"Okay, do you have to ask me, or do you want to tell yourself?"

Zheng Lingyi had already guessed this matter, but she still wanted to hear Zhou Niang's future situation clearly, lest Zheng Lingyi misunderstand and wronged that person.

Zhou Niang didn't speak, I don't know if she was hard-mouthed, or she was so scared that she couldn't even speak, Zheng Lingyi looked at her little face and turned pale, it should be the latter.

"In the past, I only knew that Aunt Tong was the embroidery lady in the house, but I didn't know that she also had a sister who was also in the embroidery room."

Zhou Niang buried her head again, and said almost inaudibly: "The slave doesn't dare to climb high." ”

Zheng Lingyi thought this was very interesting, and laughed lightly.

Her soft laughter fell on Zhou Niang's ears, which seemed inexplicably terrifying.

Zheng Lingyi slowly took a sip of the teacup, turned his wrist, put the teacup down lightly, and said to Zhou Niang: "You are quite good at talking." ”

Zhou Niang didn't speak again, only shook her head vigorously.

Lu Zhu felt that Zhou Niang was pretending, so she said impatiently: "Do you think you can end this matter without speaking?" It's too simple to think about, if you don't invite it, you will be rewarded with a prototype first! ”

Zhou Niang suddenly clenched her hand into a fist to protect her chest, as an embroidery girl, she can't hurt her hand anywhere if she hurts.

"That day, my sister came to see me secretly, I, after we talked a few words, I said that I was too busy with the work at hand, and I couldn't say a few more words to her, so I had to leave first."

"Sister, my sister said that she was very idle, she wanted me, asked me to bring a few pieces, and she did it for me."

"The young lady also said that the garment was well made, and that she would reward me, and that it was so, why, why should you punish me?"

Zhou Niang said while crying, she was really afraid and wronged, although she was stumbling, she also made things clear.

"Look up." Zheng Lingyi listened to her explanation with difficulty, and only said two words.

Zhou Niang slowly straightened up and looked at Zheng Lingyi, sobbing sideways, it was really not beautiful.

"If that's all there is to it, then what are you afraid of?" Seeing her like this, Luzhu seemed to be an uninformed and puzzled question.

"My aunt is not allowed to go out of the inner courtyard without permission, I, I made an appointment with my sister, and we will meet at the side door every few days, but I am just talking!"

Having said that, there is nothing to hide, Zhou Niang looked at Zheng Lingyi at a loss, and said, "The slave maid only thought that you were here for this matter, so I was afraid." But I don't know, I don't know what else you want to know? ”

Listening to Zhou Niang's tone and looking at her expression, it didn't seem like she was telling a lie.

Zheng Lingyi looked at her quietly for a while, and saw that Zhou Niang was flustered, but she was still confused.

"Since it is so difficult for you sisters to see each other," Zheng Lingyi said with a smile on the corner of her lips, "Luzhu, go and invite Aunt Dong to come, and I will also come to do a favor and let your sisters talk in my quiet residence." ”

Zhou Niang knew that this matter was not so simple, but she couldn't figure out why Zheng Lingyi was here, but it was always good to be able to see her sister, and if there was any misunderstanding, she could talk about it.

Zhou Niang's heart was settled, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and said, "Thank you, Third Young Lady." ”

Zheng Lingyi glanced at her, and saw that Zhou Niang's expression was still a little slack, so he couldn't help but believe her a little more, but he still remained silent, and said in his heart, "If it's really a show, my skills are better than mine." ’

Zheng Lingyi deliberately treated Zhou Niang coldly, blindly eating tea and reading the accounts, until Luzhu brought Aunt Tong to her, she lazily closed the account book and handed it to Luzhu to put it properly.

Today is the first time Zheng Lingyi has seen Aunt Tong, which is not surprising, who would go out of his way to see his father-in-law's aunt if he is okay on weekdays.

Aunt Tong is a little soft, although she can see her age at a glance, her eyes are black and white, and she is still as smart as she can speak, and the rest of her facial features are flat, and her mouth is especially similar to Zhou Niang, which looks round and blunt.

Although she is an elder in love, Aunt Tong can't take her turn to let Zheng Lingyi be polite, seeing her nervous appearance, Zheng Lingyi inevitably thinks of Aunt Jiang's careful handling in front of the Lu family and even a few sisters-in-law in the past.

Before he could open his mouth, his heart softened by half a point, this is not possible, Zheng Lingyi was silent for a moment, then hardened his heart again, and mocked: "Aunt Tong's craftsmanship in making clothes is really good, but it is a bit wasteful to use it on such a piece of clothing." ”

Aunt Tong really thought that Zheng Ling was praising herself, so she smiled a little crampedly, the joy in her eyebrows and eyes was very real, and said: "The third young lady is serious, and the things given to the third young master are not too particular, not to mention that the third young master is allowed to wear it to the examination room." I'm also afraid that my craftsmanship is rough and I will embarrass the third young master. ”

Aunt Tong was smiling, but it can be seen that Zheng Lingyi listened to her words, but she just turned her head away, looked at her with interest, and didn't say a word.

And Zhou Niang was still kneeling on the ground, her face was stained with tears, and the current situation was obviously not as simple as Luzhu Fang said to invite their sisters to reunite.

When they first met, Aunt Tong felt that this young lady was amazing, but at this time she was frightened, she put away her smile awkwardly and became nervous again.

"Aunt Tong knew early on that dress for the third young master to wear to the examination room?" Seeing that Aunt Tong was no longer smiling, Zheng Lingyi laughed instead and said.

Although Aunt Tong didn't know what she was doing in such detail, when she saw her smile, she also smiled and said, "How can I know this, it was the fourth young master who told me." ”

"Oh?" Zheng Lingyi looked surprised and stretched out his hand to Lu Zhu, who handed her a small box.

Zheng Lingyi opened the small box, took out the paper stick hidden in the box, sipped it between his fingers and showed it to Aunt Tong, and said, "Then this is also what the fourth young master asked you to put in?" ”

"Why did the third young lady take this out!? The fourth young master said that if this rune paper is known to people, it will not work, how can you ......

Aunt Tong is not stupid, and when she said this, she suddenly connected many inexplicable places, and said lightly: "This is not a rune paper, right?" Cong'er, Cong'er, what did he let me put in? ”

Zheng Lingyi unfolded the paper stick, flattened it and showed it to Aunt Tong, and said: "I think my aunt should be illiterate, but I can also see that this is a piece of paper full of words, so carefully hidden in the clothes, if someone searches out, my husband will not want to take the road of the imperial examination in his life." ”

Aunt Tong softened her body as if she had lost her strength, took a big step back and almost fell, but Zhou Niang pounced and protected her.

Zheng Lingyi lowered his eyes, hiding a little pity, and when he raised his eyes again, he was already cold.

Aunt Tong eased up a little, then struggled to climb to Zheng Lingyi's feet, grabbed her skirt, and said, "Third Young Lady, Cong'er has taken a detour for a while, please spare him this time, spare him this time." ”

She was about to hit the ground with her head, but fortunately, the green bead eye quickly grabbed her, otherwise it would be blood, and it would be wrong for Zheng Lingyi to spread it.

"As soon as the fourth brother failed the exam, he thought about ruining his future like this, and even did not hesitate to drag his aunt to you on this trip to troubled waters, such a narrow-minded, unfilial and unfilial person, my aunt will still save more private space for herself in the future, and don't count on this son when she is old."

Every time Zheng Lingyi said a word, Aunt Tong, who was struggling to kowtow to her and confess her guilt, was quiet for a minute, and in the end, she didn't move, and her eyes were already full of defeat.

Zhou Niang knew the ins and outs of the matter, and also complained about Wu Cong's actions, and felt even more sorry for her sister, and found that Aunt Tong's hands were cold, so she held them tightly and said: "Sister, sister, you talk to my brother well, he will figure it out, he will figure it out." ”

"It's all my fault." Aunt Tong muttered, like a rumor that had lost her mind.

Zhou Niang hurriedly comforted: "Sister, how could it be your fault?" You......

"What's wrong with you?" Zheng Lingyi said with a straight face.

Aunt Tong looked at Zheng Lingyi, but her eyes were still sloppy, and Zheng Lingyi asked again, "Why do you think it's your fault?" ”

Her voice was like a cup of cold tea splashed on her face, and Aunt Tong's consciousness was dragged back, but her eyes were even darker.

"Cong'er has a high heart, I know, if it weren't for the birth in my belly, he would ......

Zheng Lingyi listened to half of the sentence and already knew what Aunt Tong was going to say next.

Memories flooded in, almost drowning her, Zheng Lingyi shook his head and said, "My aunt always thought like this before. ”

Her expression was both lonely and gentle, Aunt Tong had a tear hanging on her eyelashes, and there was a trace of incomprehension in her eyes when she looked at Zheng Lingyi.

"If you are born in the belly of Mrs. Zhengtou, you don't need to pick up other people's old materials to wear, and you don't need to get up to say hello when the sky is bright, and you don't need to live on thin ice, right?"

Listening to this, Aunt Tong's tears fell, and she said, "Isn't that what the young lady thinks?" ”

Zheng Lingyi's eyes were hot, tears were always uncontrollable, she moved her face indifferently, so that no one could see her tears.

"There are a thousand things that are not good, but I am as good, I have her, my biological mother, with her, everything has been resisted."

Her words fell on Aunt Tong's heart like countless candle tears, hot and painful, making her heart warm, but it hurt badly.

Aunt Tong is also a mother, she looked at Zheng Lingyi's silhouette and felt a sense of pity.

Zheng Lingyi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and when she looked at Aunt Tong, she returned to a calm face, "Aunt Tong thinks, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Aunt Tong's heart was hit by this sentence again, she was both afraid and guilty, gritted her teeth and said, "As long as the young lady leaves him alive." ”

"My aunt can't help but think highly of me." Zheng Lingyi laughed at himself and said, "Now that I'm not in charge, how can I shout and kill the fourth brother?" ”

"That?" Aunt Tong's mind was confused, and she didn't know how to respond.

Zheng Lingyi also felt that he was funny, pretending to be so fierce that he couldn't do it in the end.

"I don't want to get involved in this matter, it hurts the fourth brother's future face, you go and tell your father-in-law yourself, it is always natural for him to discipline the fourth brother."

Aunt Tong and Zhou Niang were naturally happy when they saw Zheng Lingyi raised it high and put it down gently, and hurriedly wanted to kowtow to Zheng Lingyi to thank her.

"I'm sure I'm going to teach the general a good lesson......

Aunt Tong was only halfway through her words when she was interrupted by a noisy voice outside.