At dusk, the old lady Lin slowly woke up, with some energy, Yi'er took the porridge and waited for her to eat, the old lady called out all the maids, then took Yi'er's hand, and sighed softly: "You are a clever ghost, I'm afraid you have already seen it, grandmother, I am terminally ill, and I will not live in a few days." ”

Yi'er said: "Grandmother hasn't woken up yet, what nonsense are you talking about?" My grandmother is old, and sometimes she is not in good spirits, and she wants to take a look, which is normal, but where is the disease? ”

Lin said: "You are filial, your mouth is sweet, grandmother, although I know that you are just making me happy, but after hearing this, grandmother is really happy." ”

Yi'er said: "Grandmother didn't eat anything at noon, and she only drank some porridge at night, but what else do you want to eat?" A few days ago, Kite learned a kind of red date pimple soup, and her grandmother hasn't tasted it yet, so why don't Kite show her grandmother her hand? ”

Lin said with a smile: "My kite is ingenious, and the things she makes are better than the chefs invited in the kitchen, and my grandmother is really afraid that she will get used to eating the craftsmanship of the kite, so she will eat her mouth, and she will marry and can't eat the things made by the kite, so I will only starve to death." ”

The grandfather and grandson laughed for a while, and then Lin changed the topic, and said with some meaning: "In this life, grandmother only gave birth to your fourth uncle and fifth uncle, two unfortunate bastards, and they both said that children and grandchildren are the debts of their parents in their previous lives, which is really reasonable." Your fifth uncle...... Alas, grandmother knows that you hate him to the bone, but her son knows that he can't change his character if he doesn't learn and is a bastard, but you say that he is messing with flowers and grass everywhere and molesting a few slaves and maids, I think there is, but if you say that he can kill people ruthlessly, and he is still scheming, looking for a scapegoat, and doing it well, I think it is unlikely. ”

Yi'er was stunned, although the old lady was inevitably suspected of justifying her son's name, but Yi'er also had to admit that Lin's words were very reasonable, objective and pertinent. She couldn't help but secretly wonder, could it be that there was something else hidden in this matter?

Lin Shi said: "There are all kinds of people in this world, like your fifth uncle, the hateful people in the bright place are actually not powerful, kite, you still have a long way to go, you have to remember clearly, those people who are harmless to humans and animals on the surface, and are sanctimonious, are serious when they do evil things, and they will not even soften their hands, this kind of person needs you to be especially vigilant." ”

Yi'er always felt that Lin's words meant something, but the old man didn't say it to her, Yi'er couldn't guess it, and she couldn't think it through.

At the end of the day, when it was almost time, the old lady wanted to go back to her Zirui Courtyard, Yi'er was going to send her over in person, but she was stopped by the old lady, she smiled and said: "It's not early, there are people and maids to follow, why do you need to run this trip?" You're tired today, so it's better to rest early. ”

Yi'er responded obediently, and carefully instructed a few big girls in Chunzhi, and then saw the old lady get on the chair and go away.

At that time, Yi'er never thought that this was the last time she was alone with this wise and kind old man, and when she recalled this situation many years later, she secretly hated why she didn't insist on sending her a gift, even if she had a lot of tea with the old lady, it could make her feel a little better.

Qing Li talked back and forth, saying that in the afternoon, several masters in the house heard that the old lady was unwell, and they all came to Qiuxia Pavilion and wanted to serve the sick closely, but they were all sent away by the old lady's side Shan Mama.

In the afternoon, the old lady has been unconscious, and she really can't see anyone, Yi'er didn't think deeply, and sent Lufu to the Ripple Courtyard to take a look, and Yi'er went to bed to rest after getting the exact news.

On the second day, news came from Zirui Courtyard that the old lady was sick again, and she woke up from a faint while lying on the bed, and she was already a little unconscious.

Yi'er and Li hurried over, but were directly blocked out of the courtyard, in fact, not only Yi'er, the old lady of a few rooms was a no-less, all of them were stopped by Mama Shan, and later the fourth master Du Ziqian was annoyed, and led someone to break in, but at this moment, the door curtain was lifted, and the old lady walked out tremblingly under the support of Chunzhi Chunrong, pointing to Du Ziyan's nose is a stinky scolding, after scolding, she was still angry, and immediately announced that during her recuperation, no one was allowed to step into her Zirui Courtyard for half a step, what to say, She will let Mama Shan pass it out. After finishing speaking, he turned around and entered the courtyard, and let people close the courtyard door directly, leaving a group of masters and masters in the Hou Mansion looking at each other and dumbfounded.

Next, Yi'er concentrated on Lan Qiao's funeral, and ignored other things in the house, but in the afternoon, there were guests in the house, and when Yi'er heard Lu Fu mention it, because it was a little strange, she asked a few more words.

In fact, it is not a guest to say that it is not a guest, from Chongzhou, it is the patriarch of the Du family, I heard that it came with it, and the Du family of Chongzhou, several of the most respected ancestors.

Although Chongzhou Du's family and Qingxiang Hou's Mansion are of the same origin, for a long time, few people from Chongzhou Du's family came to the capital to join Qingxiang's Hou Mansion. Moreover, many years ago, the Qingxiang Marquis Mansion opened its own ancestral temple in Beijing, and invited the ancestral archway from Chongzhou to the capital of Beijing, and since then, there has been less contact between the two sides. Now that the patriarch of the Du family and several very senior ancestors suddenly visited, it was naturally a little strange, but Yi'er didn't have the heart to think about this, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Two days later, because Yi'er personally prepared for it, Lan Qiao's posthumous affairs had already been done, and he had already been buried in the coffin, just waiting for the first seven days to be transported to Xishan for burial.

July 22, summer heat.

The weather was unusually hot on this day, and in order to prevent the body of the blue buckwheat from decomposing, Yi'er put a lot of ice in the yard, so compared to the outside, the Qiuxia Pavilion was much cooler.

Just after the afternoon, the Hou Mansion finally began to make noise again.

This time, it was the Linglong Pavilion of the fifth room that took the lead, Yi'er locked herself in the Qiuxia Pavilion, and she was not interested in the troubles in the fifth room, but the green fu next to her was a bag with a lot of curiosity to inquire, so soon Yi'er knew that the fifth lady He seemed to have suffered a blow and had a miscarriage!

Yi'er didn't care at all, in the final analysis, she didn't care at all whether the five rooms were good or bad. The fifth lady He has been pregnant for more than eight months, and she is about to give birth, but she suddenly said that she had a miscarriage, although it is embarrassing, but who let her stand up to the fifth master Du Ziping like that? If you want to say that you are pitiful and sympathetic, Yi'er really doesn't have much sympathy for him in the five rooms, so when you hear the news, Yi'er doesn't react at all.

It's just that less than a moment later, the Li family brought little Du Yu over, and Mama Liu, who was in charge of the Hou Mansion, came with her, but she was ordered by Du Ziyan, the Marquis of Qingxiang, to invite the master of each room to go to Mingfeng Building to discuss matters.

Yi'er was a little surprised, but Li's face was a little solemn. Indeed, this matter is strange everywhere, in Yi'er's memory, the fourth master Du Ziqian sent someone to invite someone in the name of the Hou Ye, this is the first time, that is, last time, overturned the ever-bright lantern that prayed for the queen mother, and the grandmothers came to the house to invite people, and it was also in the name of the fourth lady Wei.

Remembering the last time, Yi'er couldn't help but have a plan in her heart, whether it was in the name of the fourth lady or the name of the fourth master, the marquis of Qingxiang, she invited the masters and ladies of each room to go to Mingfeng Building, so solemn, I am afraid that something big must have happened, Yi'er couldn't help but think, the news of the fifth lady's miscarriage just came out, and the fourth master Du Ziqian invited someone to Mingfeng Building to discuss the matter, could it be that this so-called discussion is this matter?

The last time Mingfeng Lou was discussed, Yi'er was framed by Chunyun for no reason, this time I went to Mingfeng Lou again, Yi'er couldn't help but remind herself in her heart, if it was really about the miscarriage of the fifth lady, then because of the incident of Lan Qiao, where is there anyone else besides her who has the most tense relationship with Wufang now? If all this is really another conspiracy and calculation, then I am afraid that this will come against me in the end.

The Li family arrived late with Yi'er, and the hall on the first floor of the Mingfeng Building was already full of people, Yi'er looked up, the second lady Wan in the second room was not there, and the second master Du Ziming was standing behind his other aunt, Aunt Zhang. After this last incident, Du Ziming banned Wan's feet, as for Aunt Zhao, she was directly imprisoned by Du Ziming to Zhuangzi outside the city, and Du Xiangyu invited herself to serve Aunt Zhao in Zhuangzi, Du Ziming agreed, and went out of the house at noon yesterday, and Yi'er also went to the Hanging Flower Gate to send people.

And now this Aunt Zhang has always been an honest and duty-bound appearance, not fighting, not robbing, not making trouble, and not exquisite, but people gave birth to a son and a daughter for Du Ziming, the eldest daughter married out of the house early, although only in the suburbs of Beijing, it is not a big family of Zhong Ding Mingshi, but I heard that the husband and wife are harmonious, and they have given birth to two sons for her husband's family one after another. And his son Du Shao, although he didn't study much, he liked business since he was a child, and he took care of some industries in the Hou Mansion with Du Ziming since he was nine years old, and now he has become Du Ziming's right-hand man, which can be regarded as very promising. This aunt has children and daughters, and she has something to rely on, so she really can't afford to come to the troubled waters in the Hou Mansion again!

Du Ziming's three sons came under his knees, and even the eldest son, Du Peng, although he broke his leg, was also carried in by his subordinates and sat behind Du Ziming.

The three-room Du Zifei Zhong couple sat side by side, Du Qinwen and Du Qinya snuggled up to the Zhong family obediently, looking like the warmest family.

The people in the fourth room are sitting at the head, but they are not the main seat, and there are a few old people who Yier does not know sitting on the main seat.

I'm afraid these are the Du family patriarchs and a few ancestors who came from Chongzhou.

And sitting in the position of the fifth room is a tall general who is about forty years old, his eyes are shining, since Yi'er came in, a pair of tiger eyes stared at Yi'er fiercely.