"You ......". Song Shi'an was speechless again, he wanted to sneer at each other, and then thought about it, what Ye He Minglu said was also a topic of etiquette, and there was nothing to distinguish for himself. Moreover, he has been silent for too long because of this filial piety for three years, and what he needs most now is to find an opportunity to return to the court in order to regain his power again. And if you are impeached at this time because of such a trivial matter, so that your previous achievements are wasted, it will really outweigh the losses.

So after thinking for a while, he could only endure and say: "What the princess said is reasonable, I was indeed busy with government affairs in the past, and I neglected this aspect of things. I'll definitely pay more attention in the future. ”

Ye He Minglu slapped the snake and said, "Lord Song is also a reasonable person, since this is the case, then the matter of Mrs. Helian, you must fully assist Zichu in the investigation." If it is found out that there is really something strange, then the palace can also say a few kind words for you in front of the emperor, so as to clear your responsibility, so as not to affect your reputation. ”

"Yes, then thank you princess."

The good and dignified worship has been done now, and the atmosphere is completely gone, and another person suddenly died, and everyone felt that the clouds were overcast. Zichu didn't seem to have any intention of staying in the ancestral hall, so he ordered someone to clean up the scene, and asked someone to seal the courtyard where Aunt Zhou lived, and after detaining all the people around her, he said that he would go to the courtyard where Mrs. Helian lived before her death to have a look, as a memory.

As for the spirit card that suddenly bleed, Zichu couldn't help but say it, so he asked the people around him to put it away, saying that he wanted to find out the origin of the blood stains on it and then make a conclusion.

Pujia Yuan was originally one of the main courtyards of the Song Mansion, occupying an excellent geographical location to the southeast, which also shows the identity and status of Mrs. Helian when she first married into the Song Mansion. This courtyard covers an extremely wide area, and it can be said to be the largest courtyard in the entire Song Mansion.

Opposite to the Tongze Courtyard where Song Shi'an lived, there are three main halls, five partial rooms on the left and right, the courtyard in front of the hall is wide, a few bushes of green bamboo are planted, there are a few pots of flowers in front of the court, black tiles and white walls, green bamboo reflects flowers, very elegant. Just because the hostess passed away was sealed for ten years, and now it is inaccessible, although the flowers and trees inside and outside the yard are flourishing, but they are covered with moss, with a boundless desolate loneliness, which seems particularly sad and cold.

When Zichu and Ye He Minglu walked in, they saw that the green bamboo in the courtyard was like jade, and a few people at the door were working hard to clean the thick fallen leaves, and among the flowers in the yard, there was a slender figure who was bending down to prune the potted plants, with an elegant posture, and suddenly seemed to notice something, and turned around.

Seeing the gorgeous palace woman standing quietly at the door, the woman seemed to be stunned, and her similar face made her immediately recognize the person, and the flower scissors in her hand fell to the ground with a "bang", so frightened that the guards behind Zichu hurriedly gathered around vigilantly to check, and shouted and asked: "Bold!" Who is it, when you see the princess and princess, don't you kneel down quickly? ”

"Princess? You mean....... Miss, you are the princess! ”

The woman said, her face was already full of tears, she fell to her knees with a puff, and then cried: "Miss, the slave maid is the dowry maid brought by the eldest lady at the beginning, named Qiuyue. At that time, the slave maid was still young when she came to the Song Mansion with the eldest lady, so she did not serve in front of the lady decently, and had been responsible for the work of sweeping and sprinkling flowers and plants in this courtyard before. Later, after the death of the eldest lady, the slaves and maids, along with those who came from Helian Mansion in the past, were assigned to the water room and other places by Mrs. Zhu to work as errands. Today is also a coincidence, I was called to this yard to sweep and sprinkle, but coincidentally, I can still let the slave and maid see the eldest lady, you .......".

Zichu saw that her hands were very rough, the clothes on her body were also extremely simple, her face was full of hardships and gloom of the subordinates who had worked for many years, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes when she spoke. Are there still those people who are still on errands in the Song Mansion now? ”

The woman named Qiuyue choked up, shook her head, and said, "There are still a few people, but they are all on errands in the outer courtyard, and they can't enter the inner courtyard, let alone the lady and the front end of the tea and water." There are still a few small servants on the side of the room, and two of them are in charge of Mrs. Zhu's marriage, and later because of a mistake, Mrs. Zhu's leg was broken, and now she is also half-dead, but she just dragged her breath and didn't break it. If the eldest lady wants to ask them to come and ask questions, the slave will find someone for you. ”

Zichu also wanted to open the gap from the people around Lady Helian in the past, thinking that there would always be clues left. But helplessly, all the maids who served in this courtyard had been killed by Zhu Xiaoyan without a trace afterwards, or they were sold elsewhere, and they didn't even know their whereabouts or their lives. The few remaining rough maids were also assigned to the place where they did hard work, and Mulberry and Cinnamon tried to inquire about it, but they never asked anything.

These situations are also consistent with what this autumn moon described, and there is no difference.

With a slight groan in his heart, he asked: "Don't care about these people first, let me ask you, since you were able to work in the lady's courtyard before, you are the son of Helian Mansion, right?" Who are your parents? Are they all in Fuchu now? ”

When she learned that this Qiu Yue was indeed the son of Helian Mansion, and although her parents were deceased, she had an older brother and a younger brother, both of whom were working in Helian Mansion, she nodded and said to Qiu Yue very kindly: "Well, then when you were in front of Madame before, do you still remember those things before Madame died of illness?" For example, what kind of food does the lady like to eat, what kind of tea she drinks, what style and color of clothes do she like to wear, and does she have any special hobbies, such as what kind of music she likes to listen to, or what pastimes she likes to use? ”

As soon as Ye He Minglu heard this, he knew that Zichu wanted to verify the identity of the other party, and then he could continue to ask. She was quick-eyed, and immediately motioned for Linglong and the others to take Ning Huan out to play, and then pulled Song Ziqing, saying that there were several things that were suitable for her in the things given by the emperor. coaxed the little girl to follow her with her eyes glowing, and when she left, she also took Aunt Zhang, who had been silent, with her.

As for Song Shi'an, he was brought to the front yard by Liu Chan before, saying that the emperor had something to bring to him, but in fact, it was Liu Chan and Zichu who acted in such a play. Anyway, he is a slave in front of the emperor, no matter what he says, Song Shi'an can only listen. is just a few casual words, which is enough to make Song Shi'an ponder for a long time.

In this compartment, after everyone retreated, Zichu sat down in the courtyard on a chair brought out by the previous guards. She looked around for a moment, then sighed and said, "The scenery in this courtyard is actually good, and many flowers and trees are still treasures brought from Helian Mansion?" I don't think this southern tree is waiting for idlers to buy it as a landscape tree. You used to be an errand boy in this yard, but you grew up with one hand watering this tree. Looking at it now, I think about it and feel a lot of emotion! ”

When Qiu Yue heard this, she also wiped the corners of her eyes, nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't?" Miss, take a good look, not only are the few southern arbors in this yard a treasure that Master Helian bought from the southwest Xiangluo country, but even these osmanthus trees are also rare and superb green cinnamon. Now it's not the time to bloom and I can't see what's unusual, but in September, the buds of this tree are full of flowers, and the fragrance is really ten miles away. Speaking of which, it is a rich and noble family like our Helian Mansion that can marry so many rare treasures for my aunt and grandmother. If you are a child of an idle official family, I am afraid that you have not even heard of it! It can be seen how our eldest lady was favored and how expensive she was. It's just that I didn't expect that the jealous beauty, poor our eldest lady, didn't even pass thirty, so the fragrance was lost! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Speaking of which, when I think of my mother, who is so miserable, I feel unbearable. Fortunately, I can meet you when I come back to worship this time, come, you can sit down, and tell me about those things about my mother's life. ”

Zichu said, and didn't enter the house, so he pulled Qiu Yue to sit down in front of him. Qiu Yue didn't dare to say again, got up and went to the back room, and then quickly moved out a mahogany and black lacquered coffee table, pointed to the edge of the coffee table and said to Zi Chu: "Miss, look at this table, but there are some things about you engraved." ”

Zichu leaned over to take a look, and sure enough, at the bottom right of the table, there was a thin layer of silver. It is engraved with delicate moire, and there is also a small small block letter.

When I got closer, I realized that it was a small first word.

"Miss, this is the table used to catch Zhou on the day you turned one. At that time, I heard that you grabbed a box of fat powder and a piece of jade, which is said to mean that when you grow up in the future, you will be rich and noble, and you will be able to be loved by your husband and be rich and prominent. Madame happily rewarded everyone in our yard with five taels of silver. Of course, the girls in the house got more silver, but the slave remembered very well that these five taels of silver were a lot of money! ”

Zichu nodded, and his eyes showed a strange warmth. She stroked the corner of the table and waved her hand to make everyone around her stand back, leaving only the two guards standing in the distance, and she leaned over and asked, "Qiuyue, I have something to do, I want you to tell me the truth." Before my mother died, did she have a particularly bad relationship with my father.....? And Mrs. Zhu, and Aunt Zhou, what happened to these people at the beginning, you know, tell me everything. ”