The Cao family was grounded in Yingxiaju, and the trick of crying, making trouble, and hanging was debunked by Qin Manliu, and Su Yao naturally didn't go to see her.

It's just that twice he went to Chang Xizhai to beg the old lady, wanting to release the two daughters, and said that after all, the reputation of the five girls is not a big problem, and it is not good to keep them locked up all the time.

The old lady seemed to have thought that he would say this, so she immediately sneered and asked, "Yu Yao and Hui Yao are careful everywhere, for fear that Qian Yao's reputation will be damaged?" ”

Su Yao was stunned for a moment, and only after a long time did he shake his head and say no, even if he didn't want to admit it, it was all a fact.

The old lady asked again: "Did Yu Yao and Hui Yao maintain half a point when the disciples bullied Qian Yao?" ”

Su Yao shook his head again.

The old lady laughed angrily at his appearance, picked up the steaming ginseng tea on the side, and asked, "Then they tried their best to save Qian Yao's reputation when it was damaged?" ”

Beads of sweat appeared on Su Yao's forehead at this time, and he couldn't even say a word, his upper and lower lips trembled.

"The disciple was brought by the two girls Yu Yao and Hui Yao, the purpose is to make Qian Yao's reputation ruined and no one dares to marry, which will harm Qian Yao for a lifetime! Qian Yao's reputation was saved because Yun Yao cared about her sister, if there were no other girls, I am afraid that you would have to deal with not only the damage to Qian Yao's reputation! Yu Yao and the others sincerely hurt Qianyao, where did they come from that set of rhetoric that is not a big deal? ”

The old lady's tone was neither salty nor light, but she slapped Su Yao hard.

"It's the son who is not sensible, don't be angry with the mother."

It has been locked up for more than half a month, except for a doctor invited in by Su Yuyao when she was sick in the middle, and there were two times when Su Huiyao passed out and went in to the doctor, and other maids who delivered food, the ancestral ancestral hall was like a cage, and there was no way to lock the two of them up.

Su Peiyao came to a letter, saying that she had come to the Gu family to visit the second sister during this time, the second sister's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and her mood was not bad, and the Zhu family was a lot more honest, and she didn't force her to eat bird's nest all day long.

After receiving this letter, the old lady could be said to be happy like a child, and asked Mama Zhou to fold the letter and put it away.

The New Year's Festival is very lively, the Su Mansion is full of lights, the red blessing characters and lanterns are hung everywhere, and several girls have also got new clothes, and the red and pink ones are all bright colors.

However, the Su Huiyao sisters were still grounded in the ancestral hall, and Su Yao was really distressed, in the end, the two were released. Even if the old lady is reluctant, she has no choice but to feel distressed by her son, especially if she wants to have a reunion during the New Year, it is not good to lock them up for the New Year.

"Old lady, the Ningguo Mansion has sent a gift." Mama Zhou opened the curtain and walked in, holding a gift list, and holding a bunch of big boxes and small boxes of Qinglian Bihe behind her, she was about to lose sight of the road.

It's rare that everyone in the family is in Changxizhai.

"Two boxes of hundred-year-old ginseng, a pair of vases inlaid with green jade in enamel, one pair of blue and white porcelain plum bonsai, and a small screen of fine rosewood inlaid with ivory flowers, Shu brocade sent eight horses, saying that the New Year is for a few girls."

There are ten girls to be married in the second room of the Su family's big house, but Shu Jin only gave eight horses.

Even if you don't know what to say, everyone understands that Su Huiyao and Su Yuyao are gouged out.

Cao Qianlian's face darkened, looking at the big box and small box of things, as soon as he opened the lid, it was still glowing, and his heart itched terribly. The handwriting of the county lord of Shuyang is really generous, this Su Qianyao has not yet entered the door, so she gave these good things, and she will pay it back when she gets married in the future? Shouldn't the bride price be like a mountain?

But this is obviously his daughter's, where did it take his turn to get such a sick seedling as Su Qianyao?

The old lady nodded, smiling very easy-going, but in her words, she said with a gun and a stick, "It's a shame that the Duke of Ning Guo and the county lord are reasonable people, and they didn't suspect Qianyao because someone deliberately framed them, I want to come to this year's New Year to send such things, and I will come to hire them at the beginning of spring, right?" As she spoke, she picked up the teacup and looked at Cao Qianlian with contempt in her eyes.

And Cao Qianlian lowered her eyes at the right time, looking happy for Su Qianyao.

"Mama Zhou, you arrange it, people treat each other politely, let's not fall behind, pick some good ones and send them back, and then invite the person who gave the gift to drink some tea."

"Do you still need to tell me? The slave maid had already arranged it, and the eldest lady and the slave maid found a few things to take in the treasury, and the giver was drinking tea in the flower hall at this time. ”

The old lady nodded with satisfaction, and turned her head to look at Qin Manhuai, "The eldest lady has been managing the housekeeper well in the past six months, and my old lady will let go in the future." ”

"What my mother said, it was still good for my mother to teach me in the past, and my daughter-in-law always stayed by my mother's side, and I learned a lot from listening to my eyes."

What he said made the old lady feel ironed in her heart.

During the New Year, the Su family divided into five tables and ate Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and kept the New Year together until late at night, except for Meng Ruoqian who said that she was not comfortable and returned to Lin Manju, and Liu He could not delay when it was time to take medicine, Su Wanyao couldn't stay up and wanted to sleep when she was young, and everyone else was here with the old lady to accompany her to keep the New Year.

Every household has set off firecrackers, and the Su family is naturally no exception. Su Moyao and Su Jinyao took the maid to put firecrackers in the courtyard for a while, and dragged Su Qingyao, a good girl, out, Su Yunyao was also going to come out, but was kept by the old lady.

"Although our Yun'er is not very old, she is more sensible than her sisters." The old lady held Su Yunyao with one hand and stroked her hair with the other, "My old lady is really blessed to have such a sensible granddaughter!" ”

Su Yunyao blushed and didn't say a word, but Qin Manhuai was happier when she heard this.

The old lady likes Tan Xianghua Tan's family, but Tan Xianghua died early, so the old lady has always had this knot in her heart, even if Qin Manhuai has been in the house for many years, she has not let the old lady untie this knot.

But now it can be said that she can keep the clouds open and see the clouds, the old lady treats her better and better day by day, and she also cares for her daughters, which is something that you can't usually look forward to.

Su Huiyao and Su Yuyao sat together, clenching their fists tightly, no matter how hard the hand under the sleeve was because of anger, they could still pretend to be ignorant on their faces. When they were on both sides of Su Yao, they poured tea when they saw that the cup was empty, and when they saw Su Yao rubbing his shoulders, they came over to knock and knead, which made Su Yao angry a lot.

Su Yao is not a ruthless person, he tries hard to get a bowl of water, but he knows that the life of the concubine in this family is not good, especially the pitiful Chu Chu of the Cao family's mother and daughter, so he can't be ruthless.

Now seeing that the two daughters are so sensible, I don't want to be angry with them because of the five girls.

After a while, Su Moyao, Su Jinyao, and Su Qingyao came back together, the upper of the shoe was still stained with snow, and the collar of the cloak was also covered with snow, but the three girls smiled happily, not caring at all about the snow pouring down the neckline into their necks.

Bihe came in from outside and said to the old lady, "The Cheng family sent a letter saying that they would not come back tonight, and the royal family had rewarded the food and accommodation for them to stay in the palace for a night, and they would come back tomorrow morning." ”

The old lady waved her hand, "It's a good thing that the Cheng family is liked by the emperor, and it is natural to keep them during the New Year, Ming'er asked the porter to be vigilant, don't slack off." ”

Bihe nodded yes and retreated.

The old lady was sleepy at night, and everyone was not easy to treat, so they all went back to their lodgings in the second half of the night.

Su Yunyao walked in front, and Su Huiyao only followed behind her, and said in a low voice, "Sister Eleven is scheming, coaxing grandmother to turn around." ”

Hearing this, Su Yunyao did not look back, but smiled faintly, "Seventh sister is not bad, just a few words made my father angry." ”

"I'm different from you, the fifth sister is indecent but splashes dirty water on us, sister, I'm not as ruthless as you."

Su Yunyao stopped, still didn't look back, but said in a strange manner, "Seventh sister I'm afraid she has a bad memory, two days ago, the son of the Sheng family and his cousin found out the truth, saying that there is indeed a person named Chen Xian in the list of Qiu Yu, but it is not the same person as the one who was in Yingqiu Lake that day, and he risked going to prison but also framed others, why is the purpose of the seventh sister clearer than me, the younger sister, right?" ”

Su Huiyao's face still had a hint of a smile, and she said for a long time, "Then let's go and see, I must be the one who has the last laugh!" ”

"I hope so." Su Yunyao stepped forward and went out.

Lisheng hugged Su Yunyao, and Songyin was carrying a lantern on the side, only to hear Lisheng whisper, "I just came to report Huaixiang, saying that I saw the cuckoo next to the second lady carrying the box to the corner gate, and when he came back, he was empty-handed." ”

Again.

Why do the maids around Cao Qianlian always send out the money in the house? To whom? Where was it delivered? Su Yunyao didn't believe that Cao Qianlian didn't know, she had lost so many things, so many times, how could she not notice it as a person with such a secret heart.

It seems that Cao Qianlian must have acquiesced, or even let her.

"Did you find someone to follow the cuckoo?"

Huaixiang could only follow from a distance, but after the cuckoo left, she went to the corner gate to take a look, the janitor there was not there, and the door was locked and there was no sound, thinking that the person who picked up the things had left.

The janitor is not there? Su Yunyao sneered in her heart, it seems that Cao Qianlian has done a good job, and even the janitor is used by her.

The masters are all in Changxizhai tonight, and no one pays attention to the cuckoo, Cao Qianlian must have thought so to let the cuckoo do it tonight.

The more she thought about it, the more curious she became, and she always felt that there was a lock in it, but she hadn't found the key yet.

Cao's mother's family doesn't know where, she is just an orphan girl who her grandfather picked up and doesn't know where her family is, and it is obviously unreasonable to say that she stole money to supplement her mother's family.

Where are all the boxes and bags of gold and silver?

"Now no one doubts Huaixiang for the time being, you let her continue to stare at Yingxiaju, and tell me immediately if there is any noise."

Maybe find out the rules and catch the maid next to the Cao family on the spot when they steal money again, and the truth will be revealed.

Lisheng agreed, "The slave understands, the girl can rest assured." ”

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there are tiny snowflakes floating in the sky, but it is not cold.