Because of the renovation of the inner courtyard, the days in the Hou Mansion finally had a bit of leisure and stability.

Gui Mingyue's shop in the capital is still managed by Yun Lang, after all, Yun Lang is also from the future world, and there are endless ideas for doing business, and soon two branches were opened in the most prosperous area of the capital.

The head shop in the capital is also the most prosperous and lively Angelica Pavilion.

Gui Mingyue only needs to sit and not leave the house, and there are a lot of items in his hands. Every day, I find Leng Bingxiang, Gui Jingxue and others to swim in the lake, or play with the aunts who have a good relationship with the uncountable aunts, or reward the rare flowers and plants that the eldest brother transported from the Nandi people......

Sometimes Ji Yunyi rests, and will take her all over the capital to find those delicious food shops, and even go to cockfights and crickets together, in short, her young grandmother is a little different from the young grandmother of other families.

The days were very pleasant for a while.

At that time, Gui Mingyue was standing under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard, wearing the most fashionable and expensive perilla cigarette shirt among the nobles in the capital...... Gui Mingyue was supported by the silver pendant, the tortoiseshell "rubbed" up the tree, and a layer of clean oilcloth was laid under the osmanthus tree, and the tortoiseshell took a bamboo pole to knock down the osmanthus, and the gold coin picked up the cloth that fell on it.

Gui Mingyue watched with relish, while missing the taste of the hot, fragrant, soft and glutinous osmanthus cake.

For the business of Gui Mingyue's shops, the envy and greed of the Hou Mansion abound, and the third aunt seemed to have forgotten her hostility towards the West Courtyard, and from time to time she cheekily went to chat with Gui Mingyue for a few words, or when she was fighting horses and hanging three missing one, she went to make up for it.

Although Gui Mingyue didn't drive her away, she wasn't very enthusiastic.

"Grandma, have you heard?" On this day, the third aunt borrowed the sweet introduction of the osmanthus cake in the west courtyard and came to find Gui Mingyue. After chatting for a while, he suddenly whispered mysteriously: "A female corpse was found in the well in the backyard, I heard that it was judged that it had been dead for three days when it was salvaged, and I didn't hear that there was a maid missing in any courtyard......"

Saying that, he glanced at Gui Mingyue, and saw that there was no big reaction on Gui Mingyue's face, so he gave up, and after a while, he felt bored, so he got up and said goodbye.

"Have you heard of this?" When the third aunt was far away, Gui Mingyue asked.

Jin Qi'er shook her head, she has always been sociable, and the news came quickly, when she returned to the mansion before, it was like this, but when she came to the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion, it was not easy to make it, especially at the eldest lady of the main courtyard, the maid and the woman were all tight-mouthed, and it was difficult to inquire about anything.

If it weren't for what happened in the backyard today, they didn't know anything about it, Gui Mingyue frowned, she always felt that the past few days had been too peaceful. The eldest lady hated herself so much that she couldn't do nothing. It's just that she doesn't know what she wants to do over there. It's not like her side of the western courtyard, there are the eyeliner of the eldest lady everywhere, even if she is strict, there will be clues to the ears of the eldest lady in private. This feeling of being stuffy in the dark is not comfortable, but this matter is still urgent, and it has to be thought out slowly.

"Could it be that Ning'er?" Yinshen'er suddenly said: "Ning'er, a rough maid in our courtyard, came to find her four days ago and said that there was something at home, and she took a few days ......off."

"So, she was killed in the house? But why was she killed! Jin Qi'er was puzzled.

"Is there a person named Rurong who is in the bunk with her?" Gui Mingyue asked suddenly.

"Exactly," Yinshen'er nodded and said, "How can the young grandmother know?" ”

That night pearl was found at the head of Rurong's bed.

Previously, Gui Mingyue had always thought that Rurong had stolen it, but now it seems that it is likely to be this Ning'er, who didn't have time to transfer that night, so she changed hands and hid on Rurong's bed. Gui Mingyue has never had a seizure, and she has been sending people to observe secretly.

And Ning'er's death is likely due to her failure to take out the Night Pearl to the eldest lady, and she was finally killed.

"Grandma Jiang, you will call Rurong." Gui Mingyue commanded.

"Yes."

After a while, Grandma Jiang brought Rurong to Gui Mingyue.

Obviously, Rurong had already known about Ning'er's death, and now her face was pale, and her body was shaking like chaff.

"Grandma Help!" If you enter the door, kneel down and shout.

"Oh?" Gui Mingyue said lightly: "Let me save my life, but who wants to harm you?" ”

"The slave doesn't dare to say it, please let the young grandmother let the slave and maid out of the Hou Mansion!" Rurong pleaded.

Gui Mingyue sneered: "I let you go?" Why did I let you go, your deed is still in the hands of the eldest lady, if you want to leave, go and beg the eldest lady, beg me what to do. ”

Rurong was doused with a basin of cold water by Gui Mingyue, and she trembled even more from head to toe.

That's right, my body deed is in the hands of the eldest lady, how could she spare me, Ning'er has been forced to death by her.

Rurong was desperate for a while, and only knelt on the ground in a daze.

"If you stay now, help me do a few things when the time comes, and make me satisfied, you can secretly send you out of the Hou Mansion and live incognito for the rest of your life in the future, are you willing?" Half a day, Mingyue suddenly spoke.

"Ahh As long as they can get out of the house, the slaves and maids are willing. Rurong was in good spirits at this time and hurriedly kowtowed.

"You didn't even ask me what I asked you to do, and you agreed?" Gui Mingyue asked curiously.

Rurong raised her head and said seriously: "The slave knows that the eldest and youngest grandmother is a kind-hearted person, and she will not be embarrassed by Rurong, and what Rurong can do must be able to do." ”

"Yo, you girl, you look timid and cowardly on weekdays, but you have a heart." Jin Qi'er on the side couldn't help but quip.

Seeing Rurong retreat, Jin Qi'er couldn't help asking, "Miss, what do you want this Rurong to do for you?" ”

"I'll know when the time comes." Gui Mingyue said lazily.

In the main courtyard of the Hou Mansion, the eldest lady scolded a little angrily: "That little cripple, I really don't know what to do, let him help me take care of the shop, I promoted him, and I dared to refuse three times and twice." ”

"These four young masters do have some skills in business, and I heard that the three shops he manages have this amount of input every day." He said and gave a slap in the face.

"Fifty taels of silver?" The eldest lady said in surprise.

"Fifty taels of gold, eldest lady." Grandma Yuan said.

With a "bang", the eldest lady's hand shook, and the tea cup rolled down to the table.

The little maid next to her hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the table.

"There are fifty taels of gold for one shop a day, and the ...... earned by three shops for the Gui family that year" The eldest lady calculated in her heart, and couldn't help but drop her jaw in shock.

"No wonder this Gui never went to the public to receive silver, the food and clothing have always been that very good, I heard that a few days ago the carved bed in the west courtyard is too hard, so people went to find the Hainan fragrant sandalwood carved again," Yuan Grandma couldn't help but smack her tongue, the Hainan fragrant rosewood is also known as the yellow rosewood, its texture is extremely soft and beautiful like flowing clouds and water, with a refreshing fragrance, I heard that it is not rotten or beetle after a hundred years......

At this time, a new little maid standing next to her couldn't help but say sourly: "I heard that even those slaves and maids are more beautiful than other courtyards......

"Bold!" Mrs. Ji scolded angrily: "Slap your mouth!" ”

When Grandma Yuan saw that the eldest lady was angry, she quickly shut up and dragged the little maid out.

When Grandma Yuan came back, she handed over a post.

"At this time, the post handed over by the Lord Lin Mansion of the Priest of the Prince's Priesthood," Mrs. Ji said disdainfully: "In the early years, the Hou Ye lost power, and the Lin Mansion and us have long faded, but now they are like those other adults, and they are blushing back to please Ba Tie. ”

Mrs. Ji receives a lot of such invitations every day, and she threw the post on the table casually.

"Make an excuse and refuse." Mrs. Ji said impatiently.

"The eldest lady, the maid over there who came to deliver the post also handed a word to the eldest lady for their master." Saying that, Grandma Yuan leaned close to Mrs. Ji's ear and whispered.

"Oh?" The eldest lady's eyes lit up and she said, "Is this true?" ”

Grandma Yuan said: "The maid said that the last time their young lady came to the Hou Mansion for a banquet, the maid's mother who followed her was the grandmother next to the eldest princess, and whether the woman was still chaste or not, it can naturally be seen at a glance." ”

"In this way, we have to go to this banquet in the Lin Mansion," the eldest lady said: "Go and ask the princess and the eldest young grandmother to clean up, and we will go to the Lin Mansion for the banquet." ”

After Grandma Yuan brought the words of the eldest lady, she deliberately went to Lao Qiu's house again, and only came out after a while.

"Young grandmother, why does this eldest lady want you to go to the Lin Mansion with her for a banquet?" Jin Qi'er asked puzzled.

Gui Mingyue also shook her head, only remembering that Miss Lin Zhanmei, when she looked at Ji Yunyi, her tender appearance like water, and her eyes of hatred towards herself.

At that time, she swore that she would not have anything to do with Ji Yunyi in this life, and it was no wonder that people hated her.

After Jin Qi'er dressed up Gui Mingyue, the eldest lady came to urge her again.

When Gui Mingyue followed the eldest lady to the mansion of the prince of the country, she was still a little vigilant in her heart, especially when a few mothers-in-law kept looking at herself, and then came to pour wine and talk to herself.

Lin Zhanmei just ignored his love this time, and he didn't go toe-to-toe with him like last time. He was really courteous to Mrs. Ji, or the ladies of the entire Lin Mansion today surrounded Mrs. Ji and flattered her.

Is it really just a simple banquet? Just to tie up the town of the Marquis Mansion?

Gui Mingyue was puzzled.

If you sit on pins and needles until the end of the banquet, there is nothing abnormal. Mrs. Ji asked Lian and Gui Mingyue to go back to the carriage first, but she herself was still chatting with the lady of the Lin Mansion enthusiastically.

"It's really still a virgin, can you see it clearly this time?" Mrs. Ji saw that Gui Mingyue had already gotten into the carriage, so she asked anxiously.

Mrs. Lin also withdrew from the other subordinates, and there was only one grandmother left by her side.

This grandmother is the teaching grandmother next to the eldest princess mentioned above, and now the eldest prince has lost his power, so he has to be an idle prince in the fiefdom, and the groups of slaves in the past are also scattered and scattered. This Mama Lu came to Mrs. Lin to serve by chance, and her daughter served by Miss Lin Zhanmei, the first talented woman of the Dadong Dynasty.

The mother and daughter have to serve with all their hearts, and they have repaid the Lin Mansion for their kindness.

"Back to Mrs. Ji's words," Mama Lu bowed down and said, "The old slave doesn't dare to say that this young grandmother of your family is indeed still an innocent girl." ”