In the evening, Shu Di ordered someone to send a woman of about fifty into the Chunhui Pavilion, the woman claimed to be surnamed Xin, is the old palace maid released in the palace, this kind of old man in the palace, in the deep palace for decades can still live to get out of the palace safely, can think of its means of scheming, so it is the most popular with the powerful nobles, and when you meet a good one, you will be invited to teach the daughter of the boudoir at home, and after getting married, you will also bring it into the husband's house, and the general status is very high.

Shu Moci looked up and down, except that it was clean and neat, and there was not much difference from ordinary women, so he nodded to Miao's mother, Miao's mother gave a lacquered wooden box, Xin's mother opened it and looked at it, knelt down and saluted, "Thank you girl for the reward."

Shu Moci motioned to Miao's mother to help her up, "Mom doesn't have to be polite, I don't talk about these vain things in Chunhui Pavilion, presumably my mother also knows what happened to Mother Lao before she left the house."

Xin's mother responded without humility or arrogance, Shu Moci said lightly, "Since my mother took the bracelet, I must have agreed to keep it, as long as my mother is loyal, I will not treat my mother badly."

"Rest assured, girl".

Shu Mo said coldly, "How did Master Hou find you?" ”

The palace maid who was released from the palace in this way was hard to find, but Shu Di was able to send it to his house on the day he made his request, which is not something that a declining marquis mansion can do.

Xin's mother was stunned for a moment, and the curvature of her mouth flashed, "The old slave has a younger sister who works on an errand in the Jingwang Mansion, and the old slave has been out of the palace for half a month, so he lives in his sister's house.

Mother Xin's mother said that Deng Changshi is the husband of the old lady's only daughter Shu Tang, and he is the right long history of the Changshi Division in the Jingwang Mansion, so it makes sense, she doesn't know much about this uncle, and she can't say three, five or six, so she nodded, "Nurse, you lead Xin's mother to settle down, don't be wronged."

Xin's mother is really a capable person, and she quickly got started, and early on the fourth morning, when Shu Moci dressed up and was about to go to Rong'an Hall to meet the Zhong family who had just come to the capital to visit the Hou Mansion, Xin's mother came to say, "Girl, I found out, and Master Zhong made up for the lack of officials in the ministry." 、

Shu Moci picked out the jewelry's hand for a moment, "Push the official? ”

Xin's mother understood at first sight that Shu Moci knew what the officials of the ministry represented, the ministry has always been the head of the six departments, and the official department is called the heavenly official by the people, in addition to the book, in terms of real power in the hand, the biggest is to belong to the ministry of officials, although it is only the position of the fourth grade, but in charge of all the four grades of the local officials in the world, this is so big that the dynasty is so big, after all, the Beijing officials are a minority, most of them are local officials from all over the country, and the oil and water are also these local officials, and there are very few local officials who have passed the four grades, all of them are held in the hands of the officials of the ministry, It is conceivable how great this power is, so the officials of the Ministry are also known as the largest four-grade officials in the world, compared with the declining Wenchang Marquis Mansion and Shu Di Na Hanlin Academy Bachelors are insignificant.

Shu Moci's face was pale, Zhong's brother was able to go from a small local county order to the current official of the ministry, he didn't dare to say everything, those rare treasures in the mother's marriage must have played a great role, but she was still unconscious of making wedding clothes!

No wonder the matter was exposed, the old lady who has always paid attention to the rules and face did not punish the Zhong family, not even a symbolic grounding, Zhong Tuiguan, the old lady is afraid that she still wants to rely on the Zhong family to seek a future for the Wenchang Marquis Mansion, how can she punish the Zhong family!

Mother Xin presented a tray, and there were some hairpin rings and other things in the tray, "Girl, Master Zhong and Xiang brought a son and two young ladies to greet the old lady, those two young ladies are twins, two months younger than the girl, the girl sees if this meeting ceremony is appropriate."

Shu Moci's face was expressionless, "A sister, sending some mundane things hurts the feelings, picking up the purse I embroidered by myself and bringing two."

Shu Moci has embroidered a few purses in the past few days, and she can't take out her hand if she doesn't dare to embroider it too well, but she herself dislikes it very much, and it is hinged just after embroidery, and Xin's mother doesn't say much, so she went to find two purses that are not bad and stuffed into Shu Moci's sleeves.

When Shu Mo resigned to Rong'an Hall, everyone was almost here, only Shu Moci and Shu Di were missing, crowded a room, Shu Moci saw the salute one by one, and Mrs. Zhong Xiang held her hand with a smile on her face, "This is the eldest girl in the house, right?" It's really a beautiful embryo, the old lady is so blessed."

The old lady responded lightly, Shu Moci only bowed her head and made a shy appearance, Xiang Shi took off a pair of bracelets on her wrist and put it on Shu Moci's wrist, "It's still young girls who look good in it!" ”

Shu Moci thanked him with a smile, and said, "I also prepared a meeting gift for my sisters."

Xiang's twin daughters, Zhong Xiu Zhong Ying, stepped forward to salute, Shu Moci took out the purse, "This is my own embroidery, I don't do it well, I hope my sisters don't dislike it."

Zhong Xiu couldn't see anything on his face, but the disdain on Zhong Ying's face couldn't hide it, didn't he say that the eldest girl's mother in the Hou Mansion was from the Yu Guo Mansion and was rich and oily? actually took such a shabby thing as a meeting gift, it was really blind to my mother's pair of high-grade bracelets!

Shu Mo sneered in his heart and said aggrievedly, "Sister, is this disgusted with my sister's meeting gift?" I'm really sorry, my sister's house was robbed a few days ago, and I couldn't find a good thing, so I had to take a purse made by myself, and I hope my sister won't be surprised for the sake of my sister's mind."

Zhong Jing, Zhong Bing, and Shu Yuehuan, who were talking to the old lady, all looked over, and Xiang heard that this was wrong, and was about to stop it, Zhong Ying had already screamed in surprise, "Thief?" Will the Hou Mansion be robbed? ”

"The slave bully, that slave actually replaced all those calligraphy and painting jewelry with fakes, I really don't dare to use fakes to fool the two sisters!"

Shu Mo said and hid his face and sobbed, Zhong Bing is sixteen years old this year, which is the age of curiosity, he was very interested when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Cousin, don't cry, tell me which slave is so bold?" ”

Xiang Shi hurriedly reprimanded, "Brother Bing'er, how can you come to the Hou Mansion as a guest to indiscriminately explore people's privacy? ”

Shu Moci shook his head and said, "My aunt and cousin are not outsiders, if you know what it has to do with it, don't worry, cousin, my mother has found out, and it was done by Mother Lao in my hospital."

"No one else?"

Shu Moci shook his head, Zhong Bingyi clapped his hands, "Cousin, you don't know, but all internal thieves will definitely collude with external thieves, otherwise she is a woman in a deep house, and she can't even get out of the back house, where will she sell the stolen goods if she steals things?" ”