When she came back from Taofu, Zhao Yuanbai hurried back to Ningyuan, hugged Suning'er and sat back on the bed, concerned and greeting, as if she had gone to the Netherworld, with a frightened face.

This guy is as careful as Qi's, knowing that she must not be at ease at the Tao family's table, so he specially ordered the kitchen to make some of her favorite dishes, and asked Shuang'er and Xilian to marry her to make up for it.

He also heard from his subordinates that the Tao family's housewife had epilepsy, and took advantage of Suning'er's meal time to gossip with her about it: "I have seen this Tao family's housewife a few times before, her body has always been tough, Tao Dingqian favored Tian's mother and daughter in those years, that woman was so unpowerful and didn't see her fall ill, how could she be born now that she is in charge of the power but fell ill, and she has such a strange disease." ”

"The husband is very concerned about the affairs of the Tao family", Su Ning'er swallowed a few mouthfuls of porridge, looked at his curious appearance, and laughed unconsciously.

"Not really", Zhao Yuanbai frowned with some distress: "This is a big deal after all, I just heard that the Tao family is in charge of today's affairs are all the children of the concubines, and even the ones who counted the gift list are Tao Jiuniang's half-brother." ”

When Su Ning'er said this, she also felt a little strange: "It's also Ha, isn't the eldest brother born to Tao Jiuniang's mother-in-law already married and started a family, and now the head of the Tao family is exiled, and the mother is sick again, shouldn't the brother and sister-in-law come out to preside over the overall situation, so it happens to be the same situation as our family, how can it be the turn of a group of concubines to deal with it." ”

Zhao Yuanbai stared at her, and smiled for a while: "My stupid brother, I'm afraid that I am stuck in the quagmire and don't know it, waiting for Tao Jiuniang to marry in, Mrs. will have to be more vigilant in the future." ”

Suning'er rolled her eyes at him angrily: "I'm afraid it's you who should be on guard." ”

Although she was laughing, Su Ning'er also faintly noticed that something was wrong, and she always felt that there were some inexplicable conspiracies hidden behind this family affair.

Waiting for the day of marriage, the mother of the Tao family and the children of the main room of several rooms have not yet appeared.

This made Suninger feel more and more strange.

Even if you have epilepsy, you shouldn't even disappear without a trace, as if you have evaporated from the world.

It took a long time for Suninger to learn from Zhao Yuanbai that it was the mother of the Tao family who led several girls back to Yangzhou.

He didn't dare to guarantee the authenticity of it, anyway, a big family disappeared out of thin air.

When Tao Yunshu came to the Zhao family, life was not as smooth as Suning'er, except for Zhao Pingguang and a few Zhao family children who were willing to get close to her, everyone else stayed away.

But this little vinegar girl is from a businessman's family after all, and she is still Tao Dingqian's former right-hand man, who knows how to please people, and comes to the mansion to curry favor with each other, trying to win over the relationship.

or silver money, or jewelry, brocade jewelry, sent to each room without hesitation, for a long time, but also came to some people who could not withstand the temptation of sugar-coated shells.

Even the heads of the second and fourth rooms couldn't help but begin to praise her virtuousness.

Later, he was reprimanded by Mrs. Zhao, and the children of the few rooms were much more restrained, and they did not dare to accept any gifts from Tao Yunshu.

Tao Yunshu saw that she couldn't please her master, so she set her sights on the slaves of various provinces.

One day in early August, because the silk from all over the Su family was sent to Beijing one after another, Suning'er went back to the Su family to marry some cloth and came back.

Su Ning'er approached and saw that the table, chair, and stool were full of a lot of jewelry, hairpin rings, etc., and couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Xilian hurriedly stepped forward and said with guilt: "Madam, it's all to blame for the lax discipline of the slaves and maids, which caused these cheap maids to be greedy, and they actually took the jewelry sent by the eldest lady of the Tao family privately. ”

Suning'er had long heard that Tao Yunshu had been scolded by Mrs. Zhao for giving gifts to the younger brothers of the house, and looked at the sincere and frightened looks of this group of slaves, and couldn't help but be happy: "Mrs. Tao is kind, Xilian, why are you still so depressed, isn't it that people are concerned about you?" ”

Xilian had a bitter face: "Madam, this cheap hoof is clearly buying people's hearts." ”

Su Ning'er smiled lightly again: "If you can buy it with money, is it still popular?" ”

The maids who followed her, except for Shuang'er and Qin'er, the rest were all gifts from His Royal Highness King Xi.

Although they are all in the position of master and servant, she thinks that she has not treated anyone badly, if someone wants to harm her, even if Tao Yunshu does not buy her so much, they can also do something sorry for themselves.

The group of servants knew that they had made a mistake, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged in unison: "Please Madame Mingjian, Madame treats the slaves and maids well, and the slaves and maids are ordered by His Royal Highness King Xi to take care of Madame, and the slaves and maids will never betray Madame." ”

Su Ning'er picked up a few pieces of jewelry, held them in her hands, looked at them carefully, and looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "You don't have to panic, I have never doubted your loyalty, since it is the good intentions of Mrs. Tao, as long as it is righteous and bright, you can accept it, it is not good to live up to the good intentions of others, and it will make people feel that our people in Ningyuan do not know how to lift up." ”

Xilian still had a bitter face, but Yin Xiu and Suning'er looked at each other at this time, and added meaningfully: "Since it is the meaning of the eldest lady, why do you want to refuse, Xilian, the eldest lady of the Tao family is rich, and she only gave you these few pieces of jewelry." ”

Xilian sensed the intention when she was neutral from her eyes, and ordered everyone to retrieve the gifts they had received.

Suning'er wanted to see what tricks this little vinegar girl could play.

Yin Xiu looked at everyone and said: "What the eldest lady of the Tao family has given you in the future, you can continue, just report the same thing to the eldest lady." ”

The slaves and maidservants rejoiced, and they rejoiced.

Su Ning'er dealt with this matter, thinking that Uncle Lang's thirteenth uncle and nephew's monthly wages these days were all repaying gambling debts as agreed, although Yin Xiu and Shuang'er were also instructed to send food and clothing a few times in the middle, but today they took these cloths from Su Mansion and should have sent some for him.

So, she instructed Shuang'er and Qin'er to pick up a few fine fabrics and go to the small courtyard of Lang Thirteen in person.

When he entered the courtyard, he saw Lang Zhai sitting by the door with his head down, looking uneasy.

Su Ning'er walked over silently, shook his body with him, and asked softly, "Brother Lang, where is my thirteenth uncle?" ”

Lang Zhai made a salute wistfully: "Sister Ning'er, Uncle Thirteen is in the house." ”

Suning'er saw that he was full of worries, and suddenly felt bad in his heart, thinking that Lang Thirteen had cheated the money from somewhere to go out to gamble, and hurriedly rushed into the hall, only to see Lang Thirteen sitting on a chair in the hall, counting the money happily.

Suning'er was surprised: "Uncle Thirteen, you, did you go out to gamble?" ”

Lang 13 was stunned for a moment, but when he turned around, he was smug and happy.