When Zhao returned to Jinlin Courtyard, he was followed by a few small servants.

She stepped into the courtyard with a happy brow, and instructed a few servants to go to the ear room to move out the dowry.

"Ma'am, what is this?" Mama Fang walked out of the main room, and was startled when she saw the little girls on the right hand side of the ear room rushing in.

"It's nothing, it's something to move." Zhao smiled from ear to ear, and asked again, "Lan'er, where is Ah Rong?" ”

"The second girl is in the house, and the third girl went to the jade study room to study earlier." Mama Fang thought about it, so she asked a little maid to call Shen Lan over.

Zhao shook his head: "I'll go over in person in a while." Mama Fang responded, waited for the Zhao family to enter the house, and waited behind the red sandalwood octagonal table, she moved gently to knead the back of Zhao's shoulders, and her voice was low and gentle: "The ancestor sent a letter and said that he would go to Jiangbei in a few days, because he was afraid that his wife would be bullied in the Shen Mansion and have a bad life. ”

"What?!" Zhao's brows suddenly raised, and he made a face: "Did you pass on something again!" ”

"The old slave doesn't dare." Mama Fang shook her head frequently: "The old ancestor has his wife in his heart, and his wife has been staying in White Horse City, this time he is suddenly so far away from home, where can the old ancestor rest assured, isn't there still Sister Lan, the old ancestor also wants to see Sister Lan." Mama Fang wiped a cold sweat in her heart, in fact, the old ancestor had sent a message earlier to ask about Madame's situation in the Shen family.

Zhao's brows twisted even tighter: "No, no, no, send a message back, just say that I am fine in the Shen Mansion, and there is no need to come." Zhao glanced at Mama Fang: "It's not that you don't know what kind of character the old ancestor is, and you still follow her to Hu Lai, now I can't say anything in the Shen Mansion, but the old lady treats me well, and when the old ancestor comes, how can there be a life of peace!" ”

Mama Fang's face was pale, and she said in embarrassment: "Madam, what the old ancestor decided ......" paused, feeling Zhao's gaze, her words changed: "The old slave will send someone to reply now." But he said in his heart, when did the things decided by the ancestors change.

Zhao's face softened at this time, and he got up and went to the inner courtyard.

Mama Li, who was guarding outside the house, paced back and forth under the porch, puzzled in every way, and didn't understand why the good second girl had changed her face to her.

The eldest lady was still waiting for her to explain, she was biased, and she was full of excitement, and hurriedly bowed: "Second lady." ”

Mama Fang glared at her in disgust: "What is the pestle doing here, what about the second girl?" ”

"Girl... The girl is working as a maid in the house..."Mama Li bowed her body, not daring to raise her eyes, and she had scolded Mama Fang thousands of times in her heart.

Mama Fang said and waved her hand: "There are many things to do in this yard, don't be lazy here!" ”

sent Mama Li away.

Zhao Shi looked at the thief and the thief's eyebrows slipped away, his peaceful and gentle brows twisted, and he lowered his voice: "This Li Mama in front of me is not as good as one ten-thousandth of Chang Mama." ”

"Madam, Mama Chang and the old slave entered the house together to serve the ancestors, and then served Mrs. You, Mama Chang is shrewd and capable, delicate and delicate, if she can go back to Jinlin Courtyard to serve, it is the icing on the cake." Mama Fang sighed.

Zhao Shi thoughtfully: "It's just that this thing ......"

"Madam Chang is on an errand under Madame, and the eldest lady will punish Mama Chang to the grange, which is a transgression, but Madame, you are not good at talking in the Shen Mansion, if the ancestor comes over, ......"

"Okay, don't do everything to the ancestor." Zhao interrupted Mama Fang's words and stepped over the threshold.

Shen Lan heard the movement, put down the embroidery in his hand, looked through the gap in the screen, saw the situation in the hall clearly, got up from the couch, took his shoes and walked out of the east room.

"Mother." She called softly, gentle with a hint of confusion.

A beam of golden light outside the courtyard shines through the thin window paper, just hitting the two pots of bamboo orchid bonsai standing on the wall, reflecting the brilliance, green as jade.

Zhao smiled and said "eh", pulled Shen Lan to sit on the front collapse, his eyes fell on the bonsai, and he said with a smile: "Relatives always have similarities unintentionally, and your father also loves this bamboo orchid bonsai the most." ”

Shen Lan's eyes followed Zhao's gaze, and when she heard such words, she didn't know why, her heart was warm.

"Lan'er, Mrs. Fang Cai Qi came over ......"

"Mother, I see." Shen Lan said in a low voice, afraid that he would not be able to withstand the word fate.

"Huh? You got it? Zhao smiled slowly: "Also, the big movement of those little guys outside, you should know, Qi Mansion will withdraw from the marriage this time, it will not be spread outside, you don't have to worry, your mother will definitely choose another good family for you." ”

"Divorce? Isn't it a change of Geng post? Shen Lan's eyes widened, and she withdrew from the marriage, and it turned out to be a divorce!

Zhao smiled and nodded: "It's a divorce." ”

***

Li slept in his courtyard for a while, and when he got up, it was already his hour.

Before he got up, he dressed up and went to Fuhua Temple.

When she came back from Jianghang, her face was ruddy and radiant, and her whole person seemed to be more plump.

Seeing Mama Gui, she smiled even more, and asked out loud first, "Where is the old lady?"

"The old lady is in the Buddha Hall, the fourth lady will sit in the flower hall for a while, and the old lady should come out." Mama Gui has served the old lady for many years and has a very accurate understanding of the old lady's affairs.

Sure enough, after a while, a voice came from the Buddhist hall, and it was the old lady calling her over.

Mama Gui smiled, bowed to the Li family, and then came out of the bright room, and called Mama Fan again.

Mama Fan is a third-class mama, she can do things for Mama Gui, she thinks it is very face-saving, listening to Mama Gui calling her, she ran out of the back room in a hurry, and diligently came to Mama Gui's eyes, "Mama, what do you command." ”

Mama Gui beckoned to her, "You go to Jinlin Courtyard now to find the eldest lady and let her go to Fuhua Courtyard." ”

"Is it the old lady shouting?" Mama Fan asked curiously.

"Why don't you go quickly!" Mama Gui swept over with a cold eye, and Mama Fan hurriedly shut up and hurriedly left Fuhua Courtyard.

Mama Gui looked at the back of Mama Fan leaving, and then turned around and entered the Buddhist hall unhurriedly.

"Why did you come here?" The old lady knelt in front of the futon and asked, because she was in the Buddha hall, so she softened her tone.

Mama Gui just knew that it was impossible for the old lady to be angry in the Buddha Hall, so she dared to do so, she hurriedly bent over to help the old lady get up, and whispered: "Back to the old lady, it was the fourth lady who came, so she delayed for a while." ”

When the old lady heard this, she nodded, and she was not so angry, and Mama Ren Gui helped her into the small ear room across the Buddha hall, cleaned her hands, changed her clothes, and took care of it before going to the main room.

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