At first glance, the old man who had not seen him for many years, everyone was in tears and very sentimental.

The most excited is Mother Li, Mother Ruan is a few years older than Mother Li, and she has also served by Ruan's side since she was a child, which can be said to be the existence of both teacher and sister for Mother Li. Hagi Niang can fully imagine the picture of the three girls getting together to play and laugh freely, leaning on the magpie in spring, holding a fan to enjoy butterflies in summer, tasting tea in Tongyin in autumn, and cooking snow in the oven in winter, which is the most youthful and beautiful youth.

Maybe it's a psychological effect, Ruan's mother does look older than Li's mother. I saw her comb the most ordinary falling ponytail and hold it with a dark gilt dotted emerald hairpin. Wearing a decent blue eight-treasure chrysanthemum plum side jacket, agarwood-colored dark flowers Four Seasons Begonia grape pattern cloak gently draped over the shoulders, neither too luxurious and arrogant, but also not lose the dignity of the noble family housekeeper mother.

Ruan's mother first calmed down, called the little maid Shen'er who was with her to salute Hagi Niang respectfully, said "Say hello to the girl", took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears, and invited Hagi Niang and Li's mother to sit down. Her slightly inquiring eyes swept Hagi Niang's face a few times, thinking about Hagi Niang's intention to call her. Is it really the same as you think?

Hagi took a sip of tea politely and glanced at the pendant standing on the side.

Ruan's mother understood and told Shen'er to go to the kitchen to ask for an eight-treasure cake to entertain guests. This eight-treasure cake is made by mixing eight flavors such as jujube, winter melon, and lotus seeds with glutinous rice, and it takes half an hour just to soak the ingredients.

There were only three people in the room, and Hagi Niang asked straightforwardly: "Mom can you ask back then, how did my mother have a difficult birth?" “

Ruan's mother's expression remained unchanged, her eyelids didn't move, but her eyes were slightly stagnant, and she looked like she was in a memory, as if she had known that Hagi Niang would ask about it.

Hagi Niang is even more sure that there was definitely a reason for what happened back then.

"When the lady entered the house, she lived in the main house, and the living room was in the same place as the master. However, Mrs. Tai was still there at that time, and she didn't like Mrs. Tai's behavior very much, and after Mrs. gave birth to a girl in her first child, Mrs. Tai even opened up her aunt to the old man as a concubine. The old man still loved his wife very much at the beginning, and he was squeezed by his wife's words and promised not to take a concubine for three years, and he could only take a concubine after three years without a child, so he was still safe. It's just that the lady was driven to live in Xiyuan by the lady after the confinement, and she was not allowed to live with the master. ”

"When Madame was pregnant with an heir for the second time, something went wrong with the master, and Madame was depressed and lingered on the sickbed."

Ruan's mother raised her head and found that both Mother Li and Haginiang were looking at her expectantly with wide eyes, her old face flushed, and she considered the wording.

"Mrs. because of the son is not suitable to have the same room with the master, the master lives alone in the main house, there is always a little maid waiting for the tea and water, among them there is a big heart, called a peach, especially loved by the master, has already been accepted by the master, every day with the pillow like a couple, but others do not know. It's just that the paper can't hold the fire, and one night the lady found the main house alone for some reason, and saw the two of them in the same room with her own eyes, and heard ...... "Ruan's mother swallowed the words "Yingsheng Langyu", and looked at Li's mother as if asking for help.

Mother Li also knew about this for the first time, and she was listening attentively, and when she received Ruan's mother's eyes, she thought that the girl didn't know about men and women before she had time, and responded cooperatively: "Qinglan, don't talk about these pickled things, the girl is reasonable." Ruan's mother's name is Qinglan, and Li's mother is close to her, so she calls her by her name.

Ruan's mother nodded and continued: "Madam didn't alarm the two, and quietly went back to Xiyuan to discuss secretly with the slave maid. Speaking of this, she couldn't help but straighten her waist, quite a little proud of being the chief maid back then, and continued: "At that time, we decided to remain quiet, and there will be a peach to come to Xiyuan to serve, and we will separate the two first. ”

Hagi Niang began to be a little surprised that her mother would calm down, judging from those things later, her mother was not good at forbearance. But after thinking about the situation in Fuchu at that time, I had to agree that this was the best choice at that time. Although this matter is said to be hidden from everyone by the master himself, even if the Ruan family knows about it, he can't make a fuss about it. The relationship between Mrs. Zang and the Ruan family is not good, once Mrs. Tai knows that her son loves other women, she will definitely carry a peach as an aunt, speaking of which is one more person to serve, who can better open up branches and leaves for the Zang family, in fact, even if it is just to disgust the Ruan family, she can enjoy herself.

Here, Ruan's mother continued: "This peach is certainly trembling, but if someone gave him eye medicine at Mrs., he had to fight and serve with his heart, and he didn't dare to take Qiao at all." After a long time, everyone in Xiyuan did not treat her as a living person, and they got along quite closely. It's just that the old man was annoyed and angry, and under the pretext that he was busy with business, he never came to visit his wife again. ”

"There are four maids and two mothers-in-law in the entire West Garden, all of whom are born to the Ruan family, except for peaches."

Hagi Niang looked at Ruan's mother with puzzled eyes, and Ruan's mother replied when she heard the sound and replied: "The slave maid was the most useful in the lady's room at that time, and she would not let Youtao handle the lady's underwear, diet and daily life. On weekdays, he just sent her to clean the yard and do some embroidery work, and never deliberately treated her badly, but he didn't give her time to be idle, so as not to have other thoughts. “

Hagi Niang nodded, but it is still more appropriate to say this, is it true that Mrs. is not in good health and has a difficult birth?

Thinking of the two suspicious points that she was vaguely aware of before, Hagi Niang asked: "How could my mother go to the main house alone, and how could she happen to break the ugly thing of the master?" ”

Ruan's mother wanted to say, let's also want to know, at first, no one paid attention to this detail, and it was too late to think about this stubble when Ruan's accident happened.

She could only honestly say, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Hagi Niang asked again: "What about the whereabouts of the peach?" ”

Mother Li thought for a while and replied: "At that time, she was already the head of the Zheng family, because there was a peach who secretly hid his wife's jewelry and showed off with the little maids, and was denounced by other maids, so he was beaten by twenty boards, and died after being sick for a winter and not staying up until the beginning of spring." ”

Sounds like a sin that is added to desire.

It was not easy to find a possible insider, but the clue was broken again.

It's not early, and Hagi Niang remembered another important thing: "Brother Xi has always been good?" ”

When it came to Mrs. Ruan's sister-in-law, Ruan's mother smiled so much that she couldn't see her eyebrows: "Thanks to the girl's blessing, Brother Xi'er is in good health, Mrs. Ruan was personally raised, and she has been smart and clever since she was a child." It's just that I don't like poetry and books and prefer to play with guns and sticks, and they all say that Brother Xi will take the martial arts exam in the future.

"Did Mrs. Tai tell when to send Brother Xi home?"

Ruan's mother frowned almost invisibly, and said with a smile: "I originally said that I would send it back to the Zang family when my brother enlightened, but after many years, Mrs. Tai's heart also faded." According to the slave maid, at the latest, Brother Xi and the crown ceremony will definitely be sent back to the Zang family, otherwise it will be really incompatible. ”

It's good to be like this, even if you take your brother back now, it is difficult to protect yourself from Zheng's plot, and I can't protect my brother well.