The empty courtyard was quiet, and after Lingxiu looked around again and again to make sure that no one was peeking, he poured out a handful of rice from his cuff and put it in the birdcage. w

As soon as he saw that there was something to eat, the parrot immediately shouted "good man" happily, and Lingxiu was startled and fled in a panic.

The parrot only crowed twice, and then went to eat rice, and Lingxiu craned her neck to make sure that there was not a single grain left before giving up.

Inside the house, Ling Yi and Ling Hui were talking about Shangshu marrying their daughter, and when they heard the parrot chirping outside, Ling Yi couldn't help laughing: "This bird is very smart, whoever feeds it, it will call it a good person." ”

Ling Hui's expression was stunned, and then he smiled: "It's quite clever, I've never seen such a smart bird, or my sister will borrow me for two days, I promise to raise it for you." ”

"It's not that difficult, just let people come over when you want it." Ling Yi said very generously.

"Then thank you, sister." Ling Hui was blessed, looked at the sky outside, and said: "It's time for lunch, then I won't bother my sister, I can remember what my sister said just now, you are not allowed to repay the bill, I will let people come over to get birds in the afternoon." ”

Ling Yi glared at her with disgust: "Now that you want to go back, just take it back directly, what are you going to do in the afternoon?" ”

Ling Hui smiled: "I'm not afraid that my sister will be reluctant for a while, and I said that I would come in the afternoon if I was good." ”

"Don't worry, I can't run you, you can let someone come in the afternoon." Ling Yi shook her head helplessly.

After lunchtime, the maid came to feed the parrot as usual, usually at this time, the parrot must have called "good man" happily, but today it was lying motionless in the cage, the maid felt bad, and hurried to find the weaving feather.

Waiting for Zhi Yu to hurry over and confirm again and again, he reported to Ling Yi: "Miss, the parrot is indeed dead." ”

Ling Yi frowned: "How could a good person suddenly die?" Who is responsible for feeding the parrots? ”

The maid was so frightened that her face turned pale: "The eldest lady spares her life, the maid feeds two handfuls of rice every day, and she goes at that hour every day, and the maid doesn't know what is wrong, and please ask the eldest lady to find out." ”

Ling Yi sighed and said: "It's okay to die a bird, but this parrot was given to me by my father, and it died today when I sent it yesterday, so how can I explain it to my father, not to mention that my sister said in the afternoon that she wanted to borrow the parrot to play, how do you ask me to explain?" ”

The maid burst into tears, kowtowed vigorously and choked up: "Miss, the maid really doesn't know what's going on, you just give the slave ten dares, and the maid doesn't dare to slack off half a point." ”

"Miss----" Zhi Yu stepped forward: "The maid thinks that this matter is not so simple. ”

Ling Yi glanced at her, thought for a while, and said to the maid: "You get up first, I will find out about this matter, if it is found out that it has nothing to do with you at this time, I will naturally give you justice, if it is really what you did, then this Ruomeng Pavilion will not be able to tolerate you." ”

The maid burst into tears: "Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness." ”

In the afternoon, Ling Hui really asked Lingxiu to come over and get the bird.

Ling Yi was very apologetic: "The parrot was fine in the morning, but somehow it died in the afternoon, you say sorry to my sister for me, and say that I will compensate her another one in the future." ”

Lingxiu was surprised on her face, but she couldn't be happy in her heart, "Eldest Miss, why is it so coincidental, our second miss just said that she wanted to play for two days, and this parrot died?" ”

Zhi Yu's face turned pale: "Bold, what do you mean by this, do you think our eldest lady did it on purpose?" ”

Lingxiu said in a panic: "The maid doesn't dare, the maid is just a subordinate, how dare you question the eldest lady, it must be the parrot himself who has eaten the wrong thing, the maid must explain it to the second lady when she goes back." ”

Ling Yi's spirit was a little weak, and he waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll find out about this matter, you can step down." ”

Lingxiu said yes again and again, "The maid will retire first." He bowed and withdrew.

In the Cuiwei Pavilion, Ling Huiliu's eyebrows were upside down, and she said sharply: "She really said that? ”

"But it's not, relying on the fact that she is the eldest lady, the impatience on that face, the maid saw it with her own eyes, and said that it was for the maid to persuade you, but the eldest lady clearly had a gloating expression, and she didn't want to give you the bird at all." Lingxiu whispered.

Ling Hui's face became more and more ugly: "I can't complain that I wronged her, hmph, you deserve it, you go and find your father." ”

Ling Shandao was dealing with official business, and suddenly there was an urgent knock on the door outside, he didn't like to be disturbed when he was working, and frowned: "Go and see who is outside?" ”

The little boy came back not long after he went out and said: "It's the maid Lingxiu next to the second miss, saying that the second miss doesn't eat or drink, please take a look." ”

Ling Shandao looked up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I didn't say anything specific, I just asked the master to go to Cuiwei Pavilion in person." The child relayed Lingxiu's words.

Ling Shandao thought about it, and finally got up and walked out of the study.

After he hurried to Cuiwei Pavilion, he saw Ling Hui sitting on the bed in a daze, his face pale and bloodless.

"Hui'er, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that the food on the table was not moved, I couldn't help but ask again: "Why don't you eat, you have no appetite?" Is it sick? ”

Ling Hui looked at Lingxiu and reproached, "---Who told you to call your father over?" ”

Lingxiu's eyes turned red, and she knelt down and said, "Second Miss, the maids know that you have a good heart, but this time, they deceive people too much----"

"Shut up---- Ling Hui's voice raised a little: "Get out." ”

Lingxiu hesitated and refused to go out.

Ling Shandao looked around between the two of them and asked Xiang Lingxiu, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Lingxiu gritted her teeth, and had a feeling of letting go, and choked up: "Back to the master, here's the thing, in the morning, the second miss went to Ruomeng Pavilion to see the eldest lady, and she liked the parrot that could only talk very much, so she wanted to borrow it, but I didn't expect that ----the eldest miss would rather kill the parrot than lend it to the second miss, the second miss felt sorry for the parrot, she hadn't eaten all afternoon, and if she continued like this, she would definitely get sick, so you can persuade it, master." ”

Ling Hui's eyes flashed, and she turned her face to the side and refused to make a sound.

"Parrots?" Ling Shandao's brows furrowed tightly, and he commanded the people outside in a deep voice, "Go and call the eldest lady over." ”

Ling Hui hurriedly stopped: "Father, my daughter knows that you will make decisions for me, but my sister should be unintentional, I just feel sorry for that bird, everything is my fault, if my father calls my sister over and scolds her, won't it make my sister hate me, and the friendship between our sisters will be gone." ”

Ling Shandao touched her head and sighed: "You are a sensible child, rest assured, your father will not alienate your sisters' friendship, but if you make a mistake, you should be punished, come on, go and call the eldest lady to my study." ”

The weaving fan on the roof quietly returned the tiles to their original places, and then jumped down from the other side of Cuiwei Pavilion and hurried to Ruomeng Pavilion.

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