Shang Yishe received a message from Qian Yu, saying that Tonggu wanted to cooperate with the four princes, and he was furious in his heart, and he couldn't help but sneak into the Lei Mansion at night.

"Stinky girl, are you crazy? For that money, you have to risk your life? Shang Yishe pushed open the door of the valley house and rebuked angrily.

Tonggu frowned, lowered his eyes and said in deep thought: "I suspect that the fourth prince has something to do with my mother's death. ”

Shang Yishe's slender eyes showed a hint of surprise, and his tone softened. "Where do you start?"

"My mother didn't die of illness, she had surgery." The mother's strange behavior is still vaguely visible in the memory of the original owner, and the original owner has always thought that it was caused by poisoning. But the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, and finally found this record of witchcraft in the ancient book in the lair. "Mother inadvertently mentioned that Concubine Chen is a member of the Dongtian clan of Nanqiong Kingdom, specializing in witchcraft. And people who practice witchcraft will have voodoo marks on the back of their necks, and on the day of Juxian Tower, when you mentioned to me that the three princes were all from Concubine Chen, I paid attention to the back of their necks. I found that of the three princes, only the fourth prince had this mark on the back of his neck, and I could conclude that he was the one who was the one. So I thought about finding out what I was going to do. ”

Shang Yishe's eyes were melancholy, and he sighed deeply and said, "You mean that Mrs. Lei has been hit by Gu?" So how are you going to act? ”

"No, Wu is different from Gu, Wu is more vicious than Gu. If you don't come to me today, I'll come to you tomorrow. I have something to ask you for help. Tonggu looked at Shang Yishe with a firm gaze.

Shang Yi She, too, replied firmly. "Stinky girl, you and I have a lifelong friendship, you don't have to hide it with me, just say it."

"My bait has been released, just waiting for the big fish to throw themselves into the net." Tonggu pulled Shang Yishe closer to him, and after whispering for a while, Shang Yishe left.

On the second day, Tonggu asked his grandmother for an invitation to Diao Shuhua, and asked Lingxu to act out a drama in front of Diao Shuhua in front of Diao Shuhua about how her own girl was oppressed by a woman in the backyard. Diao Shuhua cooperated very well with the performance, constantly wiping away tears and sighing. When Lingxu returned to the shallow courtyard, the master and servant laughed together.

In a blink of an eye, on the day of the birthday banquet, the official ladies who came to congratulate the birthday were all in shape, but they all had a common characteristic, that is, they sneered at Tonggu and pointed at it. Tonggu didn't think so, and just wanted to find Diao Shuhua in the crowd.

"Third sister, why are you here alone, let's go with my sister." Lei Tongjiao looked gentle and graceful, took Tonggu's hand and said.

"The big sister is really beautiful and moving today, so it's bothering the big sister to lead the way." Tonggu said polite words perfunctorily.

In the courtyard of the old lady, there was a rectangular banquet table, which stretched from the entrance of the main hall to the second door, the table was at least ten meters long, and there was a distance left for two people to walk side by side. Above the banquet table are roller blinds made of mats to shade the sun. The golden autumn September is the season of osmanthus luxuriant, and the osmanthus branches picked are arranged in the corridor around the courtyard, and the fragrance is fresh and fragrant, which makes people intoxicated. There are several clay stoves in the four corners of the courtyard, in which a red charcoal fire is burning, and a few small fish-eye bubbles occasionally bubble up in the water boiled on the stove. The old lady sat on the innermost seat, and the old lady sat around the elders who were all elderly, and so on, sitting in order from the inside to the outside according to their seniority. After everyone entered the table, the slaves and maidservants brought tea and flowers to clean their hands, and after serving the officials and girls, they brought cut melons and fruits.

The old lady saw that everyone was seated, cleaned her hands, and said: "It is the golden autumn, the osmanthus flowers are blooming just right, and the old man on the old man's house sent three baskets of umbilical crabs, and met the old man's 60th birthday. The lady of the Diao family gave gifts to the old man's body and mind, and brought more than a dozen jars of high-quality rice wine, and today the old body borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and you eat crabs, enjoy osmanthus flowers, and drink rice wine. ”

Diao Shuhua sat on the seat of the elders, and when she saw that the old lady had specifically mentioned herself, she hurriedly got up and saluted and said, "Look at what the old lady said, more than a dozen jars of water and wine, compared to the old lady's invitation, this idea of wine is not worth mentioning." ”

The old lady raised her hand and kindly motioned to Diao Shuhua to take a seat, Zhao was unwilling to be left behind at this time, after all, she was the housewife of the family, and this filial piety was still performed in front of everyone. "Mother's 60th birthday, the juniors are very happy, and they all wish the old lady a long life. But there is one thing, although the umbilical crab is good, the old lady should not be greedy, after all, it is a cold thing. Zhao's face was full of flattery to the old lady, looking like a filial daughter.

Before the words fell, the maidservants served everyone a plate of red ginger vinegar and a cup of hot tea, the tea was fragrant, and everyone talked about tea. Diao Shuhua said with a fluttering eyebrow: "This tea was prepared by the three girls of the Lei family, I was fortunate to go to the girl's teahouse, and I drank this tea, which is really sweet." ”

Everyone's eyes focused on Tonggu, and Zhao first opened his mouth when he saw this: "Diao girl is drunk from tea?" How can an official girl show up to run a teahouse? Although the three girls in my family are poor in character, the Lei family must not let her go out like this and be embarrassed. ”

Diao Shuhua's eyes shone with fierceness, and a pair of eyes looked at Zhao like sharp blades and said, "Madame, I'm afraid that what she said is a little wrong." As far as I know, the teahouse was the dowry of the three girls' biological mothers. Dayu has been stipulated by national law since the founding of the country, but all women's dowries can be inherited and operated by their children. Also, although my Diao family is not a dignitary, but it is also a famous family, is it possible that I have been doing business abroad for so many years in the eyes of my wife? ”

Zhao was shocked, she knew that behind the Diao family were the four princes, and she couldn't afford to offend them. "Ouch, Diao girl misunderstood, misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

Diao Shuhua's knife-like eyes swept across Zhao's cheeks, and she said in an angry tone, "Oh? What does that lady mean? ”

Qin hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Diao girl is angry, my sister made a mistake, and I also asked Diao girl to pay a lot of money, and the concubine will compensate the girl." The Qin family gave Diao Shuhua a salute, and the Zhao family also laughed on the side.

The old lady opened her mouth at this time and said: "This tea is indeed full of aroma, and the old body has never drunk it, Tonggu, you can talk about this tea." ”

Hearing the old lady's words, everyone also echoed. Diao Shuhua also understood the truth of getting off the donkey down the slope, her eyes dispersed, and she looked at Tonggu with everyone.

Tonggu got up and saluted, fell and was generous, and a pair of red eyes swept the tea cup on the table and said: "Fragrant in Jiuwan Fanglanqi, round as the moon wheel of three autumns." Cherish not reward, fear of exhaustion, in addition to offering to the white-headed relatives. This is Pu'er tea, which contains the three wishes of the little girl. First, the tea cake is as round as the three autumn moons, symbolizing reunion and family happiness. Second, this tea is precious and respectful, so that it can be dedicated to a noble elder like my grandmother. Third, my grandmother set up a crab feast, the crab is cold, and it needs to be cooked with hot tea to resolve the cold. Although the granddaughter can't offer rare treasures, this filial piety is not less. ”

"Good, good, good. This filial piety was accepted by the old body. The old lady looked at Tonggu lovingly with tears in her eyes. For the first time, the old lady didn't control her emotions and revealed her emotions. Aunt Zhu nudged the old lady behind her back, which made the old lady retract her gaze.

"Good sister, can I still not know your character, you are the most affectionate and filial person, otherwise how could I recognize your sister. Today, while everyone is here, I Diao Shuhua also have to say a word for my sister. I also know what everyone is saying about my sister behind my back, but everyone in the world has been deceived by villains and misunderstood my sister, and my sister is the best person I have ever seen in my life. Diao Shuhua said with tears in her voice.

Diao Shuhua's status is one of the few among the ladies in the capital, and everyone dare not offend. When everyone saw Diao Shuhua recognizing Tonggu as her sister in public, they all changed the direction of the wind and made friends with Tonggu.

The old lady took the opportunity to order the feast to be opened, and the maidservant took hot wine from the hot water on the tandoor at the four corners and poured it for the ladies to fill. The crabs are also brought one by one, and the others are placed on the steamer to continue to be hot, so as to ensure the heat of the crabs and reduce the cold. Zhao still pretended to be filial and peeled the crab roe and crab meat to the old lady. At the end of the feast, the maidservants brought chrysanthemum water and bean noodles to the ladies to clean their hands and remove the fish, and then some of the ladies left, and some went to enjoy the flowers everywhere and make friends.

Diao Shuhua pulled Tonggu to the Autumn Mountain Pavilion, which is a small pavilion in the middle of the man-made lake, surrounded by a long corridor, the old lady liked the artistic conception here, so she personally inscribed "Autumn Mountain Pavilion".

"Good sister, living in Lei Mansion has really hurt you, my sister is really like a knife when she knows it." Diao Shuhua said with a concerned expression and took Tonggu's hand.

"My sister knows that my sister is angry with my sister today, it's really embarrassing for my sister." Although Tonggu can't cry like Lingxu, he can still pretend to be one or two.

"Good sister, my sister has brought you good news today." Diao Shuhua's mood changed quickly, and the sad atmosphere changed in an instant.

"Oh? What's the good news? Tonggu pretended to be stupid.

"The matter of the Treasure Pavilion has been decided, and His Royal Highness said, open the best shop in your hand for us." Diao Shuhua smiled even more.

Tonggu pretended to be excited to deal with Diao Shuhua, "Sister is really good, then Sister Lao will handle it." ”

"Sister rest assured, the business and Zhang Luo's affairs will be handed over to my sister, and my sister can just bring the treasures in the future." Diao Shuhua cunningly took away the management rights, with obvious intentions, and did not want Tonggu to participate in the operation.

Tonggu had already expected Diao Shuhua to act like this, so he never competed, and obeyed Diao Shuhua's wishes. After Diao Shuhua finished explaining the business, she excused herself and left first.

When Tonggu and Lingxu returned to Jueqian Courtyard, it was almost dusk, and the slanting sun reflected the shadows of the ginkgo trees in the courtyard. In autumn, the leaves are already golden, and occasionally when the autumn wind rises, the leaves fall with the wind, which makes people feel sad.

"Qian Yu." Tongya shouted in the courtyard.

Qian Yu was sent by Shang Yishe to protect Tonggu, and although he never showed up, he never left. "Girl, please speak."

"Inform Shang Yishe that the big fish has bitten the hook and the operation has begun." Tongya's eyes looked at the sunset, and his red eyes narrowed.