in the house to find the eldest lady.

Aunt Guo saw that the master was looking for Ning'er with such fanfare, and said in a hurry: "Master, you are not doing this to let people know that the eldest lady of the Xue Mansion is missing." ”

Old Man Xue said angrily: "People don't know where Lu Dao went, and they still care about their face, Steward Xue, you quickly send someone to find it." ”

Aunt Guo saw that she couldn't stop it, and said, "Master, do you know where Dao Ning'er is?" ”

"What? You actually know the way, so you just deliberately deceived me from me? If it weren't for my urgency, wouldn't you be going to say it at all? Master Xue stretched out his hand to give Guo a slap, but she couldn't bear it when she saw that her face was miserable and she was pregnant.

Guo Shi said in tears: "Ning'er is at my brother's? ”

"What is she doing with your brother? Don't hide it from me, if you are hiding it from me, you will send you to Zhuangzi to raise a baby. ”

Aunt Guo said intermittently: "Ning'er likes my brother's Xiang Rong, I heard that you set a marriage for her, and if you don't agree, she will look for life and death all day long, I looked for someone to see for a few days, and when she talked to me today, she told me that she had already wanted to open, and I dispersed the people who looked at her, who expected her to lie to me, while I sent people away, she packed her package and went to her brother's house to find Xiang Rong." ”

When Master Xue heard this, he couldn't help but slap her and said: "They are all good daughters raised by you, and they have not been close to their wives since they were young, you see that they are both young ladies in the house, how can Xue Shi and Xue Qing be so close to their wives, understand the rules so well, and when they have done something out of the ordinary, they are all pampered by you." ”

Aunt Guo didn't speak, just kept crying, and after Master Xue scolded, he said to Steward Xue: "You go to Guo's house to bring the eldest lady back, if she doesn't come back, tie me back,"

Steward Xue didn't dare to have any objections, and hurriedly asked someone to lead the carriage to Guo's house.

Master Xue didn't pay attention to Guo's either, and said directly to Ling'er: "You help Mrs. to the main hall,"

Aunt Guo looked at the master's posture and wanted to investigate this matter to the end, so she took the master's hand and said: "Master, Ning'er is still young, and she was lost in her mind for a while, don't worry about her!" ”

Master Xue snorted and said, "If you don't want to go, stay in the house, and if you say one more word, I will let someone send you to Zhuangzi to raise a baby." ”

Steward Xue drove the carriage to Guo's house, and when he saw the gate open, he walked into the yard, and when he heard Xiao Ju in the house, he said to Xue Ning with tears and snot: "Miss, you can go back with the slave!" You don't know how worried Mrs. Lu Dao is in the mansion. ”

Xue Ning said: "I won't go back, tomorrow I will go back with my cousin to see my aunt, you tell her not to worry, I am doing well at my cousin's house, nothing happened." ”

Xiao Ju said again: "Miss, if this matter is known to the master, you can think about the consequences." ”

Xue Ning said: "Daddy loves me so much, he can't bear to talk about me?" You don't have to say more, go back! ”

Xiao Ju wanted to say more, but seeing that the young lady's face was not good, she had no choice but to take Zhao Si out of the courtyard, and as soon as she arrived in the courtyard, she saw Steward Xue standing in the courtyard, Xiao Ju only felt that the sky was spinning, and her footsteps were a little fluttering: "Steward Xue." ”

Steward Xue waved his hand and said, "I heard the conversation between you and Miss, you go and wait in the carriage, and I'll take Miss back to the house." Xiao Ju could only bow her head and reply.

Steward Xue entered the house and saw that the Guo family and his wife were in the house with their son, and said to them: "I took the liberty to come here, there is any disturbance, please forgive me, my lord asked me to pick up the young lady back." ”

Xue Ning's eyes widened and said to Steward Xue: "I won't go back, I'll go back with my cousin tomorrow,"

Steward Xue smiled: "Miss, the master already knows why you came here, if you want, take Guo Gongzi back to the house with me!" ”

"This ......" Xue Ning looked at his cousin, saw him nodding, and said, "Okay, let's go back with you." ”

Steward Xue gave way to the two and asked them to go first, and Cai said anxiously in the back: "I'll go too, who knows if my family Rong'er can come back intact if I go." As he spoke, he was already following his son, Guo Yongtian had no choice but to follow his mother-in-law and son.

Steward Xue doesn't care, anyway, the more people who go, the more chaotic things will be, and it should be in line with the young master's wishes.

On the way back, Steward Xue shared a carriage with the eldest lady and Guo Xiangrong, and the Guo couple shared a carriage with Xiaoju and Zhao Si, and Xue Ning was a little worried in the carriage: "Steward Xue, is my father very angry." ”

Steward Xue squinted his eyes and said, "Miss will know when she goes back." ”

Xue Ning saw that Steward Xue avoided answering, but she could imagine how angry her father was, and couldn't help but hold her cousin's hand tightly, Guo Xiangrong was also very worried, he relied on the Xue family to find a job, will his uncle let him go in anger, and then thought, what can he really do, if he marries his cousin, his uncle will definitely give a lot of dowries and cousins, and then the two of them will use the money to open a small shop, and they can live a life without worrying about food and clothing, and said to the cousin comfortingly: "Don't worry, my uncle sees that the two of us really love each other, and he will be able to fulfill us." ”

Xue Ning said with a little peace of mind in his heart: "I hope it is as you said,"

Steward Xue closed his eyes in the carriage, not caring at all what these two people said, because their ending had already been decided, and it was useless to say more.

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I'm so diligent, like a bee, working during the day and yarding at night, shouldn't you praise me or reward me!