On the way back, Qiao Ci was thinking about Fang Cai, and he didn't pay attention for a while, and almost bumped into Su Jinzhao, who was walking in front.

"The eldest lady forgives her sins, and the slave is rude." Qiao Ci hurriedly knelt down and said in a low voice.

Su Jinzhao didn't blame her, bent over, and reached out to help her up.

"It's all right, but you have something to ask?"

Qiao Ci shook her head, thought about it, nodded again, and said in a low voice: "The slave is stupid, on the night of the Lantern Festival, I obviously saw the second lady and the second prince, why did the eldest lady tell her that she had never met."

Sure enough, she was worried about this, and when her mother asked about it in Yinghua Pavilion just now, she saw Qiaoci's strange appearance, and because her mother was present, she pretended not to see it.

Su Jinzhao smiled slightly, and asked her rhetorically: "You have always been cautious in your words and deeds, and you don't talk much, why are you curious today?"

Qiaoci's face froze, and she said in a panic: "The eldest lady is angry, and the slave has said a lot."

After speaking, she hesitated for a moment, and then explained: "It's not that the slave is curious, the slave just thinks that the eldest lady is very filial to Madame, and Madame inadvertently asks about it, which makes no sense...... Conceal. ”

Qiao Ci didn't use the word "panic", because it damaged the image of the eldest lady in her heart, searched for a long time, and finally replaced it with concealment, although she still felt that something was wrong, and now she couldn't find a better word among the words she knew.

She has served in front of Su Jinzhao for many years, and with her understanding of her master, she doesn't look like a person who would lie to her mother.

Why is this happening today, she wants to break her head, but she doesn't understand.

Su Jinzhao put away his smile and said meaningfully: "Mother is so smart, do you really think she asked the second prince casually?"

If she hadn't been pregnant back then, after all, it was the first child, if she hadn't put all her thoughts on this child, how could Shen Manxin have the opportunity to get close to his father.

In her previous life, her relationship with her mother was like a separation, but she was very close to her younger brother, but later she slowly realized that her mother was a little bit of blame for her father marrying Shen Manxin. If she hadn't been pregnant with herself at that time, she wouldn't have time to take care of anything else, even if Shen Manxin

No matter how many means there are, how could her mother not notice it at all and let her weigh her heart.

Today's mother suddenly asked about Su Jinling and the second prince, it is not accidental.

Qiao Ci didn't expect Su Jinzhao to ask her this, she was surprised for a while, shook her head and replied: "The slave is unknown, please make it clear to the eldest lady."

Su Jinzhao said slowly: "The second prince Yu Wenxian, among the many princes, is relatively outstanding, if he can climb the relationship with him, that person will definitely be glorified in front of him, do you think with Su Jinling's temperament, she will be willing to succumb to others."

Shen Manxin did something sorry for her mother in spite of her sisters' affection, and her mother has always been obsessed with her and cannot forgive, not only for Shen Manxin, but also for Su Jinling.

Father is the love of her life, Shen Man disregarded her affection, did this kind of thing, try to ask how a generous woman can tolerate sharing her husband with other women.

The mother's hatred for Shen Manxin has undoubtedly been transferred to Su Jinling, this child is an indelible pain in her mother's heart, and it is also a scar that cannot be healed.

Although the father found an opportunity to make amends, the damage caused existed and existed.

Today, my mother asked this question just to remind her.

After Su Jinzhao said this, Qiao Ci suddenly understood, she suddenly thought of something, and told Su Jinzhao: "This morning, the slave maid saw the second lady hurriedly go to the Cuiju Courtyard, and stayed for a long time before coming out, and when she came back, she had a rare relaxed and happy face, and she talked and laughed with Xia Fu along the way, as if she had encountered something happy. The slave hesitated to tell you, but today happened to be the case, and decided to talk to you. ”

Last time, Rouge helped the second lady frame the eldest lady, and Qiaoci had to be on guard.

Without thinking too much, Su Jinzhao could also guess what else he could do when he went to Cuiju Courtyard, he must have asked Shen Manxin for the matter of the second prince. Up and down the house, the only thing she could find was Shen Manxin.

In her previous life, the mother and daughter did not hurt her less.

Although Shen Manxin is Su Jinling's biological mother, she doesn't necessarily go to Cuiju Courtyard often on weekdays, and even asking for peace is even rarer, probably ashamed that she has a mother who is a concubine.

However, Shen Manxin still loves her very much, who let her have such a daughter, she is naturally very precious.

It's a pity that even Shen Manxin himself didn't expect that between the conflict of interests, Su Jinling would not hesitate to choose to give up family affection to protect herself.

is also a child of the Su family, if she is ruthless, she is really inferior to Su Jinling.

Su Jinzhao lowered his eyebrows, thought for a while, and an intriguing smile appeared on his lips: "Su Jinling is thirteen years old this year, and she will reach the age of kissing in a few years, it seems that she really can't sit still."

It is self-evident that a heart and mind fly up the branches and become a phoenix.

Qiao Ci was puzzled: "But aren't marriages all at the behest of their parents, the words of the matchmaker?" The second lady has other thoughts in her heart, and she can't ignore them. ”

That's not all she had on her mind.

Su Jinzhao raised the corners of his mouth and said meaningfully: "How could she be willing to be the second lady of the Su family, but as long as she keeps her duty on weekdays, she will not stir up the ideas of the people around me, and instigate Rouge to betray me again and again, she is an unwilling person like her mother."

Such a person, one set in front of the person, one set in the back, if one is not careful, it will give people a heavy blow, otherwise the mother would not have been planted in the hands of a "good sister" back then, and she almost had a difficult birth.

If it weren't for fate, I was afraid that the hostess of the Su family would have changed.

At the beginning, she saw that Shen Manxin was tolerant of her mother everywhere, so she had compassion, and she was also very sympathetic to her daughter, and she did not hesitate to help their mother and daughter speak in front of her mother, which made her mother very unhappy. Gradually, the mother and daughter became much more separated.

It was she who pushed out her mother who cared for her, and regarded Su Jinling, who harmed her everywhere, as a person who really treated her well.

To put it bluntly, both of them are people who hide deeply, just pretending.

Now that I think about it, how ridiculous her previous behavior was.

Therefore, when she fell to that point, she couldn't blame others, and if she wanted to blame her, she blamed herself for being too stupid and mistrusting people.

Qiao Ci's expression moved, and in amazement, she was secretly glad that the eldest lady was a bright-hearted person, and she said loudly: "Since the eldest lady understands everything, she has to guard against it." With Aunt Shen helping her, the slave maid is worried about ......"

Su Jinzhao raised his hand, smiled faintly, and interrupted Qiaoci: "So, this is fun, otherwise, wouldn't life be boring."

Qiaoci was taken aback, and looked at her girl for a long time in a daze, and didn't say a word, the girl in front of her was calm, confident, and calm, and she really didn't look like what she should be at her age.