Changning Hou Mansion, Xilan Garden, every day when Chen Zheng arrives at Si is the time for the eldest wife Ouyang to deal with official affairs.

Every day, Ouyang will meet with the managers of some properties to discuss and deal with important matters.

On this day, after sending off the stewards, Mama Xu suddenly hurriedly entered the main hall and announced, "Madam, something happened over there in Yingyue Building." ”

Ouyang was using the medicinal porridge sent by Liuli, and when he heard this, he put aside the bowl and asked, "But what about Mei Niang?" ”

"Exactly."

Yesterday, Mei Niang's kneeling in front of the Yingyue Building has been reported, and Mama Xu told what happened this morning, "An Niangzi begged Mama Lu to contain Mei Niang at the cost of breaking her tendons. ”

Ouyang sighed, "Mrs. An is still so kind-hearted, and it's not bad to deal with this matter like this." On the one hand, it fulfilled the wish of An Niangzi, and on the other hand, it also won the reputation of Yingyue Building. Let's do it. ”

This is the permission, Mama Xu bowed her head and said yes, thinking about going to Yingyue Tower in the afternoon, and telling Mama Lu what Madame meant.

Ouyang picked up the bowl again and continued to use the porridge, these days under the conditioning of Liuli, her body and bones have recovered well, and her spirit is much better than usual, so she earnestly drinks the medicinal porridge every day.

Because of Jiang Shucheng's leg injury, Liuli spent most of his time taking care of him in Hongyunxuan, and the medicinal food for Ouyang's family was also personally delivered after being prepared in Hongyunxuan's kitchen.

Ouyang finished drinking the medicinal porridge, handed the bowl to the maid on the side, picked up the silk handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, remembered Jiang Shuli's entrustment, and asked, "Can I inquire about the matter over there in the third room?" ”

Mama Xu hurriedly bowed down and said, "Mrs. Hui, you understand it clearly." The reason should be that Miss Six suffered from a cold a few days ago, and she burned in the middle of the night, and the doctor prescribed a prescription, but the pharmacy in the house couldn't catch the medicine. In the middle of the night, the third room sent people to search for many medical halls outside to find someone who was willing to sell medicine, which almost delayed Miss Six's recovery. ”

Although Jiang Shuxue, the sixth lady of the third room, is only a concubine, the aunt who gave birth to her is extremely favored, so the third wife, Liu, did not dare to slack off, so she complained about the recent arrangement of the house.

"Feng Han's recipes are all ordinary medicinal herbs," Ouyang said strangely, "How can there be no pharmacy in the house?" ”

"Isn't it? Otherwise, the third wife would not have complained so much. Mama Xu agreed.

"The comprador is in charge of the medicinal herbs," Ouyang recalled, "It should be Xing Erniang, right?" I remember that she was a proper person, how could such a mistake happen? ”

Mama Xu sighed, "Madame doesn't know, this time the slave maid went to investigate, only to know that Xing Erniang had resigned and left, and now it is the mother-in-law surnamed Qian who is in charge of the medicinal herbs, and she is the person in the second room." ”

"Oh?" Ouyang raised his eyebrows, seeing Mama Xu's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, he knew that there must be something strange in it, "The second room is restless again?" ”

"Isn't it!" Mama Xu shook her head, "Not only Xing Erniang, but the three second-level managers in the procurement office have all resigned and left, replacing the people in the second room." ”

"Can you find out why?"

"Some of them are still listening," Mama Xu responded, "Xing Erniang's matter is clear. The one in her family is a good gambler, and all the money she earns on weekdays is posted on her head. Who knew that a few days ago, he lost hundreds of taels of silver in a bet with someone, saying that he couldn't pay off his debts and paid them with his life. Erfang sent someone to find Xing Erniang and gave her the money to repay her debts, and the only requirement was that she took the initiative to give up the position to buy medicinal materials. ”

"Erfang's hands are really long," Ouyang couldn't help but sneer, "It's just that what can and can't be done, but there is no charter." ”

In the purchasing office of the Hou Mansion, the chief steward is the person who has followed the old lady since childhood, and the second-level steward of the purchasing office are all people who are related to the old lady without exception. Ouyang's management has been in charge for so many years, and he has never touched the personnel of the purchasing office, which is also one of the reasons why the old lady is most satisfied with her.

Everyone knows that there is a lot of oil and water in the purchasing place, but her Ouyang family's housekeeper is just because of her identity, and she doesn't covet any benefits, so she can see clearly where she can move and what she can't.

As soon as the second lady came up, she changed people like this, and it was the old lady's person who was replaced, Mama Xu couldn't help but shake her head, she was really not optimistic.

"I remember that Xing Erniang is Mama Xing's niece?" Ouyang said, "Mama Xing doesn't know about this? ”

"I'm afraid I don't know."

"Mama Xing has always been upright and square, if she knew about this, she would not let Xing Erniang accept those silver coins." Ouyang knocked on the handrail and thought, "That's right, you have thought about this news to Mama Xing, and pay close attention to when Mama Xing will come to see the old lady." On the other side of the third room, you used to say that......"

Mama Xu hurriedly responded, "I'm afraid that the old lady will be angry if she finds out this time." ”

"That's inevitable." Ouyang's straight figure appeared in the mind of Mama Xing, and sighed, "Mama Xing is the grandma in the palace, and after returning to her hometown, she stayed in Tianhao City because she only had one relative, Xing Erniang. I think that in order to invite her to come to the house to teach rules and etiquette, all the prefectures took a lot of thought. In the end, it was the old lady who came out and invited her to our Hou Mansion, taught the aunts and grandmothers in the mansion to follow the rules, and lived in our mansion for more than five years. She has a straightforward and upright temperament and never asks for help. Xing Erniang was also mentioned by the old lady, so she accepted this love. ”

The second room wants to change people, but they don't understand the relationship between them, and the means are inevitably clumsy.

Ouyang narrowed his eyes, picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip of tea, "In addition to the medicinal materials, where else has the second room changed?" ”

"Mrs. Hui," Mama Xu hurriedly brought the news she heard one by one, "The three second-level stewards in the kitchen, medicinal materials and clothing procurement have been replaced by people in the second room, and Mama Geng in the kitchen these days also said that the materials used are much worse than before, except for the old lady's place and our garden, the rest of the places have been reduced, and the third room is also there." ”

Ouyang sneered, "It's no wonder that Sanfang Shuxin found Shuli, that kid is a filial piety." Since Shuli wants to help them, let's protect the third room. ”

The mother-in-law at the door opened the curtain, and when she saw Ouyang raised her eyes and nodded, Fang said respectfully, "Mrs. Qiyu, Liuli asks to see you." ”

"Please." Ouyang and Mama Xu were surprised, on weekdays, Liuli was decocting medicine to Jiang Shucheng at this time, how could she come?

Liuli hurriedly walked in, knelt down and saluted, and said, "Madam, the maid and maid of Fang Cai gave the third young master a decoction of medicine, and found a problem after picking up the medicinal materials. ”

She opened the wooden box she had brought, revealing two similar-looking herbs inside.

"Madam, please see," Liuli held the two herbs high and explained carefully, "The one on the left is vermilion, pure in color, and is called Winter Stone Grass." The one on the right is also vermilion at first glance, but if you look closely at the purple rhizome in the middle, it is not a winter stone grass, but a daylily grass that has the opposite medicinal properties and is toxic when shared with winter stone grass. ”