Yulu relaxed and said slowly: "Originally, I was tired, so I straightened up and took shelter between the two hibiscus trees, and suddenly I heard a voice from the small west courtyard, only to hear the second lady lose her temper in the house, and said, 'There are guests at home, and I don't have a time to meet like the third sister, why can she go out to have tea with the guests, but I can't?' 'Aunt Xie scolded her' Are you looking for death? So loud? They are concubines. Who told you to be my daughter? The second lady lowered her voice and cried and said, 'I want to be your daughter?' I can't wait to change identities with Ying Rong'er. Since I was a child, you have asked me to learn these piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings, and now that there are guests coming, it will not be of any use. The third sister has such a good husband, don't say I'm younger, look at the eldest sister, fifteen years old, there is no suitable family affair yet. Mother and father didn't have us in their eyes. Aunt Xie scolded her, 'Are you going to die?' Don't say anything. Honestly do my part. In the future, if you have outstanding talents, and when you meet a good junior, he will not necessarily be a champion in the exam. The second lady cried, "I see that few of these Houmen disciples have real knowledge and martial arts?" Just look at our second brother, although he is smart, he is not a naughty bastard? Otherwise, how could the third sister learn from him, go up to the tree to search for birds' nests, and almost fall to death? Aunt Xie said, "I'll hear it later." Have a good life with you. The second lady said, "Mother talks about rules all day long. But it's funny, let's follow the rules all day long, the concubine went to the tree to play in the bird's nest, and almost died, and I am not afraid of spreading it and damaging the identity of Mrs. Ninghou in the future. Then there was no sound in the room. ”

Ying Qingyuan frowned slightly, and looked at Yu Lu, "What else have you discovered?" ”

Yulu lowered his head and said, "I heard that Xiaoxiyuan was quiet, so I continued to pick flowers, and finally picked a good-looking, just grown buds, I thought it was just right to put it in the house, so I dug up the flowers, carried the blue to the Xinxiang Courtyard, walked to the Xinxiang Courtyard, put the blue outside in the corner of the Nan'an Courtyard, and wanted to go in and move the flower pots out to transplant, so as not to make the inside full of mud, but I saw a shadow from the flowers and trees behind the Xinxiang Courtyard to the Nan'an Courtyard. ”

Ying Qingyuan was shocked in his heart, and his face remained unchanged, "Who is that person?" ”

Yulu said: "It's not from the house." He should be a servant among the guests who come. The man was very fast, I thought I was looking at the dazzling eyes, and ran over from the flat road between Xinxiangyuan and Nan'an Yuan, and there was a trampling footprint in the flowers and plants behind, chasing a few steps, but I didn't see a figure, so I went back to Xinxiangyuan to continue working. This is in line with Yuxiang's discovery.

Ying Qingyuan looked at Yu Wan in a soft voice, "What about you." What did you find when you picked flowers in Dong'an Courtyard? ”

Yu Wan whispered: "The third lady has always liked bright flowers, and said that she wanted to put happy flowers in the house. I went to the back of Dong'an Courtyard to pick the moon season, but these days I just opened a hair, and some of them haven't been opened yet, so it's not easy to pick, so I'll pick and choose slowly. ”

"Didn't you notice that the person Yulu was talking about passed by there?" Ying Qingyuan asked.

Yu Wan shook her head, "I didn't find it." Maybe I'm paying attention. ”

Ying Qingyuan said, "You didn't hear anything else? ”

"No outsiders were found. I only heard the eldest lady in Dong'an Courtyard crying sadly in the house, saying that her life is not as good as others, and she may not be able to marry in this life. Aunt Xue persuaded her to endure the time, saying that she really couldn't get married, and after the third lady got married, and the lady was old, she learned to take charge of the family business of Anping Mansion. The eldest lady kept crying, and it was strange that Aunt Xue didn't let Master Hou care more about the happiness of her concubine. Aunt Xue scolded her, 'You are a concubine, what chance do you want?' Yes is your life, and no is your life. It's better to be honest, in the future, I can manage the family business of Anping Mansion and serve my parents, which is also much more productive than ordinary people. Then I heard the fourth lady whisper, "There's someone outside." I turned around to look, just in time to see the person Yu Xiang said earlier looking around from the magnolia forest in front of me, and saw from a distance that I was walking the wrong way, and went up the boulevard between Dong'an Courtyard and the guest courtyard. I think it's the guest house, and he'll just get out there. So I didn't come forward to ask more. ”

Ying Qingyuan asked, "What else is there?" ”

Yuwan shook her head.

"Go down."

Only Ying Qingyuan and Rong'er were left in the house.

Gu's face was half pale, and the aunts of the two rooms had never dared to say small words behind her back, but today they had a seizure together. said angrily: "I usually manage them strictly, but I have never deducted the slightest bit in the amount of food and drink. Take the moon silver as an example, how can other mansions have a side room to take so much money for the month? Yun'er is a seven-pin cloud ride, and his annual food is only a hundred taels of silver, and he also follows you up and down the court all day long, doing a lot of things. They have an average of two or three taels per capita a month, and they don't have more than a penny of silver for food and clothing, and some of those poor families have to live for a year. If the marriage doesn't go well, who is to blame? Not yet their own fate. Wrong birth? Who is to blame? I didn't vote for it myself. Cast to Anping Hou to be his daughter, is it really not good? How old is this? Are you in a hurry to get married? Seeing a few noble guests in the mansion, the monkey was in a hurry, and he really lost the face of Anping Mansion! ”

Ying Qingyuan was originally conflicted in his heart, and he felt a little sorry for those daughters. But what they said in private was indeed too ugly, especially Congqing's mother and daughter said that Conglan had the wrong baby, not looking at her mother, but looking at her father, which hurt her feelings. There has never been such a thing in the house, it seems that they secretly have a lot of grievances on weekdays, otherwise it would not cause a lot of trouble in their hearts today. Is this to blame him? There is a difference. The glory of Rong'er is the glory of Anping Mansion. Do you want him to treat Rong'er like her? Isn't that Mrs. Ninghou, who is waiting for the future?

"Master Hou. Today's events can be big or small. If you don't follow the rules of the house! Will you have it in the future? First, they can't control their mouths, and the house is right and wrong all day long, and the second is that if someone has a big evil heart, they spread the things in the house to the outside. Anping Mansion's face was disgraced. It's nothing for them to be shameless, and we can't afford to lose anyone. Then they will get married next year. and Rong'er will go to Huining Mansion in two years. Gu Shi understands her husband, and she has family affection and a little guilt in her heart, and if she doesn't rectify it today, it will be more difficult to control it in the future.

Ying Qingyuan had something on his mind, glanced at her, and sighed lightly: "The affairs of the house are not in my charge." I'm tired today. Handle it yourself. ”

Gu Shi was afraid that he would interfere, so he was relieved, "You haven't told me what I told you when I came to Germany before, and I don't fully understand the cause and effect." ”

"Let's say that there were servants of guests walking around in the house before, and Laifeng heard that the Dong'an Courtyard was not quiet, for fear that outsiders would hear something unpleasant, and said that a few girls in the Xinxiang Courtyard were picking flowers outside and had been picking for a long time." Ying Qingyuan looked at Rong'er, she stood quietly on the side, never interjected, and was very obedient. Seeing this daughter, all the depression disappeared suddenly. The face is radiant again.

Gu's face slowed down and he smiled: "I really neglected something. After this catastrophe, Rong'er really got up. I'm starting to have an eye for things. In the past, I said that several sisters are all the same to eat in the house and use the house, and if you need to add anything, just come and tell me. The children of Anping Mansion, the older ones do not take advantage of the younger ones. How is it so strange from Wan, it is common to like the third sister, since she was a child, the child takes some ordinary personal items to send to her sister, but she always uses her own value to please people, and it is understandable to please outsiders, but Rong'er is her third sister, she eats in a pot every day, and grew up in a garden, why should she spend so much effort to please? ”

As she spoke, her face became stern, "In the past, she didn't care about her behavior. At the age of eleven, I don't care anymore, I'm afraid that her evil heart will grow, and I don't know what to do in the future. ”

Ying Qingyuan had a headache when he heard this, stroked his forehead, and waved his hand to her, "How to take care of it, how do you take care of it." Get up and beckon to Rong'er, "Come in with me." You've just recovered from a serious illness. Daddy wants to give you something. ”

Gu Shi patted his palm and laughed, "I forgot that I haven't given Rong'er a congratulatory gift." Do the happy things first. Rong'er and your father went in to get something. Then follow me to the front hall. ”

"This is a pair of Amethyst Towns, which are precious and not used much on weekdays. I give it to you today, and I wish you a safe and smooth journey in the future. ”

"Thank you, Daddy."

"You go out with your mother, and see what good things your mother gives you."

Rong'er came out with a long sandalwood box.

"Of course I will not send it worse than yours." Gu Shi responded to the inside, got up and said to his daughter, "Let's go." Let your dad be quiet here. ”

"Don't overdo it." Ying Qingyuan admonished inside.

"The country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. Hit whoever you touch. If he hadn't touched the law, no one would have been able to do it! Gu smiled and left a message, and walked out of the study with his daughter