After Chengguo Gong left, the old lady wiped away the tears on her face, and after a while, she said to the warm pavilion, "Ruoyun, you come in." ”

Ruoyun is Mama Kang's maiden name, but as she gets older, she hasn't heard of this name for a long time, so after the old lady called out, she was stunned for a moment before lifting the curtain and entering.

The old lady heard Mama Kang's footsteps, and asked coldly behind her back, "Except for you, no one heard what happened just now, right?" ”

Mama Kang said "um", the old lady loves face, and after she was beaten, she quietly went out to clear the scene.

"You're doing a great job." The old lady breathed a sigh of relief. After being slapped twice by Chengguogong, no one knows, then it's just a husband and wife, just lost her lining, but if everyone knows about it, then she is a joke in the whole capital, and her face is gone.

"Old lady, the old slave will help you with the medicine." Mama Kang went to Bogujia to get the medicine, walked to the old lady and said.

The old lady glanced sideways at her, and that glance was empty and deep.

Mama Kang was inexplicably shocked, and called out tremblingly, "Old lady...... Are you alright? ”

The old lady retracted her gaze, sneered, and said in a low but powerful voice, "For more than forty years, I have come this far from a poor, sick and orphan girl, but with two slaps, how can you knock me down!" I'm fine, I'm fine, so good! ”

Mama Kang looked at such an old lady but was a little frightened, she clenched the medicine bottle in her hand, "It's okay, the old slave will give you medicine now." ”

The old lady said "um", and she helped her to walk towards the couch.

Mama Kang took the pearl ointment that the palace only gave this year, she covered the ointment in the palm of her hand, and dipped it in cotton yarn before gently applying it to the old lady's face.

The old lady felt Mama Kang's gentleness and prudence, and clenched her hand tightly - Ruoyun, she has been with her for more than forty years, from Jeju to the capital, from the Xinyang Marquis Mansion to the Chengguo Mansion, she has always been her most trusted person and her only relative. She really couldn't bear her, but now she had to give up......

Mama Kang didn't seem to know that the old lady had murderous intentions towards her, and she still served the old lady meticulously, helping the old lady change the medicine three times a day, without pretending to be her hand at all.

Until the third day, the slap marks on the old lady's face disappeared completely, and she was the only one who knew that Chengguo Gong had done something to the old lady.

Before going to bed that night, the old lady gave her leftover half bowl of bird's nest porridge to Mama Kang with a smile.

Mama Kang has no doubt that she has him, for more than 40 years, whether she is poor or rich, the old lady always likes to share her with good food, she is used to it.

She ate the bird's nest and watched the old lady fall asleep before walking towards the ear room.

What she didn't know was that as soon as she left, the old lady on the bed opened her eyes, and with tears in her eyes, stared at the night pearl on the top of the tent in a lost sight.

On the other side, Mama Kang woke up from pain after half an hour, at first she thought that she had eaten a bad stomach, and was about to call someone to come in to serve, but as soon as she opened her mouth, blood gushed out of her mouth, followed by her nose and ears.

Frightened, she stumbled out, and as soon as she opened the door, she woke up the dead man who had been ordered to potential the Chengguo Mansion.

As soon as the dead man saw Mama Kang's appearance, he knew that she was poisoned, and after thinking about it for a while, he rushed to the ground before Mama Kang couldn't support it and fell to the ground, urging the light gong to fall to her quickly, and after clicking a few big holes on her body, he quietly left the Guogong Mansion with this big fish.

Prince's Mansion, Huixin Courtyard.

Lu Nianjin was once again woken up by the night owl Cai Hun called.

She opened her sour eyes, and thought that he had the same words as his master, and she was so angry that she ignored him.

Rolling over, she was about to fall asleep again. But the night owls outside barked as if they were endless, disturbing people's hearts.

She really couldn't sleep, so she could only turn over and get off the bed, walked towards the window angrily, opened the window, and said angrily, "What are you still doing!" ”

Cai Hun touched his nose wryly, "It was the master who asked me to give a big gift to the crown princess." ”

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he hugged his arms and sneered, "Do you think I dare to ask for the things sent by your master and servant?" ”

Cai Hu: "......"

He was embarrassed for a moment, and then tried to instigate Lu Nianjin, "Why don't you take a look at the people first?" ”

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he sneered again, "Save people again?" I'm sorry, save a Huo Xiao, I almost lost my life that day. Now I'm sorry for my life, I've changed careers, and no one will save me! ”

Cai Hun insisted: "The crown princess should take a look!" ”

Lu Nianjin looked at him and sneered three times, "Don't look at it." "When you're done, close the window.

Cai Hun hurriedly said, "It was the old lady of the Chengguo Mansion who wanted to kill Mama Kang, and the dead man stole the poisoned Mama Kang, and now she is in the pharmacy." ”

When Lu Nianjin heard that it was about the old lady of the Chengguo Mansion, the action of closing the window stopped instantly, and finally raised a little interest, and asked with a twisted eyebrow, "Why did the old lady kill Mama Kang?" ”

Cai Hun said happily, "After Chengguo Gong knew that there was a problem with the princess's dowry, he was so angry that he went to Nanqiu Courtyard and slapped the old lady twice. Only Mama Kang knew about this matter, and the old lady wanted to kill people. ”

After Lu Nianjin heard this, her face turned slightly pale, she thought about it, climbed directly to the windowsill and sat down, and continued to talk to Cai Hun in a voice, "My grandfather really beat my grandmother?" And what about my grandmother, didn't call back? ”

Cai Hun recalled the report of the dead man, which was very exciting, comparable to the level of the storyteller on the flyover, depicting the scene at that time.

After Lu Nianjin listened, he leaned against the window lattice, and the corners of his lips curled up with a mocking laugh.

This is really the old lady's retribution.

stepped on other people's bones, and after half a lifetime, what about it, in the end, he was not slapped by Chengguo Gong twice, and he dared not speak out, swallowed tears and blood, and once returned to the pre-liberation period.

In the end, in order to cover up, even Mama Kang's arm had to be broken.

Cai Hun saw that Lu Nianjin was becoming more and more interested, and said, "Now that Mama Kang is in the pharmacy, do you want the princess to go over and have a look......

Lu Nianjin, who just said that he was going to change careers, said without hesitation: "Go!" ”

In the pharmacy, Mama Kang was casually thrown in the corner, her face was pale and bleeding.

Lu Nianjin recognized it at a glance that this was a highly poisonous red letter stone.

She stepped forward and pinched her cold wrist and checked the lower pulse, making sure that there was still help, before turning back to Cai Hun and saying, "Go to the kitchen and get twenty chickens, beat them into the bowl and stir them well, and add three coins of alum, and pour them all down for her." ”

Cai Hun took the order to leave, went to the kitchen, and came back with a sea bowl in his hand.

He half-squatted in front of Mama Kang on his knees, helped her up, pinched her chin, and poured it into her mouth.

The raw egg liquid mixed with alum entered the stomach, and it didn't take long for Mama Kang to pounce forward, lying on the ground and vomiting.

Lu Nianjin looked at it coldly, and after she finished vomiting, she ordered Cai Hun again, "Go on!" ”

Cai Hun poured it several times in a row, and did not stop until Mama Kang couldn't spit anything out of her stomach anymore.

Lu Nianjin stepped forward again to check Mama Kang's pulse, fed her an antidote pill, and turned around, "When she wakes up, it is estimated that it will be tomorrow morning, I will go back to sleep first, and you clean up the filth here." ”

Cai Hun: "......" He watched Lu Nianjin leave without looking back, and then resigned himself to picking up the vomit under his feet, and after cleaning up, he went out to find a bottle of flower dew, and came back to get rid of the smell, very intimate and serious.

A good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, Lu Nianjin had breakfast and took Mama Qin to the pharmacy.

In the pharmacy, Mama Kang had woken up, but she was weak and couldn't get off the ground.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, she subconsciously turned her head to look at it and said in shock, "Big girl? ”

Lu Nianjin walked towards her and bowed slightly, "It's me." ”

"You saved the old slave?" Mama Kang frowned, she still remembered the incident of last night, she was poisoned after eating half a bowl of bird's nest left by the old lady.

Lu Nianjin didn't answer her question, just looked at her compassionately and said, "Mama, you understand, don't you?" It is easy for two people to share hardships, but it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity, and the more they are in a high position, the more they can't bear to be seen by others. ”

"For the sake of the old lady, after you saw your grandfather slap her, you helped her clear the scene. Do you think that if you are faithful and keep her dignity, she will be grateful to you? ”

"Yes, at the beginning, she was grateful to you, but as time passes, this gratitude will become less and less, and when it fades to the point that it does not exist, you will become a thorn in her eye. She can't help but think that if you die, no one will ever know about the humiliation she endured. ”

"Mama Kang, you understand very well that your loyalty has now become your talisman!"

……

Mama Kang listened to Lu Nianjin speak, her hands clasped the soft couch under her, she closed her eyes, and her pale lips pursed.

Yes, she understood, and after the old lady gave her a hollow and deep look, she understood her thoughts, but she couldn't believe it...... I couldn't believe that the old lady would raise the butcher's knife to her sister, her right and left hands. She has always had luck in her heart.

But in the end, the result still disappointed her. The old lady is really ruthless to everyone for herself.

As for the big girl......

She raised her head and looked at Lu Nianjin, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of her mouth, and said weakly, "If the old lady is bad to the old slave, then the big girl, you are not all kind to the old slave, right?" ”

"Mama is a person who understands." Lu Nianjin looked at her and said with a smile, "I rescued you, so naturally it won't be in vain." ”

"Then I wonder what the big girl wants from the old slave?"

"Then it depends on what Mama Kang is willing to give me."

There was a touch of surprise in Mama Kang's eyes, "The eldest girl is also an understanding person. ”

Lu Nianjin smiled silently.

Mama Kang lowered her eyes, "More than forty years of feelings, the old lady wants to kill the old slave, although it is unkind, but the old slave can't be unjust, the matter of Nanqiu Courtyard, the old slave will not reveal a word to others until he dies, as for other ...... Please also ask the eldest girl to let the old slave think again. ”

Lu Nianjin was quite satisfied with this result, nodded, left a good rest, and walked outside.

Chengguo Mansion, Nanqiu Courtyard.

The old lady stayed awake all night, she thought that she would hear the news of Mama Kang's death before dawn.

But until daylight, no.

With suspicion, she called the close maids Qiu Tong and Qiu Huan to come in to serve, and then inadvertently asked about Mama Kang.

Qiu Tong and Qiu Huan looked at each other for a moment, and Qiu Tong said, "Back to the old lady's words, after the rooster crowed, the slave maid and Qiu Huan went to call Mama Kang, there was no one in her room, and the slave maid and Qiu Huan thought that she had gotten up to serve you." ”

When the old lady heard that Mama Kang was gone, her face immediately turned blue, and she instructed Qiu Tong, "Let people look for it immediately, even if you turn the Guogong Mansion three feet into the ground, you must also find Mama Kang!" ”

"Yes, old lady." Qiu Tong agreed, and went down to order, while Qiu Huan waited for the old lady to continue to make up.

An hour later, Mama Kang still hadn't been found, but all signs showed that she had been taken captive. When the old lady heard this, her face became even more ugly.

At this moment, the second-class maid Xiniao suddenly said through the curtain, "Old lady Qiyu, the second lady is back, and the carriage has entered the side door." ”

As soon as the old lady heard that Xiao Shi was back, her already ugly face darkened a little, she slapped the rosewood table in her hand heavily, and said angrily, "Let her roll over for me!" ”

The happy bird received the order and retreated tremblingly.

On the other side, Xiao's mother Liu also told her about Lu Nianjin's investigation of the marriage in the prince's mansion.

Where did Xiao Shi think that Lu Nianjin would find out that the dowry was wrong so soon, and there was a lot of trouble in the city, she cursed in her heart, 'The little hooves raised by the fox are hypocritical', and she didn't even dare to go back to the yard, so she held Liu's mother's hand and walked quickly towards Nanqiu Courtyard.

In the South Autumn Temple.

As soon as Xiao Shi entered the warm pavilion, he knelt at the feet of the old lady with a puff, hugged her legs and cried, "Mother, the mountain is closed, and the matter of Jin'er's dowry, the daughter-in-law only heard from Mother Liu when she went down the mountain." It must be that the slave at the bottom saw that Jin'er was a concubine, so they deducted it layer by layer, they didn't care, and the shopkeepers outside saw it, so they also followed shoddy...... begged the mother to forgive the daughter-in-law this time, the daughter-in-law must discipline the slave well when she turns around, as for Jin'er's deducted dowry, the daughter-in-law immediately doubled the dowry of Shi'er, what does the mother think? ”

The old lady listened to Xiao Shi snort and tears, and almost used all her strength before she resisted the urge to kick her away, glanced at her coldly, and said in a cold voice, "Since it is a matter of the slave and the shopkeeper below, then try it well, and all the things under the misery must be recovered." ”

Xiao Shi nodded with tears in her eyes, her back was slightly loosened all the way, and she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but she heard the old lady say again, "Mama Lai, this matter will be handed over to you, if there is a hard mouth, you can kill it directly!" ”

Mama Lai used to be only the second-in-command of Nanqiu Courtyard, but now she is entrusted with a heavy responsibility, which is called a dead wood in spring, full of energy, completely ignoring Xiao's consternation, and immediately stepped forward to salute, "The old slave understands that the old slave will definitely recover all the things that the old lady is ignorant of, and will never live up to the promotion of the old lady." ”

The old lady waved her hand.

Mama Lai led the people to the Peony Courtyard on West Road.

Xiao Shi looked at the sneer on the corner of the old lady's mouth, and only felt that something seemed to be beyond her expectations.

Her eyes flashed slightly, she knelt at the old lady's feet, and asked, "Mother, do you not believe in your daughter-in-law when you let Lai Mama go?" ”

The old lady lowered her head, touched her heart lovingly, hooked her lips and said, "You are the daughter-in-law I personally hired into the door, how could my mother not believe you and give Mama Lai the errand of strictly interrogating Diao slaves, but because there are other important things that you have to do." ”

Xiao Shi listened to the old lady's unusually soft words, but there was a trace of bad premonition in her heart, she asked tentatively, "I don't know what the daughter-in-law has to do, and I ask my mother to ask ...... for instructions."

"Go to the Prince's Mansion to ask for the Crown Princess's forgiveness." The old lady said.

"What?" As soon as Xiao Shi heard that he was going to beg Lu Nianjin, his face immediately changed, his tone became heavy, and he said dissatisfiedly, "This, this is all a wrong thing done by Diao Nu below, why do you have to ask your daughter-in-law to come forward and ask that concubine." ”

"This is also what Grandpa Guo meant." The old lady moved out of Chengguo Gong, her face was slightly cold, "If you think it's inappropriate, you can go to Grandpa Guo and talk to it." ”

"The daughter-in-law didn't dare to ......"

"Since you don't dare, then come with me."

Xiao Shi was shocked, "Mother is going too?" ”

When the old lady heard Xiao's words, her face became gloomy again, and she glanced at her coldly, "Grandpa Guo also said that if the crown princess refuses to forgive, you and I will not want to return to the Gongfu again." ”

When Xiao Shi heard the last sentence, he realized how much trouble he had caused, and hurriedly caught up with the old lady. Her face was pale, and she wanted to say something, but she couldn't.

Prince's Mansion, back to the heart building.

Lu Nianjin was leaning on the couch to read the recipes left by the Li family, and suddenly, Mama Qin walked in from outside, and stepped forward with a little joy, "Crown Princess, the old lady took the second lady and a few cars to ask for a meeting. ”

"Since they're here, let them in." Lu Nianjin put down the recipe and ordered lightly.

A quarter of an hour later, she met the old lady and the Shaw in the antechamber.

The slap marks on the old lady's face have disappeared, but it is Xiao, whose face is blue and red, and it is very ugly.

When they saw her come in, they got up and saluted her with the people who were waiting around them.

"Grandmother and mother don't have to be polite, get up quickly!" Lu Nianjin was polite, and when the words fell, she asked the two of them to sit down, and after serving tea, she sat down in the first place, looked at the two and asked, "I don't know what grandmother and mother are coming to the door today, what is it for?" ”

When the old lady heard Lu Nianjin's inquiry, her eyelids raised slightly, and she glanced at Xiao Shi beside her angrily.

Xiao Shi understood, got up with a stiff smile and said, "Jin'er, your grandmother and I are actually here for the fact that your dowry was deducted. ”

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he seemed to be very surprised, "I just asked the chief housekeeper to interrogate a few slaves, and the news has spread to the Guogong Mansion?" ”

Xiao Shi knew that she was pretending, but he had to hold her and say, "You have only been married into the Prince's Mansion for a few days, how dare the servants of the Prince's Mansion make such a big move, after your grandfather and grandmother got the news, they thought that there should be a problem in our Guogong Mansion. ”

"Oh."

Shaw: "......"

She went around in such a big circle, and she only replied with an 'oh', what did she mean?

In the end, the old lady spoke, and said to Lu Nianjin, "There is a slave in the mansion of the Guogong Mansion, and I am greedy for your dowry, and I can't get rid of your mother, so the two of us discussed it, and the dowry owed to you will be doubled today." As she spoke, she glanced at Qiu Tong beside her.

Qiu Tong immediately stepped forward with an agarwood box.

The old lady pushed the agarwood box to Lu Nianjin, "This is 50,000 taels of silver tickets, and I hope the princess can understand me and your mother for being old and negligent." ”

Lu Nianjin took the agarwood box but didn't reply immediately, but took out the five silver tickets inside, handed them to the big butler beside him, and said, "You can help me take a look, these are real?" ”

Her slapping in the face made the old lady and the Xiao family angry, but in front of the chief butler of the prince's mansion and Chu Fu, they didn't dare to attack, so they could only grasp the armrest of the chair and laugh stiffly.

The chief housekeeper took the silver ticket, looked at it carefully, bowed down and handed it back to Lu Nianjin, and said, "Back to the crown princess, this time the silver ticket is real." ”

Lu Nianjin smiled slightly, indicating that he understood. Then he turned his head to look at the old lady and Xiao Shi, and said seriously, "Grandmother and mother's sincerity in making amends is very sufficient, I am very satisfied, you two rest assured, I will ask the chief housekeeper to send someone to explain the rumors that have been misspread when I go back." ”

When the old lady and Xiao Shi heard her words, they hated it in their hearts, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After finishing their business, the two of them said goodbye, not wanting to look at Lu Nianjin again......

When Lu Nianjin heard that the two were leaving, his eyes turned, but he fell on the old lady's face, and said meaningfully, "Grandmother is in such a hurry to leave, but she wants to go back and find someone, something......"

When the old lady heard her say this, she subconsciously thought of Mama Kang, and she instantly changed her face and said, "What I'm looking for is here?" ”

Lu Nianjin was noncommittal, "Or, grandmother will take a step to speak?" ”

The old lady wanted to know the whereabouts of Mama Kang, so she could only nod her head in agreement and follow Lu Nianjin to the side hall.

When she arrived at the side hall, the old lady immediately lowered her voice and asked, "Is Mama Kang really here with you?" ”

Lu Nianjin didn't say anything, just took out a gold bracelet from his sleeve and handed it to the old lady.

The old lady took the gold bracelet and took a closer look, her face changed instantly, she rubbed the word "Ruoyun" inside the bracelet, and said gloomily, "What do you want?" ”

"I don't want to do anything, I just want to return things to their original owners."

"Returning to its rightful owner?" The old lady asked rhetorically.

Lu Nianjin nodded, she looked straight at the old lady, and said with a little ridicule and a little sadness, "Grandmother, don't worry, Mama Kang said, although you are unkind, you have ignored your love for more than 40 years, and killed her, but she can't be unrighteous and betray her master, sisters, and ......relatives."

Her words fell.

The old lady's body staggered, and her eyes were suddenly red.

"What about your conditions?" After a long time, she stood firm, looked at Lu Nianjin again and asked.

Lu Nianjin smiled, "If I want the peacock hairpin embedded with Tianhe stone, my grandmother probably won't give it to me, so then Grandmother Lao will prepare another 50,000 taels of silver tickets to redeem people." ”

Fifty thousand taels of silver tickets is not a small amount for the old lady, but it is not too much either.

She agreed without hesitation.

After the transaction was completed, Lu Nianjin didn't keep her any longer, and directly ordered the chief housekeeper to send off the guests......

On the carriage of the Chengguo Mansion, as soon as the old lady sat down, she vaguely proposed to ask the Xiao family to take out 100,000 taels.

Xiao Shi was naturally reluctant, saying that he could only come up with 30,000 taels at most.

The old lady didn't say anything in the carriage, but after she went back, she fell ill, and named Lu Nianshi, the granddaughter of the second room, to serve her...... Lu Nianshi was raised by the Xiao family, where to serve people, after two or three days, a watery flower will be tired and shriveled into a dried flower.

Xiao Shike was distressed, she begged the old lady to come to her, and added the price of 20,000 taels in one go, only begging the old lady to let her heart go.

The old lady sneered when she heard this, and praised Lu Nianshi's filial piety a few words, but she never said anything about letting people go.

Lu Nianshi can only continue to serve the sick......

On this day, the house doctor finished checking the old lady's pulse, but did not immediately prescribe medicine, but looked hesitant.

Seeing this, Mama Lai stepped forward and asked, "Doctor, what is the difficulty of the old lady's illness?" ”

The house doctor slapped his palms and sighed, "It's not easy for the old man to handle the increase or decrease of medicine...... It's lighter, and the old lady's body can't stand it. ”

"Is there no other way?" Mama Lai looked anxious.

The house doctor thought for a while, frowned and said, "In ancient times, there was a filial son who tasted the elders' feces, and said the sweet and bitter to the doctor, and the doctor prescribed the right medicine. ”

As soon as his words fell, the eyes of everyone in the room immediately looked at Lu Nianshi, who was fanning the old lady......

Lu Nianshi's eyes widened, and she said ashamedly and angrily, "You want me to eat?" ”