Earlier it was used in his own yard, I heard Xuan'er say, except for the holiday family banquet in the house, the lady's reward, other times, are the next people to the big kitchen to receive the same meal, in their own yard to eat, only grandmother, mother, second lady and seventh aunt opened a small kitchen in their own yard, if others want to change the meal, they need to make up for the silver two and ask the cook to do it.

The second lady's maiden family is also a figure with a head and face in Jiangnan, and she can be related to the Weaving Bureau, so her status in the house is second only to her mother, and different from other aunts. But I didn't expect that Aunt Seven would be able to enjoy such treatment, favoring one over the other, no wonder Aunt Nine would have such high hopes for me.

Before the chopsticks were put down, Aunt Jiu sent the maid over, saying that she had selected a few exquisite hairpin ring jewelry, and that I should go to her yard if I had time.

I'm not interested in those cumbersome things, but I remembered that I was really too cold last night, and Aunt Nine repeatedly told me to explain, so I took a girl who was familiar with the road, called Jiuxiang, and left Xuan'er to arrange for someone to clean up in the yard and go to Aunt Jiu's yard.

Although the Suzhou Mansion is large, it adheres to the symmetrical pattern of Suzhou gardens in the planning, and the courtyards are scattered and the scenery is orderly. Although the corridor is winding and the cobblestone path is intricate, the end is all through the main road, and a few green sedan chairs are parked at the intersection to facilitate the backyard ladies to enter and exit. I returned to the house last night, even though the mother-in-law who carried the sedan chair was strong and vigorous, and she walked with the wind quickly, and walked from the door to the backyard for most of the time, it can be seen that the courtyard of the Su family is really spacious.

Auntie's house is separated from us, not close, about a cup of tea, all the way to the flowers and willows, I arrived at her yard, blue bricks and blue tiles, green trees shaded, inconspicuous, but the house is spider plant bamboo, ink screen, sunny tent curtain, expensive in fresh and elegant, simple atmosphere.

Aunt Jiu had been waiting in the house for a long time, and told the girl in the courtyard to bring some candied fruits and snacks to entertain Jiuxiang, and happily took me by the hand into the back room, where a few rare fruits and pastries had already been prepared on the red pear wood table.

"Are you used to eating breakfast? Would you like to have some more snacks? Aunt Nine was a little cautious when she asked.

"No, auntie, I'm already full." I patted my belly, trying to bring my little daughter's coquettishness in my tone, and be intimate with her.

She smiled, a little uncomfortable, and brought a mahogany box from the dresser, opened it and placed it in front of me, and it contained some gold and silver jewelry.

"There are many people in your yard, and it's not convenient to talk, so I'll let you run hard to me. My aunt knows that you are not rare in these yellow and white things, but the people in the house have always stepped on the low and the high, if you can't do it well, it will be difficult to move an inch, you accept these gadgets for turnover. Then he turned around and took out a dressing box inlaid with rubies: "These are a few kinds of beads that I picked out for you, do you see if they fit your heart?" ”

"No need, auntie, I have a lot of jewelry from my mother, you should keep it yourself." I hurriedly refused, knowing that it was not easy for her, I am afraid that she gave me all her own jewelry.

"What your mother has given you is an ornament, which you can neither give away nor spend as money. Auntie, you can arrange these at will. ”

"I also have silver taels here...... My mother gave me a lot. I whispered.

"Why are you so alienated from your aunt?" As she spoke, her eyes flushed a little, "Are you blaming your aunt for sending you to Yunwu Mountain to endure hardship?" ”

I didn't expect my unintentional sentence to make her so sad: "Auntie, I have never blamed you, but I am very glad that I can escape from this deep mansion compound and live happily for more than ten years." ”

She wiped the corners of her eyes with her cuffs: "When I entrusted you to Master Hagi, my aunt was really forced to do so. It's all because I was young and vigorous at that time, and I had no city in my heart, although I relied on my young and beautiful beauty to be favored by your father, but I was isolated in the house, and I couldn't save your life at all. ”

"It's that my sister-in-law is not angry, and my aunt has been tired since she was a child."

"No, sister-in-law, you heard my aunt say that I said that you were born prematurely and weak, but in fact you were poisoned!"

"Huh?!" My hand trembled, and one of the beads I was playing with fell onto the table.

"This is the real reason why I begged your master to keep you in Cloud Peak. Master Hagi said that the poison came into my body when I was pregnant, but fortunately, someone did something that caused you to give birth prematurely, otherwise it would have been in my body for a long time, and it would have been stillborn. I was alone in the house at that time, and I didn't even know who the poisoner was, and I couldn't prevent it, so I didn't dare to risk your life. ”

"Who caused the poison, do you know now?" I asked with difficulty.

Aunt Jiu listened carefully to the movements in the yard, and Jiuxiang was laughing with a few maids in the yard, so she shook her head: "Over the years, your father has grown old, and he no longer cares about the things in the backyard. There is no desire to compete for favor among the aunts, and they all concentrate on their children's upbringing, hoping that the children can get ahead and leave a place in the house for themselves when they are old. On the surface, the house seems to be under the care of the eldest lady, harmonious and beautiful, brothers, friends and brothers, and the correspondence between aunts is also polite and polite. I really can't guess who that person is, and what his intentions are. I only know that the people who have been able to get along in the house until now are not simple-minded people, I am anxious to find you, but I am worried that the person will attack you again, and you have just returned to the mansion, and you are simple-minded, and it is very easy for people to take advantage of it. You have to be careful of all the people around you, your mother, your aunt, your sisters, your subordinates, except your father and me. ”

"Does my father know about these things?"

"Aunt Eight was pregnant half a year earlier than me, but the fetus died in the womb, and her heart was like ashes for a while, so she went to the Fuhua Nunnery to accompany the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha. I suspect that she also fell for that person's plot, and mentioned it to your father, and your father said that I was nonsense, where there was fetal poisoning, and the mother was safe and sound. However, when he married your tenth aunt, he waited for her to give birth to Qing Lian before he brought him into the house, and he must have doubted it. And over the years, your three brothers have also moved out of the Su Mansion under the pretext of training, and rarely return to the mansion. I think this is also your father's protection of their safety in disguise. ”

In this way, my father knew that there was such a vicious person in the house as early as fifteen years ago, and it was very likely that he was his closest pillow person, so it is no wonder why he left early and returned late and did not want to go home. In other words, it took my father fifteen years to find out who this person was, and she was so perfectly hidden, how could I deal with it if she suddenly attacked me?

"Auntie, hasn't she really shown any clues over the years?"

My aunt shook her head: "For a while, I almost reached the point where all the grass and trees were soldiers, and I lived with trepidation. And try to get close to your aunt's subordinates, and talk to them deliberately, trying to get a clue, but to no avail, sometimes I think that maybe the person is no longer in the house. ”

I don't know much about Aunt Jiu's temperament for the time being, so I don't dare to tell her about my mother's poisoning, so as not to cause trouble, and I was a little silent for a while.

My aunt patted me lightly on the shoulder: "Qingwu, don't worry too much, with my aunt here, I will never allow others to hurt you again." It's just that I remember my aunt's words on weekdays, and I only say three points when I meet people, and I can't throw all my heart away. Then he got up and said, "Madame doesn't like our aunt to be too close to you, we usually have to keep a certain distance, you should also be careful when you talk and do, don't disobey her will, I can't keep you for too long." “

My eyes were slightly moist, looking at her still beautiful eyebrows, I felt the first warmth after returning home, and called "Auntie" in a low voice.