When Yulan and Fang Aya, who was holding the lantern, returned to Songcui Courtyard, just in time for the gate of the courtyard to be locked, before she could say anything, she heard Fang Aya raise her voice and shout: "Two mothers, take a step slowly, Sister Yulan is here." ”

Not to mention, Fang Aya finally knew whose name was better at the critical moment, this voice shouted out, and if it really closed, the door opened half open, and a mother greeted with a smile: "Yo, it's such a big night, why did the Yulan girl come back?" If you speak a little later, you'll have to call the door, so come in. ”

Yulan sighed secretly that it was dangerous, and in the evening, it was inevitable to knock on the door tonight, alarming the people in the courtyard, just for fear of disturbing the dreams of the masters.

As soon as she stepped on the steps of the gate, she shook the mother's hand and thanked her, and by the way, she lowered the pouch of the person by two times, and the mother's mouth couldn't close with joy, I really didn't expect that there would be such a good thing waiting for me tonight.

When the two arrived at the porch of the east wing, Yulan sent Fang Aya down, but she carried the corner of her skirt into Cui Wanqing's bedroom.

When she entered the door, she looked around, and saw that the warbler in the house was sitting under the lamp, holding her chin with her hand, looking at the jade carved horse candlestick in front of her, thinking about things so intently that she didn't even hear herself enter the door.

On the one hand, he was wearing the fragrant pattern of the soles of the glass oil lamp, but he had already stood up and saluted, and Yulan looked at the faintly carved step bed behind the water-red smoke shadow gauze curtain on the left side of her eyes.

The two layers of curtains outside here have already been lowered, which shows that Cui Wanqing has already rested.

"How much will Miss sleep? Why did you go to bed so early today? Magnolia asked softly.

Yingqiao was shocked by her question, and when she saw that Yulan was back, she quickly stood up and pulled Yulan to sit down side by side, and asked softly: "You went to Xifu, why did you go for so long?" Will you come back until now? Miss asked you several times before going to bed, but then I was really sleepy, so I fell asleep, where did you go to play? ”

Yulan looked at Ying's narrow eyes, full of smile and curiosity, glanced at her helplessly, and whispered: "Where else can I go to hang out on this cold day?" I took the young lady's errand to Xifu, and just waited for the second lady to summon me, so I stood under the corridor for a long time. ”

"Later, Jia's mother came out to collect ginseng, I just looked for a chance to talk to her more, my feet were frozen hard, and I hurried back to not say, when I arrived at the gate, I almost locked the courtyard door, if it weren't for Fang Aya's clever and shouting, the two of us would look good tonight."

Yingqiao knew what she was going to do, and if she could talk to Mother Jia for so long, she must have come out with a lot of news, but she couldn't ask in front of people, she just asked people to cut ginger soup to drive away the cold and warm her body for Fang Aya.

Yulan's bowl of hot ginger soup went down her stomach, and her whole body was warm and comfortable, so she remembered something, frowned and asked Yingqiao: "It's not you on duty tonight, tomorrow morning, you still have to accompany Miss to school, why don't you go back to your house to sleep?" But you're sitting here stunned? ”

Yingqiao couldn't say that she had something on her mind, she was too emotional, too excited, and couldn't sleep, so she just smiled and said, "Aren't I waiting for you?" If you don't come back to guard, how can I go back to the house with confidence? Besides, Ming'er went to the academy, I can still be lazy and sleep in the wing room for a while, you don't have to worry about me not sleeping enough. ”

Speaking of these two people, even if they are the most trusted big girls around Cui Wanqing, it's just that Yingqiao followed Cui Wanqing as soon as she came, but Yulan only started serving this year.

But fortunately, Yingqiao is also a maid who went out of Songcui Courtyard, and when she followed Fuyuan, she got along very well with Yulan, the big girl.

Therefore, these two people can still sit together in front of Cui Wanqing, not like the big girls in other rooms, for the sake of the whole of you, they have turned their backs on the master all day long, and secretly wrestled with themselves.

After Yingqiao came over with Yulan, she consciously took the initiative to take a step back, so that Yulan naturally became the number one big girl next to Cui Wanqing.

First, she thinks a lot about Cui Wanqing, and she doesn't want her master to suffer for these trivial things, and secondly, when she was a third-class maid, Yulan was already a first-class maid.

In this way, Cui Wanqing's room looks quite harmonious, and those little maids below will inevitably have a lot of thoughts, but as long as the two at the top can hold it, they can't make any waves

Dongfu Wenjin Temple, West Warm Pavilion.

Leaning on the southeast corner, on the polished bluestone ground, there is a bronze moire red furnace, the silver silk charcoal in it is burning, and the house is warm.

Mrs. Cui wore a royal blue gown embroidered with gold thread, sat cross-legged on the big kang near the window, supported her head with one hand, and looked at the account book on the desk with the other.

The seven or eight maid mothers standing on the ground, none of them dared to be angry, they all lowered their heads, their eyes were either looking at the ground, or looking at the tips of their shoes, all of them stood honestly, not smelling a sound.

Only Mother Gao occasionally glanced at her master's expression, and saw that Mrs. Cui was frowning, the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed, and there was no trace of the gentle demeanor of the past.

She held the handkerchief tightly, and she couldn't say whether she was happy or sad in her heart, this audit took four or five days before and after, after all, it was not in vain, Nie Changsheng, this villain, can really be said to be greedy and not enough to swallow an elephant, is he really not afraid of dying to death?

Since he took over the pen and ink bookstore on South Street, but after five or six years of hard work, he has lost money on a business that originally made money.

The account books of the next few years are simply miserable, and Gao's mother roughly calculated that Nie Changsheng was greedy for at least about three thousand taels of silver, and this is only on the books.

You must know that Cao Yunxiu's store sells the four treasures of the study, and some classical books, there are many antiques and unique items, and the value of these objects is really not something that can be measured by money.

If Nie Changsheng had the audacity to move these objects, Mother Gao estimated, this person's life would definitely not be guaranteed, speaking of which, she and the Nie family were both servants of the Cui family.

It's a pity that once you have the right in your hand, you are fascinated by the wealth and money, and you take a wrong step, every step is wrong, and now you have come to such a situation, who can blame you?

Mrs. Cui is only the tip of the iceberg here, think about Cao Yunxiu's dowry shop and the grange, this is calculated, there is a lot of income every year, and now only one shop is such a big hole, if you check it all

Gao's mother felt terrible when she thought about it, obviously the room was as warm as spring, but she felt that the cool air was swishing from the soles of her feet, and her forehead was a little cold sweat.

The temper of her own master, she knows best, if it is not good, these people will all be unlucky, and even Shu's mother will not be able to run, this is undoubtedly the biggest thing that has happened to the Cui family in recent years, Gao's mother can't help but rejoice once again that she is young and timid and cautious.

"It's good that I wasn't dragged into the water by Bao's mother, otherwise, alas, I would have really died with them." As soon as Gao's mother was so glad in her heart, she heard 'Bang! There was a loud bang.

Mother Gao and the maid's mother in the house were all frightened, and when they raised their eyes, they saw that it was Mrs. Cui who slapped the table, and she was staring at the account book angrily.

Gao's mother immediately knelt down, and as soon as she knelt down, she fell to her knees in an uproar.

"Madame is angry, madam, no matter how angry you are at this time, it is already useless, or think about how to make up for it, the slave and maid estimate, when the old lady recovers, I am afraid that I will have to tell Mrs. you about the South Street shop in person, and it really can't be delayed."

"Go, let Cuiqin wait at the door of the eldest master's study, and as soon as he comes back, he will invite someone to me, and you will quickly call the big housekeeper again, avoid Bao's mother, don't let her know." When Mrs. Cui heard this, she took a deep breath, slowly exhaled the turbidity in her heart, and secretly pinched her palm, and then turned her face and calmly ordered.

Watching Gao's mother take someone on an errand, Mrs. Cui couldn't help but think: "Is it that my majesty is too lenient?" Why did I treat them like this, but in exchange for deception and betrayal? ”

She hates the minions who betray her master the most, especially the henchmen like Mama Nie, once she finds these honest-looking people, and their greedy and ugly true colors are revealed, this disgusting and hateful is like a fire, which will completely burn people in an instant!

As soon as the housekeeper Cui received the summons from the maid, he immediately put down the things in his hand and hurried to Wenjin Courtyard, although he was mostly in the outer courtyard, but he also knew that the Cui family, or Mrs. Cui's words had weight, where did he dare to be careless?

Xinuan Pavilion, the big housekeeper Cui looked at it with a smiling face, and it was not difficult to see that the big lady Cui in front of her had an unfair look on her face, and her heart was uncontrollable.

Said secretly: "Looking at my eldest lady like this, I am obviously angry, but this person has been married to our family for decades, and the number of times he has changed his face can be counted with a slap, I don't know what kind of big thing it will be this time?" ”

"The servant greets the eldest lady." Cui's housekeeper made a thousand calls, and watched Mrs. Cui raise her hand casually, then stood up, took a few steps back, stood on the side, and asked with a smile: "Madame called the slave over, I don't know what important things to order?" ”R1152