Ruyi went out to investigate, Yan Qingge also went into the house to remove the hairpin ring, sat at the head of the bed and slowly passed his hair with a wooden comb.

It didn't take long for Ruyi to return.

Yan Qingge didn't pay attention to it first, and when she heard Ruyi speak, she realized that her voice was wrong. Yan Qingge raised his eyes and saw that Ruyi's face was full of tears.

"Miss! They're too bullying! Ruyi's teardrops fell down one by one, like broken thread beads.

Yan Qingge didn't expect Ruyi to react so much, thinking that who was bullying her, and said in surprise: "What's the matter?" ”

"Wen Xue's mother refused to say it at first, but later told me that it is now rumored in the mansion that you are not born to the master, but the emperor's daughter."

This is simply nonsense, and Yan Qingge was also suppressed by this rumor.

She couldn't understand why someone would come to such a ridiculous conclusion, although she didn't look like Yan Songnian, but resembled her mother Le's, but what could this mean?

Yan Shuyu also doesn't look like Yan Songnian, but more like Aunt Hai. The third young lady, Yan Runxin, is even more like Aunt Chu carved out of a mold. Why do others prefer to say her right and wrong, but not others'.

She asked Ruyi, and Ruyi cried: "They said that Madame almost married the emperor, and then for some reason, the marriage was canceled." The emperor never forgot his wife, so he had a young lady, and the lord was just a courtier who helped the royal family raise his daughter. ”

Yan Qingge was speechless for a while. Although she still doesn't remember when Leshi passed away, she is sure that Leshi is a person who will never do the kind of thing that is rumored to be.

Moreover, she has also entered the palace several times to see the queen, if she is really the emperor's daughter, how can the queen not know, and hints that she has become one of the candidates for the crown princess.

This rumor can also coax and coax the ignorant people in the house.

However, if the three of them become tigers, and this rumor is well known, then it will definitely have an impact. Who benefits more from this?

Yan Qingge instantly thought of Aunt Hai and Yan Shuyu.

If she is really the emperor's daughter, then she and the crown prince are brothers and sisters, and her engagement to the prince has become a joke, and naturally there is no way to fulfill it. In this way, if the Yan family wants the marriage contract to continue, they must find another concubine, and Yan Shuyu is not a good candidate at the moment.

Yan Qingge thought of this, angry and laughing.

She once thought that if the royal family insisted on letting her marry the crown prince, it really didn't work, so she would discredit herself and let the prince choose another person, but she didn't expect that before she could do it herself, someone would help her choose this method.

Yan Qingge was silent for a while, figured out the cause and effect, took Ruyi's hand and comforted: "Don't cry, look at your good face, crying like a flower cat." It's not necessarily a bad thing. ”

"Why isn't it a bad thing?" Ruyi wiped tears in surprise.

"Why is it bad?" Yan Qingge said thoughtfully: "No wonder my father has been a lot more polite to me recently, and he no longer calls me around." The people in the family were also respectful and scolded me everywhere. It turned out that it was all because of this rumor. ”

She thought about it, shook her head again, and said, "No! This is not like the handiwork of Aunt Hai and Yan Shuyu, they have always only loved to step on others, how can they make up such a noble identity for me. ”

Ruyi listened to Yan Qingge's analysis and said, "This is also true, the second lady can't see the eldest lady the most." It's just that recently I don't often see the second lady and Aunt Hai, I heard that Aunt Hai's birth is not good, she lies on the bed every day and doesn't dare to move, and she sees red from time to time. ”

"It's late today, let's go to bed first! I've been sorting it out for the past few days, and I've got to figure out the source of this rumor. Yan Qingge grinned. She only went out to study for a few years, and there were little ghosts in this house who wanted to calculate her. She wanted to see who was so bold.

Early in the morning of the second day, Yan Qingge cleaned up and dressed up, had breakfast, and asked Ruyi to set up a comfortable chair in front of the door, she sat on the back of the chair, and called all the subordinates.

There are not many people in her yard, and last year there were two grandmothers who were too old to do things at all, so they were sent back to Zhuangzi to care for the elderly. Now with the four healthy women sent by Yan Xiuyu, there are only twelve people.

Yan Qingge rarely brought all his subordinates to lecture him, but last time he found out that Zhang's mother had drugged her before he moved the public.

She is not easy to exert power, but she is famous for her clear rewards and punishments, and everyone is a little uneasy in their hearts for a while, wondering if they have done something wrong recently.

A group of subordinates knelt on the ground, silent.

Yan Qingge said softly: "I called you here today, not for anything else, but to ask, there have been some rumors about me in the Yan family recently, how many have you heard, and when did you start hearing them." ”

As soon as Yan Qingge talked about this, the people in the courtyard felt bitter in their stomachs.

This rumor has been spreading for a while, and some people have said since the beginning of the year that although they were not involved, they did not tell Yan Qingge. It's okay if Yan Qingge doesn't pursue it, if they are investigated, then they will have to bear the crime of not prosecuting.

At this time, no one wants to be a bird.

During the Chinese New Year, Yan Qingge asked the two grandmothers about her mother, and the two grandmothers kept their mouths shut and didn't tell Yan Qingge anything.

These two grandmothers are old people, and they know that even if others are fine, they will be remembered by Yan Qingge in their hearts. Otherwise, why didn't Yan Qingge ask them not long ago, and someone outside began to arrange Yan Qingge's life experience. It's a coincidence that these two sides are rushing to the front and back.

The two of them glanced at each other, came out of the crowd, knelt down and kowtowed to Yan Qingge, and said, "Miss, this rumor spread during the Chinese New Year. If the eldest lady can trust the two of us, the old slaves will inquire in the house, and see where the people are talking and slandering the eldest lady. ”

Yan Qingge stared at the two of them, and said softly: "I can naturally trust the two grandmothers, and I will know the truth about this matter by tomorrow at the latest." Let's all disperse. ”

In the afternoon of the next day, the two grandmothers came over and kowtowed to Yan Qingge: "Miss Yan, the old slaves have inquired clearly, it was Aunt Caifeng who said this at the beginning, and she only followed the master for a long time, so she told the master bad things about Miss, saying that Miss had a problem with her life experience, and said that she heard about it from Aunt Hai before." Later, the people of Zhuyuyuan also followed suit. But there was no movement in Mingxinzhai. ”

Yan Qingge listened to the reactions of the various courtyards in his family, thoughtfully, and said, "Oh! You continue. ”

Another grandmother kowtowed to Yan Qingge and hesitated: "There is another thing, the old slaves dare not hide it from the eldest lady." The old slaves went to Hanyouju to find out the news from the old sisters in the past, and heard them say another thing, not long after the year, the old man recorded the second and third young ladies in the family tree. ”

"I'm not surprised that Yan Shuyu is on the family tree, why did Yan Runxin follow the family tree?" Yan Qingge sat up straight suddenly, feeling that he had grasped the key to the matter.

The grandmother didn't dare to hide it, and said, "Miss, listening to my old sister's words, it seems that the second and third ladies are recorded in the name of the lady." ”

"Ridiculous!"

Yan Qingge slapped the handle of the chair and stood up, his face showing anger: "When did my mother give birth to two younger sisters for me, why don't I know!" ”

She walked around the room a few times, the expression on her face was blue and white, and she was very angry, and after walking around for a while, the expression on her face gradually calmed down, revealing an unpredictable smile: "Okay, I know!" In a moment, you will find Ruyi, and each of you will receive ten taels of silver. In the future, if I can hear any useful news in the cold friend, I will also be rewarded. Step aside. ”

After the two grandmothers left, Yan Qingge turned around and went to the study, asking Ruyi to wait for Mo Mo, and she wanted to write a letter.

Not long after, Yan Qingge wrote a letter, handed it to Ruyi, and said, "Send it to the official post in the capital." ”

Ruyi looked at the envelope and saw that it was a letter to Le Yi, so he immediately went to do it.

Yan Songnian went too far this time, and it was even more unbearable than when he first returned to Beijing. It is inappropriate for Yan Qingge to make trouble in this matter, but Le Yi is different, he is the elder brother of the Le family, and naturally has the right to represent the deceased Le family.

Sending the letter away, Yan Qingge sat on the chair and rested for a while, sorting out his thoughts. The rumors have been circulating in the house for so long, but I am afraid that it is for Yan Shuyu to go to the family tree. Yan Shuyu became a concubine, so she naturally could compete in the marriage contract between the Yan family and the prince.

But this matter really doesn't look like Aunt Hai and Yan Shuyu's style, if it were the two of them, I'm afraid they wouldn't say that she was the emperor's daughter, but would viciously publicize that Le's was divorced by the royal family at the beginning, because he had a head and end with some kind of indiscriminate person, Yan Qingge is actually the species of that wild man.

But this rumor not only gave Yan Shuyu a big profit, but also did not forget to praise Yan Qingge, obviously the person who planned did not want to really be an enemy of Yan Qingge.

Who will be such a means?

Yan Qingge's mind conjured up the face of a little baby girl. She had only seen the child once, she looked like Aunt Chu, she was weak, although she was carefully cared for by Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu, but she didn't know if she could grow up.

This Yan family genealogy, Yan Shuyu is on it, why can Yan Runxin, a little thing, follow?

Thinking of this section, Yan Shuyu felt that she had finally grasped the key to the matter, and it was difficult for Aunt Chu to do it.

But according to Aunt Chu's usual performance, she didn't care about Yan Runxin, why would she take such pains and pains to plan for Yan Runxin, and even used Yan Shuyu as a shield.

Yan Qingge couldn't figure it out, she stood up, called Ruyi and said, "Ruyi, come with me to Hanyouju." I want to meet Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu. ”

Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu are quite deferential to her, and they have been serving with Aunt Chu, and they have no foundation at home, Yan Qingge thought, the two of them are afraid to know some of the inside story of this matter.

Yan Songnian went out to swim with friends, and he didn't come back until the evening, he was not there, and the cold friends were relaxed and quiet, and the cries of insects and birds were crisper than usual.

Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu lived in the side room, and the window of their room was open, and the excited laughter of children could be heard from inside.

Yan Qingge and Ruyi entered the door, and saw that Yan Runxin was placed on the couch covered with thick cushions, and Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu were playing with a rattle to tease Yan Runxin, and they were very happy with a small smile.

Yan Runxin is almost a year old. She grew a lot stronger, although her hair was still thin, and she already had a lot of flesh on her body. Yan Qingge almost didn't recognize that she was the sick baby at the beginning, it seems that Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu raised her well.

As soon as Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu saw Yan Qingge, the joy on their faces suddenly put away, and they immediately asked the maids to take Yan Runxin away and respectfully salute Yan Qingge.