Yun Luo smiled slightly, then lowered his eyes, and quietly looked at the eighteenth bachelor in the garden.

When the maids and others of the Chen Mansion appeared in everyone's field of vision, Mrs. Xue San was the first to lose her breath and greeted her.

"What about people?" The anticipation in her eyes lit up horrifiedly.

The maid of the Chen Mansion subconsciously avoided her, bent her knees towards her, and then bypassed her to Old Madam Chen and whispered a few words, and then stood beside her with her hands down.

This maid is the maid who was just sent by Yun Niang to look for someone in the outer courtyard, and later left the three people in the outer courtyard study and came back first.

Very smart.

Yun Luo couldn't help but look at her twice.

After listening to her reply, Mrs. Chen clearly saw something fall in her eyes, so she told the two ladies of the Xue family that she had found no trace of Miss Xue, and asked the servants in the house along the road, and they all said that they had not seen it.

Then he said: "Maybe I went to the inner courtyard, maybe I got lost." ”

As soon as the old lady's words fell, Mrs. Xue's sharp voice sounded next to her-

"No, it must have been to the outer courtyard."

Everyone's eyes were focused on her face.

She also realized her gaffe.

Mrs. Hou next to her pursed the corners of her mouth, suppressed her emotions, and stepped forward to press her arm: "Brother and sister, what are you talking nonsense?" It's not because 'care is messy', right? ”

Mrs. Hou's words "care is chaos" are particularly heavy.

Mrs. Xue's panicked eyes were fixed on that side like this, and her face turned white. His hands and feet hung his head in embarrassment.

"That's what my sister-in-law said." The lower-hanging Third Lady Xue made a muffled sound.

Old Madam Chen's slightly discolored face squeezed out a smile.

At this time, if Old Madam Chen still didn't understand that there was something greasy in this, then she would have lived such a long time in vain.

Therefore, when she turned her head to look at Mrs. Marquis of Maochang, although her eyes were calm, the kindness in her expression was slightly cold.

Her gaze quickly turned on the two ladies in the Maochang Marquis's mansion, and then turned her head to Yun Niang and said, "You take the young ladies to Dianchun Hall for a walk first, no one has been there since the repainting last year, just let the young ladies go for a walk and have fun." ”

It's meant to let them go.

Old Madam Chen gave such an order, and everyone naturally did not dare to disobey. Bent knees and retired. One after the other.

Yun Luo, Yun Niang, and Su Jinlan walked out together.

When she didn't want to pass by Old Madam Chen, the old lady suddenly shouted to Yun Luo: "Young Madam, please stay." Regardless of Yun Niang's astonishment, the old lady explained to her and to everyone. I heard that Mrs. Tang is quite Buddhist. The old woman just likes this, too. There is a lone copy of the Buddhist scripture in my hand, but I have damaged a few extremely important pages, and I want the young lady to help transfer it. ”

Yun Luo sniffed out other meanings from Old Madam Chen's moving eyebrows.

Yun Niang and Su Jinlan next to her could only leave as they said.

Only Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Xu, and Yunluo were left in the garden. There are also those who serve.

Old Madam Chen took the initiative to stretch out her hand to Yun Luo, and although Yun Luo was surprised, she took it without moving.

The servants all took refuge in the distance.

The old lady pushed her head on the stone bench over there, and Yun Luo hurriedly and carefully helped her to sit down on the stone bench.

Then Mrs. Hou and others also came over.

Yun Luo thought that Old Madam Chen would talk to her under the pretext of "Buddhist scriptures", but he didn't want the old lady to raise her eyes and glance at Mrs. Hou, and said: "Madam Hou, in terms of age, the old body is many years older than you, so I arrogantly regard myself as your elder." ”

Mrs. Marquis of Maochang nodded kindly and said, "Old lady, look at what you said, you are naturally our elder, and I can't ask for it." ”

Old Madam Chen didn't regain her charity, and wrinkled her eyebrows slightly: "Since you respect me as an elder, then I will be quick to talk." In your house, you should teach your ladies how to behave, what is meant by 'prudence in words and deeds', this is not a simple four words. After speaking, the old lady's gaze fell on the face of Mrs. Xue San next to her.

Mrs. Xue San's face turned white suddenly, as if she was sitting on pins and needles.

Mrs. Hou squeaked and didn't answer for a while, and Mrs. Chen didn't say anything, she glanced at the two of them deeply, and called the maid of Chen's Mansion who was outside and ordered, "Go and invite Miss Xue over well." ”

Did Xue Yuniang find it?

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Mrs. Xue San, who had been wilted, came to her senses again, and a trace of hope flashed in her eyes.

Old Madam Chen glanced at her and ordered Hongying to be invited over.

Hongying came in quickly, and the old lady Chen's eyes were like electricity, so Hongying took out a handkerchief from her skirt and presented it to the old lady.

The plain handkerchief, embroidered with mandarin ducks and necks, and the bright word "Xue" in the corner brightened everyone's eyes.

It's obviously Xue Yuniang's veil, but why did she hand it over to Mrs. Chen from Hongying's hand?

Some people know it, and some people vaguely understand.

As soon as Mrs. Chen waved her hand, the red tassel bowed and retreated.

Old Madam Chen took the plain handkerchief and handed it to Mrs. Xue San, and she didn't speak.

Mrs. Xue San seemed to know what she meant, her eyes showed silent resistance and pleading, biting her lip and gasping for breath and refusing to raise her hand to pick it up.

Old Madam Chen looked at her with a faint gaze, and then handed the handkerchief to Mrs. Hou.

Mrs. Hou was dumbfounded, and for a while she met Old Madam Chen's gaze, not knowing what to do.

Others may not know what Old Madam Chen's intentions are, but Yun Luo, who knows the inside story, can't help but sigh when he sees this.

This time, Mrs. Chen left Mrs. Hou a shorter time, and seeing that the other party did not reach out to take it, Mrs. Chen withdrew her wrist and folded the handkerchief in half.

The kindness on his face was long gone, replaced by solemnity.

"Since the Marquis of Maochang Mansion is willing to marry the young lady to the Chen Mansion as a concubine for my middle-aged widowed eldest man, I have nothing to say." Old Madam Chen's words came out of her lips slowly and gently, but the content of her words made everyone's faces change drastically.

Especially Mrs. Xue San, she screamed "no" at that time.

As if she couldn't believe it, Mrs. Hou stared at the unmoved old lady Chen, and said in a trembling voice: "Old lady...... You...... This...... This ......"

"What? Your young lady was found sneaking into Da Lang's study, and left this handkerchief on his desk with paper, isn't that what it means? Old Madam Chen's face gradually sank, "Don't you want to tarnish the reputation of my eldest man?" He lost his wife for only a few months, but he was still in filial piety at this time. If it is known by the Holy Lord or the Imperial History, how can my eldest man still gain a foothold in the court? (To be continued......)

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