The golden hairpin inserted into the jade bottle is a cat raised by Qin Fangzi, and died tragically in the Inner Treasury Bureau, Qin Fangzi does not feel how sad, but Mrs. Wang is furious, not to mention that there is Duan's side of the fire: "Last year, the old lady's birthday Xu almost lost his errand because the blue bowl was smashed, although the old lady was lenient and benevolent, and did not pursue the mistakes of the people in the Inner Treasury Bureau, but Xu must be resentful, the slave has asked the maid who raised the cat, she is holding the lion cat to the back of the Xichun courtyard to let go to the wind, just put down the lion cat, the lion cat does not know where to smell the fishy smell, suddenly ran away without a trace.

The slave and maid let bring another lion cat, tied it with a rope, put the golden hairpin cat to run away, the cat also only rushed to the back of the rockery, the slave and maid led it, walked with it, and saw that the flowers in the corner of the wall behind the rockery, there were still a lot of dried fish, the slave and maid tried it with an ordinary civet, and the civet ate the dried fish and fell asleep!

This is obviously someone deliberately put dried fish in that place to fascinate the golden hairpin cat, and then take it to the Inner Treasury Bureau to torture the golden hairpin cat to death! And this person must be the Xu family, she hated the poisonous golden hairpin cat, so she tortured and killed to relieve her anger, she dared to do this clearly because she thought that the old lady was lenient and would not treat her because of the death of a raccoon slave. ”

Mrs. Wang almost threw a red and white lotus porcelain bowl in her hand directly to the ground, but she had already thrown it out, but her hand slipped a little, did not hit the ground, and fell on the soft blanket spread under the pedals, so that it did not break into eight petals.

"What kind of thing is she, who dares to abuse and kill the lion cat raised by Erniang?! This matter must not be spared! The lion cat is a pet, and the pet is also my family's property, Xu's is a hired servant and maid, maliciously damaging the owner's property, and it should be sent to the official office for punishment, so you can do it, send her to the official, and call the tooth man who is willing to go, saying that Xu's evil behavior must be investigated, and the Xu family should compensate for the loss of the Xiangdi. ”

As soon as Duan heard this, his heart blossomed, and he hurriedly went to follow the order.

But naturally it was obstructed by Miao Niangzi.

Xu is actually not Miao Niangzi's confidant, she is the confidant of the head of Qin Xun's family, and Miao Niangzi must protect her.

But of course, this reason can't be put on the surface, Miao Niangzi can only talk to Mrs. Wang about things, Mrs. Wang knows that Miao Niangzi actually agreed to Fang Qi's request, teach her to be a housekeeper, and is sure that Miao Niangzi is looking at Fang Qi has been valued by the head of the family recently, and is getting closer and closer to the second room, not Wu Xia Ameng, so she has the idea of conforming, what kind of heart is this?

Mrs. Wang didn't reason with Miao Niangzi at all, and only warned me with words: "The fifth brother-in-law has helped me to take charge of the housekeeper over the years, and I remember in my heart that the fifth brother-in-law is good. I know that the fifth brother-in-law is for my good, but I only think that I can't repeatedly condone the evil deeds of Diao Nu just because it may harm my reputation, so I must investigate this matter to the end. Otherwise, there are so many servants and servants in the Xiangdi, all of them learn from the Xu family, and they are all not punished because of the leniency of the master's family, why should our family set up a regular inspection room? ”

One by one, the "fifth brother wife", in fact, Miao Niangzi was not regarded as a family at all, so she deliberately pointed out that she was "helping the housekeeper director", and when she stopped talking, it was even more questionable that Miao Niangzi was derelict in her duties.

"The concubine is in charge of the inspection room, it is the trust of the old lady, the concubine thinks that the eldest lady's handling of this incident is unfair and inappropriate, if the eldest lady insists on punishing Xu Yu, then tomorrow morning, the concubine can only argue with the eldest lady in front of the old lady."

Miao Niangzi is loyal to Qin Xun, but in fact, she has no respect for Mrs. Wang at all, and she usually respects it, because there is no need to dispute, but Xu Fei's stay cannot be based on Mrs. Wang's opinion, and Miao Niangzi also knows that the clan uncle will not approve - it is obvious that if the clan uncle can't keep his henchmen, then the henchmen will not obey the clan uncle's words, this family, the clan uncle will never be handed over to Mrs. Wang to take full control, and the conclusion is that the clan uncle must keep Xu Yu.

There is no need to report to the clan uncle's decision.

Of course, Qin Xun will not directly buy his henchmen to secretly contain his eldest daughter-in-law, these hands are controlled by Qin Xun and his wife, but this will not affect the result, because Qin Xun and his wife are only Qin Xun's orders, and Miao Niangzi loses the hearts of the people, which is equivalent to Qin Xun losing the hearts of the people.

And about these, they are all in the calculations of Zhou Xiaoniang and Fang Qi.

For more than ten years, Fang Qi has never looked forward to the morning province so much, and early this morning, she didn't let March wake up and woke up by herself, and she looked particularly energetic when she stood in Mrs. Wang's yard.

Although the relationship between the two has eased now, Siniang's habit of competing with Fang Qi has not been completely changed for a while.

The old lady's habits, big things can not hinder three meals a day, so whether it is an argument or a plan, it has to wait until after breakfast can be carried out, and today when the old lady stopped, Miao Niangzi came in, the old lady naturally understood that there was something at home that needed her to execute, but still not in a hurry, first rinsed her mouth, chewed a clove agarwood round, this incense medicine can be puffed, can not only make the breath fresh but also nourish the body and beauty, is the noble lady and noble woman always prepared.

After the incense was puffed, she had to drink a cup of tea slowly, and the old lady asked Miao Niangzi "what's the matter" slowly.

The grandchildren did not shy away from it.

The old lady knew that Miao Niangzi would only be executed when she could not make a decision, so that the younger generations could understand a little bit of the family's affairs, and if it was really not suitable for Xiao Langjun and the little lady to hear about it, the old lady also believed that Miao Niangzi would not choose to ask in the morning province.

Therefore, it is natural for them to hear about what happened in the Internal Treasury Bureau, which is also a terrifying incident.

Who used such cruel means to torture and kill a pleasant lion cat? Even Siniang felt that although her second sister was arrogant, the golden hairpin in the jade bottle she raised was not hateful, naughty and naughty, she never showed her teeth and claws to people, and she was particularly happy when she had half-open green eyes on her knees, but this lion cat, her head was cut off?

Qin Fangzi listened to Miao Niangzi talk about the dispute with her mother, and a little anger really appeared between her two eyebrows, but she thought of her mother's advice that she never forgot every day, so that even if she was at home, she had to behave gently and elegantly during this time, and she could no longer think and say what she said as in the past, so she endured the burning breath in her chest a few times, and sobbed twice: "Wife, my granddaughter heard yesterday that the raccoon slave died so miserably, and she had nightmares at night, and the raccoon slave actually had some souls in her dreams, and it said that it was afraid and painful before she died. He also said that those people hated and poisoned it, because it was raised by his granddaughter, and it was the granddaughter, the cat keeper, who did not take a good look at it, and it fell into the blue bowl, causing the servants to be frightened, and the servants killed it to vent their anger. ”

Afraid? Afraid that you will have your favorite abalone soaked crispy belly at breakfast today, and you still eat it with a smile? Fang Qi secretly said in his heart.

But she came to see the play today, not to sing, so she kept her mouth shut and remained silent.

The old lady said to Miao Niangzi: "There is nothing wrong with me listening to the eldest woman's treatment method, why do you insist on opposing it, niece?" ”

"Back to the old lady, the concubine thinks that Xu Yu is not the one who abused the lion cat, and she can't be punished because she is the manager of the Internal Treasury Bureau."

Mrs. Wang sneered: "I don't even bother to argue with my brother-in-law about this matter, and the steward Duan who is the younger sister-in-law has already waited in the courtyard, please listen to Duan's statement as well." ”

The old lady bowed her head.

Duan was called into the hall at this time, first saluted, and then lowered her head to reply to her so-called verification.

Fang Qi looked at Duan silently, she looked like a neat woman, and her speech was very organized, no wonder she could be selected as the little steward of the inspection room, and she repeatedly wanted to take revenge on her family's wife's henchmen, but she was not caught by the fifth aunt.

I only listened to Duan's words and how to find those dried fish mixed with drugs, and then said how to interrogate yesterday's day, after inspecting the servants and maids who locked the warehouse under the inner library: "The value of the inner library bureau is at least five people, and the slave and maid think that they will not do it in front of everyone because they think that they should not do it in front of everyone, and these five people all said that they obviously didn't see the lion cat when they gave the key last night, and the slave and maid thought that they were not lying." But after these slaves and maids leave the warehouse, the key must be handed over to the inspection room, until this morning, the person on duty at the Inner Treasury Bureau can get the key to open the warehouse.

Mao value is also five people, as soon as the door is opened, you will see the cat corpse, which proves that after the key to the inner library yesterday, someone must have opened the inner library door again, and put the cat corpse into the inner library, and after yesterday's closure, only the manager of the Inner Library Bureau, Xu, has a spare key, and only she can do this. ”

Miao Niangzi said: "There are two keys, one is kept by Xu Yu, and the other is kept by the inspection room. ”

Duan said: "But the key handed over by the inner library is kept by Miao Niangzi herself, which is ...... The slave didn't dare to question Miao Niangzi......"

"Of course my niece wouldn't behave like that." The old lady frowned.

"Old lady, the inner library and other housing bureaus that need to be given the key at night, although the key is kept by the concubine after the key is handed over, but the concubine is not the only one who handles it, so it cannot be ruled out that the person who handles the key in the inspection room is not suspicious at all, and if this thing is really committed by Xu Yu, why did she throw the lion cat into the inner library after being tortured and killed, so that she can be suspicious?" Miao Niangzi said: "So the concubine thinks that it is too hasty to send Xu Yu to the official based on these inferences alone, and now the official family has placed a drum outside the imperial city, but the people have grievances and the Lin'an Mansion has not been able to trivialize, they can beat the drum to sound grievances, so the official government is extremely cautious in judging the criminal case, and this incident, if Renhe and the county government judge the evidence of the crime, the Xiangdi may be questioned for wronging the good people, which is related to the official reputation of the Xianggong and the reputation of the Xiangdi, even if the eldest lady advocates thorough investigation and severe punishment, it should be more cautious." ”

The fifth aunt is worthy of being the fifth aunt, what she said is reasonable, and she is very witty to directly raise a sesame mung bean-like housework in the prime minister's mansion to the height of the reputation of the chief official and the reputation of the family.

Fang Qi sat in the corner with her head down, but quietly observed the old lady's expression, and was pleasantly surprised to find the thin layer on the old lady's face.

This won't be for the fifth aunt.

Because if it is aimed at the fifth aunt, the old lady's face is not only a thin layer.

"The matter involves the two major housing bureaus of the Regulation Inspection Room and the Internal Treasury Bureau, this matter must be thoroughly investigated by the eldest woman, and the niece must also assist the eldest woman to investigate this incident, although we will not wronged the subordinates, but we will not condone the servants, abuse and kill the lion and cat of the master's family, and commit such a crime, I want to see who is so bold and reckless!"