"Sister, Xiangling and I want to go to the garden, we eat too much and are a little on top, is it okay?" Song Yanzhi obediently pushed the dishes and chopsticks into the table and looked at Song Lingyue.

Song Lingyue bowed her head, and Song Xuanran hurriedly asked the two maids to come over to take care of Song Yanzhi and Xiangling, so that they would not get lost or injured when they were playing in the garden.

"What about the two little brothers? Would you like to warm some more wine? Song Xuanran asked Liu Liang and Qi Mo on the side with a smile.

Qi Mo pursed his thin lips and just shook his head lightly, but his eyes fell on Song Lingyue's body for a long time and did not leave, and the jade chopsticks in his hand were holding the peanuts on the plate all at once, and he had the posture of eating up all the peanuts on the plate.

Mrs. Song said that she was tired, so she asked the maid to help her back to the room to rest, and when she left, she also told Song Xuanran to greet Song Lingyue and them.

After another half of the incense, the cooks in the backyard served some light side dishes, as well as a small man's seafood porridge.

Song Xuanran gave Song Lingyue a bowl of seafood porridge and said, "The chef in my house makes seafood porridge is a must, Lingyue, you must try it." ”

"Thank you." Song Lingyue took the seafood porridge and put it aside, digging with a spoon in small bites, and the three men on the table no longer moved their chopsticks, they were all looking at her, making her a little uncomfortable, but she couldn't speak.

After taking two bites of the seafood porridge in the bowl, and eating two more bites of stir-fried vegetables, Song Lingyue touched the corner of her lips with a handkerchief, "I've eaten it." ”

Being stared at like this again, her stomach was about to cramp, and she was only half-full, but she still insisted that she was full.

"I'm a little tired, so I'll go back first." Song Lingyue only felt that this table didn't seem to be a place to stay, and she wanted to slip away just after eating.

Song Xuanran opened his mouth, as if he wanted to stop Song Lingyue, but he couldn't stand Song Lingyue's legs and feet, so he pulled Huan'er, who was standing aside and waiting, and ran out of the hall, I didn't know that I thought she was burned by fire.

"Miss Song, you slow down, the slave can't keep up." Huan'er stumbled when she followed Song Lingyue.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Seeing that she had already run into the garden, Song Lingyue stopped and apologized to Huan'er.

Huan'er patted her chest and gasped, but her big eyes looked at Song Lingyue for a moment, as if she had never seen her before.

Song Lingyue felt funny, reached out and pinched Huan'er's little face, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, you don't know me?" ”

Huan'er shook her head, calmed her breath, and then spoke: "Miss Song, it's the first time I've seen my master so gentle with other women." ”

The curvature of Song Lingyue's lips stiffened on her lips, "What did you say?" No kidding. ”

"How can it be a joke, the slave has never seen the master and has half the tenderness and consideration for that woman." Huan'er said hurriedly, as if she was arguing for Song Xuanran.

Song Lingyue smiled: "Could it be that he is not gentle and considerate to Old Lady Song and Yanyan?" ”

Huan'er's face turned red, embarrassed, and whispered: "That's different, the old lady is a mother, the eldest lady is a daughter, only Miss Song, you are different." ”

Song Lingyue was shocked, but her face did not show anything.

"Miss Song doesn't know." Huan'er followed Song Lingyue's side and whispered, "After the young lady died of dystocia, the old man was depressed for a long time, and he didn't even care about his voice, but the old lady helped to take care of it and barely survived the crisis. Because of the death of the young lady, the old man was depressed for almost two years, and he didn't even want to see the young lady, just because the young lady's face looked like a young lady. ”

"And then?" Song Lingyue was unconsciously attracted by what Huan'er said, and couldn't help but ask.

Later, Miss Yanyan gradually became able to speak, and the old lady often hugged her to the master, persuaded the master, made the master want to open a little, and cheered up for the only blood left by the young lady. The old man looked at Miss Yanyan's teary-eyed little face, and finally relented, hugged Miss for the first time in two years, and cried bitterly. The slave maid looked at that scene, and her heart also felt very sour. ”

Huan'er said while recalling the past, there were already tears flashing in the corners of her eyes, and she said with emotion:

Since then, the master has been very attentive to Miss Yanyan, for fear that she will have a little accident. However, Miss Yanyan is still young after all, and this huge Song family can't live without a hostess, and Miss Yanyan also needs a mother. So, the old lady made the decision and wanted to give the master another family business, that was a young lady surnamed Xu, only twenty-eight years old, very beautiful, but not very good background, is a young lady. ”

"Then why didn't your lord get married in the end?" Song Lingyue couldn't help but be even more curious.

Huan'er paused before she spoke: "The old man was engaged to that Miss Xu under the arrangement of the old lady, and they got along very well at the beginning, and that Miss Xu also moved to the Song Mansion to live for a while, wanting to cultivate a relationship with Miss Yanyan." Unexpectedly, the old lady found a needle in the clothes that Miss Xu gave to Miss Yanyan. ”

"Needle?" Song Lingyue frowned.

Huan'er nodded, with a scared look on her little face: "It's a silver needle, which is sewn into the collar of the clothes, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will pierce into the neck." At first, the old lady only thought that Miss Xu had carelessly dropped the needle. ”

Song Lingyue nodded, people sometimes inevitably become careless, and halfway through sewing clothes, they suddenly remembered that there was something else, and then it was not uncommon for them to drop the sewing needle.

"However, later, Miss Yanyan began to get sick more and more frequently, and she couldn't find a patient even after looking for many doctors, and the old lady was in a hurry." Huan'er's speech speed increased, and her voice became tighter, "If it weren't for the fact that I met a Taoist priest who traveled to the party and found that Miss was actually frightened and broke the evil spirit, Miss has been completely eliminated from all diseases since then......"

Song Lingyue frowned slightly, as a healer, she didn't believe in ghosts and gods, not to mention this so-called nightmare.

But her crossing itself is also a thing that cannot be explained by science, which makes her a little shaken about atheism.

Song Lingyue retracted her thoughts, turned around and asked Huan'er again: "Then did that Taoist priest of Youfang find out who was behind the harm to Yanyan?" ”

"Got it." Huan'er nodded lightly, her expression a little heavy, "It's that Miss Xu, she made a puppet and hid it under the bed, wrote down Miss Yanyan's birthday, and cursed Miss every night." ”

Song Lingyue was shocked when she heard this, she guessed that Miss Xu should have done it, but she didn't expect that Miss Xu to be so ruthless that she would curse a child who was no more than three years old to die.

Why did she do this? Isn't she about to become the new lady of the Song Mansion? Cursing Yeon-yeon didn't do her any good. ”

Unknowingly, Song Lingyue actually asked the question in her heart, Huan'er seemed to have expected Song Lingyue to ask this, just chuckled and said:

"It's not because she knows that the old lady and the old man have agreed to leave the huge Song family property to the young lady to inherit, for fear that the stepwife will damage the interests of the young lady, the old man proposed to hold the wedding, and the young lady Xu will take the neuter medicine."

The rest didn't need to be spoken, Song Lingyue already understood a little:

"So she decided to strike first, kill Yanyan before the wedding, without Yanyan, naturally there is no need to take the childless medicine, if she gives birth to a son and a half daughter, she can inherit the Song family's estate?"

"Yes. When the old man found out, he was disheartened and drove her out of the Song Mansion, and the marriage naturally did not come to fruition. Huan'er said this, the corners of her lips hooked, and she spoke mockingly:

"Poor Miss Xu, I thought I could climb the high branches, but I never thought that I would be rejected by the master, and the dowry would be returned in full, so it affected my mother's family. But the news of this evil thing she did also spread, and no one dared to ask for her marriage again, so her parents cut off her head and sent her to a nunnery twenty miles away to be a sister-in-law. ”

"Because of this, the master doesn't dare to marry a wife casually, for fear that he will hurt Miss Yanyan." Huan'er put away the happy expression on her face just now, and replaced it with a lively and cheerful smile.

Song Lingyue didn't speak, just let out a low sigh.

I don't know if it's for Yanyan, who was almost killed, or for Miss Xu, who is greedy for wealth and wealth, or for Song Xuan, who does not hesitate to trample on the rights of others to protect her own rights and interests.

Song Lingyue was only half-full for dinner, and finally fell asleep at this time, but she felt hungry.

Song Lingyue turned over and got out of bed in the dark, grabbed the clothes at the foot of the bed casually, put them on, and slipped out of the room.

Rubbing her hungry stomach, Song Lingyue wondered if she should sneak into the kitchen to see if there were any leftovers, even if she didn't make a Yangchun noodle to fill her stomach by herself.

The night breeze is gentle, bringing a burst of coolness. This Song Mansion is backed by Fairy Peak, which is a natural awning, and the temperature at night is much cooler than during the day, and you can feel a little cold in summer clothes.

Song Lingyue rubbed her arms, a little regretting that she was wearing too little.

Afraid of waking up Huan'er, who was sleeping outside, Song Lingyue didn't even mention a lantern, so she wandered around the Song Mansion like that.

Fortunately, there are stone lanterns on both sides of the road in the Song Mansion, which are lit with everlasting lanterns, blooming with a faint light, but it is not to say that the road is completely unclear.

Song Lingyue recalled the route that Huan'er took her in the evening, but she didn't want to find out that something was wrong the more she went, and when she wanted to go back, she didn't remember the way back.

Song Lingyue was speechless for a while, she knew that she shouldn't have run out to find food by herself, she should have woken up Huan'er and come out with her.

Fortunately, no matter how you go, you can't get out of the Song Mansion, and you can touch it back sooner or later, and Song Lingyue is no longer nervous.

Thinking like this, the pace under my feet is much steady, and it is no longer messy.

While humming an unknown tune to give himself courage, he opened his eyes and looked around for a way back.