Ren Yaoqi found a gap and called Ren Yaohua aside to whisper.

"Send someone to keep an eye on the Dongfu side, and report back immediately if there is any movement."

The two were still in the east room of the main room of Ronghua Courtyard, and Mrs. Ren was listening to the gift list brought by the eldest lady Jin Lian in the Ming Hall next door, and personally explained what to return the gift later, and the voice came through the hollow carved Hunan bamboo curtain.

Originally, Ren Yaoyin was also holding a small embroidered basket to embroider the upper of the shoe in the east room, and just got up and went to the small warm pavilion where he lived to find silk threads.

Ren Yaoqi's voice was very small, almost close to Ren Yaohua's ear. When Ren Yaohua heard this, she glanced at the Xiangzhu curtain vigilantly, although she was not very used to it, but for fear that people would hear it, she still learned from Ren Yaoqi's appearance and approached her and bit her ear: "What's wrong with Dongfu over there?" What can happen? ”

Ren Yaoqi was about to speak, and there was a light footstep sound from inside, as if Ren Yaoyin came out of the warm pavilion, and the two sisters sat down casually.

Sure enough, Ren Yaoyin turned out from the east slightly, still holding a lock of gold silk in her hand.

The old lady explained that the sisters would stay in the main room, and at noon they would leave Mrs. Lin to have dinner in Ronghua Courtyard, so that their sisters would also accompany them.

It was not convenient to speak at this time, Ren Yaohua lowered his head and thought about it, put down the teacup in his hand, and slowly got up and said to the big girl who was waiting on the side: "Go and change your clothes." ”

Ren Yaoyin came over, smiled gently at Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua, and then sat back on the kang and was busy embroidering by himself, without noticing anything unusual.

Ren Yaohua took the maid out of the house.

Ren Yaochi still sat in place and drank tea, and sometimes leaned over to ask Ren Yaoyin about needlework, Ren Yaoyin replied to her one by one very patiently, and sometimes stopped to take out the embroidery basket without rags to show her the complicated needles.

For the sisters' advice, no matter what it is, as long as Ren Yaoyin knows, she will always answer you seriously, not perfunctory, not hidden. There's no denying it. Among the sisters of the Ren family. Ren Yaoyin is the one who is the best at being a person.

It didn't take long for Ren Yaohua to come back, Ren Yaoqi looked up at her, and Ren Yaohua nodded without a trace.

Although he didn't ask what Ren Yaoqi was going to do, Ren Yaohua still went out and arranged for someone to keep an eye on Dongfu.

When it was almost time for lunch, Mrs. Ren sent someone to the glazed courtyard to invite Mrs. Lin over.

The eldest lady did not come, it was the eldest young grandmother Zhao who accompanied Mrs. Lin over. The eldest lady went to watch the kitchen herself. The sisters went out of the East Room, and then the eldest and youngest grandmother Zhao called Ren Yaoyin out of the room and explained what was going on with her.

It happened that Ren Yaohua's eldest maid Xiangqin came in at this time and stood beside her master silently.

Seeing that Mrs. Ren and Mrs. Lin were talking on the side, and they didn't have time to take care of them, Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi still returned to the East Chamber.

Seeing that there are no outsiders staring. Xiangqin immediately whispered quickly and quietly: "Miss, a few mothers-in-law from the Dongfu came here today, and one has been chatting at the gatehouse." Other than that, there was no other movement. ”

The East Mansion and the West Mansion are originally a family, and many of the servants on both sides are relatives, so it is normal to have contacts. Although the old lady of Dongfu didn't like people on both sides to have dealings, the second wife, Su Shi, was not very strict with these.

Ren Yaochi nodded and explained, "Those few people just stared at it from afar for the time being." Don't let anyone find out. ”

Ren Yaoqi and Xiangqin both spoke extremely quietly. Ren Yaohua also deliberately lowered her voice and said, "What actions will there be over there in Dongfu?" ”

Ren Yaochi thought for a while: "I hope she can make a move, otherwise I will have to put a lot of effort into arranging." ”

Ren Yaoqi just wanted to pull the East Mansion into the water. According to her understanding of the Su family, the Su family should be suspicious of the other aunt.

The last time he used Ren Yaoting to pull the Su family down, Ren Yaochi deliberately didn't take himself too hard. According to the shrewdness of the Su family, he would definitely associate Ren Yaoting's abnormality with the contact between the two of them.

Ren Yaochi was not afraid that Su Shi would think too much, but he was afraid that she would not think too much.

However, she can't be sure if Su will be in troubled waters this time, she is not an immortal after all.

"Miss Five, what should we do next? Or just staring? "Parsley doesn't seem to understand.

Ren Yaochi thought for a while and advised: "Just keep an eye on it first, if the people in the East Mansion have any contact with Mrs. Lin, you can find a way to let others bump into it, you can take anyone else, but your own people will be picked up first." ”

Xiangqin nodded hurriedly: "The slave and maid know what to say, and the slave and maid will explain to the two mothers-in-law." ”

Ren Yaochi whispered a few more words, and then sent her down.

Ren Yaohua didn't quite understand Ren Yaoqi's arrangement, but this was not the time to speak, so she didn't ask any more.

After that, the young lady Zhao took Ren Yaoyin over and asked Mrs. Ren if she could set the meal, and after Mrs. Ren's order, Zhao took Ren Yaoyin to direct the maids to set the table.

Presumably the Zhao family called Ren Yaoyin away before to teach her some family affairs, Ren Yaoyin and Ren Yaohua are about the same age, and when it is time to say goodbye, the eldest lady has too many things to take care of on weekdays and is busy, so it is more when Zhao's sister-in-law, the sister-in-law, teaches her. Because of this, Ren Yaoyin and Zhao have a good relationship.

Because Zhao and Ren Yaoyin are in the same period as Ren Yao, Ren Yaohua is an equal. The two of them were busy, and the two sisters Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua were not easy to watch, so they also went out to help, although there were not many times when they really needed to do it themselves.

The Zhao family has a simple temperament, although it is inevitable that there will be relatives who are distant and close, but when they saw Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua coming, they were willing to teach them.

The Ren family was still very cautious in entertaining Mrs. Lin, and set up eight cold dishes, sixteen hot dishes, and eight congee and dim sum.

Mrs. Lin has no abnormality on her face, although everyone pays attention to food and does not say anything, and the guests and hosts are happy to eat a meal.

After finishing the meal, she sat down for a while and drank tea, and Mrs. Lin said goodbye. After coming out of the Liuli Courtyard, Mrs. Lin did not mention her daughter and granddaughter to Mrs. Ren again, and seemed to be very relieved to hand over everyone to Mrs. Ren to deal with.

Mrs. Ren kept Mrs. Lin a few times, and then got up to personally send her out, and told Mama Gui to let the Ren family prepare the return gift to the Lin family to the Lin family's carriage.

The two old ladies walking in front held hands with each other, humbly and politely, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Mrs. Ren sent Mrs. Lin to the second gate before turning around and returning to Ronghua Courtyard.

Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua did not follow Mrs. Ren back, Mrs. Ren had the habit of taking a nap, and the two sisters went straight back to Ziwei Courtyard.

The third wife, Li, asked Mrs. Ren to send her back after taking a photo before, and did not let her accompany the guests. The Li family had long been used to it, and saw the two sisters come back. He also pulled them and asked them if they were full.

Although there are many banquet dishes for hospitality. But it's not uncommon to not have enough to eat.

Ren Yaoqi is not hungry, she eats when she should eat, drinks when she should drink, and points to the maid with her fingers to spread a lot of dishes, and the amount of food is the same as usual. She ate a lot, and the etiquette was the same, so no one said anything about her.

Soon after, Parsley also returned. Ren Yaohua made a color, and the two took the maid to the east room where they talked and drank tea on weekdays.

Xiangqin was not ambiguous, and said directly: "When Mrs. Lin was in the mansion, the people from the East Mansion did not come up. However, when the Lin family's carriage drove out of the mansion, the mother-in-law from the East Mansion who was originally chattering in the gatehouse also took the opportunity to leave the mansion. The woman we sent to keep an eye on people was also a clever man, and immediately instructed the two porters to go out to run errands, and the other woman quietly went out of the side door to take a look. I happened to see that at the mouth of the alley, the mother-in-law was allowed to get into Mrs. Lin's carriage. ”

Hearing this, Ren Yaochi was relieved and said to Xiangqin: "Very good, each person will give a reward of one or two silver." ”

Xiangqin's eyes rolled and he joked: "That's a few taels of silver!" From the account of Miss Five, or from the account of Miss Three? ”

Ren Yaoqi glanced at Ren Yaohua, and the old god was in the tunnel: "Naturally, whoever sent the person is responsible for giving the silver." ”

Parsley choked.

Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoqi and snorted lightly. But he didn't say much.

Parsley stuck out her tongue and went down.

"What's your idea?" Ren Yaohua finally seized the opportunity to ask.

Ren Yaochi is no longer joking. whispered a few words to Ren Yaohua.

Ren Yaohua couldn't help frowning slightly when she heard this: "Can the second aunt have a way to bring Aunt Kang down?" ”

Ren Yaochi stretched out a finger and shook it: "Second Aunt doesn't want to bring down Aunt Kang, she just wants to give Aunt Fang a warning." Aunt Kang and Aunt Wu will win and lose. What does it have to do with her? You see that this Aunt Kang is a scheming corner, right? But no one in the Ren family took her to heart. ”

Ren Yaohua thought for a while: "Is it because of the fifth uncle's attitude towards her?" ”

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Then what do you think of my father's attitude towards the other aunt?" ”

Ren Yaohua was stunned.

Their father, Master Ren San, didn't care too much about Aunt Fang, and spent the night in Aunt Fang's yard for a few days a month. But everyone in the Ren family knows that Aunt Fang is not a simple character, and no one in the Ren family dares to underestimate her.

"This is the Ren family, and your status in the Ren family depends on the family behind you." Ren Yaoqi's voice was extremely weak, "Aunt Kang's background is destined to make her scheming, deep and intelligent, just a chess piece that can be discarded at any time." ”

"No wonder Mrs. Lin was a lot more relieved after meeting Aunt Kang." Ren Yaohua realized.

Mrs. Lin is a smart person, so she didn't take Kang's affairs to heart, but was more worried about whether her daughter and granddaughter would suffer. The only effect of Kang's appearance is only to hit the fifth wife. ”

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. Only Mrs. Fifth would be messed up because of such a person as Aunt Kang.

"So you didn't let me meddle in the affairs of the fifth room at the beginning......" Ren Yaohua drew inferences from one another, and muttered: "Because you know that Aunt Kang can't make too many waves, even if the fifth wife and Ren Yaoyu fall out of favor, the real reason can't be Aunt Kang?" ”

Ren Yaoqi did not deny it when he heard this.

"The second aunt also knows this, so she just intervened to warn Aunt Fang without pain, and she didn't really plan to be an enemy of Aunt Fang?"

Although Ren Yaohua is impulsive, she is a smart person, so she gradually thinks far.

"If that's the case, then the second aunt's intervention won't help us much, and it's even very likely that Aunt Fang showed favor to her because she was afraid of the second aunt, and the two went together."

Aunt Fang has always been a smart person, she won't do tough things, things that are beneficial to herself, she doesn't mind lowering her figure.

Ren Yaoqi looked at Ren Yaohua and showed an appreciative smile: "Originally, it was indeed so. She didn't expect Ren Yaohua to improve so quickly.

Ren Yaohua couldn't help frowning, revealing a little puzzled: "Originally? ”

Ren Yaochi nodded: "So what we have to do is to let the second aunt intervene deeper." ”

Ren Yaohua was stunned: "Will the second aunt be?" ”

Su is a shrewd man. Naturally, he would not deliberately make a feud with the Fang family. But......

"Isn't there another Mrs. Lin?" Ren Yaoqi winked at Ren Yaohua, showing a bit of naughtiness.

"It's so easy for the second aunt to get out in time? Since she interfered, she shouldn't want to be alone. ”

This is Ren Yaoqi's calculation.

The dispute between Aunt Kang and Mrs. Wu is just a housework of the fifth room, and it has nothing to do with her, and she doesn't care who takes the limelight and who suffers. She just kept waiting for one more chance, a chance to pull Su into the water.

Because of the relationship between the Lin family and the Ren family, it is difficult to say what will happen in the future. Therefore, the fifth wife, Lin, only passively beats her aunt above.

Therefore, Aunt Fang's life is too idle, and she needs a real opponent.

"But you also said that Mrs. Lin is a smart person, did she go back to the troubled waters?" Ren Yaohua was a little uncertain.

Ren Yaochi smiled: "Mrs. Lin is indeed a smart person, but she is also a mother. Aunt Kang was not a big deal to her, but she knew what Aunt Kang's existence meant to her daughter. If there is an opportunity. Mrs. Lin wouldn't mind helping her daughter remove this obstacle. ”

Ren Yaohua couldn't help but be silent when she heard this.

Half-loud, she couldn't help sighing, looking at Ren Yaoqi's expression was a little complicated: "Your calculation is really accurate, and even people's hearts have been taken into account." ”

Ren Yaohua's tone was rare with some admiration, but Ren Yaoqi didn't feel happy or complacent when he heard it.

She knew in her heart that the reason why she was able to calculate everything so clearly was because she did not treat these people as her own family. Because of the experience of the previous life, it was difficult for Ren Yaoqi to have a good impression of the people of the Ren family.

From the moment she and Ren Yaohua were pushed out by them and sacrificed. She understood a lot of things.

And after the Ren family was unlucky. The Lin family, the Qiu family. The Fang family, the in-laws who have close contact with the Ren family on weekdays, also hid as far as they wanted, not to mention helping, and it was not uncommon for them to rob and swallow the business of the partnership.

After a few more days, Aunt Kang seemed to be much better, and offered to go back to her small courtyard, so Mrs. Ren asked her to move back and assigned a few more maids to serve.

The fifth old man, Ren Shimao, seems to have really accompanied the fifth wife to think about it behind closed doors, and he has not shown up since he entered the room, eating, drinking, and Lazar are all solved in the house, but he will send someone to visit his daughter every day, or call his son in to take the school homework.

Mrs. Ren was a little dissatisfied with this, and sent people to call Ren Shimao several times. However, Ren Shimao seemed to be iron-hearted, so he refused to come out, but he didn't coquettish and go to Mrs. Ren to intercede for his wife and daughter, but was very satisfied with the current situation.

Mrs. Ren took care of him a few times, but she had no choice but to let him go.

On the morning of this day, Ren Yaoqi was learning needlework with Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin in Ronghua Courtyard with an old lady beside Mrs. Ren. There was a mother-in-law in the concierge who came to report that someone from outside the house had come to find Aunt Kang, and it was Aunt Kang's sister-in-law who came.

Mrs. Ren originally didn't care when she heard this, thinking that Aunt Kang's mother's family knew that she had a miscarriage and later visited.

Since Aunt Kang's miscarriage, although Mrs. Ren has also arranged for someone to take care of her on weekdays, but the fifth master Ren has ignored it, and her old man is not good at paying too much attention to a concubine, lest others think that she deliberately provokes the relationship between her son and daughter-in-law.

So I heard that someone came to find Aunt Kang, and she just ordered the mother-in-law below to entertain, after all, she was just a concubine, and her mother's family was not a serious relative.

Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua were sitting opposite each other under the south window, and Ren Yaoyin was whispering to ask the old lady for acupuncture. After hearing the report, Ren Yaohua's eyelids subconsciously jumped, and he raised his eyes to look at Ren Yaoqi.

Ren Yaoqi was raising his small embroidery shed and looking at the south window carefully, frowning slightly, as if he was worried about what color the small lotus canopy next to the water duck above was filled in, and he didn't pay attention to Ren Yaohua's gaze.

Ren Yaohua just glanced at it, and then buried his head and continued the work in his hand as if nothing had happened.

It wasn't long before another person came in to report it.

The person who came this time was not the porter, but the mother-in-law of the Ronghua Courtyard that the old lady sent to go before.

Seeing that she ran back in a hurry, Mrs. Ren knew that things might not be simple, and frowned, "Why did you come back?" Didn't you let you lead someone to see Aunt Kang? ”

The mother-in-law hurriedly said: "The slave maid originally wanted to lead people to see Aunt Kang, but she didn't want Aunt Kang's sister-in-law to say ...... Say ask to see you......"

Old lady Ren was a little displeased when she heard this: "No need." I don't want to see guests right now. "Old lady Ren didn't plan to meet a concubine's relatives. Loss of identity.

The woman's expression was a little uneasy, and she looked up at the old lady Ren and hesitated: "Aunt Kang's sister-in-law didn't come alone, she ...... I brought a family surnamed Liu, saying that I had something to ask to see you. ”

After a while, there was a mother-in-law guarding the courtyard gate outside, and Ren Yaoqi was sitting under the south window, and heard someone outside saying, "Help me go in and report." There was a commotion outside. ”

The old lady Ren had the tip of her ear, and when she heard the conversation outside, she shouted, "Who is outside?" Come in and talk back! ”

The person who came was the mother-in-law who guarded the second door, and when she heard the old lady Ren speak, she hurriedly came in.

"What's going on, noisy and yelling, and there are no rules." The old lady sat on the top. Don't be angry.

The mother-in-law wiped the cold sweat on her forehead: "Old lady forgive me, those people outside have to come to see you, because the slaves and maids dare not bring people over without your order, but they don't listen to persuasion, and they plan to break in, and they can't stop them." ”

"What?" Old Lady Ren was stunned when she heard this.

But the mother-in-law who came in earlier was also a little surprised: "Didn't you have a good time before?" Why did you suddenly make a fuss? ”

It turned out that the few people brought by Kang's sister-in-law were still silent when they were outside the house, but they didn't speak, and after entering the house, the mother-in-law just said that she would take them to Aunt Kang's place. Sister-in-law Kang said that she wanted to come to see the old lady.

The mother-in-law saw that something was wrong, so she hurriedly came to Ronghua Courtyard to report. I didn't want her to leave, and not long after she left, there was a commotion outside.

Old Lady Ren said with a cold face: "How many people?" ”

The mother-in-law of the second gate replied: "Including the sister-in-law of the Kang family, three women and four men. It was not convenient for the men to enter the inner courtyard. It has been arranged to go to the outer courtyard to serve tea, and only three women have entered the second gate. Just now, the eldest lady has rushed over after hearing about it. ”

I heard that the eldest lady had already gone over to deal with it, and the old lady Ren looked a little better.

"What is the origin of the Liu family who came with Sister-in-law Kang?" Mrs. Ren is also not a vegetarian, and soon notices that something is wrong.

The mother-in-law who was sent by her to receive her said: "Sister-in-law Kang only said that she was a relative of Aunt Kang's mother. ”

Old Lady Ren thought for a while and ordered: "Go and invite Sister-in-law Nakang to come over and talk, and the rest of the Liu family will go to the outer courtyard to drink tea first." ”

The mother-in-law responded, and was about to go out, but was stopped by the old lady: "Find a small courtyard in the outer courtyard, find someone outside to watch, don't let them walk around." ”

The mother-in-law all retreated, Mrs. Ren lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, she saw Ren Yaoqi, Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin, the three sisters, were still sitting aside, and Mrs. Ren hesitated for a while but said to them: "Grandmother wants to see guests, you can go to the inner room for the time being, and the rest of the people will retreat first." ”

Mrs. Ren didn't let a few granddaughters go out, but sent away all the people who were waiting, leaving only Mama Gui and a few big maids.

Ren Yaoqi retreated to the inner room with her two sisters.

During this period of time, Mrs. Ren's education of her granddaughters is obviously different from the past. The granddaughters came in the morning to ask her to stay for dinner, and then let them stay in Ronghuayuan in the morning. Generally, they find a mother-in-law with excellent embroidery to teach them tailoring and embroidering, discuss things with the eldest lady on weekdays, and let them stay by and listen when dealing with housework, and most things will not avoid them. Sometimes I ask them for their opinions, and although they may not be adopted, they are still involved.

Today, the Kang family is obviously a little strange, and the old lady Ren only let the three sisters into the inner room, and did not send them away.

Not long after Ren Yaoqi and the others sat down in the eastern room, they heard someone outside report that Kangjia's sister-in-law was coming.

After a small and broken voice, a young woman's voice sounded next door: "Little woman Kang's greeting the old lady, the old lady Wan An." (To be continued.) )