A small hidden teahouse in the capital.

Diancui took a sip of tea, ate a few sweet almonds, and said: "Although the Gui family is wealthy, they will never take the initiative to bully others, and this time they are considered to have mercy." "Xin'er's father and mother have been on the water all the year round, and they once took the life of a scholar from other places, if it weren't for the fact that it was difficult to collect evidence after a long time, it would have been a hundred times since they were sent to prison. At the moment, Grandma Lu only destroyed their boats, smashed houses, and scared old things, so they ran away overnight.

"After taking so many silver taels, leaving the capital and returning to their hometown Caizhou should be the best place for them." Xin'er waited for her father and brother to leave the capital, and finally could meet Diancui generously, and it was here to explain the errand at this time.

"How's it going?" Diancui asked.

"According to your instructions, I went to the Linjia Village on the outskirts of the city, and only spent two taels of silver to rent a small courtyard with complete houses, and there is an old azalea in the small courtyard, which is blooming at this time, and the fragrance is red, but unfortunately you can't see it, hey......" Xin'er said with her eyebrows fluttering, and said that she realized that she was far away, and quickly looked at Diancui's face, and saw that she was not impatient, so she smiled at ease.

Then he said, don't worry, "Diancui was also happy to see her bright appearance, after going through so many things, she can still come out, which is not something ordinary people can do."

Xin'er scratched her head embarrassedly, and said: "The family surnamed Qian you said is really strange, although they live in the village, they are completely different from other villagers, they don't go to the fields and don't work, they wear silk and satin, and there are people around them." They were arrogant, but they seemed to be very wary of outsiders, and I once went up to talk to them, but they didn't pay any attention to them. ”

While talking about the letter, he was not angry, although he was well dressed, but his words and deeds were no different from those of the vulgar villagers, and he frowned and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, master, I think about it, their family has been recruiting maids recently, I can mix in, and I can always find some clues." ”

"Then be careful, don't be discovered." Diancui instructed.

"Don't worry." Xin'er said coolly, then drank tea for a while, and carefully put on the power fence and left the small teahouse in advance.

Diancui drank tea for a while, and felt that it was almost over, so he paid for the tea and went to the workshop to stay with the Snow Girl. helped those mothers-in-law and maids get new jewelry, and Diancui no longer delayed, and hurried back home.

"Diancui, you can be considered back," Ruohe was already waiting in the kitchen of the west courtyard, and when he saw Diancui, he stepped forward and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and go to the bath and change clothes, the eldest lady is waiting for you." ”

"Miss Ruohe has been waiting for you for a long time, hurry up, let Xiaomei do the work here." Aunt Xing also said.

"Sister Ruohe, do you know what the eldest lady is looking for me for?" Walking on the road, Diancui asked Ruohe.

She has been in the kitchen of this west courtyard for two or three months, and Gui Chuyu has not looked for her again, because she has been living a fairly idle life, and today she suddenly came to find it, and Diancui couldn't figure out what medicine she sold in her gourd, so she couldn't help but want to find out about Ruohe.

Ruohe thought for a while and said, "I don't know what I'm looking for you for, but what I know is that it's our wife's birthday in a few days, and the kitchens of several of your yards have to cook, so I want to find you for this matter?" Ruohe said and felt that it was not, shook his head and muttered to himself, If the eldest lady is really willing to pay attention to Madame's affairs, Madame will not be happy.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the eldest lady, how is the young lady lately?" Dian Cui said as if he had no intention of doing so.

Ruohe looked at no one around, approached her and said: "Recently, the eldest lady doesn't know what's wrong, she is always preoccupied, she has been reprimanded by the master several times in class absent-mindedly, and when she comes back, she loses her temper at people for no reason, and now everyone in this courtyard is cautious and silent, for fear of touching the eldest lady's brows, you have to be careful when you go to talk and do things this time, you know."

Sure enough, when Diancui and the others entered the courtyard of the eldest lady, they saw Qiu Yue standing under the begonia tree with red eyes.

"Sister Qiuyue, be careful!" Dian Cui saw that she was holding the scissors and raising her hand to pick up a half-opened begonia flower, but for some reason the scissors were not held steadily and almost pierced into her own hand.

While shouting, Dian Cui stepped forward and grabbed the scissors and held Qiu Yue's arm with one hand.

Qiu Yue's arm trembled, as if it was in pain, and Dian Cui inadvertently looked at the exposed arm, which was actually bruised and purple.

"Thank you," If it weren't for Diancui today, her hand would be useless today, Qiu Yue said and glanced at the few maids in the yard who bowed their heads and pretended to be stupid, with a chill and resentment.

Diancui hurriedly returned the salute and didn't dare.

"Let's go in, Miss is waiting inside." Qiu Yue said lightly.

Diancui nodded and took the scissors and gold tray in her hand, and went up to gently cut a garcinia yellow begonia and placed it in the tray.

"Miss Diancui, eldest lady, she likes red." Qiu Yue kindly reminded.

"Sister, don't worry, I've been looking at red for a long time, change the color and see if Miss will like it." Diancui smiled and comforted, and then lightly raised her steps and entered the upper room under Qiu Yue's worried gaze.

"You're here," Gui Chuyu was in front of the mirror, fiddling with her hair bun by Dongxue, and she didn't look back at her when Dian Cui came in, but said lightly: "I heard that life in the kitchen of the west courtyard is very good, and I was named by my wife and promoted to a third-class maid, and I received such a good errand, and now in which courtyard is the maid and wife in this mansion not rushing to please you?" I think you're more comfortable here than I am. ”

"The slave doesn't dare, the eldest lady is serious, Diancui can have today thanks to the eldest lady not disliking it, and brought me into the home." Diancui hurriedly lowered his head and said respectfully.

Gui Chuyu snorted, "It's good if you know." ”

"You tap! Clumsy, you can't even comb your hair well, I think the title of a maid like you is really in vain! Gui Chuyu suddenly scolded the winter snow beside him angrily.

It's just that she doesn't know that the reason why Dongxue can be a first-class maid is not to comb her hair, but to be literate and settle accounts, and it is precisely because of this that the Wu family gave Dongxue to Gui Chuyu, but Gui Chuyu didn't take it seriously at all, she just felt that the maid was a maid, and she could do some lowly work to serve people. Besides, she can't keep up with her own knowledge, and the most taboo thing is that the people under her are full of poetry and books. Although Dongxue is not good at talking, she is not stupid, since she knew Gui Chuyu's thoughts, she didn't dare to expose her skills.

Winter Snow Mumu's blessing was a blessing and went down silently.

"Miss, let's make hairpins for you." Diancui held up the yellow begonia and said with a smile.

Gui Chuyu glanced at this begonia, her eyes lit up unconsciously, in fact, she didn't like red, but she liked yellow, but it was a pity that she had to please the old lady to pretend to like red, after a long time, she would inevitably be upset and disgusted when she saw red.

"This yellow begonia is not bad, but it's a pity that none of those long-eyed girls have seen its wonders, and give me some cheesy red flowers every day. Okay, count your cleverness, come over and put on the hairpin. Gui Chuyu said smugly.

Well! Diancui smiled slightly, stepped forward and lightly and carefully put the hairpin under the sideburns of Gui Chuyu's ear, and dipped a drop of water in a willow branch, carefully dotted on the petals, which made it look like a dewdrop.

"You're so ...... Is it really the stupid emerald I know? Gui Chuyu said with a smile while looking in the mirror.

Diancui also smiled and said: "In the next few years, I begged for a living by my father's mother's side, if my brain was not alive, I am afraid I would not be able to see Miss." ”

When Gui Chuyu heard this, he looked up at her, sighed and said, "Speaking of which, you are also a pitiful, do you hate them?" ”

Dian Cui knew that she was referring to Qian Lao and the four of them, so he smiled and said: "It's not hateful, after all, there is kindness." ”

"That's a good thing," Gui Chuyu praised: "You can't forget your roots, you are more hearty than them, they only know how to persuade me to cherish the present, don't have anything to do with those people before, but ......"

Gui Chuyu is living a good life now, and she can't help but worry about the family in Linjia Village on the outskirts of the city, and she can't tell others about this matter, and only Diancui can understand her mood, so she can't help but complain a word or two in front of Diancui.

"Hey!" Gui Chuyu sighed leisurely, thinking that another day, she would secretly send some money to the Qian family, her brother also grew up, and naturally had to find an errand, and then thought about why this young master who returned home was idle every day, and her brother had to work for errands!

Diancui put on a sympathetic look on his face, but he was quite angry in his heart, you are now returning home to be the much-anticipated eldest lady, and you are still not satisfied, thinking about how to use the wealth of the return home to seek benefits for the biological parents surnamed Qian, it is shameless to the extreme!

"I heard that a few days ago, a son in the west courtyard made a business," Gui Chuyu picked up a wheat stalk and stirred a cup of milk, took a shallow sip, and asked idly.

"Who is the other party?"

Diancui said that the bitter master was a poor fisherman's girl.

"Bitter Lord?" Gui Chuyu put down the green jade cup and sneered: "What kind of bitter master is she, if you want to complain, you can complain about her life, obviously she is just a fisherman and still wants to seduce the young master of the family, isn't she embarrassing herself." I heard that he jumped into the river and died? ”

Diancui nodded silently.

"Today's women from the common people in the capital, many of them are prosperous and easy to be emotionally moved by singing, but unfortunately they can't meet any good people, and they can only bury their youth in vain." Gui Chuyu shook his head and said with emotion.

"I don't know what the eldest lady has to tell the slave to come?" Diancui asked softly, and had to quickly hide the disgust in his eyes by speaking.

"Miss?" Diancui reminded softly.

"Oh, you come with me," Gui Chuyu led Diancui into the inner room, and then took out a letter from under the pillow, thought about it and blushed a little and took out a sweat towel from the box.

handed them over to Diancui, glanced at her, and said, "You send them to the Taichang Temple Qing Mansion." ”

"Too ...... Changji Qing Mansion? Diancui shuddered and muttered.

"Come on, don't pretend, you and I know what happened that day, if you are told to go, you will go, and if you go, you can just say that you can find the second son." Gui Chuyu only thought that she was afraid of pretending to be stupid, so she covered her mouth and said angrily.

"Miss, this matter is inappropriate...... Dian Cui said hesitantly.

Gui Chuyu's eyebrows were raised, and a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes: "The events of that day were originally encountered by yourself, Miss Ben can still spare your life, you have to think about it, how to repay me, this is just a little thing, if you can't do it well, what's the use of you!" ”

Seeing this, Dian Cui had to take it and retreat without a word, and Gui Chuyu watched her leave with an unpredictable expression, with a smug look in her eyes for a while, and a hint of unwillingness for a while.