After Xie Mulin read the letter written by Xie Yinghui, he had nothing else to say except to comment on the shamelessness of the Cao family.

Is the Cao family a broken can? After the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion found that he couldn't change his fate and was disgusted by the emperor, he didn't even plan to do superficial work, and hastily ended his stepmother's funeral; After the Marquis of Pingnan found that it was extremely difficult for the prince to inherit the title, and maybe he would never get the title, he simply put the title away and concentrated on snatching the private property of the deceased elders first......

It is not difficult to see from Xie Yinghui's letter that the Cao family's recent farces are well known in the capital. Everyone is looking at the joke. As long as the Xie family keeps a low profile, there is still hope that they will do what they want to do quietly and then leave the capital quietly.

Xie Mulin asked Jia Da and Shi Yan again what the situation of the Xie family's mansion in Pearl Bridge was.

Jia Da replied: "There is nothing in the mansion, but there seem to be a lot of people missing." The little one inquired about Uncle Cai, and according to him, it was the eldest lady who waited in the courtyard for nearly ten people, all of whom were from the Cao family, as well as male and female servants and women whose relatives and friends were on errands in the Cao family, and a few of them were waiting by their parents and relatives beside Mrs. Cao's in the past. The eldest lady did not stop them, but she did not reward them with silver for entanglement. He paused, "The little one is talking back to the eldest lady through the door and window, listening to the voice, the eldest lady doesn't seem to be in good spirits, and she is a little disheartened by the departure of her subordinates." ”

Xie Mulin's heart suddenly changed. Xie Yinghui was able to wait in that situation at the beginning, and the subordinates who were brought to the Xie family's mansion from Pingnanbo Mansion were naturally the loyal and reliable candidates she thought she had. If she knew that the other party was entangled with the Cao family, she should not have openly brought it into the Xie family's house. After all, there was still Mrs. Xie living in the Xie family's mansion at that time, and that was the biological mother of Xie Pu, the enemy of the Cao family. Even if Xie Yinghui and the Xie family's relatives are still a little estranged, they will not commit it knowing the taboo.

Therefore, the loyal servant she thought was suddenly left from her when there was an accident in the Cao family, regardless of the fact that her master was still sad, unwell and lonely, and the blow could be imagined.

Xie Mulin turned his head to look at Xie Xianzhi, and when he saw that his face was full of distress and anger, he knew that he probably thought of this too, and sighed: "It is a blessing to find out earlier that the eldest sister still has outsiders by her side." If these people don't take the initiative to jump out, but wait until the eldest sister returns to their hometown with us, and then secretly make trouble, there will be more people who will be hurt, right? Isn't that worse? ”

Xie Xianzhi paused, thinking about this, he seemed to feel better. But he and Xie Yinghui's mother empathized with the hurt in his sister's heart, and he really couldn't let go easily.

Seeing him like this, Xie Mulin said again: "Those subordinates who went to the north to join your biological mother are not considered to have abandoned your brothers and sisters, but they are more loyal to your biological mother. If they can really join up with your birth mother, maybe they can help a little too? At least I can bring her the latest news from Beijing. Your biological mother has gone to a strange north, and she is about to marry another man, and she wants to live an official life that she has never experienced before, and do social interactions that she has never done before, and I don't know if she can adapt to it. A few more helpers to help her, you and your big sister can feel more at ease, right? ”

Xie Xianzhi pursed his lips and said lightly: "What does my biological mother want to do, the children can't stop it, so they can only go with her." Since she has abandoned me and my eldest sister, we naturally don't want to disturb her life anymore. Since those subordinates think that it is more important to wait for her, let them go, it is useless to force them to stay. We live in Huyin's hometown, and we don't need so many people, so we can take a few fewer back, and we don't have to be naughty. ”

Xie Mulin looked at him a few more times, and saw that his mood was quite calm, so he didn't say anything more.

Next is Xie Jinzhi's little maid Shi Yan lent to his brother and sister, although he followed Jia Da to the Pearl Bridge Mansion together, but because he is the son of Ma Lu Yao's husband and wife, his sister Li'er is a big girl who has been on an errand in the inner house for many years, and he sent a letter to his uncle Cai Laotian and his cousins Xiang Tao and Xiao Tao for Xie Jinzhi's maid ring, so he has more to do with the girls. He also inquired about the recent situation of the Xie family's mansion.

Xie Yingrong's illness has improved, and she herself can get out of bed and walk around, except for a few coughs from time to time, cold hands and feet, pale face and other symptoms, there are no other serious illnesses. On this ground, Xie Yingrong asked her eldest sister Xie Yinghui to go out more than once, or to visit her friend Miss Bian, or to go to the temple to incense her grandmother Mrs. Xie, or to go out for a temple fair or to see a lantern or something during the New Year, all of which were unceremoniously rejected by Xie Yinghui.

Xie Yinghui is guarding filial piety, she is in a bad mood, and she is also unwell, she has invited Dr. Yan to come to her door several times before the New Year, and Ma Yurong has also sent the imperial doctor to come twice. She took medicine, but there was no obvious improvement, so she was so lazy to lie down every day, not eating well, not sleeping well, and from time to time running to the small Buddhist hall temporarily closed at home to burn incense and chant scriptures, praying for the blessing of her dead grandmother.

When Xie Yinghui, who is in charge, is in such a bad mood, Xie Yingrong still wants to go out shopping and enjoy the lanterns? That's a dream! Anyway, as long as Xie Yinghui plays the banner of recuperation, even Aunt Dajin, who spoils her daughter, will not help Xie Yingrong intercede. In the cold weather, you want to go out before you get better? What if the wind blows and you get sicker?

Therefore, Xie Yingrong has been in a bad mood recently, and he has had two or three relatively large quarrels with Xie Yinghui, so much so that the front yard gatehouse can hear it, and the people talk about it in private. Xie Yinghui ignored it, anyway, her courtyard was very far away from Jin Xuantang, and she didn't lift her sister's ban, no matter how hard Xie Yingrong scolded, when the voice reached her, it was already very weak, and she couldn't hear it.

Only Cai Laotian's family is worried. Because the quarrel was so loud that it could be heard in the outer room, maybe it could be heard on the other side of the garden, not to mention that there were several courtyards separated from the outer courtyard and rented out to outsiders for temporary living. Now there are two tenants in the southeast corner of the Xie family's mansion, one is a seven-rank petty official who came to Beijing from other places to serve, and the other is a young Hanlin and his parents who were only admitted to the Hanlin Academy last year. Cai Laotian was always worried that the scolding of the third girl would reach the ears of these tenants, and even the reputation of the Xie family would be affected.

Xie Mulin's face was very strange, and when he looked at Xie Xianzhi, he was also full of words, and said in a low voice: "The third sister is like this...... It's really inappropriate, doesn't she really want fame? Has she given up the idea of getting married? ”

"Whatever she thinks." Xie Mulin said, "Maybe she doesn't know that our family has tenants, or she doesn't like the identities of those tenants?" Anyway, let's take her back to her hometown in a few years, and she may not have the opportunity to return to the capital in the future. ”

Xie Xianzhi sighed: "It seems that the situation at home is fine. So...... When is the second sister going to pass? ”

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "Ming'er, I'll go back and take a look at the eldest sister and arrange for her to leave Beijing." I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to move my luggage. I mean, evacuate the people out of the city first, and then you can leave the luggage to the next person to dispose of it slowly, and there is no need to rush. ”