The old lady woke up, but as long as she saw Qin Yunuan by name, Qin Yunuan was slightly stunned, and the maid who came to report had already stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation.

"Third young grandmother, please." The maid guarding the door at the door of the room picked up the curtain and let Qin Yunuan in, Qin Yunuan kept an eye on it, and found that now the people around the old lady have changed into some maids with capable figures, quick hands and feet, and kung fu foundation.

"Yu Nuan has seen the old lady, is the old lady in better health?" Through the two layers of draperies, Qin Yunuan gave a slight salute to the old lady who was lying on the edge of the bed leaning over, and could vaguely see the old lady leaning lazily on the soft pillow, supporting her head with one arm, her posture was a little tired, the old lady raised her hand, signaled everyone in the room to step back, and suddenly spoke, her tone was as loyal as a bell: "There is such a big thing outside, but you can still be so unhurried, the younger generation of the palace, only you still have a little bit of my demeanor back then." ”

Qin Yu warmed his head, and before he could say anything more, the old lady's words sounded again: "The maid who decocted the medicine in the small kitchen is dead, right?" ”

"Yes." Qin Yunuan nodded.

"This is the survival rule of my Hexiang Courtyard, and anyone who dares to betray me will only end up with this." The old lady got up slowly, lifted the curtain and walked towards Qin Yunuan, "You should also learn, it's time for you to clear the people in your yard." ”

After the old lady finished saying this, she happened to open the second curtain and walked in front of Qin Yunuan, to Qin Yunuan's surprise, the old lady at this time had a ruddy face and was full of energy, not at all like a poisoned person.

Qin Yunuan suddenly understood, in fact, it was no one else who controlled the overall situation but the old lady, the backbone of the palace lord who was over sixty years old was the biggest winner of this incident, and the death of the decoction maid, listening to the tone of the old lady, seemed to be the old lady's own masterpiece.

The old lady glanced at Qin Yunuan with a wise eye, she understood that Qin Yunuan had already guessed, but she just stretched out her wrinkled index finger and poked Qin Yunuan's heart, and said slowly: "I called you here to tell you that sometimes you don't look at people's faces, don't look at their daily behaviors, but look at their hearts." ”

When Qin Yunuan came out of the old lady's room, the old lady told the maid that she was tired, and she would not see anyone else, King Ning and Princess Ning naturally asked Qin Yunuan about all the details of the old lady, Qin Yunuan very skillfully avoided the fact that the old lady was safe and sound, King Ning listened to it, sighed, and only ordered his subordinates to strictly guard Mama Li.

They all dispersed, the second lady and the second master returned to Xifu, and the rest went back to their own courtyards.

When Qin Yunuan walked through the corridor, he happened to see Leng Suxin passing by, and he wanted to say hello, but he was frozen by Leng Suxin's cold eyes, and he just opened his mouth to speak.

"This fourth girl is so strange," Man'er couldn't help but say, "I can't get along on weekdays, but I just speak for the third young grandmother at the most critical time." ”

\Ha ha\

For some reason, Qin Yunuan thought of what the old lady said to her again;

"It seems that I have made a lot of enemies today" Qin Yunuan condensed his eyebrows, "The second lady of Xifu, Aunt Tang, sister-in-law Ruan Ruyi and my second sister Qin Yuwan who just married in, they look like a plate of loose sand, but none of those mouths are vegetarians, and people are terrible, I have to admit this." After Qin Yunuan finished speaking, she seemed to remember something, and turned her head and asked, "By the way, what is the name of the little maid who came with the medicine jar to report the news today?" ”

"Back to the third young grandmother, that little maid's name is Xi'er, and she has been following Liao's mother to fight, and she is about fourteen this year." Man'er replied.

"It looks like a person who can stand up to the scene" Qin Yunuan nodded, "You pay attention to the training, I am in a hurry to employ people now." ”

Man'er nodded in response, and then took Qin Yunuan to turn a corner, and walked towards a bamboo forest, this is a shortcut back to the yard, there are fewer people and more forests, and there are more mosquitoes, Qin Yunuan generally does not go here on weekdays, and today he is really in a hurry to go back to the yard.

But as soon as I entered the bamboo forest, I heard someone whispering inside, like a woman's voice, mixed with crying and helpless pleading.

"Young master, you can't do this anymore, you said that you would accept slaves and maids into the room, it's been almost two months, and the slave's stomach is almost impossible to hide, young master, just beg you as a slave."

The young master made the slave's belly bigger? This kind of thing is by no means uncommon in big households, Qin Yunuan frowned, and wanted to leave quietly, ignoring this wind and snow, but when he glanced back, he happened to see the side face of this crying maid.

Isn't this exactly what a begonia is? The begonia with outstanding appearance and wants to climb into bed to be an aunt.

Now she got her wish, but listening to the man's answer, he didn't seem to take her to heart.

"Do you think I can really take you in in your current situation? I'm already hard to protect myself, don't embarrass me, as for the child, a bag of safflowers, there will be nothing. ”

"Young master, you can't do this, this is your blood and bones."

"Just because it's my child, I didn't kick you out of the house." The voice was so cold that it was a little unfamiliar, and he couldn't even make out which young master in this mansion was, "Get out, don't let me see you again." ”

After that, a rush of footsteps came from far and near, Qin Yunuan was shocked, and hurriedly took a few steps back with his skirt, hiding behind a bamboo forest, but it was a pity that the bamboo leaves were hidden and he didn't see who the man who left was.

However, there are only so many young masters in the palace, except for Leng Changxi, the eldest young master Leng Changxuan, the second young master Leng Chang'an, and Leng Qiguang of Xifu, the "young master" in Haitang's mouth is nothing more than a few people.

On the other side of the bamboo forest, there was a faint sound of begonias whimpering and crying, Qin Yunuan didn't want to stay for a long time, just about to go back along the path, but saw a familiar figure at the corner gate of the bamboo forest garden, the blue-green shadow flashed quickly, but Qin Yunuan still looked carefully, wasn't that the green bamboo beside Princess Ning?

Only then did he return to the courtyard, Leng Changxi had already finished his trivial work and was in the house, watching Qin Yunuan enter the house, and intimately pushed a bowl of warm lotus seed soup on the table in front of Qin Yunuan: "Taste it, I made it." ”

"You did it?" Qin Yunuan was a little surprised, she never knew that Leng Changxi had this skill.

"Hmm." Leng Changxi nodded solemnly and seriously, "I supervise the master of the small kitchen." Looking at the smile that couldn't help but appear on Qin Yunuan's face, Leng Changxi thought about it a little more, and said, "I also added two spoonfuls of sugar;

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For a big man like Leng Changxi who has never been in the kitchen, adding sugar can be regarded as cooking, Qin Yunuan took the lotus seed soup, leaned over the warm cup at the mouth of the lotus, the fragrant lotus leaf fragrance came to his face, and the fragrance was overflowing, so he smiled warmly: "Then it's hard work." ”

After taking a bite, Liao's mother hurriedly walked in from outside the house, closed the door, lowered her voice and said to the two: "Third young master, third young grandmother, something happened to Zhulinyuan." ”

"Don't worry, speak slowly if you have something to say." Qin Yunuan handed a cup of tea to Liao's mother.

Liao's mother didn't have the heart to drink, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Didn't the prince close Mama Li and prepare to strictly investigate the medicine jar, but Mama Li innocently drowned in the small pond of the Bamboo Forest Garden, and there was only one person in the Bamboo Forest Garden at that time, that is, the maid named Begonia who was given to Miss Xie by the third young grandmother, and there were witnesses who said that they saw that it was Begonia who pushed Mama Li into the water, and now Begonia has also been locked up, and now rumors are spreading that Begonia was originally the person who was placed by the third young grandmother next to Miss Xie, This time, Haitang is going to kill Mama Li for the third young grandmother and destroy the evidence for the third young grandmother. ”

Qin Yunuan frowned, she knew that she was being targeted, plus she and the old lady's medicine jar had the same problem, but the old lady was poisoned but she was unharmed, which really made people suspicious, not to mention that those with ulterior motives would catch the handle and make a big fuss.

"Where did the rumors come from?" Leng Changxi asked calmly.

Liao's mother thought for a while and said, "The slave maid first listened to what the housekeeper over there said, and also said that Miss Xie was tortured by begonias and lilies so that she couldn't sleep at night, and she couldn't eat at ease, and now Miss Xie is complaining to the prince and the princess." ”

"Hmph, complaining?" Qin Yunuan said disdainfully, "At that time, Begonia and Lily were pointed out to Xie Ruying, which was also the acquiescence of the old lady, and she Xie Ruying even dared to complain, isn't this slapping the old lady's face?" ”

Liao's mother looked very worried: "Third young grandmother, now that this rumor and news have not spread, should we take some action and make plans early?" ”

After Qin Yunuan thought for a while, she just smiled clearly: "No, this time, we don't have to do anything." Qin Yunuan thought of the words she heard in the bamboo garden and the back of the green bamboo she saw, this is really God helping me.

Qin Yunuan finished drinking the lotus seed soup and wiped the corners of his mouth carefully: "This time, we just need to have a good rest, wait for tomorrow, and naturally have a good show to watch." ”

There was no dream all night, Qin Yunuan slept very well in the crook of Leng Changxi's arms, the two hugged each other and fell asleep, extremely sweet, and on the other side of the palace, under the dim candlelight, a woman wearing a silk embroidered robe of the moon butterfly leaned on the bed a little tiredly, and in front of her was a few floating white smoke and a woman kneeling in front of her reverently with her head bowed.

"You mean, you've been discovered?" The woman on the bed lazily opened. , the tone is extremely gloomy.

"The slave is useless, the slave was seen by the begonia in Dongyuan when she left, but the slave and the maid have already pushed Mama Li's death on the begonia." As she spoke, the woman kneeling on the ground raised her head, who could this be the green bamboo that Qin Yunuan saw in the bamboo garden?

The woman on the bed straightened up and stood up, stepping out of the heavy, cold darkness, half of her face illuminated by the candlelight, which was even more eerie. At this moment, Princess Ning is like a Shura from hell, terrifying and forested.

"Changxi is my son, it belongs to me alone, I will never allow other women to share her with me" Princess Ning's gaze became distant and weird, "Qin Yunuan, I won't let her die well." ”