As soon as Zhong Lingyu entered the courtyard gate, Yuyu and Solstice came out, and as soon as Zhong Lingyu entered the house and sat down, Yuyu couldn't help but speak: "Miss, we have inquired about the situation of the eldest grandmother's house." ”

"Oh? What is the situation? ”

Xiaogu glared at Yushui: "What's the hurry, it's not too late to wait for Miss to sit down and take a sip of tea." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhidong had already made tea, poured a cup for Zhong Lingyu, and put it on the table.

Zhong Lingyu sat down, took a sip of tea, and then smiled: "Say it." ”

If the rain was about to surge, it was suffocated by Xiaogu's gaze, and it was uncomfortable. Seeing that the young lady hadn't changed her clothes, he sat down and prepared to listen to her, and suddenly became happy again, and said with a smile: "I heard that the people under the third prince went to the Ministry of Works to ask for something, and as a result, the eldest grandmother's father offended." He didn't say anything about his officials, but he also called people everywhere to bully him. Her father was helpless, and spent a huge amount of silver taels, and finally let him not be held accountable, but his official position could not be restored. I heard that for this matter, Second Master Sun was also involved in some things, and was sent to a very remote and barren place to be the county magistrate. Therefore, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun are very unkind to see grandma. ”

"I see." Zhong Lingyu nodded.

It makes sense.

If it weren't for the second master Sun, with the sleekness of the old lady Sun, he would not have let the Ke family bully the Ke family so much as soon as he fell into trouble, so it was easy to fall into the truth, making people feel that the Sun family was too snobbish and too cold.

"There's also Miss Sun San's business." The rain fell again.

"What's the matter with Miss Sun San?" Zhong Lingyu raised her eyes strangely.

"The reason why Miss Sun San is not engaged at such an old age is because she has been entrusted to the eldest grandmother's mother as a matchmaker and wants to marry in the capital. But in the past two or three years, Mrs. Ke has never helped Zhang Luo to come up with a decent family. Now that the Ke family has fallen, Miss Sun San's family affairs are even more missing, before we came, Miss Sun San cried in front of the old lady, blaming the grandmother for being deliberate, saying that the grandmother just couldn't see her well. ”

Zhong Lingyu smiled.

Sun Xuemiao's temperament, not only did she look down on it, but Ke's also looked down on her very much, so she didn't ask her mother to give her a kiss wholeheartedly, right? Otherwise, after two or three years of hard work, no matter how much you can help you tell a family matter.

It's hard to say, though. The "good relatives" in the eyes of the Ke family refer to the people who have helped the official positions of Mrs. Sun and Second Master Sun. With Ke's father's energy, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach such an official; And what he can get in touch with is not big enough to help Mrs. Sun's father and son. Therefore, it is not surprising that Sun Xuemiao can't be said to be "good".

"You two did a good job." Zhong Lingyu praised the rain and the winter, and ordered, "Chunli, give them two hundred yuan each, and buy a snack to eat." ”

For her subordinates, she has always been stingy, and she will be rewarded for what she deserves. Besides, when the rain falls and the winter solstice to inquire about the news, it always costs some money, or invite the little maids to have a snack, or send some copper plates to the money-greedy mothers-in-law, so that the words can come out of their mouths.

She can't let Yuchuan and others spend their own money to do things for her.

"Thank you, Miss." The rain and the winter solstice are blessed with joy.

They were not greedy for money, but glad to have won the admiration of the young lady.

"While you haven't left yet, move around more with the people of the Sun Mansion. After all, we will move to Fucheng in the future, and we will inevitably deal with the Sun family in the future. Zhong Lingyu said again.

"Don't worry, miss, we all understand." Yuyu winked at Zhong Lingyu.

The master and servant have had a tacit understanding for a few years. Zhong Lingyu's meaning, how can they not understand? In the future, if the Zhong family's big house wants to develop in the city, it will be necessary to buy off a few subordinates in the mansion of the general judge. They don't hurt anyone, but they can't be without a sense of defense. If the Sun family has any bad thoughts about Miss, they have to be careful, right? The news in the officialdom can also know some.

Zhong Lingyu was thinking about something else.

The news that they inquired about when the rain fell made her feel a little bit of Old Lady Sun's temperament, which was very important to her.

Mrs. Sun seems to have a deep affection for her deceased sister, and even empathizes with her, and seems to be a person who values love and righteousness. But judging from the two things of Ke and Sun Xuemiao, he is a profit-oriented person in his bones. She really wants to tie the Zhong family's big house business to the Sun family, and when everyone's interests are aligned, they may get along well. But once there is a conflict of interest, the Zhong family's big house will definitely not end well.

She frowned slightly, thinking in her heart about the borrowing power.

She took out the tea made from the secret recipe of roasted tea to sell, although it broke Zhong Deqing's situation and made the Zhong family's big house in Bacheng not be bullied by others for the time being, but it also caused others to covet it. Now she can only move to Fucheng and take refuge under the wing of Old Lady Sun. The Sun family's practice of valuing interests made her feel a little relieved - as long as she took out some dividends every year and gave them to the Sun family, the Sun family would not treat them as poor relatives under the fence, and life would be much better. And the Sun family is an official family, paying attention to reputation, her secret recipe for roasted tea has been made public, and with Zhong Deqing staring at it, the Sun family does not dare to use means to encroach on their family property and the secret recipe for roasted tea. That way, they're safe.

However, the Sun family's interest-oriented nature is not something that can be relied on for a long time. After coming to Fucheng, she had to find another backer.

"Go get me a regular dress to change into." She stood up and commanded.

Although I still have to go to Mrs. Sun's for lunch for a while, I still feel comfortable wearing regular clothes when I sit and lie down in the house, and I just go out and change back after a while.

Because she only went out to visit two shops and came back, it was still early before lunch time, Zhong Lingyu read a book in the house for half an hour, and Chunli waited for her to change her clothes and go to Mrs. Sun.

As soon as he entered the gate of the main courtyard, Xiaogu let out a soft "huh".

"What's wrong?" Zhong Lingyu turned her head to look at her.

Xiaogu hurriedly took two steps, leaned into Zhong Lingyu's ear and whispered, "Miss, the two maids who teased the parrot under the corridor are not from the Sun family. The old lady may have come to the outsider's place. ”

Zhong Lingyu raised his eyes and looked.

I saw the two maids under the corridor, wearing snow-blue dresses and aqua blue gowns, and the texture of the clothes looked very good. It's completely different from what the maids of the Sun Mansion are wearing.

And Zhong Lingyu knew that when she was chatting with the old lady in the house these days, Lichun was waiting in the house, and Xiaogu was talking and chatting with those little maids outside, and she had already become familiar with the maids in the Sun Mansion. Every lady and grandmother in the Sun Mansion, even if she doesn't know everything, she knows a rough idea. Since she said that these two maids are not from the Sun family, then they should not.

Obviously, the old lady came with the guests. Looks like he's still a regular customer.

She didn't speak, but walked up the steps.

"Miss Zhong is here?" The maid at the door saw Zhong Lingyu coming, and hurriedly opened the curtain.

As soon as Zhong Lingyu stood still, he saw that there was a middle-aged beautiful woman sitting at the head of the old lady in the house, in her forties, with a beautiful appearance, and she looked a little similar to the old lady Sun between her eyebrows and eyes.

What surprised her the most was that there was still a man standing in the room. Probably hearing the maid's report, everyone in the house looked at her at this time. And what happened to meet her eyes was a familiar face. He is none other than the son surnamed He who met by chance on Songluo Mountain, named He Daoan.