In the Hexiang Courtyard, the old lady was already a little tired of dealing with the Sun family's open knives and hidden arrows because of the banquet, and the second lady outside sent a maid to beg the mandarin duck several times, and the mandarin duck agreed to ask the old lady what she meant.

"Day by day, do your best." The old lady reclined on a soft couch and closed her eyes to recuperate, a pine branch Boshan incense burner on the vermilion lacquer small coffee table on the side burned soothing incense, she had a headache recently, and she had not rested for a long time;

"Is the old lady gone?" The mandarin duck said tentatively, ready to turn around and refute the little maid who asked to see outside.

"That's it," the old lady got up and waved her hand to stop the mandarin duck, "let her in." ”

After a while, the second wife was in a hurry to take the four grandmothers into the house, and the four grandmothers were in groups of two, looking at Li Jiaxuan and Man'er respectively, and as soon as they came in, they all withdrew with interest.

"What's the matter with you?" The old lady said impatiently, "Since you entered the door, you have never been safe." "It is also his own son, but the temperament of this King Ning and Second Master Leng is completely different, and the daughter-in-law of Second Master Leng is a powerful master, and the old lady is naturally partial to this big house.

"Where's the word," the second wife, Li, smiled flatteringly, "Isn't the daughter-in-law also thinking about the palace, if today's incident spreads, it will not be good for the reputation of the palace." The second wife glanced at Li Jiaxuan and Man'er, and then added fuel and vinegar to tell what she saw and heard in the small pavilion, during which there was no lack of her own guesses, and finally she said firmly: "At first, there were rumors in this market that there were many portraits of the three young grandmothers in a painting workshop in the capital, and today the personal maid of the three young grandmothers is so close to this Li Gongzi, old lady, it is no wonder that the daughter-in-law will think too much." ”

"You just said that you saw Young Master Li alone with this maid, why are you involved with Yu Nuan now?" Li's words were full of loopholes and exaggerated, and the old lady knew that there was something wrong when she heard it.

Li opened his mouth, and said half a beat late: "This maid is Qin Yunuan's henchman, Li Gongzi was interested in Qin Yunuan when she was still Qin Yunuan's third girl, if it wasn't for Qin Yunuan, would it be difficult, or for such a yellow-haired girl?" ”

Li Jiaxuan argued with a red face: "I am just a gentleman's friend with the third young grandmother, and I definitely haven't crossed the pond by half a step. ”

"Look," the second lady smiled with a smile, "If you don't have an interest in Qin Yunuan, why are you in such a hurry to defend her?" ”

"Our third young grandmother is innocent, and you framed her first." Man'er couldn't help but say.

"Okay, you slave, so bold, you dare to call me 'you' directly, and you don't see who has the final say here." The second lady said angrily, suddenly reacted again, and smiled at the old lady whose face was already a little serious, "Old lady, what do you say?" ”

"You really should see who's in charge here." The old lady smiled coldly at the second wife, and glanced at Li Jiaxuan again, "Li Gongzi is a guest of our palace, and the palace should treat each other politely, as for this little maid" The old lady fell on Man'er, "No matter what the reason, it is a violation of the rules of our Ning Wangfu for men to be alone in the backyard and outer courtyard, even if you are the maid next to Yu Nuan, I can't tolerate it, go down, get the board." ”

"Old lady, Miss Man'er is innocent." Li Jiaxuan couldn't bear to implicate the innocent, "It's just that the younger generation has something to ask for, and Miss Man'er just came to persuade me to abide by the rules, don't be troublesome, the old lady can't blame the good people." ”

"Rules are rules, and they can't be abolished." The old lady's attitude was very tough, and as soon as her eyes changed, the mandarin duck dragged Man'er away with someone, and the old lady looked at the second lady with her spare eyes, "Now you are satisfied." ”

The second wife naturally wants more than this, and the old lady's approach of calming things down is obviously biased in favor of Qin Yunuan.

Soon there was a sound of the board being beaten, and the three-foot-thick nanmu board was extremely hard, and it hit the flesh for the last time, and suddenly, the dull sound suddenly stopped, and was replaced by the sound of the board being crackled and broken;

"Leng guard, this is what the old lady meant, I hope you don't obstruct it."

"I want to see the old lady." Leng Wu's voice was cold and powerful, and he was loud and loud.

"The old lady and the second lady have something to discuss."

"Fuck off! I said, I want to see the old lady. ”

The flower-sprinkled blue soft curtain at the door was lifted at once, and Leng Wuda appeared at the door with Man'er in his arms, and Man'er was sweating on his forehead and was unconscious.

"How daring, do you know what this place is? Is it also your little guy who can break in? The second lady shouted at a high pitch.

Leng Wu didn't even look at the second wife, his hands tightly hugged Man'er's unfamiliar hands, only shook off a token on his waist, and kicked it into the hands of the mandarin duck with his heel.

"Now, I am a four-rank guard with a knife to ask to see Mrs. Yasukuni." Leng Wu glanced at the second wife and said, "As for the second wife, you don't have any rank or title, I don't need to salute you." ”

The second wife's face was embarrassed, and she just said in a low voice: "After following Wufu for a long time, he has really become a reckless man." ”

The old lady didn't raise her head: "The way you ask to see me is very special." ”

Leng Wu lightly put Man'er on the chair, his eyes were blazing, and he suddenly fell to the ground with both knees, and the other maids in the room were frightened with a pop, Leng Wu kowtowed three times to the old lady seriously: "Leng Wu asked the old lady to point out a marriage." ”

The old lady raised her eyebrows slightly: "Don't tell me, you want to marry this slave maid." ”

Leng Wu raised his head and said with great tenacity: "Leng Wu will not marry her." ”

"It's not worth it." The old lady bowed her head. Tea.

"Leng Wu thinks it's worth it."

The old lady sneered: "You young people, you always love fantasy so much, the laws of Daqi stipulate that eunuchs and slaves are not allowed to intermarry, and people like Man'er, who have been sold into the house since childhood, are signed by death deeds, that is, they will be slaves for the rest of their lives, if you want to marry her, you will either follow her into slavery, or, don't talk about it." After the old lady finished speaking, she pulled the corners of her mouth disdainfully: "You are a fourth-grade guard with a knife, this is a grade that others can't ask for, have you thought about it?" ”

Leng Wu didn't hesitate: "Leng Wu has thought about it." ”

The old lady turned her head: "Then I can't be the master, Man'er's death deed is in the Qin family, and her marriage will also stay, and she has to listen to the Qin family." ”

Leng Wu was gloomy, but a gentle female voice suddenly came from outside the door: "That's not necessarily." ”

"Three young grandmothers." When the maids outside saw Qin Yunuan coming, they all bent their knees to say goodbye.

"I've seen the old lady, I've seen the second wife." Qin Yunuan smiled like a spring breeze, which made people's hearts suddenly clear, but such a smile was full of provocation in the eyes of the second wife Li.

"The second lady is still chatting with the old lady here so late, it's really leisurely." Qin Yunuan smiled slightly at the second wife, but the second wife snorted coldly, turning her head full of hostility;

When the old lady saw Qin Yunuan, her expression was slightly soothed, and she just pointed to Man'er, who was still unconscious, and said, "You Qin family's maids, you are in charge." ”

"I heard it just now," Qin Yunuan glanced at Leng Wu, "Actually, Man'er is not a slave. ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, but they heard Qin Yunuan continue: "At that time, my mother and I were struggling to survive in the back room of the Qin family, and my mother was kind-hearted, so she took out the death deeds of all the slaves and maids and let them go out of the house, but Man'er and Liao's mother stayed. ”

"Heh" the second lady hid her face and smiled, "That means, this girl is a black marketeer with no place of origin?" It was even worse than a slave person, and it stands to reason that it should have been sent to the government. ”

"Not anymore." Leng Changxi didn't know when he appeared at the door, holding a household registration certificate with ink in Shangxin, "Before a stick of incense, Man'er was already the fourth girl of the Shang family who disappeared twenty years ago. ”

The second wife was unwilling: "She was a black marketeer without a hukou for so many years before." ”

Leng Changxi shrugged: "So what?" Not anymore. ”

"You ......." The second wife was speechless.

"Okay, let's go back when you've had enough trouble, I'm a lot older, I just want to have a good rest." The old lady rubbed her brows, her migraine has become more and more serious recently, and she invited Sun Miaoyang to come and see her several times, but it has not been good, is it really too much trouble these days?

"Then my marriage to Man'er." Leng Wu still asked dumbly.

"Idiot" Man'er didn't know when he had opened his eyes, and his little paw gently pinched Leng Wu's arm, "Everyone understands, just ask more." ”

Leng Wu was embarrassed, Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan just looked at each other and smiled.

The matter was resolved satisfactorily, even though Man'er had regained consciousness, Leng Wu still didn't allow her to walk back by herself, and no matter how many maids watched, she forced Man'er on her back, which made Man'er blush.

"Third young grandmother, look at him."

"He likes you in his heart, and naturally wants to be good to you, and you just bear it." Qin Yunuan said with a smile, Leng Wu's persistence and directness are very similar to Leng Changxi.

The second wife was naturally unwilling in her heart, but Leng Changxi had always been by Qin Yunuan's side, so she didn't even have a chance to speak quickly.

Not long after walking, it was almost time to arrive at Jiyuxuan, but there was a rush of footsteps behind him.

Qin Yunuan turned his head, his eyebrows slightly stunned: "Mandarin ducks? Why did you come along? ”

The mandarin duck said in a deep voice: "Third young grandmother, the old lady has heart palpitations, and I want to ask Doctor Sun to come over and take a look." ”

Qin Yunuan immediately turned around, and was about to call the grandmother of the concierge to invite Sun Miaoyang over, but was hurriedly stopped by the mandarin duck: "Third young grandmother, according to the old lady's meaning, don't tell anyone else about her heartache, it's best that only you know that the third young master knows Sun Shenyi." ”

Qin Yunuan frowned, the old lady seems to have been in poor health recently, everyone knew that Sun Miaoyang had asked for a consultation in the past, and now since the old lady wants to hide it, the situation must be quite serious.