The next day, it was just dawn.

Shen Qingli got up early to freshen up.

Although you don't have to worry about the family banquet and it is arranged in the evening, you have to be ready to welcome the male host back at all times during the day.

"Young lady, which dress are you wearing today?" Momozhi asked as she pulled out a few colorful clothes from the closet.

"That's it!" He casually pointed to the aqua-red dress.

"But you just wore this garment the other day." Taozhi hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Young lady, the prince is back today, and there is a family banquet, so why don't you pick out other clothes?" ”

As he spoke, he picked up a red brocade floor-length skirt, and the skirt was embroidered with large peony flowers, which was very delicate and atmospheric, and asked, "Young lady, this dress was just sent by Mrs. yesterday, why don't you just wear this?" ”

"It's just a family banquet, I don't have to wear such a grand dress, besides, I will be more comfortable wearing homely clothes." Shen Qingli glanced at the long skirt, the skirt was so long, she wore this dress, did she go to mop the floor for others?

Outside the window, a rare cry came.

"Young lady, the thrush said that the black wind is gone, and I can't find it after looking around, and I'm crying in fright!" Bi Tao lifted the curtain and walked in.

"Let her come in." Shen Qingli frowned.

I don't know, I thought she was abusing the maid early in the morning!

The curtain swayed, and two figures rushed in.

"Second Young Lady." The thrush cried a handful of snot and tears, and when she saw Shen Qingli, she hurriedly stepped forward and bent her knees and sobbed, "The slave maid took care of Hei Feng for the first time, and she was very careful, and she got up a few times at night to see it, and it was all fine, but just now the slave and maid were just eating, and they found that Hei Feng was gone." ”

"Yes, Second Young Lady, the slave maid also went to see Heifeng before eating, who knew that when we went back after eating, it would be gone." Qiu Yan also echoed in a hurry, "Shicai, we have searched the entire Qingxin Garden, and we haven't seen Heifeng. ”

"Have you gone to the study to have a look, maybe run back to the study." Shen Qingli saw that the thrush was crying profusely, and he couldn't say anything.

"The slave maid went to look for it just now, Hei Feng didn't go to the study, the door was hidden at that time, probably when Fourth Uncle Gong went out to pick up the son in the morning, the door was not closed tightly, and let it run out." Thrush sobbed.

Black Wind is the beloved thing of the Prince, and if she loses it, maybe the Son of the World will kill her.

"Taozhi, you guys should look for it in the yard separately, and don't let it go in the house." Shen Qingli frowned, and looked at the thrush and Qiu Yan again, "You go to the outside of Qingxin Garden to look for it, and see if Heifeng is lost." ”

This troublesome dog, why did he lose it at this time......

The group took the order and left.

On the shore of the lake, in the shade of greenery.

A purple-clothed servant woman listened to the low sobs of the thrush with a solemn expression, the corners of her lips pulled slightly, and said coldly: "Someone must have framed you in this matter, don't be afraid, if the prince investigates it, A-Niang will definitely protect you in front of Mrs. Tai." ”

"If you talk about framing, apart from the few dowry girls around the second young lady, who else can there be? They obviously saw that Qiu Yan and I were not pleasing to the eye, and deliberately framed us. The thrush said hatefully, "Those dowry girls are very arrogant, and they don't take the people of our Hou Mansion in their eyes at all. ”

"Wedding girl?" The purple-clothed servant sneered, "Thrush, it's in vain that you have been following A-Niang in this mansion since you were a child, think about it, how could the two young ladies of the second young lady use the prince's dog to frame you?" Do you think anyone is as brainless as you? ”

"Could it be that A-Niang is talking about Sister Qiuyan?" Thrush wondered.

"Who else but her? dare to stumble on us, and don't weigh how many pounds and taels you weigh. The purple-clothed servant snorted coldly, looked at the flowers and plants swaying by the blue water lake, and combed a strand of hair scattered between her temples, and said expressionlessly, "A-Niang is arrogant in this life, and she refuses to fall behind in everything, and she doesn't want to marry your father in this life, not to mention lifelong slavery, and even the children born are slaves, so A-Niang hopes that you will not follow in the footsteps of A-Niang, right now, the eldest young lady has no children, and the second young lady is afraid that she will not be favored by the son, and she will not be able to conceive a child for a while, so, If you can conceive the child of the Mu family at this time, Mrs. Tai will definitely give you the title of aunt, although she is a concubine, but it is better than a housekeeper or something. ”

"But Auntie, the young lady, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back." Thrush frowned and said, "Even if the eldest young master has the heart to come to Qingxin Garden, it is impossible for us to be alone......" She naturally didn't want to be a steward in her heart.

"Silly boy, if we are subordinates, do we still have the right to pick the master? As long as it is a child of the Mu family, it is the same in the eyes of Mrs. Tai. The purple-clothed servant woman looked at the thrush meaningfully, and said in a low voice, "You are currently serving in the study of the prince, and the gentlemen in the house all love to read, if you enter the eyes of the prince, of course it is the best, if not, others are not impossible." ”

Thrush's eyes lit up, and then he lowered his eyebrows and said, "But what about the Black Wind now?" If the son of the world is investigated, the daughter will be miserable. ”

"What are you afraid of? Hei Feng didn't lose it, it was Qiu Yan's girl who had crooked thoughts, how could Ah Niang let her go, besides, Hei Feng was lost in Qingxin Garden, and it was impossible for the second young lady to stand by and watch, just act when the time comes. ”

Only then did the thrush turn his sorrow into joy.

The mother and daughter muttered for a moment before they came out of the shade of the tree.

"Young lady, the slave has found Heifeng." Bi Tao walked up to Shen Qingli with a solemn expression and whispered in her ear, "It's just, it's just that it's dead......

"What? He's dead? Shen Qingli looked at Bi Tao in surprise, "Where is it now?" ”

"The young lady came here with me." Bi Tao sighed.

The back house of Qingxin Garden is a little far away from the main courtyard, not to mention the garden, and it is divided into two courtyards by a curved wall, and only a small corner door is left on the wall to facilitate entry and exit.

If it weren't for Bi Tao's unintentional standing in the gazebo on the rockery and looking around, she wouldn't have noticed the black wind curled up in the ditch at all, it seemed to have been deliberately placed there, and it was covered with a branch.

"That's right, it's Black Wind." Shen Qingli squatted down, took away the branches, reached out and touched the little body that was still a little warm, the red ribbon around his neck hung weakly in front of his neck, his eyes were half-closed, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

Who is so ruthless as to attack an innocent dog?

"Young lady, what should we do?" Bi Tao's voice trembled a little.

If something like this happens, all the people in Qingxin Yuan will not escape the blame.

Shen Qingli looked up at the sky, thought about it, and said, "Don't make a noise about this matter, let's go out and see if we can buy a dog like this and come back." ”

"Go out and buy a dog?" Bi Tao was a little surprised, "In such a short time, where to find an identical dog to come back?" ”

"Shicai Thrush and Qiu Yan went out to find Hei Feng, I'm afraid that now the entire Hou Mansion must know that Qingxin Yuan has no dogs, if the news that Hei Feng is dead at this time, wouldn't Madam have to review it again." Shen Qingli got up, patted the grass clippings on his body, and sighed lightly, "Hide this in advance, don't alarm the people in the mansion, wait for two days, and then I will find a chance to tell the prince." ”

Last time, Gong Si said that Heifeng was only two months old, which means that when the son of the world left, it should have just been born, and now that the son of the world has returned, he may not be able to recognize whether the dog is the original one.

She knows that she doesn't have the ability to investigate and solve the case, so it's better to leave such a tricky matter to someone who has the ability to do it!

Bi Tao also thought that this matter was feasible, so she used the silver to pay the two brothers Ma Fu Ma Gui who were guarding the back gatehouse, saying that she and a sister had an urgent matter to go out to buy something, and they needed to use the carriage on the gatehouse.

The brothers got the silver, their eyebrows were full of smiles, they discussed it at the moment, and politely told her that there were more people coming in and out today, and the carriage in the house did not dare to go out at will without tokens, but they could find a more secure brother to send them there.

Soon, a young man named Feng Cai drove the carriage to the back door of the Hou Mansion.