"Why did the good guy suddenly ask to leave?" The old lady wiped the rim of the cup with the tea lid and took a sip slowly.

Chen Yuqing knelt in front of her, hung her head and said, "The old lady is merciful, the slave understands that this requirement is a bit overstepping. But the slave maid is really a last resort, the parents at home have been very worried about the slave and maid in recent years, and the father has fallen ill because of this. Now that the slave's sister is also married, her parents have no one to support, and the slave and maid really can't let go. I also asked the old lady for grace, and I should be useless as a slave and maid, and send the slave and maid out. ”

The old lady closed her eyes and didn't speak, and Yu Yan, who was standing behind her, saw that the old lady didn't mean to let go, so she rushed to speak on her behalf: "You are not a yellow-haired girl who just entered the mansion and didn't know the rules, how can there be a reason to sell slaves and maids out of the palace?" When I entered the palace, I was born as a person in the palace, and I died as a ghost in the palace. Since they sold you back then, you are not a member of the family, what are you going to do when you go back? ”

Chen Yuqing bit her lower lip and did not respond, only insisting on her request. Yu Yan's words made her feel a little surprised, the old lady has a special status in the palace, but she never trusts her, her food, clothing and housing are one level lower than that of the serious master, and there are only two second-class maids and five third-class maids around her. She and Yu Yan are the two most intimate big girls of the old lady, and they are everywhere on weekdays, earning a high and low one. If she goes, wouldn't it be better if Yu Yan was alone? Yu Yan should wish the old lady to agree, right? She thought that she had asked for her resignation, and although Yu Yan might not be able to help, she would at least be silent and happy to see it.

But I heard the old lady say with a reprimand: "What is changing hands and selling?" Yuqing didn't do anything wrong, what should I do selling her? Besides, does the palace lack those two money? Serving your parents is filial piety, even if your parents are sorry for you. You shouldn't have any resentment, Yuqing can put her parents first. It's good for me to see, it's right. ”

Chen Yuqing heard this. I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and I kowtowed a few times in a row, and said with tears in my eyes: "Thank you, old lady, for your kindness!" Thank you, old lady, for your kindness! The slave and maid will not be able to serve in front of the old lady in the future, and I hope that the old lady will be safe and healthy, and her life will be better than Nanshan! ”

"Go ahead! Go ahead! The old body can't see these tears. The old lady waved her hand, closed her eyes and began to doze.

Chen Yuqing kowtowed two more times, got up and went out.

The old lady was silent for a moment, and then said, "Tea." ”

Yu Yan, who was busy beating her legs, hurriedly handed the tea to her mouth.

The old lady pursed her lips and didn't drink or say let go. Yu Yan had no choice but to hold it, and she felt a little apprehensive in her heart.

Suddenly, the old man laughed: "You little hoof, are you still showing off your wrists in front of the old man?" Deliberately saying some unobtrusive objections, just waiting for the old body to refute you, right? It's good to use this trick if you want to catch it, I look at you and I can't wait to let Yuqing go? ”

Yu Yan was startled, and immediately knelt down with a white face and said, "Old lady forgive me!" Old lady forgive! Slaves...... The slave maid was happy to see Yu Qing go, but the slave maid never dared to deceive the old lady, the slave maid did not have so many twists and turns, but her heart was more straightforward. ”

The old lady looked at her quietly for a moment. "Get up, I don't blame you." However, it is not very convenient to have one less person around, Yuqing is quick to do things, and she is a top two on weekdays. Now that she's missing, I'm afraid you won't be able to work hard alone, so be it. You go and send a message to Manager Cao, and say that it is troublesome for him to call two maids over. ”

Yu Yan's face darkened. Went to one, to two? It's getting more and more ......

"Still not going?" The old lady mentioned it when she saw that she didn't move, and Yu Yan hurriedly came back to her senses. Get up and walk briskly.

The old lady looked at her back and frowned. is so dignified, why did Yuqing suddenly propose to leave the house? You must know that the palace is not as good as the side, these maids have excellent food, clothing and housing, and the big maid's subordinates can also make the little maids, even more nourishing than the young ladies of some ordinary official eunuchs. She rarely punished the maids around her, how many people sharpened their heads and wanted to squeeze into the palace, wanted to squeeze around her, and even when they were old, some people were reluctant to let them out with a boy, and would rather be an old girl who served people in the house, and this was the first time that someone invited herself out.

If it is usual, a maid proposes to send it home, it is not a big deal, and she will not take it to heart at all. But now it's different, the prince's big event is being planned, isn't it that these maids overheard something, and they were scared in their hearts, so they excused themselves to get out, right?

After thinking about it carefully, when I talked about this matter with the prince on weekdays, did the people around me completely avoid it? The more I think about it, the more unsteady the old lady becomes, Chen Yuqing seems to be unable to stay, don't have a different heart, and pass on some news by excuse!

However, if you don't stay, you have to do things beautifully, and you have to have nothing to do with the palace. Now the reputation of the prince is the capital of the incident, but it can't be ruined because of a slave.

"Go, go to the front yard and call Young Master Feng for me." She commanded a little maid.

Li Xiaofeng is not comfortable these days, although he used to be small, Zhu Chenyun, the prince of Yu, treats him very warmly, as if the two have not been together for a few years at all, there is no estrangement. But the more this is the case, the more entangled he becomes.

He said what he meant several times and three times, but the prince didn't seem to understand at all, and he didn't react. I don't know if he really didn't understand, or if he pretended not to understand, anyway, he was helpless. He can't stab himself directly at the prince and say: I don't support your rebellion and usurpation of power. This is only thought in his heart but cannot be declared, there are grandmother's eyeliner everywhere in the palace, and he knows very well that his every move will be quickly reported to the south cross courtyard.

So he could only pretend to be stupid, the prince talked to him about military affairs, he didn't know anything, covered up on the sand table, and deliberately made a mess of the marching queue; The prince talked to him about political affairs, but he simply talked nonsense without boundaries, and especially indignantly put forward many hot-blooded young people's favorite remarks, empty and unrealistic remarks, and disguised himself as vulgar to the extreme; When the prince talked to him about the way of economy, he simply threw down a sentence: I only know how to spend silver, but I don't know how to make money.

He hoped that Zhu Chenyun would be disappointed in himself and get out of the quagmire. But pretending to be stupid doesn't seem to work, at least for more than a week, Zhu Chenyun still seems to have high expectations for him, and always likes to ask him a lot of things.

Maybe because his father is the chief staff of the prince, the prince has no intention of hiding it in front of him, but he doesn't want to! The more you know, the faster you die! He wished he hadn't heard anything outside the window!

Since pretending to be stupid can't be done, it seems that there is only one way to go.

was in the middle of the struggle, and suddenly heard that the old lady had summoned him, Li Xiaofeng's body shook involuntarily, and he had to hang his head and go away.

When I entered the South Cross Courtyard, all the attendants inside had already avoided it. Li Xiaofeng sighed in his heart, and secretly said that he was afraid that there would be trouble again.

Sure enough, the first thing the old lady said when she saw him was: "You do things for me, only succeed, not fail." ”

Li Xiaofeng was stunned for a moment, and said reflexively: "It depends on what happens, and the grandson's ability is actually very limited." ”

The old lady ignored his excuses, and only said: "Today, my maid Yuqing suddenly resigned, and I don't know why, she just went back to her hometown and attended her sister-in-law's wedding, and when she came back, she showed great attachment to her homeland and begged me to let her go out of the house." ”

"Just let it go, it's just a maid." Li Xiaofeng secretly said in his heart: The lucky girl pretended to be inadvertent.

"I'm not at ease, don't let her hear any rumors, or be taken advantage of, after thinking about it, I decided to be safe, you follow her for me, find out why she resigned, if there is anything wrong, just solve her."

Li Xiaofeng was startled when he heard this, he instantly raised his eyes to look at his grandmother, and the smile on the old man's face was still the same, as if what he said just now was not to kill a person to solve an individual, but to solve a simple matter as a chicken. Li Xiaofeng didn't feel a little hairy in his heart, and it took a long time to find his voice and say, "What do you mean...... Let...... Let me kill her? ”

"You child, why are you so cowardly? And you don't have to do it yourself. Go out and find a strong man, and give some silver, and it's over. Isn't the reason why you want to do it because I can't trust others? Although this thing is simple, it has to be done secretly, to make a roadblock robbery, or an accident or something, and not to leave a trace. The old lady squinted her eyes and commanded with kindness on her face.

Li Xiaofeng looked at the old lady in a daze, and didn't close her mouth for a long time.

Seeing his surprised appearance, the old lady sneered unconsciously and said, "Those who do big things are not informal, you should understand this truth." I don't know if the prince told you? After a few months, you will be arranged to go to Beijing. You will be stationed in Kyoto as a guest of the Yu Palace, deliver news for the prince, and bribe some important people in the rebellion against the court. This matter is very critical, and it is directly related to the success or failure of the big thing! Therefore, it needs people who are flexible, bold and skillful. We are the only one in the Li family, and you are the most suitable. Today's girl's business should be a practice, one life, two familiarity, but the life of a pariah, you have figured it out. ”

You've figured it out. This sentence echoed in Li Xiaofeng's ears repeatedly, and his head buzzed. He resigned from the South Cross Courtyard stiffly, and stood at the door of the Moon Cave, not knowing which direction to go for a long time.

Not long after he left, Li Hongyan entered the old lady's yard again, and seeing the old lady frowning and unhappy, Li Hongyan hurriedly said: "Mother, I just saw Xiaofeng coming, did he make you unhappy?" ”

The old lady was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "That kid is too smart and thinks too much, so it is inevitable that he will be a little timid and lack great ambitions!" ”

"That'...... Otherwise, someone else......" Li Hongyan hurriedly followed her meaning.

"Someone else? For whom? The old lady shook her head and sighed, "Filial piety is more than honest, but not enough; The second old filial piety is short-sighted and only knows how to compete for small profits; The third filial piety Yongguang has a stupid strength...... Don't look at me who stays in the palace on weekdays and doesn't go home to live, but what do I not know about the situation at home? Hongyan, the person in charge of going to Beijing will be the right hand of the prince in the future, should such a good opportunity be given to another family? ”

"Yes! Be! Be! Mother is a lesson! Li Hongyan nodded vigorously.

"So choose to choose, only Xiaofeng, but he still needs to hone and hone, a good knife, it has to be sharpened to be used." (To be continued......)