Erniang threw the porcelain treasures in the house, and the depression in her heart finally disappeared. was about to ask the personal maid to clean up the house, but a maid outside reported through the door that Mrs. had invited the second lady over.

Erniang glanced at the personal maid who was kneeling on the side. The maid quickly got up and quietly cleaned up the mess on the ground, apparently well-trained.

Erniang opened the room and walked out, and saw a maid wearing a ginger biki standing respectfully a little away from the door, looking at her nose and nose. And the personal maid who had just been kicked out of the room by herself to receive the punishment was kneeling in the courtyard with her head down.

Erniang glanced at the ginger maid who came to give the order, walked slowly to the middle of the courtyard, and stopped in front of the kneeling maid. The maid saw the familiar pair of embroidered shoes with gold thread embroidered with treasure patterns on a red background that appeared under her eyes, and her body trembled, and she raised her head tremblingly, revealing a high, swollen and blue face, which could no longer be seen in its original face.

Erniang sighed lightly and said softly: "Why did you hit so hard?" That's it, don't make this kind of mistake again in the future, get up. Go to Mama and ask for some medicine to wipe it. ”

The maid hurriedly kowtowed to Erniang to thank her.

Erniang nodded, glanced back at the ginger-clothed maid who followed behind her, and said, "Are you the new first-class maid in your mother's room?" Seems to be called Cui'er, right? ”

Cui'er hurriedly saluted Erniang and replied in a low voice: "It's the slave." ”

Erniang nodded and went straight out, and Cui'er hurriedly lowered her head to follow.

Erniang entered Liu's room and saw that Liu was leaning on the head of the bed, looking very worried and anxious. And there was a middle-aged grandmother standing in front of Liu's bed. Erniang recognized that the grandmother was a housekeeper grandmother that the Liu family had left in Fangzhi Courtyard over the years.

Seeing Erniang walk in, the housekeeper hurriedly saluted Erniang.

"Qiong'er, are you here? Just now there was news that the clan is going to thoroughly investigate the fire in the ancestral hall, so what should I do? Liu Shi saw Erniang and hurriedly asked.

Erniang walked to Liu's bed and sat down, patted Liu's hand, asked her not to be anxious, turned her head and asked the housekeeper: "What happened in Grandmother's room today, you can tell me well." ”

The mother-in-law hurriedly opened her mouth and told Erniang in detail about the matter of Songling Courtyard in the morning.

"Are you saying that the person I asked you to arrange, after raising that matter, the grandmother and the old lady in each room all agreed? Then at the critical moment, the fourth uncle and grandmother jumped out and vetoed the matter? Erniang said coldly.

The lady in charge nodded, "Yes." Miss. Originally, all the rooms in the clan were headed by the old lady, but the fourth old lady was ...... She said that the lady only saved the tablet but let the royal gift burn, this is an act of filial piety and disloyalty, if someone with a heart takes advantage of it and sues the holy car, the entire royal family will be punished......"

Erniang was so angry that she slapped it on the bed frame with one hand. There was a muffled sound, and the housekeeper shut up, not daring to say more.

"Old immortal." Erniang clenched her reddened palm. Gritted his teeth.

At that time, she was angry because she had been insulted in the Sun family's room, and she suddenly planned this matter in a hurry, only thinking that the people in the clan would receive the favor of the Liu family. But he forgot that in addition to the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall, there were also imperial gifts, so that people took advantage of the loopholes. Got in the way.

Erniang hated it in her heart, and she only blamed herself for being provoked and negligent. If she had done it again, she would not have been so hasty, because if it was found out that she had deliberately burned the imperial gifts, it would be a great crime to rob her family and exterminate her family. And they were in a hurry at the time, and it was inevitable that there would be loopholes.

"Qiong'er, if it is found out by the clan, what should I do?" The Liu clan has some six gods and no masters. She had just heard the steward talk about what had happened in Sun's room this morning, and she was already frightened. Yesterday, I heard that my daughter was wronged in front of people. Seeing that she proposed to burn the ancestral hall, although she was surprised by her daughter's boldness, she didn't think too much about it because she was angry. I didn't want to get into big trouble.

Erniang lowered her eyes and thought for a long time, then suddenly raised her head and said to Liu: "Mother, don't worry." The daughter will find a way to deal with the aftermath of this matter, and she will definitely not let people find out. ”

Seeing that although her face was gloomy, there was not much panic, Liu Shi couldn't help but relax a little, but he was still worried: "What is the solution?" We can't be reckless this time, and it's bad to let people grab the handle. ”

Erniang said: "Mother, don't worry, since this matter is a crime of raiding the family and destroying the clan, then the clan definitely doesn't want to be found out." "But punish it privately, that's for sure.

"Mother, take good care of your injuries, you will be fine." Erniang looked at Liu and emphasized.

At this time, a maid's voice sounded outside the curtain: "Madam, the slave maid has brought the medicine." ”

Erniang said to the door: "Come in." ”

After a while, a slender figure of ginger yellow entered the room.

"Madam, the slave maid has just tried it, and the medicine is no longer hot, should you take it now?" The maid walked to the bed with the tea tray and said respectfully.

Liu Shi felt that the wound was a little itchy and painful, and the medicine happened to have some pain-relieving effect, so he nodded and asked the maid to bring it over.

The maid put the tea tray on the small table in front of the bed, picked up the medicine bowl with a blue and white glaze engraved with a peony pattern for infants, and walked gently to Liu's bed. Liu was about to take the medicine bowl, but he heard a soft knock on the edge of the bowl.

Liu casually glanced at the maid's wrist, but his eyes suddenly froze.

On her left hand, the maid carried a bracelet engraved with red gold and a pattern of jade ruyi.

The maids of the Wang family are naturally a little more expensive than the maids in ordinary people's homes, especially the big maids who serve closely by the masters, and the degree of food and clothing is incomparable to that of ordinary young ladies. Liu's has always paid attention to style, and he is quite generous to the people around him, and he is also willing to watch the maids around him wear gold and silver to earn face for themselves in front of people in other rooms.

Although the bracelet on this maid's hand is red gold, the inlaid jadeite color is very ordinary, so it is not out of place to carry it in her hand. But this bracelet is a little familiar to Liu.

Seeing that Liu's eyes were on her wrists, the maid hurriedly raised her elbows and slid her sleeves down to cover her wrists.

Liu Shi took the medicine bowl in the maid's hand, blew the medicine noodles gently, and suddenly asked, "Where did you get this bracelet?" ”

The maid raised her eyes and glanced at Liu, and said, "On the way back this time, a lady gave a reward." "The big girl next to the master, especially the big girl like Liu, who follows the wife of the husband who has real power, is not surprised to have such a rich reward.

Hearing this, Liu Shi stared at the maid's eyes for a long time, and when the maid was sweating profusely and couldn't hold on, Liu withdrew his gaze and lowered his head and drank the medicine.

The maid trembled and waited for Liu to finish the medicine, but Liu didn't say anything and waved his hand to let the maid retreat.

"Mother, what's wrong with that maid's bracelet?" Erniang has been standing by the bed, naturally seeing the scene just now.

Liu narrowed his eyes and said, "I just looked at that bracelet a little familiar, but after looking at it carefully, it reminds me that I have seen this bracelet in a person before." ”

"Where did Mother meet?" Erniang said suspiciously.

The Liu clan sneered: "The Zhao clan of the Hefeng Academy." ”

Erniang was shocked when she heard this, looked at Liu's and said, "Mother is not mistaken? ”

Liu shook his head: "It won't be wrong. After the death of the Zhao family, there was chaos in the Hefeng Courtyard for a while, and the maids in the house took the opportunity to steal some jewelry. The grandmother beside her received all the remaining jewelry of the Zhao family and set up a list. At that time, the old lady sent me to the Hefeng Courtyard to be in charge, and I had seen those jewelry, but they were not very good goods. I also used this excuse to dismiss the old people left by the Zhao family in the Hefeng Courtyard. ”

"How could such a thing happen!" Erniang's face sank.

"Madame mean that the people of Hefeng Yuan bought the maids around us?" The housekeeper broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this, she was the eyeliner left by the Liu family in the house, if there was a spy in the yard, she would not be able to escape the blame.

Liu Shi looked at the lady in charge and said coldly: "Go check it out for me!" I spend a lot of money to support you, either let you eat and crawl outside one by one, or you will not succeed enough and lose more than anything! ”

The woman bowed her head and answered, not daring to say anything of justification.

"The third sister looks weak and bulliful, and the fifth brother is even more silly and stupid, I was almost deceived by them!" Erniang was silent for a while, and suddenly gritted her teeth.

remembered that someone eavesdropped outside Liu's room last night, so Erniang told Liu's about it.

Hearing this, the Liu clan trembled with anger: "The Hefeng Courtyard is too deceitful. I haven't bothered them all, but they've gone wild on my turf. ”

"Change all the maids in the yard, and don't want those who have too much to do with the house. Find those who have just entered the house, have a shallow foundation and have a short relationship with the outside, and teach them. Qiong'er will also use it in the future. After thinking about it, he instructed the mother-in-law who was in charge.

The woman bowed down again, paused and asked, "What should I do with this girl?" ”

Liu was about to speak, but Erniang said: "Keep it first, I want to see what kind of moth they can give me." It's just that you can find me someone I can trust to keep a good watch on her, if something goes wrong......"

Erniang didn't finish speaking, she just swept her cold eyes to the steward, and snorted coldly.

The woman felt a chill in her heart.

Liu waved her hand and asked her to retreat.

"Mother, you have a good rest, and your daughter will go down first. I'll find someone to deal with that matter, and I won't let anyone find out, don't worry. Erniang also stood up, her voice quiet and indifferent. ()