The seriousness of what Zhu Mao was involved in was clear to Yan Xiuyu and Yan Qingge.

Yan Xiuyu said directly: "Leave this matter to me, you don't care." ”

Because the stakes were so high and it was very late, he left the Yan family directly with Zhu Mao.

With a group of maids and women, Yan Qingge returned to Qingxingyuan. On the way, Ruyi's expression was quite uneasy.

As soon as he entered the gate of Qingxingyuan, Yan Qingge said: "Those who went out with me today have come to the main hall, I have something to say." ”

The maids and ladies glanced at each other, knowing that Yan Qingge was going to beat them.

What Zhu Mao said in the firewood room today was really shocking. Before, when Zhu Mao said that the second lady helped the second prince buy medicinal materials, they didn't think much about it, but then Zhu Mao said that the second prince instructed him to provoke the relationship between the Yan Palace, how could they not understand what was going on.

When I arrived at the main hall, the atmosphere was solemn and gloomy. Two timid maids had already begun to wipe away their tears.

After all, what they know is this kind of secret, and it is normal for Yan Qingge to kill them all to keep the secret. They are all domestic slaves who sold themselves to the Yan family, and life and death are in the hands of the Yan family.

Yan Qingge sat on the top and looked around before he spoke, "What did you guys do tonight?" ”

This brainless question made those mothers-in-law and maids stunned.

It was still an old mother-in-law's spirituality, and after a little thought, she understood what was going on, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The old slave was picking flower dew in the garden tonight, and he stayed alone all the time, blinded by the black light, and saw nothing, and heard nothing. ”

The rest of the maids and daughters woke up one after another, immediately knelt down, and made up reasons one by one, saying that they had work to do at night, and did not go out with Yan Qingge.

Seeing these maids and wives so up-to-date, Yan Qingge's heart was a little relieved. But she is not a child, she knows that people are unpredictable, don't look at what these maids and women don't know now, they are bought when they turn around, and they are afraid that they will talk about everything.

Ruyi heard Yan Qingge's reply, and was about to kneel down to show his loyalty, but was stopped by Yan Qingge. For Ruyi, Yan Qingge is absolutely trustworthy.

After the people kneeling on the ground below finished speaking, Yan Qingge didn't scream, but supported his head with his hands, looking like he was thinking, and only occasionally his eyes fell on those people.

The mothers-in-law and maids below didn't dare to say anything, but the more they knelt down, the more panicked they became.

Finally, Yan Qingge opened his mouth, with some embarrassment: "You four, I could have trusted you. However, this matter is too big, although it is just a wrong thing done by the sister-in-law, it will inevitably involve the entire Yan family, and there will be no eggs under the nest. When the time comes, my head will not be saved. ”

Her tone was very low, and her voice was erratic, and she could hear the hearts of those maids and girls hairy.

Yan Qingge said again: "Have you ever known that there was a guard mansion in Beijing? Just because they were involved in these private affairs, they were burned clean overnight, and more than 300 people inside, whether they were men, women, children, masters, servants, cats, dogs, babies, women and children, none of them escaped. ”

Listening to Yan Qingge's description of the fire in the Wei family, cold sweat broke out on the backs of several maids.

"When the time comes, I can't escape, and neither can you." Yan Qingge stretched out his palm and looked at his five fingers. Under the dim oil light, the four maids were already shivering.

Seeing that the effect of deterrence was almost over, Yan Qingge said: "From today on, the four of you will move to live in one room, and you are not allowed to go out, nor are you allowed to say a word to anyone except me and others who have an accident, and reveal a little information." Whatever you do, you must walk together, supervise and picket each other, and if you find any strangeness in any of them, report to me at once, and I will reward you greatly. If I hear any rumors in the Yan family, none of the four of you will want to live! ”

The more Yan Qingge spoke, the more stern his tone became. After listening to her last sentence, the backs of the four maids couldn't help but straighten, and they didn't dare to breathe.

After explaining, Yan Qingge got up and left the hall, greeted Ruyi and said, "Ruyi, let's go." ”

She left on her front foot, and the four maids on her back foot collapsed to the ground. Fang Cai is really too dangerous, but fortunately, the eldest lady is not as ruthless as the second miss, if they fall into the hands of the second miss, I am afraid that they will be dead now.

Ruyi followed behind Yan Qingge and entered her bedroom. After waiting for Yan Qingge to wash, she helped Yan Qingge remove the hairpin ring on her head, and gently brushed her hair with a comb.

Fang Cai's scene was still flashing in front of Ruyi, she couldn't help biting her red lips, looking at Yan Qingge's light and beautiful face in the mirror, and felt that Yan Qingge was really good to her. Other maids swore by swearing, and they were still ordered by Yan Qingge to live together and supervise each other, but she didn't even need to make up a reason to be excluded from suspicion, and she couldn't repay it just by relying on the trust Yan Qingge gave her.

Yan Qingge saw Ruyi's thoughts, she turned around and patted Ruyi's hand with a smile, and said, "Good Ruyi, you're still thinking about what happened just now, right?" ”

"Miss, you taught Ruyi to read and write, and taught Ruyi to ride a horse and play chess, and you trust Ruyi so much, Ruyi is just an orphan who was sold to the Yan family, how can you match the eldest lady to Ruyi so well."

Looking at Ruyi's wet eyes, Yan Qingge said softly: "Little Ruyi, do you want to know why I am so good to you?" ”

"Yes!"

"Because I know that the future Ruyi will be better for me."

Listening to Yan Qingge's answer, Ruyi's eyes lit up, yes, she has nothing to repay Yan Qingge, but she still has a loyal heart.

This night, Yan Qingge slept extremely unsteadily. Although the heavy words she said at night were all to scare the grandmothers. After all, Yan Shuyu promised the prince, and she had a marriage contract with the Yan Wangfu, even if Yan Shuyu made any trouble, it would not reach the point where the Wei family was ruined. However, that doesn't mean she'll be at ease.

Early the next morning, with dark circles under her eyes, she wrote a letter to Yan Xiuyu, asking what was going on in Zhu Mao's matter.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the letter was sent, Xunshuang sent a letter, which was written by Yan Xiuyu.

According to the calculation of time, her letter to Yan Xiuyu was only afraid to leave Yan's house, Yan Xiuyu's letter was written early in the morning and specially handed to Yan's family. He knew Yan Qingge's mind very well.

In the letter, Yan Xiuyu told Yan Qingge not to worry about Zhu Mao, he had already asked his brother that Zhu Mao was not deeply involved in this matter, and the death penalty could be avoided, and the living crime could not be escaped. What matters now is how to deal with the matter on Yan Shuyu's side.

Although Yan Shuyu has not officially entered the prince's mansion, she is already the prince's woman in name. Such a woman, the punishment is light and heavy, or it is not easy to punish at all. If you are not careful, it will affect the relationship between the prince and the Yanwang Mansion.

But no matter what, Yan Qingge will never be in any danger.

Yan Qingge has a deep understanding of Yan Shuyu's difficult handling of things. Because the prince was originally a very protective person. Yuan Qianqian is not burdened with the major suspicion of letting go of Wei Qiao, a big sinner, but she still became the prince's concubine without anything, and acted as a prestige in Chuxiu Palace.

Even if it is someone the prince doesn't like, as long as it's on his side, he won't ignore it. This is a means for the monarch. Yan Qingge felt that such a prince was quite pitiful, he couldn't have a little bit of his own likes and dislikes, and could only use interests as the only criterion for measuring everything.

In addition to this incident, Yan Xiuyu also told Yan Qingge another thing, he had just gotten the news that Ling Xiao's brother Ling Lie's army was about to return to the court.

Ling Lie has been on the expedition for more than two years, although he has been staying in the general's tent and does not need to go out to fight hand-to-hand, but the battlefield is ruthless, and the Ling family can't help but worry.

After getting this news, Yan Qingge's mood was a little better, she turned around and went to the study, picked up the pen and wrote a new letter to Yan Xiuyu, thanked him for thinking about delivering her the news early in the morning, and wrote a letter to Ling Xiao, telling Ling Xiao that she already knew that Ling Lie was coming back soon, and congratulated her on her life.

At noon, Xunshuang came to report, saying that Aunt Caifeng from the family came to ask to see her.

Since Caifeng became an aunt, she is very honest, and today she came to ask to see Yan Qingge, Yan Qingge is strange.

She invited Caifeng in. Caifeng is dressed plainly, except for a silver hairpin on her head, there is no other decoration, and she is also very respectful when she salutes, except that her body is slightly plump, which is not much different from when she is a maid.

Yan Qingge asked, "Aunt Caifeng, what are you doing?" ”

"The concubine is here to ask the eldest lady for something. A few days ago, the nurse of the fifth girl was sick, and she couldn't go out to get medicine and treat the disease, so she didn't get better, and she couldn't breastfeed the fifth girl. The fifth girl was hungry for two days, so she could only drink rice oil and hang her, which was not a way for a long time. Caifeng heard in the morning that the eldest lady could send someone to send a letter out, so she dared to ask, I don't know if the eldest lady can help the fifth girl buy some cow milk and goat milk. ”

After listening to Caifeng's words, Yan Qingge nodded and said, "It's not a difficult thing, I'll just ask someone to go out and do it." ”

Although the Zhao family blocked the door of the Yan Mansion and prevented people from entering and exiting, it was limited to the ordinary Yan family, like the servants sent out by Yan Qingge to do errands, they did not dare to stop them.

It was a very simple thing to go out to buy cow and goat milk, and after a while, that thing was sent to Caifeng's yard.

Unexpectedly, Caifeng's request for things was just a beginning, in the afternoon, there was an endless stream of people who came to beg Yan Qingge to help buy things, and some people said that they wanted to do other things, and wanted to ask Yan Qingge's grace to leave the house, these people came one after another, and they were about to step on the threshold of Qingxingyuan.

In addition to the big kitchen at home to buy ingredients, or responsible for dumping garbage, or specially buying sweet water, and those who want to go out for various reasons, whether it is official or private affairs, all ask for the door.

Yan Qingge's head was big when he heard this, and he waved his hand and said, "Blasted out!" Not a single one. ”

Some of these people have reasonable reasons, and some of them are simply making things up. It's just that after being locked up for a few days, the people of the Yan Mansion will not stop, and such a servant jumping up and down really makes her insightful.

———— evening, it was a little later, between 10 and 11 o'clock. If you're used to going to bed early, don't wait.

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(Tianjin)