In the Buddhist hall, the sound of chanting sutras stopped abruptly. But the back of the second lady did not move so quickly.

Shi Qingqian stood behind him, and could only see the second lady gently flicking her finger at the maid, and the maid nodded and walked out with light steps.

"Miss Seven," after leaving the Buddha Hall, her voice dared to be a little louder, and she bowed slightly, and said, "Please move to the tearoom and wait for a while, the second lady salutes the Buddha and recites the scriptures, if it is interrupted, it is disrespectful to the Buddha." ”

Shi Qingqian nodded in understanding, so he took Xiaolian to the ear room on the side of the courtyard.

The Hou Mansion chose this small, but remote and quiet courtyard as a place to worship the Buddha, and the main room was set up as a Buddha hall, one of which was the ear room was a resting place, and the other side was the tea room.

The tea room follows the principle of purity in front of the Buddha, and all the furnishings are the most simple old elm. Although it is plain, it is properly cleaned up, and people will unconsciously calm down when they sit in it.

Xiaolian had just made a pot of Longjing tea for Shi Qingqian, and the tea in the cup had not yet cooled down, so Mrs. Erfang ended her chanting and came to this tea room.

"Miss Seven, I've kept you waiting." Mrs. Erfang knelt down opposite Shi Qingqian, and Xiaolian poured a cup of tea for her.

When Xiaolian handed it over, the second lady took it with both hands, and all the movements were smooth and steady, as if there was no slightest emotional fluctuation.

Shi Qingqian looked at Mrs. Erfang, trying to see something from her face, but it ended in failure - she didn't have any other emotions on her face, she scratched her head, and had to say: "Second Madam, you must already know about the matter of the fifth sister, right?" ”

The second lady nodded.

If she didn't know anything, she wouldn't have come here to worship the Buddha and chant sutras. No matter whether she values Shi Shuning or not, no matter how she says it, Shi Shuning is also a piece of meat that fell from her. The fate of a 'military prostitute' who was born and flesh and blood, she came to worship the Buddha, which can be regarded as expressing her grief.

When Shi Qingqian was about to continue to say something, the second lady suddenly spoke, "Miss Seven, you don't have to say anything, I know that Ning'er has done a lot of sorry things for you before, and she ended up like this...... She deserves it. ”

Shi Qingqian was slightly stunned, if he didn't know that the person in front of him was the second lady and Shi Shuning's biological mother, Shi Qingqian would have felt that she was just a couple who had nothing to do with this matter.

"That'...... The second lady treats this matter, does she intend to pursue it? Shi Qingqian asked tentatively, she was not very sure that there would really be such a ruthless mother.

It wasn't until the second lady nodded that Shi Qingqian had to believe it. Although she couldn't accept it at first, she thought about it, this second-room lady was a patriarchal person, and the happiest time to see her before was when she showed off her son with the neighbors, and she never mentioned Shi Shuning's name in front of people.

"I can't hide it, I'm here for this matter this time," Shi Qingqian breathed a long sigh of relief, the solution of the problem was smoother than she imagined, and naturally there was no pressure before she came, "Since the second lady is not going to die or live, then I can rest assured." Other than that...... I believe that the second lady is a smart person, and you will not lose a big one because of a small one, and the big brother is now running a school in Chuzhou...... Naturally, I'll be of a lot of help. ”

Hearing this, the second lady raised her head and glanced at Shi Qingqian deeply, and then showed a smile, tilted her head and said, "In this case, the concubine is very grateful to Miss Seven." ”

Shi Qingqian moved Shi Nian out just to remind Mrs. Erfang not to hold back any bad thoughts in her heart, the province is like a history book, it doesn't seem to be anything on weekdays, but so many bad things are silently brewing.

"Then, I won't disturb the second lady to continue chanting." Shi Qingqian nodded, didn't say much, and left the tea room with Xiaolian.

The second lady didn't react, Shi Qingqian and Xiaolian had been gone for a long time, and she was still sitting in place.

Her gaze was glazed and unfocused, making people think that she seemed to be a person carved out of wood. After a while, she suddenly resumed her movements, raised her head, and drank all the Longjing tea.

With a "bang", she put the quilt back on the table.

Seeing this, the maid beside her stepped forward with trepidation, leaned over and asked, "Second lady...... Fifth Miss She ......"

"What Miss Five!" The lady of the second room slapped one hand on the table and interrupted the maid's words, "From now on, there will only be one young master of the Shi family in my second room!" ”

"Yes......"

Leaving the Buddhist hall, Shi Qingqian took Xiaolian and went straight to the second room.

The door of the bedroom was still closed, and two girls stood outside the door, waiting quietly with their heads bowed.

Seeing Shi Qingqian coming over, the two glanced at each other, stepped forward and saluted, "Miss Seven......"

"What about the second uncle? I heard that he hasn't eaten or drunk since he came back last night, and he hasn't left the house, and he hasn't come out yet? Shi Qingqian glanced at the closed door and asked the two maids.

The two of them nodded, grimace.

Before they could say anything, they only heard a "squeak", and the closed door was opened from the inside, and Shi Heqing, the master of the second room, walked out.

He had only been seen overnight, and he had become much haggard, his eyes were red, his dark circles were almost up to his chin, and his hair was very messy, which was simply different from the man who had been properly cleaned up in the past.

Seeing this, Shi Qingqian took a step forward and said, "Second uncle, if you have anything to say, don't hold it in your heart." ”

"Miss Seven, why don't you come in and sit down?" Shi Heqing pulled out a sneer, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Shi Qingqian was not afraid of him at all, and walked in the direction of Shi Heqing's hand.

The most important thing to 'negotiate' with people is to have momentum, and that Shi Shuning was originally self-inflicted, and Shi Qingqian couldn't feel guilty about it.

She walked in one step ahead of Shi Heqing and sat swaggering on the chair.

Shi Heqing walked in with a bitter face and sat opposite Shi Qingqing.

The second lady has a handle, and Shi Heqing naturally has it. He is the worst of the three brothers of the Shi family, relying on Shi Yuan's blessing, he begged an inconspicuous petty official in the library in the imperial court, and he is only in charge of the library on weekdays.

Therefore, Shi Qingqian firmly believed that he did not dare to break with the Hou Mansion openly.

But what this person is most afraid of is secretly holding back his eyes. Shi Qingqian specially came to the second room, not to apologize, but to find out what the second room thought.

"Second uncle is a smart man, since that's the case......" Shi Qingqian adjusted his sitting posture, crossed one leg, and leaned his back on the back of the chair, "Then I'll get straight to the point." ”