Shuyuzhai was originally a garden built by Ye's father as the eldest daughter in the garden, and when it comes to luxury, it is not as good as the owner's house of the long house, but on the exquisite elegance, it is especially three points. Jinnuo has lived here for 17 years, and it can be said that there are no stumbles in the dark inside and out. Look at this room full of emerald silk embroidery, which one didn't she personally go down to the embroidery workshop to select the overseer? On the left side of the small hall, by the window, she embroidered ten kinds of peony brocade satin with her own hands, and it was one of the embroideries that she was most satisfied with so far.

On the chaise longue now sits a lady in plain clothes and frowning.

"Madam, the second aunt and the second lady are here."

On the left, a maid bends down and whispers in the noblewoman's ear. The woman propped her forehead on one hand, looked at the ground with half-closed eyes, hummed, and raised her head slightly. But he didn't look at the person first, he just took the blue and white porcelain tea bowl handed over by Shouyahuan on the right, leaned into the small and thin lips and took a sip, and then took out the silk handkerchief and printed the corners of his lips, and looked at the door: "Auntie has arrived, why don't you come in and talk earlier?" ”

"I originally wanted to come early to ask for peace, and it was inconvenient to disturb Mrs. Gu's errands, so I only came now." Yahuan next to her was about to speak, but Yun Niang greeted her with a smile.

"My own family, what do you say you can't bother? I am a guest, and you are the host here, so in this way, my married aunt is not suspected of taking the host? Mrs. He motioned to sit down, and when Yun Niang sat down, she said again.

Yun Niang immediately stood up uneasily: "Mrs. Gu's words can torment me!" Now there is no backbone in the house, the eldest lady is gone, and the house is grieving, all of them are worried about sleeping and eating, and it is because of the mercy of Mrs. Gu that she can take the time to come back and preside over the overall situation, so that the eldest lady can be at peace in front of the spirit. Don't say that you are here to ask for peace, even if we let our mother and daughter wait as cattle and horses, it is all indispensable. ”

Yun Niang said that she had pulled Jinnuo, who was standing behind, to her and tugged at her sleeve to signal her to salute. When Jin Nuo was waiting at the door, he looked at Mrs. He, who treated him like a biological mother, but she couldn't recognize each other, and her eyes couldn't help but become sour.

"Hurry up! This child is not in good health, and she has just gone to the ground, so why bother to let her toss? Mrs. He was silent for a long time, thinking that she saw that "Jinmei" was thin, so she also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and sighed. "Cuiyun, quickly help the second lady sit down and bring a bowl of ginseng soup."

Yahuan took the order to leave, and Yun Niang thanked her in a thousand ways.

Mrs. He stroked the flowers on the couch with her hand and sighed: "You used to be by your wife's side, but you have always been cowardly, and now you can say this, it is not in vain that she has been training you for so many years." I think my Ye family has been famous in the capital for many years, and the past two generations have been favored by the royal family, but they ended up like this because of blessings and misfortunes, which really fulfills the old saying that prosperity must decline. Thinking that now not only is Brother Rong still in prison, but even Nuo'er has lost his life inexplicably, which is really a great misfortune for my Ye family! ”

As soon as these words came out, the mourning in the room suddenly rose, and a plain-clothed maid under the curtain on the left suddenly covered her face and threw herself behind the couch, kneeling on the ground and crying.

Jin Nuo immediately recognized Bi Luo, who had been with him since he was a child, and his heart was shocked, this girl has always been honest, and she must have seen the scene of her falling that night, and she couldn't think about it.

"Mrs. Gu is merciful! The slave knows that you treat our young lady well, and now that the young lady is gone, the slave and the maid have nowhere to go, please ask Mrs. Gu as a witness, and I am willing to follow the young lady to go, so that I will also end up with a loyal name! ”

The girl cried to the end, knocked her head on the ground a few times, turned around and hit the pillar in the house. Thanks to Jinnuo's proximity to her, he rushed forward with an arrow step, and Fang stopped her in his arms.

"Biluo!"

"Mei'er!"

"Second Miss!"

This move immediately shook almost all the people in the room, except for Mrs. He, who was still sitting on the couch with a little surprise, the rest of the people, including Yun Niang, rushed up.

"Biluo, what are you doing here?!" Jin Nuo shook Biluo's body in a hurry, and his tone became short. Bi Luo obviously hadn't withdrawn from Fang Cai's panic yet, and looked at the second miss of Ye Mansion in front of him with wide eyes, who should have been sick, and still said excitedly: "Second Miss! It's the slave who doesn't have a good lady, it's the slave who is guilty! Let the slave go with her!" It's better to have a slave and maid by your side on the Huangquan Road than to let her go alone! ”

"What nonsense?!" Jin Nuo grabbed her and drank in a low voice, there was something in his heart that was inconvenient to say at the moment. Yu Guang saw the shocked and shocked eyes of the people around him, knowing that he was abnormal, he hurriedly covered his chest, held on to the table next to him and gasped, pretending to be a normal brocade and said, "You are not like this." I've never seen blood, you're just that, you're really scared to death......"

Yun Niang was so frightened that she hurriedly stroked her back and said some anxious words.

Mrs. He watched silently for a long time, and when she saw that the situation had been decided, she asked Yahuan to help Biluo down. Just as he was about to recruit Jinnuo to come over to speak, he suddenly saw Li Chang hurriedly come in, "Madam! There is something strange about the embroidery floor upstairs! ”

Mrs. He's face was calm, "What is the abnormality?" ”

Li Chang whispered a few words to her, and saw that her expression became more and more solemn.

The atmosphere in the room, which had just returned to normal, immediately turned tense, as if something important was about to be resolved.

Mrs. He took the cup in Yahuan's hand again, and slowly took two sips as if she were in a fugue, her eyebrows full of unpredictability.

After a long time, Yun Niang chatted uneasily: "I don't know what is wrong with the eldest lady's embroidery building?" But it has something to do with the death of the eldest lady? ”

Jin Nuo sat on the embroidery pier, pressing his chest with one hand, and holding the handkerchief with the other, looking closely in the direction of the chaise longue.

Mrs. He took another sip of tea, glanced at Yun Niang, who was eager, and eased her unfatted face, and wrote lightly: "It's not very important, it's just that I saw some account books that haven't been sorted out." Let me ask you," she put the tea and looked at Yun Niang straightly: "On the night of the accident, you and Biluo's girl were with Nuo'er?" ”

"Exactly...... Biro went to fetch water and wash up first, and then I followed out. Yun Niang nodded ignorantly, "But what's wrong?" ”

"Not really."

Mrs. He got up on the ground, stood in the center of the hall with a handkerchief, and only after a moment did she exhale and turned back: "The maid of the Nuo'er department is dead, and according to the rules, it will take three days, that is, tomorrow, the mourning will be necessary." I have been hurting this child for seventeen years, and now I want to clean up the aftermath for her, and it is a great misfortune in the world for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person! Now that the end of the year is approaching, I have to go back to my house after taking care of this matter, what are your plans for the future? ”

At the mention of this, Yun Niang's face was bloodless again.

"Don't hide it from Mrs. Auntie, if this Ye family is an ordinary small family, it's not a big deal for our mother to wait for the master to come out. But this house is the ancestral property of the Ye family, and it can't be lost. There is a huge garden, and there is no income to maintain the cleaning, and there are seven or eight servants who guard the door, how can they support it for how long with the remaining money? What's more, the master is in prison, he still needs to be maintained and maintained, and Mei'er has perennial medicine, Yun Niang is timid and incompetent, I really don't know what to do! ”

Yun Niang soothed tears, her thin shoulders looked really weatherless.

Jin Nuo held her shoulders, and the fear of that night hit her heart again,—— even though her style of acting in the past was not boasted of, and it also caused her to be a little too strong in what she said and did in a favor from all sides, but at this time, after a lifetime of death, she could not help but accept her insignificance in this earthly world.

"You're right," Mrs. He sighed after a moment, "The Ye family's house has been handed down for three generations, and even if the embroidery village is no longer there, this ancestral house cannot be lost." It is indeed impossible for you two to maintain the glory of the past. Even if Noel is not dead, it may not last long. I know that you don't want to let you go out of the house at this moment, and I can't bear to let my mother's family even have no one to take care of. If you believe in me, I will help you to be the master, how about it? ”

Yun Niang hurriedly raised her head: "Mrs. Gu said yes!" ”

Mrs. He walked to the window and opened the window pages that had been pasted with blue cloud veil, "This garden was originally built later, and it was only to make room for the young masters and ladies in the family to study that such small courtyards were built. At present, Brother Rong's case is still uncertain, and it is difficult to say that there will be no life in the future, if you two are willing to stay here, it will be the blessing of our Ye family, if you are unwilling, or if he has a good place to go in the future, just go. I am the master, and I will not do you any wrong. ”

After hearing this, Yun Niang glanced at Jin Nuo, and Zhuang Zhuang knelt heavily on the ground: "With Mrs. Gu in charge, Yun Niang and Niang are naturally convinced." The old lady has always been considerate to my mother and daughter, especially the lady, who has been kind to me everywhere. Please rest assured, Mrs. Aunt is in trouble in the house now, don't say that if I don't leave now, even if the lord and my aunt drive me away in the future, I will never leave! It's just that there is one thing now, Yun Niang begs Mrs. Gu for permission! ”

"That's great!" Mrs. He breathed a sigh of relief and leaned down slightly, "What is invited, you say it's okay!" ”

Yun Niang took Jin Nuo's hand and said: "Mrs. Gu knows that Yun Niang is weak and incompetent in this life, and she has not made much achievements in her heirs. It's not that Yun Niang pretends to be a big seller, it is true that Mei'er has been weak since she was a child, and she has not left the medicine for fifteen years, but she begs Mrs. Gu for mercy, and she can see the deceased lady and the master in prison, so she took Mei'er back, stayed by her side to take care of her upbringing, and also saved Ye Fu's good life, and she will have a safe and healthy life in the future, and Yun Niang has no luxury! ”

"What are you talking about?!"

Mrs. He hurriedly bent down and grabbed Yun Niang, who fell to the ground and kowtowed, called the maid ring around her to help her sit down, Fang stroked her arms and sighed: "It's all your own family, why do you want to see the outside like this?" Although I have two sons under my knees, I have no daughters, and now my mother's family is the only one left with such a seedling, and I feel very bad in my heart. Mei'er is a child I have always liked very much, but because she is often sick in bed, she does not have more opportunities to be close to Nuo'er. If you can rest assured, I will be more than happy to take it with you. He is at a moderate age, and he will find a good family for her like his own daughter, and marry her beautifully! ”

"Mrs. Gu's kindness, Yun Niang will be a cow and a horse in her next life, and she will repay her!"