This night in Xifu was exceptionally quiet, but this quiet did not last long, and someone made a commotion early the next morning.

The door of the East Mansion was knocked on the door, it was the little maid sent by Mama Deng, and when she saw Gu Mingzhu, she bowed down: "Big lady, the old lady invites you to come over and talk." ”

Gu Mingzhu put down the bowl in his hand, wiped his mouth with a hand towel, and then spoke: "The old lady is not sick and can't speak, how can she think of asking me to speak?" ”

The little girl caught a glimpse of it, and what was left in the bowl in Gu Mingzhu's hand was a small half bowl of terrier rice porridge, not the bird's nest porridge used by the ladies and ladies in the past.

Her eyes flashed, and then she lowered her head again and said softly: "It's the eldest lady, the eldest lady ate the food sent from the kitchen in the morning, and she became more sick, grandma and the others begged to go to the old lady, and begged the old lady to give the lady justice......"

To give Luo a fair sentence is to blame Gu Mingzhu, yesterday it was Gu Mingzhu who decided to reduce the ration of each courtyard, and Mrs. Gu naturally would not come forward for her, and would ask her to go over and give an explanation.

Gu Mingzhu smiled, it started to make trouble so soon, or Luo was the first to lose her breath, which was unexpected by her, and she thought it would be Gu Mingyu.

She didn't hurry to call Xiaokui and Abi in, changed into a plain dress for herself, and asked Zhang Qin to go to the front yard of Xifu to wait, and then took the maid to Songshou Courtyard.

Before she entered Old Madam Gu's main room, she heard a mournful cry inside: "...... Old lady, Mrs. is now so sick, where can she stand such a grievance, she vomited after eating half a bowl of porridge sent this morning, and even vomited the decoction she had eaten before, this time it has not eased up, how can it be good to go on like this? ”

"The maid wanted to come over and beg the old lady, but the lady still stopped her, saying that she was useless and didn't want to make trouble for the old lady again, but the lady has been in the general's mansion for so many years, and now she is sick like this, and the maid is still unhappy in her heart, so she still has the courage to beg the old lady, and beg the old lady to look at the second lady and the third lady, and save the lady no matter what."

Gu Mingzhu took the maid in, and saw Grandma Sun worshipping on the old lady's couch with tears in her eyes, and the little maid on the side also cried.

Gu Mingyue was also sitting on the edge of Mrs. Gu's couch with red eyes, her head lowered and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, when she saw Gu Mingzhu coming in, she got up and bent her knees, choked up and said to Grandma Sun: "The old lady is sick, and the affairs in the house don't dare to let the old lady worry anymore, so I asked the eldest sister to help with it, if Mama has anything to say, it is better to talk to the eldest sister, she must have a way." ”

Old Madam Gu, who was sitting on the couch, glanced at Mama Deng coldly, and then fell on Gu Mingzhu who came in, not at all anxious and worried, but a little bit of a joke, took the tea and soup sent by the maidservant, and slowly ate and watched.

When Mama Sun got the order, she couldn't even wipe her tears, and bowed down to Gu Mingzhu who came in, and kowtowed again and again: "The eldest lady is kind, Madam, she is weak and can't stand it now......"

She burst into tears, and the little maid behind her also bowed, all of them were people around Luo's side, and this time she knelt in front of Gu Mingzhu.

Gu Mingzhu looked motionlessly at the few people who were kneeling on her knees and even kowtowing and crying, as well as Gu Mingyue, who was holding Old Madam Gu's hand and crying with her head down, and a sneer flashed at the corner of her mouth.

She sighed, turned around and sat down on the couch on the side: "Mama is forcing me to death like this, there is no money in this mansion, the second uncle and the second aunt are still locked up in the state government prison at this time, I heard that the mansion Yin over there interrogated the second uncle and the second aunt in the middle of the night, and asked a lot of things, I asked someone to intercede It is useless, and I refuse to let people go." ”

"The monthly money of more than 100 people in our house has not been released, and I have no choice but to think about cutting the cost, but not only the side courtyard of the lady has been cut, but even my East Mansion has also been reduced, after all, they are all a family, it is impossible to watch the old lady and the lady be wronged, and I will continue to do it myself."

As she spoke, she glanced at Abi behind her, and Abi stepped forward and said softly: "In order to prevent Xifu from running out of money and silver, the lady also sent all the good clothes in the warehouse to the pawn shop, just to exchange some money and silver back." ”

Mama Sun didn't expect that she would cry and beg according to Luo's arrangement, not only did she fail to cause trouble to Gu Mingzhu and make her bear the infamy of being unfilial and mistreating her stepmother, but she was also told that she didn't get up or get up because of her watertight response, and she couldn't help but have a little sneer on her face, wanting to be soft and compensate Gu Mingzhu.

But Gu Mingzhu interrupted her words, and said coldly: "Mama is also the old man in front of Madame, Madame is so sick and confused, is it possible that Mama is also confused, and I don't know how to persuade Madame, the house is already like this, and the old lady is still troubled, is it possible that I don't know that the old lady is still sick?" Aren't you afraid of being angry with the old lady? ”

She glanced at Gu Mingyue, who wiped away her tears and stopped talking, and suddenly showed a smile: "Fortunately, the second lady is a filial piety, I heard that the old lady is sick, so she has been waiting in front of her day and night for so long, and the lady is also seriously ill now, and the second lady also wants to think about taking care of it." ”

As she said this, Gu Mingyue's face changed, her heart suddenly lifted, and she quietly looked up at Grandma Sun over there.

Since she came back from Tsinghua Garden, she has never been to Luo's to serve, even Luo's several times asked people to invite her, she said that she was sick and never went, and now Mrs. Gu is sick, but she has been waiting in front of her, if Luo's knows, I am afraid that the mother and daughter will be suspicious.

Sure enough, she saw Mama Deng turn her head to look at her in disbelief, and then lowered her head.

This is suspicious, her heart tightened, and she hurriedly whispered: "It's mine, no, I didn't know that A-Niang was so sick, and now she has reduced her use, A-Niang's body is not good, where can she stand it." ”

She raised her eyes, and her eyes were full of sadness: "Just use my share with A-Niang, so that A-Niang can live better." ”

When Mama Sun and the maidservants got this, they were really taken aback, so that the two ladies were afraid that they would have to cut down on their own food and spend.

Old Madam Gu looked at Gu Mingyue without smiling, then looked at Mama Deng, turned her face away, and didn't intend to pay attention to the matter between the mother and daughter, in her opinion, Luo was a waste, it was best to die, so she was not interested in paying attention to her life.

Gu Mingzhu looked at Gu Mingyue's look of deep righteousness, and also smiled, such a filial second lady is afraid that she will be forced to have no way, if she hasn't said anything at all, Luo will be suspicious, she can't help but make an attitude, but she is decisive, she can give up small profits to take care of the overall situation, but unfortunately, everything is not so simple.