Early the next morning, the subordinates of the Second Miss's Courtyard began to get busy earlier, because their master got up extra early this time.

Shen Shuzhao got up very early and sat on the dressing table, she was dressed in an elegant profane dress, covered with a rain-soaked azure coat, like a pure soft flower, and was lazily letting the maid behind her paint her eyebrows and add makeup.

The maid Qiu Ting's dexterous hands pulled up the elegant and simple single sideburns for her, and at the same time tied the end of the long hair with a thin green ribbon, and took the solid color hosta hairpin given by the Ruan family, and the whole person suddenly looked unique.

"Second Miss, this dress really suits you." Qiu Ting took off the clothes that the old lady had awarded, groped left and right for the beautiful flower case, and then competed on Shen Shuzhao.

Shen Shuzhao put on the dress silently, and after she finished dressing up, she glanced at the row of people waiting in the inner room, and saw Bi'er, who was standing outside the bead curtain and had just been transferred up yesterday, this was the first time she had served Shen Shuzhao for a year that she had been so close.

So Shen Shuzhao walked out and lifted the bead curtain, and said kindly to Bi'er, who was standing in the rules: "Are you tired, come here." ”

The people around all looked at Bi'er at this time, their eyes were very complicated, especially Cuiwei, a maid who was not very harmonious with Bi'er, and even rolled her eyes slightly, why didn't she be cared for by the second lady, just rely on that Bi'er who privately complained that she was not as good as the eldest lady who came to work here all day long?

Bi'er felt that she was always being paid special attention to by the second lady, and walked over a little happily and timidly.

Shen Shuzhao took her hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "Last night, you silently swept the inner room by yourself, the water is so cold, there is so much dirty work, can your hands hold it?" ”

Bi'er on the other side hurriedly shook her head: "No...... Don't get in the way, the second lady is kind-hearted, and the maid is afraid, these jobs have long been used to it. ”

As soon as these words came out, she felt a little speechless, and a maid she had just transferred said that she was used to it, so how could she embarrass the other people who had been serving in the inner room for a long time?

Shen Shuzhao smiled lightly, looked at her eyes gently, and said, "You don't have to do those rough jobs in the future, and you can be by my side at any time in the future." ”

Bi'er was slightly stunned, almost unable to believe what she had heard, until someone next to her poked her with his elbow, and then came back to her senses and immediately thanked her.

She can serve her master closely, and she finally doesn't have to do all that dirty work!

"You will follow Luo Shui in the future," Shen Shuzhao turned to look at one of the personal maids standing behind him, and at the same time taught Bi'er: "Ask her about anything." ”

This Bi'er, who felt that she had won great luck, finally showed the joy she had never had since she entered the second lady's courtyard at this time.

Then Shen Shuzhao, who said these words, led the four personal maidservants out, leaving those people in the inner room who were in mixed moods, what luck did Bi'er go?

However, Shen Shuzhao didn't care about this, the group slowly walked to the old lady's courtyard, and after entering, there was a row of maids waiting outside the old lady's main room, Shen Shuzhao took a look and found an interesting thing, the eldest lady, mother and daughter came early enough today, because many of them were their subordinates.

Maybe they already understood what Taiwei Shen and Shen Taisheng would come here to talk about today.

With the mentality of watching a good show, Shen Shuzhao walked into the inner room, and before he bypassed the wooden carved screen, he heard the tears of the third lady Shen Xiaozhao inside, which one is this singing?

When Shen Shuzhao walked in, the old lady sitting in the center was frowning and comforting Shen Xiaozhao, who was wiping the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and the eldest lady sitting next to him was calm and relaxed, and Shen Zhuangzhao, who always seemed a little detached and indifferent to these things.

"Second Miss is here." As soon as the old mother next to her ear told the old lady, her tightly knit brows melted again, and motioned to her subordinates to hurry up and beckon this good granddaughter to take a seat.

At this time, Shen Xiaozhao's voice came softly: "Old grandmother, it's all bad to blame Xiaozhao, even lost such an important thing." ”

Shen Shuzhao, who had just sat down, suddenly turned dark, took out Juan Pa to hide her cough a few times, and she squinted at the eldest lady who was sitting steadily, a little incredulous.

"It's okay, it's just a piece of jade, grandmother knows, don't blame yourself." The old lady comforted her with a kind voice.

Shen Xiaozhao sighed and received: "It's a pity, this is the only two pieces of high-grade ice glass peony white jade made by the best Duan jade craftsman in Jade Pavilion, just such a piece of old grandmother rewarded me, I was so confused that I lost it......"

The eldest lady beside her continued: "Xiaozhao, since the child was found out yesterday, she has a sad face, and she has cried all night and will rush to make amends to the old grandmother tomorrow morning, which is really pitiful for this child." ”

After speaking, the old lady had more love in her eyes, and she was busy and said that it was okay. At this time, Shen Xiaozhao raised his head and looked at Shen Shuzhao opposite, and asked her word by word: "Second sister, have you ever seen a piece of jade in Baifang Garden?" ”

Taking a sip of the celadon cup of tea, Shen Shuzhao smiled back faintly: "No." ”

Ignoring Shen Shuzhao's indifference, Shen Xiaozhao continued: "Yesterday, Xiaozhao heard from the people in Baifang Garden that after I left, the second sister came to enjoy the flowers, and I thought that asking the second sister would get news about jade...... Alas. ”

And Shen Shuzhao still had a kind smile, sometimes she herself felt that her appearance was funny, and she replied: "I have never seen it, how dare I say nonsense to the third sister." ”

The expression of the eldest lady who was originally chatting with the old lady became a little subtle at this time, and Shen Shuzhao replied back and forth in a few words, and gradually Shen Xiaozhao didn't like to take care of her anymore, and Shen Zhuangzhao listened quietly from the beginning to the end.

Qiu Ting, who was beside Shen Shuzhao, saw that the tea in the teacup was cold, and hurriedly poured a new cup with the celadon teapot, and when Qiu Ting picked up the teacup, somehow, her fingers were scalded by the overflowing hot tea, and she heard her "hiss-" sound, and the teacup fell straight on Shen Shuzhao's clothes.

Qiu Ting's face was completely white, seeing that she had made a big mistake, especially in front of this old ancestor, before the old lady and others came to her senses, she was busy kneeling down and kowtowing, "Dong Dong" Every sound was very loud, and she said: "The maid is wrong, the maid is wrong!" ”

The old lady glanced at Shen Shuzhao's wet piece of clothes, frowned, for fear that her granddaughter would catch a cold, so she reproached: "I have been serving my master for so many years, why are you still so careless?" ”

Looking at Qiu Ting, who kept kowtowing and admitting her mistakes, Shen Shuzhao's eyes darkened a little, and she only felt a little cold in her heart. But she still stood up and said with relief: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

In this way, the old lady had no choice but to say that she was really out of temper, although she said so, but the old lady was even more biased towards Shen Shuzhao in her heart.

The eldest lady sitting next to her looked at Shen Shuzhao with a worried look and said, "Don't be cold, why don't you take the second lady to the ear room to change this dress first." ”

"Foolish stuff." The old lady shook her head, and when she heard Hou Qiuting's eyes full of grievances, she quickly glanced at the eldest lady, and finally stared at the ground honestly.

Mother Zhang, who was beside the old lady, reacted very quickly, and immediately sent someone to get suitable clothes, and then walked up to the second lady Shen Shuzhao and said respectfully: "Second miss, you come with me." ”

Shen Shuzhao wanted to leave to follow Zhang's mother to the ear room, but soon a brief hesitation flashed in her eyes, so she turned her head and said to the few maids who followed her, including Han Yan, "It's just a change of clothes, let's wait here." ”

Luo Shui clenched the things in his sleeves, glanced at the cold smoke beside him, and finally silently lowered his head and did not move.

Then Shen Shuzhao entered the ear room surrounded by the old lady's subordinates, and after a while, she came out wearing the prepared clothes, and when she came out, she saw that Qiu Ting, who had made a mistake, was still kneeling in place.

Qiu Ting didn't dare to speak but lowered her head and waited for the masters to fall, when she raised her head and saw Shen Shuzhao who had come out, her eyes were full of hope that the master could speak out to save her, but when her eyes met, she found that Shen Shuzhao's gaze was cold, but in an instant, Shen Shuzhao regained her original appearance, and she suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Qiu Ting's thoughts were tossing and turning, and at this time, Shen Shuzhao opened her mouth and said to the old lady: "Good grandmother, Qiu Ting has served me for six years, and it is the first time today that she has made such a mistake, so forget it." ”

Hearing these words, the stone in Qiu Ting's heart finally fell, she thought that the kind-hearted second miss would not save herself this time, but the second miss obviously looked at her with cold eyes for a moment, was she wrong before?

"Since you are your subordinate, let it be your way. It's just one point, don't be too kind to people, today is ironing clothes, tomorrow what will you do wrong? ”

The old lady persuaded Shen Shuzhao with a straight face, but Shen Shuzhao only nodded and smiled silently.

While speaking, the old lady's subordinates came out of the ear room with the folded wet clothes in their hands, ready to take the clothes to the second lady's maidservant, Luo Shui came out and took the initiative to take over, and then she quietly walked around behind everyone, and when she was halfway through, suddenly something slipped from the clothes and fell directly to the ground, Luo Shui's body shook and was startled.

At this time, Shen Xiaozhao's eyes changed greatly after seeing things clearly, and he pointed to the things on the ground and said, "Mother, isn't that the piece of peony white jade that the old lady gave me?" ”

These words caused everyone to look at the ground, the exquisite carving and appearance are indeed very similar to the white jade of ice glass peony, the eldest lady hesitated to look at the white jade on the ground, and her expression was a little ugly.

The old lady's face also changed a little after hearing this, she glanced at Shen Shuzhao, who was at a loss, and said directly: "You look at it carefully three more times, don't make a mistake." ”

Shen Xiaozhao took a closer look and was more sure, so he took out a handkerchief and choked up a little again: "Second sister, since you have picked up this piece of jade, why don't you tell your sister and tell your sister to find it!" ”

The eldest lady frowned at this time, but still said: "Listen to your grandmother's words, look carefully, don't admit your mistake." ”

Shen Shuzhao just looked at them calmly, then turned to tears in his eyes, and without explanation, he directly knelt down to the old lady sideways and said, "Shuzhao is guilty!" Please punish the old lady and the eldest lady! ”

Seeing such a well-behaved granddaughter kneeling in front of her, the old lady felt a little uncomfortable for a while, and asked, "Do you admit your mistake?" ”

"Yes, Sook Zhao admits his mistake."

Shen Shuzhao lowered her head and said sincerely, but she then added: "Shuzhao shouldn't keep the jade that Ruan Erniang bought with private money." ”

This is Nguyen's jade?

When the old lady heard this, she felt a little relieved, she knew that this child would not be able to do such a thing.

Qiu Ting, who was kneeling silently on the side, seemed to have something to say, but when she was about to speak, she heard Shen Shuzhao say such a thing, and couldn't help but be surprised-what? Second Miss admitted?

None of the shocked people spoke, only Shen Xiaozhao's sobbing voice came softly: "This is obviously my jade, why does the second sister want to impose it as her own?" ”

Before the words fell, a tall black figure appeared on the screen, accompanied by a calm and mature male middle voice-

"What's the noise in the early morning?"

After speaking, he saw Shen Taiwei Shen Taisheng walk out of the screen and appear in the lobby. Under his thick eyebrows, there is a pair of lying silkworm eyes, which looks full of energy, and his dark skin and height show that he has a strong aura, although he is a middle-aged man, he has not lost half of his spirit, and the court official uniform he is wearing shows that he came in a hurry after retreating.

's unsmiling expression made it seem like no one could tell a lie in front of him.

"Father, yesterday I got rid of the piece of white jade that the old lady gave me, but today it fell out of the second sister's clothes, but the second sister said that it was her jade."

Shen Xiaozhao saw that the most authoritative Shen Taisheng was coming, and immediately cried and cried, she didn't know that her crying didn't seem weak at all, and it seemed a little noisy at the moment, in short, Shen Zhuangzhao, who was sitting, felt very annoying.

Shen Taisheng frowned, glanced at the eldest lady, as if to confirm whether there was such a thing with his eyes, and after getting a clear answer, he swept his gaze on Shen Shuzhao, who was weakly kneeling on the ground.

Since this daughter was separated from her own mother Ruan when she was eight years old and lived alone in a hospital, every time something happened to her, thinking like this, Shen Taisheng's brows furrowed even tighter.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." I saw Shen Taisheng say with an iron face.

Shen Shuzhao knew that this father would never stand by his side, so he sneered in his heart, turned his head with tears on his face and said, "Daddy is here, Shuzhao doesn't dare to say ......"