In the afternoon of this day, Mama Guo came back from outside in a hurry, her face was very unpleasant, Cai Wei asked her and she didn't say anything, only pulled Mama Du aside, and the two of them muttered quietly. Seeing her nurse like this, Cai Wei didn't care about it and went to practice calligraphy.

I didn't want to think about it for a while, but Mama Du pulled her nurse to her and said: "When Sister Guo was chatting with the people in the house, she heard some bad words, she didn't want to sue Miss Sù, for fear of polluting the girl's ears, so she came to me to discuss, but I felt that it was better to let the girl know about this matter." After speaking, he glanced at Mama Guo.

Seeing that the two of them looked stern, Cai Wei couldn't help but put down her pen, and listened to Mama Guo say the words she heard again, and her expression gradually became solemn.

After Mama Guo finished speaking, she hurriedly said: "Girl, one of my old sisters came to me today, and many people know about that day, and there are still such bastard words, how can we be good?" ”

Cai Wei heard these rumors in the house at the beginning, and her heart was also very angry, seeing her nurse asking her so anxiously, remembering that her father taught her how to control anger, she took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled out, dissipating the anger in her heart somewhat, thought about it again, and asked: "Did the nurse ask them, when did these gossips start to spread?" ”

Guo Mama said: "I naturally asked, and she said that it was just a day or two of work, and it seemed that many people knew about it overnight." Although not many people know about it now, if they continue to pass it on without asking, I am afraid that it will not be long before the whole mansion will know about it, and if it spreads to the outside world, it will be ......."

Her nurse didn't dare to think about it anymore, but in these years, the reputation of her daughter's family is simply more valuable than life. "Oh yes, my sister gave us an idea, saying that the girl should hurry up and ask Mrs. Tai to make decisions for the girl, she said that Mrs. Fifth has just taken charge of the house, and I am afraid that these gossips will not be able to be suppressed, and I have to ask the old lady to come forward."

Cai Wei listened to it for a while, but turned her head and asked Mama Du, "Why does Mama want me to know about this?" ”

"Naturally, you're here to ask the girl for an idea?" But I saw Mama Du smile faintly.

Talking to yourself? Cai Wei is a little unconvinced, this grandmother has been in the palace for almost twenty years, what kind of place is it in the palace? She didn't believe that Mama Du, who had seen a lot in the palace, would not know how to deal with this matter. Could it be that her upbringing grandmother wants to use this problem to test her failure?

Seeing Cai Wei contemplating her eyebrows and thinking hard, Mama Du asked again, "The girl has an idea, do you want to talk to the old lady and ask her old man to come forward to stop this rumor, the old lady has been recuperating for these days, and her body is already very good." ”

Cai Wei thought about it again and again in her heart, and slowly shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this." ”

"What's wrong?" Mama Du asked next.

"Although my grandmother's health has been in good condition these days, it would not be my sin to bother her with such things again, if she is angered again." After saying these words, Cai Wei suddenly smiled and said: "In addition, there is a little bit of concern from another disciple, but I don't know whether it is right or wrong, and I want to ask Mr. for guidance when I say it?" ”

Mama Du also smiled: "Girl, please speak." ”

"It's the first day of the sixth month, and I remember that when we sent our two uncles out of the city on the second day of the first month of May, we met His Royal Highness King Yingchuan in the long pavilion, and after coming back, I was punished by my grandmother for someone making a mouth. But because my grandmother had asked my fifth aunt to strictly order those who went with me not to chew their tongues, there was no gossip that day, but how could it be that almost a month had passed, and this matter was brought up? ”

When Mama Guo heard her girl say this, she also felt that something was not quite right, and was waiting to hear her girl's explanation, but Cai Wei turned her head and asked her: "Mom, do you remember why my grandmother punished me that day, but is it really because I met a foreign man?" ”

"That's just a reason, the old lady is angry that you didn't tell her about the fourth master leaving early." Mama Guo replied.

Cai Wei nodded, "My grandmother only punished me lightly, but she punished the fourth uncle severely, and he was not allowed to go out for several days, and in those days, the fourth uncle and the fifth uncle were running for the matter of attacking the lord. Thinking about it this way, most of the time it was the fifth aunt who told the grandmother about the fourth uncle leaving first, so that the grandmother could take the opportunity to detain him in the house. ”

"What does the girl mean is that those nonsense words have come from the fourth master recently?" Mama Guo couldn't believe it, "How can the girl say that she is also his own niece and daughter, not to mention that when the lady is not out of the cabinet that day, it is best to be with the fourth master among the brothers and sisters at home, but this uncle went to order someone to spread the gossip about his niece, if it really spreads, what good will it do him?" ”

"Naturally, there are some benefits to their four rooms, if I don't expect it badly, I'm afraid that the idea of this steward is just fighting. Now she is the housekeeper of the fifth uncle's mother, and her grandmother ordered her to control the mouths of those subordinates that day, and now these gossips come out, isn't it saying that the fifth aunt and mother are not strict in governing the family, and they can't even control the mouths of their subordinates? The fourth room can be used as a reason to let the fifth room hand over the right to feed. ”

After listening to this, Mama Guo was stunned for a long time before she said: "This--, but what kind of housekeeping rights do they want to fight for in the two rooms, and what do they have to do with the girl, how can they pull the girl in at every turn." Can the reputation of this daughter's family be mixed up like this? ”

Cai Wei was angry and sour in her heart, and said gloomily: "'The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish', who made me helpless now, and I am a good bully?" ”

"Can't the girl just let them bully like this?" Mama Du was afraid that she would be discouraged, so she hurriedly asked, "Although there is no one to support you now, is the master's careful teaching to the girl in vain for the past three years?" ”

Cai Wei was stunned, recalling her father's various teachings to her in Japan, her eyes couldn't help but redden, two tears dripped out, and she hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief, "Mama is right, let me think about how to deal with this matter." ”

So Guo and Du didn't quarrel with her, but let her sit alone and meditate silently.

After two meals, Cai Weifang came over and said, "We can't go to our grandmother to make decisions about this matter." ”

As soon as she said this, a slight smile appeared on Mama Du's lips, but Mama Guo was so anxious that she stood up and said, "If you don't ask Mrs. Tai to call the shots, then do we have any other way?" ”

Cai Wei pulled her to sit down and persuaded: "Mom, don't worry, I know that my mother is worried about my reputation, but I just thought about it carefully, I'm afraid that this so-called rumor is only limited, after all, if it really spreads out and ruins my reputation, can the reputation of the cousins and cousins who live together be not affected at all?" Yes, I think I'm afraid that the gossip will be limited, and there will be only two or three people at most. Maybe I deliberately found someone who was familiar with my mother to tell you about this, and the purpose was to let us stab this matter to Mrs. Tai. That's why we can't go to Mrs. Tai, if we really say it, I'm afraid that I will provoke my grandmother and anger, and second, I'm afraid that I will offend my fifth uncle. ”

"Then we're going to do nothing? If that's the rumor—"

"Mom, rest assured, the fourth uncle himself also has a daughter, these rumors will not be spread, he just wants to force the fifth uncle to hand over the housekeeping rights, seeing that I don't go to Mrs. Tai, he will come up with another idea, but I am afraid that he will not dare to make trouble with Mrs. Tai, but will directly find the fifth room under the pretext of making decisions for me. Well, now that we know about this, we can't assume that we don't know, we have to express it a little. Our Xiangcheng and the big girl Holly next to the fifth aunt had a very good relationship before, and now they often come and go, today is the day of the first day of the new year, she said that she specially asked for this job to run errands on our side, and when she came, she asked Xiangcheng to whisper something to her. ”

"So, the girl is planning to tell Sù Wufang about this?" Mama Du asked.

"Well, the lesser of two evils, the fifth uncle's housekeeper is much better than the fourth room, if the power of the feed falls into the hands of the fourth room, I am afraid that the fourth aunt is in charge of the face, but in fact, Aunt Liu is taking the idea, how can she know how to manage the family, and it will not be her temperament when the time comes. Let's give the fifth aunt a reminder first! ”

"But isn't the girl afraid of offending the fourth room by doing this?" Mama Guo thought of this layer.

Cai Wei sighed: "I can fully understand why Sister Yizhi is not afraid of offending over there, there are really some people who want to get along with them safely, but they want to provoke you." That Aunt Liu is greedy for money and profit, I'm afraid that I won't offend that side, and that side has no kindness to me, so it is better to help the fifth room, although the fourth uncle is now the head of the family, but the grandmother is standing on the side of the fifth room. ”

Although she heard her own girl explain like this, Mama Guo still glanced at Mama Du, but saw her smile and said: "Just do what the girl says, although our girl is not very old, she is a smart person in the end, and she was raised by the master himself, and she is also thoughtful in all aspects." Now that's all we have to do. ”

Mama Du groaned a little after speaking, but still said, "Maybe I'm too careful, I always feel that this time, not only do I want to use the girl as a chess piece, but also want to take the opportunity to set up a set for the girl to drill in, if the girl really fulfills the wish of the fourth room, and stabs the matter to Mrs. Tai, in case Mrs. Tai is angry again, the girl will be charged with unfilial piety, and she will have to be pinched by them when she turns back." ”

Cai Wei listened, her heart was slightly shocked, if the other party really had the intention to harm her...... she had heard her father talk about many cases, although she knew that people's hearts were sinister, and the word "profit" was the first, even the flesh and blood family would turn against her, but she didn't expect that one day she would be so calculated by her relatives.

Since she was born, her parents love her, her brothers and sisters are harmonious, and her father knows that there are too many concubines in the family house, and he has never accepted a concubine. It is this kind of conspiracy and calculation in the house in the future, which she has never seen before, and she can't help but have a trace of fear in her heart, hugging Mama Du's arm and saying: "Mama has been in the palace for so many years, and it must not be unreasonable to have this concern, Cai Wei is young, and she has never seen all kinds of methods in this back house, and please mention more in the future, so as not to accidentally fall into someone else's way." ”

Mama Du wiped the cold sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Even if the girl doesn't say it, I will take good care of the girl, I will count on the girl for the rest of my life, so I naturally have to take good care of the girl, so I can rely on it, right?" A few words made everyone laugh.

Let's say that after the fifth wife Luo learned about this, she thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the subtleties, knowing that the fourth room was deliberate, so she didn't rush to find out who was spreading this rumor, but just closed the door and thought hard about how to deal with it. After thinking about it for a long time, she still didn't come up with a result, but Suyun, the maid next to the old lady, came to invite her to Xuhui Courtyard, saying that Mrs. Tai was looking for her.

The fifth lady had to temporarily put away her sorrows and walked with Su Yun to Mrs. Tai's courtyard. Mrs. Tai's daily sittings are in the east room of the upper room, and when she saw that Mrs. Fifth was coming, she asked her to sit on the embroidery pier on the side, and asked: "I heard that in the past two days, there are one or two people in the house who have chewed on the gossip of Wei Yatou, saying that she went out of the city to send off guests last time to meet with a foreign man." You are the head of the house, I only ask you, can you do this? ”

When the fifth lady heard this, she couldn't help but be frightened: "This matter is indeed there, and the daughter-in-law also knows about it, and the daughter-in-law doesn't dare to hide it from the old lady, but I'm afraid that if you know, you will be angry and hurt yourself, but you don't want your mother to know about it." ”

Mrs. Tai sighed, "Even if you don't say it, I also know that there have been a lot of troubles in this mansion in recent days, and you are just afraid that you will anger me, so you don't say it." It's just that you don't want to think about it, I've lived all these years, from my granddaughter-in-law to now, I haven't seen anything, which of these things in the house can be hidden from me! I knew that you were worried about this, so I called you to sue you for a way to end the matter. ”

Seeing that Mrs. Tai's face was normal and did not look like she was angry, the fifth lady first relieved half of her heart, and when she heard Mrs. Tai say that she wanted to point her out, she was even more overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Please also ask my mother for advice." ”

I heard Mrs. Tai say unhurriedly: "This method is also simple, you can hand over the power of this housekeeper to the fourth room." ”