Chapter 4 Who is the undercover agent?
Shui Qianqiu felt that he was a blessing in disguise, although he crossed inexplicably, but with this golden finger by his side, he could store things with him, which was good.
"Miss, the slave saw the green branch sneaking around in the lady's room this morning." Autumn leaves took advantage of the time when there was no one next to him to tell him what he saw, Shui Qianqiu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I'll go in and have a look, you can stay here." ”
"Yes."
Shui Qianqiu entered the house by herself, rummaged through the dresser for a while, found that there was no change, and went to bed again, and finally stopped in front of the clothes box.
"It's ......"
She looked at the sweat towel that was pressed into the dress that had been washed yesterday, and frowned and called out to Autumn Leaves.
"Miss, what do you have to say...... Miss, where did this veil come from? Akiba seemed to be very nervous, and stepped forward to hide the handkerchief, and Shui Qianqiu tidied up the clothes box, took the handkerchief and asked, "I don't know." ”
"Miss, this veil can't be kept." Akiba thought for a moment and said, "I'll go get a pot, Miss burn this quickly." ”
Shui Qianqiu beckoned to her, telling her to calm down for a while: "Don't worry, what are you doing when such a good thing is burned?" ”
"Miss, no matter how good this veil is, it's also a man's veil, why do you keep it? If this is discovered, the reputation will be ruined. Autumn leaves were very anxious, and Shui Qianqiu was very pleased with this, pulled her to sit down, and said, "Who do you think this thing is hiding here?" ”
"This ...... The green branch came in today, and it was sneaky. Akiba was a little incredulous, looked outside and whispered, "How dare she?" I thought she was just unclean hands and feet, but I didn't expect to hurt Miss. ”
Shui Qianqiu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There must be someone behind the green branch, I want to keep this sweat towel and check his whereabouts." Anyway, they don't know that I've found her, and no one will find out if I hide it somewhere else. ”
"But miss, wouldn't that be too dangerous?" Autumn leaves were still a little worried, Shui Qianqiu waved his hand and squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand under the bed and groped for a long time: "Don't worry, my place is in disrepair, and the planks under the bed are loose." Hide the veil here and no one will find out, so don't worry. ”
Akiba breathed a sigh of relief and got up and saluted: "Then Miss, I'll go out first to see how the lunch in the small kitchen is prepared." ”
"Go ahead, go ahead, be natural with your expression, don't let people see it." Shui Qianqiu admonished, and Akiba retreated.
She also took out her hand that was groping on the bed, and she was still holding the sweat towel in her hand, and threw it into the carry-on space.
After lunch, she quietly looked at the history books about this dynasty, Xia is a big country. The small countries around the surrounding area paid tribute every year, but when it came to the current emperor, the situation was a little turbulent.
"Miss, Mrs. and Lady have come over with the master." Green Branches hurriedly came in to report, Shui Qianqiu put down the book, but he didn't expect them to come so quickly.
She got up and went out to greet them, and when they came into the courtyard, she saluted respectfully.
"Yesterday, I saw that your furnishings here are outdated, and many places are in disrepair, so I thought about renovating it to make your stay more comfortable." Wang affectionately took Shui Qianqiu's hand, her face was a little panicked and more like uneasy, and said, "How dare you alarm my father and wife with this little thing?" I'm used to living here, and it's out of the way. ”
"What did the second sister say? You are the eldest daughter of the family, if such a poor life is spread, wouldn't it make people see Daddy's joke? Shui Qianzi answered, she lowered her eyes and said with a little weakness: "Then change some furnishings at will, there is really no need to renovate." ”
Shui Qianzi didn't give up, held her hand and smiled with ulterior motives: "Second sister is afraid of turning out something that shouldn't be turned over?" ”
"How can the big sister slander me like this? What is there in my room that I can't turn over? I'm just afraid that my family will waste a lot of money for this, and it is not easy for my father to be an official in the court, so how can I be extravagant and wasteful as a daughter? ”
Shui Qianqiu looked up at his father, and sure enough, Master Shui nodded with satisfaction: "The second girl is quite sensible, but your yard is too shabby, and it doesn't cost a lot of silver to renovate left and right, so you can rest easy." ”
"In this way, the daughter thanked her father and wife first." Shui Qianqiu still looked at the house with some uneasiness, but Master Shui didn't see it, but Wang and Shui Qianzi saw it clearly.
Wang instructed the little ladies behind him, "Hurry up and go in and clean up." ”
"Your yard has been rebuilt in the past few days, I'm afraid you won't be able to live, why don't you go to your eldest sister's yard for a few days?"
Shui Qianqiu shook his head slightly, and said softly: "I'm weak and afraid of being sick to my eldest sister, there are still many houses in this yard, so I can't repair them together, I'll just change rooms to live in." ”
Before Wang wanted to say anything more, Master Shui interrupted her: "In the past few days, you have been keeping an eye on these carpenters and bricklayers, don't let them collide with the second girl." ”
When Wang heard this, he could only respond obediently.
Shui Qianzi was worried about things, and looked in from time to time, and saw that the wooden bed had been carried out, and she gave her subordinates a look.
The little guy shook his head slightly, Shui Qianzi was taken aback and turned his head to look at the Wang family-Mother, what's going on?
The Wang family doesn't know why, it stands to reason that they came fast enough, this girl can't react so quickly and hide things in a different place, right?
"Master, I see that the second girl's jewelry is too old-fashioned, why don't I pick it up and send it to the shop to let them melt and re-polish a set?" Wang hit the idea on the mirror platform, and Shui Qianzi also reacted very quickly and walked to the clothes box, opening them one by one.
"Big sister, how can you rummage through my clothes box in public?" Shui Qianqiu looked at her nervously, Shui Qianzi was overjoyed, thinking that the thing was here, so she casually found an excuse: "I see that your clothes are too old, and you should change them into something good." ”
Master Shui frowned when he heard this, and said, "Qianzi, close the clothes box." ”
"Daddy, you see that some of the second sister's dresses are torn. If this spreads, those who don't know will think that our family is in trouble. Shui Qianzi was coquettish, and Master Shui felt that what she said was also reasonable, so he said to his subordinates: "Carry the clothes box to the side room, and pack up the clothes inside and burn them." ”
Master Shui ordered the housekeeper to go to the shop to get a few dresses and come back, and Shui Qianqiu lowered his head and smiled slightly.
Wang and Shui Qianzi couldn't help but be a little surprised that they didn't find what they were looking for. Shui Qianzi made an excuse to enter the house again, and at this time, Master Shui had already left first.
"What is Big Sister looking for?" Shui Qianqiu was half leaning against the wall and looking at her, Shui Qianzi stared at the wooden plank under the bed as if unwilling: "It's okay, I just see that the floor of the second sister's house is moldy, I think it's too damp, this time I must send those people to change some valuable planks for the second sister." ”
"Thank you big sister for your concern, the dust in the house is heavy, don't stay long." Shui Qianqiu casually cared, and went out first. Shui Qianzi is willing to eat ashes, but she is unwilling.
Anyway, she had already determined that Shui Qianzi was here to find the sweat towel, and she was even more sure who the ghost in the courtyard was.
The Wang family and Shui Qianzi returned in vain, and the green branch looked at the mess in the garden and was a little bored: "How can you clean up such a mess?" Miss, where have you been staying these days? Just now Madame asked you to live with the eldest lady, and you should have complied. The location of the eldest lady is good and clean, no matter how you look at it, it is much better than ours. ”
"I've been living in the back room these days, and you don't have to clean the front yard. Just make three meals a day, you are tired and stare at the rough maids in the yard, don't let them take advantage of the chaos to touch something. ”
Green Branch reluctantly sighed, and Autumn Leaves came over and said with some concern: "Miss, they are not good at coming this time." ”
"It's the bad ones who come, and it's the bad ones who come prepared." She glanced at the autumn leaves, and there was no special emotion in her eyes. This chess piece was dug up by her, so let's put it first.
Again, open chess is better than dark chess.
At first, Shui Qianqiu was really a heartfelt autumn leaf, but today she mentioned the green branch that made her suspicious. She seemed to be too anxious to express her heart, and when she thought about it, it was just a maid who had read a book. But what she read was the Four Books and Five Classics, and she learned from the history books that the women of the Xia Kingdom read more books such as the internal training of women's commandments, and those who could read the Four Books and Five Classics were all women from large families.
So she suspected that what Akiba said was taught by someone else, in order to win favor in front of her and let her use her with peace of mind.
"Fortunately, Madame and Mademoiselle didn't find anything like that." Autumn leaves patted her chest slightly, Shui Qianqiu looked at the people who were busy coming and going in front of her, and said softly: "Yes, fortunately." ”
"Didn't Miss put it under the bed? Why is it gone? Autumn leaves seemed to only care, and she didn't poke it, but just made up a word casually, coping: "I wanted to take a closer look at the sweat towel that I was afraid of having a name or something, but I didn't expect them to come." In a hurry, I had to hide that thing on my body, and I was really lucky. ”
There was surprise and surprise in Autumn Leaf's eyes, and Shui Qianqiu also ignored it, only saying that she was tired and wanted to rest, and it happened that Green Branch had already cleaned up the wing, so she went.
Lie in the beauty couch and close your eyes to recuperate.
She didn't know one thing, the Wang family was not a concubine, her three children were already concubines, and the original body was not favored, and was left alone in this remote place to fend for herself. And Shuifu is not an earl and marquis' mansion, and the official position is not something that can be inherited by a son-in-law, so what do you have to do to harm her?
Could it be that I'm too bored on weekdays, so I'm looking for something to do to pass the time. Or is it something else? Or did you do something with a weak heart, so you want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots to avoid the spring breeze blowing and growing again?
It's just that judging from the current situation, the Wang family hides himself very well and can't find the slightest bit of fault. Shui Qianzi is favored by her father again, and she is not a brainless person, the two of them have to deal with one of themselves, and it is really troublesome to deal with it.
But today is not without gains, at least the yard has been renovated, and there are new clothes and new jewelry, so I don't suffer.