He Yan, who had eaten the closed door, relied on Erkun for this matter, and was going to Erkun's house to ask him to call Xiaoqing back and intercede for himself.

"Hello Master Hou." As soon as he came out, he met a mulberry with tea in his hand at the door.

"What's that, your name is mulberry, Mrs. is resting, don't disturb her, send her some chestnut cakes in a while, she loves to eat!" He Yan thought that Qin Nianbai should be angry, so he ordered.

The mulberry blessed the body, and went in.

He Yan got out of Qin Nianbai's yard and asked his personal subordinate Tian Mao to lead the horse.

As soon as she got on her horse and went out, she was spotted by Zhenzhen who was passing by, and hurriedly chased her to the door.

"Master Hou, where are you going?" Zhenzhen asked the little guy at the door.

"The master's business, don't ask about anything you can do, hurry back to work." The little girl glanced at her and said indifferently.

Zhenzhen smiled and handed him a piece of broken silver, "Little brother, I am the kitchen lady, so I naturally want to know the preferences of the masters......"

"Master Hou went to Second Master Kun's mansion and came back in the evening." The little servant weighed the broken silver in his hand.

Zhenzhen nodded, turned around and went back to the kitchen, thinking in her heart that Madame was at home, and Hou Ye generally didn't go out, unless there was something important.

Even the doorkeeper knows where he goes, which means that it doesn't matter, then, Master Hou is at odds with his wife?

When I returned to the kitchen, everyone said hello and chatted with her, handed melon seeds, and handed pastries and tea.

This morning, I got a reward of twenty taels, and Zhenzhen gave it to everyone in the kitchen, saying that it was their credit, and now everyone likes her, and it is good to miss her.

"I've been here for a short time, not as long as the sisters have been in the house, and if you're not careful, you'll be doomed, just like yesterday...... If there are any taboos in the house, tell me about it. ”

Zhenzhen deliberately mentioned yesterday's incident when she was chattering, implying that the cook girls were taught a lesson by mulberries yesterday, and they didn't know why.

The crowd began to sympathize with her.

"There is no particularly heavy avoidance in the house, I think the mulberry girl is afraid of threatening her position when she sees that you are favored, after all, who doesn't want to serve in the lady's yard, let alone the reward, just take this time to the two big maids' dowry, it will be rich and eye-catching!"

A mother-in-law knocked the melon seeds over and over again, and whispered over and over again.

But these are not what Zhenzhen wants to hear, and she deliberately asked suspiciously: "Madame is merciful, the Hou Mansion is also different from those big families outside, I have been in for more than two months, and I haven't seen a single aunt." ”

The housekeeper quickly made a quiet gesture, then went to the door to look and turned back, letting the others disperse and do their own work.

The other people's faces turned serious, and they began to tidy up in the kitchen.

"You are doing things in the mansion, but don't say these words again, it's light to kick you out, even if you are killed directly, no one will ask!" The housekeeper pulled Zhenzhen to the corner, patted the back of her hand, and said very seriously.

When Zhenzhen heard this, she deliberately pretended to be very flustered, and took Fang's mother's hand with a frightened face.

"Mother Fang, just tell me what's going on, I'd better pay attention to it, I'm afraid that those things will be done inappropriately and cause death."

Fang's mother felt very reasonable, so she said: "There were originally three aunts in our house, two of them came out of the palace, one was the cousin of the distant relatives of the Hou Ye, the three of them did not end well, they all kinds of bells and whistles have been used, what kind of bead fetus is secretly knotted, drugged and framed, it is not that they were broken by the lady one by one, and the exiled ones who were killed were killed and exiled......"

Her words made Zhenzhen hear, and her heart trembled for a while, she didn't expect Madame's methods to be so good, no wonder only such important evidence was left, and Madame didn't immediately issue an order for people to investigate thoroughly.

She herself thought that pretending to be kind and delicate would win the favor of the people in the house, and if she climbed up one by one, she could be an aunt naturally, but fortunately she was not impulsive, otherwise, she didn't know if she was secretly disposed of!

"This is also terrible, why is Madam so powerful!"

"No, most of the unfaithful slaves here have been kicked out, and we are still left after the big screening, and the girls in the house also know how to be measured, and dare not covet what does not belong to them.

How powerful is our wife, let me tell you, last time it was the distant cousin who drugged the Hou Ye, saying that she lost her body, and later became pregnant with an outsider's species to compete for favor, so that Mrs. found the Holy Hand Hall Gaotang, and she saw through it at once, and the time period of her broken body did not match the time of the fetus!

It's a goof, Madame is kind-hearted, she just kicked her out, and the other two palaces are dead! ”

Mother Fang observed Zhenzhen's expression as she spoke, she knew that this little girl had a big heart, and the reason why she said it carefully was to let her remember her identity and not think about any crooked thoughts.

Otherwise, her identity is not as good as the top three, and she must have died a particularly miserable death.

"Thank you Mother Fang for mentioning it, I must be careful to serve, I'll go do things first."

Zhenzhen's face turned pale, and she hurriedly retreated and tidied up the kitchen with the other cooks.

Fang's mother pursed her lips, if it weren't for the fact that she was sensible and knew how to honor herself, these life-saving words would not have mentioned her.

After a while, Zhenzhen came to Fang's mother again, saying that she would go to buy the ingredients prepared at night, and the kitchen manager took the sign and let her go.

She carried a basket, came out of the back door, carefully feared being followed all the way, came to the door of a small courtyard behind the alley, and knocked on the door. 7 Q

An ordinary man opened the door, saw her, and was very happy to let her in.

"Zhenzhen, where have you been these days, I've been looking for you in the city for months! Let's go, see my mother. The man took Zhenzhen's hand and said excitedly.

"Uh-huh!" Zhenzhen said with a smile.

In the hall, an old woman was weaving a straw stool from straw, and she was very happy to see her come in.

The mother and son are the poor families that their father and daughter met in the capital.

The young man, Wuzi, works as a pawnshop in a small street in the east of the city, is an orphan adopted by an old woman, and only came home to take care of his old mother when he was seriously ill a few months ago, but fortunately he has also saved some savings.

Zhenzhen's father and daughter lived here for half a year.

originally said that she wanted Zhenzhen to be her daughter-in-law, but the money was used to treat the old woman, Zhenzhen didn't want to endure hardship, and she was married left and right, so she might as well go to the rich family as a concubine.

At least she didn't have to worry about food and clothing, so she discussed with her father to go to a big restaurant to sing and see more rich boys.

Therefore, when she entered the house, she didn't want to come to this poor place again, and this time she came here completely to use her five sons to do things for herself.

Then, Zhenzhen told them what had happened in the past few months, and brought some money, which touched the mother and son of the five sons.

After saying that, she was leaving, and told her fifth son to take care of her eldest mother, saying that she would come over.

Before leaving, Zhenzhen handed her handkerchief to Wuzi, and said with enthusiasm in her eyes: "Brother Wuzi, this is made by me myself, and I will give you a good life!" ”

Wuzi blushed happily and nodded hurriedly, it turned out that Zhenzhen was also affectionate to herself.

The next day, it snowed heavily again, and He Yan went to the camp in the western suburbs to inspect again.

In two days, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, and Qin Nianbai will enter the palace with Ping'an.

In the past few days, Qin Nianbai has always been salty and indifferent to him, and has reduced his meetings with him for various reasons.

He Yan also found her strange, but after the year fell, she was always a little busy, and every time she couldn't say a few words, she hurried out, and when she came back in the evening, she rested in the peaceful courtyard again.

When these two days are over, he must make good compensatory payments to her.

In the main hall, Qin Nianbai called Jiang Defu over.

"Listen to Uncle Fu, you are a capable person, you should always call the little servant, and you are too condescending, I will let you be the deputy butler of the Yonghou Mansion, and take charge of the Zhuangzi outside, are you willing?" Qin Nianbai said with a smile.

Jiang Defu gratefully kowtowed two more heads, he knew that Madame would not treat him lightly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, Madame, the slave will do his best to help you take care of Zhuangzi!" ”

Qin Nianbai called him up and handed him the sign of the deputy housekeeper, "I have sorted out some of the three or four boxes of account books in the account room these days, and I will leave the rest to you, go outside to find a few account gentlemen, be sure to sort it out, and when the spring of next year begins, I will go to the village to reconcile the accounts." ”

"Hey, the minion must be doing it beautifully!" After Jiang Defu finished speaking, he retreated.

Jiang Defu is serious in his work, and with him staring, Qin Nianbai is also a little relieved.

At this end, Uncle Fu, the housekeeper, sorted out the New Year's goods he bought, made a booklet, and handed it to Mulberry to take to Qin Nianbai to see.

As soon as Mulberry came to Qin Nianbai's yard, he saw Jiang Defu walking out with a happy face, still holding a small box in his hand.

She guessed that this rootless inferior slave should have received some reward from his wife, and his mouth was cracked with a smile behind his ears.

stopped Jiang Defu, raised his head and said arrogantly: "Hey, Jiang Defu, where are you going?" ”

"Oh, it's Mulberry girl, I'm going to the bookkeeper."

Jiang Defu said politely, the more he wanted to sit in a stable position, the more he had to keep a low profile, this road, he understood it as soon as he entered the palace.

"Madame has rewarded you a lot, look at what is in the box in your hand? I'll take a look. Mulberry stretched out his hand, very disdainful.

She only thought that Madame had rewarded him with a silver coin, so she ran to the account office to collect it, just curious about what good things were in the box, and let him hold it tightly with both hands.

Jiang Defu smiled, "It's nothing...... Ay. ”

"What a good thing, hide it, is it better than mine." Mulberry disagreed, snatched it over, and sneered.

She opened the box and took out a sign made of hard lazuli with a large order on it, surrounded by small and complicated patterns.

Mulberry's face immediately turned blue, it's not that she hasn't seen this brand, the housekeeper Uncle Fu has a piece, but it's a little bigger than this one.

How can an inferior envoy call a minion have a butler's token?