The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the sheep's horn lamp under the corridor of Ran Jingxuan is brilliant, swaying lightly with the night breeze from time to time.

Lin Wanwan held the notes written by her grandmother in her hand, the words in front of her eyes were blurred, and her thoughts didn't know where to fly.

At dinner in the evening, my grandfather's face was serious, as if something had troubled him. It was certainly not their brother and sister's fault, as if he had changed since the pigeon came.

Who sent the pigeon?

Grandfather still roasted it every day, don't you have to reply to the letter?!

Lin Wanwan was a little puzzled, her hand was a little numb after resting on the table for a long time, so she simply put her notes aside, leaned on the pillow and pondered about the recent events.

She once asked her brother to ask about the current situation between the DPRK and China, which revolved around that Cao Muzhi.

But her grandfather seemed to be deliberately avoiding this person, and the forces behind him.

Is it a taboo?

If you are afraid of your grandfather, how can you not show mercy to the Zhu family that day?!

Lin Wanwan couldn't understand all of this, and she didn't get a trace of useful information, and she was worried about the affairs of Shangshufu in her previous life, but she couldn't say it directly. She was so miserable that she could barely sleep at night.

Lin Wanwan was frowning, and the figure under the corridor that was elongated by the light was reflected on the window paper, which frightened her and shouted: "Who is outside?!" ”

Hearing the shout, the figure was stunned, and Mu Xiang, who was on duty tonight, also ran over.

"Little... Miss, it's me, Mulian. When I returned to the house, I found that I had lost an earring, which was the pair of pearls that the young lady had rewarded, so I turned the lantern and came out to look for it. ”

Mu Lian's gasping voice came through the window, and Lin Wanwan frowned. Climbed up and opened the window through a slit.

It was a little dark outside, and the dim lantern illuminated the anxiety on Mulian's face. When she looked at it again, it was indeed Mulian's left ear, which was missing an earring.

"It's dark outside, I'm afraid I can't find it at this time, maybe it's not outside or it's in the house. You go inside and look for it. I remember spending a lot of time in the house today. Lin Wanwan retracted her gaze and closed the window after speaking.

Mu Xiang tilted her head and was thinking about something with a puzzled face.

Lin Wanwan turned around and saw her like this, and couldn't help asking, "What do you think, it's rare for you to think about things." ”

"Ah, oh, miss, I'm thinking about Mulian this morning, it seems to be ......"

"I seem to be in the ear room this morning, I'll go there and look for it first."

Muxiang's words are not over yet. Mulian had already walked into the house. As he spoke, he walked quickly past the wood incense and went to the ear room. But when she passed by, her foot stepped on the upper of Muxiang's shoes, so much so that Muxiang almost screamed in pain.

Every time Mulian annoys her or warns her. will step on her or pinch her. Muxiang hurts. But the cowardice of being bullied too much in the next moment made her keep her mouth shut. Don't dare to say anything more. Although she didn't understand why Mulian didn't let her say that she didn't bring pearl earrings at all this morning!

Lin Wanwan leaned on the kang. I didn't see Mu Lian's small movements, but I just stopped listening to Mu Xiang talking, and looked at her strangely. I happened to see that she had changed her aggrieved look, and her eye frame was still a little red.

Lin Wanwan couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable.

"Miss, I found it, and sure enough, it fell in the ear room." Mu Lian interrupted Lin Wanwan's doubts with a happy voice, and she pinched her earrings with her hands briskly.

Lin Wanwan has never been stingy with her side, and the pearl earrings have the size of a little finger, swaying slightly in the light.

Seeing that something was being found, Lin Wanwan hummed, but when he turned his head to pick up the notes on the desktop, he frowned.

"Mulian, show me the earrings." Lin Wanwan suddenly called out to stop Mu Lian, who was about to withdraw.

Mu Lian's heart chuckled, her eyes flashed in panic, and she turned her steps forward and handed over the earrings.

Lin Wanwan pinched the earrings in her hand and started warmly.

It's warm inside, but it's not so warm that the pearl has that temperature.

Fang Cai Mulian kept pinching the ear and did not touch the beads, this kind of warmth with body temperature......

Lin Wanwan thought, and her eyes also fell on the place that made her feel wrong just now, which was Mu Lian's skirt. When she turned around, there were obvious mud marks on the crescent-colored skirt.

She was in the courtyard one day, and she got this slightly wet mud mark on it, even if she came from the backyard, she couldn't get these things.

Lin Wanwan's doubts became heavier and heavier, and the light in her eyes staring at Mu Lian became sharper and sharper.

Mu Lian looked straight down, and her sharp eyes made her look like a needle in her body.

"It's okay, don't be careless next time." Lin Wanwan looked at Mulian for a while, and suddenly stuffed things back into her palm and told her to retreat.

Mulian was like being pardoned, and her heart was relieved and left in a hurry.

Looking at the departing figure, it was not until she heard that the curtain outside was lifted and lowered, and the footsteps were far away, that Lin Wanwan asked Mu Xiang with a gloomy face. "Mu Xiang, what did you want to say just now?!"

"I... I didn't want to say anything, it was what Mulian said, the matter of the ear room. Mu Xiang's eyes dodged, and then he said that he was going to change the hot tea for her, and he ran away.

It's still weird.

Mu Xiang is so stupid that she can't lie the most, and as soon as she lies, she will run away, it seems that Mu Lian has been silent for a while recently, and she is going to be a demon again.

There is mud on her skirt, is she out of the yard?

Lin Wanwan's eyes were heavy after thinking about it, and she was also concerned about this matter, and was ready to return home tomorrow for her to investigate.

Unexpectedly, Lin Wanwan was thinking about people, and the voice of the night watchman calling Chen's mother came from the courtyard.

The coriander who went to the house on duty actually went home overnight.

"Miss, but I've been reading a book under the lamp for a long time, and it's not good for my eyes." Coriander went directly into the house in Lin Wanwan's surprise and looked at her with a smile.

Surprised, Lin Wanwan asked strangely: "Why did you come back this time?" Didn't you say you'd go home tomorrow? ”

"The slave maid was also thinking about returning to the house tomorrow, but the old lady said that she would take you to the general's mansion to stay for a few days tomorrow, and she missed you. The slave thought that Mu Xiang was careless, and Mu Lian was not careful, so she still had to come back and clean up some things for the young lady. ”

Coriander said, rubbing her hands, and about to start packing up.

As he turned around, he seemed to think of something, and said to Lin Wanwan in a low voice: "The slave and maid were in a hurry, and I almost forgot that there was a carriage parked at the gate, and the person who drove the carriage was dressed like a father-in-law who served the nobles in the palace." ”

"The light was too dim, and the slave didn't dare to look at it, so she came directly from the side alley and entered the house through the west door."

Lin Wanwan was also surprised when she heard it, why did a eunuch come to Shangshu Mansion?!

Did you follow your father back home?!

No, my father has already returned home today, so this time ......

Lin Wanwan was shocked, and hurriedly asked Coriander not to be busy first, and went to the front yard to see if she could inquire about anything.

Qianhua received the order and soon came back, saying that Old Lady Lin had gone out of the house...... (To be continued.) )

PS: Today's three shifts are over~~