When Ji Yanning returned to the mansion, he saw two maids kneeling in the courtyard.

She stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

The two maids kowtowed to Ji Yanning in unison, and one of them said: "The eldest lady forgives the sin, the slaves and maids had a conflict with the pearl girl and the Ying'er girl today, and after thinking about it, I felt that I had done something wrong, so I came to ask the eldest lady for guilt." ”

Ji Yanning glanced at the two maids and did not answer.

Another maid said: "Although Miss Ying'er is the one who fights first, but ......"

"Since I knew that I was wrong, I went to them to apologize. Ji Yanning interrupted her and continued, "If they forgive you for this, it's fine. ”

The two who originally wanted to sue looked stunned, but they didn't expect the eldest lady to want to send them away without even asking the reason.

If so, wouldn't they really have to bow to the pearl and the warbler?

The kneeling maid hurriedly explained: "Miss, the slave said a few words because she was too much of a pearl, but I didn't expect Ying'er to rush over and beat someone......"

Ji Yanning's expression was not wavering, listening to their words, as if he was listening to something commonplace.

Seeing Miss like this, Ziyu knew that she had a plan in her heart, and asked softly: "Miss, why don't you let Pearl and Ying'er come over and ask, what is going on." ”

Ji Yanning walked to the stool next to the stone table and sat down, and said, "Look for them." ”

After a while, Pearl and Ying'er came to the courtyard.

Pearl glanced at the two maids, and knew why the young lady had called them.

It turned out that the wicked sued first!

She stepped forward to salute Ji Yanning and said, "Miss, this incident was caused by the slave maid, Ying'er is just helping the slave maid, please don't punish her." ”

Ji Yanning said: "You tell me about it." ”

The pearl shook her head and told the matter as it was, but she didn't add oil and vinegar.

However, after she finished speaking, the two maids looked aggrieved, bowed their heads and said, "That medicinal herb is obviously the pearl itself soaked in water, why did we deliberately make trouble." ”

"Whether you are deliberately causing trouble, you know very well in your hearts. Pearl said coldly, "Those medicinal materials were all prepared by Bao'an Hall in advance, and some of them are very precious, how could I use them to make a joke?"

The maid bit her lip, bowed her head and said: "Since the pearl girl has to say so, I can't help it, you are a first-class maid, we naturally can't afford to provoke it, you say yes, we are willing to accept the punishment." ”

This attitude, this tone, although it is an admission of punishment, is not an admission of mistakes.

It was as if he had been greatly wronged.

Pearl looked at them and scolded in her heart, what a shamelessness!

Ji Yanning looked at them, this kind of little trick was embarrassed to show off in front of her, was she really a fool?

She said, "Since the two of you have admitted your mistakes, you should be punished to work on the Zhuangzi." ”

The two maids looked at her in astonishment, and did not react for a moment.

Ji Yanning turned his head to look at the pearl: "Since the medicinal materials can't be used, then go to Bao'an Hall to get a new one." ”

Pearl bowed her head and said, "The slave has gone and fetched a new one." ”

Ji Yanning said: "If it's okay, that's it, you will first familiarize yourself with the medicinal materials in the next few days." ”

Pearl chin headed, I didn't expect the young lady to choose to believe her like this.

Ji Yanning was just about to get up, but the two maids hurriedly knelt down and stepped forward to block her way: "Miss, this matter is obviously the fault of Pearl and Ying'er, why do you punish us to go to Zhuangzi!"

"Yes, why does Miss believe in Pearl and not believe us? We have been with Miss for two years before they arrived at the Ji Mansion, which is not fair. ”

"Unfair?" Ji Yanning's face turned cold, and his cold gaze swept towards the two maids, and the corners of his lips hooked up a mocking smile, as if he had heard something funny.

Seeing that Ji Yanning was obviously angry, the two maids raised their heads even lower, and their hearts became empty.

The eldest lady's gaze seems to be able to see through people.

"Raise your head!" Ji Yanning scolded coldly.

The two maids and one spirit, their bodies trembled slightly, and they immediately raised their heads.

Ji Yanning looked at them: "Say it again." ”

They had never seen such a young lady, and her momentum was overwhelming, especially those eyes, as if they had seen through everything, and the two maids were so frightened that they immediately lowered their heads to the ground.

"Miss spare your life! The slave didn't deliberately lie to you! The slave knows it's wrong, we shouldn't bully Pearl and sue first!"

"Please Miss don't let us go to Zhuangzi! We really know it's wrong, and we don't dare anymore!"

Even the pearls and warblers on the side were frightened by this posture.

Ji Yanning retracted his gaze: "I won't take back what I said, if you don't want to go to Zhuangzi, then go to Yaxing." ”

"No, miss, the slave is willing to go to Zhuangzi!"

The two maids are now too late to regret it, and they would have known that they would not have gone to find Pearl and Ying'er's bad luck, how did they know that the young lady was so difficult to fool.

Ji Yanning turned his head to look at Pearl and Ying'er: "I hope there won't be a second time for such a thing." ”

Pearl and Ying'er lowered their heads in unison: "The slave knows." ”

They are the first-class maids beside the young lady, and their duty is to serve the young lady closely, deal with the affairs in the yard, and manage the other subordinates in the yard.

Ji Yanning returned to the room, leaving the two maids with dead faces on their knees.

The other maids who were originally watching the show in secret saw this result, and they also put away their troubled thoughts.

It's good to be able to work in the young lady's courtyard, if you go to Zhuangzi to do some dirty work, then you can't live that day, and what's worse is that you will be sold to the tooth shop again, and your reputation will be bad, and you will naturally not be able to go to a better person to be a maid.

"Now the other subordinates naturally don't dare to make waves anymore. Ziyu served Ji Yanning tea and said, "When Madame was here, everyone was well-behaved, and they thought that Miss was so foolish!"

Ji Yanning's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused.

"My Mother ......"

Ziyu thought that she had touched the young lady's sadness, so she said, "The slave didn't mean it. ”

Ji Yanning drank all the tea in the teacup and looked up at Ziyu: "Do I look like my mother?"

Ziyu reacted at this time, she couldn't remember many things after the young lady fell into the water, and she needed to remind her, but she didn't expect that the young lady actually forgot about the lady.

"Naturally, they look alike, and others will know that they are mother and daughter at a glance. Ziyu said.

Ji Yanning asked, "Why haven't I heard about my grandfather's family?"

Ziyu said: "I heard that Mrs. is from Chang'an, I haven't heard her talk about her mother's family, and my lord won't let me mention it." ”

It's Chang'an's ...... again Ji Yanning asked, "Then what is my mother's name?"

"Madame's name is Liu Xi'er. ”

"Smack-" The teacup in Ji Yanning's hand fell to the ground.

Ziyu was taken aback: "What's wrong with Miss?"

Liu Xi'er...... It turned out to be her!

No wonder she felt that her current face was so familiar, it turned out to be Liu Xi'er's daughter.

It's just that she doesn't understand, how can Liu Xi'er say that she is also a young lady of the family, how could she marry a little-known small family in Jiangzhou?

According to Ziyu, Ji Tingsheng only made his fortune more than ten years ago, and before that, life was poor, and it was even more impossible for Liu Xi'er to marry such a person.

Could it be that the Liu family declined later?

Ji Yanning felt that it was even more impossible, if the Liu family really declined, with Liu Xi'er's beauty, the Liu family naturally needed her to marry a better family, instead of returning her to a merchant family in Jiangzhou, and she would not get any benefits.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Ziyu reminded softly.

Ji Yanning came back to his senses and said, "Let Steward Wu come tomorrow, he may know about his mother." ”

Although Ziyu was puzzled, she still answered yes with her chin.

She felt that when the young lady heard the name of the lady, she should have thought of the past, so she was absent-minded.

In the past, she rarely mentioned the lord and the lady in front of the young lady, because she was afraid that the young lady would be sad.

Ji Yanning was still immersed in memories, and before she was alive, she actually didn't have much contact with Liu Xi'er.

She is the eldest granddaughter of Taifu Mansion, and Liu Xi'er is the daughter of the head of the military department, except for occasional communication at banquets held by some young ladies of the family, there is almost no friendship, but Liu Xi'er is good-looking and has a good temperament, so she naturally has some impressions.

But I heard that Liu Xi'er had a stepmother, and she was extremely harsh on her, and because her stepmother gave birth to a daughter and two sons for the Liu family, Liu Xi'er's life in the house was even more difficult.

It's just that she would never have thought that the smiling Liu Xi'er would marry like this.

Maybe she should also prepare and return to Chang'an earlier.

Early the next morning, Steward Wu came to the West Garden.

Ji Yanning had just practiced archery and was about to go to the pharmacy to make medicine.

"Miss. Steward Wu stepped forward and saluted.

Ji Yanning invited him to the study.

"Does Steward Wu know about my grandfather's family?" Ji Yanning asked straight to the point.

Steward Wu shook his head: "This ...... The old slave didn't know. After I arrived at the Ji Mansion, it seems that I had never heard my wife talk about her mother's family, and my lord never mentioned it. ”

Ji Yanning raised his eyebrows slightly, this matter is really strange.

She said: "You send someone to check on the Liu family in Chang'an, I probably remember my mother said that my grandfather once served as the chief director of the military department. ”

Steward Wu nodded, but he was a little surprised in his heart, if his wife was the daughter of the head of the military department, how could he marry Ji Tingsheng?

Suspicion is suspicion, and the young lady's orders still have to be done.

Before Steward Wu left, Zi Su stepped forward and said, "Miss, the Shen family has a letter to Miss." ”

The Shen family, Ji Yanning glanced at Ziyu with some puzzlement.

Ziyu said on the side: "It should be the Shen family who has a marriage contract with Miss in Cangzhou, right?"

Shisu nodded: "Yes." ”

Ji Yanning didn't expect that "she" still had a marriage contract, and frowned slightly.