The expression on Mrs. Hou's face loosened slightly, and she nodded: "I don't look very good at the second girl's face, so you can send her back." At this point, she paused for a moment, and then said in a harmonious voice: "When your sister is settled, you can come again, don't delay too long." ”

Hearing Mrs. Hou's words, Zhang's nerves, which had been tense, finally relaxed a little. Finally, Mrs. Hou still took care of the eldest grandson's face and didn't embarrass the eldest house too much.

Fu Chen respectfully agreed, and then escorted Fu Jia out of the main room with Fu Cong. It made Fu Jun envious: It's good to have my brother to protect me.

Mrs. Hou didn't look at the direction of Fu Jia's departure, she got up first and called Yu's mother: "Go to Frost Wind Mengxiaoxuan." "Today's lunch will be placed there to catch the wind for Fu Zhuang. Although at this moment, Mrs. Hou thinks that it is okay if this wind is not accepted. But you can't help but do things on the face, otherwise Hou Ye has something to say.

Mrs. Hou was expressionless, and led the group out of Rongxuan Hall quietly. She seems to have forgotten that there is a little girl named Huan'er, who is standing in the west room and no one pays attention to it.

When he arrived at the main gate of Rongxuan Hall, Zhang glanced at Liu's mother. Mother Liu understood, took two steps behind, retreated behind everyone, and then turned around and went to the west room.

The servant woman carrying the sedan chair was already waiting outside the door, and Mrs. Hou took two steps forward, and was about to get into the sedan chair, when her body suddenly crooked, and she fell headlong without warning.

"Madame!" Yu's mother exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly supported her. Cui Shi also took two steps to help hold Mrs. Hou, and called again and again: "Come on, help the old lady to lie on the bed." ”

The change happened suddenly, and everyone was in a hurry. The Zhang family didn't care about the matter at this time, so he hurriedly called a few sturdy servants and carried Mrs. Hou into the kang in the west room. Cui's sent someone to invite Imperial Doctor Liang, Yu's mother asked someone to bring ginseng soup up, and Wang also took Fu Jun's hand and went to the west room together.

Compared with the lively joy of Fang Cai, the atmosphere in the west at this time seemed a little depressing. There were many people around the kang, and everyone was silent, just doing what was at hand. Zhang took a handkerchief to wipe Mrs. Hou's face, Cui's took ginseng soup, and a group of maid mothers served beside him.

Through the heavy brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes, through the intricate golden hairpins and pearls, Fu Jun's vision was cut into a few strands, sometimes glimpsing Madame Hou's miserable white forehead, sometimes touching a closed eye, or the "swastika" on the collar.

The fragments of these visions are pieced together by an old woman, tired and sad. Fu Jun stared at Mrs. Hou, and was in a trance for a moment. This supreme power who holds the power of life and death in the Hou Mansion seems to be as fragile as a reed at this moment, and it will break if it is slightly broken.

Mrs. Hou woke up not long after. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around, as if she didn't know what was happening.

Cui Shi stepped forward, held Mrs. Hou's hand, and asked softly with red eyes, "Old lady, how do you feel?" ”

When Mrs. Hou saw her, a smile appeared on her face, and she said weakly: "It's okay, it's okay." With that, he looked around with his eyes, as if he was looking for someone.

Yu's mother sighed slightly and stepped forward. As soon as Mrs. Hou saw her, her eyes lit up, and she said hurriedly: "You go ......" Speaking of this, she suddenly coughed, and Cui Shi hurriedly calmed her down.

Seeing this, Yu's mother also turned red with circles in her eyes, and said in a low voice: "The slave knows, so I will ask someone to clean up the small Buddha hall." ”

Mrs. Hou's cheeks flushed from the violent coughing, and after hearing Mother Yu's words, her face, which had always looked a little sad, became a little lighter. She coughed and urged silently, "Hurry up...... Go to ......".

At this time, Cui's had already brought the ginseng soup over and said to Mrs. Hou: "Don't worry, old lady, drink the soup first, and then talk about it later." ”

Yu's mother stepped forward to help Mrs. Hou up and told her to lean on herself. Mrs. Hou took Cui's hand and took a sip of ginseng soup. The slightly bitter juice seeped through the throat, with a faint aftertaste, and the hot throat was immediately much more comfortable.

After a cup of ginseng soup, Mrs. Hou felt better, and her cough stopped. Cui Shi handed the soup cup to the maid beside him, and wanted to help Mrs. Hou lie down. Mrs. Hou insisted on refusing.

She motioned to Yu's mother to take a big pillow and put it behind her back, and then took Cui's hand and said, "I know you're a good boy, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm afraid I'm tired for the past two days." In a moment, the Imperial Doctor should come. You go back first, I want to be quiet. ”

Cui Shi wanted to say something more, but saw that Yu's mother shook her head lightly. Cui Shi understood in his heart, so he said softly to Mrs. Hou: "Then let's go back first, old lady, you have to be careful yourself." After that, he called Fu Jue over again and told him to say goodbye to his grandmother.

Mrs. Hou really loves Fu Jue, and when she sees this most beloved grandson at this moment, she can't help but smile on her face.

Fu Jue was still young and still ignorant of what happened today, but he only knew that Mrs. Hou was sick, so he asked, "Grandmother, are you sick?" ”

Mrs. Hou said kindly: "Grandmother is not sick, but she is tired and wants to rest." ”

Fu Jue hurriedly said: "Then grandmother close her eyes quickly, sleep obediently, and Ming'er will be fine." ”

This was a word that Mrs. Hou often used to coax him, but he used it at this moment.

Mrs. Hou smiled, hugged Fu Jue and said in a harmonious voice: "Jue'er is a good boy. ”

Cui Shi saw that Mrs. Hou's face was tired, and he was afraid that Fu Jue would quarrel with Mrs. Hou, so he called him back, confessed his guilt to Mrs. Hou, and retired. Zhang and Wang also retreated.

came to Rongxuantang, but Cui's never left. After a while, Fu Ting will accompany Imperial Doctor Liang over, and someone needs to support him here.

Zhang thanked Cui's family: "There are two brothers and sisters of Lao." "These things should have been done by the eldest daughter-in-law, but now that Fu Zhuang is not there, the Cui family can only do it for him.

Cui Shi smiled and said, "What is this?" Look at this hour, the eldest uncle is afraid that he will come back soon, and the eldest sister-in-law should hurry up. ”

Zhang's heart does have something in her heart, not only for Fu Zhuang, but also for Fu Jia and Huan'er, and she is also anxious to figure it out. Therefore, she did not linger long, but only said a few words and went.

Out of Rongxuan Hall, stepping on the soft sedan chair, the moment the sedan curtain fell, the smile on Zhang's face could no longer be hung up, and his face was so heavy that it could drip water.

Today's events caught her off guard.

As long as he thought of Fu Jia's pale face and the mist in her eyes, Zhang's heart hurt terribly, and at the same time, he regretted it a little.

Today, most of her attention is on Fu Zhuang's return to the house, but she doesn't pay attention to the daughter next to her. In fact, Fu Jia was a little strange after she came back from the bamboo forest, she should have noticed it, but she didn't take it seriously.

And the ring. Zhang always felt that this girl was not simple, she was not very old next year, but she looked very scheming and bold, and she dared to open her eyes and say nonsense in front of Mrs. Hou.

And the most puzzling thing is Mrs. Hou's attitude. What the hell is that needle, it's just a weed, how can it seem like it can't be mentioned, and it actually makes Mrs. Hou turn her face immediately. Could it be that this ghost needle has something to do with some secrets of the Hou Mansion?

Thinking of this, Zhang couldn't help but hate it even more in his heart. She always thought that with her many years of operation in the Hou Mansion, she didn't know much about the things in the mansion, and she probably knew something. But this ghost needle, the Zhang family has never heard of it at all. It seems that she is still too careless, and she will have to be more careful in the future.

Zhang returned to the Hengxian Pavilion with a calm face, got off the sedan chair, and immediately instructed Fang Qiong: "Send an old mother to Rongxuan Hall to guard, and report back quickly if there is any news." ”

Fang Qiong answered yes and went to find someone. At this time, Liu's mother was standing at the bottom of the stairs and nodded slightly at Zhang. Zhang's face did not move, and he whispered to Fu Xue beside him: "Go find Mother Gu and come over." ”

Fu Xue also retreated after hearing this, and Zhang's family entered the main room, and Liu's mother also followed, but saw Huan'er kneeling on the ground, and there was no one around except for two sturdy servants.

Zhang went straight to the table and sat down, and didn't talk nonsense with her, and said directly: "Where did you stick the ghost needle from all over your body?" ”

Huan'er was stunned by the question.

It was the first time she had heard the word ghost needle, what it was, and Huan'er didn't know anything about it. She said blankly: "The maid doesn't know what the hell the needle is. What did the wife say? ”

Hearing that Huan'er's tone didn't seem to be fake, Zhang frowned and muttered for a moment, and then changed the question: "Why did Jia'er reward you with a silver hand?" ”

Huan'er's heart jumped, and her eyebrows and eyes also moved. Fortunately, she kept her head down, and neither Zhang nor Liu's mother saw her expression.

After calming down a little, Huan'er said: "Back to Mrs., because the girl said that the window drawer in the room was not closed, and she was afraid that the wind would blow the painting on the table, so she asked the maid to come back and close the window drawer, and then took a hairpin and a pair of chess pieces for the girl by the way." When the maid finished her work, the girl was happy, so she rewarded the maid with a silver hand. ”

Huan'er is not lying. What she said was exactly what Fu Jia told her to do, and Coral was also present at the time. As for what Fu Jia secretly asked her to do, Huan'er was betting that Zhang's family didn't know what Fu Jia did, and bet that Fu Jia wouldn't tell anyone about it.

Huan'er has never been stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart. She knew very well that if Fu Jia's matter was known to the Zhang family, she was afraid that she would not be able to do good. The master's virtue is lacking, as the only person in the know, and he is just a lowly minion, she can't think about what awaits her.

So, she can only gamble.

Zhang was very dissatisfied with Huan'er's answer, and she glanced at Liu's mother. Mother Liu nodded and raised her hand to the two servants. The two servants stepped forward, one pressed Huan'er, and the other put a bamboo board on Huan'er's face.

Huan'er struggled a few times at first, and then saw that she couldn't struggle, so she stopped moving, gritted her teeth and let the servant woman beat her ten times. The servant woman was skillful, and only beat Huan'er's face to swell, but the skin was not broken, and the teeth were not knocked out, only the corners of her mouth were broken, and blood dripped down her chin and on her skirt.