As the sun grew, the garden became more and more lively.

Cai Zhen, as one of today's female guests, was led by the maid of the Jin State Mansion and entered the garden. But she walked around, quite sullen, she was obviously the only daughter of the hussar general, but because of her concubine, the nobles looked down on her openly and secretly, and preferred to make friends with several of her cousins.

Depressed, she remembered Hu Ying, but found that Hu Ying was not there, so she went out of the garden and went to Hu Ying's residence to find her.

Hu Ying was very happy to see Cai Zhen coming, and was busy serving tea and snacks.

When the tea and snacks came up, they were all ordinary goods, and Cai Zhen looked down on them, but she knew Hu Ying's situation in the Jin Mansion, so she didn't think it was strange.

The two sat down at the table, Cai Zhen sighed, and said, "My brother has been lost for so many days, and now he has disappeared, which is really worrying." ”

If Cai Li is there today, she will ask her cousins to take care of her, which will make her alone.

"Cai Gongzi is lost?" Hu Ying was extremely surprised, "He is a big man, how could he get lost?" ”

Cai Zhen was even more surprised than her: "You don't know such a big thing?" ”

"I've been grounded so far, and I don't know any news outside, how can I know about Cai Gongzi." Hu Ying said with a wry smile.

"Why were you grounded?" Cai Zhen asked, "Which one has blocked the old Duchess of Jin again?" ”

The one in Cai Zhen's mouth is the biological mother of Hu Ying's father Hu Hengxiu, and the concubine of the old Jin Guogong. This Aunt Sun's background is very disgraceful, she was the top brand of the Qinglou back then, and the old Jin Guogong didn't know how much effort it took to let her enter the door, and before she died, she didn't forget to let the old Jin Guogong swear that she would not be embarrassed in this life.

Because of these last words, Aunt Sun felt that she had something to rely on, so she would come out from time to time to jump and gamble on the old Duchess of Jinguo. The old Duchess of Jin disdained to deal with her, and often poured her anger on Hu Ying and Hu Ying's mother Lu, so that Hu Ying and Lu lived a very poor life in the Jin Mansion. Otherwise, as the young lady of Hu Ying's Jin Mansion, how could she live like this, and even her family affairs need to worry about herself.

"It shouldn't be because of her." Hu Ying shook her head, "I just came back from Hangzhou Mansion with you, and I was grounded, and later I found out that it was my cousin's meaning." ”

Hangzhou Mansion? Hu Shu? Didn't they go to Hangzhou Mansion together, what did Hu Ying do in Hangzhou Mansion to make Hu Shu unhappy?

At that time, they only did two things in total, the first was that she made rice tofu for Hu Shu, which had nothing to do with Hu Ying; The second thing was that Shen Yiyi was sunk in the pond, and the two of them sang and harmonized, but Hu Shu gave Shen Yiyi the cloak

Shen Yiyi, Shen Yiyi didn't think there was anything at the time, but when she thought about it carefully, what an arrogant person Hu Shu was, how could he easily put the cloak with people? With his ordinary temperament, even if he asks Songyan to lend his coat, he won't take his cloak, right?

I see, I see! A woman's sixth sense and reasoning ability have always been comparable to detectives, and Cai Zhen is obviously no exception, just between the lightning and flint, she suddenly peeked through something, and said to Hu Ying with great certainty: "Hu Shizi grounded you because of Shen Yiyi." When you were in Hangzhou Mansion, you were hostile to her, and he must have seen it. ”

Because of Shen Yiyi? Hu Shu favors Shen Yiyi? Hu Ying thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized: "No wonder my cousin invited Shen Yiyi to participate in the stove party and gave her the opportunity to cook!" ”

"Shen Yiyi is also here today?! She still has to cook for the nobles?! Cai Zhen was shocked, "Do you know who today's distinguished guest is?" She is a merchant girl who has eloped and returned, how can she match! ”

"My cousin probably knows that she is not worthy, so he invited all the noble ladies to come and cook and cover for her." Hu Ying said.

"All the noble ladies came to cook?!" Cai Zhen thought he had heard it wrong, "Among the nobles in the capital, who knows how to cook besides me?" Could it be that Hu Shizi doesn't know about this? ”

Although the nobles in the capital often cook "personally", the dish is made by the cook from beginning to end, and their so-called "hands" is just a handful of shallots sprinkled on the plate at the end.

Just this kind of "cooking", and still come to cook?

"Of course my cousin knows that they don't know how to cook, so I said that he was here to cover for Shen Yiyi." Hu Ying said, "If the only people who cook are you and her, and she is such an unworthy identity, wouldn't it attract people's attention?" Only when there are more people who come to cook will no one notice her. ”

"She has such a big face, she asked the nobles to be her foil!" Cai Zhen was extremely angry, pulled the veil fiercely, and stood up, "Let's go, we'll meet her!" ”

"I'm still on ground, how do I get there?" Hu Ying shook her head, suddenly a little discouraged. It turned out that Hu Shu locked her in the room and didn't allow her to go out for Shen Yiyi, this is probably not only a punishment, but also a warning, if she is embarrassed with Shen Yiyi again, I am afraid that it will be more than just grounding.

With no one to be his companion, Cai Zhen was a little weak, but thinking that Shen Yiyi was just a merchant girl with a bad reputation, she suddenly became bold again, and took the maid and went to the garden.

At this time, the row of kitchens behind the flower wall was already very lively, and the cooks from various prefectures were making preparations before the kitchen, and those noble ladies had long since gone shopping.

What kind of noble ladies are cooking, it is really just a pretense, Cai Zhen was furious, and immediately ordered someone to find out where Shen Yiyi was.

The maid inquired about the news and returned to him, which added a layer of anger to Cai Zhen, it turned out that Shen Yiyi was not in this row of kitchens, but in the two-story building behind the kitchen.

Everyone is the same, why is she special?! Cai Zhen's face sank, and he went straight to the small building behind the ancient trees.

When she went downstairs, she found that there was a maid from the Jin State Mansion guarding her, and the evil fire in her heart couldn't help but increase a little more-Shen Yiyi was something, and the treatment she enjoyed was actually better than her!

She thought that with Hu Shu's favoritism and love, she would be able to sit back and relax? As a concubine, she can gain a foothold in the General's Mansion, which is simple and effective, and it is impossible to find fault with it!

Cai Zhen snorted secretly, with a warm smile like the autumn sun on his face, and said to the maid of the Jin State Mansion: "I am an old acquaintance with Miss Shen, go up and take a look at her." ”

As she spoke, before the maid of the Jin State Mansion could react, the person had already gone upstairs.

She was the third lady of the Hussar General's Mansion, and the maid didn't dare to stop her, so she had to confess and go upstairs to report first.

On the second floor, the air was still filled with the smell of burnt fish from the kang, Shen Yunyun helped Little Pepper clean up the kitchen, and Shen Yiyi was bored, so she had to take out the lily root flour and flour and put them on the board - all blamed Hu Shu for the work assigned to her was too simple, and there was no preparation.

The maid of the Jin State Mansion went upstairs, envied the smell of the fish, and said to Shen Yiyi: "Miss Shen, Miss Cai San has come to see you." ”