ps，

In the dark night, a bean lamp on the path of the courtyard is faintly bright, and the rounded halo sprinkled on the ground gently swayes in the night breeze, only illuminating the distance of the first step.

Momo Huā walked in front with a lantern, reminding the crescent moon behind him from time to time, "Help the girl."

"Momohuā, I'm not seriously injured and bad at walking, you don't have to make such a fuss!"

The crescent moon hand tightened, for fear that if she let go, Qingdai would fall, "Sister Tao Huā is right, the night road is dark, the girl is better to be careful." ”

Tao Huā snorted lightly, "Girl, you like to bump and bump the most on weekdays, and the old lady knows it, so she can't help but scold." You have pity on the poor slaves, be careful next time, and the slaves and maids will not be so nervous. ”

Qing Dai pouted and demonstrated to Taohe, "Stinky peach huā, are those little bumps that I am willing?"

Dare to laugh at your girl! I'll clean you up when I go back! ”

When the three of them came back to Rongxi Hall, the old lady had already slept, Qingdai said to Mama Zhu, and then went back to the east chamber.

After opening the curtain and entering the house, there was a maid in a small jacket wearing a green ground and a small jacket sitting next to the stove outside, but it was the second-class maid in the old lady's house.

Tao Huā looked around the room, but there was no silver red figure, "Lan Fang, why are you here?" What about Sister Yinhong? ”

Lan Fang got up and saluted Qing Dai, "Mrs. Xia Yu rewarded food and silver, Yinhong said that Xinghuā's younger brother has been sick these days, and he needs money seriously, and she doesn't have to wait in the house when the girl goes out, so she sent it to their house, and let the slave help watch the house, don't let the fire go out." ”

When Qing Dai heard this, she said with a smile: "Today there is Sister Lao Lanfang!" Tao Huā went to get a box of snacks from Wupinzhai sent by Qi Zhen today to Sister Lan Fang to taste. ”

"Thank you, girl!" Wupinzhai's dim sum is notoriously exquisite, and the price is not low, Lan Fang was happy in her heart, and thanked her with a smile before taking the dim sum before retiring.

After taking shì Qingdai and changing it, Yinhong has not returned.

"Sister Yinhong too, you can send a silver and go back tomorrow." Crescent Moon said while cleaning up the chuáng shop, "It's the middle of the night, and I don't know when I can come back?" ”

Tao Huā stuffed the soup woman into the quilt, "Xinghuā their house is in the back alley compound, out of the back door and walk four or five steps to arrive, almost the same as in the house, don't worry, it must be Xinghuā her mother saw Yinhong come to stay and eat, and came back after a while." ”

Qing Dai's four maids are born in the family, Lao Tzu and Niang are all on errands in the house, and the younger brother is five years old this year, this time her family went north to Shangjing with Qing Dai and the old lady, and lived in a large miscellaneous courtyard specially placed by the Shangguan Mansion in the back alley, and the courtyard was inhabited by the housekeepers and servants who did things in the house.

Qing Dai sat on a chair, holding a book and turning a page, "I'll talk about it later, no, send it to the mother-in-law to the back corner door to have a look." ”

About half an hour, Yinhong came back in a hurry, and went straight into the east chamber, "Lan Fang, I'll go back to ..............., girl, are you back?" ”

Yinhong found Qingdai, and hurriedly wiped her sideburns with her hands, and blessed her body, "The slave maid went to the back alley at night to give Xinghuā a reward to Mrs., and when she came back, she asked the girl to forgive her sins." ”

Qing Dai looked at the silver red face and was slightly white, listening to her speak slightly panting, her breath was slightly messy, she put down the book and yawned, "Xinghuā, how is her brother's illness?" His gaze paused at the corner of her skirt.

Yinhong said: "I just changed a doctor, it's already much better, and I can go to the ground in the next two days."

Qingdai nodded, "That's good, if her family still has difficulties, remember to tell me." Just now, Momo Huā and Crescent Moon were worried that something had gone wrong with you, and they almost went to the back corner door to look for you. Now that you're back, let's rest early, I'm tired today. ”

The fine sweat on the forehead of the silver red mō mō "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Early the next morning, Qingdai went to the old lady's house to say goodbye, but before she sat down, Qinglian and Qingwei also arrived. The three sisters told the old lady about enjoying the lanterns last night, and Qinglian was hesitant to mention the collision with the carriage of the prince of Qi, but Qingwei told the old lady more first.

After hearing this, the old lady was silent, and said for a while: "This matter is not the responsibility of our family, you don't have to worry." Thinking that the prince of Qi is the only seedling in the family, it is inevitable that the son is jiāo longitudinal, but he is not the unreasonable person........."

While talking, Mama Zhu suddenly opened the curtain and came in, and when she saw Qing Dai and the three of them there, she couldn't reply loudly, so she whispered a few words in the old lady's ear. The old lady's face changed dramatically, "When is it?" ”

Mama Zhu said in a low voice: "I almost fell in the morning, and then said that my stomach hurts." The Wen Po who was invited earlier has passed, but the situation is not very good. Madame has gone to ask for a doctor, and has sent someone to inform you. ”

"Let's go, go over and have a look." The old lady got up, "The three of you will go, you don't have to go to Jiyaju to ask for peace today." ”

Qingdai and Qinglian heard what the two of them said just now, and guessed a few points. Qinglian's face immediately turned pale, and she ignored Qingwei and Qingdai and hurriedly went out.

"Hey, second sister" Qingwei couldn't stop calling her, turned her head and asked Qingdai, "What's going on?" Why is it like suddenly seeing a ghost, and the face is not good-looking? ”

"Something happened to Lan Yuexuan." Qing Dai frowned.

"Lanyue Xuan? Is it Aunt Liu? What could she do? ”

mentioned that Aunt Liu Qingwei was not cold, and her words were quite disdainful, compared to Qingqiang, she had more resentment towards Liu's mother and daughter. Qingdai secretly thought, it's no wonder that Qinglian is fighting with her, and Aunt Liu is competing with her mother for favor, so she naturally "hates the house and Wu" and wishes that Aunt Liu would be unlucky.

"No, I'm afraid something happened to Bi Tao." Qingdai explained, "I didn't hear Mama Zhu say that I invited Mrs. Wen. ”

"Ah, didn't you say that you won't give birth until the end of the month?" Qingwei was shocked, thinking that Bi Tao was going to give birth.

Qingdai pouted and said, "That's an adult's business, let's not get involved as girls." It's busy in the house, so let's go back to the house. ”

Qingwei listened to Qingdai's words and went back to Wuju. Qing Dai returned to the East Chamber.

"Hello girl, you're back so soon?" Yinhong greeted her with a smile and took Qingdai's hand cage.

Qing Dai walked to the copper basin, Liáo picked up the water in the basin and washed her hands, and took the handkerchief on the basin rack to wipe the water droplets, "Mama Zhu came in." Grandmother went out, and when we left, we didn't have to go to Jiyaju to say goodbye. ”

Yinhong, who put the hand cage in front of the closet, turned her back, and no one could see her face clearly, at this time her hand trembled unconsciously, and her face became white.

"Sister, hurry up, I'm going to wipe it if it's dirty here." Crescent Moon was half-crouching in front of the cabinet, wiping the cabinet door with a handkerchief in her hand.

"Oh, right away." Yinhong took a deep breath, and her subordinates pretended to organize the cabinet to relieve her nervousness before slowly closing the cabinet door.

Tao Huā took the balm and applied it to Qing Dai's hand, and asked, "The slave and maid looked at the old lady's face when she was guarding the door, isn't there something wrong?" ”

"Listening to the meaning of Mama Zhu's words, I'm afraid that Bi Tao is about to give birth. … Qing Dai blurred the balm on her hand and applied it, as if she was explaining to Tao Huā, but in fact, her gaze kept falling on Yinhong.

Yinhong lowered her head, turned around and walked outside the house.

"Sister Yinhong, where are you going?"

"There's water boiling in the ear room, I'll go and see, don't boil it dry." Yinhong looked a little cramped and uneasy.

"I look at my sister's face is not good, is it uncomfortable?" Qing Dai gave her a deep look.

Yinhong shook her head, "No, maybe I was in the limelight last night and it hurt a little, it's no big deal." I'll go back to my room and rub some medicated oil later, and I'll be fine. ”

Qingdai didn't stop her, let her out of the house, "Oh, then you go!" ”

Yinhong went for a long time and didn't come back, Qingdai has been sitting by the kang in a daze, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was wrong, so she sent the crescent moon to the inverted seat room to see, and then called Tao Huā to him, and whispered: "You go to Xinghuā's house now to inquire, when did Yinhong go and come back yesterday." ”

I don't know why Qing Dai asked her to inquire about these things, but Momo Huā felt that something was wrong, "Girl, what's wrong?" ”

"It's okay to see that Yinhong came back from Xinghuā's house yesterday, so I'll let you inquire." Qing Dai said blankly, "I hope I don't have anything to do with her."

Tao Fu didn't ask any more questions, and went straight out to the back corner door.

Not long after Momo Huā was gone, the crescent moon and silver red returned. Seeing that Tao Huā was not there, the crescent moon asked casually, and Qing Dai said that she asked Tao Huā to send Huā to Qingwei. The other two didn't say much.

After half an hour, Tao Huā came back, and Qing Dai sent the crescent moon to Lanyue Xuan to inquire about the news, and asked Yinhong to go to the library to branch a tael of gold threads. Seeing that the two of them were gone, Momohuā told Qingdai about the inquiry at Xinghuā's house.

Listening to Tao Huā's words, Qing Dai was silent. From the strange appearance when Yinhong came back last night, to today's sudden premature birth of Bi Tao, she vaguely felt that there seemed to be some kind of connection here, and now it seems that it is really possible.

Yinhong left the back alley at two o'clock, and came back at the end of the time, less than a quarter of an hour away on weekdays, she actually walked for almost three quarters and her torn skirt corner after noon, the old lady came back and went directly into the back of the Buddhist hall.

At the end of the day, a person rushed in from outside the courtyard and went to the main house, "Old lady, old lady, save my sister!" Save my sister! ”

"Green grass, what are you yelling about! If you have something to say, come into the house! Mama Zhu came out of the back room and stopped the crying green grass.

Bicao suddenly knelt in front of the steps outside the main house, kowtowing indiscriminately, and chanting on the other hand: "Mama Zhu, you are merciful, save my sister!" The doctor was a quack doctor and said that his sister was no longer good and could not even save the child in her womb. Please, let the old lady ask another doctor to show her sister. ”

At this time, two mothers-in-law ran outside the door, and when they saw Bicao talking to Mama Zhu, they stopped and stood at the door to watch.

Mama Zhu raised her eyes and glanced at it, and then looked down to see the pitiful appearance of Bicao, she felt a little unbearable, shook her head and sighed: "Doctor Ma is the most famous doctor in Dongcheng" The meaning of that sentence is to remind Bicao that Doctor Ma has nothing to do, and I think that Bitao is more than lucky this time.

Bicao knelt and moved two steps forward, pulling Mama Zhu's clothes, "Mama Zhu, do you remember Shuiyue?" The slave and maid said something rebellious, the slave and the maid can't trust the lady, please help the slave's sister find a doctor! Your great kindness and great virtue slave and maid must be unforgettable, and the slave and maid must give you the tablet of immortality, beg you, beg you."

Bicao cried sadly, kowtowed vigorously, and spoke incoherently. Mama Zhu couldn't bear to kowtow like this, "Don't kowtow, go back to guard your sister first, I will inform the old lady, and I will ask for a doctor later." ”

Bicao's eyes lit up, and she wiped it indiscriminately: "Slave, go back!" Thank you, Mama Zhu, thank you, old lady! ”

Mama Zhu nodded, and shouted at the two mothers-in-law outside the door: "What should I do, why do I go, I don't keep my errand, I run here to be lazy." ”

"Mama Zhu, the slaves and maids are afraid that Bicao will collide with the old lady for a while."

"Okay, it's just a girl, what kind of mess can you make! Let's go, I'll take care of this thing. ”

The two mothers-in-law glanced at each other, looked at the green grass, and turned to leave.

Bicao glanced at Mama with a sense of feeling, and Fufu said, "The slave went back first." ”

Mama Zhu went to the Houfo Hall.

On the cigarette-filled Buddha gold, the Bodhisattva was serene and dignified, as if the grievances and sufferings of the world could not make her open those Buddha eyes.

The old lady knelt on the brocade mat, pinched the Buddhist beads in her hand, and muttered Buddhist scriptures in her mouth.

Mama Zhu deliberately lowered her voice and informed Mrs. of the incident in the front yard, the Buddhist beads in the old lady's hand no longer turned, she opened her eyes and sighed silently, "Go and please!" Do your best! ”

………，

In the second half of the night, the lights in the main house of Rongxi Hall were not extinguished, and the same was true for the East Wing.

"The old lady hasn't slept over there?" Not yet! Tao Huā put the blanket on Qing Dai's body up, "Girl, don't read a book, go to sleep first!" ”

"Wait." Qingdai shook her head, "Wait for grandmother to rest before sleeping." ”

Tao Huā couldn't persuade her, so she had to stay by Qing Dai's side and look at the stove outside, Yinhong was sitting there with fire tongs, her eyebrows were tightly locked, and her eyes were fluttering, as if she had been doing this since she came back from taking the line.

"Girl, why didn't you ask where Sister Yinhong went last night?"

Qing Dai raised her eyes, "It's useless to talk more now, let's wait for the news of Lanyue Xuan first!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sharp knock at the door. The mother-in-law guarding the door opened the door, "It's Mama Li!" ”

"Can the old lady rest?"

"Not yet."

"Then I'm in."

Mama Li came out not long after entering the main room, followed by Mama Zhu. Momohuā watched the two leave, turned his head and reported to Qing Dai.

Mama Li was sent to Bi Tao by the old lady two days ago, ready to guide her to give birth, if it is good news at this time, then Mama Zhu does not have to go with her, Mama Zhu will follow, that is to report the worries.

Qingdai was silent for a long time before she said, "Sleep!" Don't go back today, stay with me for the night. ”

The next day, Qingdai woke up and got the news that Bi Tao died in childbirth last night, and the mother and son were not saved.

Yinhong cried silently, Qingdai looked at her, and sighed lightly: "The person has left, and she can't come back if you cry again." ”

Yinhong listened to Qing Dai's words, and the whole person was stunned, looking at Qing Dai stupidly, her eyes full of incredulity. She shook her head vigorously at Qingdai, "Girl, it's not me, it's really not me... Woo I don't want her to die, it's really not me."

"If you have anything to say, sit down and say it!" Looking at the situation, Yinhong must know something. Although she vaguely guessed that there was something wrong behind the note, Qingdai still had to ask clearly, after all, it was the people in her house who had an accident, and she, the master, also had an unshirkable responsibility.

The crescent moon has been sent out by the green daisy, and only the peach huā is left in the house. Qing Dai glanced at Tao Huā, and Tao Huā sat down with Yinhong, who was emotionally moving.

Tao Huā stroked Yinhong's back and asked softly, "Sister, did you encounter anything when you came back from your trip to Xinghuā's house ago?" ”

Yinhong suddenly cried loudly again, but it was obviously due to fear at this time. Qingdai didn't speak, just waiting for her mind to calm down.

Yinhong cried for a while, and finally stopped, and wiped her tears with the clean handkerchief handed by Tao Huā, "The slave maid met two pieces at Xinghuā's house, and she entered the house with the slave maid, Bi Tao, and Bi Cao, and the relationship is much closer than others. She married a steward in Zhuangzi, came to deliver goods to the mansion in the fifteenth capital, and prepared to leave in the eighteenth. She heard that Bi Tao was about to give birth, so she asked the slave maid to bring Bi Tao a bag of local products. Coming in from the back corner door, going back to Rongxi Hall to pass through Lanyue Xuan, the slave maid thought about taking things to Bi Tao by the way, but as soon as she arrived at Lanyue Xuan, she bumped into the mother-in-law in Aunt Liu's courtyard talking to Gui Zhi in the lady's house, and Gui Zhi finally took a bag of things and stuffed them to the mother-in-law......"

"The slave didn't know what it was, and she always felt that it wasn't a good thing. After Guizhi left, he went to Lanyue Xuan. I happened to meet Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu invited me into the house and asked a few words, and asked the nose grass to help Bi Tao out, the slave put down the things but didn't know how to tell Bi Tao, but the slave saw the mother-in-law who was talking to Gui Zhi came in with a tonic, and the slave wanted to stop it, but was sent out by Aunt Liu......"

The slave maid thought, now that Bi Tao is taken care of by Aunt Liu, with Aunt Liu's cleverness, she shouldn't let Bi Tao have an accident, maybe Gui Zhi was ordered to send supplements to Bi Tao.

But the slave didn't expect that Bi Tao was born prematurely. The slave maid ran to Lanyuexuan to inquire, and they said that Bi Tao began to have a stomachache early in the morning, and then had a difficult birth, and the doctor said that the fetus was too big to give birth. Needles and oxytocic drugs were poured to no avail, and finally the slave and maid hid aside and peeked and watched the basin of blood and water come out...... Woohoo......"

Listening to Yinhong's words, Qingdai couldn't help but shiver, the fetus is too big, it's overnutrition... Leaving aside what the bag of things sent by Guizhi was, Aunt Liu stopped Bi Tao, which showed that she was not at ease. That mother-in-law may still be Xiao Feng's zongzi that she deliberately put into the yard.

Poor Bi Tao and her unborn child were calculated to death by those two jealous women who had ghosts and ...............

No matter how much I have seen and heard more, Qing Dai has relied on her grandmother when she comes to Daqi, where can she really come into contact with the yīnsī things in these mansions? In the past two days, she has really seen it, and it is by her side, and the two living lives have disappeared in one day.

Qing Dai was afraid, and even felt sad, could it be that the women living in the house in this era should be calculated or calculated like this? The root of all this is not in men, marrying one and accepting one and receiving countless others, in order to compete for men and children's future, they play scheming methods, I don't know whether to laugh at their pitiful and pathetic, or to worry about their future?

Although Tao Huā was also shocked, it seemed that he had heard too many of these things, and he didn't think much about it after feeling sorry for Bi Tao, but when he saw that Qing Dai didn't speak, he thought that what Yinhong said scared Qing Dai, and hurriedly relieved: "Girl, don't think about it." ”

She turned to Yinhong and said, "Sister Yinhong, you can't say these words to others, especially Bicao." ”

Yinhong naturally knew the stakes, if she hadn't been broken by Qingdai, she wouldn't have lost control of her emotions like this, and after venting all her self-blame and guilt, it seemed like a matter of heart. Where did she dare to talk nonsense again, there were Mrs. and Aunt Tenone hidden behind Bi Tao's matter, and neither side could she afford to offend. Even if she told the old man and the old lady these words, the lady and Aunt Liu would be punished at most, and in order to maintain the reputation of the Shangguan family, she was afraid that her little life would be lost.

Qing Dai was in a trance for a while, and then remembered that it was more important to solve the matter in front of her, as for the future ..............., she should still have the time and opportunity to choose a smooth and stable path, right?

"Yinhong, I think there is something I don't need to say, you understand. Although you were sent to me by my mother, I have never treated you as an outsider, and I have always remembered the love in the past few years. Now that this has happened, let's talk about what to do in the future. "Yinhong can't stay in the mansion anymore, even if Aunt Liu suspects that she guessed something, because she hasn't been caught, she is not afraid that Yinhong will talk nonsense, but Qingdai is worried that she will find a reason in the future, or give Xiao Feng to rectify Yinhong.

Yinhong nodded, "The slave maid has followed the girl all these years, and she knows that the girl is very smart, so the slave and maid are not shy about speaking in front of you." The slave maid told you something from the bottom of her heart, the lady let the slave and maid follow the girl back then, just to have a pair of eyes in the old lady's yard. But the slave maid has followed the girl and the old lady all these years, but she has never done anything to be sorry for you and the old lady. The slave maid, the slave maid also asked the girl to ask the old lady for a favor to let the slave and maid out of the house. ”

"Out of the house? Your family is not in Shangjing, and you want to go back to your hometown? Or do you have someone in your heart and want to get married? ”

"Girl" Yinhong didn't expect Qingdai to say that she was going to marry so arrogantly, and she was so ashamed that her face turned red.

Looking at Yinhong's expression, Qing Dai understood, "Since there is someone, tell me which one it is, and I'll let people take a look." If it is appropriate, ask your grandmother to point you to this family business. ”

"It's the son of the steward of the outer courtyard, who helps in the village on the outskirts of the city. The slave maid met twice when she went to Xinghuā's house, and after that, the Ou family's mother asked me what I meant, and I think people are not bad.

Later, I said that the girl was still young and wanted to wait for another two years, but the Ou family agreed."

Yinhong is also a smart person, and knows what it means to tempt the district family. However, the family in this district is really sincere, and the kid in charge estimates that he is also really interested in Yinhong.

Qing Dai teased: "If you dare to love, you have already thought about leaving!" ”

"I wanted to mention this to the girl again in the second half of the year, but I didn't expect Bi Tao to go outside to accompany Bi Cao, and when Bi Tao's funeral was over, she would go out of the house."

At this point, this is a good way out. Yinhong should get married at this age, and Qingdai originally wanted to ask the old lady to choose a good family for her. Since Yinhong already has a match, it couldn't be better.

Qing Dai agreed to Yinhong's request.

After Bi Tao left, the old lady taught Xiao Feng and Aunt Liu a lesson, and then it was gone.

Because Bi Tao's family has no relatives except for a sister in Bicao, and the next month in the mansion has to welcome the new fù into the door, so I am afraid of taboo when this happens. The old lady ordered someone to help Bicao, and silently transported Bi Tao to Zhuangzi outside the city for funeral. Qing Dai sī looked for the old lady and told Yinhong about it, and the old lady remembered her feelings in the past and let Yinhong follow. @。