Jiang Congwen's eyes were slightly distressed, and he intimately patted the dust off Wang Rubi's knees, then looked at Zhang Cen Zhen, and said majestically: "What's going on?" ”

Zhang Cen Zhen wanted to answer, but Wang Rubi was one step ahead of her, knelt down again, her face was full of self-blame, and said: "Master Hou doesn't blame my sister, I made a mistake, and my sister taught me a lesson." ”

Jiang Congwen frowned at this time, looked at Zhang Cenzhen, and asked in a deep voice, "What mistake did the third lady make?" ”

Wang Rubi secretly looked at Zhang Cenzhen's reaction, and at an unknown angle, the corners of her mouth hooked up with a smile, this smile happened to be seen by Zhang Cenzhen, and her heart suddenly burst into anger.

Zhang Cen Zhen tried her best to suppress her emotions, bowed, knelt down, and explained: "Back to the Hou Ye, the concubine came to my sister today just for the important matter that my sister came to me to discuss this morning, and she has no other intention. ”

Wang Rubi didn't speak, just cried softly on the side, Zhang Cengzhen raised her eyes slightly, and when she saw Jiang Congwen's expression, she was wronged in her heart, her eyes were red, but she knelt there neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Jiang Congwen looked at the two people kneeling in front of him, how could she not understand the heart of the two of them for many years, he was in the officialdom, how could he not know that the battle in the back house was like a palace fight, thinking about it like this, Jiang Congwen helped the two of them up, and said loudly: "Since it's because of this, it's okay, tell me about it." ”

Wang Rubi said: "Back to the Hou Ye, since the Hou Ye asked the concubine to assist her sister in managing the back house, the concubine did not dare to slack off at all, so when the concubine handled the account books today, she found that another amount of silver with great expenses was in and out, but she did not report it in the account books, and the concubine was afraid that something would go wrong, so early this morning, she went to find her sister, and she never thought about ......it" The words were terminated in a timely manner.

When Jiang Congwen heard this, his eyes never left Zhang Cenzhen, and said: "Second lady, you have always been in charge of all matters in the family, and no one else has been involved. ”

"Master Hou, the concubine really doesn't know, the concubine has worked hard all these years, all for this family, how can she be careless about this?"

Jiang Congwen stretched out a hand to Wang Rubi, although his eyes didn't look at her, he said to her, "Take the account book to Ben Hou to see." ”

Wang Rubi hurriedly ordered someone to go to the house to take out the account book, and the maidservant handed over the account book to Wang Rubi to be valued, Wang Rubi took a look, and then handed it over to Jiang Congwen in person.

Jiang Congwen looked at it, there was no big problem with the others, but a month and a half ago, there was a large expenditure that was not reported, Jiang Congwen thought about it carefully, a month and a half ago, it was the death day of the first emperor, Zhang Cen Zhen once said that he was going to the temple to pray for the first emperor, presumably it was the chaos that happened at that time, and it was also the silver used at that time, but what the silver was used for, it is unknown.

Jiang Congwen suddenly threw the account book on the table, although he knew that it might be a means used by two women to compete for favor, but the evidence was conclusive, and he also became angry, pointing at Zhang Cen Zhen and saying: "In vain, I am very kind to you on weekdays, but I do things like this, how can you let me rest assured that I will hand over the power of the family to you in the future?" ”

Zhang Cenzhen knew that the account book had been manipulated by Wang Rubi before, but this explanation would only make Jiang Congwen more upset, so he spoke, but as soon as the word Hou Ye came out, Wang Rubi grabbed the conversation.

Wang Rubi said: "Hou Ye is angry. My sister has been in charge of the house for a few days, the concubine is sick and bedridden all the year round, my sister shares the burden for Hou Ye, and she works hard, there must be times when she makes mistakes, and her sister's ability, Hou Ye is also clear, so let my sister spare this time. As he spoke, he coughed twice, and the more he coughed, the more fierce he became, and he coughed up blood.

Jiang Congwen hurriedly helped her smooth out and helped her up.

In fact, Jiang Congwen didn't really get angry with Zhang Cenzhen, but there was indeed a problem in the account book, and what Wang Rubi said was indeed true, and he couldn't deal with it simply, otherwise these two women didn't know what would happen in private, so he sighed, two women in one play, he was a man, and he didn't have to interfere too much, as long as it was harmless to him, so he turned his head, looked at Zhang Cenzhen and said: "That's it, I think you serve me with all your heart and soul, and you work hard in charge of the house, this time, I won't pursue it more and punish you for half a month, Every day, I go to the Buddhist hall to copy the scriptures and calm down. ”

Zhang Cen Zhen endured the grievances in her heart and responded, watching Jiang Congwen help Wang Rubi into the house, a wave of anger in her heart soared, and she clenched her fists tightly.

Let's talk about it again.

Wang Rubi snuggled into Jiang Congwen's arms and entered the house, and the appearance of the little bird made Jiang Congwen feel pity.

Sitting on the couch, the couch made a slight sound.

Wang Rubi made a gesture and said quite embarrassedly: "Let the Hou Ye see it, the concubine is simple here, and the Hou Ye is afraid that she will be wronged." ”

Jiang Congwen glanced around the room, several walls already had cracks, the only thing was that the flowers and plants in the courtyard were eye-catching, and he felt guilty all of a sudden, although he didn't say that this was his Jiang Congwen's wife, but if he looked at it, the place where the maidservants in the house lived was probably better than this.

Jiang Congwen was a little uncomfortable, sighed and said: "It's really simple, except for the fragrant flowers blooming in this courtyard, there is nothing good, tomorrow I will let people clean up and move to the attic of Xiyuan." ”

When Wang Rubi heard this, she was naturally overjoyed, but she still had to pretend, quickly got up, knelt down in front of Jiang Congwen, and said: "Lord Hou is good to the concubine, and the concubine naturally remembers it in his heart, but the concubine has been recuperating and clean here in the past few years, and she also likes the flowers and plants planted in the courtyard here, forget it." ”

Jiang Congwen immediately became serious: "No, I was negligent and inconsiderate to you in the past." It's so decided, tomorrow I will explain to the housekeeper, let the housekeeper take care of everything, you just go in and live, as for these flowers and plants, I will ask the housekeeper to invite the flower farmer to come, transplant the past. ”

Wang Rubi didn't say anything anymore, and Jiang Congwen helped her up, slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, and smiled heartstrings.

In this way, the moontop treetops, the silver-white moonlight is as bright as the starlight, the shadows of the trees sway under the moonlight, the breeze caresses, through the portal, blowing the light veil in front of the two people.

Lanyue Pavilion.

Jiang Yu just finished washing, sat at the table and read the book, Qinghe ran in with broken steps, bowed, and whispered to Jiang Yu: "Miss, the second aunt has kept the empty room." ”

When Jiang Yu heard this, she nodded and smiled, and raised her head from the book: "It seems that the third aunt did not disappoint us." ”

Qing He also smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Then Miss, should we do something?" ”

Jiang Yu thought about it for a while, clubbed her chin with one hand, her small mouth pursed slightly, and after a while, she got up, smiled, very cute, and said: "Qinghe, wait for me to change your clothes, I'm a little sleepy." ”

Qinghe didn't understand it a little, but after all, it was the master, and since the master had spoken, she had no choice but to do it.