On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, Hefu was particularly lively, and a group of masters and servants gathered to celebrate the New Year, and Yingyun gave them some silver rewards, and all of them smiled on their faces.

Late at night, Feng Jiwen was still looking at the account book, and Chao Yingyun said: "Husband, I have a question, I don't know if to say it?" ”

Yingyun lazily loosened her arrow sleeves and said, "You ask." ”

Feng Jiwen said: "The expenses in the house are getting bigger and bigger day by day, husband, you are just a royal guard, where is there so much silver all of a sudden?" My grandfather has been an official for decades, and his savings are just that old house. My grandfather often taught Ji Wen that ill-gotten gains are not advisable, I am not afraid of the life of coarse linen, and my husband should not have a greedy heart for ink. ”

Ying Yun calmly listened to her words, thinking to herself, sure enough, in the eyes of the masses, she had money of unknown origin.

"Don't worry, my money is coming from the right place." Yingyun sighed secretly, in fact, she just took back the money she had when she was the queen from the queen mother, plus some rewards from Cining Palace, and her life would be very nourishing.

She used all the private money she had saved for more than ten years, but not half of the copper plate was embezzled.

Ying Yun saw that she still had concerns, and said, "You still don't believe me?" ”

Feng Jiwen said: "It's not that I don't believe it, but it's ......" She paused before saying: "In the past two days, I often saw someone sneaking around at the gate of our house, and when I went out to see, she turned around and left. This morning, I deliberately went to the door to squat, and I happened to be caught. ”

Ying Yun asked suspiciously, "You mean someone is spying on us?" Who is it? ”

Feng Jiwen nodded and said, "It's a woman, about forty or fifty years old." I asked her why she was sneaky, and she said that she was ordered by the eldest lady in the palace to talk to her husband about how to make money. ”

A woman in her forties and fifties?

Yingyun suddenly became suspicious and asked, "Since you broke her, why didn't you hold her?" ”

Feng Jiwen frowned, and said: "That woman doesn't look like a good person when she looks at the thief's eyebrows, and there was no one in the courtyard at that time, so I didn't dare to clash with her head-on." Later, I wanted to call Uncle Quan, but as soon as the woman heard me call someone, she took the opportunity to run away. ”

Yingyun had a vague premonition, listening to Feng Jiwen's description, this person should have come for her. has dealings with the eldest lady in the palace, could it be that the imperial concubine is sending someone to quietly inquire about her news?

What is the purpose?

Yingyun thought for a while and said, "Since she is here to find me, there must be a next time, don't startle the snake first, and quietly let Uncle Quan capture the person." ”

"Hmm." Feng Jiwen nodded.

However, until the end of the Spring Festival, the woman did not appear. Yingyun asked Feng Jiwen to recall the woman's appearance, and drew a portrait according to what she said, Arlene and Liu Quan recognized the woman's identity after a glance.

Arlene and Liu Quan glanced at each other and exclaimed, "This ...... This is the Hitara clan! ”

Ying Yun asked puzzledly, "Who is the Hitara clan?" ”

Arlene frowned slightly and said, "It's Amma's steproom, our stepmother." ”

Yingyun panicked in her heart, as if she had missed a beat, and said, "Arlene, didn't you say that you had broken off relations with her?" What did she come to do? ”

Arlene also frowned, and said: "The Hitara clan is greedy for money and has a bad heart, she came here secretly, it must be no good thing." Brother, I think you should not go back to the house recently, lest she see it and cause trouble. ”

Ying Yun was worried about this, and nodded: "I'm afraid that I can avoid it for a while, but I can't avoid it for a lifetime." ”