There are no concubines in the big house, the two girls are born to concubines, the eldest girl can speak well and have a lively mind, and the second girl is weak and cowardly.

The temperaments of the two are very different, and the eldest girl is the most outstanding among the three sisters, and the Xiang family has no biological daughter, so he expects to marry the eldest girl, and it is inevitable to be arrogant to her.

Every time the eldest girl bullied the second girl, as long as she didn't make trouble with the old lady, the Xiang family was partial to the eldest girl, and the eldest girl was even more arrogant.

Qingzhi knew that the second sister had suffered a lot of grievances since she was a child, and she didn't want to persuade her much.

Xie Qinghan suddenly said that Xie Qingrui has recently gotten close to the nobles in Beijing, and often invites those nobles to listen to book reviews and watch puppet shows, and there are always good things to give away on weekdays.

"She's so generous, where do you say she got the money?" Xie Qinghan mysteriously leaned into Qingzhi's ear and said.

Qingzhi frowned: "Naturally, I saved it myself, or it was given by my aunt, otherwise where else could it come from?" ”

Xie Qinghan said: "I don't think it's like it, we are all sisters in the family, and the rewards are the same on weekdays, how much can we save?" Even if her mother occasionally gives her some self-consideration, can she be forbid to make it like this? ”

"You don't care how much money she has, she's happy, what the second sister mixes." Qing Zhi was absent-minded.

Xie Qinghan said in a low voice: "I think her money came from the wrong way, maybe it was stolen." "Before Xie Qingrui falsely accused Qinghan of stealing her clothes, Xie Qinghan remembered that maybe she was a thief and shouted to catch a thief.

Qing Zhi's brows jumped suddenly, why didn't these two sisters stop.

"Third sister, you said that she has so much spare money to please others for no reason, what can be the right way? I think she just took advantage of my grandmother's poor health recently, and she had a crooked mind, let's go, let's go and tell my grandmother to go. Xie Qinghan wanted to pull Qingzhi to complain, but Qingzhi hurriedly pressed her.

"Grandmother is not in good health, it's better not to bother, and this is all your own speculation, if you say something that is not scored, you can't please yourself, so why bother."

"You're right." Xie Qinghan slowly calmed down, according to her grandmother's temper, unless she had enough evidence in front of her, she would have to blame her for stirring up trouble.

"Second sister, don't you remember how many losses you suffered in front of her? It's usually too late to hide from her, but now why are you in trouble with rushing to find her? ”

Xie Qinghan said hatefully: "It is precisely because I am always bullied by her that I am unwilling, and now that I am finally caught, I have to get justice for myself." ”

"The words are good, and the reason is not false, but I'm afraid that the second sister will suffer in the end, think about it, the eldest sister has been generous recently, but you can't just say that her money is not coming from the right way." Seeing Xie Qinghan's appearance of wanting to defend, Qingzhi hurriedly continued: "Even if her money really comes from the wrong way, and you poke her out and put it on the surface, can the eldest sister and Yuan Xiaoniang spare you in the future?" In the end, no matter what happens to them, you won't get anything good anyway, so why bother? ”

"Even if we die together, I admit it!" Xie Qinghan burst into tears, "It's just that they practice me, and they will go to practice my aunt at the end of three days, I asked my aunt to tell my father, and my aunt refused to say, what's the point of living like this?" ”

Xie Jin spoils Zhou Xiaoniang more on weekdays, and that is also because Zhou Xiaoniang is gentle and never has much to do, and Zhou Xiaoniang also understands, so no matter what grievances there are, she never mentions them in front of the master.

But Xie Qinghan didn't know this, she only knew that she and A-Niang were bullied all day long in the house, and they didn't have a good life.

It didn't happen to her, Qingzhi couldn't empathize, and naturally she couldn't persuade her, but she knew that the second sister couldn't mix in this matter.

"Qingzhi, you have a lot of ideas, you help me think about it, why does she suddenly have so much money?" Xie Qinghan is now bent on catching Xie Qingrui's mistakes, and she can't listen to what Qingzhi says.

"Girl, why are you still here? The third prince has been waiting for you outside the house for a long time. Ah Xun came out of the house and saw her girl and the second girl still sitting in the courtyard.

Qingzhi suddenly stood up suddenly: "Oh, don't you say that I forgot, I originally told the third brother today that I was going out, and the second sister I will go first, otherwise the third brother will be angry." ”

Before Xie Qinghan could speak, Qingzhi disappeared.

Qingzhi went all the way to the mansion, and when she turned around, she saw that the second sister did not come out with her, so she slowed down, how could there be any third brother waiting for her, but she glanced at Ah Jing, and Ah Xun made up a sentence casually.

But what is this girl saying is not good, she has to say that the third brother took her out of the house, where do you want her to go now?

Qingzhi was wandering around the gate of the mansion, and she didn't dare to go back, in case the second sister was still in her courtyard, what would she say when she went back?

But it was such a coincidence, Qingzhi walked around, and really waited for the third brother.

Xie Jiangcheng got off the horse and asked Qingzhi why he was standing here, but Qingzhi asked him how he went back to his house at this point, he was usually in the Guozijian, Xie Jiangcheng said to go back to the house to get something.

But when he came out after taking his things, Qingzhi was still standing in front of the mansion.

"Third brother, I have nowhere to go, you can take me away." Qing Zhi looked at him with blank eyes.

Xie Jiangcheng frowned: "Nonsense, I'm going to do an errand, how can I take you, go back to the house quickly." ”

"I don't want to go back, I won't bother you, just give me a place to stay."

Xie Jiangcheng was in a hurry to leave, and he didn't have time to ask the reason, so he took out the money bag from his arms and handed it to Qing Zhi: "Go to the South Building to listen to the play, don't run around, I'll go to you when I'm done." ”

Qingzhi was very familiar with it, went upstairs to find an empty private room and sat down, and asked for a pot of tea, she was a girl herself, and she didn't dare to open the door like that day, but fortunately, the window was ajar, and the drama downstairs could be heard clearly.

But listening to it, Qing Zhi was a little sleepy, propped up on the windowsill with one hand, and was dazed. Suddenly she heard the door being pushed open, she thought it was the third brother coming, and greeted her with a smile, both of them were stunned.

"Third son?" The first time she came to the South Building, Zhao Chulin brought her here, and the second time she came by herself, she could still meet him.

Zhao Chulin obviously didn't expect it, but he pushed the door straight open but saw that it was Qingzhi, which was really rude, so he explained: "I heard the shopkeeper say that Zi'an is here, but I didn't expect it to be the third girl, it's rude." ”

Qing Zhi came to report the name of the third brother, so that the third brother came to her, Zhao Chulin misunderstood, and Qing Zhi said: "It's okay, the third brother is busy with errands, so I have to come later." ”

"Yes, he has been in some trouble recently, so I said how he still has the leisure to come to the South Building, it turned out that the third girl was here."

"Trouble?"

"It's not a big deal, the third girl doesn't need to worry." The internal problems of Guozijian cannot be explained clearly in a sentence or two.

The time when the two of them said these few words at the door was seen by people with bad intentions, Xie Qingrui had asked a few noble girls to come to the South Building, she came early and waited first, and she saw such a good show.

"Yo, isn't this my third sister? What do lonely men and widows say privately? ”

Qing Zhi lowered her face coldly: "Why is the eldest sister confused, since she says private things, she should say it in the house, what can she say when she stands at the door?" ”

"Is it reasonable for you to meet a foreign man privately?" Xie Qingrui sneered.

Zhao Chulin turned his back to her, she didn't know who was standing in front of Qing Zhi, but she didn't care who it was, it was enough for her to know that this was a man.

"I'm afraid the eldest girl has misunderstood, I'm here to find Zi'an, and I don't know that the third girl is here." Zhao Chulin explained.

Xie Qingrui was stunned for a moment, only to know that it was the third son of Pingnan Wangfu, but she still continued: "My third brother is busy with official business, how can he come here at this hour? Besides, if the third sister has misbehaved, I should tell my grandmother and second aunt about it, so as not to ruin the reputation of my Xie Mansion outside. ”

Zhao Chulin frowned, Qingzhi didn't want him to be talked about, so he was angry and hurriedly said: "Since the third brother hasn't come over yet, it's better for the third son of Zhao to leave first, our sisters are talking, and it is not convenient for the third prince to be here." ”

As soon as Zhao Chulin left, Qingzhi closed the door of the room, and Xie Qingrui sneered: "What? Afraid of being known for doing shameless things? ”

Qingzhi didn't care what she said about herself, but since Zhao Chulin was involved, she didn't allow anyone to pour dirty water on him.

"What shameless thing? Big sister is talking about it. ”

"You don't stay in the mansion, what are you doing in the South Building by yourself? How could it be so coincidental that he met Zhao Sangongzi? Some people are flattering the marquise on the one hand, and pestering the prince of the palace on the other, which is really a good calculation. ”

"It's a pity that the eldest sister doesn't talk about books, I came to the South Building because the third brother asked me to come here to wait for him, I don't believe you can go and ask the third brother, and besides, isn't the eldest sister also coming to the South Building?"

Xie Qingrui raised her eyebrows, "I made an appointment with a friend, and it's not the same as you who sneak around with a foreign man." ”

"I told you that the third brother asked me to come......"

"Leave it for you to go back and explain it to your grandmother, I won't listen." Xie Qingrui shouted as she went to open the door to leave.

Qingzhi quickly stepped forward to stop her, Xie Qingrui glared at her angrily: "What do you want to do?" ”

Qing Zhi approached her, imposing: "If you dare to shout for half a sentence, I will shake out the matter of Yuan Xiaoniang's resale of the property, if you don't let me feel better, don't think that I will let you go!" ”

"You!" Xie Qingrui was shocked, "How do you know?" ”

"I know so much! Don't think that I let you bully like my second sister, walk out of this door today, you dare to say half a word! Qingzhi forced her to the door, Xie Qingrui calmed down for a moment, she knew that Xie Qingzhi had done it when the fish died and the net was broken, so she pretended to be calm: "If you don't say it, you won't say it, I'm too lazy to care about your pickled things." ”

At this moment, Zhao Chulin was outside the door, listening to the words of the two sisters, after Qingzhi let him go, he thought about it and couldn't leave Qingzhi alone, it was about the reputation of the girl's family, and he had to explain it clearly.

But when he turned around, he found the door closed, and before he could say anything, he heard these words in the room.