On the second day, Songling Yuan sent someone to say that they were exempted from the invitation of each room today, and let the ladies stay in their respective courtyards.

Sanniang got up early in the morning and had breakfast, so the girls removed all the cups and plates, leaving only Bai Ying to serve in the house.

"Later, you can go to Songlingyuan before the people of the clan come." Sanniang stood up and wanted to walk around the house to eliminate food.

Bai Ying has been thinking about what method Sanniang will use to avoid Liu's calculation this time since last night, and she has been thinking about it all night but has not found a way. After all, if the old lady nodded and spoke, no one in this backyard could disobey. Thinking about it, Bai Ying didn't sleep all night, and when she got up in the morning, her eyes were blue and black, and she made Bai Guo's girl laugh.

Sanniang slept very well, and she didn't even have a dream at night, and slept until dawn. When I had breakfast, I was still in no hurry as usual, and even used a small half bowl of green stem porridge and three slices of crispy radish than usual.

At this time, Bai Ying finally heard Sanniang's words, and while she was relieved in her heart, she somehow also ignited a strong fighting spirit.

Sanniang beckoned to Baiyin and motioned for her to come over with her ear.

Bai Ying hurriedly walked to Sanniang's side and bowed down to listen.

Sanniang explained a few words to Bai Ying in detail, but she didn't hear Bai Ying reply after half a ring, and couldn't help frowning and looking at Bai Ying. I saw that this girl, who was very clever in the past, was looking at her blankly at this time, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand in front of her eyes and shake it.

"Bai Ying? Do you understand? ”

Bai Ying came back to her senses when she heard this, and nodded heavily: "The slave and maid understand." ”

Sanniang smiled: "That's good, you will tell Mama Chang this later." ”

Bai Ying nodded again: "The slave will go now." So saying, he got up and bowed, and withdrew.

After Bai Ying came out of the main room. But she couldn't help but look back again, remembering what Sanniang said just now, Bai Ying had to be stunned. What exactly is Miss Three's brain made of? She could even think of this method. No wonder she can sleep and eat, and no wonder she dares to say that she wants her to serve the sick, Mrs. Liu must have that ability.

I remembered the trick that Aunt Cui gave to the branch last night, that kind of method could only make Miss directly face off with Mrs. Liu and Second Miss after being injured and guilty, and then Hefeng Yuan became a thorn in the eye of Mrs. Liu and Second Miss, and Aunt Cui and Miss Fifth could hide and watch the battle with their hands.

Bai Ying thought as she went to the Hefeng Courtyard.

After Sanniang instructed Bai Ying, she called Bai Guo and Sanqi in, and also instructed them to speak, and after. And he sent them away.

Seeing that the arrangements were in place, Sanniang went back to the study to practice calligraphy.

***

Before the time came, more than a dozen carriages were parked in front of the gate of the Wang family.

The carriage of the Lian family, the late husband of the Lian family, was a cousin of Wang Hong and Wang Xian, ranking fourth in the clan. In the first emperor's dynasty, he was also an official to a product, and he was the minister of the humerus of the first emperor's dynasty, and Lian's edict was a first-class lady. All three of her sons were in the court. Although the official rank is not as good as Wang Xian, they are all practical positions above the fifth grade, and only the youngest son became a scholar a few years ago, and taught the children of the clan to study in the clan study. The lineage of the Wang family is the fourth room, which can be said to be the most prominent branch in addition to Wang Xian and Wang Hong's brothers.

The four-room old lady Lian clan has a reputation in the clan. Not only because of her late husband's high rank, but also because she was older than Sun and others. And his temperament is upright and strict, and he has always been the same in the clan.

Although Lian is now sixty-two years old and full of silver hair, she is in good spirits, her gait is steady, and her eyes are still as sharp as when she was young.

The porter of the Wang family recognized the old lady's carriage, so when he saw that her car arrived, he didn't dare to let her stop at the door, but was led by the servant woman directly into the house through the corner gate and went to the second gate.

The carriage stopped in front of the second gate, and Lian got out of the car with the help of the maid. Hand the carriage to the servant of the royal family. I took the maids into the second gate and went straight to Sun's Songling Courtyard.

The outer courtyard of the Wang family was full of people at this time, but the inner courtyard was much quieter because most of the people in each room had not yet arrived.

When Lian led people to the verandah, he suddenly heard a small voice from the hollow carved window. Lian didn't care, but he couldn't help but stop when he listened.

"I heard a blind fortune teller outside say that the fire on the Midyear Festival was the anger of the ancestors. Hence the heavenly fires that rained. A little girl lowered her voice.

"You die! How can this kind of thing be nonsense! Be careful that Mama knows about selling you out. The other little girl was startled and reprimanded.

"I'm just telling you, how can anyone know?" The girl didn't care, and continued, "Eh, I'll tell you. Don't believe it, the blind man tells people's fortunes. ”

"How can a good ancestor be angry? Run off at the mouth. ”

"The ancestors are angry because we don't distinguish between the grandparents and the concubines." The girl's voice was a little lower.

"How?"

"The one who has followed the master to serve all these years, obviously just a concubine but always puts on a serious lady's style, the ladies and ladies over there really think she is the lady of our house. That's it, and she is not in front of her ancestors, and her ancestors can't see it, but she shouldn't go back to the house and worship this faction. I heard that the day before yesterday, she forced the young master to give her a bowing ceremony that only her grandmother could do, but the young master refused angrily, and she picked up the teacup in a fit of anger and smashed it at the young master. Fortunately, the head was not good and he didn't hit it, otherwise the young master's head would have bloomed. ”

"How could such a thing happen? How do you know? ”

"I have an aunt who works on an errand in Fangzhi Courtyard and saw it with her own eyes. If I have half a false word, I will call the spring flowers thunder and split. ”

"It's okay!"

"Yes! These days, the ancestors have been sent back by the king of Hades, so they happened to see their children and grandchildren being insulted by this, can you not be in a hurry? So the hundreds of people in this house are fine, but she was burned. This is the damnation. The last two words are low in sound.

"That's your guessing, isn't it? I can't do it accurately. I heard that he fought with his life last night to snatch many ancestral tablets from the fire, and his hand was burned because of it. ”

"I don't know what to do. Otherwise, tell me, how did her aunt go to the ancestral hall at night? Not to mention the aunt there, even the serious lady and lady in the house can't go. Tell me again, there are guards in the ancestral hall every day, why was Uncle Zhang, who was on duty yesterday, found to be drunk and unconscious? Uncle Zhang, I know, he doesn't drink alcohol on weekdays, let alone drink when it's his turn to be on duty. You also tell me that the girl who was with her mother-in-law at that time must have been around, right? Why did you let her rush into the ancestral hall alone? ”

"You mean?"

"In the dark, it is the ancestors who are apparition and want to bless their descendants."

"Chunhua, Xiaoju, you two are lazy here again! Why don't you go to the front hall and wait, the guests are waiting for you to serve tea, isn't it tight? A maid's voice in the distance rebuked in a deep voice.

After hearing the sound on the side of the hollow carved window, the two little maids said in unison: "We are here." Then two panicked footsteps drifted away.

Lian Shi couldn't hear the sound anymore before she raised her head and continued to walk forward, her face was gloomy, and the two deep nasolabial folds on both sides of her nose were as cold and hard as a knife carving.

"Old lady, is it really the ancestor apparition?" A mother-in-law who followed Lian's side whispered.

Lian snorted coldly: "These coincidences look like manifestations in the eyes of an ignorant little girl, but in the eyes of my old woman, they look like someone is making trouble." If the troublemaker is really so bold that he dares to fight even the idea of the ancestral hall, don't blame our Wang family's family law for being strict and unsympathetic. ”

"Old lady, do you mean that someone deliberately set the fire? It can't be, right? What benefit can he get by burning down the ancestral hall? The grandmother was puzzled.

"Then it depends on what she asks." Lian said coldly.

When the Lian family arrived in the Sun family's room, there were already several juniors of the Wang family. Seeing that she came in to help her get up and salute, Sun also stood up from the kang and asked Lian to sit down before he sat down again.

"How's going on over there in the ancestral hall?" Lian sat down and asked Sun.

"Fourth sister-in-law, the ancestral hall was burned down very badly, and only a dozen tablets were left that the Liu family desperately grabbed at the end. The child was also a good one, the tablet was rescued, but she was injured. Sun sighed, although he was worried about Liu, there was a faint pride in his voice.

Hearing this, Lian said lightly: "How did the fire start, have you found someone to check?" ”

When Sun heard this, he said: "Last night, I was only busy cleaning out the important items in the ancestral hall, and because I thought that it might be the incense or candles in the incense burner that accidentally fell down and burned the table on the table......

Lian interrupted Sun and said, "Let's check it out, and let Bai'er find someone from the yamen to check." ”

Sun frowned when he heard this: "What does the fourth sister-in-law mean?" ”

Lian shook his head and said: "I don't mean anything else, I just think that the Wang family's 'Sanhuai Hall' for hundreds of years was not burned by the Tartar war back then, but it was burned down in such an inexplicable way, and I am always a little unable to face the shame of the ancestors." If we take it seriously afterwards, it will be regarded as the explanation of our ancestors and ancestors, and we will feel better in our hearts. ”

Sun was a little embarrassed when she heard this, after all, the "Sanhuai Hall" was burned in her hands, and she couldn't say anything when she heard Lian say this, so she had to nod her head.

"How is the noble concubine in your third room now?"

Seeing that Lian asked about Liu, Sun smiled and said, "My hands are burned, and I am still a little groggy." It's not a big deal, the doctor said that if you take care of it, it will get better. ”()