As soon as this woman saw Old Madam Qu, she knelt down and kowtowed.

The old lady Qu called the maids to help her up, sat down on the small pestle below, and the maid poured a cup of tea and handed it to her.

This woman was about forty-five or sixteen years old, with an ordinary appearance, wearing a half-new green silk gown, and thinking that she had been running all the way, and her face was a little tired and dusty.

Mrs. Qu said softly: "It's just a birthday gift, and it doesn't matter who you send, you are the most powerful person next to the girl, you are here, who will serve the girl?" ”

The woman hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay, now that the maids below are also older, it's quite appropriate to serve the girl." ”

It turned out that this woman was Qu Ying's companion roommate, and she was also a housekeeper in Mrs. Qu's house in the past, and everyone called Mrs. Zhou.

Old Madam Qu nodded and smiled, "That's it--- when did you leave?" Is it okay to walk on the road? ”

Aunt Zhou reluctantly smiled: "The road on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, it is precisely because the road is not easy to walk that I delayed the time and did not catch up with your birthday... If the girl knew about this, she would only rebuke me. ”

"It's okay, it's okay," Old Madam Qu looked very kind, and said with a smile, "It's not easy to walk on the road, and I can't complain about you--- girl is okay?" ”

"The girl is okay," Zhou Niangzi said, her expression was a little cringe, and she looked around, there were no outsiders, and then she said, "It's just that my aunt took another concubine a year ago, and the girl was angry, and the brother who finally conceived was still not saved after four months..."

As soon as Old Madam Qu heard this, her face turned white instantly.

After being stunned for a while, his eyes were red and he said: "My uncle wants to take a concubine, let him take it, she is a person with a body, what are you going to do with those idleness?" She is also over thirty, and it is more difficult to conceive a brother than to ascend to the sky, why don't you know how to cherish yourself..."

Lu Jiayue sat on the side, seeing that Mrs. Qu was sad, she couldn't help but want to comfort and relieve. But the scene in front of her, no matter how much she listens to what she says, it doesn't seem that she can put a beak on her as a boudoir daughter.

Just as he was hesitating to speak, Fang Shi glanced at her and said to the eldest girl, "The old lady has something to ask Aunt Zhou, you sent Miss Biao out." ”

Lu Jiayue stood up, looking at Mrs. Qu's sad expression, she couldn't bear it in her heart, and called Mrs. Qu lightly, but before she could speak, Mrs. Qu had already waved her hand and motioned for her to go out first.

*

Lu Jiayue returned to Meng's courtyard full of concern.

Entering the courtyard, a few little maids gathered in one place and chirping, but they didn't know what they were talking about, but it was lively.

Lu Jiayue asked casually.

It turned out to be talking about the second lady Duan's big girl Yuping being demoted to a second-class maid, and also said that on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Duan's had hit Yuping several times in the house, Yuping ran out crying, shouting that he was wronged, and he was going to go to the well, but he was stopped by his mother-in-law, so he didn't make a fuss.

Although Lu Jiayue has always been respectful of the personnel in the second room, after hearing about this, she couldn't help but be suspicious.

Whether it is the lady or the girl in each room, the big maid around her is the most relied on and the most faced, and her status is far higher than that of ordinary maids. The Cui Ping and Yu Ping around the Duan family have always looked like smart people, good and dignified, why did the Duan family punish Yuping?

And it was still on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the night of the Shangyuan Festival.

That night, she was bullied by Qu Rong in the market, and during the dispute, she exposed the true nature of Duan's and Qu Rong's mother and son.

At that time, Qu Rong also asked her how she knew...

Lu Jiayue thought about the matter carefully before and after, and then understood.

It seems that it is really the Duan family and Qu Rong who secretly have a plot against her, because Yuping is a close-fitting big girl, and when the mother and son wanted to discuss and plan, they did not avoid Yuping. When Lu Jiayue exposed Qu Rong in person, he was annoyed and angry, and naturally he wanted to tell the Duan family...

The mother and son must have thought that Yuping had leaked the shady plan before Lu Jiayue would know about it.

It's just that I don't know how the mother and son originally wanted to calculate against her?

Lu Jiayue decided to find out what was going on.

Even if it was a matter of her previous life to be completely injured by the mother and son, she couldn't bear to turn a blind eye knowing that someone was going to calculate herself.

Only by finding out clearly, can we know why Qu Rong has repeatedly entangled her, and how she was calculated by the Duan family in her previous life.

*

In the blink of an eye, it is the spring of March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, it is the warmest and most suitable time of the year.

The spring is brilliant, turning the back garden of the Qu family into a sea of flowers, even the flowers and trees planted in each courtyard and house are also full of vitality, which makes people's mood brighter.

From the ladies and girls to the maids and daughters-in-law, they all changed into spring shirts with bright colors and light textures, pink and yellow willow green, walking and going, and the breath of spring was wafting everywhere.

Originally, Lu Jiayue had already agreed with Ding Yu that on the third day of the third day of March, she would go to Dajue Temple on the outskirts of Beijing to visit the temple fair.

But because Mrs. Qu has been depressed recently, Lu Jiayue accompanies her every day, and she has neither the mood nor the time to go out.

Ding Yu went by himself.

At night, it was dark, but Ding Yu came, and catching Lu Jiayue was a complaint.

"If you go, you don't know how lively the temple fair is! It's rare that my second uncle heard that you were going to go to the temple fair with me, and promised to go with us, but you missed the appointment and let me go with the second uncle, so boring! ”

Lu Jiayue told Ding Yu what she heard about Qu Ying.

Ding Yu closed his voice and put the food and gadgets bought at the temple fair in front of Lu Jiayue.

"It's all bought by my second uncle, let me bring it to you--- he really loves you, better than my niece."

"He and Cousin Song are good, and it's just for Cousin Song's sake to take care of me," Lu Jiayue smiled and fiddled with the gadgets.

There are dolls painted with mud tires, small flower baskets made of fine bamboo silk, and dragonflies and butterflies tied with bluegrass, although they are not worth much, but they are also delicate and cute.

Lu Jiayue likes it very much.

Ding Yu said: "You take your time, I'll go see my grandmother." ”

After Ding Yu went, Lu Jiayue picked out two of these gadgets, first gave one to Qu Ying, and then went to the fourth room and sent one to Qu Wei.

When Qu Wei saw these gadgets, she really liked them very much, and gave Lu Jiayue a box of her favorite soufflé pine nut candy as a gift in return.

Lu Jiayue came out of the fourth room, and on the way back to the long room, he met Qu Zhang, presumably he just came out of the second room and wanted to go back to the study in the front yard.

When they got closer to each other, Lu Jiayue smiled and saluted, "Third brother." ”

Qu Zhang is still thin, but fortunately, the whole person looks more radiant than a few days ago, especially a pair of eyes, dark and bright, when looking at Lu Jiayue, there is a faint look of joy.

"It's not early, where is Sister Lu from?" Qu Zhang smiled.

Lu Jiayue said, "I just sent a few gadgets to Sister Wei," pointing to the candy box in Xin Zhu's hand, "in exchange for her box of pine nut candy." ”

As he spoke, his heart suddenly moved, and he took the sugar box and handed it to Qu Zhang, "Give it to the third brother, I don't eat sweets now, the third brother reads all day long, and he is very tired, and he can eat two candies in his spare time, and he can also have a sweet mouth." ”

Qu Zhang refused to ask for it, but Lu Jiayue stuffed the sugar box into his arms and said with a smile: "It was Imperial Doctor Cheng who told me to eat less sweets, otherwise, I would not give it to the third brother." ”

Lu Jiayue smiled delicately, Qu Zhang's face flushed again, held the sugar box in his hand, and said abruptly: "So... Thank you Sister Lu. ”

"Third brother doesn't have to be polite." Lu Jiayue smiled again, "I see that the third brother has lost a lot of weight recently--- has the third brother forgotten, fame and fortune are not as good as leisure, although it is important to study, you should also pay attention to your body." ”

Qu Zhang let out a soft "um", glanced at Lu Jiayue, and hurriedly lowered his eyes, his face becoming more and more red.

Lu Jiayue knew that he was shy and blushing easily, but he didn't say anything to make him embarrassed, how could his face be so red?

I thought it was funny, so I covered my lips and smiled quietly.

Qu Zhang didn't know why she was laughing, so she smiled too.